The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1857, Page 4

& NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1857. NEW YORK HERALD onucuenmpapnmans JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, DIricK W. W. CORNEX OF NASSAU AND FULTON 819. PARRME aaah tm advance. EGE WERELY HERALD, cory | Sy Pe erp ‘annum the Buropeun 4 wry. or Great Brinn, or ¥6 to ony part of the Continent, Wowh THE FAMILY HERALD, every Wedneslay, at four conte per or 62 per annem “MT UN Tak CORRESPONDENOR, contai important mews, s0lrcued from any aia v ps de ‘be lide (oe POUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ARB PaR- tetany REQUESTED To Seal alt Lurrens amp Pacusges Gant vs. NO NOTICE taken o anonymous corrempondence We de not return those rejected. Wotume KEM... 1... cece ee eee cence ee NOs BIT AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Gaus or Sreco- Eatiow—Tux Certo. GARDEN, Broadway—Afernoon Tignt Rors MOOLMASTER—MaGio TRUMPRT, Kyening : COOPERS —Acaista—Tux Conscuirt. BOWERY THEATRE, Bo Pastic Faats—Visit to THE Bow si BURTON'S THEATRE, Brosdway, Vasiry Farn—Hi Thavastix—, FQuesraiaw axp GrM- Afternoon & Evening oppostte Bond siree!— Day ux New Yours. WALLAOK’S THEATRE Broadway—A CoRE FOR THR Higartschis—Laven WHeN You Can. LAURA KEENR’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tax Sra oF Ton, o8 & Mornen’s PRaveR BARNUMS AMERICAN MUREUM, Broadway—After- moon and Kvening—Time TRIRS Aui—LavGH AND Row Fat, WOOD'S BUILDINGS, 861 & 563 Rrondway—Geo, CaRisty & Foon 4 MocTmas—HorTes D APRIQUE, MEOHANTOS' HALL, 472 Broadway—Brrant’s MixsTRELs —Ermort.® SoxGgs—Suaksrenean Reapincs. NATIONAL CIRCUS, 84 Bowery—Afternoon and Even- lng, KquesTeran Feats—Grunastic Rxancises, EMPIRE HALL, 596 Broadway—Paintines Isvsreative ev rhe X awe Ancric Rxrapition, 0. Sew York, Saturde December 5, 1857. © GALS FOR EUROPE, The Collins mai! steamship Atlantic, Capt. Eldridge, will ioave this port to-day, at noon, for Liverpoo! 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European Express Oo., 21 Rue Corneille. tente of the European edition of the Hxraxp will combine the news received by mail and telegraph at the ofice during the previous week and up to the hour of pub- MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC, New York Herald—Cailfornia Edition. ‘The United States mail ateamebip Northern Light, Capt Tinklepaugh, will leave this port this afteruooa, at two @'clock, for Aspinwall ne mails for Califoruia aud olher parts of the Pacific ose at one o'clock this afternoon New Yors Wrexty Hasnary—California edition— containing the latest intelligence from all parts of the ‘worid, wil! be published at ten o'clock in the morning. Sing in wrappers, ready for mailing, six cents, Agents wil! please send in their orders as early as possible ‘The News. | Douglas pean mails brought by the America reached t y lastevening. Our files from Lon- ou and Paris, tothe evening of the 20th ult., contain full reports of the state of the money markets both in Great Britain and on the Continent. When the ica left Liverpool on the 2Ist the London ket was reported easier, and the fact of the Bank of England having come to the aid of several emi- nent American banking houses had produced a good effect. at distress was being felt among the ope- ratives in the manufacturing districts of England, | aud the pressure on the bourse of Vienna was the | most severe that was ever experienced there. We | publish the annexed corrected list of the failures subsequent to the sailing of the Fulton | that occ aud Kangaroo: Hoare, Buxton & Co London. Edwards & Mathew. London Sieveking & Son London Ge Hutfel & Co .-Londoa. Brockelaby & Wessels... .- London vensden & Johnson Landon, | Alien, Smith & Oo., London | Foott & Company... .... Queenstown Molterman, Deeley & Oo... Wolverhampton. Ulbring & Oramer . soeeee es Mamburg, ‘The liabilities of the first named eight houses on the list were estimated at £2,480,900 sterling, or about # 00 000. The French customs returns for October show that Guring the month fourtcen millions of francs were | paid for import duties, being a decrease of two million francs when compared with the return for October, 1866. For the ten months the return hows an increase of nine million of franes; the re- Ceipts for 1857 being 157,000,000 francs, against 148, (600,000 in 1856. The Madrid journals continue the publication of | the defence of Que. . Christina, and had arrived at the chapters which refer to the share her Majesty had in the affair of the Aranjuez railway. Tt was stated ir Petersburg that the Emperor | ly refaxed to receive the Rus us ruptere aext ne the Baltic, whieh « days after the departu: *) to St. Johns, N. The ke A the wae lin 16 ‘ing order at the hour of closing last night. and vothing hed heen heard of the Ba‘ie at Cape Bho doubtless passed that point during the thik weather of Thursday, and was most probably too far bi the attempt of the 28th of September ’ ain little of interest ‘The weather appeared favorable, and the topics dis Cassed were of local intarest » have advices from Honduras dated at Belize 6. Our eor ndent states that the ap w € that port by the Mexican Povernment was viewed us to nternat acknowledgment of England's territorial sovereignty fent Comonfort. This created some sur: « it is remembered that Mr. Polk asserted right was vested in Mexice aveertion the English denied when combatting the Mor ctrine. The want of 0 United States con. | f ne was felt very much. Continued ga «| © had done great damage. Mu had overtiowed their banks, and the settlers were | h rs. It was said that the employés of the | Hon R y Company were spending a great | eal of 1. wt moch profit. The commi Rion eof Benaito & Brothers had been disc t Trade was very Jal! aud provisions exceed f the American General Committee t night, at which a resolution was passed + ihe Councils to elect delegates to a new ‘ mmitice which would meet on the 6th of xt. A strong feeling was manifested in 1 tte to disband the Know ing organt- it was stated that the party was now r to @ mere faction, and could only be of ase t huckstering politicians whose business it was 4 vomin, J levy black mail on can a er pretence of aupporting them rrogate is dillige aring of the calon | fact is, however, that all these pro-slavery reser disposed of every day. A large portion of his time out of court is taken up in examining the Parish will case. His decision in that case may be expected about next Thursday or Friday. The points of the decision will be presented in writing, but the review of the evidence and his opinion of the case in its minutie will not be presented till after the expira- tion of his term of office. In the meantime, the parties to the case are awaiting the decision of the court with no little eagerness and solicitude. The Canal Board at Albany have decided to close the canals on the 10th inst. Boats now pass through the entire length of the canals; but the navigation is very tedious, and it is almost impossible for them to go singly. They go in fleets and assist each other. It is not improbable that the canals may be closed by the ice before the period assigned for closing them by the Board. A man calling himself Charles E. Warren was ar- rested at Jersey City yesterday, who had in his posses- sion a carpet bag filled with watches and fob chains, valued at $3,000, supposed to be the proceeds of a successful burglarious operation in Cincinnati some time since. The sales of cotton yesterday were confined to about 200 bales, chiefly to spinners, based upon middling Uplands at aboutl14 ¢. The market, however, closed at rather irre- gular and unsettled rates. There wes more activity in flonr, with purchases for export, while the local and Kast- ern demand was good, and the market closed at an ad- vance of about 10 cents per barrel. Wheat was in fair demand, and choice white rather scarce aud wanted for milling. Kentucky white sold at $1 41 a $1 50, and com- mon Indiana do. $1 20, and Michigan do. $1 40. South- erp was quiet and unchanged. Corn was firmer, with sales of Western mixed at 82a 84 cents, delivered and from store. Amount of Southern yellow (old) at 85 cents, and now Southern at 75 a 77 cents. Rye sold at 75 cents for Northern. Pork was dull and tended to lower prices, with limited sales at prices given in another columa. Sugars were in fair activity, with sales of about 220 hhds. Porto Rico, 190 do. Cuba muscovada, 1,000 bags Calcutta, and 350 boxes Havana, at rates given elsewhere. Coffee was sold to a moderate extent, without change of moment in prices. Freight engagements continued light, and rates were without alteration of consequence in quotations. The Lecompton Constitution—Slavery and the Squabble for the Spolls. We publish to-day, in full, the famous Le- compton Kansas State Constitution, and, after perusing it, we suspect that most of our readers will be puzzled to comprehend how it is that this thing has created this new and prodigous Kansas sensation throughout the country, and this fearful mutiny which has so suddenly de- veloped itself in the democratic camp. In its general provisions, and in most of its details, this constitution, with an exception or two, is the very essence of “popular sovereignty.” But there was one little omission on the part of the Convention, which, accord- ing to Governor Walker and Mr, Douglas, is a fatal omission; and there are some little hitches and catches in this constitution and schedule on slavery, which make the whole thing a bill of abominations to the free State party. The omission referred to was the failure of the Convention to submit their constitution bodily, and every part of it, to the vote of the people, As we have shown, however, that upon this point the only really important practi- cal question is submitted to the popular vote, we must adhere to our opinion that the objections of Governor Walker and Senator in the premises are only those nice abstractions and technicalities which amount to nothing compared with the desirable object of getting this Kansas squabble out of Congress. Next, with regard to the alleged thimble-rig- ging upon the slavery question, let us see what it amounts to. The consiitution recognizes the inviolable right of the slaveholder to his slaves and their increase, and the right of the slave- holders of other States to settle in Kansas with | their slave property so long as slavery shall be fully recognized in Kansas. If this part of the € tution shall remain in it, Kansas, thus ad- mitted, to all intents and purposes will be a slave State. But the appended schedule pro- | vides that on the 21st December the people, in a general election, shall vote by ballot for the « Constitution with slavery,” or the “Constitu- tion with no slavery,” and that if a majority of the legal votes cast at said election are in favor of “the Constitution with no slavery,” “then the article providing for slavery shall be stricken from the constitution by the President of the Convention, and slavery shall no longer exist in Kansas,” ‘Thus far the case is perfectly clear; but al- though the schedule thus declares that “slavery | shall no longer exist in Kansas,” this excéption immediately follows—“except that the right of property in slaves now in this Territory shall in no manner be interfered with.” The sche- dule further provides that after the year 1864 there may be a re-construction of the constitu- tion, and prescribes the forms to be pursued, but reiterates the exception that “ no alteration shall be made to affect the rights of property in the ownership of slaves.” Tlere, we are told, lies “ the cat in the meal tub;"’ and if these assumptions of this Conven- | tion could be made binding upon the people of Kaneas, we should be compelled to admit that ‘popular sovereigy', “is a great humbug. The vations, and this withholding from the peop! | right to amend their constitution t'1! Weheer oy ti y the election bec avon 4 slavery” and “the con .o slavery,” should the result be “no sla there will be no slavery in the new State. But if a “no slavery” constitution should be officially construed to mean a constitution re- cognizing the perpetuity of slavery, the “sove: reign’ right of the people to change it forth- with will still remain. Who can doubt it? Where did these Lecompton philosophers derive the power to supersede the sovereignty of the people’ And if this Convention could assume and stretch its power as an al)solute despotism for seven years into the future, why not for seventy or a bundred years to come? They might just as well have said that the people of Kansas ail have no authority to alter their constitu. ion till the year 1964 as the year 1864. The umption in any shape is such a miserable raw-} that nobody need not a living giant of of ad and bloody-bone rhtened at it. It is border ruffianism,” but only « gs and scarecrow with all this clamor and uproar about the slavery dodges of this Lecompton Convention, we snepect that the tion of the new State in reference to the § capital, the pub Hic lands, banks, internal improvement, &e., in- volving perhaps at least fifty millions of public plunder, is the great trouble betw the con- testing partics in Kensas, We suspect that while the Lecompton Conven‘ian delegates are at the head of one set of spoilemen and epecu- lators, Governor Walker has been unwittingly nterests of the opposite set, and that the «speculators who followed him out to Kansas have been throwing political dust in dragged: into th EE Ee hiv cyes, while adroitly using his political ia- Anence in bebalf of their finaneial s:hemes, Finally, we begin to think it very likely that ail the “noise and confusion” about this Le- compton constitution may turn out to be a false and foolish alarm. The free State party in Kaneas are overwhelmingly in the ascendency, and from the latest reports from that quarter we should not be surprised that if, before Shvistmas, by a decisive coup d'état of some sort, they were to give an entirely new shape to this imbroglio. In other words, this Lecompton constitution may never get to Congress; but when it does, there will be time enough for a vow upon its ratifieation. In the interval, we must abide the upshot of the row in Kansas, Let use then, await the delivery of the moun- tain, for as yet we cannot determine whether its ofspring will be a monster or a mouse. Financial Troubles Ahead. The details which we give in another column regarding the late embarrassment of Messrs. Pexbody & Co., of London, rather increase than diminish the mystery of the affair. Here was un American banking house, which the gencral panic and almost univeral suspensions here had plonged into serious difficulties; without pre- tending to any particular knowledge of the business of the house, it may be safely assumed that the bulk of its assets were American, either American paper which had come into its pos- on in return for credits granted to import- ers here, or American railway securities, taken for the purpose of re-selling them in Europe: both of these classes of assets were known to be liable to severe deprecidtion, the one through a probable fall in the value of merchandise, the other through a decline in the price of railway securities; yet with—in all probability—no- thing but this to offer, George Peabody gets ac- commodation to the enormous amount of five millions of dollars at once. One is irresistibly impelled to the conclusion that the trade of England and the Bank itself were not in a con- dition to allow such a house as Peabody's to go down; that Manchester, for instance, would have suspended bodily if he had broken; and that the government of England may have been impelled by fears for the consequences upon the working classes to give the bank the bene- fit of counsels, which were of course equivalent to commands. Such a spectacle as this—an American citi- zen, a private merchant and banker, forcing the Bank of England to forfeit its charter, and the government to put five millions at stake, rather than let him fail, is certainly unprece- dented in financial history. It beggars all the stories that have ever been written about the wealth of the middle age merchants who could buy kingdoms, or the power of the Rothsehilds who have dictated treaties. This American citizen seems to be the master of England— bank, government, trade and all. But, of a truth, when we come to look into the condition of the governments, and great financial institutions of Europe, the power of a great banker to affect national interests, and the terrible anxiety of governments to suppress the panic at any cost, no longer seem such very singular and inexplicable affairs. ( With very few exceptions all the States of Europe are practically bankrupt; the first approach to- ward liquidation would ruin half of them. The enormous sums they owe can never be paid; and the capital being absolutely lost to the lender, his property—namely, the right to a certain annual interest—is precarious in proportion to the instability of political affairs. England for instance owes in round figures four thousand millions of dollars; France say—in round figures—one thourand seven hundred and fifty millions. Of course these huge sums can never be paid. It is not intended they should be. The interest is all people want. This is all very well; but what is to prevent some political party effecting a revolution some day and repudiating these debts? True, the English and French are honest people, and have never done such a thing; but, after’all, repudiation of the national debts was a favorite doctrine of the chartists in England, and the socialists in France, and who knows when these parties may not control the governments of their respective countries? All the debts of the minor States are in proportion:— ‘These debts seem «mall in comparison with that of England; but how enormous in compari- son with ours, say $36,000,000, all told! Take the debt of Spain, for instance, nearly $700,- 000,000, on & poor exhausted country, without produce, or manufactures to speak of, and with- out commerce; near $60 a head on every Span- iard. man, woman and child—why ‘tis nearly as much as they would fetch if they were sold in the slave market on the Barbary const! | It is but too evident that in vory mauy cases, | repudiation will be, not a choice | sity. Some day, how near or bow (ard staat uo man can tell, arevol tionary tide will sweep over V atom we thes * asit wiped out the Dut & aeces adal pee paid te ord. Economist?may theoriz systems of national credit; but no nation—any more than an individual—can run into debt to such an amount that itcan never hope to pay the principal, without becoming practically and redically insolvent. And though forms of des potism may avail for atime to circumvent the | laws of trade, and avert the natural symptoms of inselveney, those symptoms can only be averted for a time; they recur again and again with unceasing force: now, a brief imperial let- ter may quell the storm, now, a rise in the rate of discount; but a time must and does come when no such futile palliatives can be of the slightest benefit; when no remedy that is not rgdical will be noticed for a moment; and when at last an issue is flatly made-—whether liqnida- they please about Such events as the tion is possible, and how? suspension of the Bank of eave Peabody look like precursors of such a crivis; let us hope that the Bank of England is betier able to carry through the Britis insol- vents than the Bank of the United States was to carry through those of this country. Tur Apvertisewent Dent Sriis, Dow. —Me. Tiemann has not as yet sent us the money for advertiving his paint manufactory. If he does not forward it soon, we shall have to charge in- terest on the amount at the rate of two or three per cent a month they do in Wall street. Coevauien Forxey at Favir.—Chevalier Forney eays:—“It ie well known that the Presi- dent ardently supports Governor Walker's en- tire netion against the Oxford returna”’ This iv not so—the truth is exactly the reverse Tur ConGressionaL Privrina.—We give in | another column a despatch from Washington in | relation to the coming struggle for the printing and binding of the Thirty-fifth Congress. The | amount of money to be expended for this work | will probably exceed two millions of dollars, and the clear profit to the printer is estimated at over one hundred thousand dollars. For this capital prize in the government spoils lottery there are half a dozen applicants, all noisy, ra- venous and hungry. They are backed up by- cliques of country editors whose business it is to talk, coax, bully, swear, cajole and frighten the members into voting for their pet candi- date. There’s Steadman, from the West, with his clique ; there’s Wendell, with the Northern and Middle States lobby; there’s Banks, with a score of half starved editors of demo- cratic papers on the Southern seaboard; Ritchie, with all the first families of Old Virginia; Harris and Heiss, with a pack of scribblers from the Southwest, aud heaven only knows how many more. All these fellows, or their agents, infest the grog shops on Pennayl- yania avenue, gasconade about their services to the party, drink, shout and make day and night hideous with their bawling. They fight over the crumbs that fall from the government table like the beggars that sat at the rich man’s gate. Very few of them, we opine, however, have any chance for rest in Abraham's b orm. This disgraceful struggle will be repeated with every new Congress until a radical change is made in the system of giving out the print- ing and binding. From time to time Congress has attempted to reform it by half- way measures, which only made the matter worse. The people are swindled year after year under the present system—the work is done in the most miserable way—the expense is enormous, and the contract is simply a fat bone, which is thrown to the hungry dogs in the lobby for a scramble. If this sort of thing is not stopped we shall have all the poli- tical editors of the dominant party quartering themselves on the treasury during every session of Congress, and the capito] will be turned into an arena for their fights over the spoils. Now the remedy is an easy one, and perfectly within the control of Congress. It is simply to make a department of public printing, with the same power over the printing and binding of Con- gress, the publication of the debates, and the printing of the government ‘of all kinds, as the other departments have over the treasury, the army and navy, our foreign and interior relations, patents and Indian affairs. The expenditure is quite sufficient to warrant the creation of such a department; the work would be much better performed, government money would be saved, the capital would be freed from the nuisance of a bawling lobby, and the members of Congress would escape from the importunity of a mob of hungry country editors. The evil has becomea crying one, and it is quite time that it was abolished. We trust that the matter will be brought before the next Congress and properly attended to. The project of a National Print- ing Office was started in these columns many years ago, and we believe that the time is coming when it will be fully realized. Terrie Uproar ws Tammany Hati.—We give elsewhere a report of recent proceedings in Tammany Hall of rather an amusing charac- er. They embrace resolutions for the expul- sion of Messrs. Sickles and Gunther, two of the members of the committee. These members bolted the regular democratic ticket at the late charter election, and voted for Tiemann side by ide with the black republicans, Know Nothings, and other fag ends of the opposition. What is © be the end of these curious political vagaries? They would seem to indicate some great politi- cul disturbance or revolution bearing upon the next Presidential election. Tne Orera at tue AcavemMyY—BRin.iant Prosrects.—About eight or nine mouths ago, when it was announced that Mr. Ullman, backed by Mr. Thalberg, had become the lessee of the Academy of Music, and that the Opera at that house would be under the direction of the first named empresario, it seemed quite ap- parent to every one familiar with operatic ex- periments that a new régime was about to com- mence. Mr. Ullman went to Earope and selected an excellent company. He commenced his season in September, and was overtaken in the middle of that month by the financial re- vulsion. Notwithstanding this fact, the season which ended on the 10th of October netted a profit of fifteen hundred dollars. On the 15th of October a new season was commenced, which season extended to the last week of November, and resulted in a loss of ten thousand dollars. During this season a propos iiiou war made by the director to the artists to we pla reduces oo of salaries, with a pledge that the new # t be comm dou the & ‘ nuk ow le eatended through the y This 5 tick Woes accepted ia pa ew Woe inaugurated on bast 4 v sormance in graud «ly and the d but of Hi basso. An unprecedented /urore and the | profits of the week have bees © ual to nearly | half the loss on the previous season. With the attractions promised by the manager, and a seasonable reduction of prices, there seems to be no reasonable doubt that Mr. Ullman will give the forty Opera nights demanded by the pondition of his lease—of which thirty-five have ady been given—and come out with a fair profit, The success of this season seems to prove that there is a growing taste for the Opera among the general public. The audiences dar- ing this week have included all classes of our citizens, and not a few strangers. In fagt. the Opera is becoming the most popular, as it is the most elegant amusement of the day: and it only requires a manager like Mr. Ullman who gives us good artists and a good ensemble throughout, to make it profitable. Maretack and Strakovch have managed the Academy io fuch times, and alw The present administration has conquered the hard times, and triumphed ove contrived to love money. combination of difficulties that seemed almost jasurimount- able. —_—____. Coserestoxs. —The Hon, Booby in the belief that we aided the election of Mr. Tiemann very eewsentially by supporting Mr. Wood, The Chevalier Nincom- poop of the Albuny Argus, and one of the or- gons of the lobby there, is of the same opinion. Great logicians! On the same system of logic we elected Mr. Buchanan President, and now we have triumphantly succeeded with Mr. Tie- mann. Of course we expect to be the organ of Mr. Tiemann, and are anxiously awaiting the first eymptome of his movements in municipal reform. Surewp Brooks is not alone Tux Lossy iv Wasuinotoy.—-We perceive by the arrival of strangers in Washington that the lobby—the omnipotent lobby —will be strong on the ground by the commencement of next week. All the old members of the organization seem to be moving in thatdirection. Simonton, who was expelled from the floor of the last Con- gress, has been on the ground for some time past; he is sald to be very busy going round the departments, and making arrangements for the operations of his associates. The Hon. O. B. Matteson, who was also expelled from the last Congress, passed through this city yesterday, and will be on the ground on the first day of the session. The arrival of the last named dis- tinguished individual will, in all probability, lead to a breeze in the legislative halls. It isa question whether he can take his seat in the new Congress, on account of his disqualification by the last. We should not be surprised if this question were raised, after the edifying develope- ments in which Mr. Matteson bore so conspicu- ous a part. Should it be mooted, we hope that a new committce will be appointed to investi- Yate thoroughly all these lobby delinquencies, and to purify the legislative atmosphere from the corruption and rottenness by which it is tainted. THE LATEST NEWS. AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. ‘The Approaching Scesion—Exciting Contest for Office and the Spolls—Fiv:ce Struggle for the Post of Printer—What the President and Judge Douglas Think of the Kansas Constitution—Mr. Buchanan tn Favor of a Pacific Ratiroad—Proposed Increase of the Army, é&., dec. Spies Wasnxarox, Dec. 4, 1857. The city to-night is crowded with mombors and strangers, and the arrival of every train adds to their number. ‘The contest for officers of the House and the House printing hourly increases in intensity. The various dole- gations are holding caucuses this evening, to decide upon whom they will support for officers of the House. The grand caucus will be held in the ball of the House of Representatives to-morrow evening. It is generally conceded that Governor Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, will be chosen President pro (em. of the Senate. ‘The New York delogation are now in session. They are @ unit on Colonel Orr for Speaker. For Clerk, they are divided between Robinson and Allen. They are not, however, @ unit upon Doorkeeper. I understand they will generally support Wendell for Rrinter. Wendell, however, Cannot be nominated in caucus. With but few exceptions, the entire South and West are against him. From the Weet we have Mr. Steadman, of Ohio, backed by Walker, editor of the Cincinnati /nquirer, and others. Steadman is in for the House printing, and says he has forty-four votes pledged. ‘A. D. Banks, who publishes a country paper in Virginia, is likewise anxious for the House printing. There is some talk of a coalition between Banks and Steadman, in order to beat Wendell; but Banks seems to goin for the whole or none. Wendell, however, seems to be quite confident of success. Harris, of the Unwm, has an eye on the Senate printing. They say he is in partnership with Wendell, which state- ment is denied by the latter. Thave heard that Ritchie, of the Richmond Eiaguirer, may be urged by the Virginia delegation as a compromise, if the forces are equally divided. Heiss of the States says he is not in the field, but still offers to do the work, and givo the materials and office to the government after the ses- sion is over, So you see that the contest will bea severe one. ‘The President received to-day an authentic copy of the Kansas constitution. He considers it not only unexcep- tiovable in its features, but ove of the most perfect instru ments of the kind he ever read. There are a large num- ber of Senators and members alreaily here, and there is ‘8 general fecling to stand by the President on the Kansas question. Judge Douglas denies that he bas broken ground with the adminjstration on the Kansas question. He says he disapproves much that has been done, but will wait until he sees the Message and hears all sides before determin. ing definitely upon bis course of action. He hopes all dif. erences will be healed. The President's Message will leave in the steamer to morrow for California, addressed to the Collector at San Frruciseo, who will distribute it to the press. The Presi dent, fearing adelay in tho organization of Congress, had refused to send the Message unti! just before the closng of the mail. ‘The Message recommends the construction of a Pacific Railroad and the immediate organization of the Territory of Arizonia. ‘The Secretary of War recommends an increase of the army by the addition of five regiments. s ‘The report of the Interior Department states that 5,300,- 550 acres of land were sold during the five quarters end. ing September 90, 1857, for $4,225,008 18, Fifty-seven millions of acres more have been surveyed and are ready for market, but not yet advertised for »» Invitations are out to a dinner at the British Legation on ‘Tuesday next. Ja it true that some seven or eight members of Congress wrote to one of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, during his recent visit to this city, asking for a bonus in consider ation of withdrawing their opposition to sending the Niaga- ra to England next year for the parpose of co operating with the versels appointed by the British govermuneut to jay the Atlantic Telegraph cable? It would be also inte resting to know whethor one of the party asked for a loan of ten thousand dollars for four years, on the same cous! deration? Before Naval Court 1 to-day the case of Passed Mid shipman Goorge A. ens (dropped) was taken up, 94 Dr. Lypah was examined on government behalf. Before Court No. 2 the case of Lieut. J. A. Doyle was ap, aad Dr. 8. B. Addison, Lieuts. J. C. Carter, Van R. Morgan and Wi. © Marin testified for the defence, Before Court’ v. 3 ~eutary evidence was read in the case of ex-W0 uo Tah will probably close tom or + HE | NERAL NEWFPAPER He Waeriv ORGAN‘ TION OF © GRESS, ETC. Wasaineton, The constitution framed by the recent Kaw tional Couvention is warmly approved by Senator Big! or and other prominent democrats. Although Sonator Douglas has freely expressed hime! st the Lecomp: ton moverwent, the opinion is current that he will not place himself in direct antagoniam to the administration 4, 1867 as Constit The appearances are that the House will effect an or. e tion on Monday without trouble. The contest ts particularly warm for Postinaster, Doorkeeper and Printer. Tt is understood that the republican canons wiil be held at 10 o'clock on Monday morning. Mr. Grow, of Penn sylvania; Hair, of Missouri, or Washburn, of Maine, will probably receive the nomination for Speaker, The pre sent intention is to make no other tyminations. It is now contemplated to send the President's Message in advance only to New York, Philadelphia and Rich mend, A decision in the matter will prodably be arrived at morow. A Fugitive Slave Case in indiana, wis, Deo. 4, 1967. Dr, Vallandigham, ° slave at Naples, Inptan About eight days since the agen of Frankfort, Ky., captured a f IiL., when en rowte to Kentue ‘The negro was taken under a writ of as Cory fore Judge Wallace, who liberated him. Mo was immediately re-arrested and taken ore United States Commissioner Rea, who, after the cave, decided that the negro should go back to slavery on a writ issued by Judge Wallace, before w' ne questions of State sovereignty are pow being discawed, It is claimed by the negro t he is free under the Fugitive Slave law and Dr rt as well as the State com: titution. Meanwhile, Dr. Vallendighom las rested on the aff lavit of the negro for kidnapping, and his case is now in progress before Mayor Wa'lace He was peon ar ‘The Mayoralty of Boston. 33 Tostow, Deo, 4, 1857 A large meeting of ciizens was bold last evening, when erick W. Lincoln was nominated for Mayor, and Also a full tieket for Aldermen Acqnittal of Henry L. Sutton. Bowros, Dee. 4, 1857, Henry 1. Sutton, tried for killing John Hilton, the erick Boy,” in an aifray, was acquitted by the jury iter a few minutes’ deliberation. es Closing of the State Canals. Aupany, Dec. 4, 1867, ‘The Cana! Commissioners bave this day decided to close tho New York State canals, on Tharsday, the 10th inst., nnless sooner closed by ice. ” ‘The Expected News from Europe. St. Jouns, N. F., Dec, 4, 1867. Nothing has yet been heard of the Collins steamship Baltic, now due off Cape Race, The news yacht of the Now York Associated Press, and another vessel employed specially for the purpose in consequence of the present very foggy weather, are off the Cape, to endeavor to ob- tain the Baltic’s advices. —————Ee The Steamer America’s Report. Boston, Dec. 4, 1857. Captain Lott, of the steamship America, publishes a card denying that the purser withheld from the agent of the associated press at Halifax the report of the Porsia, etc. Captain L. says the Persia and ship Dreadnought were recorded on the passenger list given the agent, which also contained the following:—Nov. 23, at 8:20 A. M., passed steamship City of Baltumoro, bound east. from Departure of the Halifax. “ax, Dec. 4, 1867. ‘The royal mail steamship Niagara, from Boston} arrived at one, and sailed at three o'clock this morning for Liver- ‘Weather cloudy, with.a light north wind. ‘Tho Craddock Murder, Louisvinix, Dee. 4, 1857. The primary examination in the case of the common- wealth of Kentucky vs. Miller and others has been clos- ed. The seven prisoners accused by Miller of the murder of Craddock have been discharged. Miller’s testimony ocoupied two days. The defendants, save Miller, sov6- rally introduced testimony proviny in alibi and good cha- racter, also giving Miller a ba’ name and stamping him as. unworthy of belief. District Attorney Craig moved for the commitment of Miller on the charge of perjury, bat the Justice replied that be was already held on the charge of perder | by Be own confession. ‘Tremendous followed from the large crowd present upon the discharge of the parties imaplicaiea by Miller. Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Punaveneuta, Dec. 4, 1857. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania 6's, 845; Reading Railroad, 27; Morris Canal, 47; Long Island Railroad, 101; Penn” sylvania Railroad, 3934. Burraro, Dec, 46 P. M. Sales of 600 bbis., at $4 25 $4 50 for superfine upper lake and $4 87%¢'a $6 for ordi- nary extra Ohio and Canada. Wheat lowor. Sales of 45,000 bushels, at 72c. fo Chicago spring, 74c. a 760. for Milwaukie club and $1 0% for white Canada. ‘Corn firm. Oats lower. Sales of 20,000 bushels at 30c. a 31c. Whis- keyfaull. Sales of 78 bbls. at 20e. Imports for the twenty- four hours ending noon to.tay—12,000 bbis. tlour, 100,000 bushels wheat. Weather ‘air. Osweco, Dec. 4—6 P. M. Flour is in moderate demand and prices are unchanged. There is a good inquiry for wheat, with sales of 4,300 bushels Chicago spring” at 83c.; buyers are generally under this quotation. Take imports—4 400 bushels barley. Canal exporte—3,300 bushels barley. CuicaGo, Dec. 4—6 P. M. Flour dull. Wheat dull at 58c. Corn drooping. Oats quiet. Shipments to Buflalo—800 bbls. flour, 15,000 bushels wheat. Receipts—1,100 bbls. flour, 3,600 bushels wheat, 600 bushels corn, The weather is mild. —_—EEEEe— Tue Orera.—The third performance of “Robert lo Diable” was given last night at the Acadomy to another full house. ‘The representation was quite equal to any of those that have preceded it, and was received with more enthusiasm than ever by the audience. Formes, La Grange, Bignardi and Labocetta all received the most en thusiastic applause. ‘Robert le Diable’”’ wil be repeated on Monday, and the director announces that a portion of the seats can be secured at the regular price of admission, one dollar. The announcement will be found in the ad vertising columns of to-day’s Hxnav. Flour dull and lower. A New Tugatre ty Wasiixctox.—In addition to the usual gayeties atthe national capital during the ¢oming session of Congress, we notice that Mr. Stuart, the lessee of Wallack’s theatre in this city, is about to opena new theatre for the perfor.uance of comedies and light pietes, by a number of popular artists. As a very large nuraber of fashionable people from all parts of the country will spend the coming season at Washington, the new theatre will undoubtedly be well supported. JUVENILE PRRPORMANCES AT Nin10's.—The first of a series of grand entertainments specially arranged for the little folks, will be given hore this afternoon. All the Ravels, the dancers and the wonderful Zanfretta will appear. The entertainments commence at 2 and finish at 4 oclock. Personal Intelligence. The Chevalier Wikoff bas returned to Loudon after a brief but socially suceessful visit to St. Petersburg. He has bad an interview with the Czar, dined with Count Nos- selrode, discussed naval tactics with the Grand Duke Con stantine, sud made general headway with the Empress’ maids of honor. No such success has been achieved in the court circle of St. Petersburg since the days when Catherine Il. recognized the superiority of the claims of persoval merit over aristocratic pretonsion. In this latter respect, tewever, the Chevalier has been discovered not to be wanting. He is said to bave established his title to pure Mongolian descent, and may now be reckoned amongst the “offs” of the Empire. ‘The Santa Fe Gazette \s rather severe upon Hon. David Merriwether, former Governor of Now Mexico, for leaving the Territory withont a government, but before Mr. M- left, Abrahain Reucher, the uew Governor, had left the States for Santa Fe. Col. Peirson and lady, of California, are among the passengers by the Northern Light, today. Col. P. aud tamily have been stopping for some t v a. ly opping: some time at tho St. The Herndon Testimonial, TO THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD. As an impression prevails in the community that a very large sum was raised by the efforts of those who interest. ed themselves in the proposed tribute to the memory of the late gallant Captain Herndon, it is but justice to cor- rect it. The whole amount raised was between threo and four — orp It is to be regretied that the sum wax not adequate to the expression of the public fell ‘on the subject of that noble hearted Officer's tate, not ant because a proper tribute of respect would have been an honor to the country, but because the widow is not, aa has been represented, in affluent ‘circumstances, ‘The whole amount of her income, including the pension, is six hundred and fifty dollars. TRUTH. Coroners’ Inquests, Tax Weer Stamer Casvauty.—Tho inquest in thie case was commenced yesterday by Coronor Gamble, at the Ninth ward station house, wheu a jury of the following named gentlemen were empanelied to investigate the oc- currence:>—Andrew J. Garvey, of No. 52 Third avenue; Lee Tuller, of No. 720 Greenwich street; William Grant, of No. 547 Hudson atroet; James IMenkley., of H. J. Van Houder, Samuel A. Canningham, Troy. street. John Kelly, the ste" o> ber hasta Dr. Ferguson ” ine body ond gave it_as his opi ’ as we oy + focation. The inquest was shen a © aay. The body of Michael Mabe the Diiesing cow referred «« yestertay's edition of the Hrnaun, wre teen: = 1 ve at by the w mw. was fous Harley in tue tag building. “Dems there were no exte pao was FO , No 74 Ganso asons and carpenters visited the y nee with the desire of Coroner Cambie, apd their tort All be given before the Jury to-day, At the Ninth ward station be Ax Unksows May Fouxp Drowyan — Coroner Connery also held an inquest at the pier foot of the bedy of an unknown man found drowned body bad evidently been in the water | months, and it was so moch decompreed that it would be imposst ble for any one to identify it. Verdict, “Death by drown ing s ruins yesterday, in ac Extrsonpisany Deverorements ms Recap to Ty: PHtLapRLPHta Boarp or Heacrm— It has been under. tood that a Committee of Councils has been investigating miuet of the Board of Health, agamet whom gros4 ges of fraud and peculetion have been made, The tigation hae been fain d to Councils has beer preparet n pliced in oor hands, It attention of args site 1; that fletitiows bills h presented ond paid, and that warrants have been drawn in the names of firins who never had any transactions with the Pourd; that the members of the Board have used the pattie funds in cating and drinking, and covered up the facts by these fletitions charges. The character of these transact one i# shown by the evidence submitted, ‘The firet transaction is in regard to Alling a tot at Proad and Prince streets. Previous to maki the contract, the cost of this job was estimated at about $00. ‘The bilis actually rendered amount to $24,415, and $11,501 93 M paid to contractors, vard of Health was charged for this work #250 for % for each lahorer. The «Ig private individuals, ® capacity for only was haale aid for the 2,717 loads, why cost 19 for 124,249 & quantity suite fo make a mound twoeny' hs higher than the curt stone, The Health Omicer, it is charged, always had an interost in all contracts, Bids for dinners, liquors, segars, carriage hire, cons whole of the revenue, but this being insuffic rent, netkions bills were made out to mect the deficiencies, and wore paged by the Board. Other bills of like chatacter Ware made out to cover the cost of the committee's feast at the lazaretto, Warrants were drawn in favor of persons who never had any dealings with the Roard. ‘The clerk, ao. cording to the evidence, was told to keep hia accounts #0 nobody could understand them but himself, and he ap pears, from the statement mada, to have followed bit im eWuctions.— Philadelphia Ledger, Deg. 4