The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1857, Page 4

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Lott, will leave Roston on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. The European mails will close in this city at noon to- morrow, to go by railroad, and at half-past two o'clock P. M. te go by steamboat. The European edition of the Heratp, printed in French and English, will be published at ten o'clock im the morn- ing. Single copies, in wrappers, six cents. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New York Herawp will be received at the following places in Europe:-— Lompen.. ..Samson Low, Son & Oo., 47 Ladgate hill. Am.-European Fxpress Co.,61 King William st seeees Am. European Express Co. ,8 Place de la Bourse. Am. -European Express Co., 9 Chapei street, R. Stuart, 10 Exchange street, Kast. Bavnx.....Am. Puropean Exprese Co., 21 Rue Cornoilie. The contents of the European edition of the Heratn will combine the news received by mail and telegraph at the effice during the previous week and up to the hour of pub- Alcation. Pans The Europa had not made her aj pearance off Sandy Hook up to midnight last night. The weather was clear with a light southwest wind. She is now in her sixteenth day out from Liverpool. The steamship Star of the West, with the mails and passengers from the Pacific, was at Havana when the Empire City sailed from that port for New Orleans, as announced in the Hexap yesterday morning. She will probably arrive at this port on Wednesday next. The Star of the West had $2,250,- 000 in specie on board, en route for New York, with advices from San Francisco to the 20th ultimo. The news from California is not important. The public mind was still greatly agitated with respect to the question of the seaworthiness of the Pacific mail steamers. The following vessels arrived at San Francisco from Atlan ports subsequent to the departnre of the steamer of the 5th ult., viz:—Sierra Nevade va, Old Colony, Goddess, Herald of the Morning, and Sancho Panza. accyunt of the de- on his second ith hiv arrest at We publish this morning a full purture of Ger her w New Or Our article contains Com ‘alkex"s movements in the United a ats returp after the capit ion at Rivas, showing the progreas of the organizd@on which has jos: eventuated in a second filibustering enterprise. It will be found highly intereding. The Star of the West. due lire on Wednesday next, will bring us a detailed sco of Walker's landing at Punta Arcnas on the 25th ult. The steamship Daniel Webster arrived at this port last evening from Havana, with news to the 8th instant, There was nothing of interest transpiring in political circlea. The feast of the “ Immaculate Conception” was being Celebrated with general pub- lic rejoicings and religious ceremonies. People were anxiously watching for news of the saccouch- ment of the Queen of Spain. The sugar market was steady at the previously reported low rates, with one hundred and ten thousand boxes on hand. Ex- change on New York (short sight) was at «ix to seven premium. United States gold coins were at three to four per cent premium. Freights bad im- proved. The health of the city was good. From Northern Mexico we are informed of a treacherous and desperate reactionary revolt made at Tampico on the 15th ult. On that day Don Eclogio G. Valdomer entertained General Moreno, several officers of his staf and some distinguished citizens, at dinner. In the midst of the feast a revo- lutionary ery was heard, when the guests were im- mediately seized aud imprisoned. They were res ened by the town people and Don Valdomer was shot dead during the riot. A strict custom house order with reference to the permits for goods from the fronticr bad been issued. In order to prevent smuggling all wrticles must be accurately permitted and certified te before taken into bond. By way of Brazos Santiago we learn that a hurricane cocurred in Alamos, Sonora, on the Sth ult., which destroyed a vast amount of property. It was also felt in Lower California, where it destroyed all the crops. Capt. Windser, of the British brig Margaret, ar- rived at thi« port yesterday from Grand Cay, Turks Islands, and reports a great scarcity of provisions at that place, and that a number of the inhabitants were in a #tate of starvation. The annexed table shows the temperatore of the atmosphere in this city during the past week, the range of the barometer, the variation of wind currents, and the state of the weather, at three periods during each day, viz.: at 0 A. M., and 3 and # o'clock P. M. :— toe ah 4 ali He H Aly He ilo m SRES=2 RRM ARES. Saturday—Morning, snow, alternoon and evening, over cust Sor ok for with rain a'l day and evening. Mon ur ali day w ening Toe ereuat al Woanescay Overcast and rain all day; thick fog during bight hureday—Morving, overcast; afternoon, clear and Picarant, night, ciewr Freda ady and cold all day, night, clesr . Morning, clear letters from our correspondents at tached to the agmy of Utah, detailing the progress bod prospects of the expedition, a ven in to Gay « paper; a connection we publish a sketch Of Lag Gomera Wells, the cammander of the uccessful | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 185T. mon forces, who is destined to act a prominent part in the difficulties which have arisen between tho Saints and the federal government. We also give letter from one of our correspondents in London, containing statistical information with reference to the emigration movements of the Mormons in Europe. It is estimated that as many as twenty- seven thousand of the chosen people have emigrated to the United States within the past sixteen years. The official canvass of the votes cast for Mayor in this city shows that Tiemann received 43,198, and Wood 40,908.—Tiemann’s majority,2,290. Thetable published in the Heraup on the morning after the clection gave Tiemann 43,282, a difference of 84 votes, and Wood 40,951, varying only 43 votes from the official count. Our table gave Tiemann 2,331 majority, and the official canvass gives him 2,290. The value of foreign goods imported at the port of Boston during the week ending 11th inst., amounted to $1,103,374, showing au increase of $382,802 as compared with the corresponding period in 1856. The eales of cotton on Saturday were confined to about 100 4 200 bales, without change in prices. Flour was dull, and the market Closed at a deciine of about 5 cents per barrel, chiefly on the lower grades of State and Western; while sales were to a moderate extent, chiefly to the home trade, with small lots for export. There was a fair demand for wheat, and prices for prime to choice lots were firm; while common and inferior grades were lower. The transactions embraced about 20,000 hushels at prices given in another place. Corn was steady, with gales of ew Southern white at 6c. a 68c., and Jersey now, mixed and yellow, at 60c. a 65e.; old Western mixed, was nomi- nal at 7c. a 76c. Pork continued dull, with sales of country uninspected mess at $15 26, and old city inspected mess at $16. Sugars were firm, with sales of about 200 a 300 bhds. Cuba muscovado, 190 boxes and 176 bhds. molado at steady prices. Coffee was steady, with sales of 1,000 mats of Java, 300 bags Rio and 50 Maracaibo at steady rates. Freights were without change of moment in rates. To Liverpool about 25,000 bushels of wheat, in bulk and bags, were engaged at 44/d. a Sd., with flour at 1s, 6d. To Glasgow about 26,000 bushels of grain were taken, per packet bark Jane Daggett, at 6d. to 844d, in bulk and bags. Some flour was engaged to London at 2s., and oil cake at 2s, per barrel. The Resumption of Specie Payments. This week, if Providence endows our bankers and merchants with common prudence, will in- augurate the revival of American trade from the revulsion of 1857. Our city banks, the other State banks, the Boston and New Haven banks, and generally all the banks which sus- pended specie payment, with the exception of the Pennsylvania banks and a few others, have now returned to their old system of paying all their liabilities in specie, when required to do so. The two hundred and fifty millions of specie which are inthe country amply suffice for the basis of a sound currency; indeed, it may be as well to repeat once more, as we are taking leave of the subject, that our bank suspension was a mere ephemeral accident, unwarranted by any radical unsoundness in the banks, un- called for by any radical decline in our commerce, and simply caused by a momentary outburst of panic occasioned by a breakdown in the rail- way system and stimulated by an unusually sud- | den and severe contraction on the part of the | banks. It is well also to place on record once more, for the guidance of the future student of history, that during the whole sixty days which the suspension has lasted, specie has never been at one per cent premium, nor our city notes at | one per cent discount. In the every day traffic of life, no inconvenience whatever has been caused to the public by the suspension. So much for the past; now for the future. We are beginning business with an unusual plethora of specie in the banks; those of this city, for instance, holding twice their usual quota. Under ordinary circumstances, as the cotton crop is coming forward, our city banks would count on holding from eighteen to twenty millions from this date to May next; but per- haps the excessive demand for money in Europe may falsify this calculation. Still, as trade is | being generally curtailed, it is not likely that any want of specie can possibly be felt in this | . country by discouraging long paper. Four | city for months to come. Ten millions of gold, | in decently prosperous and quiet times, are | quite e2ough for our barks to hold; it will re- | quire very powerful effort to reduce the ave- | rage, during the next six months, below fifteen. | The country, as a whole, is richer than it has } been bef The cotton crop is large, and . though declining, are highly remanera- The crop of breadstuffs is universally vountiful. Of our two great staples, breadstuffs | and cotton, we bold more than we perhaps ever | did before, at the corresponding date. A cal- culation published in Saturday's Hexaty went to show that there had been sent forward for shipment this year over thirty millions less | cotton and breadstuffs than were sent forward | up to same date last year; in other words, that the planters and farmers held thirty millions re. tive more of their produce than they held in the middle of December, 1856. | We should regard this calculation as | extremely moderate; the amount of cotton and breadstuffe held back by the producers isin all probability larger than this, considering the great difficulties which the revulsion has thrown in the way of transmitting produce. It would | not be surprising if it was found that farmers and planters held fifty millions more of their | produce at thie time than they did twelve months ago. By so much then is the country richer. In a day or two the last of the ship- ments of breadstuffs from the interior—which have been unusually bountiful during the past few daye—will cease; leaving a nest egg for the farmer to send on in the spring. So of the cot- ton. The movements of the cotton market in Europe, and the disorganization of the ex- changes, have induced numbers of planters to hold back their crop, which will come on in the spring, and create a resource which the country has seldom had before. Nor has the general disruption of all busi- ness of a epeculative character been less condu- cive to the general wealth. Within the past | three or four months no man has embarked ina | rash enterprise; no money bas been locked up in new schemes of any kind; all undertakings of a speculative character, including many unprofit- able manufactures, mines, and otber enter- prisce which our great consumers of wealth in good times carried on, have been suspended, and the money that would have been appropriated to them has been saved. Business generally is in process of liquidation. Here are moet assuredly substantial reasons for anticipating a revival of solid prosperity. | We may add to these that the bulk of the losses | which have been occasioned by the revulsion will fall, not on us, but upon the manufacturers | of England and France, and the capitalists of Europe. Whe our people fail, it is the foreign- ers who euffer; we keep the goods, they lose their money. It ie not a very flattering reflection to one’s national pride; but itis a fact, and de- | serves mention in a review of the commercial | prospects. 1 We begin business, then, with an unusual | ameunt of gold in the banks, with an unusual | icutmulation of produce in the country, with ices entanglements in the way of apeculatiy: | expedition from this side, but that a force enterprises than we ever had before, and with fewer insolvent concerns and deeply indebted houses than we perhaps ever had to carry along. It rests, in a great measure, with the banks of this city, to decide whether these eeeds of pros- | perity shall bring forth good fruit or no, Eight | months ago, we warned the city banks that they | were nursing a day of wrath for themselves and | for the public by sending their meaus to foster \ the insane and miserable gambling in railway | stocks which was prevalent in Wall street. The | fulfilment of the prophesy is not likely to be readily forgiven. But the error may be repeated; and if it is, the same result will unerringly follow. However safe the operation of lending on railway stocks may ap- pear, it isa practice pregnant with panics and ruin to circles far beyond its immediate range ; if our city banks begin again to lend right and left on these speculative securities, the panic of October will prove the first of a series, It is likewise in the power of the banks to effect much toward solidifying the commerce of the months ought to be the longest date known for mercantile paper; three are ample in most cases, The fatal liberty conveyed to the bor- rower, under a system of six and eight months paper, ig enough of itself to account for periodi- cal revulsions. A sound discretion will nata- rally be exercised by the banks in the selection of paper for discount ; on this head it may sim- ply be observed that, however gratifying the general commercial prospect may be, the pri- vate condition of the old commercial houses is by no means reassuring, and will not be till March is passed. We have ninety days of anxiety yet before us; and, till they are passed, young houses which have come into life since the crash of October will prove the safest con- cerns in the country. If the New York city banks pursue a policy in accordance with these and kindred princi- ples, but a short period will elapse before this city becomes naturally the centre and heart of the commercial world. The Mormon Rebellion—Political versus Military Strategy. We publish to-day another interesting batch of correspondence from the Utah military ex- pedition and from Europe, throwing additional light upon the designs and movements of the Mormon rebels, for such we are now entitled to consider this infatuated people. Amongst these documents will be found a letter giving some account of the antecedents of the military leader to whom the Saints have entrusted the responsible task of confronting the able officers despatched against them by the United States government. This individual is probably des- tined to occupy a large share of the public no- tice, and he has consequently fair claims to the attention already accorded to Kimball, Young, and other leaders of this fanatic movement. It was stated in one of our recent letters from London that, in anticipation of the projected hegira of the Mormons from Utah, a prohibition had been issued to the brotherhood in Great Britain against their despatching any more emi- grants to this country. In another London let- ter, which we publish to-day, will be found a confirmation of this statement. In the same document will be found some curious statistics regarding the progress of Mormonism in Europe, and the extent of its contributions in population to the Salt Lake settlement. Since 1850 there have emigrated to that region from Great Bri- tain alone about 23,700 persons, whilst in the same period the emigration from the other | European countries did not exceed 5,000. This | discrepancy does not speak very highly for the | religious instruction or the political institutions of Great Britain ; for to one or the other of these influences it is unquestionably owing. There is one gratifying feature in the trouble | caused to us by this revolt, which relieves the government from much of the embarrasament which it might otherwise have felt in deal- ing with it. There appears to prevail « singular unavimity amongst all parties | and clastes os to the course that should be pur- sued towards these wretched fanatics. From one end of the country to the other we hear no sentiments but thoee of unqualified approval of the measures adopted by the President. The North is not more earnest in the expression of its feeling upon this subject than is the South. The Charleston Mercury, the organ of the South- ern fire-eaters, is, as will be seen by an article in our columns, energetic in the recommenda- tion of repressive measures. Even the republi- can party, with its many motives of hostility to | the present administration, has, through its rep- resentative in the Senate, Mr. Seward, express- ed its determination to give its cordial support to the President's policy in regard to these fractious sectarians. The general feeling seems, in fact, to be that we should avail ourselves of | the present opportunity of ridding ourselves of | them altogether, and the only question now is how that object is to be accomplished. As we have already stated, there is no event more to be apprehend. | ed than the exhibition of a craven | spirit on the part of Brigham Young. It is to our interest—it is to the interest of civili- zation all over the world—that he should per- sist in his insane determination to resist the au thority of the federal government. We cannot | weed Mormonism out of our Territories without | some political justification. Any attempt to interfere with the religious doctrines and prac- | tices of this people, abhorrent as they are, | would only expose our institutions to reproach and impair their integrity. As political rebels, ignoring the provisions of the constitution, and defying the federal authority, we are entitled to avail ourselves to the fullest extent of the re- pugnance with which their religious doctrines inspire us, and to hasten their exit, as they are so inclined, from the jurisdiction which they have outraged. ‘The realization of these views will depend very much upon the character of the military measures which are to be adopted against the Mormons in the coming «pring. Colonel John- ston, a man of admitted military talents, thinks that no more additions should be made to the should be sent from California to co-ope- | rate with it against the rebels, thue hemming them in both ways, and rendering , their defeat certain. The Congressional dele- | gates from California are understood to be urging the same views upon the government; | and they offer, on the part of that State, four offive additional regiments to operate against Salt Lake. General Scott, in endorsing Cul. Johneton’s report, gives it as his opinion that it would be better to send out supplies and re- inforcements from this side in the spring. This would daive the Mormon mora, or whatever te other region they may have fixed upon asa troubiesome and most conclusive mode of dis posing of the difficulty, Our object should not be to reduce these fanatics to a mere political submission, which would invole no compromise of their disgusting doctrines. Neither would it redound much to our credit as a tolerant and Christian people, to destroy them en masse, as must be the case if we adopt the more compre- hensive military measures recommended by Col. Johnston. We must drive them before us, and smoke them out, just as we would the pestiferous vermin that infest our farms and consume our produce. By compelling them to take up their hadidat amongst the savage tribes of Sonora or other parts of Mexico, we bring to bear upon the latter influences which, bad as they are, are still more civilized than their own habits, and they will at all events heip to keep them in subjection. The climate of the south- ern latitudes will in ita turn soon take the fierce sectarian energy out of these deluded men, and their excesses will die out from purely natural causes. With such probabilities before us, it would be folly to adopt any policy that might have the effect of preventing the contemplated emigration. Let us by all ineans vindicate the authority of the federal government, but let us do it in such a manner as not to throw obsta cles in the way of a consummation so devoutly to be wished for. Epvcation aT THE SourH—Proposep GREAT Sovrugrn Untversrry.—A movement has been in progress for some years past among the Bishops and leading diguitaries of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church South, with the view of establishing a great Southern uni- versity. The principal members of this de- nomination throughout the Southern States, with the exception of Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, which have institutions of their own of a somewhat similar character to that pro- posed, are engaged in this movement. An ad- dress, setting forth the reasons in favor of the establishment of such a university, and present- ing a plan for its organization, has been pub- lished by the following Protestant Episcopal Bishops, and circulated ameng the members and friends of the church in Southern and Southwestern States:— of Sonth Carolina. of North Carolina. Considerable progress has already been made towards the accomplishment of the enterprise, a site having been selected for the erection of a suitable building. The place chosen is on the Cumberland mountain, in the State of Ten- nessee, and is called Suannee. It is said to be admirably adapted for the purpose, both on ac- count of its location and its accessibility by di- rect railroad routes from Savannah, Charleston, and the cities and towns North, East, West and South. The plan which hae been submitted, in the ad- dress referred to, provides that the University should be wholly under the perpetual direction of the Protestant Episcopal Church; that the Board of Trustees should be composed of the Bishops of the dioceses, ex officio, so uniting, and one clergyman and two laymen from each diocess, to be elected by the Conventionsof the same; that the sum of $500,000shall be the least amount with which the enterprise shall be commenced, and that the senior Bishop by consecration of the University Asso- ciation shall always be Chancellor of the University. The other points of the plan consist simply of the details of the organiza- tion—those we have given presenting its prin- cipal features. The institution, we should add, is to be known by the title of “The University of the South.” Although, apart from the religious character of this movement, there is no allusion whatever in the address to the cause in which it has originated, there is no doubt that it has provoked and encouraged, if it has not grown out of the anti-slavery agitation at the North. Throughout the whole existence of the republic, the slaveholders of the South, except in com- paratively few instances, have had their sons | te THE LATEST NEWS. News from Washington. ARRIVAL OF GOV. WALKEK—THE INDIANA BELEGA- TIUN AND THE KANSAS QURSTION—RFFECT OF THE NBWS OF GEN. WALKER'S LANDING IN NIOARAGUA— A ROD IN PICKLE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF MOBILE. ‘Wasmnaton, Dec. 13, 1867 Governor Walker arrived here yesterday, and imme- diately sought Senator Dougias, with whom he had a pro- tracted interview. He also sent his private secretary to the President yesterday, to inform him that he was in the city, avd that he had no idea of leaving here for the present. He intends to call on the President to-morrow. ‘The Governor is as determined as ever in bis opposition to the Lecompton constitution; but strong hopes are enter- tained that Senator Douglas will yet face the atorm he himself created, and stand by the administration in the hour of danger. Governor Walker does not contemplate returning to Kansas prior to the cicetions, if atall. He advocates the immediate passage of the “Toombs bill,’’ but this is wholly out of the question. Constitution or no constitution is now the great issue here. Tam authorized to etate that the despatch in the New York papers of Saturday, that the Indiana delegation had an interview with the President and informed him they intended not to support the Lecompton coustitution after the expose of Douglas, is a base biack republican fabrica- tion. No such interview was bad—ro such conversation ever occurred, The news of Gen. Walker's arrivai ai Punta Arenas caus- ed considerable talk among the Solons and Lyourguses here. If tho report as stated is correct, that the commander of the Saratoga, on boarding the Fashion, found her papers all correct, the Collector at Mobile, from whence this ve3- sel sailed, will have his head taken off in short meter. Mr. Hackney, the now doorkeeper of the House, givos universal satisfaction in his appointments. TUE GENERAL NKWALAPER DRSPATCH. Wastinoton, Dec. 13, 1857. ‘The object of Sir William Gore Ouscley’s mission will not be specifically communicated to the State Department un- til the opinion of her Majesty’s government relative to that part of the President's message concerning Contral America shall been ascertained. More than one hundred thousand dollars has been dis- tributed by the Sergeant-at-Arms in part payment of the mileage of members of Congress. It is contemplated to pass a reso'ution this week to pay arrearages of salary from the 4th of March last, now, in- stead of waiting till the end of the session. About $600,000 will be required for this purpose. Condition of the Banks of Rhode Island. Provipence, R. I., Dec. 13, 1867. The following is a statement of the condition of the banks in Rhode Island, not including those of Providence, for the week ending Dec. ‘The Southern Matl—Diaasters at Ses. Wasuineron, Dee. 13, 1857 The Southern mail, from all points aa late as due, bas been received. ‘The bark Seraphine, from San Juan for New York, lost her spars in the recent gale, and put into New Orleans for repairs. She was leaking badly. Aship supposed to be the Floating Zephyr, of Boston, with @ cargo of lumber, was seen waterlogged in lat. 28, long. 74. Markets. Nuw Oxrxass, Dec. 12, 1857. Tho sales of cotton today were 3,600 bales, at un- changed prices; the market closed dull, dealers awaiting the Furopa’s advices, now fully due.’ Mixed corn 6c. Beet very dull, and 60c. a $1 lower. Keg lard 12 Rio coffee—Sales to day of 4,800 bags mostly at 85:0. a do. Other articles ed. Oswxao, Dec. 12—6 P. M. Flour unchanged; demand moderate, at $425 a $460 for common to extra State. Wheat steady; sales 6,000 bushels at $1 c. for Chicago spring, and %c. for Madi- terranean, Corn quiet. Lake imports to-day—24,000 bushels wheat, 4,000 bushels corn. Canal exports—5,000 bushels wheat. Shipped by railroad to.day—4,500 bar- reis Hour, Weather clear and pleasant. Our Washington le Wasnrwaton, Dec. 11, 1857, The Democratic Senatorial Caucus—The Senate Printing— Circumvention of the Union—Where's Gen. Walker? — George N. Sanders in Kansas, de. The democratic Senators held a caucus to-day at the Capitol, for the purpose of coming to an understanding With each other, in connection with the President of the Senate, for the reorganization of the Senate committees. There will be no great change in the committeos xs orga- nized last March. The caucus was hold chietty with a ‘View to the position of the new Sens( 1 who have entered upon thew Senator of Congress. ‘The question of the Senate q Monday next, when (here will be anotl the morning, previous to the ace arrange for disposing of greesiona! patronage. org: ‘ party,of which I have written before, who havo su: ceeded im obtaining the House printing in the name of Mr, Steedmag, in opposition to the party of the Washiugton Union, are also competitors for the Senate printing. These enterprising gentlemen, previous to or abont the time of the contest for the House printing, gave the men of the Washington Union to understand, in plain rms, or by uamistakeable intimations, that they would be contented with a share of the spoils; bat it appears thoir rapacity is stimulated instead of boing satisfied with what educated in Northern colleges and universities ; | thoy bave already obtained—in other words, they have but the movements of the anti-slavery party must soon lead to the withdrawal from our great Northern {institutions of learning the Southern portion of their pupils. To this re- duction in their numbers and means of support they may attribute the sectional animosities and feelings engendered by the abolitionists, Prosrerity or Pesiic AMusements.—If any thing was needed to show the progress of this country during the last tweaty years, we could find the most pertinent illustration in the dif. ference between the effects of the panic of 37 and the revulsion of 57. Compared to the pre- sent financial hurricane, the panic of '37 was a gentle breeze; it commenced, however, in the spring, and its effects frightened everybody for a whole year. The present storm commenced in September, and there is already a general impression that it was not so much of a biow, after all. Broadway shows us as many fine equipages, brilliant dresses and pretty faces as | ever; while all the places of public amusement ; are well filled every night. The Opera at the | Academy more than pays its expenses—five place of refuge. This seems to us the least thousand dollars per week—and the parsons themselves have encouraged a great outlay for the oratorios which are to commence this week. The week's announcements at all the places of amusement are unusually strong, aad include almost every conceivable kind of amusement. There are a dozen regular theatres in this city, all of which will be open this evening, and more small shows than we can have patience to count up. The receipts of all these will not fall short of fifteen thousand dollars, which justifies us in aseuming that the times are not so hard as some people iry to make out. In fact, we are rather more philosophical now than we were in °37, We know our own strength. We know that we have plenty of corn, © tton, grain, breadstuffs, and provisions of all kinds. We know that California will send us plenty of gold—at least three millions per month—and we know that our warehouses are filled with foreign woods, which will last us for two years, and wi il at a small per cent- age over the wholesal No more sack- cioth and aches for us. No more sittiag down upon the ruins of « fallen house and expecting Tlereabes to aid us, No, those who have saffer- ed will go manfully to work to make up for lost time, and, remembering the maxim about all work and no play, will generously patronise ‘pr per places of amusement and recreation. ch we can buy at re prices Personal Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From New Orleans and Havana, tn the steamebip Nantel Weister —B W Springer, H Maggona, Mr Barringer and fa: my, Z Cotdicn, M Renault, and sixtcen steerage. | doing?’ Some say he is in | bound for the remainder of his life. been slyly humbugging their opponents. The Union men ure both #1 and alarmed. The unfortunate ‘or gan,’ I fear, has not played all the music required of it, ‘and even has uot played vo ault the taste or car of all the members of the emoozatic party, but rather has played most discordantly to some of them. Besides, I understand that certain speeches and puffs, and editorial endorse. ments of certain honorable members of ress have been wilfully, not to say imprudently, neglec Monday morning will determine probably whether Wendell's types will leap for joy or be knocked into “‘pi."* “Where is Governor Walker?" is the question asked at every corner. “Is he in New York?’ “What is hi Ont cy forging thander bolts, but I imagine be is not Vulcan enough for that. I rather think he is forging chains, with which ho will be The politicians of | Washington are anxious to know if he be determined to make himself a martyr at the hands of Mr. Buchanan, or whether be will gracefully take the initiative and martyr ize himeelf Cannot the Hixnauy find him out, and relieve this anxiety? There is quite a force, and will be shortly, I under. stand, a larger force of protectioniste in Washington, for the parpess of obtaining @ modification of the traiff with regard to the articles of iron and wool, and of iron ej cially. Th cm the present tine most favorable for their par) ‘The Setwonal Hotel opened formally yosterday, and a large number of guests. The other hotels { & good businoss, and some of them are as t the time of an inauguration. The hard crowded times de not check the flow of visiters io Washington, but ecm rather to increase it An officer of the army, just frem Leavenworth, Kansas, informs me that upwards of two thousand troops are at Leavenworth for the winter, ready to start for Ub in the spring. About twenty officers have obtained leave of aby sence from the commanding general. They complain very much of the quarters at Lesvenworth, and say that if the season be severe the troops must suffer greatly, They are surprised that the , Or a portion of them, have not been stationed at Fort Jefferson, only a distance of three or four days from Leavenworth, and a much bet ter place. George N. Sandors’ frame houses or shanties, em to have done the business, The officers left Sanders at Leavenworth, he keeps open house, with a inch. bow!, alway# well supplied for a “treat all round.’ He has 8 billiard saloon for the officers and others, and a theatre for the amusement of all, so that if the Laet mf winter's wind penetrates his ‘miserably thin boarded houses,” (usine the language of the aor), ‘and chills the outaide, jcorge will cudeavor to allky that by whiskey and fun. He is doing a great business, and itis believed Mr. R. J. Walker is interested with him. The rent of his houses to the government, the immense profit there must be on he sale of liquors, the of the billiard saloon, theatre &c., together with his salary as Naval Agent of Now York and the pickings of that office, ought to mako Mr. Sandera arich man within « ebort time. United States Before Hon. Judie Nelson. APPEAL IN THR CASK OF THE SLAVE BRIG RLLEN. Dc, 12.—The United States ws. the Brig Eilon. —This waa an appeal from a decree of Judge Betts in the United States District Court in the cage of the brig Ellen, libelled for a violation of the act of Congress prohibiting the fitting out of veasels for the slave trade, Judge Nelson said:—t bave examined the opinion of Judge Betts in this case, ‘and I concur with him that the mere deciaration of Van Vechten, under the circumstances stated, waa not compe- tent evidence. The decree of the Court below, dismissing the libel, must be affirmed. Brookly Fine. About § o'clock on morning a fire broke out ina two story frame g on Hamiiton avenue, nonr the ferry , oscupied as a liquor store by A. D. Porter, ‘The fire originated from the flue, which extends trongh News. the side of the houre, The rooms became fille yith a dense emoke before the occupanta were aware” their danger, and it was with diMcalty that some of them ea eaped.' The steam engine of tho ferry boat Whitehall wae pat into requisition, and with the ait of officer Oats anit hors, of the Third Jame « to stock ane bu iy, $900, insured. ‘ecinet, the fire was suppreseed. xtures, $500, no surance, Ww THE OPEHA emanon at 4 DEM Y—OONCERTS N AT THE AO: OF THE WEEK—THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC ORATORIOS—-THALBERG—THINGS AT THE CITY THEATRES, ETC., ETO. Saturday was the sixteenth night of the prevent seasun at the Academy—a seagon which has been distinguished by the finest performances of Italian and German opera that have ever beea beard in this city—the representa tions of “ Robert le Diable’’ and “ Martha.” The latter had a very great duccess on Saturday, with an audience more than usualiy critical. Formos revelled inthe paré of Plunkett, and stirred up the Germans to a wonderfel pitch of enthusiaam. We hayo hardly ever heard such a storm of applause as rooted the Pater Lied in the third act. The opera abounds in cight delicious morceaus, all of which were carefully and admirabiy sung. The opora had evidently beon care- fully prepared, and was done in a way to command guo- cess. It is announced for repetition this evening the last time. On Tuesday the “Puritani” isto be givon for the German Hebrew Benevolent Society, and the places are nearly all taken. On Wednesday the ‘‘Traviata,” om ‘Thursday the oratorio “The Creation,” and on Friday the “Puritan.” There is certainly no want of enterprise om the part of the manager, Mr. Ullman, who directs his forces from a sick bed, to which he has beon confined for the past two weeks, but is now convalescing. ' The chief concert of the week has boon that of Madame Graever- Johnson, the new pianiste, at Niblo’s saloon. The lady verified all the good things that had beon said of her by the French papers. Thore is a very general desiro on the part of the ladies to hear her at a matinée. ‘The second concert of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Se- ciety took place on Saturday evening. The instrumental | pieces were, a8 on the firat occasion, carefully and ef- fectively rendered, and the minuetéo from Mendelssohn's symphony elicited an enthusiastic encore. One of Chopin's pieces was admirably executed on the pianoforte by Mr. Richard Hoffman. Chopin’s works are always difficult, but Mr. Hoffman’s performance showed him to be thoroughly familiar with the peculiar style of this master. Mad’lle Carioli sang with her usual precision and effect. Itis a pity that her voice is not always equal to her method. She is an excellent musician, conscientious and careful in all she does, but her organ is weak in the chest notes and does not always respond to the requirements of the music which she undertakes. She is, however, very young, and as she grows older her voice will gain in strength. The attendance was even more numerous than at the first con- cert, showing the increasing interest which the public are taking in the progreas of the society. ‘The oratorios announced by the New York Harmonic Socioty are looked forward to with much interest by all classes of the people. The house is to be arranged for these performances after the fashion of Exeter Hall. All theatrical decorations will be suppressed, and the singers | and orchestra will appear upon an elovated platform, Tho ' frst oratorio will be given on Thursday of this week. It will be “ The Creation,” with Formes, La Grange, Miss Milner and Mr. Perring, the chorus of the Harmonic Sooi- ety, and @ grand orchestra of fifty under Anschutz. The principal clergymen of the city have given thcir sanction to the project. The oratorios will be under the general Girection of Mr. Formes, and no one is more competent for the work. Mr. Thalberg is in town, preparing for his farowell con- cert, which will take place within the coming fortnight. Woe are quite confident that the public will show how sorry they are to lose such an admirable artist, by giving him audiences full enough to induce him to return. Mr. ‘Thalberg will be accompanied ou his Southern tour by Mr. Vieuxtemps, Mile Carioli and other eminent artista. Mme. d’Angri leaves the city this week fora concert tour in the rural districts. Mile. Parodi and a full opera company, the Corradi Setti troupe, sailed hence on Saturday for Santiago de Cuba. A correspondent writes to us, in rather an en- thusiastic vein, in relation to Miss Kate Deaa, of Ithaca, N. ¥Y. Miss Dean lately gave a private concert in this city, to exhibit to her friends her progress after two years’ study. She is said to resemble Jonny Lind in appearance, and to have a “ voice of the same quality and compass.”” If Miss Dean has that voice she needs little more—for as the Italians say, the voice is ninety-nine of the hundred good qualities which a singer ought to have. Our correspondent’s general remarks abont the condition of the art here and the necessity for young singers to study very hard, are quite good, but not after the manner of news, American singers, next to the Italians, are generally the laziest in the world, Mrs. Kemble’s Readings at tho Fourteenth street Ool- loge bave brought out the best audiences in the city. We can conceive of no finer illustrations of the plays of Shak- spere than Mrs, Komble’s readings. We trust that at the of her present course Mra. Kemble will give a A Midsummer Night's Dream” at the Aca- , with Yoodetssohn's music. «1 for this week include a prome- “iny af Niblo’s, from one till eleven ht of the Ladies’ French Benevolent neent de Paul, and one at Mozart Hall s, io aid of the Sunes of the Italiane Roth iastitvtions deserve to bo re- «1, Theses concerts, with five performances at ve Acadetoy, make the present a gala week in musica cireles Madame Caradori, who iv engaged by Mr. Uliman, is . jo arrive by the next stoamer. Th ‘ut of interest in the uheatrical world during the we » the Tass made (he authorship of “The Poor of New York,’ as produced at Wallack’s, The discussion has rather assisted the succes: af the on the samy Bene play, The authorship of such a play is not creditable to anybody, the only merit in the whole affair lying in the ingeouity with which the plot is conatructed and the dramatic contrast between the characters. This merit belongs to the French authors alone, and their names are not mentioned. A bit of what is called “ business” is stolen here and there from an English version of the play by Stirling Coyne, one of the cleverest living dramatists. This version— Fraud and ita Victims’—has been played at the Bowery and the Musewm. The superior success of the version at Wallack'’s is owing, we are convinced, chiefly to the admirable acting of the small parts, and partly to Mr. Bourcicaalt’s excellent stage direction. The piece is announced to be given every night tll Christmas, and bas made a most happy bit for the treasury, We alluded, the other day, to the oxtensive alterations being made in the stage department of the Broadway theatre. There alterations involve simply a return to first principles. The property was first purchased for the purpose of erecting an amphitheatre, and when the house was built it was #0 arrangod. The stage for dramatic performces has now been romoved— the side scones have been taken away, and an inclined plane at the back gives facilities of entrance to the area. for men, horses and other animals. The space about the area will bo closed in with new scenery, and the fittings of the ampitheatre are tasteful and in strict accordance with the best authorities. These alterations have beom made by Messrs. Van Amburgh & Co., who have the largest equestrian and gymnastic company in the United States, to which they add those famous animals which, with Mr. Van Amburgh, gave Suo his stirring epiasde of Morok, the Beast Tamer, in the “Wandering Jew.” Mr. James M. Nixon, one of the best equestrian directors in the country, bas the general management, and all the departments are in good hands. The house opens under the new managere this evening, with a tempting bill, which will be found in the proper place. There are sploa- did arena performances by Eaton Stone, and other cele- brated equestrian artiste, the performance of the great elephant Tippoo Saib, and the menagerial entertainments by the lions and tigers, Mr. Van Amburgh’s friends, There was asort of dress rehoarsal last night, at which everybody was delighted, and we can promise the public the full vaine of its money this evening. We notice no diminution in the attendance at Niblo’s Carden, The bills, however, give promise of increased attraction. For this evening, we have the “Féte Champe- tre,” with Gabriel, the “Contrabandist” and “Medina,” in which all the force of the establishment appear. Mr. Charles Mathews, whose previous successes wo have been happy to chronicle, changes the venue, as the lawyers say, and joins the very exoellent company of comedians under Mr. Rurton’s management. Mr. Ma. thews appears for the {irst time at Burton's this evening, playing his original part, Dazzle, in Rourcicault’s “London: Assurance ;’’ Mrs. 8. W. Davenport is the Lady Gay; Mr. Mark Smith, the Sir Harcourt; Mr. Brougham, the Max, and Mr. Burton, the Meddle, Otherwise the cast etrong one. Mr. Mathows also plays in the farce “An Appeal to the Public,” and we appeal to the same publie to get ite places early in the day or it wil got none at all. Lanta Keone's theatre is still doing a fine business with “The Sea of Iee,"’ which has reached its fortieth consect- tive performance, and will be repeated this evening, and every night thie werk. The business of last wook was even better than eve At the Museum, the bill for thir evening includes « local comedy , “The Rich of New York," and the theca «Pounded on Pacts." Mrs. Charles Howard plays in the (rst pieon. At the Bowery, the cquostrian company of Sands, Na-