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8 AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. ‘Whe New Treaty between the United States and the London Post (¢ 1), Dec. 1.) A to the Wi \tappears thata weaty bas concluded between the United treaty fiven by our aotema ViBRODS ch go a considerable Bore embodied inthe colebrated. Bulwer: the Isthmus is to be protected by United im the event of Nicaragua being unable to do sd, in con- sequence of * foreign invasion, civil insurrestion or other domestic causes,” Dut with the return of peare the troops are to be withdrawn, Assuming this statement to be cor rect, a defensive treaty has been concluded by General Cass and by (he Nicaraguan Minister, under the provisions of which the United States government will be enabled to holt miliary occupation of one of the most important geoyraphe al positions in the world. The Bulwer-Clayton Con- vention was directed tw the object of restraining Exgland and the United States from acquiring pew territory in Central America, and from erecting fort cations which might give to either power exclusive coutrol ever any uteroveanic route. If for the future the United States government ts to be empowered to end poops to ‘Nicaragua in case of “foreign invasion, civil inMrrection, or other domestic causes,’ the Central American repub- Vies will, we suspect, remain but a short time without the easisiance of their powerful northern neighbor. The normal condition of aflairs in Ceatral America may be summed up in a few words—namely, coustant commotion at home, and constant dread of aggression fromabroad. General Waiker and his companions have already furnished Mr. Buchanan with @ right to interfere under the treaty, be- cause it appears that the notorious dlibostering leader bas. once more started with his staf! and three hundred men ‘© renew his piratical operations in Nicaragua. Our con- temporaries further state that a free port is to be guaran- eed at each end of the line, and that the Transit route is © be thrown open to all nations upon the same terms. ‘The American government to seige Walker wherever they can find him, and bring him back to the United States. ‘The establishment free ports at each end of be communication is a provision which has already deen inserted in a convention which was coucluded with ‘this country more than two years ago, and it is one sc viously dictated by general considerations of interiauional policy that the United States government could not with any decency have abstained trom inserting such a stipula- tion. Whai the value of this guarantee of neutrality may be when the United States possesses a virtual right of military occupation of the eutire route is a question which Aime alone can decide, and whieh ytherefore, at present it would be idle to discuss. We must confess that the ver- sion of the treaty which has been published in America sensibly reminds us of those Anglo-Indian alliances which Aave given to the Bast India Company the right of incerfer ing in the domestic concerns of “protected’” native estates. Kk cannot be doubted that England and France, in com- mon with the United States and every other mercantile have the deepest interest in securing the neutrality ‘y communication, whether by railroad of canal, which st present uuites, or shall hereafter unite, the At. Jantic and Pacific oceans. Everybody knows from expe- rience that New Granada and other Central American States are, from their internal dissensions and feeble or- ganization, totally unable to provide those police regula tions Which are requisite to secure peace and order along ‘the line of transit. Foreign interference may therefore be highly expedient; but we must object to the exhibition ‘ei this interference by one Power which, being near at hand, could at any moment treat the guarantee of neu- trality as so much waste paper, and make the communi- catwn exclusively American. We admit the difliculty which diplomacy must encounter in dealing according to ‘one general syetem with five States whose interests are ‘more or less at variance. A renewed confederation of the Central American States is a measure scarcely to be expected, but it may be hoped that Sir William Gore Ouseley will be authorized to ate with cach individual and obtain for the same rights which may have been conceded to ited States or to any other Power. We stated that Walker, by a lite clever manquvring, has succeeded in evading the United States authorities, and that be has by this time in all probability recommenced hostilities in Central American. Revenue cruisers have been despatched to bring bim back; but, as he had a good start in a steamer, it is not likely that his capture has been effected. Under these circumstances, the United States government may be called upon to inter: fere i terms of their recently concluded agreement. The people of this country certainly would wish to see the infamous system of filibustering altogether suppressed, and they would not for that purpose object to the sepa rate interference of the United States government. But temporary interference for a meritorious object is some- thing very different from a military occupation, which may be permanent in its character, and result in the future annexation of these rich and’ iimportant countries to the United States. The speedy settlement of all juestions connected with Central America is a matter ¢ importauce of which to commerce it is impossible to exacge! A great Ang!o-American Company is now evgagea in the work of forming aship canal which will unite the two oceans, and open a much shorter route to Cabforna, to Austré aud to the innumerable islands which cover the Pacifi It is, therefore, a matter of the highest necessity that good government should prevail all along the isthmus, and that something like strength and ‘Vigorous organization should take the place of the feeble incapacity aad want of union which characterize the citi- veus of the Central American States. These objects we believe may be casily accomplished by the joint and bar- monjous action of Engiand and the United States; and we would hope that the appointment of an American Minister Yo accompany Sir William Gore Ouseley to Nicaragua may be accepted as an indication that both governments are equally anxious to bring to an early aud satisfactory set- tement questions which not only ailect the welfare of Central America, but are of the highest importance to the general interests of trade and commerce. Liverpool View of the Financial Crisis [From the London Times, Dee. 2. arterly general meeting of the Liverpool Chama merce was held this afternoon, at the offic wildings, for the purpose of receiving 1 port of the council and transacting other business The chair was occupied by Mr. Christopher Bus! Vice Prevident, in the unavoidable absence of thi devt, Mr. J. Torr: and there w members. Mr. T. B. Horsfail, 3 the Charman ed that Mr. Jose M. I’. Was prevented from atu member of th subject of the pres The Chairman, approaching the finan said: We are constantly charged with a desire to bu: p what are termed commercial delinquen Now. although the late monetary crisis may be cee \e rent and a difficult subject to touch | the merchants of Liverpool, tion to it, deeply as they by it, considering the intimate commer- slatyonsbip between Liverpool aud New York, where this panic originated, und the fearful decline in every do neription of produce consequent upon it, we have the reatest reason, Hot to boast, but to be thankful that up to this time so few of our merchants’ houses bave fall (Hear, bear " Whatever charge of reckless trading may be justly brought against some in every commercial commu: ity, the fact of so tnuch stability under such a crushing pressure must. in fairness, be taken as an evidence of the udence and legitimate trading of the majority. (Hear, Keer) Bot, while we fecl and say this, let us not shat ‘our ever to the fact that these oft recurring crises through which in our own day commerce bas passed are evidences, true as cause and effect, that there is something wrong in @ur system, some disturbing cause in tbe commercial body which periodically breaks out into these fearful epi- demice. Now, it cannot be denied that the natural incli mation is to look for the cause in some legisiative enact- ment which we think interferes with the sanitary action of trade. Weil, let us by all means inquire into such enactments immediately and without delay, and bring to dear alike upon the principles and details involved in them a wise, and just, and temperate consideration. (Hear, bear.) Bat let us not stop here. let us aleo inquire whether there is anything within the cammercial system to which we may in some degree, if not altogether, trace these great calamities. (Hear, hear.) The financial and Commercial credit of Great Britain is unquestionably one of our greatest clements of national prosperity. So far fas that credit iv based upon th dom, it is a great blessing; but credit sidered both a di things, may be used or abused. It is legitimately and pro. perly used when it is, as we have said, ‘apon our <apital, our industry, and our prudence. It is shamefully abused when it has no other foundation than a bold aud reckless daring, which, regardless of all consequences, deals with hundreds of thousands as though they were Saint of sand, upon the principle of ‘Heads I win; tails you lo and unfortanately, too, when too often the ‘condemnation or applause attending it depends too much y) the measure of failure or success which may result. hear.) It is well known that «uch a system of credit, #0 deeply to be condemned, not less on moral than on @ommercial grounds, bas of late years too much prevailed, not in Great Britain or in America only, but throughout the commercial world, that it has raised up and fostered a daring and speculatéce spirit which has rendered even the Uegiiumate and prudent operations of commerce. as carried om by ‘he fair trader bth dépicull and dangers. and which bas inne email degree tended to produge thoes periotical ¢ BUlsions which intelee wholy communatics in aloes! commen rian. (Hear, lear.) Ree hat the credit sve tem of commer carried on chiefly by means of bills change, seeing that there must be three pai to each bill—a drawer, an accepter, atd, last not least, a discounter—it seems reasonable that if capitalists, our money lenders, dis ers aud bankers, would re ward the character anc me who make these Hills more than the mere magnitude of their traneactions they do hold the checkstrings in thelr own hands, and have, individually and collectively. the power at once and henceforth to edy one great caus e oftre earring evils, and to restore pr erento , tw the future (Cheers.) It is perfectly cic larger « : pon the capital employed in tha », how ever strong, has been able to bear, an indant weight has caused the whole falric to totter, and has Dronght i portion of it to the grown’ (Hear fear.) This structure of credit has now to be rebailt det us all earnestly inquire how and to what extent it ean Dest be rebuilt to ineure tothe utmost extent stab fl afety. (Cheers) He coucluded by moving the adoyt.oa F the report ‘The Crists ty Hom! 5 Hamburg (Nov. 28) correspondence of London Post. } nit hae ype been a week of trial w all who ar and a« there ndirectly connected with commerce U pany who have not Participated in the anzety b has prevailed. The ex fgency, however, hax been nobly met, and efforts have een made to maintain the high character which Ham. Warg bas hitherto ev ioyed. which could searcely fail bo re tore copfidencr when t greatly needed, The Geet Movement Was the of @ “Discount Guaran ve millions of marks instalment of ten doe Society,” in whose were in one day sper cont was in the first instance only required, but from | @he manner in which the Wueiness is conducted, that @moant, it is thought, will be amply sufficient tor all f the institution. y does not iteelt ‘any bills, but merely endorses thoee which are wed of by the committee, consisting of thirteen of moet wealthy and moet experienced merchants in Qdis vty Jt is wot tended tat ay prot should be dg | I NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1857. rived from their operations, as tie sD mate for the'r endorsement (which is only Poe burg money, or about one penny sterling for every bane which they thus guarantee) will only be sufficient to de fray ordipary ex and salaries. Tho chief object ‘wae to facilitate business among merchants by restoring contidence at a time of universal yn already it appears to have produced this effect. The banks, immediately after the soctely bad made a commencement, apnounce t that bilis Dearing ite signature would be imme: diately begotated, and relief! was thus at once afforded to many who bad previously been surrounded with doubts and diffeulties. But it was not the banks alone who acted with this prompt liberality. The well-known wealthy horse of Solomon Heine came forward with even more effectual aid, and gave notice to the chief bill brokers on ‘Change that ghey would hold one million ot marks banco at their disposal, on the single condition that it should be divided in just proportions among the various applicants, The limit intimated was in a very short time exceeded, when Mr. Heine intimated to tho-o around him on the Exchange that he was still ready to appropriace @ second willion in the same manner, and this was evidently so great a relief to many expectants that a mingled exclamation of gratitade and admiration, which if it had been in Ragland wonld doubtless have Durst out: into a cheer, was at onee heard throughout the vast as- sembly. All parties had, no doubt, reason to be satified— the public because they Obtained money when it was ur- gently wanted, and thé capitalist because he procured 91, per cent interest, which was the rate agreed on for his money agains: bills chieily bearing the endorsement of the guarantee society, and which were therefore in every res- pect of the most undoubted character. But the efforts to place Hamburg in a safe and credita- bie position did not terminate here. Such measures ht be sufficient for a temporary purpose, bat something more was wanted to be of more permanent advantage. The cir culating medium of Hamburg, where there is no paper currency, aud where every payment through the \ .uk {s represented by silver actually deposited in it: vaults, has been found to be too circumscribed for the present emer- gency, and the Chamber of Commerce and other public institutions called upon the Senate to make rrangeme: for giving State bonds in advance on goods aud other valu able securities to the « xtent of ten to fifteen millions o marks banco. The Senate entertained the proposal fa vorably, and convened a meeting of the burgesses, with out whose eanc ion the measure could not be adopted tha their concurrence might at once be obtained. That meet- ing was held yesterday, and their approval having been given, the requisite machinery will be put in motion, ¢0 as to afford the contemplated reiief. It is proposed that two- thirds of the sum should be appropriated to loans on mer- chandi-e, and the remaining third to advances on govern- juent (unds or other similarsecturities, and that in all cases these loans, which are not to exceed a certain portion of the market value, are to be redeemed on or before the dist July, 1858. "Great assistance will in this way be given in a legitimate manner to the commercial interests at @ time of need, and although it is understood that there are some difficulties in the way as to the practical working of the measure, a committee of judicious men has been ap- pointed to make all needful arrangements, and as they have a similar plan which was adopted in 1799 with most beneficial results as a precedent, it is to be expected that the obstacles referred to will be successfully surmounted, and that the like advantages will now also follow. 'The Pressure in Berlin. {Berlin (Nov. 29) Correspondence of London Ting) One of the largest drysaltery houses that has failed here is that of Palmie, Brothers, for about 1,400,000 thalers, with bill obligations to the extent of one million. Among the cloth manufacturers about the largest failure is that of Julius Cohn, the amount of whose liabilities cannot as yet be stated, inasmuch as it is known that he has forged largely. and has already put an end to his life by blowing out his brains. This individual, who stood very high in commercial esteem, had borrewed from a lithographer of this place some blank check forms,on pretence of choosing between them and ordering some to be printed for himself. One of these he filled up in the name of a highly respected banker for 18,000 thalerg, and got it cashed by the cachier of a bank- inghouse in which be himself had an account, and was also a member of the committee of discounting. A large house in the corn trade here and at Stettin, H. Moses, failed for 1,200,000 thalers, and has pulled down with it the house of Bebrendt Rosen, in Hamburg, and it is feared will very seriously affect many other houses here and in Stettin, A banker in Stettin, named Alex. Raup, has failed for 800,000 thalers, but it is under. stood that his estate will wind up well. Im that town also an attempt is being made to get up a Credit Assurance So ciety, in imitation of the stops taken with so much effect in Hamburg and in Stockholm; but it appears that the nu merous difficulties and obstacles interposed by Prussian legislation and administration in the way of creating any- thing will prevent any result being attained from this en. deavour. My remarks of yesterday on the legislation and govern- meut of this country with respect t0 monetary matters, received the same evening their most ample confirmation by the publication of an order, signed by the Prince of Prussia in the name of the King, and countersigned by all the Ministers, enacting the suspension of the usury laws tor the space of three months, dating from the day before, but, at the same time, forbidding engagements to be en. tered into for a higher rate than the normal of interest for a longer period than a year. The Staats Anzeiger of yesterday also contained an article on the subject, ex- plaining the conduct of the government in this matter, and cnuneiating none but the correctest principles in monetary matters, im spite of the very fault; y practice that has hitherto prevailed. This article of the Staate Anzeiger shows, in corformity with my 1. That the restriction of the rate curity to 6 per cent per annum, by the usury laws, bad of late put a stop to the Taking advances on security, money being worth 0 much more for the discount of bills, which, not being restricted by the usury laws to 6 per cent, is how § por cent. 2. The bank law requiring three names to every bill offered for discount has had the effect at this period of distrust of actoally diminishing the amount of discount commoedation extended to the public, the amount of bills, offered to and discounted by the bank having actually ¢ stualler than usual of late, while the requirements of the public have been daily increasing, the paper circu- tion of the bank has decreased, aud its specie in hand and all this while the nesessity of snstaining — The Young Spanish Prince—Effect of his Birth In the Political World. {From the London Post, Dec. 2.) It has been for some time known that Isabella Was in an interesting situation, but few people beyond the palace walls expected that her Catholic Majes ty s confinement would take place before Christmas. Ia. deed, there were some attached to the household who pre- dicted Uhat the event would take place just in time to open the legislative session of the Cortes for the 30th instant. The Queen, however, has anticipated gossips, quidnuucs, doctors and ladies in’ waiting, for a royal son—a Prince Asturias—was born to her Majesty at Madrid on Saturday Dight, It ig now just six years since her Majesty gave to the world a princess, hitherto her only child. Great will be the rejoleings among the Ministerial adherents at Madrid, Usat « prince is born after a marriage of 11 years duration, To the Ministry appointed about five or six weeks ago, and whose existence hae been more than onge threatened since it started into being, this event must be a real godsend. There cau be no doubt of ite grew ‘ance and importance, and if it be properly managed, as it may be, oy 8 sensible, discreet and moderate man like Mou, Minister of Finance, it may be turned to a world of good. In countries where the Salic law does not prevail, it is immaterial of course whether the issue born to a sovereign be male or female. Now, dithough this law has been abolished tu Spain for twenty seven years and the oruer of succession confirmed by « decree Of the 20th of March, 1880, passed reven month= before ber Majesty Queen Isabella's birth, yet we cannot forget there is a »e, in the flower of his lage, whose partisans even within the last six months have sought to agitate Catalonia and parts of Navarre. The Count of Montemolin, married to a sirter of Ferdinand I) of the Two Sicilies, is just entering his fortieth year, and the birth of a male child t bis royal relative must hence forth be a beavy biow and a discon to the Carlist cause, «till jar with some of the agriculta ral classes in Old Castile, in Catalonia, in the Basque pro. vines and in some of Arragon. The partisans of con stitutionalism in are to abide by the settie ment of 1830, however irregala , under whic h Spain as made great progress in mater: sperity; but the Car lists have ever gombated that out, and have rarely omitted, in a time of distress and discontent, to raise the ptandard of jon. Now, however, that ber Cathol) Majesty har a hter and ason, it may be safely that ber throne is on deeper fe ions, and that the hopes of Montemolin, on the ope han: d of the To fanta Maria Louisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpeusier, on the other, ‘vanish into thin air.” Promotions and deco rations of all kinde—brevets, civil and military—will rev on the empleados; and if Don Alejandro Mon plays his part ae well as the generality of subtle Asturians be may weather this and another session. ‘The great dificulty in Spain is to satisfy the vain, the greedy, and the ambitious. On the whole face of the habitable globe there exists not a people more desperat intent om putting their four fingere—we had almost pad fingers, for, in taking, a Spaniard has an add) tional digit—into the public purse and helping themeel ves magnificently. If they cannot have mone: n office they look for rank, for a title, for a step in the army, the navy, the church, or the magistracy. Now, the birth of | a Prince of Asturias will cause a whole congeries of pro motions, and if these be dexterously distributed, Mon may content the one hundred and fifteen employes of the go vernment in the Chamber, and go far to satisfy sume of the twenty O'Donnellite officers or vicalvarists. Even Bravo Murillo and Liore jer euch circumstances, be come more tractable, and Pidal, whose appetite fv and rank are insatiable, is sur bandon Narvaez atv oin bis brother inlaw. The embassy to Rome might | Htanch bie avarice, and the rank of grandee of Sjqin n & roturier who is not content with © marquisate k truly, we should be very sorry not w see the Ar mero Mon Cabinet take root. Ip their short tenure of office they have exhibited umwonted moderation. They have d the restrictions on the press, they have allowed political refugees bo return, and their whole course nu tolerant and conciliatory pear di<posed to employ,men distinguished for liberal conser vativ ber monarchical progresi#tas, such aa Cort uriiga, or moderate absolutists yrother, the Marquis of Vilum and it is only a poliey equally wise aud that can give peace to Spain and solid trength to ber institutions. Ry and by, when longer | established. it may be possible to weed the Armero | Mon Cabinet of certain nullities, or worse than nutli wud then we may expect to see the finances of placed on a proper footing, ber credit and charac in Kurop tored, and her immense and fertile f leveloped. Spain in every province th, if the farmers and producers ntercommunication by roads and raile market. The transport of a fanega of grain from Toledo to Madrid costs fully ag much as the | ¥alue of the article. An economist like Bon, the disciple of the enlightened Torreno, is eure, if he be given time, to remedy astate of things like this. Give him but time, | and a fair majority, too, and wp do not despair of his s€ riously undertaking the case of the Englich creditor, not at one or two in the Morning—the favorite working hours of Spanish public men—but early in the day, We look to Mon, too, for improving the customs laws and liberalizing the tariff of Spain. if free trade is ever w come a re ality, he is the man who can carry the question, and abate the (age of Catalonian envy If these be hit end vime, they are glorious ends, and we wish him every ¢ erst, A nmistor basing bis operations on there realy na eee tonal views would have the support of the mass of | Sentence of Death upon James Shepherd for | tia! testimony which has been presented, that i shes for his iness and success in whatever position { the people, and the goodwill of foreigh and frie!- ‘Assan tn aie lees Beaten wil pot efor ou to hope thas the Executive: wil inter: | liebe may oezeafer be paced, : ae ly Cabinets. Such’a minister might to scorn cliques fere to prevent the sentence of the Court from being car- | _,Retolvetl, That «copy of these resolutions be presented to and camariljis, and trample under foot that back stairs in- COURT OF GENERAL SESBIONS. ried out. Therefore your time should be devoted—what | ariin Lefevre. . fuence—the ruin abd disgrace of a great county. Before Femains of it to you upon this earth—to a preparation tor | , sing Vresn.— Ship Oxford (of Freenort, 8 trom pn nt he Hocwsier init, Loghor Hoston, since which time anne Dac, 19.—It ia the custom of the Court to hold no jury | Sfnture state of existence. The sentence of the Court is | Leghorn sbout Sept for Hoston. ppt Intelligence, The Washington correspondent of the Independent gives the following vivid description of the “‘Littie Giant”? when under full headway — ‘Senator Douglas is short in stature, but of such physical proportions, aside from this lack, as instantly to attract the attention of astranger. A very Li head, connected with broad and powerfully built shoulders by @ short, full neck; a chest sufficiently roomy te contain the lungs of & giant, and a pair of short, dumpy logs, com- plete the physical picture of the “Little Giant,” if we ex- cept the broad, lofty Websterian brow, and the deep set, cavernous eyes, that sparkle and glow, when excited, like mners’ lamps beneath it. It is the wus DFAID ae lodged in that perpendicular precipice of a fore- ead, and shooting out its fires from its shadowed eyes, that bas given*him the sobriquet which he will carry to bis grave. When excited aad in full flow of debate that massive head rolls and shakes with the emphasis of his thought, and the huge hand doubies until the nails indent the palm, or else the broad, open hand receives the blow of its mate and italicises the sentence with a stunning re- Lid ‘The sweat pours from him profusely, and falls from is bead or is thrown clear of his shouldera’by these inimi- cal shakes of the head, as the rain are shaken from the trees by asiorm, ‘Adi to this a thick, bush; of black hair and a restless, uneasy feeling, which ‘prevents bis being at rest for five consecutive minutes, and keeps }inn moving {rom ONE point to another in the Senate cham- er, and my picture of the “Little Giant” is complete. It is stated, says the Cincinnati Commercial, on tha which seems t us reliable authority, that Mrs, Senator Dougias takes a@ most lively interest in her husband's poittical fortunes, and that in addition to inflnencing him to cut down bis drinking and to>acco using to short allow- ance, and to ome good baying’ ie reared hin important service in augmenting luck and strengthen- ing bis back bone for the attitude of hostility toward the administration in which he is now piaced. She is said to be exceedingly ambitious, amd to be a thorough social ciplomatist, exercising a considerable degree of talent and force in furthering ber husband’~ schemes, in the parlor of the splendid new house over which she presides. The conduct of Captain Chatard, in command of the United States ship Saratoga, at Punta Arenas, with refer- ence to the landi of Walker, has been the subject of severe animadversion by the press, and is understood to be disapproved Lave governinent. It is due to Capt. Chatard, says the Baltimore Sun, highly as ke has ever been esteemed in this city, to suspend puble judgment until definite information ‘has been received. ‘He bears the reputation of a brave and faithful offices; has been thirty-four years in service; has commanded eght dilforent ships; is regarded as an able disciplinarian; and we learn was hever court martialed, reprimanded or otherwise complained of in apy official relation. The Columbus, Ohio, correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette says:—Gov. Chase has been laid up for the past week with rheumatism, but is expected to have a firm footing in afew days. He is eminently a man of routine; perhaps no Governor ever devoted himself so constantly and systematically to the business of his office. Rumors connect the recent purchase of a tasty and commodious residence by him, with intentions to place in it as his wife, ‘an accomplished young widow of Cincinnati, daughter of & wealthy and influential citizen of Columbus. The Gover- nor’s sister, from Toledo, will preside over his new home for the present, The Lynchburg, Va., Courier in noticing the arrival of Gen. Sam Houston, says he is six feet four inches high, large in proportion, and as straight as an Indjan. He has but little hair ‘on the top of his head,”’ and what he bas has been silvered by the touch of time—as has also the large moustache which dignifies his upper lip. He wears avest made of some kind of animal's skin (wild cat pparentiy)—-has his pantaloons stuiled in the legs of boots, and od a ts quite @ backwoods dilapidated appearance—at cered. jeast 80 far as his dress is con- Hon. N. P. Banks, Governor elect, has resigned his office of Representative in Congress, and his resignation has been transmitted to the Governor. Probably Governor Gardner will ope issue his proclamation, order- ing an election, and it will occur about the Sth of January. ‘The Boston Transcript of the 18th instant, says :—Colonel and Mrs. Fremont left Bostou yesterday. They have been in the city several days, visiting our public’ instRutions and enjoying the hospitalities of their friends. They were welcome guests everywhere. Goy. Wm. F. Packer, of Peunsylvania, is in Wa ington. The wife of Senator Benites, of San Antonio, fexas, has recently given birth to her nineteenth child, She is’ but 38 years old. Dr. H. 8. Forwood, formerly of Hartford county, Md., but now of the New York Medical College, has been clect- ed President of the Association of Medical Students of the Northern College for the year 1857. n. Mirabeau B. Lamar, whose nomination has been confirmed by the Senate as Minister to Centra! America, is 8 man of over sixty years of age, a resident of Texas, for whose independence he fought, and was, two years ago, the presiding officer of the Southern Commercial Conven- | ton at New Orleans. Fx-President Pierce having been named for United | States Senator for New Hampshire, the Concord Patriat announces that he would not accept the office even if he could receive the vote of every member of the Legis- ture. Speech of Vice President Breckinridge at Ba- t Ro La. - Vice President Breckinridge had an enthusiastic recep jon at Baton Rouge, La., on the Sth inst. fhe Breckia ridge Club formed in procession and_ marched to the resi dence of Governor Wiskliflc, where, in response to a speech of welcome, Mr. Brecxinridge spoke as follows:— He thanked the members of the Club for the honor con ferred upon him in aeeuming his name as the title of their rganization. He bad understood that its purposes were temporary, and that it was formed to aid the triumph of emocratic principles in the great contest of 1856, and had disbanded after the election. They had _re-or; Light under their old banners to gre ad welcome Lim to. he capital of Louisiana, and for this demonstration of cou fidence and esteem he felt a grateful sensibility. Uf a friendly ap had induced them to confer his bame upon their association, be his chort future political career woutd develope no 5 teristics which would cause them to regret their generous bestowal of esteem. The truths of Jacksonian democracy were the guides of his youth. In his manhood he had sought no new allegiance, and now, with the facilities and | power ofa wider experience, be felt as true a devotion to those principles as that which moved the enthusiasm of his boyhood. He then averted to the issue which marked the canvass of 1856. The democratic par ty had achieved a glorious success then, and must triumph in all future contests, if it but maintain, unchanged, the | principles which animated and goveraed its early strug. | gles, That party derived its ereed from the constitution. | Tt subjected all measures to the erueible of the constitu tion, and if the test discovered alloy, ;it rejected them ax droge, though their glittering appearance attracted admi rere. A high regard for equal rights of the States, muni- | cipal and individual, had marked the career, created the success and established the permanence of the democ’ Ite organization was formed by the spirit which couns our forefathers to draw their swords against the aggres. sions of the Mother Country. It arrayed opposition to the alien and sedition laws of the elder Adame. Ite iirst suc cess was to erase thore uities from the statute book. ‘Thowe laws infringed the rights of citizenship by confer ring upon the President the power to expel from the coun wi ver he deemed obnoxious to ite welfare, and established a censorship over the press which would have made it uoft to goard the Vberties of the people, or afford them know ledge. The President was endowed with the tripie function of accuser, witness and judge, powers which made him a despot, and the peeple so insecure in the enjoyment of their natura! rights as scarcely to deverve the name of freemen. It attacked the United States Bank because that institution possessed monopolies in derogation of common right and Was fast usurping powers inconsistent with the us of our constitution. He next referred to the efforts of democracy to abolish the inequalities of the protec- tive sytem. It nurtured the manufacturing interest, While it depressed the proeperity of agriculture. It was not his intention to discuss the political topics of the day. Those questions had been settled py the irrevocable of the democracy—the party which, having for ite bari the constitution, had survived the mutations and caprices bile opinion, and amid the wrecks which strewed the political battle ground. still stood a proud and enduring tMmonument of justice and reason. He spoke of the eon stant gpd unchanging attitude of the party as the advo. cate of State and individual equality, and in the several political crises whioh occurred in our history, as the only true conservator of oor republican system, as originally framed. He alluded to the rise and fall of the Know Romine meew, as having been comprised in leas time than had measured the career and existence of any party in this or any other country. He ascribed ite early dissolution to the injustice of ite principles. It denied thowe who, by eccident, had drawn their firet breath under a foreign sky, am equal participation in the rights of citizenship, which i guaranteed by the con- stitation. it was hostile to the freedom of conscience, because it proscribed Catholics. He enjoined the re membrance of the causes which drove the Puritans to New Engiand, Baptiste to Virginia, and Hugenote to South Corolina. If we but recollected the inhumanities our an- cestors suffered for the rights of conse) we would feel a renewed reverence for the privileges of ‘toleration. Hie dwelt with particular emphasie upon the uecessity of the Union as the only guarantee of Prowperty and peace, and indicated the det tic policy as the only safeguard for ite perpetuity subject he dwelt with some jon, with resistions elequence. Independent of its iscumsion ag a matter of policy, he dwelt with enthusiasm and great effect apon the subiime sentiments of patriotism which our Union, in ite rise, ite glorions advance and its almost limitless future, ought inspire in the hearts of American youth. When Major Breckinridge had concluded his address, Governor Wickliffe came forward, and in a very cordial manner, said: —‘Fellow citizens, to see Breckinridge is to admire him; to know him is to love him well. [ask you all in to take a glass of wine with him was of course aecepted, and after a pleasant half an hour with the Vice President, the or nthe highest state of satiefaction at the re terview, Tar Bay Srare Mr vestigation are diligently engaged in their rescarenos mito the affairs of thie corporation. We are informed that the scrutiny has revealed what was generally surmised to be the fact, that Lawrence, Stone & Co. are largely indebted to the concern, and that the assets (rom thie source will be comparatively trifling. Mr, Lawrence is reported to have sailed for Europe in the steamer of the gth, from New York.—Hoston Transcript, Dec 18 Poermasren Ansconpen.—The Uticn Tvlegraph states that Mr Obadiah J. Owen, the Postmaster at Rem ern, Oneida county, has disappeared very mysteriously He wae lact heard of in letters postmarked at Syracese. It i¢ supposed that he bas runaway. Thi suspicion pre aile among the many persons in the northern towns from whom he has bought butter on credit, and to whom he ix largely indebted. The sum of his indebtedness in porthern Oneida is very large. made an assignment a year or two ago, but bas Fince been prosecuting a large burners, and bis ereditors are very numerous, The invitation | before God and the workl. trials on Saturday, reserving that day for sentencing the prisoners convicted of the charges against them during the week, when there is generally a large gathering to listen to the proceedings, which are often very interesting, from the fact that the presiding officer dispenses sofhe ‘wholesome moral instruction to the culprit, who is allow- ed to tell his version of the affair and to enlighten and edify the multitude by a narration of the leading events of his life, which is often an eventful one. Old and harden- ed criminals, with whose career the prosecuting officer and the attaches of the conrt are as familiar as them- selves, make plausible speeches to the Court, believ that by exercising tact, and often considerable intellect: ability, they can produce a favorable impression upon the Judge, and thus secure a miti of the sentence. Often, when the Judge intimates the face of the prisoner arraigned for sentence is familiar, that he has previously obtained apartments for him in one of our institutions, or performed some other similar friendly act—w! the Assistant District Attorney, with a rougish ex- pression, reminds him of the day and the circum- stances attending a previous conviction—and when the Clerk quietly confirms the jons made ee. the minds of the Ju and prosecuting r, the hitherto innocent expression of the criminal is suddenly changed to that of guilt, and exhibits as much amazement when his guilty deeds are brought to his remembrance, as the woman who ran and asked her any ieneedeeaeaard baru anid told her all that she ever did. Long before the usual hour for opening the Court this mor the dcors were'besieged by several hundred <4 sons, ing understood that James Shepherd, who been tried and convicted of arson in the first ane, on Monday last, would be sentenced to death; and when the doors ‘were thrown open in a few moments every seat was occupied. The audience remained quiet for an hour, duri which time thoze who were pru- dent and sensible enough to furnish themselves with copies of the morning journals passed away their time by devouring their contents. Those per- sons who attended the trial of Shepherd from its commencement to its termination, and who had not only the opportunity of listening to the testimony adduced against |, but saw the actions of the accused, which were @ good index to his mental organization and vicious proclivities, could not fail to come to the conclusion that he not only wilfully set fire to his premises, but that he murdered his wife before he applied the match. Her charred remains were fjrst discovered in the ruins by Fire Marshal Baker, to whose indomitable perseverance the conviction of this criminal is mainly attributable; and ‘a close inspeetion of the body of the unfortunate woman would convince aman of cool judgment that he effected her death by choking her while asleep. Recorder Smith took his seat upon the bench shortly after 11 o’clock, after which the clerk caused a number of prisoners against whom the Grand Jury had found indict. ments, to be arraigned for plea. They’ severally pleaded “Not guilty,” and were remanded for trial. Three prison- ers were charged with highway robbery, and one with assault with intent to kill. His Honor then proceeded to pass sentence upon the Prisoners, alist of whose names were furnished by the clerk. ‘Joseph B. Thayer, a very respectable looking gentle- man, who Was tried and convicted of what was supposed to be at the time @ wanton and outrageous assault upon | two men named Gilroy, who swore that they went into the defend: 's oyster saloon, and were forcibly prevent. ed from leaving, was brought ap for sentence. The Re- corder, in passing sentence, said that since the trial evi dence was: Tarnished him establishing the bad character of the witness Gilroy, who bas since been arrested for crime. Affidavits of @ number of gentlemen with whom the Court was well acquainted, were also submitted, proving that Mr. Thayer’s character was good. Under these circumstances, the Recorder thought that the ends of justice would be as well subserved by a suspension of judgment as by punishing the defendant, and discharged ‘im. SENTENCE FOR BURGLARY. Wm Nugent and James Moran, who pleaded guilty to an attempt at burglary in the third degree, were ar- raigned. His Honor, in sentencing Moran, said:—Iin your case you have presented nothing o the Court in extenua- tion of the offence which you committed, why the extreme ity of the law should not be imposed; still, the Court not aware of any crime perpetrated by you betore this. The discretion which it has will be exercised as far in our favor as I consider the ends of justice will permit. you and confederate, who has escaped, were with this smaller boy, (Nugent,) who was probably led away by fog to commit this offence. The sentence of the Court is you be imprisoned in the State prison for the term of two years, at hard labor. He spoke as follows to Nugent:—You have pleaded guilty to an attempt at burglary in t! legree. The ta the third di Th Court have discretionary power either to send you to the State prison for two years and a half, or to suspend judg: meut. There have been representations made to the Court favorable to you, and there is reason to believe that you were led away by these boys to the commission of this crime, but there is no doubt whatever as to your guili. Your course of life from this time forward’ will have to be a very strict and very honest one if you expect to wipe out the Stigma which this oifence has inflicted upon you. [shall exercise the utmost leniency in your case, but you must remember that if you should be arrested charged with any offence at any other time, } upon this conviction you will be punished to the full extent of the law and sent at once to the State prison. By ‘@ suspension of jiidgment you are not released from the charge, for it still remains against you; and in all cases where the clemency of the Court is abused the extreme penalty of the law is awarded. You are discharged. JAMES SHEPHERD SENTENCED TO BE HUNG Shepherd at the bar, approached it with Basty step and indifference of ex- pression truly remarkable, and seemed to be eating. He had a short conference with his counsel, Messrs. Peck and Piercy, who remained sileut during the whole proceedings, but who informed our reporter that they would carry up the cage to a higher Court on a writ of error. THK PRISONER'S SPEECH. she rd said—Weil, your Honor, 1 will speak the truth Tsay and confess before God and this congregation or assembly, as I will stand before God in the morning of the resurrection and God shall judge tho traths of my heart—where there can be no denial, for God shail see the inmost thoughts of my heart—that I am innocent; 1 am not guilty of this charge laid to me. I am innocent. THE RECORDER'S ADDRESS TO THE PRISONER. Recorder Smith, in addressing Shepherd, spoke thus:—You have been tried for one of the highest crimes known to the law—a crime for which the law says the penalty shall be death, It becomes my painful duty, as a minister of the Jaw, to pronounce upon you that sentence, which ig the most painful duty that ever devolves w any one in the administration of the law. You have had a long and patient trial. Four days were spent in elicit- ing facte Jy thir case before the Court and jury. You were defended by able counsel with a zeal which is rarely equalled in any court of justice. Every fact and every circumstance which by possittiny. could be presented in your favor were offered by your counsel. There was no- thing which human ingenuity could Lave devised in your bebalf that was not resorted to for the purpose of obtain- ing an acquittal at the hands of the jury. But your case Presented the extraordinary spectacle of a unanimity on the of the jury such as is seldom seen where the life of a human being de} upon the the was done in darkness, and when you su no Lepent p witnessed it, thateven sympa. of the jury could not break the chain which those circumstances around you in relation to that trans: No person who heard this trial but was im tainty of your guilt; and in the shert minutes from the time that thatjury retired, they ed into court . amore patient, careful and upright in the trial of cause, at least moet honor to occupy the position which Tnow fil, This deed was perpetrated by you in the night time, and under cir. cumstances where you supposed that no human eye conld ‘witness the deed; yet your own conduct subsequent to it furnishes the strony evidence which pointed towards you the finger of suapicion, Tho grief which you nded to exhibit upon that occasion was of that w hearted character which those with whom you conversed at once construed into an entire want of feeling on your part. While your wife lay amid those mouldering ruins you were talking about thé lows of that paltry amount of property which was contained in those premises. She, with you, iter secondary to that. No , unless all the fection had died out in bis beart for the one he had #worn to 0 protect and chert could by possibility have been guilty of the extraordinary conduct which you manifested upon that occasion. The evidence showed that for a long time you had lived unhappy with your wife: italso proved that on the very morning while she was an unburied blackened corpse you were at the insur. ance office, early in the morning for the purpose of looking after the insurance on your property; and the testimony ehowed, in addition, that she was a strong, able bodied woman, postersed of as much physical |, Perhaps, ‘ourself, She was in perfect health on the day of the night when those statement remises were burned. Yi with regard to the trans you attempted to save her—i« contradicted by every fact and circumstance in the ease: and the fact is known, it was uot pre: sented to the jury, that the position in which your wife was nd—her back, shoulders, and even ber clothes upon her person ngt being harned—ehowed that before the torch was applied éo that build (ise ‘was not entirely dead) she at least wae so disabled that no cry of warning could come from her, That is a fact which speaks in thie case in very strong language against you. There was no fact, from the commencement Ww the ‘end of the proceedings, which afforded to your counsel « hypothesis that was con sistent with the truth of the testimony produced on the part of the prosecution. With all their geal and ability they were unable to present a hypothesis to the jury which wae at ail consistent with the truth of the theory which they attempted to establish to prove that yon were not the guilty party. Theerime which you commuted (ar eon) is one the consequence of which are more disastrous: than the blow of the midnight assasin. It is one whieh is perpetrated for the purpose of gain and revenge; but the innocent in thoe cases, even against those whom there ie no feeling of enmity, are involved in the same ruin and in the same destruction as the victim at which the person guilty of arson points, The crime is worse than murder Hut death ie the extreme penalty for both offences. It now ie my duty, under the facts which have been pre sented, to ance you the extreme penalty of the law, | hope that the time which will be allotted to yeu will be spent differently from the manner in which your time has been spent heretofore. And let me eaution you not to expect to receive clemency at the hands of the Exe cutive. The crime of whieh you have been convicted— the fact that the life of a human being was sacrificed—the fact of the strong circumstances which exist in this cnse tending to ehow fon! acts towards her often before this fire was kindled by you, aud the other strong circutmstan- ‘that you be taken from this place to the from a comes Led you ‘ote ‘are Cs the 8th y of February, and upon ‘ou be hanged by the neck until’ you py hana bi Daring the latter part of his address his Honor’s voice way tremulous, and it was evident that he, well as the crowded audience, which listened to his eaonee with great attention, felt the solemnity of the occas When the Recorder had concluded Shepherd exclaimed, “Thank God, lam going home, and I am going home innocent.’? The Clerk then handed the death warrant to his Honor, who, after ay —_ his signature to it, returned it again. As soon as Mr. Vandevoort had finished reading the war- rant of execution he gave it to Mr. Willett, the Sheriff, who was in attendance. ‘The prisoner was removed by the officers to the Tombs, and was followed by the curious multitude, ‘The Court adjourned till Monday. Brooklyn City News. Fire.—Between twelve and one o'clock yesterday after- noon @ fire broke out in a@ three story brick building situated in the rear of Warren’s gold pen factory, No. 3 Stanton street, occupied in part by Jonathan Warren as a machine and jobbing shop, containing a boiler and engine and other machinery, also in the upper part by Jesse ‘M. Folk .as carpenter shop. The building was entirely destroyed. The flames communicated to an adjoining hree story frame building situated between the brick building and the gold pen factory, and owned and occu pied by Almon F. Warren asa pencil case factory. This was also destroyed. A frame shed on tha rear of the lot 151 Concord street, and adjoining the brick building owned by Tunis G. Bergen, was also destroyed. The fire was discovered by John Rose, who was passing at the time, and saw too little boys coming out ‘of the alley way, who told him there was a lire there. He went down an saw the inside of the brick building in flames, and gave The fire is supposed to bave been the work of an incen- diary, as some men have been prowling around the place recently and were seen to leave the vicinity by an alley way on Concord street shortly before the fire. Loss on buildings, stock and machinery as follows:— Brick building, owned by Jonathan Warren, and stock: and machinery also owned by bim............++++..89,000 J. M. Folk’s loss on tools and hwnb in arpenter OP eee Heat nee e eee eeeeeeneeens oe 1G. Bisreu’'s oss “oa ahed'in rear of ‘is6jeoucord eel 500 A. T. Wi On stock and machinery, My caacpis sha sa rnnssssacs to cnsiec vance I ‘The only insurance was on the property of Mr. Bergen, which is insured in the Nassau Insurance Company. The Messrs. Warren and Mr. Folk have no insurance on their property at all. Fatal AccipEents.—About seven o’clock on Saturday evening, & young man named Charles H. Metcalf, residing at No. 375 State street, and in the employ of A. 8. Barnes & Co.,, stationers, No. 51 John stroet, New York, was fatally injured by falling down the rear steps in the building corner of Fulton and Nassau streets. He was taken tothe City Hospital by officers Boyd and Elias, of the First precinct, where he died at about half-past nine o'clock the same evening. It is supposed that he went up the front stairs, and on reaching the landing walked directly along the passage, under the impression that it coutinued straight along 13 the other flight of steps going up to the third story. At the distance of five feet from the front stairs the landing terminates, and another flight leads down to the back yard. He fell down this flight and was found at the bottom in a state of insensibility, with the lower part of bis skull fractured, and blood gushing out of one of his ears. He was immediately taken to the City Hospital, and tended by Drs. Steeves and Hutchison. When he arri there he wrs laboring under epiliptic convulsions, bleed- ing from the right ear, and entirely insensible. After a short time, he became quiet, and blood commenced gush. ing from the nose and both ears. Respiration ceased about ten minutes after 9 o'clock, — Externally there appears to be afracture of the base of the skull. A post mortem ex- amination will be held this morning, and the Coroner will hold an inquest this afternoon. was @ native of Massachusetts, and about 20 years of age. Michael Fitzpatrick was brought to the City Hospital on Saturday evening, having sustained a dislocation of the cerrical vertebra, by a stone falling upon him while he was digging in an embankment in Bergen street. He was dead when he was admitted, The Coroner will hold an inquest to-day. Recovery OF Gooos SUPPOSED TO HAVE BREN SrouKN.— Henry C. Douglass, George Irwin, Manrice Murtaugh and John Burree were arrested on Saturday evening by ofll cers Oats and Byrne, of the Third precinct, having in them possession a trunk containing a large quantity of silks, gloves, ribbons, &c., which were supposed to have been stolen. The men went into a porter house kept by Mr. Wallace, in Columbia street, and wanted to open the trunk there, but the suspicions of lad in the place being excited, he sent after the officers and caused their arrest. They und the goods were taken to the station house and held to awaitexamination. They state that they came down from Albany on Friday ona canal boat. Two of them are boatmen, one a barkeeper, aud one a priuter. The goods ‘are supposed to have been stolen from a millinery store, as the eilk is of the kind used in the manufacture of ladies’ hats. Crry Montaxrry.—The report of the Health Officer for the week ending Dec. 19, shows a total of 86 deaths, of which 13 were men, 31 boys, 19 women and 23 girls. The principal diseases were:—Consumption, 17; couvul- sions and scarlet fever,9 each; disease of brain and de debility, 6 each; congestion of lungs and still born, 5 each, &e. SS — MARITIME INTELLIGENCE. BB All packages and letters intended for ihe New You HERALD should be sealed. : - i ARRIVED. Steamship Black Warrior, Smith, New Orleans, Deo 12, via Havana 1th, with mdse and passengers, to Livingsion, Oro: , eheron & Co. Brig Guayana (Brem), Onker, Cludad Bolivar, Now 16, and the Bur 24th, with hides, to B Pavensiedt & Schumacher, | Ni wpoke Br bark Terens, Siad ‘(hn Hardesbrook, ¢ ills, ir), lenbrook, Cornw: , NB, 10 5 with potatoes, to DR Dewolte, z iin Sebr Mary Stedman, Terry, Georgetown, 8C, 4 days. | Sehr Ken, Fisher, Wilmingion, NC, 4 daya. BELOW. ‘Bark Alamo, Mudgett, from Galveston, ‘Wind during the day NW. therefore can- up and it drift ashore, the ship struck on some wreck, as abe could have been #0 badly injured by merely working upon a sandy bottom. Bare Srempaway, Thompson, from Georgetown, 8C, for Eeavily, which coused her to Spring alee. and she pur ture wily, whieh envi rio spring aleak, , Charleston 16th last for repatray ere reporeharing caper cod heavy weather on tee rd on, reports having experien wy we ‘on the outwai paasage, lont and rigging, sqnaresail and Move buiwarke and boat. The following table rene ery Be seme ‘York. Boston Baltimore, Charleston, Savan- harbors of New 1 Bah, Movie nd New Orleans, at the latest secounte from of those porta:— E Shing Bark: Bleamships hips. « Bark, . Toul. i Steamenir NowtH Star, at Sen 186 the passengers was called (on board ship) this May, to pass re olntions in favor of the officers and crew of the sieamshiy North Siar, The mecting was ealied to orde yy the Rev ir Townsend, and proceeded to business hy appoiiting the Rev Dr A verren as Preablent, and D 0 Pe 1D, as Seoremry ‘The following committer was moved and seeonded to draw 110 freolutions:—Rev Dr Hallen, Dre Nancreed and Parslow. ‘oitle and Brower, The committee reported the fol lowing resointions, which afer belns read were noantme adopted, #7 Resolved, That we the passengers on board the stenmehipy North Star, fee] ourselves most spec’ ont thanks to the captain, zen) and energy under the recent tryiny cireamatances of thy voyage: and to express the high senge we entertain of the skill and ability with which they have discharged their respective” a That having understood that Captato abont to.retire from his present profession and ther the arducns dutics of a nautical life, we tender him our best 7 from, cateriained She has on hoard cargo of marble, and Powers’ of Daniel Wester ordered by the city’ of Boston.” Capt belongs in Brunswick, has his wife with him, Pe the only remaining son of Capt Thomas $ Minot, of Bruns- egos) “ie li gave ght veo Ska ae wks since), ‘Was & good vesse at Freeport in 1851, owned by parties in the vicinity of fand, and is probably insured in Boston, Notice to Mariners. A Beacon has receatly been placed on Conimleut Point, in Nurraganset Bay. This beacon is of Wool, square io shapy ‘anil painted white, and on the top is a epindie with © vane pointing in the direction of the channel. A good snbatantiak acon on this point has long been needed, but we venture to Predict that it the ice runs to any extent in our bay this winter the beacon now on this point will soon be away’ We are informed that it is nothing more than a box ary filled Fn} stones, aud that the cost of it was $1200,—Providence At Mauritius Oct 12, ship Minerva. Ne f Smith, Bolles, of NB, re+ quiing, err Sept 29; bark Columbi: Whig of Sag Harbor, Spoken, dic. A large clipper ship showing a white sij steering’S, wus siguaiized NO¥ 13; 1at 359°, lon 35a Foselge Port. Axrwanr, Nov 30—Cla bark Milton, Bradford, NOrleans. SPINWALL, Dec art arr » Carr, - Banwovs, Nov So Toughed ie Hien i ce a, Nov a i; a eat sie or Bea : ark Virginia, Hil, hence, CaLcurra, Oct M4-—Arr irley, Allen, Liverpool, Campanas, Dec 10—Arr brigs Hllea Hayden, i Oth, Joho » Hint away. Srait, Wilm ngton; B way, ‘Bristol; rig Henry Mat ‘Boston, Bid'itth. brig Gravada, Andrews, NYork ” neoe* = Dourxica: Dec Sin port schr Mary, of and for Bewufost, Niiuvaea, Dee 10—Arr_brige W Portland AVANA, rr, ingold, Loring, Orleans; Tih ‘teamaltp Granadas 12th for Aspinwall); 13th, bark Har> Brownsville, Simpson, N¢ Harrison, NYork (and sld Plet Stephenson, Mount, Pensacola; 14th, schr Matron, Tavior, fobile.: Cid 1th, brig Xenophon, Doak, Portland; 12, Queen of tha South, Wheeler, New York; 14th, brig Maria, misery Cam Sid loth, brig Morancy, Hill, NYork; schrs Alice A Bandel, Achorn, Savannahs lath J M Vance, Burdgo, NYork: Pouy ice, ive, ry ‘alenclas fas toe Saas eee. Xs barks DR DeWolfo (Br), labile: phineston. Ja, Nok 28— In. por lolmes, from Norfolk arr 16th, for Bremen: Mary Chipman: om St Stephen NB, arr 2st, ue, brige Young Ameri $a, Roole, from Bt Kitis afr ih, for New York Chi iy leorgetown SC, arr 17th, une, Norfole, Emery, yom Balimore arr 2th, do. Sid 2th, brig Malvern, Deke jelphia, Mavxitivs, Oct 12—In port ships David Brown, Brady ‘Manila for NYork, repg, Anna Kimball Rennede frose Caleutta for Boston, put in Sept 25 for ; Josephine, Lendtolm, from Akjup for Falmouth, repg, Napoieon, Cuah= ing, from Boston for Caleutta; Arcadia, Sherman, hence vim Table Bay: bark Kleber, Crowell, from Onigutta for Bowtone put in for repairs. Matanzas, Dec ll—Arr schr Harriet Gardner, Brightman, oHoNcE PR, Nov 23—1 hence "oncE, PR, Nov 23—In port brig Bobio, Bartlet Mist, only Am yeeselin pore gs St Jaco py Cena, Dec l—Arr barks Carolina (Swe), Wes berg, Savannah; 4th, Almeida, Goss, NYork; brig Ths Swan, Collins, Baltimore. Sacva, Dee §—Arr_schr Gov Wm A Newell, Turner, Wile mingion: Sid 10th, bark John Howe, Moore, Sa’ b St Tuomas, Dec $—In port sehr Ida della Torre, from New York, disg. ‘Sid $d, brig Henry Dowaing (trom 8! Lucia), NE ‘ork: Sr Awn’s Bay, Ja, - jt Bas ‘ay, Ja, Nov 2l—Arr brig Industry, Robinson, ALEXANDRIA, Dec 18—Arr sehr Fairfax, Mott, NYork. Sid bark Horace Beals, Jobnson, Balumore, setrs Athol, Parr. St John NB; Sylvanus Alien, Seas, Boston; Mary Aan Caroline, Sanderson, NYork, BORTON, Dec 19, 'AM—Cld ships Cincinnatus, Doane, Bom= bay; Agnes, Jones, Liverpool; Neptune, Snell, New Orleans; bark ‘bam, Dodge, Havana; Alvarado, Burton, Phila- delphie bel Winyaw, Ws ‘Baltimore: schrs Emma ‘yman, 1 (new, of Orland Me, 147 tons); Mayo. Aux Cayes: Geo Li Lines, Norfolk; John Shaw, Wallace, Goxport Navy Yard Isaac Rich, Smith, Philadelphia; Granite State, Burgess, New York; steamers Wm Jenkins, Parker, Baltimore; ni pot New: York, Howe ‘hiladelphia. Also cld sehr , Havens, N York. Sid his forenoon, wind WN’ ips Seaman's Bride, Chatsworth; barks Bristol Beile, Gra Turk} i D. pice. ig 4 tel) barks 8D R; Seige Rt Crosby, Troom via Portland; Edw Everett, Harding, wimore; brig Ran= Golph, Lufkin, Philadelphia” ‘The bark Ellen, Stevens, whicky sid Beluréay, is putting back this evening. ne BALTIMORE, Dec 13Arr barks Se! Gould; Dan] Web- ster, Ryder, and Warren Hallett, Hallett’ Bomton, brig Dank Boone, Hea rankfort; schrs Samuel Francia, Pi Dy Dominica; Ocean Bird, Gibbs, and Water Witch, Hull, Provi= H'& J Neild,” Brown, Newport RI; Kate Merrill, dence; Wicks, NYork. Below, at the mouth of the river, a ship, pro~ babiy the Washington Booth, before reporied below from the Pacilic; and 4 full rigged brig, probably the Helen, from Rio Janeiro. CI r Jos Writney, Howeg, Boston (and sid); ship Sam! Appleton, eh NYork; ketsl lent Benson, Champion, Monrovia WCA; schrs Somerset, Stirling, NBed’ ford; Hampton, dings, Providence; Baltimore, 8) New Fork. Sid bark Travelier (new, 391 tons), James Kichberger, iwerpool. Share (by tel) bark Gessner, of and from Bremen, with 80 passengers: Old Point, Dec 17—The following vessels bound to Ralti- more are in the Bay:—Ship Washington Booth, Pescud, from, ‘West Coast 8 America; another sbip, unknown; bark Maria, Brown, from NYork. ‘Ship Francis 'P Sage, Ingersoll, from. Jallao ‘for orders, came in the Roads this morning; also, Br brig Herald, Smith, from Baltimore for Jamaica, Brem bark Therese, Hohorst, from Baltimore for Liverpool, went (0 seam from Hampton Roads Mtb. Weather thick. CHARLESTON, Dec 16—Arr brig Speedaway, Thompson, etown SC, bound to Barbadoes and mkt (see Misee]). In ng. ship Miltiades, Johnson, from Liverpool. Cid bars. Emma Lincoin, Johnston, Antwerp; schrs LH Nickersot Bearse, NOrleans, Magnolia, Nickerson, Kate Stewart, Mi ther, NW Smith, W Yith, and WH Gtidand, Kerickson, New York. Sid Fr bark Madeleine, Port, Seney rts GEORGETO' ne eine, Brows: Niork. Cid iui, chr A Jennings: Crety, New Tors a, NYork. Cid 10th, echr A Jenni Y New York Be brigs Speedaway, Thespece, Barbadoes; 13ch, ile, Newpor; R1, Teh, bark E Churchill, Lampber, Havana; becca & Frances, Boston. ttrell, c Dec 1j—In port schra Amanda, Coore! Philadelpela for Newburyport: Perseverance, Churchill oo for Plymouth; Fredk Keed, Bistchford, do for Bath; Olive, , Doughty. NYork for Kastport; Jobn Rugg for NYork. isth—Are sehrs RR Freeman, Purvere, and C W Dyer, Brown, Tangier for Boston. 10 “AM, wind'SE with rain—In. port the above ernon (baving hauled on rivals, and brig the marin railway. for repairs); scbr RL. Tay, repg. GAOBILE, Dec 12—Cid dark James N Hicks, Greenman, jalveston. MARBLEHEAD, Dec 15—Arr brig Judge Blaney, Bradbu- ry, OAT NEW ORLEANS, Dee 12. PM— Arr steamship Empire City, Griffin, NYou Havana. Below, ship Elizabeth Yeo, Scott, ¥ , § Cid Bremen ship Uhland, Labnsen, Bremep? Chapman, Laurent, Havana; Creole (Br), Rb~ eiTowed to sea Si hip Callender, brig Northern Bele, schra ‘owed to sea Sth, abip Callender, brig Northern Belle, We Mershen CB Knudson. Oe 6 POWDERHORN, Dec 6—Arr schr Passpart, Hawkins, N York | PHILADELPHTA, Dec 194 20—Arr steamer Delaware, o es, NYork: ship Tonawanda, Julius, Liverpool; schrs Ju ington, Portland; Mary Fletcher, Crosby, Bas Frank Herbert, Mayo, Boston, Fred Warren, Gootaba, Rew. port Rerlin, May, Savannah; bork Oak, Ri der, Boston; bi fudge Hathaway, Smail, Clenfuegos; Em ma; Haker, Barbadors, schrs F Warren, Coombs, and F Her bert, Mayo, Boston; J F Durfee, Davis, Fall River; Hamlet, Hall, tence PORTLAND, Dec 18—Arr brig Young Republic, Libby, Cordenes via Holmes’ Hole and Portsmouth Lower Harbot sco Lion, Micke, NYork. Cli brig Albatross, Dow, ran, rebr Noney K Heagan, Grittin, Cardenas. BAVANNAH, Deo lb—Arr pane Augusta, Woodbull, Nijork. Cld Iir bark Huma, Pearson, Glasgow. R CHRISTMAS, ‘or Christmas, LADY exception, AT. PAPER x ever or Pa ee PRE morning. I Bumerous ‘The most beautiful and entertaining of TeSties tutta of all news Lumber. A the contents will be fount— ANEW cutters Rote! ae BY RICHARD STODDARD, ENR: nn | by seven hi inbes THe CHRISTMAS COUITATIONS OF ene With the story of How his Tad: Friender ‘tise Mitlning, Assisted to Cut his. Wiedorn Veet ‘one’ Merry Chrisumas Morn Containing, also, the Partiguiar Leme and 4 pee of that Delicate “Dental Operation, to. wi “te abied Young Dorsticks off the hata of eo ‘ile hte them on the Wald spot ‘on the’ back’ of there emda. uraticks taken the whole world to his bosom, incding hia creditors. Portraits of Betsy, Pe and Nancy Millikins. Fhe Militias’ palgpese ick. Doesieks being led o expect lange number of valuable prowente. mal rations nec ; What he expected nrt—whnt he got” A truthful pieture of Wigter Molidays in the South; Planta ten rremcn,t aged Ry ocenpying @ tall Vy iy paper, witha highly int bol. T. ih Fhorpe,, nit Tom Owen, the tor fumer? Oo story of U1 ith 18 r Gathering the Mistletoe. eTavne™ Home the Yule Log. a " 0 Christmas Carol TR. Going to Charch—Christmas Morning. Game of Snow Bailing. Christmas Dinner in the Obl Hall, Children’s Party, M Blind Man's Bud. ler the Mistletoe, The Christmas Tree, Bringing in the Boar's Head Good night—Going home, ineh en Judy and the dow Ghost. By > Toby. HY The Chris Iney A. Randall. With en graving. Mrs, Squizzie’s Christmas Party, in which she shows tho ignorant New Yorkers how they du things up In Konkapot. Sally Man discumiaten the forfecta Mr. Muggins plays Blind Man's Buff, and always catches Mrs. Squizzle, New Tale— aliers and the Roundheads. Ry Thomas Miller. | With two engravings Unfinished and Forgotten, a Legend of Cologne. “stop Thy Poetry —Under the Mistletoe, Ode 10 December. By William H, Williams, Amedio Rutus, « Veracious Legend of the Rhine, ‘The Little Flower: By J: Hay Bobbio. A Column of Gold. iow did you Lose your Warn t That a Waste of Powdert--A Lim of thet Whav's That !—Poetry, The Celestial Army—You Do of Jesus at Home—Unele Robert J.—Onr Old Friend Bay Dobbin—Feilow Sinners—Doetor, isn't there a Disrae talied w —Don't You Think Tight Lacing '—On Human Vite in'ilard Times—-What are" Wages 1 jife in Hard Times—What are Wages tere! John Sort of Geniv in en Outrageous Conundrame for Christmas Gosaip for the Ladies.—A. Morce A Fashion able Wedding. Foreign News Foreign Gossip.—The American Wife of Omar Posha—How & Russian Princess Tried to Convert her Prisoner into her " nd ae. Ae. Music—The Drama—titerary Reviews—and all the Newsol Week the ‘ respondents, Probl ined medintn of the chess OS of FRANK Mi ilie, Hathae