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The News, We publish to-day interesting details of news from Salt Lake City to the 25th of December, and from Camp Scoit, the headquarters of the military expedition, to the 9th of January. The accounts from Camp Scott are highly favorable. The weather was mild for the season, and the troops in good health and spirits. The extemporaneous court or- ganized by Judge Eckels in Green county had found bills of indictment for high treason against Brigham Young and other prominent Mormon leaders. From Salt Lake City, by way of California, we have files of the Deseret News, containing Brigham Young's mesaage to the Utah Legislature. After alluding to the condition of the Territory 8 regards agriculture, the mechanic arts, mining, education, the policy pursued towards the In- dians, and the mail contract, he discusses the diffi- culties of the Saints with the gegtiles. Having re- ceived no official notification of the intention of the government to snpersede him in the gubernatorial office, nor of the despatch of troops to Utah, Young affects to regard the army at Fort Bridger and the civil authorities there as an organized mob, against which he has already fulminated a proclamation to Gisperse; and he calls upon the Legislature to adopt such measures as may be deemed proper in the pre- mises. The Legislature thereupon passed resolutions expressing their entire confidence in Brigham Young, and their determination to sustain him. It also pased a law attaching Green county to Salt Lake county, with the view, probably, of nul- | lifying some of the proceedings of the United States Court which had opened there by Judge Eckels. The reports relative to the scarcity of dry goods and other supplies in Salt Lake City are confirmed by the remarks of one of the Mormon bishops in a discourse to the faithful, which may be found elsewhere. The arrival of the steamship America at Halifax on Saturday, from Liverpool 1th ult., places us in possession of three days later European intelligence. The news, in a financial point of view, is important. The Bank of England had reduced the rate of in- terest to three per cent, and consols had advanced to %|. The cotton market was unusually actiye, at a considerable advance in prices, while bi tuts were correspondingly depressed. A shocking catastrophe had occurred on the coast und. The ship Leander, Captain Curtis, of Me., and the steamer North American, came in collision, and in a short time after the ship sunk, carrying down with her the captain's wife, cond mate ard eight of the crew. The captain and the balance of the crew, eleven in number, were for- anately rescued There is but little political news of importance by this arrival. Lord Palmerston had introduced a bill in the British Parliament providing for the trans fer of the governmental control of India to the Crown, In France reports were in circulation of the resignations of Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, aud of Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The detected revolutionary plot in Madrid torned ont to be an affair of no importance. The steamship Empire City arrived from Havana yesterday morning, with news to the 25d ult. Seven- ty-five thonsand boxes of sugar remained on hand, with little change in prices. Freights were more in demand, but the rates were unaltered. Marotzek's Opera troupe consluded its engagement on the 22d ult. and Max was about to leave for Charleston loaded down with cash and the title of “Le Grand FE: ark Another ¢ H had been landed. The Span ia sailed from Havana for Ve he se- bow the Dominican and Hay The dates from St. DP mary 7. The war ia Do r having com to the con clusion to 5 Santona as soon as the arti sles of capitulation, which were to be drawn up un- fer the supervision of the French, Enzlish and Spanish consuls, had been duly ratified. Prepara lions are in progress for the formal installation of fhe new government, under the Presidency of San mana. Our correspondent at Port au Prince, writing on the Sd uit., reports a much improved provision market. Pork and rice were wanted, and even a few thousand barrels of flour would find « good murket. It was generally believed that Reimhond Was sbeitered by the govermment after hi< late d falcation in order to secure payment of « |iige sum dove to the Emperor. Ry an arrival at Baltimore we have advices from Rio Janeiro to the 15th of January. The coffee mar ket was dall, but it is reported that prices had ad vanced. The Falmouth wae in port The annexed table shows the temperatare of the atmosphere in this city daring the past week, the range of the barometer, the varimtion of wind currents, and the state of the weather at three periods daring each day, viz. : at 9 A. M., aud 3 aad 9 o'clock P.M. :— equ eom) rH ARR y— Morning. “vowing and cold ght, clear and moon! ght ay—Morning, clear and pleasant afternoon, clear afternoon over snow! “ ia) Moraiog, clear: afternoon, overcast: night, moonlight Clear and cold all day night, clear, cold and clear and pleasin' sfternoon ti!4 and moon!ight 7 nie ali day; aight clear i oor and ploaant al! day, vight, clesr. Seo “ay Morning, ciear ant pisasent Be pre ia apoteey colpa a depos a a mgeting held at New Rochelie, on Friday evening, for the purpose of endorsing the policy of the administration on the Kansas question. Speeches were made by T. W. McMahon and Robert T. Wilde, and a series of resolutions, strongly in favor of the administration, us adopted, in spite of the attempts of a few dis- organisers to prevent it, Letters from our correspondents and extracts from files of papers received by the steamer Moses Taylor, which arrived at this Port on Saturday from Arpinwall, contain additional interesting intelligence from California, Central America, New Granada and Chile. No mention is made of the pending treaties between Nicaragua and New Granada and the United States, The Central American States were tranquil, but there were symptoms of a renewal of the old feud between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. In Chile the financial prospects of the country, general trade, and the relations existing with Peru engaged public attention completely. A very red republican meeting of German and French socialists was held last evening in the room of the German Socialist Society, at which the senti- ments of the late Leonard street meeting were fully endorsed. Cheers were given for Orsini and Pierri, and an approval cf their attempted assassination of the Emperor Napoleon was expressed in no measured terms. Our reporters have given a very full sketch of the meeting. At a meeting of the American Ethnological So- ciety, held in this city on Friday last, Dr. Wills De Hass, of Virginia, read a paper on the subject of an inscription, in twenty-three unknown characters, upon a small stone tablet, found in a mound at Grave Creek, in Western Virginia. It appears that there has been a great deal of doubt in the minds of the savans, both here and in Europe, as to the genuine- ness of this small stone tablet with the twenty- unknown characters; but the paper of Dr. De Hi: puts an end to all cavil, and the relic was acknow- ledged to be one of the most valuable contributions to American archwology that has been made for years. General William Walker delivered an address at Nashville, Tenn.,on the 20th ult., in which he re- viewed his efforts in Nicaragua and the course the government has pursued towards the fili- buster enterprises in that republic. General Walker finds himsclf treading im the foot- steps of Aaron Burr and General Jackson on the subject of Americanizing Spanish America. He attributes his compulsory return to the United States to Yrisarri, Molino, Jo White, and a certain British naval officer who advised with Com. Pauld- ing at Greytown; but finally finds out the true secret of the opposition of our government to his schemes in the hostility of the North to the South, and the extension of her social institutions. The Attorney General of Tennessee and a member of the Legisla- ture of that State also made speeches on the occa- sion, endorsing the cause and views of Gen. Walker. The value of foreign goods imported at the port of Boston during the week ending 26th ult. amounted to $192,112, showing a decrease of $845,593 as com- pared with the corresponding period last year. The cotton market was less animated on Saturday, as dealers were disposed to await the receipt of later news from Europe, The sales embraced about 1,000 bales, closing quiet at about 12c. for middling Uplands and 12% <c. do. for middiing Gulfs. The flour market continued quiet, while prices were without change of moment, and sales were to a moderate extent and chiefly confined to the home trade. Wheat was firm and the stock reduced, while prime to choice lots were scarce. Indiana red sold at $1 0834. Corn was steady, with sales of about 16,000 bushels, included in which were 7,000 bushels Southern white, supposed to have been at 70c., and Jersey yellow, part in the dock, at 660. a 67c. Pork was irregular. The market for mess opened with a sale at $16 60, but it afier- wards fell off, with offers to sell at $16 45, and finally about 100 bbls. were sold for cash, on the day, at $16 35, which was considered, however, rather under the market price. Sugars in fair demand, with sales of about 7000 S00 bbis. New Orleans and Cubas a. steady prices. Cof- fee was quiet, while prices were unchanged. Freight en- gagements were light, and rates without alteration of mo- ment. Shippers were waiting for later foreign news due by the America before doing much. The Conspiracy Against the Government— The Vote on the Army Bill. The more attentively the course of the North- ern opponents of the administration on the bill to increase the army is considered, the more plain does it appear that their vote on that measure was but the first indication of an organized conspiracy in no less a place than the United States Senate to aid and abet Brig. bam Young and his band of rebels against the government of the United States. That the effect of that vote will be to impart aid. com- fort and hope to the Mormon insurgents, there can be no possible doubt ; it is equally certain that such was the design and purpose of the opposition, It must never be forgotten (hat the Mormons are, as a sect, of New England extraction. Brigham Young is himself a Vermonter ; Smith belonged to the same race; Mormoui«m, as a &ct, wok its birth in that part of this State which has been settled from New England, and which is most deeply imbned with the Puri- tan mode 4nd babit of thought. The chiefs and elders of the Mormons at the present day belong to the same family. In the rank and file Englishmen and other foreigners abound ; but the places of honor and trust are filled by New Englanders. In a word, Mormonism wasaud is still a phantasy of the New England mind. [t is the latest product of that peculiar Puritan intellect which has given birth to the form of infidelity called Unitarianism, to those modi- fications of European socialism which found vent bere in phalanxes and other communist aseociations, to free love, to taliem. and, in brief, to all the ridiculous vaga- ries which, springing from New England, have | disgraced the statute books of many of the compulsory teeto- | | Northern States and excited the wooder and | mirth of foreigners for the last thirty years. | Whoever wants to understand Mormonism must study it by the light of its antecedents in the abeurd follies of the old Puritans of New Eng- jand, and of its cotemporary delusions in the shape of free love, phalanxes, and pious infide- lity. It wae therefore only nataral that when a di- rect issue was raised between the United States government and the people of Utah on the question of Mormonism the representatives of | New England sentiment should feel a secret sympathy for the latter. They would have been recrean( to their race, and untrue to their here- ditary principle had they not done so. They could not desert their brothers in Utah without dishonor. The case was a difficult one to man- age, however. Polygamy is so abhorrent to the sense of every civilized Weing that even in Massachusetts it would hardly have beeu prudent to avow openly sympathy for its adherents. They behave strangely, at times, when favorite preachers get into trou- ble; but even there the public mind is not yet ripe for an attack upon the divine institution of matrimony. It was necessary, therefore, for the *ympathizers with the Mormons to conceal their design. They marked it under ery speeches againet polygamy, and ferocious diatribes against Brigham Young. They cloaked their feclinge under declamation of the most violent kind against the Salt Lake insurgents, To hear them, it seemed that in no part of the country wculd the administration receive more cordial and unconditional assistance in putting down be Pg wove tees against tag geprgwe aa: NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1858. thority than in the opposition Northern S' ates. After all this, ia spite of al! they have said, oid ail that had been hoped of them, whea it © me to the point, when the power lay in their brads to beip the Presideut put down the Mor- mone, or belp the Mormons resist this adminia- tration, their secret sympathies were allowed fi. ll play, and they voted against the United Sates and in favor of the rebele—aguinst the cvase of Jaw, order and decency, aud in favor o: rebellion and polygamy—againet James Bu- c+anan and in favor of Brigham Young. This ir the true, the only true explanation of the re- cat vote in the United States Senate, by which the opponents of the administration defeated the necessary and essential bill to increase the ulmy. ase a step of overwhelming moment to the destinies of the country. We have had three rebellions against the aythority of the United States government. The first was the move- ment in New England which culminated in the Hartford Convention, and which quietly subsided after having created immense and just alarm. The second was the threatened resistance of South Carolina to the supreme government, under General Jacksen; this, too, was over- come by the wisdom and vigor of Gene- ral Jackson, and by the moral effect of a decided public sentiment against the course of South Carolina. The Mormon affair is the third instance in which a portion of the peo- ple of the United States have risen in rebellion against the government. It differs from the preceding cases in some essential particulars. The points of difference between the country at large and New England, in the first case, and South Carolina in the second, were of no such character as, in themselves, to excite any strong feeling; they were, for the most part, questions of pecuniary interest and commercial policy. The feeling against the Mormons is one of abeo- lute loathing—the difference between us per- fectly irreconcilable and past compromising. And while in the former cases negotiation, con- ducted with tact and firmness, brought the quar- rels to a safe issue before any violence took place, in this latter we are actually thrust into a civil war already. We may say, then, that the rebellion which has begun in Utah is an unprecedented event in our history. And if, as the vote against the Army bill in the United States Senate shows the rebels are to be aided in their treasonable course by Hale, Doolittle, Toombs and others, it may be the last, as it is the first, in- stance of the kind. Ifthe Northern opponents of the government have so little regard for the great interests of the nation, so little patriotism, so little feeling of honor that they are ready to join hands with rebels whom they dare not openly defend in words, rebels stained with the most loathsome depravities, then it may well be osked by the conservative masses—what possi- ble gain can flow from a continued confederacy with persons or communities so wanting in good fellowship ? Tur New York Custom Hovsk Sprons Jon- ners at Wasutvoroy.—It appears that a regu- lar fight has been going on for the last week or two between Collector Schell and several mem- bers of the New York city Congressional dele- gation on the subject of the clerkships of our Custom House. The “regular” Tammany or- ganization, as it calls itself, insists upon the monopoly of these spoils to the exclusion of all the other factions, and alleges that Collector Schell has removed several of the “regulars” and replaced them by fishy democrats outside of the “regular” order. Consequently, as it ap- pears, four or five of our city members of Con- gress waited upon Mr. Cobb last Saturday and demanded that Mr. Schell should be compelled to set this business right. Mr. Cobb promised a reference to the President, and there the matter at present stands. In the year of grace 1853, under the benign epoils dispensation of poor Pierce, the democra- tic party of this State was split into two nearly equal factions upon their quarrel over the spoils of this Custom House. An iron wedge driven into the centre of a chesnut log could not split it more nearly into two equal parts than did the dismissal of Judge Bronson split the Empire State democracy. Nor has any plaster, or splicing. or bandaging from that day to this sufliced to bind these frag- ments of the party together again. True, there was a very powerful reunion in this city in be- half of the election of Mr. Buchanan; but it was short lived and delusive. With the old trou- ble of dividing the spoils, the old sore is not only re-opened again, but, instead of two wrang- | ling factions, we have thive or four, inside and outside of Tammany. Nov have we any doubt, however fairly the spoils may be divided, that the result will be confusion worse confounded than ver among the little cliques and squads contending for the lion's share. In this view | of the case, the best course on the part of the administration will be to send all these Custom House spoils jobbers about their business until after the setglement of the Lecompton question. When we have such slippery customers as our Tammany «poils factions to deal with we must hold them to the discharge of their duty in ad- | vance. That is all. | Kaysas AND Mixsesota Toortaer —Accord- ing to our epecial Washington advices, publish- ed in yesterday's Henatp, at a democratic Se- natorial caucus held on Saturday morning it | was resolved to take up the admission of Kan- | sas as soon as possible (perhaps today), and then to propose as an amendment the admission of Minnesota at the same time. This policy—a free State and a slave State together—has been pursved on every available occasion from the time of the Missouri compromise: and the real basis of that ¢ ompromise was not the line of 36 30, but the simultaneous admission of Miseouri and Maine—a slave State and a free State. In the present case, however, as there can be no doubt about the admission of Minnesota, the only question is, will ele, if coupled with the Kansas bill, be a help or a dead weit to the Lecompton constitution? We presume that the wading administration members of the Senate have canvassed the ground and understand the bearings of the case. It is enough, for the pre- sent, to know that prompt action in regard to Kansas is resolved upon. Before the end of the month, therefore, we hope to be able to con- gratulate our mercantile, stock-jobbing, specu- lating and business men of all sorts that this Kansas agitation ir settled, and the field is clear and open, North and South, for all the div.r- sified operations wf a «plcndid «pring trade. CosxvertED av Last.--The Boston Post has at last become a full convert to the Lecompton policy. Very good. When refractory demo- cratic organs cannot be persuaded they must be whipped into disctpline. Nothing like die Sipling wag Wavig be Mawuserybiyu io phe coapp Tho Cysre at the Academy—The Manager's Lest Pronunciamtento. We disect the porticular attention of the pub- lic to the proclamation, in anotber column, by Mr. Ullman, the lessee of the Academy of Music, in relation to the produetion of the crowning effort of his season, the “ Huguenots.” It is the proclamation of a grand coup de théatre. It is an announcement that for the first night of the “Huguenots” the highest price of sdmisvion to the Academy will be advanced thirty-three per centum. The price of adi ‘s sion for the regular nights will be increased from one dollar to one dollar and a half. The mennger seta forth in his pronunciamiento that the “Huguenots” will be gotten up in the beat possible way, with a cast that has never been equalled here, at least, and which is undoubt- edly much better than the first in Paris, and that it will involve, altogether, an outlay of ten thousand dollars, which is the greatest risk that has ever been taken by any manager upon any one opera in this country. But the present di- rector of the Academy has apparently no fears about the result, and the facts quite justify his temerity. Before his administration—so spir- ited, energetic, untiring and deservedly popu- lar—the receipts of the Opera at the Academy rarely rose above fifteen hundred dollars. On ceveral occasions, even at the heel of the panic, he has carried them up to nearly four thousand dojlars. And this has been tone simply upon the principle that the New York public will always pay liberally for anything that is worth paying for. This public will pay precisely in propor- tion to the value of the article offered to it. Thus we see that Mr. Ullman gives the old operas at low prices, adopting a plan similar to the sliding tariff scale, the prices to the best seats ranging from fifty to seventy-five cents, frem one doilar to one dollar and a half. Of course any one would be willing to pay more to hear the “Huguenots” than any of the worn out operas, and from pre- sent indications the price of places in outside hands will range even higher than the advance fixed by the manager. The idea of the direc- tor, to bring the opera within the reach of every one, and thus popularize it, is a happy one, and quite in accordance with the inde- pendent democratic sentiment of our people. He does not cater for a class, but for the whole public. Again, Mr. Ullman comes out in a bold, manly way against the system of managerial benefits, which are simply absurd, because the opera house is suppose prima facie to be opened on every performance for the manager’s benefit. Past experience goes to ‘prove, however, that the performances have rather been for the bene- fit of the artists, and former managers have been obliged to appeal to the public for a few dollars at the end of the season to pay the butcher, the baker and the tailor, Mr. Ullman takes a better course. He says here is some- thing finer than you have ever had before, and it is only fair that you should pay in propor- tion. The profits, if any there be, will all be invested in further operatic and musical adven- tures, and when the European capitals have all been rifled of their best artists, we may expect a still further advance, which the public will gladly pay. Even then the prices will rule lower than those of the opera houses of Lon- don and Paris, while the unpleasant distinctions of class in those cities will never be allowed to exist here. The time chosen by Mr. Ullman for his pre- sent coup is a happy ove. The effects of the money panic have nearly disap peared. The city is gradually filling up with ite floating population, traders and merchants from all sections of the country, who come to the metropolis to purchase goods fer the spring and summer trade. During the winter there was a general retrenchment on all sides—so that money is plenty, stocks are going up, the banks suffer from a plethora of hard money, and the specie basis of the country never was greater than now. The Opera, through the exertions of the present manager, has become much more popular than before; and is re- garded as the most refined, intellectual and agreeable of public amusements, As a perma- nent addition jo the attractions of the city, the Academy holis’a high place. As at present managed, it is fully deserving of even more | popularity than it at present enjoys. The director should have all success in his projected expansion. Tue Hon. Orsames Benasan Matresoy.—From the testimony of this celebrated lobby operator before the Tariff Investigating Committee of Congress, it seems that he positively denies the | statement of Mr. Stone about the $25,000 to be used among the members in passing the bill of 1857. He (Matteson) had never thought of such athing: but he had said that it would take a good lot of money for outside purposes. As for himself, he never gota dollar of that mysterious eighty-eeven thousand. In fact, he appears to be as innocent in the matter as Greeley. The second expulsion. therefore, which has been banging for sometime over the head of poor Matteson, may possibly be withdrawn. The magnanimity of Mr. Keitt, and the constitu- tional scruples of other members of the House, indicate as much. But as Mr. Matteson has testified to the utility of large corruption sub. sidies to the outsiders at Washington, why not | call up one or two of these outsiders be- fore the committee’ able to open the mouth of Mr. Wolcott. Perhaps they may be Who | knows? Tur Reward or Menit.—The defeat of the Army bill in the Senate may secure to that worthy polygamic pioneer, Brother Brigham Young, an immunity in his licentious practices for some time to come. If Brigham sees [it to fight, the gallant corpe d’armée under Col. Johnston can do little or nothing without rein- forcements. No military man, with the border experience of the officer in command of thie army, would advance into thove dangerous canons, which afford a defence for the capital of the Latter Day Saints, without a strong reserve to fall back upon, The admin- istration asked for the material for such @ reserve, and more than double the force requested could have been raised in a fortnight ; but the nigger drivers of the South joined with the nigger worshippers of the North to defeat the bill, and thus aid and assist the rebellious Prophet of Utah. We pre- sume, by their action upon this bill, that it was their intention to join bands with Brigham, and to extend bis peculiar domestic institutions over the country. The apostles of the new party-Mormon, re publican, opporition, fire-eating, nigyer driving and nigger worshipping organizetion—-will all want some reward for their exertions in behalf of their new leaéer, Brigham Young, who, we pivsamye, 1 Ug Chey fovgeisy candidat | without any pay for their services. The bill repeals the the succession. With Young for President, and one hundred wives; Hale for Premier, with THE LATEST NEWS. fifty; Doolittle for Secretary of the Interior, with AFFA waiaboarnie anes forty; and Toombs fur the War Department, IN WASHINGTON. Sesnitanteeieneee, with an equal number of partners, the society of Wasbington would be materially enlivened. To carry out the programme fully, Foraey, George Sanders and the editors of the Union might be chosen Grand Masters of the Harem, and thus be provided for with comfortable and congenial situations. It is to be hoped that a grateful people will bestow upon these patriots some equivalent reward of merit. The Quarrels of the Tammany Hail Politi- clans—The Senatortal Programme Kansas Qweetion—Fortncoming Paper of Gen, Cass om the Slave Trade—Arrival of ~Gen. Comonfort in Baltimore, é&c., dic, Wasaavarax, Feb. 27, 1868. Quite a number of Tammany commitses: men have been bere for some da; ranging the differ- ences and effecting @ reconciliation among the brethren. ‘The understaading now is—and it meets the approbation of the administration, according to what are called the regulars—that the Tammany organization is atone to be recognized. The recent appemtments of the Collector are to bo suspended until that organization is acknowledged by the appointees. It is understood thet the General Committee will make liberal provisions for future cenven- tions. We shall see if this stateracnt be true. A tender leading article, equinting at @ compre- mise with the recusant democrats, appears in the Unéow this morning. It says :—‘‘It is no part ef our purposeto discuss the propriety or impropriety of hokting those democrats who oppose the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution to account, and to enforce againet them edicts of excommunication.” What is in the wind? ‘Haz Douglas and company been kicking against the pricks till they canfkick no more this time? or is the administra- tion going to relax its firm Old Hickory policy? Who ie at the helm of the organ ? Since the caucus of democratic senators yesterday, to determine on a course of action with reference to the ad- mission of Kansas and Minnesota as States of the Union, the question has been discussed as to whether it would not be better to take Minnesota alone; and the democratic senators have just been formally notified that another caucus will be held to-morrow morning, for the purpose of considering this question. It is thought by geome Sena- tors that the admission of Minnesota alono and first. will give Kansas a better chance in the House of Representa- tives. It is doubtful, however, if the programme as laid down yesterday will be changed. I learn this evening that Gen. Comonfort arrived im Baltimore to-day. A number of leading Mexicans, who hav here for some days, left this evening for the purpore of joining him in that city. There are some mysterious movements in connection with Mexican affairs on foot here. ‘The administration is still uninformed as to the object and purpose of the double headed mission from England. Lord Napier feels uncomfortable, and is anxious that Sir William Gore Ouseley should leave hore 43 early as pos- sible. Bir William says he is waiting to see whether Nicaragua ratifies the Yrisarri troaty: that out of the way, and he will bave plain sailing. ‘The English government are a good deal concerned at present with regard to the rapid increase of the African slave trade, aud accordingly their Minister here has ad- reased @ letter to Secretary Cass in relation to that sub- Ject, and also the propriety of adopting measures to prevent it. The English plan is to augment the African squadron. Gen. Cass has not yet completed his answer, which will, it is understood, be an abje and very elaborate exposition of the whole question. Mr. Jackson, of the New Jersey, and Mr. Feltcn, of the Philadelphia and Baltimore railroads, have just concluded an arrangement with the Post Oftice Department to facili- tate the mail between Washington and Boston twelve hours—leaving Washington at 3 P. M., arriving in New York at 2A. M.—#0 a8 to leave in the early Now Haven train. Geyerat Joun Catnoun snp THE Two Waxers.—There are three remarkable person- ages concerning whose “manifest destiny” we may just now confess to some anxiety; to wit: General John Calhoun, President of the Le- compton Convention and the so-called Lord Protector of Kansas; Robert J. Walker, late Governor of that Territory; and General Wil- liam Walker, the “little grey eyed man” of Nicaragua. General John Calhoun, if we may believe our black republican Kansasshriekers, holds the game of the Lecompton constitution in his hands, and keeps it so nicely balanced that no man can positively say whether he will gra- ciously ordain that the organic Lecompton State Legislature shall belong to the free State or the slave State party. Thus it is alleged that the hope of Northern democrats in behalf of a free State Legislature, and the adverse ex- pectation of the Southern democrats of Con- gress, will secure both Northern and Southern votes, and that, on the contrary, a decision now by Calhoun, on either side, would defeat the bill. ‘This, however, is all nonsense. The Lecomp- ton constitution stands upon the great princi- ple of legality; and the test is whether this principle shall be affirmed or rejected on account of the abstract question of slavery. That is all. As for General Cal- houn, like a host of other self-sacrificing men, he will probably get his labor for his pains as the great pacificator of Kansas. Thus it has been with Mr. Trist, who secured the peace with Mexico. His invaluable labors were fully recognized in the ratification of his treaty, and yet, though the country has been enriched thereby to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars, he has been turned empty handed away. With regard to ex-Governor Walker, it has been reported that upon “sober second thought” he has abandoned the sinking ship of Douglas, Wise & Co., and then again, that he has not abandoned it. We must conclude, therefore, that he is in a transition state, and that at least with the adoption of the Lecompton constitu- tion he will fall again into line with the mass of the democratic followers of Mr. Douglas. Finally, in regard to the “little gray eyed” Walker, of Nicaragua, he was at the last ac- counts speechifying at Nashville. When he shall have finished his campaign on the stump he will probably disappear like Kossuth, or “turn up,” like Micawber, in Australia; or, per- adventure, take another plunge for his military empire, as the head of some one of the revolu- tionary and filibustering factions of Mexico. But whatever may be the destiny of these three great men, it is consoling to know that the world is large enough for us all. — THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. Wasmwcton, Feb. 28, 1868. The Speaker of the House has signed the necessary papers for transferring Mr. Wolcott, the recusant witness, now in jail, to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, to be dealt with by the Criminal Court under the law of Congress, prescribing the pains and penalties in such cases in the event of conviction. The Union says that the Executive has its whole duty, and the responsibility rests with the Senate for refusing troops to defend the frontiers against hordes of savages who are known to be under Morinon influence, and of jeopardizing the campaign against the Mormons. Herry A. Washington, late Professor of History in Wil liam aud Mary College, Virginia, was accidentally killed by an air gun this afternoon at bis residence in this city. Tux Screntieic Parent Lonay tx Fis, Buast— A Macsiricenr Havt or Parent Jows.—One of our Washington correspondents says that— It is alleged that the new Appeal Board, established by the Commissioner of Patenta, but not yet sauctioned b; Congress, bave granted to Munn & Oo., of the ‘Sctentific American, some sixty patents, upon applications by Judge Mason, many of which are believed to be direct infringements or evasions of existing patents, valued at many millions of dollars. It is said ig fey done s0 to secure the influence of that journal, which has a@ patent News from Rio Janeiro. Baxrimoxn, Fob. 28, 1858. Rio Janeiro dates of the 15th of January have been re- coived. The ship Falmouth was left in port. The market was very dull. Coffee had further ad- vanced. The sales sitce the sailing of the last Southamp- ton steamer were 113,000 bags. agency connected with it, in favor of this innovation upon ‘Weather Report. the established organization of the Patent Office. By the Northern, Eastern, Wostern and Southern Tole- Can this be true? If it be true, and the state- graph Linee—Office, 21 Wall street. ment has all the elements of consistency and oe. plausibility about it, then we must say that the scientific firm of the Scientific American have been prosecuting their scientific researches to some purpose. A batch of “sixty patents,” good, bad or indifferent, covering “ many millions of dollars,” will embrace a lobby fund and a lobby combination which, if employed according to scientific principles, must prove to the men of science involved in the movement as rich as a California gold mine. The only serious hitch in this scientific enterprise lies in the fact that this “new Appeal Board” has not yet been con- firmed by Congress. Let us know something more of tnis alleged scientific consolidation of these “sixty patents.” Perhaps it may open up anew placer for Matteson, Simonton, Wolcott, and the whole ship's crew of the Washington lobby. “Sixty patents” and “many millions of dollars.” Only think of this. ‘The Common Council. The Board of Aldermen will bold their first eeesion for March this evening. The tax levy for 1855 will come be- fore them as amended by the Councilmen. In addition to the tax levy already made there will be « sum of $100,000 weked for by the Almshouse Governors for rebuiiding tho hospital on Blackwell's Island which was recently do- stroyed by fre. The amendment made by the Council- men is as to the appropriation for printing, bat the Alder- men will doubtless adhere to thoir former action, and {hus many legitimate claimants for official service will be Kept still lopger out of their just dues. The Supervisors will meet to-morrow (Tuesday). There is some prospect of the commencement of a suitable batld- ing for the aecommodation of our courts, as the bill now before the Legislature provides that the two Boards of Common Council shall appoint not more than three com. missioners to direct and superintend the erection of a ‘boilding in the Park, in the rear of the present City Hall, of suitable dimensions to accommodate therein the Sa- preme Court, the Superior Court, the Court of Common rieas, Courte of Oyer and Terminer, General and Special Scenions, Surrogate’s Court, Marine Court, aod various offees and chambers, grand and petit jurors, sheriff, clerks of those courts, commissioners of jurora, district attorney, and law institute. The Board of Supervisors are authorized to raise the sum, not to exceed two bundred and fifty thousand dollars, by the creation of a public stock, to be called the City Hall stock, which shall be re. deemable in the year 1875 out of the city sinking fund, bearing an interest of six percent ; the commisioacrs to lave fall power to employ architects, to enter into con tracts, and have general rypervision of the interior of ei new City Hall in the Park ; and #ha®l porform that duty Time, Feb 28) Wind. Remarks. Warm, sncwing. Warm, raining. iClouay. Mild and raining. MGld and Cloudy. Clear and calm Clear and balmy. “EekKxEES Bo” Markets, New Ontxans, Feb, 27, 1858, The sales of cotton to-day wore 11,500 bales, at un- changed prices. Molasses declined 2c. per gallon. Flour, $4 50a $4 6244. Gunny cloth, to arrive, 13%. Rio coffee, 10¢. a 1c. Prices are stiffer. Other articles unchanged. The March Term of the Law Courts, Although the Judges have sat continually ou the trial branches of the various courts, and disposed of a vast number of caures, the calendars still contain an immense amount of besiness. The general term of the Supreme Court bave uuder advisement several important cases, among which is the celebrated Lowber claim against the chy. The L .t exciting topic In the special! term has been the Jobecn and Seely coutompt case, which is still uade- cided. We may have @ little excitement during the present term ia the eult against the city to recover the sum of $00,000 fcr the “Jolie glaas ballot boxes,’ which were furniehed to the Metropolitan Police Commissioners on con- tract. The piaiot!’ contends that there was a bona fide contract made for the supply of thone articles at « cartain ‘cost, and that the city having recetved aud used them a the last elections, are not now justified in refusing to pay for thom on the plea that they could be obtained for a Jeeser price than that which they had agreed to pay him. The Supervisors have, by resolution, appointed coun- sel to defend the suit, but Mr. Busteed, the Corpora- tion Counsel, insists that that body have no power to re- move or supersede him, and he is determined to perform the duties for which he was olected. [i ix also said that the plaintiff will not accept of or serve the papers os any couneel but the Counsel for the Corporation, A lively time 1s therefore anticinnt:.1 Among the prominent cases on the ealondar of the Sa- Perior Court for thie month is that of Ormsby vs. B. Douglas & Co, of the Mercantile Agency, for slandoring the plaintiff in hia business asa bank note engraver. The defendants will attempt to justify, and as ominent legal talent is engaged on both sides, a hard fight is expected. The fact that this suit was entered over three years since, and has been thus far kept from trial, is a fitting iliustes- tion of the delag in New York law courts. There will be three (rial branches of this court in see- sion; two of the Common Pleas, one of the Suprome Court Cirenit, and two of the Marine Court. ‘The October term of the General Seamons commencon this morning, City Jndge Russell presiding. A number °F eapi@l cases that wero on the Febraary calendar wilt be brought up for dispusal this month, the last month having been devoted to “clearing the prison.”” the chary:s that bave excited considerable Interort in the public mind, the following will be brought before the attention of the court—John Hankin for rape, Michael Barrett for the murder of John Skelly, William and Cor nelius Quin for homicide, and Mrs. and Miss Cox for arson in the first degree—a crime punishable by death. Oscar M. Thomas will be tried for the alleged kidnapping of the negro Anderson, and other indictments of minor import- ‘ance will be brought before bis Honor, As soon as the Grand Jury is organized their attention will be called toe number of serious charger. The following is the calendar of cases for the onsuing term — oct of last year, which appropriates several millions for the erection of a City Hail, and confines it to a quarter of a million, Jet the present city government go act as to be able to claim the honor of redeeming this great met-opolistrom the diegrace attached to it by our present miserable court accommodation. ‘The March session of the Roard of Counsiimen wili com mence on Tuesday afternoon, the Board meeting, as formerly, inthe Aldermanio Chamber, The alterations im the oid chamber, 80 as to provide accommodation for the Supervirors and the CoonciImen, have beou made, And tbe decorative artists are burily engaged in finishing . 15 Murder... 6 9 that the reepective Roarde confidently hope 7 ae 1 them next week. The committer 6 Robbery...... 2 vend the work bare been — tap te 4 6 False OO... 1 of the prees, locniiug their deske ia 8 Degerting an infant, i ocr, immediately in front of the President, The Kidnapping . 1 special few’ure of the month's busines will be the adoption <—" of the tax levy for 1858, The aurject has been reterre | to & Commitice on Con! renee, ant po doubt the joiat wc tion of the committee will resnit in the speedy adoption of rai oo——an event t which bon Is of coutraotors Ciurnevwan Commirteo § r Rev. Seth y any ome ale look formard with ple e, for (ue | Howel) nates of Water, covm.t ste OY Neagag WRU Heat pas Be oeny ” Pt preaeMl Bigteel wos owe Louse tt 1009, 04 ty ey