The New York Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIKTOR. OFrice NW. W. CONNER OF YULTON AND NASSAU STS, ry atwance, ‘Tz D. ¥ tape cenis FT per meee B "pars of Wrest Breiuin, or $0 10 one par of the fat portuce. rE FAMILY HERALD, eory Watnesday, @ our conta po Bory oF El per aanwn. Se. 172 WIBLO'S GARDEN, Brostwey—Saansrarr’s T2acey or Roweo asp Joist y THBATRE Rowere—Biacesarra of Das— Bari Senneacat—King's Gagpaern. WALLAGK’S TIRATRR, Broadwey—Fuaxcs Dasnaric Prerommarce— Davina, BARNUS™ .4ERICAN MUSEUM. Tue BoepeRen Fexsruan AND Bis DOG, Wessron. Broaoway—anarnocs Dog. Rveatag—Jxsne WOOD'S BUILDINGS, 56t and 563 Bexss, Dawces, £0.—Panouams or tas Bites tones ase Sruuasens Srosm onus Antes 44 BROA WAY—Mirt. Peers Osurseu Srreere— Brmoruap Vercors owe Dances—Ancio ayEwcaN Craces. ww —Erurorias upson Rivma. Rew York, Taceday, Jane 32. 1858. Whe Now York Herald—Eaition for Lurope, ‘The Cunard mat! steatnship Aria, Capt. Lott, will leave this port to-morrow for Liverpoo:. ‘The European mails will close ia this city at balf-past ton o'clock to-morrow morning. ‘Tuo Kuropean edition of the Hznsw, printed in French and English, will be published at ten o’clock im the morcing. Single copics, in wrappers, six cents. Subscriptions aad edvertisements for any edition of the INew You Arasty will be received at the following places Loavon.. [cca tent oregon Raprene tes ® Am. BR. Suart, 10 Exchange street, Buaven, . Am -Curopean Express Oo., 21 Rue Corneitle, ‘Tee contents of the European edition of the Hxraip ‘will combine the pews received by mall and telegraph at bho office during the previous week, and up to the hour of pabilcation The News. A fearful tornado visited our city yesterday after- noon, and though its duration was but halfan hour its eflects were visible in every quarter to an extent never before known after a storm of such short dura- tion. The streets were completely inundated, and for a while the fierce wind made sad havoc with all moveable objects, starting trees, roofs, chimneys, signs, wagons, and objects of less note, whirling them like feathers about the streets. Among the more serious accidents in the city were the partial des- truction of a charch in Fifty-fourth street: the demolishing of the chimney of the Methodist Book Concern, by which the roof of a neighboring honse was broken in, and a woman badly injured; the unroofing of a dyeing establishment in Kighteenth street, by which two men were seriously injured, nd a horse killed: the unroofing of the stables of the Seventh avenue omnibus line, injaring one man, and the hostler of the stable being strack by lightning. Fortunately, so far as we can learn, there was no loss of life in the city, though the injuries of some of the wounded may possibly prove fatal. The damage to property, however, is extensive, and indeed more #0 than would seem credible from the limited time in which the storm continued. At Hunter's Point, In sland, just above Greenpoint, the tornado was more disastrous. One wing of the large establish- ment of the American Flint Glassworks was blown down, killing two of the employés instantly—the one an engineer and the other a foreman—and weriously injuring seven others. The total loss of property by this disaster is $5,000. We give else- where a very full detailed account of all these and other accidents, showing the progress of the tornado at Brooklyn, Jersey City, Gowanus, Flatbush, and elsewhere. The steamship Persia, Captain Jadkins, which Jeft Liverpool on the 12th instant, was boarded off Cape Race last Saturday by the steam yacht Victo- ria, which vessel delivered a summary of the news— three days later—at Saint Johns, N.F., yesterday morning. From the last named point the advices were tele- graphed to this city and are published in our paper to day. The Atlantic Telegraph fleet left Plymouth, under rail, on the 10th instant, and had been sighted by Captain Judkins, of the Persia, who reports the weather as being favorable for the work of sab” merging the cable. It was thought that the fleet would reach mid-ocean on the 20th instant, and the ‘Niagara may arrive at Trinity Bay on or about the ‘20th instant. The difficulty between England, Sardinia and Na- ples, in regsrd to the steamer Cagliari, had been fatisfactorily settled. The warlike preparations of France had attracted the attention of Parliament and the English press. A week's later news had been received from India. ‘The English bad occupied Bareilly, where they met with but slight resistance, and had entire possession of Robilcund. Oude was quieter. A misunderstanding between France and Austria was considered imminent. The Bank of France had increased its epecie several millions of francs in a month. The Indian Empire, the first of a new weekly line of steamers between Galway and Halifax and New York, sailed from Galway on Friday last. Cotton is reported dull in Liverpool. Breadstaffs ‘were dull, but generally steady. Consols closed in London at 957 a % for discount, and the money market was easy on the 11th instant. From &t. Johns, N. F., we learn that a steamer will be dispatched to pilot the steamship Niagara as near as practicable to the point where it has been decided to land the Atlantic Telegraph cable. The telegraph wires at St. Johns have been placed in communication with the office at Trinity bay, and it is stated that the company will place their Line to New York at the service of the press and the public for the transmission of such messages con- nected with the landing of the cable as may be handed in for a few days subsequent to the ar rival of the Niagara. Ky a deepatch from Leavenworth, dated 15th inst., we have additional advices from Camp Scott. The news from Utah has been anticipated. Private ad- vices mention the arrival of Lieut. Armstrong at Camp Beott with seventy-five head of cattle. Capt. Kane, with two hundred head, was three days march from the camp. It was stated that Brigham Young's principal Elders had agreed to deliver them- selves up to the United States Marshal for trial, pro- vided they were tried by a jury in no manner con- nected with the army. A party of Mormons, in a half starved condition, had reached Camp Scott, and expressed a desire to return to the United States. Much satisfaction was caused in the army by the reception of Col. Johnston's commission as Brigadier General. Ry the bark Sarah, Capt. Stevens, arrived here yesterday from Savanilia, we have intelligence from thence to the 5th inst., and from Bogota a day or two previous. At the latter place everything went on as usoal, bot nothing was beard about the ratif. cation of the Cas-Herran treaty up to the time the Dark sailed. Two steamers had arrived at Mompox to convey passengers to the great annual fair at Roranquilla, Mompox is seventy-five miles from Bavanilla A correspondent on hoard the United States steamer Arctic, cruising off Havana, writes an in- teresting letter, dated 16th of Jane, giving a log of the run of that vessel from New York. She was in « very bed condition for sach service, and had her cngine broken. The officers and crew were, however, well prepared for any onsnalty, bat dil not meet | with the Styx, Landing ‘at the small island of Boro, the Arctic was mistaken by the inhabitants for a filibuster ship. At latest date she was preparing tv run for Key West and Pensacola. Our special despatch from Washington, published this morning, will be found to coutain much interest- ing and important information. In the Board of Aldermen last evening a message | was received from the Mayor vetoing the resolution siving (he insurance companies permission to build a house ou the Chambe:s street side of the Park for a steam engine, but recommending that it be permit ted on the Centre street section. The resolution di- recting the Hariem Railroad Company to to run their small cars to Forty-second street as reguiarly as they now run between Twentyseventh street and Park row, was adopted unanimonsly. The Board of Councilmen were in seasion last evening ard transacted a large amount of business. Your vetoes were received from his Honor the Mayor. He returned without xpproval the resolution giving authority to the Metropolitan Gas Company to lay mains in this city; to require the Croton Aqueduct Board to appoint an inspector and engineer upon the contract for paving Cortlandt street; directing the city bells to be rang at certain hours of the day, and te direct the construction of a culvert and basin in Oak street. The Corporation. Counsel is of the opinion that the Mayor as no power to audit bills or to employ anditing clerks. The Board con- curred with the Aldermen in appropriating $5,000 to the Joint Committee on Accounts, and also in the adoption of an ordinance directing the Eighth ave- nue to be paved with Belgian pavement from Hud- son to Forty-second street. ‘be Health Commissioners yesterday received a communication from the Health Officer, Dr. Thomp- son, giving his reasons for detaining the steamship Black Warrior at Quarantine, and recommending the necessary measures to be pursued in reference to her. In the Board of Health the Swill Milk Com- mittee asked an extension of time to make their re- port, as they had been unable to obtain an impor- tant report from the chemists, and Monday next was appointed to receive it. A resolution for the ap- pointment of an Inspector of Meats and Markets, at a salary of $1,500 a year, and ten assistants at three dollars 2 day each, was discussed at some length, and finally referred to a committee to report ‘at the next meeting. The Excise Commissioners met yesterday but adjourned for one week without doing anything, in order to give the liquor dealers an opportunity of knowing the decision rendered in the Court of Ap- peals, which makes the selling of liquors without a license an indictable offence. The Hon. J. Cochrane was serenaded last evening at his private residence in Fast Twelfth street. There was a large number of his friends and constituents present. Mr. Cochrane addressed the assemblage at length, reviewing his conrse in Congress. ‘The trial of Daniel Cnnningham, charged with the murder of Patrick McLaughlin, is rapidly draw- ing toaclose. The testimony on both sides was closed yesterday and the case will be sammed up this morning. Judge Russell disposed of a few cases yesterday in the General Sessions. John McMahon pleaded guilty toan attempt at burglary in the third degree, and was remanded for sentence. Dennis Backley pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was also remanded. Jacob Griest, guilty of petit larceny, was sent to the penitentiary for six months, Wm. Henry Fowler, convicted o! a similar offence, was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the same institution. James Welsh, jointly indicted with others, was tried for burglary. The evidence being conflicting the jury failed to agree upon a verdict, and after being confined for a few hours were dis- charged by the City Judge. A temporary injunction was granted by Jadge Sutherland yesterday, at the suit of Cornelius Van- derbilt, against the Mayor, &c., of New York, to re- strain them from interfering with his right to pier No. 1 North river. In the Supreme Court yesterday the application of Joba B. Holmes for a divorce from his wife, Ann Jemima Holmes, was denied, and a divorce granted in her favor, she to retain possession of the child. Holmes, it will be recollected, is at present in the State prison for procuring another woman to repre- sent his wife and to sign her name to a deed dispos- ing of property which she held in her own right. The great law suit between the State of Massa- chusetts and the city of Roxbury, involving lands and flats in the back bay of Bosjon valugd at seve- ral millions of dollars, has been decided by the Supreme Court in favor of the former. The cotton market continued quite firm yesterday, while the sales embraced about 1,200 bales, closing stiff at 12\(c. for middling uplands, Flour opened dull and lower, oe. pecially for common and medium grades, but closed with rather more show o firmness on the part of holders, while sales wore made to # fair extent. Wheat was rathor heavy and easier, while the sales embraced about 60,000 70,000 bushels at rates given tn another columa. Corn was in fair demand, while sales were moderate, without change ef importance in prices. Pork was heavy and un settled. Sales were small, including mess 85, with willing sellers at $16 75, and prime sold at $13 75. Sugars were Grm, with sales of aboat 700 « 600 bhds Cuba mus- covado at prices given in another place Freight engage- ments were light, with some more exhibition of firmness for breadastuffs on the part of slip owners, while rates were without change of moment. Opposttion Movements for 1860-The Wire Pullers Pulling at Different Strings. There was an opposition general meeting at Dover, in the little State of Delaware, the other day, at which the parties interested agreed to organize a new party, to be called “The Peo- ple’s Party,” and to stand upon this platform, to wit: Popular sovereignty in the Territo- ries—a revenue tariff with incidental discrimi- nationd for home industry—the distribution, in case of an overflowing treasury, of the proceeds from the sales of the public lands among all the Statee—the prohibition of the importation of foreign criminals and paupers. Here we have a bit of the DouglaeKansas creed, several bits of the old whig creed, and a very delicate sprinkling of the anti-Popish pop- per and salt of the late Know Nothing creed, all nicely mixed up together. But the only im- portanoe which we can attach to this opposition Delaware movement, arises from the fact that it follows the late pronunciamiento issued by the rump of the Southern Know Nothing party at Washington a few days before the adjournment of Congress. From thds circumstance, we pre- sume that some of the managers of this Wash- ington circular were among the originators of this Delaware meeting, and that the object is to give Mr. Crittenden of Kentucky, and Mr. Bell of Tennessee, the advantages of an early airing among the opposition rank and file. We pre- sume that there were also some Crittenden men among the managers and speakers of the late protective tariff meeting at Philadelphia, and that there was also something more than was visible upon the surface in the late tender of a public dinner in this city to Mesers. Crittenden and Bell. Let us look a little into this matter. The in- vitation was a very cordial one. In it the sign- ers pay that they “have contemplated for years, with profound and increasing admiration,” (not o etationary, but an increasing admira- tion.) the “eminently patriotic, statesmanlike and truly national course” of Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Bell, “ signalized by devotion to the fn- stitations, not of » section merely,” (mind that, “not of a rection merely.” like Mr. Seward,) “bat of our whole Union, and especially in a late critical and dangerons emergency,” &e., &e; and among Mie names to this sugges tive invitation we find those of Luther Bradish, Simecn Draper, Trumac Smith, Herace Greeley, | Heary J. Raymond, James Brooks, Erastus Erooke— Seward republicans, Webster whigs, Fremont men aud Fillmore Koow Nuthiage—al! cozily mixed up ie the same happy family. The Tribune, the Times and the Hypress are anthorita. tively represented. But where is the Chevalier Webb of the Courier and Enquirer?—and where are the pocts of the Post? Thez fully endoracd tue course of Messrs Crittenden and Bell “ ins iale critical and dangerous emergency,” and wh3 do they not appear in this prbite dinner movement We dare say that we have the whole explens- tion at cur finger ends. The columns of the Zritine, fer some weeks past, have betrayed re- peatedly the important tact that W. H. Seward bus fallen from gracein that quarter. We suspect that Mr, Seward’s patriotic support of the ad- ministration upon the Army bil did the busi- ress, or that that dereliction was the last parcei which broke the camel's back. At all events, with a subsequent indifference to the claims of |: Mr. Seward, which has been very remarkable, and with a declaration of neutrality ia refe- rence to the opposition candidate for 1560, which is very euspicious, the Zribune has been beating ag cautiously about the bush ss any man piot- ting the abandonment of bis old captain could possibly do it. Thus much for the Hon. Massa Greeley. Availability has become his motto. He has evidently lost his oid faith in Seward’s availability; and it is very likely that he thinks Mr. Crittenden or Mr. Bell would not ouly be available to unite the opposition fac- tions in the North, but competent to “carry the war into Africa.” The “Little Villains” of the Times are always in the market ; and the brothers of the Express re- cognise in Messrs. Crittenden and Bell two of the most brilliant lights of the rump of the Know Nothing party. Now let the Chevalier Webb speak for him- self. He did not sign the Crittenden dinner in- vitation for the simple reason, we apprehend, that he had other fish to fry; and it is only necessary to look over the columns of yester- day's Courier to be agsured that he smells a rat. He publishes several extracts from the latest of Seward’s speeches, and in a sharp editorial no- tice to all concermed says, that as leading Southerners have conceded that Gov. Seward “is beyond all comparison the most statesmanlike public man in our ranks,” “it follows, as a necessary consequence, that Governor Seward is admitted to be, as he unquestionably is, the ablest statesman of our country.” Nor is this all; for the Chevalier Webb flatly declares that this same W. H. Seward, “opposed as he is to tlavery extension, is the most national of all our public men.” This defines the position of the Chevalier Webb. While Greeley backs down from Mr. Seward and declares the Zribune open to conviction, the Chevalier adheres to his first choice, and boldly trots him out against the field. As for the poets of the Zvening Post, they be- long to the soft democracy of the Fremont par- ty; they are free traders, and would probably, like Senator Hammond, prefer the abolition of all custom houses to a high protective tariff. For example: the Post of yesterday, in publish- ing the reply of Mr. Bell to the New York din- ner committee, says, very suggestively, that “it will be observed that the Senator cannot forego his old weakness for a proteotive tariff, even in declining a complimentary invitation.” Of course, neither Mr. Crittenden nor Mr. Bell, nor any other protective tariff man of the old whig school, will answer for the Post, or for that pecn- | liar democratic element of the republican camp represented by the Post. For further light apon this subject, it will only be necessary to await the upshot of the present tariff controversy going on between the Post and Tribune. ‘Thus it will appear that while the democracy, as a national party, are in a most wretched con- dition of demoralization, disorganization and confusion, the opposition camps, leaders, tram- peters, managers and wire pullers are in any- thing but a condition of harmony and “happy accord.” We fully agree with Greeley, that it will be better to leave the question open for a year or 80, than to make a premature nomination of Seward ; but we have also our apprehensions that a high tariff platform, with a candidate from the rump of the Know Nothing party, would cost the opposition the loss of many thourands of Fremont free trade many thousands of the Fremont Germans Northern and Western States. The dead iseues of the old whig party, or ef the defunct Know Nothing party, or of the Fremont party, will never answer for the new practical contingencies of 1860, nor will any candidate identified with the factious, sectional and personal grudges of any one of those old parties. These old party managers are all at sea, and theft present are just as likely to culminate in two or three Pre- sidential tickets as in anything else. It shall be our business to watch, and report the progress of the game. Cosine or tHe Tumaters—Tue Orrka.— ‘The last theatrical season was a disastrous one throughout the country. The city managers have struggled through the winter with consid- erable losees, and have been glad to be relieved from the responsibility and trouble of keeping the houses open for the benefit of the actors ra- ther than their own. Four of the principal theatres have been closed within two weeks, and the patronage of amusement seekers is divided between the Opera and Miss Charlotte Oush- man, who commenced on last night her fare- well engagement at Niblo’s Garden. At the eame time, the opera of “Saffo” was given at the Academy of Music for the first time at that house. Critiques upon the per- formances will be found elsewhere. It is our intention here to direct the particular at. tention of the public to the fact that we have now with us two of the greatest artists in the world—Madame Gazzaniga in the opera and Miss Cushman in the drama. Both artists wil! shortly leave the United States, and so favora ble an opportunity for contrasting their atylee— eo different in detail and yet so similar in re- eulte—should not be lost by any one who can really appreciate a thorough artistic exhibition In the opera of “ Saffo” Madnme de Garzaniga has as fall an opportunity to display her strong points as has Miss Cashman in Lady Macbeth. With this week the opera season will close, and we believe that the artists will receive a sufll- cient patronage to remunerate them for the thin houses sustained during the bad weather. We use the word “ patronage ” in a parely con ventional sense. With euch an artist as Madame de Gazzaniga it is the public that ie patronized It will be seen that though most of the theatres are clored, we are not without entertainments of the highest order. They are of the order of blessings that brighten ae they take their fight, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1858. The British Outreges—Protessions Without Kevulte. In the recent discussion in the House of Lords on the evdject of the aggressions oa American commerce, which threaten to create auch seri- ous difficulties between the two governments, Lord Malmesbury mede certain statements which served for the moment to calm down the ex- citement to which these occurrences kad given rise. His lordship, after expressing his fear that acts bad been committed by British officers which were not to be justified either by inter. national Jaw or by treaties that exist between Great Britain and the United States, went on to ray that he had bad a conversation with the Ame- rican Minister on the subject, in which there had been ao great difference of views, and that efter that conversation, the despatch which he had written to Lord Nepier, and tae orders tiat had been sent out to the commanders of the British cruisers bad been received, he was under no apprekension that anything would occur to break the siliance whick so: happily existed be- tween the two countries. The construction put upon these statements hy the American people was naturally in favor of the declaration so repeated}y made by our government sgainst what is catied the right of visitation or search. It was not to be aupposed thet a minister of Mr, Dallas’ sagecity and long diplomatic experience could have concurred ic |) any sentiments which went to sustain a theory hostile to these views. The opinions of the ablest statesmen that this country has ever pro- duced, and the dicta even of the most eminent British jurista, have been so unequivocally ex- pressed in support of the American position, that when Lord Malmesbury made this state- ment of Mr. Dallas’ general concurrence with him, the public looked upon the question as being on the eve of a final and satisfactory set- tlement. It was expected that violations of international law and courtesy so flagrant and unprovoked would have had the effect of open- ing the cyes of the British people to the danger of maintaining pretensions which had been thus clearly shown to be incompatible with the con- tinuance of friendly relations between the two countries. The frank declarations of the Times, and others of the leading London jour- nale, contributed to confirm this impression, and our own pres; was already beginning to felicitate itself upon so happy a conclusion to a long vexed and troublesome question, when it learns that the British government in its ex- planations, simply means to palliate the excess of zeal exhibited by its officers, and that it has no intention whatever of abandoning the right which it has so long claimed. Such is stated to be the tenor of the despatches received from London on Saturday last by the Prerident. Lord Malmesbury is, it seems, pro- fuse in his apologies and explanations for the indiscretions committed by the British naval officers, and even offers to make reparation for any losses that may have been incurred by our merchantmen ; but at the same time he reite- rates the determination of his government to enforce all the measures which they deem necessary for the suppression of the slave traffic, and amongst others the right of visitation. In doing this he expresses a desire to render this obnoxious proceeding as agree- able as possible to the American government, and invites suggestions to that effect. In other words, he gilds the pill, in the hope that we may be the more easily induced to swal- low it. Our readers will give us credit for never having been one moment insensible to the magnitude of the issues involved in theve oc- currences, We were the first to appreciate their importance, we were the most earnest in im- pressing the necessity of their final settlement, and we were the most sceptical as to the dispo- sition of British stateemen—whigs or tories—to concede any point of their traditional policy. It seems to be the peculiarity of British admin- istrations in general to yield nothing to the claims of justice and common sense. In their foreign, as in their domestic policy, they have to be moved by their fears to induce them to de- part from the routine to which they are so inveterately wedded. It is hard to have to deal with men so obstinate in their preju- dices; but we must not the lees shrink from the alternative which their stubborness forces upon us. This question of the right of search or vi- sitation—for the recent proceedings of the Bri- tish cruisers have established the identity claimed for these terms by our goverument—has now assumed a gravity which will no longer admit of palliative arrangements. After the outrages and insults to which our flag has been subjected we would be disgraced in the eyes of the civilized world if we were to submit to or compromise a position so clear as ours. If Great Britain docs not choose,to acknowledge the doctrine enun- ciated by all the leading writers on interna- tional law, affirmed by her own jurists, and re- inforced by the declarations of the United States government from the earliest period of its existence, that the right of visitation and search can only be exercised in time of war, then we shall have to extort from her apprehensions what we fail to obtain from her sense of falr- nese, After the unequivocal manner in which the opinion of the country has been expressed, and the frank acknowledgments made by the English and French press of the justice of our views, it is no longer possible for us to adjourn the final adjustment of this question. This is stated to be the impression produced on the Cabinet by the tone of the recent despatches from England, and from the prompt action of the President {n the earlier etages of the diffi- culty we are satiefied that nothing will be wanting on bis part to give force and effect to the recommendations of his advisers, Toe Tenvanterre Mar. Coxtract—We are glad to learn that the Postmaster General has at last completed the contract with the Tehuan- tepec Company for the transportation of a mail by that isthmus, at an early dey, to our Pacific shores. The intrigues that have been brongbt to bear against this measure age of the same character with those which have destroyed our proepect of opening the Nicaragua route to the commerce of the world, Our Wall street com- modores have played the part of Kilkenny cata there, and the Sloo interest is endeavoring to do the same thing in regard to Tehuantepec. All kinds of representations are made of his great opposition to the granting of a mail con- tract to the Tehuantepec Company; but his efforts are all humbag. For two years he had possession of that ronte, and did nothing. If other parties can now open the route and carry the mail across that isthmus they should be per- mitted and encouraged to do it. Sloo should not play the part of the dog in the manger, If he bas been wronged he has a much better re- source than in endeavoring to thwart the in- terest of the whole country by laboring to pre- vent the opening of the mail route. His rea- sone for purcuiug this course are frivolous and unworthy of notice. Tne American Minister 1s Mexi0o AND THE Forcep Contrisui1on.—There secms to be some doubt as te the propriety of sustaining Mr, Forsyth in the position he has taken as Ame- ricafl Minister in Mexico in resisting the en- forcement of an involuntary contribution upoa our citizens ia Mexico, Jo our view nothing can be more proper than the course he hes taken, and he should be promptly and energetically sustained by our goverament. The whole thing lies in a nut shell, On the 16th of fast month the Zeloags government issued two decress, the objects of which were the establishment of Nationai Bank and te provide a capital for it, which it might loan to the government for the parpose of overcoming the resistance of the States which oppose the priest ridden policy of Zuloaga. The first of these decrees provides for the establishment of a “Board of Public Debt,” ‘to Be called the National Bank, the sixth article of whieh reads a8 foilows:— ‘Thase payers of ths contribution upon capitel, established bye eeraraes law of ths > ‘accordance with the terms of the spon cattal w/the Etveea Guy ire pabvcton tax w 72 n win order that the Board oey wi ww and issue certificates of ateck for The fourth article of the second decree, re- ferred to above, is as follows:— These contributors whe, within the term set down, ehall pay the whole amount of their contripution car ex change the Certificate of psymect for shares in the Na tional Bank, estabiubed by another law cf this date. No other provision of any kind is made in either of the decrees establishing a form of re- turn of the forced contribution to the payers. It will be ecen, therefore, that the whole scheme is nothing more than a plan to raise a capital for a National Bank by forced subscriptions. This is a violation of all international comity, and of the express treaty stipulations between the two countries. Mr. Forsyth has, therefore, Lehaved very properly in protesting against the extension of these forced contributions to American citizens residing in Mexico under the guarantee of the laws of nations and the trea- ties now in torce between the two governments. Besides this, the government of Zuloaga is no- thing but rebellion against the constitutional authorities of the republic, and is only eustained by a few mutinous soldiers. Its authority is not really obeyed at any point fifty leagues from the capital, and this forced subscription to a National Bank can never be general in its appli- cation. Mr. Forsyth ebould be by all means fustained by our government, not alone for purposes of present justice, but that all these ill-conducted Spanish-American governments may know that American citizens are not to be plundered with impunity. Geverat WALKER AGain oN THE MovE.— We have already expressed, some time since, our belief that matters were shaping them- selves for an early return of General Walker to Nicaragua; and events are daily occurring which confirm the correctness of our foresight- Since then the United States government has been unable to obtain a verdict against the filibusters in New Orleans; and the smell of Mons. Belly’s fine cookery in Central America has drawn the Presidents of Costa Rica and Nicaragua from their holes. They have taken a clear and undeniable position against the American government, and put their official signatures to the most gratuitous and false accusations against it. We pow learn that Mr. Manning, for many years Britieh Coneul in Nicaragua, has left England by the last West India mail steamer, in order to hitch teams with Mons. Belly in his great canal bubble. Mr. Manning has pre- tensions to a Transit route of his own ia Nicaragua, asserts to hold claims to the amount of hundreds of thousand dollare against that republic, and has been for some time in England endeavoring to in- duce the British government to instruct its officers in the Caribbean Sea to go to work a la Paulding in support of the Manning interests. Gen. Walker, too, having got through with his troubles in New Orleans, is actively at work preparing to return to Nicaragua. It is con- fidently asserted that he will be ready for operations, stronger than ever, by the time the propitions season for a campaign opens in those countries. In view of past events, we do not see how his return to Nicaragua can well be prevented- The government will, undoubtedly, dp all it can te stop him before he leaves our shores ; but there is no need of his making « military organization within our territory, or of his committing any overt act that will bring him under the law. But the position that the Presi- dents of Costa Rica and Nicaragua have taken towards this country, and the course of Con- gress in condemning Paulding, precindetthe idea that another foray by our marines upon Central American soil will ever take place. Then, too, the recent irritation here at the British out rages render it very unlikely that England will be very ready to go in against him, even if she be disposed to have a French canal with French ships of war at both ends of it and in Lake Nicaragua. Altogether, Walker's chances are improving, and we shall begin to look out soon for another filibuster excitement. Centrat. Panx.—If there are any who, since the recent developements, have not yet come to the conclusion that the majority now ruling the Central Park Commission are eigher incompe- tent or indifferent to the discharge of their du- ties, let them go to the Park, opposite the Old Armory house, near Seventy-first street, and west of the Fifth avenue, where they are now engaged in building what is called upon the plan “ The Promenade.” Why it is so called it isdiMeult to conjecture, being only one-third of a mile in length, unapproachable by pedes- trians except by croesing the drives, commenc- ing near Sixty-sixth street at long distances from the entrance, and ending at Seveny-first street. It is therefore “a promenade” only in name—a /aucus & non Incendo—in fact, it will be simply “a grove.” Now, if the plan of the Park hed been a study instead of a pictare, a grove of this length and character could have been placed anywhere, and a judicious enginecr would have placed it upon some plateau of ground requiring little or no work, and upon coil admitting the most vigorous growth of trees for shade and beauty, Go, however, and look for yourselves, and you will find hundreds of men now engaged upon this work, where none would have been necessary if it had been pro- perly placed. Excavations, blastings, filling and embankments are being made ot enormous coat, and at a eaorifice of a beautiful per- tion of the Park. It will be seen that im erder to carry out the picture of the plas, it hus become necessary to cut down a natural mound of great beauty, for which in the Bois de Boulogne Louis Napoleon would have gives o million of france, It was then found that this mound was based upon solid rock, and the binaters are now engaged inremovingit. Trees, which are the main object of this promenade or grove, cannot of course be made to grow upon such « spet, except at great expense, and never with thrift or vigor. Look thena little to the west and toward the centre of the Park and you will find, nearly adjoining this prome- nade or grove, a stretch ot land, of even grade and deep natural soil, where it could have bepm made with simply the oxpense of planting the trees, Yet the majority of the commissioners shut their eyes to these facts, and allow anaturak beauty to be destroyed and a large expenditure to be made, when, if the plan had been welt etedied, neither would have been necessary. Quosque tandem, Pourneas, Lyrenarvuns ww ExGrann.—The receut changes in the Derby Cabinet, by which it is said Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton wilt become Chief Secretary for the Colonies, and the renewed agitation of the friends of Mr. Thackeray, when it was presumed that the Ministry would go to the coustry if defeated on Mr. Cardweil’s resolution, have directed attention to the peculiar social and political position of the four great English authors—Bulwer, Dis- raeli, Thackeray and Dickens. The first named statesmen commenced life as literary mem Bulwer’s enccess as a novelist was immediately and emphatically pronounced. Asa play writer he was no less triumphant. Ie improves, like wine, with age. “My Novel” overshadows “ Pelham,” even as Bulwer, the author, is sti paramount over Sir E. B. Lytton, Bart., poli- tician and Chief Secretary for the Colonies. In other words, Bulwer has, by the severest labor, achieved only a respectable position asa statesman. He is still a camp follower, where he had hoped for the baton of command. Dis- racli, on the other hand, has made more fame 88 a politician than as a writer. His early lite- rary experiences have given him tersenesa, strength and cogency of expression. He builds his speeches as George Steers built his ships— perfect in every line. The late speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to his constituents - of Buckinghamshire was a modcl of invective. He shines, however, upon the opposition rather than the treasury benches, and can pull dowm better than build up, Mr. Thackeray and Mr. Dickens are the more popular writers of England. Bulwer is too ela- borate—too metaphysical for the mass of read- ere, who prefer to chat with Pendennis or to be jolly with Mi? Mark Tapley thaa to hear | Mr. Caxton hold forth upon the immerialiiy of the soul. Mr. Thackeray’s characters may be seen any day, between two and six, lounging about the London clubs or airing themselves in Hyde Park, or driving down to Stephen’s Green. Mr. Dickens finds his sab- jects in the lower orders, who shrink from the light of day, crouching in want and penury. Thus these two men truly represeut the com- mons of England, while Bulwer and Disraeli only embody certain political theories and ob- solete ideas. Mr. Thackeray mects his readers face to face in the lecture room; Mr. Dickens wears today the sock and buskin—to-morrow reads his Christmas books at St. Martia’s Hall, Balwer and Disraeli are hammering away in the House, or being bored with eolemn con- claves iff Downing street. No one of the quar- tette is doing anything brilliant for the cause of literature. All but Dickens have becu seduced by the syren of politics: he, by all accoumta, has fallen into the embraces of another Circe, younger and more material, and therefore leas respectable, Mr. Thackeray is anxious to get into Parlia- ment. When he stood for Oxford he was beaten by a few votes, on account, it is claimed, of a misinterpretation of his liberal views upon the Sunday question, which has puzzled the rulersof England, as of this city, for several years, Had the Derby Ministry been forced to a division om Mr. Cardwell’s resolution, Mr. Thackeray would have again become a candidate for the House. If elected, he would have owed his success to the action of bis opponent at Oxford. Mr, Thack- eray claims entire independeace in political matters. Mr. Dickens is understood to side with the Derby clique; but he keeps entirely apart from any public connection with the affairs of the country. It was suggested some years ago that he should etand for Manchester, which honor, we believe, he peremptorily declined. From his acute knowledge of human nature, practi- cally—his keen perception of the follies of the day and slashing style when attacking hum- buge and shame of all kinds, Mr. Dickens would make a fine politician either for the opposition or the government. He would be much more valuable than Bulwer, who is only a theorist. ‘Thackeray's sphere of thought is not so wide as that of Dickens’. Pendennis has not the fancy, the imagination, the humor and pathos of the author of “Pickwick ;” but Penden- nis has great power, and in Parliament would cut right and left. We are gquite well aware that Dickens is said to be distrait in society and uninteresting in conversation; but he is an ad- mirable actor and a good public «peaker. Thackeray have seats in Parliament or not, it is quite evident that the government of Great Britain is in the hands of the penmen. Disraeli and Bulwer in the Cabinet; the 7imes in the clube, the taverns and private firesides ; ‘Thackeray and Dickens teaching the people in the lecture room and the theatre, are the real powers in the realm. The superior civilization of the United Staten substitates the pistol for the pen. Which is the best? by nse ehibe, “eee ae Wout Have We 4 Government For !—Mamea Greeley takes exception at our views of the duties of the United States government, and proclaims that the federal government is establiehed only to look after and take care of niggers. He insists upon it that we have entered by treaties of forty years standing, “into a perpetual compact with other Christian Powers” for the extermi- nation of the slave trade, Greeley has a great many ridiculous notions, and this is one of them. He will persist in believing that the only purpose of government, Congress, journal. iem—in fact, of life—is to harp on niggers and the nigger question. It is not surprising, therefore, that he should see nothing but nigger also in the question of the right of soarch, But the country see more in it, for it involves the high and national principle of the socurity of our commerce on every ceca. This is what