The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1858, Page 4

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Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yors Hexatp will be received at the following places 1 Europe:— evn ine Lansing, Baldwin & Co., 8 Place de la Bourse. . 9 Chapel street, Stuart, 10 Exchange street, East. «Lansing, Baldwin & Co., 21 Rue Corneille. ["De Chapeaunge & Co. ‘The contents of the European edition of the Hrranp will tombine the news received by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week and up to the hour of publication The News, The charter election in this city yesterday passed off very quietly. The rain and the mud kepta large number from the polls, and the vote cast was com- paratively a light one. The returns, published else- where in our columns, give the details of the con- test. For the important office of Comptroller Robert T. Haws, the republican nominee, is elected by a plurality over Mr. Purser, the Tammany Hall candidate. Mr. Townsend, Tammany democrat, and Dr. Breuninghausen, republican, are chosen members of the Board of, Ten Governors. The de- mocrats retain their majority in the Board of Alder- men, while the returns indicate a tie in the Board of Councilmen. With regard to the Board of Edu- cation there is still a large majority in favor of keeping the Bible in the schouls. But little business of importance was transacted in Congress yesterday. In the Senate notice was given of bills appropriating a million acres of land for the support of free public schools inthe Dis trict of Columbia, and granting pensions to the widows of Gen. Gaines and Gen. Persifer F. Smith. Mr. Gwin endeavored to bave the Pacific Railroad bill taken up, but objection was made, and he gave notice that he would call the subject up at an early day. In the House the joint resolution, presented at the last session, providing for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, was taken up. A mo- tion from the opposition to lay it on the table was ived by a vote of 00 to 93, and the matter was the Whole. Resolu- as to refunding to the Ut n hos Bridger’s Pass to «; for a military re in suppressing Indi 4 fro Salt Lake City; for a military road from Fort Ar- buckle to Pu nd: and fora survey c Upper Missouri Columbia rivers for mi purposes, were referred. Both houses adjourned till to-morrow. Our correspondent in Buenos Ayres, wri on t nd 24th of October, respectively, rer sting résumé of South very inter It was thought that Presi would cease to Diuster and 'y cede a settlement of all our claims when the United States squadron appeared, although the native papers prophesied the destruc- tion of the flotilla. Lopez's character—vain, selfish al—is ably sketched, whilst the reve- nues of the country, its system of agriculture and Manufacturing produce are reported on fave . Trad vy at Bo Ayres, and scien tific study was much attended to al Urquiza had petulantly resigned the Presidency of the Ar gentine eration. Legislature would not accept it » Confederation had concluded two with Brazil, one of which the to the free importation of beef to vai f fi Paraguay nf treaties by Emperor admit his territory, in deration of a grant ty-five thousand square leagu the other fugiti aves frot ted on the ‘ Masor the ' The ra x the © t way ' mn market is very dl owing reity and the is larg commit narket, in on a stock now The markets are very and several vessels yt ) bags. t is now healthy, in ballast. Great ed by foreigner ust th rights a menaced with ex manife indignat clergy for m of Freem nication unless they m i ng with the privileges ons, who are mmn, entirely abandon their rites | wee of the Order and they are as and ceremonie T in this ¢ ty all Cathe ty are ne reued by the clery ceneuring the « Eng urse f inh mericans of the from Puerto ¢ the and ‘alyc metitutional Cony Vo. to the & etl) r moath progress had been mad ment for governme rol. Our correspon expresses a hope that the Hon. Mr. Turpin, t minister of th ted in enforcing the « the executive. He in Clark, of Baltimore. w in forming a new instru tates, would prove + ment of noes the case of Mr. John for years sued through the office of the minister in vain, but when he (Clark) died, his execw an Irishman—forced a payment of $55,000 in the course of thirty days, for his family. Our files from Turk’s Islands are dated on the 20th ult. The demand for salt was very cood in the Week ending 20th ult., and 55,544 bushels were ahipped. There remained on hand at the diferent Ports of the colony nearly 400,000 bushels. Price firm at Sc. to 9c. A public meeting was held at Halt Cay on the 12th ult. for the purpose of con @ultation on the subject of obtaining an additional number of laborers. It was resolved to forward pe titions to Her Majesty's government for aid in pro- Curing laborers, wad W the ivcal goverumeut for tt American claims on | in 37.2 | of this year, against 846,212 bushels of salt and 26,- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1858. meons to assist in obtaining so desirable an object. ‘The report of the revenue for nine months of 1858 had been published. The improvement in favor of this year was £1,104. The export and light duties show that 1,153,852 bushels of salt were exported ‘3 tons of shipping during the three quarters 079 tons for a similar period of 1857. Advices from St. Domingo, dated at Port au Platt on the 26th of October, inform us that the effects of the late gale were severely felt at that place on that and the foregoing day. There was little or no wind at the time, but a very heavy sea from E. N. E. set right into the harbor, breaking with great fury on the beach and injuring many of the houses near the shore. Six vessels were driven on shore by the beavy swell, and one, a Dominican vessel-of-war, foundered at her anchors. We have files from Jamaica dated at Kingston on the 12th ult. There was nothing of interest trans- piring on the island. The Kingston Journal, com- menting on the speech of the Governor at the opening of the Legislative session, observes: —“His Excellency could hardly have designated three pro- positions in which the public sympathy is so warm- ly interested as steam communication with the United States, the extension of railway intercourse, and the proposed patent blip dock, all of which he supported warmly.” St. Thomas papers of the 30th of October have been forwarded to us, but news dated the 17th ult. had been previously published. By the arrival of the brig Ocean Bird at this port we have Bermuda papers of the lst inst. They contain advices from Barbadoes to Nov. 11, and from other West India colonies to the end of Octo- ber. Heavy rains had made a rapid improvement in the cane crop of Barbadoes, and a fair average return, say 36,000 hogsheads, was expected. The sweet potato crop was very productive. American provisions were dull of sale, even at low prices; in fact, the Mercantile Intelligencer, of Nov. 11, says:—The holders of breadstuffs (in Bridgetown) were glad to sell at any rate. A heavy supply of codfish was in the market—one vessel with 2,400 quintals having errived from Newfoundland. Pitch pine lumber, cypress shingles and red oak staves were in demand. In legislative affairs nothing of interest had been done. The Solicitor General had given notice in the Assembly of his intention to introduce a bill for a more extensive education of the people of Barbados. The weather was in. tensely hot at Bridgetown. For six wecks, ending the 30th October, no fewer than six fires had oc- curred on estates in Antigua, causing much damage to propety. Suspicion had been aroused that these fires were the work of incendiaries. The British flag ship Indus and gunboat Styx were expected at Bermuda from Halifax. Later advices from the French West Indies state that the sugar crop at Martinique was scanty. There was, however, an increase of 4,624 tierces on the quantity exported at the corresponding pe- riod last year. The statue of the Empress Jose- phine arrived at St. Pierre on tne 9th instant, aud would be conveyed to Fort de Franco. The Federal Courts were in session yesterday. Judge Ingersoll presided in the United States Cir- cuit Court in a patent case, and Judge Betts in the District Court for the return of process. The States courts were adjourned, it being election day. The cotton market continued dull and unsettled yester- day, and will likely remain so until later news is received frem Europe by steamers due at this port. The sales were confined to 400 a 500 bales, at irregular prices. Some brokers quoted middling uplands at 117%e. a 12c., though ‘sales were considered to be on too limited a scale to estab- yish prices. Flour was heavy for common grades, while medium to extra brands were steady. Wheat was quiet and sales limited. Corn was firm and in good demand, with sales of Western mixed at 76c. a 77c.,and new South. ern white at 77c. a 78c. Pork continued firm and sales active, including old mess at $17 90 4 $18, and new mess, guaranteed inspection, at $18 50, with some sales for future delivery given in another column. Sugars were steady, with sales of 960 hhds. and 680 boxes on terms given in another place. Coffee was firm, with sales of Rio at 10%. a ll ige, The stock of Rio embraces 16,760 bags: java, mats and bags, 54,354—total of all descriptions, 77, Freights were steady, with rather more doing, chiefly, however, to English ports. The Election Y¥ ‘The charter election yesterday resulted in the success of Mr. Haws, the republican candidate for Comptroller, over the candidates of the Tam- many and anti-Tammany factions of the demo- cratic party, Purser and Russell. Mr. Breuning- hausen, tl republican candidate, and Mr. Townsend. the democratic nominee, are elected Governors of the Almshouse, and in the Common the democrats have about their former majority in the Board of Aldermen, while the Board of Councilmen appear to be equally divided between the democrats and republicans. This was in every aspect one of the most ex- traordi ary elections that ever took place in this city. The various political parties selected for candi ates the very worst men they could pick out, and the respectable portion of the commu- nity, with a few exceptions, abstained from voting altogether. It was a contest between « set of corrupt office seekers for the spoils of the treasury. There is now no visible hope or expectation of any amelioration in the city government. The result of yesterday sets that question at rest; for a set of men, many of whom have no occupation, no home. no stake or interest whatever in the well-being of the city, have been elected to the highest and most responsible offices in its goverument. The expenses for the municipal ment for this year will be nearly nine mill of dollars, a third part of which, at leart, will be plundered or wasted; and with the prospect now in view, it is impossible to tell to what amount they may be swelled next year— gover probably thirteen or fourteen millions. Yet we have no doubt that New York will be then, as it is now, the worst governed city in the world. The complexion of the State Legislature, as | far as the representation of this city is concerned, ie no better than that of our local government. Aiready there are all kinds of schemes and pro- jects on foot to be run through at Albany, by the aid of the lobby, which will impose fresh bur- dens upon the overtaxed people of this metropo- lis; and similar projects, such as contracts, Broadway railroads, and other jobs, are in pre- poration for our new Common Council, with every pro@pect of being carried out to a success ful iesue, judging from the character of that delectable body. On the whole, the result of the election of yesterday is a striking and la- mentable instance of the apathy aad indifference of the influential portion of our citizens, the consequences of which will be felt in an increased taxation, and a more miserable government than before. Tom Tree ww 4 Race—Tom Thumb, or, as he has been facetiously named by Greeley, the “little villain” of the Timer, flies off into a fa- rious excitement because the Henan on Monday published the President's message in advance of all its cotemporaries. But where is the use of this childish and foolish explosion of rage? Tom Thumb knows as well as anybody that in all great matters of news the public have looked to the Henato, and the Herano has given to the public the earliest authentic information, from the time of our swift-footed pony expresses of the last generation down to the present day Give Tom a light supper of toast and tea, rub his back, wrap him up well in a blanket, and put him to bed. The President's Message—The Opposition and | the Democracy. | The painful excitement which the President's | message has already created upon the nerves of | the opposition journals indicates that the general effect will be to confound, bewilder and disar- range all their pre-existing schemes and calcula- tions for the future. Take, for example, the first shock of this exe- cutive battery upon our city cotemporaries. The philosophers of the Tribune, shrinking in dismay at the tremendous programme before them, and lifting up their hands in holy horror, exclaim—“To undertake to refute, within the compass of a newspaper article, all the sophisms, misrepresentations, distortions and positive un- truths that are crammed into a modern pro- slavery President’s message would be prepos- terous. The best that can he done is to select a few of the worst and wickedest, and hold them up to general reprobation.” Then follows the old Kansas shrieker’s rendering of the “border ruffian atrocities,” and “executive outrages,” culminating in the “Lecompton swindle” and the “English bribe.” But this desperate effort to rekindle the dead embers of the Kansas agita- tion will not avail in view of the new and living issues which the message brings into the fore- ground. Somewhat aware of this, our “Kansas bleed- ing” cotemporary, in another article, touches upon the Cuba question, and gravely declares that “unless Spain be indeed the basest of Chris- tian nations, there is no way to the acquisition of her ‘ever faithful island’ except by the sword.” Then, we are told that “the President's proposi- tion that money shall be placed in his hands to enable him to acquire Cuba is little less than telling the world that our Executive means to bribe the Spanish court and ministry into selling us” the island; “but if the President does mean this, why blurt it out to all mankind?” Next, the “little villains” of the Zimes in the outset pronounce the message “wordy, and not far from weak,” and conclude with the improved opinion that its “suggestions and recommenda- tions are in the main sensible, and will command the general assent of Congress and the country.” Apart from this “sensible” conclusion, the Times commentary is the merest dishwater solution of an overstrained teapot. Those little stock job- bers are completely unlimbered by the heavy metal of the message, and, like a Chinese garri- son, they fire at random and run. The Chevalier Webb, of the Courier, being a rather slow coach, requires time for deliberation, but ventures, nevertheless, promptly to declare the Kansas record of the message historically un- true. The Express, representing the rump of the Know Nothing faction, pronounces the President's recommendations concerning Mexico “an act of war,” and “war and annexation in disguise.” Last, and, perhaps, least, the Journal of Commerce, a free trade and “free wool” organ of the demo- cracy, is seriously perplexed with this Mexican problem, and cannot satisfactorily conjecture the meaning or the consequences of the President's propositions. It is thus manifest that while the opposition jour- nals of both the republican and Know Nothing factions are confused and bewildered with the bold and startling positions upon the vital ques- tions of the day assumed by the President, the quiet old fogies of the democracy, of the “mas- terly inactivity” school, are in danger of being frightened out of their wits. No doubt the prac- tical reiteration of the doctrines of the Ostend manifesto, in the shape of an Executive message to Congress, will create a sensation in the Cabi- nets of London and Paris, and a terrible explo- sion of Spanish dignity and indignation at Ma- drid; but still the President may be right in his opinion that the time has come when we may successfully negotiate for the purchase of Cuba. The African slave trade argument of the message ought to be conclusive with philanthropic Eng- land; and, considering the latest views of the Emperor Napoleon on the same subject, Mr. Bu- chanan may reasonably count upon his co-opera- tion in that peaceable transfer of Cuba which will instantly put an end to the last vestige of this African traffic. With regard to Mexico, the policy indicated by the President is entirely justifiable and ex- pedient. Mexico has lost the dignities and the rights of an independent State, as recognized by the law of nations. She has fallen back into the condition of a country without a responsible government, and occupied by contending bar- barous tribes, to the prejudice of commerce and the rights of strangers. She is our immediate neighbor, and thus it becomes our immediate right and duty to interpose in her behalf—first, if possible, to restore her to a capable govern- ment of her own; and, secondly, failing in the firet office, to absorb her territories and reduce her refractory people to law and order under our own government. We have treated that distracted and lawless country long enough as an independent Power; and, under her present condition of anarchy, the least that we are called upon to do is to establish that military protec- torate over her northern provinces indicated by Mr. Buchanan, as a hostage in the way of “in- demnity for the past and security for the future.” The country will cordially respond to the President, in reference both to Mexico and Caba, The opposition, of all factions and sections, will doubtless do their utmost to distract the coun- sels and defeat the wise and salutary purposes of the administration in Congress. In this view, it becomes the paramount duty of the democratic party to rally under the programme of the Message, for it discloses to the party a broad and open highway to the succession. We are not sure, however, that the factious dissensions and divisions which, among the ambitious and rival leaders of the party, reduced it at the lost session to a practical minority, are to be healed by any new order of things, however wisely adapted to the perfect reunion of the party. On the contrary, we fear that these factious demoralizations among the democracy at the last eceston will only be ag- gravated during the present, from the personal jealousies and conflicting intrigues of rival dema- gogues and cliques for the next Presidency. Hence we shall wait with some interest the views of such democratic Senators as Douglas, Broderick, Toombs, Brown, Jefferson Davis, Hunter, Mason and others, and such democratic members of the House as Stephens, of Georgia ; the IMlinois delegation; Letcher, of Virginia ; McRea, of Mississippi, and others. Against this new programme of the President, vain will be the efforts of Seward at a counter agitation with Dred Scott and an “irrepressible conflict” with slavery; vain the feble efforts of Douglas, with his ricketty hobby of “popular sovereignty ;”’ vain the hue and ery of the South- ern fire-eaters in behalf of the Walker filibusters and the revival of the African slave trade. This message and its new and practical programme will overshadow them all, and they who are got with the administration will soon find them- selves among the impotent squabbling outside factions of the day. The calm and moderate, yet bold and decisive, views and propositions of Mr. Buchanan will unquestionably be sustained by the people; for never, since the days of Jack- son, have we received « message from the Presi- dent so well up as this to the pluck and resolu- tion of Old Hickory, and so fearlessly grappling with the great necessities and duties of the pre- sent and the future. All this is the work of the President himself. He is the head and front, and soul and substance of his administration; and it is because he has chosen to be the master of his position that he has been able thus far to carry his leading measures against factious de- fections in Congress and some treacherous affilia- tions in his own Cabinet. A President thus suc- cessful against all the odds which have been brought to bear against Him, upon such questions as Kansas and Utah, may safely defy all party and factious opposition upon these grander ques- tions of Cuba and Mexico. Let the ball be opened, and let us see who among the democratic aspirants, leaders, cliques and managers for the succession will shrink from facing the music. Our Spanish Relations and the Cuba Ques- ton—Their Bearings on Ourselves and Eu- rope. The position which the President has taken in his message, in regard to our claims on Spain and the question of the acquisition of Cuba, is the one, among all the important ques- tions treated in that able document, that will command the most attention and create the most profound sensation in Europe. Cuba is the only point on this continent where we come tangibly in conflict with the policy of any European cabinet; and it is there that we meet the whole shock of that school of European diplomatists who cling to the theory that a bar- rier must be maintained against the southward extension of the United «tates. Spain has owed her possession of the island of Cuba for more than thirty years past to the gene- rous protection afforded her by the government of the United States, It is that, and that alone, which has crushed the hopes of the last genera- tion and the present one of native Cubans of effecting a revolution which would have inevita- bly severed the island from the Spanish crown. In 1825, when England was lending her treasures and sending her legions of volunteers to aid the patriots of Spanish-America, and while France still slept in the lethargy of the Bourbon resto- ration, the government of the United States em- phatically informed the Spanish-American go- vernments that it would not permit avy change to be made in the social or political condition of Cuba. It was this determination on our part that broke up the formidable expedition against the Spanish power in Cuba, which had been nearly completed by Mexico and Colombia, with the connivance of the patriot Cubans. These continued to conspire for a few years; but as we had severed the patriot governments from their connection with them, the hopes of that genera- tion died out with the political persecutions of 1828, A new generation came up with the lapse of years which felt not the weight of the crushed hopes of their fathers. In 1848 they began to agitate, and again was our government appealed to by Spain to save her colonial power. That aid was granted, and the United States alone de- feated the plans of Lopez, and subsequently of Quitman. It did this by the exercise of its power, which was not only called into direct action to protect the coasts of Cuba, but was the instru- ment for causing a division among the patriot Cubans. This power, which we have fostered in the American isles, has been, with the great- est ingratitude, constantly used for our annoyance. Our flag has been insulted by it; our citizens have been maltreated; its administration has been so contrived as to give the greatest quantity of annoyance, com- bined with the least amount of satisfaction; and then the just claims, both of our government and our citizens, have been constantly baflled and defeated by the shuffling Powers of the mother country. And now, to cap the climax, this Spanish government in Cuba is made the in- strument for carrying out the schemes of a se- cret European alliance against us—schemes which neither of the cabinets concerned dare to avow openly and in the face of the world. The continuance of the rule of Spain in Cuba assumes daily a more menacing character to the highest interests of this country. It already commands the water outlet of more than half the sovereign States of thiscountry. Its position relative to the Isthmus routes between our At- lantic and Pacific empires will enable it to com- mand, within a few years, the channels of an American trade greater than all our present foreign and domestic commerce. The opening of the Nicaragua, Tehuantepee and overland mail routes—the present anomalous position of the northern States of Mexico and the anarchy that reigns in all that republic—the condition of the Sandwich Islands—the opening of Japan and China—the increase of our commerce with the west coast of Spanish America, and the new channels soon to be opened with the growing States of Australia, are already giving a vast impulse to our developement on the shore of the Pacific. Within ten years we shall have twenty or more rising and powerful States there. Our trade with all these must convey a large portion of its bulky exchanges by the Isthmus routes; and its immense capacity and extent no man can calculate. Cuba overlies these routes of our domestic commerce, and its possession involves their safety. In this position che is like a field through which a public im- provement must pass. If the owner refuses to sell it at a fair valuation, it must be expropriated hy the law. No one can doubt that had a similar obstruction laid in the path of the greatest do- mestic trade of any one of the Powers of Europe, it would long since have removed it, We see, with great satisfaction, that Mr. Bu- chanan has announced in his message that “a final attempt” is to be made to settle our claims, and arrange thie question with the government of Spain by negotiation. It is the official an- nouncement of a national policy which will meet the approbation of the whole coun- try. In order to give this attempt the formal character which #0 important a move- ment ;iculd possess, Congress showld at once sdo = t. suggestion of the Prosidont, and auihori: \..@urehase by entrusting him with the & +; of making a poymen. to Spain .mmediately on signing th. treaty. Such a step would be a solemn aseu- rance to the cabinets of Europe that we are disposed to acquire Cuba by honorable negotia- tion, and that we are fully alive to the necessity of our possessing the control of it. It would assure them that we know the important part we arg galled upon to play in the developement of civilization on this coutinent, and are equal tol. In that developement Europe will receive a benefit as well as ourselves. In the active civilization which is now spreading over the world, no people can develope its industrial and commercial powers to its own sole advantage. The republic of trade is co-extensive with the great living nations, Spain has a part in it only as she draws it from her contact with France ; Cuba participates in it only through those of her elements which she has drawn from us, and which have created a state of things there which has nothing in common with Spain; and Spa- nish-America is still almost entirely without its influence. The old school politicians and diplo- matists of Europe may thiwk they can oppose successfully such a developement on our part; but their labor is like the labor of Sisyphus. We shall continue to develope and extend, and in our so doing lies the best interests of the in- dustrial classes who are destined ere long to grasp the reins of power in the Old World. THE LATEST NEWS. Affairs in Washington. Wasuaron, Dec. 7, 1358. ‘The standing committees of the House will be au- nounced on Thursday, to which time an adjournment took place, to enable the Speaker meanwhile to arrange them. According to usage, the committees of the first session are continued to the second, with such alterations may be necessary to {ill vacancies. The democrats generally in the House to.day voted against laying the resolution to repeal the Clayton Bulwer treaty on the table. The sending it to the Committee of ‘the Whole on the State of the Union was to give an op- portunity for discussion. ‘The number of registered seamen, as return \o the State Department, is 6,889, of whom 310 are 1 ralized citizens, To Maine, 1,809 are assigned; to Massachusetts, 8,143; to New York, 624; to Pennsylvania, 546; to Ma- ryland, 23; to Rhode Island, 160; and the remainder are distributed among other States. Joseph O, Burnett and William H. King, of Pennsylva- nia, are appointed assistant surgeons in the navy. ‘The practice ship Plymouth has arrived in the Potomac, at Kettle Bottoms, and a steamer has been sent down to tow her up to this city. She will again be sent out to the Gulf Squadron. Orders went out by the last Pacific steamer to the com- mauder of the Department of the Pacific, General Clark, to send two companies to Lieut, Beale, at the point where his road crosses the Colorado river. ‘The Democratic Senators, in caucus, this morning agreed on Charles 8. Jones, long in the employ of the Senate, as successor to Isaac Holland, deceased, late doorkeeper. ‘The adjournment until Thursday was to enable thezn, in the meantime, to arrange the Standing Committees. ‘THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. Senate. ‘Wasivaron, Dec. 7, 1858. LANDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Mr. Witsox, (opp.) of Mass., gave notice of his inten- tion to introduce a bill to appropriate one million acres of the public lands for the support of the free public schools of the District of Columbia. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD, Mr. Gwiy, (adm.) of Cal., moved to take up the Paciflo Railroad bill, but Mr. Pearce objecting that the motion was. not in order, Mr. Gwin notified the Senate that he would call it up at an early day. PENSIONS FOR SOLDIERS’ WIDOWS, Mr. Cameron, (opp.) of Pa., gave notice of a motion for a pension to the widow of General Persifer F. Smith, and Mr. Sxwaxp, (opp.) of N. Y., gave a similar notice in behalf of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines. Several uninteresting petitions were presented, and the Senate adjourned to Thursday. House of Representatives. Wasiinetow, Dec. 7, 1858. Numerous bills, heretofore passed by the Senate, were severally referred, including those making appropriations for internal improvements. Mr. Keim, of Penn., in place of Mr. J. Glaney Jones, was sworn, and took his seat, THE ADROGATION OF THK CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY. The House took up the resolution requesting the Prest- dent to take such steps as may in his judgment be best ¢ Bulwer treaty. [This resolution wi reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs.) ir. Rivcum, (opp.) of Pa., moved to lay the resolution on the table. "This was negatived, 90 against 93, as fol lows — —Measrs. Abbott, Andrews, Arnold, Bennett, Bil) Bingham, Blair, Brayton, Huillngwon, bart 4 man, Clark of Conn. wes, Dean, Dick Jiddings, Gooch, Goodwin, Harlan, Hickman, Hoar, ghes, J f teno., Keim, Kelsey. Kil ore, Knapp, Kunkel,’ Leach, Letter. Lovejoy, Millson lontgomery. Morgan, Morrill, Moree, Mott, Murray, Olio. Palmer, Parker ‘Thayer, Tompkins, Underwood, W. » of Wis, Washburn of Ill, Washburne of Me. 'Wilean und Wood. —Total 9. Navs—Mesars. Adrain, Ahl, Anderson, Atkins, Barksdale, Howie, Boyce, Branch, Burnett, k, onbain, wanagh, Clark of Mo.. Clay, Codb, Jobo Cochrane, Cox, Craig of to. Crawford, Curry, Davidson, Davts of Miss. Dewart, Dowdell, Edmundson, English, Kustix, Faulkner, Florence, Foley |, Goode, Greenwood, Grege, “roes li of Ohio, Harris, Hatch, Hawkins, Hopkins, Hous Jenkins, f beck, Hal via. ihe Jackson, lewett, Owen Jones, Kettt, Lamar, wrence, Letty, McQueen, Meitae, Marshall of Ill, Mason, Maynard, . Pa., Morris of Iil., Nibiack, Vie ‘of Mo.. Pheips of Mi., Powell, Ready, Res Ricaud, niin, Gandidge, Beales, Bearing, Shaw of Ne, Smith of Tenn., Sinith of Va, Stephens. Stephenson, Stewart of Md., Talbot, Gs Taylor. Trippe, Vailandiagham, Vancer Wand, Wathine, Witte, Whiteley” Winslow * Warten dyke, Wright of Ga., Wright of Tenn., Zollicoter.—Tota!, The resolution was then referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. THR PACINO RATLROAD ORTON, Mr. Binerxonener, of Wis., moved to reconsider the vote by which yesterday Mr. Curtis’ Dill for a Cen tral Pacific Railroad was reterred to the select committee on the subject. He said that that commi composed of gentlemen from various seccons, hal come to no con clusion, being divided in eontiment, and © some other committee should have charge of the subject Mr. Cerne, (opp.) of lowa, replied that no matter be fore the House was of more importance, and re. quired a greater share of deliberation and arga ment. Al uh the = committee divided, there was almort a general concurrence that something ought to be done for a railroad, but when the subject of the route was brought up they found them- selves embarrassed, He did not despair of final « 1ccss on the part of the select committee. but thought if they compromise on any route it will be on the central route Mr. Billinghurst's motion was disagreed to—yeas 48 nays not counted. LANDS FOR RAILROADS IN NEW MEXIOO, KANWAS AND SERROCTT. Mr. Orero, of New Mexico, introduced a bill to crant lands to New Mexico, Kansas and Missouri for railroads therein. TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS, Mr. Barsmemt., of Utah, offered a resolution, which war adopted, instructing the Committee on Military Afairs to inquire into the expediency of refunding to Utah the et eases incurred by said Territory in suppressing Indian ilities In 1853; aleo instructing the same committee to inquire into the expediency of constructing a military road from Bridger's Pass to Salt Lake City. Mr. Steves, of Washington, offered a resolution, whic was adopted, instructing the Committee on the Military to inquire into the expediency of constructing a wagon Fowl from Fort Arbuckle to Seattle, Paget's Sound, Washington Territory, and the survey of the Upper Missouri aud Co: jumbia rivers for military purposes Adjourned till Thursday. The President's Message for Californin St. Lovie, Dee, 7, 1858, The President's Message an! the reports of the hea departments destined for California, which Sunday by Mr. Corbin, special messenger from Washing were arrived ou ton, were forwarded carly on Monday morning by the Southern overiand mall route, in charge of Mr. Pardee, of New York. The Mail Company wii eforta to accomplish the trip in fifteen days, but in ¢ of a prospect of flare, Mr. Pardee will abandon the coach and proceed on horsoback of otherwise with the utmost possible speed. Mr, Pardee hax boen detailed ex pressly for this service by Mr. Butterdeld, and is repre sented to be a man of great energy and perseverance, ca pable of enduring an immense amount of physical fatigne The design is to beat both the Panama and Tehuantepec lines of steamers, Extensive preparations were mae by the contractors on the Salt Lake route to express the docu tents through, but they failed to receive copies. Mantcipal Elections in Massachusetts. Srrivarmenn, Mass., Dec. 6, 1858 ihe entire republican and nce ticket was chosen here to-day by 400 majority, Wm. B. Calhoun, for Mayor, has 400 majority over W. L. Smith, democrat. New Benrorn, Deo. 6, 1858. At the municipal electian here to-day, Willard Nye, re publican, was chosen Mayor by 188 plurality The republicans also elected two-thirds of the City Lawnewor, Mass., Deo. 6, 1968, The republicans today elected General Oliver for Mayor, and the entire republigan ticket for Aldermen, by bout 300 major goveigpcimcai Bowron, Deo. 7, 1868 Hon. Hosea teley, republican, was elected Mayor of tion. John Sargout was also re-elected Mayor of Oxm bridge by « large majority Cou ENon.Arrtval of the Washington and Persia, Sanpy THooK, Dec. 8—3 A. M. No signs of the City Of Washington or Persia. The weather is foggy, with a fresh northeast wind. * Additional from California. Sr. Lours, Dec. 6, 1868. ‘The overland mail has arrived with San Francisco dats of November 7. Five passengers came through. ‘The United States coast surveying brig Fauntleroy ar rived at San Francisco from the Gulf of Georgia om the Sth of November. ‘The bark Marina, the pioneer vessel of the Tehuantepec line, left San Francisco for Ventosa on November 6, with a number of passengers. ‘The American schooner John Dunlop bad been seized at Honolulu for violating the revenue laws. Jobueton Prise, democrat, had been elected to the Cali- fornia State Senate, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr, Ferguson. The Sixth Infantry was encamped at Vosburg’s Ranches, ‘six miles from Placerviile. ‘The attorney for the defendant in the case of the Alma. den Quicksilver mine had signified his readiness to unite with the United States attorney ia an application to the administration at Washington, praying it to apply Moxico for authenticated copies, under the great seal of that country, of all documents in the archives relating to the mine, ‘The gold bullion deposited for coinage in the mint at San Francisco, for the woek euding November 6, was 21,400 ounces. Business was generally dull at San Francisco, but there had been largo gales of adamantine candles at an ad- vance. Arrived at San Francisco, Nov. 6, ship Thomas Alti- bone from New York, SHIPPING NEWS. Borneo, Edwards, Hong Kong; schr Arnos, Lemman, Sam Diego; A M Simpson, Easton. whaling cruise. “Sid steamar Senora, Saby, Panama; ship Teouium, Heustia, Puget Sound; brig Boston, Sorton, San Pedro; schr ‘Anglo ‘American, Kus! 6th—Arr bark What Cheer, Thompson, Melbourne; US Coast Survey brig K Hi Fauntleroy, Allen, Port Townsend; schr Oa- prey (ip) Gardner, Victoria, ‘Cid sioamer Panama, Dal, Vie Poane, Manzauilla, bark Marianna c; schra Page, Morehouse, ; Perla, Furniss, Manzanillo, Sid sleamer Panama, Dall, Victoria; ships Reporter, Howes, Manila; Harvey Dirck, Nelsop, Jonson's Island; Lorneo Kewards, Hong Kong; barks America, Sparrow, Puget Sound; Astrea (Rus). Nyland, Oal- ‘8th—Arr ship Alboni, Barnaby, NYork; schr Fl; Freeman, Pate Sandwich Talanda. Sid’ bark Nos anid Fiske, Puget Sound; schrs Page, Morehouse, Victoria: Simpson, Baston, whaling ort oaths a= etecaasctitrlee eel Ss "The Nicaragua Filibusters, Monte, Kee, 6, 1858. The Grand Jury was in session several days last week. The following witnesses were examined:—Mr. Sanford, Collector of the Port; Mr. Smith, Deputy Collector; Gon. Walker, Julius Hesse and William A. Smnith. Gencral Walker was before the jury about six hours, and was in terrogated as to his course of life in California, Sonora and Nicaragua. No bill was found on Friday. Judge Camp- bell loft for Washington the same day. A secret agent of the goverpment, named Wilson, of Ohio, who was sent here to watch Nicaragua movements, has left for he ington. Senator Dougias at New Orieans. NeW ORLEANS, Dec, 6, 1858, The Douglas mass meeting to-night is one of the iargest and ost enthusiastic ever witnessed in this city. Odd Fellows’ Hall was filled to its utmost capacity before the hour sppointed for the organization, and many thousands crowd Lafayette square and the adjoining streets, Hon Mr. Soule presides over the meeting. The Slaver Echo Case. Covummia, 8. C., Dec. 7, 1858. The argument in the slaver Echo case was continued yesterday by General Hayne, on the part of the United States. To-day Mr. Billinger argued for tho defence, and when he concluded the Grand Jury were further’ dis charged until one o'clock Thursday, when judgment oa the motion for the discharge of the prisoners will be given. The Southern Pocific Railroad. Loursvinix, Dec. 7, 1858. an on of hor ape Pacific Railroad, here at St. Louis, are gene! ing up, as required ‘the action of the recent Convention. gt have HA been surrendered. President Fowlkes has let out fifty miles more of the road. The friends of the road are sanguine of success. The Ohio River. PARKERSBURG, PA, Dec. 7, 1858 The Ohio river at thie point is twonty-five fect deep and rising. Besides the regular daily line of rst class steamers to Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis, boats are leaving daily for all points on the Mississipp: and Missouri vers. ———____ Southern Ocean Steamer Movements. Savannan, Dec 6, 1858 ‘The steamship Alabama, from New York, arrive: at the bar at eleven o'clock Saturday morning, and at her wharf 4 eight ofelock yesterday, having been detained by fog. well, Markets. New Ontrans, Dec. 6, 1858. Cotton—The sales to-day foot up 7,000 bales, at firmer Prices, but not quotably higher. Sugar—The market is dull at a decline of i¢c. for fair qualities. Molasses— Prices have receded 2c. per gallon; we quote fair quality at 27¢. Indian corn is tending downward; sales to-day at 70c. Freights—Cotton to Live I, 0-164, Cuar.eston, Dec, 6, 1858. Steamship Columbia, Capt. Berry, was siguailed, bound in, at four o'clock this (Monday) HE Minny CHARLESTON, Do Cotton—Sales to-day 3,400 bales, the with a decline of 1c. on the highest po SAVANN. Cotton—Sailes to-day 1,200 bale: irregular prices, the market closing with a deciining tendency Ataany, Dec. 7—6 P.M. Flour.—Sales 900 bbis.; demand light, but holders firm. Stock not large, but comprises a full variety. Buck wheat flour unchanged, and in ordinary request. Corn meal 11s Od. a 128. 6d. per 100 Ibs. Grain excessively dull. some little inquiry for wheat, but prices above the view of mill ers. Carn held at 75c.: sales 2,000 bushels State, Oats at 48c., measure. A lot of Canala East was held at 62c., roi No sales of barley to report. The receipts are hot . A strictly prime article might command 70c. a 75e., and what is called No. 1 sells at 0c. 9 O5e.; No. 2 is | weed apna m3 Rywny | doing in whiskey. Hogs — Inquiry cont fair, but they are without quotation day, in absence of receipts. ° bi - Berravo, Dec, 7, 1858. There has been only a limited demand for flour to-day and we have no change to note in qwotations: sales in lore to the trade some 300 bbis. at $5 25 a $5 50 for good ta choice extras; $5 75 for double extras. Wheat in mode. rate demand and market steady: sales 2,400 bushels white Michigan at $116. Corn in m vate demand aud but little offering: sales 4.500 bushels at 68¢. Nothing doing in other grains. Whiskey firm at 2Je. Dr hogs plenty and market opened dull, but closed act firm: sales at $6 50 per ewt. _ Academy of Music. BENEFIT OF MULE. PICCOLOMINI—IMMENSE ENTHW SIASM—THK PRIMA DONNA ESCORTED TO HER HOTEL BY A TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION OF FiRE- MEN, ETC. The benefit of Mile. Piccolomini last night was, taking both the character and the number of the audience inte account, the most brilliant event of an unusually brilliant season. There were few distinguishet people in town who were not present, and never since the Academy was opened has the house offered such a fashionable coup- @ail. The Lucia of Mile. Piccolomini may be considered one of her test characters, and as such her success in it was quite remarkable. In all those passages whic calculated to try her powers to the utmost she ac herself admirably. In the duct with Eagar, at the the first act, in the maiediction scene, and in th scone at the close of the opera, rhe was all that could be desired by the most critical. The audience evinced thetr appreciation of her efforta by the most enthusiastic ap planse, and when the curtain fell at the end of the first act she was called out and overwhelmed by a sia bouquets, As she was in the act of bowing her aed eant lodgments, Mr. Kingsland, Secretary to the Directors of the Academy, made his appearance from one of the sid wings, and addressed the house in the following In behalf of a few friends, mostly stockholders of the Academy 1 to the tin Anvert ation of Signorina F ca, a testimony of their esteem and high appre: her merits ag an artist. Mr. Kingsland then handed to the fair beneficiaire a mag nificent gold bracelet, the centre of which was thickly studded with diamonds. This episode of course drew forta thunders of applause, followed hy a fresh shower of bouquets and a deluge of printed pootical eusions from the gods in the upper tiers, which covered the ladies in the parquette like flakes of show, aad momentarily alarmed them. ‘As soon as the demonstrations of applause had subsided Mile, Piccolomini came forward, and, in very intellgible English, said T thank you allt thank you with all my heart, Thare received far more kindness than I have deserved, but my gratitude is boundless and will be eternal She then retired, evidently muel affected y The rentrée of Signor Brignoli at the Academy seemed to give great eatisfaction to the audience. The favorite tenor was in fine voice, and fang with all the purity and force of style for which he is distinguished. His grand air in the last act, “Fra Pooo,”’ was admirably given At the conclusion of the opera Mile. Piccolomini was excorted to her hotel by a torchlight procession of fire men, who manifested the most balsterous enthusiasm io regard to her The procession include! delegations from severai of the companice of the Fire Department, embracing in all sonia {wo huudred porgous, glad in the uuiforg of the corps