The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK IERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFIOR K. W. CORNER OF FULMON AND NASSAU BTS. Tenms cach in advance. Monty emt by wall wlll be ot the risk of the conder, Postage sampe not received as subscription ma, DAILY HERALD, two conte per PY WEPKLY HERALD, every Pacer ds oe Senta pe um; the European Bdition $1 per annum. Britain, o $5 to any part of the Continent, Denton, both ve mie niwiee ET MERALD, every Wednesday, at fow cents por ML ONEAET CkemsporDENce, yruaening emporio solicand from 1 ward, will be ad’ for tie ieuein ComitrononsTs ane Requsstep ro Seat ais LeTTERS AND Packs biberaliy Parnictvanuy Been ORF HeNT Us NO NOTICE taken of anomymmus correspondence, We do not VEICTISEMENTS rontced cory ae TIS, ) advertiaenenta ine P34, Weneny i », Famicy Heap, and in the California and European ma. JOB PRINTING execued with neatness, cheapness and des AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdway.—EqvestRianisa— Gru ssstics—Four Lovens NIBLO'R GARDEN, Brosdway,—Vou-av-Vant—Bauiar DIveuTISSEMENT— ASPHODEL, BURTON'S NEW THRATRE, Beakr—Oun Gal. ROWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Rotre, ox tus Rep Riout Hanp—Asrnope.—love ano Linentr. WaLLaOK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Mencuant or Ve- mice. LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, No. 6% Broadway.—Ovn Awesican Cousy—Borsie Fisnwire. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway.—After- noon and Evening—Ring, MINSTER AND GENERAL—BaLuer Divextiosement— ARAB WOOD'S MINSTREL bay ILDING, 561 and 563 Broadway— —Soutusen Lire Broadway —Woman's am Sones, Dances, ac, Lavsrastep MECHANIC'S BALL, 627 Broadway. —Necee Songs anp Buntesaves—T CAMPBELL MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway. TMARACTERISTIOS, SONGS, a Maat Guran —BRvants’ Minerreis gor Tink To FaRky. —Ermorias “New York, Thursday, December 9, 1858. The News. We have four days later news from Europe, and iater advices from India and China, received by the steamship City of Washington, which was in tercepted off Cape Race on Tuesday afternoon last. The intelligence is interesting. Consols in London on the 23d ult. were quoted at 984 a 953 for both money and account. The Liverpool cot- ton market was dull at the prices current on the sailing of the Europa. Breadstufts were also dull, and prices nominal. The most important item of news by this arrival is the reported recall of Lerd pier, the British Minister to the United States. He is to be succeeded, it is said, by Mr. Lyons, the British Envoy at Flo- rence. While one of the anti-ministerial journals says Lord Napier is superseded because of his too active sympathy with the Monroe doctrine of our government, on the other hand it is asserted that his recall is entirely due to the ordinary routine of the British diplomatic service. No intelligence had been received of the steamer Indian Empire. The news from India is unimportant. The accounts from China state that a hurricane had prevailed at Swatow, which caused considerable damage to sbipping, but no American vessels were injured. The City of Washington wil! probably reach New York on Saturday next. The Persia, which sailed from Liverpool on the 27th ult., is now fully due. She will bring three days later news. There are now on the Atlantic ocean eight first class steamships, bound from ports in Europe to our shores, carrying mails, cargoes of valuable merchandise, and per- haps as many as sixteen hundred passengers. All of these vessels, with the exception of one—the Cunard steamer Arabia—are bound to New York, affording satisfactory evidence of the rapid ad- vance which this city is making towards being re- cognized as the great commercial and financial centre of the civilized world. The following shows the name of each of the steamships, their day of sailing, port of departure, and destination: — Date of Sailing. Where From. Where Bound. 4 Liverpool. New York. Name. City of Washi — 4 Liverpool. 4 Bremen. 4 Southampton. 8 Liverpool. ve news from California to the 20th ult., +0 later advices from the Sandwich Islands, over the Tehuantepec route, and forward- e steamship Quaker City. a » are eleven la sived by the overland mail. ad arrived there from Atlantic ports during cht preceding the 20th ult., and business ued to improve. The Golden Age left on the 20th with the mails, three hundred passengers, and $2,225,000, for New York. The Quaker City reports that the steamship Her- mann, the pioneer vessel of the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company's line between New York and San Franci-co, via Nicaragua, was spoken on the 21st ult., being then only one day distant from the first named port. The Hermann left New York 3d of Angust last, ran to Rio Janeiro and and finally reached Pana pn the 9th ¢ left next evening, and i evident from | the news pul “day th id nnect with the steamer Washin the sam mailed from this port on the 6th ult., hoping to reach San Juan del Nx in due season, so as to forward her passengers he Hermann from San Juan del Sur. The Washington had not reached Ban Juan del Norte on the 17th of last month but it is calculated that she got there on the Isth, and waited for several days, #0 as smmonieate with San Juan del Sur, and any tidings of her consort. She \ ayed thus for about eight days, {3 aber, until the British mail | 1 and informed her » San Fran- | yn then re were pinwoall for the the Ist perm The non-connection of these v il great expense and trouble on the Wash- | passengers, and is @ most unfortunate | event for the company owning them, which has | «commenced business under the most inauspi- | 7 uding her} rs over wer ama, if hor by the go. cious eirenmeta steamehi T Africa, which left this port yester doy forl ol, carried out $187,000 in apecie | y five pase Among the latter was ver of the British government having in | charge a young girl named Henrietta Polydore, | who wae brought from Utah by Judge Eckles, in obedience to instructions of our government. re Was years since taken from | Englond by her mother, who had embraced the ofthe Latter Day Saints, and her father ap plied to the British authorities for her restoration After due investigation of the facts before the fede ort at Great Salt Lake City it was decided to the girl to-her father, and she was accord. ingly brought to Washington and delivered to the custody of Lord Napier, the British Minister, who has despatched her to England as above stated It is said that the mother of the girl followed her to Washington. The Grand Jury were empannelled yesterday in the Court of General Sessions, and after receiving & brief charge from Recorder Barnard, retired to commence their duties. The Commissioners of Emigration held their regular weekly meeting yesterday afternoon, but there was no business ready for transaction. The weekly retarn shows a balance in bank to January 1, 1858, of $32,155 89, and the balance of commuta- tion fund $15,223 02. Professor John A. Porter, of Yale College, de- fivered # lectare last night in the Cooper Institute, ¢o © select audience, upon the “ Science of the engers. rale NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1858. Ancients and the Alchemists.” The discouse was & compendium of historical, philosophical and chemi- cal matters, and was listened to with evident plea- sure hy the audience. ‘The filibusters are off at last. A party number- ing 140 left Mobile on Tuesday night in the schooner Susan. She was boarded by a boat from the revenue cutter, but proceeded on her voyage, | reeciving as she went a broadside from the govern- | ment vessel, which, however, caused no damage. | Lieutenant Whyte, of the cutter, remained on board the Susan. Cancemi, the alleged murderer of Eugene An- derson, the policeman, was yesterday placed upon his trial for the fourth time. Before the calling of the jury counsel for the prisoner submitted a some- what novel plea, namely, that the life of the accused having been once placed in jeopardy, it cannot be a second time placed in jeopardy for the same of- fence. The point of law raised is regarded as a very nice one, and the greater portion of the day was spent in discussing it. The Judge finally de- nied the motion, and the empannelling of the jury was proceeded with and completed. The Court sat to a late hour, having taken a recess for dinner, and will meet every morning at nine o'clock. The Judge has decided upon keeping the jurors together until the termination of the trial, and has provided rooms for them at the Astor House—a circumstance that is very much grum- bled at by the majority of them, who are men of amily. The steamer M. W. Chapin, of the Paraguay ex- pedition, was spoken on the 3d inst. by a vessel which arrived at Boston yesterday. The meeting of the Board of Education last evening was unusually interesting, as our report of the proceedings, published in another column, will show. A report respecting the question of the Bible in the public schools, which concluded with a recommendation that the Scriptures be read in the schools, was debated with much warmth, and finally rejected by a vote of eleven to twelve. A fight occurred at the corner of West Broadway and Anthony street yesterday, between two young men named Michael Forrester and Christopher Cal- laghan. During the melee Callaghan received se- veral stabs froma dirk in the hands of his antago- nist, which caused his death. Up to a late hour last night Forrester had not been arrested by the police. The fightgrew out of a dispute about a disreputable female. The Board of Ten Governors held their regular weekly meeting yesterday, but transacted no busi- ness of importance. The weekly return shows that there were 7,705 persons in the public institutions on the 4th instant—an increase of 111 as com- pared with the week previous. Signora Mario delivered the second lecture of the course on Italian affairs last evening. We are compelled to defer the publication of our report. The receipts of beef cattle during the past week amounted to 2,624 head—a decrease of 443 head as compared with the week previous. An active de- mand prevailed yesterday at all the yards, caused by the comparatively short supply and the im- proved quality of the stock, and an advance of fully half a cent per pound was obtained. The rates ranged from 64¢. for inferior to 10}¢. for first quali- ty. Cows and calves, veal calves, and sheep and lambs, were in fair demand, without any noticeable change in prices. Swine of ordinary and common quality were in ample supply, for which the demand was limited, at $2 a $4 50 per head. Prime hogs were scarce, and were in request at $5 50a $6. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 1,600 bales, 1,000 of which were in transitu. The market ex- hibited more tone, while prices for the article on the spot were at about 11%c. a 12c. for middling uplands, 12%. for middling fair, and at 13c. for fair do. The total re- ceipts at the ports since 1st September last amount to about 1,222,000 bales, showing an increase over the same period last year of 608,000, and over those for '56 of 275,000. The total exports amount to 604,000 bales, which gives an increase over '57 of 226,000, and over "66 of 289,000. Some catimates of the crop exceed 8,500,000 bales, while others consider that amount to be an outside calculation. Much uncertainty hangs over the returns received regarding the yield in the valley of the Mississippi. But should the crop be fully up to the above figures it will all be wanted, and at remunerative prices to producers. The flour market was steady, and common grades were in some better demand, with a fair amount of sales. Wheat was unchanged, while sales were modo- rate. Corn was firm and in good demand, with sales of Weotem mixed at 76c. a 77 ige., and at 78. for new South- ern white. Pork was firm and in good demand, especially for future delivery. The market closed with an upwar tendency in prices. Sugars were steady, with sales of 300 Lbee, and £20 boxes, at rates given in another column. Coffee wae firm, with sales of Rio and stained Java at rates given in another place. Freights were steady, while en gagements were moderate. 1,500 bbis. flour were engaged tor Liverpool at le. 9d. The American Policy of the Message—Its Effect in Europe and at Home. * The clear, sagacious and statesmanlike recom- mendations of the President relative to our po- Ney towards the territories south of us make the recent Message to Congress one of the most remarkable state documents that has ever ema- nated from the executive chair. That the developement of that civilization of which we form the active centre on this conti- nent must take a southern direction has been evident to the reflective minds of the country for two generations at least; and in the popular idea it has become a permanent impression, which is not inaptly expressed in the indefinite, though oft used term, “ manifest destiny.” But none of our stateemen have hitherto ventured to mark out a line for that developement, and to give it a direction and law which should keep it within the limits of judicious control, and at the same time accept the responsibilities of our enlarging future. In the absence of this wisdom on the part of the administration, and foresight among our statermen, private enterprise has from time to time usurped what should have been the func- tion of the government, and endeavored to act in accordance with the law of our progress. It was this law which—after the consummation of | the purchase of Louisiana and Florida had caused a relaxation in the extending policy of the government—stimulated our citizens to ac- invitation of Mexico to colonize Texas ifornia, gave rise to the enterprises of | Lopez and Quitman against the Spanish power in Cuba, and finally found vent in those of Walker against Sonora and Nicaragua. In re- commending the bringing of this popular move- ment under the control of our national power, Mr. Buchanan has done what should bave been done years ago. He has inaugurated a truly American policy, which will consolidate and strengthen us as a nation, and will have an effect upon our national career far more remarkable than did the will of Peter the Great upon that of Russia. But great as will be its effects upon ourselves, the effect upon Europe of this consolidation of our national policy will be far more marked. It will be felt with varying degrees of intensity in every Cabinet. The policy that is making the greatest impression upon the Old World now is that of the Anglo-French alliance. It has made its mark upon Russia and China, and is control- ling the present views of all the minor govern- mente of the Continent. But that alliance has derived from us the power which has enabled it to do this. Without the industry and trade of the United States, neither England nor France would have had the reve- nues which have enabled them to bring their immense armies into the field and to send out their powerful fleets. It was our industrial developement and the extension of our civilization over Florida and Louisiana which bave given them cotton and immense mar- kets for the sale of their products, and that over California which has given them the gold to meet their immense loans, With our assistance | they have stopped the territorial extension of Rosia until she can construct her railroads and build her workshops, which will consolidate her scattered physical powers. With ourselves and Russia, they formed the phalanx of the four living nations of civilization that sat down be- fore the closed gates of China. In the pride of success they are now turning their united policy to this continent, in the vain belief that they can establish here such a balance of power as that of Europe, where England and France together can turn the scales in any way they choose. But apart from the fact that here they will find a power very different from what Russia was when they invaded the Crimea—one whose forces are banded together with vast rail- roads, electric telegraphs, and mighty rivers co- vered with steam transportation—there are with- in themeelves the elements of a more deadly con- flict than any they can look forward to with us. The interests of the people and government of England are with us in our developement. Al- ready the press of that country has seen the material benefits which will accrue to it from our acquisition of Cuba and the extension of our influence over Mexico, Seeing this, it has not hesitated to proclaim it. England well knows, to-day, that whatever benefits flow from the carrying of the American flag into any new territory, she derives the half of them. So inti- mate and so powerful are the ties ot commerce, of an identity of political and economical theo- ries, of a common language and a common civi- lization, that we cannot prevent this mutual en- joyment of benefits with the English people, and we would not if we could. Any government in England that should, from any motive whatever, strike at these material ties between the two na- tions, would strike at the very roots of their own revenues, and could not continue in power asin- gleday. It is not long since Palmerston was overthrown, at the moment when he thought himeelf stronger than ever before, because he was convicted of too much sympathy with the theories of Louis Napoleon. It is these theories which to-day govern France and the policy of the Anglo-French alli- ance. Upon them Louis Napoleon hopes to found a dynasty. They are based upon the poli- tico-theological systems of Italy and Spain. Through the church he hopes to control the en- ergies of the people, and therefore he pro- tects the temporal power of the Pope and flatters the clergy. But this is an age of skepticism. Men have already begun to deubt in politics, theology and social science. Doubt has led to inquiry, and mankind, while still clinging to those moral truths to which nothing has been added since the time of Moses, have begun to reject the accumu- lations of rulers, priests and oligarchists. The divine right of kings has been discarded, the rule of intolerance in religion and politics has been overthrown, theories of class protection of all kinds have been exploded. To-day power in France must depend upon the free intellectual and industrial developement of the people. Pro- duction and the exchanges of trade are increasing in a much larger ratio than population, and upon them the revenues of France and the stability of its government depend. The empire could with- stand the shock with non-commercial Russia and China, but it cannot survive a conflict with the commercial interests of the United States and England. While neither of these have anything to fear from a collision with France, that Power has everything to apprehend from one with us. Europe does not contain the elements to resist the sagacious and far-reaching poficy which the President has laid down in his message, if Con- gress will be true to it and adopt his wise re- commendations. Now is the time for that body to show if it has any statesmen in its raaks, We have been at sixes and sevens in our domestic concerns for the past few years, because we had no control and unity of impulse in our national developement. The time has come to consolidate these, and the President has pointed out the way to do it. It remains for Congress to act. The young men who now take up this sub- ject with a comprehensive grasp will make a future for themselves in the public concerns of the nation, and inscribe their names on the roll of the third generation of statesmen which is to follow those of the founders and expounders of our political existence. Should they fail in this duty, the question will go back to the people, and bring forward a new school of public men. Tue New Comprrotier.—One of the results of the charter election on Tuesday was the utter smashing up of the democratic party in this city. Tammany and anti-Tammany, and all other cliques of which the once united party was com- posed, were left nowhere in the race for the Comptrollership. Some newspapers have been preaching a good deal about the wonderful things Mr. Haws was to do in the way of reform when he was elected. Mr. Haws was at one time 4 very respectable merchant here, but for many years past he has been a mere politician, and we fear that he will be only the tool of the Weed and Seward regency in the Comptroller's office. We should not wonder if the Albany cabal were to set about amending the charter, so as to con- centrate the divided powers of some of the other departments and bureaus in that of the Comp- troller, and thus make a few more places for the ravenous harpies of their party. We do not look for any reform under the new régime in the finance department. We remember that when Mayor Wood was turned out by May- or Tiemann, on the reform cry, the latter treated us to a weak dilution of Mr. Wood's reform. In. the first instance, he made a great fuss about gambling houges, places of ill repute and lottery institutions. What then? Did any good come ont of that? The taxes are higher now than ever they were, and the city is just as badly govern- ed. In fact, Mayor Tiemann and his man Birney have done incalculable service to the lotteries o Georgia, Kentucky and elsewhere, by giving them a gratuitous advertising all over the coun- try, and the agents of these institutions here have about donbled their business in conse- quence. Mr. Tiemann may be a very amiable man, but he is surrounded by the most delete- rious influences; and it will be just the same with Mr. Haws, and with a like result, as far as re form i« concerned, Not that we mean to say the case would be any better if a Tammany or anti- Tammany candidate had been elected, for they are all steeped up to the very eyelids in political neem Wise axp Dovaras Tanows Overnosno ny tae Vinomta Democracy.—The late Virginia Democratic State Convention, not content with the emphatic nomination of the anti-Wise candi- date for Governor, John Letcher, gave both to Wise and Douglas a still more significant re- buke, . Mr. Wise (son of the Governor) introduced a series of resolutions—first, endorsing the admi nistration; secondly, “rejoicing unfeignedly in the late victory so gloriously achieved by the Joyal democracy of Minois;” and thirdly, de- claring it “ the imperative duty” of Congress to provide for the security of slave property in the Territories. Here il is evident that the great object in view was the endorsement of Douglas by the Virginia democracy; but though the de- vice was nicely sandwiched between the two other resolutions, it failed. True, on the first blush, under cover of a strong puff for the admi- nistration, the Douglas resolution was passed. But very soon thereafter some of the old stagers smelt the rat, whereupon Mr. Pryor (Roger, we suppose), who had voted for the resolution, moved a reconsideration. This motion being carried, the resolutions were laid upon the table upon the refusal of Mr. Wise to withdraw them; and thus endeth the second lesson of Wise and Douglas in a Virginia democratic State Conven- tion, Wise is done for, and Douglas is left out- side the door. Our City Election—The Defeat of the Demo- Falized Democracy. The demoralized democracy of this State were soundly thrashed in November; and the party of this city, with a November majority of twenty thousand, have been as badly beaten in Decem- ber. State and city, therefore, the New York democracy have gone to the dogs. While the aggregate city vote of this last election, as com- pared with that of November, has fallen short some twenty thousand, the republican vote has increased ten thousand—a gain of four thousand beyond the accession of the November American vote. These are curious results, and apart from the split of the democracy into the opposing Tammany and anti-Tammany factions, they are results which indicate a significant ripening of the elements of discord and rebellion, which for some time past have harrassed and crippled the wrangling managers of the party. Thus, on Tuesday last the glory of the Old Wigwam went down jn a drizzling and dismal shower of rain; and The melancholy funeral re- marks of Captain Rynders only served as a wet blanket to the mourners of poor Old Tammany. And why this melancholy wreck of that hitherto invincible party of this metropolis? The spoils, and the conflicting schemes and plots of rival leaders, managers and cliques for the spoils, will afford the fullest ex- planation. These intestine squabbles, which were temporarily suspended in the campaign of 1856, broke out with increased violence with the proclamation of the federal appointments of the city by Mr. Buchanan. From that day to this, the visits to Washington of these federal officers and their retainers, and of the chiefs and managers of the rival cliques for the spoils and the control of the party, have rendered the party here a per- feet nuisance to the administration. For ex- ample, the Collector has announced the appoint- ment of a tide waiter, involving the disappoint- ment of a dozen or more competing applicants. These men, or the cliques interested in them, have instantly posted off to Washington with their complaints and their charges of foul play, and thus, during the last twelve months, the Collector himself and his counsel, have been compelled to make perhaps a dozen trips to headquarters, in self-defence, as democrats de- voted to the interests of the party. To this source we may trace that defection in the camp which resulted in the defeat of the Tammany candidate for Mayor last December, and this late election was but the logical ending of that beginning. The clique at present con- trolling Tammany Hall have been paid off in their own coin, and the prestige of a Tammany nomination, which was then invaded, ia now destroyed. Tammany must go the way of the old Albany junta, and the base, corrupt and dis- graceful instruments and juggling tricks that have ruined it must be superseded by a more decent reorganization, or the democratic party here, now divided and beaten, will be rapidly reduced to a positive minority. If we are not mistaken, Mr. Secretary Cobb and Mr. Secretary Floyd are, to a considerable extent, responsible for these dirty and disgusting squabbles which have brought the democracy of this city to their present defeated and degraded condition. Those two Cabinet officers, we fear, have permitted themselves too much to be used, by this man or that man, this clique or that clique, scheming and intriguing to control the spoils of the Custom House and the offices of Tammany Hall. In view of the balance of power which this city has commanded heretofore, and may again command, in the matter of a Presi- dential election, it may all be well enough for the active politician to get finger in this pie, but he who undertakes it as a distributor of the spoils, is sure to burn his fingers in the experi- ment—as surely as ten men are disappointed with every appointment that is made. In this connection we have repeatedly hereto- fore invited the attention of the President to the treacherous intrigues and schemes of his federal subordinates of this city, and now that the worst has come to the worst, we may suggest the poli- cy of a general overhauling and re-organization of the whole batch of these officials. The present incumbents, with scarcely an exception, have been devoting their time and talents too much for the next administration, and too little to their official duties under the present; and no great danger, but much positive good, would follow a general clearing out. At all events, as the labors of his Cabinet to harmonize our squabbling democracy have only resulted in ageneral fight of the factions, it now becomes the duty of the President himself to reduce them to discipline. Mesteat ap Dramatic Exterrnises ty New Your—Revorerioss iw Peere Taste. —The Opera season closed yesterday, after an uninter- rupted career of success, Since Malibran’s time no manager has enjoyed such an amount of pub- lic support as Mr. Ullman. This has been due, in a great measure, to his own discrimination and enterprise, which have always kept in ad- vance of the public craving for novelty. Not only has he mounted the regular staff of the Academy on a scale which vies with that of any of the first class establishments of England or the Continent. but he has contrived to keep the pub- lic curiosity always stimulated to a point which admitted of no indifference to his efforts. Con- vineed of the fact that second rete talent will no longer pass current here, he has introduced suc- cessively a number of the finest artiets of whom Europe can boast. He has given us, for instance, in the course of a seven weeks season, Mile. Piccolomini, admittedly the most gifted and versatile artist of the Italian etage; Ma dame Gazzaniga, a vocalist of fine dra- pale powers; Mile. Poiusot, a finished and ele- ant artist of the French school; Mudame Luborde, a nimble and agile singer, who astonishes by ber excentive kill; Mie, Ghioni, a graceful and pleasing mezzo-toprano, and Herr Formes, Sig- nor Florenza, avd a host of other male talents euch as are rarely to be found combined in the same company. To Mile. Piccolomini, however, the euecess of the season is especially owing, Notwithetanding the malicious and unmanly ef- forts made by a clique of laingry critics and ar- tists to depreciate ber in the public favor, and to dishearten the enthusiasm which is the most prominent feature of her character, she has tri- umphed over all the obstacles opposed to her success, and borne to the management the re- wards of the discrimination which placed its for- tunes in her hands. ‘There can be nothing more gratifying to can- did minds than the victory ef a genius like that of this wouderful artist over the vulgar influences which would refuse to talent like hers the homage which is its due. Had the not disdained the acts by which other sing- ers anticipate the verdict of the public, she pro- bably would not have found these obstacles in her path. But in proportion to their annoyance and to the courage which she has exercised in overcoming them has been the extent of her triumph. The most insatiate ambition could not have desired a higher reward than the sponta- neous and cordial feelings which prompted the demonstration of Tuesday night. If Mlle. Picco- lomini has to comp!ain of unfair and ungallant treatment at the hands of a few miserable de- tractors, the memory of it must have been wiped out by the unanimous tribute of public regard paid to her upon that occasion, Now that the overshadowing influence of the Opera has been removed for a time to other lo- calities, the regnlar theatres may hope to live. There is no use in concealing the fact that as long as there are powerful musical attractions, like those of the last Academy season, in the way, the ordinary theatres have but a slim chance of sustaining themselves, Our people have become essentially mu- sical in their tastes, and they will flock where- ever inducements of this character are held out tothem. The attention devoted to the musical education of children in boarding schools and other educational establishments, and the inter- mixture of a large body of French and German residents, all having tendencies in the same direction, will account for this dominant passion. In order, therefore, that the theatres may be enabled for the future to compete successfully with Opera for a share of the public favor, they must take care to insure success by the frequent production of novelties and first rate artistic talent. Our managers seem to be awakening to this fact, if we are to judge from the example set by that accomplished veteran, Mr. Wallack. Convinced that he must get out of the old beaten track if he does mot want to be left behind, he seems determined to prove to us how attractive the legitimate drama can be rendered by a strict compliance with its conceptions and text. This isa movement in the right direction, and the powerful competing influence of the Opera re- moved, we have no doubt that the success of the experiment will be commensurat: with the ex- pense which bas been gone to to give it due effect. The other theatres are also preparing to take advantage of the chances which the termi- nation of the Opera season affords them. At the Broadway, we understand, Mr. Forrest, the greatest artist that the American stage has ever produced, will shortly play « short engagement, prior to his final retirement from his profession. Mrs. Sinclair, an artist who has won great repu- tation in England and elsewhere, will also shortly make her appearance at one of our metropolitan theatres, The interest attaching to these events will probably do much to raise our metropolitan theatres from the destitution and discouragement to which the Opera has reduced them. The revi- val, however, can only be temporary, unless their managers copy a leaf out of Mr. Ullman’s book. To keep pace with the public require- ments now-a-days, the director of a theatre must not only possess the courage to attempt, but the judgment to conceive, and the energy to carry out, the loftiest and boldest efforts of art. THE LATEST NEWS. INTERESTING FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Effect of the President's Message among the Foreign Minitsters—The Abrogation of the Clayton.Bulwer Treaty—Reinforcement of the Gulf Squadron—Proposed Revival of the Kansas Debate in &. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasnsotow, Dec, 8, 1858. ‘The British and French Ministers are sorely puzzled and worried at the present condition of affairs. The next mail for Europe will carry to their respective governments despatches which will be hard to digest. It is said that Lord Napier, after reading the President's Message, made some remarks npt very complimentary to Brother Jonathan, The abrogation of the Claytoo-Bulwer treaty will be brought prominently before the Senate at an early day by Mr. Clingman, who, to use hie own language, intends to “ wipe out this miserable subterfuge.” The refusal of the House yesterday to table the proposition of iaat sassion is looked upon as significant. The democrats and Southern members voted against the motion to lay on the table. ‘The sloop of war Plymouth, which arrived here to-day, will, it is understood, be immediately despatched to the Gulf, together with all the available naval force that can be epared. « A movement is on foot among the republicans in Con gress to organize for the purpose of dragging Kansas again into the arena of Congressional disputation. They con template attaching, as an amendment to the bill for the admission of Oregon, another enabling clause for Kanaan. Senators are deliberating seriously ahd holding private meetings for the purpose of considering the propriety of ousting Senator Donglas from the position he heretofore occupied as Chairman of tho Committee on Torri tories. The Senate and House committees have been arranged, and will be announced to-morrow, when both bodies will immediately proceed to business. Senator Gwin will endeavor to got bie Pacifle Railroad bill considered at once, while Mr, Mason, from the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs, will urge the Amistad case An effort, it is said, will shortly be made to go into an election of House printer. ‘There was a meeting of democratic Senators today. A caucus was appointed for to. morrow morning. THR GENERAL NEWSPAPER DRAPATOH, STATEMENT AS TO THE COURSE OF NICARAGUA TO WARDS THE WHITE-STRBBINS COMPANY, KTC. Wastuxarox, Deo. 8, 1858, W. P. Kirkland, a planter of Nicaragua, who has just arrived in Washington, is the gentieman on whose autho- rity the Mobile Register Intely asserted “ the Nicaraguan government would not permit the passengers by the White Stebbins steamer to pass throngh the country, and that it determinedly resolved not to allow that company to have the Transit.” Mr, Kirkland, however, in conver: sation with triends here, says that the atatemont requires & qualification to the following effect-—Whon the stoamer renched Nicaragua the agent, Mr, Childs, called on the government, when he was informed that he, a# an individual merely, might carry the passengers through, but that this could not be done by cir tue of the White-Stebbine contrat, which the govern. ment of Nicaragva considered inoperative, on the alleged fifteen hundred persons were present. a ground of non fulfiiment of its conditions; and further, ‘bat Gen, Jerez was in the United States endeavoring to contract with other parties for tho exclusive right of the ‘Transit, nnd that in the event of his failure arrangements would be made to throw open the route to competition, the government to demand a passenger tax. Mr. Kirk- Jand es)+—and bis statemout is corroborated by another resident of Nicaragva—that the coustry is in » wretebed and unsettled condition, the people being im continual alarm that Gen. Walker and his followers are hovering in the neiguborhood. The American and Britis, vessels were at all the accessible points prevent the landing of tho Glibusters. No symptoms of outbreak among the natives were manifest, nor wus it known that there was any party ready to make common cause with the mvaders. But few persons from the United States were in that country, Those settling there in good faith are not molested, but those actuated by a contrary motive s00n understand their room is better than their company, The bill which was introduced by Mr. Curtis, of Iowa, in the House of Representatives, yesterday, to socure the construction of a ventral Pacific Railroad, provides ‘for branches from two points oa the navigable waters of the Missouri river—one opposite to Iowa, and the other oppo” site to Missouri—the two branches to converge aud unite within two hundred miles of the Missouri river, and thence run to the navigable waters of the Sucrameato. ‘The usual appropriation of the alternate sections within six miles are to be appropriated, and government is te appropriate to the contractors twelve thousand dollars a mile, to be reimbursed to the goverment in transporte- tion ef mails aud military swres—the construction to be offered by the President to tho best bidder as proposed by Senator Gwin’s bill. This plan starts at the outer rim of our present railroad connections, and terminates on the navigable waters in he centre of California population. It is claimed that it would be equally convenient to slave and free Statese— convenient the North and South—and conveuient for connections with all our Pacific Territories. It would fol- low the emigrant route up the Platte, through Utah, and be about sixicen or eighteen hundred miles long. The bill was referred to the Solect Commitice on the subject of the Pacific Railroad, which was revived for the purpose ot its consideration. THE WALKER EXPEDITION. Departure of Filibusters from Mobile in a Coasting Schooner—The Vessel Fired into by the Revenue Cutter, &c. Montz, Doc. 7, 1853. ‘The schooner Susan, Captain Marcy, sailed from this port yesterday. with 140 passengers and well provisioned, but without a clearance, on pre‘once of being bound on a coasting voyage. Before reaching Mobile Point, she was overhauled by an armed boat from the cutter MeClolland, and stopped. The passengers on board the Susan threat- ened the cutter men with violence, and refused to allow them to board her. Our Collector is awaiting instructions from tbe treasury department. Much indignation is mani- fested by the Mlibusters and their friends. ‘The government apy, Wilson, of Ohio, left the city very suddenly on discovering oa the part of some a disposition to administer to him a coat of tar and feathers. Mosix, Dec. 8, 1858, ‘The schooner Susan, with the Nicaraguan emigrants, went to sea last night. Tho cutter McClelland fired into her, but no damage was causod. Lioutovant Whyte, of the cutter, remained on board the Susan “as a guest.” The Mobile Tribune of the 30th ult. says:— We infer from an advertisement in the Register that the organization of the Nicaragua emigrants is at an end, and that the men who have been waiting here for conveyance have disbanded, and are about to return home. Hesse & Co. advertise that they will refund the money of the . Whether this is the resuit of a re- fusal of the government to grant a clearance to the “ emi- graut veesel,”’ or a belief that the expedition would not be successful if it had a clearance, or whether tho parties to it are weary of it, or anything of this sort. is more than we can say. No explicit information on the subject has been made public, and none is within our reach. The Mobile Register of the 30th ult. sa} Tn compliance with their duty, as intimated to them in the charge of Mr. Justice Campbell, the Grand Jury of the United States Circuit Court summoned before them yes- terday a number of witnesses—among the rest, as we learn, General Walker—in reiation to tho all ualaw- ful expedition contemplated from this point. We have not heard what was the result. ‘The Register records the gallantry of two of the Nica- Taguan emigrants there, who, at a fre on Saturday night, got on tho roof of the burning house, and with water and wet blankets succeeded in Fescuing several of the ini: “News from Albany. THE ELECTION OF DIKKCTORS OF THE CENTRAL RAILKOAD, ALmAxy, Deo. 8, 1858. Atan election for directors of the New York Central Railroad to-day, the entire Board of last year was unani- mously re chosen, with the exception of Charles H. Rus- - ell in place of John D. Wolfe. A Painful Rumor Contradicted. THE REPORTED MURDER OF LOKDS GROSVENOR AND CAVENDISH AND HON. MR. ASHLEY UNTRUE. Mowrreat, Deo. 8, 1858. The statement regarding the murder of Lords Grosvenor and Cavendish and Hon. Mr. Ashley was contradicted by all our city papers, including the Transcript. Since the Tumor was circulated I have seea and spoken repeatedly to Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and he says there is no truth in it. The Prince Albert Outward Bound. Sr. Jona, N. P., Dec. 8, 1858, Despatches left at the telegraph office, No. 21 Wall street, before tenfo'clock to-morrow morning, will be for- warded from this port per steamer Prince Albert to Ru- rope. Lord Bary at Halifax. Haurax, Dec, 8, 1868. A meeting was held here to-day in relation to the pro- posed railroad through the provinces. Lord Bury was Present, The proceedings were harmonious. Satisfactory speeches were made by the leaders of both parties, and resolutions passed approving Lord Bury’s views, About Lord Bury leaves for Capada, via Frederickton, on Saturday. News from New Mexico. Sr. Lour, Deo. 8, 1858, The New Mexican mail, with Santa Fe dates of the 164h ult., reached Independence on the 5th inst. The news is unimportant. A letter from Mr. Yost, dated Albuqorquo, giving a summary of the Navajo war, closes with the fol- lowing language —The cry is for mon—volunteers must be called out. I hear no dissenting voice to this any where.” Loss of the Steamer Howard. Masri, Dec. 8, 1858, ‘The steamer E. Howard, from New Orleans for Nask- ‘ville, sunk on Saturday near Gaines’ landing. She hada cargo of sugar and coffee, The boat and cargo were ‘Talued at $100,000. No lives were lost, The Montgomery at Savannah, SAvANNaM, Doo. 8, 1858, ‘The steamship Montgomery arrived last might, the Tih inst., baying been d by a fog. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Blocks doll, Pennayivania Bate dives’ 90%, ieeedt ol nsylvania ves, 95; Railroad , 26% ; Morris Canal, 48 5; 1144; Pebnaylvania Railrond, 42%. oo ie io kW URLRANS, Doo. 7, 1868, The sales of cotton to-day were 9,500 bales: middling, UME 8 114e. Sales of last three days, 30 $00 bales Receipts of the same time, 43,000 bales. No change im eights or sterling exc! = OnuRAxs, Doo. 8, 1858. Cotton } market without o wales to-day 16,0 ea, non By Lidge w LL Sg Freighte—Cottan to 9 buts Momn, Doo, 7, 1968. Cotton is unchanged. Sales to-day, 5,000 balos: mid- dling, 1146. Sales of last three days, 13,600 bales. Re- 4 during same time, 15,500 bales. ’ Sterling exchange, oitagiert Monin, Deo, 8, 1858, Cotton—Sales to-day 2,000 bales at unchanged’ prices, eT ee ee a, Cotton, market umsettied: sales W-diy 1,480'balow, at % good ng. avec es" , Deo. 7, 1868, Cotton firm. Sales to-day, 3,300 bales. Floor dull. MH steady. Provisions 10 Bartatone, Deo. 8, 1858. 1 ley in demand, with are Inquiry for oat: ales at 48 wrought, fr nda. Nati "Yona in cra el at at T5e. instore. bbls, at Idee. Bop in good de. juond fer live ond dressed: $6 60 a $6 for the former, light and heavy, and $7 a $7 6234 for Jatter, transac. tions considerable, Crvommam, Deo. 8, 1858, Flour active at $4 50 a $4 75 for extra. Whiskey stoa- dy nt 22360. Hogs dull and advanced 160. a 250.: sales 4,000 at $6. $7, the Intter price for those averaging 260 tbe. Receipts to-day, 6,000; the receipta last week wore 1000" the receipte of the season TOOL ap 251 000, against 187,000 for the same tiene lash gone. ams weather 8 tu rable for slaughter pork ivory ia the last ten days: jd bulk meats declined Xe. ; Bides, Bc, Lard, Ne.