The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1858, Page 6

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The steamship Pacific arrived at St. Johns, N.F., yesterday from Galway, She brings London and to the 9th instant, five Gays later than those previously received. The news is interesting. The application of the Atlantic Telegraph Company for financial aid from the British government was soon to be acted upon, and it was thought the sum required would be granted. The Liverpool cotton market had been dull, and a decline of one-eighth to one-sixteenth of a penny had taken place. Breadstuffs were also dull, at nominal rates. Consols, at London, on the Sth, were quoted at 97] a 98 for money, and at noon on the 9th consols for account closed at 96] a 96[, ex.dividend. The political intelligence by this arrival is unimportant. The Queen of Spain, in her speech at the Cortes, took a firm stand with reference to the difficulty between Spain and Mexico; but recent events at Tampico have put at rest, for the present, at least, the dispute which occasioned her remarks. By way of the Tehuantepec route we have news from San Francisco to the 6th inst. The general intelligence is unimportant. Money was easy, mining about as usual, business quiet, and poli dull. The steamship Hermann arrived on the 27th ult. There had been two arrivals from London and one from Liverpool, but none from the Atlantic ports of the United States. The Golden Gate, which left San Franciseo for Panama on the 6th inst, took @ million and a half in treasure for New York. We have advices from Port au Spain, dated at Trinidad on the 7th of December, which state that there was quite @ stagnation in the breadstaff and provision market. Stock came in abundantly, but wet weather retarded demand. American (S. Fx) flour was at from $7 to $7 25 per barrel. Liverpool dates The uews from Washington is in some respects sterday the Senate re- he bill ing lands ture and important. In Congres fused, by a vote of 28 te passed by the Honse at the in aid of education in agric A bill granting a pe: to take up t session io arts, mth to th m ssed. ed Si pe Was po ing Ur ating th tors was p in their of Ohio, A spe gate the accounts t New and the have been instructed to us Orlean +, dating at Bridge tates that superfine i breadsiatt r, and a lot h was 4 glutt health was good. Weather m 1 for throughe market overflowing, and no de wishe st the nand for | and eighty-one horses | patches may be found me of the vany facti sedan of th » betwe nti-Tam y and Old Tamms e session of the pparently d © belief that ¢ ‘ t the t pression upon them. at it may be 1 t c to the h ! t a doubt pass soon after t The packet ship Daniel Webster, ¢ arrived at this port yesterday from Lond having on board the captain and crew of the British ship United Kingdom. This vessel sailed from Quebec on the 6th of October, bound for Bristol, England. She encountered severe weather, and on the 7th ult., during a beavy gale, sprang her radder, and fubsequently, in another gale, lost it altogether. She also sprang aleak, and on the 14th ult., when fallen in with by the Daniel Webster, had five feet water im her wells, was leaking at the rate of three feet per hour, and was almost unmanageable. The captain and crew of the unfortunate ship saved little © nothing of their effects. We publish to-day an interesting communica tion from Dr. Anderson, President of the Rich- mond County Medical Society, to the Com Qulsioners of Emigration, pressing upon them | New York peni 1 black NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1858. vices have made him known to the country, and { would be indeed remarkable if Mr. Mullaly should who has the energy to act, and with him a not succeed. This enterprise looks well, and ali the advisability of adopting floating hospi- tals for Quarantine patients, and supporting his recommendations by facts acquired daring his inquiries into the system of floating hospitals in existence in England. We also give the reply of the Board, declining to comply with the Doctor's suggestions, on the ground that they have no legal power to introduce such sweeping alterations nto the present Qu al system, The .:eliminary examinatio of Wood, Eddy & Co., charged with being dealers in lottery policies, which has oceupied the attention of the City Judge for the Jast four days, was concluded yesterday. His Honor wi!! give his decisio : next Thursday. James Stephens, indicted for t!e murder of his wife by poisoning her, was arraigned yesterday in the General Sessions, and pleaded not guilty, At the request of the Assistant Distr ct Attorney, the case was removed to the Oyerand Terminer. Pat- rick Gunning, Archibald Brown and John Kerrigan, tried for committing a rape on Mary Galloway, were convicted of assault and battery, and were remanded for sentence. There not being a quorum of Councilmen present at the call of the roll last evening, the Board ad- jouned till Monday. Captain Spencer, of the packet ship Daniel Web- ster, f:om London, arrived last night, reports, Sep- tember 20, in lat. 43 30, long. 43, on the outward age, passing among @ large number of dead bodies, swollen and distorted, with the seabirds preying on them. They were, ne doubt, of the steamship Austria's passengers. They were nearly together, in groups of two and three. Tye eaes of cotton yesterday embraced about 1,100 ne tamely on the basis of about 1c. for mid- dling uplands. Flour was steady and in fair demand, while prices in a general way were without any marked change. Wheat was steady, and sales made toa fair extent, iaclud- tk Canada white at $125; white Southera at $135., we Southern red at $125, Corn was steady, with mode- rate transactions, including Western mixed at 760. a 77. some less active, while prices wore pretty well =) sa'red, with sales of new meas at $18 124; old do. at $17 50 a $17 60, and prime at $13 75. Sugars were lim, with sales of about 1,500 bhds. at rates given in viorr CO un Land 1,409 boxes, for export, on private Coffic was steady, with sales of St. Domingo and asmall lot of Maracaibo at rates given in another place. Freights were inactive and engagements light. ok w Why Cur Foreign Claims are not Settied— Cy uses that are Dragging Us to Revolution. The prompt settlement of the Spanish claims pou Us Governor of the State of Tamaulipas, for spoliations of Spanish subjects at Tampico, has very naturally given rise to the questions which are in every one’s mouth: Why are not the claims of our citizens settled with equal celerity? Why does not our government act with an energy at least equal to that of the effete power of Spain? There iv a settled conviction in the public mind that our government does not bestow that attention and care upon the numerous individual questions that continually come up in our foreign relations which a great government ought to bestow. Our position as one of the four leading nations of the world is everywhere acknowledged in a political sense, and yet our citizens in many places abroad do not receive the consideration which is often bestowed upon the subjects of the minor Powers. This is a great truth, and a great evil for us. If we would preserve our moral position as a great Power, we must pursue the course which belongs to a great Power. Nothing weakens so much our influence abroad as neglect and carelessness in guarding the rights of our citizens. Individual cases are suflered to accumulate until by their own weight they have broken down all respect for us, and then a great exhibition of power has to be made against some particular country to restore a due respect for our national character and individual rights. Millions are then expended, where, bad there been a proper display of energy and power in the first instance, the simple visit of some ship of war would have been all that would have been required. ‘There is a cause for this creat wrong—one that ing it to the core. able one, but like b should be sou The task may not lat n the hideous in the imp to take up the ques y of inducing and to confer upon the executive branch of the government the necessary power to act. The spectacle that is presented in our Congressional sessions is one that stinks in the nostrils of the whole country. Time is frittered away with an iacessant wrang- ling that is disgraceful to a deliberative assem- Diy. Language that would be expected from the loweet rips of society is continually 2 upon its floor. Scoundrel and liar are among equent epithets applied by members to« other; lungs tire with vituperative repetition, a fletioulf fight iu the aisles and open space before the Speaker's chair is brought in as arelicf Ont of doors the scene is no bet Cance are broken over eac y Lats are thrown, and pistols are not uufrequently resorted to. These are the daytime occupations of the members. If we cous ow them into their nig haunts, scenes still more disgusting vuld meet our view. The riot and filth of the roaring debauch would be the most venial, and from that through every act of unbridled license, ending in the gambling house or the brothel. Their courses of life would disgrace the occu- pants of our penitentiary, while those of our jary at least have the merit of earning their living by their labor, which is more than can be said of the members of Con- gress. Ja partics und when the is disgraceful picture no distinction of All are alike in thetr uardism, corruption and rascality. It is rot the discussion of the public business that gi » these scenes, but it is the constant can be made. quarry ¥ iguing, cheating and lying that | are car on for private and political pur- pows. Every man has his blustering and thoulder-hitting it home to reward or defend bis own views of personal advancemeat; to advance some ambitio: he P help foree 1 party. With sou tive is power; with others, money; with others, hile not a few are only their own vile instincts. In this way t of the country fe weakened, the reve dered by millions, the government di graced, and the people plundered. The President may do his duty, but, unsustained as he is by Congrees, h indo nothing. ile has not the power to act; and we have already seen, even in the last session, how impossible it is to get Con gress to do anything effective. The request for power in the cases of our Central Ameri- can and Paraguayan difficulties was first refused, and the laet only granted at the last moment. In fact, every man, inetead of being actuated by a sincere desire to advance the interests of the country, seems to be under a constant far that somebody may get a chance todo something that will make him prominent before the people. There is no remedy for these evils but to ad y to bis particular al cliqn again, fear of exposure; ¥ obeying the pow nue Congress that will act. General Scott has said that an energetic President, with a patriotic and working Congress to back him, could, by giving to the executive branch of the government promptitude and efficiency, reduce our national expenses in two years to forty millions of dollars, It is such a change as this that the people are called upon to make, for the course which the present Con- gress is pursuing is one that always leads to des- potiem. Like our own, the members of the last Nationa} Assembly of France frittered away their time and reputation until the people were re- joiced to bave Louis Napoleon step in and over- throw them. So, too, with the elder Napoleon and the First National Assembly. It was their abandonment of public affairs aud constant per- sonal wrangles that opened the way for the Em- pire. We must have a revolution in the charac- ter of Congress, or its present state will iaevi- tably lead to revolution in our political insti- tutions, eee —ecemnaats Curvatier Wess anp tik Oprosrtion Canpi- bare vor 1860.—Like Buckingham, the Cheva- lier Webb “grows circumspect.” A few weeks ago he would hear of notbing and talk of nothing but W. H. Seward, 2s the fixed, positive and in- evitable candidate of the republicans for the next Presidency. Now the Chevalier tells us that “there is much talk among some of our cotempo- raries, both near and distant, respecting the can- didate to be run by the opposition to the nominee of the Charleston Convention,” but that the Chevalicr Webb cannot join in. this talk, in- asmuch as it “is premature and mischievous.” Enlarging upon this new idea concerning the republican party, the Chevalier thus philoso- phises:— IL is erroneous to assume that the party has yet taken its final cast, its compiete developement. That whick gives itits life and streogth is the spirit within it—the spirit of opposition to the tnovations of slavery—but the precise fort in which that spirit is to manifest itseif, aud the particular agencies with which it is to work, yet re- main to be evolved. Much will depend upon the move. inents of our democratic opponents. The pro-slavery spirit which has now got possession of them allows them no rest, they will sureiy be forced to new and more ad- vanovd positions, and we must not only expect but be prepared to meet them at points which were never dream ed of when the Philadelphia plavform was formed. Again, much will depend upon the disposition of those, North and South, who are sincerely bostile to the democracy and yet have never co-operated with the repablicans. There is undoubtedly a certain mutual distrust, and yet also a certain mutual affinity, between these enemies of the present rule and ourselves. No man can say which will gain, ak 1800 approachcs—the attraetion or the repul- sion. In view of the present relations, and of the desira- Dieness of uniting all, in every quarter of the land, who are opposed to a federal propagandism of slavery, it is in- cumbent apoa the republican party to manifest as liberal and conciliatory a spirit as 1s possible without injuring their organization, . Here we have it virtually admitted that Mr. Seward, when weighed in the balances, may be found wanting—that bis Rochester manifesto was a little too strong and a little too fast asa Presidential experiment—that the republican party is in a transition state, and has not yet taken “its final cast’—that “its precise form” for 1860, and “the particular agencies with which itis to work, yet remain to be evolved.” This is all very good and very true; but what is the meaning of these new opinions on the part of the Chevalier Webb? Has he really turned the cold shoulder upon his great benefactor so soon, or is he only preparing the way for a new tack on the part of Mr. Seward himself? We suspect that the Chevalier still sticks to his champion, and is only counselling the suspension of public opinion upon the question of a candidate, in order to work the wires of the republican party for Mr. Seward without interruption. In this view of the case we cannot agree with our cautious Wall street cotemporary, that the present discussion of the question of the opposi- tion candidate for 1860 is “premature and mischievous.” On the other hand, we hold that the more this question of a candidate is discussed and d among the newspapers aad the people of all parties, the better will be the re- in behalf*of a Presidential campaign, ¢ truction of parties and the nomination of candidates upon the practical exigencies and necessities of the country. Holding this and Delieving that th ne has fully the largest liberty of debate on all sides in refe- rence to the Presidential candidate for the suc- cession of the democracy and the opposition, we shall, at all events, do our best to keep up the fire. It is only your gambling and scheming ecue:s and lobby politicians who, upon such an issue, prefer to work in the dark. Lovts Naronxon’s Fincer Manxs is St. Do- -It will be seen, by the indignant pro- teste of the Dominicans—some of which we pab- Iehed the other day, and others we insert els where to-day—that Monsieur Reybaud, Louis Napoleon's Consul General, has been getting him- self in hot water in the Dominican republic. It seems that he wrote to President Santana, mag- nifying the distress of the country, holding forth the fact of « terrible Haytien invasion, and then coolly proposing that the F nt should va cate and give piace to the sable Soulouque. The only reply he got was his passport, asa hint to leave the country; but the facts leaking out, the ire of the Dominicans was roused, and they only regret that they did not catch Monsicur Rey- band, while they hope that Soulouque will come along as promised. The picture they give of Haytien civilization is not very flattering. Mon- sieur Reybaud was not so succesefil with San- tana as was Senor Segovia with Baez. Both had to leave St. Domingo. Who will come next? New Cror or Weetxy Jovexats.The begin- ning of the year always brings a great number of virtuous resolutions and new papers. Onearticle is generally as tangible and as long lived as the other. Some of the new crop for 1859—we refer to the journale—may turn out better. Nous The first of the new enterprises is under the auspices of M’Elrath, formerly the financial philoeopher of the Tribune, who, having broken down in all sorts of mining, banking, ttock jobbing and other specnl , is going back to first principles in the publication of a weekly journal to be called the Gintury—which one the public is not informed. There is still another he adal, of a celestial order, to be published hy Roberts, formerly of Boston, ander the effulgent title of The Conetell Roberta, it will be remembered, was mixed up with the Forney-Forvest-Jamieson divorce cave, and it is said that all the correspondence, with explana tory notes, biographical, critical, personal, &e., &c., will appear in the first or second number of the new paper, and make food for all the town gossips. A new Catholic journal is shortly to be printed, under the editorial care of Mr. John Mullally, a riaduate of the Henaty office, and our corres: pondent on board the Niagara during her tele- graphic trips. Mr. Mullally is a competent journalist, and, with the support of Arch- bishop Hughes, the sanction of the Pope, the Dlessing of the clergy, the specie of the laity, MINGO. me. bring into the Presidency some man whose ser-! and the experience gained in our office, it j the new journals will be waited for with some curiosity, Tue Lyrawus Rourss.—The Quaker City has again arrived at New Orleans with late news from California, received over the Tehuantepec route, which we give in another columa. We also give an interesting account of a trip from San Francisco to New Orleans, via this new route, Inatead of the difficulties and un- noyances which might have been anticipated from the imperfect organization of a new passen- ger line through a tropical and newly opened country, it will be seen that the impressions made on the mind of the writer were of the most agree- able and pleasing description, Not only did he find the arrangements of the company wonder- fully complete, but the route itself offering a con- stant succession of magnificent scenery and novel incidents, When we take into account the economy of time (seven days) which it is expected will be effected by this over all the other Pacific routes, the natural attractions with which it is invested cannot fail to draw to it a large proportion of the passenger traffic between this and San Francisco, The only thing remaining to give it a decided superiority, in our opinion, is the construction of twenty-five miles of rail- way across the Isthmus, and a little more eili- ciency on the ocean in the establishment of a line of steamers between New York and Mina- titlan, as well as between New Orleans and tie latter port. These facts should not be lost sight of by the New York commodores who are squabbling for the Nicaragua Transit route privileges, Unless they hurry up and settle their differences, the ad- vantages for which they are contending will be worth nothing. With the Tehuantepec route, the Panama route, and the Overland mail route, (making the journey to San Francisco in twenty- five days,) to say nothing of the Pacitic Railroad, which will certainly be carried through, we ask what will be the value of the Nicaragua route, unless M. Beliy’scanal project be realized? Some of our American engineers say that this last schime is impracticable; so that unless the rival commodores arrange matters so as to turn the route to present account, it is certain that neither they nor the French speculators will derive any benefit from its monopoly, Sream Navirs.—!n another column will be found an interesting article from Colburn’s Uw Service Magazine for October, on the Brit- ish screw eteam navy. It will be seen, from the fuwts i erein stated, that the views which we have recently put forth in regard to the feasibility of converting our men-of-war into steam frigates are fully borne out by the success which has attended similar experiments in the English navy. The 80 gun ship Coloseus, which was transformed into a screw ship, has answered all the purposes of its conversion so well that it is probable that the Collingwood, Superb and Vanguard will un- dergo the same process. There is no doubt that any or all of these vessels, old though they are, are still capable of doing efficient service as pro- pellers. The London periodical from which these facts are taken makes some curious blunders in regard to the American navy. It states, for instance, that we have never yet built o paddle wheel or screw frigate which has realized the expectations of its builders; while Eogland, on the contrary, possesses many most perfect specimens of screw ships. The author of this paper cannot have read the journal of the operations of the laying of the Atlantic cable, or he would not have made +o reckless an assertion. In all points, whether of steaming, sailing or manouvring in obedience to the requirements of the expedition, the Nia- gara proved herself to be infinitely the superior of any of the English vessels employed. Whilst she suffered nothing from the bad weather en- countered by the squadron, and required but few repairs other than those demanded by the dis- placement of her fittings to make room for the cable on her decks, we learn from this article that it has been found necessary to submit the Agamemnon to a thorough overhaul and refit. We do not notice this fact for the purpose of complaining of the unfairness of our coutempo- rary’s assertions in regard to our navy. We only ask that he shall observe some consistency in his statementea. The conclusions of importance which are to be derived from this article are: first, that sailing veeeels can be converted into effective steam frigates or sloop; and, secondly, that, as in the case of the Agamemnon, tbe original destination of a vessel for steam is not necessarily a condi- tion of success. These facts established, the views of men like Commander Walker, who are enpposed to have a practical acquaintance with the subject, are reduced to the experimental esti- mate which entitles those of civilians like our- eclves to an equal share of attention. Ex.ancenent or THe Centrat Pank.—The purchase of that portion of ground extending from 106th to 110th street, north of the original boundary of the Central Park, having been asked for by the Commissioners, the Board of Aldermen, at their last session, approved of the idea to make application to the Legislature for a commission to purchase that slip of land and annex it tothe Park. This is as it should be. ‘That portion of the ground comprises a most pic- turesque ravine, and affords some of the finest rock scenery in the whole vicinity. Besides, its enclosure within the Park limits will enable the Commisefoners to carry out the plan of making a grand northern entrance to the city through the Park, by extending and widening Seventh ave- nne from 110th street northwards. This sugges tion also meets the approval of the Board of Aldermen, and if it is carried out will give usa Magnificent approach to the city, for which there is no superior in the world. The land recom- mended to be added to the area of the Park is wholly worthless for any other purpose, for the cost of grading it would far exceed its value under the most favorable circumstances. Nature designed that it should form a portion of the Park. By excluding it a beautiful piece of" the landscape is cut in two, and the boundary of the Park grounds located on the crest of a high hill with no possible approach to the level of 110th street. The improvement of the streets and avenues in the vicinity of the Park, recommended by the Commissioners, also meets with the approbation of the Aldermen, and permission is granted to use the earth from Hamilton square for that purpose, which will undoubtedly prove a very economical arrangement. It is absolutely neces- sary, in order to render the Central Park avail- able, that these improvemente should be at once proceeded with. At present there is no proper approach to it. Fifth avenue is ina shocking con- dition, and Eighth avenue ig almost impassnble pi RA a es on CR CT SY for vehicles. When these approaches are put in good order, and the roads within the Park are finished and connected by the bridges now in course of erection, our citizens will be in pos- session, for the first time, of a good drive and ride, beth of which have been so long ueeded. We hope, then, that these works will be pushed ahead, so that when spring comes we may have something in the shape of a park, with an ap- proach thereto on which it may be safe to trust life and limb. Wise axp Dovoias.—From the earnestness with which the Richmond Enguirer had opposed the pretensions of John Letcher as the democratic candidate for Gov: rnor of Virginia, the nomina- tion of that gentleman (together with the fail- ure of the resolution introduced in the State Con- vention by Mr. 0. J. Wise, endorsing the late Illinois victory of Mr. Douglas) has been gene- rally accepted as a significant Presidential defeat of Governor Wise by the rival Hunter faction of the Virginia democracy. This construction of the case, however, as we are assured, from an impartial and well informed source, is a mistake, and that there was no issue in the Convention between Wise and Hunter. It further appears, that so far do the triends of Gov. Wise consider his Presidential prospeots from having suffered any damage in the late Virginia Convention, tuey believe he has the State secured for 1860 against all contestants, as her first choice for the Presidency. We also understand that a very strong im- pression prevails among the Wise democracy of Virginia that Mr. Douglas will give way to Wise in 1860. In this connection, we are remind- ed of a late rumor, that Mr. Douglas, on his return to Washington, intended issuing a proclamation declining himself to be a candidate for the suc- ceseion, and recommending the reciprocity policy to the democracy, of a Southern man for 1860, in consideration of the fact that the last two democratic candidates were taken from the North. Accordingly, should Mr. Douglas issue the circular indicated, we shall be qualified at ence to comprehend his recommendation of a Southern man. The recommendation will be simply equivalent to the formal announcement of an alliance, offensive and defensive, on the part of Douglas and his followers, in behalf of Governor Wise in the Charleston Convention. This coalition, should it be condrmed, may give some trouble to the backers of Hunter, Slidell, Jefferson Davis, Cobb, Breckinridge, and other Southern aspirants for the democratic nomination; for if Wise can carry to Charleston the Virginia delegation, and a few scattering delegates from other Southern States, and if Douglas can carry down the Illinois delegation and some seattering votes from other States of the West and North, Wise and Douglas combined may possibly be able to hold the balance of power, under the two-thirds rule, to the end of the chapter. And as the Presidential prospects of Mr. Douglas have become exceedingly dark since the mecting of Congress, we should not be surprised if he were to take the position of an aid-de-camp of Governor Wise. Where is Mr. Douglas? ACuaxce vor THe Repverican Party.—The regent of the republican party, Thurlow Weed, has everything his own way in this State, after the first of January ensuing. He has put in his own Governor, and has, for once, a strong work- ing majority in both branches of the Legislature, Of course, having such tools to work with, Weed does not intend to leave the city alone. We shall have plenty of special legislation; and we do not complain of the prospect, provided it gives us a simpler and stronger form of munici- pal government. The present system has been found a dead failure; no party desires to perpe- tuate it, and it should be «wept away altogether. With a chief magistrate to be elected for at least four years, and girded with powers as well as burdened with responsibilities, and a reorganiza- tion of the departments so that the officials of them shall be responsible to the Mayor, and a strict overhauling of the Finance Department, we might have some hopes for better days. If Thurlow Weed or any one else will give us this, we shall all be duly grateful, and the party so doing will be morally certain of a long lease of political power. It is a splendid chance to do afine thing und have a fine reward for it. Ovrraces on Asmnican Crtizens 1x Catao.— We publish in another part of this moraing'’s Henao a letter from aa American citizen, named Alexander Robinson, who writes to us from a prison in Callao, in which he has been immured—as he himself says—without cause, and where he has been treated with the greatest inhumanity. It appears that he and two of the the inmates of the same house were dragged out of their beds at night by the police, thrown into adungeon and subjected to the most cruel tor- tures to force them to say that they were thieves. This is the second case of imprisonment of Americans which has been brought to our no- tice. The other was that of a Captain Jefferson, who has been imprisoned for years in the same place, and who, we believe, is still kept in confinement. We trust our govern- ment will have these cases investigated, and if the statements which have been made are true, that they will call the Pernvian govern- ment to a strict account for the outrages alleged to have been committed on American citizens. Groncr N. Saxpers anv His Dinwens— The everlasting George N. Sanders, Navy Agent of this city, has been giving « sort of love feast to the harmonized New York democracy, at Wash- fogton. Sanders is a political philosopher of the carnivorous tribe. There was, many years ago, an English minister who acted upon the fundamental principle that every man had bis price; but Sanders takes a shorter cut, and ope- rates a a mover of cabincte, parties, conventions and dynasties upon the infallible dogma that every man has a stomach. Walpole bought up his men like merchandise. Sanders feeds them like pigs. Money was the infallible specific in the one case, while a good dinner is the alpha and omegain the other. Let us cite a few of theee notable dinners of Sanders. Tlis campaign of 1852, against the “old fogies,” was commenced with dining and wining caucuses in New York, and then, with the nomination of poor Pierce, our eating philosopher went eating his way among the democracy, all the way up to Concord and back. Sent over as Consul to Lon- don, we next find Sanders involved in a Red Republican Continental revolution, inaugu- rated in the disguise of a dinner to the revolutionary refugeesin London. Re called, however, by the “old fogies” of the Senate, this grand echeme of eating and drink ing up the despots of Europe was cat short, we think, at the third dinner. In the campaign of 1856, keeping safely to the windward, we find our faithful disciple of Soyer (the renowned Freach cook of the Crimean allied army) work- ing along in New York, Philadelphia, Washing- ton, and elsewhere, with his platform of turtle soup. roast beef, stewed oysters, champagne and brandy; ditto after the election of Mr. Ba- cbanan; ditto with the appoiatmeat of Walker to Kansas; ditto both before aud after the ap- pointment of Sanders as Navy Agent at this port, The same processes were doubtless ap- Plied in Washington aud in Kansas concerning certain contracts for winter huts fur the Kansas army corps, a year or two ago. The best of it is, that notwithstanding all these dinners, luxurious and expensive as they are, Sanders, whether as war waker or as peace maker, contrives, it appears, to make them pay. Forney’s plan with poor Jamieson was to make bim drunk, and then note down his confessions; but Sunders believes in good eating, including plenty of wines and liquors to fill up the chinks, Forney failed; but Sanders is a marvel of suc- cess, upon the broader theory that, like himself, statesmen and politicians, of high and low de- gree, must eat, and have more stomach them brains. Sanders is the embodiment of good feeding ; and if the ravenous New York demo- cracy cannot be pacified under his treatment, there is no virtue in oysters and whiskey. THE LATEST NEWS. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON, Proposition to Settle Our Difficulties with Spain and Acquire Possession of Cauba—The Question of the Reception of the New Minis- ter from Mexico—The Filibuster Movement Against Nicaragua—Another Expedition Fitting Out—The Divisions of the New York Democracy—Treaty of Amity and Concord Between the Tammany Sachems and Anti- Tammany Braves—Douglas in Trouble with Slidell and Jones—Seward’s Presidential Aspirations, and their Consequences on New York City—Reorgantzation of the Occan Postal Service, &e., &e. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasninaton, Dec, 23, 1858. The administration bas under consideration the quostion of receiving Senor Mata as Mexican Minister. Two ques- tions seem to have been raised in the mind of the Presi- dent as to the propriety of receiving him—first, as to whether any government can constitutionally exist whose seat is not at the city of Mexico; and second, as to the ability of the Juarez government, or constitutional party, to sustain itself. The administration is perfectly satisfled, it is believed,asto the first—that there is nothing im the constitution of Mexico forbidding the removal of the seat of government. The second is being investigated. The administration is doubtless inclined to receive the Minister, especially as such an act would strengthen the constita- tional government, and might solve the Mexican difficul- ties. Genoral Cass gives a dinner party to-morrow, at which will be General Herran, Senor Mata and Senor Milla, Sec- retary of State of Guatamala. There bave been a great many applications for the poei- tion as Secretary of Legation to Spain. The applicants bave been chiefly from the class of genteel loungers that periodically cut a swell in Washington; bat it is undor- stood a nephew of the Minister, Mr. Preston, will be ap- pointed. There is a good deal of anxiety about the kanding of tho filivusters in Nicaragua, and there appears no doubt that they have landed, as telegraphed to the HeRatp yester- day. Itis said by military men who have served with and commanded these men on other occasions, that two hundred and fifty of them are equal to a thousand of any of the best treops in the world. It ts understood that Mr. Slidell does not in- tend to rest quietly under the personal attacks mare upon him by Mr. Douglas and his agents. It is be- Meved Mr. Sildell will demand a full and immediate re- traction from Mr. Douglas as soon as that gentleman reaches Washington. A letter of Senator Jones, of Towa, to Judge Douglas, published in the Galena Cowrier and reprinted in the Washington papers, denouncing Douglas as saying what was “infamously falee,”’ is the subject of goneral conver- sation among members of Congrees. It looks a bad caso for the Judge, and it is difficult to see how be can come out of it without resorting to the dernier argument of pistols. However, it is acommon sense age, and highly Pick wickian, So many rumors have appeared as to the recent treaty, tigned, sealed and delivered bere, by which the difficul- ties in your city politics are to be healed, that I send you & copy of the document itself, The signatures of the high contracting powers—to wit, on the part of Tammany, Fowler, Purser, Purdy, Waterbury, Coch Kelly, and on the part of t mti's,”’ Mr. appended to the original document. As purifying agents, Brandreth’s pills aud Old Jacob Townsend's sarsaparilla must give place to this wonderful panacea. Parnum's Happy Family will be eclipsed by the beautiful harmony which henceforth is to reign in Tammauy. flora is THE TREATY. Arnetr 1, The patronage of the federal government im the city of New York to be exciusively employed to sas tain the Organization at Tammany Hal! Anenene ery person holding office under the federal government failing to sup patirg from Tammany oustaining directly oF tein vation, shall be dismissed with tl the President removed the Lon, Jol canne, Axrieix 3, That the valuable advertising of the federal government shall be wittiheld from a nominally demo- € hewspaper devoted to constant warfaré on the and slauderous and personal as ncular organization at Tammany Hall shall gecere a representation in the Genera tee for 1869, representing in the majority of dolog: preponderance of democratic *trength, as shown at the elections beld this fali—excluding in all cases every p-rsoa who been connected with a republican or Know Nething organization—no person being eligible to mem: bership of any committee who will not pledge bimself to sustain the regular organization of the party aud ali ite bominations, awd renounce all jance to other or- ) be elected in cash ward, consisting of three from each clection district, which shall be the representative body for the ward, and Possess the same powers in respect to loval nominavens as the General Committee possesses in relation to those of the city and county, but the Ward Comuittes not to call ary elections without authority of the General Comin ittee. Annetn 6.—A ward committer ‘The General Committee of 1859, before the . toprepare and acopt a plan by which f members of nominating copventions and com. mittee ehall be bronght home more directly to the people in their reapective localities Mr. Yulee, the able champion of the Senate Committee, on the Poet Office and Post Roads, is diligently engaged in Preparing a plan for the future est mail service, He will separate the rican lines to Brazil on the Atlantic, and Chile on the Paci- flo—from the other ocean mail service, regarding those lines ae commercial and diplomatic measures as woll as o@ the ground of postal facilities. Many Southern members Are also warmly in favor of lines which look to the pro- motion of a trade North and South, all the existing lines being for the benefit of the Furopean trade, As all the ocean mail contracts expire on the 3uth of June next, the Present Congress must legislate on the subject. The Senators hare reeolved to occupy their new chamber in the north wing of the Capitol on re-nesombling on the 4th of Janvary. A great many members of Congress left to day to spend the holidays at home. The city shows already the effets of the migration. Thero ia a vigorous effort being made here by the friends of Mr. Seward to kill off all rival competitors for the repab- Niean Presidential nomination. It is determined to run hit atail hazards. Free Wool Thurlow Weed is, af course, the leading wire puller, Tho intention is to secure New York, and, if possible, control the city also, With this view your new Comptroller, Hawes, is to be given unlimit- ed power by the Legislature, and will be mado, in fact, the head of all the bureaus of the city government. Sew- ard, depend upon it, is determined to stand aside no longer, either for Banks, Fremont, Crittenden or any one clan, The statemont telegraphed from here that Mr. Thutter- worth dismissed a clerk in the New York Assay Office becaure of his refusal to contribute towards election ex. penees if, as usual, acanard. The clark was dismissed for insubordination and other sufficient reasons. On po- litical grounds he should have been dismissed long ago, a9 he was an active republican Inst Prosidential olection. Professor Torrey, not understanding that Mr. Butterworth was the responsible head of the Assay (fice, undertook to oppose the Superintendent's decision, but a reference to the Department here enlightened the seigntiiic gontieman lishment of the ocean >» {*t»»—up—Tbberr aaa lle