The New York Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1858, Page 4

4 ‘t NEw yorx HERALD. ee GDON BENNETT, wEe oh My AND PROVREELOR, roe sw CORNER OF FUET ON AND NASSAU STS A bay meni? veil be ot the recevced oy cubecription Sur CAILY KELALD PHL WEAKLY BEGAL ae 4 ents per epy. ST por annum y Saturday, at 8 ¢ Bitition Sh pee av rt og the bo, EMANIS TO-MORROW BYE! % WAY THEATKE, St. G Vroadway —Rai est WKGE AND Tie Diawor ¥ THEATRE, Bowery. —ALanto=Po cago Tat » LaveRy BURTOS'S SEW THPATRE, Broadway—Movey—Faint Meant Never Won Farr Lapy WALLACK’S THEATRE, Br neemant or Ve swe adway, LAURA KEENB'S THEATKE, No, 624 Broudway,—Ovn AwERd Ad CousiN—Loax oF 4 Lover BARNUWS AMERIOAN MUSEUM, Broudway.—ater ne Jevening, MAY Day Stok —StiGe STUCK YANKEE Cur asp His Prous. WOOD'S MINSTREL BUILDING, 561 and 563 Broadwar— Evsiorias BoNGs, DANCES &C—SOVTNEDN LIFE ELUUSTRATED. MFOHANTOS HALL, 427 Krondway—Brv axis! Minsrenis SNiuko S0NGs and BURL Qr sf Ars) Gor Time ToTAKKY, AMPBELL'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway.—Eraioriay HAR ACTRMISTION SONGS, HC.— THE TAUER KLY ALS, New York, Sunday, December 26, 1558, The News. The steamship Karnak arrived at this port yes- in twenty-one days from Liverpool. She ex- ‘ed very heavy weather. The Karnak will run between New York, Havana and Nas- 6au, N. BP. The steamship Washington did not get all her stores on board yesterday iu time to proceed on her voyage. It is now announced that she will sail fhis morning at eight o'clock. Avasetta, which arrived at this port on urday from Turk’s Islands, brings dates to the Mthinst. Her advices are unimportant. Christmas was very generally observed through- ont the ei ster Among the most interest- ing celebrations and festivities were those at the Home for the Friendless. Three hundred little children who are there cared for were present, many of them singing and sj i very prettily. Between one and two thousand persons visited them during the day, taking them numerons presents. A report of the proceedings will be found in another column. The interesting annual Sabbath school services Metho- tween eclebrated esterday evening at the Centr: al church in Seventh avenue, th a eets, were v The place of worship w ons of this kind, very heautifally and artisti- decorated, and the children in attendance tly answered the rious questions put to Addresses were delivered by several reve- gemlemen, and the services were on tha fa very interesting ¢! ter. arteenth + Lon rend whole « According to the report of the City Inspector there were 345 deaths in the city during the past week—a deercase of 20 as compared with the mor- tulity of the week previo Of the whole number 1s8 were of 10 years of age und under, and 58 in- mates of the public institutions, The following table shows the number of deaths for the past two weeks song adults and children. distinguishing the Cir. Total we 106-885 We 8 BMS Among the principal causes of death were the Wek ending— is, De : 30 1" 10 f apoplexy, 11 of con- ion of the lung: irrhwea, 7 of disew f intempe 4 still annexed ta ystem have “ f the brain, 7 12 of debility, 6 of 10 prem: of heart,6 of ¥ pe i is trom ¥ raaee, 2 of su vent ca the lian Ac, and eruptive fevere Btuiborn and premature bisth= . bow ele and ott y. 7 of Eagland, i of Italy, Prassia IsH0The Lote Opposition Caaeus at Wash lngton and Its Bearings. “ wit this sing to the digestion of our political readers, a circumstantial account tres Richmond Why, of the late opposition cances. of “politieal consultation in Washing- wally supposed that this r. organized ander a pri- wll by gent, a decayed po- f the old whig t 14 to identify f with the initiative movements of the op- wecession. under the wing of Mr. But in. the account of this meeting It has been g little private afta one Nathan § an for the vdeo fouree, we are assured thal “the objects contem- plated were fur higher and nobler than the pro- motion of the political inte individual. Weare next informed that “a number of Sena- tors and members of Congress were present, be- bides distingnished gentlemen who hold no offi- cial position: that “thirteen States were repre- wented:” and that “letters were there from lead- ing gentlemen in half a dozen other States, ex- pressing a cordial concurrence in the objects of the meeting.” Then it appears that the two great existing political parties of the country “are essentially sectional: that all their con- tests “are restricted to the slavery iesne;” that de democratic party bas degenerated into a purely “Southern sectional party,” thy idea of which is slavery propagandi«m; fs constantly intervening to “enlarge the area o slavery; that this was the offensive feature 0 the Lecompton constitution: that the same see- tional pro-slavery purpore ix betrayed in the re cent recommendations by the President touching Mexico and Cuba, and, also. “in the efforts in certain quarters to re-open the African slave fdrade, and to bring Nicaragua under filibuster influence.” ‘Thus mach for the democratic party. It is flatly and contemptuously repudiated a* # reck- Yess Southern pro-slavery sectional organization. But the republican party fares no better, “It ix frowedly a sectional anti-slavery party—ite car @inal dogma is davery restriction.” The proof, foo, is furnished in its platform of “no more lave Staves,” and in the remorseless abolition Jiechester manifesto of W. H. Seward. Thus we re chown that “eagh section has its party, while evidently from an authoritative | ts of any particular | } the next. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1858. the country has no party;” that the whig party is dead; that the American party is past praying for; but that, notwithstanding all these draw- backs, this Washington ‘conservative caucus, after a full discussion, embracing many patriotic speeches, came to the important point of “entire confidence in the practicability of uniting all the conservative elements of opposition to the present enfeebled and distracted administration in the contest of 186 0." With this explicit statement of the objects, sentiments, proceedings and expectations of this Wasbington conservative opposition caucus, there ean be no difficulty in determining its ma- terials. It was not a democratic caucus; it was not a republican cnucus; and it could, therefore, bave heen nothing else than a “consultation” of the ruznp of the American or Know Nothing fac- tion, And the declaration made in behalf of this : eeting, to wit, that its “object is not to have a candidate elected by Northern votes alone. but by the suffrages of the people of both sections,” with the belief that “with an aecepta- ble Southern candidate we can carry some five or six Southern States,” justifies the conclusion tbat the veal game of this movement is to fore- close a mortgage on the republican party for the benefit of the southern Kuow Nothings and their scattered brethren in the North. Upon this point we are sorry to confess that We cannot shure iu the “entire confidence” of this caucus of s crowning vietory. It may be « good thing for a weak party to be first in the field, so as to secure the choice of its position; but, judging from the American experiment with Mr. Fillmore in 1856, they have but little to hope from a similar experiment now. The pariy concerned is practically dissolved; while the republican party, upon the general issues of slavery, believes itself to be stvong and capable of dictating the terms of union to all the loose opposition materials of the country. The initia- tive movement, therefore. which is to determine ihe shaping of the opposition elements for 1860 must come from the republican party—the domi- nant party of theNorth— and not from the broken fragments of the American faction, reduced to the doubiful oceup.tion of the single Southern State of Maryland. We believe that with such a candidate and platform as would be represented in the name of eneral Scott, or some such national, patricti arty man, the opposition can sweep the coun- s ip 1869 as they did in 1846, because of the demeralization, disorganization and practical dissolution of the old democratic party. That at party, as organized under Geurral Jack- son. Was substantially destroyed by the desper- ae jugglery of Pierce and Douglas for the Southern pro-slavery vote in the Cincinuati Con- veaton. They were foiled by a Northern re-ac- tin, which compelled that Convention to nomi- nate Mr. Buchanan as a representative of the conservative Union sentiment of the count Holding fast to that sentiment, his adminis- tratin tands firm and strong on the con- fidence of the country: Jout where is ihe democratic party’ Prostrated in the dust in the North, and «all at sea in the Sonth, from the fierce contentions and hostile plots aut counterplots of rival leaders and scheming demagogues for the boners and spoils and } lunder of the succession. Thus, from the present outside position of Mr. Douglas as « Northern democratic leader on the one hand, and from the rampant filibustering. free trade and Afriewn slave teade proclivities of the Southern fire-eaters on the other, the demo- cracy in 1880, instead of a solid front under the bulwarks of the administration, may be divided into two or three Presidential factions. That they can be consolidated upen any other basix than the administration is out of the questi that they will be reunited upon this ba inan, from the enisting fends, dissen divi pow men and measures sectional and fac can undert to say. With the democraey reunited upon the platiorm of the would be ¢ ad for a fusion ef the opposition factions upan the practical questions of the day, for the outeide issues of slavery and the petty divisions of fwe- tions and parties upon this abstraction, that amd the other, would be all absorbed in the practical acts and tendencies of the administration ond the democrsey upon Cabs, Mexico, Central American affairs, and the national finances, and the reconstruction of the whole financial. com- mereial and by iviwic of the country upow no ns and = in the cam dminisiration, the ¢ a sound, uniforn ecli-vegulating system of checks and bale In default of a te tization of th de- y upon this broad and comprehensive . they will mest probal r upon the gn of 1860, not in a solid phalany, but in 1 Presidcatial detachments. anything in the shape of « junction of the op sition forees would eweep the field. Bat ae the republicans will shrink from any practical con- ccssions to the opposition of the South, for fear of losing ground in the North without compen- sation Southern opporition have already been ruled off the course by the strong pro-slavery sentiment excited there upon the Kansas question, they can make no conce: against slavery which will serve their purpose in the North. And so the chances stand at present in favor of two or three democratic factions, wand two or three opposition factions in the field in 1860. with regard to which the administration will have as little to do as had the administr: tion of Monroe with the scrab race of 1824. At all events, the “entire confidence” ev- pressed by the Know Nothing caucus at Washing- ton in the effective union of the opposition forces for 1860 upon a conservative platform and a Sonthern candidate is somewhat prematare. No such confidence can he properly entertained until we shall have obtained some satisfactory developements from the republican camp at the close of this Congress, or in the organization of Meantime. the disorganized condition of the democratic and opposition parties, North and South, offers the most inviting opportunity to the people for a dashing movement, regardless of parties or party machinery, in behalf af some soch great national programme as that embodied in the name of General Scott. In this view, and as the ne Cremation or Conetwas Dav —It crati fied us to remark yestorday that this great Chris- tian anniversary was more generally observed by all classes of our citizens than upon any prov- fous occasion within oar remembrance, But few places of business were kept open, and thoes were principally amongst the venders of vod and other articles of daily necessity. From the immense crowds which filled all the city markets on the previous day. it may with justice be inforred that the obligations of hospitality and charity, which in all Christian countries are associated with tis festival, were pretty generally complied with. It rejoices us to find that this disposition to return to one of the most genial and graveful customs of our Old Country forefathers is gradually | those offences Judge Mussel inflicted the heaviest Vanquishing the Puritanical scruples which associated it with a particular creed. The | causes of hostility and vindictiveness which led to this confusion of ideas buve long since passed away, and with it, we trust, will vanish all remaining objections — to the strict observance of an anniversary which, apart from its religious import, exercises a kind- ly and wholesome influence upon the heart, and prompts it to acts of generosity and benevolence which otherwise might not be thought of. We trast that our public charities will profit largely this season by the developement of these feel- ings, Wehave a long and probably a severe winter before us, and it is to be hoped that those upon whom wealth has shed its blessings will remember that property has its duties as well as its enjoyments. The Right of Search—Has It Been Given Up by England? When, some time since, we had occasion to cor- rect the gross blunders of the Washington Union, in regard to the relations of our governmeut to the filibusters on board the schooner Susqn, that journal, unable to meet the points at issue, went oft on a rigmarole excursion and finally brought up with a grandiloquent assertion, in the “hurrah for Jackson” style, that England had given up the right she had so long claimed, of boarding and searching vessels on the high seas. The question of the immunity of our flag upon the ocean is one of too great importance to be overslaughcd with a few diplomatic phrases. We have maintained that our question with Englaad onthe right of search is not settled, and we maintain it still, Formerly we defended our position by appealing to the history of British policy; now we defend it by a divect appeal to the documents on which the Washington ( claims that England has conceded to us the right in this long pending issue. The letter of June § from Mr. Dallas, referring to the subject of a change in Lord Malmesbury, is ® remarka- ble letter, It opens by assuring General Cass that there is no hope of coming to a settlement with Lord Malmesbury on this point. He is then called off to meet the British Minister, aud finds that “something within the last twelve hours had shifted his lordship’s miad quite to an opposite peint of the compass.” Now, we have no faith in the pretended change of a State policy, thet has been maintained hy generations of statesmen, which is said to have taken place in the short term of twelve hours. Men do not abandon theorics which have not only come to them by inheritance, but which they have themselves maintained during years of public service. so violently as this would infer, Conviction of popular right is plant of slow growth, particularly in the mind of an Eaglist tory. But what are the evidences upon which this assumed change is founded? We pass over the minor points contained in Mr. Dallas’ letter dnd Lord Malmesbury’s memorandum, and come at ohee te the more formal statement contained ia the Pridieh Minister's despatch of the Lith of Jane to Lord Napier. This is the true ground upon which it ix assumed that England has aban- doned the vight she has so long claimed. And fivst we wish to state here, that a despatch from a British Secretary of Foreign Affairs to a Britikh Minister ia Washington, although a copy of it is given to our Sacretary of even if its terms were all that could be wished, has no binding charac- ter upon the British government ia regard to an acknowledgment which it bas oa several occa- sions refased to clothe with the sacred rights of a formal treaty. Now Jet us sce what are the fon terms of the concession made by Lord Malmes id which Mr. Dallas thought was a com of hi bary. plete change lordship’s pos as sound G iples of interns overrides the law by the decla- m that the British goverument holds it to be te to civilization and the poli the high that the right of search shall be conceded by us. He then makes an argument, false in its premises and fallacious in its dedue- tions, to show that if this concession is not made by us the American flag will become upoa the ocean the terror of every “law fal but defeaccless trader.” And now comes the trae polut of this despatch. The Dritish government, auxious to avoid difi- culty with us, sends orders to her cruisers to tiop the whing of American vessels for th present; but Lord Malineshary expressly state that these orders to discuntinne the practice will y remain in foree “until some arrangement in the sense 1 have pointed out”—that is, a formal concession by us of the right to search American vessels at sea in time of pence ll be made with the United States government or declined rt.” To make thie fact the more rd Malmesbury concludes his note yg that her Majesty's government regrets that the opportunity, hax been lost to settle “those vexatious and irritating eontro- versies which are inevitable as long” as the United States refuses to abrogate the present law of nations, and permit British cruisers to over- haul American ships whenever and wherever a Hritich commander may think proper to do so. We commend to the Union a careful perasal of this despatch of Lord Malmesbury, and suggest to it that the next time it wishes to ignore the true point at issne in an argument, it select some more logical, or at least plausible ground for sclfglorification, than the assertion that England has been forced to abandon her claim to the right of search. Perhaps the Union will recom- mend the publication of the two “additional notes’ between Lord Malinesbury and himself, to which Mr. Dallas refers in the opening para- graph of his despatch of Janes. We could then see how far his lordship changed his position in twelve hours. Thus far we do not believe that he changed it at all, Mr. Dallas and the Washing- ton Union to the contrary notwithstanding. ton. neral € stional ns hy recog ment and jum Crime is core Merrororm. The term of the Court of General Sessions which closed on Friday exhibited a heavy array of crimes of a grievons character, the frequency of which argues badly for the condition of the city, But it is satisfactory, in this state of affairs, to find that we have a criminal Judge endowed with firmnoss and discretion, and animated with a desire to preserve the peace of the city, who administers justice to the criminals with an even hand. The severity of the sentences paseed hy Judge Russell on prisoners convicted of grave erties during the late term of his court, must convince the rowdies and ruffianes who infest this community that the law ix not to be violated, or their own wild passions indalged, with imprnity, while he occupies a seat upon the beach of the criminal court, The crimes most prevalent at the preset day evom to be burglary aud stabbing with the kuife, and upon all the prisoners convicted of eS pusishment, The leniency which bas been so long exercised towards criminale has unques- tionably cmboldened that class, and impresed them with the idea that the Inw and the forms of our courts were mere mockeries; but the course of our City Judge is beginning to convince them that they have been somewhat in error, and we doubt not that the good effects will be mani- fested by a reduction of crime, and a better order of things generally in the condition of the me- tropolis, Tue U anv Lowexk Srrata or RELIGIOUS Loy oy New Yors,—Religious life wad the modes of religious worship in New York have recently assumed a new and somewhat curious pouse. During the financial crisis, and suceced- ing it, a religious revival so far affected all classes of our citizens that prayer meetings, pub- lic confessions ef repentant sinners, from Wall street, from the prize ring and from the stage, were matters of daily end nightly cecure nee all over the city, not alone in the churenes, but in Warehouses aud basements, aod everywhere that a congregation could be accommodated: But now the inspiration of religious fervor has fallen upon the Iyric and dramatic stage; aud where the divine cg ot Meyerbeer aud V and at lighted the upper crust of our population ducin the week, or the love-and-murder efforts of f sensation dramatist “split the groundiings” in «a minor theatre, ears of the souge of praise and words of holiness are echoed every Sunday evening. The upje ratum of religions life exudes its super-simudant feclings of picty with mspectable and decorous bearing in the fashionable ond elegant Academy of Music, while the lower stratum does the suine with cheers, cat-culls and stamping of fe-tin the National theatre on Chatham street: The crowd which flocks to both houses is im- ¢. At the Academy hundre Is are turned y for want of room. every Sunday evening: the doors are locked when the house is fall, and ail who arrive too late are cu ed ther to adopt the out-of-fashion — prar tice of cing to church, or to reserve their vor for another Sabbath—a_ diii- cult thing t@ do in this impulsive city. At the Chatham strect theatre the hee ts so large that the doorkeepers are obliged to sleet the audience, aduiitting the well clad and exoluding humble piety seedy qurments: a posse of police is required to keep order at the doors: and the audience express their impatience at the non-arrival of the preacher, 1) fhe 1 ual theatrical fashion, by stamping and whistling. hail Lis appearance by a storm of clapping, and coupliment the salient points of his discourse with loud applause. Religious ceremonies are agein to take place at these theatres to-1ighi. { antime the chure'es are aff cod wilt the ar cance, and it looks as if the clergy. to pr serve their popularity, would have io abiadcn the pulpit for the stage. Tine was when such a descent would have shocked the religious sentiment o| the country: aud even now, whe ever is left of the strict old Puritans mu jis uneasily in their graves at the spectacle. One consolation, however, is that those who advocate the claims of the stage to be cons dered a moral instructor have now the satisfxe @1 of behold ing a practical illustration of their theory. Tus Conan Questro: 1816.—The lettcr ot Gen, Jesup, written in 1816, to President Monr e, when that gentleman was Secretary of State, upou the military relations of Cubat th). cat Mississippi valley, the intrigues © f 1) British and Spanish agents among our Southera Indians, and the determination of General Jesup, with the approbation of General Jackson, to tuke that island by a coup de man in the event of certain contingencies, which we publish in another column, will throw some new light upon this momentous question to a great many of our readers. tt will be seen that the great principles in- volved in our national progress, so clearly laid down by Gen. Jesap more than forty years ago, have been abundantly berne out by the deve- lopements of time, What was then of compara- tively easy accomplisuneat has now become more dificult, while the necessity of acquiring that island as a portion of our national defences has grown with the growth of our population and their interests In the Mississippi valley. The same continued developement must attend the Cuba question in the fatare that has accompa- nied it in the past, and the difficulties now in the way will increase with the increase of our novds, .\ new impulse is also given to it by the opening of our Pacific empire: and the day is not far distant when the lines of onr domestic trade and travebdo the Pacific will as completely encirele Cuba ae do those of our Southern (wade wrap Its northern shore. Congress should act ai an early day in this matter. Although our statesmen have long soen the necessity of Caba becom'ng a member of our Union, and the public mind of the country is fully alive to it, the representative voice of the people has never found utterance, and even now it ix a question which every politician takes up or lays aside, as he thinks may suit his individual interests. The action of Congress would make the question a national one, and give it an im- pulse which it wiil ever afterobey. We hope that body will reject all personal aims in this great question, and suthorize the purchase of the island, whenever it can be made. The letter of General Jesup brings vividly to view how much we have lost by not acting with foresight years ago. We shall repeat this loss to the country a hurelred fold if Congress does not act now. Com. Stewart, the First American Admiral. We are indebted to a neighbor and friend of thie gallant veteran for the following interestmg sketch of him, at time when Congres? vindicates the reputation assailed by the Naval Retiring Board, by conferring upon him the highest honor tn its power to bestow ~~ This distinguished officer, now turned four score years. whore claims to well merited distinction are now about to roesive their dae acknowledgement, resides at White Hill, a euburb of the town of Bordentown, N. J. The Commo- dore purchagg! Ine estate there, a large farm. at the same time that Joreph Bonaparte, Count de Snrvilliers, selected that desirable locality for bis American residence. They both acetired about the same amount of lami at diferent and adjoining limits of the town, and both coutributed to the immediate growth and importance of the place. The ‘Cont told the Coromodore that he had marte the best bar- gutin in hie farm, but tie Commodore replied that he had obtained the best land, Although advanced in years, yot the elements of an ex- ecient cowstitution are so kindly combined i the Commo. dore that he manifests no signs of decay. He ‘ about the medinin ize, of & lorid Complexion, and polished, ayrooa- bie manners. Tie conversation is extremely entertaining and snstruetive, and constantly interspersed with ano dotes of ovr poblic men and our national history. Me has dined evd wined with every President of the Uoion, from Wachington down to Buchanan, with the exeyption of Har rison, Whose reign was too brict for many pubic oF soe) events, Commodore Stewart bas not yet reached that period af life when age bespeaks indulgence. Having command of the Navy Yard at Phi'sdelphia, and living a distance of thirty miles off, hia vieks there are continved daily, in de fence of all Kinds of weather, Lotor cold, wet or dry. Jn the cars of in the steamer his antive iorm, lealthy looks and cheerful countecance command daiy for him a continua) weleowe. On a recent visit te Philadelpata tin writer of this sketch saw him without overcoat or extra clothing, braving, on One oeeasion, # furious rata storm, ard on another né furious a snow etorm, in the regular routine of bis duties. ‘A eailor,’’ said this brave vetw. rap, ‘8 born for all weather’? Bis dwelling at White Hil is nothiag more than a farm er’? cottage, and his style of living is simple and plain, and free from al! estontation. So far trom being artaatly on the “retired ist’? of the navy, he 9s, in reality, the avy itse’! Its history commences with bis services, and fs embellished by his many heroic ackievements, Th the lute Paraguay cxpodition Commetore Shabeiek would have given the command to Commodore Stewart, but the letter, with manly epirit and urie, replied, thay be conid not take the command from one who was instru: mental in placiog him on the retiree List. The Commodore bas a furlough of abseure for some months, to visit a married daughter {pn Fogland, aed a son in Paris, who for some years haz had the contract for sap: Piyiug the French government with live oak tiaber from ine United States. Chaziry Coxckrm,—The directors of the Gerinawa So- ciety of New York have advertived a eoacert ut the Academy of Music, on Thureday, the 804i inst, the pro- ceeus of which are to be devoted to tho estabushment of a hospital, in which por Germaos and others can be cared for free of charge, We have no doubt that the German residepts wil muster in force on an occasion which appeals so directly to their eympathies. Acrand vocal ond ixstrumental concert takes place at the Brooklyn Athenwum to-morrow (Monday) evening, for the benetit of th peritorious society, the Todusteial Bore Arsoolation. Madame de Lupan and Miss Brainard are to be the lady vocahsis, and the choral and tustru- reental pisces are to be performed by the Orion and ‘Tou tonia societies, of New York, and tho orchestra of the Brooklyn Phitbarmon'c, which huwy all kindly volunteered aid of the charity. St Tae Sane Religious Intelligence. CITY CHURCHES. ‘The Rey. Dr. Stockton, of Philadelphia, will preach in teonth etreet Baptist church, eae door from Fifth this morniag aud afternoon. #t aunive y of the Youths’ Micsionary Society nity Methydiet Episcopal chareh will be held this wz. Addresses will be delivered by Nev. J.P. Dar- »,D.11., and Rey. Bishop Janes. In the Spring street Presbyterian church, near Varick Birect, services this morning aud evening. Subject in the teayen’s Chrisunas Gift to the World;” in the “The Character, Marriage and Outit of our Firat evening: arcats.”? Rev. Robert G. Dickson, pastor of the Protestant Epis- copal Mission church, Ciintou Mall, Astor place, will deli- ver two sermons to-day, morning and evening Rey. E. T. Hiscox, D.D., will preach im the National theatre this evening. Rey. Joseph P. Thompson, D.D., will preach at the Academy of Music this evening. Jn the Orchard street Universalist church, Rey. T. J. D.D., will preach this mor Man and Lazarus.” Public worship will be held this moraing in the New fn (Swedenborgian), at Lyrique Hall, 763 loLu street First Method:st Episcopal vg and evening by the pastor, the Rev. Morning erbject—“The Valedictory of ser street Universalist church, corner of and Downing streets. New York, the Rev. B. B. Jock Will preach this morning and evening. At the request of several respectable Roman Catholics, the question, “Are (he Holy Scriptures, without traditions and without the church,able to make wise unto salva tion!” will be considered and objections answered, in Spring strect Mall, No. 185 Spring street, this evening. INVITATIONS. Rev. K. W. Allen, of Salem, Massachussetts, hae recoiy- ed and necepted a call from the First Congregational cbureb in South Berwick, Me. Rev. Mr, Whuttaker, of Greenport, L. 1., has received a unanimous call from the Uited Presbyterian church of Rockville and Bethesda, ueur the city of Washingtoa, D. C. Rey. George P. Folsom, of Attiva, N. ¥., has reccived a unanimous call to the Presbyterian church of Geneseo, and Will commence his labors there the flest Sabbath in the new year. INVITATION DECLINED. Rov. W. Hf. Sebench, the rector of the Trinity churoh in Chicago, hag declines au invitation to he rectorship of Trinity church, Washington City INSTALLATION, Rey. Rush R. Shippen, iate of Chicag over the Second Unitarian Society in Wore Wednesday, the 224 inst. The instalation of Rev. ©. H. Universulist Society, in Prov ), was installed ter, Maes.,on fay as pastor of the First noe, Ki. 1, took plage ow VRATH IN THE MINISTRY. Matthew Pilon died at Peoria, IM. Thurs b He was fora long time connected with h in Chicago, at different times Presi- I. pastor ‘of St. Mary's chureh, and also pastor of the Church of the Holy Name. cuuncurs. The Baptists of Mallen, Mase., are taking steps towards the erection of a new place of worship in the southerly part of that town, The new house of worship of the Second Congregational ebureb at Greeawieh, Connectiont, was dedicatet on the Sth instant. ‘This ' Raid to be ove of the noblest strar tures of its kind in the country, It is built of granite, with aspire that rises upwards of two hundred fect, and commands 4 most extended view of Long Isiand Sound. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rev. Father Boyle, of St. Patrick's church, Wash- ington, opened the United Statex Senate oa the 244 inst. with prayer, sobed in the full priest's droas, with surplice cassock. This is the first occasion since the founda- mi of the goverument when the entire vestments of a Roman Catholic clergyman bave been worn in sneh ser vices iv elther charmer of Congress, Fathor 6. intro- duwed in the services «yor tion of the beantifal and well known prayer of Bishof Carroll (the first American or- awed a Vievop of the Catholic church) “for these im au. thority.” During the session of the School Convention, at Mempl Vion. Stephen A. Douglas wae anc whereupon the bern aptist Sunday tue 20th alt. ig present to the 4 to Jrige Donglas the the Judge delivered f and approp A vote of thanks for the expression of his friendship and ktnd regard was then ted. . A correspondent of the Chrisiton Register calls on #ex- tons to see that the pew Woorsare all opened after the fires are made in the church, for, he says, philosuphically, otherwise the occupants must ith oid feet. Another paper thinks it would be well to take the doors olf and make fuel o Wem, “Awful” Gardner, whe was converted durinig the re cont religious revival, related hie experion: the Me- thodist church in Tarrytown « couple of Sundays age. From the Metropolitan Catholic Almanac, for 1850, we gather the following staticties in reference to the present condition of the Roman Catholic cuureh in the United States contrasted with its condition ju the years 1839 and 1840 — 1859. 1840, 1959. i 3 7 30 aa — 2 26 % 1.000 2,108 6 LM rity to alvocate a w Methodist Eplecopal onstitutionaliy admitied ts legislative and judi per change in the poliey ot church, whereby jaymen wilt on equal righis with clergyreeu cial bodies. ‘The faculty of the University of Virginin have elected the Kev. Jolin , Granberry, of the Methorist Episcopal chereh, chaplain for two years from Ocvtober, 1858, J. R. Adams wae dismissed, Dee. 1, from the pas. the First Congregational abureh iv Gorham, Me. STATISTICS OF NEW ENGLAND CONG REG ATION ALISTSS We find the following table lu the Congregational four: nol, whieh paper has compiled it from the minutes of the bev eral Congregational bodies in New kogland:— Chureh- Mine Mem Addi. Rem'n States, tiers. bers, Alwent, tonal. }. Mame. «4 OR TM42 2.568 1A6h tes N. Haropebire 180-101 18,28) 479 1,826 1.085 Vermont..... 190 105 16.987 3476 1,180 810 Massrehusetts 480 450 69,176 10,614 6,020 3,17) Connection... 984 = 220 88,009 «3,188 1,601 1,495 Rhode isiaud, 2 a 3.20) -~ = -~ Total....1 410 1878 164000 22001 11,512 7,470 By adding the abeentees, the most of whom are proba. bly residing in New Engivnd, there ig @ membership of 196,400, of whom abont 40,700 are maies. The additions were 4.042 more than the removals. Tho statieties of alt the States, except Veanont, are for the year closing June, iene. Those of Rhode Island are taken irom the last year ‘The Soathern Pacific Railrond. w Onin Ne, Neo, S4—hvening. In the Southern Pacific Railroad Convention this even ing, the report of the general committee was rocsived. Tr shows a satisfactory conuition of aire, and that suttl- cient money has heen reoeived to meet the terme of the compromise, All doubt of the suceess of the sebeme is dispeled. Hon, T. Butler King is now addressing tho Convention, which closes to night. Se ratio todlependenee Monument FHE AOMUMENT TO THE KIGNERS OF THE PECL ARAM TION OF INDECENDENCH=-SKOTIONAL OBJKOTIONS VO ITS COMPLETION, DY SOUTH CAROLINA, A prejert bas been submitted to the Original Thitteen Slates of this confederacy to erect 4 mounment in Iude- pendence synare, Philadeiphia, ty the signers of the De- clarstco of Tudependence, to cost $150,000. New Yorks de to pay $88,000, ana Pennsylvania $25,000; the Northere: bintes altogether, $84,000, and the Southern States $41,000, Ten States bave already acceded vo the pian, und ugrecd to pay their respective allounents; and since, by the plan, the structure was to proceed with the conseat Of Live States, the monumeat may be considered a Gxed fuctia the future. The convention of delegates who de- cided open thy plan agreed that the monument should nave thirteen sides—one for each State. Should any State refuse to bear its quote of expense, there is no pr visio for Gihng it up, and while the otbers have their tablets beariog inscriptions of patnotism and remembrance of departed worth, for cach State that does not contri- bute there will remain an unsigatly blank. The Tegisiatures of North and South Carolina have yot WW rignify their acceptance of the plan, and as they are both now in session, their decision is looked for with interess, The bit to aid in the construction of this monument was hot approves by the Committee on Federal Relations af the South Carolina House of Representatives, and they re- ported unfuvoradl 15 PeAswge, Npon which report the following debate ensned on the Lath iw Mr, Ruan moved to set aside the report of the committee as unworthy the ecntiments of the people of South Carwina; its reason Of political hostility between Sous Carovna and Pennsylvania he oid not consider a good reason, us the mcasure under consideration had reference to the hupors duc to the past, and not to the present. Ne principle ox policy would be sustained in refusing to aid mw the work, and injustice would be done to the feelings cf pride in their ancestors, which he knew animated the bosoms of ali South Carolina's eous, Mr. 6. 2. Exnnorr, on behait of the committee, endorsed all tie cheomiuzns on © glorious ancestors,’’ but was op- . posed to byfiding © mouament where the people of the South would ve prociuded from visiting it, ‘Their fore- fathers were slaveholders, aud if there was any infamy im the institution, it betonged to the past as well as proseat. generations. It was these wao repudiated thore prin- ciples aud those forefathers who now wanted the assistance of the South to Wuild this monument. He wanter the monument where Southerners could visit it, and take with them their chiidres ond servauts, without being told to “stand back! —this is free so! Toere had been but one slave State represented at the Convention, and for himscif ke was uot willing to follow the lead gf en as Chas. Franeis Adame aud N. P. Banks, the jes from Massachusetts. Bir. War WitaLey thought it right, while in the Union as ene of the thirty-one, besides one of the thirteen States, that Fouth Carcine shonie contribute her quota of money for the spccilic ab eck of erecting this :nonument iu memory of the past, for while they were in the Union they wero of the (ten. He thought the monument ought to be bait on free sil, as an eaterna: monument of those principles Which therr forefathers held and promulgated, and that um case of @ aissolution of the Union it should turn aad say, ‘du defiance of the lessons of the past you have sundered, a Union with the South, which should have beeu per- pemal.”” Let it stand vpon their soil,as a memento of what they were and what they should have been, Mr. 7. 'Y. Sisions did not rezard the question in a piti- cal hight, but as a necessary patriotic act, which should be cousutumated. True, there Was @ sentiment in Penasyiva. bia Lostue to the South. But was not James Buchanan, whose adberesce to the constitution had won every heart, a Peon ‘anian’ Was not J. Glancy Jones a Pennsylva- biauy Letile Union ve dissolved, ‘and that monument Would stand as a pledge of the fidelity of South Caratiaa and a rebuke to those who took part against her. Mr: Macranran, 4 member of the committee, said that if the proposition were that they shoud never lay bands upon or de. y that temple in Independence square, be would vote for it. But he would not co-operate with Banks, of Massachuectts, because Banks and the people of Sonth Carolina were not homogenvous. He objected to the locality of the monument because be was prevented from (aking bis slave servant to see tt. Mr. Viuiort characterized the scheme as not national, but simply 4 private enterprise, beaded by N. 1. Banks. Why aid not they erect monuments to the sons of Sonth Carolinas “Why had they transferred ‘10 women’ the task of erecting a monnment to Calhount ir. Reap said the simple question was, whether South Carolina Would give $6,000 towards erecting a monument to the Sicners of the Declaration. Philadeiphia had been selected as the location, because there the document had been signed. No political question was volved; and be asked if South Carelina was prepared to she would not give $6,000 for this purpose” Mr. J. Wrtrtams said the South should look forward to the dissolution of the Union, and gave her money. justead of spending mouey, they should keep it for the time when the State had to interpose ber strength for protection. Every man wae looking forward to the time whon a black Tepublican would be elected President of the United States. and for himself he was ready to dissolve the Union when ‘bat happened. The recent Peunsytyania elections suould be a warning to them, and unlegs they intended to remain in the Union they steuld wot contribute towards the bait ing of this monutuent. After further debate, the bill was postponod indefinitely National Debt to the Erie Canal. SHALL CONGRESS IMPROVE THE Tanbors at nye FALO AND OSWEGO, AND PAY THK COST OF THE BREAKWATER AND BASIN AT BUFPALO—PEPITION FROM TUR CANAL BOARD, BRC. ‘The commitiee of the Canal Board, to whom was dele gated the duty of preparing a memorial t Congress ask ing the enlargement of the harbors at Buflulo and Oswego, and the payment of the cost of constrecting a break water and basin at Buflaio, have submitted a gremorial for the consideration of the Board. 9 The document sets forth that ihe United States govern ment has ereeted piers in the harbors of Baflalo ant Oewego: the pier at Butfale gave e new direction to the waters of Lake frie, and caused them to wear away the land, threatening the destruction of the main channel of the canal, as well as the valuable slips and outlets: that in the exigeucy, there not being time to wait for the action of the Umited States, the Canal Board caused to ‘De erected « breakwater in the waters of the Jake, about cuethonsuud feet from shore, two thousund two hundred feet long. avd tweive tect high, exe wating the sand whicle had collected between the breakwater and the shore, and forming “Tho Erie Basi that the total cost hae been $170,000, which, with interest from the date of payment, amounts to $250,000, and that a further exponditare of $..0,600 will be weeded to secure the breakwater from the mis of the jake: that the works of the United States ut Dultalo end Oewego need repair, the latter aitording init @apidater! condition litte shelter from the violence of the lake. On tins state of facts, it is claimed by the Board thet the general gowerument ought to refund a sam sufliciout to compensate the State for moueys expended neces arly iu the Larbor of Gutlalo, as such expenditure legitimately Delonged tothe Luited States: and it is petitioned that the harbors of Builalo and Oswego may be adequately en targed, improved aud protected by the general governipent ‘The Canal Board asks Only that the national government will exercise its wathority over the uavigable waters of the wation, an claims any desire for violating the es tab of non astistance to works of this kind. overament, on a different principle, assisted the Comberland Road through six States, New York wever objected, though im 1811, when she desired aeeit ance in it parional work, Congress coldly dec ined to grant York has theroiore constructed thy bing herse cost of $40,000,000, and simply aeks that © govern Vi do is portion, by improy ing and teoting the harbors on the long liae of natural wal forming part of Ue chain of national navigate: The Board claims et ts is the right and any the United States thus to improve its navigable waters, ou the following grounds — 1. They ore not loeal waters, subject to the States, but are national in extent and nagarteane, oa well as in « and political view, United States station als oll imposts, grant navigating licenses along these coasts, and claim and exercise jurisdiction over 2. These waters have been placed by fyndamental com- pact beyond the separate authority of tho States. Ry surrendering to the national government the right to col oat impente and other jnrisdiction necessary to the uni- versal benefit of internal navigation, a duty was impored upon the general government to improve and protect Within ite Jurisdiction. 3. New York, Nike her sister Slaten, racine al! the sovereignty she Veen! au ‘mation, const: tution, except t whieh she then surrendered to the Union, but. in respect to the portion thos surrendered, the sovereignty of the Union is paramount and supreme The fereier geographical position of New York gies ber the immediate connection by water between t and the Jakes, commanding the most extensive trade on the continent, and by surrendering the benefit which sho imight have derived she is entitled te some return. New York hae paid into the coffers of the general government $848 ,000,000 of custome gince the adoption of the consti tution. Is she not entitled to justice ond liberality in return? 4, New York has surrendered control over her naviga ble waters: for the Supreme Court of the United States has Cevided that oar latare coul4 noteyrant to Robert Fulton the exclusive right to age Wis invention for a term of years on the river which was the theatre of bis suc cess, Hor couki the pecessities of commerce overcome the legal objection of the Supreme Court to the erection of an A . The exer tee of thi right of he gener govornment jheral sense, ™ improv heed 3 and eapecially oy A maintaining the works necessary to protect the commerce lakes, i# the only adequate equivalent which can Se rendered to New York for her encriflocs ant eonces- ; qante ast amount of int unfair advantace over her eister States, either by jean’. minating tolls or otherwise, on the vart masses of proper ty bejouging to them and carried on her canals. 8. The success o alee York : “apa Neb ae» Prosper ’ rity of the Caton, « canals signatise her éntorp-1 tareagtiont the wort, igs