The New York Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1859, Page 4

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WALLS FOR THE | PACIFIC. Wew York Herald—California E@ition. ¢ United States mail steamship Moses Taylor, Captain | , will leave this port this afternoon, st two o'clock, Aspinwall. The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific | ill close at one o'clock this afternoon, The New Yorx Wexaty Heratp—California edition— the latest intelligence from all parts of the be published at ten o'clock in the morning. copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, six cents, will please send in thoir orders as carly as pos- eonta’ world | | | | | sible. | The News. | | | i The screw steamship City of Washington, which left Liverpool on the Sth inst., in the forenoon, arrived at this port early yesterday morning, bring- iug news from Europe four days later than that received by the Niagara at Boston, and interesting advices from India, Australia and Japan. The London money market was very seriously essed on the 3d and 4th inst., in consequence pointed political remarks made by { poleon to the Austrian Minister on | day, in opposition to the policy of the Emperor Francis Joseph in Italy. Consols ruled | | in London at 963 a 96} during the 4th For | the settlement on the &th of February the rates | A perfect panic prevailed on the Paris in consequence of the action of the Em- On the 3d inst. the three per closed ancs and 80 centimes. 1 werpool cotton market was heayy,at a | eenth of a penny per nd. | ominal quotations, in consequence | \ cents of the poor qualities offe Widespread political discontent prevailed in voleon to the effect that he openly disap- ¢ course of the Emperor of Austria, to give tone and strength to the revolu- y sentiment. was rumored ive a full erp . The sugge fadrid that Spain would soon y from Mexico for all her fon of Mr. Buchanan id to be highly in- and government. re Jeading London journals discussed the idea of an American protectorate over Mexico with evident favor, and some of the writers suggested that Spain, England and France should join the United States for the partition of the republic. Some additional arrestshad been made in Ireland, and it was asserted that the militia of the island was deeply tainted with disaffection. The Bombay mail of the 9th of November informs vs that Lord Clyde had defeated two large detach- | and that the Indian rebel- Nena Sahib and Tantia ments of the mutineer: lion was drav to a close. Topee were still at large. Our advices from Australia are dated at Sydney on the Mth and Melbourne the 16th of November, ‘Trade was dull at Melbourne, and the Sydney wool , Witha light supply. One ne thousand seven hundred old had been shipped for hundred and nine and be ounces “of g te of the 11th of De- cember, we learn that hundred thousand bags of coffee were on nd ther to 4.900 reis for good first. We learn that the Galway steamer Circ: h was to leave Galway on the Sth inst. Johns v ian, with ler the rman 8 oe Commodore i at the Navy Depart- port that the English and istantinople had protested g the Dardanelles, on ac- count of the United Sta the treaty of Paris. The high terms of the ¢! sf ties, who not only vi Fie asp Commodore speaks in ies of the Turkish anthor ited the Wabash. fons of esteem fo wart Nothing ef es' proceedings of Cc Senate confirr erto Japan, made a nwy sular and other appointments. In the State ate a resolution was introduced esterday inquiring into the constitutionality of the et of 1851 abolishing tolls on railroa ting the opinion of the Attorney General on the subject. The comznittee having the subject ander consideration reported in favor of the pas- sage of a resolution to memorialize Congress for a return of the money expended by the Canal Board in the construction of the breakwater at Buffalo ive ud Harris er of con- missioners, have resigned their positions, deem- 8 of no further use to the State We have copies of their letters of resignation, which | Want of space compels us to omit. There y excited meeting of the Aca demy of Medicine last evening. The cause of the death of Mr. Samuel 8, Whitney and his treatment by Dr. Horace Groen were warmly discussed. Ante- mortem and post mortem examinations of the de was a cedent were presented by Drs, Mott, Beales and | others. The safety of probang and catheter treat ment for throat diseases was contested. port in another column. The Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., ex-Mayor delivered an interesting lecture on evening, at the Calvary Baptist chure: a very respectable audience present, and among other notable citizens, we obseived the Right Reverend Bishop Potter. lecture in another column. The Police Commissioners yesterday received the resignation of officer Batty, of the First ward, Brooklyn, and appointed Andrew Drake in his place. Dennis R. Parker, of the First precinct, New York, was dismissed for improper conduct with a lady, who, it is said, thrashed him soundly Vide re ce Toure Fast Mex; | y | men to whom w. | Hemburg; | rior quality of the offerings prices di | veal calve | the same as last week. Sheep and lambs were ac- | tive at somewhat lower prices, while the receipts ‘ | nd the intimation given to Baron Hubner { were at 4.700 that | alette, of the | not being a party to | id re- | rs. Hall and Bowne, two of the Quarantine | We give a sketch of the | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1859. | for his impudence. “Wm. Carrington, of the Second precinct, was dismissevl for insubordination. Edwin Tl. Gouge resigned. 'Tige Board have one hundred | and fifty appointments to make out of four hundred well recommended applicants. | Professor Mitchell delivered, at the Academy of |: in ic last evening, the second lecture in his course re Thongh speaking without a note to 2 held the audience in wrapt {past seven until nine o'clock, ‘ained and clear enunciation of his attention from with an unres | subject. The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday, but transacted little beyond the usual routine busi- | ness. The number of emigrants arrived since the | commencement of the present year was 1,233, , Which shows a decrease of 822 as compared with | the same time Jast year. There is a decrease of the number of inmates in the public institu- | tions this year compared with last. As no pay- m have been made by the Commissioners since | the first of January the commutation fund is on the iner » being now $7,984 85. A resolution com- | plimentary to E. D. Morgan, Esq., who was former ly a member of the commission, was passed. The Board of Edneation, ata meeting held las evening, passed a resolution appointing a committee to visit Albany. The business of the committee is to examine and report to the Board on any De | Pos sed legislation in reference to sc! sche rol matte | | | | ing into the ama | ferred to the con authority to gi The Spe on that insti sary infor nittee of the Board of Alder- > referred the matter of consider- and reporting on the practicability of removing iph poles from the streets and having the lines under ground, held a meeting in reference to the subject rerday. Charles Robinson, the Su- | perintendent of the New York Fire and Police Telegraph lines, stated that he knew a similar ex- periment to be tried unsuccessfully in the city of and he also knew Professor Jacobi, of St. Petersburg, to have lines enclosed in glass and encased in wood laid down in St. Petersburg, bat they could not be got to work well, and turned out a failure. Peter Cooper and others connected with the Union, Amer ud other telegraph compa- nies, were present, and urged the impracticability of laying subterranean lines in the manner pro- posed, on the grounds that the expense of trying such an experiment would deprive many of the citizens who now use the telegraph of that advan- tage altogether, and involve all companies own- ing the lines in such an amount of expendi might ruin some of them, and would The committee said they would consider the mat- ter, and report their views accordingly. The market for beef cattle was dull yesterday, and in consequence of the large receipts and infe- eclined nearly a cent a pound on all descriptions. First class cattle ‘old at the close at 9tc. a 1004, with but few sales at | the latter quotation. The general selling price was about &$c. The number on sale during the week was 4,017 head. For cows and calves there was a good demand at unaltered rates. The demand for active, the recefpts less, and prices Cc were toa fair extent. The receipts of swine dur- ing the week were heavy, and the demand tolerably active for heavy corn fed hogs, although prices slightly declined. The market generally was dull for poor small hogs, of which there was a large sup- | ply offering. In the General Sessions yesterday John Carey, alias White, pleaded guilty to stealing a watch | from Wim. H. Hartwell, and was sent to the State | prison for two years. Arthur Marcyski, alias | Marsh, a very respectable looking young man, was | tried for stealing $32 from Nicholas Howard on the lst of January. The jury had not agreed at a late hour last evening, and the City Judge locked them | up for the night. Judge Russell has disposed of the | cases remaining over at the last term, together with | all the indictments which the present Grand Jury have presented. The Grand Jury handed ina num- ver of bills yesterday, to which the prisoners plead- | ed not guilty, and were remanded for trial. The cotton market was active and buoyant yesterday, { with sales of about 7,000 bales, 2,000 a 3,000 of which | were in trangitu. The market closed firm on the basis of | about 12c. per Ib. for middling uplands. Flour was firm- er, and closed at an advance of 5c. a 10c., and in some cases of 15c. per bbl., chiefly, however, for State and Western grades. Wheat was firmer, with fair sales. Corn | closed at 88c. a 883z¢. for Western mixed, and at 87c. for | new Southern yellow. Pork was firmer, with more ac- | tivity in sales, which included new mess, on the spot, at | $17 75 a $18, and for dolivery in May and April at $18 25 | a$18 30. Prime soldat $13 25. Lard was firm, with roore doing. Sugars were firm, with sales of about 1,000 | nde. and 590 boxes, at rates given in another column, Coffee was firm, with sales of 2,000 mats Java and 500 bags Maracaibo at prices given in another place. Freights were unchanged and engagements moderate. The Cuba Question in Commercial Circles— A Living Issue Among the Politicians, It is becoming daily more evident that the course adopted by the President in regard to the question of the acq m of Cuba is founded updn evidence from Madrid that a negotiation is feasible, and may be carried to a snccessfal con- clusion. Like a prudent general, he has deter- \ mined not to begin operations until he has in band all the attainable elements of success, chief among which is the possession of means, Which will not make the first payments after the pur- | chase subject to the dilatory action of Congress, which would be further drawn-out by a discus- | sion of the question of acquisition under its do- mestic aspects. The determination of this ques- tion should precede, and not follow, negotiation. commercial and financial circles of New almost, if not quite, unanimous in favor i the aequisition of Cuba, if it can be obtained by peaceable means. They are in favor of com- mitting the President to the policy of negotia- | tion, and of making his position on that policy as | strong as it can be made through grauting | money and authority, to be used only in the legitimate channels of peace. There is |a strong feeling of selfishness at the ; bottom of this feeling, in the monetary circles; for it is well known that the commercial interests, asa general thing, would rather lose any great principle inthe abstract than by supporting it | risk two and a half per cent on a present trans- | action. In the present instance selfishness and | principle combine in favor of the effort to acquire | Cuba by peaceable negotiation. Merchants and financiers both sce that some greut social com- | motion is necessary for a revival of business, and | anew era of prosperity and speculation, that will | enable them to getup more railroad schemes, | land operations, and brown stone palaces. The } present slackwater feeling in trade must be re- | moved by a strong stimulus from some outside quarter. when they know I it; and it is pretty well known | now, that gold mining involves the hardess kil of work, The monetary classes are aware, therefore, that some other mental stimulus to labor than gold washing must be looked for to set the masses in motion. acquisition of Cuba and a protectorate in Mexi- co—visions of tine baciendas, new sources of trade and profit, sites for beautifal towns and prosper- ous cities; projects for railroads and land granis, and farms aud property purchased for a sony, to be sold for a fortune, the masses in motion, and put the whole com- mercial and financial world upon its pins again. The old political backs do not like it. They are always afraid that new issues will bring new men to the surfaee, and jostle them from their comfortable quarters in the public crib. The moment a politician gets inte a comfortable place he must live upon the record of his past achievements. He docs not know how things are going to turn ifa new fight comes up; and besides, if he has to give up part of bis salary to supply the sinews of war, and buckle on his ar- mor of newspaper quotations and go to work, he has no time ie {t him to enjoy past triumphs. This is the the old quisition of wba by purchase. And then, too, look at the disadvantage of spending thirty mil. lious of doMars in Madrid, when we can jnst as easily find plenty of ways of spending it at home. This, no doubt, is the reason of Colonel Webb's opposition to that tampering with the Spanieh government which he calls “bribery.” fit was to be spent in Washington now, he could have another chance to show his patriotic desire to keep open house and give good dinners next winter at the capital, just for the expenses. With the filibusters the opposite reason operates. They oppose any attempt to purchase Cuba, be- cause its success would destroy their last chance of a fight. Central America is about played out for them; and Mexico has large tracts of unin- habited lands and walled cities—two very unde- sirable things for a filibusier force. Besides that, the Mexicans do not want them, while the bad government of Cuba leads the Cubans to desire any change, even a filibuster one. The “Pearl of the Antilles” is the north star of the filibus- ters. Bring it into the galaxy of the Union, and the needle of their compass would then point homeward. In every aspect in which it is viewed, the ques- tion to authorize the purchase of Cuba, now be- fore Congress, is the great living question of the day. It threatens to change the front of all par- ties, and to utterly disconcert and disorganize the sectional factions, both North and South. The black republican cohorts of the North are already in confusion, Their rank and file are deserting rapidly; and if itis made a political issue they will not have a corporal’s guard left for the fight in 1860. The question for the lead- ers to decide now is whether, if the President gets the thirty millions proposed by Mr. Slidell— which he is likely to do—can he effect the pur- chase before that year? Menacing Relations of Austria and France Baron Hubner Snubbed by Louls Napo- leon, The voleanic condition of Italy has latterly given cause for a good deal of apprehension to European statesmen. We do not allude to the indications observed in Naples, where the pres- sure of despotism is most felt. There it is natu- ral that ihe evidences of discontent should be continually forcing themselves upon our atten- tion. They are the inevitable results of a system which, having reached its worst climax, can Tow only be remedied by the radical changes which revolution brings in its train, We speak rather of those menacing symptoms which, breaking out simultaneously over the whole of Italy—in constitutional Piedmont as well as in the Austrian territories—-show that throughout the entire framework of Italian society the revo- lutionary fever is burning with a ficreeness that cannot be much longer held in check. Where, as in the case of Ristori and the students of the University of Pavia, we find the Italian governments compelled to carry their restrictive measures into the domains of art and public ruction, it is evident that a political convulsion must be near at hand. That this time it will involve in its throes ull classes of Italians, from the highest to the lowest, may be gathered from the fact that whilst in 1848 the middle and lower orders in Lombardy remained indifferent to the rev olutionary movement, they now share in the i and discontent which animated at that time but one section of society. That this state of things bes been brought about by other influences than those incident to the policy of the Italian governments has long been evident. The exceptional state of things existing in Naples would not in itself be suffi- cient to account for it, for that has been so strongly condemned by the other European Powers that it could hardly furnish a pretext for the excitement which prevails throughout the rest of Italy. In the Lombardo-Venitian provinces the Austrian government has so mo- dified its policy that its rule, compared with that which existed previous to the year 1848, may be said to be almost a golden one. The condition of the Roman States is neither belter nor worse than it was before the revolntion, and with the exception of the Mortara case, which is no unuenal incident of ecclesiastical despotism, nothing special has ovcurred to revive the vin- dictiveness ef the Italian republicans against the Pope. To what, then, are we to attribute the present highly excited state of Italy, tending, as it manifestly does, to an outbreak of the most general and formidable character. The coquettings of France with Piedmont have been justly viewed with suspicion. ‘The visits of Victor Emanuel and Count Cavour to Paris had «political significance which no mere pretences of courtesy could explain. We heard, through our correspondents, of long conferences between the Emperor and the Sardinian Premier on Tialian questions, for which no existing complications seemed to afford a color of neces sity. It occurred to us at the time that Louis Napoleon was laying the foundation of a line of policy in regard to Italy, which, under the pre- It is this conviction that induces so many of | tence of furthering the interests of a separate them to endeavor to push the Fraser river, | Pike’s Peak and Arizona gold discovery excite- | ments. But great eras never reproduce them- | selves through the same channels. Tie gold ex- | citement has been played out. People have | learned that though there may be a great deal of gold in the earth under their feet, il is ueces- | tary to throw off tie superincumbent strata, dig | out the golden mud, carry it on their backs to the | river, wash it out ina rocker, and then sell the | glittering particles, subject to being cheated in the weight. All this involves aa immense deal of hard work, which people Italian nationality, was intended to carry out the Cis-Alpine projects and dynastic views of his uncle, Since that period—now nearly three years— uo freeh events have occurred to stir up the pa- triotic fervor of the Italians. Sardinia, it is true, has been endeavoring to provoke Austria to ag- gression; but that Power, sccing the trap that has been laid for her, has prudently avoided all inducements to a breach. She has confined her- self to a policy strictly defensive, aud has relax- ed as much as possi! of her rale in her Italian prov find the re : Still, we Such a stimulns would be found in the | These hopes would set | | puldican party in Maly actively working out ity | objects by the vid 0 tofluenose that could only ‘be brought to bear through the eoapivence of Sardinia aud France; and now we are told that the whole of the Ttalias peninsala & ripe for a | movement, which only awaits a signal trom those two Powers to commoce. Taken in coiscotion with these fiets, the report of the slight ottered'by Louis Napoleon to | the Austrian ambassador, Barou Hubner, on | New Yeas’s Day, has disquieting imports | It reminds one of ificant maneer of his uncle towards the ministers: acer ed to him, when his intentions tow their governments were assuming a hostite shape. According to the statement of the London Zimes, the words employed, iu them- selves suficieutly marked for such a purpose, were rendered still more emphatic by the e tone in which they were uttered, and w! foreign to the Exnperor’s general manner, Itis no wonder that, coming from a monarch usually so guarded and measured in his lao- guage, the effect of this insult-—-for such it must be deemed—was to immediately produce a most depressing effect on the French and Englieh funds. There is good eause, in our opinion, for the ap- prebensions which this act would indicate. The Emperor is driven by the necessities of his posi- tion to seek some sort of foreign occupation for the minds of his people, alienated as they are becoming by the despotism of his mea- sures at home. The fruity of his Stalian policy, which have been maturing for the last three years, are now ripe aud ready to be gathered. The Servian complication arrives aprpos to enable him to pick a quarrel with Austria, and to set the machinery of his Cis-Al- pine projects in motion. Under the pretence of compelling the Italian government to yield to the demands of their subjects for reform, he no doubt means to puch an army into Italy and as- sume the protectorate of the smaller States. Once in the military occupation of the Italian peninsula, what is to prevent him carrying out there thé completion of his uncle’s schemes? There are, besides, reforms in the Roman church, which it would be natural as well as good policy on his part to further. There are vast numbers of sincere Catholics who would gladly see the Pope stripped of the attributes of temporal sovereignty and confined to bis spiritual juris- diction. It is not improbable that some such idea as this has presented itself to the Emperor's mind, in connection with his Italian policy. He is too practical a man to covet mere traditional honors; and if, ag it is said, he desires to revive the dignity of King of Rome for his son, he may seek to combine with it as much of the substan- tial advantages of royalty ascaa be gathered from the spoils,of the church and the petty sove- reigns of Italy. ea eg Sevator Ciineman anv tHE CiLayton-BuL- wer Treaty.—It appears that quite a commo- tion has been stirred up among the little fussy clique of fire-eaters and filibusters at Washing- ton, in consequence of the natural and polite in- guiries, through this journal, addressed to Mr. Senator Clingman, in reference to the origin of ecrtain scandalous persons) accusations which have found their way into ihe newspapers, in connection with the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. But we can tell the parties implicated that there is every reason to believe that the author or authors of these false reports will be sought for till detected, and held to a rigid accountability. To aid the memory of our readers we may briefly designate the character of the offence in ques tion. It is well known that at the last sessjon of Congress a motion of Mr. Clingman (then a mem- ber of the House) to abrogate the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty very decidedly failed. As Chairman on Foreign Affairs, this rebuff to Mr. Clingman was doubtless somewhat annoying; but, as we intimated at the time, the fault was his own, in having neglected to consult the administration upon the subject, charged with the management of these delicate Central American affairs. It is also well known that during the present session, Mr. Clingman, as a member of the Senate, upon a similar motion to abrogate the aforesaid treaty, has met with a similar repulse. From these facts certain undisclosed parties, sympathizing with the silly schemes of the filibusters, have been very industrious in thc!r inventions to account for the milk in thie cocoa nut. The most despicable of these inventions has recently been published in an obscure paper at New Orleans, and in a would-be Puritanical, but somewhat unserupu- lous, journal of this the administration, at first avor of the abro- gation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, changed its views, when least expected, and was thus in- fluenced by a dist’nguished lady attached to one of the diplomatic legations at Washington. The reader will at once detect in this mean and in- sidioug assault upon the President a gross and most despicable attuck upon the unoffending and estimable lady thus drawn into this scandalous fabrication. In every civilized country there is an unwrit- ten law, which is regarded as sacredly binding upon honorable men as constitutions and trea- ties—it is that law which exempts the female sex from the squabbles of politics and diplomacy. The most flagrant violation of this general law in this country has been reserved for the cate- rers and the publishers of the two journals we have indicated. In this matter these offending newspapers have betrayed themselves to be as destitute of principle as they are of the public confidence and support. But in casting abont for the origin of the base and infamous accusa- tion in the premises, a public suspicion, strange- ly cnough, perhaps, has fixed the thing upon some member of Congress; and still more un- justifiably, no doubt, Madame Ruiaor has point- ed her long bony finger at the chivalrous Sena- tor from North Carolina, Mr. Clingman. Doubting, disbelieving and repudiating this rumor, and confident of a prompt and satisfac- tory confirmation of this decision, we have ap- pealed to Mr. Clingman for his testimony. He has not yet replicd; he may probably think this rumor against him unworthy of notice; but we observe, in the meantime, that the mouthpieces of the Washington clique of filibusters have be- come very boisterous and abusive. This is a matter of no consequence, The main point of this business is thie—that an inquiry, as we are informed, has been resolved upon for the respon- sible author of this aforesaid scandalous fabrica- tion, and that it will be pushed until the princi- pal offending party shall have been discovered. ‘Then, next in order, we may probably hear of an affair at Bladensburg or on the Canadian fron- tier, which will put a stop to such mean and sneaking offences against the laws of social life in Washington as this which we have been dis- enssing. And #0, for the Prevent, we drop the subject, and await the next scene in the drama The Revolution tu Haya. The reeent intellige rom the Island of St. Domingo, whieh we b alrendy published, ia- Hicates that the revolution which has just taken plaee there, though perfeetly natural and to be cxpected, muy affeet the destinies of that island more seri (ian any which has pre- ceded it since the successful negro Insurrection of 1791, being nothing Jess than the overthrow of Faustin Sonlonyue’s empire and the declara- tion of a new Haytien republic. The preclamation of the Emperor Vaustia, forbidding all persons, whetber natives or foreigners, residing in the island, and evea strangers passing through the country, to eon- verse on nytiters of polities, or to spread any fa- formation in regard to the acta of the govern- ment, is now understood, By mens of nume- rous spies the government has lois been aware of the formation of secret clab:, especially in the north, and a rising bas been antici- pated. Rumor, however, reported that nothing would be done until Pebraary, This was pretty generally understood among all classes, al- though where, how and on what authority the rumor arose it is impossible to ascertain, The revolt seems to have commenced at a most opportune moment, when labor of every sort was suspended, in consequence of the Christ- mas holidays, which are celebrated with an entire cessation of all work throughout the Yrench portion of St. Domingo, and when the idle population of the country were crowding iowards the cities and villages, ripe for either fun or mischief. Should the army remain firm to Soaloaque, there may be come fierce battles fough’ ia the vicinity of Port au Prince, and mach biood shed. The fidelity of the army, however, cannot be relied upon. They are b clothed, badly armed, and miserably fed, and ‘with so small a pay that they are almost obliged to plunder in order to live. Many are forced into the ranks against their wishes. On the hills and in secluded places whole communities live under no control of any government, and although ac- knowledging the Emperor at Port au Prince as their ruler, no defereuce is paid to his com- mands. The imperial troops incessantly make inroads for the purpose of impressing these sons of the wilderness into the army; and of such unwilling recruits a large part of the army is composed. It is said, however, that Soulouque has the power of making those immediately about his person firm friends; this power will now be tried. Geflrard, his antagonist, who is reported as being at the head of the revolutionary move- ment, is a man somewhat advanced in years; his hairs are gray, and he has the appearance of having seen a good deal of life. His manners are very popular, and he is a favorite of the people, so much so, indeed, that once before he was on the point of being arrested by the pre- sent Emperor. Soulouque bas always opposed the influence of foreigners. Geffrard, on the contrary, favors it, and endeavors to gain the confidence and esteem of strangers. He is nearly black, but still has some white blood in his veins, Ever since the island came under negro rule its circumstances have been getting worse and worse; its productions have declined; its finan- cial condition has been miserably bad for many years, and iis government, continually inter- rupted by internecine feuds, has become so cor- ‘rupt and imbecile. that the island presents at this moment every evidence of a return to bar- barism—even to a fulling off in its population. This, perhaps, is not to be wondered at; nor can it be expected that ander any phase of revolution through which it may pass, short of its government by white men, a better state of things will exist there. It matters little whether the old negro emperor shall regain his sove- reign position, or that Hayti, like Dominica at the other side of the island, shall become an independent republic—while the present races are dominant in St. Domingo, that beautiful and fertile island must remain a blot upon the civili- zation of Western India.- Soulouque, since his elevation to supreme power, has exercised it notoriously for selfish and corrupt purposes—a fact which, added to his cruel and unsparing character, had engendered discontent among his aggrieved and plundered subjects. There was one circumstance, however, which, more than any other, may have strengthened the disaffection which has resulted in the late revo- lution; and that is the financial difficulty which arose about a year ago out of the swindle and abeconding of the broker, Reimbaud, who car- ried off a million of dollars, and plunged the island into commercial ruin. It will be remem- bered that Soulouque was freely charged with having aided his escape, owing, it was said, to certain financial transactions of his own in con- nection with Reimbaud or. his friends, Certain it is that Soulouque, though quick enough to se- cure and punish political malefactors, permitted Reimband to evade justice and bring destruc- tion upon nearly all the commercial prosperity of the empire. At that time we represented these facts as tliey existed; whereupon the official organ of his Sable Majesty indignantly abused the New York Hrranp, and charged it with base and ignoble attempts to ruin Haytien credit, and all that sort of thing. Nevertheless, the condition of Hayti has been getting worse since that period. Whatever con- fidence its negro master possessed seems to have departed from him; and another change of government has been the consequence. For a long time past the English and French jour- nals have been exercising themselves about the designs of this country on St. Domingo, and threatening a union of opposition in Europe to the extension of the Monroe doctrine to that island. It was said that the United States was endeavoring to degrade the negro gov- ernment of Hayti for sinister purposes, and to spoil the interesting experiment going on there of the negro capacity for self-government under two separate forms of institutions. We fear that when the Haytiens go through a few more revolutions the experiment will show that, like Mexico and Central America, they re- quire some strong and firm government to bring the island out of chaos, Tue Cuna Question axp THE Democratic Press.—If anything were needed beyond the proofs which we have heretofore advanced, to establish our accusations of the imbecility, in- competency and stupidity of the democratic prees of the country, the necessary evidence is furnished in the weak and wishy-washy course of the party journals upon the new Cuba movement in Congress. Our democratic cotemporarics perceive that this movement has created a prodigious sensation of alarm suiong the organs of the republican camp, ond -_ cannot fail to see tha! 1¢ is duly necessary for the domoeracy in Congress, and she party press all over the country, to stand firmly together upon the Culm movement, in order to reunive aud copsulidate the party; and yet, we can hardly find a democratic jourual possessed of the requisite courage to speak above a whisper, or without some if, or but, or sneaking qualificw- tivo, upon this great question of life or deat to their cause. They have been. spoiled by the spoils; and they have become so dependent upon the spoils, and so ivtent upea the spoils upoa which they feed at the public crib, that they are utterly disqualified to think er speak upon any iesne of a larger calibre. Perhaps if eve or two of these over cautious democratic organs were put upon a short allewance of spoils for # while, they and the whole tribe would be brought to their senses. Nor do we suppose there can be any objection to the experiment, because of the principle that the fellow whose grab depends upon the administration should not be allowed to eat the bread of idleness, while others, whe get nothing and ask nothing, are doing all the work, Waar Wai rae Brack Rerupiicans Do Asovur tax Cuna 110N?—The proposition of the administration side of Congress, to place at the disposal of the President the sum of thirty millions of dollars, to be applied to the purchase of the Island of Cuba, has presented a new and somewhat perplexing question to the opposition. The subject is attracting universal attention throughout the country, and for the time it has obliterated all the old political issues. The main question in political circles now is, what will be the course of the opposition in regard to the new phase of the Cuba question? All the manufac- turers, all the great merchants, the leading bankers, the prominent financiers throughout the country, regard the movement with deep interest. They favor a policy which will open a new mar- ket, and stimulate trade beyond anything that has ever taken place here before. Such an out- side pressure as they will bring to bear upon Seward and the other leaders of the black repub- lican party will be difficult to withstand. There is, it appears, a good deal of reluctance on the part of the opposition leaders in taking any po- sition upon the matter, and no little division of opinion as to the proper course to be pursued. We learn from authentic private correspondence that were Governor Banks, of Massachusetts; in Con- gress, he would favor the proposition of the administration; but none of his confréres who are there have made up their minds about the mat- ter. Thus the attitude of the black republicens per se is one of doubt and uncertainty. The ultra abolition wing of the party iz, of course, dead against the acquisition of Cuba through any means whatever; but more practical republican politicians will think twice before they assume anattitude of open hostility, They have pre- sented to them the most important political question of the century, and they cannot dodge the issue without being overwhelmed by it. This is a fact that they are quite well acquainted with; and so the question recurs, what are they going to do about it? There is no half-way course open—they must be for or against it. “Under which king, Bezonian? Speak or dic.” THE LATEST NEWS. AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Acquisition of Cuba—What the Pros pect Is. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasnixaron, Janu. 19, 1859. ‘The fact that the readiness of the two committces on Foreign Relations to report bills, similar in form to the Slidell proposition, to givo the President thirty millions towards the purchase of Cuba, was produced by the reve- lation on the part of the President of secret information received by him that a negotiation was feasible and might ‘be successful, if properly initiated, has caused a great sen- sation here in the diplomatic and political circles, Diplomatists begin to see that the purchase of Cubs would completely change the aspect of many of their Pending questions with our government, and of tho schemes regarding this country. Some of them, who have a personal knowledge of the Spanish Court, admit that in Madrid almost anything is possible. They do noo doubt the fact that the President has such information, and are most anxious to learn the particulars of it. Fur- ther revelations, however, would only lead to a defeat of the negotiations, and they will not be made. Senor Tassara, the Spanish Minister here, is in a con- stant state of perplexity and anxiety. When he first camo he announced that if any one spoke to him on the subject of selling Cuba, he would take it as an insult, and if the Secretary of State adverted to the subject he would at once ask for Lis passports. Now ho is on thorns to know who is the Spanish statesman that is to be approached with the thirty millions. In political circles the sensation is even greater than in the diplomatic ones. It is now evident that on the Cuba question the Bemocrats will present an unbroken front, and the feeling is spreading that it will break up and anni- hilate the opposition in the North, if it is permitted to be- come a party question. A suggestion bas been started among the republicans that they shall all yote for the Slidell proposition, and thus throw it out of the political And get it into the diplomatic field, where it will certaimly take two if not three years to work it out to any.concla- sion. This will throw it over until after 1860, when it ie not much matter what happens. Seward is known to have stated that he would vote for the admisaion of Cuba; so has Giddings, of Ohio, Mr. Doolittle, of Wiscovein, is in favor of the acquisition. T aim informed that Governor Chage, of Ohio, has written to Senator Wade that if the Cuba question is a part of the political canvass in 1860 the republicans will lose that State. Male laughs at the idea of his fighting Cuba. . The plan of action proposed for the republicans on the thirty millions question is to follow the same course that they did on the British outrages question last summer, and go in for it even stronger than the democrats. Its advocates say that such a proceeding only commits thom to a peaceable acquisition, which may be impossible, while it will divide the South, as the northern lim of slave States fear that a large Cuba migration would carry off their slaves. There will yet be some curious jump! on this question. DESPATCHES FROM COM. LAVALLETTE—THE IRVIN IMPEACHMENT CASE—THE YUBLIC PRINTING—RE- DUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF NAVY YARDS—(ON- FIRMATIONS, EC., ETC. Wasurxator, Jan. 19, 18. The Navy Department received despatches this moning from Commander Lavallette, of the Wabash, dated Gaon, Dec. 20, He communicates nothing further in regard u the difficulties at Beyrout, having left there immediately ifter the date of last letter. He gives a succinct account ¢ his recent visit to Constantinopic, and flatly contradicts the statements in English and French journals that preests were made by the European legations against the rigit pass the Dardanelles, because the United States was .ot a party to the treaty of Paris. Every attention was him by the Turkish authorities, who not only visited Wabash, but expressed themselves in the warmest. rms: of our people, The House Judiciary Committee meet daily, ant are making considerable progress in the Irwin impeactment case. Today they cxamined District Attorney Roverts, of Pittsburg, but nothing of importance was elicited, Hite examination will be continued to morrow. ‘The select committce on the late Superintendent of Pub- lic Printing are examining witnesses and probing thy cam- duct of that officer. They have subponaed a iargenum- ber of witnesses. The present Superintendent ptesnts & strong array of facts and figures. ‘The Sepate went into executive session to-day axd ro- ferred a humber of appointments, They alse, eonirmed & large number, viz.—Townvend Harris, Miniser to Japan, and the following Consuls:—D, Waiker, Wis, to Genon; BH. Apthon, N. ¥., at Patayla, @. 7 Togmham,