The New York Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1859, Page 4

4 nn ESET EESEEENSENIETIN NEW YORK HERALD. JaMBS CORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, FULTON aND WAS8AU GTS. OFPICB N. W. CORN PERUSE. cosh in aclronce riak of the vender. Postage stamps not r wn TH DAILY RERALD ted conts par copy. $1 per annum. TUE WEEKLY DERALD, woory Seturday at ma cents per copy, 0° Spor annum ; the Buropern Eilithon svere Wednew! Gd mia conte per copy $4 per anauin to any part of Great Brterin or 85 w ony part of the Continent beth to include postage the Money sent by mail will be at the “4 Aw yh subscription California Edition on he Bib anc Mh of ad wis cone per_copy or $1 50 per annum THE FAMILY HERALD, on Wednesday, at four cents per pop), oF BP joer anmam Velume XXIV No. Ut AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. AOADFMY OF MUSIO, Fourteenth street. —Irattaw Overs -~Nogma. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broatway.—Antoxy AND Ctno- PATHA. ROWERY TALATRE, Bowery. Crrima. METROPOLTFAN THEATAS (Lato Burton’s),—Mases AxD Feces—1o0 Once Ben Gornam—Porgo—Noman WALLACK'S THSATRE, Broadway.—Don Cassar ps Bszar—Hox anv Cox UA KERNP'S THRATRE, No, 521 Broadway.—Mip- ex Boar's De TATRE FRANCAIS, 585 Sroadway.—La Guice a ise. BAKSUM'S AMRRIQAN MUSEUM, Brosdway.—A\er- noon aud Mvenibg—Our Leia Counax. WOOR'S MINSTREL BUILDING, £41 and 563 Broadway.— Afternoon and Kvening--fratortam Soxas, Daxces, &¢.— KRroKN OF Tae RaGuEnt. BRYAMTS’ MINSTRELS MB way.—Incko Sonas, Ao CLINTON Batt, OnomwaeL asp Cons AWTOR 1 Ali 637 Broad- past Burr. 's LcreRE on Brooklyn, RLESQ ATHENS ZUM. Ra es, B Mew Yor, Mon The News. The letter of our correspondent at San Francis- co, published in to-day’s paper»eontains interesting details of vs from California to the 28th ult., and t The receipts of gold ving, and were from F dust at San Fran expected to increase largely as the season ad- vanced. The arrival of heavy cargoes of goods from all quarters, together with the fact that twenty veesels from domestic Atlantic ports were nearly due, had caused considerable dulness in the markets, anda decline in prices of most descrip- i ons of merchondise. By the artival of the bark Clara Wiudsor, Capt. McEwen, at this port yesterday, we have advices from Port au Prince to the 12th instant. The goy- ernment of President Geffrard was improving, and the Assembly was to convene on the day the Clara Windsor sailed. The coffee crop was very promising. The steamship Vanderbilt, which left this port on Saturday for Southampton and Havre, anchored in the lower bay till noon yesterday, when she pro- ceeded on her voyage. She took out passen- gers. The City of Baltimore, which sailed on Baturdey for Liverpool, took out 236 passengers. The Easter festival was appropriately observed yesterday by the Roman Catholics and Episcopa- Yians. High Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick's cathedral by Archbishop Hughes, and Rey. Dr. Haight preac an appropriate discourse at Tri- nity. The ceremonies are described elsewhere in our columna. The new Broadway Tabernacle, located corner of Sixth avenne and Thirty-fourth street, was dedi. cated yesterday by the customary servicgs. Pro- fessor Park, of Andover College, preached in the morning, Rey. Dr. Storrs, of Brooklyn, in the after. noon, and the pastor, Dr. Thompson, in the evening. The new Welsh Calvanistic church in Thirteenth street, between Second and Third ayennes, was formally dedicated to Divine worship yesterday. Rey. Mr. Roberts preached the dedicatory sermon. A draft for ten thousand dollars has been ro ceived at the State Department, as an indemnifi- cation to the family of the seaman who was killed on board the Water Witch in 1855, by a shot fired from a Paraguayan fort when that steamer was on her way to explore the Parana river. On Saturday night a party of detective police officers made a descent upon the oyster saloon of N. D. Baxter, at the corner of Twenty-first street and Third avenue, and arrested Baxter, his wife, a German and a female named Butter, who oceupied aportmenta in the same honse. After securing their prisoners the officers searched the premises and found $201 in counterfeit three dollar bills on the Falmouth Bank, of Falmouth, Mass. The officers also found a counterfeit five dollar note on another bank in Baxter's pocket. They thon searched Bax- ter's residence in First street, and there discovered chemicals and apparatus for making and altering bank notes. The prisoners were locked up to await ap examination. The ancoxcd table shows the temperature of the atmosphere in this city during the past week, the range of the barometer and thermometer, the variation of wind onrrents, and the state of the weather at three periods during each day, viz: at 9 A.M., and 3 and 9 o'clock P. M. sco were in) wall Bu 17): Mong) Toes. 19 Wed../20 Tour ip Pri... (22.5 Bat. REMARKS, Saturday—Morning, cloudy ; afternoon, clear; night, cloar amd bright moonlight, Sunday—sorving, clear; afternoon, cloudy. Monday—Morning, cloudy; afternoon, overcast; night, clear aad moonlight. ‘Tuesday —Clenr all day; night, clear and moonlight. ci eanodony Morning, clear; afternoon, overoaat; night, ver, ‘Th rain Fr ‘Morning, overcnat: afternoon and night, rain. Saturdey—Morniog, heavy rain. Tao sales of cotton on Saturday embraced 2,000 baler, bout 700 or 860 of which were made in transitu. The merkct continued to be somewhat unacttled, while mid- dling uplonde were quoted at about 123¢¢e, Tho flour market continned dull for eoramon grades, while tho higher and choice extra brands continued without change of moment io quotations, and the sales were motorate. ‘Transactions in wheat were Jimited, including Weal. orn red at $1 45; white ditto at $1 65, and white Kentucky at $1 75 a $1 80. Corn waa unchanged and sales Limited, at 86c. 9 8%. for Jeresy and Southern yellow; 880. a 84c, for Southora white, and 820, a 8%0. for Western mixed. Pork waa in good demand with tolerably froe ealer, including new moss at $i7 18% 4817 25; thin mors at $16 25; primo do. at $15 76 6 #16; choice at $17, and prime at $12 62)¢, with sales of mew doliverable by the first and riddle of Octo- ber at $17. Poof and lard were in good demand and frm, Owing to the incletaency of the weather tha sales of su- ars Were moderate, being condned to about 400 hhda. at uncbanged prices. CoiTeo waa fem, with moderate sales. Preighis were Gull aod eogrgorouts moderate, ° Te Neono Free Svvra ‘aday—-Morning, clear; afternoon, overcast; night, ment of the State constitution, whereby the free negroes of the commonwealth will be ro. Meved of their present property qnalitcation restriction, and allowed a common footing at the polls with their white brethren, provided the people shall ratify this propesed ameudment. The bill was passed over to the Governor, if wo are not mistaken; and if 80 passed over to him, we dare aay that Gerrit Smith, Fred Douglass and all our “free colored Americans” would Uke to know what has been done with it. : Avexpwewt.— q Our late Legisloture pasted an act for an amend- | The Festorn Demeorracy—The Pennsyivania Betters—Mr. Douglas and the Admiuls- tration, “be ato ‘ate Conven' tor : f the natladminis- tra’ on demo rat. of Penosylvauia has orvated muh am on the pary regular camp, Th s, ne o the Washin ¢ n papers, guncrally rvoga ed as th: anointed organ of Mr. Dovgla- frankly declare that “we deplore this moy.uen beo use o the ivev) able defeat it will en alent @ democratic art,;” and this organ fu ier 6 ya, in reereoc’ t the fl roe autind- most atoo,an i-Lecom ton, ntislavery speech of Ven, Joho Hickman, at the said C oventic n, that— ‘d the treasonable doo!rine of Syward in the ‘and emphatic laoguag, aad § 10 declaration with the warmest ap.'ause. whutar fro this inotdeot? Must we provsre for an aoce between the Diack republi jrns and (have ft emocrats of Penosylvania? What is the par- so cf Mr. Forney and bis friea? Do dey aousae portacy to the opposition, or are they resolved w a there, a geod fob, to tbe demooratio pa ty? Do they pledge © support the nominecs of the Cb Ta the pame of the democraos of th sspecttully entreat a reply to those ta jirios In “reply to these inquirios,” the Philadelphia Press, the principal organ of these Pennsylvania hoherr, at the tail of a long harangue against the administration, answers substavtialiy:—1 Toat the States righ’s demooracy of Peunayl ania meditate no apostacy to the oppoaltion; That belicv ng the democratic party of the on will adhere to its traditions and cove- oants, these Pennsylvania bolters are resolved ‘oadkere to the party, “ protesting, however, azains) the insole:t assumption that the federal adminis ration is, in any respect, the representa- tive cf the democratic party;”’ 3. That this so- called States rights division of the Pennsyl_ vania democracy will support the nomiaces of the Charleston Convention, provided they shall be procla med the representatives of the “popu- lar ereiznty” platform of Mr. Douglas, but that “if, on the other hand, that Convention shall be committed, in any shape, to the theory” that “ths government is to be dedicated to the pro- pagation of elavery, then we shall unqueation- ably oppose its nominees.” The two conditions thus required to a reunion of these bolters with the national democratic eburch are—1. The absolute repudiation of the administration by the party; 2. The adoption of the squatter sovereiguty platform of Mr. Doug: las, That either of these conditions will be fal- filled by the Charleston Convention is clearly out of the question. Thus while it is manifest, from the tribuval designated for the settlement of these propositions, that in the interval to 1860 this division of the party ia Pennsylvania is to be kept open, it would appcoar that all hopes of a reunion at Charleston are cut of from the inkdmissible terms of peace herein pro- On the other hand, Mr. Senator Brown, of Mis- sissippi, has lately issued a manifesto, in which he declares that the rights of Southern men to take slaves into any of the Territories of the Union and to told them there having been es- tablished in the Dred Scott decision of the Su- preme Court, it is the duty ot the federal goy- ernment to afford ‘fair and adequate protection to slavery in the Territories.” Accordingly, Mr. Brown, upon this platform, is ready to co-ope- rate with the Northern democracy. Othorwise he is in favor of the utter abandonment by the South of the party in the North to the mercy of its enemies. We dare say, too, that a very | powerful majority of the leaders and managers | of the Southern democracy will new ery ‘amon’ to this ultimatum of Mr. Brown. Thus, then, stands the case. If the Charleston Convention shall fail to adopt the squatter sove- reignty platform of Mr. Douglas, his Northern followers will repeat the game of Van Buren of 1843; but if the Convention shall fail to proclaim the doctrine that it is the duty of Congress to protect slavery in the Territories, then the South- ern fire-eaters will cast the Charleston Presiden- tial ticket and the party headlong into the gulf of perdition. Thus the democratic party at Charleston will be driven into that narrow pass between Scylla and Charybdis; but still it may be saved. All these quarrels in the camp tpon principles, nice abstractions, State rights and what not, may be traced to personal rivalries for the spoils, or to personal disappointments concerning the spoils. And the only policy whereby the Charleston Convention can save the party is the soothing policy of the spoile. In. this view the compromises of 1852 at Baltimore will be found eminently advisable at Charleston, in- cluding—1. A general amnesty to all sectional ang factions offenders, and their recognition in the Convention upon a footing of equality. 2- The dropping of all the contesting candidates for the Presidential office, and a nomination that will be a surprise to the man himself—and the selection of a mean whose comparative political obscurity will afford the highest re- quisite of availability. Lastly. with regard to the platform, a few “glittering generalities,” admissible of several interpretations, according to the old successful tactics of the party, will do—the great over- shadowing, paramount bond of cobesion, disci- pline and harmony, being the good old bond of the spoils. Upon this plan of operations the broken fragments of the party may be reunited in 1860, ag they were reunited in 1852; and Tlickman of Pennsylvania, and Brown of Miasis- sippi, Wise and Hunter, Davis and Douglas, Cobb and Stephens, Slidell and Soulé, and Geo. W. Bowman and John W. Forney, and all the cliques “and factions concerned, may be rehar- monized as a band ofbrothers, Bat in default of the broad and comprehensive treaty indicated the proceedings of the Charleston Convention will be the funeral obsequies of the democratic party. Meantime, as the party has been broken into fragments from the efforts of factious leaders and cliques to destroy the administration of Mr. Buchanan, he at least is relieved from all further obligations to eave the pieces. In any event his \Cministration is secure; and he has nothing more to wk. He may regard the existing squab- bles and divisions of the party with regret, bnt eo far as they are directed Sgainst his adminis tration, he can afford to contemplate them with indifference. Our Axnvan Locan Up td.—-The social revolution usually attending the let of May af fords this year an unueual embarrassment in view ofthe occurrence of the all important moving day on Sunday. The merehants and those doing hank- | ing business seem inclined to apply their gencral rule of transacting on Saturday businces which | Otherwise would fall on Sunday; while others think that the landlords bave no more right to the half day than themselves, and are not willing to Vacate until Monday. So far as regards the right of the matter, it is plain that a tenant fs entitled to ocoupy premises only #0 long as he pays for their use, The safest course for either land- Jord or tenant is to yield a little, aud thas save NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1859, unneoeseary trouble, There wilt be injury enough | golut A slullar arresgement, some foar yours to bouses and furn'ture ‘n the regular course of moving, witbout having one’s temper damaged besides. Opexnsa oy THE CANALS AND THe CHANNELS or Trayer.—The balmy aire of spring bare re- leased the canals from the chains of winter, and all the avenues of trade are now open to the throng ng crowds of commerce, Railroads are crowded with merchants and travellers moving to and fro in porsuit of profit or pleasure; the docks and barges are piled wth goods, rushing to supply the exhausted marts of the couatry; th river banks are vocal with the whistle of the passing steamers ; expressmen and railroad agents are ‘na hurry of delight at the rash of business; hotels are crowded with guests; sum- mer resorts are beiog newly painted aad re- vamped for the coming season; traders are jo- cund over their sccumalating profl'a; specula- tors are full of bope at the signa of war ia the Old World, and peace and pleaty in the New; and everybody looks and feels as though a good year’s business has prosperously begun. Such is the pioture of New York to-day, and New York is a perfect reflex of the whole coun- try. It is the metropolitan city, drawing its life from all, sbaring the bopes aud joys of all, and reflecting the feclings of all. Seldom has a sea- son opened with a more healthful glow than the present one. Our manufacturers are crowded with orders; our artisans are fully employed—to such an extent, indeed, that many of them are demanding a return to the wages of the old speculative times, when the staples of sabsist- ence and enjoyment commanded prices thirty percent higher than at the preseat time—aud the hives of industry everywhere are resouant with the sounds of life and activity. Even the politicians are as busy as bees, weaving their periodical plans for saving the country, which, somehow or otber, is periodically ia danger ot being ruined. Their activity is of itself a good sign, for it proves that the occupation pays; aud there is nothing like a contented and money making people to shell out the necessary fuuds, and ask no questions as to its employment. if we may judge from the activity of the movement of trade over our railroads and through our canals, coastwise shipping, and other arteries of commerce, the revenues of the general government will equal its watts, aod the next Congress will be troubled with no tariff’ or financial discussions, The members may dedicate themselves to substantial legislation on the internal questions of postal improvement and a general Bankrupt law, or to our foreign relations and the acquisition of Cuba; or they may follow the temporary myth of popular sovereignty in Territories that will soon be States, or harp upon the abstractious of nigger legislation for a country that belongs peculiarly to white men. The times are good, and the pco- ple contented; eo the politicians can play upon any theme they choose, Tar Last Pras Ficwt—New Tasr ov Na- sonst, Suvrriorrry.—The Herarp of yesterday pr sented a somewhat mediceval, not to say abso- lotely barbaric appearance. Two of the most important topics of the latest foreign’ news— more important to a very large class of our population then the Reform bill or the Italian question—were the fight between Mr. Tom Seyers and Mr. Bill Benjamin “ for the cham- pionship of England,” whatever that is, and a polite invitation from Mr. Heenan, known by the pet name of the Benicia Boy, to the aforesaid Mr. Tom, asking him to allow the Boy to punch his (Sayers’) head to the amount of a thousand dollars or more. Well, to print all the particu- lars of these exhilarating events, with some account of # “ canine exhibition,” required three columns of our space, and the remainder left by our advertisers was occupied chiefly by the Sickles trial..and the current news of the day. So we were obliged to omit some very interesting, but compared to the affair of the bruisers, unimportant matters, such as the fine arts, notices of new books, ladies’ fash- ions for April, analysis of Meyerbeer’s new Opera, &c., dc. However, we shall not argue a mere guestion of esthetics, but rather point to the importance of the coming contest between Heenan and Sayers. The latter has two more little affairs on hand before he can accommodate Mr. Heenan, whore “man of businesa” (that isn’t bad) hes already sent outa small pecuniary incentive to the British champion. In the lan- guage of the bruisers’ and dog beaters’ organ, this fight will settle the question of national superiority as between England and the United States. Jf Heenan whips Sayers, then the com- mercial importance of the United States is greater than that of England; then the British government isa humbug, and our Congress the only palladium of popular liberty; then our au- thore, artista, editors, lawyers, clergymen and so on, are cleverer than those of Albion’s perfidious island; then Britannia no longer rules the waves, but Neptune’s trident is transferred to fair Co- lumbia; then—but no matter; in the present condition of English politics and the continental complications we prefer not to use annoying ex- pressions, Even Heenan would not probably kick Sayers when he was down, unless the latter should be s0 unfortunate as to visita New York barroom. We ore glad that the question of national su- periority ia to be settled of last in some way, our steamers, race horses, yochte and various notions not having done it, as it seems, and in order that the affdr may be dnly dignified, a deputation of broken down politiofans from both countries should be appointed to “ree fair play.” Some splendid bottle holders might be selected from the old line whige here, and the adherents of “Pam” on the other side. Fonwey axp tun Proerina Spors ov THe Nexr Concrnss—The bint has been thrown out from Washington that the Chevalier Forney haa fixed Lie attention upon the printing of the next House of Representatives, and that his expecta- tions rest upon @ combination of the republican, Northern Know Nothing and anti-Lecompton Gemoorstic members, which will give him a handsome majority. There is some plausibility in this report, Forney hag an old account to setile with the Southern dérocracy, and espe- cially with the Virginia brench of the party in Cougrese. They bitterly opposed his election as Clerk of the House, under Pierco’s administra- tion, though he was elected and made a good thing of it. In the next place, the malignant hostility of Forney to Mr. Buchanan and his ad- ministration for the lost year or two has doubt lees commanded the admiration and gratitude of the republican camp, and the pledged devotion of the anti-Lecompten renegade democrats, And, lastly, if by the combination indicated upon For- ney for printer, the republicans oan secure the equivalent of thelr own party Speaker, what is there to prevent the consummation of the ber- ago, reaulted in the election of Mr, Banks as Spesker, and of Mr. Wendell. aa priater. Ds. pend upon it, the democratle privolples for which Forney is contending are the spolte, aud that the opening for the House priuting for this next Covgress ia too temptiog to be resisted. Tue Promise or Trax Crors awp TH Pros. PECTS OF TkapE—From ail parte of tbe country we receive the most favorable reports tn regard to the prospects of the growing crops, In the middle aod northern Hue of Soutbora States the promise of the grain, tobacco and fruit cultures is of the most gratifying kind; while, at the same time, the early diseppearance of the saowe from the Northern aud Weatern States, and the pre sent thow of the Gelds, held forth every tndios- tion of abundance. From « fow limited distrio's only bave weoomplaints of drought, the spriag rains having been geweral and copious ia thei: fall. This is choering news for the merchants and mauufacturers, for on the prosperity of the agri- cultural class the general welfare largely de pends, For the paat two or three yours bad crops and a succession of low prices have exer- cised their evil influence upon trade, Tho West ern merebants bave vot been able to meet past obligations, or to Oil to the usual line their re quirements for comivg busioess, There ix hurdly awerchaot in oar cities but bas bad to carry over large amounts of obligations that should bave becn met by bis Westera oustomers, and who would have met them bad tt not been for the untoward seasons and ehort crops of his owe creditors, This bas been more particularly trac iu regard to the vast trade of our Weatera and Northwestern Stats; aud Jarge as our epring trade bas been, these have not taken their usual proportion of goods. But their falling off bas been more thau made up by the increase of the Southern trade, Pair crops and good prices as a general thiog for our Southern staples, and a Jarge crop and high priocs for cotton, have augmented the demande of our Southern traders upon importers Sud manuiacturers to an extent hitherto unprecedout- ed. Indeed, we may say without exaggeration, that not only bas the Southern demand been the chief reliance of the jobbers, but it has swept awey completely the stocks in our warehouses, On this trade there is now only one partial bight, The Rocky Mountains are pourlog down their floods through the Missouri and its tributaries, and although the fiesbets have not begun ia tbe Eastern rivers that pour into the Mississippi, that plethoric river threatens to flood again the coun- try on its bahks, Already we hear of crevasses or breaks in the artificial levees tbat protect Ar kansas and the upper counties of the State of Mississippi, and the lower country is fearful of a general flood. Our mercbants are already preparing for a Jarge fall trade, Their Western customers are writing them the most bopeful letters, and the general prosperity evident in the other sections of the Union fully bears them out in their calcu- lations. The spring-trade has been large, but there is every reason to believe that the trade of the coming fall will far exceed it. We bave only to recommend them to avoid speculation, to be content with moderate profits, and not to seek to become millionaires at once, and all will receive a due share of tbe bountiful harvest which Pro- vidence seems to be about to pour out upon us. Tevronic Festivitms.—We commend to the particular attention of the Sabbath committee the accounts of our reporters describiug the sayings, doings, drinkings, playings, singings, flutings ard all sorts of things which occurred at the various German places of amuse- mente, theatres, concerts, &¢., which were open in this city last evening. It is a very curious re- cord on various accounts. It does not show well for the work of the sabbatarians, who have pro- bably given up the Germans as brands already burned, and, therefore, not to be snatched from the fire without too mnch risk. Again, it is an evidence of the wonderful increase of our German Population, which isin part due to the facilities of communication by steam with Bremen and Hamburg. We have in this city no Jess than one hundred thousand Germans, or enongh to make two Grand Duchies, with no end of minis- ters, attachés, dukes, counts, and so on. Here the Germans live in the old way, speaking - the old language, drinking the old beer and wine, singing the old songs, and thinking the old thoughts, In the second generation, how- ever, they become thoroughly Americanized, ex- cept in their amusements, which are certainly less deleterious to the public morals than some of the entertainments affected by the natives of these parts. Wuen Suan, Wr Have a Decent Cry Haun ’—Since the display of fireworks in the Park, which included the roof, belfry and cupola of the City Hall, that time honored edifice has presented the appearance of the ruins of Pom- peii, while the location of the fire bell at the windows of the court rooms seems to have been done with the design of making justice deaf as well as blind. All that our city fathers have done during the year since the fire has been to build the obortive Turkish kiosk in the rear of the Hall for the big fire bell, When shall we be relieved from the disgraceful sight of a canvass covered temple of justice in the metropolitan city of America? Now that the Logislature hgs failed to make an appropriation for a new City Hall, it is to he hoped that the Common Council will provide at least a roof which would not dis- grace the wigwam of a Camanche Indian, Toe Gervin Repuwtican Vore—Sranxs or AysrM iN Massaciuserts.—The Legislature of Massachusetts has submitted to the people of that State a constitutional amendment, under which, if ratified by the popular vote, ihe adopted citi- ven will be denied the right of suffrage for two years from and after the day of his naturaliza- tion. This thing was intended as a peace-offering to Know Nothingism; but a solemn growl or two from the powerful German republican element of the Northwest bas alarmed these trading Massa chusetts republicans; and simultanconsly with astrong appeal to them from the Hon. Masaa Greeley to give the Know Nothings the cold shoulder, in order to conciliate the Germans, we hear that it is the purpose of these Massachu- setts republicans to do this very thing. And why not? This German clement of the republican party can turn to the right or the left almost every State of the great Northwest; and though opposed to slavery, and to the Pope and the Irish Catholics, if you please, these Ger- man republicans will not tolerate any conces- sions to nativelem prejudicial to the common rights of the adopted citizen. And so this Mas- sachuretis election of the 9th of May will go very far to determine whether it is the purpose of the republican party to trade with the Know Nethings for the Presidency or to leave them to ebift for themselves, We shall walt the result with some interest, - $ Cupa axp Tus Aruican Siave Taape—Hanps Orv.—The Charleston Mercury saye:—“We bave opposed the bypoorixy of buying Guba at the preacnt time as impracticable nonseoge and hum: haggery. The South needs Cuba, and ought to bave her, but never can bave her a slave State in this Union.” Scoondly, that the Present Southern agitation of the African slave trade “is uot only impracticable, but mischievous non- sense, becanse uselessly dividing and distracting ‘he counsels of the South. It may be highly ex- pedient tbat the South sbould bave the African ave trade reopencd, butit never can be legally done ia this Union.” Upon this firet proposition we apprehend the Mercury 1s all at con, for if we are to have Cuba as a Sate of this Union, it oan only be as a slave State, It would not be worth accepting as a ayti or a Jamaica; but as a slave State its coumeroial advantages to the North would fully compensate ua for its political advantages to the South. Upon the cecond proposition the Mercury isright, Tbe African slave trade cau never be legully re-established in this Union, and the South, while in the Union, had better drop the agitation of tho eubject. We have no objection to pres over the question to the discretion of the South when it sball have entered into the sepa rate establishment ofa Southern confederacy; but to ack that Cuba shall be kept back for the ex- clueive benefit of such a confederacy is asking too much. INTERESTING F208 WASHOIGTON. Despatches from the African Squadron-—Ac- tivity of the Sinve WrademNYow Treaties with MextcomAstval of the Indemnity Money from Paraguoy—The Sickles Onse, Bic, Bes OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DFSPATOT. Wasinncron, April 24, 1869, ‘Tho Nevy Department bave rvcetved voluminous des- patobes from Commodore Conover, of the African equadson, dated Porto Praya, March 12. Tho sloap-of war Vineenines, and the (legebip of the squadron, wore at (bat port, and the Date wae shortly expected. The siave trace, 68 usual, wae heing carried on extensively. Quite « vurmber of captures had beoa mado, both by American and Englieh cruisers. ‘Tao hea'th of the officers was good. Senor Mats, the Mexican Minister, hes not yet arrived Bo telegraphed Seoretary Cass, on the receipt of his deppateb at New Orleacs, that he intended to proceed to Warhington immetiately. Senor Mata, {tis known hero, was author zed by Juarez to negotiate certain treatics, which, wben be returns hore, will probably be laid be- fore cur government. They are, In many aspects, im portant to tho United States, both in a commercial and postal point of view, Thetr negotiation here will obviate (he necessity of any notion in this respect by our Minis tor, who, et the time he left, bad no authority upon that abject. ‘The first fruita of the Paraguay expodition have just roached here, The Stato Department yeaterday received edreft for ten thousend dollars, as an indemuifcaticn to the family of the seaman who was killed on board tho Water Witch, It is by no means cortain that tho Sickles case will go (0 the jury to morrow. If the Judge's instructions to the jury are not satiefactory to the prisoner, bis counsel will propose arguing the matter before (he jury, which may cecupy come Cays. It dependa altogether upon the Judge's instructions. Arrival of the Overland Mall. Sr. Loum, April 23, 1869. Tho overland mall of April 1 basarrived. Sixty-nine pounds of silver, the product of the Arizona mines, wore brought by the coach, The Funerai of Rev. Dr. Johns at Baltimore, Barrmorn, April 24, 1859. The funeral of Rev. Dr. Johns took place from Emanuol Tt was densely packed with mom. bers of thé congregation; the stroct was also thronged outside, The service, which was very impressive, was conducted by Rev. Cbaries Howard, assistant minister of he same church. A largo nuinber of tho olergy wero present. The funeral procession was the largest evor cburch this afternoon. seen in Baltimore—thousands thronging the sidewalks and hundreds following the body—testifying to tho uni- versal ealeem in which the deceased was held. New Loynow, April 24, 1859. Tho Cornfield Point light boat, stationed near Saybrook, in the Sound, broke from her moorings on Saturday evening, during the heavy galo. labor brought to this city, and now lies here to await ro. pairs. The Uieh Mall Service. Leavenwonta, April 23, 1659. Private advices from Washington state that the Utah mail has been reduced to a semi monthly service. Death of the British Consul at Baltimore. Bauamoax, April 24, 1859, ‘The British Consul for Maryland, M. W. D. Moroton Dyor, dled on Saturday afleraoon after protracted ill. nees. Firemen’s Fights in Philadelphia, Prmapewnaia, April 24, 1859. Tho funeral of John Capic, who was killed in a recent firemen’s fight, took place this afternoon, and attracted an Immonse crowd of participants and lookers on. There was a fight botween two other companies up town to-day, in which soveral were sovorely wounded, but none mortally. Markets, + New Oxurana, April 22, 1869, Tho salee of cotton to-day wore 12,000 bales, but pricea cloto entirely nominal, and with a downward tendency; middling 12 igo a 125¢0. Tho sales of the week sum up 31,600 bales. Therréceipta of the week have boen 20,000 bares, against 23,000 in the corresponding week of last year. bxports of tho week 63,000 bales; making a total this eenaon of 1,460,000 bales. Ingrease in receipts at ths port 179,000 bales. do, at all the porta 767,500 bake. stock 276,000 bales, against 347,000 Jaat your, Cc tee firma: prime’) Lgc. a 120, Saiew of tuo week 13,000 tags; Imboria of the week 7,000 bags; stock 29,000 bage, aga.net 16,000 last year, New Onreaxs, April 25, 1859. Cotton--Sales to-day 3,000 bales ; market unsettled, and in aome cases 10. a 340. lower: middiing 12340. Molasses 826. Bacon buoyant: shoulders firm at 7 cents. Fires in New York, Fmn m Norrouk Srexet,—About eight o'clock on San- day morning a fire waa discovered on the fourth floor of Hiadale & Nephew’s varnish factory, No, 115 Norfolk street, corner of Rivington. The firemen wero promptly st the promises and quickly extinguished the fire. I originated among a quantity of empty barrol#, and was couflned to the floor where it aterted. “The ¢ © te the baryels by Ore will bo about $200. Tho stock is slightly damaged by water; covered by insurance, The building is damaged about $860, and ie insured. The origia of the fire 18 UbkNOWD at prevunt, Fina mm Wontn Stxeet.--Shortly before ten o'clock oa Sunday morning fire occurred at No, 141 Worthetreot, It originated from the chimney taking fire. The base inept was ocoupled by Michael Crowley, and hi b water will be about $25. fhe first ‘oot ry coniiet wy Timothy Green, dealer in vid cotton. Loss by fre and Water about $100; no insurance. Toe building is owned by Horace F. Clark. It ig dai od about $160. The aint of fre for the Sixth district at a quartor to twelve o'clock originated at No. 247 Broome street, caused by the smoke of a furnace in the yard, Fou oy West Kant Stewr—Botween threo and four o'clock on Sanday afternoon w fire broke out in tho Creenwich Pottery, No, 261 West Highteenth atront, owned by Wasoington Smith. The fro originated front ouo of the kilve. The roof of tho rear building was prreidembly eon damaged by fro, The stosk was damaged by ‘The lors on building and mook will amount to botwi $1,500 acd $2,000, Ingured for $16,000 in the following inaurance companies, via: Lorillard, Pacific, North River, Irving and Citizen's. Supreme Court—Spectal Torm. Before Hon. Judge Sutherland. Arn 2l.—Lienry Whitehead ws. Gerret Erkson and another—-This was a motion to compel the specific per- formance of » + by defendant Hrkson, and to corm- contrnc' Del the other defendant to Join theroin, #0 far as might bo neooreary to secure the plaintiff (who had advanced a largo sum of ') bis rights and interost in cortain lot. ba — The Court Bere decision in favor of plalataf, wi Bartix Mowoment.—The South Corolinians are Propasing to erect & monument at Kutaw, to commemo. Taw tho Luitie Of Soptember 8, L781. She was with groat _ Operotic and Dramatic Matters, Fasior & Oday to a port of botiday lv msttors of prblle be Opera, wi ‘08 was Guspouded ast Wadacsday, om AO Uns of the next FeRuler night falling on Good Friday, si) db. reopened tom '8>t with the début of aaew prime dom @, Mile, Caroline «‘islmo, in Norma, with Sio‘aui a6 P. (one, and Morel! Oy OVER. Milo, Alsimo tas booa & favorite prima donva iu Tra\,¥, 60d was engaged by Marote eek ‘or Gavapa Sho is now. route for Eqrope, and has accepud @ abort evgagement with Ulimag. Sbe was borm at Palermo in 1832, aod made hor débub tm tho Theatre Carciino, of hor native city, im a per- ‘ormance for the bene Mt of the poor, Her succew, which was marked, Cectded her vocation, and she was educated At Florence, where she made her artistic déldé ia (bo Ibeatro Porgola, in the “Modes” of Pacial, q rile which requires high tragio powers as woll as great v veal ability, She was muoh praised by the vory fastidk ws audierco of Florence, and afterwards sung at Muden Rome, Padus, Turia amd other Italian cities, fe sad& operss a8 “‘Maobeto,” “Gemma di Vorgy,’’ the “Trova- tore,” “Sewtremide,’ “Maria Padiila,” *Favorita,” “Re. dertic Diable,’’ the “Traviata,” &o. When sho had sigued en engegement with Mare!zex she was tendered ouc at the Academie of Paris, The best accounts are given of ber powers, apd she will, without doubt, have a fair'and full bearing at the bande of the New York pubiic Mile. Piccolomini will probably sing in opera at the Academy of Mosis, under Mr, Strakosch’s management, duripg the next fortoight, Mr. Uiimnan is prepartog for a soason in Philadolpbia, te commence bext week, and the same company will go te Boston on the 16th May, Mademe Gazzaniga will ging in the ‘Favorita’”’ at the Academy on Wedneeday. Bus noes promises to be brisk with tho theatres, At tbe Metropolitan, Miss Davenport produces to-night the capltal play of “ Marks and Faces,” in whica ake plays Peg Wofflogtos, with a good distribution of tae otber ch racters, The farce is, ‘ To Oblige Bonson,” ia which Mr. Dawson acts, At the French theaire therp is to be this evening am extra performance, when “ La Grace de Diou,” 9 charm iag piece, and very well acted by these artists, is to be given for the last ume. At Nib'o’s Garden Mr. Eddy gives ‘Antony and Cles- patra,” with some marked improvements on the Broadway cast. Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne plays Cleopatra for tre firet time, Mr. Eddy is the Aniony, as before, and the programme contains othor popular names. A\ Wallack’s theatre Mr. Wallack plays one of his fayorite 76'es, ‘Don (wear de Bazan,” and the sccoad pie-e is to be “Box and Cox,” with Brougham aad Wal- cot—a taking bill. At Loura Keene’s theatre “A Midsummer Night’s Drewm”’ draws crowded houses every night, and is of course re ained in the bills a.d announced for every night this woek. Performances will also be given on Wedass- pay and Saturday afternoons, At tho Bowery theatre this evening a new local picos called “Gotham” will bo acted, togother with “ Pongo”? and ‘“ Norah Creiua.”’ ‘The colored opera at Wood’s and Bryanta’ comes eat stropg to-night, with new songs, burlesques, &. Saa- ford’s oper. trouye, from Philadelphia, commence opera- tions to-night at the Brooklyn Athenum, Tbe Meir. politan Musical Socicty, which has just been founded here under the best auspices, commences its con- ‘certs at the Acade.y of Music on tho 18th May. Mise Gollie will give a concert at Niblo’s saloon om Tuesday evening. The new Opera house at New Orleans ia to bo bullt be- fere next season. Mr. Boudousquo has alroady submitted “Whe plans to the subscribers. Arthur Napoleon is at New Orleans, where Mr. Placide bes yrodvced “Our American Cousin’ with mo great amount of succees. ‘Verdi’: last pew opera, founded upon tho well known incidect of the mazquerade ball in the timo of Gustavus U1., +f: weden, ba: Leen very successful in Milan, Messrs. Wm. Mason and Theo. Thomas will give tholr fifth matinée at Dodworth’s on Tucaday next. Mrs, C. N. Sinclair ahd Mr. Sedley have been vory sus ceseful aL uisvill: ip Falconer’s “ Extremes,” which is im rebearsal at Wallack’s theatre. The Saint Thomas (W. 1.) Times of March 9 has a com- mendatory notice of Mr. Lanorgan’s dramatic troupe, who were there, making a professional tour through the Britis Windward Islands. Madame Ferraris, the dancor, bas arrivod in Paris frona St. Petersburg, to re:umo her place at tho Grand Opera. Mr. Stephen Massett was at Galveston, Texas, at the last accounts. . Dedication of the Welsh Calvinistic Church. ‘There are four Wolsh churches in New York, viz:—one Baptist, one Congregationalist, ono Calvinistic, and one Wesleyan Methodist, in which there is preaching in the ancient We'sh language ovory Sabbath. ‘Tho members of tho Calviniatic church formerly wor- hipped in thoir edifice in Allen stroet, which, becoming 00 ema'l for their purposes, thoy sold it and purchased a eite in Thirtcenth street, between Second and Third aye- nues, for which they paid $10,000. On this they proceeded to ereot Divory Boab snd beaut enercar ee the Gothic style of architecture, the front being of Nova Scotia stone, giving it, with its large window of noatly br plger tpt Ares forestry Csr peber or which is quite ornamental to tho streot. The ground, wil the building avd furniture, cost $23,000. The Allen street eburch was sold for about $6,000; this sum, with the sub. scriptions applied to the erection of the new amounted t about $17,000, leaving a balance due on church of about $6,0¢0, against which there are from $ $2,000 unpaid subscriptions. In the basement” very neat aod well arranged lecture room, while the main part id be devoted to public vice, 16 very taatel an 4 propriately tnd’: furnished. The” whole “ego comberantea ag to secure ample light and ventilation. At night it is iluminated with gas from tastefuily arranged burners. The Rev. Wm. Roberts is the pastor of the charch, whose met zeal and piety have cndeared him to the congre- gation. Tho dedicatory servicos yesterday were opened, ia the Wot language; by the Rev. Mr. Liter, of Oneida county, in wiles cousierabio portion of to congregavon omed? The Orst verse of the bymn was as follows:— Dy fowl agra At the conclusion of the prayer, a second hymn wae Bung, the frst verso of which was as follows:— A fydd i'r Duw jolmawr poffanuia fan ary Uawr, Ac ardde! o'f orseddiaine fry Y¥ babel yma iddo’n dy ? Tho Rev. Mr. Roberts then rose and delivered the dodi- catory sermon, from the Sth chapter, 27th verso, 1st Kings, in the following words, from a Welsh Bible, which ‘we give in Engiish:— But will God indeed dwell on ths earth? Behold the Heavens aha the Heavens of Heavens cai mn . Tees itis house that Lhave balded, 2 tee; Bow muck From there words he preachod an able and cloquent sertoon in Welsh, which ocr space forbids our ee ing to give,cven in a summary form, with speaker. At the conclusion of his sérmon’he hold up a jargo splendidly bound gilt Bible to tho om, which, he announced, was & present make to the church by a Wolsh gentieman, Mr. Isaac Nathana, reaidont in Uon- nechent. It is ia both Welsh and English, and was prioted and published at Swansea, in Wales, by the Rev. Barris, thirty-six yeare ago, On laten'ng to a discourre in the ancient language of the Cymiy or Welrh, tt sounds something Mike the ancient Greek, with @ sort of Hobrew go It i known (0 contain a great many words aoalogous in orthography sound and meaning to thove in both the Hebrew a Greek, and capeciaily to those in the former. This fact siamps the race an being of Kastorn origin, P iage ' from the Caucasus or the shores of the Bluck Tt ie aad that the Pralme of David have a forse, beauty and eubli- mity In the Welsh, when translated directly from the Bobrew inte that juonguege, which cannot be realized or attained ia tae English, 9 Welch ciaim that ‘thelr Japgurye js tho oldest Lo ay 1 writtea and spoken, that @ extant. They eay it has beou known iu Pritam for 2,000 years, end that it fs still erson- tatly tho same language as that jn which Caractacus dofantly addreesed Clauciue Corsar, Emporor of Rome, aad whore lan atill lives in devotional strains raised to the trae God, while that of the Cveswra has ceased to oxtet as a living tongue. ‘Tho congregation presented the appearance of — thrifty, neat and intelligent people. A fact in bebalf of the Weleh popmiation may bo'stated. Tho Sreretary of State, in his report for 1865 on the pauporient of tais Stato, makes Wnown that not u single native of Wales, ia Now York or Brooklyn, is #0! at the public expense. The Meda an in oe ies by a aor- mon ja Engiial 0 Rev. Dr. Dewitt, e evening: dev. ate cba, “Tho hymn foreach onzanon wore 0 printed on slips of note paper, istributed. hmong the congregation, ‘The day was fine, and 10 nt- tendance good throughout. Obituary. Mrs, Saruit, Counters de Cholseul, wifo seul, late Conaul General of France in died’on the 6th inet., at Flat Rock, N. ©. Cawan Naviaation.—We are Canal {sp now oly nothing to oh til after ievo. tht for Roohow jaydware, Dola- Transportation tor, arrived yesterday. Thy wore tho waro, and Frank Cnatee, ot tho Company. —Rocheder Union, April 22.