The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1859, Page 6

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RICE, ‘WALLAOK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—As You Like Ir— Box amp Cox. LAURA KEENF’S THEATRE, No. 624 Broadway.—Mip- Bumwms Nicer’s Danan. THEATRE FRANCAIS, 685 Broadwav.—Les Fours DRa- mMaTiQoE—Mur. Brenanp et Mux. Raton. BARNUWS AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway.—Afier- Roon—Lovise—Txppy Kos. Brening—Ovr Leisn Jousin. WOOD'S MINSTREL BUILVING, B61 aud 563 Broadway-- Afternoon and Kvening— #rmiorta® Sones, Daxons, &0.— Gunn or rap Lake. BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, MECHANICH’ HALL, 427 Broad- way —Necno Sonas, £0 —Suroce. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Saturday, May 7, 1859. The News. The European mails to the 23d ult., bronght by “Che steamship Niagara, reacnea wis cry ava iaw hour last night. Our files contain no news of impor- fance that was not given in the telegraphic sum- mary in yesterday's Heratp. We publish, how- ver, several interesting editorial articles from the Reading London journals, showing the drift of pub- lic opinion’with regard to the approaching mo- Mmentous crisis in the affairs of Europe. The next news from Europe, which is now ‘watched for with so much interest by all classes of the community, owing to the fact that it may an- nounce the commencement of a dreadful war on the Continent, will probably be brought to Quebec by the screw steamship Anglo-Saxon, which left Liverpool on Wednesday, the 27th of April, four days after the Niagara, and will reach us by telegraph. As the Anglo-Saxon is out ten days this morning, she may reach Quebec during the day. Should she be delayed from any cause, we may look for advices of the same date by the Kangaroo,a very fast screw steamer, which left Liverpool for this port direct on the 27th ult., and will be due next Tuesday morning. The following vessels will be at sea at noon to- gay, bound for the ports named below, and each wne will, no doubt, bring very exciting reports of ® mighty contest between France and Austvia:— [Entered Port of Depar-| Dei at prepared for the events that are about+o transpire in continental Europe, we publish to-day a synop- Bis of the treaties of Paris and Vienna of 1814-15, by which the great Powers distributed the territory of Europe after the fall of Napoleon I., together with sketches of the lives of the persons wno will, in all probability, enact the principal parts in the exciting and sanguinary drama for which the po- tentates of the Old World have so actively pre- pared, namely, Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia ; Count Cavour, the Sardinian Prime Minister ; Gen- eral La Mamora, the Commander of the Sardinian forces; the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Sardinian Ambassador to London ; the Emperor Napoleon; Generals Canrobert, Randon and Baraguay d’Hil- liers, the leaders of the French armies destined to operate against the Austrians ; Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria; and General Garibaldi, who commands ten thousand Italians who have volun- teered in Victor Emanuel’s army for special ser- vice against the Austrians. We also give a care- fully prepared article showing the routes the French troops will be likely to take on their way to the scene of war. Our correspondent in Port au Prince, writing on the 15th ult., details the surprise of the inhabitants at the landing of the Cuban filibusters from the brig African. The Haytien government would not he disposed to give them up to Spain, but would confiscate all the munitions of war and arms which they had. One of the boats of the African was lost off Nuevas Grandes, and it is supposed some of the unfortunates in her were drowned. Additional advices inform us that the manifest of the African Shows no entry of the filibuster arms, and that Captain Button is likely to get into trouble. Color- ed emigrants from the United States are told plainly that idlers are not wanted, and that all the men Should look out for an exemption from nine years’ army service. Flour was in good demand, and Iese pork had advanced. Late advices from St. Domingo inform us that a very fine and valuable crop of tobacco was looked for there. The finances of the country were im- proving. Senor Madrigal, private secretary to General Santana, visits the United States on private buginess and in an unofficial character. Hon. Wm. H. Seward, who will sail for Burope in he Ariel to-day, is to be escorted down the bay by wo or three steamboat loads of republicans from this city and its suburbs. The committee which met last evening to prepare for the excars Waited on Mr. Seward at a late hour, when he Tade a short speech, which is reported verbatim in another column. Ex-Governor King also made Some remarks, in which he virtualy nominated Mr. Beward for the Presidency. Senator Bell, of Ken- | Zucky, is also a passenger in the Ariel. The case of James Glass, indicted for the murder pf Mr. Owens, in Elm street, and whose brother, Sohn Glass, was last week convicted of the man Blanghter of Decker, at the same time and place ‘ras submitted to the jury yesterday. Ex-Judge ‘Whiting, on the part of the prisoner, gave “the in- Yormer” a scathing laceration in his samming up. Zhe jury were in deliberation several hours, and Shere being no prospect of an agreement, at a late hour the Court took a recess. Judge Clerke, of the Supreme Court, yesterday, Inthe oase of the People at the relation of Patrick ‘and two hundred other policemen, granted writs of alternative mandamus to compel the re- storation of the relators to their positions ag po!icg- ynen and the payment of their salaries, or to show gause to the contrary. ‘The rales of cotton yesterday were confined to about 260 a 300 bales. The market continued to be too unsettled Ww justify av attempt to give reliable quotations. Doaicrs Sore dispoagd to awalt the receipt of private loitore by NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1859, —TRIPLE. SHEET. the Niagara's matle before doing much. Steam commual- cation is row so frequent that ecarcely the news by one arrival becomes fully understood before that by the next is looked for with anxiety, and in some degree to the hin- Grance of business, In the present instance the news by the Niagara has been such as to maxe the arrival of ber suecessor regarded with ten times the interest i} would | otnerwige have been, because her socounts will probably | prove decisive as to peace or war. ‘The actual occurrence | of hostilities will not likely greatly aggravate commor- | cial affairs, which have already suffered in anticipation of war, Flour was active and firmer, more especially for the good and higher grades. Southern flour was also | active and firmer. Wheat was firn, with moderate sales at full prices. Corn was better and in good demand Pork was heavy, with more doing: sales of new mess were made at $16 18% 0 $16 35; clear at $19 50a $19 75, and prime at $12 7081275. Sugars were stoady and active, with sales of about 1,500 bhds., at prices given in anotber column. Coffee was steady, with moderate sales, Rice was firm and active, with gales of about 2,000 casks at 3350. a43¢c. The tea sale passed off with spirit. the greens sold well and fully up to previous prices, while the oolongs were at rather easier rates compared to previous transactions. No lots of moment were passed, and the whole catalogue was gone through with. Freights were without important change in rates, while ongage- ments were moderate. Character of the Contest In Europe—WiUl it be a General Conflagration} We publieh elsewhere to-day a complote sy- nopeis of the compacts made in 1814-15, at Paris and Vienna, for the partition of Europe and the perpetual exclusion of Napoleon and his heirs from supreme power in France. Theae compacts, 80 frequently alluded to with virtuous assertions of respect by European statesmen, have been repeatedly violated, either by direct act or by consent, by each and all of the contracting parties. The independence of Cracow has been destroyed, Belgium torn from the Netherlands, the German peoples robbed of their promised constitutional forms, the rights of Switzerland invaded by Prussia, Russian designs vigorously pursued against Turkey, a German Power created in Greece, Austrian garrisons shoved into Italy, and, to*crown all, Napoleon and the Napoleonic ideas reinstated in France. In a word, the Vienna compact has been reduced to the position of a common strumpet to the crowned heads of Europe. Itis to sweep these from the statute book that the present war in Europe is begun. Whatever may be the present assigned motive for its commencement, that will ~ * St. = —==ah mara of the present be ltsend. Ana now au me- _ worn out, corrupt and stinking forms of govern- ment in Europe it will sweep away time only can reveal. Perhaps all of it—perhaps none of it. It is the fear of every crowned head that the contest begun in Italy will extend until it wrap Europe in a general conflagration. This fear is a homage on their part to the truth of the ne- cessity of sucha purification by fire. But steam and electricity have changed the character of war, and the present contest has new elements in it, which showed themselves in a small @e- gree in the late war in the East. Forty years ago, when Europe was last the scene of a conti- nental struggle, rulers, statesmen and diplo- matists held their combinations in abeyance, and abided the results of campaigns and the toil- some goings and returnings of couriers. An active general might lose one and gain two battles by the time that tidings of the disaster reached his monarch. All this is now changed. With the railway and telegraph Europe is turned into one vastcamp, where the principals meet every day, after breakfast, and talk over the hourly events of a contest that is going on in one corner of it. If the Atlantic cable were now at work we might be one of the family, and give our advice too. Each knows at once the needs of his partisans, and the mechanical appli- ances of the age that have done so much towards annihilating space enable him to send off succors at once, and place them in the field with celerity. Thus the achievements of a dozen campaigns are crowded into one. And all this while the diplomatists are at work too. They have no need to wait for news from the camp. Receiving it hourly, new schemes, new intrigues, and new combinations are constantly going on among them. They do their fighting on paper, and constantly send new orders to the commanders, whom they find to be too slow in their movements in comparison with their own self-promises. Thus the telegraph took daily from London and Paris to the allied commanders orders to assault Sebastopol. Can- robert, tired of receiving orders that could not be obeyed, because the Russians were obstinate and would fight, gave way to Pellissier. Pel- lissier received orders one morning not to at- tack. He put them ina his pocket and sounded. the assault. The Russo-French alliance, already arranged by the diplomatists, was in imminent danger of falling with the Malakoff. So now Pellissier isto be left in charge of Paris, and the Emperor himself will go into the field. In the present contest every power will be used by the rulers to prevent the war from ex- tending. England wants peace for her industry at home, and her commerce widely extended abroad. Prussia wants peace for her cheated subjects and German designs. The minor Powers want peace, for they fear annihilation. Russia does not mauch care whether peace or war rages in Western Europe. And all of them together are satisfied to let the two great military monarchies of France and Austria pummel each other, so long as it is not made a free fight, with everybody counted in. This these two Powers will assent to, for Louis Napoleon is determined to tear in pieces the treaties of Vienna; but he aims to take them one at a time, and each in turn: while the young Franc's Joseph is an obstinate scion of Austria, emulous of the fame of Napoleon. Butcan the diplomatists prevent the war from spreading? That is the question that to-day agitates every leading mind in Europe. While the campaign is going on this summer we shall be full of diplo- matic combinations, hopes of arrangement and talk of Congresses. Every battle will produce a ew scheme. Every piece of successful strategy vill breed new combinations, There will be | none of the old style of war—fighting all summer | end negotiating for four or five months while the | troops are in winter quarters. Diplomatic as well as military tactics will be in active service. Between the two we have little doubt that they will use up the treaties of Vienna, Errect or 14 War in Evrore upon AME nicaN TRAVELLERS.—There has been no general war upon the Continent of Europe for nearly fifty years, and during that time American emigra- tion to Paris, Germany and Italy has increased many fold. Numerous American families reside in Rome, Florence and other Italian cities, Many have children at the German schools and colleges; others live in the south of France, in Switzerland, or nestle {a cosy nooks along the Rhine, The effect of theyar will be, first, to i Scud oll theeg residents to Parie, or London (for | who knows that the city of Paris may not again | be occupied by toreign troops, as in 1815, by the i allics), and, secondly, to arrest the usual sum- | mer travel to Europe. So much the worse for tue Earopcan shopkcepera, tavern landlorda, &., and eo much the better for the game classes of people bere. Our fashionable birds of passage will be obliged to seek their pleasure and spend their money at home; it may be for several years; for when the war commences it will not be easy to fix the date of its conol usion. Our Relations with New Granada. Our new Minister to Bogota, General George Wallace Jones, sails to-day for Carthagena. His departure will be hailed with satisfaction, as it is time that the questions pending between the two governments should be brought to a con- clusion, New Granada is one of the few, ia fact we may say the only one, of the neighboring republics which has shown itself uniformly frank and cordial in its conduct towards this country, and it is therefore important that our relations with it should no longer be exposed to the chances of a The selection of General Jones for this mission will, we believe, go far to effect the objects that we have had in view in our negotiations with the New Granada government. He is said to be a man of considerable natural ability, of a highly cultivated intellect,” and of long political expe rience. Although not prominent in Congress as aspeaker, he distinguished himself in the com- mittees by his business habits and readiness o resources. He has served. the country in va rious capacities, having been aidedecamp to General Henry Dodge in the Blackhawk war) then successively Judge of the Superior Court of Wisconsin, delegates to Congress from that Territory, Surveyor General of Iowa, and, finally, United States Senator, his term expiring in March last. In his personal ap- pearance and manners General Jones is just the man to make a favorable impression upow the people of New Granada. He is of a fine, commanding presence, with a dark complexion, and almost a Spanish cast of features. He has a frank, winning way of expressing himsel’, indi- cative of sincerity and good faith, which cannot fail to prove eminently useful to him in his mie- sion. With the conviction which prevails amongst the New Granada statesmen that we mean to deal fairly by them, the presence of a representative of this stamp ‘s allhat seems to be required to establish the closest friendship be- tween the two countries. ~ ""-4 sha ehiects covered hy Conca! “gy weet In order wav we ~-yer 77 Jones’ instructions may be clearly understood, we will bricfly reonpitulate them. 10 the goo vention enterca into between Gencrals Herran and Cass, on the part of their respective govern- ments, for the settlement of the claims of United States citizens against New Granada, it will be recollected that a clause was inserted ceding to us the right of purchasing from private owners, and occupying for a term of years, a piece of land for a coal depot on the Pacific side of the Pa. nama isthmus. When the treaty was presented to the Congress of New Granada, the cession of this coal depot was rejected, and certain verbal alterations were made Yespecting the claims that were to be presented and-paid. In this modified form the treaty passed the New Granada Senate, and on its return here was accepted by our Se- nate with one or two verbal alterations in rela- tion to the claims. In this modified shape the treaty is now being taken out by our Minister, and will have to be again submitted to the New Granada Congress. Besides the points embraced in this conven- tion, which can only be reggrded in the light of atemporary one for the settlement of claims, there are other questions remaining open be- tween the two governments which will have to be made the subject of separate negotiations. We formerly, for instance, had s postal treaty with New Granada, under which our domestic mails to California and the government mails to our squadron in the Pacific were, under certain conditions, transported across the Isthmus of Pa- nama. This postal convention expired by limi- tation two years ago, and there is a difference between the two governments as to the precise terms on which the mail transit shall be again conceded. The mails are, by the coneent of the New Granada government, pass- ing in closed bags, without the intervention of the local Post Offices, until some arrangement can be effected—a fact which speaks highly for the liberal spirit by which it is actuated. There is another question, known as the ton- nage question, pending between the two coun- tries, and which involves the right of New Granada to collect tonnage dues on vessels ar- riving at Aspinwall The New Granada govern. ment has, with the same fairness which it ex- hibited in regard to the mails, allowed our vessels to enter that port without exacting the tonnage dues, leaving, of course, the question to be settled by a future convention. It will be seen, from what we have stated, that the negotiatioms entrusted to Gen. Jones are not of so complicated or difficult a character as to justify a doubt of their favorable termina- tion. If our new Minister only possessed half the capacity attributed to him, we should still be sanguine as to their success. Tue Centre or Ovr Crvizarion—Tue TELE- GRAPH AND THE DatLy Press.—The enterprise and energy of the New York daily press is ra- pidly tending to make this metropolis the great point of centralization for the enterprise of the entire continent—the centre from which radiates most of what constitutes the prosperity and glory ofthe country, and to which it is directed, as the threads which comprise the spider’s web all tend to the nucleus in its middle. The com- meree, the learning, the scientific knowledge concentrated here, nay, the very geographical position of New York, with its two water ap- proaches opening into the ocean, covered with a net work of steamships, the two magnificent rivers which encircle it, the railroads which converge in its very heart, all tend to make it the centre of civilization on the American con- tinent. And no insignificant auxiliary to this result is the printing telegraphic system, which here is rapidly approaching the point of perfec- tion. Witness the astounding works which have been performed by this agent of late years:— The great specch of John C. Calhoun, which appeared in the Herat, word for word, as de- livered in the Senate Chamber at Washington, at a period when telegraphing was comparatively in its infancy; later still, the fall reports of the Webster trial, received daily from Boston; and ‘the crowning wonder, the report transmitted by the American Printing Telegraph Company— covering a page of our journal every day—of the trial of D, E. Sickles at the national capital. Tt cannot be denied that the success of the telegraph is attributable in a great degred ts the spirited support it has received from the daily press; certainly the patronage of the news- papers has stimulated it to exertion, and called forth its greatest triumphs. The time is not far distant when the correspondents of this journal, at all pointe, will be inetructed, as they are now in eome cases, to drop their ivtters notin the Posy ingen Office, but the telegraph office—when *l! the news now transmitted to the New York Hm4!D by mail will be flashed along the magnetic lines from the most distant parts of the country—when space and time will be compassed by sclonce until they are almost known no more. The pub- lic mind even now craves with so ardent a long- ing for the earliest intelligence of all interestiug events, and the conductors of the press are 60 ready to appease the craving appetite of the peo- ple, that, as in the case of the Sickles trial, the echoes of that shout which welcomed the verdict in the court room at Washington had not died out ere the scene was presented to the eyes of our citizens in the columns of the New York daily press. And this is but the beginning of the end. Of all the fallacies ever put forth by corrupt, deeigning and ambitious politicians, the most mischievous and wicked is that inculoated in the brutal and bloody Rochester manifesto of Wa. H. Seward—that there is an irrepressible conflict between the Northern and Southern States of this Union, It is the sentiment of a heart that would not seruple to imbrue its country in fratricidal blood to achieve power for itself. It is the doo- trine of a mind which, incapable of rising to the elevation of a continental nationality, would sever the bonds of its union to bring it down to its own capacity of attainment. It is the teach- ing ofa demagogue who, wrapped up in self, and seeking only himself, would rule or ruin his country. It is the short-sighted policy of a weathercock politician, who veers to every breath of air that wafts along his own level, un- witting of the steady currents that flow above or the mighty interests that throng beneath. Hap- pily, every reflecting mind that is not governed by passion or biassed by prejudice can pierce the fallacy and comprehend its wicked designs There is no irrepressible conflict between the Northern and Southern States of this Union. On the contrary, there is an irrepressible harmony between th m—an irrepressible harmony of po- litical, moral, social and industrial interests. The entire record of our history shows it ™ tiled #- --~ asogether ie pee? «vc political freedom and the ight of self-government. Together they tac - sel, and established ++-* ~ _ +e COun- -+v wut noly charter of our liber- ties, the constitution of the United States. Together they have grown up from thirteen spareely settled and distant colonies to thirty- three populous and powerful States, In this vast developement their common and reciprocal in- terests have become knit and twined together in mutual support; and they have bound them with the gulden chains of commerce, banded them with the iron rails of travel, and corded them with the electric nerves of instantaneous thought. From time to time politicians and demagogues have talked of severance and disunion, but only the politicians and demagogues. Whenever the question has touched the great heart of the peo- ple there has come up the irrepressible harmony of interests and borne it down as with a deluge. And £0 it will be for ages yet to come. The great groundwork of this irrepressible harmony is the complete reciprocity of interests between the industrial organization of the North ati the industrial organization of the South. They are the natural complements of each other, in the same way that the respective differences of soil and climate are the counterparts of a perfect whole. The forests, the fisheries, the looms, anvils and workshops of New England are necessary to the Sonth, as are the cotton, tobacco and sugar of the South necessary to the North, and the grains and meats of the West indispensable to all. If the industrial organi- zation of the South did not prosper and grow, it could not contribute the vast quota it now con- tributes to the prosperity of the North and West; and whatever injures the industrial hive of New England is at once felt in the West and South- The whole Union is a vast copartnership that extends to the most minute ramifications of life; for the harmony of political interests has left industry free to seek the occupation most con- genial and profitable to it, and thus one section has devoted itself to the production of raw staples, another to the multitudinous forms of manufacture, and a third to the growth of food for all—while each contributes its part to that mighty commerce which vivifies the whole, Thus, there is throughout the length and breadth of the Union—twining its tendrils around every pursuit, and running deep and calm in the heart of every man—an irre- pressible harmony of interests to which de- signing politicians are blind, and which the cor- rupt demagogue cannot comprehend. It is as silent and yet as constant in its operation as are the laws of our growth. Every man who puts seed in the ground or garners a harvest confides in it; every oné who welds on the anvil or weaves in a loom counts upon it; all who go down to the sea in ships prt their faith in it; and the merchant, when he embarks his capital or credit in a venture, places his trust in it. Against all these, and against all their kindred pursuits, the man who proclaims “an irrepressi- ble conflict between the North and the South” proclaims war. And it is not strange that the corrupt and designing demagogue, who does so to flatter a ruthless spirit of local fanaticism, should find himself defeated and overwhelmed by the spirit of irrepressible harmony that sleeps at the very foundations of the material and moral interests of the Union. Tae Cuevatier Wikorr AND THE Count DE Gvurowskr on a War Footirac—Piquant Con- TRIBUTIONS TO THE BEeLLIGERENT LiteRaTuRE ov THE Day.—Decidedly we live in a bellige- rent age. Not only is the tocsin of war sounding all over Europe—the continental politicians, sol- diers and chevaliers of all sorts of orders, or none at all, hurrying to the tented field, either through the innocent mediuni of diplomatic notes, memoranda, charges, replies and rejoin- ders, or by the absolute mobilization of their armics—but 80 contagious is the spirit of strife that even here, three thousand miles away from “the bayonets of Napoleon and Francis Joseph, we find our diplomats, chevaliers and litterateurs engaged in the shedding of hostile ink to a most frightful and alarming extent. ; So we are called upon, as friends of fair play, to print two pungent communications from two celebrated men— celebrated both in general poli- tics, foreign diplomacy and polite literature. The Chevalier Wikoff, whose letter ought to ap- rear to-day, but is omitted, pays his respects to an illustrious quartette—Messrs. Bryant, Forney, Heiss and Pryor, all four politicians and one @ poet—though how the clear spring of Heli- con could mingle with the dirty pool of partisan squabbles isa matter of astonishment to us, This quartette have been howling at the Chevalier in che mess awiul way Lidwitse Ue lun Leva appulat- ue ed bearer of the ratified treaty to China, Th are like hungry dogs in the manger, ready to jump upon any bone, vo matter how small it may be, and are yelping with jealousy at the bit of a place which the administration has given to the ChevaNer. They wre a curious eet of chaps. Al! kitchen customers; all continually sitting up for bones, and eating off their own paws waiting for a turn at the pan. Heiss, the veteran of the party, has alwayB been in the kitchen till Mr. Bu- chapan’s time, and had the run of the best messes, He had a good long feed off the public printing, which is a solid dish in the spoilmen’s carte, Itis like a fine round of beef, fit to cut and come again. Pryor was brought up from some of the back towns in Virginia and’ turned loose among the pots and pans of poor Pierce, After a thorough saturation with the grease of the White House he was sent to Greece in Europe, duly rubbed in with outfit, in-fit, salary, and e0 on. Forney was the chef de cuisine un- der Pierce. He went about with his white apron, like Dana at Brook Farm, tasting all the him. A right royal turnspit was the Chevalier Forney, giving two turns for himself to one for his master. Bryant has had little dips now and then, but expects to do better if his new friends, the black republicans, ever rule the White House roast. Now, we submit that it isvery mean for these fellows, with such unbounded stomachs and such grand opportunities, to object to the smal! favors bestowed upon the Chevalier Wikoff and Meinherr Grund. Why not let them eat their cakes in peace. The Gurowski war is of a more personal cha- racter. The Count de Gurowski is of a noble Polish family, connected with all the most unpro- nounceable names—“skis,”’ “wiezs” and so on— in Poland, Russia and its dependencies. One of his brothers occupies a high position in the Court of the Czar, and another ran away with a mem- ber of the royal fumily of Spain—the lady thinking the air of a convent bad for her health, and taking matrimony as a medicament. The Gurowski who now illuminates this happy land is & savant, a philosopher and a politician of libe- ral opinions, on account of which latter trait Raps Soy eA aN vokcudh! a oeens ue was exiled to America, and came, severa: years ago, to Boston, The Athenian mind being provincially opaque, the Count removed to the metropolis, and was enrolled as a collaborateur with the Hon. Massa Greeley & Co., in which position he enlightened the public mind, more or less, with his lucubra- tions for the Tribune. Buta quarrel ensued on account of some book speculation wherein the Tribune philosophers were interested with the Appletons, and Gurowski was again a free lance, or lancet we might say. As a matter of course, the Tribune unceasingly calls Gurowski bad names, and, curiously enough, finds fault with his alleged lack of good breeding. We shall soon have the Five Points teaching man- ners to the Fifth avenue. Z In this affair we occupy the position of Russia with France and Austria in the matter of the European war, and, like the Czar, we fear that hostilities cannot be averted. But Gurowski and Wikoff ‘have the best of the matter. While the former has resided in the United States he has not been idle, byt has ripened his diplomatic talent. The eyes of Europe are on him, and we should not be at all surprised if the Emperor of Rursiu should order the big ship General Admi- ral to take Gurowski on board, and bring him to St. Petersburg, where he would be tendered the portfolio of Premier to the Czar. And as for Wikoff, although he goes only as the bearer of a treaty to the Son of the Sun and the Brother of the Moon, we ehould not be at all astonished if he were waited upon at Southampton by a depu- tation of British statesmen, headed by Lord Palmerston, and entreated to remain long enough in England to settle the Italian ques- tion—Gurowski and Wikoff being the only two men capable of unravelling the complicated web of European politics. What will the four hungry politicians and the Tribune philosophers say to that? Tae Tract Socrety Barrie.—Next ‘to the war in Europe, the rumpus in the American Tract Society is the most entertaining belli- gerent topic of the day. The outs intend to make a great demonstration against the ins, and, if possible, a mew board of directors will be chosen. The parties in office have called the business meeting, to which admission is only gained by tickets, which the direction distri- butes on next Wednesday, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. The public exercises are an- nounced at ten, so that only one hour is left for businese, rendering debate impossible. “ Of course,” says the indignant Independent, “ the house will be packed with their (directors’) ad- herents.” The same paper calls the affair an “ annual disgrace,” and stirs up the opposition to be early ut their posts, and “speak and vote as opportunity and duty may dictate.” As it is a question of cash more than principle—a struggle to see which set of brethren shall handle the funds—there is a prospect of a pretty fight if the gag should happen to be loosened. The Academy of Music is a curious place for the anniversary of so inharmonious a set of philo- sophers as the Tract Society men. : Literary and Political Squabbies. THE COUNT GUROWSEI TO GREELEY AND THE OTHER TRIBUNE PHILOSOPHERS. The subjoined paragraph appeared in the 7ribune of Thursday :— Tho Springfleld Republican having disson 0 Spr! ic vin; ted from the views of the Countde Gurowski in te recent attack u; the “New American Cyclopwdia” and its editors, that eminent nobleman has replied by sending to the editor of the Republicam a copy of a rather disreputable journal of this city, bearing tho ivecription, in his own handwriting, “To the great ass of the Springfield Republican.” But for the fact that the Count de Gurowski is not a common man, but a personage of very ancient birth, familiar with the beat European society, where no person can be admitted who is not replete with culture, refinement and gentleness, the Republican might perhaps have been led to su that this mode of answering its observations was in some small degree flavored with an approach to biackguardism and the jow language of gross personal vituperation; buat, under the circumstances, nosuct suspicion can for amoment be entertained. There can be no question but that it is simply a Russian or Polish arietocratic mothod of demon- strating the solidity of-one’s learning, the strength of one’s reason, and the beautiful propriety of one’s manners," To which that eminent nobleman replies as follows:— THE RRJOINDRR. To mm Eprror or Eprrors oF PERSONALITIES IN TOR New ay ural fry take up the Springfiold R-publi it is natural for you to take up the 0) - cam sganst me, yn On brays the others answor, Sumilis simili [coved Bat the maaner of tho proffered succor Would Induce many to chastise you, this being the only manner of resent an offence from individuals of your kind, My pea of honor, however, condemn such violence, for faction is honorable only when do. mauded and received from of similar convictions end conceptions. Only equals can offend, and only against uals can any offence be resented. The abusive language a drunkard, a rafilan, or the barking of a dog, are not poticed. I apply the same rule to whatever henceforth the editors of persoualities {4 the Zribune will say of mo, mindful of the dictuin: Cuan stercore dum certo, etc. New York, May 6, 1859. GUROWSKL Tur Hancock Hovse.—It is stated by the Boston Tvoreller that the will of the iate Joun Hancock is to bo contested by tome of the relatives who were cut off with webilling; and unless ail the partics will join im a release, wegotiutione for the purchase of the Hancock House me eed ue ConulLeivM Ui Lue mull ~AIRS IN WASHINGTON, AFr. a "in Moxtco—Bishard Cob-« ‘The Liberal Came. __-~ of tho United Staten don and the Influen. ’ v on European AffairsmT™ “sou ourens bles—Brigham Young Offers t eens Mormons’ Interest In Utah, &0> OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATOH. Waswinoton, May 6, 1869, Senor Mata bad a long interview wish the Secretary of State to day with reference to Mexican affairs, His let- tere from Mexico are » and he entertains ne doubt of the triumphant success of the liberal party. It is intimated that Mr. Richard Cobden, during bis late Sojourn at the White House, availed himself of the opper> tunity to sound the President on the subject of a moral interposition of the United States in the present tangled and menacing affairs of Europe. It is cortain that Englisi statesmen are greatly alarmed, and the wisest are unable to forsee to what terrible issues the present complications are to lead. ‘Tho Mormon imbroglio bids fair to be speedily and per- ‘manently settled. It appears that Brigham Young has submitted a proposition to a company of capitalists to sell all their right, title and interest to Utah Territory, for @ reasonable sum of money, and to leave the Territory ‘within a specified time. Some of the company are said to be here, consulting with the administration, The matter f es set nko,, and | Mz bee Kept thus far a profound secret. ‘They desire tews, , fricasees, , Toasts, &o., choosing a bit of the most savory as it pleased | the aid of the governmont in carrying at this praise- worthy undertaking, and it is highly probab‘e that the government will lend them al! the aid in its power. If & cannot be effected in any other way, the subject will be laid before Congress at ite meeting. Tho President to-day appointed Wiliam D. Bishop, of Connecticut, Commissioner of Patents. THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH, Wasmcrow, May 6, 1859. General Case had an interview with Lord Lyons yoa- terday, and with Senor Malta to-day, on business conmect- ed with their respective governments. . Utah affairs still occupy the attention of the goverm- ment. Judge Cradlebaugh has not, as reported, been re moved, although the probability is that be will be. Tweoty six Thira Assistant Engineers of the Navy hay- ing psseed the usual cxamination have been warrauted, These wil supply the deficiency of such officers which hes for come months existed, Forgery at Salem, Mass. Bostow, May 6, 1859, ‘At ap investigation at Salem, on Monday last, by two agents of the United Stator Treasury Department, Mr. G. 'W. Mullet, ex-Inspector of Customs, testified that the sig- natures of over five hundred persons to a petition recem- mending Dr. George B. Loring for Collector of Salam, in 1858, were forged in his presence by Messrs. Loring and G. W. Pike. The latter is now Coliector of Saiem. Dr. AMIDE, wus w ovvein tue Vouectoranip, was appointed Postmaster of Salem on the recommendation of said peti. tion, Several prominant 4-—--- -s ee Hs a+ -vuworate declare their alleged signatures to the petition forgeries. Tt is not known what action will be taken in the Premises, but Mr. Pike’s opponents are coniident of his removal. Disaster to the Steamer Jacob Traber. Cixcivsamt, May 6, 1859. ‘The steamer Jacob Traber, in attempting to land at the wharf here, this morning, struck a pile of pig iron, which bad been covered by the late rise in the river, and sank in ten feet of water. She afterwards took fire, and will Probably prove a total loss. She is insured in this oily for $6,C00. Loss of the Bark Aerial. Batrimorx, May 6, 1859, ‘The bark Aerial, from Wilmington, N. C., bound to Ha- vana, experienced a heavy gale on the 22d ult., aprung aleak and capsized. The crew wore rescued, after boing on the wreck two days, by a vessel bound to Liverpoel. Subsequently they were transferred to the brig Princess and brought here. Suicide at Montreal. Monrrmat, May 6, 1859. A pensioner named Joseph Bramley, threw himsolf ia front of a train entering St. Johns, this afternoon, aad ‘was instantly killed. ‘The Oberlin Rescuers. CieveLanD, Ohio, May 6, 1859, Six of the Oberlin rescuers pleaded guilty this morning, and were sentenced each to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars, and twenty-four hours imprisonment. Bushnell is not yet sentenced, —_—_—_—__—_______. The Morris and Essex Railroad. Newark, May 6, 1859, ‘The directors of the Morris and Essex Railroad Company yesterday resolved to extend their road from the terminus in this city to New York, and to raise one million dollars new capital for the purpose. Their stockholders are called to meet on the 16th of May to carry out the details. The extension will prebably go to Hobokea ferry. Execution of a sore recag cago, May 6, 1869. Michael McNamee was executed this aftern: murder of his wife igh Say, ase respite was grav care of Michacl Finn, wanalse (9 have been hung to-day. ans —— ee The Southern Baptist Convention. Ricamonp, Va., May 6, 1859, The Southern Baptist Convention mot to-day, and the attendance was large. Dr. Richard Fuller, of Baltimore, ‘was chosen President. go er ee ‘The Case of pigeon Mares. VANNAR, May 6, 1859. The jury to-day, in the caso of Selvia and Mares, charged with fitting out the bark Anata for the slave trade, rea- . a dereda verdict of not guilty. ome jew ORLEANS, May 6, 1859, Cotton—The advices per the Niagara caused operations to be suepended: the sales to-day amount toonly 1,000 bales at 12c. for middling; the sales of the week foot up 80,000 bales, and the receipts 8,600 bales, against 18,000 for the corresponding week Inst year; the exports for the ‘week sum up 82,500 bales, and the total exporis to date 1 500 bal receipts at this port ahea'l of last year 157,600 bales; ‘do. at alt Sontlionn peels 785,000; tock 192,060 bales, against 298,000 bales last year. buoyant at 6340. for fair. Mo'nsses 88c. Oats 660. Sees pork stoady at $16 60, Coffee firm at 11%¢¢. a 120.; sales Of the week 8 600 bags; imports 9,500 bage:-stock ‘18,600 bags, agalost 10,500 Inet year. Cotton’ to Havre 30. - SAVANNAE, 5, 1859. ales of the w up les, and the rece 8,800 bales. Stock in port 35,600 bates.’ pied WANNA, May 6, 1859. Cotton yory dull, and prices weak. CS ada, Cixctvxamt, May 6, 1859. ap TiQuy excited, and Sdvanood 160. a 200.; gales #00 bbls. a $675. Wheat buoyant. Wh: ed steady at 20., and cloeod at 260. nario Bartimors, May 6, 1859. Flour firm at $6 50 for both Howard strest and ObIo, Wheat is excited; choice white, $1 95; good to prime, $1 60a$1 76. Corn advanced '1c.; whito, 853. a 880.; eltow, 860. @ 8c, Provisions uuchanged, Whiskey’ ; 400 bbls. sold at 26340. for city. PiiaDguPHta, May 6, 1869, Breadstuffe all show an advancing tendency, cutee the tenor of the Niagara’s news. The sales of flour reached 8,000 bbis., the market closiog firm at $6 50 a $7 60. Wheat—Kentucky white $1 85: red $1 65a $1 67—mar- ket closing with a tendency sti!l upward. Corn scarce: yellow 90c., afloat. Oats active at 56c. a 68c. Whiskey scarce, and selling at 25340. a 270. AcapEMy or Mcsic.—‘‘ Don Pasquale’? was sung last night, the second of Piccolomini’s farewell performances. The house was quite as full, and much more fashionable, than on Monday. The distribution of the opera was one which is not often enjoyea; altogether, it has not been ap- proached here within our r¢collection. Piccolomini finds in the rdle of Norina a character in which her supremacy is acknowledged by the most hypercritical of her judges. Ne@hing can be more charming than her performance of this most lively and piquant véle. Last night she was in the beet of spirits, and improved upon the very agrooable souvenirs of her previous performances, The audience was fascinated and enthusiastic in tho highest degree. Brignoli was in good vuice, and sang the music, which 's peculiarly sulted to his pure and sympathetic voloo, ad- mirably. Barili made his début thia season as Dr. Malatesta, which he sung well and acted with graos, cle- ganco and spirit. Magulorotti, though a little ponderous, was bel aco as the buffos generally are now-a-days. The demand being light, tbe supply is limited. By- and-bye they will be as rare te’ mummies. Incidental to the Opera we suggest that Mr. Stra- kosch wonid confer a favor on @ large number of poo- ple who are not in trade by ne ome the juvenile operations in books, fans, pictures, &c., during ‘the per- formance, It is bad enough during the enfr’-actes, but ab- solutely unbearable while the sceue is goingon. The umber of boys, too, has lately been increased to a war ing. "To. 43 there will be 8 matingo—two full operas, ‘Lucia’? and Ta Serve Padrona,”’ with Piccolomini in Both, AR immense crinoline crush is inevitable. Avorn Fatal Fiviy Accromnt,—We learn that Mrs, Mary Totton, wife of Mr, John Totton, of Flatbush, Z. I., and daughter of Mr. Henry Parkenson, of Westport, Coma.» lost her Ife yesterday by her clothes taking Gre from ® fluid amp, She was shockingly burned, and lingered In great distress from half-past ten o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock Jast evening, when eke expired. Mra. T * Wes (wouty- tee years OF aga et on ee nemeneteetenatet