The New York Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1859, Page 4

4 . NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1859. NEW YORK . gamue GORDON BEANEG®, . EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Series M. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND MASGAU OTs. « Wokume KETV ......sscecsssrscrsereeeseseMOe 133 dreamcast ire 2 Yea dea dace AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—Ros Ror. BOWERY THRATRE, Bowery.—Hanry Borxuam—Wat- {ace—Two Buzzauns. LITAN THEATRE (Late. Burton’s).—Mezny wees or Wanbeon—Paater Pisce or Business. ‘WALLAOK’S THEATRE, Brosdway.—Men or tas Dar— Love anp Muxpss. LAURA KEEN®’S THEATRE, No. 524 Brosdway.—Miv- euumar Nigut'’s Dream. ABRNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadt ponek Pics or Tiirour—An ALARMING Eveoing—Uncie Tom’s Casi ’S MINSTREL BUILDING, 561 and 563 Broadway— “ae Sonas, Dances, &c.—Genu or tHe Lake. NTS’ MINSTRELS, MECH ANIC9’ HALL, 427 Broad- wantin BSoncs, &0.—-Buureseus Iratiax Orena, —Afiver- IFICE. ACADEMY OF MUSIO, Fourteenth street —Firat Sore Oe tHe Metgoroutan Musica Society. New York, Tuesday, May 17, 1859. BAILS FOR ECROPE. Shs New York Herald—Edition for ‘The Cunard mail steamship Niagara, Captain Millar, will leave Boston on Wednesday, for Liverpool. The European mails wil! close in this city this ‘afternoon at half-past one o’ciock to go by railroad, and ‘at four o’clock to go by steamboat. ‘The Buropean edition of the Hxratp will be published at fea o'clock !n the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, wa rons, @ubscriptious and advertizements for any edition of the War Yous Haxiip will bé received at the following piaces Losvos....Sampson Low, Son& 0 , 47 Ladgnte Hill. Lansing, Starr & Co. , 74 King William street. Param... ..Lansing, Baldwin & 8 place de la Bourse. Lavaaroot..Lansiag, Starr & Co., No. 9 Chapel atreet. R. Stuart, 10 Exchange street, Havas... .Uansing, Baldwin & Co., 21 Rte Corueiile, BLunwwns ..De Chapeauronge & Co. ‘The contenis of the European edition of the Hxrato will fombine the newe received by mail and telegraph at the @ foe during the previous week and up to hour the of padi caiion. The News. By the arrival of ‘the Nova Scotian at Quebec, and the interception of the Arago and Vigo off Cape Race, we have advices from Europe to the 6th inst. Unfortunately the telegraph gave out somewhere down in the British provinces, just as the Vigo's news was coming over the wires, and we ace therefore without a word of intelligence relative to the war or state of commercial affuirs later than the 4th inst. Up to that date reports were current of a collision between the Austrians and Sardians, but they were notcredited. Napoleon had senta mani- festo to the Corps Legislatif, in which he says Aus- tria has virtually declared war against France, and uething remains for France but to take up the sword in defence of Italy. He disclaims all idea of conquest, and professes nothing but the purest sympathy for Italy, and says that he is about to place himself at the head of the army, leaving the impress and his son to the patrio} e of the french people. The financial panic in London had subsided. Gonsols on the 34d inst. closed at 90} a 0} —an improvement of one-quarter compared with the prices of the day previous. There was ao ma- terial change in the cotton market. Breadstuffsand provisions had a general upward tendency. The definite character of the news received from Europe yesterday, showing that, though no actual collision had occurred, yet that war had been de- clared and leaving no room to doubt its early reality, had the effect of reviving the excitement in com- me I circles in this city which was noticed last xk. Its most decided influence was felt in the flour aad grain markets, and resulted in a farther advance in prices. Flour became active, with sales of about 51,000 a 32,000 barrels of all kinds, closing at an advance of 2 0 30c. per bar ref, and, ina few grades of desirable Western and Southern extras, trom 40c. to 50c. per barrel. Wheat advanced about c. per bushel. Corn was plenty and less influenced iy the news, and closed firm at Saturday's prices, Sales of cotton were checked by the news, and embraced only about 300 a 400 bales, while the market was unsettled. The decline from the highest point previous to the war crisis amounts to fully ja [ofa centperpound. Taking the inside fignre, and estimating the bales at 450 pounds each, will give a decline equal to $3 37} per bale. The crop is estimated at 3,700,000 bales. Of thisamount about 3,502,000 Lave been received in the ports, and 2,461,000 bales have been exported, leaving a stock in the ports of 498,000 bates. These two added together give 2 000 bales, which, sub- iracted from the 3,51 bales which must have passed into the hands of American manufacturers. The 498,000 bales re- we maining in the ports, with the 200,000 bales not yet sent to market, amount to about 698,000 bales, which, at the decline of total loss 74 per bale, gi caused by the war news within a 1 to $2 266 ; an amount great- of the rise in prices on flour, grain and provisions. If we were to add the possible depreciation of the cotton controlled ty middle men in Liverpool and in transit, the aggregate diminution of value to the country would likely be considerably angmented. As be. fore remarked, however, it has been fortunate for the cotton trade that so large a portion of the o p has been sold in Europe before the war ¢ in. ely that on a heavy or unsettled marke: planters will feel disposed to hold back shipments to some extent; and, as light as receipts are, t wilf at the end of the season prove less than wa revioualy estimated. ‘Pork was excited, with free 3 at a decided adyance. Mess beef was also better, and so was lard. Rice was active, and ad- vanced. 4c. per Ib. In fruit, a movement was din currants. Trieste exports large quanti- hence the war has produced a movement, and 5,000 barrels were sold .96e.perlb. Sagar, 2 s confined to about ee was quiet, and steady. In were steady, and engagements amodera The overlaud mail has arrived at St. Louis dates from San Francisco to the later than those received hy The reports state that busi money plenty. The Legislutw arned w out making provision for the $200,000 of bonds still outstanding. Tt was reported yesterday afiernoon that a heavy defaleation had been discovered in one of the de partments of the Boerd of Education, to tle amour of several thousand dollars, and that every effort fad been made to keep the matter quiet and from 8. It was stated, however, that the ter cannot be kept private much longer, and that at the next meeting of the Board some inquiry will be made concerning it. At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen last evening the Mayor sent in the nomination of Jona- than Trotter for the office of City Inspector. It was forthwith returned. The Committee on Streets reported in favor of requiring the telegraph com- panies to remove the telegraph poles from the streets and lay the wires under ground. The sub- ject was laid over. The report against leasing Reservoir square to the American Tustitute was adopted, as was also a resolution appropriating $6,000 to test the right of the city to land under water at West Washington Market. The sum of with two day: $5,000 was appropriated for the celebration of In- | dependence Day, and a committee, consisting of Alderman Peck, Tuomey, Bradley and Lynes, was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. The Joint Committee on Accounts reported that 0 receipts, leaves 543,000 | the section of tue charter of 1867, requit ug that no expenditure for work or supplies, as than $250 in amount, s'ould be made unless the proper head of department shall certify to its necessity and the Common Council authorize it, has never in a single instance been observed. In order to puta stop to this ,ractice the committee recommended tie pas- sage of an ordinance compelling heads of depart- ments to observe the requirements of the charter. ‘The Board of Councilmen did not transact any business last evening for want of a quorum. The Councilmen’s Committee on St-ects held « meeting yesterday afternoon to consider the peti tion now before the Common Council for extending Worth street from the Five Points to Chatham quare. This improvement would extend Wor.! treet wo blocks, and open an addition il connee tion Letween Chatham street and Broadway. No parties interested came before the couumitiee: therefore they took no action, though they regard che pctition favorably. Atrotting match for $2,000, twe mile he: harness, between Lady Woodruff and Mountain Boy, came off yesterday afternoon over the Union I. The mare won easily. Time:-- Captain William G. Jones, of the barls James W. Paige, has handed us interesting advices from the ccast of Africa, dated at Monrovia, Liberia, on the 17th of March. President Benson was not so popu- lar as usual. A colored man from Boston had started a paper iz opposition to the government. Twenty tons of native sugar and molasses had been shipped, the latter of excellent quality. Captain Jones has discovered and surveyed a dangerous hidden rock in latitude 17 55 and longitude 23 34, and called it “ Louisa’s Rock.” The Excise Commissioners will hold their first meeting to-day at three o'clock in the City Library room, in the City Hall, for the purpose of granting licenses. A new clerk will be appointed. Com- missioner Haskett has not yet accepted his reap- pointment. At the meeting of the Health Commissioners ya resolution was adopted which in ef- fect takes away from Capt. Alexander H. Schultz the lightering, stevedoring and steawboating in connection with Quarantine, and bestows that fat job upon Messrs. Fancher & McChesney. The Board of Currency met last evening to hear Mi. Opdyke read a report on the present state of our currency and banking system, the exact pur- port of which was to make a comparison of the sum of the bank deposits and circulation with the ion for the same periods, showing the pro- on of money or baak currency to each indi- vidual throughout a period of twenty-six years, We are compelled to defer the publication of our report. The case of A. Maroney, confined in the Eldridge street jail,at the suit of Adams’ Express Company, for the embezzlement of $30,000, wis brou sht up in the United States District Court yesterday be- fore Judge Nelson, when the motion of his conasel on an order to reduce bail was argued. The Judge denied the motion, and the Ma'shal retucaed h’s prisoner back to his quarters in Eldridge s:reet, The American Baptist Publication Society held its thirty-fiith anniversary yesterday. There were one hundred and fourteen members present. The subject of a union with the Bible Society, as pro- posed by the Baptist Consolidating Convention, was discussed in a spirited manner, and resolutions were passed, by a vote of seventy-nine to thirty-one, in favor of such union, “if it can be cordially and legally effected.” The annual report shows a flour. ishing state of affairs, the society having published during the past year 419,000 books, pamphlets and extracts, making an aggregate of 32,642,300 pages. Total number of pages published since the society's organization 340,000,000. The rece‘; ts dorins the year were $80,49916; balance in the treasury $197 05. Tt was resolved to continue the efforts to increase the capital to $100,000. Our report is un- avoidably postponed. The War tn Europe—Effect of Napoleon's Presence In Italy. The arrival of the Arago off Cape Race, and of the Nova Scotian at River du Loup, places us n possession of one day’s later intelligence from Europe. Its chief feature is the proclamation of war by France.in the Moniteur of the 3d of May, with the accompanying announcement that Louis Napoleon would place himself at the head of the army. The presence of the Emperor on the theatre of war will give an immense impulse to the revolutionary mevement throughout the penin- sula, Already, before the French troops have had time to arrive in sufficient force to afford them support, two of the duchies, Tuscany and Parma, have unfurled the standard of Italian in- dependence, and expelled their Puppet sove- reigns. Thus Louis Napoleon takes up the ball of revolution at the point where it was arrested by Lamartine’s famous manifesto in *48, and sets it again rolling. Lamartine killed the French republic avd crushed the hopes of the friends of Italian freedom by that suicidal proclamation. Accustomed only to the language of sentiment, and inexperienced in that of , olitics, he did not perceive the full force of the phraseology which | he employed. In declaring tha! France respect- ed the rights of existing governments whilst it proclaimed the brotherhood of oppressed nation- alities, he virtually told the world that the re- public did not mean to disfurb any of the terri- | torial arrangements which had produced the evils with which he and his colleagues pro- | fessed to sympathize. Such a declaration, ema- | nating from a government which was in itself | one of the first fruits of the upheavings of that j meniorable year, could not fail to exercise a | discouraging influence on the movements ini- | tiated in Italy and Germany. Ther authors all | looked to France, the great focus of the revolu- { tionary sentiment, for moral countenance, if not for eupport; but instead of that they were met } by the cold shoulder and phrases which, if they | meant anything, were intended only to convey | tranquilizing assurances to the minds of the European despots. The result, we need not add, | was to destroy the confidence and paralyze the - | energies of the liberals all over the Continent. Before the revolution had half ran its course re- action had commenced, and this was completed by individual cowardice and treachery. Mad the provisional government in France re- mained true to the instincts which gave it birth, | there can be no doubt that the movements of | 1548 would have led to sweeping changes io the political arrangements of Europe. Conducted, however, by poets, philosophers and suckling | statesmen, their only result was to adjourn for a while the decision of the struggle that was then | commenced. The present ruler of France comprehends better the necessitics and duties of his position. | A practical statesman, instead of a poet and phi- | losopher, he has carly seen the advantages that were to be gained to I'rench interests and to his | own by advocating the cause of Italian liberty. | From the Italian revolutionists, or rather from the red republican portion of them, arose one of his chief dangers; for so long as he was sup- posed to sustain misgovernment in the Roman States he might expect that the knife of the as. sasein would be at his throat. To crush out the hopes of the Mazzini party und to render his | death valueless to them asa political object, it was obviously his policy to support the movo- ment for constitutional government in Italy, which had been fostered and encouraged by Vic- tor Emanuel for his own aggrandizement. In Going this the Emperor was not of course blind to the other advantages which o war with Austria opened up to his ambition. He is no doubt honest in the desire which he profesees to improve the political condition of the Italian people; but if in effecting this object he can improve the fortunes of his own dynasty, itis not to be expected that he will be over ecrupulous about doing go. As soon as the arrival of the Emperor is pro- claimed, and that the proximity of French aid can be realized by the massesin Italy, we expect that the example set by Tuscany and Parma will be instantly followed throughout the peninsula. ‘The Pope will make his escape if possible, for he can have no great fancy for a journey to France under circumstances analagous to those in which one of bis predecessors was placed. A second trip to Naples will scarcely suit him, as it is likely that the state of things in that quarter will be as hot and unpleasant as that which he will have quitted. As for King Bomba, if he has not already taken his departure for a realm more fitted for him, we should not be surprised if he were by this time a prisoner in his own palace. A system so long maintained by terrorism requires only the paralysis of fear to instantly dissolve it, and if Tus- cany’s Duke, who was rather a kindly disposed map, has so promptly got his walk- ing papers, it is mot improbable that the Neapolitan despot and his family are already under bonds to their people to answer for their misdeeds. Thus, almost as soon as the Em. peror’s foot will have touched the Italian soil, he will have found it cleared of most of the petty tyrants and oppressors who have so long re- velled upon the plunder and rejoiced in the groans and tears of its people. He will have much to answer for if, by heartlessly turning to his exclusive profit the ready support and confidence with which he will be met, he disappoints hopes which his own professions and declarations have excited. The New Work Democracy—The Squabbic for the Spolls of 1860, Our democratic readers of the hard shell fac- tion will find among the miscellaneous matter of our columns to-day an interesting article feom the Leader (soft shell) on what it calls the “Last Dickinson Caucus,” meaning the recent extraordinary secret State Convention of the hards at the Astor Houee, in reference to the ap- pointment of the New York delegates to the Charleston Convention. The Leader is a spirited weekly paper, under the editorial management of our County Clerk, John Clancy, who has thus two strings to his bow—first, the duties of his office, and second, the duties of the metropolitan orgaa of the sof: shell faction. He thus, for the present, occupies, with his weekly journal, a position of some dis- advantage as the antagonist of the Daily Nos, the vigilant champion of the hards, But, by- and-bye, from the profits and perquisites of the soft shell regency of the Central Railroad aud lobby combination of Albany, the Leader may possibly be expanded into a daily paper. Mean- time, as Sir Lucius O’Trigger has it, this squab- ble beiween the factions for the Charleston Con- vention and the spoils of 1860 “isa very pretty quarrel as it stands.” Mr. Clancy charges that “siace the rej of the bogus delegations representing the - inson interest, by the State Convention of last year, the outside politicians who have disorga- nized the party in this State,” having failed to obtain “any recognition from the democracy they have outraged and injured,” “now seek, by means of private caucuees and mysterious meetings, to give their feebleness an air of importance and strength,” but that “ with- out a foothold in the regular organization, not recognized by the Central State Committee, unable to gain admittance to any Conven- tion, we cannot understand what is to be eventually accomplished by these ridiculous caucus intrigues.” Finally, as all these small intrigues will end in smoke, Mr. Clancy thinks that “Mr. Dickinson and his friends may give up all hope of his being selected by the Charleston Convention.” We also incline to the opinion that Mr. Dick- inson is permanently laid on the shelf; but we have ecarcely a higher estimate of the chances at Charleston of Horatio Seymour, the especial pet of the softs. They may, through their “rega- lar organization,” having all the wires, ropes and pullics in their hands, send a compact un- mixed “regular” soft delegation to Charleston; but this will not prevent the presence of another delegation representing the hards. In the mean- time, therefore, we may count upon a division of the party camp into two belligerent factions ; but let not the republicans be too confident that this division will extend to the Presidential elec- tion. Tn the contest of 1848 the New York democra- cy were divided upon a principle, a sharply de- fined issue upon the slavery question; but now the only issue between the hards and softs is the spoils of 1860. The Charleston Convention may settle this business as it was settled in 1582, and thns the two factions may again be harmonized. In the interval cach will put forward all its ener- gies to make good its cleim at Charleston from its muster roll, and thus between these ri- valrics of the hards and softs the New York de- mocracy, when recombined ia 1860, may be found stronger than ever before. The softs contemplate the appointment of the State delegation to Charleston through (he agency ofthe approaching autumnal State Convention of the party, over which they will undoubtedly hold the control, The hards demand that this ap- Pproaching State Convention shall be limited to the business of our November State campaign, and that the Charleston delegation shall be elected by the several Congressional districts, each for tself. The softs will most probably refuse this concession, and thus our next fall election may go hy default, as did the last, to some extent. But still, upon “the cohesive platform of the pub- lic plunder” the divided New York demooracy may be reunited, and they may recover the State in 1860 as in 1844 and 1852. And why not? The existing dissensions and divisions of the New York democracy being all about the spoils, upon the basis of the spoils they may be composed. Not so the divisions among the opposition factions, here and elsewhere. Their divieions are upon conflicting principles, upon which there can be no accommodation. Thus we safely predict that there will be at least two opposition parties in the ficld in 1860, as in 1856, and in the meantime the whole budget of our political affairs may undergo such changes and transformations as will place the democratic party of the Union in a position to recover—in a reunion upoa Mr. Bughanan’s sound and relia- ion ble administration—all the ground they Lave lost in their foolish experiments to break him down. P 1 et the hards and softs fight out their quarrels. They begin early, and thus they will have plenty of time to come to their senses before the Charleston Convention, the upshot of whi: muet be harmony, when th» issues will simoly determine the reunion or ; ermanent dissolution of the party. Austria’s Financial Schemes—Their Disas- trous Effects at Home and Abroad. The financial measures of the Austrian govern- nicht which have accompanied its declaration of war ore of a ruinous character, and must produce & most disastrous effect throughout her empire. Ot the four different means for raising money, published by decree on the 80th of April, one only, the income tax, belongs to the class of healthy financial measures, The o'hers are the issuance by the national bank of one handsed and thirty-three millions of florins in new notes, suspepsion of specie payments by the bank, and the refusal of the government to receive the de preciated notes, but exacting silver in payment of duties and excise. This isareturn tothe old French system of assignats, or the unlimited issue of irredeemable paper, accompanied by the iniquitous refusal to receive the eame medium in which she discharges her own obligations. It is repudiation, accom- panied with unblushing robbery. The simulta- neous suspension of specig payments with a large issue of new bank notes, must depreciate these suddenly and to a large extent. In fact, in the present uncertain issue of the war, with all Europe joined in condemnation of her obstinacy and haste, with the popular sympathies everywhere abjur- ing the system she persists in upholding in Italy and at home, it is a fair and legitimate doubt that these peper issues will ever be redeemed. By refusing to receive them herself, she gives a color of trath to that doubt; and their great and violent depreciation must commence imme- diately. A single reverse to her arms will hasten it, and a disastrous result to a campaign may re- duce them even to a hundred for one before the piesent year expires. Bat even if the depre- ciation does not reach so great an extent, the present sudden change jn the currency is a vio- lation of every private contrast for the payment of money. It is a present robbery of the é(editor for the benefit of the debtor, and an ultimate spoliation of the latter by striking a deadly blow at all exchanges and values, There mearures must be pregnant with dis- aster to Austria in every way. Their first effect will be to involve in bankruptcy every person in the empire engaged in foreign trade; and the large number of foreign creditors that will suffer thereby will create a deep and permanent feel- ing against her. The intimate relations be- tween her people and those of the other members of the German Confederation will make the latter very largely sufferers, and undermine that German sympathy upon which she so strongly relies. At home they will carry poverty into thousands of families, and deprive industry and the arts of confidence in the reward of their labors. By stopping all trade and the avenues of exchange they will cause a large falling off in the usual sources of revenue to the goversment, and compel it to resort to new issues of paper, or perhaps more violent mea- sures of financial relicf. The sea of irredeemable paper issues is a tempting one to governments; bat once embarked upon, there is no stemming the tide of depreciation until the gulf of annihi- lation is reached. We shall not be surprised to see, as a result of her financial policy, Austria abandoned by the Germanic Confederation and rent with internal revolution, Her allies cannot sustain her in it, and her people can have no salvation from the misery in store for them but the complete ejec- tion from the government of the ruinous policy and the foolish rulers who adopted it. A strong- er proof of the incompetency of the House of Hapsburg, and the weakness of the cause of pri- vilege which it sustains, than the financial mea- sures it has adopted, could scarcely be given. As a first result we expect to see the early bank- ruptcy of every banker and merchant holding large relations with that rotten empire. Yacuts anp YacutmvG.—In another part of this paper we give some account of the voyage of the St. Ureula, a fine yacht of the Royal Club Squadfon, which arrived here on Saturday from the Clyde, after a tempestuous passage of thirty days, The arrival of this British yacht, which happens to be built upon an American model— that of Mr. Stevens’ light keeled craft, which ran away from all the Englieh cutters at Cowes— will stir up all the yachtmen hereabouts, who will tender to the commander and his guests all due hospitality. Nothing could be more kindly than the treatment of the America party in England, and here is an opportunity to return it, which we hope will be fully improved. We learn that it is the intention of our visit. ors, now the guests of the New York Yacht Club, to remain here during some time, and the burgee of the St. Ursula may be set for the June race of the Club, If she should compete, either in a friendly way or for the prize, it will give an additional in- terest to the regatta. We trust that the gentlemen of the Club will have a good sea race, and not child’s play, such as arun from Hoboken to Sandy Hook. The course ought to be from Owl's Head down to Cape May, round the light ship there, and back. That is all fair, open ca way, and there could be no blundering hy any sailing committee, as in the race around Long Island last year. If the Cape May plan is not feasible, the race course ought at least to ex- tend as far as the light ship. At any rate, let us have a contest with some excitement in it, so as to give our British friends a good item for their log book. Heave ahead! Swat We Have Heaura or Sickvess in tae City?—As the hot weather grows apace, the dangers of an approaching pestilence thicken around us. Hrom every strect and gutter in the city—from the stagnant mud pools and monn- tains of putrefying garbage on all sides, the grim features of epidemic disease are staring at us, yet no one, either in authority or out of it, is taking measures to avert the calamity. The Board of Aldermen, bent upon seizing the spoils of office and filling their pockets with the public moncy, will not move a step towards cleaning the streets, The Mayor, long hesitating between poliey and duty, seems to have yielded to the dictates of the former. In this emergency, what is to be done? The answer is plain. The citizens must clean the streets themselves or take the consequences, and the consequences are fearful. Ward sanitary committees are the only re- source left. Let them be organized and com- mence their labors without delay, Every passing hour expedites the work of disease aad death INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. it ot See eer, from the Home and Pa- cifle Squadrons—Activity in the Navy De- partment—General Order of the War De- partment—Proposed Abolition of the Over land Malil—The Board of Visiters to the Military Academy, d&i. OUB SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. ‘Wasumciton, May 16, 1859. ‘Tho Assistant Secretary of State, John Appleton, has reeigned his position in the’department, and is about to return to his native State, Maine, to take up his perma- nent abode there. It was always necessary to have an efficient man as Assistant Secretary of State, the labors of that department beivg most onerous; but.at the present time, in view of the complicated condition of Europe, with & great war just commencing, it becomes a matter of vital importanoe that a person of ability should be appomted to the vacancy, and it is to be hoped that such a one will be relected. Thera is some talk bere that Mr. F. G. Squier, who was formerly Charge d’Affaires in Nicaragua, will be selected tor that position. The name of Dr. Mackay, at present an cflicial in the State Department, has also beon mentioned in connection with that office, Both Mr. Squier and Mr. Mackay aro well qualified for the place. Mr. Squier understood our relations with Nicaragua better than apy one whom we have ever accredited there, The Navy Department received a heavy mail, brought by the Star of the Weet, from the Home and Pacific squa- drops. General good feeling prevailed on the Isthmus, and there waa no apprehension of any furthor trouble, At Nicaragua everything was quiet, aud Sir Wm. Gore Ouveley and Mons. Belly were actively engaged arranging their treaties. The latter's popularity with the people had, however, fallen off immensely. The movements of Minister Lamar were not chronicled. ‘The exertions of the Navy Department are keeping pace with the troubied state of things sbroad. Additional armed veesels are preparing for various points which re- quire additional force to afford necessary protection to persens and property, not only in Mexico, but in Central America and Chile, . The War Department bas issued a general order to the «ect that officers of the Medical and Pay Departments may, by virtue of their commissions, command all en- iste1 men, like other commissioned officers. Officers on duiy as Brigadiers and Majors.General by virtue of bre- vot Ccmmizsicngs, may, with the special sanction of the Department, be allowed aida de-camp of grades cor- leepondirg to their brevets; but without such sanction the number and rate of pay of aids will be regulated ac- cording to neal grade of General. The materials heretofore furnished by the Quarter. master’s Department for light artillery, will in future be provided by the Ordnance Department. ‘The fo!lowing military stations are announced as double ration posie:—Department of Texas—Fort Quitman and Camp Hucgon; Department of Oregon—Fort Billingham; Depa: iment of California—¥orts Crook and Ter Wan and New San Diego. Eutterfield, Fargo & Co., overland mail contractors, are here looking aficr their intorcéid, T% js sald the Post Office Department, on the retrenchment principle, coi. template aboliehing their contract, and with that view have consulted the Attorney General as to the power to do 60, Most of the Cabinet are averse to such a etep, be- lieving that retreuchment in some other direction would be better. Minister Reed arrived this evening, and ig stopping at Witlard’s, The malis brought by the Tenneesee from Mexico have not yet reached hore, fhere is no truth in the repor, that Mr. MoLane has negotiated a treaty with Mexico. No such information has been recoived here. ‘The following is a list of visiters appoiated to attend tho aanval examination of the Military Academy at West Point, June 1, 1859:— Hen. Augrsiine Haines, of Maine, Colonel John T. Heard, of Mazsachusetts. Colone) Butus Baker, of Connectict. General George E. Danforth, of Now York. George W. Cass, of Pennsylvania. Captain Thomas J. Lee, of Maryland. Hon. Jobn Kerr, of North Carolina. Ebenezer Stearns, of Georgia. Colonei John Joniston, of Ohio. Major William Beard, of Louisiana. L. R. Page, of Misaiesinpi Dr. John B. Barnes, of Alabama. V. P. Van Autworp, of Iowa. ~ Charles Eldridge, of Wisconsin. General J. Barraway Smith, of Florida. General 8. B. Loury, ot Minnesota, Ethelbert Hibben, of Oregon. va CENERAL NEWSPAIER DESPATCH, Wasuincrox, May 16, 1859. All the new naval steamers will be placed in commis- sion a8 soom as they ehall be successively finished, and before the close of this year every available vessel will Probably be in active eervice. This design is not, how- ever, with reference to the European war, as no damage toour commerce is apprehended from that cause. Vera Cruz is considered in official quarters to be one of the most important points where a large fleet is required, and hence additional vessels will be despatched to the Gulf of Mexico. The facilities in the neighborhood of Central America afforded td Fide ry apy for sea oe land operations, aro considered sufficient cies. Of nineteen samples of canvass mail bags, the ¢ for supplying wl as being of the first quality with regard to msterial and workmanship. Several protests have been msde against tho award, but the question will not be reopencd. The defence of Weatcott, Postmaster ot Philadelphia, in answer to certain charges against him, occupies, it is said, upwards of fifty pages of manuscript. It was re- ceived about three weeks ago. As yet there has been no definite action taken on it. News from California, Sr. Louis, May 16, 1859, The Ovorland mail, * ith San Francisco dates of the 22d ultimo, bas arrived here, A land slide had occurred in the miming town of Monte- Christo, killing four persons. The damage done was also considerable. and mining operations bad to be suspended. Tho State Icgislature had failed to provide for the two pe Pog lip a! no! 6 le desire every dollar of the State indebieiness and ai Business was brisk at San Francisco, and money pienty. Gold dust continued to arrive freely, and there waz 10 change in the market. The wheat harvest gives promise of an abundant yield. The President at Baltimore. Batriwoxr, May 16, 1859. President Bachanan, accompanied by Hon. Howell Cobb, visited Baltimore this morning to examine the site for the United States Court Houge. He was received a} Barnum’s Hotel by a few friends, amoag whom were Judges Giles and Magon, and visited the localities proposed. fhe Presi- dent looks remarkably woll and manifested much activity. Secretaries Thompson and Black also accompany the President. The party will dine at Barnum’s Hotel and ro- turn in the afternoon to Washington. News from Kansas and Nebraska, Sr. Louis, May 16, 1859. The people of Southern Nebraska are earnestly agitating for the annexation of ¢0 much of that Territory as lies south of the Platte river, to Kansas, so as to secure her ad- mission into the Union at the next session of Congress, Public sentiment in that portion of the Territory strongly favors the proposed annexation, and it was recently re- solved in mass convention that Nebraska City nominate delegates to the Kangas Constitutional Convention, which 1s to aseemble at Wyandotte in July. The Nebraska dele- gation will undoubtedly be admitted into the Convention, and it is probable in defining the boundary of the S'ave of Kansas the Platte will be designated ag the northern line, Later from Utah~ St. Louis, May 16, 1859. Dates from Utah to the 19th ult. aro received, but the news is unimportant, Severe Storm at Gainesville, Ala. Ciariestox, April 14, 1859. A letter from Gainesville, Ala., dated the 10th inst., re- Ports a dreadful storm in that vicinity, causing the death of Mr. J. W. Berrien, a brother of the deceased United Statea Senator, and agent of the house of Sackett, Balcher & Co., of New York. The Steamer Curlew. Puovivence, R. L., May 16, 1869, The steamer Curlew remains in about the same alm tion as ycaterday. Arrangements have been male to raise her, which will probably be accomplished if tho weather holds good. . Destructive Fire in Cincinnati. Cincinsati, May 15, 1859. A large fire occurred in this city at four o'clock this morning. Kemble & Weed’s planing machine shop, on Race street, was totally destroyed; loss $7,000; insurance $8,000, Schooley & Co.’s refrigerator manufactory was aiso burned; loss $10,000; insured for $6,000. Wm. Nabor’s chair ionic burned; loss $2,000; no ‘nsurance, In all, twelve buildings were burned, and several others damaged. Fifteen or twenty families were turned out of therr |. The total loss is about $40,000, and the in- surance $20,000. Fire tn New Orleans=Volks Fest, New Onieans, May 15, 1859. The Lafayette Sugar Refinery and several adjoining buildings, occupying an entire square, were burnt to-day, Av Fost was colebrated to-day, at the Creole race couree. Twenty thousand people were present, —————o_“_—_42 The Bachalors’ Club. » PAWADKLPHIA, May 16, 185,9, ‘Tho Bachelors’ Barge Club, consisting of seven. mem- bers, started early this morning in thoir barge Litada, to row lo New York via the Delaware and Rari'a “Ganae ‘They expect to reeok their destination om Werinesday af- teraoen, ead will stop at the St, Nicholas F.otol for a tow ays ti Southern Steamer Movements, Dopnn Stenmses ic ages 1860, Tho Star of the South arrived at Tybee, St Clalit ,o’elouk this moxwing. Ail well. My,” 16, 1859, Caartestoy, es ‘The 6 Colum bia, C: Berry from New York, artnet Wart steer eek ‘on Bune’ 8Y afior- nooa, pee Ah a8: a MAN The Foreign Nows ut New Orleans. Naw Onixans, May 15, 1866 The foreign advices per steamers Weser and Borossts were received over the Nationa) line by the agent of the Associated Lika * be a ‘Sunday) evening, in advance: ‘competition, Not! (eee) naan cy ses tee ar? ning when the National line closed. Naw Ornaans, May 16, 169. oseapees ‘es Sne Waar teeta eee alf past ope o'clock y, over eeveral hours in advance of tho Coast lino, but the even: editionsfof the Agsociated Prees had goue to press, usd it will not be published till morning. i Public Dinner to Commisstoner Reed. Puravenema, May 26, Commissioner Reed has accepted the invitation citizens of Philadelphia, to take place after from Washington. 1858, of tee his reture Se ‘The Case of Captain Corrte. Paapetrm Stocks heavy. Railroad, 28; boa by 64 114; Pennsylvania aie” The sales of cotton to day were only ye were firmer in their viows, and asked 113¢c. for Flour has advanced: sales of superfine at 87 60. Monite, ‘The foreign news checked business to otton. Cnarteston, Aj Cotton market depressed; saies to-day 1, Cuarteston, May Cotton unsettled and declined 3c. a 3¢c. on the Em and lc. on the inferior grades. Sales to-day 1,7 Barrons, May 16, 1850, Breadstutfs excited and unsettled. Howard street Ohio held for an advance of 26c., with no sales. buoyant; sales at $1 85a $2 10. Corn dull at 90c. a 98c. ellow, 92c. a 5c. Provisions firm, witn an ad . Bacon sides, 10c.; mess pork, $18 a $18 25. Whiskey firm at 31c. a $13;c. for Ohio, Breadstuffs greatly excited, and hi under Euro. pee Weser and Borussia, Flour advanced 7 56c.; superfine $8. Wheat advanced 10c. a l6c.;_ white, $2 a $210; red, $190 a $195; corn 2. higher ellow, $1; mixed, 9bc.; corn meal advanced to 250. visions unecttied, and holders demanding highor rates, viz. , $19 @ $20 for mess pork, and 18. for barrelled lard. | Prime rice, 43¢c. Ohio whiekey, 32c. Aunany, May 16—6P. uM. Flour firm, and advanced prices demanded on the foreign advices; sellors not it an increase of 60c. per bbi.: sales of 2,000 bols., at $7 a $8 for superfiae to extra Slate; $7 60a $9 for Western; $8 50 a $9 50 for extra Genesee; market closed firm. Wheat atvanced; some lots white offered: sales of 4,700 bushels white Ca-_ nadian at $1 9634; two ao held at $2 05. Corn—a cargo of Western mixed sold at 98c. Oats in fair supply: sales of 7,000 bushels Canada at 620., weight; 14,000 bushels do, at 62)sc. Whiskey—Sales of 125 bbls. at B0c. | WRGO, May 16—6 P.M. — Flour less active, but closed firmer. Wheat activo: ‘sales carly in the morning of 3,000 bushels, at $173 a $l 1 for red winter Illinois, including a cargo to arrive, on pri- te terms; $2 (5 for white Canadian. Corn very firm, nd little on market. Canal freights uochanged—25c. om flour, 7c. on wheat, 6c. on corn, to New York. Importe— 11,200 bushels wheat. Exporte—3,000 bbis. flour, 4,400 bushels wheat. Bhipped to Kingston and Monteeal—-3 bbis. ,000 bushels Onondaga salt arrived here this forenoon by canal. Borrato, May 16, 1860. Flour—Demand active before the receipt of the ateam- since. Market | d 260. $6 12 for State; Mahiga®, Incas and Mich! diane r Gouble, extras, Wheat and red Obi advanced ers news arrived; sales 26,200 bi Chicago; $1 40 for, Muwaukkie Club; $L 75 0$l 80 for Objo, and $1 8744 for. white tucky. Corn gales 3,000 bushels Iiinois river, afloat, at 6c. Oats fira sales 22.000 bushels Western, ‘afloat, at 58c. Wh nominal, at 30c. Frejghts—9c. ou corn, 1¢c. on wheat 85c. on flour, to New York. Lake imports—2,000 bol flour, 5,560 bushels wheat, 1,5C0 bushels oats, ‘Canal ¢ ts—2,500 bbls. flour, ‘16,000 bushels wheat, 31, hols corn. Flour active before the ri and afterwarcs prices advan brands, with a moder: a $6 75 a $7 for extra consin; $7 60 a $8 for and Indiana; $8 10a $8 cited; red Obio advanced 5c. ; sales 20,000 bushels at § 40 for Milwaukie club; $174 a $180 red Ohio; $1 87. fair and choice white Kentucky. Corn nominally bet sales 30,000 bushels arly in the day at 90c., ailoat, now held 9c. a 960. Oats firm; sales 22,000 Western, afloat, at}58c. Whiskey held at 30o. Se peppee on corn, 10c. on wheat, 35c. on flour York. Lake Imports—3,600 bbis. flour, 6,000 bi wheat, 2,C00 bushels oats. Canal Ex, rts—9,000 flour; 14,000 bushels wheat; 82,000 Fone ont day ‘Berraro, May 16. of the Arrago’ 25c. a 50c. on ‘The Latest Drawings of the Legalized teries, as reported to WOOD EDDY 4 00. MANAGERS OF THE DELAWARE, GEORGIA, KENTUOKY AND MI820 STATE LOTTERIES. Official drawings by telegraph. xr Criss, No, 285, May 16, 1859. 29, 67, 21, 77, 28, 4, 45, 15, 38, 33, 57,16, 34, 64. Cuass No. 286, May 16, 1859. 24, 64, 1, 51, 54, 16, 32, 67, 56,47, 71, 39, 35. And that the sald numbers were drawn in the order in whiots therciand above. 4 5: agli at Wilmington, Del.. this Monday, Mag 16, GEOBGE 0. GORDO: Som sual,” * Yomiaineen JAMES DUNCAN, GEORGIA LOTTERIES. subscribers, Commissioners appointed to superintend the: ‘of the do Crass No, 233, May 16, 1959. 16, 46, 29, 66, 24, 73, 61, 64, 3, 7, 37, 36. Oras No, 284, Exrna, Mar 16, 1829, 69, 60, 49, 34, 62, 58, 53, 35, 4, 22, 7, 64, GL. And that the said numbers were drawn in the order in which our hands at Augusta, Ga.. this Monday, May 16, F.C, EF, DUG ase” ; Commissionors, + Woon, EDBY & co., { Wilininns Sper pRammniaaiatts, O. A. Bills, Exchange and Specie Broker, 126 Greenwich street, second door north of Pacife Hotel? ge Str Aandi hecho hens Dow’t w==When you are at KNOX’S classical en; Iway, corner or Fulton stecet, and ho to scribe the clog and tasto displayed ta thelr rh ce ia would be absurd; itean’t be 't forget, TR oC Yous co yey fae ‘wear. walk Caps tor the Young, the Old, the Middle iaope fox buslagun oun tlemen, sporte aged: . went men, boys and ths; Caps of new and becoming shapes; for. dang até piquant, wt e WHITE, the Bion, 216 Broadoras under Barnum’ Paris Soft Hats of Rare Qual: ada for summer wear, ¥ & 0O., Nos. 8, ba i Mesa ia Nat face an ENT Kalen Ot Boys’ Paris Hats and Caps. GENIN has just received one case, which with his own nume. Tous styles {orm the richest axporemscgs over oftered in, tnie city, Half a Dozen Fino Shirts for 88 Worth $22 MOODY'S Bhirt manufactory, 262 Broadway. foes pred eetion oe Catena) assortment of furnish! ‘ GOLD 8 FROCH'S, 214 Broadway, oppoete Be Pentioe Holmes’ Holds Out at the quarters, 289 Broadway, and will continue thereuntil; and moriar fy in the Reade street openiag. ne Fick 20 Cent Ambrotypes, Colorcd, with Case! 1,000 taken dal thi % UOORER, A Uioadgay” *ueerelad artes, KIMBALL So OS OETP) phate eee — Phot phic ” ished in the best atyle of th: at MORAND’t All Broadway, the Cidest ertabilgscastt tne Unused agp Diario De La Marina, ent 2 vans, pu Om the 30uh ‘a comaunto trom Don Eduardo Fesser, which republished Oronica, of this cl,y, on the 12th ‘The editors 0, ner have retue od to publiah the to Mo. Fenner, geting forth bas therefore sta rine in pamphie Broadway, uae hicecker street. Coffee. -Deliclous Coffee, 10 lbs., $1; Alao, chest of te's, my "8 sugar store, 43 Slayyavsnu LY SEWING MA OLA OED PRICEY, 5 Broadway, New York. 162 Fuiltow street, Brooklyn, Hexxing’s Patent Champion F ire Ana burglar proot sates, 261 Broadway, cc eer Murray st.,N. ‘The Rest elliptic, at from Ballou, Brothers, 109 Groadway, sole m nmfacturers of the celebrated Feeach yoke shirts, and ds a genta’ furnishing goods,