The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST. 23, 1859. @ $14 50, and prime at $10 1237 a $10 25. Beef and lard Were without change. Tcere was some better demand for rice: sales ov Saturday, with 400 casks eold yesterday, footed up sbout 1,700 cxeks, within the range of 30. & 430. Sogars wore steady, with sales of abeut 1,000 hbds, anc 55 boxes, at rates given in another column. Coffee was OFFICE N. W. CORNES OF FULTON AND NaSgav ars, | *F@, With revorted active movement in Java, It was TERMS. cash in advo: ce wisk of the sencler Postage go: Tile DAILY HERALD two cents Money sent by mait will be at the Pinte fol. 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BARNUM’s sMERICAN MUSEUM, nooa—Bwiee Corrace—Four Lovans, 5p Bow- Four Lovers Broadway.— After. ‘Bvening—Farser WOOD'S MINSTREL BUILDING, 661 and 863 Broadway— Brworiay Sones, Daxons, £0.—Damox axp Prruiss. BRYANT’S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hell, 472 Broadway— a Sones, Dances, &0—1 ain't Gor Tims to "ABRY, PaLAO® GARDEN AND HALL, Fourteenth street,~ MENTAL JONCERY. New York, Tuceday, August 23, 1859. ——————————— ‘The Cunard mail steamahip Arabia, Captain Stone, will Jeave Boston on Wednesday for Liverpool. The European mati will close in this city this af Aernoon, at two o'clock, to go by raliroad, and at four o'clock, to go by steamboat. Btatcd that ab ut 33,000 mats wore taken on private terms by Gernaa houses, Beyond ‘his reported movement eeles wore limited to small lots of St. Domingo and Bshia, on teyms given Im another place. Freigat engagements were | mited, woile rates “ere unchanged, ta } The Seward Mouvement of the Republican Party—S8ymptoms of Alarm. We transfer to our columns to-day a sigaidicant Presidential article from a somewhat pretentious black republican organ of this vicinity, supposed to be in the political market. The article in question is a commentary on the late circular of the Republican National Committee issued from Albany; and between the Committee and the commentator, it will be seen, there is a remarka- ble disagreement. The Committee insist upon Broaaway.—Rvowunoss ox THs | making “the aggressions of the slave power” the all-absorbing issue for 1860; but this afore- said diseentious party organ declares that this will never do—that the slavery hobby of the repub- ‘ican movement has been used up and kaocked off its legs, and that “it is plain enough that the erom.—Gauax Busts | Laitle of 1860 must be fought’as the whige fought their battle of 1848, without any specific plat- torm at all.” There is some sagacity in these opinions, and a well grounded cause of alarm touching the re- publican cause asa good and reliable newspaper investment. The republican party may be re- duced,.to a mere abolition faction on the extreme anti-slavery platform indicated by their National Committee; the conservative opposition elements may organize a new party and carry off the bulance of power; there may also be an inde pendent Douglas party, that will pay handsomely for a new organ “ready made;” and, lastly, @ possible reunion of the democracy at Charleston may suggest a better speculation than that of playing fourth fiddle to Thurlow Weed upon any terms. All these considerations have doubtless bad their weight with our disin- The Eurvpean eaition of the Hess will be publishes } terested republican cotemporary in the premi- 4 halt past ten o'clonk in the morning, Single copies, | 1.4: but asthe only value we attach to his opi- {a qreppers, cx cents. Babscriptions and sdvertisements for any edition of the @ew Yore Amma will be received at the following places {n Burope:— aah Paxs...... Laosing, Baldwin & on, ace ay a jdwin & Co., 21 Rue Corneille. ‘The contents of the European edition of the Hxritp wil) @ombine the news received by mail and telegraph at the ‘Moe during the previous week and up to the hour ef the publication. The News. The steamship Bremen, which left Southampton on the evening of the 9th inst., arrived at this port yesterday afternoon. The main points of the Eu- ropean intelligence brsught by this steamer have already appeared in the Hrraup, they having been received from Quebec, where the Hungarian ar- rived on Saturday night. The details which we publish to-day, however, especially those that refer to the Italian and peace questions, will be found very interesting. The Canada is due at Halifax, with European news to the 13th inst.; but some delay inits receipt in this city is anticipated in consequence of the destruction by fire at Truro of the horses used in expressing the news from Halifax to Sackville, N.B. We have letters from Vera Cruz to the 30th ult. and front Monterey to the 5th inst. At the former place matters were jogging along, waiting the re- sult of Senor Lerdo’s mission to Washington and New York. In the city of Mexico great disorder prevails in the finances of the reactionists, and the new issue of paper money had been stopped. Our pions lies in the fact that he truly appreciates the incecurity of the republican camp, we shall limit our present remarks to that point. The Republican National Committee for 1460 bave issued their preliminary circular from Al- bvany, the headquarters of the Seward caucus aud lobby engineers. This is a suspicious ciroum. stance. They make the aggressions of the slave power “the burden of their song.” In this we nave strong circumstantial evidencé that the Seward managers are at the bottom of this pro- clamation, and that its object is to take the ini- tiative in a bold avowal of Seward’s “irrepres- sible conflict” of that infamous Rochester mani- festo. Thus the Seward junta at Albany, it may be raid, have secured the control of the Republi- can National Committee, and have so far cut off the more moderate opinions of Chase, Banks and Cameron as the landmarks of the republican ‘y: The Committee, however, are not satisfied with thus adopting and enunciating Mr. Seward’s Ro- chester platform. They call for cash contribu- tions to carry out this programme of organiza- tion, They want money, and if the old line democrats and conservative old line whigs, still holding on to the republican cause, are content thus to play into Mr. Seward’s hands, let them send up their supplies, The Albany Weed and Matteson lobby jobbers, their statistical writers on “free wool,” their paint, putty and cheap whiskey copartnerships at Auburn, and their Central Railroad lobby engineers, will find aban advices from Monterey state that General Degolla- | dant employment for all contributions from ali do had reached San Luis, and that Governor ‘Vidaurri was preparing to leave Monterey with a body of men to join him. A person had made his appearance in Monterey claiming to be a nephew of the President, agent for the State Department, and also for the New EnglandLoan Company. He bad announced that he was going to set all the Consuls right, look after the United States dis- bursing agent, and loan large sums of money to the government and individuals in Mexico. By way of New Orleans we have advices from Havana to the 18th inst., but they contain no news of importance. The sugar market continued dull. It will be seen by our despatches from Washing- ton that our government has resolved to adopt vigorous measures, both on the coast of Af- rica and on the Cuban coast, for the suppression of the African slave trade. The force of our squad- quarters in circulating Seward newspapers and Seward’s speeches, and in getting up Seward clubs and committees from Cape Cod to Minne- fota. Meantime, smong the speculating politicians and camp followers of the republican army the late Southern elections have prodfced a decided sensation. It is now evident that there will be at least a third party in the field in 1860, if not a fourth, and evident, too, that thie third party will most probably carry the election into Congress, where it will hold the balance of power. Then, again, the imperative necessities of the democracy may drive them at Charleston into a treaty of peace, just as Louis Napoleon and Francis Joseph were ron on the coast of Africa is to be increased from | driven into a treaty at Villafranca, to escape the eighty to one hundred and sixteen guns, including | gathering dangers of the revolutionary elements four steamers. Four steamers are also detailed to cruise in the neighborhood of Cuba to intercept such slavers as may succeed in running the gaunt- let of the African squadron. These arrangements will be carried out with all possible despatch. The so-called Mortara case, which has occupied all around them. But again. The late important triumph of General Sam Houston in Texas, against @ re- gular party regency supposed to be invincible, has brought out into bold relief the man who, a large share of the attention of the Supreme Court | 9 the stancerd-bearer of an independent na and of the public for the past few weeks, was con- cluded yesterday by the Judge dismissing the writ dor want of sufficient evidence. Archbishop Hughes was examined, and contradicted the testimony wf Mrs. Haggerty in all its material points. At the conclusion of the proceedings Mrs. Haggerty made # rambling statement in which the “double headed eagle” was again invoked. A full report may be found in another column. At the meeting of the Health Commissioners wyesterday the Mayor said there was a complaint against Fanshaw & McChesney for discharging a eargo from one of their lighters in the city, and tional opposition party, or as the candidate ot the reunited democracy, may win the battle for the White House. Let the democracy at Charles- ton, dropping all their conflicting abstrac- tions concerning slavery in the Territories, the African slave trade, filibustering, the tariff, &c.,' nominate Sam Houston, and leave him to answer for the party platform, and they will sweep the country as they swept it in 1852, But should the Charleston Convention prefer a compromise upon some obscure politician, ora split upon the slavery question, let the conservative oppo- thereby violating the quarantine regulations and | sition elements take up the hero of San Jacinto, their own contract. Dr. Gunn was appointed to finvestigate the truth of the charge. There were mo matters of much public interest besides this brought forward at the meeting. Mr. Wilson Small, the newly appointed Collector wf Assessments, was yesterday morning sworn into mffice by Mayor Tiemann. Richard P. Donnelly and John G. Cornell were Mr. Small’s securities, The Baltimore City Guard arrived in th yesterday, and were received and er. fi te National Guard. In the 7 ~*riained by » city te for Manchester, ¥ e will of the 3”. Go}, Herman Thorn has been d for Bt ote in the Surrogate’s Court. Its ‘uS "ontain bequests of over $1,000,000 © ‘uistributed among the relatives of the tes none being bequeathed to charitable, re * or other institutions. theatre connected with the German Turners 1 vo. 1,141 Broadway, was discovered to be on an early hour yesterday morning, but by the ly ival of the firemen the flames were sub a © any serious damage was done. The hal is of opinion that the fire was the . of an incendiary, and if they do not elect him they will surely carry him, as one of the three highest candidates, into the House. Finally, as in ths Albany-manufactured abo- lition civcular of the Republican National Com- mittee we have an Official indication of the road 10 Tin which the party is destined to take, it is not surprising that those republican privateers who are casting about for the strongeat **° ne ‘<ivernoon they em- | should now be brought to a suddyo “yale, with *oted on board the ster” oat Connecticut, en | their eails chivering in the wind. piace Dron ord Pestic Batutxc Hovses.—It will be seen by reference to our Brooklyn intelligence that ten men were arrested by the Harbor Police on Sun- day last for bathing near the Atlantic dock, and were taken before a Justice of the Peace and fined ten dollars each. No doubt the law im- posing certain restrictions on bathers is’ just, in order to prevent indecent exposures from this class ef people; but docs not the case deserve some consideration from the authorities of Brook- lyn and New York, when it is considered that the combined population of both cities exceed one otion market was steady yestertay, but compara, | million ofinhabitants, most of whom during the vais“; .allet; the sales footed up about (0 bales, at about of quotations given in another column. Flour good demand and more active, und closed at an nv 8 Of Be, to 100, per barrel,and in some cages at 166. summer months desire to avail themselves of the great natural advantages afforded by the flowing tides of our rivers, where they might enjoy a free = vn flour was aleo firmer and in gooi demand, with | bath. To effect this very necessary object, the e parchases for export. Wheat wat ‘a good dewand, i “rmer for good to prime lots of new, while old and {. «rior grades were heavy and dull, Corn was in good re- @.-st and firmer, with sales of Western mixed at 7c 980c , ‘Western jeliow at 82c., with round and Southern yellow po! Sée. a Séc. Pork was in better request and firmer, with tolerably {ce pales, iaclading new mons at $14 37); eetablichment of whicb would conduce much to the general health of our population, should not some prompt measures be taken for the construc- tion of public bathing houses at convenient points where the “great unwashed” cou'd have aceces. SevatoxiaL Courtesy Our or Tur Senate — ‘The fierce personal controversy between two United States Senators—Mr, Broderick and Dr. Gwin, of California—which is just now edityiog the public, is a matter for serious reflection. Cer- tain charges, it will be recollected, were brought by Broderick agatost Gwin in one of bis stamp epeccbes, which by their gravity and tatempe- rance of language would, it was thought, lead to @ hostile meeting. Broderick, however, pre: vious to entering into the contest, bud proteoud bimeett by a declaration that he would not sallow bimeelf to be provoked into a breach of the peace. The dispute has, therefore, resolved \teelf into a war of words, which is being carried on with a bitterness and unctuousness of vitupe- ration that belong to vpheres of life in which Senators and legislators are not usually sup- posed tomove. We cull from Dr. Gwin’s speech at Yreka, on the 23d of July, a few of the flowers of rhetoric with which he repelled his colleague's accurations:— As to Broderick’s remarks about the Senatorial clectioa, they are a tixsue Of faiseboods from beginniog to end. t know tbe mao portion of bis statement about be false. Latbam was & victim to Broderick’s viliany in (bet contest. Under a garb of friendship he concerted « covspiracy agninet me that is without a paraliel io this or any ober Hoe deceived ‘and toea tried wo rom me; but I turned upon himand ols minions, and will parene them 0s long a0 { live. ° After his schemes had failed, be attempted to destros me. I have abundant proof of these facts, and bed pre pared them for publication in W: city two years ago last epring ‘heard of it, and Likes cowardly hound begged gare, ‘+ s He also bates the dewooratic party, whose representa tives in the Stete Legisiature have ‘oraaded bim as the most spfamous map that ever eat in the Senate, heace his (alse- boods about Latham, our nominee for Governor, aud bis feosecrce to sbift the controversy from me to him, to injure is olection. * * * He acknowledges he was inthe market. His own election will,im my opinioa, be proved to have been brovght about by promises he never intended to perform, und other buge scts that po ove else would bave resorwed to He chul.epged me to this discussion. We will see if he will chailepge mo again to meet bim after what I have euld of bi te night, for me to expose to bis face his ro> berics on the Sta‘e and San Francisco troasuries, woeave be got the plunder funds that be collected to spend, as ve ‘88y8, ip favor of the democratic party—but in fact to pro- cure bis election to the senate by bribery acd cor a Toe sttacks of such a man fall harmless at my feet. And these mea are United States Senators and promiaent members of the democratic party! Broderick was, to be sure, a Bowery boy, and clambered to his present elevation by means fur miliar to <lty politicians, Once there, how- ever, he should not have forgotten the respect due to his high position and to the constituency that placed him init. The same remark applies to Dr. Gwin, with this dif- ference, that there is less excuse to be found in his antecedents. The Golden State has no very great reason to be proud of its representatives, Their eloquence, it must be owned, is not of that “golden persuasiveness” which, like the Apos- tle’s, sheds a balo around whatever it touches, It belongs rather to the passionate style of decla- mation which prevails at the Five Points, and which usually ends in a row and a month in the penitentiary. With such exhibitions before us, it may well be asked to what depth of degrada. tion is the national representation destined by the loose habits and foul-mouthed language of its members? ‘Tue Catuoric Press ox THE Peace or Viii- FRANCA.—During the last three or four weeks we have published the opinions and views of the leading Catholic journals of Europe on the result of the peace of Villafranca, and in regard to the objects of the Peace Congress, which commenced its sessions on the 8th inst. at Zurich. While the war lasted, and France and Austria were en- gaged in sanguinary conflict, the Catholic arch- bishops, bishops and clergy of each country pray- ed for the success of their respective armies, which was all very well, but which showed that they were no longer a unit. Such was the spec- tacle presented during the war. How is it now that the two great Catholic Powers of Europe are at peace? Instead of a general and enthusiastic rejoicing, we find that the Catholic press, so far from being a unit, is terribly split up in opinion The leading Catholic journal of England never ceases in its assaults against Louis Napo- leon, although the Pope, instead of being de prived of the States of the Church, is secured more firmly in their possession, while on the other hand the Univers of Paris lauds Napoleon to the skies and eulogizes him as the protector of the Popedom. The Irish and the English Catholic journals are also divided in opinion as to the result of the peace, for while the former regard it as the best thing that could happen for Catholicity, the latter only see in it new elements of strife and blood- shed. Now, this want of unity among the Ca- tholic press should be put a stop to by the Pope himself. It certainly is too bad when every- thing has been settled to his satisfaction, and when, instead of being deprived of the States of the Church by the Peace of Villafcanca, he is only more firmly secured in pos- session—it is too bad, in view of all this, that there should be such division and ill feeling among the leading Catholic jour- nals, Let him take the matter in hand at once, and restore, if possible, the spirit of Catholic unity among the wrangling and pugnacious editors, and if they refuse to dwell together in unity, let him issue a bull, armed with all the pow- ers of the church, against these disobedient sons. Tne Doveras DemocraTts—Wnere are THEY to Go?—In the next Honse of Representatives at Washington there will be some nine of those political curioeities classed as Douglas demo- crats, or anti-Lecompton democrats. The ques- tion is how will they act and vote in the organi- zation of the House—in the election for Speaker, Clerk and Public Printer? If they cast their weight into the same scale with the republicans the organization will be entirely republican. If mindful of their origin, they give their support to the democratic candidates, then it would puzzle an ancient soothsayer or a modern spiritual medium to predict how the fight will go. This is a ticklish position in which Messrs. Clark of New York, Haskin of Westchester, Adrain of New Jersey, Hickman of Pennaylva- nia, and their fellows find themselves. If they, who were elected principally by republican votes, vote for the democratic candidates, they will be giving aid and countenance to the enemy. If they vote for the republican candidates, there will be no longer the ghost of # chance for their leader at the Charleston Conventio#. Mr. Doug- las would be politically, if not physically, kicked out of doors. This is a decidedly awkward posi- tion for the anti-Lecompton democrats, who may well chorus with the inconstant Captain Mac- heath in the “Beggars’ Opera: — How happy could I be with either, ‘Were to’ther dear charmer away. We have a sympathetic fear that the Douglas democrats will realize the proverbial danger of getting between two stools, and thereby coming tothe ground. Their course is an interesting problem in politics, which time alone can solve. Tue Wise-Donnecty Lerrern—Tis Mystery or i178 Pusiicavion CLearwe Ur,—We pablisd elewbere a letter from Burney Donnelly on the sutject of Wise’s letter to kim, explainiog how it csme to b» published, and endeavoring to de f-na himself egainst the calumpies of the pews papers, and to uphold bis character and repata- trop as an honorable man, whatever Confidence Oassidy may think or say to the contrary. Barney bas just commenced business at No, 3 Willimm street, and has a wife and five small cbildren to support, and the rascally politiciaus of the Regency think no more ot butcbering him than they would a five dollar calf. But Barney, in bis letter to us, goes into further particulars, urd reveals some of the mystery in the recent transactions of the Regency and the butober boy. We have seen letters from Cassidy bimeelf, and the Hon. Mr. Dickinson, of Bing- bamton, in reference to these matters, and we have no more doubt of the treachery of Cassidy and the Regency than we have of the risiug and setting of the sun, Some of the facts are these:— On the 30th of July, Bernard Donnelly showed ‘Wise’s letter to Confidence Caraidy, the butcher béy, and at his earnest request was fool enough to leave it with him “to show to his friends.” On the same day a letter was written at Albaoy by @ confederate of Cassidy, whose name isin our possession, enclosing to the Hon. Mr. Dickin, sou, ot Binghamton, a copy of the letter of Mr. Wise to Donnelly. Yet in the face of these facts Conufiderce Cassidy bas the impudence, in a cor- respopdence with Bernard Donnelly, todeny that Wise’s letter was ever out of his hands. The copy which was sent on the 30th of July to Mc, Dickinson was sent back by him, enclosed to Mr. Mather, State Senator, This was one of the copies, Another copy was taken, which came into the possession of Mr. Fowler, Postunaster of this city, who gave it toa party, who gave it toa third party, who gave a copy of this copy to the New York Heraup. Here is all we knew of the mat ver tll we bad an interview with Bernard Don- nelly. For that copy we paid twenty dol- jars, under the belief that it was one of the copies which were circulating in Albany. And here we beg to ask Postmaster Fowler if he has received his share of the twenty dollars for his agency in conveying this important piece of in- telbgence to the New York Herap. Thus much of the mystery unravelled to-day. We will endeavor to trace out the agency in the plot of the rest of the butchers of the Regency, including Dean Richmond, and collect all the facts ia connection with the affair, which, when published, will disclose such an amount of treachery and rascality as has not taken place in the history of this State for a quarter of a century. New York Pouce anp Croat Sratistics.— We have before us the last quarterly report made by the Deputy Superintendent of the Metropoli- tan Police to the General Superintendent. It contains a good deal of curious information, and is in many reepects interesting. It appears that the total strength of the police of the Metropo- litan district—officers and men—is 1,435, and that the whole number of arrests made by them during the quarter ending 31st of July was 19,262. Of this number there were 1,667 arreste for larceny, or attempts at larceny; 152 for rob- bery, or attempts at robbery; 101 for swindling; 117 for passing counterfeit money, or forging; 51 for receiving etolen goods; 359 for violations of corporation ordinances, and 217 for offences dot specified. We are not informed, however, nor is it, of course, the province of the Deputy Superin- tendent to state, what disposition has been made of the offenders. We could wish very much to have, side by side with this report, a statement from the District Attorney showing what proportion of them were proceeded against, and what proportion punished. It isa pity that some arrangement is not made by which we could have the police officer’s report and the law officer’s report made simultancouely, so that we might see at a glance the course of our public administration of jus- tice. Without any definite information on the subject, we would not incur much risk in ex- pressing our conviction that not one in ten of the persons arrested for offences more serious than drunkenness has been punished. We have our doubts whether, of the 101 individu- als arrested for swindling, the odd unit has met his deserts; and as to the violations of corpora- tion ordinances, we would not expect to find that ony further notice whatever was taken of them. Atall events, we would like very much to have all uncertainties on these various points cleared up. We also remark in Mr. Carpenter’s report that besides the arrests, 894 complaints were made to the Corporation Attorney for violations of cor- poration ordinances, and 501 to the District At- torney for violations of the Sunday liquor law. What was done about these—particularly the lat- ter? Why are not these complaints prosecuted, 80 that we may have the constitutionality of the law and resolutions on the subject fairly and fully tested? Mr. Waterbury will please make a uote of this. It scems that offenders of the masculine gende™ are twice as numerous as those of the feminine. They stand in the proportion of 12,997 to 6,265. There is an equilibrium between the married and unmarried (9,530 married, 9,732 single). The totally illiterate classes were not so largely repre sented as were the classes skilled in the accom. plishments of reading and writing. There were 7,874 of the former to 11,388 of the latter; but it is not to be thence inferred that our criminal sta- tistics give apy force to the poetical dictum A little learning is a dangerous thing. We do not think it will operate much as an ar- gument against our common school system, al- though Mr. Carpenter has deduced from his statistics the sage piece of Bunsbyism that “the marriage relation tends in a slight degree to diminish crime ; but the mere ability to read and write has no perceptible effect.” Our citi- zens will find much matter for reflection in this report; but they would be much more enlight- ened if they could compare with it the statistics of our criminal courts for the same period. Tax Mountain iv Lason—The American State Council of New York will meet in the vil- age of Geneva at twelve o’clock to-day, “for the purpose of selecting the time and place for holding their State Nominating Convention,” &c. We presume they will appoint Syracuse as the place, and the 7th of September as the timne— the place and day appointed by the republicans— and that there will be another trial between the two Conventions for a fusion; another fullure; and that the poor Americans will, as usual, be left out in the cold. With these predictions we await the upshot of this momentous State Coun- cil at Geneva. Don’t cross the track in front of he locomotive, Mazaint on THe Evonorean Cour p'Brar. —Hi8 Programme or 4 New Hoty Axtianoz.~, “Mt INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Joseph Mazzini is haunted with the spectre @° | The Recent Alleged Defalcation—The Treaty imperialism, He bas conjured up a monster worse than apy spoken of in the Apocalypse, In this case it isa triple-beaded, nota triple-crowned, abomination; and ita mission is toy imperialize Europe and wipe out every vestige of political liberty. The Pope has ceased to scare the Ro- man triumvir. The new danger is in the imperial uiumvirate of France, Ruseia and Austria Ge asserts, in the most positive and cir- cometantial manner, not, as he says, from mere conjecture, but by knowledge of the fact, that a new Holy Alliance has been {inaugurated between the three Em- perore, having for object the dismember- ment and division among themselves of the Mohammedan possessions in Europe and Africa, and the making war against England aud Prusela. To resist this imagioary evil, he recommends & league, headed by England, and comprising England, Prussia, Germany, Bel- gium, Holland, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, and the other minor States of Europe. This is a grand war project, and the very statement of it may well startle timid people. But notwithstanding Signor Mazzini’s declara- tation of the positive knowledge of these de- signs on the part of the three Emperors, he must excuse us if we treat the whole thing, und advise the world to treat it, as nothing but the result of a disordered imagination, ‘The rulers of France and Russia und Austria bave other more important matters to attend to than such a Quixotic enterprise, even it they could agree anfong themselves, as imperializing the rest of Europe. Their attention is more properly directed to the developement of the internal re- sources of their respective empires. And instead of England and the other Powers whom Mr. Maz- zini would combine in a defensive league being frightened by such a ridiculous bugbear, they, too, have higher duties to perform in liberalizing ‘heir political institutions and ameliorating the condition of their subjects. This is the best way to resist aggrersion. Free men will always be able to defend their country against foreign invaders. The fact is that the imperialism of the present day is altogether a different thing from the im perialism which frightened George the Third aud Pitt into making the Holy Alliance against the first Napoleon. Itmeant military despotism and conquest then. To-day it means progress and civilization. Nevertheless, it would not be sur- prising if this manifesto of Mazzini’s, taken in connection with the late course of the London press, should awaken much alarm in England, and lead to a rupture of the friendly relatious between France and England. European affairs are in a condition in which a spark might pro- duce a general conflagration. But so far from Europe being menaced with imperialism, she ever perbaps had a better chavce than she has now of having her institutions liberalized and her people made prosperous and happy. Tue Niagara Susrension Bringe—Is rr a Sx- cure Srrvcrvre ?—Some few weeks ago we pub- lished a letter from a correspondent at Niagara in which some speculation was indulged in as to the security or insecurity of the Suspension bridge at that point. Ourcorrespondent stated that he was informed that, whereas the bridge only sag- ged a few inches when railroad trains first pase- ed over it, the yielding is now to the extent of some cighteen or twenty inches. He also re marked that railroad passengers, afraid to trust themselves in the cars, walk over, paying twenty- five cents a head for the privilege, and that engi- neers frequently refuse to accompany their en- gines over it when the trains are unusually heavy. This plain and simple statement has stirred up @ vast amount of bile in the editor of the little local sheet that does the puffing for the hotels, the bridge, the dry goods dealers, curiosity vend- ers and hackmen of Niagara, and that has its few hundred subscriptions paid in farm produce, cali- co wares, free grub and crockery. He raves about the Suspension bridge, says he lives near it—does not say that he has dead-head privileges on it—and cails it “noble” and “great” and “most enduring.” Our correspondent, who certainly had no mo- tive to induce him to state ‘a talechood, is de- nounced as an indiviflual of the “weakest imbe- cility,” as one who is “morally corrupt,’ or whom “strong drink has rendered mad.” And yet the builder and engineer of the work virtually ad- mits the truth of our correspondent’s statement about the sagging, but explains it as being due to the changes in the temperature—the cable expanding or contracting at the rate of two feet to the hundred degrees of Fahrenheit. For aught we know to the contrary, the Niagara Suspension bridge may be, as its resi dent inspector asserts, ‘stiffer and safer now than during any period since its completion” — though why that should be the case we cannot imagine. We know, however, that railroad companies are proverbially reckless about human life, and would just as soon send traias over rotten bridge across Niagara as they would over an ill constructed culvert, It is just as well, therefore, to examine this matter, and 80 we have sent two commissioners to inspect this Suspension bridge, avd to report upon its condition. In the meantime, as modern crimi- nals ask, the public may suspend its judgment in the matt@ We accord that grace to the “ noble structure.” The Last Embezzlement in Washington. (#rom the Washington Star, August 20 Friday morning, about 11 o’clock, Captain Goddard was called upen by order of the Secretary of the freasury to arrest Edmund French, evgineer and pay clerk (under Major Bowman) of the Bureau of Corstruction of the U. 8. Treagury Depsrtment, on a charge of forging certain certificates and receipts for tbe purpose of obtaining from the United States certain sums of money, on the firat day of May, 1869. The fraud was discovered by Major Bow- man, Wbo was called upon to draw a check for payment of cme $1,200 to a concern in Philadelphia of whom be had no knowledge and for material of which he kaew nothing. Tht# led suepicion at once to French, who was immediately conirontea wit his superiors in the Solici tor’s office, and cailed upon to explain, which he could uot do, and appearcd a great deal confused. He was thown bis books and requested to explain why entries had vot been made of the articies charged, and his man ner at once betrayed him. There wero no cutrics, and « little examination dircovored the fact that many vouchors had been aitcred £0 as to call for errencous sums of money, which rooney could not be accounted for by the accused. Au examination of tho charges against him showed faise entries and vouchers te the extent of $6,000. French ‘was required to give bail in the sun of $10,000 for his ap- pearance at the Criminal Court. B, Ogle hen ll Decare bis surety. Mr. French is a man of good ny: he i a brother of the Rey. Dr. French, formerly pastor of Epiphany ebarch in this city, and ® graduate of West Point, abd, we understand, a classmate of Major Bow- man’s at that institution, who hes treated h'm with great kindness uniformly, and with the above stated return. Ho was at one time Engineer of the Croton Water Works in New York, and up to yesterday had always borne an ex- cellent character for probity. He rosided in quict rural aty'e pear the city, on Rock cree’, and bis ample salary ‘of $8,000 seemed quite sufficient , or all the wants of him- self and family. The advent of the Chiof of Police in tho Treasury De tment to make the arrest naturally croated not a ittiy atir in the building, and asthe nature of his errand or the party implicated was a profound secret, there was the wildest feld of coojecture until the actual facts came out. Tho pmount of defaloation is not known wit cortataty, 4 vot we hear that it is estimated at from $12,000 to $15,000, of Peace Between Messrs, Wise and Old— Zor guna eigen: at. She Riankpaonatiatses, OU SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasiuaron, August 22, 1859. TL'© examination of the accounts of the Bureau of Con- ‘Struct.'on and Treasury Extension so far results in a largo decrease’ Of the alleged discrepancies. Major French is Perfectly cool and quiet, and says the governmeat may have lost money, possibly, but he haa bad none of it. The friends of Messrs, Wise and Old spomt some thirty- six hours in executing the forms of settlement of their bloodless battle, or about thirty hours more than Napo ea and Francis Joseph oeoupied in making pease after the lato Italian war. It is positively stated that the corre- spondence will be ready for publication to morrow. Toe tmuch Consequence has bee givon the aifair already, VIGOROUS MEASURES FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PRE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADB—RROXGAWIZATION OF THE AFKIOAN SQUADRON—OUR DETACTIVE FOROS FOR THE CUBAN COa8T, ETO. ‘THE GENERAL NEWAPAPER DESPATOR, ‘Wasuinaton, August 22, 1859, The administration has bestowed upon the subject of the African slave trade its earnest attention, and, with « view of suppressing, as far as possible, this traffic, has ini” Usted measures more efficient and extensive than ever be- fore for that purpose. ‘Tho squadron for the coast of Africa, as arranged by the Seoretary of the Navy, will consist of the following named vessels :—The steamers Mystic, Sumpter, Sen Jacinto and Mohican, and the sloops of-war Constellation (the ftag- ebip), Portemouth, Marion and Vinceunes. The mozt eifi- Clent officers are assigned to their command. Those of the steamers Mystic and Sumpter are respective- ly Lieutenant W. E, Le Roy ani Licutepant G. F. Armstrong. These gentlemen were, at their own request, ordered to this service. Their vessels being of light draft can penetrate waters too shallow for those which have heretofore been on that coast, besides having the advantage of steam. Henze players will be more closely pursued. The joint treaty with Eogland requires that the United States shall keep there a force of cighty guns; but by the recent arrangement on the part of the administration the gumber of our guns will be one hundred and sixteen, Mr. Birney, who succeeds Mr. Morse as Naval Siore keeper, went out in the Consteliation, with instractions to remove the naval depot for the African squadron from Porto Praya to Sap Paul de Loando, which is three hua- dred and thirty six miles south of the Congo river, or about twenty five hundred miles distant from Perto Praya. This new depot will, consequently, be much nearer than the former to the principal points of traffic on the coast, and will in @ great measure obviate the necessity ef long cruises. On our own coast, too, there is to be an efficient naval force, composed of the steamers Crusader, Lieutenant Maflit; the Mohawk, Lieutenant Craven; the Wyantott, Lieutenant Stanley, and the Fulton, Commander G. @. Williamson. They are to cruise in the neighborhood of Cuba, for the purpose of capturing any slavers whicn may by their expertness escape the vigilance of our naval police on the African coast. These arrangements will soon go into full operation, and the Secretary of the Navy is now hurrying the prepara- tion of such of the vessels as are yet in port for this tm. portant service. The Next News from Europe. Sackvituz, N. B, August 22, 1859, We learn from Halifax that McKay’s stable at Truro hat been burned, and that all the horses, numbering ten, per” ished tn the flames. As these horses included those used specially for expressing the steamers’ nows from Halifax to Sackville, for the New York Associated Press, it is feared there will be unumal deisy with the Canad: bews, now near at band. The fire was supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. The commercial public should, therefore, be mpre than usually cautious until the Gutbentio intelligence shall have been placed upon the bulletins of the newspaper offices. ‘The New York American State Council. Grvuva, N. Y., August 22, 1859, Quite a number of delegates and outsiders have already Arrived here to attend the American State Council, which meets to-morrow. The meeting promises to be more nu- merously attended than was anticipated. From New York are Hon. Daniel Ullmann, Hon. Erastus Brooks, Teac O. Hunt, and @ number of other prominent Ameri- can politicians. Auditor Renton, H. B, Northrup, Elam B, Jewett, Gustavus Ado'phus Scroggs and a host of others who have figured in American conventions are on bend from the rurul districts, The struggle will be on the time of holding the State Convention. Hon. Daniel Ulimann, who is said to speak the Policy of Thurlow Weed, will oppose the calling of the Convention on the game day that the republicans hold theirs, in order that the latter may ‘not be embarrassed by any union openly with the Americans. The Buffalo delegates who favor union and act with the anti-Weed republicans advocate the assembling of the Convention on the 7th of September at Syracuse, 80 as to force the republican Convention to recognise the Ameri- cans, or drive them into an open rupture, The chances thus far seem in favor of calling the Con- vention on the 21st of September, or some day supsequent the meeting of the republican Convention. No other business will be before the Council. Tho headquarters of the delegates are at the Franklin House. Some four hundred delegates are already here. pencaenapacecert aaa Reported Purchase of the Tehuantepec Tran- sit Route. Wasmncrow, August 22, 1859, Vera Cruz dates of the 11th inst., received at New Or- leans, say that Messrs. Hargous and Jecker have pur- chased the Tehuantepec Transit Toute, and that their gent at Minatitlan bas been ordered to engage engineers ‘0 recommence work upon it, The steamship Adriatic is «© run @n the Pacific side, Another I.dian Outrage. Sr. Louis, August 22, 1859, The Los Angelos Star says another outbreak occurred on the part of the Mobave Indians, on the 21st ot July. Two hundred of these Indians attacked a party of whites ‘st Bea e's Croesing, and carried off a number of males, together with a large quantity of provisions belonging to the Stockton and Kansas City Mail Company. Major Armia- ted, with two companies of troops, left Fort Mohave for the Mohave vi 8, intending to chastise the ludians, or, 1m case of their absence, to burn their huts and destroy their stock. —————$—$ News from Havana, New Ogukans, August 22, 1869, Tho steamship Cahawba, from Havana, with advices of the 18th fnst. arrived to day. The political news is unimportant, Two additional cargoes of Coolies had arrived at Ha- vana. Sugar firm at 7c. 8c. Lard buoyant, and solling at 18c, a.19¢, Excbange on London, 14a 15 per cent pro- mium; ditto on New York, flat. The Tehuantepec Mail Robbery. Naw Ontzans, August 22, 1859, Advices from Tehuantepec say that the mails recently scized on the Isthmus by robbers had been recovered. The robbers had obtained nothing valuable, The Election in Texas. Wasninaron, August 22, 1859. ‘The Galveston Civilian of the 18: inst, thinks that Houston is elected Governor of Texas by from 10,000 to 12,000 majority. Assault onthe President of the Un Crosse and Milwaumee Ratlroad. Unica, N. ¥., Angast 22, 1869, Mr. Clevoland, President of the La Uroase and Milwaukee Railroad, was knocked down near Rome in the smoking car of tho Oentral Railroad today by a man named Warner. Mr, Cleveland accused his assailant of steaung his baggage. Rallroad Accident, Newark, N. J., August 22, 1859, Aman named Matthew Dolan, from New York, in at- tempting to get on the 5 P. M. traia from this city, while in motion, slipped, and the car wheels passed over his legs. Thoy were both amputated below the kneos. It is hardly Ukely he will survive. ‘The Southern Mail. WaAsHinGTon, August 22, 1869. ‘The New Orleans papers of Monday of last woek are received. Death of Moses D. Phillipe—Camphene Ex- Plosion and Death. Boston, Augyst 22, 1859, Mr. Moses D. Phillips, of the well known book publish. ing firm of Phillips, Sampson & Co , died yesterday "ons On Saturday evening Mrs, Orr, a young married wo-