The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1859. NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GOROUN BHNNK TD, KOTOR AND PROFRIRTOS OFFice NW. COKNBHK DF A4-SAT AND FUSLON 89S Money sont dy impr non KALD, wea vents P , to ine Lite ach anamih 1 Mh of on Watnewlay, at four cents pew ewe, savrvted from any 4 ® patd for. Panricctancx ReQuesten ro S¥, cunomymous corraspondence rations renewed every day, adnertisons He weiny ARRALD, on TS THIS EVENING AREMY OF MUSIC. Fourteenth etroet.—ltauiaw Ore- NIBLO'S GABDER, Broadway —Rvorcrrows om te Tigur Rora—Niovaavs—Gexen Monae. BOWERY THEATRI Natunep Genriewax—! Rowery.—txp Rancer—Goop © Toys—LAUOMING AYYNA WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond siroet.— OcroKoon. WALLACKIS THEATRE, Fuanp—Foxty asp Furry. LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, 621 Broadway.—Distaxt Reeations. Broadway.~—Evenraopr’s NEW ROWRRY THEATRE, Bowers— Bipoww Haxp— | ASH UOOSLN, Fast Wowex—Pavpy 1H FRENCH THEATRE, ENreKtarswenr. USKUM, Broadway —After- BSLE—JOUN JONES. 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Senaie yesterday the Homestead bill of su Was introduced by Mr. Johnson, of Cen , and read twice The resolation di i inquiry as to the expediency of repeating vi requiring that the laws passed by the Lercit Legislatures of New Mexica and Utah siall be firmed by Congr aken up. Me. Harlan, of ed that the resolution be amended so 8. Way inquiry as te iety of authoriz of those Verritories to elect all their ive, legistvtive avd judicial, Mr Green, of Missouri, woved ty postpone the conside rotion of the subject till Monday next, which was agreed to. and the Senate adjoarned. ln the Honse, Mr. Joho Cocurane, of New York, delivered a speech denonacing the aggressioas of the North upon the South. He attributed the nre- s isturbed state of political affairs and the f- ray of John Brown to W UL Seward’s incendiary harangue at Rochester, but had no fears of a disso- ution of the Union, Mr. Cochrane's speech cre- ated a marked sensation, and itis said that the de- mocratic members of the House design voting for him for Speaker, as a mark of their appreciation of the effert. The House baliuted three times for a Speaker without effecting a choice, aud then ad- ourned. At about six o'clock Jast night a dreadful catas trophe occurred in Broad atreet, caused by the falling of a four story warehouse, fifty feet front by ninety feet deep, by which accident John Stewart,. a policetnan of the First precinct, and Wm. J. Ely, | of Brookiyn, lost their lives, and several other per- sons were injured. A full account of the catastro- phe is given in another column. The fuse factory of Messrs, Toy, Bickford & Co., at Simsbury, Conn., exploded yesterday morning, | killing eight females, and badly burning four others, two men and two women. The dead were so porribly mutilated that their remains could not be identified. Jn the Board of Supervisors yesterday, a resolu | tion was offered by Mr. Bell, providing that the sa- | Jaries of the Judges of the Supreme, Superior, Com- | mon Pleas and Surrogate’s Courts be increased $1,000 each, thos making their pay $6,000 per an- pum, to take effect trom the Ist of January nest. , After some debate, and the defeat of several pro- positions to reduce the present salaries of the | Judges, the resolution was withdrawn, Mr. Bell, | however, announcing that he would renew it at the bext meeting. The Committee on Police reported in favor of increasing the police force to 1,400 men, the present force being 1,250. The report was laid over. The expense of the proposed additional po- lice force will amount to $120,000 per annum. The Board of Aldermen met last evening, but did not transact any business but the ordinary routine matters. The Supreme Court general term will meet on Thursday, torender decisions in cases argued be- fore them during the last term. It is rumored that Judge Parker, the newly ap- pointed United States District Attorney, has not yet made up his mind to accept the office. Mr. Hunt, the present acting United States attorney, has gone on to Washington. At the meeting of the Board of Ten Governors | yesterday, the usual Christmas appropriations for the Randall's Island boys, and the inmates of the Lunatic Asylum, were made. A resolution, offered by the President, to have the salaries of three of the officers of the Board raised from $1,750 to | $2,000 a year, was subsequently withdrawn till next meeting. The number in the institutions at pre- eut is 7,881, anincrease of 109 over the previous | week. The New York Historical Society held their fifty- fifth annual celebration last evening, at their new building, corner of Tenth street and Second ave- nue, before a highly respectable and intelligent audience. The Hon. George Folsom delivered the government of Mexico, which was ratified on the lth inst. The points of this treaty may be found | under the appropriate head in another column. | It provides for right of way across the Isthmus of | Tehuantepec, and trom Arizona to the Gulf of Cali- | fornia; the free transit of merchandise, troops and | military stores by both routes; no forced loans; re- | ligious freedom; our rightto protect the transit | routes by force. Mexico is to receive material aid, in the shape of four million dollars, in compensation fr the release of duties. By the arrival of the City of Washington yester- | day we received news from Europe some hours later than that brought by the North American. Diplomatic preparations for the assembling of the Congress in Pams were rife. Austria, through France, objected to Count Cavour as the Envoy from Sardinia. The exiled Archdukes, with the popular representative governments of Central Italy, were to plead their respective causes by notes and memoriala, France and England were endeavoring still to agree on a common platform of action. Governor Douglass’ report of General Scott’s mission to San Juan had been submitted to a Cabinet Council in London. Our correspondent at Caracas, Venezuela, writ- ing on the 27th of November, states that the coun- try was ina most wretched condition, social and commercial, owing to the mercenary intrigues of party spoilsmen. Ex-President Castro was still in confinement and closely guarded. The laborers of the country were being forced into the army, and the coffee crop was going to ruin from neglect. The revolutionists had been defeated ata good many pointa by the regular troops. Congress will meet on the 20th of January. We have files of the Comercio, of Laguayra, to the 23d ult. They state that the government was doing all it could to restore complete peace and harmony to the coun- try. Several families had fled from Carayaca in consequence of the excesses of the Vandalic re- bels, who were threatening that town. The goy- ernment had already taken prompt measures to check the excesses of the outlaws, and a reinforce- ment of 100 cavalry had left for the town. A shock of earthquake was felt at Laguayra on the 22d ult. at five minutes to seven in the morning. The oscillations were from north to south. The rebel chief Falcon was still entrenched at Tocnyo, awaiting additions to his force. The intelligence of the arrival of General Serrano at Porto Rico had reached Venezuela by the Spanish war steamer Blasco de Garay. Most of the surviving revolutionary leaders had taken to flight and were seeking to take refuge in other lands. Miguel go. tillo, with a body of rebels numbering 1,000 cayal- ry and infantry, entered the towns of Jracoa ang Tabasca on the 2Ist ult.,where they committea every kind of robbery and excess. Great excite- ment prevailed in consequence, and troops from Barcelona and Cumana were on the track of the assassins. | anniversary address, which was devoted to an ex- ceedingly interesting biographical sketch of Col. Isaac Barre.one of the most able defenders of the American colonies in the British Parliament during the time of the Revolution. Atthe conclusion of the discourse, on motion of Professor McVickar, of Columbia College, the thanks of the society were voted to the distinguished orator. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 800 bales. The market closed on the basis of about 113¢c. for mid- dling uplands. The near approach of ‘the holidays, com, bined with theinclemency of the weather, tended to re- strict transactions in flour, while prices were heavy for most grades of State and Western, without important change in quotations. Southern flour was steady and in fair demand, and unaltered in quotations. Wheat was moderately dealt in; the chief demand was for milling purpoges; gales of good to choice Kentucky white were reported at $1 50a $1 55; good to prime Southern red at $1 25 a $130, and Racine spring at $120. Corn was un" changed and in fair request, with sales of new yellow and white Jersey and Southern and Western mixed at 90c. a 92c., and old flat and round yellow in small lots at 98¢. a $1. Pork was some firmer, with sales of mess at $16 and of prime at $11 373g a $12 50. Sugars were firm, with sales of 500 a 600 hhds. and 960 boxes, on terms given in another column. Coffee was quiet and sales ynimportant, Freigbte were firm, with fair engagements to Liverpool and London, included in which were 1,800 bbls. flour to the former port at 28. d.; bacon at 22s. 6d.; tierce beef at 2. 9d., and cheese at 30s., with cheese to London at 40s, The Union Meeting—The Great Conser- vative Movement of the Day. The Union meeting at the Academy of Music on Monday evening opens a new era in the po- litical history of the conntry. It was the largest, the most enthusiastic, the most singu_ ar and most instructive meeting ever held in ‘ork. Some twenty thousand persons, of sand parties, must have assembled in and around the building, the three outside exeeeding by far in numbers the meeting within. It wasa grand and decisive demonstration as to the strength of the Union sentiment in this imperial city—the same senti- ment which elected Fernando Wood Mayor of New York a fortnight before. It will have an important influence throughout the country, not only Sy kindling the flames of enthusiasm and suggesting similar meetings, but on ac- count of its practical character. It differs from all the Union meetings that have been previ- ously*held, both in what was said and what was done. The salient points of this remarka- ble demonstration are three:— First, the speech of Charles O’Conor, at the inside meeting. Second, the nomination of General Scott for President of the United States, and Sam Hous- ton for Vice President, at two of the outside meetings We have news from Hayti dated at Port au Prince on the 30th ult. A national bank of loan, for the promotion of agriculture only, was to be es- tablished under the sanction of the Legislature. It was hoped that the country would make much in- dustrial progress under its operation, and the col- lection of foreign debts be facilitated. American Provisions sold to profit at Jeremie. Anxiety was felt there for the safety of the schooner North Wind, of Boston, out over fifty days. Our files from Liberia, Africa, dated the latter part of September, report a new and most extraordina- ry phase of the slave trade. The Rebecca, a Balti- more clipper, commanded by Captain Carter, ar- rived there in July last with forty-two colored im- migrants from New Orleans, liberated from the McDonough estate. She was under charter from the Colonization Society ; but having landed the free blacks, she moved off to the southwest coast and took in a full cargo of slaves, with which freight she is now bound home. Smallpox raged in Dew Georgia. President Benson way ghoyt tq meetings, and the reception of Scott’s name in the inside meeting with an enthnsiasm which was equal to a nomination. And third, the recommendation to hold simi- lar Union meetings all over the land. As to the statesmanlikespeech of Mr. O'Conor, it was the only one that rose to the height of the occasion, and comprehended the tme nature of the issnes between the North and the South, Of all the Union speeches made at thi, meeting or the meetings in other cities, it alone has grasped the subject with « masterly hand. Ay) the rest were mere declamation, or consisted of the vague genéralities and platitudes of the old politicians, beating about the bush, and avoiding the real points of the controversy. Even Caleb Oushing’s speech at Boston was only remarkable for the vehemence of its gene- ral abuse. O’Gonor’s speech is of a totally different character, He geizes the bull by the horns, and comes to close quarters, His pow- ertul oration is a calm and dignified argument, clear, cogent and irresistible, demonstrating that vader the constitution the Southern States bave the same right to protection for their pe- culiar mode of labor that the Northern States bave for theirs. He begs no favors for the South—be degiands its constitational rights, the denial of which is rev’ ‘on. this was the sp. ol of the evening, so the wemipation of General Scott for the Presi- deney was the event of the evening. In spite wf the machinations and manauvyres of the politicians, the veteran patriot was nominated unanimously at two of the open air meetings, and bis letter, which was the only ono read, 4 was received at the inside meeting with sucha tempest of applause as clearly shewed that, bad his nomination been proposed there, it would have been curried with the same wna- nimity, and by acclamation. The political wire- pullers and pipelayers were signally defeated. Tammany Hall was non est inventus, Its lenders were invisible. The Albany Regency was without a representative, and the devices of ite New York organ, the wet blaaket of Wall street, under which it was attempted to stifle alt thut was vital in the demonatration, were turned to foolishness. The design of that journal and of the politicians was to turn the meeting to their own account. But the swelling tide of popular enthusiasm swept them away like straws, and the people, without distinction of party, looming over the waves, made the meeting their own. Neither the quondam abolition journal, which was originally established by Arthur Tappan, and still betrays its old proclivities, nor aati- slavery Tammany Hall, of which it is the chiet organ (the republican “little villain” playiug second fiddle), could be at home in such 4 healthy national movement as that of Monday evening. The meeting, as it has turned out, is gelland wormwood to them, and the nomina- tion of General Scott strikes terror to their hearts, On the nomination—the great point of the meeting—our pious Wall street contemporary is silent as the grave. It knows full well that if the name of Scott is brought out before the people in this crisis, victory will perch on his banners, as it did in every battle of his bril- liant campaign in Mexico. His name is a synonym for conservatism and nutionality. The history of the Union and its flag is linked with his deeds and his fame for the last fifty years—from the time that the British outrage on the Chesapeake prompted him to the profes: sion of arms. Like General Taylor, he is no party man. He is not a democrat, nor is he a republican; but he is a national man, whose life has been spent in the service of hiscountry, fighting its battles against the foreign foe and the domestic savage, from tne heights of Queenstown, where he “fleshed his maiden sword,” to the ‘Malls of Montezuma,” where his last victory resulted in the cession of California to the United States, giving an unprecedented impetus to our commerce, and opening a new field for American enterprise on the broad bosom of the Pucific. From that ocean by whose shores he has so largely in- creased our empire he has just returned from a mission of peace, in which the same success attended his efforts that crowned them in th Mexican war and in his settlement ef the North- eastern boundary dispute in 1842. He and healthy, his eye undimmed, his siep un‘al- tering, his carriage erect, his heart whole, aud his mental faculties bright. Te is at that age which tempers firmness with wisdom and mode- ration; nor can ambition, to whuse promptings younger men are exposed, lure him to risk the ruin of the country in pursuit of dazzling visions of glory. The politicians know that such a man as this cannot be regarded with indifference by the people, and that in a time of danger like the present he willrally the masses around him. They, therefore, fear him, because he is des- tined to break down their rotten machinery, and overthrow their organizations by a revolu- tion at the polls. . The act of the Union meeting next in impor- tance to the nomination of General Scott is the passage of two resolutions which were not of those prepared hy the managers, but drawn up and offered subsequently, by those who had a better appreciation of the crisis. They are as follows:— Resolved, That in the present ‘ crisis,” tho true “way to meet it”’ is, for the frienda of the constitution and the Union throughout all the land to convene Union meetings, and to form Union organizations in the spirit and tone that called this meeting and have inspired its proceed- ings. ‘Reeolved, That the Committee of Arrangements be au. thorized to correspond with such Union organizations as may be formed, and to take such measures as they may deem proper for the promulgation and maintenance of tho principles of this meeting. This is just the one thing needful, and we hope to hear soon from the committee, and that it will give a good report of itself. If not, some other committee will attend to the busi- ness. The work must be done. By the onward march of this mighty move- ment, the democratic and republican parties will both be broken up, and the danger which now threatens us be dissipated like the shadows of night before the morningsun. The miscreant politicians will be crushed by a peaceful revolution, and the wheels within wheels of our complicated but beautiful go- vernment will again move noiselessly and with harmonious action, like a first class chronome- ter, and, instead of two antagonistic forces waging a war of mutual destruction, both will co-operate for the welfare of the whole coun- try, and we shall no longer know any North or South, or East or West, but a mighty federated republic, one and indivisible, united by the bonds of & common constitution, a common in- terest and a common glory. A Prive FoR 4 Minuionatre.—Barbee's ex- qguisite statue, the “Iisher Girl,” is now on exhibition in the rotunda of the Merchants’ Exchange, where the artist’s necessities have compelled him to expose it for sale. Here is a chance for some one of our wealthy citizens to distinguish himself by his discrimination and liberality. This work has been pro- nounced by all who have seen it to be one of the finest that has been executed by any mo- dern sculptor, and a few years hence its value will be inestimable. One such object as this ina Fifth avenue mansion will tell more for the taste and judgment of its owner than all the gaudy frescoes and glittering decorations with which it is overlaid. The work is to be sold by auction on Thursday next (to-morrow), the 224, at half-past twelve. We trust the at- tendance upon this occasion will give evidence of the interest which our merchants are ex- pected to take in the new movement in favor of art. Tun Anonirion Consriracy iw Tue Norra Acainst THY Sovrn—Testivony For THE INvEs- nieaTixa Comarrrex.—-We learn from Washing- ton that the Investigating Committee, unani- mously voted by the Senate on Mr. Mason’s motion to inquire into and report all the facts in relation to the Harper’s Ferry affair, has been organized, provided with a clerk, &c., and is now quite ready to go to work. ‘This committee has a great task to perform. Tn sme respects, it is the most important body that bas been created by official action since the foundation of the republic. Its investiga- tions should be minute, thorough and search- ing. The evidence upon the trials of the per- sons absolutely engaged in the raid upon Vir- givia was confined, us a matter of course, to tbe action of the prisoners in the dock, who were seized as traitors with arms in their hands, and the ‘proof of the simple fact was alone required. But, through the public press and in vari other quarters, it has been charged that nearly all of the leaders of the black republican party were cognizant of Old Brown's intention, and that some of them as- sisted him in it. The Virginia affair was looked upon by Brown and his associates as the natu ral and logical extension of their Kansas work aud the former was conducted in the irregular border war fashion of the latter. Before Brown went to Virginia, as it appears by the evidence of Colonel Forbes, the plan was made known to Seward and other leading republi- cans. Gerrit Smith, and other wealthy men of the same purty, furnished the money wherewith to carry on the war, and it is quite evident that without the aid of some Northern men who stand high in the opposition ranks, the insurrectionary*attempt of John Brown never would bave been made. Tt will be proper, then, for the committee to take the evidence of Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley, Thaddeus Hyatt and Colonel Forbes, as well as that of the leading republicans, en- dorsers of Helper’s book in Congress. Gree- ley, who has all along expressed his willing- ness to testify as to his share in the Harper's Ferry affair, must not run away from this com- mittee, as he did from a former one. He must obey the subpwna promptly. Greeley and Hyatt bad the charge of the Kansas fund be- tween them, and it might be important to as- certain whether or not any part of the moneys subscribed for Kansas helped to buy pikes for Harper’s Ferry. All these Kansas agitators should be brought before the committee and subjected to the most stringent cross-examina- tion. But all the witnesses who should properly appear before the committee are not in the country. Mr. Seward, and his colored coadju- tor, Fred Douglas, are abroad. Mr. Seward will probably arrive quite in time to explain to the committee why he kept the intention of Brown, Forbes and others a secret, and to clear up some other doubtful matters connected with the same subject. Fred Douglas found it con- venient to Jeave this country about six weeks ago, but having the cacethes scribendi strong upon him, has written a curiously impu- dent letter from Englaud. We publish this morceau elsewhere, and it is worthy of par- ticular attention. It shows that in spite of the failure of John Brown and his men, and the grand uprising ofghe conservative seatiment | of the North, the deep laid scheme of the aboli- ‘lthale | uonists to bring on an irrepressible con- flict has not been abandoned. They have ear- nest friends among the Canadian politicians who desire to foment discord in the United States. John Brown, it seems, did not hit the right plan; but that is reserved for some other attempt. The standard of insurrection is to be raised in the Alleghany mountains, and the negroes are to be invited to rally round it. Thus Virginia is to be covered “with sorrow and blood,” to use Douglass’ own words. Meantime, the underground rail- road isto be kept up, and the ‘faithful are to send their friends to the Canadian terminus of the line. Gerrit Smith, as Fred thinks, has gone crazy because he was not permitted to say all he knew about the Harper’s Ferry af- fair; and there is something very mysterious in the dark insinuation that those “who fettered Mr. Smith’s mind are responsible for his in- sanity.” This letter of Douglass, and the other testimony which will undoubtedly be obtained by the committee, will convince every .one that the danger to our country has yet to be met, and met with the strong hand. Tue Hovse Oreantation—Forney For CrerK.—It is very well understood that the programme of Thurlow Weed for the organiza- tion of Congress comprehends Mr. Sherman, of Obio, for Speaker; Mr. Bowles, of Massachu- setts, for Printer, and John W. Forney for Clerk of the House. But why this vagabond politician Forney for Clerk? We had supposed that the republican party plumed itself somewhat upon its pretensions to social and political respectability. How, then, with such pretensions, can this party in Con- grees stoop to pick up such a treacherous, reckless, disgraced and degraded creature as this fellow Forney? The republican candidate for Speaker, apart from his endorsement of Helper’s handbook of abolition treason, is con- ceded to bea man of good character, com- manding the respect of political friends and enemies. We think, too, that it would now be, perhaps, the best policy of the democracy to ‘permit his election as Speaker; for thus he and his party will be made officially responsible before fhe country, for their Helper endorse- ments and for all the consequences, Mr. Bowles, the republican candidate for Printer, is also a respectable man, and free from any such crushing objections as those which cling to Forney. But unless the republican party have become insensible to shame and re- gardless of anything like a decent respect for public opinion, they will repudiate For- ney as they would a hardened con- vict. That infamous letter of his in the Forrest divorce case should have forever driven him into obscurity. We know that some years ago, with an overwhelming demo- cratic majority in the House, that letter would have defeated him, but for a misapplied cbari- ty and the pressure of mere party considera- tions. We know that that letter produced on the minds of the opposition of that day such a feeling of disgust for Forney that they regard- ed his election as little better than the en- dorsement of said letter by the House. And is not the infamy of Helper’s pamphlet sufficient, that the republican party in Congréss now, in their turn, should be required to endorse For- ney’s infamous Jamison letter? It is all the more surprising that the repub- licams should think, oy a moment, of doing this foolish thing, when we look at the course, of Forney since the last Presidential election, He has betrayed, insulted, derided and abused, in the most malignant and unscrupulous way, his best friends, of high and low degree; he has, in his impotent rage against them, trampled everything like common gratitnide and common decency into the dust, and has only the basest treachery to the democracy to recommen him to the republicans. What security have the republicans against a similar course of trea- chery, should they take this faithless camp follower into their confidence? Let them trust him and make him their House (Clerk, and he will hang like a millstone upon the neck of their party, Po}Mical morality, as dished out by Thurlow Weed, is not always of easy digestion ; but this dish of Forney as the republican candidate for Clerk of the House of Representatives is simply disgusting. There can be no necessity, no object, no advantage, nothing but a dead weight, to any party acting as the highest bidder for Forney. Movements is Prorerty Ur Towx—Tux City Exrenpixc Norrawanps.—Since the Cen- tral Park was commenced there has beena great movement going on in the northern end of the island, and property in that vicinity has rapidly been acquiring an increased value. Before long we shall see the whole line of the Harlem and North rivers covered with stores and factories; and when the Harlem river is cleared, as contemplated, and navigation es- tablished with Spuyten Duyvil creek, thus con- necting the East river with the Hudson, the entire space between Tubby Hook and Harlem river will be thickly populated, and devoted to business purposes, of course with the exception of that portion around Washington Heights, which is not available for streets, and which nature specially designed for a rus in urbe. Up to that point the ground lying between the two rivers is comparatively level, admits of an easy grade, and can be easily converted into streets and avenues, It is already contemplated to construct a village which will oceupy all that space; and with that view we perceive that some five hun- dred lots are to be sold at auction to-day, at the Merchants’ Exchange. The natural tendency of our population to- wards the neighborhood of the Central Park, and the vis a tergo with which the increase of business is compelling the trade and commerce of the metropolis to extend themselves in that direction, are manifest to every one. The pic- turesge beauty of the park, as well as the natu- ral charms of the locality itself, affords an at- traction without parallel to erect residences all around in that vicinity, while the pressure of a rapidly increasing trade must compel usto con- vert that portion of the island lying above it, as far north as Washington Heights, to business and manufactures, There can be very little doubt, then, we think, that all that portion of the island will be so,occupied ina few years, provided that the Corporation or the Legisla- ture do not interfere with private enterprise by getting up any jobs there, by appointing Com- missioners to open up streets, and so forth, as they have done elsewhgre. The Corporation has already got through one infamous railroad job for the profit of a few individuals, and we have no doubt that attempts will be made in the next Legislature to get commissioners ap- pointed for opening streets, and bil that sort of thing, in this locality. We hope all such at tempts will be resisted and defeated. There is no need of any commissions, or jobs of any other character. The work will be legitimately accomplished sooner and better without the aid of legislation. Tue Instructor or rae Great Repusiican Party Commne Home.—It is announced that W. H. Seward is on his return passage to this country on the Arago, and will probably be in New York within a few days. When he left for Europe in May last he was escorted down the bay by alarge delegation of the republican party, and on that occasion he made a parting speech, one or two extracts from which will show that he anticipated the practical illustra- tion of his ‘irrepressible conflict” doctrines which the country has since witnessed at Har- per’s Ferry. Speaking on baard the Josephine, he said:— I will only say, gentlemen, in expressing my thanks to you, now that we are at tho point of separation, that I trust it may be my good fortune to return amongst you, and n Bee the duties plese suspended in the great It was in this great cause of freedom and hu- manity that John Brown made war upon the Commonwealth of Virginia, and shot down its peaceful citizens. And again, addressing the republican dele- gations from Brooklyn and Jersey City on board the Alida, he used these words:— 1 do so the more readily, because I know that at last the great of justice and humamty before the American people are destined to be decided, and that they may be safely left to your hands, even if’ the INSTRUCTOR never re- Here it will be perceived Mr. Seward modest- ly denominates himself the “instructor” of the great republican party, and the great republi- can party,as there represented, acquiesced very quietly in his assumption of that title. And perhaps Mr. Seward can justly claim the position he assumed; for be it remembered that in October, 1858, he enunciated the brutal prin- ciples of the “irrepressible conflict,” and issued his bloody declaration of war against the South at Rochester; and in October, 1859, John Brown carried them into effect at Harper's Ferry. The “instructor” now returns to renew the “irrepressible conflict’ for freedom and hu- manity which the recently executed traitors at Charlestown commenced. How to Maxk a Newsrarer.—On the after- noon of the 8th of this month the great Union meeting took place at Boston, and the Hreranp of the morning of the 9th had a full and graphic account of the whole proceedings, with the speeches verbatim of Everett, Cushjng, Lincoln and the other orators who participated therein. During the John Brown excitement in Virginia, the fight, the trials and the executions, the Henraxp of every morning published full ag- counts, from its special reporters, of the trans- actions of the previous day. The debates now progressing in Congress, upon the most impor- tant question that ever disturbed the public mind, are given in full, daily, by telegraph, to the readers of the Herat, precisely as they occurred the day before. On last Thursday night the John Brown sympathizers held a meeting at the Cooper Institute, at which Wendell Phillips, Dr. Cheever and other lead- ing abolitionists spoke, and the Heraiy of the next morning had a full report of it—eight columns in length—which no other paper in the city had. The great Union meeting at the Agademy of Music; og Monday vight, did noy* fairly terminate until near ene o’o'ock on Tues- day morning, and at five o'clock the columns of the Henatp presented a full report of the whole proceedings, speeches and all, both imvide and outside the ball of meeting—the work of ten reporters, And these reports to whigh we have referred were not mere sketches or con- densations, but full and graphic—as ft were, veritable daguerreotypes of the transactions a8 they took place, This is our way of making & newspaper. Tre Prorte Overrowertsa THe Powrne. ctans.— During the last ten days our city politi- cians who are not with the republican party bave been very active in behalf of our glorious Union. They had thus arranged it so as to appropriate all the honors of our late gramt Union demonstration to themselves. We ha@ advised them tbat Gen. Scott was their card, if they really wished to do anything—that he was the mah whose name would stir up the masses of the people, and bring them to the rescue, But still, the politicians concerned inside the Academy contrived to keep the old patriot im the background as much as possible. They had bis letter read—a beautiful and patriotic Jetter; it touched the right chord; but very little, if anything, was said for Gen. Scots. Not 80 at the more independent meetings of the people outaide. Free to choose their own pro- gramme, they fairly and squarely indicated their views, in the proclamation of Scott and Houston as their Presidential ticket. From this manifestation we see that the people, re- leased from our pipe-laying politicians, are ready for action, without waiting for party caucus or convention jugglers, And why can- not this spoptaneons movement be followed up Gen. Scott is no longer young; but he is atill young enough and strong enongh to rally a party together competent practically to save the Union. Tae Atpany Recexcy Crownep Ovr.—Tam- many Hall and the Albany Regency, defeated in our late city election, labored very industri- ously with several boobies to help them to get the contro! of our late Union meeting, and to use it for their own benefit, and in putting their special favorite for Charleston on his legs again. But they were crowded out, and their special candidate for the Presidency got sick, too sick to sing his appointed part in the opera. We hope, however, that he is not se- riously indisposed, and that the Journal of Com- merce will take good care of him, and of Tam- many and the Regency, till the weather is more favorable for all such political invalids. They were too much exposed on election day, and they must be doctored very carefully. Disastrous Fire and Loss of Life. SEVEN FEMALES BURNED TO DEATH—TWO OTHER ‘WOMEN AND A BOY HORRIBLY BURNED. Harrvorn, Dec. 20, 1859. The fuse factory of Joseph Toy, in Simsbury, took Gre at about half past seven e’clock this morning, and was en- tirely destroyed. The fire took in the lower part of the building while tbe employés were at work in the upper story, and the flames spread with such rapidity asto cut off all chance of escape, coneequeutly seven females were burned to death, and two others, together with a boy— the son of the owner—so badly injured that it is believed they cannot survive. The names of the dead, as far as ascertained, are:—Catharine Brissey, of New York State, Mary Jane’ Bacon, of Simsbury, Hannah and Aarrict Head (fisters), two other females, names not ascertained, aod a married woman named Lampson. Physicians from this city are in attenaance upon the injured. The origin of the fire ig unknown, Loss not reported. Another Effect of the ‘‘Irrepressible Con- Mict.”” SOUTHERN MEDICAL STUDENTS QUITTING PHILADEL- PHIA. PHILADRrPHtA, Dec. 20, 1859. At a meeting of Southern medical students to-day, it ‘Was resolved to recode in a pony from the schools in thig city and go to the Southern colleges. There was a large attendance. Jefferson College will lose two hundred, and Pennsylvania University one hundred students. ‘They will proceed in a body to-morrow night, in a special train, from the Baltimore depot Tbe proceedings were con- ducted throughout with great decorum and propriety, and there was no exhibition of violent feeling. A number will go to the Richmond Medical Colle, The Southern Pacific Ratlroad. Naw Orueans, Deo. 19, 1859, Dr. Fowlkes, President of the Pacifld Railway, leaves here for Philadelphia via Memphis to-morrow, to coneum- mate a new organization in that place with Hon. J. Edgar Thomson, of Philadelphia, as President; Colonel Samuel Tate, of Memphie, as Land Commissionor, aad Hoa. V. K, Stevenson, of Nashville, a3 General Agent of the Com- pany. The stock sales reported to President Fowlkes by the different States amount to $440,000, which is to be ap- plied to the construction of the road. The company’s Stock books are c'osed with conditional offers for the whole unsold stock of the company at par, Texas legisia- =< a sl ipciey caer cae is anticipated. 2 prospects of the company are highly satisfact to the New Orleans stockholders, and is regarded by carr. talists as a solid reality. President Fowikes’ actievements silence the rebuke of his opponents and elate his friends, who talk of a grand dinner in bis honor, The proposed new organization inspires public con- Gdenco. eg The Virginia Democratic State Conven- tion, Rucumonn, Dec. 20, 1859. A caucus of democratic members of the Legislature of this State was held here to-night. It fixed upon Thurs- day, the 16th of February, as the time to hold a Demo- cratic State Convention in this city. A White Man and Twelve Negroes Drowned. Savanwant, Dec. 20, 1859. A white man and twelve negroes were drowned in the iver this morning, in consequence of the capsizing of @ oat. Reported Death of Hon. Linn Boyd. CINCINNATI, Dec. 20,1859. A despatch to the Commerciai says tbat Hon. Linn Boyd died at his residence in Kentucky on Sunday. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Pintapetruta, Doc. 20, 1859. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania Stave 6's, 934; Reading Rall- Toad, 2034; Morris Canal, 50; Long Island Railroad, 114; Pennsyivania Railroad, 3634. é New Ortxans, Dec. 19, 1859. Cotton—Sales to day 3,000 bales at irregular prices; buyers demand a reduction, which is refused. The Enro- pean advices caused less firmness in tho market. Frelghts—Cotton to Liverpool 19324., some vessels ask- ing isd. New Ortravs, Dec. 20, 1859. » 9,000 bales at irregular prices; Kc. alle, The sales of th» last Cotton—Sales to-day. we quote middling at three Gays add up 22,000 bales, and the receipts 63,600 bales—against 44.000 for fhe saine time Jast y Re Ceipts to date ahead of last year, 194,000 bi dull and quiet at 7c. a 74,0. “Molasses 4035 e: si count ht exchange on New York, 34a 3 per cent. dia- te Momzr, Dec. 19, 1859, Cotton—Sales to-day, 3,060 bales at a decline of 3c.; middling 1044c, a 105;¢. Avavata, Dec. 19, 1859. Cotton quiet; sales to-day 500 bales. Savannant, Dec. 19, 1859, Cotton inactive; gales today 600 bales, at irregular prices, : Cisctyear, Dec. 20, 1859, Flour dull, heavy and drooping, at $5 20a $5 j superfine, Whiskey unchanged, Wheat dull, but price unchanged. Hogs advanced 26c.; sales 2,000at'86 a $6 60; receipts to-day, 2,700 Mess pork, 816 2 a $16 0. Bulle meat 644c., and 83¢¢. for dolivery. m February,” Lard, We. a 10%e. Green meata advanced—shoulders, bo. & 63g0,; aldew, 7340. Flour steady. Hams, 7c. a 77%c. Prispetenta, Dec. 20, 1859. ‘rt and dull. Corn active at 82356. 0: hiskey unchanged, AcapEMy oF MUsO—RHTURN oF Miny ADNINA Parr — The fashionable world will muster in full foree this even- ing at the Opora, to assist at the rentréa of “little Patti,” who returns to the metropolis after taking Philadelphia by storm. As there will be only two Opera nights this week, to-night and to-morrow, and no more till-Fobruary, the habitués will make the most of them. To night Miss Pattd sings in “Lnela,” and on to-morrow the “Sonnambula”? will be given. Signor Drignoli slags the tenor parts in doth operas, Disnxqursien Equine ARRivals.—Willlam Cook's celo- brated troupe of horses and ponies, from Astley’s Amphi- theatro, London, arrived in the steamer Borussia on Mon- day last. ‘(hey are to appear, together with Mc. C0k’s entire company, at Nible’s Garden in the beginning of January.