The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK Gon ous GeUNnnurn, IP RAETOR, MEK ALD. (wo ceiate por copy. $1 por arvwutn. V GPRALD. every Saturday, the Buropean Ei ad Birttentn, . per anmam POLONTARY CORRESPONDENUD, aeint, airited srom ony Quarter v Grew ally porid for. eam Panmouiacix Regnvaren 9 Seat at Lerrece AGES BENT OF. Volume XXTy. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSTO, Fourtennth atrant —fTaL ats Orena La Couxaxmca—La Tr. woRnzia Bouasa. tata. BIMLO'R GARDEN, Reonsdway.—Fere Pigareman’s Dx KAM—IAOUL. ROWNRY THKATRE, Faciur~A Covonsp Paesipest. WINTER GARDEN, sroa¢wey, opposite Bond atreet.— CeroxooN. WALLACKIS THRATRS, Broadway.—Evexysopy's Rikry—Kaoces and Noss. LAUSs KEENK’'S THYATRE, 62 Sroadway.—Distant BxLations. NRW KOWERY THEATES, Sowerr. Jeusey—Moragn Goose aso THR GOLOEN EGG—Taisk TUTOR, . FRENCH THBATRE, 696 Broadway.—Coweis’s Mostoa, ExrextarnwenT, BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Brostway.—Afer- NOOL—ALADDIN. Bveniog—Nexvous MaN— Slavin, BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, antes’ Tall, 472 Broad way— Boxkiesqurs, 80NGS, Dance’ Ac. —SCENES at Pratons, 2no Oarisry’s aiN Dances, &c—New Ve CHATHAM «MPSITHP ANCho—Home AND THE HOMRLBSS equestkiaN PRufonM- NEW OPEKA ROUSE, 72) Broadway. —Duarron’s Par- 08 Ormaes ane Liv Bew York, Thursday, December 29, 1559, The New: According to our special despatch from Wash- ington, it appears that the action of our Minister to Guatemula, in protesting against the treaty nego- tiaved between Great Britain and Guatemala, was based upon incorrect information as tu the tacts. Recently received official despatches state that by | the treaty alluded to Great Britain has definitively abandoned her pretensions to the Bay Islands, as weil as to the Mosquito protectorate, and that the boundary lines agreed to by the two governments Sre fixed in accordance with the terms of the amend. ments to the Dallas-Clarendon treaty adopted by the United States Senate. Itis furthermore stated that Great Britain has assured our government that she has not and does not intend to enter into any treaty which will impair the rights of the United States under the Cluytou-Bulwer treaty. The proceedings of the House of Representatives yesterduy are interesting, as they show the shifts and expedients to which the various factions re- sort in the contest for the Speakership. Another balict was had without a choice. Sherman, the re publican candidate, held his own, while atl the Southera opposition save two, together with forty- six deimvcrats, voted for Mr. Maynard, a South American, from Tennessee. The balance of th votes cast were scattered among a dozen candi- dates, The steamship Arago arrived at this port last night from Southampton with European news dated to the Lith instant. She experienced very | heavy weather on the voyage. The news is not very important. Active preparations were being made for the meeting of the European Congress. It was said that Eugiand would have a secoad envoy present in the person of Lord Wodehouse. The invitation to | the Pope had reached Rome, and it 1s reported that he was ouxious to preside in person in the body at Paris. General Garibaldi was married on the 7th instant to the daughter of an Italian patriot named Rai- mendi, There had been some severe fighting between the Spaniards and Moors, the forming claiming the victory in every instance, Some more French troops had sailed for China. ‘The Russian organ in Brussels denies that the re- presentatives of the Czar in Pekin had any difti- culty, with the Court or Emperor. In London on the 15th inst. consols were quoted at 95} a 954, ex dividend. The demand for discount was larger. There was a good demand for cotton on specula- tion in Liverpool on the 13th, bat prices were dull. Corn and flour were firm at rates of the previous week, Forty ingots of gold, worth about £30,000, and £540 in coin were recovered from the Royal Charter. The Canada is due at Halifax with European news to the 18th inst. ‘The Granada, while coming up the bay, and when between Staten Island and this city, was cut through by the ice, which was sweeping down in large fields by the ebb tide. Upon reaching her dock, a large barge being in the way and fastened in by the ice, the steamer could not get into her berth, but after repeated efforts succeeded in reaching the pier above (No. 30), where ehe sunk to her guards. The passengers report that upon coming from the saloon there was about two feet of water in that apartment. By the Granada we have news from Havana to the 25d instant, but it is not important. Freights were dull. Sugars were rated high, and litule doing. Exchange on New York was at from three and ahalf to four per cent. The United States steamer Crusader was in port at Havana. The af- fair of the Wyandot, at Cienfuegos, had been fully explained. Our Acapulco correspondent, writing on the 12th instant, states that General Wheat wasto take command of the advanced gnard of Alvarez’s army of the south of Mexico. Alvarez was about to open the campaign. The Juarez law declaring marriage a civil contract was very well received by the people. Our letters from the Colorado river and San Juan del Norte, given to-day, contain the latest news re- ports from Central America. A graphic descrip- HERALD. fh OF SASSO AND PULYON OTe wit will de 6 the a suarrintion rasiage, the nt Don Wednewtay, at four cents per coutsining tnportant workl, U used, will be Chauemter— Rowery.—Sanra CLavs—War ven or New , ke. — Mis, Dar's New | oudway.--BTinorLen SONGS, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1859. maoderote, and at noon snow oommenced to fall in nitinitessimul marses. Ina short time it begin to tall thicker and faster; but this continued only short tine, when it suddenly stepped, the sky brightened, a sharp wind sprang up, and the meronty in the thermometer began to full. At seven o'clock lust evening the mercury was at eight degrees above zero and falling, with every » | Preapeet of marking zero before morning. The vs winter bas fairly setin, and overcoats, furs and warm clothing are in demand. The North river was somewhat clogged with ice yesterday, and in the vicinity of Manhattanville the very thiek, In a few days, with this continued cold weather, we may expect to hear of the terry boats being retard- ed in waking their regalar trips, Another effort was made last evening in the Board of Education to amend the by-law requiring the reading of the Scriptures without note or coin ment in the schools of the city. It came up in the form of a communication from tho schoot officers of the Fourth ward, and a resolution to pay the bers whose salaries have been withheld; but both were Jaid on the table. The annual report of the Finance Cotamittee showed an improvement of $125,000 in the financial condition of the Board. Kesolations complimentary to the President aad chuirman of the Finance Committee were adopted, and the Bourd adjourned for the last time. The weekly meeting of the Emigrant Com- missioners took place yesterday afternoon, } but no business came up. The pumber of emi- greuts arrived during the week was 1 making whole number landed here since De- cember lust 79,070, or an increase of 1,610 over the } number landed to the corresponding period of last | year. There is now an overdraft aguinst the Board | to the amount of $5,672 42. | The whig primary elections took place last night ; for members of the several committees of 1860. The party not making a respectable corporal’s guard in the city, the affair caused no interest ex: cept to a few itinerant politicians, 1e demand for prime beef cattle was active yes- | jay at advanced rates, but all other kinds were | dull and merely nominal. Mileh cows were dull and nominal were in steady fair demand at from 3c | ae. a Te.,as to quality, Sheep and lambs | active, with light receipts, and prices advanced | 2.50c. per head. A lot of 130 head sold at over $10 | per bead. Swine were in request at 5c.a5{c. On sale, 3,147 cattle, 118 cows, 381 veals, 7,674 sheep and lambs, and 20,062 swine. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 800 bales. ‘The market closed with steadiness, on the basis of Ie perth, for middling upta Flour was held with in- creased firmness, and was in seme better demand from the trade, with some speculative inquiry. The markwt closed at about Sc. per bbl. advance for common aad me- dium grades of State aud Western, while Southern com mon brands and low grades of extra were rather easier, with a fair amount of sales. Wheat was moderately deal in: prime red Southern gold at $1 30 and red State at $1 | 25. Corn was firm, with a fair amountof sales. Pork | was lets buoyant and active : mess sold at about $16 10a $16 26 and prime at $11 6234. Sugars were firm and in fair demand, chiefly from reGners. The sales embraced about 250 a 800 hhds., 350 boxes Havana and 1,200 bags Brazil, ut rates given in another column. Guffee was frm, with sales of 700 bags Rio at I2c. a 123¢c, Freights were steady, with a fair amount of engagements. Our Mexican Relations and the Presi- dent’s Message—Initiation of a Live American Policy. One of the most prominent points of the President's Message is the clear and decided manner in which he treats our relations with | Mexico, and the policy he recommends the government to adopt. ; He haslaid bare with a master hand the evils which afflict the neighboring republic, | and mapped out with the eye of a statesman } the course we should pursue in order to pro- | tect the rights of our citizens under the law of | nations, and at the same time contribute to the | establishment of a law-abiding and right-re- | specling government in that republic. In | these recommendations Mr. Buchanan has | made a step in advance of all other American | statesmen, and laid the broad foundations of a | truly republican and American policy, upon which to build our future intercourse with the nations south of us. Two parties are con- tending there for supreme power. One of these, legitimate in its origin, and possessing the support of by far the greatest portion of the Mexican people, is endeavoring to establish order and peace upon the basis of constitu- tional rule and the equality of all classes of citizens before the law. Recognizing the full weight ofits international duties, it has respected, and caused its partisans to respect, as far as possible in the state of anarchy to which the country has been reduced, the rights The range was from 4c. | er ib., with but few sales atthe our | dangerous tuterveation of other Powers, and it and which we will not consent to others doing. Our intervention in behalf of the constitutional government of Mexico would at once place our influence in all the other American repubtics upon a firm footing, and contribute more than any other one thing to the establishment of e and order ameng them. It is time that we took the stand which we must occupy, and briug our physical as well as our moral power to bear upon the disturbed couuteies which lie between us and the isthmus of Panama, Our frontier security, the interests of our citizens trading in those republics, and the great and constantly increasing value of that portion of our commerce which seeks an_ isthmus transit thiough their territories, all combine to force us to do so. Mr. Buchanan has brought the wisdom of long years of experience to bear upon the question, aud bas laid down the course which our government should pursne., He has mypped out the true American policy, and it now remains for Congress to give it life and being. The Necesstiy of Good Local Government= Gur Munictpal Triumvirate. — Fernando Wood, the Mayor elect, and Judge Greene C. Bronson, Corporation Counsel, yes- terduy tovk the oath of office, which was ad- ministered to them by Mayor Tiemann, in the City Hall. On Monday next these gentleman will assume the functions of their respective offices ; the recently elected Common Council will assemble, and a new order of things in our municipal governmant will be fnaugurated, Whether the result of the combined labors of the several departments will develope a better or a worre state of aairs, is a question which can only be solved by the experience of the coming year. The taxes of this city for the present year amount to between ten and eleven millions, thirty years ago the expenses of the whole federal goveroment did not amount to much more. In wealth, commerce, and all the ele- gancies and refinements of life, New York, with its population of nearly a million, has no and property of foreigners as well as of native citizens. In open rebellion anda state of war with the legitimate government, a party in which the cowl and the sword, superstition and brute force unite to rule, has gained possession of the capital and a portion of the surrounding districts. Confident in their distance from the seacoast, and relying upon this to preserve their immunity from retribution, the rulers of this party have outraged every public and pri- vate right in the prosecution of their ends. They have imposed unusual and exorbitant col ons, laying them in such a way as to em bear most heavily upon foreign ts; they have fined, imprisoned, and | even dr from the country, many of these | for app c.iug to the representatives of their own country for protection against these un- lawful demands; they have exacted enormous and doubly paid duties on goods belonging to foreigners and imported under the guaran- tees of treaties of amity and commerce; they have driven the Minister of the United States with insult from the capital, for pro- testing against these violations of the rights of his fellow countrymen; and when thus deprived of their legitimate protection, they have mur- dered several Americans and others in cold blood, and under circumstances which every nation claiming to be civilized holds in respect. j mm Under such a state of things a war with Mexi- co is inevitable, if the rebels now in possession of the capital of that republic triumph over the constitutional government. And,in any case, if the conflict continues as it has hitherto gone on, some one of the civilized Powers will have to interfere in Mexican affairs, and force the combatants there to refrain from this universal pillage of every foreign interest. Mr. Bu- chanar has met the difficulty at the outset. We do not want war,and we could never consent that a European Power should step in and ex- ercise unbounded influence in Mexican affairs, He, therefore, calls upon Congress to authorize the Executive to lend such assistance to the constitutional authorities there ss will secure to our eflizens remuneration for the past and security for the future, aud contribute to the Condign punishment of those who have out- raged every right and every principle of hu- manity. . ‘The course recommended by the President is the only one open to adoption under onr long proclaimed policy. We will not consent to the tion of the scenes which took place in San Juan del Norte at the municipal election is given, with the names and nationality of the officers chosen. The King of Mosquito had arrived in the town in an English war vessel. It was said that the Anglo- Australian Steamship Company were seeking for a transit contract from the government of Nicaragua. A medicai survey, held on board the United States ship Lancaster, on the 1ith inst., at Panama, in- valided Lieut. W. W. Queen, Rev. Chester Newell and several of the crew. The Intendente of Pana ma, accompanied by Amos B. Corwine, Esq., United Btates Consul, and lady, visited the Lancaster on the 13th inst., and were complimented with the usual salutes. Senator Seward arrived in town last evening from Europe by the Arago, He was received by a committee of his political friends, and escorted to the Astor House, while artillery in dhe Park fired a ealute. We give an account of the reception else- where. The weather yesterday was decidedly cold. Ay daylight the mereury in the thermometer was at four degrees above zero, and of course everybody ‘was complaining of the sharpness of the weather. As the day advanced the atmosphere Wecaims more equal upon this continent. It has grown to be a great empire, and itagovernment a mighty machine, demanding wise heads, firm hearts, and ature judgments to direct fi. All these qualifications we bave in the three leading exe- cutive officers—Messrs. Wood, Haws and Bron- son, the Mayor, Comptroller and Corporation Couneel; but it remains for the Legistature to clothe these men with such authority us may enable them efficiently to perform their duties. Under the present charter this able triumvirate is comparatively powerless, and the city gov- ernment is left at the mercy of an ignorant and degraded Common Council, composed of indi- viduals of the worst class, many of whom are known to be expert in dipping into the treasury, and nearly all of whom are influenced by the basest motives. In view of the important rank which this great metropolis has acquired in the republic, its vast commercial interests, its growing popu- lation, and the influence it exercises upon the whole Union, it behooves the Legislature, as one ofits first acts, to amend the city charter so as to place complete executive power in the hands of the Mayor, the Comptroller au‘ the Counsel of the Corporation. Inthe gentlemen who are to occupy ties: positions for the coming year we huve men o! mark in the community, with reputations and positions to sustain. The eyes of the whole public will be upon them, and they will be held responsible for the administration of their respective departments. In the members of the Common Council, on the contrary, we have a set of men whom no one keows, who have no characters to maintain unblemished, and who are not deterred by fear of public reprobation, or anything else, from using their power most unscrupulously for their own exclusive benefit; and, moreover, who have not the capacity, even if they possessed the honesty, to exercise the executive functions entrusted to them. The powers of such a Common Council should be restricted to its legislative dutics merely; they should be confined to passing or- dinances for the government of the city, and should not embrace the making of contracts nor the confirmation of officials. These mat- ters belong properly to the chief executive of- ficers; and so long as we have such a munici- pal triumvirate as Wood, Haws and Bronson to administer the government, clothed with sufli- cient power and untrammelled by the action of an inefficient and corrupt local legislature, there is very little doubt but that the abuses which for years have disgraced this city will be diminished. If the incoming Legislature will only amend the charter in the manner which the exigencies of the times demand, we may expect to see a healthy, economical local government in thia great meiropolis at last. We hope, therefore, that upon the as- sembling of the Legislature at Albany they will at once give their attention to this impor- tant matter. The Comptroller has reported a considerable reduction in the estimates of next year’s ex- penditures; but though that fact may seem somewhat cheering, it is in reality no matter of consequence, because a corrupt Common Conn- cil can, and certainly will, increase the amount by a couple of millions when the levy comes to be voted on. What is absolutely required is independent authority in the hands of the chief executive officers to check corruption, put astop to jobbing, and compel an honest disbursement of the pnblic moneys. Without that—-which only an amended charter can give us—we may hope for no reform in the munici- pal government. Mr. Bucnanan ano Harper’s Ferry Ar- raik.—The calm, patriotic and conciliatory ap- peal of the President’s Message, in connection with the late Harper’s Ferry outrage and the ex- isting terrible sectional excitement on the sla- very question, is winning golden opinions from all sorts of men. Had Mr. Buchanan been @fs- posed to play the part of a mere partisan or sectional agitator, he might have made a dif- ferent use of this fearful excitement; but look- ing at the Union and at the interests of all sec- tions of the Union, he has chosen the patriotic duty of a peace maker; and in this appropri- ate character we recognise him from the begin- ning to the end of his Message. Firm, bold and devisive where these qualities are required, we still perceive that the paramount ideas with the President are peace, harmony, good- will and good fellowehip among the different sections and States of the Union. These things will sustain, as they have sustained, the administration against all hostile combinations from every quarter, je j reductioad abeurdam. say Tae Carvauer Foryey’s Invamous, Jamw- is curduty to perform that which must be done | son Lerrer—The following piece of eplatolary ¢orrespondence, although not quite so fresh as it was nine years ago, will always—like the Newgate Calendar—hold its place in tbe litera- ture of crime. It is especially interesting at the present moment, when the writer has be- come a candidate for @ high office at Washing- ton. Here it is:— ‘THE CHEVALIER FORNEY TO GEO. ROBERTS, [pxivats.) Our friend Forrest is bow here, and 18 about to apply for a divorce irom his wile. Ho has bad, for eighwea months, the proois of her infidelity, but kas chosea vw keep them quict, fd would have done 80 stilt but for her folly in censnring bim tor leaving hor. It is really ax founding how be has kept these proofs to himself from all bis friends, for all that ume; but it is go, nevertheless. The fucis ure these:—Eighteen months ago, while playing in Cincinnati, he caugbt ats. F. in a very equivocal posi- tion with @ young man, ia his own parlor—not in actual connection, but peur it. She prowsted iuaucence, and he let it paxs by—loving hor as he did, most profoundly. ‘They passed on to New Orleans, and 80 home to New York. After they reached, and had beon thero for some time, be fovndy one evening, on bis wile adie in the handwriting of, though not Ioan, in which abe was alluded wo in Amorous und a by, this young terms the most imtuk able, @ alluded to her “ white arms, that wound about ba peck"”—to the “ blissful hours they had spent Jogether;”” and the letter had beea kept as a momento ua- ‘Ulit was well worn. Upon this evidence, with tho other confirmatory proofs, he wwtends appiying to oar Logisia~ ture for a divosce; bul yaare now im a porition to serve him ina manner he never forge. The person who Wrote to Mrs, F., abd in wuose company sho was detect- ed, is George Jumieson, now playing in New Orleans. It you don’t know bim, you can, ax the editor of a lending datly paper, soon make his acquaintance, Forrest tunw desares to clivch the nail is, to «tain in some way an admusion Jumieson. 1 named you to him as a safe, ateaaty, and enteils friend, and be will never forget whatever you may d® for him, in this, to him most vital twatter. He suggests that you might énstidute intimate rela- tions with J., and then induce him, eiler in your presence, or in company, to admit as athing to be proud of, his con nection with Mrs. BF. He is fond of a glass, and ly, ina convivial mood, might become communicative mission he may muke, may be ttaportant outy as wu injured man in getting relieved from a hateful ‘Can you toanage this thing, my friend? It will re quire skill angcantiom, and, vf successful, will warmly en pre yn Forrest, He 18 hearly crazy at the idea of bowg placed in bis present posivou; but he will spond halt he is worth to be released from it. This matter must tekept secret Abure all, do not name me in connection with a; excuse me for troubling you in regard to it. My ar. attachment to glorious Forrest must be my excuse. Now, won’t you belp to relieve him? It would Help in the matter, probably, to know that Jobn Green, the actor, no# ia New Orleans, is the warm friend of Forrest, aod may know Jamieson woll. You can use your own discretion in Idling him know tha facts, ond invoking his aid. This letter is addressed to you in the knowledge of Forrest. Please write a8 soon after receipt as you can flod op- portunity to look about you. With kind regards, Lam, dear Roberts, yours very truly, JNO. W. FORNEY. Guo, Roxsrns, Es PRILADELPULA, January 25, 1850, We suggest that all the members of Congress whbo are being whipped in to vote for such a fellow as Forney, should refresh their memo- ries by a careful perusal of this precious epistle. Perhaps before a ballot is taken for a new Clerk, it would be a pleasant thing to have the letter read aloud from the desk of the House, and then to see how many members will deliberately debase themsolves and insult their constituents by recording their names in favor of a man who engineers such a foul and infamous conspiracy as is planned in the great Forney letter. : Tae Heraty’s Concresstonat Rerorts.—Our extendgd and graphic reports of the recent ex- citing debates in Congress have attracted a great deal of attention alt over the country, and naturally excited the envy of our cotem- poraries, sv that we are not at all surprised to find the following in a Washington letter to an evening paper:— ‘The Heratp hag boasted much Jatterly of its corps of reporters in Washington, who send it such auperior wle- graphic reports of ressional proceedings, and | was not a litle surprised yesterday when one of Mc. Rives’ official reporters told me that the Herarp is dependent to a great degree upon them, and that the Heeamp corps” copies what he pleases each night from the official notes. ‘When ove remembers what a tempest the Herat raised 4 couple of months ago aver Ite vast gular for full reports of Congressional di he i inclined to laugh at this Now newspaper reports are known, like other things, good and pad, py tWelr fruits. ine fruits of our reporters at the federal capital have been laid before our readers punctually every morning, for the last two or three weeks. They have been repeatedly endorsed in both houses a8 more exact thar those of the Globe, which are often re-written by the members after delivery, so that the Globe speech and the remarks actually uttered upon the floor fre- quently contradict each other. A notable instance was afforded of this fact the other day, in a debate wherein Mr. Grow panticipated. He quoted the Globe to show what he had said the day before, when Governor Smith, of Virginia, correct- «i the member from Pennsylvania, by cit- ing the Hrranp report, which was then stated by Mr. Smith to be a faithful reproduc- tion of the words as they fell from Mr. Grow. We have in Washington a corps of shorthand writers quite capable to take full notes of the debates, and they have no occasion to use the Globe notes. That they do not do so ig apparent from the fact that the Globe and the Heratp reports are not only entirely diffe- rent in style, but that they frequently give widely various reports of the debates. The Globe office is open to members, and the Heranp office is not. That is all the difference. Tue Camets.—The Secretary of War enthu- siastically advocates the importation of a large supply of camels for army transportation over the vast plains and desert wastes of the great Western Asiatic division of our continent. He | says that “the experiments thus far made—and | they are pretty full—demonstrate that camels constitute a most useful and economical means of transportation for men and supplies through the great deserts and barren regions of our in- terior. A camel will go safely with its burden overground so rough and precipitous that a mule will scarcely pass over it unladen without assistance. They require no forage but what they gather in the most sterile and barren parts of our continent, and for many days together live conveniently without water. An abundant sup- ply of these animals would, beyond all donbt, enable our army to give greater and prompter protection to our frontiers, and to all our inter- oceanic routes, than three times their cost ex- pended in any other way.” This ought to be sufficient to secure a liberal appropriation from Congress for the importa- tion on a large scale of these “ships of the de- sert.” From the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, over a ter- ritorial area exceeding in extent a million of square miles, the camel may be multiplied by thousands, with a still increasing demand for more, Distribute him liberally among those intervening deserts, and he will soon people them with industrious settlements, and reduce immensely the present estimates of the cost of @ Pacific railroad. We regard the introduction of the camel, in this view, as equivalent to the transformation of our Western desert wastes into fruitful and populous districts; and we think, too, in this connection, and that at no distant day, onr for- mer Consuls in Egypt—Gliddon and McCau- ley—will be enrolled among the great bene- factors of mankind, on account of their services in bringing the camel to the favorable atten- tion of our government. A million of money, judiciously expended in.the importation of ca- mels for the purposes indicated, woul, we dare say, be equal to asaving and a profit of ten millions in lesa then ten years to the govern- ment and the country. Tue Congressional INVESTIGATION INTO THE Hanrrer’s Ferry Invastox,—The investigation into the Harper’s Ferry raid, ordered by the United States Senate, is now going forward, and every person mentioned by Brown and bis as sociates will be brought up for examination. On Saturday last, notwithstanding the denial of acity paper, because it did not get the news, or what is perhaps equally probable, because it does not wish it to be true, having a special interest in the matter, Mr. Arny, of Kansas, was summoned, with others, be- fore the Investigating Committee, and more, including Horace Greeley, will be sub- pensed in due time. This is as it ought to be; and we trust that the committee will follow up the action of the Senate with promptitude and vigor, and leave no stone un- tarned, John Brown had no money of his own, and the armed expedition against Virginia must have cost about thirty thousand dollars. Where did ali this money come from? That is the business of the committee to find out; and we have no doubt that some of the contributors are already shaking in their shoes at the pros- pect of having their complicity brought to light in such a way a8 may endanger their necks, Tne Orera Season—Parri’s Benevrr.—The brief campaign which commenced at the Aca- demy on Tuesday has not been, so far, pro- ductive of very magnificent results. Theweek between the two great New York holidays is rather better for the Broadway bazaars than for the Opera and the theatres. Everybody is so busy buying bon bons, and dry goods, and bijouterie, and preparing for the grand New Year’s carnival, that they have no time to think of anything else. Then the ball and party season has commenced; and while Terpsichore reigns the rest of the glorious nine may aswell retire into obscurity. As fur as the Opera is concerned, were it not for’ the attraction of Miss Patti, a fresh prima donna, who has taken hold of the popular heart in the most surprising and wonderful way, and the aid of a grand artist like Madame Gazzaniga, the Academy during this week would be quite deserted. As it is, the managers have very sagaciously determined to concentrate their strength upon a grand night, the occasion of a benefit to the artist who has saved their sea- son, a8 Marshal Macdonald saved the decisive battle of Wagram. This benefit to Patti will take place this evening, when all the Academy forces will be deployed in line of battle. The fair beneficiaire will sing in the “Sonnambula,” and there will be morceauz from other popular operas, in which Gazzaniga and all the other singers in the company will assist. This performance is one which merits the special attention of the musical public. The new prima donna belongs to New York. It is here that she has been “‘raised;” it is here that she has received her artistic culture; and in her success it is proven beyond cavil that not only need we not depend upon European mar- kets for our singers, but that once in a while we can spare a Malibran, a Lind or a Bosio for exportation. Miss Patti was taken up by the Academy managers in the eleventh hour, as a forlorn hope, a last resort, and she has achieved one of those remarkable . triumphs whigh only eprosr at long intervals fu wi tatty annals. It may be said, with truth, that art in this country is in its infancy; but we can point with pride to cerisin notable works, such as Palmer and Barbee’s statues and Church’s pictures, to show that the child is a strong and hafidsome one—one that bids fair to enjoya glorious manhood and a’ fine old age. Miss Patti’s operatic triumphs are evidences that the kindred art of music is progressing as rapidly among us as those of painting and sculpture. The directors of the Academy, se- cognizing the fact that the corporation was chartered for the encouragement of our own musicians, have joined in this Patti benefit, which the public should make a grand tribute to the artist, and send her away to the icy Bos- tonians crowned with metropolitan laurels, Ose at a Trux, rf You Pivase.—The editors and politicians about the country are devoting a good deal of attention to the New York Herarp. The amiable and accomplished Mr. Grow stated in the House the other day, that the NewYork Henan farnished the brains for the democratic members of Congress. This handsome compliment ‘has somewhat ivritated the Honorable Jefferson Brick, who has never been happy in his mind since the terrible whip- ping he received in the late municipal clection. Mr. Brick need have no fears that any one will accuse him of furnishing brains for any party or any individual. There is a hopeless void of the article in Mr. Brick’s head. Another point of difference is about the President's Message. The Tribune thanks its stars that Mr. Buchanan has taken none of its material from the Henan, while the Paterson Guardian declares it to be “simply a re-hash” of our editorials. Wereally wish that this “irrepressible conflict” of epinion as to our merits and demerits could be settled in some way or another; and as this is the era of conventions, we suggest that there shall be a grand editorial convention to decide upon some definite platform to be acted upon with regard to the Henan, otherwise the people who read the conflicting aceounts of our cotemporaries may be reduced to a state of idiocy as hopeless as that in which some of the editors are plunged. Tue Centra Park as 4 Wixter Resort.— There was never perhaps an institution estab- lished for public enjoyment which has grown popular and available so rapidly as the New York Central Park. Originally designed as a summer regort for the people, and claiming as its highest advantage the fact that it was the great lungs of the city, whereby fresh air might be diffused through the whole metropo- lis, yet, in its winter aspect, it has proved a more popular resort even than in the heat of summer. The skating pond of the Park has done more to advance a taste and proficiency in that manly and invigorating exercise than anything ever did before in this city. On Christmas Day there were thirty thousand people on the ground, and upwards of ten thousand skimming over the surface of the ice. If this skating furor continues the authorities of the Central Park will have either to enlarge the present pond, or devote the other small lakes to skating purposes. In short, the advan- tages of the Central Park have already became to be realized so much, that the public would almost as soon dispense with the Croton water aa with the Park. Tax Present ann Mr. Secretary Cons ON THE TARIFF QuESsTION.—-The President, on the tariff question, adheres to his revenue poli- cy of specific duties and incidental protection to home manufactures; his Secretary, or first clerk of the Treasury, Mr. Cobb, still adheres to his policy of a low grade of ad valorem duties, and the repudiation of even incidental protection. The President calls for an in- crease of the revenue from customs, in order to rescue the treasury from loans and shin- plasters; but the Secretary, without daring to look an inch beyond his nose, is content to let the treasury go ou slipshod fashion, and throw the whole responsibility of providing for the public debts upon the next administra- tion, Now, we leave it to apy man with the slightest pretensions to statesmanship, whether the President's financial policy, or that of his Secretary, is to be preferred, in @ pgactical business point of view? In our opinion, the lame duck policy of Mr. Cobb is not entitled to ® moment's serious consideration. He shirks the real issue of solvency or bankruptcy, he’ begs the question, and his figures and his philosophy, his theory and his practice, jostle each other at every point. On the other hand, like a true man of business, who desires to pay as he goes, and not leave his debts for another day, Mr. Buchanan fairly and squarely presents his case, confesses his deficiencies, and sug- gests the means with which to meet them. And so the generosity of Mr. Buchanan, im allowing his Secretary the indulgence of his pecullar weakness, should not be allowed by Congress to interfere with the serious question of the necessities of the Treasury. Mr. Bucuanan’s Orrion or Gen. Scorr— ‘The high estimate entertained by Mr. Buoha- nan of Gen. Seottasa peacemaker, was proved in the appointment of the General to that deli- cate and important duty of preventinga hos tile collision between Gen. Harney and the English out yonder on the Northwest coast But mark Mr. Buchanan’s official announcement to Congress of the success of said mission. He says that he had to leave much to the discre- tion of Gen. Scott, and that “Iam happy to state the event has proven that this discretion could not have been entrusted to more com- petent hands. Gen. Scott has recently returned from his mission, having successfully accom- plished its objects,” and there is no longer any fear of trouble at San Juan island “during the pendency of the existing negotiations.” Could any higher endorsement be given in favor of Gen. Scott as our Great Pacificator? And he was thus trusted and approved by other democratic Presidents, such, for instance, as Jackson, Van Buren and Polk, notwithstanding the fact that General Scott was opposed to them in politics. It is the patriotism and patriotic services of General Scott that have thus commended him to every administration, without distinction of party. And this is the man of ail men for the purposes of a new and independent national party movement for the next Presidency. Tur Mormons.—The President, in his Mes- sage, has very little, if anything, to say in re- gard to the Mormons; but the Secretary of War, in his report accompanying the Message, furnishes a most deplorable picture of Mor- mondom. He gives up the Saints in despair, and threatens to leave them without the pro- tection of the army. But is there no way te reach the Mormon atrocities of which Mr. Tivyd vumplalust Does squavuer sovereignty cover such horrible crimes? What does Mr. Douglas say? Expected European Steamers, NON-ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. Sackvitux, N. B., Dec. 28, 1859. ‘The Newfoundland mail steamer arrived at Habfax this afternoon, and was the vessel signalled at noon, and at first supposed to be the Canada. There are yet no signs of the Canada, which is now fully due at Halifax, with Liverpool dates of the 17th and Queenstown of the 18th inst, or of the steam troop ship Himalaya, also duo there. NON-ARRIVAL OF THR NORTH BRITON, Portianp, Me., Dec. 28—11 P. M. ‘The steamship North Briton has not bocn signalled up to the present time. She brings Liverpool dates, via Queenstown, of the 15th inst. News from hae lew Ontkans, Dec. 27, 1859, Dates of the 19th have been received from Mexico, Miramon’s government had protested against Mr. Mc- Tapo's treaty. aa ramon was at Gudalajara on the 8th. He has restored $400,000 of the $600,000 Marquez. took from the conducta, and has forwarded it to Topic. Only $200,000 are misaing. News —— ‘Texan. * ASIIINGTON, Dec. 28, 1859, ‘The Southern mall brings Galveston dates of the 17th The tota} receipts of cotton this year havo been 88,620 bales, against 67,540 to the same time last year, Stock in Port $4,960 bales, against 28,450 at same time last year. The dates from Houston are to the 7th. - The stock of cotton there was 15,385 bales. in Great Union Meeting at Troy. Tox, N. ¥., Dec. 28, 1859, A large Union ek is coavened in this city this evening. General John &. Wool presides, assisted by @ number of our oldest and most respectable citizens as Vice Presidents. Letters wore read from Hon, Edward Everett, Millard Fillmore and others, Sailing of the America, Bostox, Dec. 28, 1869. ‘Tho steamship America sailed soon after neon to-day, with twenty-seven passengers tor Liverpool and fifteon for Halitax, and $5,000 in specie. She remained below waiting for despatches from Washington until sio o'clock this eveniog. The despatches not arriving by thx overland mail as expected, she then put to sea. Marine Disasters. New Ontzans, Doc. 27, 1859. ‘The hark Doretta has arrived here from Bremorhaven. On the 19th inst. she picked up tive women and four men from the wreck of the ship Silas Holmes, sunk on the 16th, when flve days ont from Garden Island Key, where she had beon aground. The Fomaintag thirty-two of the crew and pussagers aro still unheard of ‘The bark James Androws strandod at the mouth of tho ‘The crew were saved. Bank Defalcation. Bosroy, Dee. 28, 1369, ‘The rumer current last week of a thirty thousund dollar dofalcation by a bank employs, is now Assertad to be true, and that influential and wealthy friends of the deiin- quent have suppressed tho exposure. Murder by a Jealo Jnmes Carroll was killed in East Bosto: 23, 2889. evening by James Daley, in a quarrel originating in a jealoos suspi- cion that Carroll was too intimate with Daley’s wile. latter is under arreet for murder. Tho pitta, Dee. 27, 1859. ‘An evening paper ral students who left Jefferson College for Richmond have returned and re- sumed their studies hore, stating that thoy only joined the stampede to have 4 Christmas frolic, The Pennsylvania Railroad. Purtapetrata, Deo. 28, 1859, The directors of the Pennsy!vania Rauroad have tixed upon Prime street, in the eauthern part of this ajty, for the Delaware terminus of their road, The Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. Proai 1859. DELPHIA, Doo. 28, ‘The Board of Directors of the Fort Wayne and Cnicago railroad met at tho Lapierre Hous appointed a committee to coufer with the committe ap- pointed"by the New York bondholders. The two com- ‘Tittecs aro Now in joint session. Colored Militia in Massachusctts. Boston, Dec. 28, 1850. A Dill passed 0; the fegislature, authoriaing colored lone to join military organizations, has been vetoed y Governor Banks. Governor Bank to Mmesbaze WAS ‘on the ground that ho belioved the chaptoy in the bill re- lating to the militia, in which the wor white’ was stricken out, to be unconetitutionsl, In this opinion he 8 afternoon, and —