The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1860, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. PAMES GOKVON BCGANNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIEDOR. OPO HN. W. CORNEA OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. PERKS. uh isk of the souler. Pi TH DANDY ARRALD ERALL vey vent by matt weil? Wot rereived as conte per copy $I per Suturdiny ab sip copy, or 88 per annum; we conc or copy $4 or $8 to any partof the Ca kjorna . ragy of $l Mi per anniin Pik reastiny ALD om Weduentay, at four ents per eopy. or unum. MoLUNTARY /OLKES CR, contatning ¢mportane sotto f ie world Y weed, will be paid for wa UK ARTMOOLARLY REQUESTED TO aL. Larrees AND Paces 4080 'NUTICE taken of amonymous We do not YO NOTICE te of anon correspondence G és cumemuny ations a Sab fedurn rejected "ADVERTISAMENTS renewed every la in ported in the WEEMLY HeRacn; Famine Apgald, and ga the ONG PRINTING exooded AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. usc ees, GARDEN, Broadway. —Afternoon and Even 's Bova, Amrustugaten. BOWERY THEATRE. 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WASHINGTON TALL, Williamsburg. —Dearton’s Paaton, PRRAS—HENOR OLIVEILA How York, Wednesday, January 18, 1960, anew contract with Juan Refi! for the free impor. tation and eale of flour of the countty or foreign fabrics, Our Havana correspondent remarks on this matter; We have many speculators bere ready to aid Yuostan in the cost of the war by coptracting for the indians they are to catch; they make very good slaves.” United States sloop-of-war Wyandot was at Havana on the 10th inst, but absut to leave ona cruise along the Atlantic coast. Frou the French West Indies we have news dated at Martiaique and Gaadalape on the 29th of November. The introduction of Chinese laborers into Martinique appeared likely to be attended with success, A number who had been brought 45 an experiment had all obtained employment, They were strong young men, showed great aptitude for the work at which they were placed, aud every confidence was felt that they would answer mach better than the Indian coolies Letoro tried. The sanitary state of both islands is represented as satis- factory. By the arrival of the Empire City at New Orleans we have advices from Havana to the 13th inst.; but they contain no news of general importance: President Buchanan’s Message had been received at Havana. A writer ia the Diario newspaper, in reviewing the document, asserts, with some warmth, that Spain will nover, at least im our day, listen to a proposition for the sale of Cuba. Captain Jordan, of the brig Hubart, which ar rived at this port yesterday, from Demarara 22d ult., reporta business very dull at that place, with provisions in large quantity on hand. Sugar had somewhat improved upor the receipt of advices from the United States. Ten escaped prisoners from the French penal colony at Cayenne had reached Demarara, and a French vessel was sent there to secure them, but the English Governor re- fused to give them up, alleging that they had been tried and sentenced already, and that as they had escaped they could not be surrendered. Thenames of the prisoners are not mentioned. ‘There wore more spirit and animation in the cotton mar- ket yesterday, and it closed firm at an advance of per lb, We now quote middling uplands at 110. and Florida middling at 11340, Flour was heavy, and the jJower and medium grades of State and Western were about five cents per barrel cheaper, while the higher and extra grades were unchanged. Southern flour was las Duoyant and active, while ga'es were made without MAILS FOR EUROPE. The New York Heraid—Edition for Europe. The Cunard steamship Arabia, Capt, Stone, will leave this port to-day for Liverpool. | ‘The mails for Europe will close in this city at half past | ten o'clock this morning. | ‘The Evrorray Eprmo ov tax Haman wil! b Bt ton o'clock in the morning. Single copies in wrapper six conta. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the | New Yorx Heratp will be received at ihe following pi in Europe: — Loxvon.. .. Sampson Tow, Son & Co, Lansing, Starr & C>., 74K Pars...... Lausiog, Balowin & Uo., 6 Livenroot. . Lansing, Starr & Co., No. 9 ( R. Stuart, 10 Exchange stroot, Nast Haven... Lansing, Baldwin & Go., 22 rue Corneil! i Haxnvac..De Chapeauronge & Oo. | ‘The contenta of tke Evnornan Epo or mmm Hxeato will combine the news seceived by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week and up to the hour of publication. 47 Tndgate Hill The News. In Congreas yesterday,the Senate elected Mr. Bowman printer, he receiving 27 of the 48 votes cast. In the House no ballot was taken for Speaker. A motion for the adoption of the plurality rule was made, but no vote was taken onit. The session ‘was mainly occupied in an accrimonious discussion upon party matters. ‘The creditors of the Post Office Department are notified that after the passage of the Appropria- tion bill by Congress the pressure of business on the Finance office of the department will be such as to render necessary, in justice to all parties, the payment of cases in the order of presentation. Statements of indebtedness should be sent to the ‘Third Assistant Postmaster General in advance, to be caretully examined, recorded and filed. Re- ceipts will be given in each case, and payments made according to the dates of filing, at the earli- | est day after the money shall be appropriated by | Congress. The proceedings of the Legislature yesterday | ‘were in some respects interesting, as will be seen by our despatches from Albany. In the Senate, | among the bills introduced was one to incorporate the Homeopathic Medical College, and three mak- ing provision for the canal debt, t &c. The bill conferring additional powers on notaries public was ordered to a third readin, In the Assembly the Governor's Message was discussed in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Van Horn (rep.) supporting the Governor's views at some length, and Mr. Arcula- rius (dem.) opposing them. The bill amending the statntes relative to security for costs was ordered to a third reading. Several local bills were also considered in Committee of the Whole, and ordered toa third reading. A convention of Connecticut manufacturers will be held at Meriden to-day. We publish in another column a letter from our special correspondent in that town, which will give our readers an idea of the objects of the meeting. At the meeting of the Board of Almshouse Go. vernors yesterday, the standing committees for the year were announced, and the names of the Go- vernors constituting them may be found in our re- port. A resolution, offered by the Finance Com" mittee, changing the bank account of the Board from the Mechanics’ Bank to the Shoe and Leather Bank, was tabled. The number in the institutions now is 8,312—an increase of 164 over last week. By the overland mail we have-news from San Francisco to the 26th ult, and advices from Oregon and Washington Territories and the Sandwich Islands. We refer to our telegraphic despatches for details. The mails of the Europa reached this city from Boston yesterday evering, bringing us London pa- pers of the evening of the 31st ult. It was said at the last moment that the Congress of Paris would meetearly in February. Cardinal Antonelli’s secre- taries had, it is said, reached Lyons,’on their way to Paris, but did not proceed, in consequence of a telegraphic order from Rome. The letters of our correspondents in London, Paris and Berlia, pub- lished to-day, contain interesting reports of the progress of the great religious contest inaugurated in Europe by the publication of the Napoleon pam- phlet and the policy of the Pope towards the forth- coming Congress. The recent news from Morocco is of @ very in- ! it dejected, dispirited, change of moment in prices. Wheat was less buoyant, while sales were moderate. The cbief sales consisted of Southern red at $135, of Milwaukee club at $1 22, and Chicago spring at $120. Corn was duil and easier, with moderate gales at 83c, a 84c. for Jersey and Southern yel- low, and at S3c. a 653¢c. for white do. Pork was firmer, y s wore moderate, including mees at $16 18 a $16 me while pal new at $17 25; prime at $11 50, and new primo Sagars were firm and embraced about 409 1 1,150 boxes, at rates given in another place. firm. A ssle of 600 bags Santos was made on ‘The stock embraced 83,262 bags Rio, og3 Java. The total packages of 7.858. Freights were steady, with nents to Liverpool and London. The Position of Parties-Programme of ‘Wm. H. Seward. *h curiosity has been evinced, and many s have been on the tiptoe of expectation, to know what Seward would say and do on his return trom Europe, and finding the disorder and confusion into which Greeley, Wendell Phillips, Helper and John Brown, by following out in their own way the inculcations of his Rochester manifesto, have thrown the black republican party. Thus far he has studied the art of silence ; but we have obtained certain reliable informa- tion from Washington, which enables us to lift the veilfrom his programme for the coming campaign, and to give the reasons which have led to its adoption. Thurlow Weed and a select few of the inner circle of Sewardites have recently been there in confabulation with their chief, and surveying the condition of the political field. In order to exhibit the logic of the Seward programme, it will be necessary for us to take a similar survey, and in the examination the reasons will appear which have determined Mr. Seward’s decision, When he left here for his European tour, he left the repub lican party buoyant, confident, and steadily advancing in tbe Central, Western and Northwestern States. On his return he finds and retreating in all those sections, before the advancing conservative feeling of the country, aroused by the bloody treason of John Brown and the incendiary counsels of Hinton Helper. He comprehends at a glance, from the changed position of parties, that if the next contest is to lie exclusively between the democracy and the black republicans, his party has no chance for victory in the Central States, and perhaps also in those of the West. This is equivslent to complete defeat. On the other hand, he finds in the ranks ofhis party abundant elements ready to take advan- tage of any false step he may take, and per- haps to turn any judicious one to his personal disadvantage. In New England, Banks and Wilson are jealous of him, and determined to oust him from the leadership if possible. In the West, Chase and Trumbull entertain the same feelings towards him; and in both of these sections the disaffection extends from the local leaders deep into the ranks of the party. Seward and his friends have worked so long to build it up, that they feel themselves en- titled to the first places and the best dishes at the feast when the victory shall have been achieved. But in this very building up other men have acceded, whoee exertions are equally necessary for the triumph, and who consequently deem themselves equally entitled to participation with the peculiar adherents of Mr. Seward in the rewards. No present mode of healing these jealousies is apparent, and the greatest danger lies in action of any kind If success is to be attained, it must be attained from other causes. ‘ These may perhaps be found in the other parties, rather than the republican. In exam- ining the field of democratic politics Seward and his friends confidently believe that the Northern portion of the democratic party must @efinite nature, owing to the difficulty of getting correct reports at Gibraltar. Skirmishes were con- tinually going on between the Moors and Spa- niards, with much loss of life. The Moors continued very enthusiastic about the war, and large rein- forcementa from the interior were arriving upon the coast daily. Our Buenos Ayres correspondent, writing om Ane ‘6th of November states that everything was srresaing satisfactorily after the restoration of peace Urquiza acted with great firmness and much mode- ration. He had been officially visited by the diplo matic and consular bodies in the city. His army twas being embarked at San Fernando for howe, ‘end, although rude and unlettered men in general, they did not commit any excesses during their stay, One of the boats of Captain Page's United States exploring expedition was at Buenos Ayres for gupplies, and reported good progress in the survey. Late advices from Yucatan inform us that the Governor had left Merida for the encampment of @he troops which were to operate against the re- YPollious Indians, leaving in charge of the govern” quent Domingo L. Pas. To meet the extraordina- @y captases of tho war, (ee guveramous bad made split, It is admitted that Mr. Douglas is now striving to secure the nomination at Charleston; aud in this effort he necessarily annousces that he will support the nominee of that Conven- tion, whoever he may be. But in view of the bitter feud between Douglas and the Southern leaders of the democracy, and the evident pro- bability that the Convention at Charleston will nominate a Southern, or some other Western man, they insist upon it that he will bolt from the party whom he loses the nomination, and follow the same ¢ourse that Van Buren aid after the nomination of Cass. Thi prive the democratic nominee of 0 on of the North- ern support; and though it may not sufice of itself to defeat his election, it will lend valua- ble assistance to other complications to the fame end. Prominent among these is the mover getting up a Union party, which shall r Crittenden, Mr. Bates of Missouri, or some other Presidomal candidate of its ows. The Cew- will T wy Sy | ardites admit that euch a third party would take from their ranks some of the lesser debris of the ole whig and) Know Nothing organiza- tioos which now adhere to them, but they be- Neve that if uo new disorganizing element is suffered to eppear, their logs on this side will be very small, Moreover, they are confident that it will divide the conservative element ia the Central States, and deprive the democratic candidate of much support that he would re- ceive in the event of a simple conflict between the two great parties, or even of one between the republicans, the democrats and the bolting fol- lowers of Douglas. Their idea, therefore, ia to foster this third party movement, to contribute secretly to the preliminary supplies of money for banquets, meetings, &e., and perhaps to lend it occasionally a speaker or two ina pinch. By pursuing this course they count upon e6 splitting up the conservative element ia the Central States that in moat if not all of them the republican party will be left with a plurality which will secure to it the electoral vote, or, at the worst, throw the election of Pre- sident into the present House of Representa- tives. The battle isto be fought im the Cen- tral States, and it is there that the disorganiza- tion of the conservative element is to be ef- fected. The democratic nomination at Charleston will be first made, and followed by the bolt of Douglas. Next will come the nomination of the new Union party, and last in order the re- publican nomination at Chicago. To avoid the stirring up of jealousy in the republican ranks, to deprive bis New England and Westera rivals of any new pretext to supersede him, and to secure the Chicago nomination, Seward has de- termined to remain silent. On all the great and exciting topics of the day his lips will re- main sealed. On incidental topics and unim- portant subjects he will talk and act. But on the great points of leadership he will neither act nor speak until after the Chicago Conven- tion has mude its choice. He has adopted the policy of “ masterly inactivity,” inthe hope of triumph, both in the Convention and after- wards, amid the division of parties in the field. The Northern Repu the South. The present course of the Northern republi- can journals is tending directly to civil convul- sion and to a bloody revolution. Ever since the settlement of the Kansas question these journals have taken new ground and‘ fssumed a bolder attitude. A guerrilla war was set on foot in'that Territory by the anti-slavery lead- ers of tte North, which at one time threatened to extend to the whole country, like a little fire in one corner of a building, which, if neglected, spreads on every side, and soon wraps the whole in flames. Fortunately the incendiary fire of civil war was extinguished in Kansas by the action of the administration, and the return- ing good sense of Congress. Thus deprived of an issue by which the anti-slavery question might be brought to a crisis, and a revolution precipitated on the country, the republican journals and republican leaders of the North became every dey more violent, with the inten- tion of creating a new issue, and stirring up the passions of men like John Brown to the point of savage fury and invasion of the South, and at the same time exasperating the Southern States to the verge of se- cession. Helper’s “Impending Crisis” and the horse thief’s raid at Harper’s Ferry were godsends to these journals. Instead of soothing the South, and denouncing Joho Brown as a murderer, they exalted him to the rank of a hero and a demi-god—some making him equal and some superior to Washington, Instead of repudiating the sentiments of Help- er’s treasonable book, they offered to sell it, and do sell it over their counters, and they sustain as candidate for Speaker in the House of Representatives a man who has endorsed it; and the whole republican party in the House, under the influence of their teachings, do the same thing. The chief republican. journals in this city— the 7riune, the Post, the Courier and Enquirer, and the Zimes—have exhausted the English vocabulary by their use of epithets assuiling the South and its institutions. They keep up a continual fire against the slaveholders, and represent them as the vilest of human beings-— men whom it would be no political, moral or religious crime to get rid of in the most sum- mary manner. Io order to excite the North against the South, they exaggerate and paint in the darkest colors every violent proceeding in the Southern States against Northern incen- diaries, They caricature and misrepresent the South in every way. One of them even charges Southern slavery with being the cause of fero- cious duelling. Under such inspiration a member of Congress talks of invading the South with eighteen millions of men in arms, while another leader tells her if she does not keep quiet the North will whip her into sub- mission. Thus the anti-slavery crusade of the present time is even more violent than it was when it began thirty years ago, and produced such tremendous excitement, and even violence and outrage, in this city. Now, if we tread upon a worm it will turn, and even a mean usurious Jew, when his face is spit upon, and he is called “cut-throat dog,” will resent the insult How much more may we expect the chivalrous men of the South to do so, when educated in a higher school of principle and honor than their brethren of the North, and whose general lofty bearing pre- sents a contrast to the latter by no means fa. vorable to them! The Southern men are en- tirely free from the corruption in Congress which we have exposed fer the last few years. Highminded men like these are not likely to continue long patient under insult and injury of the groseest kind ever offered by one-half of the same nation to the other half. If two na- tions entirely foreign to each other were on the point of going to war with each other, the lan- guage uttered and the feelings aroused could not be more violent than what we witness at the present moment between two geographical sections of our common country. It is utterly impossible that thie state of things can continue without producing extra- ordinary effects, The first effect is on the com merce of both sections, and that has already commenced. It will be destructive to the last degree. We talk of three hundred millions of dollars of foreign commerce. That is nothing compared with our internal trade. The commerce between the North and South Journals and probably amounts to bondre mil Vions of dollars. A foreign war would ‘ yur foreign commerce; a civil war would not only affect that, but utterly ruin our internal commerce. e merchants of New Yors would dread a foreigi war, Lut they haye aACEwW NEW YORK “HERALD, WEDNESDAY, J | AHOY greater reason to fear a civil war, which would affect their interests ten times more. A state of internal mutual hostility is already estab- lished which is in all respects like that which pre- cedes war, and which is even now producing re- snits #8 disastrous to commerce as any foreiga war Could do, But the effect of the incendiar- ism of the Nortbera republican journals will not stop here. If not speedily counteracted by the uprising of the conservative masses of the Middle States, it will end in a bloody revo- lution and civil war, outstripping im horror and calamity all eimilar events in the history of civilization. More of the Pemberton Mills—A Voice from the Operatives. i The evidence in the matter of the Pemberton Milla massacre has not yet been completed before the Coroner’s inquest, but the facts already developed have been duly pre- sented to the public. After a careful review of the leading points, and an un- prejudiced conclusion as to the comparative weight of the testimony, we see nothing in it to ohange our first impression, that the responsi- bility of the calamity must rest upon the owners of the mill, and that the late awful sacrifice of human life at Lawrence was caused solely by the petty meanness and mis- taken economy for which the manufacturers of Massachusetts have always been notorious. In corroboration of that which has already been published, we lay before our readers this morning a remarkable letter from a person who has held a position of trust and responsi- bility in this very same Pemberton Mill, and we print, likewise, a series of resolutions adopt- ed by a portion of the operatives less than a year ago. The letter and the resolutions en- dorse the position of the Hxrazp on this matter, in the fullest and completest manner. They epring directly from the oppressed operatives, and form, in their straightforward and explici- declarations of wrongs and abuses suffered, a striking contrast to the miserable shuffling apologies of some of the weak and silly Boston newspapers, who hope to curry favor with the wealthy manufacturers by an affectation of grief for the victims of the massacre, com- mingled with some small efforts at framing an excuse for the workers of it. The resolutions expressly declare that the manufacturers seek to make the condition of the spinners worse than that of bond’ slaves; that the oppression suffered by and the scanty pay given to the operatives at the Northern fao- tory make negro slavery far preferable, and that they will die rather than be “enslaved” and abused any longer. These, it must be recollected, are the words of poor people, who, although next door to starvation, turned out of the mills in the middle of the winter, braving hunger and cold, and perhaps death, rather than continue in their odious and hopeless bondage. Some of them, no doubt, were among the victims of that sad calamity which has sent @ thrill of horror through the sation, and raised a storm of indignation against the leading men in the corporation, which will not pass away like a nine days’ wonder, but which will leave an indelible stain upon the name and fame of each and every one of them. No private person or association of business men, however callous they might be, could calmly read such an opinion of them- selves by their employes as is pictured in the resolutions we have quoted; and we doubt if any one else except a Massachusetts manufac- turer would be solaced for the awful Lawreace calamity by the one hundred and fifty thou- eand dollars profit for the year, or the “full in- surance,” which covers the cost of the rotten and insecure building in which they worked their operatives like so many machines—with the difference, that when the former were worn out, or damaged, they were thrown away, while the latter were tenderly cared for. The Boston papers, we see, are making a great parade over the fact that a large sum of money has already been subscribed for the re- lief of the sufferers, and appear to desire to give the manufacturers all the credit of this operation. That, however, will not answer. Taking out some special donations made by manufacturers, we dare say that the larger portion of the money has been sub- scribed by persons who have no connection with the mills at Lawrence or Lowell—men and women who feel the deepest and truest sympathy with the victims of the massacre, and who would be glad to see the authors of it, no matter how highly they may stand in the com- munity, indicted and brought to condign justice, according to the British precedent which we cited the other day. If the criminal law of Massachusetts does not meet this case, the sooner the code is altered the better for all parties engaged in working at the Lowell and Lawrence mills. Sensibility of the Corporation, The Common Council is beginning to exhibit some sensibility as to the character of ita mem- bers, which we are very glad to see, for it is quite a novelty; any feéling of that kind hay- ing been entirely strange to former Corpora tions for many pears past. With reference to the charges made in the Hrratn, which it ap- pears are to become the subject of inquiry by an investigating committee, we have to say that we hope the investigation will be pur- sued with the utmost diligence to the end. We have no personal knowledge, of course, of the delinquencies of any Corporation or any mem- ber ofa Corporation. We have nothing to do with them. A)l our information upon that sub- ject is derived from the grand juries. If the committee are going to send for persons and papers, they had better subpcrna the District Attorney, and direct him to bring all his papers with him; we have no doubt that he will be able to enlighten them on the matter of indict- ments; for, ifwe are not mistaken, there are some seven or eight of these interesting docu- ments filed in his office against certain officials or whilome officials of the Corporation, begin- ning with Chemung Smith, of whom we have not heard for along time. Or possibly the com- mittee might obtain the desired information from the editors of the Evening Post and Tri- bune, for it wagstated in both these papers, before the election, that indictments had been found against certain parties—whose names were mentioned in that connection—two or three of whom, at least, have been elected to seats in both Boards of the Common Council in the face of these statements With regard, to the fast Common Conacil, we have heard { the sum of teu thousand dollars wae lodged in one of the banks of this city to be divided between some of its wmembcre w the ARY 18, 1860. event of a certain contract being authorized by the vote of the Common Council. The then Corporation Counsel, we believe, was not favorable to the project. But what has be- come of the ten thousand dollars? Has it been distributed as intended, or is it still in bank, to be used for a similar purpose? But this affair is in proper bands for investigation, and we shall find ont all about the disposition of the money by-and-by. Of the last Common Council we have also heard that a secret club was organized, com- posed of the uoprincipled men of all parties— democrats, republicans and - Americans—and unknowa to the other party men, whose votes were always to be sold, and who combined together to vote down Mayor Tiemann’s vetoes, whenever desirable. Will Alderman Boole direct the atiention of the committee to this fact, and ascertain whether such a secret com- bination existed in the last Common Council? As to the general incapacity of the Corpora tion, the public require no investigations, no examination of persons and papers, to convince them upon that head. Ten millions a year are paid out for the government of this olty, con- taining less than a million of inhabitants, while not more than that is expended in Paris, with its population of a million and a half; and . while the same sum was sufficient for the ex- penses of the entire federal government in the days of Jobn Quincy Adams, yet New York presents the dirtiest streets, the worst paved and worst kept thoroughfares of any city, per- haps, in the world; and as the number and pay of the Metropolitan Police increase, crime, criminals and depravity increase in a greater ratio, New York, in plain words, has no gov- erfment at all; yet ten millions of the poople’s money are annually squandered by the Corpo- ration. What becomes of it? We commend the exceeding sensibility of the Common Council, and its virtuous determina- tion to establich the truth or falsehood of the allegations made against some of its members. We shall watch the labors of the investigating committee with great interest; and we again recommend them to subpeena the District At- torney, and let him, by all means, bring his papers along. AbVERTISEMENT.—All parties having any knowledge of delinquencies on the part of members of the late Common Council, or pos- sessing any interesting facts in relation to the history and antecedents of the members of the present Boards, will please send their state- ments to the Heraup office at their earliest convenience. City Intelligence. FIRE IN HUDSON STREET—DESTRUCTION OF THE UPPER PART OF TEN BUILDINGS—LO8S ABOUT $12,000. About two o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discev- ered in the fancy and millinery goods store No. 237 Had- sop Street, occupied by Moses H. Lichtenstein. Mr. Lich- tonstein and his wife, it is said, were at a ball at the time, and the premises were left in charge of two girls who alept 00 the second floor. On forcing open the door the fire ‘was seen burning upon the floor at tho rear end of the store. ‘The flames socn spread into the upper part of the building and on reaching the attic extended along the rafters to tho roofs of ten buildings, and before the fire was extin- guished the furniture of most of the occupants was de- destroyed, and the various stocks more or less damaged by water. ‘The following is a complete list of the occupants, own- ers and insurances :— No. 237—Occupied by Moses H. Lichtenstein as a and millinery goods store and dwelling; loss about $2,500; insured on the stock for $5,600 in the Astor und Liverpool Insurance Company, aud on furniture for $600 in the People’s Insurance Company. No, 235—Occupied by.G. Mathews as a crockery store and dwelling; damage »bout $400; insured for $1,400 on stock and furniture m the Importers’ and Traders’ Insu- rance Company. Building Nos. 235 and 257—Owned by the estate of Tunis Van Winkle; damage about $1,000; insured for $1,600 in the People’s Insvrance Company. No. £39—Millinery store and dwetiing of H. Sloane; loas by Bre and water about $500; insured on stock and furni- ture $1,420 in the City Insurance Company. No. 241—Siationery aud book store and dwelling of A. Burnton; Joss by fre and water about $700; insured for 000 on furniture in Stuyvesant Josuravce Company, and ‘on stuck in the Rutgers Insurance Company. ing Nos. 289and 24] is owned by H. @. Norwood & Oy, Its damaged about $600, and is fully insured in the Lorillard Insurance Company. No, 243--Corset #tore and dwelling of Thomas Love. Toes by fire and water about $1,000; insured for $1,450 in the Jefferson and $1,500 in the Fulton Insurance Com- pany. No. 245— Millinery store and dwelling of H. O'Neil; loss by the and water abont $500; ineured for $1,500 on atock in People’s Insurance Company, No insurance on the fur- niture. Boilding Nos. 243 and 245 are owned by Thos. Love; damege about $00; insured tor $2,600 in the City and $500 in the Fulton Insurance Company. No. 247—Jewelry store and dwelling of John E. Lan- dor. Stock and furniture damaged about $600; insured for $1,000 on stock, and $300 on furnitare, in North River insurance Corapany. <0, 249—Milunery store aud dwelling of J. Hellman. Damage on stock ‘aud furniture about $400; insured for $1,0C0 on stock ip the Brooklyp Insurance Company; no insurance on furniture. Buildings Nos. 247 and 249 are owned by Joha Morrison. They are damaged about $400; insured. No. 251—Millinery store and dwelling of Jas Miller. Loss by tire aud water ebout $300; insured for $1,000 on stock and $500 on furniture, in the People’s Insurance Company. No. 252—Boot and shoe store and dwelling of William Mitohell. Damage about $160; po insurance. Building Nos. 451 and 283 is owned by E. and A. Schab- beher. tis damaged about $400, and ingured for $3,000 ia the Eagie Insurauc> Company. ‘A lady bamed Mary Swckwell, who was ill in the house No. 255, was taken out at the time of the alarm, and ina few hours afterwards expired. ‘The origin of the fire is unknown at present, but the matter will be investigated by the Fire Marshal. FIRE IN PRINCE STREET. * About eight o'clock yesterday moraing a fire broke out in the cellar of the building No. 4934 Prince street, in the premises of Hugh O’Brien. It is supposed to haye been accidentally caused by Mrs. O’Brien, who was in the cel- lar with alight only a short time before the fire broke out, The flames were extinguished by the firemen just as they were ecg S into the crockery store on the first floor, also owned by Mr. O'Brien. damage will be about $100; insured for $900 on stock and $100 on furniture in the New York Fire and Marine Insarance Company. buildify ia owned by Thomas McKeys. It is damaged about $50, and ts insured. ‘Tar Reury or Broapway Au Bosn.—A few days ago it was announced that Mr. Superintendent Pilsbury in- tended to render Broadway somewhat passable to people on foot, who, it is well known, at many points of our lead- ing thoroughfare, run the risk of being impaled on tho shaft of a butcher’s wagon, or run over by the rude wheols of a stage, if they do not exercise the very graatest caution in crossing. It was stated that the potico had been instructed to allew no vehicles in Broadway for the future, except stages, carriages and certain other convey- ances of an aristocratic caste; but the enforcement of this new measure has not as yct been observed by any of our citizens. Yesterday the evil appeared to be as great as ever, with no perceptible effort to abate it. From sun- rise to sunset, at the corner of Fulton street, in Broad- way, and much along the whole space below that om as well as for # considerable distaace above it, the jamming together of all sorts of vebicles was perfectly terrific, to say nothing of the annoyance and inconve- nience suffered by pedestrians, who had to wait fre- quently for 8 full quarter of an hour for an opportunity to cross. Indeed, it was only whenever a pretty and well dreesed lady made her appearance, with the view of get- jo, al © other side of Jordan,” that the discrimi- 4 Lp sper would ings yg neo atall ante clearing ‘ways; and then it was amosing pee, bow closdly the lords of creation, to the pett- coats. What is the matter? Has the General Superin- tendent discovered that he lacks the necessary powers to execute his plan for the relief of Broadway, or are his subordinates responsible for its non-enforcement? Mautanr Exxcrios.—At an election for ailicers of the Fifth company, National Guard, the following gontiomen | ‘were clected:—Christopher Corley Firat Licutenant, vice J. Millard, resigned; James Gayler Second Lieuteraxt, yiee J. E. Cook, resigned; W. T. Sprole Third Sergeant’ vicePrice, Fourth Sergeant, rice Gayler, promote: First Corporal, vive P. Hlrley,, resigned; W. Wall Third Corporal, vice’ Sprole, promoted; F. A. Silva Fourta Corporal, viee Eskel pro: Farat Faut.—On Monday Inst an aged lady, named h Ann Nichola, residing at No. 105 Lowis strees, fell mastoop in the rear of the house, and 89 severely If that she died shortly atterwards. Coroner an inquest on the deceased yesterday, aud oe With the facts wad rondered, Farauy “At arphy, a chiid moaths old, was fat on Monday last, by the iat hot water. Deceased lived with aty-fist vroct. An ingueet wil! be * INTERESTING FROM CONNECTICUE. The Manufacturers’ Convention at Meriden. The Beginning of the Reaction in New England, ae, ao., OUR SPECIAL MERIDEN CORRESPONDENGE Meripen, Coan., Jam, 17, 166@ The Town of Meriden—Its Population—Vole at the Law Flection—Her Manufactures— Manufacturers’ Union Com vention—Its Object—The Signors of the Call—Alanning Detcrioration im Southern Trade—A Religious Fanatic ap he John Brown Raid—Helper’s Treason Manual and tie Circulation, dc., do, de. ‘Tho lively little town of Meriden is at this time ina faror, preparatory to the great Manufacturers’ Union Oou- ‘veation, which ts te be held at the Town Hall to-merrew morning, 10 continue during the day aad even ing. What is to come out of the movement does Rot appear; but it seems very evident, relying on the opinions and information of some of tho most prominens and well informed townsfolk, that the whole affair is stm- ply the reaction of the misdecds of influential mon ef the Srate in affording aid aad comfort to the abolition fanaties during tho John Brown raid, and the preaching aad pras- tising tho bloody and brutal doctrines of Seward’s ‘“icap- Pressible conflict.’ This reaction has struck fear and ter- Tor into the oflenders, and has seriously affected the ms- nufacturing interests of the State. That you might be fully” informed as to the reasons which have superindeced the meeting of the Gomvention, I send you the “call,” which is signed by some of the leading manufacturers of the Btate of Connecticut:-— MANUFACTURERS’ CONVENTION AT MERIDEN, ‘The undersigned, Manufacturers, of the State of Coumes: ticut, convened at New Haven on the twenty-cighth day of December, A. D. 1859, for the poe taking ime Consideration the State of the Union at the present erieia in the national affairs, do tnvite all the Manufacturers ia the State of Connecticut to meet im convention at Moriden on WEDNESDAY, the eighteenth day of January, A. D. 1860, at 10 o'clock a. m., to pass such resolutions and t agree upon auch concert’of action as shall tend to aliay the Faeyr unbappy excitement, which not only disturbs the iness of tho country, but weakens tho tics of a commen political and social brotherhood :-— ‘Cuarums A. Converse, Norwich, : -Manvfacturer of augers and auger bitte; Wruam 8. Charnixy, Derby, President of iron and Steet Werks; F. P. Awpurr, Bridgeport, Saddie and gig trees; Frary, Cary & Co, Meriden, Manufacturers; Dennis C. Witcox, West Meriden, Britannia Company; Mnxs Brapiry & Son, Westport, Westport Axe and Tool Company; ee Rr oetilatasacroiag Company; jumphreye anu! Grorcr poset Beacon Falis, Peacon Fails Rubber Company T. B. Wines, Southbury, és, Rowarp Mina, Vamp trim ON Tiddie‘own, of Baidwia' Tool Compong 1. A. Preston, Fairhaven, Mauufactorer; HER Hercord, Hartford Mannfactaring Compeng:; Tzwis Boyn, West Winsted, ‘American Hoe Company; 1g aud Axio Compang ; Davenvort & Mattory, Now Hay Lock makers; wis, Milford, ALR, da ¥ . Pre, Nangatuck, Union Knife Company; L. 8. Pansona, Brandford President of the Squire & Pargons Manul’g Ge.; Hxwry G, Lewis, New Haven, Manufacturer; E. N. Smeaton, Derby, President of Tack and Bolt Company; President of ron Fevaury and Machine lent of Irop Foundry 00.; Ixaac C. Lewis, Weet Meriden, Britannia Company; 8. W. Couuxs, Collinsville, Collinsville Axe Company. {AM political papers in the State will please copy, aad send bill to the Hartford Manntacturing Company, Hart- ford, Conn., on or before the 10th of January. | Meriden is a very pretty village, making rapid preten- sions to the denomination of a sterling country town. It has a population of about five thousand persons. The re- sidences are lightly and neatly constructed, differing but litle, if at all, from the ordimary architectural style of other suburban localities. Everything presents a cheor- fuland prospereus appearance; and that a great deal of solid prosperity docs really exiet here, there can be no doubt. This is certainly owing to the great impetus which has hitherto been given to manufactures in the State, and, to a great extent, in the village of Meriden itself. From the most reliable information that I have been able to ob- tain, in the absence of official documents, there cannet be leas than one million of dollars invested in manufac- tures by Meriden capitalists alone, not to seak of other large cities and villages and towns in this little State that do drive s corresponding trade. It is not, therefore, a matter of surprise that these gentlemen, the signers of tha above ‘‘ call,” together with their collaborateurs through- out the State, should become alarmed at the threatouing defensive attitude assumed by the South in consequence of the revolutionary events of Harper's Ferry, and the countenance which Northern abolitionists have given to those revolting, treasonable scenes, when J state the fact that more than one-half the trade of this State is direct with the Southern States. ‘Such of these men as have been the greatest sinners against the constitutional rights of the South are now among the most penitent and abject, ready to cloths them- selves in garments of humility, and to manifest their oon- trition in sackcloth and ashes. The excitement which they sought to foment in the South has recoiled upon them- selves, and now they are striviug to mend their broken ‘walls before they fall altogether and bury them beneath their ruins. ‘Curses, like chickens,” says the old pro- verb, ‘come home to roost,’ and so have many of our black republican friends found out by this time. The fact {s, abolition principles do not pay; and when men’s pockets are brought into question, we all know how they can wriggle and dance about like wounded earthworms. ‘This is now the case with the manufactarers of Coanecti- cut, Their pockets and tinancial interosta in every form are involved. Hence the convention at Town Hall, and the excitement of the good folks of Meriden. A few general facts as to the results to this village by the Virginia raid may be worth the attention of your readers. In order that manufactures should be success- ful, and the capitalists who bave invested in them grow ‘weulthy and respected, there must inevitably be a strong community of consumera who are always found ready to give cash for the goods manufactured. A manufacturer Will tell you, a8 a proof of the success of his business, that he has some of the best customers in the country. Ask him what part of the country he alludes to, and the reply is invariably “the South.” Ask him again, “Is your trade with the West not of greater importance to yout” Tho reply is, ‘By no means; since the revulsion of 1867 our chief dependence can only be placed on the South. We get some support from the West, but our bu- siness is maintained by Southern customers.'’ This is no secret in Meriden, and for this reason the people are being actively aroused as to the necessity of doing justice to the South. The Manufacturers’ Convention is the first public evidence of this fact, and however superficial among certain clases may have been the motives which have id to the movement, there can be no doubt that the popnlar heart of Meriden is sound and healthy, and the inbabi- ‘tants once aroused to the true understanding of the imi- quities perpetrated on their Southern brethren, will not eet content until the fullest justice is administered. ‘The general opinion here is, that the principal manu- fncturers have been ‘damaged to an extent which they y confess, ‘The insurgents of Virginia have left therm y to remember, and they may woll p: of John Brown, that “though he ly dead yet doth speak.” motives, made a diversion in fevor of the whig party, cauning his friends and workmen to follow in his track. ‘This was a great blow to the democratic party tte time, and it did not show any signs of recovery for a coa- ree soon found back t the original queelion af friends end ‘agents in the South soon wrote him te gay, that bis apos- Ancy'to democracy had reached the Southern markét, and” womwe Ry reuroet (© Ge old pete Of jumtion