The New York Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1860, Page 8

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Trade at Manchester continued quiet, but prices were steady. The London discount market was easy. The fands evinced an improving tendency. Consols closed on the 17th ult.at 944a § for money, and 94j a} for account. The bullion inthe Bank of England had increased in the week by $639,850. The great excitement which prevailed in Europe on the subject of the proposed annexation of Savoy to France bad subsided in a measure, the Emperor Napoleon having assured England that he would defer to the decision that may be arrived at by the great Powers of Europe on the question. The as- pect of the Italian question had not changed mate- rially. Accounts state that a conspiracy has been dis- covered among a portion of the Neapolitan army, and on the same authority it is affirmed that the plot had been traced to the agency of the Pied- montese emissaries. esured Parliament that nego. tiations were in progress with the United States go: vernment respecting navigation laws and the rights of British sh engaged in the Americana coasting trade. From Morocco we hear that Marshal O'Donnell had received eleven delegates sent by Mulay Abbas to ask on what conditions peace would be re-estab- lished. The “ Benicia Boy” was living retired, but in ac- tive training for his fight with Tom Sayers. A most graphic account of a Russian Court ball, lately given at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, will be found among our foreign extracts this morn- ing. The scene was one of unequalled brilliancy and splendor. One of the passengers by the Africa, which ar” rived yesterday morning, informs us that Mr. Ca- meron, of the firm of Cameron & Donnell, of Mon- treal, and J. E. Wilson, of Toronto, were passen- gers in the steamship Hungarian. Capt. Shannon, of the Africa, says she had about one hundred and forty passengers. Advices from Trinidad, Port Spain, to 'the 16th ult., report a losd of sugar sold at $4 25, but hold- ers were subsequently very firm at an advance, in consequence of favorable advices from England. The stock of American provisions and breadstuils was light, but prices were ruling low. The Brazilian corvette Donna Isabel, Commander Beuto de Carvalho, arrived at this port yesterday from Pernambuco. She mounts eighteen guns, and has a crew of 240 persons, all told. She is a schoo ship, and visits this port for the purpose of being taken on'dry dock, after which she will proceed to Portsmouth, England; Cherbourg, Antwerp, Lisbon, and from thence to the Brazils. She has twenty. two midshipmen and five lieutenants. Was boarded sixty-five miles S.S.E. from Sandy Hook by pilot boat No. 1, M. H. Grinnell. The despatch from our epecial reporter at Wash" iagton this morning will be found interesting. Our Minister to Mexico, Mr. McLane, has received his instractions and will leave this port on Tuesday, in the steamship Brooklyn, and proceed to Vera Craz. It is said that he is clothed with ample authority to _rotect .Anierssta ani property ia case of erry Eman | vy mi Taioh's party, and that he is fully empowered tor any emergency that may arise. | Our special despatch from Albany this morning makes some corrections in relation to the railroad bills reported to the House last week for New York city, and furnishes an account of the working of the lobby, which Appears to be more active this | session than usual, The resolutions introduced in | the Senate by the Hon. J. McLeod Murphy, relative | to the Central Park, will he found in the despatch. Governor Letcher, of Virginia, sent to the Legis- lature of that State on Saturday a communication j:from the Mississippi commissioner, urging them to take ‘speedy action in favor of a Southern confe- rence for self-preservation and the preservation of the constitution and the Union. In cur report of the atrikes in New England, pab- lished this morning, will be found an account of the shoe butiness in New Hampshire, the mode of manufacture, the opinions of the manufacturers and journeymen concerning the movement, and a large amount of information relative to the trade which will prove interesting to the reader. ‘The cotton market on Saturday closed with lose spirit, but without change of moment in prices. Tho sales om. braced about 2,000 bales, ohiefly intransitu. The floar market was more active and closed at firmer rates. The demand was chiefly from the local and Eastern trad. Southern flour was in good request, with saies at improve’ Prices. Wheat was firmer, and tho market closed with aa upward tendency in prices. Corn was quiet at 7c. a 80s. for Jersey yellow, at 80c. a 8to. for Southern, and white wes quiet at 8c 620, Pork was heavy and irregular, With fair sales, including some lots for fature delivery. New mess, on the spot, sold at $18 25 a $18 37%, and now prime at $14.75 a $14.80 Beef was firm end lard heavy. The sugar market was without animation. Tho sales em braced between 400 and 600 bhds., while prices were without materia) change. Coffee was firm and sales were fair at full prices, Freighta wore firm, while engagements were mocerate, ‘The News by the Africa—Probability of a Congress. The advices received by the Africa, although still indefinite in regard to the political pros pects of Italy, are on the whole satisfactory. If we do not acquire from them the assurance that the people of that ceuntry are to be left to the settlement of their own affuirs, we at least find reasonable grounds for belief that France will raise no collateral issue which would oppose obstacles to a decision favorable to their interests. But before we enter upon a consideration of these probabilities, let us re- capitulate the principal points of the news. As to the keystone to the combination which can alone furnish a satisfactory solution to the Italian question, we are rejoiced to find Mr. Gladstone’s new budget embracing the altera- tious made by the commercial treaty with France is regarded as safe from all danger of defeat by the opposition, The general sense ot the Engiish people, as expressed through their principal organs, is unanimous in its ap proval of its provisions; and although, as is usually the case, some slight modifications are asked for by particular interests which con- sider themselves hardly pressed upon, they are not of a nature to affect the gene- rally sagacious character of the measure, So little important, indeed, are these demands considered, that Mr. Bright de. clares himself against alterations of any kind. “The budget, the whole budget, and nothing but the budget,” is his cry. In the face of such support as this, we think the Derbyites must have more than ordinary courage and im- pudence if they make their threatened onslaught on the measure. In addition to the cheering prospects which these facts hold out, we have the statement that France has opened negotia- tions with Prussia, as @ member of the Zollve- rein, for a commercial treaty similar to that with England. Should the Berlin Cabinet lend a favorable ear to the proposition, another link will be added to the chain of potent influences which will, for the future, keep the bellico:e propensities of the European governments in check. At all events, it will promote such a good understanding between thr-e of the five Powers interested in the peaceable ajjustment of the Italian question, that it will smooth away many of the obstacles that might have other- wise opposed themselves to its satisfactory set- tlement. It will be seen by the commercial circulars, quoted elsewhere, that considerable uneasiness has pervaced the English markets in reference to the proposed anuexation of Nice and Savoy to France. It seems to have been the general impression in mercantile circles that if this project were persisted in, war would become inevitable. In a de- bate upon the subject in the House of Commons, on the 16th, Lord John Russell stated that asfar as Sardinia and Switzerland were concerned, there was no desire on the part of those governments that any change should take place in the existing state of things. He had received from Sardinia an assurance that she had no inteation of ceding Savoy to France; and as to Switzerland, that government considered that no annexation of territory would take place without the districts of Chablais and Faucigny being given to her and guaranteed in the general guarantee of the republic, as was done by the treaty of Vienna, His lordship added that these assurances had relieved him from some uneasiness, for it had come to his knowledge that it had been com- municated to the government at Turin that if the kingdom of Sardinia were aggrandised to any considerable extent by the annexation of Central Italy, France would think her frontier was not secure without the annexation of at least some portion of Savoy, and he was afraid that the Swiss government might have been rendered favorable to the annexation by addition being made to its own territory. The Londo Fines, in commenting upon the project, asserts, with the perspicacity and bitterness usual to it where the French Emperor is con- cerned, that the object of the latter in making this demand was to throw fresh obstacles in the way of the union of Italy, in order to establish a kingdom of the Central States under Prince Napoleon. These speculations had not long to wait fora refutation. On the 17th the London Post—Lord Palmerston’s organ—announces in regard to the proposed annexation of Nice and Savoy that the French government had ex- | pressed its willingness to defer to the decision that may be arrived at by the great Powers of Europe on the question, and that consequently all fear of @ collision might be considered as definitively obviated. From this statement it may be inferred that the Emperor regards his commercial reforms as paramount to all other considerations, and jis unwilling to risk them on a question which is but of secondary impo.t- ance, and which can be brought up with eqnal chances of success in a Congress over \ Lich he will naturally exercise a powerful influence. It seems to be now pretty well ascertained that Russia will not give her assent to aay settlement of the Italian question that is not ‘the result of an understanding betweea the NEW YORK HERALD, MUNDA five great Powers. We noticed on Friday last 4 rumor that Prince Gortschakof had conveyed such an intimation to the French goverament, and we new find in the Dresden oficial paper » positive statement to that effect. Russia bus ber own motives for desiring the assembling of She cares less for the rights of legitimacy thon for interests personal to her which may be brought up for discussion in that body. As V'raace refers the annexation project to its decision, a quid pro quo may easily be found for the support ef Russia on that ques tion. From the coincidence between Prince Gortschakoff’s last communication and the an- vouncementin the London Post, noticed above, itwould seem aa if the French and Russian governments were again secretly acting in cuncert, and had determined upon the proxi- mate assembling of the Congress. The former obstacles raised by Francis Joseph to its meeting have probably by this time been removed by the determined attitude of the Italian people. Ashe bas nothing to hope for either from intrigue or foree, he probably thinks it better to trust to the conservative spirit of his brother sovereigus han to insure the confirmation of the existing state of things by the general inertness caused by his own obstinacy. The rumor that warlike preparations are be- ing actively carried on at St. Petersburg is not to be accounted for by the present aspect of Continental relations. There is so little sppa- rent danger of a rupture that it is stated that Louis Napoleon bas proposed a very con- siderable naval disarmament in France and England. Russia is imparting greater efficien- ey to her naval and military organization, pro- bably for the same reason that actuated Eng land, because she is not satisfied that it com- ports with the magnitude of the interests that she has to protect. We care very little for these increased armaments, however, if concur rently with them we can only hear of the ma turing of great commercial revolutions, like tbat which has just been carried out between Great Britain and France. Let theexample thus set be followed by Prussia and her co-confede- rates of the Zollverein, and Europe will have guarantees for its tranquillity which the military ardor or infatuation of no one ruler will at any time venture to disturb. a Congrees, Nommation or Mapame Bares ror TRest- peNT.—In another page we publish an ac count of the nomination ef Madame Bates, of Missouri, for the Presidency, by a self- styled “Convention” in that State. Of what party it consisted, or whether the members composing it only represented themselves, does not appear. There is only one thing we know, and that is, that “the nomi- nation was unanimous,” and that the plat form was of a very negative description—op- posed to everything, and in favor of nothing. It it is the rump of the defunet dark lantern party, who now call themselves “Southern op- position,” how can that party, in a slave State, co-operate with the higher law and irrepressi- ble conflict party of the North, whose pro- gramme is to overthrow slavery in the South- ern States? On the other hand, how can the republicans of the North, whose courts have bullified the Fugitive Slave law, adopt as their candidate a man of whom the St. Louis News declares, by authority, that he is in favor of the Fugitive Slave law, and the St. Louis Democrat declares, by authority, that “he rejects the motto ‘no more slave States,’ and argues that neither public policy, precedent nor the con stitution authorizes Congress or the Executive to discriminate between free and slave States in their application for admission into the Union.” Now, the motto of every republican, and particularly of the New York Zribune, the leading organ of the party in this city, is “no more slave States.” Is this a shallow dodge to represent Bates as a pro-slavery man, or, at ‘least, a squatter sovereignty politician in the South, while inthe North he isto be put for- ward as the anti-slavery disunion candidate of the republican party, though the St. Louis Democrat informs us, ex cathedra, that “he has all that horror of slavery agitation, and all that devotion to the Union, which distinguish old whigs’? Who can believe thatSeward and his followers would ever permit the republican organization to be taken out of his hands by such a silurian nondescript as Bates? Should the Chicago Convention nominate him, there cannot be the shadow ofa doubt that Seward would run on an independent pure republican ticket of his own. It would never do for the higher law apostle to have his direct issue with the South obscured, his transparent principles confounded with the Missouri mud out of which Bates has been fished by Blair and Greeley, and his labors for years readered of no avail by an old fossil. Should Seward be defeated at Chicago by Simon Cameron, the case would be very different, for the Cameron would be a the prospect of an | foeman worthy of his steel, and his republican creed would not lose its prestige, nor his party be demolished and disorganized by the admix- ture of Southern mire with Northern metal, like the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar, whose feet were part of iron and part of clay, and which, for want of any principle of cohesion, fell in pieces and were scattered as chaff before the wind. Ax6raer Ciance ror CLeay Srreers—Tae Monrern Henkcutes Gore to Work IN THE | Avcran Srapie.—The recent arrangements made with Mr. Smith to clean the streets came to a sudden conclusion on Saturday night. It appears, according to Mr. Smith's statement, that bis employers were beset in all quarters by the rowdy friends of the Aldermen, and that the influence of these disappointed spoil hunters was brought to bear in eo many ways upor his opefations that he could not get men to do the work, and had to abandon it. In this juncture of affairs the Comptroller promptly came to the rescue, by offering the | City Inspector to pay all just and reasonable expenditures incurred in cleaning the streets if Mr. Delavan will proceed with the work, Mr. | Delavan accepts the offer, and will commence operations to-day. The City Inspector isa man of fine physique, tall, muscularand broad shoul- dered—not just the one that a rowdy would like to encounter. He is a modern Hercules, and it in undertaking to cleanse this Augean stable he would only superintend the work in person, the Aldermen’s adherents would be very likely not to interfere with his workmen. Too much credit cannot be giren to Messrs. Wood, Uaws and Delavan for their persevering efforts to get the streets cleaned; and under the present arrangement it is probable that before the end of March we shall have the city shining like 4 vew pin. It isa consummation devoutly te be wished. Y, 5, MARCH Maritime Expeditions to the Charleston Om. Intense excitement prevails among th aris- tocracy of «:mocratic shoulder-hitters, gam- blers, ougers, maimers, bur Jars, kee»; ond owners of dens of prostitution, cutcast crimi- nals from Blackwell's Island and Sing Sing, and that pothouse offscouring of the commu- nity, generally, which accepts plunder as the “~ vine right” essence of all free goverament, with regard to the means of conveyance ') Charleston, to the approaching National Con- vention. “Out of the abundance o! ‘ue heart the mcuth speaketh;” and, down in the depths of ‘he venal souls of these children o pad-foot Mammon, from our uavirtuous metrop »lis, lie« of end before all things, the ecata.. itea of « corrupt executive and a leaky national trea- sury, from which they may gather tie drip pingy. This is their thought by day aod their dream by night. Around it revolve all their instinots and aspirations. Demosthenes was net more true to his rule of action, action, a0- tion, than they are to the fundamental pria- ciple of their lives—steal, sieai, swul Impunity of theft is the physicological law which governs their existenee, Therefore, a most logical sequitor, they all want to have a tioger in the pie at Charleston. Tasy, without exception, feel the necessity of having been the 4ona fide individuals who, by hook or by crook, secured the nomination of the next democratic Presidential candidate. Visions of marshal ships, surveyorships, collectorships, and. all other kind of ships, float before the eyes of the rowdy gang of plunderers in connection with the Charleston Convention. Commodore Vanderbilt, we rejoice to say has had compassion upon this vast amount of misery. He has even, in the abysses of bis benevolent heart, fathomed the depths of trou- hle which might be occasioned by the divisious of the democratic party in the State, and, with true regard to the principles of some chapter or other in one of the books of Corinthians, has resolved that all belligerent elements shall be kept apart during the transit from New York to the great focus of nominating excitement. the a:l-powerful Commodore has notified, more or less publicly, to the world, that he will despatch from this port, on the 9th or 10th day of A; ri! next, two steamers, one in the interest of the Judas Iscariot Regency, who, “having the baz,” and being able to pay well, come first in order, and the other under the control of Fernando Wood, with many subordinates and assistants, but without any company. The Re- gency steamer will be commanded by Captain Cagger, whose flag will wave to the breezes of the Gulf Stream, painted with a Wise lever in the middle, surrounded by twenty stars, signifi- cant of the twenty pieces of silver for which they sold the aforesaid celebrated document. Fernando Wood's flag will represent Cassidy, the butcher boy, burning in effigy, and some score or two of fat cattle fit for the market. So the hostile fleets will navigate to the same port—both propelled by the steam of the same owner. He must understand his business tho- roughly. But, meanwhile, anxiety and tribula- tion prevail among the henchmen of the de- mocracy. Where are the great hero:-—the Hecters and Achilles of the party? Where is the Benicia Boy—the muscular, courteous and chivalrous Heenan? What can the country do without him, and without the draft of pugilis- tic netorieties whom the impending prize fight with Sayers has carried off to England? The colors of Mozart Hall draggle upon the ground, and Tammany trembles and cowers in view of prospective defeat. The Regency steamer will carry off two-thirds of the loafers in the State, and the remainder will embark under the auspices of our illustrious Mayor; but, alas, alas, mo such exhibition can rejoice the ears amd eyes of the population of the Pal- metto City as was witnessed, last September, at Syracuse. All honor to Commodore Vanderbilt. Whether he intends to have both steamers scut- tled on the way to the port of destination, we do not know. It would, perhaps, be too much to count on such an exuberance of patriotism. In any case we trust he does not know French enough to understand the impossibility of any New Yorker’s ever uttering the words, “bien revenu,” if they should come back again. If he serves them all, however, as the Charleston Convention is likely to treat both sets of dele- gates, we fear they will fare worse than the passengers do between here and Panama. Tue Gop Recrons or AUSTRALIA AND OF THR Unsrrep Srates.—From an article from the Mel- bourne Argus, which we publish in another column, it will be seen that the quantity of gold found in the Australian diggings has fallen off, while in this country it is steadily in- creasing. The placers at Pike’s Peak are con- stantly improving, and the gold districts of California are yielding an increased supply every year. The truth is that the quantities of this precious metal which still lie concealed in the bowels of the American continent are beyond calculation. Every day some new dis- covery will be made, till at length it will be found that in their vast mineral reeources, as well asin their boundless agricultural wealth, the United States stand at the head of all nations. Not only is the surface of its virgin soil unequalled in extent and fertility, but the depths beneath are filled with inexhaustible stores of precious metals, which will hasten the developement of agriculture, quicken the en- ergies of commerce, foster the arts into’excel- lence, and stimulate the growth of population and prosperity beyond a precedent in human annals. In forty years from hence—in the year 1900—if the government is not destroyed by the madness of faction, this republic will pre- sent a feature of grandeur and wealth to which no parallel can be found in the records of the past. Tse Weatuen.—The weather at this time is most genial and propitious for the crops as weli as for business, The spring is in fact two weeks in advance of its ordinary time. Feb- ruary was like March, and March comes in as mild as April. The rivers and canals are all opening, and trade must consequently receive a great impetus. The snow and ice are every- where melting away, and we hear of freshets and sudden risings of (he rivers in various quar- ters. Fr are often destructive when they come thu expectedly, and it would be prudent for people in the vicinity of streams or rivers to look to the security of their property. But fur the “irrepressible conflict” initiated by Seward and carried into practice by John Brown, the stores and warehouses of the me- tropolis would now be the scene of greater activity than has been experienced here for a long time. 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. Tue Suoemaxcns’ Stee in New Faw. suire.—In another column we publish an ac- count of the shoemakers’ strike, which has ex- tended from Massachusetts to New Hampshire. It will be seen that one class of manufacturers represent the cause of the “irrepressible con- flict” between capital and labor in New Eng land a8 proceeding from an excess of goods manufactured—a surplus above the demand— while another class say that the real cause is | the falling off in the Southera trade. Both these accounts are true, and perfectly | consistemt with each other, The quantity of | goods manufactured turns out to be excessive | and surplus, because the Southern trade has | suddenly fallen off. Had not the anti-slavery | agitation at the North become intolerable at the South, and had not the hero of Harper's Ferry been endorsed in New England, syed Southera demand would have been equal to | that of former. years, and there would have | been no surplus. | Thus are the curses of the North against | Southern labor coming home, like chickens, to j roost. The ingredients of the poisoned chalice | which Northern mea gave to the South to drink are now commended to their own lips, and before the war between capital and | labor is over, it will be seem whether | Nortbern or Southern capital rests on the | surer foundation, and whether the black man / at the South is not only in a happier condition, and more suitable to his nature and the bene- ficent designs of Providence, than his sable brethren in any part of Africa, or any part of the free States, or than the white laboring classes of any part of the Old World, or any part of the New, including the New England States, the one idea or monomania of whose present politics is to break up the fortunate relations now existing between the black man’s laborand the white man’s capital in the Southern States, a change involving the utter destrac- tion of the whole fabric of the Americaa go- vernment, with a train of consequences which no statesman or patriot can contemplate with- out a shudder. Toe Cesrat Park Bu i tHe Leatsta- TURE.— We are glad to see that, in spite of all the attempts in the, lobby and on the part of disappointed politicians in this city, the bill ap- propriating the moneys asked for by the Com missioners of the Central Park bas passed the Assembly. It goes now to the Senate, which body, we trust, will lose no time in asking for the Executive sanction, so that it may become a law without delay. We have already set forth, at length, the reasons why the Centrai Park Commissioners should be placed in an entirely unembarrassed position av regards the financial department of the noble work under their charge—a work which is toredound, more than any other, to the glory, and the beauty, and the power, and the prosperity, of this im- perial city for ages to come. The taxpayers of New York do not and will not grumble at what they have to pay for the Park. They are satis- fied that it is money well laid out. Apart from the pride which every one feels in the work, the Park, merely as a money speculation, pays its own way in the increased value of real estate in its vicinity. When we reflect, beyond this merely mercenary view of the question, upon the sanitary value of the Park as a place of healthful recreation and innocent pleasure for millions yet unborn, we are fain toask why there should be the least delay in going on with such a work, We trust that we have heard the last groan of the petty, miserable politicjans who, finding no job in the Park, attempted to kill this bill. It is not often that we can say much in favor of Albany legislation for New York city, but we can honestly commend the action of the Assembly in the matter of the Central Park, and we earnestly request the Senate to go and do likewise. Masesty 1x Petro Comrve To Amertca.—We perceive by the late message of the Governor of Canada, that the Prince of Wales is about to visit that province during the coming summer, to take alook at his mother’s colonial subjects in this quarter of the world. It is a pity that the Queen herself could not be persuaded to cross the Atlantic in place of her juvenile representa- tive, and in all probability we might have in- duced her to come to New York, where we would give her sucha reception on Broadway as would astonish Europe. We would turn out the Seventh regiment in full strength,and show her Majesty something that might remind her of what ihe British army used to be before the Crimean war. We would show her Wall street, with its menagerie of “bulls and bears,” escort ber to the City Hall—which, fortunately, has got a roof on at last-—and there the Aldermen and Councilmen would greet her Majesty in that choice language and delectable style of oratory for which they are so famous. But it is hardly worth while to bring the Prince of Wales here; for although we have no doubt that he is a very nice, well-behaved young man, still he is only majesty in peilo—a king only in prospective— and for that matter may never come to be a king at all; for thongh the amiable disposition and womanly virtues of Queen Victoria have endeared her to the British people, she may chance to be the last of her royal race who will wield the sceptre of the English monarchy. The Canadians, however, we are sure, will receive the son in lieu of the mother with be- coming thankfulness, and will make a tremen- dous excitement about bim. If they want to do the thing in appropriate style, we will send them up some of our Atlantic telegraph or Fourth of July programmes. Brrrisn Concern ror Ovr Interna AF rams.—The English people are greatly dis- treesed, just now, about the affairs of this coun- try, as may be seen by an article from the Lon- don Times, which we give in another column. The English public are greatly enamored of their own form of government. They think that there is and never will be anything like it in the world, and they are always telling us so. At this time they fancy that on account of the John Brown raid, and the actions of the repub- lican politicians, who are endeavoring to create disunion and break down the administration, the people are all at loggerheads, and the Union is about to go to smash. Let them wait @ flittle while. Yesterday was the 4th of March. Ina year from that day they will see a new President installed at Washington, and if the conservative element of the country does its duty, as we think it will, by defeating the abolition—or what the London 7imes would betier understand as the Exeter Hall party— perhaps they may be surprised to behold how suddenly the storm will subside into a calm. These British philosophers do not understand our politicians yet. aeons ‘ Txounte Axour THe Lamerosr Lerrse Boxes.—We have already ailuded to the faot that there bas been a great deal of compluiat on the part of the public as to the insecurity of the new letter boxes which have been aflixed to many of the city lamp-posts, At the time when we first referred to the subject, we were without positive testimony as to the real facts ip the case. This evidence has been supplied in two instances where the boxes have been robbed within a week. Iu the first case, a little girl was arrested while in the act of robbing one of the boxes with a pick made from wire. Im the second instance, an employé of the Contractor who furnished the department with: the boxes supplied himself with a duplicate key and plundered the boxes systematically. It is true that this man has bees arrested, aud has refuaded part of the proceeds of his crime; but thie arrest will not prevent further opera- tions upon the boxes, which offer the strongest temptation to thieves, It will be absolutely necessary for the department to rescind the Contract for these boxes, which are among most magnificent humbugs of the Ce which go not answer, in any way, the purposes for which they were manufactured—and to re- turn them to the makers. If any street boxes are to be used, they should be in posts made for that special purpose, as in London and Paris, and with proper safeguards against | thieves, Otherwise it were better to have nose at all, Crry Ramroap Schemes Iw THE. Leomna- TuRE.— We perceive, by the recent action of the Legislature, that five city railroad bills have been favorably reported upon by the commitiee of the Assembly. There isno doubt that New York requires more railroads; ‘they are a great convenience, not only to our citizens, but te parties visiting the metropolis from abroad; bat at the same time it is notorious that they have proved a fertile field fer jobbing and corrap- tion. We hope that the Legislature will dispose of the charters tor these roads im an equitable mapper, which will protect the people from op- pressive monopolies, and guarantee them com- fort and convenience ia travel. City railroads in New York are profitable enterprises, ae the present incorporated companies kuow, greatly, no doubt, to their own satisfaction, and hence they present large temptations to avari- cious and unscrupulous speculators, Wetrust, Mowever, that in taking final action upon these bills, the Legislature will exercise some cir cumspection, will deal with them honestly, and will not fall to the degraded level of our Jom- mon Council, The Albany Legislature it bad enough, everybody knows, but tt should, for decency sake, endeavor to keep itself above the Board of Aldermen of this misgoverned me- tropolis. dt INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Instructions to Mr. McLane, Our Minister to Mexicu—The Lobby and the Mexican ‘Treaty—Reply of the President to Gem. Houston-Delegates to the Charleston Comvestion—Despatches from the Afri- President and the Johm Brown Insus- rectionists, d&ic., d&ic., dic. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasurnaton, March 4, 1868. ‘MOVEMENTS OF OUR MINISTER TO MEXICO. Mr. McLane left here this afternoon for New York, and ‘will sail in the Brooklyn on Tuesday next for Veta Crag. He is clothed by our government with ample autherty and instructions to protect American citizens aad pre- perty in case of attack by Miramon’s party. The squad- ron’s movements will alse be governed in a great degree ‘Y, by Mr. McLane’s crders, as he ie fully empowered for every emergency that may arise. This policy has enly, been determined on by the government within the forty-eight hours. ‘THR LOBBY AND THR MEXICAN TREATY, 4 ‘There ts a prodigious lobby now bere, not only from New York, New Orleans and other sections of the coum- try, but from Mexico, who are working like beavers for the ratification of the Mexican treaty. If the treaty is de- feated it will be by these stock jobbing’ interests, Sena- tore aro buttonholed at every corner by theso harpies, and many of the Senators who are in favor of the treaty are suspicious that there is a “nigger in the fence” some- where. A stock jobbing journal in New York, which deals in urick churches and lead mines, is known to bave large interests in it. ‘There iz no truth in the report that the Mexican Mikis™ ter, Senor Mata, is opposed to the treaty’or any part o ita provisions. AFFAIRS IN TEXAS—R“PLY OF THE PRESIDENT TO GOVERVOR HOUSTON'S LETTER. ‘ ‘The letter of Gove: nor Houston to the President has not been, but may goon be, mado public, in response to tha resolutions of both branches of Congress, calling for ia- formation in relation to the troubles along the Texan bor- der. It is understood, however, that Governor Hougon, among other things, represents the existence of attuad war, urges immediate succor, and inditates his intention to call out volunteers in suilbient force to pursue and punish the enemy to tho fullest ex- tent. Itis known from the latest Texas dates that he is Vigorously prosecuting bis plans to the letter. Areply bas beca sent by the President, who, there is reason to believe, is opposed to this independent course in waging war, cepecially as our affaire with Mexico aro in acritical » condition, and as orders have been despatched for the marching of large bodies of troops to the frontier, and the instructions are of such a character ag t) accom- phish the objects contemplated without unnecessary delay. Gov. Houston bas been so informed by the President, also ~ that the calling out of volunteers for the purpose mention- ed properly devolves on Congress. No unconditional order has been issued by our government for the forees to pags into the Mexican territory. The constitutional go- verument last eummer gave permission for the landing of naval forces at several porta for the protection of the per- sons and property of American citizens, and it is proba- ble that, in pursuance of this couree, a provisional arrangement will soon be made, according to which the Governor of Tamaulipas wil! offer no obstruction to the crossing of our treops in pursuit of those who may seek refuge in that neighboring territory. ‘THR PRESIDENT THE JOHN BROWN INSURRRCTIONSTS. Mr. George Sennott, counsei for Stevens and Haz!stt, now under sentence of death at Charlestown, Va.,arrived here yesterday, and bad aa interview with the President, im the hope of obtaining bis personal influence with Governor and Legislature of Virginia to obtain their par, don. The President treated Mr. Sennott kindly, and r Pressed to him his warmest sympathies and the hope, that he will succeed in his mission; but, while he “Wid decline to act directly, be did not promise to take.p’ ‘sia. tion, He said it was a matter for the Governor and Legiy | ture of Virginia to decide, and he could not interfere with tife legisintive affairs of any State. Mr. Sennott leaves here for Richmond to morrow, having the assurances of Gov. Letcher that he shall have a hearing before the Committee on Pardons in behalf of his clients. He will ask for a general amnesty in their case. It is a matter of great doubt if his request is granted. Stevens does not ex- press a bope of being pardoned. Ho is ready and willing to meet bis fate, and it Js said that be manifests as much coolness and indifierence concerning his end as Browm ad. Me o > INVRETIGATING COMMITTEES. ‘The republicans are preparing to move for investigating Committees in the House, with the view of cripplingand - embarrassing the present administration. They will, it ia understood, be aimed principally at the President. Mr. Covode, of Pennsylvania, will to-morrow move for the committee, whose duties will undoubtedly tako a wide range, involving the President, the departments, post offices, navy yards and New York and other houses, for the improper use of money in elections nflnencing federal legislation. Covede has an old against the President, and alleges that moncy wes sent tato hindistrict inet fall to detent his election ‘The rest: