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6 NEW YORK HERALD. | JANE ep ins : OFFICE N. W. Cc wad AND, FULTON STS. | | TERMS, ensh in advance. Money sent by mail will be at tia | rlek yf thesender, Postage samps not 8 subscription | “Pre DAILY. HERALD (wo conts per ST perannun. — | copy, ‘EKLY HERALD. every Saturday, ab shx cents SHE Saver annum, the Buropedn Edition coery, Waineuley, Bt oka conta per copy, $4 per annuin to any part of Great Britain, Or Bb to any part of the Continent, both to include ponage; the Galyfornia Bddtion on the 5th and 3ith af each month at six conte oF $1 80 per annum. PTHK FAMILY URRALD on Wednesday, at four conte per copy, or $2 per annum. Volume XXV. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—Au Haiow Err—An Hove ow Sevuts—Deaw Seon BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Mysreniovs Stkincen— Lova Montes—My NaiGuson’s Wire. WINTER GARDEM, Brostway, opposite Bond street.— RVaNGeunr, ‘WALLAOK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Romancs or 4 Poor Younc Max. —Onsrin at NEW BOWERY THRAYRE, Bowery.—Lovs’s Vexou— Mivor Aesons—Denouncen. ~ LAUBA KEENR’S THEATRE, 6M Brosdway.—Vamitr Fam. re Famiy. | lasses, $2 25 to $2 50 per 110 gallons. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1860.—TRIPLE SHERT. the new iron steamer Matanzas made the quick passage hence to Matanzas of £v» days aud six hours; that sugars at Havana on the 16th inst. were unchanged; that the rates of exchange on London were 13 per cent, and on the United States two to three per cent; that freights for the United States were: sugar, $4 to $5 per hhd. and $1 per box; mo- Ty, Congress yesterday the Senate adopted a re- solution directing inquiry as to the expediency of extinguishing the Indian title to land in and about Pike's Peak. A joint resolution that Congress ad- journ from April 20 to May 20 was proposed, but objected to and laid aside. Several re- solutions having reference to the suppreasion of the African slave trade were introduced by Senator Wileon. ‘The bill providing for the payment of the claims of Floride Was discussed. An exccutive session was held, anda motion mafe to reconsider the vote whereby the Nicaragua treaty was rejected. Con- siderable discussion ensued, but the Senate ad- journed without taking the question. The vote will in all probability be reconsidered, and it is not unlikely that the treaty will yet be ratified. We publish the treaty complete in our columns this morning. In the House the Military Academy Appropriation bill, with the amendment pro- viding for a mounted regiment of volunteers for the defence of the frentier of Texas, was referred BROADWAY BOUDOIR, 444 Broadway.— Afternoon [= nD TEARS 1aKom oF 4 VERY fon OUR Te Taxns Two 50 tothe Committee on Military Affairs. A bill au- fr thorizivg the President to call into service a regi- BARWOWS AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—After- | ment of volunteers forthe suppression of hostilities SS tae Serene Heer . in New Mexico was similarly referred. The re- BRY ANTS’ MINSTERLA, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway. | eommendation of the Committee on Elections, i aes na eer trons alowing Messrs. Sickles and Williamson sixty days to take testimony in support of their al- allegations, was debated till the adjournment. We have space for but @ brief reference to the proceedings of the Legislature yesterday. In the ONDERDONK TALL, 405 Grand streot—THayrt, Mew. Senate bills were introduced relative to city rail- meanis im Sonos, Dances, BoaLEsaues, £0—Dixins's LAND. | 10445 in New York, to the organization of Courts, TRIPLE SH EET. to amend the Registry law, and to amend the NIBLO'S BALGON, Broadway.—Geo. Onnutr’s Mix. (@enaia um Sones, Dances, &c.—Tax TOoviEs. NATIONAL CONCERT SALOON, National Theatre.— Sonos, Danvzs, Bua.esaues, dc. Plouk Road law. Some local bills were pass- ———______________ { ed. The bill relative to unclaimed savings New York, Wednesday, March 21, 1860. The News. The news of the capture of the Spanish-Mexi- “can war steamers Miramon and Marquez, by the United States Gulf Squadron, created great fensation throughout the city yesterday. Ofi- cial accounts of the affair baye reached us from Washington, which we publish in another column. The battle took place off Anton Li- gwardo on the evening of the 6th inst, and the engagement is said to have been quite spirited. The American loss was but three wounded, one mortally, while the Mexican loss was fifteen killed and between twenty and thirty wounded. In view of the unsettled state of affhirs at Vera Cruz, it may be iateresting to know our naval strength in that quarter. The Gulf Squadron, which, it should be borne in mind, is but a section of the Home bank deposits was discussed and finally lost by 13 to 14, The resolution designating Tuesday, April 3, for the election of Superintendent of Public Instruction was adopted. In the Assem- bly varions bills were passed; among them one to prevent frauds in the sale of passenger tickets, two relative to the preservation of fish, those in reference to town insurance companies, and to encourage the breed of domestic animals. The bill authorizing the payment of interest on canal drafts past due was recommitted to a select committee to add certificates and awards. The republican members of the Senate and Assembly held a joint caucus last night to consider what mca- sures might be advisable to put through the Legis- lature. A considerable debate was had on the question of tollixg railroads, and much opposition manifested to the Tol{ bill as passed by the Assem- bly. It is understood that a majority of the repab- lican Senators are opposed to that bill, and also to Squadron, is composed of the following vessels:— the Pro Rata bill. Vessels. Tonnage. Guns. Men The C tient d 8 er R , Capt. Gardinor...8,400 40 400 ¢ Connecticut democracy appear to be at last Steamer Brooklyn, Capt. Farragut. .2,000 22 309 | Waking up to the importance of their approaching Sloop Savannah, Capt. Jarvis. 1,700 2 300 | State election. Last night there was an enthasi- Sloop Saratoga, Com. Turnet -1,100 20 250 | astic mass meeting at Norwalk, at which Mayor Bioop Preble, Com. Jenkins... 900 18 250 | Wood, Dr. Bradford and Conrad Swackhamer, of _—_- —_—_ — it: . J Pitre kT Bs dicta 3100 ss ie00 this city, and Mr. Olmstead, of Hartford, made All the above vessels are in the highest state of i speeches. We give reports of their ad- The Mexican Question at a Crists-The | course that duty and patriotism prompted, Oaptere of the Corsair Ships. The news from Vera Cruz has rung like a trumpet through the land, and, following so quickly as it does on the footsteps of the black republican party combination in the Senate to defeat the Mexican and Nicaragua treaties, it rings with an ominous import to the political leaders that can stoop to make a party combi- nation against treaties stipulating for the de- fence of the interests and rights of American citizens, For more than forty years Mr. Buchanan has been in public life, as representative in Con- gress, Senator, minister to foreign courts, Sec- retary of State, and President; and for all this time he has seer, as has every other man who has watched the course of our national history, how defenceless are our citizens, and how im- potent is our government, under its present system, todefend them in their just rights in foreign ports and lands. So palpable has this fact become, that not seldom have American ships in foreign ports, and American citizens abroad, taken refuge under our community of language with England, and sought that protection which our government would not extend to them from English consuls and the Engiish flag. And more than this, so evident has our executive weakness as a nation to pro- tect the individual rights of our citizens be- come, that everywhere, at least among the minor and irresponsible officials abroad, the ed@@fment of the negro ruler at Hayti, that Aw@icans were nothing but a nation of shop- keepers, has come to be the ruling impression. This fact has for years vexed every member of Congress with petitions from constituents for redress. It has harassed every one of our foreign Ministers and Consuls; it has piled up the State Department with complaints and claims, and has loaded our diplomatic corres- pondence with every court, with diplomatic remonstrances which remain unheeed, be cause it is everywhere known that our govern ment has no power to proceed further than the writing of a despatch in pursuit of individual justice for our citizens, and that Congress will not listen to individual complaints. Mr. Buchanan has had abundant occasion, in every public station that he has occupied, to see the ecorn in which the name of American is held from this state of things, and to see, also, and perhaps to feel, the blush of shame which it has so frequently brought to the American cheek. And thou- sands of others have had occasion to see and to feel it, too. Animated by the sentiment which the fact must create in every American bosom, the President has for years endeavored to induce Congress to remove this stain from our national honor, by empowering the execu- tive with that authority which should belong to the office for the protection of our individual citizens abroad. Congress has persistently neglected to act, or even to discuss the subject. The President, then, in view of the vast inte- Wer care not whether their instractions war- ranted that course or not: the heart of every American will sustain them, and the whole country will support them in it. There now remains but one course for our government to pursue. Inquiry should be immediately made as to the character in which the corsair ships Miramon and Marquez—named thus after the rebel Mext- can leader, and the assassin of Tacubaya and robber of the conducta at Guadala- jara—left Havana, and became armed ‘ships under the Mexican flag so near to our own shores. If the Spanish authorities of Cubs can be shown to have in any way con- nived at the iniquity, an energetic remonstrance should be sent to Spain; and if she will not,we should, abate the nuisance. On the rejection or passage of the Mexican treaty by the Senate will now depend whether Houston shall be urged by the popular voice to carry his pro- tectorate at once into Mexico, and return to oc- cupy the Presidential chair at Washington, or whether we will secure the pacification of that republic and the safety of our citizens there by pacific and legitimate means. The Annexation of Savoy—The Destiny of the French Empire. By reference to the debates in the British Parliament, which we publish to-day, among our European news received by the Fulton, it will be seen that the Savoy question continues to agitate and alarm the English oligarchy. If neither Sardinia nor Savoy—the only parties directly concerned—have any objection, we cannot see what rightany other parties have to interfere. The annexation is not unjust to Sardinia; it is for the benefit of Savoy, which would be saved from becoming the future bat- tle field of Europe, besides the advantage of being consolidated with a powerful empire ad- joining her territory. Sardinia has already re- ceived far more than an equivalent by the ces- sion of Lombardy, conquered by French arms, and by eeeing Austria, her foe, who would have swallowed her up, driven behind the Mincio, powerless and crippled. Besides, Savoy is no part of Italy, and is separated from Piedmont by the Alps. It belongs, naturally and geo- graphically, to France, of which it formed a department under the former French empire. When the First Napoleon fell, the object of Austria in having Savoy ceded to Sardinia by the treaty of Vienna was to establish fortresses on the western side of the Alps, by means of which an army from the Italian side could in- vade France, while France would be prevented from making a descent on Italy. But as the treaty of Vienna is now waste paper, and as Sardinia has no desire to invade France nor to see it invaded by Austria, she cannot object to cede Savoy to France as seme compensation for the blood and treasure expended in her cause. The tories of England, who sympathize with the Hapeburgs and despotism, gradge this small piece of territory to France, though annexa- Principles of popular freedom, fa opposition { alike to the divine right of kings and the | treebooters at Albany, the taxpayers of ¢ vested privileges of feudal aristocracy—to break | metropolis cherishing the fond Rope that th down the nobility of birth, to overthrow caste, | tale of the famous cats of Kilkenny will b and to build on their ruins the rights of the | realized in the person of George Law, Thurlo: people. This is the secret of his popularity | Weed ond their respective (not respectable) with the liberal party in England, who, by es- pousing his doctrines, have overthrown theic Political opponents, and taken the reins of | wiji be laid before the public as rapidly ag! government in despite of the secret prejudices | steam, electricity and the lightning presses of the monarch and the Coburg interest behind | can do their work. In the good old times, whom the Journal of Commerce and the Chevalier The only Power in Europe which does not | Webb's blanket were called newspapers, people appreciate the position of Napoleon, or under- | were content to wait a month for foreiga news, stand his policy, is the Church. If it only | and had very often to go without information knew its own interests and the spirit of the age, | as to domestic affairs when said news was not it would identify iteelf with the people and | palatable to the fossil journalist. Now, we their chief, instead of arraying iteelf on the | have changed all that, We have three or four side of legitimacy and the remnants of foudal- | srrivals from Europe every week. The leading iam, which have survived from a barberous | dailies have a system by which nothing of in- age, but are smouldering into ruin, like the old | terest at home or abroad can escape them. The ivy mantled castles which owned the sway of ; live newspaper of to-day must keep up with the the barons. It is only by adhering to the for- | progress of the age, and to wield any great tunes of the French Emperor that the Church power it must bea little ahead, and be able can emerge from its present abject position | sometimes to answer the all-important question, and gain a new lease of power. It was in ' what next? this way that it rose to greatness a thousand going on between the rival gangs of polltton All the details of these important matters years aga, Under the auspices of the Emperor | A Republicam Speech in Favor of Dis- Charlemagne, and circumstances similar to the present, it attained a pitch of grandeur which it never knew before, but which it might realise once again if it only adapted itself to altered times, instead of continuing the fossil of a dis- tant age and a decayed civilization. Meantime Napoleon will go on with or with- out the alliance of the Church, and France will go with him, no matter what churchmen may say or do. By the alternate use of diplomacy and arms and public opinion, the modern Cesar hopes to extend his conquésts over half the continent of Europe, from the Pyrennees to the solving tht Union. Last evening Wendell Phillips, the Cory-” pheus of the Garrisonian republicans, deli- vered another campaign speech in the neigh- boring City of Churches. A full report will be found in our columns to-day. It is true it was announced by advertisement in the newspapers and by placard that it would be a lecture; but it is evidently a stump speech in favor of the republican candidate, like the lectures of Cas- sius M. Clay, Abram Lincoln, Tom Corwin and Joshua R. Giddings. These men have been content with one oration; but not so Phillips, who has a wonderful hankering after Pillars of Hercules, from the maritime Alps to the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Danube, making the Mediterranean a French lake, while he yields to Russia the ascendency in the Baltic and the Black Sea. Such is the programme of Napoleon III. How far he may be able to car- ry it out will depend on circumstances; for, though he is bold and brave, he is cautious and wise, and the prowess of the warrior will be made subservient to the profound views of the statesman. But that France under the Ya- poleon dynasty is destined to advance and ex- tend her dominion, or be crushed by combina- tion, is as certain as that the old Roman empire proceeded from conquest to conquest, and swal- lowed up its neighbors, and grew into such New York and Brooklyn, where he has now made some three or four stump speeches, each more violent than that which preceded it He to make an impression on this State. It is the programme of the republican leaders to ope- rate, not in the decidedly republican States, but in the Middle and doubtfal commucities; hence New York is selected as one of the batile fields of the campaign, and Phillips and the rest are continually hovering about this city and Brooklyn uttering their hoarse and omni nous notes, like so many ravens. The speech of last evening was a plea or the dissolution of the Union. This is the natural tendency of all the republican more- ments and of the principles of the party, tut regards New England as safe, and his gameis | efficiency, and our interests may be safely left in their custody. The Fulton arrived at this port yesterday from Havre and Southampton, with European advices to the 7th inst., two days later than the accounts pro- viously received. The news is interesting. The question of the annexation of Savoy to France occupied the attention of the British Par- liament and press. The discussion in the House of Commons on this subject, a report of which we publish, shows that it is likely to be made a party question by the English politicians. No fresh documents relative to public affairs had dresses in this morning's Hera.p, Mr. Wendell Phillips delivered a lecture at the Brooklyn Athenwum last evening, before a large and enthusiastic audience, on the subject of the dissolution of the Union. A general row was anti- cipated, and a large force of police was on hand to quell it; but happily it did not come off. The lec- turer was introduced to the audience by Mr. Theo- dore Tilton, who made a brief explanatory speech. ‘Thera were very few prominent on the platform, the lecturer having scarce anybody besides Mr. Tilton to sup- port him. He was occasionally interrupted by » but on the whole his remarks were very rests which are continually imperilled in their transit through and intercourse with the Isthmus countries south of us, endeavored to secure this protection by treaty stipulation. With Nicaragua and Mexico he succeeded, and the treaties were laid before the Senate for ratification. Here, then, rises up the unpatri- otic and selfish spirit ef partisanship, and the black republican Senators band together on purely party grounds, and, rejecting the treaty with Nicaragua, even after having specially strieken out the clause authorizing the protec- tion has beenmever the result of British con- quest in India and elsewhere, and the island of Malta has been retained by England under precisely the same circumstances as those un- der which Napoleon now claims Savoy. It is necessary to France for the defence of-her eastern frontier; and, at the commencement of the Italian war, before the question was broached at all, we suggested the probability of the cession of Savoy to France in exchange for Sardinia’s acquisition of Italian territory by the aid of French arms. been promulgated by the French government. It is stated that as soon as the principles of the an- nexation of Savoy to France shall have been set- tied, the Great Powers will be invited to a Confe- rence to examine the reasons brought forward by France in favor of the project. From Austria we have reports of important go- vermental reforms. The Imperial Council is hence- forward to be composed of two different elements, ore proceeding from nominations avorably received. The weekly return of statistics of the public charitable institutions of the city, made to the Almshouse Governors, shows the number now un- der their care to be 8,048, a decrease of 151 for the past week. The number admitted during that time was 1,495, while those who died, were discharged, or transferred to other institutions, numbered 1,646, of whom 1,499 were discharged. Last evening, at the commencement of the law tion of our own citizens, threatened the pending one with Mexico with the same tate, because it admits and establishes the ‘same principtés, But the repub] cans now see the mistake they made, and, according to our telegraph de- spatch of last night, have had the Nicaragua treaty reconsidered. It is on the heels of these selfish party move- ments that the lightning flashes over the coun- But it is just because it is advantageous to France that the English tories, who hate and fear her, are opposed to the annexation. Nor is the feeling confined to Great Britain. The announcement of Napoleon’s intention to annex Savoy to the French empire has created great excitement among the crowned heads and feudal aristocracy of all Europe. They were seized with the same vague, undefined by the Emperor—most probably the princes of the Imperial house, the highest fanc- tionaries of the State, and other eminent per- fons besides; the other, proceeding from elections by the provincial representations, is to be formed, the difference in population being taken into ac- count with regard to the number allotted to each province, and the whole number of members of this description amounting to thirty-seven. The Council is to meet in May next. The sub- jects to be submitted to the Council are the deliberation and definite settlement of the Budget, control of accounts, all laws having force over the whole of the empire, all projects of laws proceeding from the provincial representative as- semblies, and any other subjects submitted by the Emperor's command. This isa step towards coa- stitutionalism, though, of course, a brief one. There is nothing of particular importa from Italy. It is stated, however, that Che Daon- compagni, the Gorernor General of Central Italy. has resigned his post. In the Marches agitation Still continued. The Belgian government is collecting material: whereby to form a judgment as to what changes in term of the New York University, the degree of Bachelor of Laws was conferred on twenty-four graduates, fifteen of whom were from this city. On Thursday evening last, a meeting was held at the Steuben Honse, to take st eps to oppose the Sundey law measure which passed both houses of the Legislature, and now awaits the confirmation of the Governor's signature. At the meeting a committee of two were appointed to await upon the Governor, and obtain if possible, his veto to the bill. Mr. Forst of the Demokrat, one of the committee, returned yesterday from Albany, and has some hopes that the Governor will veto the bill. The Governor stated that he would like to have the question of Sunday prohibition submitted to the people of New York city, in order that they might decide it by the ballot box; but as to-day is the last in which he can veto the bill, he will have to come to some determination in regard to it, e0 that his action will be looked forward to with considerable interest by the anti-Sunday prohi- bition party. The annexed table shows the temperature of the ata ere in this city daring the week ending March try the fact that our navy has captured and sent in as prizes the two corsair ships fitted up by Miramon at Havana, and sent from there to co-operate with his attack on Vera Cruz, With- out a port in the republic, a rebellious Gene- ral in the interior of the country sends a few hundred thousand dollars to Havana, and there subordinate officers of the most corrupt and bigotted court in Earope, in utter violation of the comity of nations, wink at the fitting out of two armed cruisers to vex the commerce of the Gulf. Mexico has not had a national ora merchant ship for years, nor, out of the canoe and bungo service of her shore lagoons and rivers, has she a single sailor. Yet in Havana, where every Spanish sailor is matriculated by the government, where authority is most des- potic, and no Spanish or foreign sailor can ship without a special permit from the pro- per officer, ever vigilant for his exces sive fee, a set of adventurers can fit out two armed steamers, whose crews must neces- terror at the commencement of the Italian war. ‘The German princes became alarmed lest their kingdoms and principalities should be annexed. Now the fear has extended even to England, and itis suggested that the French Emperor intends to. make the Alps and the Rhine his boundary, as the hand of nature has made them, and that he will annex the Rhenish provinces on the western bank of the river: No doubt this and much more is true, to a cer: tain extent. Napoleon will, if he can, make the Rhine the boundary of France, even to the ocean, taking in Rhenish Prussia, Belgium, and part of Holland. But he will not do so at the risk of a general war and the peril of his dynasty. He will bide his time, and avail himself of opportunities as they arise, to ex- tend his democratic empire founded on popu- lar rights. “The man of destiny” desires to imperialize the whole of Western and Central Europe, and to abolish every vestige of feudalism. This the commercial relations between France and Bel- Hip TaD Reo the bererietes end. Set arometer, the variation of wind currents, and the state of the weather at three periods during each day, viz: st 9 A. M., and 3 and 9 o’clock P. M. gium are to be anticipated from the new Anglo- French treaty, and what reforms of the Belgiaa as well as French tariff are called for to meet the case. The object is evidently to propose a com- mercial treaty between France and Belgiom. There isno news from the seat of warin Mo- rocco. A meeting of the proprietors of the Great East- ern had been held in London, at which a motion tow increase the capital of the company £100,000 was adopted. bed \ In London the funds were apparently but little affected by the Parliamentary debates on the Bayoy question. Consolg on the 6th were quoted | at 94} a 94f. The Liverpool American produce markets ex- hibited no material change from previous reports. | Cotton and breadstuffs continued dali. The steamship Circassian, from Galway, March , via St. Johns, Newfoundland, arrived at this | port this morning. The Fulton brings advices from Australia, dated | s fat Melbourne on the 17th and Adelaide on the 18th Sstarday—Morping clear, afternoon overcast, night clon roast, afternoon cloudy, night fog. ing the question of the defences of the colony in | were irregelar. The salesembraced about 1,000 bales, case of invasion, and opinion was strongly in favor | closing tamely on the basis of quotations given in another Of retaining the regular troops already statloncd | column. The recelpts at the ports since the Ist of Sep- there. The yield of gold for 1859 exhibited a con- | “mber last have reached 3,808,000 bales, against 3,110,- siderable decrease as compared with previous | 0 for the same period in 1850, 2,245,000 in 1855, The cotton market yesterday continued heavy, and j of January. The Colonial Parliament wore discuss- | especially for the inferior and common grades, which | years, but it was believed that 1860 would show a | *' *°8,000 im 1867. The exports bave reached sarily be Spaniards, and whose only stimulus can be the hope of plunder of any honest trader that might attempt to break their self authorized and self established blockade, The course of the authorities of Cuba in this matter is on a par with their old time winkings at the outfitting pirates of the Gulf, which made the shores of Cuba a terror to every sailor, aud its ports the paradise of pirates, until our own gallant little navy broke up their hauots and burnt their cruisers on the sea and their cabins on the land. The immediate influences which have led to the capture of the Mexican corssirs may be found in the patriotic efforts of Mr. Buchanan to secure respect for our flag aud safety for our citizens, and the antecedents of Miramon Animated by the example of the President, the gallant officers of our navy have seen that their efforts for the security of our citizens and our ships would not be censured by a timid policy at Washington. When Miramon adranced on Vera Cruz, Captain Turner went to his head quarters at Medellin to ask if @he lives and property of American citizens would be re- epected. It is not known what reply he received, but the tenor of that reply can easily be drawn from the antecedents of the rebél’ ‘eader with whom he conferred. The man that was the policy of the elder Napoleon, and it is the mission of “the nephew of his uncle.” Hence the fears of the surrounding govern- ments, And this will be always so with Ku- rope while the Napoleon dynasty exists. France is its terror, as Rome was of old. Like the Roman empire, France, from its central po- sition, its warlike character and its high civili- zation, is destined to absorb the contiguous nations, or to fall beneath their allied arms, It must either go on, sten Ly sep, hading to its territory and éxténding its civilization, or it must be wiped out. It cannot stand still, It has too much vigor and energy and vitality to vegetate and rot by slow degrees, like the effete nations in its vicinity. In this respect it is like our own republic, whoze fate itis, if the Union lasts, to extend the area of its civiliza- tioa over the whole of North America, or, like Russia, the other great Power of Europe, whose career of conquest ard annexation in the east is identical with that of France in the west. To swallow up the whole of this continent and its islands is the mani- fest destiny of the United States. To divide all Europe between ‘them, and meet in the centre, is the policy of Russia and France, the tendency of their onward march. Seede tactbdil; WA’ Aik Aoeiadbie Sale. sont. t0 2,195,000, ogainst 1,768,000 im 1859, 1,820,000 in 1853, and commence operations, with improved machinery and other appliances for getting out ore. We have accounts from Buenos Ayres to the 27th of January, and from Rio Janeiro to the Sth lt. The conclusion of peace between Buenos Ayresand the Argentine Confederation had pro: Gaced a very beneficial effect upon commercial af faire. Money was plentiful, and trade was rapiily Reviving. The election had resulted in the triumph of the liberal party, who were favorable to mats- rial progress in all departments. Brazil continued ther hostile preparations in the South, and it was | not improbable that Paraguay, Uraguay and the | 1,467,000 in 1857. The stock om hand amounted to 1,036,- 000 bales, against $96,000 im 1859, 800,000 in 1858, and 650,000 in 1857. The dour market exhibited rather more spirit, and with a fair inquiry there was more doing. For particulars we rofer to another head. ‘Wheat was inactive and sales quite limited. Corn was heavy end transactions moderate. Pork was in limited request, wih sales of new mess at $17 $725 & $17 93%, and of new prime at 14 50.0 $14 625g. Sugars more firm, and moro active; sales of about 1,600 hhi’s, and 1,000 boxes were made, on terms given elsewhere. Coffee was firmly hold; a small lot of Ris sold at 133¢0. a Ie; the stock of Rio embraced 5,026 bags, 27,800 mats, and 126 bags Java, and including Ceylon, Maracaibo, and lots of other kinds, the stock ag- Confederation would unite against her. We learn, by a despatch from New Orleans, tha; | gregated 44,680 packages. Freights were Srm, with a | fair amount of ergegements at steady rates, Each of these great nations has a civilization and a distinctive religion of its own. The Americans have their Bible and their Protestant religion, though without compulsion; the Rus- sians their Greek Church, and the French the grand ritual of the; Church of Rome. Like a young giant refreshed with wine, France buckles on its armor to fulfil its destiny, under the sway of iis Emperor, Napoleon III, the only man who, since Napoleon I, under- stood the people or cultivated their genius. Their aspirations are for extended empire, and their ruler has the sagacity to see that the most effectual means to that end is to advocate in- dependent nationalities, and champion the has riven every American citizen from the clty of Mexico, after plundering them in every shape; that hunted our former Minister from the capital; that countenanced the assassinations of Duval at Tacubaya and Chase at Tepic, and re- warded their murderers; that drove our old and honored Consul, Mr. Black, into.a hiding place by a decree of banishment, and that has taken every occasion, public or private, to show his hatred of the American name—from such a man Captain Tarner could not obtain any very satisfactory guarantee for the lives and property of our countrymen, and on re- turning to his ehip the gallant navy took the giant proportions that it fell at last by its own weight. \ ‘What's the News? Since journalism has become something like what it ought to be, the news market, foreign and domestic, has never been more active than it is at this moment, Almost every day we are able to lay before our readers a budget of in- telligence of the greatest importance. Indeed, so accustomed has the public become to look for its diurnal astonisher, that it has almost ceased to be shocked or surprised at anything. An earthquake, a war, a great battle, a steam- boat explosion, a terrific conflagration, a money panic, a budget of murders, elopements and crimes or misdemeanors satisfy the hunger of the news-cravers only for¢he moment, and they all cry out, what next? Tell us, they cry, what ia going to happen to-morrow, or next week, or next month. Tell the Wall street man that the Bank of England has advanced the rates of discount, or that consols have gone down five per cent, or that the Bourse has had a tumble, and he gays, “ Well, what next?” Inform the general reader that the French Emperor has seized Savoy, and thinks of giving the Pope power over the Romagna, after all; that the distinguished representative of the Five Points is a great lion among the English bruisers; that the Commodore of the Gulf squadron has taken two of Miramon’s ships; that a grand foray into Mexico is contemplated, and even initiated at Galveston and New Orleans; that it is more than probable that Sam Houston will, before long, cross the Rio Grande at the head of some thousands of stout fellows who have not for- gotten the Alamo, and the only reply is, after the Turkish manner of answering a question, What next? Under all the circumstances, this inquiry is a very natural one. Stirring and interesting as the daily news undoubtedly is, that which is yet to come will overshadow it. There will be no lack of mental food at the breakfast table for some time to come. There will be some- thing for every taste—dishes spiced to suit all palates. The most interesting event of the day is of course the fight for the champignship, through which the redoubtable Mr. Sayers and the ado- lescent son of Benicia are to settle, at once and forever, the disputed question as to the relative merits of the British Lion and the Bird of Free- dom. There is more talk about the great fight be- tween Heenan and Sayers than there was about the taking of the Malakoff. Next to that comes the Savoy question, and the final decision as to the business affairs of the Holy Father. Then there is some natural curiosity as 40 who will be the next President of the United States, and what will be the next news from Charleston and Chicago. The ladies look anxiously for the Puris fashions, and are exercised in their minds upon the awful question of bonnets—whether they are to be of the thorougis: coal-scuttle fashion, or only a mild form of poke. The Japan mission, too, has its interest for the mar- tiageable belles, who, remembering the dia- mond wedding, think that an alliance with a high functionary of the court at Jeddo might be a very good thing to do. The old ladies are looking out for the result of the’ French and English expedition against China, and wonder- ing whether it will have any effect upon the price of Souchong. The filibusters look with longing eyes towards Cuba and Nicaragua, and the politicians speculate as to the effect of the Mexican troubles upon the wires laid for Charleston. They fear that things may work in Texas so. a8 to make Sam Houston the man before all other men for Charleston. Then all the gold hunters are anxious to ascertain about the new mines lately discovered in Utah, and everybody wonders what will finally become ofthe Mormons, The merchants are quite easy about the spring trade, but wonder what it will ve in the fall. The great local question as to she exact market price of Aldermen has not been settled, nor has it been definitely ar- ranged how far a Congressman or an officer of the House can disgrace the: country’ without being kicked out of its legislative halls, There fs some interest, too, in the fight it is only the ection of it to which Mr. Phillipa belongs that avows that purpose, The party is divided into three sections, all having fhe’ abolition of slavery as their grand and can- mon object, but each seeking it by a differmt means, The extreme section is willing to sc- compapy the most moderate as far as it ges, or rather continually leads the way, and firds the others at its heels, The most moderste section of the republican party is now whire the extreme section formerly stood, and it will soon be where the extreme section atands new. The extreme section, and the original one, which is now in existence thirty years, is known as the Garrisonian; and the leader—the facile princeps—is Wendell Phillips, who brings brilliant eloquence’ and the eu- dition and polished style of the classical cholar to the aid of political fanaticism. He execrates the constitution, and considers it a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. He advises “the tearing up of the parch- ment,” and the dissolution of the Union. He says that Washington and Jefferson, and the rest who made the Union and the constitution, were good men and abolitionists, but did not see the effect of the instrument they drew up; consequently they must have been fools. And, then, does it not sound rather strange to tall theee two great men abolitionists, who wre slaveholders to the day of their death? He draws a horrible picture of slavery—a pictare which has no existence but in his own monid imagination—and yet he calls those men giod who engrafted it into the constitution and tld slaves themeelves while they lived. His mde of getting rid of slavery is by abolishingthe Union which protects it; for he says it cald not exist without that protection. But his Utopian visionary, who quotes Bacon, Bentham and Carlyle, but never consults common seise, forgets to propose any substitute for the Unbn, or to tell us how, when disunited, the Stites Will be saved from a war of mutual destructon, crfrom becoming one by one the prey ofthe great Powers of Europe. The sentiments of John Brown, Phillips ind their eection are suited to the region of Jew England. The sentiments of Seward, Ired Douglass and their section are more modcate and mose congenial to New York State, and while the black apostle is propagating his opinions in Englawd, and raising the simws of war, the white prophet of the higher lav is instilling his ideas at Washington. The ioc- trine of this section is: that the constitdion does not support slavery, and that the Usion should be maintained; for, if dissolved, thefree States would have no more influence over the slaye States than they would have over Ciba; whereas, if the Union were upbeld, and th rcs publicans gained the ascendency, the Union might, in the language of the black Dougass, be “rendered a mighty instrament for th) de- struction of slavery, root and branch.” Mr. Seward’s idea is to abolish slavery in the Southern States through the operition of the constitution, by getting possession of the government, filling the offices with republitans, especially in the Supreme Court of the Usited States, who would thus reverse the Dred Scott decision, and liberate every slave under hibeas corpus—the decisions of the Court to be sus- tained by the whole power of the army, in- creascd to a force which would strike terror. Phillips calls Seward the ablest statesman of the age, the representative man, and yet cen- sures him becanse he does not go far enough. The censure is mere gammon, for the section of Phillips and Garrison will all vote for Seward. The third section of the republican party are the free soilers, who ly. belong to the Western States, and have a holy horror of negroes, and do mot think them at all equal to Anglo-Saxons, while the New Eng- land republicans think them rather bet- ter than white men, and the Seward section fully equal. The idea of this third section isto prevent the extension of slavery into the Western Territories, merely because, they do not like to see negroes with white men. But though at present tley do not propose to interfere with slavery in the South- ern States, they will soon he where Seward ia