The New York Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1860, Page 6

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Stuart, 10 street, Tansing, Baldwin & Oo., 21 rue Corneille. De Chapeauronge & Co. Havas. Hamuors. ‘The contents of the Evrorgan Enron or ras HkRaup will combine the news received by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week and up to the hour of publication. The News. By the arrival of the Niagara’s mails, and the Prince Albert at St. Johns, N.F., we have details of European news to the 25th, and a telegraphic summary of advices to the 31st ult. An interesting compilation of the news is given in to-day’s paper. It was announced in the British Parliament that the San Juan question was approaching a settle- ment. The Atlantic Telegraph Company had de- termined to make an effort to restore the tele- graphic cable. The Pope has issued an act of excommunication against all who counselled the alienation of the Ro- magna from the Holy See, and had protested against the annexation of the Legations to Sardinia. The Savoy question continued to create con" siderable agitation in Switzerland. The war between Spain and Morocco has proba- bly ended. The preliminaries of a treaty of peace between the two Powers are published. The London money market was rather tight, and an advance of the rate of interest was contem- plated by the Bank. Consols on the 3ist were quoted at 94a 94} for both money and account. The Paris Bourse was considerably agitated, and prices had declined. American securities had un" dergone no change. The Liverpool cotton market was very dull, and ‘8 deoline of one-eighth of a penny on the inferior qualities is reported. Breadstuffs were dull, and previously reported rates barely maintained. The Anglo-Saxon, which left Liverpool on. the 28th and Queenstown on the 29th ult., arrived at Portland last evening. Capt. Paddock, of the brig Martha Kendall, ar- rived at Gibraltar 11th ult., reports that he saw to the westward of Cape Spartel the bark Mystery, of Boston, and bark Northwood, of New York, both bound east; also that it was blowing very fresh from the east, and could not beat through the Straits, s0 they stood in under Spartel for shelter, and were fired into twice from the coast of Mo- rocco. In another column will be found details of news from San Francisco up to the 20th ult., per steamer Sonora to Panama, and thence to this port by the steamer North Star, which arrived early yes- | terday morning. The excitement at San Fran. | cisco and other parts of California, in regard to the | silver ore discoveries at Washoe, Mono Lake and | Walker Lake, in Western Utah, still continued, and thousands of adventurers were migrating to the dig- gings. The statements in regard to the richaess of the ore, and the extent of the discoveries, were the subject of many contradictory newspaper reports. A violent shock of an earthquake was felt on the | 15th ult. in nearly the entire length and breadth of California, extending to Carson Valley, in Western | Utah. Dennis Mahony, convicted of murder, was executed at Mariposa on the 7th ult. St. Patrick’s | day was celebrated in San Francisco by a civic and | military procession, religious services and a grand concertin the evening. An incident occurred, how- ever, which marred the occasion, from the fact that some evil disposed person or persons hung an effigy | of St. Patrick on the liberty pole in the Plaza. The | Irish populace got indignant at the gross insult | offered them, and thereupon cut the pole down. =| When the Sonora left San Francisco, the officers and crew of the Japanese corvette Candinmarruh, | which arrived at that port from Japan on the 17th | ult., we: e being lionized by the citizens, and salutes, | dinners <c., were the order of the day. Inanother | Colum ill be found a detailed account of the | voyage: ‘he Candinmarruh, scenes on board, the | Admiro'~ visit to San Francisco, and proceedings | a ir \where Governor Downey welcomed | e dis). ~ushed visiters, The Japanese were a little sur} si-d at the lack of ostentation in their re- ception. I: is stated that the Japanese corvette is a present from the Emperor of Japan to Presi- | dent Buchazwn. The Japanese ambassadora in the steamer Powhatan were hourly expected at San Francisco. By the North Star we have received our usual | South snd Central American files and correspon- | dence. The uews is not important. The mining | news from Chile continues to grow even -more favorable. A vessel bound to the Sandwich Islands, with United States despatches on board, is re- ported to have foundered at sea. - The officer in charge of the despatches is among those who were saved. In Peru the fall of President Castilla was hourly looked for. War with Bolivia appeared leas probeble. The New Granadian government have refused permission to the Chiriqui Company to construct a railroad acrogs the Isthmus, alleging a violation of their contract as a cause. Our St. Domingo correspondence is to the Sth ult. The letters are filled with ‘complaints of French and Spanish influence in the government of the republic, and the contempt with which United States interests are treated. Commercially there is little or no The tobacco crop in the neighborhood of Santiago will, it is supposed, be short sbout one half. The health of the country was good, In Congress yesterday the Senate passed a bill providing for the extension of the period in which Oregon can locate certain grants of land. Mr. Sumner presented a memorial from Frank B, Sanborn, the individual who resisted the United States officers in Massachusetts recently, and whose case is so fresh in the minds of our readers that further reference to it at this time is unnecessary. Sanborn asks for redress at the hands of the Senate. The memorial was laid on the table. The Home- stead bill was then taken up, and a discussion en- sued upon the everlasting slavery question, in which Messrs. Doolittle, Mason, Chestnut and others took part. In the House Mr. Taylor, from the Judiciary Committee, presented a minority report on the President's protesting message, sustaining the position of the President. The bill for the admission of Kansas into the Union was then taken up and debated till the adjournment. A vote on the bill will probably be taken today. The news from Albany is interesting, but we have not space foran extended reference to the Legislative proceedings. Our special despatches and reports give the details. The Senate in ex- ecutive session confirmed the apointment of Messrs Amos Pilsbury, James Bowen and John G. Bergen as Police Commissioners under the amended Police act. It is stated that John A. Kennedy will, in all probability, be appointed General Superintendent of the force by the new commission. At the meeting of the Board of Almshouse Go- vernors last evening, a communication was re- ceived from Dr. Winslow Lewis, of the Ranesford Institution, transmitting a letter from the directors ofthat institution, intimating their intention of visit- ing our public institutions. The report of the Commit- tee on Randall's Island, on the enlargement of that institution, originated a warm discussion. The committee recommended an additional expense of $3,750, and the report was finally adopted. The contract for the plumbing work on the new Island Hospital was awarded to Dowdney & Fitch, for $5,300. The number in the Institutions at present is 7,870—a decrease of 151 for the week. A special meeting of the representatives of the New York Fire Department was held last night in Firemen’s , Mercer street. Mr. Wm. Miller, of Hose Company No. 14; Mr. Daniel Curry, of Hose Company No. 30; Mr. Wm. Brandon, of Hook and Ladder No.1, and Mr. John Downey, of Engine Company No. 34, were elected to serve as Fire Wardens for a term of three years. The election for municipal officers in Albany yes- terday resulted in the success of the democratic candidate. Ata meeting of the Geographical and Statistical Bociety last evening, Dr. Hayes, the Arctic voy- ager, made an interesting statement relative to his contemplated voyage to the Polar regions. A re- port is given in another column, ‘The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 4,000 bales, including # portion in transit. We continue to quote prices steady on the basis of 113¢c. for middling uplands. Flour was more active and prices were firmer. Among the transactions were some purchases for export. ‘Wheat took a decidedly more active turn, while there was ‘good export demand. The gales footed up about 75,000 bushels, included in which were 25,000 bushels Milwau- kee club for export at $1 25, and some lots sold at $1 24; the remainder, composed chiefly of Chicago spring, sold at $120a$1 22. Corn was firm and in good demand, with sales of Jersey white at 76c., Western mixed at 753<c., Jersey and Southern yellow at 75}4c. a 763¢c.,and South- ern white at 77¢. a 80c. Rye sold at 80c. a 82c. for State. Pork was dull, with moderate sales of new mess at $17 65 a$17 75, andof new prime sm $14 1234, Beef and lard were steady. Sugars were in fair demand, with sales of 600 a 700 bhds. within the range of prices given in an- other column. ' Coffee was firm, with small sales of Rio, Laguayra and Maracaibo, at rates given elsewhere. There was more doing im freights, and especially for English ports, Among the engagements were 50,0004 60,000 bushels corn and wheat to Liverpool, in bulk and in ships’ bags, at 5d. a:6d.,and 600 bbls. flour were taken for London at 2s, There were also going forward pretty freely cheese and other provisions. Highly Important from Earope—The Swiss War Movement. We learn from excellent authority in Paris, that shortly-previous to the departure of the mails for the Niagara, the French government received advices that the Swiss republic had ordered troops into Chablais and Faucigny. Subsequent advices by the Prince Albert indi- cate that these orders had been counter- manded, but that Switzerland continued to protest energetically against the annexation of these provinces by France, and that a Euro- pean Congress would probably be called to consider the question. This isa hostile atttitude that is full of import, and unless the ‘difficulties it involves are han- dled with tact and moderation by both parties, it may be the spark that will kindle a general warin Europe. The Swiss republic is nota European Power that could venture, unaided, to provoke a war with France on technical points of treaty interpretation, and its past history shows that it has ever been more dis- posed to temporise, in all its difficulties, than by any unwise act of energy to incite hostile feelings against itself. We must conclude, therefore, that it has been stimulated to this act by some of the great Powers, who are con- templating with distrust the successful march of the Napoleonic policy and ideas. It is well known that the course of Louis Napoleon is awakening serious alarm among the old dynas- ties of the Continent and the tory party in England, and a cursory review of his career will show the ground on which this distrust is founded. The first great act of his policy, after attain- ing power in France, was to establish the en- tente cordiale with England, and thus separate British support from the Continental influences that have been opposed to the Napoleonic ideas ever since they first dawned upon the world. His uncle strove for a long time to ac- complish the same friendship with England, but utterly failed, through the hostility of the old aristocratic tory party. When the present Emperor attained this object his next step was to drive the power of Russia back to its fast- nesses on the banks of the Volga. For this purpoee he dragged England into the Crimean war, and as soon as the prestige of Russia was broken he made peace, notwithstanding that England wished to continue the war, in order to retrieve her military reputation, which had been seriously damsged by her evident clumsi- ness as a military Power. The peace of Paris left many old European convictions sadly shaken. Russia, with diminished prestige, a Te eT en YE LN en ee ee een Nee e NEW. YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1860—TRIPLE SHEET, Austria, and was forced to disown her generally credited intent to push her bounda- ries to the Dardanelles. The French and British troops had stood side by side for eleven months before Sebastopol, and the con- trast had effaced the moral impression made by Waterloo. These great objects having been achieved by Louis Napoleon, an interval of peace succeeded, in which he prepared his coup. This was as- sisted by the rankling between Russia and Austyia, and the latter Power was selected as the next to feel the developement of the Na- poleonic policy. For nearly a year diplomacy atrove to parry the stroke; but the New Year of 1859 opened with the famous words of ill omen at the imperial reception. Diplomacy renewed and increased its efforta to prevent the war, but the campaign in Italy ended with the humbling of Austria at Solferino. The peace of Villafranca burst upon Europe at the very moment when the Continental dynasties ana the English tories hoped to accomplish their desired antl-Napoleonic coalition, andit was re- ceived by them with unmistakable evidences of dissatisfaction. Following up the Napoleonic idea, Louis Napoleon pursued the policy that his uncle adopted, when, in violation of the ex- press orders of the French Directory, he made the treaty of May 15, 1796, recognising the in- dependent existence of the kingdom of Sardinia, and annexing to the republic only the provinces of Savoy and Nice to the highest ridge of the Alps. It was his policy to create allies and not enemies in Italy, and Louis Napoleon has obeyed it to the letter in the erection of a great Italian kingdom, which revives for the first time in fif- teen centuries Italian union, nationality and independence, and binds it irrevocably to the destiny of the Napoleonic dynasty. The success which has thus far attended him in developing the Napoleonic ideas has not only alarmed the supporters of the old theories, but it had in a measure alienated England from her cordial understanding with France. The danger of the old coalition loomed up, when suddenly Europe was startled with the an- nouncement that Louis Napoleon had made a commercial treaty with England, and, throwing overboard all the time-honored fiscal policy of France, effected a practical alliance between the Napoleonic ideas and the commerce of the world. This unexpected stroke of pelicy not only re-establishes the entente cordiale, but it secures its future permanence in the increase of those material and industrial relations be. tween the two countries, which, being left to their own free developement, will soon defy the power of ministers and cabinets to break them. To-day Louis Napoleon confronts the old dynasties of Europe, as the autocratic ally of the European democracy. He bases his power on the principle of “satisfied nationalities,” expressed by universal suffrage, and this is a direct menace to the theories and prac- tices of all the old dynasties, which claim to rule by divine right, and through that deprive the great mass of the people of all intervention in their own government. The year 1860 opens with his attainment of two allies—the new nationality of Italy, and the new era of commerce with England and the world—which only require time, and perhaps a short period will suffice to cement them, and enable them to give to the Napoleonic policy a@ support which no sceptre can break. In these proceedings we see the gradual progress of Europe in democratic developement, and the coming fall of its old and rotten thrones and aristocracies, The philosophic minds of Europe see this, too, and the sudden arrange- ment of the commercial treaty with England and efforts to renew the entente cordiale indi- cate that Louis Napoleon perceives a rising danger which is not yet evident to the public eye. It cannot escape the attention of the other Powers, that the longer time they suffer to cement the new Napoleonic alliances, the greater will be the forces brought to bear against them. Switzerland has never had any policy of her own, and, nominally a republic, has existed merely through sufferance, till her name has become synonymous throughout the world with that of tool or instrument, ready for every purpose. In the contemplated movement of her troops into the provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, to which she never claimed a right of possession, she is evidently acting under pressure fromsome of the great Powers, whose design is to bring about a gene- ralwar before Louis Napoleon has had time to cement his new alliances. Logically con- sidered, an early genera) war presents the only hope of stopping the march of the Napoleonic policy, and of reinscribing upon the charter of Europe the once stipulated exclusion of the Napoleonic dynasty from the throne of France. ConGRresstoNaL AMENITIES.—We are rejoiced to perceive that the press of the country, irre- spective of party, is taking up and reproving in the most earnest terms the disgraceful per- sonalities of which the halls of Congress are daily made the theatre. In the history of no deliberative body that we know of are such scenes of unmitigated blackguardism to be met with. In the worst days of the National Convention of France, in the heated discus- sions of the National Assembly following on the deposition of Louis Philippe, in the angry debates in the Irish House of Commons which preceded the Union, and, in short, in all the most violent parliamentary conflicts on record, there has never been witnessed anything equal to the low bred violence and ruffianism of the conduct of our national representatives. The spectacle of men in their position flinging the lie in each other’s faces, shaking their fists at each other in public debate, and dropping pis- tols from their pockets for the purpose of intimidation, is one that may be in keeping with such a locality as the Five Points, but surely not with the halls of the federal legislature. Weeare not whether such displays are made by Northern fanatics or Southern bullies, or what the nature of the provocation may have been, they are equally: disgracefi:! and reprehensible. To find the press geucrally, without reference to party, uniting in its condemnation of such proceed- ings, isa healthy eign, and gives us hope that public opinion will be enabled to effect a re- formation in the manners and habits of the men who have the fair fame and credit of thecountry in their keeping. Until argument is substituted for violence, and decency of demeanor for the swagger of the prize ring and cock pit, we des- pair of the national representation rising to the level of the deliberative assemblies of other countries. A Oneo for the Hi ‘The English journals seldom lose an oppor- tunity of flingisg in our faces the severities charged against the officers of our mercantile marine. We recently took occasion to show that the harsh treatment occasionally com- plained of by our sailors is owing more to the faulty system of manning our merchant ships than to a tyrammical or cruel despotism on the part of American shipmasters. There are but few men placed in a position of so much re- sponsibility who will resort to harsh measures if they can help it. The source of the evil lies, a8 we have stated, in a system which gives to the captains of vessels crews that can only be acted upon by terrorism. They are the very scum and refuse of the service, and are palmed off on shipowners by the boarding- house keepers and land sharks who make a livelihood out of the advance wages paid to the sailor, Admitting, for argument sake, that all the reproaches cast on our commercial marine are well founded, there are other sins which hap- pily cannot be laid to its account. We hear of no complaints that the food of our sailors is bad or insufficient, or that their bodily health is not sufficiently cared for This cannot be said of the English merchant service; in none other that we know of are sanitary precautions more neglected, and the health and comfort of the sailor rendered more subordinate to the thirst of gain. Could the statistics of disease from these causes be col- lected from the two countries, it is certain that ours would contrast favorably with those of the British marine, both naval and commercial. A case is just now exciting a storm of indignation in England, which, but for some peculiar features mixed up with it, would probably have attracted as little attention as the equally culpable instances of inhumanity and disregard of life which are constantly occurring on board Eng- lish vessels. The ship Great Tasmanis sailed from Calcutta on the 9th of November last with 935 men, a portion of the disbanded troops of the East India Company, on board. During the Crimean war this vessel had been used fre- quently as a troop ship, and was also employed to take out in single voyages about a thousand men to Corfu, and nearly the same num- ber to the Mauritius. Of her capaci- ty of accommodation for such crowds of human beings, some idea may be formed from the fact that, having been once chartered as a government emigration ship, the number of her passengers was restricted to four hundred. Where this regulation was deemed necessary the presumption is that the utmost care would have been taken to provide against the consequences of packing into the vessel more than double the quantity of pas- sengers permitted under the emigration rules. ‘What were the facts? The ventilating appara- tus supplied by government was never once used during the voyage; the biscuit was so bad that about 32,000 pounds of it had to be thrown overboard; the beef and beer were of the worst kind, and a portion of them had to be disposed of in a similar manner; the water was black and sometimes rusty, and the lime juice was unfit to drink. But this was not all: only ten blankets had heen served out by the Madras government for hospital use on board; so "that, superadded to the maladies caused by un- wholesome provisions and bad ventila- tion, the patients suffered dreadfully from cold. Under such circumstances it was not surprising that when the ship ar- rived at St. Helena nearly the whole of the troops should be sick of dysentery and scurvy. On touching there the number report- ed on the doctor’s list was 892, and between that time and the arrival of the vessel in the Mersey the total number of deaths was upwards of fifty. Several have since died in the Liver- pool workhouse, and to the eternal disgrace of the local authorities be it added, that amongst the unfortunates who have been thrown help- less invalids into that institution are to be found scores of that gallant band, five hundred and eighty-four of whom had fought and put to the rout thirteen thousand rebels on the plains of Agra, a feat Lord Ellenborough de- clared, in the House of Peers, to be without a parallel in the annals of warfare. Here is a single case, which, in revolting in- humanity and recklessness of life, outweighs all the complaints that have been accumulated against the officersof ourmerchantshipe. They are the more inexcusable from the fact that the government authorities in India are directly responsible for them, and could have pre- vented them by the exercise of a little care. The coroner’s jury have found that the provisions supplied by the government as stores for the troops were bad and unfit for human food, and that the captain and officers of the ship were entirely free from blame. One of the worst features of the case is, how- ever, in our opinion, that of the home govern- ment allowing the gallant men who served their country so heroically on the battle field of Agra to drag out the few remaining days of their existence on the hard pallets and hard fare of a common workhouse. The ingratitude of such conduct is only to be equalled by the criminal neglect which sacrificed lives so valu- able. Let British philanthropists talk to us after this of the horrors of Southern slavery and the atrocities of American sea captains. Whatever else may be charged against us, we at least take care of our sick negroes and give wholesome rations to our soldiers and sailors. OvrracEous Conpuct oF THE ALDERMEN.— We see that the Board of Aldermen has re. jected another nomination for the office of Pre- sident of the Croton Water Board. Therejected candidate in this last instance is Mr. Thomas Addis Emmet, perhaps the best nomination among about half a dozen that has yet been made for that office. Mr. Emmet is a man of high character, and has led a pure and blame- less life. Heis a quiet citizen, and not by any méans a partisan in politics. His rejection by the Aldermen proves very clearly that all the left-handed compliments which have been paid to that body were quite true, and that more might have been said. In the case of Mr. Em- met they have a man who is every way worthy to discharge the duties of the very important office for which he has been nominated, and yet they reject him for factions reasons, and to gratify some petty spite. The Aldermen quite ignore the fact that the inquiries they should make before confirming a nominee are those put by Mr. Jefferson—is heshonest? is he faith- ful? is he capable? is he efticient? The only question the Solons of the City Hall ask is, will he help us to pocket the spoils and provide for him, because they know that he cannot be used for their purposes. How long will the tax- payers of New York permit such things to go ont Trovsies or ras New Yorx Democracy.— As the time for the meeting of the Charleston Convention approaches, the contest between the contending factions of the New York demo- cracy grows hotter and hotter, and the final. explosion promises to be terrific. The expo- nents of the two unterrified cliques—the Albany Atlas-Argus, the organ of the Confidence Casei- dy, Cagger & Co. faction, and the News, the mouthpiece of Wood and Mozart Hall—display a greatdeal of nervousness as to the fate of their friends at Charleston. As usual, the State of New York will send two complete delegations to the Convention. Each delega- tion will claim to be the only Simon-pure- | Original-Jacobs article, Each set declares that 8 bolt would regult should the Convention take | in one delegation and leave the other out in | the cold. The practice of the conventions of 1852 and 1856, when the democracy of this | State sent two delegations, was to divide the seats equally between the contestants, the dele- gates themselves electing from their own num- ber the persons who served. The National Convention never pretended to decide as to the merits of the family quarrela among the New York democracy; it only patched up the difficulty for the time being. Therein the Con- vention displayed a degree of solid common sense which was eminently refreshing. But, whether or not the compromise system is adopted, the quarrels now raging here, and to be transferred to South Carolina, will have one certain effect, and that will be to break down all the party candidates for the Presi- dency in this State. Both Mr. Horatio Sey- mour, the Magnus Apollo of the Cassidy clique, and the Sage’of Binghamton, Mr. Dick- inson, are left entirely in the shade. The lat- ter was induced to abandon his Mozart Hall friends by the superior tactics of the Albany Regency, and the result of the movement was profanely but tersely summed up by Dean Rich- mond, who said in Wall street, in reply toa query by a friend, “We’ve got that damned old fool of Binghamton all right,” meaning that he was killed entirely The Regency was strongly in favor of Seymour, and went about Dickinson to slaughterhim. But all their plans are naught. No New York candidate will have any strength at Charleston, unless it might be General Wool, who has not been mixed up in any of the party quarrels. Neither can the voice of the delegates from this State initiate. a movement in favor of any candidate. All the New Yorkers can do will be to help to swell the vote forthe happy man, whoever he may be, and they will have a fine opportunity to exercise their perceptive faculties in endea- voring to find who he will be in advance, so that they may be early in the field. Notwithstanding all these facts, beth delega- tions will go to Charleston, each with as high sense of its own consequence as it the demo- cracy of the Empire State was quite harmo- nious and New York entirely safe for the Charleston nominee. The truth is, however, that whatever may be the action of the Con- vention on the New York quarrels, the State will have no influence in the national councils of the party. And if there should be a bolt— (such things are threatened much oftener than they come to pass)—why, then there will be a great sale of old political furniture at Bleeck- er’s on the next day afterwards. Five or THE Rar.Roap Gripmons Passep THE Senate—Five of the gridiron railroad bills passed the Senate yesterday by large majori- ties, and without amendments. As these bills obtained the vote of the Assembly previously, they now only await the Governor’s signature to consummate this base swindle upon the city of New York. Itis said that Governor Mor- gan will veto them, upon the grounds that they do not provide for the roads being built at any specified time. He would be fully justified in doing so, because, although more railroads are needed in the city, these bills do not, in fact, supply them—they merely give the right to cer- tain individuals to construct them when they please, and prohibit all others from running railroad lines through the streets embraced in the several bills, however much they may be required. We are therefore left entirely at the mercy of a set of speculators, to put the roads in operation or not, as suits themselves, But we think there are broader grounds upon which the Governor might base his veto. These gridiron schemes are nothing more than an infamous robbery of the rights of this me- tropolis. The Legislature has no legitimate authority to make away with them, and Gov- ernor Morgan would be fully sustained by popular approbation in refusing to approve of them. In any event, however, a veto, we fear, will not defeat these shameful jobs; for the same corrupt influences which got them successfally through both houses will doubtless pass them over the Governor's veto. Neither jus- tice nor decency can stem the foul tide of cor- ruption and fraud which sweeps over the pre- sent Albany Legislature. Frivervations or Reat. Estate iy Tae Crry,— A material revolution in the value of real estate in this city has been going on for some time. The different locations of trade have varied so much within the last twenty-five years that Property in portions of the city which at that time, and even within ten years or less, bore a high valuation, has considerably fallen off, while that in other portions has acquired an advanced value. Thus, for example, real estate is advancing in price very much between Chambers street and Union square—above that Point the increase is not so marked—but pro- perty below Chambers street is decidedly de- clining. Asacase in point, we have the fact that the assessors valued the American Museum, at the corner of Broadway and Ann street, at $185,000 on the assesement roll for 1860, and Mr. Barnum has protested against thevaluation as too high. He states that Jt is not worth more than $125,000 at most, and he has accordingly filed the following protest in the Assessor's oes i Taxme ASSESSMENTS: To THE COMMISSIONEES OF AND ee reins Wears onae heed) ae Set , designated on the ward map as Nos. 773 and 774. He that the same has been assessed on the assess- ment roll of 1860 at a valuation of $185,000; whereas the same not have been, in his judgment, valued at more than $125,000 to be in proportion to the assessed value of adjacent property, and in accordance with the marketable value thereof. ' As one evidence that this pro- perty bas greatly depreciated during the las} five years, im consequence mainly of the moving of up town, tbe undersigned represents that by means of extensive newspaper advertisements, placards and real estate bo bas endeavored di the Inst te let or te ad that tho very. beat ode thst be can got ia bute tribe more per angum thea one-half the om offered te and refused by him aly ave years ago. that time the Muscum was considered a ‘most eligivie and valuable site for the dry goods jobbisg (and asseased accordingly); whereas new there has not been ene ap; 8 house in that line, nor is \dersigned sured by merchants in that trade that it to be go far down town. 8 fact, being after dark about ‘as street was a few years since. He therefore asks thatthe same may be reduced ac- cordingly to the amount above stated. . PHINEAS T. BARNUM. New York, March 27, 1860, No doubt Barnum is quite right. The pro- perty in question is not worth a dollar mere than he alleges—at least at present. In some years to come, when the value of real estate settles down to a fair ratio, and the present ex- traordinary fluctuations cease, it may be worth more; for then the property below Chambers street will in all probability revert to the value it represented some five and twenty years ago, and it will doubtless remain permanently at that rate. Now, however, being out of the line of the dry goods trade, which always com- mafids fancy prices and exorbitant rents, and which is rapidly being fixed between Cham- bers and Fourteenth streets, property in that portion of the city lying below Chambers street and the Park is far less valuable than it was five or six years ago. Peace Between Sprain anp Morooco.—The Prince Albert brings advices of the arrange- ment of the treaty of peace between Spain and Morocco, and which was to be signed at Tetuan on the 2d of April. Morocco is to cede to Spain all the territory between the sea and the road to Andjera, a place about four leagues southwest of Ceuta, pay an indemnity of 20,000,000 of piasters to Spain, make a treaty of commerce with her, and admit a Spanish Minister at Fez, This arrangement will give Spain a coast of about five leagyes in extent on the Straits of Gibraltar and an equal amount on the Mediterranean shore. Tetuan is te be held by Spain until the indemnity is paid. THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEWSPAPERS. The New Journalistic Enterprise—Extom- sion of the Metropolitam District=The ‘Way Newspapers are Sent into the In. terlor—Scene at the Herald Office—Rush to the Hudson River Railroad Depor— The Mails Distamced, dc. The enterprise for the more rapid and early distribu- tion of the newspapers of the metropblis along the line ef the lindson River Railroad was commenced on Monday morning. By running a special locomotive to Albany and Troy, from ten to twenty thousand metropolitan papers are distributed -by the early morning trains that leave Albany all along the Central railroad to Buffalo, and as far Nerth as Montresl, and as far Weat as Cleveland, in which oity they are received by teatime, This is the beginning of the extension of the New York streets over about thirty thousand miles of railroad, which forms the great gridiron of the couatry, so that where the New York daily papers are now cireu- lated by tens of thousands they wili hereafter be circu- lated by hundreds of thousands, giving the metropolitan journals an immense influence all over the Union. The greatest interest has been manifested in this enterprise by all classes of people, and a description of one morn- ing’s operations in the Heraup office will give the people ‘an idea of what the system is in its begimfing. The hour at which the express train starts from the depot is precisely twenty minutes past three every mora- ing, by whichtime all the papers must be delivered at the railroad depot in Thirty-first street. As every mo- ment is precious the greatest expedition is necessary, and all the arrangements must be carried out with the ac- curacy of clockwork. It is now two o’clock, aud the Inst side of the Herarp has not yet been received in the pressroom, but,jt is expected every moment, and wher it does come no time will be lost in putting it om the gigantic machine, which now stands idle awaiting its ar- rival. Five minutes have elapsed, and still it has not made its appearance. It is now nearly ten minutes past two, and over five thousand copies of the Herat (tripte sheet) have to be printed off, counted out, packed up and sent ina wagon to Thirty-first street, about three good ‘English miles from this office. The minutes are flying by rapidly, and it ts now a quarter past two when at length the last side has made its appearance, betring the latest intelligence. But a short time is consumed in putting it on the press, and in a few moments the gigantic machine- ry isin motion and throwing off the now full printed sheets at the rate of twenty thousand an hour. It is found, however, on inspection, that a part of the impres- sion is indistinct, and more time must be lost in remody- ing this difficulty. The press is stopped in an instant, and in two or three minutes it resumes its work, throwing off atthe same rapid rate the now clearly printed sheets: ‘There is little more than a quarter of an hour now left to complete the work. The papers, as we have said, must be up at Thirty-first street by twenty minutes past three, or if not, the peopie in Albany will not bé abie to read the Herawp at breakfast; and having once enjoyed that pleasure, they will be considerably disap- pointed if there should be any failure. They ought to have its soon as the hitherto more favored citizens of our metropolis, and they will have it unless eome terrible and unforeseen calamity should occur. There is now exactly twenty minutes left to get the required five thou- sand printed, counted, packed up and placed on the wagon, which is now waiting in Ann street, at the door of our paper delivery, ready to receive them. The huge press, however, is once more in motion, the ten feeders are a8 wide awake as they can.be, and keep up the sup- ply with a rapidity of motion which can only be compared to machinery, and ag the fully printed Hxratps are throwa olf, they are seized by other hands, Who rush ag ifpursued by fiends up and down the various flights of steps leading from their several positions into the counting department, where they deposit their bur- dens. Having performed this operation, they make another desperate rush for the pressroom, as ix again pursued by the same disagreeable associates, and makiag a dash at the pile of papers which bas been thrown off in their absence, they seize them with both hands, fling them across their shoulders, and, bearing them oi, do- posit them within reach of the counters. The rapidity ‘with which all this is done, remarkable as it is, is throwa fn the shade by the counters—that is, the men who aro employed to count out the papers previous to their de- livery, These counters afe wonderfal fellows in their way, and perform feats which would puzzle an In- dian juggler, with all his necromancy, to perform. Each one of them catches up s bundle of throe or four hundred papers, and with a celerity of motion which the eye or the tongue would find it im. possible to follow, counts tiem off jm parcels of fity wit his hands. Parcel after [parcel is counted out, and rises story on story, one above the other, until the number re- quired is ready for delivery. ‘They are ali then carried ‘ont and placed on the wagon which stands at the door, ‘and to which is barneased one of the fastest ‘pieces of horse-flesh’”’ that can be found in the great metropolis. ‘The writer had the pleasure of sitting behind him while ho went a distanee of three miles, and he can bear testi- mony to the manner in which he got over the ground. ‘Three o’clook in the morning is not exactly the hour a’ which one would usually care for making his appearance on Broadway with a fast horse before him, but still there ‘was & novelty In it, and a novelty in the occasion. It was something to know that the people of Albany and ‘Troy, and the thriving towns along she Hudson, would be enabled by this enterprise to read the news of the world from the columns of a paper which was publishod at a distance of one hundred miles or more from the locality in which it would be read. It was something to know this, and it was aleo something to know that the peopleof the towns all along the line of the road from Albany to Buffalo would be supplied with it some seven or eight hours earlier than they bad had it before. ° But we are getting a little ahead of our timo—we are talking of Albany aod Buffalo before we have reached. Thirty frat street. However, we arc mow fairly atarted, and having cleared Ann streot, with all {ts holes and ruta, and gulleys and traps of cvery kind, we omergs into Broadway. Everyboiy knows what Broadway is, and {f they con't we pity them, that’s all. Our groag