The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1860, Page 6

6 a er = NEW YORK HERALD. to Saturday noon, Mr. Bowen has caused to be served upoa each of the captains an order te here- alter allow no wagistrate or alderman to discharge prisoncrs in the station houses except upon a com: mitment founded upon & prior complaint and war. zs | rant issued by the magistrate, or a writ of habeas TERMS, cash tm advance. | Monay gene by mail will beat Me | corpus, oo, ender. Postage samee mat reovined ca swtecripiion | "at the meeting of the Board of Aldermen yester- Seno tice bd ge portent pe rt a “Foudo nok | day, a ree clation appropriating $30,000 for the ex- Preturn rejected communteutions, | penses of the reception of the Japanese embassy | was adopted, and Messrs, Boole, Connell, Bagiey, Tuomey, Starr, Owens and Brady were appointed | as the reception committee. The resolution direct- ing the payment of $5,000 to the Seventh regiment for the purchase of camp equipage was also adopted. The Board of Councilmen met yesterday. A resolutiqn was adopted appropriating $3,625 to pay for the paving in front of the Post Office, and a report recommending an appropriation of $15,000 to defray the expense of placing anew aud im- proved gas burner upon tbe street lamps was also adopted. The Board concurred with the Aldermen in increasing the Japanese reception committee to seven for each branch of the Common Council. ‘The cot on market was more active yesterday, the sales having reached about 2,000 bales, over one-half of which were mace im transit. Prices for the article om the spot were eteady, especially for middling grades and uplands, | while inferior lets and parcels in transit wore irregular, Flour was less active but firm, while ihe demand fer com mop and mediam grades of State and Western was good. Tacluded in the gales wore some lots for export. Wheat was sgain lo. per bushel higher, with @ good demand from the trade, with some purcaases for export. Corn was also quite firm and ip good request. Weatern mixed sold at 760. @ 780., Jersey yellow at 800., and Southern white at Slo. 850, Pork was less active and buoyant. The sales embraced new mess at $)7 8734, and new primo at $425.0 $14 36. Sugars were steady, with sales of 1,600 bhce., 176 boxes and 235 bhds. melado, a} 28 given tm anotber columu. Ooffee was quiet. Doalers were waiting the reault of an auction gale to be helt today. Froighta were eteady. Among the engagements tw Liverpool were 9,000 bushels wheat, in ship’s bags, at 63,518,000 do. do,, at 60. =— Velume XXV..... seeeseee AMUSEMENTS THIS BVANING, AOADBNY OF MUSIC, Fourtesath sireot—ItAuAn Orzaa~it Trovarons. WIBLO'S GAFORN, Sroaiway.—ZquesTRiay Psaronm- AnOme—Bronze Horse _ Want Jew—Pas WERY THBATRE, Bowory.—Aevevouant Jew: Seen Sida ikaw Asernonce and Tanuna MaDEsTY— ‘Tooprxs. nies WINTER GAKDEA, Broadway, opposite Bond sirect.— Usasian OFrema~La LRAVLATA, WALLAGK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Towx amp Coux- wey—A1u. ox Coxs, ae KEENK'S TARATRM, 64 Broadway.—Cous wae WEW BOWERY THRATRE. Bowery.—Besix Hooo— Bee Groun—How's Yous Oncuat MBA. BROUGHAWS THEATRE, 444 Broadway.—rta- LANTA. BARNUWS AMWRICAM MUBRUM. Rroadway.—Dey and ‘Bvestng—U MYBAN OF GENBYA—JRANLE Deass—Living Ovi OsiTLES, £0, BBYAWTS’ SINEEDEI A, Mesa be KS ll cr way. ms, Gonos, Dances, 40.—Luatusa' Je yarns, BYIBLO'S BALOON, Broadway.—Gre, Cwnmvv’s Mor- STRELS LN BONGS, DAnOES, BURLESQUES, 40.—Werso, LArrION OF PRate’s Ovrom an (STITUTE. ty ips ru — Afternoon and Rvaniig. auusG ov Tun Cova WATIOWAL, COMONRT SALOON, Batonal Theatre.— Boncs Daners, Suursques. do. GOLDBFCK’S MUSIC HALL, 765 Brosdway.—Pason's Moeidel hatawrain went, OM, Brooklyn—Firzsenaty Tasisrao’s Reorra Lee RIPLE SHEET. 27, 1860. ‘The Signs at Charleston—The Democracy Setting Thoir Troubies. The democracy give signs of settling all their quarrels at Charleston, amd evince a disposi- tion to go into the fight ina united and solid body. New York, Friday, Apr The News, 3 ms ‘The Committee on Resolutions of the Charloston | This fs the usual result with them when par- Convention succeeded last evening in agreeing | ty Contests come to the point of winning or upon a platform. It is composed of the Ciné | losing the epoils. At such a time the cohesive cinnatt platform, with the addition of several | power of the public plunder prevails over all reaolutions regarding the protection of ala- | other passions and aims, and these are all laid very in the Territories, embodying the senti | aside until the battle is won. The indications ments expressed by the democratic leaders | 4, Charleston show that the fear of ultimate in Congress, éuriog the ‘Present sension, together defeat is at work on the cliques, and that they with a recommendation in favor of the acquisition are loath to urge matters and opinions to an ex- of Cuba. This platform was adopted by a vote of 18 to 15. It will, no doubt, be reported to the Con- | “M6 point. They know that if they go into ith uvion in their ranks they cap vention to-day, when an exciting and prolonged | te ght wi contest ix expected. overcome #!most any odds that can be brought A strong muster of the Rocky Mountain Repub. | #gaitet them, aud particularly by the old and Tioan Club was held at Musical Hall, Brooklyn, | quarreisome elements that have usually been last night, to hear an address from the Hon. Mr, | opposed to them. And a grand fight they will Doolittle, of Wisconsin. The hall was very woll | make of it in the coming campaign. The very filled, and in the galleries were some ladies. A | fierceness of the cliques they will convert into band was also in attendance to add to the attrac- party zeal, and each will strive to outdo the tions. Mr. Doolittle made a lengthy addreas—a other, in order to increase the alleged merit report of which appears elsewhere, together with of reward after the battle 19 over, the other speeches delivered. s, 2 ‘A score and s half of persons me For the coming campaign, too, other ele- yesterday, and organized a Marylo publican | Ments than those of individual zeal and ex- State Convention, for the purpose of selecting de- | ertion exist in abundance. Times have been legates to the Chicago Convention, and makiog | good in the cotton and commercial States, and preparations for the Presidential canvass. A party | in order to preserve the statu quo of trade all of “blood tubs” and other “roughs” attended the | the cliques will contribute handsomely from meeting, and at an carly stage of the proceedings | their abundance. It is evident that money oan capsized the President's table, knocked down seve: |} be hod in any amount by the democratic De pat Sea pines ensds Meena aca ot leaders, and that they intend to make a most the Convention. The proprietor of the hall where abered pempslen in: therpivatal ao new the meeting was held declined to allow the dele Jersey, Pennsylvsnia, Indiana and Illinois will gates to occupy his premises in the afternoon. | be the theatre of the greatest exertion and the They, howevor, met at a private office, appointed | greetest expenditure. Nothing will be wasted delegates to the Chicago Convention, and a State | on the undoubted democratic States, or on Committee who were empowered to nominate an | those that are confessedly black republican electoral ticket, which they resolved to support at | Such a fight as this, in which interest will rouse the Presidential election, iteelf in every shape to do battle with fana- In Congress yesterday several execntive commu: ticiem, will make the coming campaign the nications were received by the Senate, among | og hotly conteated that this country has ever them the report of Mr. Crosby relative to the diffi- athe present si indicate that th culty between the United States and Great Britain -_S Ls gs ee respecting the occupation of the island of San harmony and united exertion of the well drilled Juan. According to this report the trouble grew demoomsey, will carry their point and secure e spoils. out of the attempt of a British subject to pasture @ flock of sheep upon the island. Some unin-| Then will come the great struggle among Portant business was transacted, and the Senate | them. The jealousies and hatreds that are be- apjourned till Monday. The House was entertain- ing hushed at Charleston, in view of certain ed with a discussion on the slavery question. defeat from dissension, will break out with re- The lectare room of the Church of the Puritans doubled bitterness, and from the appointment ‘was again filled last night with the members of of the Cabinet officers to that of the humblest Dr. Cheever'’s congregation, to hear their pastor's 2 opinion of the resolutions repudiating the action of tide waiter, every cfice will be hotly contest- the Foreign Missionary Society. Dr. Cheever do- | ©d in view of the plunder and the organization Ried tre mght of the trustees to interfere in the | for future contingencies. The very excite- Matter. An amencment of the resvlations was | ment that now leads some of the delegations Offered at ® Jate hour by Mr. Berry, Secretary of | to bluster and -threaten a bolt will then be al- the Society of the Church of the Puritans, after | lowed its full play. They will not bolt on the which the meeting adjourned until Monday even- platform, nor on the candidate, nor on anything ing next at half-past seven o'clock. In connection | ejse before the election, but after it is over with rica of ee meeting siusien to above, | then we shall baye four years of factious con- ‘we pul a report ofthe proceedings of a meet n; A held in Glasgow on the 19th ult. in Sataiiar on tention, ten times worre than that which has so Chiever: long harassed Mr. Buchanan“ and thwarted his The Board of Almshovse Commissioners held a | *#g@clous and statesmanlike policy. In this meeting yesterday to investigate the circumstances | the demecrats present a striking contrast with connected with the matfiation by rate of anew-born | the black republicans. While the former hush infant at the Bellevue Hospital recently. The state- | their dieeensions before the fight, and quarrel ments already pubjisiod with reference to this hor. | after the victory is won, the latter quarrel be- rible aftair were folly confirmed by the physician, fore the battle, and become united only under pei and several of the women belonging to the | defeat, ‘The indications at Charleston now, lospital. A fall report of the investigation is aad those seen in the preparations for Chicago, given in another column. From the evidence it i appears that the Almshouse and other public ia- Bigs view of the opening political stitutions at Blackwell's Island are literally swarm: ing with rats. As many as forty of these vermin were killed on Wednesday night in one bath tub. The Board are to continue their investigation, and intend to adopt measures to exterminate the rats: An accident happened on the Harlem Railroad on Wednesday afternoon, which came near proving very serious. The Milerton train, which left the city at four o’clock on the afternoon mentioned, ‘Wea near being thrown off the track by a group of heifers grazing along the roadside. The engine strack one of the animals and passed over its body without varying its straightforward course; but the tender and baggage car were thrown on one side, threatening for 8 few moments to pull over the whole train. Before this undesirable result was accomplished, however, the engine and train were brought to a stand-still by a prompt and judicious application of the braker. The passengers were for a time greatly alarmed, but fortunately no per- fon was seriously injured. Tt is stated in a letter from Berlin that the Emperor of Russia has announced his intention to convene a representative assembly for the Grand Duby of Finland in the course of 1861. This will | C2 Vasters in those counties had not sufficient be the first assembly of a parliamentary kind that force to count the whole vote on the 10th, and has ever met in Russia, and in this respect the | before their work was completed the succeed- intelligence deserves the attention of the widest | ing day had dawned upon them. This, to all circle of politicians. A hope is entertained in| benorable men, would appear to be a very * Rursia that the concession will be followed by | mean advantage to be taken in order to defeat roo] grante “i tome of the other provinces. the wishes of the people; but we have lived Tia = Tarun A Mier oeenan met yester- | long enovgh to learn that politicians will ré- Gab Inte; 08 the Sanitery ‘Polish Wid EO sort to almost anything, however mean and giving another list of tenement he ; = pay deapicable, to gain the prestige of success. Ia filthy condition. The clerk was notified to i this affair, however, they cannot close the eyes ‘am order on tho landlord of each of the premises te | Of the public to the simple fact that the biack Cleam the same. A bill of $1,130 was received for | tepublicans were defeated in the recent eleo palling up shad poles in the North river and har. | tlon in Wisconsin by over two thousand of the Lor and ordered to be paid. No other busiaess of ! popular vote. st Baltimore Brack Rercpiican Tactics.—The votes re- tarned for Judge Dixon, in Wisconsin, show a clear popular majority of upwards of two thou- sand over his black republican opponent, Judge Sloan. But it appears that the immaculate leaders of the nullification forces in that State are determined that the expressed will of a majority of the people shall be thwarted. They firet threw out a large number of votes in Grant county, which were cast for Luther B. Dixon, instead of, as they should have been, for Luther S, Dixon; but it has been ascertained that they cannot find a sufficient number con- taining this slight error to defeat Dixon, and they have now hit upon a new plan, which is to throw out the enfire vote of some of the counties which went largely for the democratic candidate, on the ground that the returns are dated on the 11th instead of the 10th of April, as the law requires; but it appears that the NEW. YORK importance was transsoted, and the Board adjoara- | Apprehemdea Fisasetal Reval: Amongst the Missionary end Tract Bochetses, We lately drew attention to the unfavorable effect which the dissensions in the churchee, opused by the rabid zeal of the abolitionist parsons, were likely to exergise on the coliec- tions of the religious anniversaries this spriog. It was evident to us that the same causes which affected the trade of our city, and rendered our merobanta 80 anxious to clear their skirts of the suspicion of being hostile to Southern inte- rests, must tell severely on the income of sooie ties, many of the leading members of which were identifled with the anti-slavery agitation. The scenes that took place in Dr. Cheever's and Henry Ward Beecher’s churches came ia aid of the impressions which the susceptibility of the commercial mind had rendered it but too ready to receive. But one feeling, and that of indignation, was expreased by our lead- Jag merchants at the impolicy and indiscretion of Christian ministers introduciog inflamms- tory political topics in their pulpits at a period 80 critical to the domestic relations of the country. The influence of public opinion made itself so strongly felt that Mr. Beecher, who tempera his excesses with a certain amount of discretion, felt it necessary to back out of bis position, and to make an apology to his congregation. The soreness caused by his conduct and that of the Cheeverite faction, however, still festers in the commercial mind, and will, there is reasom to believe, extend its in- fluence to all the religious bodies that have oc- eacion to make demands upod the public purse. Northern merchants, who are the chief support of the churches and their sfliliated societies, naturally sey that they do not see why they should furnish arms against their own interests by contributing to the maintenance of institu- tions which are being converied into political arenas boetile to them. The effect of this rea soning has already been felt by the Missionary and Tract societies, and to it may be ascribed their refusal to allow the reporters of the pub lic press to inspect their balance chests pre- vious to the opening of the anniversaries—a eourtesy which has never before been withbeld. Their affairs cannot be in a very flourishiog condition, or they would not have exhibited this reluctance to expose them. We believe it will be found that the active sympathy of some of their managers with the anti-slavery senti- ment, coupled with the antics of such men as Cheever and Beecher, have damaged the zeal of their contributors, and cut off a large pro- portion of the pecuniary support on which they have hitherto so securely relied. ‘These facts imp*rt to the religious anniver- saries this year a greater degree of interest than usnal. People will look to their proceed- ings for evidence of the reaction which has been created by the mad pranks of the sati- slavery agitators. It will turn out, we believe, that of all the interests affected by them, none have euffered or will suffer more than that which relies on kindred sentiments of philan- thropy as the grounds of its claims to public support. The injury caused by the intempe- rance and recklessness of the nigger worship- pers will, therefore, by a curious retribution, fall mainly on those who make the spiritual welfare of the African their special care, Growrn or THe Metropouis or THE Uxton,— There is, perbaps, no single feature in the ex- traordinary progress of this country more re- markable or more indicative of ita material proa- perity than the growth of this great metropolis of the Western World. New York may be fairly taken as the index of the general pro- gress of the entire republic. What London is to Great Britain, Paris to France, New York is to the United States—the centre of its civiliza- tion, the nucleus of its commerce, and the nureery of art and science. Within the last quarter of a century Manhattan Island has ex- perienced a wonderful developement. From the small circumscribed space at the lower end of the island, which comprised the busi- ness part of the city of New York twenty-five or thirty years ago, all branches of trade have spread throughout its whole area. Marble palaces, devoted to commerce, have sprung up as if by magic; and private dwellings, equal to any in the world, adorn the upper streets and avenues, In population and wealth the in- crease of the metropolis has been without paralle), until at the present time it numbers nearly 900,000 inhabitanta, and its property. has reached the value of nearly six hupdred millions of dollars. And these figures relate only to the city proper. On either side of the two rivers which flow by the metropolis there are growing up two faubourgs, united in in terest with the metropolis itself—on Long Island, Williamsburg and Brooklyn, and on the Jersey side, Jersey City and Hoboken— forming continuous cities, extending for miles along the ehore, which are but appendages of New York, dependent upon it for their pros- perity, their amusements and their general importance. Williamsburg and Brooklyn have already been consolidated; and it is now con- templated, we believe, to unite Jersey City and Hoboken under one municipal government They are, indeed, even now united in point of fact, by railroad communication and the en- joyment of water facilities from the same source. With these two extensive faubourgs combined with the city proper, New York wil! soon have a population of a million and a quarter—equal to that of Paris, which num- bers its age by centuries. Departure or aN Enouisn Diromat.—Sir William Gore Oureley took his departure from this country for England on board the Persia, on Wednerday, after a residence of some to years or more on this continent, in the diplo- matic service of the British government. This Gistinguiched gentleman had commenced his relations with this country as far back as 1825, when he wae an attaché of the British legation at Washington. In 1829 he married a daughter of Mr. Van Nees, formerly Governor of Ver mont, and thus, like many other foreign diplo- mats, entered into the most intimate family connection with citizens of this country. Dar ing his recent eojourn he had&n opportunity of renewing those friendly and social relations which began more than a quarter of a century ago. Hislate miesion, it is known, had refe- tence to the many troublons questions involved in Central American affairs, for which he was elected by Lord Palmerston, owing to hie former experience as a diplomat ia South America, where he laid the basis of settlemeat for many difficult questions during his residence as Minister in 1844 to 1846 at Buenos Ayres and the States of La Plata, HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1860.--TRIPLE rets Amvzg the Bisex | THe Rising Qu Kepobiioams—Chaaces of & Row Caricago. * While the coberive power that the public plunder has always exbibited In the democratic rapks is producing a crystalization of the dia cordant elements at Charleston, the signs of diceention and disorganization in the black republican party begin to multiply, and before long they will bave a very pretty set of quar- rels on their bands. It bas always been noted that the spoils question has produced @ very different eifeot upon the democratic organization and on that of the opposition to it, The democrats always quarrel over the division of the plunder after the fight is won, and unite when the battle is to be fought; while the opposition as regularly quarrel about the epolls before the fight takes piace, and throngh their bickerings lose the object that was the motive of dissension. This fs what is taking place now. The black republican party. is composed of a part of the debris of the old “whig party, and a tection of the democracy that has seceded from ite old affiliations. It has, therofore, its democratic wing and its whig wing, and the two have already begun their ocontentions. The whig element {a led by Seward and his allies, while the democratic follows Banks of Marsachusetts Chase, of Ohio, and others, who came into the republican camp from the old antagonist of the whigs, Each of these sections possesses its peculiar characteristics, in many things diametrically opposed to each other, and oftentimes, by their contrary impulses, destroying the active energy of the party. The great characteristic of the whig section is its deep rottenness and corruption, and its greediness for plunder. Matteson is the incarnation of its principle, and he was ejected from Congress with the reprobation of a portion of bis party for prac- tising it there. The late Legislature of this State was its practical exponent, the most un- blushing bribery being openly carried out. While this body was in session, and when its corruption was evident to every one, the block republican Convention met at Syracuse, at and fioally adjourned without a word of reprobation or comment on _ these infamous practices. Recent events in Massachusetta show that the same divisions exist in the black republican ranks, and the editor of one of its organs in Boston, having been recently dismissed from the military staff of Gov. Banks, naively confesses that “there is a good deal of difference between a republi- can and a Banks republican.” ‘i These dissensions between the whig and the democratic sections of the black republican party are likely to break out with great force in the Chieago Convention, and the affection for the nigger has little probability of being strong enough to control the discordant pariy elements. It is evident that the fever of aboli- tioniem has passed its crisis ia the present at- tack, and that the rising spirit of conservatism on one hand, and the settling of the party squabbles among the democrats on the other, will lead to the defeat and dissolution of the preeent black republican organization. There are shrewd leaders enough within it who clear- ly perceive this, and who will not involve themselves so deeply in the corruption of the old whig leaders as to make a black record to stand against their future hopes and labors, Tue Burris Anistocracy Auone Us.—Oar readers are probably aware with what fidelity the nobility and gentry who form the immedi- ate circle about the Queen of Great Britain fotlow the royal family in its journeys, short or long. Thus, when the Queen goes to the Isle of Wight the fashionable world hecomes suddenly addicted to sea bathing and other marine luxuries. Again, if her Majesty takes fancy to visit her Scotch lieges, and starts for Balmoral, up goes the tartan, and all May Fair is on the move for the Highlands. This year the heir apparent, the head of the hereditary nobility, and the second personage in the realm, will vieit America, as a consequence of which a tour in the New World will be the cor- rect thing to do. So we may expect to see our fashionable watering places, during the coming summer, run down with dukes, marquises, barons, knights and honorables, All the Lady Augustas will be along, and will be apt -to cut out Miss Flora McFilimeey in the lug- gage question, which fs the fashionable test of precedence here. It will be a great time in American society when the first grand instalment of British: aristocracy comes to hand. Newport and Saratoga will eee an ameunt of toadyiem and tuft-hunting altogether unprecedented. We have sent all our best products to England, including some fine specimens of American belles; and now we are to have a sight at the aristocrats in return. As a further recognition of our claims, they have also sent an agent afte? an American prima donna, Patti; and probably before long we eball export the musical article as regularly as flour, corn, cotton, tobacco and mess pork. Nothing like international reciprocity. It will make the British Lion roar as gently as a suck- ing dove, and soften the acream of the Ameri- can Eagle down to the most dulcet tones in the gamut, Dr. Cueever’s Cnurce i Scortsixn.—We print to-day a full report of a sermon preached lately at Glasgow by the very emioent Scotch divine, Rev. Dr. Buchanan. The subject of the sermon isthe attitude of the rector of the Church of the Puritans upon the subject of American slavery. Dr. Buchanan is very bitter against the peculiar institution of the South, and ar- gues that its effect is to debase and degrade the white man as well as the African. Taking this view of the matter, we shonld like Doctor Buchanan to compare any Southern city with Glasgow. The people of Glasgow are very re- ligious, as is well known; it is likewise noto- rious that there is more hard drinking and swearing, more wife whipping, more Sabbath breaking, more infanticide, and a greater num- ber of illegitimate children, in Glasgow, in pro- portion to ite population, than in any other civilized city in the world. If Doctor Buchan- an will put that in bis pipe and smoke it, and then presch a sermon from the Gospel accord- ing to Saint Matthew, seventh chapter, and from the firat to the fifth verse, inclusive, we will agree to print it in full and give him a good notice beside. Axommer Saver Caprvren.—A bark, regls- tered as the Charlotte E. Tay, was taken posses- sion of by the United States Marshals, atthe pier foot of Tenth atreet, North river, on Tuesday, supposed to be a elaver, destined for the Congo river. Occasionally we hear‘of the cap- ture of vessels of this description, bat it very SHEET. Tereiy se6ulis in the sonviotion of par” te command of these vessola. There ls ao dons that numerous ebipe are contionally fitted ont end cleared from our Northern ports for the coart of Afrlos, to be engaged ia the slave a cones aerentamttommasimneas ‘ quality of Irishman aud bis horeditary ciaias = ‘ q | #7 borry to be obliged to add, constdering his ta gcllantry, thet hie advervary is a woman, | Tie oluime that the lady bas stolem—not his af fections, but Mi brates. Naughty Miss Daves~ trade; bat it is only mow and then that any | post! notice is taken of them. The trati is that the United States Marsbals are either entirely iaef- ficient or they are grossly pogiigent of their | duties in thls matter; otherwise thece would be a dozen ebips of this character arrested before clearing for one which is now stopped ia her egal enterprise, Characteristica of the Ohaxtcstum Coa vention, The public bas been regaled with very full accounts of four days proceedings of the poli- | ticians at Charleston. To the snperfotal ob- | We profess not to be acquainted with the merits of the divpuic, but we have an intimate Conviction of ono fact, and that is, thas our Gramatiet will get the worst of it. Mr. Bourct- Cault should read the ephorisms of that newly developed sage and prophet, Mr. Winelow, of Nerth Carolina, He wi there Jearn that no one ever came out of & controversy with a Parson, an editor or & women, undsmaged. Pleage let the lady rest, Mr. Bouroicault. What she berrows from you, you will be sure to re- pay yourself whea she writes her oext server it would appear that the Conveation ‘was composed of rather a heavy body of pa- triots, who hardly knew themselves exaotly what they were to do, and 20 did as little us | possible. A slight peep behind the scenes, however, gives a new view of the matter alto- | Origla of the Difleuky~ Mere Revelations gether. The Charleston Convention is made up of representatives from all the smell cliques of the democratic party throughout the country. Each faction has its candidate, and each hopes to clutch the spoils of the government for the next four years. They are all intriguing and fighting, one against the other, and everything like political or moral principle is uaheeded for the moment. The consequence of this state of things is, tbat matters begin to take their real whupe, and to appear without the mack of bypoc- risy°or the veil of humbug. The Southern politicians, and the Virginians “especiatty, have had a great reputation” for honor, fair dealing, patriotism and generosity. The qhivalry of the first families has been ex- ploited by the politicians until the theme bas become just « little bit threadbare. Now we find Virginia first killing off one of ber own and most devoted sons—Wise—and then lead- ing off against Fernando Wood, who, wth his friends, has fought in the North the battles of the South for the past ten or fifteen years. The Virginians sell themselves out to the Albany Regency, and they endorse Cassidy, Cazger & Co, fully. Who are Cassidy, Cagger & Co? They were the leaders of the free soil demo- cracy in this State twelve years ago; they ac- tually formed the nucleus of the republican party as it exists to-day. They are nota bit better, as regards the South, than the avowed friends of Mr. Seward; yet the South, with the exception of a few States, throws over its friend—Wood—and takes the Regency to its bosom. Cassidy was right in surreptitiously obtaining a copy of Wise’s letter, and selling it for twenty dollars. Virginia—the arbiter elegantiarum—approves of the proceeding. There is another struggle going on across the water, and one which divides the public attention with the Convention. Isis a vulgar prize fight, where two semi-civilized bul- lier, instigated by their friends—the scum of London and New York—have met to beat, bruise, and perhaps miaim each other, for a sum of money. But, notwithstanding the brutal character of the business which the “champions” have on hand, the parties con- cerned in it have shown more real courtesy, fidelity and good breeding than the fine gen- tlemen at Charleston. We believe there is more real honor and good faith among the pugilists than the politicians. Whatever else may be said of the roughs, it cannot be charged that they abandon their friends. Certainly the way in which the South treats its friends will not encourage any one to fight its battles at the North. The South takes its enemies by the hand, and kicks its friends out of doors, After having given this lively exhibition of hospitality in its finest form, the politicians go to work and make a great fuss over a platform. Nonsense, Pure, unadulterated bosh. Hum- bug of the first water. Buncombe boiled down toa jelly. The platform is made; the events of the last year have made it, The party is on it. There is only one isgue; thatis plain, simple, and clearly defined. The battle is to be fought againet the Seward dogma, which looks towards the abolition of slavery, and the consequent destruction of the. South. The republicans cannot escape from that position, That is all the platform which the democratic party requires. And the politicians at Charleston know this well enough. All their debates about platforms are devices to gain time, while the several cliques are busb- fighting for candidates. The trafficking and trading, the buying, selling and buckstering, the intriguing and lying, have not yet been finished. When it is over then we shall have a candidate, and there will be no bolt The re- publicans need not lay any such flatterjog unction as that to their souls. The party wil! wheel into line, and work for the snccesefil man, whoever he may be. There could bp 10 better proof of the trath of John C. Calhoun’s statement, “the party is only kept together by the cohesive power of public plunder,” than we receive from Charleston. Every eye in the Convention is fixed on the eighty millious per annum of spoils. Every palm itches for it. Every nerve will be strained to obtain control over it. That isthe real object af the Charles ton Convention, and the South is as greedy as the North. It is all a ecratch fight for the spoils Dramatists’ Quanners—Somebody has writ- ten a history of the quarrels of authors, A much more amusing book could be made out of the quarrels of stage managers, actors and dramatists. The last named are an especially testy class, and, like all people who have need of indulgence, are the least ready to extend it to others. Plagiarists themselves, they are ever complaining of theftson their property, just as if they bad a monopoly of literary Jarceny. Mr. Bourcicault, than whom no dramatist liv- ing is more indebted to the ideas of others, al- though bjmeelf a man of talent, is one of the most thin-skinned of the tribe of literateurs who cater for the stage. He iscontinually in trouble of one sort or another, caused by his excessive apprehension of people poaching on bis domains. If there was alaw of interna- tional copyright existing between this country and France, we suspect thot instead of three, Mr. Bourcicault would have scores of hungry Frenchmen dodging his heels. Nevertheless, he is of opinion that bis literary products should be protected, and so think we, provided the claim to original ownership can be fairly made out. The author of “London Assurance” has just drama. —_V_—————— NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. | Report on the Occupation of Sam Juan—The ae i” ie wo Before the Covede GCommitiee—Poliical Debates in the Heme, &o, ka, ke. Our Special Washingtem Despateh. Wasanarow, april 96, 1868, Tun GAN JUAN DIFFICULTY. Somie months sinoe, the cocupation of the Island of Sam Juan excited considerable intercet on both sidesef the Atisniic, To day the Scorctary of Siato, in answer te a Tesoluvion of inquiry , communicated to the Senate the ro> pot of Bon. Henry R. Crosby upon this subject, The re- port sete forth that the first ocoapation of the island was effected om the Lith of December, 1853, by the leading from the Hudsom Bay Uompfay’s steamer Beaver of thirteen hundred shecp, under charge cf Mr. Charice J. Grifin, then a clerk, now a chief Jeacer in the Company’s @ervice, and whe haa ever since remained on the ipiaad tm charge of the Compuny’s interests. Previous to this dme the piace had ‘bean occupied tm- porarily es « fishing siation by parties in ths Gedson Bay Company's service. Neither Boglish- men n¢r oolonke’s bave ever been on the island, asd oe occupation or claims was atisaxpted ty be set vp previous (to 1853, when it was usod asa sheep farm. Oo loxruing of this invasion of American soil, J. W. Eby, the Collector of Customs for (he Puget Seund 4 istrict at cuce uctifed Gaver. mor Dougiass that ibe sheep were Liable to seizure for being, brought withim the jurisdiction of his Cusiom House witu- @ut paying duty. Gov. Douglas: thereupon claimed it ws British sou, and appointed Mr. Gritin a atlpendiary mog'strate for the island of Sam Juan, as a dependenoy of Vancouver's Island, thus extending tho Engiish laws Over the island. Gov. Douglass now makes a claim for £2,000 135. 6d., to which he has no right according jo ta9 showing of Mr. Crosby. If there is any claim ‘or damsges at all, Mr. Crosby says it can only be for tha thirty-four rams that were taken away from Mr. Gritin. Enclosed aro letters from Coloncl Casey and Csptain Pickett and others, complimenting Mr. Crosby for the - able manrer in which be had defonied Ameri yaa rights. ‘The document, which 1s quite voluminous, has brea ~ ordered to be printed, and will receive the comsideraion of the Senate. ROURRT J, WALKER AND TUK COVODE COMMITTES, Hon. Robert J. Walker will aga'n be beforo the Osvods Taveet'gating Committee, to testify further in regard te Kaneas affairs. This investigation promises to"be exeezd- ingly interesting, as the committee have discovered a placer In regard to the appliances used in the pasiags of the Iecompton bill through the House. It is thought that the developements will implicate some of those members of the iast Congress who first opposed taat measure anc afterwards gave it thelr support. TGR DEBATE LY THE HOUSE. A spicy passage cocurred in the House today be- tween ex-Governor William Smith, of Virginia, and Mr. Bingbam, of Ohio. The former characterized statements of Mr. Bingham, ip his spoech of yesterday, as to the fotion of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, im 1832, vpon the emascipation of slaves, and his atristurca ‘upon Virginia politicians generally, as vile ca'umuies, Mr. Binghsm corroborated his assertions by reference to the debates of the Convention, and elogxently contrasted the present agricultural condition of the State with its former prosperity. ‘This cornered Mr. Smith, who sub- mittea with avery baigrace These phonographic reeords are ugly customers for fishy politicians, and fully account for their enmity to the freedom of the press. Meeers. Jenkins and Holman, of Iodiana, both made ~ Buncombe speeches in committee, in illustration of the views of the democracy in their respective sections on the political status of the almighty nigger, popular s)ve- reignty, &o. Mr. Rice, of Masrachusetts, gave Boston views of pro- tection to American industry in a clear and comprehen- sive speech, which was listened to with great intercat. He disclosed a perfect familiarity with manufactures and commerce in bis section, and favored protection to such articles of produce and manufacture as are raised and fa- ‘Dricated in this country, while he deprecated the {mpoat_ tion of duties on those which we do not produce, and om foreign raw materials which may enter into our manufec- ares, and enable us thereby to compote with manufac- tarersabroad. This argument was particularly applicdble to coarse wool, of which we imported lst year, free of duty to the value of four millions of dollars. Weex- ported only three hundred thousand dollars of woll, while ‘we imported thirty-four mit!lion dollars of woollem goods, From this it appears evident that we cousume all our own crop of wool, and import largely of woollen fabris. He would admit low prised wools free, aad tex maozt- facturers im order to encourage our own mills, Ho {favored most of the fostures of Mr. Morrill’s bill. / ‘THN TIKR’S PRAK MATL. ‘The Post Office Department cannot move in relation to the Pike’s Peak mail route till tho Senate passes an appro- priation. Of course, this cannot be done till the polit- cians have named the Presidential candidates. : ‘HR PACIFIC MAD. SERVICE, The same Department is also awaiting the action of Congress in reference to the Pacific mails. Vanderbilt's contract will expire on the 30th of Jane, and if me otner provision is made within month, a further temporary contract for mail transportation to California by the} Isthmus will have to be entered into, or we shall fad eurselves without facilities beyond Batterficid’s overlaad| contract, AFFAIRS OP THR GENERAL LAND OFMOE, Accounts of receivers of public moneys and disbursing, agents under the General Land Office to December 3t,| have just been passed by the Comptroller, and the bal ances admitted to be due the United States by thoee] officers found very nearly correct. There are in all 186) of these socounts which have to be adjusted fa the Land Office every quarter, in addition to accounts of elev Surveyors-General and numerous deputy j survey Such general accuracy in so large & range of accounts creditable to the meaagement of the office. The amount of moneys at present in the hands of these [oilers quite smalt, ‘THR WASHINGTON CITY BALL. ‘The Committee on Public Baildings and Grounds decided to report im favor of @ plan to bnild am tion to the present City Hall for a court bouse, mated to coat $30,000. The records of the ‘and titles to property, both of the government and ple, are now kept in an open hall, and are very anes The acoommodations for the courts are also entirely iz equa‘e. They will also report in favor of @ plan for th construction of a new jail, to cort, for land amd bufld:n, two hundred thongand doliars. Thesamecommittes decided to report favorably @ reeolution ‘authorizing Clerk of the House to remove the books of the Hoxse brary to another room, in accordance with a plan f ished by the architect of the Capitol, January 6, 1829. such other room es may be agreed apon after consul tion with the architect, Superintendent of the Capitol tension, Commitee ot Public Buildings and Grounds, Librarian of the House. The reason for this step is ed dampneee and confined space of the prosent rooms, tng injurious to the books. ‘THR BRBREWS IN SWITZERLAND. Mr. Fay, the United States Minister to Switzerland, recent letter to Secretary Cass, eays—speaking of bis forts in bebalf of the Israciites, there is # contianal v movement of public opinion in the right directior that, in all probability, the reatrictions on them qi! gradually abolished, The question has bran taofore Federal Assembly, Count Walewski he, aut sorized flow another of those legal controversies on hand which bave latterly made his face as fa- miliar in the courta ea in the green room. We