The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1860, Page 6

a CEMBER 8, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. enhance tenseeeenensnitisestinam nemesis NEW YORK HERALD. JABES GURDUN BHKAKKTS ADITUK aNO (Ur GR, OFFICE &. W. CORNER OF FULTON arp NasHAU 4TH TESAS, cosn om rt rit of ‘he eonder” Wome Pat Sam THe DAILY MARALD 100 om ver poms by exists tenis bo ne Te tent bn Nee York ut [3 "al a or $3 per annum, the European Sti fednectony bro sila a he Cole lth tes ae Niih aed Wat af sah sromthy wt ob | fornt 5 BO per annem, rds Fe bey umhaLD om Wednesday, a fom nis per ort eam Ub raRiaay Monnmsnns Dens, iat tat, | taped from aay pure oe Souniseununsey aks Pamrioviak.y Rearersc co Amst 6ut Ferrous aap Pas Ma FOR maken of anonymous cerramondance Fe dono! | rebrm rari) oxmarenications E: | Deer eee Wensum, Poets iieesna din Oe ‘and Buropean Bditions. Sp PRINTING. nonitad wth woainess, chavemaee and de | epauh Volume ©xV ao, 3423 AMUSMM ENTS THIS EVENING MUBIO, Fonreenth sire. 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Gariboldi hed beard aa important acdresa rela. tive to his Venetian campaign, and ramors were current in Pais concerving negotiations for the purchese of Venetia, We xive this merting further f ents of the views of the English press on the ele stion of Tia | coln. They wt harwonize with the articles feom | the ame sonrce previor up With ap anxious ing: ly given, and each winds yas to what England will do for cotton iv the event of wouble ia america, The inte ing—we migh, wlmost say roman tie—triad of Sheddon va. Patrick is sil bejag pro ceeded with in the Court of Probate and Divorce, Lor don, The Pope bas not yet yielded to the demands of the Swiss Federal Council concerning the sevara- tion of the canton «f Ticino from the Bishopric of Come, and a Papal memorandum has been ad- dressed to the Coufeil, mawtaining the disap- proval by the floly See of the sep» taken by the Swiss in this watter, The head of the Catholic church evidently does not allow his exigencies aa atemporal prince w influence his spiritual deci sions. Our market reports show a general decline in ali the staple prodncts. Congres# was pot in session yesterday, and the fHenators and members availed themselves of the ocewi to exchange social courtesies and views and opinions rerpecting the condition of the coun- try, The cancion Thursday night was, we are informed, composed of altra Southern men. No cours. of wetion was decided on, but it is ander- Blood that the sentiment of the meeting was deci- dedly in faver of having wothing to do with the de- liberatioos of the Aonvse s-lect committee of thirty- | The Southern Senat rs are to hold a caucus one to-cny One of the most appalling and horrible marders that ever wes enacted occurred in this city yester- cay mormng, at No. 22 East Twelfth street. The vicwm, an ole widew lvdy named Sarah Sbancke, Shu ke pts teuey goods and millinery sture at the above cumber, wae foaud dead in her bedroom, at the rewr of the -tore, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and ber hesd wd tace mashed to a jelly alwost Kebbery seems to have been the motive | Jor the comtiss! wot th shocking murder, judging from the raaseck:d couditioa of the apsriments, ‘The police hove thus tar ceen anable to ferret out the @ semeid, bUL It is hop: d that some clue will be et rea te the perpetrator be ore maay days. bie where will be found « fall sccvunt of the tragi- col aflatr, together with a report of the proceed- faye of We Corom “© auim Kive Fhelcbes o fs tnquent the scenes in the city co @ with the ‘roten difficulty, ‘which, happy tO state, we vel ere RO longer exmts, We pipe were mented last naht, ond early this morning he asda suoply wes expected to be ran- ging ts ai) thy toaxes of We eity, both ay town and ¢ #8 be eork . sroued the poups have en Mm tus x, aod we cap afford to laugh, | + i OVO. ! 5 * Onse, at Naperville, lil, frateromy, Coupaet ne defence ciwed the sum- onesel for the complainaat wil sum and itis expected that tue case will go | to the jury this evening ly (he Sapreme Court, <pecial term, yesterday, ee sutherland refared to grant @ stay of pro- ceeinge in the case of + illiam Malligan. It is un- | ders( od that the oalprit will be conveyed to Sing | Sing »cieon this morning Ir the Cour of Oyer and Terminer yesterday, | ning vf up « Merrie tt, convt ted of manslaughter in the 86. u | degree, Was sentenced w coutinement io the ve privow tor « tera of fifteen years and ix mm “ he beanirg on the application for the disc sare of Edwin Jeffords, who is held as a wit Dew svainet hin brother, who is charged with the Nevers. Walton and Mathews, was post- tay. We sckrowl-dge our indebtedness to Adams & | Co.’+ ast Line express tor Philadelphia newspapers | in RovanCe OF the regular mail, ‘The will of +e: tain Crabtree, formerly Vice President of the Commissioners of Emigration, was admitted to probate yesterday. The docu- ment Khows the Captain (0 bave possessed proper- ty worth between #20 000 ard $30,000, which he divides among his family and relatives exclusively. The cotinn market yrete “ay eo tinned without anime tion, and ales were ontow! te 9608 400 bs. amell low, takes GR fly by sptaneia Syme ~ wore being made Om holders’ eecomt, aL 6 16). 6%. por Ip, freight to Liverpool. The depression tn Gour coatiasd, | with @ ferther decline im prices of from 6) | fo 100 per bbl fo well for oxsh was impras Hesbie, withont @ material coreeefon in prices A tie of extra Gialo wae made for oesh at $466 © Wheat was algo heavy, with ome more iaqul and for comh lower prices ware accepted. Corn beavy and lower: tales of Western mined, in store and Adloat, wore mide at G00 , with @ femal! lot at 6le., cloelog at whe inside gure. Pork was steady, with modorate Gales Of me Bt $16 15, and of prime nt $10 76 Coffee PAs quiet Aud Dominal, Sales of eugare wore light, while urd P | Oepger from sectional strife. Fre bie sere eteady, ana the ta proviuel , e:peoluily for Bogtish Compe omian Meme The co 8 com, Past aad Present. tention othe Upited States ieeit is mire Tt was only by compromixa, as Wastng‘on observed, that the present Union Wee extablinbed, end it was only by oompro- tse that it bas seen ever saved when tu It ta onty by compremise that there is any chance of ssviog 1s pew 1 The greatest peril that has yet eucom- purreo it, All the serions domestic troubles that have ever eileea ip this country eince the forma- lion of is indeperdent government huve pro- | | Hberty. After fighting ba'f ihe battle, ciroan- ceeoeo fiom the meddling of the North with contrary to the compro- utter of the constiucion, and from the at- the wavery queein | lempte mHoe to protect the interests of North- ery mepufecturers out of the pockets of the teople of the Souvhera States. Upon toree | occwions before wbe present ume the Union | wee Provgbt to the verge of dissolution; bat on Exod 1 Was raved by compromise, and in exch instance Henry Olay was the master spirit Sho loomed the Gordinu Knot, aud restored the fost equiorivm He restored it by the Mis- wourt compremme im 1820. when the Union ln exireme da: yer; and he restored it in whey she ysblic tranquillity was vewin Gicurbed by federal injustice to te Souwh Le we pot the slavery ques- ew then, bor » Lib tariff, protectiog the Nord gt the esyenee ot the South, aad creat | We » Canperous eurpios fand iv the treasury. South Garoltos wes pep the foremost in resist Wg the wroug, we ehe 16 DOW; Hor Was it the re rolate wil und the etropg arm of Andrew Jack eon ibe: ecresved che evil at that time, as is seneraly tuppered It was ‘again a compro- | hike ewevre proposed by Henry Clay. Sout Usroltus dad porsed wa ordinsuce of nullifiva- Hod, but, Ou the fanch of the conctiatory mea- rune ty OF tutroincea by Mr Ciay, postponed ine lime tor carrying ae ordinance into effect | trom the 1-cot Feoruary till after the adjoura ent of Congrecs ou the 4th of March, A bill War Carina tb Cougress to coerce South Caro- Ube, suc the Prerident. Geuerat Jackson, be- Biver revots~ Gown Genera! Svott aud « ship | of wer to Onarteston, ieeured Proclamation Cau jovlng (be South Caronians against trea- Bou, aod Ceclartig that he would carry out the tows of Cougrers wt all bazeras, This was re- sponded «oO by & counter provlamation of the Goveruur of the State, ane » collision appeared eViebe, ah weant'me Jona C, Ca'houn’s bold stand eed powertul argument in the United States Senate huo made a deep impression on Con- grees ape the country In favor of the rights of tne South, He matotaived chat the people of We & Veral Sines Comprsmg these United States are noted as parties w @ constitutional cup pact, ty when the people ot each S:ate ac- ceded as & beparate uud sovereizo Community, each bivving itself by its own particular ratid- cation, thatthe Uniou of wbich the eaid com- pect is the bond is & udiou between the States rartying the game; and that, ws iv sil otber cases ot Compact among eovereign parties, without oy cummin juoge, each has an equal right to judge for itself, aa weil of tbe infraction as of ‘he mode apd meusure of redress. Mr. Calhoun somatced the position of his state by quoting ite Virginia resoluwous, Madiavo’s report and te Kentucky resoiusious—whica later were then discovered for the first time to have been orawn up by Mc. Jefferson, his graudson haviog vr auced the aaiesormpt of tbe rough draught to prove it, The Kentucky resoitions declared ioat where powers are aesamed by the general government which pave not deen delegated, &® pDuilitiation of the act ts ths righttal remedy tna! every State has a astaral right to.” Mr, Webster was the champion of ie oppctive principie. But €0 sucvesrtul was Cal- houn iu establiabing the great point at issue, tha: the coustitution is @ compact between the Staes, ibat even the North American Quarterly Review, publisted iv Bvetou, and at oli times the mavocate of the principles of Mr. Webster, admittea that Mc. Calhoun had deea victorious in maintaining bie ground on that point. Of courer the dovtdves necessarily tollowed of Butides ten, eecession wod all, Mr. Ciny. in order to restore barmony, now threw overooard th own favorite system, aod Offered a bul vbion +46 a surrender of the pro- tective primcipie, and established # gradual re- duction of the duttes on all protected articles, which were to vecmiuate wholly in 1842, worn bo Guty above 20 per cent advatorem should be laid; aud 4a to ariicies not simiar to those manufavtured in the country, there was an im- mediate repeal of the duties. In order to save the manufacturers from ruin, Calhoua accepted the compromise, the biil was passed which was afterwards known as the Compromise peace and harmony were restored, and South Carolina did not carry ont her ordi- nance, but repealed it on the 11th of March. Such was the effect of compromise aud the epirit of couciliation. Again, in 1850, when the slavery question in connection with he admission of Terriories threatened to beak up the Uniou, Henry Clay proposed » series of compromine mea- sures, Inciuding the Fogitive Slave law, which calmed the agitation till, in 1854, the Missourl Compromise measure was repealed under the auspices of Pierce and Douglas, and the elave- Ty quertion was reopened with tooreased viru- jJence, and the present republican party was establibed for the purpose of overinrowtog slavery, one of the most prominent .ae sures to two thirds of their States being @ wullification by legislative enactment of the Fuyiuve Slav+ law, “hich only carries out aa express provi- tion «f the constitution, Upon thie iaeue ‘he perty bave encoereded in electing Mr. Tinco'n as President ct the United | Stetes by a purely Northern and sectional vote. South Carolina and the other Southern States are, of courses, alarmed for the safety of their institution. But there ie no longer a Clay with the wie¢om to frame a compromise and the influence to carry It, and the Union drifte upon | the rocks, unless ecms new man arises, upon whom tie mantle of Clay bas fallen, to induce Seuth Carolina to euspend her act of secession, by holding out to her the prospect of redress within the Union, The times are different now from what they were at any former period, | Ov oll former occasions the Psion sentiment | prevelled at (he South, and even in Soutn Coco lina iteelt ( was strong in 1832. Bot now it is the éieunfon rentiment that rules the hour. Tiow much the greater need, therefore, of prompt conciliation and comprehensive con- cerefona which will settle the question before it iz too late. ¥ @ua tue ttetiam Ub +) re No one mor than Garinaidi timeeif wit mark the c ntrast and feel the difference ne tween the terribly exciting tife he lad cil wisn. | in ® month past, nod the trapquil, homely mm notony of his presert cully exmtence at his | emall farm ou the tonely isiand of Gaprers | Buch a change, to such 4 man st suc» sims muet be oppresave in the exereme, and one anything but caton'aed wo awaken happy re flections. He has not the satisfaction of know ing that the work he fought for has heen entire: ly accomplished. He only knows thas he nae resigned his charge to another, who bencefo ward promises to be the guiding etar oF Calla stances have induced him to taave the otnar half to be fought by the monarch whom he na+ enriched with his conquests, No doubt he insured to himself by re iring personal digvity and liberty of as.ion; bas, if | we are not wistaken, he feels regret that there should have been @ cause for that retirement. He is sorry that the rival generale aad ue friendly stateamen of the Eratian Court shontd | bave left him po room for the orosesutiva 0 bis independent career. Aut cum aul nwlus. Rather than be audordiaste he woud teave the | ecenes of bin ¢xploita and go home to feed uyon crust, And be went. It is impossible not to feel adeap and eeon | ine sympathy for a man who haa resved only disapprintment from those for whom he pave the way to power. [t ia trne ‘hat he has che admirstion of nearly ali Europe and the world and the affection avd gradtnde of mii lione of bis convtry meu; but these are seen Only afar off, while the sense of wrong, or woAmeue else it may be termed, under which he Inno with reference to tidivid vale, is felt keenly Sul he is anything but deapsiring and vod! be the last man in the world w atiow mune! to be bowed down by trifles He has jus promised his foreigo auxiliaries to ait 4 revoir tion in Hangary, and told the origins! a: mhers of his patriot band to prepsre tor uew murile. Although Garinaldi stands almost sion- among beth ancient and moderna heroes to purity of reputation, the ex sptional ooaictoy which he stands in might prove itself jooornsis ent with liberty and good order, ne Com monwealth should not depeud tor is Kstery upon the eel deaial of an individns!, however | undoubted hi« virte and good intaatinus upon the wisdom of no one man, whawerer m4) be the greatness of his achievements, ong it u- solute reliaace to be placed. [a ai! prove bisity the same single mind-d patriotiein ware bas hitherto distinguithed his contact will m- spire bim in his future undertakings; but hi+ power is one merely personal to niwaslf. and 48 @ CONSequence irrespoarible, In order uw secure the permanent welfare of the constinn tional government and prevent the possihiticy of serions interference with the policy wich may be approved by the nation, it is necessary that they should be removed beyond the baud of even the liberator of Italy, Like al) earha- tiastic men Garibaidi bax bis extreme tikes aad dislikes. We see un instance of the latter to bis dewand of Victor Emanuel for a summary dismissal of Count Cavour; and although the veteran statesman has proved that he posseasas the confideuce ot the Parliament of Turia Gs ribaldi considers his remaining in office as little lees than iveulting to himself, and this for the + reason that be considers him a personal oppo nent. There is eti)l much to be done in uniting the whole of Italy; but there will be ao opportuni | ty for the repetition of such a dariog exploit as , the lending to Sicily. Suct an expedition bya | voluniary aud irregular force against either | Rome or Venioe could be readily defeated by France or Austria Toe wimort efforta of ao | Organized goverument, Oversiiug wins cewalar @rmy, will be required to surmonet the difticul- ties whi d will beset the socom plishinent of an fudepeneeut kegdom to ivetnde all [taly. Garba di, afwr be landed ia Sivily, was leader of insurgents, more linked wicb the Population in whose Cause be foughs than with the inte to which he belonged, so much ro that it ne bad been defeated instead of defeat ing, Piedmont aod Naples might stil! bare been at peace We cansot but admire the modera- tion and self denymmg prudeave of Garinatai’s wots, which stand out 80 fseverably from his original hasty professions; and the sepss of po lition! Gtnese which fuduced bim to withdraw alter Victor Emanus! bad accepted the crown of Southern [taly showed a besuritul trait o relfdenial. Throughou! the revolution the ir regularities which occurred were narrow ed ee mach as the character of the enterprivwe allowed, aod generosity went band in hand with his devoteo euthnsiaam and bravery. It would be impossible at present to create a rebellion in Veu+tia or the Roman territors, and Garibaldi would have no means of atiack- ing the foreign military strongholds an- lees by the assistance of the troops of Victor Emanuel. But whatever might lead to their paving obedience to any one but their king would be subversive of good order Yet many of bis enthuslastic admirers, dazz)+4 by the grandeur of his individual position, are never eatiefied but when urging upon hima ururpaden of suthority no more jna‘itisbie than this, forgetful, it would appear, that the eubordinstion of personal interests to Jegal rights snd the good of the people is indisper+s. ble to pa‘ional freedom. While thas epeakiog, we cordially acknow ledge the immense benefits which Italy @ de riving from bis heroi: patriotism; we exalt the man and appreciate bis noble deede; our it ix well to guard against individusl oaprive He fs at pre-ent all that his country could wish Tiere i+ however, no guaranties that nod alferea circumarances he might not become the insiroment of unintentional evils, Garibsidi | ie an inpresetve model, anob as becomes bis re generator of bis couatry aod the inayirar of na tional relrelinnoe among its people. A tue Tialian aud soldier, be taught Ivalians to trust to their own etreugih, and he accomp!ished exploit on the Alpine frontier, in Sicily sad in Naples, which sill be embalmed ia history es the most glorious schievements that the world ever saw. All [aliens are prond of him, whether Piedmontese, Tas caus or* Neapolitans, snd even now his presence at Caprera is in itself eecurity that the Tiailan territory will remain intaot to the , Dew Hlugdom. No overbearing ally could auc- cessfuly bold out overtores for the cession of | Genca or Sardinia while Garibaldi remains ia Ttaly. He will, to the day of bis death, be an impending power associated with revolution j and congnert Should @ reaction ooonr in Na | ples, bis services would be of the highest value tw) | pubne lnw of Europe. i) 18 elres*y almost the ido! of the Neapoli tars, who regard the Piedmen'ese ging and go Vert men!, potwithetandme tbe popular vow. an intrusive foreigners; but it is to be hoped thar he will pot plunge into uneeusonabdle warfare, and 80 compromie the interests of bis country. The Coptem porary Urises of Karepeaa and American Affatii—A Remeay tor B siace the first Freoch revolution the vations of Europe bave oren in 4 continual etate of travertion. Tbe politica! theories acquired from. u-, aod which manly contriputed to bring shout that event, bave ever since been germi- baling aud spreading their influence. The vow pociples of goverpment developed by the first Napoleon, flosteud of checkivg, aided their pregress, The treaty arraogeme nt atfect ed ot the Congress ef Viewns would, ic wax thought bave effectustly arrested their march Va previrion, Had the German gevarnmenis kept foith wtb their eunjects it migbt, deed, nave euyed it fora ume, Torr falseness to theie pleoges only served to give # suil ereuter impulse to it Tbe revo'ntion of 1X30 offered the firet evi- | Gepoe of the substantial progress women lioeral- jem bod made. The reason ot Louisa Phitiype wo ihe principles that be ta acquired when in exile beve, aud that placed nw on the throue, paved ihe way for the secoud experiment of repunit cau goverpment in Frauce, Le faited, uot de- canse of ite unsuitable nese to the Character and temperament of the French peoole, as many covtend, but because of the imnecitiiy nod reifebness of the men who had placed themmelves ot ita beac, The coup d'état. although tt changed the torm of the goverameut di] not qestroy the trut» of the poistioal tram ‘og through which the Freved mmd had pas. La order to place hiv dynasty 00 & eevOre past Lens Nepoleon bad to appeal to the papal vole, conrctous thet 1% was the only lofuepes bat could sustain him apaiost ene postiity 6 the centnental goceroments aud secure Dur the fnendship f BE etaud. Thik twmense concession ones mle to the principle of popular elect Beenie One RIDEr Neen able 10 arrest the progresa of cous tu onal doctrines. Lraly require bat the prev dent to epabie her to work out ber emanesystion ond she hastened to prefit by is Lo eos yully wsserting the right exerciked by France | whe bas virtually estanlished it as part ot th lta formal recogniti + by Exgiand, and im almost equally unreserves acknowledgment by Russia, plade it beve+ forth beyoud the power of the Europesn e- vernmenia to overrurn it, Bas in order © avoia the conflicte wnich may be brougy abeut by the recusancy of the more aes potic, it is pecess ry wat @ full diplemete copfirmation ehouid be obrawed of tne pew dovtrine. It is, hestaes, the only way | whied « peaceable solution oan oe secured ‘oy the Roman and Venetian questions. For tn reason Italy, as well as France aud Ruseia + desirous of having a Congress immediately coi veneo. With the two latter the formal abrowa tion ot tbe treaties of Vienna and of Paria i no doubt the privcipal moive in view; nu: ‘hey are not the lers alive to the fact ther. attaning these objects, they will be compeilad to give tbeir sanction to the new principles which are henceforth to regulste the relations of monarchical goveroment with their sabjacts, Whilst thus in Eorope matters are steadily pregreesing to the practicn! recognition of the theories which brought about the French revo- Jution, and which had thetr first application here, it is @ singular anomaly to find this country retrograding towards those ideas ana torms trom whiob its example emancioated the Frevch people. Since the year 1825, when abolidoni«m first began to rear its head, we have been gradnally losing sight of the ureat fundamental principles on whioh this con’ede racy waa founded, and ten ring, in the puranit of miserable abstractions, the rights of States and of property, until at Iset the magnificent strnetnre erected by the wisdom of our fore- fathers is in danger of being destroyed by the wickedness of fanatics and demagogues. Apart from the ruin which their efforts must entail upon our commercial and finanoial interests, there is a consideration which adde to the bit- ter.ees ot the reflections to which they give rise in every patriotic mind. The dissolution of the American Uncion must exercise » powerful in- fluence in checking, if not entirely defeating, the triumph of those principles which are now obtaining the aecendency in Europe, and which, 1 uparrested, must eventuate in securiog for the masses there the biersings that we have so jong enjoyed It is certain that if the great experiment which the American people have thus fur enecesefully carried out should be des- tined to failure, it will encourage the European deapu'e to league together for the suppression of courti-utional institutions, ‘There must surely be eome means of averting ® result #0 pregnant with evil, not merely to our own Interests, but to those of humanity. Let us hope that there are ‘o be foucd amongst us many wise and patriotic men jike Mr Bachanan, who will unite their efforts to eave the worid from these prospective cangers. It Europe has profited by our exomp/e ip its periods of trial, why may not we borrow a Jeeson from it in our turn? To save ite populations from the miseries of war and the perslyzation of ite commerce, It seeks to beve the isenes in diepute between the different governments settled by a Congress, The remy dy ie even more applicable to our own owe. With no real diversity of interests, and but one abstract point of political difference, # Convention of the sovereign States of the Union ought to have lees difficulty in arriving | stan agreement than a Conterence of Powers whore governmental systems, whose politival terdencies and whose populations are widely | Cieimilar and often directiy antagonistic, Let | t jatriota, then, urite in | = pete hs ben Saver of this | of New York, in commemoration of the vore of proportion. It is the only one that can rave the republic from the ruin by which it is menaced. Tue Croton Water Trovps.—From ail ap- pearances when we went to press, the city is again this morning in the enjoyment of its ususl eupply of water from the mains. The verious inconvenience to which the pub lio have been put by its interruption, renders it worth while to consider whether the accident could not have been pre vented or lessened in its effects by the exer- cise of proper vigilance on the part of the Board, or whether the recurrence of suob a cv lamity may not be prevented in future. It ap- pears that the distributing reservoir at Forty. second street was nearly drained by the ercape of water both waye—twards the city by the Teguiar access, abd baukwards towards the Jeak—before the mishap Was discovered. Sure- Jy tf @ conr‘apt watch bad bewn kept at thie re gerveir, as it should be bota day and night, thr watchman would have perceived the decrease in the reservoir almost ivstantly, and contd Dave ebut the floodgates, aud thas saved the waste of water uatli the Cause hid been asver- tulned. But iostend of this i* seems that the water wae flowing offin two directions for some #ix bours before the gaces were closed. in fat. until the mud in the reservoir was wos! viriple, We conceive that there waa a culpable want of precaution io this case, aod we trust ins! Wore vigilance will be ob-erved hereatter. The Aldermen, #@ perceive, bave ordered the ra consuuction of the vid wells and puwps, Pai+ is wll very wet); bat wa would flud a poor pro teciton in them in cuse of # serious coutl srs. tiep. What we want—sod the present accident proves that itis a necemsicy——ia a second tyer of mae couneo'iog the t-verveire, That wou'd obviere wll Ounger of the supply of water vetng out off Tco much credit cannot be piven to the a boriies ot Brooklya tor the prompt maouer w which they paced the Ridgewood waier ak our Gisporal ip chix” emergency, or to those time iu car own City woo have gearrousl) offerea the enppty of their artesian Welle to re lieve the Wane of cheir neighoors. The Pers of Di-wolon—mr Views Uo memurd by she © bpoOk. Chit War nnd Menioan seareny are Liovetas D thresieoca to inene Doiiee Sees. Hownre we Tie nest oudengore to es ape there cubomatient oO Mr Bur bavan to meet the great evi day buve tyiled = At couusels are aert rejected by te OM oordant Inerons OF Wito the appotn ment ot the Cujiou cow of thirty three to tte Alone. we are ad bat it comes too late, Woere, then, are we & took for retiet? Le there & wotce in 4) tote tand entch. at this hour or danger aad despair, ms quiet the trown) Ne Reow bo bats wenercns Union speeon from the Peasi “Hopert Ane Linco,” would, ao this time, be aruly cewaArded tn good resales. While yet the electoral cobeges had not sat their eeff'aues, Mr. Licoole had some ground of jurnficetion for Gin eienees but new tat eo vue serene hier moans A Waters, tud Rave tne sty! ewe prilh Olin te the metres dent eleat, anid COlleres Whee wate, tothe off eof Present of the United S ates sit Dave elented hin errly Coneiermiog Of — ps'Tiotem aur of polcy ought to riggess to bim Mma, ne whould be slieut wo longer, Iv or emery times, upon gloukos of aigany wee Oecorm be might plead the propriety o se wo Be Thoagueelon oF et leat the Gao Ase Ot the electoral pete Of the several Stare selore the J let areematy of he two faunas of i grers, wed tne offiotat prootamanau there of ti eleoen #8 our next Peesident Bur wb ecent wit nob eome off till tne 13 dy of Fepenary, and ay Bho COU genote® of Me avlon Whten we bave mors to fear are ap one ed tor the Inervectng time, 6 becomes Hye tube of the Presioent elect te cams aside atl Cereme- uy wnd to epeak out af Oper for the Calva. The rerPoverniliiy © aot 08 Bare, evaded It is ine eleciion of Bir. Loacela, ag the Pret eptia! cancid ste of the anti-tavery repubiican party of the Nord, that tas prectusate: trea: praciicn! Seucnera aisuaion Movemeweam uoon the couvay, Frow this election ene polit tau of che Souk who couirot the politcal move men's of the Southern utes Mave taken che wlarw, apd have wirendy brought o6e bal’ «ft thors States to tbe vere of FeceRsion, Upon tn round that, we “Liveotn’s election wit Be tne douwntal) of eavery”? within the Unto: alierootive to tbe South is to wl Vator, ace that too, before he aoa pis aball be toveeted with the execuure poser the femora! woveroment To aneeer to the apprehensions of the Sou PFeeuling 1h Dore dinumes ae sufficient wrewer to way tbat We been copmiin loutty eimered, trac ne ise 6 fAryAnwe Gat via se Late seke hae 4 Nk Re Gunite gmlee me geen Bons Hyon Southern ryt that feou Compuriien of the ceRt Uongress tre Souun Send bow thing Wo fest, eveu sere Mo Lin. Colp Melined te Her port ngom then nighee trounte lee deeper tran these immedis 4 <4 © gearae The repetition warty Dave Cearer “po mora wate Te rit te mine a States; wu reoreen 2 1 oF N® Sipe U “on the wide Of freee om! be treede tf <a end of the pres i every vant of the Dur which Weln eg fe protege ab btn owe tore woe Gewepayere hy the feoor. power! the lace Since; ara nie trinmyense party hr alee eed there cant yar you teen. ineres fvatiadie polition! sat Muara Sage ani the * moral and potiioat evil’ *b i) oe ext puleted Beret tie the «ar ingeand the do gers feo thix powerlul antisiovery parts or oe Novy whioh aie Grieving tue Sominern 3 sce « eof an indep aden ¢@ . ide pe any longer dion 4 we the fret peceesity ‘5 vehal’ of the Jaisu ie tn> absolute ahane om ut by the Proateut etre of the pprecveahle @ht Savery pre gramme foe) woied de hws bee oleoted. An why cot! He ' promoted fom (he postion o B eertional cone day fo the! of (resident elect of the «he ederwey. fie obligeitons ore nO longer conficed to @ party or to a section Tree ex ond MM parties en’ all ection: Cader (bie reaper sivility, ani while yat he T8y Fpeak to ome prepare for himself, hie at minis ration and the country, ve ask him to speak to (ue American peop!» of the Norn and the Sonth, upeo this oriete of disanion, aud ae the President eleot of the Tnitid srates. We pave vo indications of » Msposttion in the repo blicen camp to make sny eatieactory concessions on this slavery kesue, even to save the Union. The Repuotican Siate Comniitee the electoral college of this State for Lincoln and Bamin, have just issued an addrese ia which ‘hey confidently rely upon the adhesion of Mc. Linco'n’s edmipistration to the Chicago po¥orm And what are the leading features ot this platform? Unqualified hostility to the reoc,oiUon of slavery in any of the Territories of the United States, the repndiation of the Dred Scott decision, with mach that is not fully exprereedt but broadly saggested, of the “irreprer «ible condiot,” as defined, not only by Mr, Seward, but by Mr. Linco\n bimeelf. Is this platform to be the policy of Mr. Lin coln's administration? Has he nothing better to offer ne panacea for the troubles of the country? Has be ao remedy for disunion but coercion? A'l these qnestions, and many more, may ptoperiy now be asked ef Mr. Lincoln. Voved by higher motives tna the fahiscious ob- Ligetions of « partiren, be angbt now eive'rify the conntry, and inepire » living hope among wur Union men, North sud south, of a restoration of harweny. We call upon ‘Honest Oid Abe” to com» forward as the champion of the Union. Does Thurlow Weed, iu his behalf, or does Senator Hale, speak as one having autho- rity? The country is entitied to know. ‘In thix connection, the republican merchants of this erty, wbo, on the eve of the Presidential election sppealed to their fellow citizens to vote the republican ticket, and elect it, so asto put an end to the state of anspense incident to aa unsetiied contest, should now, en masse, ad- Gree themselves to Mr. Lincoln to do some thing to diseipate the drendfnl state of suspense which biselection hag brought upon us all At all events, as our oBtgoing President has tried nnd tutied to arrest the madness which rules he bour, we call upon our incoming President cowe io the reacue of the country. Jona Oniuamen ane J by Unisaman Bsa Noe Cotvere are & pugmte at the best, but im their diplomatic customs they are a mystery. The innaerants of the Fiowery Land are gvided by the past more than any other nation wnd+r the oun. They are never happy but when doing exactly woat has been done from time immemorial, They love an exact copy, ‘tey cement im imitation, and originality ap- peers to be a word which is allowed no place ‘o their vocabulury. The Englishman who gave bie old patcbed coat to a Chinese as a guice tor him to make @ new one by hada x00 instance of the native peculiarity when te Coleetiat tatlor not only produced @ coat which was ap exset fac simile in shape, but ial in the patches aleo. They are pow puzzling the Engtish just as bey sozze@ them fp the three previous -Divee were 0 that the plenipoventiaries in satin upoD bie Majesty the Emperor. in the eynoerhood of Pekin, wre no less perplexed hou weve their predecessors, and perhsps a © more FO, a8 to what they onght to do aid bow (ooe 1 Dupticity, ostentstion and affection eimpiety and surprise are the prevail- 4 Chaovlersica of an imperial commis- sioner [the recent attack of the Chinese upon Sronehse to which the Evgtian and Freuch xn Tieone 80 actively responded, they, upom carnicg that the foreign commaaders were de- sreived to holé the place aud chastise them, victereed amrovishuent at Buch perversity, but, '» CoLsideraion of the wiabes of those gentle- meu, tory intumted that ft would be their plea- cure to toreyo the destruction of the olty. Here wat uo specimen of their bypoorisy. They koew well erongb, woen they commenced the wack thst it would be resisted by its protect- ors, a!though the Chivese were in that instance ubing only egsives their own rebels. There ~ perbape, not oue mau oat of a million who uncersands exectiy why England is carrying Ch Une costly and unsatwfactory war. In most swe is the object of the enemy to weaken sod cestroy as much a possible; but in the ee ot the Aities it is different, They «apt to punien and humuiate the foe jast as muh net uecersary for the protection of fau- wre trode and to eoable them to insist upon ta- vewuincstion, Such a detiuite and unique ob- vot we this, 60 Dively reduced to an exact cal- utstion, may, in the method adopted for ita o bievemens, well make whe rebels wonder and he Teguise government occasionally sanguine ol # Goumpd, ‘Tbe Chinese make a weapon of habitual in- sucerty knowing by experience the embar- (aremert which they thereby occasion their ‘vecmaries Av Open, straightforward com- wee ement of muy negotiation would be wholly vailance wih their national traditions, * if envoys. o# in tae case of those from sin who ote quite aware that they have no rey woetever, G0 not hesiiate, if there is .a .+ cot gaintog tlme by the ruse, in de- omg themseives plenipotentiaries. They uaut news is a treaty without providing a oophole tor iu future infringément, and it is "ow quesdoushle whether, if the Allies succeed mking & Ueety oder the walis of Pekin, it 1 be Hus! and trustworthy, so as to dispense © 3 periedtue! résort to arms. ~o ‘rene the present war is concerned, the +» (ave prorecoted their military measures ' orummare tact and vigor—s matter for «otnianen considering the large force that ‘ to }e moved over bad roads through « cusrge country. It was fortunate for them (bas the Obinese pooulation treat their invaders woh oe much cour easy as if they were friends, 1a allow the presence of troops to be no cere th (oe way of (rade and industry, Se sbitof thiift and trading, which is . b'. from the existence of the natives of he be, Land, that will secure for foreiga- suit mu'ely do whet the government may— + i8tge commerctal intercourse. A China- men’s pocket bas a good deal to de with his vrinel.-es, aba no one bas a quicker eye to mo- cey mating. mo matter where and when the ovpertusity may occur. We have grand in- sinoer of this in the Obinese immigration to ‘ siifornis, Avetralia, Singapore, Manila, and ep thet bei! upou earth, the Chincha guano slauds. Everywhere they are hard working, olf denying, energetic and persevering, and it appears to be almost an inestinot with them to buy in the cheapert market and geil in the dearest trne principles of commerce, Not more than & fourth part of the Chinese empire ie yet open to foreign trade, so that ea extensive market is yet to be opened. There ie nothing in this fact, of course, to justify the Englieh in making customers by conquest; bat In these days of revolution and irrepressible conflicts it Is hard to eny yea or nay. There is no doubt that our own interests in China are identica! with those of the Allies, and that whatever concessions they may gain will be also a gain to us. The recent visit of our Ministo Pekin,ter and the moderate diplomatic triumph whioh he there achieved, were owing to the pre- vious acts of the Allied forces, and all nations alike agree that China should open her gates of commerce to the West. It is gratifying in the midst of all this to find by the President’s last Meesage. that the friendly and peacefal policy pursued by the government of the United States towards the empire has produced the most sathefaotory resnits—that our treaties have been faithfully ebeerved by the Chinese suthorities, and tbat the claims of our citizens have beea duty honored. Under euoh satisfactory oiroum- stances we cannot envy our European brethren In thetr costly straggle. It would seem that tile arts of peace are superior to thoee of war, ef tbe or