The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1860, Page 4

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LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, BEVEN SistEKS, NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Mazerra—Dick Toxrix—Donaine vox a Wire, BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Day and Evening—MassanixiLo—Aztec CHALDREN—LiviNG CORIOST No. 6% Broadway.— Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad ks, dc. —UsKo UP. HOOLEY MINSTRELS, Niblo's Saloon, Broadway — Dancxs, Bukiesaums, &¢.— Bury Varnes CANTERB: MUSIC HALL, 663 Broadway.—Soncs, Daschs, BURLESGUES, & MELODEON, No, 639 Broadway.—Sones, Danexs, Bun- Lxsqtns, & COOPER INSTITUTE. ON ITALY AND GARIBALDL ©. Fuxtemen’s Lecture New York, Friday, December 14, 1860, The News. At the meeting of the House Special Committee of Thirty-three yesterday a resolution, offered by Mr. Rust, of Arkansas, stating in effect that the existing troubles were to be regretted, and that proper remedies should be applied, was adopted by a vote of 22 to 8 ‘The proceedings of the committee appear to have disgusted the Southern members. A caucus of representatives from North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas was held last evening, at which a maai- festo to their constituents was adopted, announcing that all hope of an honorable adjustment was ex- tinguished, aud that the only refuge of the South was in prompt secession from the Union. In Congress yesterday both houses passed the ‘Treasury Note bill. The Treasury will, therefore, be relieved of its embarrassments without un- necessary delay. A synopsis of the provisions of the bill may be found among our despatches from Washington. In the Senate, Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, introduced joint resolutions proposing amendments to the constitution, with a view to the settlement of the existing differences between the North and South. Mr. Wigfall, of Texas, re- sumed and concluded his speech on the affairs of the country. The House was engaged in discuss- ing a bill granting land in aid of the censtruction of railroads in Kansas, and a resolution directing the Superintendent of Printing to have the print- ing done by contract. The first was referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and the latter Was postponed till Tuesday next. Both houses adjourned till Monday. ‘The citizens of Philadelphia, to the number of nearly ten thousand, assembled yesterday in their Independence square for the purpose of testifying their unalterable affection for the Union of these States, and their firm determination to stand by the federal constitution and the laws. Without distinc- tion of party, people of all classes flocked to the meeting, and seemed deeply impressed with the im- portance of the occasion. Mayor Henry presided, and after prayer by Bishop Potter, speeches were made by the President, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Judge Woodward, Charles E. Lex, Theodore Cnyler and Isaac Hazelhurst. Resolutions were adopted proclaiming attachment to the consti- tution and the Union, recognizing the binding force of the Fugitive Slave law, and the rights of slaveowners in the Territories: recommending a a general convention of ull the States, and appeal- ing to the South fur consideration and forbear- ance in the present crisis of the Union. A full re- port will be found in another part of the papee. in the Board of Aldermen last evening a pre- amble and resolution were offered, setting forth that owing to the disturbed condition of national Politics, great distress exists among all classes of citizens, and requesting the Mayor to call a meet- ing of the people at an e day for the purpose of expressing their views of the course to be pur- sued to establish peace and harmony, but more especially to pronounce an opinion upon the com- promise proposition presented to Congress by the New York city delegation. After some discussion the subject was referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Cornell, Boole and Starr. A meeting in aid of the sufferers by the panic in this city was held last evening at 187 Bowery, un der direction of the “Order of Good Samaritans." Mr. Guinard, of Water street, and member of that Order, presided. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Dunn, Crow, R. M. Poer and Clute. Mr. Poer, during a long speech, stated that politics should not affect such a good cause, which, he shought, was of far more importance at the pre- sent time (lan even the consideration of the ques- jion of the secession of South Carolina, who had deen “going, going, going, but had not yet gor although they had threatened to do so for the last thirty years. The speakers introduced the cause of temperance in their remarks, as an assistant to their endeavors. Between each speech some mem- bers of the order sang appropriate songs, among | which was one entitled “ ‘Tis Our Duty to Help One Another." A committee of three were ap- pointed to receive donations to be expended under the supervision of the officers and members of the Order. The names of the persons on the commit- tee will shortly be published in the daily papers. The steamship North Briton, from Liverpool No- vember 29, via Londonderry on the 30th, arrived at Portland at eleven o'clock on Wednesday night. Her advices are anticipated. The steamship Europa, Capt. Leitch, with dates to the Ist, arrived at Halifax yesterday morning. A brief synopsis of her news was received from Cape Race and published on Wednesday morning, but we give to-day amore extended summary of her advices. The American panic formed the topic of discus- sion for the London press. The Times regards the crisis as more severe than that of 1857, but thinks the alarm and agitation groundiess and unneces- we The Europa brings nearly half a million in gold. The news from Italy is not important. The steamship New York, from Bromen 24th ult., via Southampton 28th, arrived at this port at two o'clock this morning. She brings no news. A popular outbreak, fi ited by the priests and lazzaroni, occurred at Naples on the 29th att., bur was promptly syppressed. We also hear of rixings in the Abrazzi and elsewhere. The siege of Gacta was progressing successfully, and there were rumors that Francis I, had fled from the city. Victor Emanuel arrived at Palermo on the Ast inat., where he was enthusiastically received. News from Mexico, vin Havana, is to the 2d inst The Traitd' Union of that date says:-—The army | cf the interior begins to make its appearance in tle neighborhood of the capital, and amounts, as we are imformed, to 26,000 men, with a formidable ain of artillery. When these forces are united wh those already occupying the plains around the capital (10,000 men) that city will find i. elf attacked by 35,000 men and about 40 pieces of artillery. The besiegers will not have assembled under the walls until the 15th De- cet ber, and then operations will commence.” The FB , lish and Prussian Ministers and Mr. McLane a+ still at Jalapa, and the new French Minister, M. | ubois de Saligny, who arrived on the 19th ult. at Vers Cruz, in the Spanish steamer Pizarro, was to have left for the capital on the 4th inst. Pursu- ant to a decree of the constitutional govern- ment, Congressional elections are to be held on the third Sunday in January next, and Congress | will assemble on the first Sunday in February, if not at the capital, at some convenient point to be the conducta has been made at Tampico, between the English and French merchants, to the satisfac- tion of the latter, at least. By the arrival of the brig Isabel Beurmann, we have advices from Port au Prince to November 24, There was a report current at Port au Prince that seventeen revolutionists had been taken pri- soners at St. Marks. A Hayticn man-of-war brig, with troops, had beer sent to that port. Whether these seventeen persons were engaged in any new attempted outbreak at St. Marks, or were a@ por- tion of the Port au Prince conspirators, we are not informed. If the former supposition be true, it would show that the revolutionists rely upon some kind of backing and support, and that the execu- tion at the capital of three of the leaders has not deterred others from a similar attempt some three wecks later. By the arrival of the pony express at Fort Kear- ny yesterday, we have advices from California, Oregon, British Columbia and Japan. The ac- counts of the disunion movements in the Southern States had caused a complete stagnation in busi- ness at San Francisco, and great excitement among the people generally. Some of the Breckinridge papers favor the formation of a Pacific republic in the event of a disruption of the States, The steamship Cortez left San Francisco on the Ist inst. for Panama, with $1,228,209 in specie. The ac- counts from Oregon and British Col important. The dates from Kana; 5 are to October 29. Trade was very dull, the dis- pute regarding the currency having rendered it almost impossible to purchase cargoes. A typhoon had destroyed most of the storehouses at Yokaha- ma. Accounts from Hakodadi to November 2 also report trade as very dull in consequence of the currency question. We refer to the telegraphic summary of the news in another column for intel- ligence of the whaling fleet and other shipping. In the Board of Aldermen last evening, the reso- lution to appropriate $6,000 for dredging the dock for the Great Eastern was called up, and after some discussion was adopted. _ A resolution from the Board of Councilmen directing the City In- spector to advertise for bids for cleaning the streets was concurred in. The report of the Fi- nance Committee in favor of relieving St. Luke’s Hospital from taxes to the amount of $40 70 was submitted. The Board of Councilmen transacted a large amount of business last evening. A resolution directing the Street Commissioner to advertise for proposals to clean the streets of the city for five years was adopted. The Board concurred in adopting an ordinance authorizing the Croton Aqueduct Department to appoint a city railroad inspector, whose salary should be $3,000 per an- num. The decision of the Fire Commissioners, re- commending the disbandment of Engine Compa- nies Nos. 13 and 21, was laid over till Monday. Mr. Shaw called up the communication sent in by the Comptroller last August, aud moved to insert **$90,000"" instead of ‘*$105,000" for the entertain- ment of the Japanese embassy. Mr. Pinckney op- posed the passage of the measure, and as soon as he finished his speech the Board adjourned, with- out taking any action on the subject. Captain Latham, of the slaver Cora, seized by the frigate Constellation, arrived in this city on Wednesday night on board the ship Relief, from the coast of Africa. He was given into the custo- dy of the Marshal. Daniel Benjamin and Geo. P. Cushman, two of the crew of the Constellation, also arrived in the same vessel, as witnesses against the parties captured in the Cora, and are in charge of officers Stephen Wilson and John Doyle. The examination will be continued to-day before Commissioner Morell. The Coroner's inquest in the Twelfth street tra- gedy resulted last eves in the jury rendering a verdict against the prisoner, Alfred Buchanan, The accused, in his examination, said he had made all the explanations he could in reference to the case, and by advice of his counsel he would refrain from making any further statements, The prisoner was committed to the cell to await the action of the Grand Jury. The jury in the case of David Finlay, tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer for the murder of his wife, last night rendered a verdict, finding the accused guilty of murder in the second de- gree. ‘The cross-examination of Mr. Blankman, in the Fanny White will case, was resumed yesterday be- fore the Surrogate, but the evidence elicited pos- sessed no especial interest. The case was adjourned til Tuesday, when it is expected that the examina- tion of witnesses will be brought to a conclusion. The number of inmates in the public instita- tions in charge of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction yesterday was 7,934. The number admitted to them for the past week was 1,763, while those discharged only aumbered 1,643, leav- ing an excess of 125 inmates in the institutions more than there were last week. ‘The advance in cotton yesterday was sustained, but the market was lens active, probably, than i would have been had the private letters by the Eurvpa been at hand, } and eepecially for lots in store. The sales embrace! 2.400 bales in transit and about 1,000 on the spot, in lots, closing with steadiness on the basis of about 1c. per Ib. for middling uplands. Flour was leas active, aud sales were checked by the firmness of holders and the upward tendency in freights to Liverpool. Sales were moterate without change of importance from the previous | day's quotations, Wheat, from the same causes, was comparatively quiet and sales quite light. Cora was in fair demand and rather firmer. Pork was heavy aad dull, With light fales at $16 25 a $16 50 for old moss, and at | $10 26 & $10 60 for prime. Beet was in light demand and prices heavy. Sales of sugars were light, and quotations * nominal at 4X0. a 540. for refining goods, and Se. a 6c for grocery grades. Coffee was quiet and nominal Freights for Liverpool had an upward tendeney, and at the close 134, per bushel was demanded for wheat in ship's bags. Rates for London were rather easier, with more offering at the concession. Reactionary Trousers ty Narues.—It would appear by the intelligence brought by the Eu- ropa that the partial risings in the Abruzzi, of which we had previously received accounts, were features of a general reactionary move- ment, organized by the church party and the royalists, and not republican, as supposed. In the city of Naples, on the 9th, similar out- break took place, the lazzaroni siding with the priests. It was promptly suppressed, however, ‘and does not seem to have occasioned any anx jety to the government. It docs not appear that the Mazzini party had any immediate par ticipation in it, but it is quite possible tha: they may have assisted in fomeating all thes disturbances, in order to take advantage o: them for their of pu. PO%e* We do not anticipate that the Pwo Sicilfes will be allowed to settle down quietly ua- der the new government without attempts named by the government. A pro rata distribu-- tion of the $409,000 restored by Degollado from NEW YORK HFRALD, FRIDAY, being made by the Mazziaians to breed fresh trouble, with a view to procure the adoption of republican institutions, The unstable and capricious character of the Neapolitan people will tend to encourage all such efforts, The consolidation of the new Italian kingdom will consequently be a labor of great embarrass- ment and difficulty. Fortunately there is at the head of Victor Emanuel’s Cabinet a states- man who has hitherto proved equal to all the emergencies of a most arduous and delicate position, and whose patriotism will undoubtedly enable him to surmount all the remaining ob- stacles that lie between him and the accom- plishment of his great task. The President Elect Breaking Ground— A Voice from Springfield. It would appear, by a despatch which we re- ceived yesterday from the home of the Presi- dent elect, that Mr. Lincoln, in view of the criti- cal condition of the country, and the intense conservative pressure upon him, is disposed to break the silence which the leaders of his party have imposed upon him. Mr. Lincoln’s home organ contains the following significant manifesto, which, according to our Springfield correspondent, is known to have proceeded di- rectly from the President elect :— We hear auch frequent allusions to a suppesed purpose on the part of Mr, Lincoln to call into his Cabinet two or three Southern gentlemen from the parties opposed to him politically, that we are prompted to ask a few ques ticas — 1, Is it known that any such gentleman of character would aecept a place in the Cabinet? 2. If yes, on what terms does he surrender to Mr. Lin coln or Mr. Lincoln to him on the political differences be ween them? or do they enter upon the administration in open opposition to each other t Now, this document is not so explicit or so straightforward a statement as we have a right to expect from aman who rejoices in the soubri- quet of Honest Old Abe. Itis extremely foxy. It sounds a great deal more like William H, Sew- ard than Andrew Jackson, and is altogether a splendid verification of Talleyrand’s famous maxim, that language is given to us as a means whereby we may conceal our thoughts. As in- terpreted by the partisans of Mr. Lincoln, this manifesto means that it is not the intention of the incoming administration to yield one iota of their sectiona® principles, and that if any Southern man accepts a seat in the Cabinet he must take office as a supporter of the Chicago resolutions, which “deny the authority of Con- gress, of a Territorial Legislature, or of any in- dividuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States.” It is very well known, however, that in view of the evils which the election of Lincoln has already ax . +f > brought upon the country, a large proportion” of the republican party has receded from the extreme ground taken at Chicago. The wel- fare of the black man is doubtless an impor- tant consideration, they say, but the prosperity and progress of the white race and the condi- tion of our pockets are of far more conse- quence. Therefore, rather than accept the is- sue of civil war, they are willing to give up all their anti-slavery abstractions and offer the olive branch to the South. On the other hand, the republican leaders, with the single excep- tion of Thurlow Weed, adhere to the policy which Webb blurted out some time ago, and still declare that the South must be whipped into submission. This is the doctrine of the Tribune and other influential republican jour- nals. Thus the President’ elect is be- tween two fires; on one side the moderate republicans press him to con- ciliate the South; on the other the rule or rnin faction insist that he shail not give way an inch. If Mr. Lincoln were equal to the greatness which has been so suddenly thrust upon him he would at once cut loose from his party and declare for himself an independent programme. Great emergencies bring out great men; and should Lincoln, like Jackson appeal to the whole body of the people, he would not be without competent constitutional advisers. At present, however, we can see no sign of any such action. It appears highly probable that the “questions” quoted above have been thrown out as @ bait to the Southern Americans of the Bell, Botts and Winter Davis school. It is a notorious fact that the republi- can leaders boasted of their ability to elect Lincoln even if the matter went to the House. They were confident that some of the South Americans would sell out. Winter Davis voted for Pennington; why not for Lincoln? and if Winter Davis, why not others of the same stripe? This game has been tried, unofficially, several times. The newspapers have teewed with “Cabinets,” in all of which the names of two or three Southern men have appeared. The temptation held out in this way having been so far resisted, the hook is now baiied afresh, and this time the President elect holds the line in his own hands. Should any “Southern gentlemen of character” be entrapped into acknowledging that under certain circumstances they would accept office in, Lincoln’s Cabinet, the republicans would gain two poinis of the game. They would be able to inspire their fainting adherents with fresh courage, and to taunt the South with the old ery that the question after all was one of the spoils—that the South was always quite ready to sell out for a liberal share of govern- ment pap. This is not all. We presume that Mr. Lin- coln is a man of common sense, and that, there- fore, he is perfectly well aware of the fact that badly as things look now, their aspect will be even worse if he attempts to carry on \he government with a Cabinet taken altogether from the Northern States. Upon the Chicago platform be might get Bates and Botts. Bell we know would refuse. Bates has been an anti-slavery man for years, and his appointment would not pacify the South in the smallest de- gree. As for Botts, Lincoln might as well give Sumner a portfolio. And if any Southern meh were tempted to go into the Cabinet, the ouside pressure would be so great that the government could not hold together a month. The question then resolves itself into this simple form:—Kither Mr. Lincoln must throw the Chicago platform overboard (it has already been repudiated by the people), re- nounce all bis anti-slavery heresies, cat himself loose from Seward & Co., and appeal directly to the popular heart, or else he must organize a sectional Cabinet, and be content to accept the Presidency over a Northern confederacy. If the President elcet takes office with a sectional Cabinet, the act is a virtual declara- tion that the South, being no longer repre- rented in the councils of the nation, is out of the Union. In this view of the matter Mr. Lincoln's # rgtesnons” forgthly remind wl bt Wie interview wetwoen cur Sarfoar and Satan, when the Prince o@f Darkness promised the Redeemer the kingdoms of the world on the condition that he should fall down and worship him. If we estimate the temper of the South rightly, the President elect will receive a reply similar to the rebuke administered to Becdzebub. We think, finally, that every sensile person will agree with us in the opinion that, instead of beating about the bush and puzzling peeple with diplomatic questions, Mr. Lincoln should throw off the mask, and declare boldly, faith- fully and fully the details of the platform upon which he intends to carry on the government. It is utterly abgurd for him, or any one elae, to expect that any Southern man will take office under a President who has been elected upon a platform hostile to the South, and who re- fuses to declare his opinions in advance. It will not do to say that Mr. Lincoln’s speeches contain his views. The country ia in quite a different position now to that when these speeches were made. What the people wish to know is the opinion of the Presi- dent elect upon the present crisis in our national affairs, and what will be his policy with regard to secession. Then we can very soon ascertain whether any Southern gentle- men ‘of character will accept places in his Cabinet. Every one will be disappointed with Mr. Lincoln who employs his time in asking questions, when he should be engaged in pre- paring an answer to the most important query which the history of the world has ever pre- sented. It is not too late, however, for the President elect to redeem himself in the public opinion. The grand question is: has he pluck enough to do it? Remembering the dangers of procrastination, and the value of bold words spoken in season, Mr. Lincoln should delay no longer. Let him labor while it is yet day, for behold the night cometh, when no maa shall work. The Republican Orators and Organs on the Crisis—Duty of Mr. Lincoln. Since the late emphatic declaration of war against the South by Mr. Senator Hule, of New Hampshire, in reply to the disunion warnings from the “cotton States,” in view of an anti- slavery adminisiration at Washington, the newspaper organs of the republican party have plucked up courage, and are loud in their threats of coercion and condign punishment against these Southern disunion “traitors” and “rebels.” The Chevalier Webb, of the Courier and Enquirer, who for some time past has been rather mild and conciliatory towards the Soutb, suddenly reappears on the stage in his original belligerent character of Bombastes Furioso, and threatens fire and sword, the halter and the hangman, death and destruction, to all South- ern seceders guilty of this treason of dissolving the Union. In his commentaries on the last disunion speech of Senator Iverson, of Georgia, our terrible Wall street contemporary says:—“This is very plain language; and he who doubts that a band of traitors at the South meditate rebellion agamst the government of the United States does not rightly read the signs of the times;” and he is “sorry to add that the arch traitor of the gang is the chief executive officer of the United States, by name James Bu- chanan,” and that the declaration in his mes- sage, that he could discover neither authority nor expediency for the employment of the fede- ral army and navy against a seceding State, “was virtually proclaiming that he would pro- tect his brother traitors in their rebellion;” and that “of course Mr. Iverson makes a virtue of his treason, and openly and fearlessly pro- claims it, instead of being made to feel that he is talking with a halter around bis neck, and with his eyes resting on that Haman’s ladder with which General Jackson threatened the South Carolina traitors of 1832, and frightened them into obedience to the laws and the con- stitution.” The Chevalier Webb is ready for compro- mises; but in the meantime, might and main, he is for proclaiming “that secession is rebellion, aud that rebellion must and will be put down, be the consequences what they may,” for that the Union is worth now more than the sacri- fices of “a seven years civil war.” Such, too, are the prevailing utterances from the republi- can camp. Mr. Buchanan is declared a traitor for not enforcing now the example of General Jockson in 1832-3. But times have sadly chang- ed since that day. Then South Carolina stood alone, and upon a close vote of her people, in her attitude of nullification; for outside of her boundaries the Union and Jackson's populari- ty in the South were paramount. But for all this, it was Mr. Clay/s compromise tariff of 1833, and not General Jackson’s proclamations, that brought South Carolina to terms. How stands the case now? All the cotton States are with South Carolina, and all the other slave- holding States are ready to make a common cause of the cause of South Carolina with the first bloody collision between her and the fede- ral government. No dispassionate mind can doubt this; and hence, from the silence of the constitution on this subject, the wisdom, as well as the patriotism, of Mr. Buchanan’s policy of forbearance. Mr. Luchanan desires to avoid this first bloody collision. He comprehends the consequences. These threats of the “halter” and of “Ha- man’s ladder,” in this connection, are as crimi- nally foolish as the proclamation of the impos- sible policy of maintaining the Southern States in the Union by the sword. A “seven years war!” No. It would be a war of extermina- tion, or it would only end in a peace enforced by a military despot, or by a treaty and a par- tition of States and Territories between several military chieftains. We hold that with the secession of one or half a dozen Southern States, even if they camot be restored to this Union, peace may be preserved between the two sections; and that tailing to save the Union, the efforts of all good men, North as well as South, should be directed to the great object of preventing a civil war. In the meantime the panic which is upon us, and from which our financial, commercial, ma- nufacturing, agricultural, and all other indas- (rial interesis of the North and of this city, are already suffering heavily, should warn all concerned of the wickedness of wantonly ex- vending the fiames of this Southern disunion agitation. But the leaders and organs of the republican party, with these threats of war su- peradded to our fears of disunion, are heaping ‘wel wpon the fire. The Chevalier Webb, who <0 flippantly speaks of “treason,” and “irai- tors” and war, is himself playing the traitor to che great communiiy of this city with hi chorteighied folly, hia pani¢ of io-aay wiveh all classes upon this island feel, ts bad enough; but to make it « thousand times worse we have only (o be authoritatively assured tha: the policy of Mr. Linooln against the seeders DECEMBER 14, 1860. . ee of the South will be the poncY proclaimed by the Chevalier Webb—the halter, the hangman and civil war. evidence that many of those who went enthu- » and perhaps defiantly, to the polls to vote for Lincoln, disregarding the warnings It is fortunate that nobody attaches aity Aegr’e | that preceded the Presidential election, in one of importance to the belligerent procldintions of Webb. But he echoes the sentiments of Sera tor Hale and of other republican leaders, and of republican organs, who are supposed to speak by authority. He echoes, indeed, the views and predictions uttered by Mr. Lincoln himself in Kansas a year ago, in anticipation of the elec- tion of a republican President in 1860, and of Southern movements of rebellion in conse- quence of his election. The crisis, then, demands from Abraham Lincoln, President elect, a proclamation to the American people of his’ views and purposes touching these Southern disunion movements. He has been elected President by a large ma- jority of the vote of the electoral colleges; but it is a purely sectional and artificial majority. The popular vote of the Union presents a posi- tive majority of nearly a million against the “irrepressible conflict” of the republican party, and against Mr. Lincoln as its representative. He was the candidate of that party; but on the 4th of March he will assume the office of Pre- sident, not of the republican party, but of the United States. His obligations will extend, not to one section, but to all sections of the coun- . What we want to know, then, is whether his views and intentions cover the policy of conciliation or coercion, in reference to these Southern disunion movements. If Mr. Lincoln would enter upon his administration with some prospect of good results, he will not hesitate to relieve the public mind of these apprehensions that with his inauguration, to maintain the Union, he will plunge the country into civil war. The Reaction in New England and the North. Political sentiment appears to be under- going a very extraordinary change in New England since the election of Lincoln. In some places a complete reaction has set in. Conservatism seems to have grown sud- denly into life under the pressure of com- mercial disaster, present and to come, where nothing but defiant fanaticism and disunion ex- isted before. The elections for Mayor in the city of Boston and four towns of Massachusetts re- sulted on Monday in the success of Union men over republicans. In Boston, now governed by a republican Mayor, the Union candidate defeated the black republican by a majority of over three thousand. In Worcester, Roxbury, Charlestown and Newburyport the Union can- didates for Mayor were also elected over the republicans. These are facts of deep signifi- cancy, showing that in the very hotbed of abo- litionism a love of the Union and a fear of the terrible consequences of dissolution are begin- ning to triumph over mad fanaticism. But this is not the only omen of the spread of conservative sentiments in the New England States. On the 6th of No- vember, the day of the Presideutial elec- tion, a member of the Massachusetts Legis- lature was to be chosen for a district in the neighborhood of Boston ; the candidates were # Union man and a republican; but there was a tie vote, which necessitated another elec- tion, and it took place about ten days or there- abouts after Lincoln’s election. It resulted in the success of the Union man by a majority of some hundred and twenty. Again, take the recent ac- tion on dhe Personal Liberty bill in the ultra republican Vermont Legislature. A motion tor its repeal was introduced by a democratic member; and, although it failed at the time, the proposition has since been referred to a com- mittee of three conservative men; and hence the repeal of this obnoxious law may be consi- dered as virtually effected. Rhode Island, we are sorry to say,bas not acted with as much judgment in this matter, for when the Governor—who was elected as a conservative—was requested to recommend the repeal of the Personal Liberty bill, he replied that he could not advise its re- peal under a threat. Rhode Island must be in a very happy state when it refuses to repeal an unconstitutional law under what it pre- sumes to call a threat, Another example of the effect which the certain consequences of Lincoln's elec- tion upon the condition of the country are producing in New England is the action which the solid men of Boston are taking to suppress the John Brown demonstrations, Six months ago such displays would not only have been tolerated there, but welcomed with eclat and enthusiasm. Now, however, the peo- ple are beginning to discover that the preser- vation of the Union is a more important affair than the apotheosis of John Brown. Upon the whole, the reaction in New England is a healthy sign of returning reason, and will do much to- wards allaying the excitement among extreme parties on both sides. That a very remarkable and wholesome re- action has been going on in all quarters of the Northern and Eastern States since the election of Lincoln has been manifest; but then the fact was only to be learned by the general tone of conversation, and by the more moderate spirit exhibited by portions of the republican press, such asthe leading paper at AJbany, and a few others. In the recent elections, how- ever, we have @ practical proof of the fact; the popular vote deposited in the ballot boxes is the true barometer which measures public opinion, and that barometer marks the figures thus in the following table of votes cast at the November Presidential election and the De- cember municipal elections in New England: P pete December. _—November- Boaton......... aah oni oa 18 Chariestown..... 697 1,671 730 1538 Roxbury.........1,023 1,223 1,408 Lsaz Worcester. _- 176 maj. 1,195 maj. — foe sseees 1 KI 2779 1,593 jewburyport.... 135+ 939 679 Manchester, N.H.1,288 B42 1,782 1,037 Total.........11465 15,582 18,611 17,118 Republican in November. 1,493. Opposition ity in December........ 4,007 Opposition gain in one month.. "5,600 ‘Thus we see that in one month after the effects of Lincoln's election began to be felt there was a gain in favor of the Union in seven local elections of 5,590. Nor is it in New England alone that this change is to be found; some of the republican towns of car own State have experienced a similar veaetion. Tuke the river town of Had- son for example, which for years past has al- ways been ewept by the republicans, and which gave Lincoln a handsome majority; yet at the charior election of the 4th of this month it gave aft (he local offices, except that of and the overseer of the poor, to de by an average majority of a bundred and no donbt olmost every town in the State would exhibit a similar result under the same gircumetances, These faets afford conclu-ive later, under the influence of sober second thought, cast their votes the other way. tl Tuverow Weed iy Trovere.—Thurlow Weed has got into a peck ox trouble with his republi- can friends since be suzgested the policy of conciliation aitd forbearance on the part of the North in the present alarming crisis. Not only has he been denounced and his propositions repudiated by the jouenals and leaders of the republican party, but they are now conspiring to deprive him of his position as lobby manager, ‘and to appoint a new State barber in his place. It appears, by @ circular just issued). that the republicans are about to start a new piper at Albany, in opposition to Weed’s Jounal—a paper which they promise shall be conducted in the service of the party, “without tempo- rizing concessions or vacillating expediencea” What a hard hit at poor Thurlow. And this new journal is to be edited by the Canal Appraiser, Thomas B. Carroll. Reference as to the enter- prise is made to Greeley, Bryant, D. D. Field, William Curtis Noyes, George Opdyke, and other leading republicans in this city, and @ host of republican politicians in the rural dis- tricts. It is evident that the great lobby king, State barber and genera) manager at Albany, isin a bad way. It looks as if he was alto- gether thrown overboard by his ungrateful friends; and this movement, upon the whole, indicates—what is of far more importance than the fortunes of Mr. Weed—that the leading re- publicans of this State are resolved to persist in a nou-conciliatory course towards the South, and to push the country to ruin rather than yield one particle of their fanatical dogmas. But the result of this onslaught on Weed may be a tremendous split in the republican ranks in New York, which is but a prelude to a gene- ral smash up of the party all over the country, UNION MOVEMENT IN THE METROPOLIS, The Disturbed Condition of National Po- ltics—Resolution Requesting the Mayor to Call a Mecting of Citizens as to the * Plan of Compromise. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. This body met last evening—President Peck in the chair. Alderman Corsmii offered the following preamble and resolution: — Whereas, the disturbed condition of - oSESERas, oar rin centlent ato at Ho Ra et rous . tong and good Teeling between the people of a portions ‘common couniry; (o the interest of this, the commercial and financial metro. of America, as well as (o Ubat of che people of the United Slates at large, that this ruinous condition of affairs should de speedily amehurated: therefore, Resolved, ‘That jouer the Mayor be respectfully re. juested to call a mecting of the citizens of New York, carly diay, for the purpose of exp) their views as’ w the course 10 pursued ip order to re mony. throught the Vion,” and more cepecially 10. bre. nountce an opinion As to the merits and f the plan of comp! submitted to the: the © nal of December 1860. and there was no use in Union saving meetings. Alderman Owens said that if report was true, they could not save the city, imuch Jess the Union. (Laughter.) If there was anything he could do he was ready for it; but he did not thiak this feasible plan. The community alive to their own interests if they deem it necessary. Alderman Gxxer said he did not mind working up a litte thunder for the ae but as this would inv expeuse to the city, he should it. To get up a de- monstration mg way of preamble and resolution that distress existed. He did not know that distress existed, if it did, it was only amongst those who deserved it. He saw no necessity for any demonstration of the kind; it is known from time unmemorial that this city is in favor of the Union. He hoped the matter would lay over. Alderman Tromey was opposed t» the resolution. Ths Mayor had invited some persons to a meeting in his offloe on the subject, and he (Alderman T.) did not seo what this Board had to do with it. If they interfered im the matter the whoie ex, © would come back upon the city—an expense per the amount of $10,000 for processions and deme ons. He was sorry a resolu. ‘tion of this kind bad been olfered. He boped it would not nor be recognized by the Board. Alderman Boous moved that the matter be referred to A special committee of three to ascertain the expense. ‘Alderman ‘Tvomky hoped not. Special committees wore “played out’ —(laughter)—ad he heped the Board would act on the matter to-night. ‘The motion to refer to a special committee prevailed, and the chair rae sna named Aldermen Corneil, Boole and Starr as such committee. Alderman Staxx offered the following — Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor be and is hereby in- structed to yy twenty mi to be forthwith sant te South Carolina, to be there empi: to convert the in- Letitants from pursuing @ course which will surely bring destruction on (heir be Oo motion of Alderman Booux the gentleman present- Ing the resolution was permitted to withdraw it. The Garibaldi Fund. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New York, Deo. 13, 1860. Please be kind enough to publish in your paper the fol- Jowing letter, and oblige your obedient servant, DOMENICO MINNELLI. Signor Domextco Mixyerii and other Members of the Com- mittee for the Garibaldi Fund in New York: — T thank you infinitely, in the name of my country, for the love and assiduity with which you have worked for gathering Means from the generous American people and from our good compatriots for the Italian cause, But the enterprise is not completed. There is a part of our great family still oppressed by atrocious despotism. The Ita- lions will coptinue, with every endeavor, to accomplish their sacred task—our union, and you must not abandon your work for v8. Address and make arrangements with my dear and intimate friend, Gen. Avetzana, to whom avone You will remit euch sams as may be collected. You will act entirely in accordance with his instructions. Ju support of our Cause America has sent many of her Drave sous, and the Italians, with heartfelt gratitude, «bank her. Keep your friendship for meas warm as ever, whilst | shall alweys be your warm an! aff ctionate friend, G. GARIBALDL Military Intelligence. DRILL OF THE SIXTH REGIMENT. The winter drills of our city military o-ganizations aro now fully inaugurated. Many of tho regimouts, stimu- lated by the recent parades and the \iboral eocoimivms of the prens, seem determined to attain still groater profi- ciency in thetr respective arma. The Sixth regiment, Governor's Guard, Colonel Joseph C. Pinckney, sasembied at the lowor arsenal, Elm street, on Tuesday last, in fatigue dress, for militaty exorcise. hi commande. of thirteen fies front eaoh, and in al nt 900 men. They executed a series of Mabe Uy res In A Commendad.c manner, aud wou the ap- {muse Of the spectators present. The enginesr corps is ,aricuarly deserving of honorable meution for prof. Ciency im drill and martial bearing Pleas. Before Hon. Judge Daly. DAMAGES AGAINST A CITY RAILROAD COMPANY. Jas. KR. Was Keil «the Sisth Avenue Railroad Com pany.— This was an action for damag-s for iajuries inflict ed. on the plaintiff by the negligence of thy defendants’ servants in August. 1859. |t appeare that the plaintuf anda friend ati mypted to get on top of & ome horse Sixth ave. nue car. ‘The friend eee o * but white plaintill wae trying to get on top car is foot mi and it vee ered between the wheel and th» tenck, he defence ie that (ho driver was engaged at the time of the scedent im giving change to parscagere, aad did not ce the plant wor Keow anythiog about him anti) he felt the ear checked, as if by passing over a stone; the ar wan then ® |, and Uke platutill was thom foumed clinging te the ear, badiy hurt. ‘The detones also contend hat the injuries ree: ived by the plaintif wore the tumult of Dis ewan ne giigene , ore it was stopped Arriva nd Departares, PARTURES. Lavrnroo.—Steamship Arabia, from Boston—Mias Bolt, Mr aid Mrs CK Codinan, three children and two servants, fend Mrane yond, wife Mooney, Bos Cam bel in Gurside, r Whiine; joemer, FU Heron, Miss Mra © Chueh, Mie Shaw, reingston, 3%, B Livingston, 8 ot im, New York Weat, Bro. hes MMO, A 10F, Sauge, Ht) ; vevelgod, Mr mitt Mrs Williamson aad infant, id White, WR Jones, Alewaniler Caras, J Joberts, St John, AB; Hngh Frazer, WT is Meal eae aan Sch at . " i " i : Cae ey vata Ue ten Adam Mis ‘ ‘ Eavicn debe Fraser, ober ‘Qoaale, alitncs, Taunes Nicoll, Queder—I2 Total Th Pt a a