The New York Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1860, Page 6

§ NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDIYOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFTIO“ N, W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. ‘sant by matt sei be at the Wie current in New Yorks cash in advance. Me vender. ‘None but Bank RRA + copy, $1 per annum. FRED, tee cory Rcherdlay os kz conte ‘annum: the Burcpean Pelition every Weduemlay, Bd per annum 9 05 part oF Srv Bird, t, to include postage, ee [Bhat of each month, at siz oe D. Fad Wen yt Riis irks Copy, oF $2 per annum. — LD, Volume Xx Vises AMUSEMENTS THIs EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway. —Ricwaan III. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond sirect— | RoMxo AND JULIBY. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Afiernoon and Even | ing—Sratpuve & Kogxe’s Equestaian Txoure. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—To Maniy on Not ro Mage:--A Race ron 4 Wiow: LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, No. 64 Brostway — Seven Biorens. NEW BOWFRY TIEATR Bowery.—Afternoon and Eveuing--fixaxs, tux Hon ce VIL’ OAK. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Rroadway.—Day and Evening.—Tus Sxa or lou~Azrec Cuitoues—Livisa Cour OsiTiks, Ac BRYANTS' MIN: LS, Mechanica’ Tall, Way.—Boaiesqui@, SONGS, Dancers, & —Riew HOOLEY & CAMPBELL'S MINSTRELS, Nivio’ Broadway.—Etuioriam Soros, Disevs, Burtesqrs Diurs’ Laxv. CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL, 065 Broadway.—Sones, Daxews, Bususqurs, & MELODEON, No. 639 Broadway.—Soxas, Daxovs, Bea. 6. ‘TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Wednesday, December 19, 1560, MAILS FOR EUROPE. Whe New York Herald—Edition for Europe. ‘The Cunard mall steamship Avis, Capt. Lott, will b this port to-day Cor Liverpool ‘The European mails 1 at a quater to ten o'¢ eave close in th, sity this morning Higaip will be aorzan Epimon ng the previous week, and up to the how aph at Of publivation. The News. The delegates of the South Caroling Convention and the members of the Legislature arrived at Charleston day afternoon, and were received with military honors. The Convention met at four o'clock, and proceede@ to business, Nothing, how- | ever, of importance transpired beyond the appoint- ment of committees, and the offering of a resolu- tion to ascertain what property the United States claims the ownership of in South Caro: | fina, how it was acquired, aud whether ! the claim can be enforced after Sonth Carolina | ehall have seceded. The resolution also calls for ation as to ch other property ¢ United States , dud the value of | share to whi i on an equitable division. A document pur- | to be 4ress from a portion of the | & Legisiatn hetable. The an 8 was laid ov will meet this morning at eleven Yho Senate of North Car ssed a bill yes ted on | for arming the Stat } ach of poking to @ restoration of th rise line were offered by Mr. ( ; te yesterday In the House Mr. jon, declaring that slaves were ty under the n, | by @ vote of 88 y #! nays | between ght to gainst | feer |} bear- y part | ent prevailed, and one of a fight. A t got int ven with: » to subdne ti! Inte jn the arly destroyed, and | is now aground Le ie Dabbery the Vanderbilt at one time was in great danger, from hor wheel- taken tire. The Join I. King waa Was) house having an entirely new veowl, belonging to Spofford, | TD caton & Ce ded to ran between this city and Charieeton, Her entire th ge about $12,009, 1 the ineuraace | 4 la ¥ ' of Garit . ; with the } Liberty. priate reed and 4 . was sung, ond elo john A. Dix, Ho ath Ma Hitch yok and others. 9 i smother part of toc The sear: : sin K Térerye © * ina? ived a siert Bringing BM late a th graphed off Cape Race oo i tian of our Mes enadir r da t par wideh 9 were American ky Brerage consumption in M i 50,658. AU (iis ta ty pmounts to abou of all kinds in Liverpool wee oaly Last about eight week J two or thie fa itself would not perkaps be of my that Bote were it not known from the United bd] ‘ tember laxt ore at t 300, than bast year. Were suck an 6 Cansed by poliucal oe the exports of t fuapended for ainet, would ron short of as well os howe thont of commeccic vices frota Has effect that the snyar rge al ate the uew crop comlug ia. T x } Butborized to issue } Mueb rene! wa aati ’ t the merchan i Ta thé Board of Se la t weekly statement of t er a. The re sa a ury of $1,971 the Board requesting + cote his views « é ace tretacty St he » Inarket was lees active, and sales confined to about 400 » 500 bales. ‘There were some inquiries for export, and a NEW YORK HERALD. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1860.-TRIPLE SHEET. to give bonds in the sum of $200,000 for the faiih- ful performance of his duties, The subject of in- creasing the police force to 1,500 men was defer- | red until the next meeting. The investigation in the cave of the alleged slave bark Cora, which was to have been resumed yes: terday before United States Commiasioner Morell, was postponed till Thuraday next, at noon, incon- Sequence of the illness of the prisoner's counsel. The advance previously noticed m cotton was fully uz tained yesterday, Middling uplands eles d firm a Ws50., while seme holders demanded from syc. to \o. 1 rates. Inthe absence of private advices, however, the shipment to Liverpool wax made at afd. per Ib, and 200 bales were taken for Bremen aud 200 for Antwerp, the latter at 750. per Ib. Flour under the foreign news was firmer, and sales were made at an advance of 5c. » 10c. per barrel, chiefly for the lower grade of shipping brance, “Wheat was also firmer, wit fair sales. Cora woe etfer and in fair demend. Pork was rather firmer, With sales of of Wt $15 625, a $15 75, and new do. At giG @ $16 12%, and new prime at $11 50. Sngara were more active, Chiely for reduing and forexport. The | sales embraced about 1,200 bhds. atid 1,600 boxes, at given {a another column, Coffee was unchanged. A sale of 400 bags of Rio was made at 1c. a 12c. Freighta cxbibited more spirit, with more offering for both England and the Continent. For particulars we efer to another colimn, The Voice of the People Against the Chi- cago Platform. Tt has been said that “the voice of the people is the voice of God.” If this be true, then the e of God is against the Chicago platform. | Peecher in the pulpit and in the press, and | Wade in the Senate, with most of the other | “greater and lesser lights” of republicaniem, both in and out of Congress, insist upon every ' plonk of that platform as the unalterable creed of the party, to be practically carried out by Mr. Lincola and his administration. That there are exeeptions among the leaders of the party | We aCmit, but they are so few that they only covfiim ihe iule, Mr. Seward has not yet spoken, snd when he does we have no reason to think he will epeak in tones different from his Rochester manifesto. If (he rewler will tura to another page he will find two articles—one of them from the New York /ulependent, edited by the Rev. Heury Ward Beecher, snd representing the fa- natical abolition ekment of the republican party, whieh will brook no compromise, but carry its Victory with a high hand, even to the final dismemberment of the Union and to the horrors of civil war; the other from the pen of Thurlow Weed, | ‘in the Albany Evening Journal, the only man of the party who appears to understand gnd appreciate the position of Mr. Lincoln. Repre- senting the conservative element of republi- | canism, Mr. Weed is willing to make conces- sions, and is not prepared to force the South- ern | tates out of the Union by a persistent refusal to do them evenhanded justice in car- rying out the compromises of the constitution. | Wade and Beocher, speaking in the name of | the abolition element pure and simple, de- clare that the North will make no concessions, for ; that “the Northern conscience is irreconcilably hostile to slavery, because slavery is wrong,” thus placing the republican organization upon a morel end religious basis, which renders its | hostility to the South and its institutions un- changeable and undying. It is the intolerant Puritaniam of New Englond, which exhibits itself alike in Maine Liquor laws, in Sunday despotiom, and in aggressions aguinst “the slave power.” On the other hand, Thurlow Weed, asa statesmen, rejecte the moral and religious basis for the republican party, claims for ita polities) foundation, whieh ren- ders concession and accommodation absolutely neecssury. “What matter of difference,” he asks, “betweou individuals, families, commu- nities, States or nati wes ever settled ex- cept by compromi And yet he admits that “the prevalent sentiment in his party rejects all compromises. ‘The blind, rash leaders, flushed with recent victory, do not what Weed that they are cy Teck upon which it m They are wer, if not them ibat the popular vote is ty ng to ¢ full sclyes, wit in their ! y have a maj their hat, according to the principles of all fre amenis, (he minority must sub- mit to the mafority. Mr. Wade, indeed, in bis place inthe Un tate, is not ashamed to vay that “he t pork t the verdict of the American people In favor of the platform on whi und standing thereon, bo would snffer anything before be would compromise in any way.” | owt was $160,000, | Now we submit that the verdict of the Ameri- | far from belvg in favor of the an} t ap form, fs a most . ond in proof of ovr position we sub- foNowtng tabular statement of the ughout the Union in the late on owe Breve fri, De [i oat 28,080) 16,463] 17.374 1676 io) 8.333) 951 raBrirites | 10518 064 802 ar votes in Northern 4 intormal votes oad Teta! vote in Northern States... tl 7m ee ee rer sm ber of votes te Soutkern States. 1.288 6s se Nortvera Statens... 8426.908 nar her of yates 110 Ip the Enon, It i very esident, from these ofBelel ne ted requiring the County Treasurer | turns, that, though om account of the plurality | The “Irrepressible Conflict” in Congress— | himeet } tr jubled waters, | of events at the | | i could not repair. Lincoln and Hamlin weve elected, | ted condemna- ! system and general State ticket system for elec- toral colleges Mr. Lincoln has obtained a majo- rity of electoral votes, he is sustained by a very -mall minority of the popular vote, the majori- ty against him being one million twelve hundred and forty-eight. Had the district system pre- | vailed, or had the people voted directly for President, it is plain Mr. Lincoln could not be elected, His election is technical and acci- dental, and the platform on which be stands has no moral support. The people have voted against him in overwhelming numbers. While only 1,864,950 votes are recorded in bis favor, there stand in hostile array 2,861,960 votes | against him. But this is not all. We must add to the ma- jority the conservative and Union portion of Lincoln’s vote, amounting to upwards of 800,000 suffrages, given to him in opposition to he corrupt democracy, and not to sanction the Chicago platform. Thousands upon thousands who voted for Lincoln abhor abolition, are in’ | favor of concession and compromise, and are al ulter antagonism with the extreme leaders who assume the right to speak and act for the whole party, The truth is that of those who voted at the Presidential election not one-fourth were in favor of the Chicugo platiorm, or are now in favor of the ultra policy of the republi- can leaders. This may be seen from the follow- ing table:— “ ANALYSIS OF LINCOLN'S VOTR. Lincoln's vote is composed of— Abolition vote. . + 350,000 Old whig vote... 900,000 Free soil democrats. 300,000 Conservative vote growing 01 tion of the democratic pariy. 315,000 Total Lincoln vote... Deduct whig and conse Chicago vote AGAINST CHICAGO PLATFORM. Ont of Lin- j Old whig vote... 560,600 coin’s vote, ] Conservative vote.o | Deugles vote... | Breekinridge vote | Fell votes... 4 EE Total against Chicago platform. ...... 3,681,250 dm favor OF Ite. eee ee cee ee 050,000 Majority agsinst Chicago platform... .2,631,250 | Here, then, upon a fairtealculation, out of a | total of 4,710,548 votes in the Union, there is | ouly a litde over « million of votes in favor of | the Chicago platform, whilst there are more | than three millions and a half against it. The | question then arises, are one million to ride , roughshod over more than three anda half mil- | lions, even to the breaking up of our confedera- | ; ey into fragments, and the inauguration of a | | bloedy civil war? Shall Mr. Lincoln under- | | take to govern the conntry by despotic force | upon the principles of the minority represented | | by the Chicago platform, or will he give way | to the feelings and wishes of more than three- fourths of the people? If his whole party were united upou the enforcement of the docivines of the Chicago Convention. they would still be ip a small minority of the people. Bat when it | is taken into account that they are divided and demoralized, neurly one-half in favor of concession and conciligtion, and for commit- ting the Chieavo platform to the flames, it is the duty of the President elect, in this great cmergency, to throw overboard the prejudices | and interests of republican leaders, and to sa- crifiee party pride on the altar of the Union, | which is greater and more sacred than party. | It was in this spirit that Washington and Jef- ferson acted at the time of the formation of the | ang | Severnment, and Henry Clay in later times, when its existence was endangered, It is now in imminent peril, and it isin the power of the President eleet to save it, and become a second | Washington. A little reflection upon the stub- born facts and inexorable figdres we have set | before our readers in this article must con- | vince him that miserable fail awaits his administration, and rain the country, if he | pursues the policy indicated in the Chicago | platform and in the speeches of such men as | Wade, of Ohio. If he has made up his mind to | abandon that poliey, and te adopt the eonser- | » views of Thurlow Weed, it is dae to | } | i and to the people to come out promptly order to throw oil on the | and prevent the occurrence ‘outh whigh may place recon- ciliation beyond human power, and resalt in a eries of disasters for which tears of blood | could not atone, and which a whole lifetine and say #0, in Ayxoiver Syvyesm ov vie Visee or rie | Persee or Warks.—The good reenli« of the visit of the Prince of Wales to this countr, becoming more and more evident, T! yespondence which we published in which the Queen of fF pressed her high appreciation of the reeeption of her eldest son in the United States, is one of the most pleasant souvenirs of the royal visit, to which, at this exciting season, the mind feels relief in turaing. We consider the expression of sch sent ment: as another link forged in the ebain of our international friendship, and well worthy of the pride and pleasnre with which all received it. Sneh words more than mere words, and too emphatic to need comment. They spring from the well of the heart; they breathe the spirit of true sympathy, loving kind and all that fe most ealeulated to eudeer one nation to another, and how yauch mere so Kagland, our mother country. [may well he suid in the reply that Americans now feel almost a personal interest in the fortunes of the royal foinity of England; and there Is no doubt “ym and interest we feel towards the ture representative of the Britich throae are at evidence and a guarantce of that con- ; ® common wel and mutual re | gard which bind together more strongly than treaties the feelings and the fortunes of the two great sections of the Anglo-Saxon race. } we are 1 Tue Jarasyven Trews at Last.—The long | agony sbout the Japanese bill is over, The | long sought for items have seen the light ‘at | lost, aod now that they are before us we flud | them satiefuctory enough. [+ is true that the total amount has been reduced in the process’ * revision by the committoe from $105,000 to | $22,000--a saving to the public treasury of | «ome $25,090; and on the whole the separate | «! charges are pretty moderate, considering the | handsome fashion in which the Embassy wus catertained during fits etay in the city, and the | very large suite who accompanied the princes, | ‘The item for the ball is gant, and, | in view of the liberal idews of our Corporation where the public money is concerned, we sup- 4 extra { powe there fs no rearon (o complain of any of the charges, But why did not the committee Sasniah the Sos SeYerer What ye oi) ihe fase abou. { The Power and the Daty of Mr. Lin- cola. Our conservative and Union loving readers who have entertained apy hopes of a reconcilia- tion between the North and the South, through the efforts of the peacemakers of the present Congress, will be very apt to agree with us now that all such hopes must be abandoned. The House Committee on the Crisis sits from day to day, and there is no end to the number of compromise propositions laid before it; but they are all of the same shallow and contracted pattern. They all propose the same superficial applications of oi] and honey to remove a dis- ease which is diffused through the blood, rerves and bones of the suffering patient. It is abundantly manifest that this Union saving committee is incompetent to save the Union; that it has not a man among its members equal to the necessities of the occasion, and that it is formed of Such irreconcilable clements as to render impossible any agreement among them of any practical value. The retirement of three or four Southern members from the com- mittee has left it under the control of a repub- ican majority, and as that majority, for the sake of the party, will be guided by the Chi- cago platform, we can at once appreciate the folly of any further continuance of the useless labors of this special Congressional debating society. With here and there a feeble exception, the expressions of opinion from our republican leaders and organs justify the acceptance of the late speech of Senator Wade as a faithful expo- sition of the views and purposes of his party. Aud what says Mr. Senator Wade? He says that he has no compromises to make—that the day of compromises is past—that the republican party bas beaten its adversaries “on the plain- est and most palpable issue ever presented to the American people, and one they understood the best,” and that “it would be humiliating and dishonorable to ns if we listened to a com- promise by which we should lay aside the ver- dict of the people.” He says thai the republi- can party, on this issue of slavery, stand “in the place formerly occupied by the most re- vered stutesmen of this nation— Washington, Jefferson, Monroe” and others, and that in this position his party stand pledged to prevent the institution of “slavery from invading another inch of free soil territory of this government.” While these fallacies are entertained by the managing leaders of this republican party it is folly to even dream of compromises, We say fallacies, for it is a fallacy to bold that the election of Mr, Lincoln involves the verdict of the American people in favor of the Chicago platform, The popular vote of the Union presents a majority of a million against Mr. Lincoln, sud because ke was the representa- tive of the republican doctrines of the restric- tien end suppression of Southern slavery. Nor is it true that in their hoetiliiy to slavery the republican party occupy the same ground’ as the fathers of the constitution, When the constitution was ¢stablished, all the States, if we ave not misiaken, with one exception, were slaveholding States. This will account for the brevity of the constitutional provision for the return of fugitive slaves. New York, for ex-, ample, was then a slave State, and hence there Was no squeamishness and no fanaticism among her people touching the return of a fugitive slave to his master, or in reference to the transit over the State of a Southern citizen with his slave property. We see, then, that between the good fuith of the fathers of the Union on this subject of slavery and our Northern anti- slavery fonaticism of the present day, as re- presented by the republican party, there isa vory broad line of distinetion. But, unfounded and deceptive as are these republican views and assumptions of Mr. Wade, they are entertained by bis party, and they tand in the way of any compromise that can fore the Union. Under this condi- ional Union saving eom- residentiul messages cthern Union meetings sions opposed to the re- The trouble ‘ul sectional siraggle miftees 9 . re Waste paper, and N nd mere moonshine. vf the par publicans « has arisen trom the sy of the republican par the control of the itive government at Washington. They have elected « President, who, on the 4th of March, will take the ph of Mr. Buchanan. ‘The South has teken the alarm. Some of the cotion States wil have seceded from the Union in anticipation of a republican regime. And wherefore? Beewuse the people of those States nguration of Mr. Lin- vce the practical work of the beliowe that with the ta will comm . Wade anewers, os Mr. Seward has ams a thonsand times before, that the republican perty contemplate no aggressions wpon the rights of the slaveholding States, and will permit none. But, then, Mr. Seward hos predicted the extinction of slavery in the United States in « quiet, constitutional way, and has seid that “Lincoln's election is the downfall of #levery.” But how so, in a con- stitutional way! By the exclusion of slavery ‘yom the Terriiories—by the addition, within two or three years, of half a dozen new States to the side of the anti-slavery North—by the reor- ganization of the Supreme Court “on the side of freedom,” and by the enforcement, under federal authority, of the freedom of speech and of the press in all the States. Under these arrangements it may be reasonably supposed that our Northern political, moral and religious crusades against slavery would soon make even ‘cotton States” too hot to hold it. We say ing of Northern violations of the Fugitive » law aud Personal Liberty bills, for these shings are at best but secondary Where, then, can we look for relief against wered issues. | these dangers of dissolution? Where but to Mr. Lincoln, who-e election at an antivhvery i | } | } candidate for President hes precipitated upoa | us this crisie of disunion and civil war?) The President now in power can do nothing—Con- | grese can do nothing anti-republican Northern | Union meetings con do nothing ; but the Preai- dent elect, in a single letter or speech to the American people of the North and’ the South, Syering » broad and radical compromive, may everything to save the Union, A ma- jority of # million of the voters of the United Stutee heve recorded “their verdiet e{ the republican programme for the suffo- cation of slavery. Does net this manifestation of the public opinion of the Union afford the y for the salvation of the Union? We must pereiat In our call upon Mr, Lincoln to show bie hand, This lote speech of Mr. Senator Wade is but the echo of the speeches of Mr. Liatsin ppon record, They eigeest no com- qromise, ne peace~-nothing but disunion amd + will be 4 BLA wee » | | civil war. Thus standing before the country, hea Mr. Lincoln resolved in silence to await the day of his inauguration? That is the question upon which depends the fate of his administra- tion as well as the restoration of the Union. Tuy Orgra wy New Yorx—A Goop Ex. AMPLE TO THE STOCKHOLDERS or THE Aca- pemy.—On last Saturday the New York Opera season, undertaken by Formes, Fabbri & Co., came to an abrupt and melancholy conclusion: The rece sufficient to pay the ex- penses of the perforinances, distinct from the salaries of the principal artists. On the same day the associated Italian artists, Muzio, Col- son, Brignoli & Co. wound up their Philadel- phia season, which was somewhat more success- ful than the Teutonic campaign in the metropo- lis, but still so far from being lucrative that the stockholders of the Opera House in the Quaker City were moved to make a handsome contribution to the exchequer of the allies. This was a praiseworthy act, conceived in the proper spirit, and carried out in the most agreeable and gentlemanly way. The great drawback to Opera managers in Philadelphia, Boston and New York has been the free ad- missions to which the stockholders are entitled. ‘They exercise their undoubted right, and mo- nopolize the best places in the house, to the ex- clusion of the paying public. In flush times, and when the Northern cities are fall of stran- gers from the South and elsewhere, the Opera manager is barely able to pay his way. When things begin to look blue, the public desert the Opera immediately, and the manager is floored. Such is the case at the present moment. ‘The Opera bas no Quintius Curtius; so the Opera has subsided, and the fashionable world has incontinently come to grief. We find, however, that Baltimore can support the Opera, although New York and Philadetphia fail to do so; and the cause for this singular state of things is found, so far as New York is concerned, in the fact that the supposed aristocratic class which controls the Opera House demands not only the best places and boxes in the theatre, but likewise extorts exorbitant rental for it. For a short season the directors of the Acade- my demand $1,000 per weck—imore than $300 for cach performance. The expenses for cho- rus, orchestra, printing, attendance and sala- ries of the minor artists exhanst the average receipts and leave nothing whatever for the principal performers. Indeed, they may con- sider themselves fortunate if they escape the contingency of being obliged to pay out of their own pockets for the privilege of singing to the stockholders of the Academy. in this wneans tt to understand these facts _ thoroughly, and they are given in no spirit of opposition to the proprietors of the Academy of Music. We simply desire to remind them that under tke present arrangements ibey will have no Opera this winter. It behooves them to move in the matter, and to make some concessions to the artiste. The leading stockholders of the Aca- demy are men who have a special interest in removing the cloud which now hangs over the public mind. In no way can that end be bet- ter accomplished than by providing for the support of all refining wd intellectual amuse- ments, In this category the Italian Gpera stands first and foremost, and we trust that the direclors of the Academy will agree with us so fer as to provide for the open- ing of the Opera Lcuse during a portion of the winter. A voluntary subscription, commenced in the right quarter and properly carried out would be an appropriate beginning of the work. The stockholders should either be will- ing to reduce the rent to a merely nominal sum, or else to throw open the reserved places to the paying public. Under no other circumstances can any manager or association of artists at- tempt to resuscitate the obscured fortunes of the Acadenty. subsisting upon elsewhere. country are they have aggregated AMUSEMENTS Por THE loiicr.— The ut present oceupying that very delightfal post, the General Superintendency of the Police, has followed in the footsteps of hiv iustriows pre- decessors, and in his last report strewaously urged the propriety of increasing the numericul strength of the force. Mr. Kennedy complains bitterly about the length of the beats over which the men are obliged to travel, but does not scem to recoguise the notorious fact that many members of the force abbreviate their labors materially by neglecting their petrol duties altogether. Tn the “ good old times” the policeman wos fein to solace his weary hours in the cosey bar ef a public house. But the new regulations cruelly probibit that innocent form of relasa- tion, and now we find that the policeman’s active mind has taken amore esthetictarn. Music and the drama allure the blue-coated gentlemen from their lonely rounds. The Muses woo them, and not in vain. On Jest Thursday night the num- ber of wafformed police who assieted at the per- formances in the chief theatres and the 0; House was over forty. At the Aca sic there was a charitable concert, and it was good to see how the genile hearts of the police melted upon so interesting wn occasion. The stage was fringed with blue coats and the cou lisses swarmed with locusts, As the serv of only half a dozen officers are required for all these places, it follows that the others came ont of pure devotion to art, or, as it was insinuated by some evil minded persons, in order to keep out of the cold. We are in favor of increasing the force by all means, and we also advooat the building of a theatre expressly for their benefit. Timid people are now unnecessarily agitated by the strong show of police in places of public amusement. It looke as if a riot was imminent, and therefore the gentle public must be overawed. entleman Paste Avoxa mim Rowpy = Ctsases.— ‘The measure of even-handed justice meted out (o Muligan the other day, who wae sent to Sing Sing for four yeurs and a holf, seems to have an alarming effect upon his brothers of the “funy.” When the case of “Jin Massy” — another of that dangerous class of politicians known as sitihers, of which the departed Mul- Vigan was so shintag a light—was called in the court of Oyer and Terminer oo Monday, it was found that tbe aeensed had deeamped and for. ‘elted his ball, As the offeuce changed was nearly similar to that for which Mulligan is now snffering in the seelasion of Sing Sing— asmely, nseantting an officer ft is probsble that Mr. Masey anticipated a like fate, and therefore neteol blmself Out of sight. if the example mede of Molligan only has the effect of ridding the city of mote of this close of indi idunls, it At this | moment the leading artists of the Italian Opera | is well that the public should be mate | Orrpoor Amusements 1s New York.—We note a8 one of the most pleasing signs of the times that the people of this city, old and young, rich and poor, male and female, have begun to give a great deal of attention to out- of-door sports. In the summer we have yacht- ing, mountain climbing, fishing, pedestrian rambles, base ball, cricket, &c., &c. In the winter skating and games upon the ice are all the rage, Just- now, with these cold, bright, sunny winter days and long moonlight nights, the skating carnival is at its height. Thousands of people visit the Central Park every day, and the scene upon the lake is unrivalled by any capital in the world. From early in the morn- ing till near midnight the air rings with the music of happy voices, as the skaters glide over the polished surface of the lake. The Park is kept in the best order, and every one compliments the police force, which is certainly the most effective, discreet and beat tempered that we have ever seen in this country. To be a good policeman requires a raro ad- mixture of firmness, patience, kindness and for- bearance. Captain Renwick’s men come re- freehingly near to the mark. We hail with sa- tisfaction this revival of the old fashioned taste for outdoor sports. Our people find it healthier, cheaper and more enjoyable than the usual modes in which they employ their leisure hours. ‘The theatres and concert halls “suffer some” while the ice is in order, and the moon affords the light of her gracious countenance to the lads and lassies, But they must suffer and be strong. Their harvest will come by-and-by. In the meantime let the skating carnival go on, Views ox Secession iv Enatann.—aAs the news of the condition of this country reaches England the people there are becoming astonished at the turn affairs are taking. They do not comprehend the reason why such disas- trous results should follow from such causes, and when further intelligence of the progress of secession and the imminent peril in which the republic stands shall have arrived, they will be astounded. But most ot «ll will they be surprised at the littleness of our stetesmen, who cannot settle this dfficulty amicably. And what will they think of Mr. Lincoln, who at this moment has within his grasp an opportu- nity to make himself the greatest man of his time, by stilling this fearful storm and saving his country, and yet does not use it—who haa the means, more than any other living man, to win immortality for himself, by reconciling the inharmonious elements which are tearing to pieces the most prosperous nation on tho face of the earth, and yet obstinately refuses to. exercise them--who can become at this moment a greater than Garibaldi is to Italy, und almost as great as Washington was in the perils of the struggling colonies, if he has any capacity or intellect for the work, and still persists in maintaining an inglorious ease and stubborn silence at his country home while the country is going te ruin. We opine that the English people will find it very hard to compreliend snch a course ing man who, from his position, is presumed to be a statesman, and who ought, at least, to bea patriot. Texkisie Ties Tus Wivren.—There is not & moment to be lost in raising funds and making provision for the poor. The winter is now fair- ly set in, and there will be a large demand upen those who have to give. In all probability New York never witnessed such terrible times for want and destitution as are before us, and every day hurries on the crisis. Meetings should be held at once to provide means of subsistence for the unemployed, who will bo- ore long be left hungry on the streets by the ‘housand, The revulsion is going on steadily; the South- ern States are going out of the Union; that is prety evident; nor does there appear to be any hope of arresting secession in Washington? Congress is disorganized or paralyzed, and can do nothing. Mr. Lincoln, who could domuch, is doing nothing; he is deaf to every appeal, and on all sides things look gloomy and foreboding. It is time, then, for usin this densely popu- lated metropolis to look after the interests of the destitute masses who will be thrown upoa our bounty during the winter, Fine Arta, SALE OF VALUABLE OTL PAINTINGS, ‘The artistic public of New York have an excellent op- portunity this evening of becoming posssssed of some ‘ine off paintings. The Messre. Sehenck will offer several works of art, selected im the studios of Europe, at auc- jon. Thesule commences this evening at the galleries of the National Academy of Design. The ablest masters of the modern school are represented in the catalogue. Among ‘the mest attractive pieces are ‘The Letter,” by Merta; “Landscape and Sheep,” by Kook-Kook and Rugene Ver- breckhoves; “blower amd Fruit’ plece, by Keekers; “A Drop toe Mech,” by Ferdinand de Bracckler; “Contented oud Pigcontented,”’ by Henry Schaecfiele; “Street View of Amsterdam,” by Everr, and “The Prince of Orange at the Pattle of Breda." The collection ia numerous, and all the pieces are excellent specimens of art. We expect ‘hat the galleriv# will be greatly crowded. RareaiaN Recttathons.-—We would re- that this accomplished orator and de- will givo aguther of his highly classical recita- tions at Clivten Hall this evening. The brilliant success which hes bitherto attended Mr. Tasistro ie the beat f of his power and ability to undertake so difficult « tisk as reciting trot mors the plays of Shakapere. ihe eelcetion for ning is ‘Much Ado About No- hing" —a comedy full of wit and humor, We hope the lovers of Uhe writings of the Bard of Avon will aswemble numbers this evening ne Jollet, Mr. Stwin Booth € * always tare or less lateresting, ~ )¢8 the particular attention of the then + Romeo aud Juliet” will not be played orans on this cocasion, a Vixceet Wats sev's opern of “Darlin” is deetod a great success among the musical celebrities of Kurope. Mr. Wallace is in good health and buatly occupied ia tis Profession ¥ Dopw cates Rooms —On Friday evening of this week a concert will be given hero in aid of Signor Assoni, the well knows bedio singer, who is now very {ll and in peed of pecur lary ald. The dest articts in the city will appear, headed by Freezolin!, Carlotta Patt! and Mme. Strakovch, and the programme will be such an ous as can rely upow sepport upon ite ints insie merite, Brooklyn City News, Caasp Mowce: Demrvar—A mesical festival will be given by (he pupils of public school Ne. 13, Brooklyn, assisted by several profeesional ant amateur performers, evening end to-morrow evening (Wednesday and ). The object of the concert te to raise funds to © plance for tite avusical clasees of the schoo, Tie house of No. 15 was destroyed by fire last winter, ond a new building # now nearly tompletedon the former pite, it Degraw strost. The festival will be ia the Westintnater charch house), om Clinton a derstand that, the feb aod by Be AR Clarko, the principal vane ee