The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1861, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDTIOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TELS, cask tn advance, Money sent by mail will be atthe Wak of tie sender. ‘None but Bank bills current in New York p BT per annum, er RALD, too cents per 60 HERALD, every B3 per annum; the Buropen 7 copy, BAF Sto any § O} the Continent, both to ° and 2st of Yednenday, at | There continued to be a goo: ,W | and common qualities were easier, Voinme XRVE........ NUS THIS EVENING 2 ox Hons Tawire. WINTER GARI Nieuouss NieK Ley way, opposite ond street.— evra, wery. ALM TRRROK OF TAK ROAD noon and Lveniag, BOWERY TH Ee an Px WALLACK'S Br. Teored LAURA EEENE'3 THE BEVEN StsTeRs. THEATRE, Broadway.—tur Lavy ov | RE, No, 6% Broadway. RY THEATRE GLANCE aT New ¥ N ery. -O'F ¥ ue | Ew rr Farwn K—-BEN Tuy THEATRE FRANCAIS Broadway.—La Fiasuina, M, Broadwuy.—Day ana ieans—Livere Cur. BRYANCS’ MINSPREL way.—HURLESQUKS, SOxGs, 473, Broad D'Exmiorn. MINSTRELS, Niblo’ | » Dances, Bowtusaus ee i} gio HALL, 66% Broadway.—Soxas, | 0. | | political disease NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1861—TRIPLE SHEET. Colonel Corcoran that he had vet promulgated the ; orders to his regiment for the parade on the occa- sion of the Prince of Wales’ reception. About ten thousand persons entered the Cen- tral Park yesterday, more than a half of whom visited the pond, The ice was in exceilent condi- tien, and, having been cleaned of the snow which fell yesterday, will, if a slight frost should set in, be to-day better still, A curling party were pre- sent in the morning on the pond. ‘There was rather more ibauiry yestert#y for cotton, both from the tradé and for export. The sales embraced abont 1,600 bales, and rumors were afloat of 6,000 bales having beew gold which we could not trace, The markot closed on the basis of about 12}se. for middling uplands, though some brokers called ita Wifle under this figure. ul of anxicty to receive y the Asia, Flour was tolorably active, but without change of moment in prices for State and Western grades, Southern brands were in good mand, and prices for mixed to good grades were firmer. wt was heavy and dull. The sales were moderato, Prime lote of white Corn was in fair demand and later news du e but bittle dealt in, » do delivered at T1e., and round yellow at 73c. a York was firm ond in better request, with sales of | Rew mers at $17 50 a $17 6234, and new primo at 8 25. Sugars wore steady, with sales of about 70 bhés. Coffee was steady, with moderate sales Freights continued tolerably active and firm, chietly withia the previous day's range of quotations, ity ofan Appeal to the Peoplh—The Approaching Elections in the New Eng- land States, Ithas become manifest to every thinking mind that no remedy whatever can be applied to the ‘er which the Union is now laboring, excepting by the people of the United States themselves. Tbe vast masses of our pulation, both Nov / South, are unques- bly conserv Five-sixths of those are entitled to voie deplore the agitation by which the popular surface is torsed to and fro, and condemn the demagogues who have brought us to the present stage of a deplorable national crisis. Public feeling demands the N ive, ' overthrow, once and forever, of sectional ty ey City.—Woon's Mux. E SHEET. New ork, Saturday, January 1, 1 RIPL The News. The steamship Asia, from Liverpool Sih and , own Gth inst., arrived at Quarantine last | ing, but owing to the quantity ef ice in the bay she did not come u Her advice ever, been anticipated by the Teutonia. The proceedings of Cong vi usually important. In the | consider the vote whereby the Crittenden adjust- | ment was iaid on the table, was reconsidered, all | the republicans voting aga’ A motion was | then made to insert Mr. Big) plan, providing for submitting the question of amending the con- stitution to the people on the 12th of next month, | and it was made 1 order for Monday. There are indic that lead to the belief that this will pass. The remainder of the session was | devoted to the bill for the admission of Kansas. It will probably pass to-day. in the House the debate on the crisis was con- tinued, aud concluded by Mr. Sherman, of Ohio. Our accounts from South Carolina are rather more pacific than usual, owing, as it is said, to | the pressure excited at Washington by the seces- sionists there. Colonel Hayne has not yet pre- sented his propositions to the President. He awaits further instructions from his government. Governor Pickens has concluded to allow Major Anderson to obtain such supplies as he may re- quire from Charleston, and his mail communiva- tions are again open. The New York Democratic State Committee, in view of the alarming condition of the country, have issued a call for an election of four delegates in each Assembly district, to hold a State Conven- tion at Albany on the 3lst of January. The Georgia State Convention yesterday adopted a resolution declaring—first, that it is the duty of Georgia to secede from the Union; and second, | appointing a committee to prepare an ordinance | of secession. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 165 to 130. The Virginia House of Delegates yesterday passed a bill appropriating one million of dollars for the defence of the State; also a bill authorizing | an issue of treasury notes to that amount, bearing Bix per cent interest. The conservative citizens of Rome, N. Y., on | Thursday evening resolved not to permit the band of abolitionists which has been roaming about the western part of the State to indulge in their antics, and accordingly took possession of the place of meeting, and prevented all speaking. Thig is | Another indication of the reaction in public senti- | ment. The Senate yesterday, after an exciting discus- | sion in executive session of four hours duration, | confirmed the appointment of Mr. Holt, as Secre- | tary of War, by a vote of 38 to 13, We publish to-day an interesting batch of official papers, consisting of reports of the Congressional | Committees of Thirteen and Thirty-three, relating to the troublous state of the country, as well as the reports on the same subject presented to the New | York State Legislature. The documents are published in regular order, and will fully repay | perusal, Additional and interesting particular, relative “to the steps taken by the United Sta nd Jury | in regard to cases of alleged treason in this city, will be found in another column. We must again refer our readers to our dea- patches and reports for the news from th capital. Both branches of the islature have adjourned till Monday. | The steamship Marion, Captain Adkins, arrived yesterday morning from Ch on board, as passengers, three laborers from fort Sumter and ¢ twenty-three free colored persons. As to the con- dition of the parties in fort Sumter, we | they are in good spirits, number seventy-five men | rank and file, and twenty-five laborers, have plenty | of provisions and water, and @ scarcity only of | fresh provisions and market track, which, how- | ever, they are now at liberty to procure from | Charleston as formerly. The Bowery murder case was under investiga tion before Coroner Schirmer yesterday afternoon. | A large number of witnesses were examined, with the hope of clearing up the mystery which sur- | rounds the affair, but unfortunately nothing was | elicited beyond tracing the movements of the de- | ceased up to within a few minutes of bis death. | ‘The examination will be resumed again on Thurs: | day next. | The Police Commissioners yesterday held a #e- Gret meeting, and ditmissed Sergeant Weed, of the Fourteenth precinct, for being engaged in | other business; and also disinissed Captain Curry of the Fifth precinct. Sergeant Jeremiah Poity wf the Fourteenth ward, was appoi captain nd detailed to fill the vacancy in the Vitth pre einct. Several other appointments were nade, qoostly patrolmen. } ‘The revolution going on in New Granada, under Mhe direction and leadership of Gen. Mosquera, is supposed av fond to be a movement secretly sup- by the Panama Railroad Company. In cas pf his success, the company fecls assured that it ‘will make favorable terms with him for the con finuance of its charter, as he is a very liberal man and a warm friend of American interests. The court martial of Colonel Coreoran was con tinued yesterday at the Division Armory. Nothing have, how- \ > | ous | ny, from whatever quarter it may be arrogate Massachusetts and South Carolina are proba- bly the only two States which love trouble and discord for their own sakes, and are prepared to push intolerance to the extreme of civil war and an annihilation of the prosperity of a re- publican confederation which is the admira- tion and éxample of the universe. If, then, the voice of the intelligence, worth, integrity and wealth of the majorities in the remainder of the States can make themselves heard, « | unequivocal cry will re-echo from New York to Louisiana, and from the Atluntic to the Pa- cific coast, in favor of the preservation of the Union, at whatever sacrifice of mere party and platform interest. The conviction has slowly and painfully forced itself upon the conservative masses that Congress can and will do nothing. In this most trying period of our history both the Senate and House of Representatives have shown themselves to be anything rather than popular representatives. They are utterly lost and stupified in the midst of a revolutionary period which they have neither the knowledge to comprehend, the sagacity to control, nor the uprightness and independence to encounter.. A background of incapacity, stupidity, imbe- cility, gross ignorance and habitual venality only presents in stronger relief sach weakness, cowardice and malice as have but one or two parallels in the history of constitutional gov- ernments. The discretion, judgment and pa- riotism are now needed of statesmen like Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Jackson. We behold in their place a desolate blank in every noble quality, at the very source whence sound and healthy legislation should proceed: Incumbents of office at Washington from the South live in deadly fear of incurring unpopu- larity among the populace of their own dis- tricis or State. Representatives from the North either want the moral courage to cast off | the shackles. of local, clergy-beridden do- minion, or else are actuated by the treasonable motive of hastening the country into blood- shed, in order to complete the anarchy towards which they have so largely contributed. The | broad, conciliatory views of inter-State policy, which must be developed to heal the present and avert the impending evils that menace us, are as few and far between as oases in the de- sert of Sahara. Mr. Buchanan bas done all that was in his power to pour oil upon the troubled waters. Surrounded by difficulties and advised by false friends, he has given wise recommendations, agopted energetic measures, and been true to the position he so worthily fills. But the days of his administration are numbered. He no longer holds patronage to bestow, favors to re- fuse, or the rod of fear with which to compel the reticent, The most disinterested know that his tenure of office can last but a few weeks longer, and that, with the best intentions, he can make no effectual impression for good. So far he has averted evil. By his foresight and | forbearance he bas kept back fratricidal hands ready to imbrue themselves in blood, and pos- terity will owe him a debt of gratitude great | for this negative merit, which is of itself un- speakable. He cando no more. He will de- liver his sacred charge unsullied to his suc- cessor, maintaining until the last moment the rights of the federal government under the constitution, but abstaining from those overt acts which, though permitted by the law, would be unqualifiedly inexpedient and unwise. Meanwhile the waves of excitement are daily rising higher and higher. Insurrection is pass- ing, in some States at the South, out of the hands of the thinking, sober minded class, who only seek for the recovery of those pristine | rights which have been wrested from them by funaticiem, into the power of a rude, unruly, uncontrollable, irresponsible mob, having noth- ing to lose and everything to gain by disorder and civil conflict. The man who might with one word have created for himself an eternal piche in the pantheon of patriots, and at the same time have quelled instantaneously the din and clamor which bave obtained such hide- supremacy everywhere—the President elect—has chosen the part of utter silence. The little that has transpired respecting his intentions, from the mouths of his advisers, is lukewarm, unsatisfactory and wholly inade- quate to the exigencies of the moment. Ifis reputed mouthpicce, Mr. William H. Seward, ented himself with the exhibition of a cunning piece of fantastic political patchwork, made wp of eamples to please every taste, and colors to attract every eye, but inconsistent and impracticable as a means of satisfying the craving demands of the country for such concessions to the South and such amendments to the constitution as shall result in immediate peace. ‘There ia, therefore, no reliance to he placed has cor good to be found in cither the present or th> incoming administration; nor do we see any signs of action on the part of the separa'e States which strike us as cheering. Unless the people begin to act fae themselves, throwing of | old alliances and bygone distinctions of party, all is lost. Neither is there time to be throwa away. Elections for State officers and for mem- bers of Congress will be shortly held in three of the New England States—in New Hampshire on the 12th day of March, in Connecticut oa the Ist day of April, and on the 3d of April in Rhode Island. Since the 6th of November last an immense reaction has taken place east of the Connecticut river in favor of conservative legislation, and such compromises, under the form of amendments to the constitution, as the slaveholding States demand. Let the South, on the one hand, have patience; and, on the other, let the i ly put in the elections to be held in the three States above named: “Shall the Union be preserved, or shall it be disintegrated, with every probability ef civil war?” If patriotic Northern citizens will turn their eyes exclusively to the importance of placing this question fairly and in all it bearings before the people, we have confi- dent hopes that an sppeal to them would not be made in vain, even in New England. What do the Sonth ask for! They require no more than was guarauteed to them by the com- mon law of the country at ihe time the consti- tution was framed. Slaveholders of Massachu- setts and South Carolina visited each other re- ciprocally in 1787, carrying with them their bond property, aed knowing that it would be respected. Special local legislation has since destroyed this right. The Soyth do not seek for its entire reeovery, but that, when n ity require a short sojourn at the North citizens, they may not be robbed of what they own. Until within fifty years the Territories, like the States, were included under a commot ve code, No individual action of N n States can infringe upon that code constitutio: ally, and it is proper that attempts to dos should be rc ned, and that the Southerne like the emigrant from the N should be mitted to carry his p , of wha kind, into that portion of the national domaia which equally belougs to all. These points— and that there should be that perfect tolerance of slavery, as a social institu- tion, which is readily granted by sect to- wards sect the world of religious freedom—are all thatit is necessary for the people of the North to guarantee to their brethren south of the Potomac to secure end- in less tranquillity and the dissipation of every cloud ¢hat hangs over the horizon. Let the intelligent, conservative populations of the North bestir themselves while there is yet hope. Ifthe issue we have suggested is put before the masses they will at any rate be compelled to meet it. Upon them will rest the responsibility of deciding whether the country is to be preserved or destroyed; whether the hal- cyon days of the past shall retarn, or whether commerce, manufactures, trade, agriculture, capital and the value of real estate and securi- ties shall be buried in one common ruin. The South can afford to remain quiet until they shall have become witnesses of the last effort that is being made by their friends here. If it succeeds the cause of rejoicing will be com- mon, and their patience will be rewarded. If it fails there will still be abundant time to put on the habiliments of mourning for the death of the greatest nation of modern times. Brooxiyy.—The are endeavoring of the United Tue Recent Trip or THE Norfolk and other papers to represent the return States steamer Brooklyn to that port from Charleston harbor as a_ backing down and ignoble retreat of the officer in command, because the Star of the West was fired into by the batteries of Morris Island. This only shows that they do not know what they are talking about, because it is as clear as the sun at noonday that the mission of the Brooklyn was not to Charleston at all, but to intercept the Star of the West, and counter- mand her orders to land troops at Fort Sum- ter. Arriving off Charleston, and learning from a little schooner, which proved to be a kind of spy craft, that the Star of the West had already arrived there, bad been fired upon and returned to New York with the troops, the commander of the Brooklyn, having nothing further to do, at once put about and returned to Norfolk. This is the simple story of the Brooklyn’s cruise, She was not despatched on a mission of coercion, but the very contrary. Having no business at Charleston, nor any orders to pro- ceed thither, she of course returned to her original station. A Patriotic Praceanist.—Mr. Seward has received a great many compliments for the comprehensive philosophy of the ideas in hte recent speech, and the literary ability which raises the whole production far above the or- dinary level of Congressional addresses of the present day. It seems, however, according to Mr. Seward’s friend of other days, but oppo- nent at present, Deacon Aminidab Sleek, of the Journal of Commerce, that the Senator has pil- fered extensively from the papers of Alexan- der Hamilton and Jobn Jay, which appeared in that famous publication, the Federalist. Mr. Sleek gives extracts sufficient to prove his point, and that Mr. Seward stands detected of wholesale plagiarism. It is never- theless true that Mr. Seward could not have stolen from better sources. The ideas of Jay, Hamilton, Jefferson, and the founders of this government generally, are very much better than Mr. Seward’s new fangled notions about the “higher law” and the | “irrepressible conflict,” or Mr. Sumner’s “sa. cred animosity,” or Helper’s “Impending Cri- sis.” We trust that Mr. Seward will continue | to plagiarise. If he will take the trouble to read the speeches of Sir Robert Peel on the Catholic question, Pitt and Colonel Barre on the | American war, the debates upon the Missouri | Compromise of 1820, the Force bill of 1882, the opinions of Webster and Clay on the compro- | mise measures of 1850, and will put the ideas of those great statesmen into practical form to | meet the present crisis, he can bring the coun- | try through all its perils without the aid of | General Sandford or the Chevalier Webb, and | stand forward as the most beneficent, philan- | thropic and patriotic plagiarist on record. | Let Mr. Seward go abead. He is on the right | track, even if he does not meet with the appro- | bation of Mr. Sleek. | | Contovs Features oF ‘THE SkCESSION Move. | ment. Among some of the curious features of the secession movement is the agreement on the part of South Carolina to continue to use the gf importance transpired except the admigsion of upon the present Congress; no hope of adequate postal service of the federal government for its own special accommodation, while that State is seizing the Post Office, forts, arsenals and Custom House, the property of that govern- ment. Mississippi, too, it appears from her se- cession ordinance, is going to avail herself of the Post Office privileges of the country from which she declares herself cutoff. Forseveral days past we have been receiving our remit- tances from South Carolina, and the other se ceded States, in postage stamps. The ordiaary mode of remitting by draft having become 89 dificult of late, our neighboring “foreign” States are using the stamps of the national government asa medinm. The mail of one day recently brought us nearly a hundred dol- lars worth of postage stamps. The secession- ists have in fact converted our office into an extensive picture gallery of the patriots of the carly days of the republic, containing multitu- dinous duplicates of the heads of Franklin and Washington. The Crisis Committees of Congress and Their Labors—No Comproinise. We publish this morning a heavy budget of interesting matter bearing upon the crisis, em- bracing the records of the labors ang the re- ports of the Senate Committee of Thirteen, and the House Committee of Thirty-three, at Washington, and the report of the Senate Com- mittee at Albany, “to which was referred so much of the message of his Excellency the Governor as relates to our natioual difficul- ties,” all of which we submit to the careful consideration of our readers. The journal of the United States Senate committee, we apprehend, furnishes 9 conclu- sive exposition of “the true intent aud mean- ing” of Mr. Seward’s late remarkably amiable and conciliatory speech. He was one of this senate Committee of Thirteen, and partici ( to the exient of a yea or nay, in its proceed: The Criiieuden compromise which is considered by conservative Southern men the least that will be acceptable even to the border slave States—was the first thing tried in committee; and how stands Mr. Seward upon the record? Upon the first prop re-establishing the Missouri Compromise line, the committee was thus divided:— y jessrs. Bigler of Pu., Crittenden of Ky. I glas ; Hunter of Va., Powell of Ky., and dtinn.—6. All democrats except Crittenden, old line Dayis of Mis: s of Town, Seward’ of New York, and Wade of Ohio —7. All republicans but two, Davis and Toombs, non-compromising secessionists. This, so far as Mr. Seward is concerned, is a specimen vote. The second proposition of Mr. Crittenden, denying to Congress the power to interfere with slavery in those places over which the federal government has exclusive jarisdiction ; his third proposition, denying to Congress the power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia while slavery shall con- ffmue to exist in Maryland and Virginia, or either of those States ; his fourth proposition, declaring that Congress shall have no power to hinder the transportation of slaves by land or water from one State to another, or to a Terri- tory in which slaves are permitted by law to be held; and his fifth proposition, for indem- nity to the owners for fugitive slaves rescued by mobs, or smuggled off by underground rail- road agents in the free States, were all equally unacceptable to Mr. Seward. Against every one of these propositions in their order, and even against recommending a repeal of the anti-Fugitive Slave law Personal Liberty bills of the Northern States, his vote will be found recorded. It is thus made manifest that Mr. Seward, as the authorized oracle of the President elect and the republican party, is opposed at this time to any concessions whatso- ever to the “slave power.” We now per- ceive very clearly that the only point in his late speech of any practical value is his decla- ration that “when these eccentric secession and disunion movements shall have subsided, and calmness shall have resumed its wonted sway over the public mind, say one, two or three years hence, then, and not till then,” will he be ready to vote for a convention of all the States, to inquire what amendments, if any, it may be deemed expedient to make to the fede- ral constitution. This late speech of his has been aptly described asa Blondin tight-rope performance, Upon aslender cord, Mr. Seward, with his balancing pole, has crossed the deep chasm which now divides the South from the North; but his bridge is useless, for it is utterly impracticable to the undisciplined feet of ordi- nary mortals. Mr. Senator Hale, in his speech on the sub- ject at the opening of the present session of Congress, declared that secession is revolution and civil war; Mr. Senator Wade, of Ohio, next in order, declares that, as a republican, he has no compromises to make ; Mr. Seward, the ap- pointed Premier of the new administration, says the same thing in words and in acts; and if anything more is wanted to show that the re- publican party have shut the door against any compromise, we submit the vote in the Senate yesterday on the motion to take up the Critten- den propositions. It will thus be seen that the republican Senators were a unit against the motion. They all appear to share in the opinion of Mr. Seward, that itis too soon for compromises; or in the opinion of Mr. Lin- coln, that it is too late; or in the judgment of Horace Greeley, that the republican party have effected a settlement of the slavery question, and are “not to be bullied” out of their victory. The House Committee of Thirty-three, one from each State, from the secession of two or three members, proceeded to business in a | broken condition. At the conclusion of their protracted and fruitless labors, they came into | the House in three or four detachments, cach with its report. That of Mr. Corwin, the chair- man, considerably diluted, embodies the com- promise scheme of Mr. Crittenden. The re- port of Messrs. Tappan and Washburne de- clares in favor of the constitution as it is, and urges the enforcement of the laws. Mr. Charles Francis Adams, (son of John Quincy Adams, and political representative of his father,) was disposed, ut first, to make some con- cessions of principle to appease the South; but the members from that section in the com- mittee having refused their support to @ reso- lution declaring “a peaceable acquiescence” in Mr. Lincoln’s election, the duty of every good citizen, Mr. Adams takes back his proffer- ed olive branch, and has no compromises what- ever to propose. : Thus, in both houses of Congress, all efforts at @ compromise have fallen to the ground. ‘The republican party has no compromises to make. They intend, first, to see “whether we have a government or not,” and thea, one, two, or three years hence, they may, perhaps, listen to reasonable South- ern complaints. The term of this Congress ex- pircs on the 4th March. On or before that day it is feared that two-thirds, if not all, the Southern States will be out of the Union. To condition of things Mr. Lincoln will enter upon hia administration without a €on- es fo asalsthim. His first necessity witl probably be an extra session. His call, if will not be anewered by the seceded but there will be a quorum for business The only Northera States, we have not elected their members cf Mouse sre New Hampshire, Con- Rhode Island, which eleetin March and April. And in these cleetions we again urge another effort for a compromise by all Union men opposed to the do-nothiag but enforce-the-laws policy of the republicans. Failing in everything else, perhaps even New England may be made the turning point for the restoration of the Union. We turn from Springfield und from Washington, from New York and Pennsylvania, to New England. Subsisting upon the profits of the Union, per- haps New England, at the eleventh ho save the Union. If not, then her people all the North, will be reduced to the single al- ternative of a peaceful recognition of a South- ern confederacy or a wasting civil war. may and The Danger of Improper Leadership in Revolutionary Times. Peeulators, speculators—all who have delin- quencies to cover up or projects of plunder to hide—avail themselves of revolutionary periods to consummate the iniquitous machinati which they would prey upon the publi most among the agitators in France. 1830, and 1848, were polit 5 cast their nets into the troubled sea of nat excitement, hoping to gather in a rich barvesi of pecuniary gain. The middle-age republic of Italy, rich in science, civ ion. and most acute subtleties of diplomacy, were the perpetual vietims of individual avarice and the ambition of inferior minds, who succeeded in obtaining an usurious mortgage upon the fu- ture, for some supposititious present advantage. The careful reader of the ry of Enagtand during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is dismayed by the reflection that every nob! and liberty loving aspiration was long bi under ashes of greed, extortion aud selfishn¢ masked by the most specious fortns of putriot- ism. The most hideous feature of the reyolu- tions which, within three years, have gi ty to Italy, is the frand, bribery and corruption that have closely dogged the footsteps of Gari baldi and Victor Emanuel, and encrusted the is by Fore- ied nuni- noblest efforts of patriots with the sordid cov- | etousness which has disgraced the recent allot- ments of administrative patronage in Naples and Sicily. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that, in the stand which has been taken by the Southern slaveholding States against the ag- gression of fanaticism at the North, corruption and villany should have cloaked themselves with the mantle of constitutional right, and the grossest transgressions against decency and honesty, have endeavored to screen themselves behind the fervor of popular excitement. The peremptory demands which have been made by the South, within the last few wapks. for either the peaceful possession of those con- stitutional rights which weve guaranteed to it by the constitution, or liberty to withdraw from the Union, have found a reaponse in the heart of every right minded citizen, on both sides of the Potomac. The claim of the slaveholder to a restoration of all the privileges which he enjoyed under the common law of the United States in 1787; to security of transit with his property through every part of the confedera- tion; to equality in the Territories; to immuni- ty from persecution on account of his views with regard to a purely social institution, bas been met by a cordial re-echo in every gene- rous mind throughout the land. Neither has sympathy been withheld from Alabama, Flori- da, South Carolina and Mississippi while seced- ing from the Union; and even the frenzied ag- gressions into which an unthinking populace has been led astray, during a season of unwonted excitement, have been borne with patience, and looked upon as the natural consequence of a great national crisis. But it is sad to see that the most rotten elements in the whole South are secking for notice and consideration, and aspiring to positions of importance, in the new State fabric which the slaveholding portion of the confederation is building up. Individuals like Cobb, Floyd, Thompson and Thomas—all of them fugitives from an administration to which they bad proved unfaithful, and tainted by either political or pecuniary profligacy— take advantage of the disturbed state of the times upon which the country has fallen, and strive to obtain credit as patriots, and sympa- thy as martyrs, for corruption which has but few parallels in the history of the United States, “Scoundrels become patriots to conceal their rascalities.” It is beginning to be surmised that if the peculations, robberies and jobbings of the Treasury Department, within the past four years, could be fairly got at, millions upon millions would be found to have been lost through this channel alone. The eight or nine hundred thousand dollars stolen by a middle- man, would then appear but a drop in the bucket. The auspices under which, re- cently, a check for sixty thousand dollars was signed, which turns out to be a swindle, are the same that have existed during the entire term of Mr. Buchanan’s administration, and which have reduced national securities so low that money can only be procured by government at an interest of twelve per cent. Floyd’s Fort Snelling, Willett’s Point, New Bedford, and lastly his State bond operations, are known to the whole financial world. He has retired from Mr. Buchanan’s Cabi- net covered with obloquy. The position of ex-Secretary Thompson is, politically, scarcely better. The country is devoutly thankful that, in the hands of such men, the treasury was not depleted of hundreds of millions, instead of the sum it can so easily afford to lose. Had principals instead of go-betweens transacted the public business, there is no calculating how great the loss to the nation might have been. Under such circumstances, the leadership of Cobb, Thomas, Floyd and Thompson can lend no credit to the Southern cause. They have returned to their native States, boasting of long con- tinued treachery to the nation, violation of the trusts they held, and faithfulness at the expense of truth, justice and honor, to the section of country to which they belong. It is to be sin- cerely hoped that thé upright, high minded people of the South will take thom at their ~ word, and give tho? fo understand that those who are not to be-teu'8ted everywhere are to be trested newhere. y The Southern movemen™ *hculd continue to be, as in the main it has Leh, & noble, gene- rovs and high minded onc. 1* should be en- trusted neither to the hard, unthi.uking guidance of a mob, who would plunge the cenntry into civil war, nor be placed unm 'er the 5v porintend- ence of distinguished rogues, traitoms and Umeeervers. Those who have merited digrace on account of past unfaithfulmess, should not be confided in when they levish fervid, snte- resied protestations of zeal ip be ball of slave- holding Mberty and prosperity. Itemorality and violence react, sooner or later, upem them- selves, They instantly discredit the ¢ause, however good in itself, that aceepts their aid. The people of the Southern States hald the fu- ture destinies of the country in their own hands if they will only use with sagacity, prudence, wisdom and patriotism the advantages they un- questionably possess. It cannot be doubted that the vast majority of the people of the South, like those of the North; are sincerely at- tached to the Union, and desire to maintain ils perpetuity, provided it can be done with a, proper regard to their own constitutional rights. It has become equally evident that, in the re- cent language of Mr. Seward, “Whatever saeri- fiecs, private or public, shall be needful for the Union, they will be made” by the Northern States. A dawn of hope has therefore arisen in the political horizon which should not be dispelled; but, in order that “tempestuous pas- siogs’’ may no longer be appealed to for the vilest and most selfish of purposes, it is indis- pensable that no influence or authority should be granted to men who do not deserve it; bet that the intelligent, upright portion of the Southern communities should retain the balance of power within their own control. he Vistt of the Prince of Wales to the Tomb of Washington, and the Oam- bridge Prize Poem. It was a beautiful, a touching, aye, even a ublime incident, that visiton the Sth of Octo- ber of the great-grandson of George the Third and heir to the throne of England to the rest- ing place of Washington. The memory of the immortal name that makes hallowed the ground of Mount Vernon leat a feeling interest to the occasion on which that stately group stood un- covered and in reverence at the tomb of the mighty dead. It was a friendly meeting of the two great nations of the earth—the two great sections of the one illustrious race. The young Prince lad stood on spots made famous by glorious deeds—on the fields of Naseby and Barnet and Waterloo; but he never before stood on a spot to him so eminently, eloquently abounding in suggestiveness, or one more calculated to awaken a train of varied reflections. Before him lay the ashes of the man whom his great-gran@father had pro- claimed “a rebel,” but who won for his brow a wreath that a century has only budded and brightened, and of whose sepulchre it is truly said— There rests the man, the flower of human kind, Whose visage mild bespoke his uobler mind; ‘There rests the soldier who his sword ne'er drew But in a righteous cause, to freedom true; ‘there rests the hero, who ne'er fought for fame, Yet gained more glory than a Cwsar’s name; ‘There rests the statesman, who, devoid of art, Gave soundest counsel from an upright heart. And, oh! Columbia, by thy sous 4 ‘There rests the Fatuer of the realins he blessed, Who no wish felt to make his mighty praise, Like other chiefs, the moaus bimsell to rales But, when retiring, breathed in pure renown, And felt a grandeur that disowned a crown. Cur remarks are called forth by the auspi- cious circumstance of Prince Albert, who is Chancellor of that ancient seat of learning, the University of Cambridge, having in that capacity selected as the subject of the annual prize poem shortly to be competed for by the undergraduates—“The Prince of Wales at the Tomb of Washington.” A more graceful compliment to the United States than is here conveyed by the father of the heir apparent could not have been chosen. It shows that the royal family and people of England look back with feelings of pleasure upon that memorable event in the New World tour of his Royal Highness, and it must be ex- tremely gratifying to ourselves to know that the youth and intellect of our mother coun- try are making it a labor of love to honor and emblazon it in song. And itis to be hoped that under the auspices of Alma Mater something will be produced worthy of a theme so richly teeming with the poetry of tradition and the gems of history, and allowing such limitless scope for the glowing pictures of poetical genius. Even the minor incidents which attended the visit are in themselves capable of being treated with rare effect. All the associations of that historical excursion are of the most happy character. The weather was deliciously warm and sunny, and the mirth and gayety of the dia- tinguished party harmonized well with the rosy and resplendent beauty of the day. The Potomac shone like a mirror in its picturesque and wooded framework, as the steamer that bore them onward ploughed her watery way, while the flags of nations fluttered gayly from her rigging, and strains of exquisite melody evoked by the band on deck bore her com- pany and added a new charm to the delightful voyage, during whieh the Prince beguiled a few moments by taking his place at the wheel and steering. This last isa picture in itself. Who ever thought, in the time of George the Third, that some day his descendant, the heir to the British throne, would be found steering a United States steamer, with the President of fhe republic on board, towards the tomb of Washington, at which he was about to pay homage and respect to valor, to wisdom, to goodness, which appeal to sympathies so uni- versal that they ean nowhere be resieted? ‘The soft rays of the autumn sun, playing with golden light npon the foliage of the venerable trees ‘which cast a sacred shade around the si- lent grave, and the impressive tones of the dirge “Trovatore,” performed by the band, enhanced the solewn and unique beauty of the scene. That party of travellers stood like brothers at the tomb of him whose name is a briiliant his- tory, forgetting ail things but the grandeur of his fame. It was anoble, a graceful, a royal tri- bute to the free, and long will the people of the United States remember that visit to MouatVer- non. All present felt that they were standing on ground conseerated by the love and admiration of thirty millions of freemen, and the admirers of true greatness and nobility throughout the world. Around them was the deep wooded dell, in whieh ancient oaks spread their knotted arms over luxuriant shrubbery, extending to the water's side, while before them was the mausoleum—an arched vault surrounded by a brick wall, with a pointed arch and, double gates of ircn railings, opening ints the outer chamber, in which were (wo marlie sarcophagi, on each of which reated a sinh, the one to the