The New York Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1861, Page 4

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It is stated that President Lincoln will to-day send to the Senate for confirmation the nomination of Senator Crittenden to the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, to fill the vacancy caused by tho death of Judge Daniels. Major Anderson, now in command of Fort Sumter, it is also said, will be nominated to the generalship in the army lately made vacant by the removal of Gen. Twiggs. A Washington correspondent infers, from the recent conduct of Senator Douglas, his intimacy with the President and those in Presidential con- fidence, and the tone of his speech in the Senate yesterday on the subject of the Inaugural, that there may, at no distant day, be s place made in the Cabinet for the Little Giant. All the three Commissioners from the Southern confederacy are now in Washington—Mesers. For- ayth and Roman having arrived yesterday, and Mr. rawford on tho day previous. They have not yet _ officially announced their presence or object to the government, but are expected to do so soon. It is supposed President Lincoln will refuse to hold any intercourse with them. The Senate of the United States was again in'ex- tra session yesterday. The business transacted was merely of a routine character. On @ motion to print extra copies of President Lincoln's Inau- gural a debate sprang up between Senators Cling- man and Douglas, in which Mr. Clingman gave ex- pression to his condemnation of the tone of the meseage, and interpreted it as meaning war. Mr. Douglas, in replying, regarded it as calculated to continue peaceful relations, and a8 promising re- conciliation between the sections, Our Washington despatches this moraing furnish much information, of interest as well to the gene- ral public as the active politicians. The new Cabinet has commenced operations, moat of the Secretaries having assumed control of their de- partments, and a number of appointments for various positions have been made. The State of Texas is out of the Union. From New Orleans it is stated that the people have rati- fied the ordinance of secession by & majority of from 40,000 to 45,000. Genera! Houston has re- signed the Governorship. @ In the Virginia State Convention yesterday, the Select Committee reported that in their opinion there had as yet been no movement of armed men on the part of tie federal government indicating a purpose of attacking or coercing the South. Mr. Buchaner left Baltimore yesterday morning for his residence at Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pa., whither he was escorted by the Baltimore City ard. The turnout on the occasion of his depar- tuge from the Monumental City was very fine. He arrived at home last evening. Ex-Secretary of War Floyd arrived in Washing- ton yesterday, for the purpose of appearing before the Criminal Court to answer the indictment found against him by the Grand Jury in connection with the etolen Indian Trust Fund bonds, No intelligence has as yet been received of she Cunard steamship Australasian, for this port from Liverpool on the 16th ult. Tho United States, from Glaagow on the 16th, is now due at this port; the North Briton, from Liverpool on the 2ist, via Londonderry on the 22d, is now due at Portland; the Bremen, from Southampton on the 20th ult., is due at thie port, and the Niagara, from Liverpool on the 234, is also fully due at Halifax. From some of these vessclawe may hope to receive some definite intelligence concerning the fate of the Australasian. Inthe meantime it is safe to ouppose that the missing steamer has mot with o trifling accident and put back for repairs. In another columa we publish from our special reporter full particulars of the accident to tho steamer Mount Vernon, ihe condition of the ves- sel at present, and her prospects of safety. The captain thinks abe is safe, but thero seems to be wome reason for believing otherwise. The pony express, with three days later news from California, passed Fort Kearney yesterday. The newsis not very important. The Legislature had taken no impo: t action on the Senatorial question, except @ fasion of the Breckinridge and Douglas democrate in fayor of Mr. Denver, Busl- neas was slightly improving, especially in domestic produce. The treasure shipment by the steamer of the 20th of February will be light. The Indian listurbances hed turned out to be of trifling nature. in another colamn of this paper will be found an interesting correspondence which passed be- ‘ween the English and French naval commanders in the Guif of Mexico, in reference to the recent scape of General Miramon, after the overthrow of his power by the constitutional forces. Captain Aldbam, the British coromander, did not view Mi- ramon in the light of a political refugee, entitled % the protection of neutral Powers; but, in con- sideration of outrages und spolistions charged to have been committed by him on the property of the English Legation, he considered lim as having been guilty of gross violations of international daw and of bigh criminai offences. The Naval Ge | Court Martial reassembled yeeterday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to hear the defence of Commandor Walke. The arguments in favor of the defendant filled a twenty-four page octavo pamphlet, which was read by the counsel, Mr. P. Hamilton, After having recited all the “orders’’ received by defendant on the matter in question, and taking & cursory review of the tee timony, the document then showed that the first charge of “quitting his station’ could not be eus- tained, as the defendant held Commodore Pender- grest's order to proceed to Pensacola, and had vil hie station under that order. With regard fo the charge of ‘disobedience of orders," the one said t have been given by Commodore Armstrong had vever been received by defendant nor pro- duced by the prosecution; and the one from Com- modore Pendergrast stated that the Supply was to take in acargo of eoal and stores and ‘thon’ re- turn to Vera Cruz. As the Supply bas been un- able to get the stores at Pensacola, and as sho could not retarn without them, it was deemed ex- pedient to obtain them at New York, and at the same time bring on the destitute persons from Pensacola. Other arguments were set forth, of which our limited space prevents a detailed report. From St. Domingo we learn that the Spanish flag flies over every portion of that republic, with the consent of the authorities, It is said that the desire of annexation to Haytiis gettimg stronger every day among the people. ‘Tho suspension of the firm of Pennistan & Co., an old established house in the island of St. Tho- mas, is announced. Cause—the crisis in the United Btates, The demand for beef cattle yesterday was good, and full prices were realized. Milch cows were unchanged. Veal calves were steady. Sheep and’ lambs were in request at last week's prices. Swine were dull and sold slow, at 43{c. a 5%0. The receipts for the week were 4,653 beeves, 9 cows, 432 calves, 6,880 sheep and lambs, and 6,624 swine. ‘The demand for cotton yesterday was mainly from spinners, who bought nearly 1,000 bales, at unchanged prices. No large lote could be sold, especially for ex- port, unleed at reduced rates. Tho sales of flour amount ed to only 10,100 bbie., at former figures; while of wheat 72,600 bushols changed hands at rathor easier quota- tions, and of corn 80,000 bushels at firmer prices. There wore no important movements in provisions. Pork was lower end lard declinimg. Tho sales of sugars embraced nearly 1,100 bhds., mainly to refiners, at uniform rates. Coffee, rice ahd molasses were in moderate request. A better domand was reported for fish oils end for linseod oi. Freight engagements were checked by the in- creased demand of ship owners. The Question of Peace or War Hreught to the Test. The painful suspense in which the country has been so long held on the question of civil war, or a peaceful solution of the secession of the cotion States, is about to be removed. The inaugural address of Mr. Lincoln has not only failed to clear away the obscurity, but has added smoke to the fog. But we shall soon have light now. By a telegraphic despatch, which we publish in another column, our readers will perceive that Mr. Martin Crawford, of Georgia, and Mr. John Forsyth, of Alabama—Commissioners from the Southern confederation—have arrived at Weshington for the purpose of demanding trom Mr. Lincoln tho withdrawal of all the United States troops, and all the fede- ral authority im every shape and form, from the Confederate States. As this demand is to be made immediately, we shall know in the course, perhaps, of twenty-four hours, “whether we have a government,” which the republican journals say is the issue of the day, and which the “second Jackson” will quickly put to the test. We will then have a practical analysis of the amalgam of the inau- gural, composed of the Chicago platform, Mr. Buchanan’s messages, Mr. Seward’s poctry and other heterogeneous materials. We shall have a reliable interpretation of those oracular re- sponses which have bewildered and mystified 80 many simple persons both North and South. A plain and a direct answer must be given to a plain question, which only requires cither “yes” or “no.” Neither evasion nor technical hair-splitting will euit now. Mr. Lincoln must take the Seuthern bull by the horns, or be im paled on the horn of an ugly dilemma. There is no escape from the alternative. The crisis must be met at once, and receive iis solution by peace or instant hoetilities. Mr. Lincoln says:In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.” But he cannot thus shift the grave and solemn responsibility from his own shoulders. On his reply to the Commis- sioners from Montgomery, or even his refusal to reply, or to “treat with rebels,” hangs peace or war, and the fate of the country for weal or woe The issue is, therefore, in Mr. Lincoln’s own hands, and the people will hold him responsible. He has the constitutional power to remove every soldier from every Southern fort, though not to sell or give away the forts and other property of the federal goverament. If he accedes to the demand of the Confederate States there will be peace; if he refuses to accede to it, or re fuses to reply, the refusal in cither case will be regarded as a declaration of war, and war itself will probably commence within a week. It will not do for the President to say he cannot treat with the Commissioners because they are “rebels; he must treat with them; and, according to the declarations of the leaders of the republican party and the republican press, and Mr. Lincoln’s own declarations, there is only one way in which he can treat with them, and that is by ordering their arrest for high treagon. In his inaugural the President says:— “No State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and acta of violence within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. I therefore consider that, in view of the constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the oonstitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.” According to this doctrine Messrs. Crawford and Forsyth are the emisearies of rebels and insurgents, and, therefore, ought to be arrested as traitors to the United States government and brought immediately to trial. The evidence against them is clear. It is fur. nished by themselves, and they glory in it. Moreover, republican Senatore and reproson- tativee in Congress, and all the republican journals in {ull chorus, from the New York ‘Tritne down to the meanest little country rheet, raised a hue and cry, loud and long, ogainst Mr. Buchanan because he did not arrest the Commissioners from South Curolina when they came to demand the sur- render of Fort Sumter. They, one and all, de- nounced tho I’'resideat as “a traitor,” because he held intercourse with rebels treating for other rebels, and did not seize and band them over to justice. Now, Commissioners representing not only the rebel State of South Carolina, but six other rebel and confederate States, have arrived at Washington to demand from Mr. Lincoln the surrender of that fort and every other fort within the boundaries of the entire Southern confederation. If Colonel Hayno and his col- league wore rebels aad traitors, how much more ao are Crawford and Forsyth? and if Mr. Buchanan wes a “perjured traitor” for parley- ing with the South Carolina Commissioners, by what epitaes shall we designate Mr, Lincol, NEW i ORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1861 - ' he does not arreat the Commissioners from ) omtgomery t This proceedivg must be his very first stop to “try whether we have a govern- ment.” If he fails in it, it is gafe to con- clude that, as far at least as the Coa- federate States are concerned, we have no government. He bas eworn to carry out the constitution and to execute the laws of Congress. Buta provigion of the constitution and one of the laws is levelled aguinst high treason. According to the President’s own showing, the States which have seized the United States forts are guilty of that crime. If the President means to fulfil his oath, how can he avoid arresting the emissaries from those “insurrectionary and revolutionary” States db soon as they present their credentials ? We chall soon eee whether there is any “Jack- son grit” in the composition of the great rail- splitter, and how he understands his oath to maintain the constitution and to execute the laws. We shall also learn the true intent and meaning of his dark inaugural, which, taken altogether, is a6 difficult to understand as the enigma of the Sphinx. Mr. Lincoln alone car be the Aidipus to solve his own'riddle. A very brief time will suffice to tell whether he means to loose the intricate Gordian knot by peacetul diplomacy and statesmanship or to cut it, as did Alexander, by the sword. Mxaico Formryino Herseir Aqgaist Soura- unw Expransion.—The oonstitutional govern- ment of Mexico appears to be exercising the power acquired by the overthrow of Miramon with creditable energy and firmness. Sensi- ble of the rock on which the Comonfort administration split, its attention has been at once directed to the reform of those abuses which have weakened the government at home and rendered it an object of contempt and menace abroad. The overgrown wealth of the church, and the desperate tenacity with which the clergy clung to their privileges, have always constituted the main obstacles to the establishment of a stable government in Mexico. No constitution that could be adopted, however liberal ite provisions, could resist the intrigues of a body rendered the overshadowing power in the State by their immense resources and influence, General Comonfort and his advisers were fully impressed with this truth, but they had not the boldness to grapple with the evil in its full extent By resorting to half measures they dissatisfied their own party without conciliating their opponents, and ag @ consequence, were compelled to yield to the double preesure that was brought to bear against them. The Juarez government seems determined not to fail into this mistake. It is proceeding vigorously in its reforms, and is reducing the temporaiitiee of the church to the proportions adapted to ita actual wants. One of its first steps in this direction—ihat of compelling the nuns gf Mexico to give up all the convent buildings and grounds in the city not required for: their secommodatioa, in order Mat they might be sold for the public account—led to an attempt at revolt, which was, however, promptly suppressed. When it is seen that the government is determined to onforce its mea- wures at all risks, and that punishment awaits those who throw obstacles in their way, they will meet with but little resistance. The proverbial bad faith of Mexican govern- ments towards the public. aa another of the causes that provented any ad- ministration from long maintaining itself in power. The unscrupulous violation of their obligations in this respect has always rendered the Executive helpless in preseace of the threats and intrigues of the representatives of foreign governments. Mexican statesmen have been, in fact, ioo corrupt themeclves, and too intent on providing for their own interests, to care much for the credit of the country abroad. It has been one of the first cares of the new governmeni ié rédeeai 43 honor of the nation from this reproach. Arrange- ments bave been already entered into to pay back in four months the amount of the condacta appropriated by General Degollado at Lagos, and the money of the British bondholders taken in the city of Mexico is to be refunded out of the property of the persons who authorized the seizure, and which has been sequestrated for the purpose. The difficulties with France have also been satisfactorily adjusted, so that, with the exception of the quarrel with Spain arising out of the expulsion of Signor Pacheco, the Juarez administration is now on amicable terms with all the European Powers It would, perhaps, not be unfair to assume that our political troubles here have exercised some influence in hastening the adjustment of these matters. The formation of a Southern confederacy involves for the Mexican govern- ment so pressing and formidable a danger that it feels that it will require all the resources and moral support that it can command to enable it to confront it. Taw Merrorourtan Powtce Esrionson.—The course which the Superintendent of the Metro- politan Police has pursued in transforming that body into a general police force for the country, and distributing them throughout the different Southern cities as spies upon the actions of the people, has been justly stigma- tized in various quarters; but it is only fair to assume that he has ected under the directions of the Police Commissioners, and the responsi- bility, therefore, rests upon them. Tho police of New York are paid out of the pockets of ite citizens; their duty is to protect our lives and properties, and preserve the peace within the district, and not to act a3 a standing army of detectives in the service of any political party. There is plenty of occupation for the Metropolitan Police in the metropolis itself, without extending their valuable services to the cities of Baltimore and Charleston. Outrages against life and property go undetected and unpunished every day in this community. The city is swarming with gamblers, and blacklegs, and emigrant ewindlers. There is a fruitful field here for the exercise of police sagacity and activity if there be any of those qualities in the force, and we hold that it is 2 monstrous injustice to our taxpeyers and citizens gone- rally to employ thp police for any purpose out- side the district for which they are appointed. I¢ cannot be presumed that Mr. Superinten dent Kennedy acted in this matter without in structions of the Commirsioners, because, in fact, one of them was acting personally with him in Washington and Baltimore, and there- fore we conceive it to be the duty of the State Legislature, which appears to take eo much interest in the well-being of this metropolis, to abolish the Police Commissioners altogether be- fore the present eeesion is concluded. That is the only way to remedy the nuisance which the Metropolitan Police institution hee grown to be, Nigger Worship and Its Conscquences, In the midst of a momentous crisis like the present, when there is no knowing what calami- ty a day may bring forth, or how econ the grand fabric of out constitution will be swept away, ead the arm of brother be raised against brother in deadly strife, it becomes us to pon- der gravely over the dangers that surround us, and, as men end patriots, to combine in the endeavor to avert the worst of those evils by which our country is menaced. To the anti- slavery propsgandism which forty years ago swayed s0 violently the people of England, and thence found its way into New England and the Congress of the United States, and was years afterwards nurtured so warmly by sooie- ties and e portion of the press, we may trace all the causes that distract the United States. It has ever been a prolific source of disturb- ances, riots, family feuds and national discord. It bas led to scenes which have disgraced our halls of Congress. It has caused the proper objects of legislation to be neglect- ed, and the general interests of the country to be injured and mismanaged, and by its per- nicious agitation has engrossed the public mind te an extent that is positively lamentable. From its inception to the present time the question has undergone three phases. In the first instance it was a moral one; provoked by discussion and prejudice in England; in the next it was a social one, induced by the North- ern States finding slave labor unprofitable, and, therefore, wishing to abolish it; and, in the third, it was a politico-religious one, which we may call “nigger worship.” In this last phase we find itnow. Ithas become a pulpit theme, and diverted the stream of religion from its course heavenward to the stormy-sea of poli- tics. We have a prominent example of it in the case of Ward Beecher. It has ruined churches, ruined parties, and now it is ruin- ing the whole country. Anti-slavery ta- naticism bas stamped its character upon our Northern literature, and led sway the minds of those who had not phi- Josophy enough to withstand its subtle in- fluence, which, for the thirty years of the forty it has been in agitation, has been gradually un- dermining the constitution of the republic and the best interests and liberties of our people. With the secession of seven States, and the progpect of the eight Border States adding to ihe pumber, it may be said to have.reached its culminating point. What will follow is uncer- tain as the wind, and it would be rash to hazard @ conjecture on the subject. It may be the secession of the remaining slave States, apd mayhap civil war. But the worst conse- quences staring abolitionists in the face would not turn one out of a thousand of them from their fatal purpose; for fanatics are deaf to rea- son, and, like the English Crusaders to the Holy Land, have only a single object to accomplish, and that whatever may be the sacrifice. The disruption of the Union is not enough for these men; they want blood, and they would eal- lously exterminate every slaveholder, from Vir- ginia to Florida, in order to realize their favo- rite, and we may add fiendish, purpose. And what is the actual condition of the slaves over which these rampant abolitionists are howling so insanely? Let them go down to the South- ern States and look at the four millions of ne- groes they will find there, and see whether they are the ill cared for, abject creatures that they would make the Northerners believe. Let them remember that, at the time of the Revo- lution, the colored population of the tome States amounted to less than an eighth part’ of what it is at present. The very fact of the immense increase of num- bers within so short atime speaks for the good treatment and happy, contented lot of the slaves. They are comfortably fed, housed and clothed, and seldom or never overworked. They present in eheir condition a favorable contrast to the white slaves of Europe, who live in the utmost squalor, and are at once half- starved and overworked, and who only find rest in premature graves. Their condition is a. far happier one than that of many of the white poor of the North, who are driven to seck re- fuge from want in the workhouses, or yet of many even outside of their walls, who vegetate in filth and hunger in the obscure parts of our cities The heartrending accounts which are eccasion- ally given to the English public of the miseries endured by the London poor show a far more deplorable state of things than could ever exist under slavery in America; and English travellers who have taken the trouble of in- quiring, by personal observation, into the state of the slaves in the South, have acknowledged in print the superior comforts enjoyed by the latter over the white slaves of England. What the Garrisons and Phillipses, who pronounce the constitution “an agreement with death and a covenant with hell,” may do next is more than man can tell; but they may rest assured that their fanaticism, although it may destroy the Union, will also destroy them. All that we pray for is that we may be spared tho horrors of civil war. Was Tame we Cosrcion!—One of the New Orleans papers of the 27th ult. contains the fol- lowing extraordinary telegraphic despatch:— IMPONTANT PROM WASHINGTON--NO NLOCKADE OF HEKN PORTS~SURRENDER OF THR SOUTHERN Wasnaartow, Feb. 26, 1861. Tho ineoming administration will not blockade the ports ef the seceding States, nor will {t attempt to collect “| Cuties in Southern porw, ‘Tt will also voluntarily sur. renser the forts and milftary posts still in the possession of the federal government, if they are not bo fore itcomes jnto power and the negotiations to that end are completes. In the meantime, | foar tho border Mtates will accept any compromise offered to them, if it be such a to quiet thetr people. (The above cenpatah was addrersed to one of our most prominent commeroial houses, by the head of which it waa kindly furnished to us It is from a most authorite- tive rouree, and can be implicitly relied upon.—Kos. Pic.) ‘This is certainly curious news, and if it be true, as the concluding remarks in parenthesis would seem to indicate, the question may well be asked,"what becomes of that line of policy which the republican party and its leaders have heretofore so persistently urged as the true course of carrying out the measures of the conetitution? What becomes of all the complaint that was levelled againet Mr. Bu- chanan for not inaugurating coercion and bloodshed in retaking Southern forts and ar- senals, and reinforcing federal troops on the federal property generally? What becomes of the idea so industriously advanced by the republicans that with the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln the country would have “a govern. ment?” If the idea above foreshadowed be true, it indicates that the administration foresee the immense difficulty that would arise from any coercive movement in the ehapeof a blockade, or an ettempt at reinforcement, and that it is yielding not only to internal influences, but to hose whic! have come trom abroad in the no- tices paid to bave been given by Lord Lyons o Mr. Buchanan’s government, that the Fnglieh and the other commercial Powers would not recognise au ineffectual blockage. Poncr ov Tue Rerusiican Pasry—Apgust- ewr Wawrep.—One of the chief arguments of the republican orators during the late Presi- dential canvass was that, whea their party euc- ceeded to power, the country would have a wise, upright, patriotic and economical admin- istration. We were told that the early days of the republic were to be restored and revived i that truth, integrity, honesty, were to rule su- preme in the national councils, In fact, the republican orators took us up to the summit of @ pelitical Mount Pisgah, pointing out at the same time the sweet fields and swelling floods of distant Canaaa. We put the case with a de- gree of mildness which may be termed angelic, when we declare that the country does not seem to have bettered itself by a change of rulers. On the contrary, we are in a worse condition than ever. The national treasury is empty. Seven States have seceded and estab- lished a government of their own ; seven other confederacies threaten to follow the example of their neighbors. We have no army or navy worth mentioning, and the dominant party is divided into two hostile sections, with feuds eo searching and so bitter that they extend to theCabinet councils. The anti-slavery crusade which commenced thirty years ago has culmi- nated. The Unidn is dissolved. The President of tho United States sits in a hostile capital, and is helplessly tossed about by a storm which he can neither lull nor direct. f Such is the real condition of things as they stand now. The question is: what shall be done? That question must be answered by the President, and answered by acts, not words. The republican party is clearly responsible for the existing trouble, and the republican party must remedy it. In some way or other, either by force or compromise or conciliation, they must bring the seceding States back, and re- store the confederacy to its old position. No party can enjoy the sweets of power without incurring its responsibilities, and the republi- cans cannot avoid meeting the new issue that they, and they alone, have raised. We have waited patiently until after the in- auguration, with the hope that the party in power would indicate its policy; but we can make nothing out of the inaugural. To use a familiar, but very expressive phrase, it is all bosh. What we want now is a clear outline of the administration’s policy. That is what the country has been promised. All along during the winter members of Congress have assured the people that as soon as the new President had beem sworn in we should see a different order of things. Mr. Chase, now a Cabinet Minister, was for inauguration first and adjustment afterwards. We have had the inauguration; Lincoln is in the White House; his constitutional advisers have assumed their portfolios, and now we are anxiously waiting for the promised adjustment. We wait, however, as those without hope. It is evident that the only consideration in the minds of the administration leaders is as to the proper distribution of the spoils of victory. The only vital q&estion in Washington is who shall have this or that place, and like sailors who break into the spiritroom when the ship is sinking, the republicans are already preparing to gorge themselves with such pickings as the White House kitchen still affords. If the re- publicans are not ready to acknowledge that their promises were made to be broken and that their professions are hollow humbugs, let them bring forward their plaf of adjustment What has Mr. Chase to say to the cotton States? Why not givo us adjustment first, and the divi- sion of the spoils afterwards? Wi. Taers we a Brockapg or tHe Soura- Ern Ports?—In reply to our despatch from Washington, stating that Lord Lyons has inti- mated to our government that the British gov- ernment will not regard any blockade of the Southern porta, except one enforced by the actual presence of men-of-war before the ports blockaded, and that the French Minister in- tends to give a similar notification, the Zribune remarks that it is “all nonsense” to say that any such “official notice” has been given, and that “it will be time enough for such notice to be given when steps toward such a blockade are taken by the federal government.” Now, we did not say that “official notice” was given, but that a private intimation was given by the official representative of Great Britain as to the intention of his government and that if the blockade should be attempted, the Minister then would give formal and official notice. It is, of course, nonsense to say official notice is given about a state of things which does not yet actually exist. But the news is just as important as if it were in an official form, because it emanates from official persons, and is only in keeping with the public law of Europe, the interests of England, France aad the other Powers, who have in all ten millions of lives depending on a regular supply of cot- ton. At present the distinguished rail-splitter is too much engaged in the distribution of the spoils to pay much attention to forcign politics orto the blockading of the Southern coast, but it is evident from the paragraph in the Tribune that that journal feels that the govern- ment of Mr. Lincoln will nover undertake a blockade. We may observe in this connection that no government can blockade its own ports. It may lay an embargo on goods leaving its porte, but it cannot legally and constitutionally pre- vent the ehips of other nations entering its ports while it is at peace with those nations. As to laying an embargo on cotton going to England and France, we hardly think Mr. Lin- coln will ever try that game with two powerfal nations, who 60 recently out their way to Pekin to establish the freedom of their commerce, What their determination is the Tribune has seen in their journals, including the organ of the Emperor of the French. Bexgrrrs or Our New Pourticat, Keene — We are beginning to realize the fruite, social and commercial, of the triumph of anti-slavery principles at the North. The secession of the cotton States has already seriously diminished the incomes of most persons engaged in trade, whilst the business of our large hotels has been evt down more than one-half. What will be tae eflect when the other Southern States with- draw from the Union, which will probably be in the course of a few weeks? Maay who have been until recently living in affluence will be reduced to the atrictest economy, and perhaps to privations, while but few will be able to in- duige themselves with their usual summer trip. The large hotels at Saratoga, Newport, and the other fashionable watering places, have, wo fear, hard times in prospect. According to present appearances, most of them will bave to cloce their doors before the summer is over. ee Tax Cuzvaiaer Wes on ree Recertion oF tae Inavounsi.—The Chevulior Wobb is ia trouble again, and scolds away inbis asug elegant mauner. He baz come to grief because we gave the Lincoln inaugural a “con- temptible reception.” The phrase is suscepti- ble of a variety of constructions; but we pre- sume that the Chevalier meaus that we re- ceived the inaugural with the contempt which it deserves. This would be quite impossible. We found that the inaugural wus simply a r® hash of the speeches which Mr. Lincola made at the railway stations during his famous journey from Springfield to Washington—e sort of wood-and-water address, with more we- ter than wood. It would appear, too, that we are not alone in this opinion. Wall street agrees with us, as the Chevalier Webb may as- certain by running over the stock list. Tho border State securities are rapidly deprecia- ting, and it is quite evident that capitalists have no faith in the new administration. How- ever, we bear no malice towards our military and-diplomatic cotemporary, and to prove that we are sincere we intend to support him for the office of Surveyor of the Port—s fat place, with rich pickings. In four yoars he could muke at least $52,747 62%, and he should not neglect such a golden opportunity. It will never occur again—there will be no more United States banks for Webb. We are aware that a diplomatic position accords with the Chevalier’s aristocratic tastes, but it is unfortunate for him that every republican newspaper office in the city has half a dozen candidates for frst class missions, Signer Raymond is very anxious to go abroad. He has already distinguished bimaclf in foreign parts, as the Austrians who saw him run away from Solferino can testify. If Raymond goes to Berlin, Webb’s uniform, with a little alteration, will suit him. Another proprietor of Raymond’s paper—Mr. L. W. Jerome,a Walll street broker—is understood to be in the field for @ foreign mission, and will probably be sent to the Hague—a post which was vory worthily filled by Mr. Belmont, the well knowa banker, and which now property belongs te Wall street. After filling up the foreign ap- pointments from the other newspaper offices, the Chevalier Webb should be immediately provided with the Surveyor’s office.. Moan- while it is to be hoped that the Chovalior Webb will keep his temper. Issrrvetions To tHe AbMINisTRATION.—The Republican Central Club has taken upon itself the light and agreeable task of instructing Mr. Lincoln as to his duty in the present very criti- cal condition of public affairs. We have no doubt that the patridts of the Club alluded to are quite competent to discharge the duties which they have so cavalierly assumed, but it is to be regretted that they cannot agree at the outaet upon the line of policy which the admin- istration should take. The Tribune, or Moud- tain section, under the lead of a very distia- guished member of the bar (General Sessions), says that the “federal govertiment ought to re- take its own forta and arsenals and other property now in the hands of the so-called se- cessionists.”” On the other hand, the Girondista, represented by the hero of Solferino and the elbows of the Mincio, roar as gently as a suok- ing dove. They declare that thoy have “entire and undoubted faith in the ability, integrity and patriotism of the President, and the most perfect confidence that he will adopt such @ policy as may be necessary to protect the honor, defend the rights and promote the in- terests of the people and the government of the United States.” Several individuals, here tofore unknown to fame, participated in the discussion of these propositions, and the upshot of the matter was that both were right, and they were unanimourly adopted, leaving the fight in the position of a drawn battle. Of course, this is only preliminary to the grand struggle for the locel offices. It is the old story over again—tho spoils, always the spoils. Orvict Sexxxuxs Frou New Youx.—No small portion of the oflice seekers who are on the tiack of Mr. Lincoln in Washington come from this city, amd it is almost impossible to tell bow many candidates there are for the spoils of the Custom House, the Post Office, the Assay Office, Marshalshipe, District Attorneyships, and so on; but we may form some idea of the number from the election returns, The vote cast for the republican ticket in tho city of New York on the 6th of November was 33,290, so we may safely caloulate that about thirty thoa- eand disinterested and very hungry patriots from the metropolis are at this time eagerly pressing their individual claims for services rendered—some on the stump, and some with lantern on shoulder in Wide Awake pro- cessions. How the President is going to satisfy them ull may prove a severe test of his stateaman- ship; but it is not very difficult to count how many of them who uow extol Mr. Lincoln’s in- augural as the most statesmanlike documeat that ever emansted from a Chief Magistrate, will proclaim it a very weak, trashy and un- satisfactory production, six months from this time. That calculation, perhaps, may be ar- rived at by substracting the number of offices at the President's disposal from the total num- ber of the applicants for the aforceaid offices. Brooklyn City News. ? Boarp or Svrravisors—Cuotca or 4 Cover House Srre.—The Board of Supervisors for King’s county mot yesterday afterneon. A statemont was prosonted show- ing the number of prisoners in the Flatbush penitentiary, as follews:——Admittod during the past month, males, 60; females, 64; total, 123. Diacharged, maloe, 70; females, 69. Remaining in the institution, males, 221; females, 166; total, 376. The statement was ordered on dle. Tho quection of n site for a now County Court iouse , of land from Mr. y avenves, and ever ot Ninowenth ward. An amendment to purchase on Falton avenno, near tho City Ball, was ruled to be out of order. | The question ‘ means Os Oe od was put to the vote, and resulted in 13 ayes and 11 ses. The Presidoat ruse that it waa lost, for want of a two-thirds vote, but on an appeal, the decision was revorsed, and the revolu-ion pre vailed. It ia the prevailing opinion, hovever, that we resolution wili bo rendered void, by an injunction, The purchase of tho property wil! benedt the fortunate owner, but the Court House might as well be located on Coaay Inland ea on the epot éeoided on, Aa attompt to appofut fa building commutes was killed off by an adjouruingut lo Dest weok. Arrivals and Departures, ARRIVALS, Pont av Paincs—Brig Iaabol Hourmann—Ki H Ferris, DEPARTURES. QuariseTon—Btoamrlitp Naabviilo—E Thomas, Mr ‘oben and 2 children, J Tavener, J. 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