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

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. +++ Mo. BT Volume XXVI........0000 00+ AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ) NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Mopxi or 4 Wire—La | Bavapenr WINTER CARDEN, Brodway, opposite Bond street — | Wire's Bxcxet. | | TALLACK’'S THEATRE, Broadway.—-Boup Srxoxe ror DSBAND. LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, No. 64 Broadway — Bxven SistkRs. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tux Owsut— Moruxe Goosk—Larirre UNION THEATRE. Chatham square —(iRCUMSTANTIAL uieeom tee Peppixe—BoLt in 4 Caixa Suor— Ricuarp IT. "8 AMERICAN, MUSEUM, eed Even'ng—Giransiti—Beans, Sa Cunosrrixs. Broadway.—Day is ‘axD Orunk Mechanics’ Hall.—472 Broad- ‘Lann, ‘TR’ MINSTRE) og axens, ko —Dixiis ‘way.—Buxirseurs, Sonas, MELODEON CONCERT . ad No, 639 Broadway.— Bones, Daxces, Burtesques, &o, METROVOLITAR HALL, Chicago —Uxswortn’s Mix- areuts iy Brworian Songs, Dances, &c. ‘TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Tucsday, Murch 19, 1861. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The New York Herald----Rdition for Europe. The Constitution of the Confederate States---The Tariffs of the Northern and Southern Confederacies, &c. ‘The Cunard mail steamship Niagara, Capt. Moodie, will Jeave Boston ov Wednesday for Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close in this city this afternoon, at a quarior-past one and at half-past five o'clock, to go by railroad. ‘Tae Evrorxan Epson or tae Heratp will be published st eleven o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrap- | pers, six cents. ‘The contents of the Eurorgan Epon or THs Hxato ‘will consist in part of the Conetitution of the Confederate States; the Tarifle of the Northern and Southern Confede- racies, and all the news received by mati and telegraph at the office during the previous week and up to the hour cf Publication. The News. The public will find in the Heranp of this morning the two new tariffs which are destined to play an important part in the settlement of the troubles which now surround the United States, The Southern tariff is very simple and easily understood, but the Northern tariff is full of in- congruities, andwe have therefore endeavored to make it clear by throwing it alphabetically in tabular form. This tariff, so arranged, is thus ready for immediate reference. It will be per- ceived that spirits of turpentine, Peruvian bark, and other manufactures of fiax, are liable to dif- ferent rates of duty, without a distinct tion. Several interpolations also appes ferent parts of the official document, whether ecifiea- in dif- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1861.—TRIPLE rior of New Granada. Mosquera’s cause con- tinues to triumph. He has been corresponding with President Ospina, with the intention of set- tling the differences between them without the further effusion of blood. There is no likelihood, however, that Ospina will accede to General Mos- quera’s ultimatum, but will continue the contest till one or the other party succeeds. Two more victories to the liberal cause are announced. One is the capture of the city of Ocana, in Magdalena, near the Venezuelan frontier; the other was at Cartago, where some of Ospina’s forces were re- pulsed with great loss. Fears are still entertained at Panama that Nieto may invade the Isthmus, and the question of declaring that province inde- pendent, under a foreign protectorate, was again occupying public attention. Our advices from Jamaica are to the 6th instant. of Hayti, Soulouque, who is still in Kingston, had published a protest against the acts of President Geffrard. The Assembly had repealed the prohi- bition of foreign molasses into the island. Great interest was being made to secure the recall of Governor Darling, and it was said with success. Sir William Trevyllian and the Hon. Edward Jordon, C. B., the ex-Premier of Jamaica, and principal editor of the Morning Journal, were respectively named as his probable successor. The House of Assembly had appropriated £1,000 for the reception of Prince Alfred. The religious revivals had reach- ed Kingston, and were having a disastrous effect on trade. The census is to be taken on the 6th of May. We have later dates from Mexico, by way of New Orleans, The only important news was the murder by robbers of a young American, Mr. Og- Cruz. cified. The civic parade in honor of St. Patrick's day, yesterday, was a very brilliant affair. The mili- tary companies turned out in full force, and the various Hibernian societies made a grand display. The festivities of the occasion were enjoyed with the utmost good humor, A well attended dinner took place at the Astor House, on which occasion W. H. Russell, Esq., of the London Times, was present. There was quite a little episode in the Board of Aldermen last evening, which must have been highly edifying to Mayor Nash, of Rochester, who was present. Alderman Dayton waa decided to be in contempt, and ordered into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. The Board of Councilmen met last evening, and after the minutes of the previous session were The interior of the country is not yet pa- | read, on motin of Mr. Barney, the Board adjourned till next Monday. According to the City Inspector's ‘report, there were 397 deaths in this city during the past week— a decrease of 1 as compared with the mortality of the weck previous, and 29 lesa than occurred during the eorresponding week last year. The re- capitulation table gives 2 deaths of diseases of the bones, joints, &c.; 81 of the brain and nerves, 5 of the generative organs, 15 of the heart and blood vessels, 128 of the lungs, throat, &c.; 8 of old age, 60 of diseases of the skin and eruptive fevers, 9 premature births, 42 of diseases of the stomach, bowels and other digestive organs; 43 of general fevers, 2 of diseases of the urinary organs, and 2 unknown—of which 31 were from violent causes, The nativity table gives 271 natives of the United States, 80 of Ireland, 10 of England, 26 of Germany, 3 of Scotland, and the balance of various foreign countries. ‘The Cotton market was firmer yesterday and more ac- tive. The falling off in the receipts in the Southern porte, with more favorable advices from Liverpool, impartod more buoyancy to prices, which closed at an improve- ment ou last week's rates, The sales embraced about 3,500 bales, 1,500 of which were made in transit. Wo clerical errors or legal alterations, is not stated. They will lead to litigations and trouble, annoy- ance and expense. One of the effects of this Morrill tariff, however, will be to settle the question of the navigation of the Mississippi river—the only one which looked threatening to the South. The Southern tariff being lower than the Northern, all goods des- tined for Memphis, St. Louis, Cincinnati and other ports of entry in the West, willbe landed at New Orleans, bulk broken, and then forward- ed to their several destinations. The western people will thereby have more advantageous and greater use of the river than they had before. Instead of conswuing products coming westward from the Atlantic border, they will receive them southward from New Orleans, ment to the boats and railroads on and near the Mississippi river, and reviving the old business aa it flourished hefore the Fast opened its arti- ficial connections with the West. A despatch from Savannah intimates that goods in transit through the Confederate States for such States as are without their jurisdiction ean proceed to their destination without payment of duties. Advices from Charleston state that a despatch had been received in that city from Havre, inti- mating that ships from the Confederate States would be admitted into that port on the same foot- ing a8 those carrying the federal flag. The administration having come to # decision giving employ- quote middiimg uplands et 122. a 12i%c. The flour market was less active and buoyant,and with a fair amount of sales closed with the turn of the market in faver of purchasers. Wheat was in fair denand, with tolerably free sales, closing at full prices. Corn was steady and in fair request, while prices were without change of moment. Pork was steady, with sales of mess at $16 75, and prime at $12 623¢ a $13. Sugars were in fair demand, with sales of about 500 hhds. at rates given tn another place. Coffee was quiet. Freights were steady atthe current rates, witha fair amount of en- gagements. The Ultimatum of South—What Ought the Administration to Do. Mr. Lincoln and his advisers have, at length, an opportunity of throwing off the selfishness, fanaticism, and suicidal imbecility, which have, so far, characterized the course of the present administration, and of taking measures which cannot fail to secure a reconstruction of the Union, within a limited period. The adoption ‘by the Montgomery Congrees of a constitution, is equivalent to a manifesto to the rest of the country, of the precise wants of the people of the seceding Siates. It may be regarded as the ultimatum of the South to the North, and as the only basis upon which the former will con- sent to negotiate with those whose yoke they have recently thrown off. It affords an open- ing for such a fair and peaceful interchange of sentiment, between the rival sections ot the country, as 9 Madison, Washington, and Jeffer- son—nay, a Clay, Webster or Cass—would have availed themselves of with avidity, to pacify conflicting interests. It should cause the Cabinet of Mr. Lincoln to reconsider the deter- mination, not to receive Messrs. Roman, Forsyth and Crawford, and incline them to listen with upon the claims of applicauts, the following gentlemen have been appointed to represent the nation abroad:— Charles Francis Adams. Wallace 1 Ley N. P. Judd. Minister to Rogland. Munistor to France. Minister to Prussia. Miviator to Barainia, --htunister to Turkey. -Minwter to Sweden. Congai General to Alexandria, Nothing of importance transpired in the Senate | of the United btates yesterday beyond the confir- | mation of sppointments and the delivery of a speech by Mr. Breckinridge on the resolution of | Mr. Dougtas | Advices from Port Brown intimate the surrender of the Ringgold isartacks at Brazos Santiago to the Texan troops, ard thet ite evacnation would take place on the 20th inst. Col. Ben MeCulloch is now on his way to Richmond to purchase arms | for the State of Texas. He will also endeavor to induce President Davis to form a regiment of mounted riflemen for the protection of the Texan | frontier. The tenor of advices from Washington indicate | no change in the policy of the administration relative to the reception of the Southera Commi:- sioners, Preparations for the evaenation of Port Sumter will probably be inangurated in a few days, but the mode in which it will take place has | not yet "been decided upom, The rush of place | hunters still continues. | The attendance of members in both branches of our State Legiclature yesterday was rather slim, | and the proceedings were uot in the main of great importance. In the Senate but little business was | transacted. Aroong the few bills introduced wae | one to amend the Revised Statutes in relation to | the assosemont and collection ef taxes. The bill | amendatory of the act establishing rogniations for | the port of New York was ordered to a third read. | ing. In the Assembly a number of petitions in favor of a reilroad in Broadway were presented. Progrese wae reported on the Metropoiitan Hy bit dulsoon the billto amend the cit: | differ ter, Various other reports were made ont bills otherwive acted upon, but none of them of general interest, We are ip receipt of later news from the inte respect to the representations of the legitimate delegates of five millions of citizens. Granted that the Southern confederacy is revolutionary, it is, nevertheless, the successful revolt of } seven States, whose numbers may possibly be increased to fifteen; and, unlees the President | is bent upon ovil war, and irretrievable disaster to the republic, he will cease to screen himself, behind pettifoggirg technicalities, from the grave responsibility which the ex- igency of the times imposes npon him. There is no point of difference between the constitution of the United States, and that which has been adopted by the Southern con- federacy, in which the provisions of the latter, are not an improvement upon thé former. No amendment is made to protect slavery, beyond such an explanation of the old coustitution, as ball restore those privileges to slaveholders, of which exceptionable, local legislation, in the Northern States, ha» robbed them. The Presidential term of office is increased to six | years; protective tariff are prohibited; subor- dinete ofcials are rendered irremovable, ex- cepting for cause; Cabinet officers may be given seats in the Senate, or House, at the pleasure of Congress; the Post Office is required to pay Its own expenses; appropriations from the Treasury can only be mado by a two-thirds vote; Senators must be elected by the State Legislatures, at the sesafon next preceding their term of service; and, at the cail of any three States, a convention shall be called to take into consideration amendments to the constitution These are the principal changes. They aie characterized by wisdom and forethought, aod display profound knowledge of the wants of the country, The door is left open for the ad- miseico of other States, npon equal terms, into the new confederacy, and the tenor of the whole instrument, is conciliatory, firm and saga- cious. There is no part of it, which cannot be The intelligence is interesting. The ex-Emperor | den Yorke, on his way from the capital to Vera’ consistently adopted by the North, and which will not commend itself to sober minded, conservative citizens in the non-slaveholding portion of the Union. Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, “North Carolina, Tennessee and Ar- kansas, will greet itwith such’ enthusiasm as kindred views and interests must dictate. and, if submitted to the people ot all of the States, there is no question that it would be acceded to by three-quarters of their whole number. Since November last, there hus been but one prominent subject of discussion before the country, namely, how the disasters which men- ace it from the disturbed condition of our inter- State relations could be averted. The course which has been, thus far, pursued by Mr. Lia- coln and the leaders of the republican party, bas spread gloom aad foreboding over the | land. The conduct of the administration, with respect to the Commissioners from Montgom- ery, has been justly regarded as one of the most deplorable instances of its weakaoeas aud folly. Time is still left, for it to redeem itself from disgrace, and the country from ruin; but unless the permanent dissolution of the Uniou is a part of the scheme of the Washington gov- ernment, it will, at once, retrace its steps The President will open negotiations with Messrs. Crawford, Roman and Forsyth, not in relation to Southern fortifications and the division of territorial proper'y: but upon the basis of the new constitution, which stands fomth, per se, a3 such an ultimatum of seceding States, as should be provisionally accepted, and sub mitted to the people for their sanction. The constant effort, of late, of republican leaders, has been to prevent any expression of the popular will, which they know condemns them. It will be the sign of a mean, cowardly, and bloodthirsty spirit, to persevere in such a policy, ata moment when the South bas de- clared, in the most emphatic terms, what its re- quirements are, and has, virtually, demanded that they shall be accepted or rejected, by those who are entitled to vote throughout the land. The conservative masses of the States that remain in the Union, will hold Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet to a bitter responsibility, if the oc- casion which now presents itself for negotia- tion with the Montgomery government is permitted to be lost. Messrs. Crawford, Roman and Forsyth should not only be respectfully listened to; but an ex- tra session of Congress should be con- vened for the purpose of considering the Southern constitution as a single great amend- ment to the constitution of 1789. The clouds that hang over the prosperity of the country are dark and menacing. Every hour increases the danger. [t is in the power of the adminis- tration to restore peace and tranquillity to the country, within six weeks, and terrible will be the guilt of neglecting to employ the requisite means of accomplishing so desirable « result. The Two Tariffs, North and South. We publish to-day the tariff recently adopted by the Northern Congress at Washington and the one virtually agreed upon by the Southern Congress at Montgomery, both in extenso, and they present, we think, a fair contrast betweon the legislative capacity of these two bodies. It is impossible todeny to the Southern tariff an exempliiication of states- manship, enlightenment, wisdom aad a know- ledge of governing a great and enterprising people, which are wholly wanting in the other document. The two measures, in fact, differ as much in spirit as the eighteenth and the nineteenth cen- turies; they are as widely different as the legis- lation of the Mountain in revolutionary France, or the Puritan legislation of the old Common- wealth of England, and the legislation of these two countries at the present day, 2s any com- mercial man who understands the subject may see by comparing the one with the other. The tariff of the Washington Congress is the most ignorant, useless, blundering and perni- cious enactment that ever was concocted for the avowed purpose of bettering the interests of the country. On the contrary, the tariff of the Montgomery Congress is a sound, practi- cal and intelligible measure, and as such it will command the admiration of the states- men of England and France, and all the commercial nations of Europe. They will dis- cover, from the comparison, that the art of government is with the South, and not with the North, and they will be guided by that,con- viction in their policy as regards the two sections. For the last forty yearsa set of stockjobbers and speculators in the North, and especially in New York, New England and Pennsylvania, have been using Congress on this question of tariff and revenue for their own benefit, and for purely stockjobbing purposes, just precisely as they operate in thelr corner gatherings in Wall street; and they have readily found such men as Morrill, who represents some grogshop, hole and corner interest in Vermont, to do the business for them in Wasbington. The country has suffered many times from ill judged tariffs, got up to suit the stockjobbing and other indi- vidual interests, as, for example, from the tariff of 1828, which was settled in 1832, but not before it almost drove South Carolina into nullification and secession; aud now that the negro agitation had driven intelligent and practical Southern members out of Congress, the abolitionists and stockjobbers got affairs into their own hands, and we see the result in this most iniquitous measure, the Morrill tariff. ‘The combined effects of these two tariffs must be to desolate the entire North, to stop its im- portations, cripple its commerce and turn its capital into another channel; for, although there is specie now lying ide in New York to the amount of nearly forty millions of dollars, and as much more in the other large cities, waiting for an opportunity of investment, it will be soon scattered all over the country, wherever the most available means of using it are pro- sented, and it will be lost to the trate of this city and the other Northern States, There is nothing to be predicted of the combination of results produced by the Northern and South- ern tariffs but general ruin to the commerce of the Northern confederacy. France and Eng- land, in view of these two measures, will find but little difficulty now in recognizing the in- depenggnce of the Confederate States of the Sonth.” The statesmen of these nations care nothing for our eternal nigger question. Their own commercial interests abroud are all in all to them; and, indeed, upon the subject of negroes, both the American govefnmente stand now upon an equal footing, inasmuch as the Southern, as well as the Northern, constitution prohibits the African slave trade, The tariff of the South opens its SHEET. ports upon fair and ‘equitable terms to the manufacturers of foreign countries, which it were folly to suppose will not be eagerly availed of; while the stupid and sai cidal tariff just adopted by the Northern Con- grees imposes excessive and almost prohibitory duties upon the same articles. Thus the com- bination of abolition fanatics and stockjob- bers in Washington has reduced the whole North to the verge of ruin, which nothing cao avert unless the administration recognizes the necessity of at once calling an extra cession of Congress to repeal the Morrill tariff, and enact such measures as may bring back the seceded States, and reconstruct the Union upon terms of conciliation, justice and right. 'The New Southern Constitation—The Ul- tUmatum of the seceded States. According to the late speech of Vice Presi- dent Stephens, and an elaborate commentary of the Charleston Mercury, which we publish to day, on the permanent federal constitution adopted for the seceded States, there can be no doubt of its cordial ratification by all the States concerned. It must be apparent, also, to every dispassionate reader, that the consti- tution and law makers of the Confederate States, and the people thereof, are really in earnest in this business, and have not the re- motest idea of coming back afuin under the existing constitution and government of the United States, upon any terms or any tinker- ing compromises whatsoever. The ultimatum of the seceded States is now before the government at Wushington im this cw constitution adopted by the Congress at Montgomery, Alabama. Heretofore even our best disposed Northern conservatives have been perplexed how to move, and what to propose to reconcile “the cotton States” to the Union. Now, however, with their ultimatum before us, there can be no longer any doubt upon the subject. In their unrestricted discretion to shape a federal constitution for themselves, the seceded States have unquestionably provided all those securities, checks and balances which they regard essential for the mainte nance of their peculiar institutions. Thus our Northern politicians and the administration at Washington are furnished the conditions upon which the Union may be reestablished or de- finitively divided, without war and without trouble. This new Southern constitution is the con- stitution of the United States, with various modifications, and some very important and most desirable improvements. Upon the main question of slavery it provides—and we put these provisions inthe order of their import- ance—as follows:— 1, That African slavery in the Territories shall be recognized and protected by Congress &nd the Territorial Legislatures. 2. That the right to slavebolders of transit afd sojourn in any State of the confederacy, with their slaves and other property, shall be recognized and respected. 3. That the provision in regard to fagitive slaves shall extend to any slave lawfully car- ried from one State into another, and there es- caping or taken away from his master. 4, That no bill or ex post facto law (by Con- gress or any State), and no law impairing or denying the right of property in negro slaves, shall be passed. 5. That the African slave trade shall be pro- hibited by euch laws of Congress as shall ef- fectually prevent the same. Such are the provisions of this Southern constitution which we may accept as the ullti- tmatum of the seceded States on the subject of slavery. Upon some other questions, however, <bere are certain stringent provisions in said constitution which it would be extremely dif- ficult to persuade our Northern fishermen, manufacturers and lobby corruptionists to swallow, even to re-establish the Union. These provisions include:— 1, The absolute prohibition of all bounties; from the federal treasury, and all duties or’ taxes on imported goods intended to promot or foster any branch of home industry. 2. A positive prohibition of federal app priations for internal improvements, and the substitution of local tonnage duties for such improvements. 3. The restriction of Congress by a majority vote fo such appropriations as may be re- commended by the President or some ex- ecutive department, all other appropriations requixing a two-thirds vote. 4. The holding of contractors to the strict letter of their contracts, 5. That the Post Office Department shall pay its own expénses. ‘These are excellent constitutional amend- meats. If they bad been in force in Washing- ton during the last ten years they would have prevented the wasteful squandering in swindling lobby jobs, contracts, &o., of three, four or five hundred millions of public money and public property that have been squandered to the enriching of the lobby jobbers, and the general demoralization of our Northern politicel parties and politicians to the lowest level of moral debasement and cor- ruption, The two classes of amendments indicated upow slavery and upon these other important subjects comprehend the peace offering of the seceded States to the border slave States, to the government at Washingtoa and to the Northern States. They are radical propositions of change and reform. They inaugurate a revolution upon the quections involved, whether the final result shall be two confederacies or one. We} are free to eay, ulso, that the invaluable re- forms we have enumerated should be adopted by the United States, with or without a reunion with the seceded States, and as soon as possi- ble. But why not accept them with the propo- sitions of the Confederate States on slavery as a besis of rension! Practically, to the North these slavery abstractions amount to nothing, while the reforms indicated are inaispensable to the existence of our government for any length of time, with or without the seceded States, Under such a shameful mercenary scramble for the spoils as that which marks the advent of the new administration, it is manifest that this new party which has come into power is more thoroughly steeped in corruption than any which has preceded it. Our federal constitu. tion must be amended so as to arrest this tide of political demoralization, or it will be de- stroyed by these party mercenaries in their reckless scranible for the public plunder. Let President Lincoln, then, call Congress together, and let him iay before it this new constitution of the seceded States, and the peace proposi- tions of their treaty Commissioners, and per- haps there may be wisdom enough in the two Houses to provide the ways and means for peace and the purification of the governmentat | Populer and Peaceful Revelation im Wasbington, even if there be no way to absorb the government at Montgomery. At all events, with the ultimatum of the se- ceded States before him, Mr. Liucoln should bow, without a wasting delay, indicate the poli- cy of his administration. What is the Policy of the Admtinistra- tiom t—Is ¢ Peace or War? The whole country is inquiring what is the policy of the administration—whether it is peace or war, or whether the administration bas any policy at all, and the President is not a political Micuwber, “waiting for something to turn up.” All are at a loss to understand whut Mr. Lincoln means to do about the forts— whether his vacillation results from cowardice, or whether it does net indicate a design to give peace and prosperity to the country once more. Pressing a8 is the emergency, the only thing that bas been done at the White House for the last fortnight is the payment of stump orators for their services in the late campaign. The distribution of spoils takes precedence of the greatest interests of the nation, and even of the very question of the existence of the go- vernment which sow trembles in the balance. There bas been for the last few days great talk about the surrender of Sumter; and from all accounts it appears probable that the President aud Cabinet will swallow up all their courageous talk, and all the bluster of their party, and order the evacuation of that fort. But in order to cover up the cowardice of this measure, whioh the republican journals regard as “a military necessity, and not a political conces- sion,” orders have been issued for the rein- forcement of Fort Pickena, there is reason to suspect, and Pensacola is the destination of the sbips-of war which have sailed hence for the Gulf. The mystery maintained at Washington, coupled with the concentrated movement of armed vessels Southward,uffords strong grounds for believing that Mr. Lincoln’s stump speeches on his way to the capital, and particularly his great stump speech on the day of his inaugura- tion, did not mean peace, but war, if they meant anything at all, agd that Mr. Douglas is altogether wrong in the interpretation he has given the inaugural. There is too much cause to fear that the intention of the Cabinet is to produce a collision at Fort Pickens, knowing that the troops of the Confederate States will not permit its reinforcement without a san- guinary resistance, which they are now in a po- sition to render. The administration are well aware that a bat- tle in Pensacola Bay would arouse the wai spirit of the whole South and the whole North, no matter in whose favor the conflict might be decided. Their object, therefore, is to gradually bring on a civil war, and the Fort Pickens expedition ia to prepare the way for the raising of money to carry it on by the vote of the new Congress in extra session. The last Congress did nothing bui pats a stock- jobbing tariff, for the benefi’ of stockjobbers— a measure which is a disgrace to the country and to the age. An extra session of the new Congress will probably be called, in order to obtain the sinews of war at the expense of the pockets and the blood of the people. The settled purpose appears to be to drift the country insensibly into civil strife, and to in- augurate a reign of terror, in which, as Garri- son predicts, “blood must flow like water.” Senator Chandler declared in his place in the Senate, during the last days of the session, that the republican party were ready to “stand in blood;” and in a letter to the Governor of Michigan he subsequently declared that “blood- letting” was necessary to the existence of black republican rule, and that without. it .the government “would not be worth a rush.” This is the common sentiment of ail the radi- cals of the party who sway the counsels of the Cabinet at Washington. They hold that the victory they won in the Presidential election would be of no value unless they can now use it to let blood and to raive servile insurrections in every Southern State. It is thus they intend to achieve “the ultimate extinction” of slave- ry, and to overthrow the government establish- ed by Washington and his compatriots of the Revolution, and either to reduce the country to the condition of Mexico—torn to pieces by anarchy and military chieftains in internecine conflict—or to erect upon the ruins of liberty and democratic institutions a military despot- ism, claiming kindred with the absolute gov- ernments of Europe, supported by the bloody bayonets of mercenary standing armies, instead of the willing hearts of a free people. Errects or Sxcession—Farsenoops py THE Wnotxsatk.—In another column will be found an extract from a newspaper, together with a letter from a gentleman in Abbeville, South Carolina, which afford a fair indication of the extent to which the most exaggerated state- menta are fabricated, for the purpose of preju- dicing and misleading the minds o" the people in regard to affairs at the South. Pretending to be a resident of a little country town, some in- dividual has gathered together a series of the most improbable events, which have been eun- ningly posted off to asmall settlementin Texas, and then left to work their mission. Lies, like chickens, however, come home to roost; and, fortunately, the letter bas fallen into the hands of a gentleman well calculated to ventilate the facts to the uttermost. He shows conclusively that the statement in question, like thousands of others which have been so industriously cir- s culated throughont the country, are “ trifles light as air,” which have not the slightest foun dation, Let those who have been so active in promulgating these falsehoods take lesson from this incic ent, and let readers hereafter be more careful how they believe the flying reporte so well calculated to excite their ardent imagina- tions. Waar e ro me Dose wrra Cant, Scrvrs.— Next to the difficulty about Fort Sumter, the | question as to what is to be dove about Carl Scharz seems to bother the administration more than anything else. Schurz is Lincoln’s dete noir, the German section of the republican party insisting that his case shall be made a test as to their claims, while, on the other hand, it is claimed that the case of Schurz is an ex- ceptions] one; that be is uot fit in any way to be a foreign minister; further, that he got his pay as stump orator ax he went along, and that he has no claim on the party. This ie a family quarrel, aad we have no desire to inter- fere in it. May we not, however, be permitted to offer e cuggestion? Why not make a new wiseion and send the lager bier orator as En- voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary to Liberia? THe will be quite in his ele- ment there, and can do a good deal for his co- loved friends in one way or another, | be will Europe. At length Austria, after all ber vacillation, hes decided upon political measures of great importance—nothing less, indeed, than the es- tablishbment of a representative government at Viepna for the whole empire. That the Con- vention of last year sbould have resulted in the adoption of constitutionalism may surprise mapy, but the more farseeing have had that re’ sult for some montbe in prospect. Not Eng- land herself bas a more constitutional gov- erpment than hitherto despotic Austria is to have. There will be two Curien, or, in other words, a Houre of Lords and a House of Com- mons, the sittings of which will be public. The members of the upper house are to consist of the imperial family, of possessors of large en- tailed property, and of ecclesiastical, military and civil dignitaries, all of whom will be nomi- nated by the Emperor for life; while the lower house will consist of thoge elected in circles and districts by the members ot the Provincial Diets. Perfect freedom of discussion upon any subject will be allowed to both houses, and nothing can become Jaw till it has passed these and received the Emperor’s consent. The lower house will have control of taxation and the national funds, including the national debt. Now all this promises well for the future gov- ernment of the empire upon 4 liberal basis, and the only difficulty about it will be felt at the outset; for there is no reason why constitu- tionalism should not succeed in Austria as well as in any other country of continental Europe. The question is: how will Hungary re- ceive it? We perceive that at the time of the promulgation of the constitution the Emperor issued an address to the Hungarians of a very conciliatory character, as if he meant to do his best to induce them to give it a fair trial. The cause of a doubt respecting ‘the acceptability of the new system in Hungary is that its taxation, alike with that of the whole empire, will be decided by the Central Assembly at Vienna, and not by the Hungarian Diet, as the Hungarians wish. The object, therefore, of Francis Joseph is to so far win over these, his disaffected subjects, as to remove their preju- dices againsi resigning this their pet privilege, as well as to convince them that it will be to their own advantage to conform to this neces- sary step in constitutional government. After making respectful reference to the laws of 1848, he tells them in friendly language that he is shortly to be crowned in Hungary as their King, and to take the oath which protects their liberties; that he will preaide in person at the | Diet, aud in guiding its deliberations will not forget that he is King of Hungary as well as Emperor of Austria. He also intimates that reside during a certain portion of each year in Hungary. We see in this remarkable change of policy te last venture of Austria, It is hopeful, but despe- rate, and it is ward to say whether the bopeful- ness of the Emperor’s language is fdgned or real. One thing, however, is certain,and that is that the establishment of a representative government at Vienna will be a great and lasting benefit, not only to Austria herself, but to all Europe. This movement on the part of the leading despotism of Germany will have a powerful effect upon France, whose open contempt for everything German is notorious, and will tend more than any other line of policy that Francis Joseph could have adopted, in the absence of the cession of Venetia, to preserve the existence of the Austrian empire. Even the concessions of Louis Napoleon towards constitutional- ikm have been eclipsed by this sudden light that has fallen upon the political horizon of Austria; and what can Louis Napoleon do after this but travel as far along the to him uninviting if not dangerous road of constitu- tionalism as his imperial brother at Vienna bas done? Its tendency to liberalize all the institutions of every country of Europe will be immense. Prussia cannot but follow the leader in Germany, although goashing her teeth at not being herself the leader; and so the work of popular and peaceful revolution will progress throughout the thirty-seven sovereignties into which Germany is divided. Even the liberal policy of the new Italian king- dom will be strengthened and improved by the liberalizing sentiments entertained by its neighbors. Russia cannot well escape the con- tagion; and so what may be almost called anew era in European history wil be speedily in- augupated. Whatever the wrong doings of Austria, let us give h& due credit for this last step in the right direction, and express a hope that she may profit by the political liber- ty which, after calm consideration, she offers with a willing hand to her hitherto oppressed subjects. Watt. Strexr Tactics mw Trviwe Piace.—As many of our readers may be aware, the des- tinies of the Academy of Music are controlled by a number of highly respectable gentlemen, elected as directors by the shareholders in the property. The Board of Direction receive applications for the house, and declare who shall be the lessee for the season, or year, or term of years, as the case may be. Their last tenant (for a lengthened term) was the illus- ‘rious Ullman, who managed so cleverly that he ran in debt with the artists and directors, officially and otherwise, and finally was so completely floored that he was compelled to retire to private life. Hereupon the artists of the Opera associated themselves together, elected Signor Garibaldi Muzio—a clever com- poser, excellent conductor and gentlemanly manager—as their chief, and carried on & suc- cessfal season. Their pecuniary reward was A6t enormously large, but they paid their bills and had a surplus. Having proved that he could conduct a season successfully, Signor Muzio applied formally for the lease of the Academy from September, 1861, till June, 1862, At the samo moment Stgnor Ullman, galvanized into temporary vitality, put in his proposals, offering the same terms as those of Muzio. The latter was so unfortunate, how- ever, as to be entirely free from debt, and the usug) Wall street plan was pursued. That is, the Academy Directory came to the conclusion that, inasmuch as they had already lost a round sum of money in rent and advances in en- deavoring to sustain Uliman, the very beat thing they could do was to try him again, with the idea that he might possibly reimburse them for their previous outlay. This rather hagard- ous method of doing businese is a favorite one with operators in fancy stocks, and other people who take all the chances, Whether or not it will succeed in Irving place as well as in Wall street remains to be seen, It is certainly refreshing to see such a triumph of faith—which, in the present cage, might be properly defined as the evi- i