The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1861, Page 8

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New Vork, Tuctduy, & Mier RLS TN HALL, No, 439 Broadway. he AY, i8GN MAILS FOK &T ROPE @me New fork Hermid—Kidition tor Kerepe, ‘The Cunard mati steamship Africa, Caplan Cook wil Heave this port to-morrow after von, for Livespoot Tho European mails wil! close in this ety al two ©’olock to-morrow a tert oon The Evrornas Epos ov rux fieraw wil bo published at ten o'clock in she morning. Siugiv copies, ia wrap pers, sixconts. Me News. Startling news from Washington may be found in our despatches in another part of to-day’s pa- per. The curtain ies beea rang ap, and the tragedy is about to begin. A portion of the squadroa of war ships and transports fitted out at New York are oriered to Fort Sumter. Supplies are to be thrown into that stronzhold at ail ha- , gards. Major Anderson has been directed. in the | event of the federal vessels being opposed by | | the secessionists, to open his batteries. Such, | in brief, is the government programas | for Charleston harbor. Our reports from that point confirm the statement that the supplies of the garrison from the city have been cut off. Intense excitement prevailed there yesterday, Five thousand men have been ordered out, the batteries have been strengthened, and every pre- paration made to repel the federal forces. Beyond doubt the dreaded fratircidal conflict will com- mence within forty-eight hovrs. known in Washington that the war has begun, the As soon as it is HERATD. NEW Y vestating larg deatir tunendous scale, icipated difficulty between Wing out of the dismissal of ind the following paragraph ord correspondence of the Paris Pays duct of Mexico towards Spain is not in harmony rrotestations which the government of would seem to have made, with the desire friendly relations with the mother withdrawal ‘of an ambassador can- if, become a war question, as England Unitgd States took meagares similar to those adopted by Jnarez towards our representative. But if Mexico refuse to recognise existing treaties, not only because they had received the sanchon of he government with which she has warred, but because that | tion those treaties existed between Spain and Mexico, if ample factory explanations be not given tor the offence which the nation has re, ceived, the halt « G Donnell government to assume that attitude bich the boner and dignity of the country de- mand light 4 mmercial advic 1 00 os from Hurepe report & and breadstaffs, whiie cliniag tendency in line aso} ‘« t yootordsy was occupied le givatee part of its session over the | Anneat ply bil A message was reevived from the or yetoin, the bill recently passed hy the Legisleture extending aid to the Albany aad Susque!h anne vad. An unsuccessful effort was madi va ver the veto. In the As- sembly « of bills were passed, along ity Charter Commission biil. rts from the Nelson In- * were presented and dis- y report, in favor of the tua- i Nelson, was adopted by the Assem- charge of the Ser- rk e New ¥ Committ pris bly, and he was placed geant-? r d of in accordance with this sentene the door of the Assem- bly chamber b ‘ered iv force and took hun Ly from Uke enswody of the officer, At 1 rast olrht bis whereabouts was still wok t rea! authoritie Apr wry mecting of Doct and shoe manu- facturer agated India rubber Oo a! a Lotel iv Mercer st to devi oncerping the injune- lions recently prevent four or five of their our r from using the patented material used in tre F aie, exeep) umiler certam con- ditions. There # not mor than a dozen jer- BOLE pres snd Mr Lait having been called to the chai, the uw rganization and appointment of commut eg, but no definite action way taben. 4 er mectiog will shortly be held. ‘The rush for offce at the Custom House yester- day afternoon Was inteuse. Mr. Barney has fixed the hours for receiving applicants at from three to five P. M., and @oubtless this afternoon he will find he has more friends thau ae before knew of. The bu-ine+s at the Custom House yesterday was very dull. The chief clerk's tabular arrangement of the tar ff was issued during the day, and a rush was made ‘o obtain copies. A full account of the excitement will be found in another column, The court martial of Colonel Corcoran was con- tinued yesterday, Richard O'Gorman, Esq., clos- ing for the defeuce, in a lengthy and eloquent speech. He claimed that the charge was defec- ive, because it did not sufficiently specify the dis- obenience of orders, and that the mere failure to promulgate orders is not disobedience. At the President will, it ix said, issue a proclamation call- ing Congress toge.uer. The flying artillery, ca airy and sappers and miners which have left this port within the past five days are to proceed to Texas, there to co- operate with (ien. Houston for the restoration of the government athority in that Stat», while a : portion of the fleet wil! reinforce Fort Pickens, ' and other posts on the Gulf coast. velieved, call for Governor Curtin, of | The President will soon, it is Afty thousand vo Pennsylvania, who has just returned te Harri-burg | from Washington, yesterday sent to the Legisla- | ture a mes: half a million dollars to put the militia of the | Btate on a war focting. teers ‘ | ge recommending an appropriatign of overnor Dennison, of Ohio, who has alxo been in Washington for some | days the Legislature of his Stace. The State Department yesterday sent word to the Confederate St»te Commissioners that the ad- ministration would hold no official with them. They will respond to the commani- cation of the Secretary of State, and then pro- bably proceed to the South. The Montgom:ry Cabinet were in session last night, expecting im- portant news from the Commissioners. The war steamer Harriet Jane and the steam transports Ilinois and Baltic sailed from this port | yesterday for the Gu'f, loaded with stores, muni- | t, will moke @ similar recommendation to intercourse tions of war and troops. The newly appofated Secretary of State for the Territory of Colorado (Mr, Weed) entered into the necessary bonds yesterday morning before Mr. Commissioner Stilwell, The steamship Canadian, from Liverpool 28th, via Londonderry 29th ult., arrived at Portland yesterday morniag, bringing five days later Kurc- pean advices, The news is important, The steamship Edinburg, from Liverpooi 27th, via Qucenstown 28th ult., arrived at this port yea- terday afternoon. Her dates are anticipated by the Canadian, but our files by her are three | days la‘er than those previously received, and contain vome details of general interest, the more important of which will be feund elsewhere in to day's paper. The Kdinburg brings $510,000 in specie, making, ‘with previous receipts, 121,250 received from Europe since December 15, 1860. Our national troubles continue to oceupy the attention of the press and people of Europe. The Paris correspondent of the London Post, writing on the 26th ult., says that it has been suggested in high quarters that England and Frence should mediate between the Northern and Southern con- federacies, in order if possible to prevent blood shed. It is reported that Victor Dmanuel haa written to Prince Napoleon, assuring him that a collision is jmminent between the Austrians and Pied mortese in Venetia, and requesting Lim to lay the | acts before the Emperor. Porther disturbances have taken place at War- | saw, but at last advices all was qu! Tihe decree of the Emperor of Russia ermanei puting the serfa was promulgated March © We vublich a brief synopsis of news from Sliang- hae and Uanton. ‘The intelligence from Japan, if '¢ can be relied on, is most secious. It is “reported” that the Ame rlean Besretary of Leyution had been murdered ®t Jeddo, and that the MHritish and other foreine ministers, with the exception of the American, had Hed to Yokahama, From China wo learn ‘bat the Yang-tao expedition was to Jeave on the 9th of Janrary: that the rebels were making great efforts to go south, and that the troops-at Tien-tain are shat in by ice, The Japan news, ofcourse, ites comurmation, ‘The rews from india continues to be of a very istressing character. The famine was stil de. | taarket tor 5 conclusion of his remarks the Court adjourned until the 22d inst The Board of Aldermen did not organize last evening, u querum not beiag present. The opposition members of the Board of Coun- ciimen answered to their names last evening at the call or the roll; but, aa all the de aoerats were absent, there was no quorum; so the clerk declared the Bowrd adjourned till Thursday next. Tt was said that a number of our City Fathers weot to Albany in the alternoon to attend to the affiirs of the ei The court of Oyer and Terminer was opened before Judge Ingraham yesterday, bat, in conse- euence of ‘he absence of the District Attorney on business, wa» adjourned to Monday next, The celebrated case of Jacob Sharp vs. the Mayor, &c., of New York, was called on yester- Gay before Judge Welles, ic the Sapreme Court Circuit, but on motion of plaintiff's counsel it was set down for Monday next According to the City inspector's report, there were 434 deaths in this city during the past week— an incre sse of 28 a compared with the mortalny of the weck previous, and 17 tess than occurred curing the correspouding week tast year. The re capitulation table gives 3 deaths of diseases of the bones, joints, &c.; 100 of the brain and nerves, 8 of the generative urewus, 13 of the heart and Liood vesseis, (33 of the iungs, throat, &e.; 5 of old age, 50 of seases of the skin and eruptive fevers, 2 premature births, 60 of diseases of the etomach, bowels and other digestive organs: 50 of genera) fevers, 6 of diseusee of the urinary organs, and 4 unknown—of which 16 were from violent causes. The nativity table gives 288 natives of the United States, 91 of (reland, 12 of England, 52 of Germany, 3 of scotiana, and the balance of various foreign countries. Yhe foreign newe, bringing some accounts of distur. Lances tb the macufaciuring disuriets of Lancashire, had @ tendency to render the cotton market jews buoyant yerterday. while prices were not quotably lower; the tales p raced about 1,800 a 2000 bales, witha the ronge of 18%, @ 18c., chiefly at Lue. a 12%\¢ for mid ciiog up anda Flour was jo fair demand, both from the home trade and for export, but the market closed heary and easier for common grades, while extras were un- changed. Wheat wos firm and in fair activity, in- cluding purchases for export at full gricee Cora was ull, end about le. per bushel lower, while sales were tulr, Owing 10 a romer that the government was likely 1 come inte the market for heavy additional purchases: eetimated ta the rumor at 9,000 @ 12,000 bbis,), the & was firmer, with sales of mens atglT S755 ood of prime at $15 Beef was also firm. Sugars were steady and in good demand, with sales of 1,260 hhds., at prices given {m saother column Coffee was quiet and steady, Freighte were tolerably active, eepeciaily for brendstuits to Kygiish porus, and at fall sates. RevoLvTion Norra anv Soura.— While there isa very perceptible revolution going on in the South, while the people there are busy wiih secession and raising armed forces and threatening to attack forts and otherwise pre- paring for wer, there is another revolution of a different character progressing in the North, which is manifesting itself more quietly at the | ballot box. At the Rhode Island etection lust week, for example, there was s wonderful re- section observable, and, singular to aay, the vote polled was larger by over two thousand than that of the Presidential election in November — thus ehowing that the interest in the condition of the country baa intensified since that,time, ‘The republicans met a signal defeat In Rbode Island, and in many of the local elections in this State, and in the towns of Northern Ohio, an anti-lavery region, the opposition carried all before them. This kind of revolution works silently but effectively, It may take some years to effect its object, but it is, aever- theless, #0 radical that we ehonld not be snr prised if it culminated eventually in driving nil the ultra sbolitionista, who have brought the present calamity upon ua, ont of the coun- iny altogether, to seek shelter and make mis- ch ef somewhere else. ORK HERALD, TUESDA © districts, producing misery and | Toe We begin to tind bere that the con- ' onstrated yery clearly when Spain and the | 1 before the Almonte conven- \ be but ove yoiee, counselling | " Y, wot Te Vertes of th Oc, veloped=Kapidly Driftamg imto Civil \ War. i It ix becoming too evident that, so for as a vicious, imbecile, demoralized administratioa possesses power the hideous borrors of civil war are bon’ to be foreed upon the coud | The deliberations of Me. Liacoln and his #4- visers, have been sbronded ia mystery; bul the very concestment they have affected, has be trayed their 1iquitous purposes, Amid tbe contradictory rumors that have lately prevailed, unmistakeable facts have compelled a tardy ‘and reluctant nequiescence ip the conviction that oggresvive measures sre coutemplited against the seerding States, and that bostile de- monstyations, upon wn extended scale, have for many weeks, formed part ot the des'ge of the government. Ominous and painful uocer- | tainty, bas, at length, given place to the fearful | prospect of an internecine strife petween the | North and the South, which is inevitable, ua less the troops thet are being sent Southward, | more patriotic than their leaders, shall emulate the example of Erench soldiers, when ordered | io fire upon the people, and refure to imbrue | their bands in the blood of their fellow citizens The untiring, tactious pressure upon the Presi- dent, in favor of the adoption of a defiaity, coercive policy, bas been crowned with suc- cess. The doors of the temple of Janus, have | been thrown open, and if, which is doubtful, proclivities for peace ever existed, they have been buried out of sight. Mr. Lincoln has fallen back upon the war doctrines of his in wogural, or his still less ambiguous utterances, during the memorable journey trom Springfield to Harrisburg. Mr. Lincoln maintained, in his speech at in- diauapolis, that it would not be coercion tor government to “retake its own forts and pro- perties, apd collect duties onforeign impocta- tions,” and that it would be no invasion to march an army into South Carolina withou! the consent of her people” He asserted, on the other hand, that it would be an assumption of the ‘right to play the tyrant” for “a State tw break up the nation,” and that secession would be a coercion of the remaining States. He tbus began, before his arrival in Washing- ton, to call peace war, and war peace, in order to shift the burden of responsibility from the incoming government upon tbose it in- tended to oppress. At Pitteburg, he openly abused the South, and declared that the crisis was “artificial, gotten up by turbulent men, aided by designing politicians,” He used simmi- lar language at Cleveland, and at Steuben- ville, and, in this city, comparing the Union to ee s: | | | “throwwg passengers and cargo overboard,” te accomplish the end be had in view. At Trenton, he said he should have “to put his foot down firmly, and, having put the foot down, to stand firmly upon it.” Then came the inaugural—‘‘false and fair”—a smooth ve- Deering of hoveyed phrases over a ground- work of menace and venom, the fruits of which are now developing. Deprecating bloodshed, “unless forced upon the national authority;” a ship, hinted at the possible necessity of | 2°- APRIL 9, is everywhere peaceful, and the time cannot be cistant, when the shameful manner in which Mr Lineoln and his Cavinet are sacrificing the welfare of the land, and betraying ita most sa- cred interests, will call forth an outbreak of ind)gnation, before which evea republican fa- naticism and intolerance wilftremble. ‘The Dost Largely Circulated Joarnal in the Word—Che Sow York Herata. Vbere is bothing more true than the axivin, that what we fear most we are most inclined to depreciate. The csreer of a successful journal offers an apt illustration of the justice of the saying. In the very conditions of its prospe- rity a large amount 0! jealousy and petty hos uility is necessarily involved. Let us tuke the Henaup for an example. Whenever it has bad occa-ion to oppose or thwart the schemes of any political party or kuot of politicians, the ery has beeo immedi- ately raised that it was losing its influence and runving down in circulation, When Pierce begap the course of corruption and rascality which ultimately ruined bis admiuistration in the eyes of all honest men, the veual pack iv bis pay raised the same bowl. So it was when Lweoin came into office. Finding that he was deat to our sppeuls to develope his policy and give peace to the country, we treated bim in the same free, outspoken way in whica we had denlt with poor Pierce. As ususl, tae effect of our auimadversions was sought to be neutral ized by the old cry that our circulation wa going down, and that we were endeavoring to restore it by the violence of our opposition tu the new régime. What are the tacts? Never in the history of this journ] bas there been less foundation for such an a-sertion. Comparing its circulation for the moath of March lust with that of March, 1860, we find an increase on the daily average of more than twen!y-one thousand. The following are the fgares:— “ Maxkcu, 1800. Maxcu, 1861. 63.260 1. F 2 84.2480 63,60 2 - b6.4S0 6620 3. . bd806 4,500 4. 3,600 630 6 100 SOU 63600 6 $6 400 63,120 7 Ra 40 64,400 8 B4.240 62,00 9 85 OO 84 000 83.620 x 83 760 4. 4 ate ‘ 54,000 16. 86.6.0 7. 8 400 18. / 19. oe 21. 82,000 22. su 840 uw. +1,977 080 » 68.777 For the last twenty years the growth of the Henavp has been marked by the same steady progression. There is no other newspaper or literary publication in the world, perhaps, whose career of prosperity has been so uninterrupted: exclaiming to the South, “The goverument, my | Certainly no other daily journal can boast of the dissatisfied fellow citizens will not assail you,” he adds:-—“ ‘be power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the pro- perty belonging to the government, and col- lect the duties and imposts.” The Heratp, in its issue coniaining the inaugural, inter- preted theee contradictious as meaning that “if the Southern States make no resistance, when the administration shall be ready to] aitack them, there shall be peace; the endea- vor to repulse the federal government will, however, be regarded as a begiwning of | hortthries.”’ | It is of email account, at what point the | blow aimed at the Southern confederacy is about to be struck. The immediate destination | of the dozen or more armed vesgels, now leay- ing Northern ports, aud, of the munitions of war, and twenty-five hundred men they contain, may or may not be Fort Pickens. It is not im- probuble thet the troops will, be landed, in the first instance, partly in Texas, and partly at the Tortugar, and Key West. A plausible sur- mise prevails in military and naval circles, that either Cat or Ship island, on the Mississippi coast, both of which have excellent harbora ‘aud anehorage, and from which, at short no- tice, Pensacola may be assailed, or Fort Viekena reinforced, has been selected as a place of rendezvous. However this may be, it | is abundantly manifest that the administration is bent upon carrying out a scheme, which, if uvlended with any degree of success, must lead to bloodshed. Tae invasion of Texas itself, bow that it has withdrawn from the Union, will be justly regarded, by the authorities, at Mont- gowery, a8 a declaration of war; nor does Govervor Houston’s pretended requisition for aid, sgainst Mexicans und Indians, alter the tuct that Texas is one of ihs Confederate States. The reinforcement of Fort Pickens may cause the first collision to take place in the bay of Pensacola; if so, from the ex- tensive warlike preparstions thet have been made on both sides, it is to be feared that it will be a terrible one, If the troop* seut to the aid of Lieut, Slemmer are repulsed, the iast constitutional resource of the Wasbington administration, against the South, will bave been exhausted. It can neither blockade harbors, a line of coast, nor tue months of rivers; nor can it send an army into the South, Should the expedition be suc- cessful, hostilities would break out on the frontier, and the war of sections would begia Fither contingency will cover Mr. Lincoln and bis advisers with ignominy, and the coun- try will hold them to a bitter account for hav- ing precipitated upon the republic a calamity which every upright citizen shudders to con- template. “Irrepressible conflict” has thus sncceeded in developing the outlines of a fearful shadow over the land; but it is to be hoped that the very armies which are soon to be brought face to face, wil shrink from permitting it to ac- quire a bloody eubstance. Far better that the Union should be dismembered forever, than that fraternal hands should be turned against one another, to disfigare the laud by slaughter and carnage. The masses of the population. reprobate the bloodthirsty imbecility of the Washington government. They are fore- warned, by the gigantic footsteps with which anarchy has been progressing, that @ military despotism ix imminent, which may reduce the country to the low- ext place in the scale of nations. In the anuuls same large amount of circulation. The Lon- don Times, which is the only one that can be compared to it in influence, cannot, after more than half a century of existence, succeed ia attaining to much more than half of it. In tea years more, unless the country should go to the dogs under black republican misrule, the circulation of the Heratp will be more thaa double what it is at present. Even now it is only the mechanical difficulties which oppose themselves to the duplicatioa of our forms that prevent the daily aggregate of our circulation from reaching a hundred thousand. Politicians cannot understand the grounds of this enormous and ever growing prosperity. Referring everything to party influences, they cannot comprehend why a journal which is in- dependent of all parties, and which is eter- nally at war with their corrupt practices, should continue thus rapidly to overshadow all similar enterprises. We will give them the reason: Because it is founded upon the business views and wants of this great commercial city, and is identified with iis welfare and growth. Ii is on its business eugport and pr- tronage, and not on our circulation, that we de- pend. Mere circulation does not pay, and its increase is only an evidence of the influence which our opinions exercise in other parts of the country. It is to New Yorks, and New York alone, that we owe whatever sudstantial rewards we have won in our career of journal- ism. It will therefore be seen that we have a double interest in the preservation of the Union—tbat of supporters of the old federal compact within the meaning of its framers, and that of defenders of the commercial interests of New York against the insane policy which would sacrifice them to gratify the bloodthirsty demands of the rampant abolitivnists compos- ing the fag end of the republican party. Tar Axponrrionists Rampant—-Servite Isscr- RECTIONS REcoamENDED.—While there are signs of a great reaction in Northern opinion upon the negro question, it is still evident that Messrs. Garrison, Phillips and their confreres hereabouta have been strengthened ia their extreme opinions by the turn which national politics have taken. From Boston we hear that the officers of the New England Anti-Slavery Society have resolved to hold their May meet- ing as usual, but that ao far they have not been able to secure a hall wherein to have their symposium, Should the meeting take place anywhere in Boston, serious difficulties may be apprehended. In this city, we find that one of the orgens of the ‘ Massachusetts school” of politics aunounces that Garrison, Phillips & Co. will hold during anniversary week | a day meeting in Dr. Cheever’s chureb, and will assemble in the evening at the Cooper Institute. In the same paper | which makes these interesting announcements it is insinuated that the best method of bring- ing the Southern confederacy to terms is to stir up insurrections among the slaves. The same idea is thrown out in the Southern oorres- pondence of the 7ribune and other black re- publican papers. Giddings, and otber ap- pointees of the administration, have been open sympathizers with the John Brown school of practical abolitionists, and ft is evident that the radical antislavery men bave the upper hand at Washington. If the Southern corres- pondence of the Triune and its political con- freres is real, and not manufactured here, as some people assert, it would seem very proba- of history, there would be found no parallel of | ble that the Massachusetts school had sent a people, from such a height of prospority as | some of ite pupils to the South for the purpose the United States have attained, so recklessly | of inciting the negroes to rise and murder their planging its future destiny into an abyss of | masters. ‘The radical abolitionis:s are so over- ruin, {f the present mismansgoment of affairs | joyed by the election of a Provident on thotr ' iy wllowed to continue, The popular sentiment | plattorm that there is no schetae #0 diabolical 1861.—TRIPLE SHEET. that Liev would hesitate to attemptit in order to carry out their dogma—the immediate and un- conditions! abolition of slavery in al! the Staies and Territories of the old Usit tates. Is Rerenuresy Govewywenr a Fs The political cootusion inte which this country Jallen, the teveraaee of tbe eotion Slates feom the rass the udministration at Washington, are look ed upon in Lorope as unmistakeuble evidenc of the sailure oF a republican form of gover went, Ard, jadging of ‘nese everts ia whe lip of monarchies! principies and with the Bure pean idea of who! Constituies & government we dust confess that it is apparently true. Su tar at leas! a* the character of vur Executive for some years past is concerned, it cannot be de nied that there has beeu a sad falling off. and | perhaps @ sad failure. The adminteiration of the government has fallen into the hands of « Bel of unprine pled politicians, for the most pari were adven(urers and scouncrels, without siake in the country, and utterly destituie of benor or patriotism, To this extent = may be udwit- ted that republicapi:m bas suffered prievourly in the eyeso! the world ; but taen the principle of celt-governmeut eas met with no fai! in spite of the absolute waut of every qualification for good government in all our departmentea— both Staie and national, in the Executive, the Legislotures, Cougresses and corporatious—the country has been preserved trom uiter aud un- eqvivocai anarcby and coefusion, by the inhe- vent principle ot elt government which dwells in the community, The country bas grown prosperous ané great ia the very teeth of poli- tical comuption such as tie older nations of the world never experienced. it is not the wen who have contributed to the greatoess of this country, wu intellect, in wealth, in wisdom, and every other quulitication calculared to build up a respe cled nation, who are elected to the high- est offices m tbe land--to posiitons which in urepe are couxidered sysonymous with what is catled government ; but, on tie coutrary, a class OL men the very reverse of this is to be round ip the moet exalted stations—mere poli- iielans—and that word in our vocabulary is syLonymous with chariatan or adventurer. But look at the administration of law and jas- tice in our criminal and civil courts, and we will find that there, aided by voluotary in- stitutions--such as the church, religious commu- nies, abd an independent newspaper press— the country is preverved from aoarchy and the stalus of society 1s maintained in spice of the miserable junketings of the politicians, There is a deep order loving and moral sentiment ia the people which manifests itself with the wost saving ¢ffects even iu our present tials and difficulties; but no such seutiment is to be found or ‘oped for among the politicians, Let an aitempt at local 1usurrection be made in aay of our large cities, sad we would see at once (he immente power of this principle. The move- ment going on at the South caunot be regard ed as an insurrection: it is arevolutiog, not uo like that of 1776 in its objects end purposes; but rbould au insurrection be attempted in New York, the largest and most populous city in the country, or in any other large city, or should any conspiracy against the peace and welfare of the cour'ry assume the tangible ehape of mob violence, our milit’) reguments would crush it out in an hour, This is a view of ihe matter which is no. uo- derstood in Karope Their ides of government is more cencentrate? and certraliced than ours, Self government diffuses itself, and is its own safeguaré everywhere; and in thir respect, al- though according to monurclual principies our republican goverpwent may appear to have | proved a tailure, toe priuciple of selt-govern- ment still nobly vindicates and sustains itself, Locar Poirres-—Tae Next Canter Exec tion.~-The threatening condilion of our nu- tional affairs, and the odious misrute in the State and municipal governments, have com- bined to break up the old parties and cliques, to defeat ull the combinations of schemi ic po- liticians, and to smush ali the slates—republican, Tammany and Mozart, The State election ia November will be a contest between thc radi- cal republicans and the conservatives of all parties. and it is beyond peradventure that the tide of popular feeling will be turned. The State will declare ageinet the ad ainistration by eighty or a hundred thousand majority, The municipal election in December will be conducted upon the principle waich should always govern in local affuirs. We are iniormed that there bas been formed a!- ready a very powerful organization of independ- ent electors, residents chiefly of theupper part of the city, and that this asrociatioa will bring forward a new candidate for Mayor Among others the name of ex-Juage Roosevelt has been mentionc3. Judge Roosevelt is now out of office, and whether or not he desires to assume its reeponsibilities anew wo are unable to say. We need hardly say thai Judge Roosevelt is in every way fitted for the place in connection with which his name bas been mentioned. He ig a man of rare executive abilities, extended acquaintonce with the interests of the city, aud spotless integrity. The new order of things will not stop with the Mayor. Care will be taken to put the very best men in nomination for all the offices, and old party lines will be utterly obliterated. A movement of this kind, well organized and carvied out in good faith, cannot fail to succeed. The people have been swindled by petty grogshop politicians long enough, and it is time that something was doze. fie | Union, and the perplexitics whieh em | | { } as Trarrors Arour—Wuere 1s Porc Derse- rive Kennepy?—It is rumored that one Forsyth, a commissioner from the government of Jeff. Davis to that of Honest Abe Lincoln, has re- cently been prowling about here in New York. buying up field artillery, small arms and muni- tions of war for “our Southern rebels.” Can this be so, and right under the nose, too, of detective Kennedy, whove akill in ferreting out bloody conspirators and contraband goods has immortalized him! If Forsyth or any agent of his is still here, let detective Kennedy catch aim and bring him to trial; and if proved juuilty of baying up arms, gunpowder, and such like treasonable articles, for the Confoderate States, Ict ua have a judgment on the subject. Let us have a caso, so that a!l concerned in New York may know the lines of demarkation between loyalty aud treason. Our republican patriots were very much 4th of Maren? And what can be -ealé of the vigtanee of detective Kennedy, if « bas been knowl permitting one of valid Commissioners to came here to New York ard tw euguge in the purch ums for The uses of our Southern rebels? Will the Honorable Masga Greeley, the great fizht- man of the republican party, be good yzb © look into this matier, snd up tecuve Kennedy? af Goversox Hovsron’s Position wv Texas — © everson Siate Convention and the Legis- State; but as he bag i perseded by the 3 of impesehment, he is ptill a8, a8 he claims te hes protested against estion majority gisla‘ure bhava mounced them as illegal know that he has called upoa Pre ain toaid tim im 2 down the secessionists, on the ground they an insurrection against the law.: of the State. It jectured, howeve sachan appl vernor Ho Presigen and that in respop peal a good portion of the land forces, ine oh the flying artillery, lately shipped frou this pori ure destined for Texaa, Perhaps this may he eo. Governor Houston hae the legal cicht to make the application in- dicate n made, President Lincoln is conatitur nd to it, So far But the sa overnor tiswet 0 ch <o not that are in ul authoriti engaged OF a bot reapect che case i Houstoe in Ve fly from his offic self he wili prot be attempt to nels probably — b wermy. He trying Fituatio breadth cca pes aué eventiul ear clomely comme re. rican fire-oaters be ia Texas of a body c wesiet WD Diy thoriiy there will b but then jt wilt be & rated ou the part of Mr. Linee reputation a a backw er. To be sure, we canpet expect any ve Teat differ epoe between a civil war corimenced on a point of law ane sick ® War Deed OL & point of boner. The ficst fs mun of a civil war, law or po law, will be th ath knell to ali our hopes of the Union, and that this fatal gun has been fired may be ibe next sews from Chartieeston, or Cenoacola, or Texas. PATTRNCE EXHAUSTED At The wacil- lang coucke ot toe government—one day threatening war through their organs aad the uext day promising peuce--has exhausted alike tte patience of the Confederate ani th» border By reference to a letter trom Rich- mond, Va, it wili be seen that there is every probability of the secession of the Old Do- The action of the government at Wasbicgron has let! the Union aod conserva- tive men of the Siate without a feerbotd, Taey cannot devise another reason for holding back the secessionists or for keeping back thom- selves. The infehigence of the present war inevements has set the people in» blaze, and separation may o¢ regarded #8 a foregone couchusion. A» gore Virginia, co go the other boreer slave Staies. The fliet blood that is shed will probably rive her precipitately out ot the Union, without wairtng for the usual formalities, Krom ‘he attitude of the Oontederate forces ot Charleston, and the news that the ships-of. WaT ate Supposed to be isteaded tor that port, it is extremely probabie thut « collision will take place tausediately at that port unless it is evacuated, The patience of the troops and of the citizens of Oharlesvon is extausted, and all ibrok that they have been trified with too long. But » collirion «sould be avoiied there by a speedy surrender oF the fort, it is hardly possi- bie to prevent ita) Fort Pickens, or some other pot in the Southern States, The geme of “musterly inactivity” is played out. The South. ern conteaeracy are supporting an army of ten ihousape men at an expense of at least five oMtioos of dollars per saoum. hey are un- wiiling keep up this tax upon them, and they will run any risk that a collision may briag rather ibam stand it aay longer. This cousi deration, with the impatiesce of the Southern srmy, ard the fact thas a hostile expedition is on ite way trom the North, will probably pre- cipitaie a battle in a few dayy; ia fact, we may hear st any woment of the mementous intelli gence of the commencement of civil war. Thus a practical solution of the quarrel by the arbitrament of the sword appears to be at hand. But matters ought noi to be left to drift too far; for, though the result auticipsted might be tie consequence of a collision, the angry feelings ex- cited would not be allayed for this generation, and the hope of reunion would be rendered more distant and desperate than ever, States, muon. Acapesy or Mrete.—The short season three aighisa— of the italian opera—was commensed last n ght, ander the ausp\ v8 Of Sigaor Muzio ao. the associated artis. The opera wes “Tn Balio in Masohe with the merits and performance of which our readers are already ac- quainted The artisia—Madame Colson, Misses Patllips and Hinkley, Sigoor! Brignoli, Ferri end Dubreul—sang admirebly,and gave the highest satwiaction toa very large and enthusiastic au'ience. Tois evening the Brooklyn Opera goers will bave an opportuaity to enjoy Mins Kellogg's ine porformance of Linda, with « new finale, the “Clara Louise Polka,” composed for Mier vellogg by Signor Muzio, On Wednesaay, at the New York Academy, “La Juive’? will be given with Madame Cowon as Rachel, Mie Hinkley as the Princess, and Stigelli in bis fanous rél-, Weaver. Madame Colson hus been very successful ia tai opera at Roston, and the wesumption of sy imporian! @ role by #0 exceliont an artist is « matter of - portance t the patrons of the Opera, Brooxiry ACApEMT OF Mvaic.—To-night Misa Kellogg will appear at this house tn the role of Liada, in which she crented such @ eenmaton at the Now York Acadomy apd in Boston, The orchestra will play on this cocasion: the new ‘Clara Louw'aa Po'ka ”’ composed oxpross.y in honor of Mise Koliogg by M. Muzio. fun Caxavian Rectrroctry Taaaty --in the Canadian House of Parliament last week, M. Galt, the Receiver General, in denying that any correspondence had takea place between the goverumont of tho United States and tho Canadian authorities upon the subject of the Re- clprocity treaty—the matter being an imperial act with which the coionists cov!d not inverfere—took ocos- sion to state that the trade between Canada and the shocked at the “cowardice of Old Buck,” in | venvuniy meteanca withis toe ae gerne ine treet bap permitting the South Carolina Commissioners i os lowes in = at leant qus trupled eater to come into Washington and catechize him fay that the balance of trade wren te Dearly wt Poasiolg without being arrested as traitors. Bit what | i3%h0 othe, co tat she fotrehangy of bo bvwon te have our patriotic republicaie to say concern: | tr oy a! a wo Rt tal nay ing Old Abe's conduct ia ate the Gon- Vetted Beaten, a8 va sa tn tai counter would a alow federate States Commissfoners to flourisi: at | \ 6 mo 3 oe fy Denstical te Weshington like men in authority since the | (cea Sl See Steeets ceo cea tenon