The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1863, Page 4

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AND THE BraNstaLn—Co-Lian I mtous Famity—Jacn BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Bi = Lavinta Watnax—Conmopons ‘Nort, ko at ail hens Caauces I —Afternoon and Evening. BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- BN moran Soncs, Bukiesquas, Dances, 4¢.—Hica ADDY. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, Pr Broad =) Sonos, Dances, &c.—DOwN ix’ OLD Ker-nt mERIORIAN BUCKLEY'S MINSTRELS. Stuyvesant Institute, Bemny —Eruiorian Sonas, Dances, 40.—La ates BROADWAY MENAG: Br a Aniats, BranpeD Saxt, RONG PRR Havana: Were AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, N —Bat- tums, Pantoxners, BURLESAUKS, 0, < Mped nan Ray PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS. Broad Open daily trom IDA. M. GUID EM 8 Broadway. States Courts was introduced and referred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill to establish the of- fice of Register of Deeds for the District of Colum- | bia was introduced and referred to the District Committee. The resolution directing the Secreta- ry of the Navy not to accept the title to League Tsland, near Philadelphia, for @ navy yard and } naval depot, anleas Congress shall further direct, was called up and discussed for some time, and finally adopted. The Consular and Diplomatie Appropriation bill was reported back from the Finance Committee. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor- mation in reference to the collection of direct taxes in the district of South Carolina, under the auspices of the commissioner appointed to super” intend the matter. The bill to grant increased clerical force in the Quartermaster General's of- fice was called up, andg after being oonsiderably amended, was passed. A bill to establish the guage of the Pacific Railroad and its branches was | introduced and referred to a select committee. An adjournment then took place till Monday. ‘The House of Representatives was not in ges. | sion, ' " ‘Phe State Senate was not in session yesterday, having adjourned over from Friday to Monday. _ The Assémbly was in session’ and ‘its’ proceed, ings wereeven more stormy than those of any previousday. On assembling, after p apeech of explanation, the first balloting of the day, and the ninety-first. of the session, was proceeded with and completed, the vote standing Trimmer, 60; Callicot, 60; Depew, 1, The House then resumed voting again, but had mot proceeded far when @ scene of the greatest excitement en. sued, in which both democrats and republi. cans on the floor and the spectators in the galleries took part. Various members essayed to monopolize the floor; but as all were on their feet, and the House had become a sea of confusion, amidst the din and uproar the words of the various speakers had but little effect, save in adding to the hubbub. Aftera while quiet was restored, but only to be aucceeded by other scenes of disorder, through which, varied by, occasiona; calms, the proceedings surged on until about six o'clock in the evening, when a motion was made to adjourn until Monday morning at eleven o'clock, and that the House then proceed, immediately after the calling of the roll, to take a vote for Speaker, without interruption by debate or other- wise. This was finally adopted, and the Assembly adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. We have received very exciting news from Mexico, brought by the steamship Sheldrake, which arrived at this port last evening, from Havana on the 16th inst. It is stated that the Mexican guerillas have cut off the communication of the French army between Vera Cruz and Ori zaba, and are annoying the French and seriously interfering with their advance in various ways- There is a report that the invaders have been again repulsed in front of Puebla, with great loss, and that a force of four thousand French had been. attacked by Mexican cavalry and defeated, with a toss of two thousand killed and wounded. The Mexican guerillas are said to be operating exten, sively and somewhat effectively with that unique HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, B: —Brusortax Gores, Dances, Sonuasauns ao” Sreoklyn—Bran BROOKLYN ATHEN.#UM.—Dr, Maccoway’s Lecture © Jarax. ry 25, 1863, New York, Sunday, Jan ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. ‘The Weekiy Herarp, with its increasing ciroelation, is @oapital medium for advertisements designed to reach ‘the notice of country dealers and merchants. ‘Twenty thousand reams of good paper wanted. Size 2x46. Apply at the Hxnatp office. THE SITUATION. The news from Arkansas is most important. {Pho Union expedition op the White river has met ‘with a brilliant success. Admiral Porter tele. graphs from Memphis that on the 20th inst. he had ‘taken the three rebel forts, St. Charles, Duval’s Bluff and Des Arc. He says: ‘The light draughts gre over three hundred miles above the mouth of ‘the White river. The DeKalb, Lieutenant Com- mander Walker, captured at Duval’s Bluff two eight-inch guns, with carriages, ammunition, &c.; ‘two hundred field rifles and three platform cars, and at Des Arc we captured thirty-nine prisoners and a quantity of arms and ammunition.” A full account of the recent expedition up the Arkansas river and the capture of Arkansas Post or Fort Hindman, by General McClernand’s forces: by our special correspondent at that point, is given to-day, accompanied by two maps—one showing the interior of the fort and another the field of action, with all the important points in the vicinity. Our army and navy acted conjointly in this brilliant affair with equal valor. The surrender of the rebels, General Churchill and Colonel Dunning- ‘ton, was courteously accepted by Admiral Porter jand General McClernand, the latter complimenting ithe rebel general upon the gallant fighting of his fmen. The number of prisoners taken in the fort Pie seven thousand. Its armament consisted of fone nine-inch Dahlgren gun in barbette, two ‘eight-inch siege gans, casemated; four Parrott ‘Tifled guns and four six-pounder guns. General Burnside was in Washington yesterday, jand had an interview with the President, the wena of War and General Halleck. The Jatest news from the Army of the Potomac is to [the effect that the roads, although improving, are still ina very bad condition. The rebels con- ‘tinue to show thempelves in large force at the miifferent fords on the Rappahannock, and jare throwing ep additional earthworks rifle pite, to strengthen their Position. aan nothing further to reprert from iquartere of the army. The purpose of [General Burnside’s visit to the suthoritivs at ‘Washington bas of course not transpired. Our army correspondence from headquarters to-day ‘contains @ very interesting history of the late attempted movement acroea the river, the cause of the delay and the incidents of the march. Despatches from ‘Nashville dated yesterday State that the Cumberland river fleet lef there the day before and bad arrived safely at Clarks. ville. Wiew epporite Bettetewn Landing, they were fired into by the rebele with three ficld Pieces om the bluff The gunboat St. Clair en- aged the enemy, who were driven into the woods. CONGRESS. In the United States Senate yesterday the me- morisl of & medical man was presented, asking compensation for the use of other in the army and mavy. A joint resolution supplementary to the pot providing for the imprisonment of persona con wicted of crime in the District of Columbia was pied, A bdillin relation to jurore in United * military weapon, the lasso. The Adjutant General of Pennsylvania gives the following table, showing the number of men that his State has furnished for the war:— Three months campaign. Pennsylvania Reserves. . Organized under call for 500,000 men. 759 Organized under call for 300,000 men. 40,383 Drafted men...........- 15,100 Recruits to regiments in serv! 9,259 Enlistments in other States army, estimated 200,336 This no doubt is accurate, so fares the figures and statements are concerned; but the total is ne- vertheless susceptible of a slight reduction, by introducing a few plain facts, showing the number of men that are there counted, and also the num- ber that never went to the war, in the form of an additional table, as follows:— Three months men re-enlisted d militia. eee ++ 39,856 By taking the above tote! from the aggregate number of men which the Adjutant General says Pennsylvania has furnished ‘‘ for the war,” it will be seen that the number is reduced to a little over one hundred and sixty-one thousand. A serious accident occurred on the Newar, and Hoboken Railroad yesterday morning, caused by the draw in the bridge over the Hacken™ sack river being left open. Four peraons are supposed to have been drowned, and other® were injured. The locomotive, tender and bag- gage car were precipitated into the river. There was one passenger car in the train, in which were about two hundred persons, but fortunately it was stopped before reaching the open draw, The bodies of only two of the drowned had been recovered up to-the hour of our latest account. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, be. fore City Judge McCunn, Milton J. Cook was sentenced to the State Prison for five years, hav- ing been convicted of an assault, with an intent to commit a rape ona little colored girl, named Mary E. Taylor. George Johnson, a butcher, was sen- tenced to the Penitentiary for one year, having pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny. Margaret McCarty, having pleaded guilty toa si- milar offence, was sentenced to the Penitentiary for six months. Several other prisoners were brought up for sentence, and again remanded. The stock market was strong yesterday, and prices wore generally higher than en Friday evening. A large amount of business was transacted at the board. Gold rose to 150, closing 149% bid. Fxcbange rose to 164), a 165. Money was ‘six per cent on call. Tas Rapicats Demanpivo 4 CHaNox IN THR Casrvet.—Wendell Phillips has gone on to Washington as a delegatien from the radicals to stir up the President, as Barnum stire up his bears, andso worry him into a change of the Cabinet. But what is the use of changing the Cabinet if the war is to end on the lst of May next by a dissolution of the Union? The pre. sent Cabinet will do well enough until thet time. How ras Uxton Wn Br Restoney.—The new radical programme is to let the South go in peace on the let ef May next. When the Union is thus divided it will never be restored until the next Presidential election, when we shall place General some other and thas effect @ reconstruction. Greeley and company will then emigrate to Liberia. ‘Tun Ravicat Parry Duan awp Beamp.—The radicals imagine that by thelr scheme of redeg- May next, and thus ending the war, they can retain political pewer. On the contrary, their Proposal of peace has mede them even more in- famous than the war in which they have in- volved us, and’ thelr party ia dead and buried beyond a resurreefion. ————— A Scoonstioxn To Prestorxt Lincoun—Be- fore consenting to take Greeley’s advice and accept “the best attainable peace”—viz: dis- union—would it not be wise to dismiss the pre- sent Cabinet, recall McClellan and other con. servatives to office, and try to conquer the peace which the people desire—vir: the resto- ration of the Union * nizing the Southern confederacy om the lst of The Reign of Terror at Albany—What Nextt The disgraceful and demoralizing scenes in the Assembly at Albany yesterday cannot be analyzed without the most fearful forebodings They vividly remind us of those turbulent pro- ceedings in the French National Assembly under Louis XVI, which culminated in the Jacobin Club, and its bloody Reign of Terror. The inquiry very naturally, therefore, and in- evitably forces itself upon us, are not we drift- ing to the same terrible state of chaos, we, the people of New York, and of the loyal States of this Uniont « We had eome such scones as theve of Albany in the protracted struggle three winters ago for a Speaker of the House of Representatives at Washington, and we now know that those violent outbreaks of sectional passions were the premonitory symptoms of the exhausting civil war in which we are now involved. s ‘The faotious,. position of a ‘portion of the demodtatin as the republican candidate for Speaker, will purely. operate to” the prejudice ‘of the detionratte’party, ba fhe’ perty’of law and order, and Union and barmony. Admitting that Mr. Callicot has. ‘been bought by the republi- “cans, that the Speakership of the Assembly is -the'price-at which they have bought him, it does not follow that, if fair means are insufficient foul means may be adopted to defeat him; it does net follow that the rowdyism of Tammany Hall may be introduced into the State Legisla- ture. If the democracy choose to send up rep- resentatives to Albany who can be.bought and sold, it devolves upon the party to take the consequences. There is no justification for vio- lence or personal intimidation, where legitimate parliamentary tactice fail, in-w case like this of Mr. Callicot. But it must be admitted that these demoraliz” ing proceedings among the democracy at Alba- ny are from the contagious influences of the revolutionary scenes through which we have been passing during the last two years. In the numerous unlawful and unjustifiable arbitrary arrests and imprisepments of individuals made during the last eighteen months by the authori- ties at Washington we havé the examplesof that disregard of constitutional restrictions which is beginning to manifest itself in other quarters, and.in various forms, and in more than one of our loyal States. We have been informed that had a single democratic vote in the Penhsylva. nia Legislature been cast for General Cameron for United States Senator, that that vote would have been followed by scenes of blovdshed and confusion at Harrisburg. From New York to Illinois it is easy to perceive that the popular elements opposed to our present federat #dmin- istration are terribly in earnest in their oppesi” tion to the arbitrary and unconstitutional ex- tremities into which ithas been drawn by the Jacobin abolition faction. President Lincoln will act wisely in paying some attention to the present tendencies of pub- lic sentiment in the North. They are too sig- nificant and serious to be treated with indiffer. ence. They are dangerous and combusti- ble, and require delicate g- In these alarming scenes at Albany we have only the outcropping of an extensive un- derlying popular feeling in referenc to the dominant abolition faction at Washington and its destructive war policy. The Northern elec- tions of last October and November were but a faint expression of public opinion compared with that which would be given were those elections to be repeated to-day. Wé would earnestly advise President Lincoln to the policy of conciliating this predominant anti abolition sentiment of the loyal States—we would urge him to invite-its support by an effort to restore its confidence in his admlnistra- tion. This ia his way of safety, while the ultra- abolition programme which he is now pursuing is the broad down-hill road to destruction. We cannot contemplate these extraordinary manifestations ef a revolutionary spirit in our State Legislature without the gravest appre- hensions. We look at them as foreshadowing greater evils soon to come upon us of the loyal States, unless something shall be done in season to calm the troubled elements of public The very air is charged with revo- lutionary whispers. We have ceased to hope for the speedy restoration of the Union; and are becoming really fearful of the signs of a threatened state of anarchy, North and South, We hope and pray that President Lincoln may be inelined earnestly to consider the signs of the times, and to act ac- opinion. like that of Mexico. cording to the exigencies of the day. Asouition Previctions Veatrren.-When the radicals were urging the President to issue the emancipation proclamation Governor Andrew, promised that, if that document were given to the world, the highways and byways of Massa- chusetts would swarm with eager volunteers. Where are they? Poor Grecley, who is much more of a prophet, said that the proclamation would end the war in ninety days. He now tells us how this isto be accomplished. It is by consenting to a separation of the Union on the 1st of May next. —— oe ee Cotoravo Jewett Haxp at Worn.—Colorado Jewett, having made a mediation visit to Gov- ernor Seymour, held s hasty conference with Greeley and written a splendid letter to the Henan, is now in Washington again, manipu- [? ‘i Poon Grestey axp Joun Vix Buren 1 THE Sams Boat—Poor Greeley used to call John Van Buren a “traitor,” becanse Van Buren pro- posed to let the South go after we had captured Richmond. Now, poor Greeley himself pro pores “to bow to our destiny and make the best atiainable peace” on the Ist of May next. This puts Greeley and Van Buren in preeisely the same boat, and by the “ibm own argument he is now a coninswer tra ie deserves the callows lent and revoliitionsry 6p-'|- members of the Assembly to Mr. Callicot, | onhor’s | McClellan and His Assallants—The Hitch- eook Letter. One of the most extraordinary documents that has been put forth in connection with any judicial or military investigation is the let- ter from General Hiteheock, which we publish- ed yesterday. The impropriety of such 9 com- munication to @ public journal, pending the re- sult of an inquiry, whose decision, it is to be assumed, would set to rights any errors com- mitted by newepaper reporters, is so evident that it needs no comment. The inference to which it must lead in every unbiaased mind is that the writer secks te anticipate by it the con- clusions to be deduced from the evidence. But there is another poiat of view from which this letter isto be regarded, and which renders its impropriety still more marked. Judged from a military standard, the assump- iter are not defensible for a mo- know-how to disobey his initrictions, where vigilance left but little to the -disoretion. of his circumstances as to deny them a certain lati- tude of judgment. Wellington gained some of his most important military successes by disre- garding the orders of the English War Office,and Nelson won one of his greatest naval triumphs by pretending not to see the signal of the Ad- miral under whose command he was placed. To assume, then, thata general in McClel- Jan's position, and with the responsibility that he owed the country, should have etopped short in bis movements on technical scruples, and after complying substantially with the require- meats of the President, is simply ridiculous, The evidence given before the McDowell Court of Inquiry shows that both in regard to men and artillery he had every reason to conclude that the defence of Washington had been abundantly provided for. It is owing to such pettifogging soldiership as that displayed in General Hitchcock’s letter that the war has been carried on up to the present time with such unsatisfactory results, and that it now leaves us almost without hope of a speedy or successful termination. Let us just glance back at the facts of its man- agement from the period when, after his brilliant campaign in Western Virginia, McClellan was first called to Washington, and we shall see how unfounded are the assumptions that any of the failures that have attended our arms are attributable to his bad generalship or want of foresight. -On his arrival in the capital, where he was summoned by the advice of General Scott, he was asked to give in his plans for the suppression of the rebellion. He did so, and stated it as his opinion that it would require an army of at least 350,000 men, with a proportion- ate naval force, to bring the war to a speedy and successful conclusion. He was laughed at for this estimate, and his views disregarded He was again consulted in October, and his reply was that not only would the full amount of the force previously stated be required, but that certain other plans of organization would have to be adopted. These conditions fulfilled, he confidently counted on being able te carry the enemy’s position at Manassas, and to reduce the rebels to submission by the Ist, or at all events, by the end of Recember. These views were overruled in the Cabinet, and more time jost. The radicals now induced the President to take the direction of the military operations into his own hands. Under pressure from them, he gave orders for a simultaneous advance of the federal armies on the 22d of February. Then the military plans of Mc- Clellan, which had been arranged with the federal commanders all over the country, were attempted to be carried out under the orders of the President; but, as was to be expected, from their premature development and from the want of a sufficient force to put them in execu- tion simultaneously, a defect that McClellan did his best to guard against, they were at- tended with but partial success. We gained, it js true, a series of victories out West ; but they were of small account from not being under- taken in accordance with the general plan of operations, which was botched and defeated by the interference of the President and the Secre- tary of War. The mortification and disappoint- ment caused by this failure culminated in a grand smashing up of the plans of McClellan, who has ever since been made a scapegoat by the radicals for the consequences of their own incapacity and blundering. It was the endeavors to prevent a similar in- terference with and frustration of his plans on the occasion of his setting out for the peninsula that furnished to the radical clique, of which General Hitchcock is such a subservient instru- ment, the opportunity for this fresh attack upon him. General McClellan's: own evidence, and that of General Barry, have disposed of the as- sertions of both Hitchcock and Wadsworth as to the insufficiency of the defences of Washing- ton on that occasion. Ii is impossible to mis- take the animus by which these two latter of- ficers and those with whoin they are associated até Rctuated. Hatred of McClellan, and a de- termination to’ruin him, are the influences by which they have been guided throughout the whole of this inquiry. They could not have adopted a course more calculated to fix him firmly in the affections of the country. They have done more—they have made him the suc- cessful Presidential candidate for 1864. Tax Rapwas Reavy ror dismissed our best generals from the field, placed notorious incapables in command, dis- organized our armies, squandered our treasure, Be ral gurrency, disgusted the peo- P the nation, lsgzed the emancipation proclamation, the radicals are now ready to accept “the best attainable peace.” But the country will have something to say about that, and no peace will be possible which does not Provide for the utter abolition of the radical faction. Docrons Disaoreeixe.—Colorado Jewett and Wendell Phillips have gone on to Washington to manago the war for us. These doctors dia. agree, howover. Wendell Phillips thitks that we must have God and the negro on our side; but Jowett believes that we are all right if we only have the Emperor Napoleon. It is a nice point to decide. Tae Rapicats toe Reat Peace Panty.—The abolition organs stigmatized the conservatives during the recent elections as “the peace-at- any-price party.” But,as we always predist- ed, the radicals have heen the first to ask for pasce, and they are now, according to Greeley: +h nace on-the-first-of-May party, the safety of bis’ army is cohdérned, or great of the geiterad: °The cdmmander ‘who does, nat | generals, did not pretend to so wholly control |. ’ ! ack.—Having | ‘| would fain let the South go—would gladly di- Napoleon and the Radicals at Wash- ington. Our hour of extreme peril has overtaken as: We have now to dread more from the Northern fanatics in power than from Davis and his le. gions. The abolitionists, who realize that their machinations, political intrigues and corrup- tions have rendered them odious to both North and South, and find that through their imbecile management they bave exbausted the patient endurance of the people, who will give neither treasure nor lives to their keeping, are anxious to avert the dangers accruing to them from the growing anger of all clases in the North, and vide eur Union, eo that their hateful rule might continue paramount in the North. For the accomplishment of this purpose they will solicit the aid of Napoleon and will ask his mediation. With the abolitionists the matteris now one.of life or death. They foresee that they cannot conquer''fhe South aow save by the | and ‘they are Welt ayrare that the people of the Toyal States will not much longét give them great'atask. ; Had our administration pursued 4° coursé having for ite object the receastruction. ef the Union, untrammelled by the deceit and wiles of the abolition party, success might long ere this have been obtained. But the negro worshippers were determincd that, come what might of the Unioa, the object of their idolatry, the negro, should be freed, and se they planned against the interests of the Union, intrigued against our best. generals, defeated their well conceived plans, and at last, after a series of disasters, all owing to their accursed echemes, they overpersuaded the President into issuing the emancipation proclamation, a step which in itself is useless and could achieve but one result, that of rendering the South despe- rate unto death and more than ever averse to conciliation or a return to the allegiance they threw off as a result of the workings of that party, which, having reduced our country to so fearful a state, would add to their sins by calling upon us the disgraceful intervention of 8 despot. But a few months more of blundering and deceit, of mismanagement and defeat, and we shall then hear the abolitionists calling upon Napoleon to step to their relief, and settle the quarrel between North and South. Those prominent among the negro worship. pers are already making strenuous efferts to cause President Lincoln to accede to their views upon this subject. They press the mat- ter upon him because they imagine that once the separation is accepted by the government, the people of the North, worn out with the long contest, would acquiesce, and that then, as now’ abolition rule would -continue here. Thank heaven, we “know how futile are those hopes. The ‘conservative party hes already. given proofs of its power. Each succeeding election will show that patriotism and a hatred of that accursed abolition party are becoming general throughout the land, and when, in 1864, the people elect a conservative democratic Pre- sident the detested negro worshipping party will have been strangled. Then we may rea. sonably look forward to a reconstruction of our great Union, even should the diabolical plans of the abolitionists have been carried into effect and the North and South have been separated. Thase who fancy that questions of border lines will prevent all successful separation of- North and South are painfully deceived. When once the fanatics now in power in the North have fully made up their minds to procure a cessation of the war by letting the South go, what to them will be any question of border lines? Men, when desperate, are not apt to stick at trifle, They will call to their aid Na- poleon; will leave the matter in his bands; will accept, “with respectful attention,” his advice, and will conform to his views. The Man of De- cember will be invited by Groeley and his like to cut asunder this republic. He is an expe- rienced hand at destroying that form of govern- ment, and will, no doubt, attend to our dissolu- tion with a peculiar sense of pleasure, our great republic having long been a reproach to his unbending despotism. He will then say to his people, “Here you have a striking instance of the futility of all republican institutions; see, I am called to the retie! of the exhausted American Union.” Those who feel inclined to look upon the mediation of the French Emperor as a thing not likely to oecur we would refer to the aboli- tion organs. These journals almost daily make appeals to the “friendship and power of Napo- leon,” and deprecate all offensive allusions to the monarch who even now insults our people by his evident intention of occupying a portion of the American continent. We are told by the abolitionists that we must not offend Napoleon 30 “that when he interferes on this continent he may be favorable to us.” Amid all this disgrace there remains to us the consolation that, spite of its intrigues and trai- torous intents, the fate of the abolition party is sealed, The endeavor they will soo make fo lestroy the Unton Will, we hope, but render their ruin the more speedy; but be that as it may, the elections of 1864 wil! rid us forever of the hated monster abolition, and will also, as we fondly hope, restore our great Union. When the people of the South see that their hated ene” my is no more they will then gladly rush back into the Union which makes us powerful and prosperous. Ob, what ® great day will then dawn upon the American republic, restored to ite might and freed from its curse—abolition. Ges. Sivon Baxnox qT A Nice Case oF 4 Baroaty axp Sat. a Democratic Vorr.—We publish this morning a very curious, astonishing and instructive statement from T. Jefferson Boyer, Aamempber of the Pennsylvania Legislature, showing M3dus operandi of Gen. Cameron to obtaitt the. single. democratic vote required in said Legislature to elect him to the United States Senate, aod how completely he was taken in and done fot. Mr. Boyer, it seems, deliberately threw himeel? jn the way of ar offer, end from a third person, io bebalf of Gen. Cameron, he soon received a nibble to the tune of five thousand dollars. Next, from Gen, Cameron hinreelf, the premium for Boyer’s vote was raised to ten thousand, thea to fifteen, and finally to twenty thousand dollars, with promises of liberal considerations for an indefinite time to come. It further appears that Gen, Cameren, } having clinched the bargain at twenty thousand, | became communicative on the subject of his great success. He would return to the Senate, and would not only be the master of | that body, but of the government. He antici- pated the independence of the rebelliou, South, which would leave an open field and a | free course for grand ambition as the head | manager of his party ia the North. The sequel shows that General Cameron en... Da . St tt tl orm © hour. Pe | Mon... 8,264 ay Women one 2,100 es cdseseeess scone eee A AO8 une hee : eee would have acted wisoly Kad he remaine St. Petersburg; that he is like the pit which, taken once too often (@ the foun was broken at last; that, in fact, in ‘he of his imaginary power, he is laid shelf. If we are not mistaken, as ron’s last election to the Senate was again » democratic majority in the Pennsylvania Le 4 lature of three, and against Mr. Buchan: + special recommendation of his ungrateful . lower, John W. Forney. And why not? | Pennsylvania and New York, at Harrisb ¢ and at Albany, this buying and selling needy, seedy and greedy politicians | , become an old story; and especially \ buying and selling of weak-kneed * treacherous democrats by the opposil ' But the time bas gone by wi such things cam be repeated with * punity. There is a terrible vi om } the constituents of the men elected in days to represettt the conservative pulilic ce ‘mont of the North, aid it wil aot bo with. A democratié’ legislator may go ‘odnitderations -efered. for desertion; constituents. ' v their basket of oggs will yield ens, and that the chickens will enough to buy « new silk gown, his constituents, and there is no reason to pect that he will deceive any but the traders ; the republican party, should they carry out '; experiment of making him their Speaker. 1; people are waking up at last, in New York { well as in Pennsyivania, and there ie dan‘ now in this buying and selling of legislate, and Mr. Callicot knows it, and will, we di: say, be found too sagacious to betray his par: where he may gain his point and eave hime: for the future by simply turning the guns the enemy in the proper direction. A New Crr vor ras Taone.—The cry the Tribune used to be “Forward to Richmom | Now, however, it exclaims, “Wayward aiste: depart in peace on the Ist of May next.” ), Greeley’s gun contracts expire at that date? | Two Peace Men.—Vallandigham and Greek! Which is the original Jacobs? H NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC. The Senatorial Contest im the Callform Legisiature—Maritime Losses—Act , the Washington Territory Legislate im Reference to Treasury Notes—Ti San Francisco and Vancouver Tel graph, d&c., dc. ' ' Saw Fkancrioo, Jan. 23, 1868. In the California Legislature to-night the last ballot | United States Senator resulted as follows: — Sonnees: 24 Brown... Adjourned till Tuesday, the 27th inst. Sam Francisco, Jan. 24, 1868. Arecent report af tho Board of Underwriters she: that the losses to the shipping engaged in the constewi and foreign trade during the past year amount tosix @ & Lalf millions of dotlars—an extraordinary excess ov former years. ‘The opposition steamer Moses Taylor is advertised sall for Panama on the 11th of larch. ‘The Legislature of Washington Territory has passed: act punishing persons refusing (0 receive “legal tena notes’’ at par, by imposing a Gne ef from Ave to ten be dred dollars and imprisonment for six meaths. ‘The tolegraph poles are all set from the northern bord of California to Vancouver, Washington Territory, at) the wires will be placed on the poles in less than they months. ‘Trade ts depressed. Sales of 1,000 tons of Cumberias coal, here and on the way, at a decline from last quotation: Candles—Sales 1,000 boxes at 18, 190. per pound. Launch ef the Steamship Golden City. A monster steamship, built by William A. Webb, fag for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was launche yesterday, from Mr. Webb’s yard, foot of Sixth street Kast river. About an hour previous tothe time appointed for th launch—which was one o’closk—every available plas from which to see it to advantage was occupicd. Tm deck of one of the Italian frigates now building by My Webb, from which a fine view could be obtained, wa thronged with «pectators. A large number of the fat sex, ag well as most of the principal merchants of th city, were among those who witnegsed the launch of th Golden City, which took place a few minutes after om o'clock, The launch was a perfect success, aot thy slightest accident having occurred. ‘The Golden City was towed by four steam tugs to th Novelty Iron Works, where she will receive her boiler? and machinery. The model of this fine steamship ta similar to that of the Constitution, a sister ship of the same line, aud now running between Sao Francisco and Panama, on whjch route the Golden City will be placed as soon as finished. ‘She has been designed and built espeotally for: | all vice, and has all the improvements, he greates' «trongth , seeurity, comfort and conveniences fer wn ets. ‘The frame is built of the best white oak and yelio pine, diagonally braced from stem to stern, and all the ‘astenings are of the best materials and unusually heavy. ‘The dimensions of the Golden City are as follows:— Length, 340 fect; breadth of beam, 46 fect; depth of hold, 31 feet, and about 3,500 tons measurement. The Newark and Hoboken Rallrosd Ac- Jee oem ‘eld: ThE ENOINRER AND orn Between six and seven o’clook yesterday morning @ most disastrous accident occurred on the new road cently built by Edward Stevens between Newark Hoboken, by which four persons, including the were drowned, owing to the negligence of the Superin- tendeot of the road. The train which met with the terrible disaster left Newark at a quarter past six, and arrived at the draw. bridge over the Hackensack river shortly after. It seeme that the keeper in charge of the bridge was unable te close the draw io time for the train, but had boisted the red signal, which was ® warning for the train to stop, The engineer, however, did pot observe the signal untid he came within twenty feet of the bridge, owing to the dimuess of the light, when it was too late te eave himself, mathe eogineer, Jacob Woodruf, and the boy were eran the iremen, however, succeeded hy 4 ” Haven, who Was in charge of the train, ly bruised, but not seriously. ‘Thess are four persons supposed to have been up bo vix o'clock last evening, only two of whom been g Trarrie is Broapwat.—The following ie an estimate of the daily numerical traffic of Broadway, taking Jobe street as the point at whieh foot passentors, wagons, he. ‘Thia estimate civee ten hours to the day.