The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1865, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD,! JAMES GORDON BENSETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash in advance. Money seat by mail will be at th Nono but bauk bills current in of the sender. Now THE Ds ISRALD, Foon cents percopy. Anaual $24. a of anonymous correspondence, Wo AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. Broadway. —Wirn's Sucnet. THEATRE, Bowory.—Srax, Car— 1, —Tur Saauroce, Tae Live Ix ro Mawwora Far TON—Dwa eo Stat—Tiat ~boy wad Evouing, |. Mechanfes! Hall, 472 Broad. JaNces, Buwtsguas, &¢,—Live y Starts OF ciMOFLAX SONGS, I Lt 8 k—Tik Play Bu—Ou Uvsel— OF, $8 Broadway, —Rosent Heuume’s & CO’S MAMMOTH MENAGERIZ, Open irom IY A.M. (0 1 P.M, 44 Broadway.—Batuers, UitGS OF COCO. TRELS, 199 and 20t 3, a.—Roav 10 Ricu: New York, Saturday, January 28, 1865. a THE SITUATION. Mr. Francis P, Blar, Sr, hag returned to Washington cond visit to Richmond, where hig peace m's- He ig eald to re- from bis pion, it ts understood, entirely failed. present that no hope of bringing the war to an end by negotiation cau at present be reasonably entertained. There sre plenty of of wrang peace men in Richmond, and is much ng and divisions among he rebel leaders, but ail are so jealous and watchful of ‘each othor that no one dares (o make an advance towards official overtures Cor a cessation of hostitities, and there- fore i has been determiaed by them, outwithstanding all thoir recent disasters, to make one moro desperate effort, by placing the negroes in thejr armies and more rigor- ously enforcing the conscription of the white men, to achieve their Independence, The attempted rebel naval raid on James river ended in complete inilure, and their fleet returned back up towards Richmond, after suffering the lore of the ram ‘The rebels landed Some troops on Farrar’s Island, in the James, for the Drowry, blown up by a Union shell. Purpose of co-operating with their fleet; but these were riven of bya Union force. A cavalry reconnoiesance on the Charles City road on Wednesday last developed the fact that the rebels who mace ap advauce there simultaneous with the movoment of their gunboats, on Tueéday morn- ing, had also fallen back, Measures bave been takan by our army and navy officers to render certain tho defeat of any future similar attempt of tho rebel feet, should it ‘be made, Additional Leavy guna have been motated in the vicinity of City Point, several barges loaded with coal have been sunk at Turkey Bend, and our naval squadron On the niyer has been reinforced. Tt ig again rimored that the rebels are evacuating Richmond Terry's army,on Cape Fear river, says that deserters One of our corrospondeats with Goneral from the enemy are daily bringing this report into the Unien lines. stood actur Whether this be correct or not, it is gene- t much of the rebel machinery for e of the rally und the m war matériel and conside government archives have been removed from there, The Henano Cape Fear river despatches which we pub- lish this moruing will be found very interesting. ‘They e\atls of the import c-eas there of our army ns and ammunition eap- tured in the forts, immense supplies Of rebel provisions were also secured and much other property of great value, The rebel troops im front of General Terry mado o slight demonstration on last Monday; but it amounted to noth Desorters report that two rebel divisions from Lee's army at Richmond fecently passed through Wilmington on their way to South Carolina. General Terry's army is in flee con- dition, and is being rapidly prepared for further operations, Admira) Porter's gunboats were gradually working thelr way up towards Wilm'ngton, - Tho steamer Porit arrived hero yespertay trom 'Savee nah, but brought no Ing: reports regarding mllitary movements Géncral Sherman had issued an order in Telerénce to tho negrocs within the lines of bis army. The young avd able bodied men aro to be en- couraged to enlist in the military service, and the South Carcina sea islands and the abandoned Tice a1 cotion fiewls on portions of the Florida and South Carolina Coasts are to be set apart for the sot- Uemont of the old men, women and children. General Rofus Saxton has beon appointed to superintend their Tocation on these lands. All the rebel obstructions have been removed from the main channel in Savannah har. bor, and it is pow open to navigation, A Charleston cor. Tespondent of the Richmond Dispatch says that if Sher. man succeeds In getting possession of Brancuville the fall of Charleston will soon follow, A unanimous decision that Burley, tho alleged Lake Erie pirate should be given up to the United States Authorities, was yoeterday rendered Iu the Toronto court by Chief Justice Draper and his three associate judges. AVo publish this morning report of an interesting de- Dato io the Parliament of Canada on the subject of the Febel raids from that province. The rebel newspaper extracts published In this morn- fog’s Heraw furnish o pretty falr picture of the con fusion, doubt and despondency regording the success of Geir confederacy pow prevalent among tho chief rebels ehomselyes as woll as the mass of thelr people, The Engtish blockade-runulng steamship Charictte, captured (9 Cape Fear river by Admiral Porter's toot, Arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesteMay, in charge Of © prize master nnd crew, She has a valuable cargo of artis, ammunition, clothing, medicines, &c. EVROPEAN NEWS. ‘The steqrmsh'y Hibernian, from Liverpool an the 12th And Greencastle on the 1uth Inst., with Buropean advtecs Mivo days lator, arrives e: Portiand yesterday. f The English cewspapers generally speak to very eulo- Iatic terms of Ge Shertoan and bis snecessful ope- ond §=The news of bis copture of Savanna caused an vance ju United States securities cud a fall of four per or pound 6n cotton. NEW YORK ATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1865, . ne revived | down the cave fur the scott Monday In February, The The Loudon Times emphatically contrad! oat Bogland and France 4: gh repogu Tadog tho | cgart adjoyrued (il nest Wedpesday. ne |r yey paar tinschieas. aes / Inthe Dulted States Distriet Court rday Judge ‘A propostiion for the abandonment of $t/ Domingo had | Betts made an order requiring the Cuited Ftaies Marshal to deposit.all moneys derived from the proceeds of prize sales.ju the Sub-Treasury, subject to the ordér of the court, This order is made under the requirements of the new Prize act. . Hitherto these moneys bave been de- posited to the order of the Marshal. There {s -now iD the treasury an accumulation of over one million of dol- lars. Acoroner’s inquest was held yesterday over the body of a servant girl named Ellen Skelly, twenty-two years of age, living at 16 Second place, Brooklyn, who comulited suicide by swallowing Paria green. A salosman named Joseph Conway was yesterday locked up, in default of fifteen hundred dollars bail, cbarged.with’snatching's check for thirteen hundred dol?! Jars from the hand of bx, Thomas @. Fay, while the two were standing together in Thompeon street, and then rua- ning off with it, Robert Reo’ was yesterday committed for trie] on the charge of disorderly conduct and threatening to shoot a been laid befure the Spanish Cortes by the tnipistry. Consols closed In“ Lobdon on the 13th dust, ab 69% & 89% for money. The Liverpool cotton market on ihe same day closed quietaod unchanged. Breadstufls were dull, and provisions were quiet and steady. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday the Deficiency Appropriation bill, which passed the House op Thursday, was taken up, and the appropriation for increased compensation for eimployés of the House stricken out by a vote of thirty- three to three, and the bill passed. A resohution de- claring Arkansas no longer tn rebellion, and that her recently elected Senators and Representatives shall be admitted to Congreas, was offered and ardered to b> printed. The Secretary of the Troasury was directed to enforce the regulations for the carrying of passengers between New York apd San Francisco, on the Atlantic side. The remainder of the session was mainly devoted to debate upon tho resolution advising retaliation in the treatment of prisoners of war, The session of the House of Representatives was de- voted to the consideration of private bills, THE LEGISLATURE. In tho ftate Senate yesterday bills for the relief of tho Children’s Aid Society; providing means for paying the canul awards, and authorizing plank and turnpike roads to increase their rates of toll were reported. Bills were introduced to incorporate the Oswego Historical Society; repealing the act authorizing an increase of the capital stock of the Manhattan Gas Light Company, and to amend the State Mililia law. Bills conc»ning public records in Now York, and to legalize the acts relative to the bounty bonds of the Brooklyn Common Council wero introduced and passed. A resolution calling on the Chief Eng'neer of the Croton Water Board to report to the Senate as to the drainage system of New York was adopted, Mr. Laimbeer moved that a select cominitteo be appointed to ascertain, by correspondence with the avthorilies of Bullulo, and other muuictpnlities im the State, on what terms grounds and buildings for a now Capitol can be obiained. A communication was received ant General estimating that, limiting the to thirty thousand men, it will dred aad ten thousand dollars to complete arming and equipmentof such force, Bills to Incor- the German Savings Bank of this city, and to the name of the Morris Patent Fire Arus Com- ethon ortered to a third reading, whem the adjourved, bly bills relative to a public market in York; to amend the ehartor of the Now C any; toamend tho charter of the M. tan nce Company of this city were reported. Bills were’ noticed for a transverse railroad in Now York from Tenth streot, East river, to tho Canal Mr, Honry W. M.. Meade, formerly of the daguerrian firm of Mead Brothers, in B roadway; committed suicide by taking laudanum ina room at Tammany Hotel on Thursday night, The President has approved the Congressional resolu- tion authorizing the purchase by tho government, for one million of dollars, of the Merchants’ Exchange build. ing, In Well street, which bag been for some time past occupied as the Custom House. ‘The steamship City of Baltimore, Captain Mirehouse, of the Taman line, will call to-day, at noon, for Queenstown and Liverpool, and is the only steamer whith leaves for Europe from this port to-day. Shoe will take the mails for Europe, which close at the Post Office at half-past ten o'clock this morning. The stock market was higher yesterday. Government securit’es were quiet, Gold was excited, and, aftor open- ing at 20837, closed in the afternoon at 215%. At tho evening bonrd it closed at 219. The riso in gold gave an impetus to trade operations yesterday, which was a2 agroeablo: to the merchants as it was unexpected. There was not much doing in foreign goods; but in domestic produce a good business was transacted, and prices were all higher, Cotton, petro- loum, &c., were in quite active request, and prices altogether higher, On *Change tho flour market was 10c. higher, while wheat advancelf 2c. a 3c., with but ttle doing. Corn and cats were dull, and prices wholly nominal, Pork was rather more active gud firmer. Leet wos in better demand, while lard was deeidediy moro activeand higher, Freights were quiet but Zim. Whis. key was steady. poral The Pante nnd Chaos at Richmond—The Breaking Up Commenced. Panic and confusion reign at Richmond. Jeff. Davis and his ruling confederates there bogin at length to comprehend their desperate situation. Their chosen capital has become untenable. To remain longer in it now is to invite destruction—in abandoning it they are lost,and yet they must abandon it if they would longer keep the field. Admiral Porter writes from Cape Fear river that “we picked up a telegram from General Lee to bis subordinate here saying that if Forts Fisher and Caswell wore not held he would have to evacuate Rich- mond. He says most truly,” further remarks the Admiral, “and I should not be at all sur- prised if he left it any moment.” Those forts aro lost, "Wilmington, if not wharves and slips leased to the United amship Company; amending thi rela- and District Courts tn New Yor ; for the ton Rallroad Company; for tho reliof of and Tenth Avenue Railroad Company; w York and Weste! er Reilroad to n to confirm tLe acts of the Com- Councit of this city, Bills were taken up and ted to ine he New York Tom Moore Asso- ciation: the New York Conservatory of Music; the At- Jantic | se Ball Ciab of Brooklyn; the New York Yacht Clad; the Union Yacht Club of New York; and the Twenty-(hird Regiment Armory Association of Brooklyn. The Bounty bill, authorizing localities to pay bounties of three, four end six hundred dollars for one, two and threo years’ men, was adopted by a vote of 106 to7. Bills were introduced to incorporate the Greenpoint Say- ings Bank, Brookiyn; amending the charters of | abandoned, is awaiting a capitulation to Gen- several savings banks in New York «nd Brooklyn; [eral Terry. Sherman seems to have ended the (o provide for the relief of Broadway by the | pegistance of South Caroli rosa- transportation of freight and baggage between eroune, Tit Se ing of his resistless columns into the State, The Charleston correspondence of the Rich- mond papers say that if he occupics Branch- ville (an important railway juncture like that of Atlanta) the fall of Charleston is but “a question of time, and a very short time” at that. Then Charleston goes by the board. This is the danger which has created the panic, cou- sternation and confusion now prevailing at Richmond, although the loss of the late con- stant stream of valuable supplies to that city, cut off at Cape Fear, is dolefully regarded as “a blessing in disguise.” The best evidence, however, that the rebels are near the final collapse of their whole establishment, from spontaneous com- bustion, is furnished through their own journals. Thus we are informed that the bond of confidence between Davis ond his hitherto “servile Congress” is at last broken—that bis House of Representatives have voted almost unanimously in favor of General Lee as military dictator, and for the restoration of General Johnston to his late the South ferry and Union square nnd be- youd, through other etreets in this city; authorizing hotaries public to perform the dutics of commissioners of deeds, fora more perfect assessment Of taxes; to regu- late the wharves and slips leased tothe New York Mail Steamship Company; to provide against damages by ex- Plosive materials in New York, and for the relief of the Tenth Avenue and Fulton Forry Railroad Company. A resolution Was then offered that, if not incompatible with the public interests, his Excellency the Governor be respectfully requested to communicate all the informa- tion ho may have respecting tho increased quota of this State, and his action in connection or in reference thereto, which was luld over under tho rule, On motion, the House then adjourned until Monday eveuing at half-past seven o'clock. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship North Star, from Aspinwall on the 18th inst,, arrived hero.yesterday, bringing uver hala million dollars in gold and interesting news from Central America, Tle republic of Salvador Lad broken off all Intercourse with the goverument of Costa Riea, owing to the latter having allowed Gen. Barrios, the exiled President of the former, to find av asylum in its territory, ‘The reports re- garding the Coutral American cotton crop are much more favorable than those previously received. The coffee is exp ctod to be au abundant one. Some of the can merchants fa Panama have refused to pay the commergial tax levied by tho government, ayd nogotia- | command in the Southwest, It furthor appears tions on the subject between the authorities aud our | that the Virginia Legislature, sitting in Rich- Minloter were ponding, mond, has declared its want of confidence in An important meting of the Board of Supervisors took the Cabinet of Davis, and that this and a similar pressure from other quarters has led to the resignation of Mr. Seddon as Secretary of War, and of the little, slippery Judah Peter Benja- min as Secretary of State. Thus the military crisis has brought on a ministerial crisis, and, from excited hostile factions, the so-called “Confederate States government” fs falling to pieces at a crisis of life anadeath, when unity and harmony aye most essential to save the sinking ship. The Richmond usurpation of @ government fs at length a house divided against itsclf. Down to his unfortunate journey of last Sep- tember to Georgia the will and the word of Davia were absolute law to both branches of his Congress. But the military disasters result- ing to his cause from that melancholy journey have raised a powerful party against him among his lawmakers. They have ceased to be “sorvile,” and have become indignant, hostile and deflant. In proposing the reinstatement of Joe Johnston they mean to disgrace Davis; in proposing Lee as generalissimo, with unlimited powers, they mean to supplant Davis; and, finally, in debating in secrot session a proposi- tion for an armistice, they mean to tell Davis that his ultimatum of an independent Southern confederacy or Southern extermination is a bit of blind, bloody snd stupid fanaticism that will not be tolerated by o suffering people, who have been surfeited with the horrars of a hopeless war. All theso things considered—tho military disasters of the confederacy, and the powerful, concentrating combinations of General Grant; the limited supplies of Richmond, and its great Mines of supply from Georgia and England cut off; the discouragement of the rebel soldiers and their Increasing deeertious; the exhaustion of tho able-bodied white fighting material. of the confederacy, and the impossibility of using as soldiers for Davis a negro population whose minds aro made up on tho other sido; the ludicrous, broken down condition of Jefh’s poper miondy Aysiom, and the f 1o com- binations arising against him in his own camp— wo are fally disposed to belicve old Mr, Blair: that “among many of the leaderd in Richmond, Davis included, thore is o stvong feeling to- wards making o peace on iho best terms they ean.” The onpture of Charleston or the evacuation of Richmond will probably be the next thing in order, and thon a general dissolution of the dismantled Southern confederacy, from the Jamos river down to the frontiers of Maximilian end Dr. Gwia, place last evenfug. Tho Com 0 on Volunteering re- ported the result of their mission to Washington to be that they have ascertained the quotaof the city to be 21,019 men, instead of 4,433, as they were previously led to believe by the Provost Marshal General, and that ali thoir efforts to have tt reduced were unavailing, A reso- lution was adopted authorizing the Committee on Volun- teering to pay whatever amount of band money for re- crults they may ¢com proper; but the amount is to be 20 expended as not to exceed tho money appropriated June 14, 1804. The number of men which each of tho Congressional districts in the city ts required to furniah are a8 follows:—Fourth district, Composed of the First, Sccout TWid, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth wards, 4,039; Fifth district, composed of the Seventh, Tonth, Thirteenth and Foortcenth wards, 9,007; Sixth district, composed of the Ninth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards, 3,023; Sovoutd disizict, composed of the Eleventh and Seventeenth wards, 3,970. Kiehth district, composed of the Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first wards, 3,343 ; Ninth district, composed of the Twelfth, Nineteonth and Twenty-second wards, 3,732. The logislative’oommiites appointed to investigate the affairs of our city government wero in session yesterday, and had before them, as a witness, Mayor Guuthcr, The testimony wae important and tutercsting. The atmosphere yesterday, a8 on the threeimmediately preceding days, was quite cold, the mercury throughout the day ranging between fifteen and twenty degrees above zero, But, though the air was sharp and cutting, it was pure and healiaful, and, with the addition of an un:loud- ed sky, the day was readered just such as those who love winter better than gurmmer can fully appreciate, Of course the skating continaed good, and all the ponds in and around the city were ag,crowded as on the previous days of this week. Westof Buffalo the cold spell has been accompanied by @ heavy snow storm, which has biocked wp ‘he railroads and put a temporary stop to the runo'ng of (rains. Mr. J. A. Gilmore (Edmund Kirke) delivered a lecture last evening at Irving Hall, before the Mechanics’ Bo- ciety, taking for his subject “The Whites of the South.” The locture consist of a clever analysis of Southern society, from the chivalry down, and was troated both in a humorous a rious manner, The orator gaye some interesting personal sketches of celebrities down South, particularly of two Union ecoute, called ™ Bible Sinith’’ and Joseph Somers, whote naines have become famous, The attendance wns larce and respectable, Last evening Richard O Corman delivered @lecture on the “Anelont Republice of Greece and Romp" betorethe Firmt ward school, in Greenwich street, ‘The’ discourke, which Was eloquogt throughout, elicited ghe profoung many aitention of @ large audience, whitch tne! ladies, The exercises wero varied by suelo, ‘The triai of Bernard Friery, indictod for dhe murder of Harry Cazarug, which was compecaced in the Goart of Gonoral Seselous, ofore Judge Russel, was suddenly brooght to @ close yestorday, Counsel for the prisoner objected to the panel of jurors rummoue| out \of which to select one juror, Hecate it Mi4 not appear to be signed by the officers authorized 40 ign \t, The District Altor- ney adunitted that there was @ technical error im the panel, and Suggested that the jury should be discharged ‘and the case set down for the next term, Mr. Hail also ald it Would be advisable to summon two thousand jurors, as was dont he colebrated caso of Polly Bo- dine, and romain in session until a jury was obtained, Judge Baseel accordingly diecharged the furor, and get __._ OUR Quota and the Draft. _. oo» The. Chaigman, of, our, Supervisors’ Volun- teer, Committee, has returned from Washing- ton, and-has motwith no success in reference to ‘a reduction of onr quote av last fixed by Provost Marshal Fry. ° Tis first declaration, @xing our quota, at 4,400 mép, it seems was of no account, except to’ inspire our authorities to raise vol- unteers to fill it, Mr. Blunt and his committee having pushed matters vigorously to overcome this comparatively small number by procuring the men,-find, just as thelr labors were’ about closing, that General Fry bas changed bis base, and that instead of 4,000 men being wanted our quota is jumped to the big Ggure of 21,000. How, he. accounta’ for this vacillating course we “have no means of knowing, unlees-it-is to. draw a larger proportion from this olty than from any other .gection of the State... Whether bis present plan is based on thé number of men of the number of years ser- vieo we cannot say; neither do we know whethor every man is to count for one year, or whether..a three years volunteer counis as three’ 026 year men. AW we positively know is, that’ Provost Marshal General Fry is deter- mined, under the call for threo hundred thou- sand men,. to have from this city twenty-one thousand soldiers, a number about equal to that under the gall for five hundred thousand. As extravagantvand unjust as this clearly is, he yields to no argument—will scarcely peruse any statement of ourcommitteo, showing the gross wrong Inflicted upon us. He appears to have assumed no especial base for his caleu- lations; has guessed the number he would like to have, and ordered them accordingly. The enrolment here was considered by him grossly wrong and greatly in excess of what it should have been, He directed a revision, and our authorities, at great expense, have been successfully laboring for weeks to this end, but before the final completion, which would have been reached in a few days, effecting a reduc- tion in the numbers enrolled at least one-third, he fixes the quota nolens volens, and calls upon us for twenty-one thousand men. Thus stands the case, We are within fifteen days of the time fixed for a draft, when wo are called upon for a full army corps. Of course there is no possibility of raising them except by conscription, The labors of the committeo will be of no, avail towards avoiding it, Expenditure of money is useless, or s snap judgement is taken against us and we must yield up our effects. We were much in hope thata draft in this city would have been avoided. We deserve to bo exempt. No city has given so much money for the war and so many men as the city of New York. Over one hundred and thirty-six thousand have been sent from here, every quota has been promptly filled by Chairman Blunt, as the present one doubtless would have been had justice been awarded us. But as for rais- ing any such numbers by volunteering as is now called for, the thing is preposterous; it cannot be done; hence the hardships of a draft must be submitted to, and our fathers, sons and brothers must prepare to march to the front. The committee, in the meantime, will con- tinue its labors, raising all the men and procur- ing all the substitutes they can, thus reducing the number to be drafted as much as possible. Slavery in..Congress—The Amendment to the Constitution. On Tuesday next the question of the amend- ment,.of the constilution, so as to abolish slavery, will come up in the House of Repre- sentatives for final settlement so far as the action of the present Congress goes. The mea- sure received the approval of the Senate last year, and though it received a majority vote in the House, did not receive there the two-thirds vote necessary for an amendment of the or- ganic law of the nation, and was consequently lost. The approval of the Sonate stil! holds good, and ail that the measure now requires at the hands of the national legislaturo is that it should pass the House. Butif it shall fail to pass the House now the advantage of the pro- gress it has already made through the Senate will be lost, and, as we have a new Congross next year, the measure will have to be, then, once more takea up from the commencement. It is, therefore, greatly to be wished that it should go safely through this session, in order that it may go properly to the Legislatures of the several States this winter, and bo sottled definitely without loss of time. Since the measure was defeated in the House last year some events have transpired that Ought to influence the action that the House will take. The States of Maryland, Missouri and -Tennessee have formally declared the abolition of slavery within their limits, Slavery no longer exists in Western Virginia, and is virtually abolished in Arkan- sas and Louisiana; and, as tho messages of the Governors of Kentucky and Delaware indicate, there is a good progress toward its abolition in those States. Here is enough to show the im- menage advance of the public mind in regions directly interested in this great question. Only tho States actually within the grasp ond under the heel of the rebel tyranny retain the institu- tion as it was; and even in the rebellion itself there are open advocates of a measure that will scotch if it does not kill this original cause of contention. But tho great North moves also, and States that hitherto did not in their sover- eign capacity take any definite line of policy on this matter—that treated slavery as a fact recognized by our common constitution, or altogether left it alone—such States now deom the expression of thoir opinion necessary and proper, and instruct their Representatives in Congress to vote for the constitutional amend- ment. New York, Maine, Rhode Island and Ohio have all done this. ‘Thus the question now comes before Congress under auspices that ought to he more favorable for its passage. It is certain also that it'now has moro friends in the Houso, Members who voted against it when last up have recently spoken in its favor. No doubt tho growth of the popular mind has influ- enced in the same way the opinions of many who will show that change for the first time in their votes, Strangély enough, tho nore violent opponents of this great moasure are the radicals, the extreme advocates of ail mensutos aimed at tho vitality of slavery. :Tho noislest of the original shriekers of aboll- tion now oppose abolition, Wo say strangely; but perhaps, aftor all, this is perfectly natural. ‘These men made all the noise they did for their own purposes) Thoy did not care a pin for the negro, for the country, or for humanity. Bot ft chanced that they used o humanitarian notion fore party ory, They were successful with {t, and not they fear to lose it. By the abolition gf alayery they will be deprived of oes ds a a their political capital. Hence their opposition. Political inep never before went firther’| ‘thirteen “original’ Bintes” thé "Canadas i than this, ‘These radicals and a few demo-falways boom treated ~ with:...considera erais.are.theouly opponents: the” méasure has. | ‘by this conntry, and the’ trade we | The democrats whooppose ‘the measure are men’ *rather behind the ‘timed, who donot see fucts as they are now, but as they ‘were. They adhere to the institution because ad- herenco to it was an article of the ancient democratic faith, and they ‘do’ not yet see that slavery has been killed by the great evamts and progress of the age, and that their adherence to Itonly tends to keep into our body politic » dead and poisonous mass that will affect tho’ national health forever unless now sloughed sway. They do not”soo' that there aro.times in a nation’s history when the most ' radical and progressive, moagure ig.the real measure for a conservative.party. walbaca! These two extreme classes of men being the only active opponents, it is highly probable that this Important measure. will now’ receive" the sanction of the House. ..Every real friend of the country and hater: of faction should hope that it may, and should use whatever influence ho may have to turn'a still doubtfal vote in the right direction. The; adoption of this measure is the only means to put tho political future of tho country upon.a certain basis. If will settle at once with the yoice of the eduntry all that question of terms with the enemy how agitated and open. Then the Presideut, appealed to by. this or that faction, or asked by the enemy what tho fate of slavery must be in. certain contingencies, can only point to the constitu: tion and say that his duty is to exeouto that. We shall know exactly where we are. North and South will knew what is to be done, and the war and the nation will feel the good effect of the spirit of certainty and decision... mother country had really ever cared thelr welfare. Their future is lubly nected with ours. They know ft, and we pleased to see that in the present instance have been wise enough not to endanger it | persistence in a most unlawful, injudicious Offensive policy, The day is not far dis | when this whole North American continent havea common interest and destiny. J must thé wrongs of the Old World be at redressed; here progress, unshackied by personal intereste and .ambitiom of dyna: and princes, must go on to its last and hig stage of improvement; and here'we must s man’ was ever réally worthy of Béing mad the image of hia Maker. The. poor employment of re-echoing on continent the eifete opinions of foreign gov ‘ments is a waste of time’ and’an act of i The events now marking the. war of opi: are fall of meaning, and are’ worthy of st ‘The British provinces may do well to give | their attention, and'so all, those European ernmenis: attempting to make @‘lodgmen the shores of the New World. } THE PAOIFIC. Arrival of the Steams. North Star. AFFAIRS IN« CENTRAL AMER) Excitement at: the’ Return General Barrios, &e., &e. Important from Canada—Extradition of the Lake Erie Pirate--Progress of Events. ; It will be perceived by the readers of the Hernan, from to-day’s report of the judicial proceedings at Toronto, in the case of Burley, that the attempt to shield him by the much resorted to and much abused system of habeas corpus has signally failed, and that the offender is t@§be delivered up. It’ fs also. ap- parent that the Canadian government not only understands what is due to the United States, but what is also due to itself, The “speech from the throne,” as it is styled in parliae mentary phrase, or, in other words, the recent message ofthe Governor General, way frank, &e., ' Tho steamship North Star, ‘Captain Slocum, fror: piniall'on the 13th inst, arvived at.thisport yestor By this arrival we have interesting news from Cer America, which will be found ia tho letter of our Pan correspondent. Purser Gibbs, of the North Star, has our thanks for prompt dolivery of correspondence and !ate papera, . The North Star brings the following specie tist:— Panama RailroadCo. $5,682, De Witty Kittie &Co. $15 | A.B.Rosenbaum&Co, 20,200 Augystselmont&sCo, Wells, Fargo & Co. sensible and decided on the subject of the H.Gohn ig ene mal neutrality laws, the obligations of the pro- Duncan, herman & 20... vinees, and the necessity of fulfilling them towards a neighboring and friendly Power. It was in all respects satisfactory and to the point. In the debate on. the speech in the Canadian Parliament a similar sentiment of justice to the United States prevailed among the members,| and the Attorney General has introduced bills which will effectually put down any further attempts; of the rebels within the province to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the néighboring States. More than this, the justice who was the ignorant or willing instrument of the wrong- doers has been suspended from office, and the government proposes to assume the responsi- bility of ‘being answerable for the full amount of the money stolen from the St. Albans banks, and whioh has ‘unjustly been withheld from them. adh | Of course we have every reagon to.be salis- fied with this condition of things, and have for some time known that the dlspositién of the’ government of Canada was of o just and friendly character, and that none more than it was displeased with the course courts had been taking with regard to the United Stetes. We presume, therefore, that all the causes 6f our present dificuities are being removed, ond that our relations with the Canadas are likely to resume their wonted course, { There never was clearer case than this of the raiders. All tho sophistry in the world could not excuse their misconduct and their crimes. The numerous attempts to befog the question by discussions with regard to tho rights of belligerents were without the least foundation. Lord Palmerston understood the whole question, if the thicksheaded magistrates } every attempt wi! of Montreal did not’ In the London Aforning Post of a late date the rationale as well as the law was clearly given. The trath is that, bel- ligerents seeking an asylum in a neutral coun- try come under the laws of that country, and must conform themselves to their authority. The rebels in Canada had no more right to make araid into the United: States than the Canadians had; just as much, and no more. If ® band of Montreal robbers had broken into St. Albans and done the mischief and violence iro complained of they would clearly have been mune vrery wee ee sa groans: for" cy reelae Mable to have boon delivered up, under | Tho government has taken no forcible means ts oc! a the Extradition treaty. The rebels could not claim any greater exemption for themselves than could the Canadians. The ‘Total Our Panania Correspondence. Panama, Jun. 18, 186 The Panama Railroad Company's ‘steamship Gu mala, Captain J, M. Dow, from ports in Central Ataer arrived at her anchorage at an early hour on the i instant, The news by the Guatemala is more interest than for some timo paat, and we have a pre<pect of ¢ ing some exciting times’ before long, all growing ou the arrival in Costa Rica of General GBatvios, ex-Pr dent of Salvador. The government of Guatemala in _firat place prot@ated against,Generai Borrios being alloy to land in, or being. received by Coste Rica To this latter government replied by saying that itdid not inton: refuge an asylum to thoge exiled for political offencos o:_ aud as much as indicated that while Costa.Rica minded own basiness, the other Central Americap Statos hail t ter do theaame. The consequence'of thig has been t Salvador has broken off all. intercourse, With Costa Ri No passengers from Costa Rica will be allowed to land Salvador, and none for that republic will be permitted leave. No correspontence is permitted between the t countries; and if, any one in Salvador is found cor: ponding with Barrios, if a native, is to be sent to t chain gang for six years, and if a forelgnar, to bo bi ished the country. Thia state of affairs, if odntinuod lo: will lead to a ‘tempost in d'teapot'’once'more, and t peace of Central America wil! bo turned topsy turvy; culture of cotton will cease, and attention given tom: — kots and bayonets, . So we go im this'partof the world | eee day and war the next, Méaaswhilo Geac 9} jarrion had reached San José do Costa Rica, and » ty —sp, Sd something to turm up, | Wo hear a little moro of the Woulde pirates. Job son, alias Bradshaw, being out of funds, and no pur: — nearer than Fort Alcatraz, was trying reach w pot furthor up tho const, in order to get a passage to Mexi in the most economical manner: | Ho tried the voyage canoe, but was wrecked, and came very near bei drowned in the surf, befof® roaching the ahore, Witho money, and, ‘in fact, anything, he is working his we towards the Gulf, trying, no doubt, to goto Havana, ends this miserable failure, But (do pot lot us feel t: much elated thereby, aud tink thet no others will } attempted, for the Utmost vigilance wil be required ¢ the time to provent similar plans being eaffied to a su Tho would-be confederacy ts nc 3, it will dio Hard, very hard, ar ‘bo made dy its raters’ to catch : straws, and ono of the straWa may lay in this direction The reports from the colon crop are more favoraly by this arrival. The plant is again patting forth, and « uring the dry seagon no fear of the army Wort fs ente! tained, three-fourths of & crop will probably be reallzec ‘This is very different from the last accounts por steam Guatemala, when a total destruction of the. crop was r ported and confidently looked for. The coffee crop g.ve @very promise of a tino yield. Apart from the abov there ia nothing else worth recordit Tho State government has demanded the commere!> tax forthe month of January, but the money has no been forthcoming. The payment is now being rosistec some of the American merchants, and IT undcrstans it is upon the ud of the existence of an oid '.* of the en ees which says that such & tax shall not & Jevied.. The whole matter is before the United Siete: obtaining the wherewithal to the present decision in the case of Burley is ment, for there is but II Sag other reve: therefore not only highly satiatuotory, because | ity mnt est, Tue aren Atal TM, 2 it affords the evidence of a just comprehension | Will rule at home, or if the State will be govern: vy of international law, but also of the convictions ogi geen ne Parakeet which are prevailing in the provinces, under 3 most superb weather. the prompt action of the government, that the | recently imported from New York, eclipsing’ail otho:s im “ great Power in whose presence they stand” 18 | the belanceof the "toraout.” “Inmust mot bo. thesghiy| not to be treated with insolent injustice. however, that we havea Park or any other p: The truth ia that time and the hourare rapidly | ack, and the dryer ihe weather the loge: the drive. developing the power, resources, and the grandeur of our institutions. Their moral in- fluence is also beginning to be felt all ovor the world, and will ere long be supreme on this continent, The whole effect and object of our institutions are the perpetuity of the rights of man, of justice, of commerce, of humanity. These are what we are struggling for, what we have so long struggled for, and we will permit no foreign Powor, whether on this side or the | persone ap may dectn ‘Maar ow liven shall descend ea other side of the Atlantic, to interfere with our | "The following sections wore then passed, with a slight progress in this direction. This principle is wine) enunciated in the simple expression of tho | ,,Arctlon 71: That tee tree eonjoble righes ot man, uae “Monroe doctrine,” which foreign enemies have pais es od may freely mak, write and print oo ane £0 insolently attempted to overthrow, when | [ie ghee in ‘ail prosecutions ‘for tpt un p. they discovered, as they thought, a fitting op- thereof bo given in evidence, and Jury may a a pe Ae Sani nay a the | determine the law aut fhct'under the direction of the attempt, But it will be found in the end that The Missouri Convention. Sr. Lovis, Jan. 27, 1968, ‘Tho State Convention has been engnged dobating section twonty-six of the Bill of Rights for the past three days, As originally presented, it gave the Stato Legis lature unlimited power to forfoit the estates of citizens, Dut was Gnally adopted ta ie en form:— attainted treason ©: LJ No nate caiiy thek theve can De co forelye. ad ortme * treason: \ eatate 3 thet no conviction eSna crrropnes oF fand that the Ogtate of such, il F court. Section twenty-eight, that to ex facto \am, nor law impairing the Siigution of, Sulbenstaor rere: ive in ite obl be Beotion twenty the doctriné has vitality; it is not dead, though | nine, iat impreonaen” far cannot -extat in tne ithas slept, ond ite power and its spirit will | fon gry gocuen thins, Waee prover taken paged be co teed rt pasta: wench ap ag ee hy thirty one, theh ne itary emoli |. Section y . wy seen through the fallacy sigryend Ae, follow tao se soda tine ae ms in the extreme duplicity of foreign Powers— | be, imatrict eubordination ny 0 lt | power; th 20 that of — neutrality with an active and soldier can, ie athe otros uae 18 Time of War, bk positive inte ce—is oreditable to their in- | in the manner ee the appro tae arisen tre wo years. tellect, a8 well as their sense of what is their | longer true Interestand safety. With the United States New 1 Bedfora Oll Market. the British provinces have had, for many years, New panera re ihe tho most intimate and valuable commercial ro- bole. lations, Those with the mother coynter ere