The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1872, Page 10

THE WASHINGT TREATY, CONTINUED FROM SEVENTH PAGE, Ment have received that communication with deep regret, because it opens @ discussr Db unsettle the cordial cern 4 fe bas beer teat 1th the Russian Siri (cma he tans t pl nD ve mentioned re; posstbleyor Her Masesty’s “geverninens one Hf (8 ite. sancti ‘naer ~ gwe any oy ye lal . -» 40 the course announced . «we Gortschakof. Mf, instead of such a @eciaration, the Russian government had ad- Gressed Her Majesty government and the other Powers who are parties tothe treaty of 1856, and had proposed for consideration with them whether anything has occurred which could be held to amount to an infraction of the treaty, or whether there js anything In the terms which, from altered circumstances, presses with undue severity upon Russia, or which, in the course of even ad be- come unnecessary for the due protection of Turkey, Her Majesty's government would not have reused to examine the Crm In concert with the co- atories. Whatever might have been the result of such communtcations, a risk of future compiica- Uons and @ very dangerons precedent as to the var hdity of international obligations would have been avoided. I am, ac., GRANVILLE. ‘You will read and give a copy of this despatch to Princo Gortschakotl, Barl Russcil’s Endorsement of Granville’s Reply to Gortschakof, Shortly after England’s sending of this note Earl Russell wrote to Earl Granville the following letter:— {From war! Russell's Letter to the London Times.) PEMBROKE LODGE, Nov. 28, 1870. *° * * It seems to me that we ought to stand as @ nation upon the ground which Lord Granville and his colleagues have taken, * * * * should be Gisposed to say, in the spirit of Lord Granville’s de- Spatch, U the Russian Emperor asks for a confer. ence on the Treaty of 1866, at_a time when such a conference can be assembled, let us meet him in a fair spirit and consider with France, Prussta, Italy, Austria and Turkey in what manner we can find & Substitute for the neutralization of the Black Sea. But If the Czar proposes to sat aside the Treaty of 1850 by force, let us meet him by force, and the sooner the better. RUSSELL. The London Times on Russia’s Abrogation of the Treaty of Paris, The London Times, supposed to be the exponent of the sentiment of the English people, in this Anatance at least, discussed Russia’s action with all the vigor at its command, From its files we take ‘the following extracts, which arc interesting in view of the fact that present complications with eer ie place her in @ position not unlike that then by Bussta. The Czar Bound to Observe the Treaty. {From the London Times, Nov, 16, 1870.) * * * If Russia has any good grounds for revising the Treaty of 1856 Jet her produce them in & proper manner. She will find Europe ready to hsten 10 argument, but combined against her if she is rude and arrogant. We cannot, of course, pre- wend that a treaty once made can never be revised, Time passes and circumstances change, and the atrangement which may be judicious and politic to- ay may become pernicious in after years, Nay, it has sometimes nappened that later men have ound Shat their predecessors im public life have agreed to treaties tnat could not be de- fended, because they contravened essential Principles of national life. Belgium was sepa- fated from Holland, Lombardy and Venice have Tevorted to Italy, and we nave approved and even @sslated at those changes in spite of the settlements 1 1816, because We were obliged to coniess that those setuements overrode in ait arbitrary fashion the liberties of nations. But at present we can find Bo excuse for putting aside the settlement of 1856, Ite essentiat principles ake-principies of peace, and no circumstances have arisen to warrant a de- Cees from them, If Turkey declines to accept freedom irom the obligations of the Treaty of Paria which the Czar offers the Sultan, anu insista upon folding the Fmperor vound to observe the stipulations to whicu agreed, we shall not be abie to forget our own ooligations as parties to the settlement. The prospect 1s grave, and while we face it without shrinking we do not face it ‘With a light heart; but, in spite of the gravity of the prospect, we protest that our sharpest iceling at ‘Unis Moment is pain at the apparent faithlessness of the Czar and at the rudeness with which ne has de- Bounced the treaty. What trust can be reposed in ‘Weaties When the Orst hour of disquiet 1 seized for the repudiation of any obligauon that may be “eemed unpleasant? Puvlic opinion in Russia has Bupported us in recommending peace petween Prussia and France on the basis of stipulations for the dismantiement of fortresses and the like as Bureties Of peace; but how can we hope that Prus- bia would accept such guaranties when she sees the Emperor of Russia denouncing similar engagé- ments at the first moment he vainly thinks he may escape irom them? - ee Bassia Should Not Be Judge of the Revision of the Treaty of Paris. {From the London Times, Nov. 17, 1870.) * * For, as Lord Granviile has ably pointed out, the treaty must stand or fall as a whole; its clauses represent only various phases of the same agree. ment, and it is obvious that if the Czar can release himself from one he is bound by none. Indeed, as Jar as we understand the circular, the whole weaty 1s a@tan end; but the Russian government is willing to enter mto new negotiations tor the purpose of re- enacting some of them, Thus, on the most Mimsy pretences, a recent and solemn contract has been convemptuously broken, and the momeat chosen for the act, which clearly shows that has hitherto, not been bound by her own plighted word, by respect for her neighbors or by regard for the general peace, but solely by fear of the united strength of the two Western Powers. To such an act there could be but one response on the partof England—to protest against the insolent manner in which the treaty has been denounced, and to declare, without entering into the merits, that we still hold Russia bound by all the provisions of the Treaty of 1866 and reserve to ourselves the right of acting according to circum- stances * * * * Avy just greivance We ought to listen to with attention and remove with willing- ness; but Kussia has not chosen this course, Qnd has, in fact, materially damaged her case, Mi she has any, for the revision of the treaty by assuming the mght to ove sole jndge {2 4 matter in which she was only a party. Europe might have been ready to hear her gnev- Snces had she beeu reasoaable; but Russia must mot think tat because France has been visited by sudden calamity she can therefore fy tuto a passion and tear up the treaty which spe solemnly signed, “Rassia Making as Free with Her Stipola- How Any Lawbreuker.” {From the London Times, Nov. 18, 1870.) ‘Treaties in our days, in the opinion of the Russian government, are of no greater value than laws were said to be In semi-civilized tmes—mere cobwebs t entangle the weak, but to be broken Wrrough at his own pleasure by tne strong. Between nations, apparently, there 18 no other compact than sheer jorce. So long as the Western Powers had the means of bind- ing Kussia over to keep the peace the Treaty Of 1856 was held sacred at st. Petersburg. But upon the first symptom of helplessness of one of these Powers, Kussia makes as iree with tts stipu- Jations a8 any lawbreaker might do with tne sen- ence of & magistrave upon removal of the terrors of the constable and jailor. It 1s important to ov serve how a government, which may have had some ground of complaint, has managed to place itself aeiiberately and irreparably in the wroug. Apart from any just grievances which Russia might have urged, there Would have been no Indisposi- Hon to entertain her demand for reconsideration of ferms, which she had accepted at’ her eonqueror’s dictation. The whole offence con- sisted her assumpuon of a right to modify tuose terms without the intervention Of the Powers, and tuere 1s aggravation in the very act Of holding out, by way of reciprocity, an induce- ment to Turkey vo join her in her nigh-handed con- duct, * * * If sie wishes that auy clause In the ‘Treaty of 1856 should undergo revision at the hands of (hose who are yon to it her frst act must be @ witndrawal of the uote by which the consent of those Powers has been dispensed with and their au- thority has been set ab naugiit; it must be a revun- elation on her part of any right to independent ac- on ip the matter, in the event of her having any just grievance iet Russia come into court; but sue ‘will Dever be allowed to take the Jaw inio her own hands. Ipdeed, the mere attempt to do this has thrown almost insurmountabie obstacies in her ey: As things stand now, Russia has placed her- in the position of a pubilc enewy. The Fatal Objection to Russta’s Decinration. {From the London Times, Nov. 19, 1870.) #* * The fatal objection to Prince Gortschakom’s Circular, that it represented tne Emperor as affecting to free himself from the obligations of the Treaty of 1866 by @ determination of his own will, remains unaltered. If the assumption of such a power were s#ufered in silence the obligation of law would be destroved, and unless we are prepared to consent 4@ bhis the despatch Of Prince Gortschakof must ve Met as Lord Granville met tt, with a clear statement that it 1 impossivie for Her Majesiy’s government to give any sanction to this course announced by the Ubanceilor, * * * * Taking, however, this jowest ground of all—admitting, tor exampie, that the balance of power in tue Kast might be securea by the principle of counterpoise in the Black Sea instead of on the principle of its perfect neutrality, We are stil landed on the question whether a Power bound vy an obligation of @ valuavle character, that migot Conceivably be exchanged for other obliga- Hons tending to a similar end, can be permitted by @ simple expression of @ resolution to that effect fo tree itwelf from the existing obligation, and we must yer lorce answer the question in the Legative. Is a Treaty Merely a Political Mask? [?tc%m the London Times, Nov, 21, 1810.) © * * The Treaty ot 1696 did but carry out our somnten Gaver and the national sentiment. Ite sunt Wan That Raaetia shoals tuencetortn be content WU Wet aie Ded 2gd Weal she was. at least ip fat part of the world. | Has abe. Ezaered in power, | Ieip®, ana 1 onerg! im weaitn, 1p infuenoe oF eget point? That is hers yl ry gr lm yet not even, pane a her Porelgn Minister | preparations for defence. e maintenance of sar in RON Mh. ag eee. She will os a Europe is not @ question to be a jenane Kot so, .” soning. eon cmnine 5 fy trom | in hand; it is of vi y ae oa al prin- One's wor ana ° “Scare one’s, signature waste | ciple. Firmncgg With eapect v0 it i absolutely at the very Tae ALSO ans SAte 4 necessary yor'the well being of Europe; it is the 0 80, TB this wag | QUI “lug that can save us : Ola Worta diplomacy come to Ein “Tala reary te no 3 ante . ore than the clever mask ttical | German Opinion of the Granville Circular. engineer hides a battery or RNS Bren an aceite aaeer Nae anne a and acted on as the salva lon ofamnet oo ausht __. The Cologne Gazette of December, 1870, writing on Ear! Granville’s position as set forth in the circular given above, said:— Rusgin Endangering ; Au Confidence Between | 1,¥0 (83 (nly subscribe to every word written by Laat (From the Lon sem Times, Nov. 24, 1870.) * * * The for’ ef public law 1s something we cannot lightly Pel amy to be despised. It is in vain to talk of peace—it 43 worse than vain to dream of sitting in jadgment upon other nations for endan- “ee—M we do not recognize the truth that the a Whole and sole sanction of public iaw ‘d Granville. The peace and order of Europe rest upon the sanctity of treaties; and if any Power usey from a particular stipulation that may not suit it, each of the same right with dare venture upon withdrawing the contracting Powers respect to the remaining clauses, moral law that binds nations Pen brute force takes its pl must be found in the resolution of nations to | toular stipulation that may be prejudicial to it. use their force to punish and restraim infrac- tions of it, All confidence between nations will be lost if we practically admit Russia’ claim to satisfy the stipulations of 1856, and our 1 terest im peace and, in the international confidence Which is the support of peace must compel us to Tesist the claim if it be carried besond a verbal de- mand, Yet it is true that 1ew treaties are perpetual, and Mr, Mill, arguing that treaties, like constitu- tons, dynasties, laws and dispositions of property cannot be irrevocable, suggests that no more should be made, except for terms of years. With =the ‘greatest respect ior a master of logic, we muss avow the opin- fon that his anal are fallacious and his conclusion an error. Constitutions, dynasties and laws are domestic acts of @ nation, while treaties are contracts with foreigners, ‘toconfound them together is like confounding a vow witha promise to & fellow man. Nor can the device of treaties for terms 01 years get rid of the difficulty. Suppose the Treaty of Pal had been made for twenty years Russia might have been content to endure it for the next six years; but if she is in- ciined vo brave the possible action of its signato- THE ART OF HAIRSPLITIING, PARADOXES FROM THE PAST. How Treaties of Peace Become Proclamations of War—Ccurtship and Negotiation — Mar- riage and Hostilities—No Terms the Best Terms Between Nations. (From Knickerbocker’s History of New York, Book 6, chapter 4. It was the opinion of that poetical philosopher ries now she would certainly be more emboldened | Lucretius that war was the original state of man, to risk the chance tnat they would war to enforce @ sipniation that had only six years torun. If treaty be founded on just principles at the time it is made it ts not easy to see how a case can arise destroying its obligatory lorce, unless cir- cumstances have Occurred that make it voidable Whetner {t was drawn fora time or in perpetuity, Speaking generally, we may say that our rule of conduct must be 8! ply to scrutinize the justice of @ treaty at tne time of its inception, A Treaty Should Not Bo Violated at the Will of Any One Party. [From the London Times, Nov. 25, 1870.) * * * To accept the principle that a treaty can ‘be denounced and violated at the will of any party to it would be an overthrow of public law, and the most deadly biow to the political system under which the States of Europe, in spite of their national feuds and the jealousies and ambition of the rulers, have been enabled to maintain themselves at the bead of civilization. From the strong position which Lord Granville has taken up there must be no with- drawal; the country will not only support the gov- ernment in the principles ot their despatch, but in- sist that no after resolve shall practically nullily it, National order and infuence are terms which have been much abused; they have been perverted Within the present year to the basest purposes of dynastic ambition, but they are not vain words, Englana’s honor and that legitimate in- fluence waich te ablest and Just- minded men of ali countries admit to be used for the benefit of Europe must not perish dn irresolution and in that over-scrupulosity whick 1s always searching alter excuses for an opponent * * * Though there 18 no insurmountable obsta- cle 1o a revision of the treaty the matter is beset with great difficulties, ‘The first arises from the rudeness and violence of Russia herself, She has thought it to declare the treaty abrogated by her own independent will, and thus makes it aimcult for tne other Powers to met her in frieadly and equal discussion, She cannot expect them to place them- selves in a false and humiliating position, Tuey cannot consent to meet only to register a foregone wage | whom he described as being primitively a savage beast of prey, engaged in a constant state of hos- ‘ality with his own species, and that this ferocious Spirit Was tamed and ameliorated by society, The same opinion has been advocated py Hobbes, nor have there been wanting many other philosophers to admit and defend, For my part, though prodigtously fond of these valuable speculations, so complimentary to human nature, yet in this instance I am inclined to take the proposition by halves, believing, with Horace, that though war may nave been originally the favor- ive amusement and industrious employment of our Progenitors, yet, like many other excellent habits, 80 far from being ameliorated, it has been cultivated and confirmed by refinement and civilization, and increases 1n exact proportion as we approach to- wards that state of periection which is the ne plus ultra of modern philosophy, : ‘The first conflict between man and man was the mere exertion of physical force unaided by auxiliary weapons. His arm was his buckler, his fist was his mace and a broken head the catastro- phe of his encounters, The battie of unassisted strength Was succeeded by the more rugged one of Stones and clubs, and war assumed a sanguinary aspect, AS man advanced in refinement, as his Jaculties expanded, and as his sensibilities became more exquisite, he grew rapidly more ingenious and experienced in the art of murdering hiq fellow beings. He invented a thousand devices to defend and assault—tne helmet, the cuirass and the buck- ler, the sword, the dart and the javelin, pre- pared him to elude the wound as well as to launch the blow. Stl urging on in the career of pbilanthropic inveutions, conclusion, arrived at without consulting them, ana | he enlarges and nelghtens his power of defence and ubdlished in the manner most offensive to their iguity. Should Rassia really desire to repair the wrong she has committed, and to obtain, in a le- gitimate manner, a release from the disability of which she complains, she must assume such a demeanor toward the other Powers as will allow them to enter into discussion with the feeling that they are in no way prejudiced or compromised py What has passed, The Loudon Times Repudiates Russin’s Claim. [From the London Times, Nov. 26, 1870,} * * * We detest war; but there are evils still more detestaple. To allow that in force lies the only obligation of treaties, because the resort to force 1s their sanclion—to allow that robbery 1s wrong only because tnere may be a policeman at hand to apprehend the robber—would be fatal to all sense of international security. The doctrine of the Russian note has re- ceived universal reprobation. A few eminent ersous have endeavored to palliate the action of Russia—we ought perhaps rather to say that one eminent person has done s0, and has deprecated making 1t a cause of war, but the attempt has only served to show the practical unanimity of the na- tional opinion, The dificulty is to restrain the in- dignation tnat has been excited by the pretensions of the Russian Chancellor, There are men re tw demand that the mere ciaim of Russia to repudiate the ‘realy of 1866 should be made a casus belt if immediately re- tracted. * * * Tae Chancellor claims to re- Pudiate the obnoxious stipulations of the settie- Ment of 1866. We repudiate the claim. He de clares that che Emperor must henceforth regard himself as freed from such obligations. We reply that we are Jorced to treat the declaratien as & nullity. He aifect# to reassume for his tmperial master the Iiberty of arming m the Black Sea. We protest against the assumption, and reply that we Cannot connive at any action in pursuance or it. If nothing more happens we shall simply exchange a confident and trustful for a wary and watchiul peace. The tecling of security 1s gone; the necessity of being ready for any contingency 18 brought home to us; but no shot will be fired in anger on our side, unless the Russian government recedes from verbal claims to acts in deliance of its obligations, and If such a fatal step be taken the re- sponsipility of the consequenges will be upon the Emperor and his Ministers. Russia’s Bad Faith a Deadly Blow to the Spirit of Peace. {From the London Times, Nov. 20, 1870.) * * * The intense indignation that has been provoked by the Russian note is due to the feeling that it is in itself a deadly blow to the spirit of peace, Inasmuch as It strikes at the root of tnterna- tional confidence. Europe was described some four years ago by Mr. Disraeli as an armed camp, 80 great was the muititude of troops which the jealousy of the Continental Powers had marshalled one against the other; but ig mutual engagements are worth nothing every nation must be armed to the teeth and the ships of war of naval /owers multiplied till they sweep all the seas, We shall do our best, in the interest of ace, to support the pacific action of Count ismarck, while we can not Withdraw ao hair's breadtu from the position we have taken in repudiation of the principles of Prince Gortschakom’s circdlar, * * ™* When the odensive circular bas been withdrawn England will be found willing to examine ail the grievauces Rus- sia can allege, and we believe we cau say that our representative at the Conference would ve in- structed to mitigate as far as possible the stringency of the stipulations of 1866, Which have wounded the suscepubilities of the empire, It is impossible that we can do or say more. Desiring peace, we take our stand on the maintenance of jtue guarantees of peace. We repudiate altogether the claim to set aside the oblizations of 1836, and we cannot acaul- esce in any Attempt to violate them. The Essential Wrongfulness of Repudiating a Solemn Engagement. {From the London Times; Nov. 30, 1870.) The position of the British government with re- gard to Russia is one of extreme simplicity, Noone can fail to understand it When it is placed before them, aud only a littie care 1s necessary to prevent 17 in being complicated by the ingenuity of our oppotpnts, An imporsant clause of the Treaty o: Pavis,Jand by unplication the whvie treaty, has A | denoynced by one of the parties, who declares that he w#i consider it null and void and take any ace tion fb the matter which le pieases, ‘The Russian govdrnment has asserted the right of a State to re- pudgate a solemn engagement tu detlance of those with whow it Was made, and the occasion and manner Of the declaration add to its essential Wrougfulness, sinve they manifestly show that up to the present time Kussia has been restrained only by fear of the great Continental miliary Power which has now collapsed. Uniess the remaining parties to the treaty are dead to their own national hovor and to the pubic interests of the European community, they must oppose a firm front to such an outrage. [tis not too much to say | that if the Treaty of 1856 can be thus set aside, Eng- land ought never to be @ party to a’ con. tunentai treaty, ain. She Would be almost bound to say that if such engagements can be repudiated by any one on any occasion they ate intrinsically worvhless; aud it is better to acknowledge the fact at once that each Power holds what it can and should be ready to cede what it must without aby international obligations at all. All that restricts, however inemMctently at times, ine ambition and cupladity of contintntal monarchs must be abandoued, and the principle accepted that the natural state of the European races is one of war. Fatal, indeed, to ong would be the conviction that it ts really so. Mecting men already begin to despair of the future of a cou- tinent divided by horrible animosities of whien no injury. Catapuita give a horror and sublimity to war, and Maguuy its glory by increasing its desolation. jnsatiavle, seemed to reach the limits of destructive invention and to yield a power of mjury commensurate even With the desires of revenge—still deeper researches must be made in the diavolical arcana. With turious zeal he Gives into the bowels of the earth; he tolls mid poisonous minerals and deadly salts—the sublime discovery of gunpowder blazes upon the world—and finally the dreadtul art of fight frien ubiquky aud Oman change of ead appears in prospect. We must not be surprisea if in ri @ cass ail hat constututes the vigor, the enterprise, the Intellect, the virtue of our part of the world inclines to abandon the old homes, and, shaking from {te feet the dust of lawless and demoralized Europe, sets forth for anotner heuuspbere, Where mgn is not @ wild beast wo his ‘The Aries, the Scorpio, the Balista and tho Su though armed with machimery that ting by endow the demon of war otence, ‘This, indeed, is grand! ‘This, indeed, marks the powers of mind and bespeaks that divine endow- Ment of reason which distinguishes us from the animals, our inferiors. The unenlightened brutes content themselves with the native force which Providence has assigned them. ‘Ihe angry pull butts with lis horns as did his progenitors before hin—the lion, the leopard and the tiger seek only with their talons and their fangs vo gratify their sanguinary fury; and even the subtle serpent darts the same venom and uses the same wiles as did ms sire before the Flood. Man alone, blest with the in ventive mind, goes on from discovery to discovery— enlarges and multiplies his powers of destruction, arrogates the tremendous weapons of Deity tisell, and tasks creation to assist him in murdering his brother worm ! 1n proportion as the art of war has increased in improvement has tue art of preserving peace ad- vanced in equal ratio; and as we have discovered, in this age of wonders and inventions, that procla- mation 1s the most formidable engine in war, 60 have we discovered the no less ingenious mode of Maintaining peace by perpetual negotiations, A treaty, or, to speak more correctly, a negotia- tion, therefore, according vo the accepiation of ex- rienced statesmen learned in these matters, is no jonger an attempt to accommodate differences, to ascertain rights and to estabiish an equitable ex- kind offices, but a contest of skill between two Powers which shall over- reach and take in the other, It 18 a cunning endeavor to obtain by peaceful manwuvre and the chicanery of Cabinets those advantages which @- nation would otherwise have wrested by force of arms, in the same manner as a consct- entious highwayman reforms and becomes a quiet and praiseworthy citizen, contenting himself with cheatiag nis neighbor out of that property he would formerly have seized with open violence. In fact, the only time when two nations can be said to be in a state of perfect amity is when a ne- gouation 1s Open and a treaty pending. Then, when there are no stipulations entered into, no bonds to restrain the will, no specific limits to awaken the captious jealousy of rigut implanted in our nature; When each party has some advantage to hope and expect from the other, then it 1s that tne two nations are wondertfuily gracious and triendly; thelr Ministers professing the highest mutual regard, excnanging Oiiie/s dour, making fine speeches and indulging in all those little diplomatic Mircations, coquetrics and fondiings that do so mar- vellously tickle the good humor of the respective nations. Thus tt may paradoxically be said that there is never so good an understanding between two nations as when there 1s a little misunderstanding, and that so long as they are on no terms at all they are on the best terms in the world ! Ido not by any means pretend to claim the merit of having made the avove discovery, It has, in fact, Lo | been secretly acted upon by certain’en- lightened Cabinets, and is, together with divers other notable theories, privately copied out of the commonplace book of au iliustrious geatleman, who has veen member of Congress and enjoved the unlimited confidence of heads of departments. To this principle may be ascribed the wonderful ingenuity shown of late years in pro- tracting and interrupting negotiations, Hence the cunnuimg measure of appointing as ambassador some political pettilogger, skilled in delays, soph- isms, and misappreliensions, and dexterous in the act of baiting argument, or some biundering Statesman whose errors and misconstructions may be a plea for refusing to ratify his engagements, And hence, too, that most notable expedient—so popular with our government—or sending out a brace of ambassadors, between whom, having each an individual wili to consult, character to establish and interest to promote, you may as well look for upanimity and concord as between two lovers with one mistress, two dogs with one bone or two naked rogues with one pair of breecnes. This disagreement, therefore, is continually breeding delays and impediments, in conse- quence of which the uegoulation goes on awanmnine, inasmuch as there 1s no prospect of its ever coming to @ ciose, Notning is lost by these delays and obstacies but time; and 1p a negotiation, according to the theory I have exposed, ail time lost 13 in reality so much time gained, With what Leg iota pete: ye does modern political econo- abound! Now, all that Ihave advanced is so notoriously true that I almost biush to take up the time of my readers with treating of Matters Which must many a Lime nave stared them 10 the face. But tne propo- sition to which I would most earnestly call tueir at- tention ts this, that, though @ negotiation be the most harmonizing of all national transactions, yet a treaty of peace Is a great political evil aud one of ‘Ule most fruitful sources of war. 1 have rarciy seem an instance of any special con- tract between individuals that did not produce Jealousies, vickerings and often downright ruptures between them; nor did I ever know of @ treaty between tWo nations that did not occasion continual husundersiandings, How many worthy couatry heighbors have ! known, who, after being in peace Ana good fellowship for years, have been thrown into a state of distrust, caviling and animosity by some il-starred agreement about fences, rans of Water and stray cattle! And how many well- Meaning nations, who would otnerwise nave re- mained in the most amicable disposition towards each other, have been brought to swords’ points about the {hiringement or Inisconstruction of some treaty which in an evil hour they had concluded by Way of making their amity more sure | i ‘Treaties at best are but compiled with so long ag interest requires their fuisi ment; consequently they are virtually binding on the weaker party only, or, in plain truth, tuey are not binding at al, No nation will wanwonly fe to war with anowner if it has nothing to gain thereby, and, therefore, needs no treaty to restrain it from violence; and it it hav nothing to gain I much question, from what I have witnessed of the righteous conduct of nation! whether any treaty could o¢ made so strong that it could not thrust the sword through—nay, 1 would Aold ten one whe tealy iell would be the very Power must be more concerned in tha peaceable state af the world, brought about and seted by pubdite treaties, than in this or that par- source to which resort would be had to Mind a pre- text for hostilities, Thus, therefore, I conclude that though it is the best of all policies for a nation to keep up a constant negeeager. with its neighbors, et itis the summit of folly for it ever to be beguiled into a creaty, for then comes on non-luifilment and infriaction, then remonstrance, then altercation, then retaliation, then recriminetion and finally open, war. In a ord. Sa yeimugm ff ike courtship—r, time of sweet eallant 3} fee tut lo uge tilay i he pul If my painstaking reader be not somewhat perplex- ea by the ratiocination of the foregoing passage, he will ve at @ glance that the great Peter jn con. clud! @ concluding @ treaty with his Vern neighbors was guilty of lamentable error in policy. In fact, to this uniucky reement may be traced @ world of bickerings and heart-burnings be- tween the parties about fancied or pretenaed in- iringements of treaty siipplasions, in al! which the Yankees were prone to {indemnify themselves j a “dig invo the sides” of the New Netherlands. But, in sooth, these border feuds, aloeit they gave great annoyance to the barabers of Manna-hata, rere 80 | acral in their Ravare t hata grave iissocien e mysell, who grudges the time spent in Jess than the revolutions of States and fall of em- Pires, would deem them unworthy of being in- scribed on his page. The reader is thereiore to take it for granted—though I scorn to waste in the detail that time which my furrowed brow and trembling hand iniorm me {smvaluable—that all the while the Great Peter was occupied in tremendous and bloody contests, which I shall shortly rehearse, there continued series of little, dirty, snivelling scourings, broils and maraudings, kept up on the eagtera i tiers by the moas troopers of Coniiééticu' ee [i ri ne ee Yairy, thd sage ea Pmdiang es6 petty contests for some ot poncho! Ap of 25 itor, while uy reserve weas pen for achievements of higher dignity; for at this mowent I hear a direful and portentous note issuing from the bosom of the great council of the League, and resounding throughout the regions of the West, menaciug the fame and fortunes of Peter Stuyvesant. I cau, tierefore, upon the reader to leave behind him all the paltry brawls of the Connecticut borders and to press forward with me to the relier of our favorite hero, who I foresee will be wolully beget vy the implacable Yan- kees in the next chapter, THE ARION BALL. ‘The jollieat of all the German societies, named alter that rare old harpist whose music enchanted even the finny tribe, gave their annual dal masque at the Academy of Music last evening. Prince Car- nival bestows his most winning smiles on the merry Arlons as ms favorite children, and for years past his reception at their hands has been always of the most brilliant description. The war between Germany and France deprived the friends of the <Arions of the masquerade ball last year, and thev seemed determined to make up for the disappointment by assembling en masse this time, Long before the grand procession moved towaras the dancing floor the boxes ana lobbies were thronged with masks of all kinas, The cur tain went up and the procession started about ten o’clock, in the following order:—Prince €arnival’s Police, terrible looking fellows, in preposterous uniforms; two trumpeters, of the Middle Ages, blowing away for dear li!e; the Floor Committee, in Caucasian mountaineer costume, Jooking luke gal- lant followers of old Schamyl; then & wild horde of ‘Tartars from the steppes (ol the Academy), repre- senting the Lobby Committee; two standard bearers preceding Prince Carnival and his brilliant stat; Grand Duke Alexis, riding on a buflalo, and Catacazy on an immense fisn; the Vienna Ladies’ Orchestra; Brigham Young and his score of wives, with all their household furniture packed up; the heroes of the Tammany Ring, with repeaters in mourning, and the burstea savings banks on wheeis; a Woman’s rights convention, with the hus- bands carrying the babies; and rick the Ku Kluxes, scallawags and carpet-baggers of the South. Some of the caricatures were capilal, and excited much merriment, After the procession was over the floor was immediately inundated by a glowing, restless tide of masks, in which all rom the golden down to the present one; all climes, from the Laplander to the gay colors of the tropics, and even all varieties of animated nature, were to be found, At beeen the scene was inspiring to the highest extent. ‘The strains of Strauss and Gungl Jrom the fine orchestra of Rietzel floated over the vast ballroom, rippling the ghttenng surface of the stream of gaily costumed Masqueraders like @ summer breeze ona flower prairie of lowa. There was not the disagreeable crush apd throng 0! past years, but room enough for dancing, a rare occarrence at any of these balls, As the sma’ wee hours creep on the fun becomes More contagious and enjoyment more general, The Arlon Society may congratulate themselves on the entire success of their bai masque of 1872, Grand Masquerade in Hoboken. ‘The annual festivities of the Young Men’s Social Club, of Hoboken, were nela under the most favor- able auspices in the spacious hall of Busch’s hotel on Wednesday night. The organization num- bers many of the city’s respectable innabi- tants, and the preparations for the occasion Were On a correspondingly magnificent scale, The decorations of the hall glittered among dazziin; chandeliers, and the rich masks of the assembii gentiemen excited much admiration among a “store of ladies, whose bright eyes rained influence and judged the prize.’ A few ridiculous figures stalked through the assemblage, creating much merriment, The customary mianight summons called away the revellers to a sumptuous repast, after which musie and the dance were mingled with the night's enjoyments until dawn. “ART BALE, The sale of the Wellington and Williams and Ey- erett collections fully Justified the brilliant anticipa- tions which had been formed in their regard. The 187 paintings which composed the combined collections realized an aggregate of $75,547 50. We cannot afford space to give a rull ust of the Prices realized, but the following are some of the largest:—‘The Mother and Child,” by C. P. Hunting. don, $3,900; “What Shall 1 Answer? by Toul- mouche, $1,900; “Happy Companionship,’ Meyer von Bremen, $2, , Edward Clarke; “Out of School,” by Senos Epp, $1,875; Carl Becker's “Petition to the Doge,’ $1,900, C. P. Hunting don; Willems’ “still Life,” $1,750, Mr. E. Mor- 5 ‘& Drop to Keep Out the Cold,’’ $1,000, . Paine; “Completing the eat Jules Gouptl, 1,000, Gustave de Jonghe; ly with Kitten,? 850, Mr. Robins: Modon’s ‘Jolly Musicians,” 1,650, Mr, Wilmer; Achenbach’s “Italian nae $1,575; “The Approaching Te: pest,” 000, Praiser; “Mount Blanc,’ Gignoux, $1,750, Mr. W. C. hla Ty Hart’s “Lily Pad,”’ $1,326; Mignot’s “Moonlight in Tropics,” Mr. Hueler, $500; “View on the Androscoggin,” by Wil- ham Har%, $ EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONEY MARKRT.—LONDON, Feb, 85 P. M.— Consols closed at 9134 for money and 91% for the account, American securities flat; United States five-twenty bonds, 1862's, 9134 ; 1865's, old, 914¢ ; 1867's, 915; ; ten-forties, 895g. LIVERPOOL CoTTON MARKET.—LivenPoot,' Feb. 8— 5 P. M.—The cotton market closed steady; middling up. lands, 113d. @ 113g. ; middling Orleans, 11544. a 11d. The sales of the day have been 15,000 bales, including 6,000 for speculation and export. at wea nearly due from New Orleans have been made at 1124d.; on named at New Orleans at 11)6q., and on ship named at Savannah or Charies- ton at Iligd. Sales of cotton on ship named at New Orleans have been made at 114d, for middling. HAVRE COTTON MARKET.—HAVRE, Feb, 8.—The cotton market is quiet. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVRRPOOL, Feb. P. M.—The breadstuffs market is quiet, 8—5 P. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.--LIVERPOOL, Feb. t— 3 P. M.—Tallow, 44s. 9d. per cwt, SHIPPING NEWS. Ali c for New Xork-=-This Day. Sun rises....... 701 Sun seta......., 5 28 Moon sets. OCEAN STEAMERS. DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. Deatinatrons ~~ Bleamer. | Sale) Ofos romawas 7 Bowling Green 15 Broadway. 6 Broadway. PORT OF NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 8, 1872, CLEARED. Steamabip Missour!, Morton, Havana and Nassau—Atlantic Mafl Steamship Co. Steamship Kapidan, Howes, Savannah—Livingston, Fox & Steamship Champion, Lockwood, Charleston—H R Mor- Steamship Zodiac, Chapin, Newbern—Murray, Ferris & Steamship Glaucus, Walden, Boston—H Dimock Ship Yoiden Hind, Kobbins, San Franciseo—Geo D Sutton, Hert lnverery (Br), Hatton, Adelaide for ordere—Ar«cil, 10. Bark Madre & Figii (Ital), Esposito, Penarth Roads for orders—Siocuvich #00. 4 Bark parang (Nor), Ebbol, Cork or Falmeuth—Funch, ik Al Smith, Havre—J Atkins & Co, rig Johanna: Ta (Nor), Rasmussen, Gibraltar for re Gy Tote vie are A yoy Pp wana—-J K Ward & Oo. & Towne. John lows Dempeare--) aah FS fe sehr Jamestown, Brown, nm) . Behr Mabel F Cofin, Havaba—| & 00. Behr Oarrie & Woodbucx, Woodbury. charleston --Livans, Ball avo NEW YORK HERZij), FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1872—TRIPLE SHERT, Behr CE Paige, Gran, Wilmington, NC—Overton & Haw Schr Dart, Withams, Stamfora, cleared zg ait hts ose rate, wr cert ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS. Steamship Chari Feb 5, with ne abd passengers, 19 HH Moreen fC Bis are eee nok Rese aii sh Ay hence for Fernandina? Til, tat 37 srchange Pa ey Feamaiug gore hence for Charenion, Had heavy winds : " wplenmnsny, Ben rrirt Jonas, Wilmington, NC, 60 ce m8 01D yanol Couch, bmond, ity Point Nortole, wita mise and passengers. to Old Dominion Bloat. AYP th Neator (Fr), Prichard, Mani! 1, with mdse, to order, Passed the Cape of Good Hope dan ib, ta lon 37°, Jan 28, lat 25 N, lon 71 W, had » e from NW, with very heavy sea, in which lost and epii stove boat and Cauised the vessel to leak : since strong, variable gales. Ioocl wig iane eich tees Saeeh, Biethe Be le o! \, wi inturn ¥ Took we Souther’ a8 Bermuda, from Bark Ankathor (Nor), Henrickson, Leith, 68'days. with railway iron to order; Yeusel. to. Telene Book northe mada; from 8 to lon 72 and was blown off to lon Jon 66 80, tell in with scar Warren Island, Me, for New York, with loss of and ina sinking condition; too! seven in number, and brought them to thi Bark Eliza A Cochran, Swazey, Havana, 21 days, with su- gartoRP Buck & Co. Had a continuation of westerly galea the ge3 lost and split sails, stove water casks and bulw: Bh ry Sowers (Br), McDonald, Havana, 15 days. with rig Bessie (Br), Locke, Havana, 15 days, wita sugar to fee Montague & Co; vessel to’ Snow & Burxess. Had heavy westerly gales up to Hatteras; from thence 5 days with moderate winds, Bng_ Uncle Sam, Gover, San Blas, 18 days; with cocoa- Bunker, Portland, 8 days, with lumber to up & Co; vessel to 8 C Loud & Co, Had mod- was three days in the ice on Nantucket Shoals. Schr Ment (Br), Caunter, Pernambuco, Jan ith sugar toH Iiswitt Co. tad ‘8 continuation of yt Janes pres year Jat 87 10, ton 72 31, spoke brig Gipsy (Dan), nce for St Croix. Sebr Marquszite (Fr), Olivier, St Pierre, St Mart, 29 days, with sugar to HA Swan & Son. Had heavy variable gales. Sebr 8 C Noyes, Lee, Bi WW day with fruit to Wm Doulas; vessel to 4 J Wenberg. Tad ‘strong variable winds; been 8 days north of Hatteras. Schr Joun W Dodge, Tayior, San Bias, 16 days, with cocoa nutstod A Stetson & Co; had fine weather to. Hatter eal prung bowsprit and carrie ke, forward ho tho captain, and crew, since strong SW and NE away jtbatay; van 22, off San Blas, spoke achr Arie Gar- wood, hence, for Aspinwall (since arrived); Feb 5, 20 miles NE of Cape Hatteras, saw the main deck of a vessel, ge Florence Mayo, Hall. Boston for Richmond, ‘chr West Dennis, Crowell. Boston for Philadelphia. Schr F M Freeman, Vaine, Provincetown tor Philadelphia, Schr Blondel. Chapman, Provincetown for rhilacelphia, Passed Through Hell Gate. BOUND SOUTH. nickstep, Knowles, Providence for New York. ‘Amesbury, Jones, Boston for Baltimore. Robinson, Somerset tor New York. , Gross, Vinalhaven for New York. Schr Bartte Pietce, Hal, Boston for Potomac River, Sohr Cora Morrison, Hij Boston fof Potomac River. Schr Modesty, Weaver, Laneaville for New York. Schr Richard Higgins, Hayes, Boston for Potomac River. Sehr John E Sanford, Pressey, Providence for Baltimore. Schr Minnehaba, Douglas, Kinck Rock for New York. Schr Belle Crowell, Nickerson, Boston for Baltimore, with heading to order. Schr Nathan Cleaves, Cleaves, Portland for New York, P Trigg, Linnekin, Gloucester for New York, with Schr Schr Schr G fah to order, Schr Lizaie Small, Tice, Providence for New York. Schr RB Patterson, Baker, St John, NB, for New York, with lumber to Gorham & Boardman. Schr H Atwood, Foster, Boston for Potomac River. Schr Martna Innis, Phinney. Boston for New York, with "Gur Davia (Floyd, Clifford, Newport for Weehawk r Davia , Cliford, Newport for Weehawken. Scbr D B Pitt Mall Provis e for New York, chr Samuel Godwin, Waterbury, Stamiord for New ork. Schr Emily, Morrell, Stamford for New York, Sloop Goiden Leaf, Jones, Millstone Point for New York, ‘with stone to order. Fe oe Geo Savage, Bangor for New York, with lumber to rder. Schr John T Manson, Manson, New Haven for New York. Schr J C Feli, Nickerson, Providence for New York. Schr O C Acken, Mead, Stamford tor New York. Schr George Wasnington, Peck, Stamford for Sew York. Schr R W Browne, Wicks, Providence for New Yor«. Schr Lilly, Hughes, Boston for New York. Schr Malabar, McCarthy, Providence for New York. Schr Samuel 8 McGovern, Sammis, Rockport for New York, with lime to Haviland & Co, Schr Delia Hodgkins, Barrett, Portiand for New York. Steamer United States, Davis, Fall River for New York, ‘with mdse and passengers. BOUND EAST. Steamshin Glaucua. Walden. New York for Boston. Brig u Williams, Beebe, Weehawken for Boston. Brig Arabell, Brady, New York for Halifax. Schr A J Bentley, Robinson, Baltimore for New Haven. Schr Promenader, Davis, New York for Hantsport, NS. Sebr Zonne America, Waters, Haverstraw for Newport. Schr H T Hedges, Daniels, Jacksonville for New Haven. Schr Atlantic, Baxter, Norfolk for Hyannis, Schr Hero, Kelly, New York fer Salem. Scbr Chas H Kelly, Chase, New York for Newport. hebr Carleton, Jones, New York for Gloucester- Schr Alexander Young, Jones, Hoboken for Povidence, Steamar Meus, D: ‘New York for Providence. Steamer Osprey, Kenny, New York tor Fal: River. SAILED. Steamships Missourt, for Havana and Nassau; Rapiaan, Savannah; Champion, Charleston; Zodiac, Newbern; Albe marie, Richmond. Wina at sunset NE. Marine Disasters. WG For an account of disaster to steamship Colorado, from Liverpool for New York, by collision, see news col- umns, Sup HENRY Coox (Br), Sutherland, from Liverpool for Pensacola, put into Strangford, I, 1st inst, leaking badly. Sup EvizapeTu Fry (Br), Meikle, from New Orleans for Liverpool, before reported tn news ‘columns burned to the water's edge 6th inst, was 1094 tons register, built at Monc- ‘ton, NB, 1n 1861, and hailed from Liverpool Sure EUXtNR (Br), lying at Pensacola, caught fire in her after cabin, trom some unknown cause, on the night of the 29th ult. The tag Seminole threw in a strong stream from her powerful steam pump, and in two or three hours the fire was extinguished, after having burned out the interior of the cabin. BARK HELFN CAMPERLL (Br), Brooks, from Boston Jan 1 for London, put into Caldy (Wales), lst tnst, leaky. Brio Many E Tuarrr, Tyler, from New York for Rodosto and Cons.antinople, put into Grbraltar prior to 29th ult, leaky. Brig THAMES (Br), which was abandoned on the 29th ult, ‘was seen afloat on the 2d inst, off Hatteras, under double reefed sails, by brig Rachel Coney, at Fortress Monroe, As the wind was blowing a gale, the & C did not board her. Scour JOSEPH SEGAR, from Wilmington, NC, before re- parted ashore at Great Brewster, has been’ floated off and arrived at Boston sth inst. Sone HK Waite (Br), from St Jobn, NB, with lumber, for New York, pnt into Boston 7th inst, ‘having experience on the 84, off Uape Cod, a cals trom #,'in whlch lon foretop. maat, jibboom, coat an pllt foresail and jib; on the Ath, off Nausett, lost part of deek load. Scnr R P Rervanp, Hall, below Providence 7th inst, from New Orleans, has been eleven days north of Hatteras, with heavy weather, and lost mainmast head. Jan 2% passed @ schr, apparently cotton loaded, with sails blown away. Scur DANIEL Simmons, West, from New Bedford for Norfolk, returned 6th inst for repairs, having on the night of Jan 29, when between Block Isiand and Newport, took a severe gale from WNW, in which split jib and mainsail, and broke steering apparatus. she was hove to during the gale and drifted to the southward some sixty miles, Capt West's banda were badly frozen. Scurn WARREN BLAKR—Captain Clark, of schr Warren Blake, abandoned at sea, states :—Left Dix’ Island for New York with a cargo of granite, and had a succession of violent gaies from Wt NW, which drove the vessel out of her course; also stove boat and forward house and started a dan- gerous leak ; January 30, latitude 38 ‘iy loneitude 6 80, fell in with bark Ankathor (Nor), Captain Henricksen, from Leith for New York a very heavy sea running at the time, and seeing no possible way in which to save the vessel, the leak itinually increasing, decided to abandon her, which was sceordin done, all ia goingon boardthe bark. The Warren Blake was seven vears old, 200 tons burden, and was owned by George Gilchrist, of this'city, and other parties in Maine. AMER REBECCA CuYDR, Childs, at Baltimore 4th, from Wilmington, NO, reports:—Oatne Into the oof? Sharp's Island, and on the $d was carried ashore on Bodkin Bar by the ice, and was assisted off by Jones’ tugs 4th. Cap. tain Childs also reports:—Took off the captain and crew of pungy M J McDonnan, laden with oysters, which was in a Sinking condition, but’ afterwards went ashore on Bodkin Bar. Miscellaneous. We are under obligations to Purser AR Tatum, of the steamship Charleston, from Charleston, tor favors, Tar Wits Jaton ee wevamee to the cheneen ir—A. vi ined circulatios e effect that the While'Star steamaré are about to bo withdrawn from the New York trade, I to request you to give direct contra- diction te the rumor. No. such change is contemplated by the managers; and, considering the very full share of sup- port which the Hine bas met was uch supposition is the reasonal am, a patios Mee ns SPARKS, Agent, Bank GROUND (late whaler, ot New Bedford) recently sold to New. Tork, partes fa _being thoronghi red at yard of Mr Jobn Mashow. She ts to be furnished with a new main deck and ened with double topsail yards, and is to be employed in the Airican trade, Quick PaseaGr.—Bark Flora M Hurlbert, owned by T G Southard & Son, of Richmond, passage from the Delaware Breakwater to nel in 16 days and to Bristol in 20 days, in Millay, lo, made the e English Chan- —The Steamer Mon- dat this port on Monday for ovage to Newfoundiand, in pursuit of seals. Last year she was quite successful, in common with ail the vessels engi the business, which is chiefly carriea on by the Eni the Monticello being the only American fteamer sent On. She secured last season about 20,000 seais, vained at $60,000, which were taken to Newfound. Jand, where the fat of the animal was tried out, and the oti brought to this market. The Monticello takes trom thi 40 men, and on ber arr: at Newfoundland her cre good deal of ice is encountered on the fishing ground, spe has been sheathed with fron to rotect her sides and bottom when in contact with ft. she about 600 tons burden, and was formerly a Unised States nboat. The people of Newfoundland last year had 15 Steam vessels in the busines: mn Advertiser, Feb 7. Notice to Mariners, vernment have decided upon the levy on Bing OF ll fiagn of & new sanitary taza regulation ich is to take effect from and after Jan 18, Quarantine The Turkish ahi dues bave been hitherto leviable at all the porta of conse- quence in the Turkish empire. - Thei the revaience or non-| we cl vary with revalence of epidemic disease. At the quarantine charges for s vessel of {or vessels of about “900 tone 6s 84 per tag besides 4 saree, of Bist tI the JJ ay be fod be we day. Vonetantinople are termea, ‘are 20. plasires for weasels of 800 tonK upwards, od there are besides for th of Foreign Seamen's Hospitals, the ol Jyh Seamen's being Iigd_ per ‘At the Lar. I of Cyprus, there is @ char for the guard, 28; for the ith, on the same, Sa 8d on each ship. lations issued by the Turkish 4 are that for all these quarantine obarges, and charges for Biiis of healthy the new. sant tax, ls to be substivul Bhi whatever nationality coming from abroad must pay thie ta at the frst Ottoman port where they arrive, ant #0 with ships bound from yo the Ottoman tut to the other, but Article # of, the, Regulations they bound for matter tor come; ni tows Cs the “orale dues at ey eg ne i Kava if coming from i ated tba rennin fae of ine, bal om se Decaeary vias, aDa flaase the abio carrying he receiot for been we from the wi Speken. — Hentventure "Bante bars “Gor Gat Ship Fait Barn from New ¥ fe Francisco, Doce. tat S18 G. Ton kd oS We New Fork for San lon 4 Now Yorks Nov a: in the China Seat from Foochow Oct 37 for he gy ht, Myers, from Palermo for Philadelphia, jan 31, 0 lat, Ae. aor nke, Heary Whitney, from New York for Demarara, lat 87, lon, Foreign Ports, Jan ALGOA Bay, CGH, Dec 16—Sailed, bark Diana (Br), Davis, Mt ports Dec 16, bark Anna L Taylor, Percival tor Opes raulaverg (NU, Sesrowiog, for Ua of py aanlavers (NG), rowiog, for ited i hres ATAOO, c to Salers jon, ARDIFY, Jan a hated. bark arian Sem: Havana. —In port, Care Town, CG rutze, one (Br), Murison, Krutge, (or Boston, lag; brig Hi Dewanana, Jan 18 bailed, ship In vori 284, barks Union (Br), Morse, for Baltimore; phing (iin, Crouse, for New York; briga Aerolite ( jonald, for Baltiruore; Amos M. Roberts, eo. bagoe, arriv . Downs, Lanfare, for New ¥ ALMOUTH, E,'Jan 2z-arrived, ship Nevada, Guanape. H. Na, Feb 8—Arrit steamship Crescent City, ice, New York, 0 Tevet Igor Tap! ley, Hambt TVERPOOL, yn for Halifax. Gleered 27th, brig John Givan (Br), PaLeRMo, Dec 3—Cleared, brigs Exe York; Racer (Br), Spink, do: Mi do or'Boston; %th, Audax (Br), Perseverance (Dutch), yonkers do, jf jarker, from’ t Barbados, (Br), Jones, New Powrie (Br), Milne, Lotte sd Blateh- ars Sverige (Swe), Straisund, Ochiberg, Pen ‘sar Van UR, Nov 30—Satled previous, ship Hate E Tapley, kes Jan M1—Arrived, brig Georgina, Hicks, s Prince, do; brigs Aten D, Robert Dillon, - ford, do; Jan 3, barks Nithenlo ( Kor, Mikkelsen, do; Giulia Ital), Gul ibrig Folo (11 Carini, di CPaiwaunveo, Janis Salles, brig We eee ota Jobn Boy in brig rived 18, for do; schr 8 C ‘brig Woltville (Br), Cook, Me . from Balt vans, Hiulee, Tor Biver Plate, ORT MEDWAY, NS, Jan 27—Cleared, bark E W Cahoon, Barbados. RIO JANEIRO, Jan 6—Arrived, brig C S Pack ard, Brunswick, Ga; 12th, bark Clifton (Br), Gavet, buco, Sailed 6th, ship Geo Skolfield, Merryman, Vs barks ‘Thereze (Swed, eat, Mobile; 8th, Foren! (Den), Bay, New Orieans; 9th, Akyat » barks Anna (Nor), Wingaard, Hampton Celeste Ciar! Foster, Macoto, Cleared 11th, brig Caroline (Swed), for Hampton jail Port Aath, bar J Ls Pendergast, Klein, SoaLa Nova (Asia Minor), Jan (Ital), Denaro (from Smyrna), ‘New Yor! St Jouns, PR, Jan 18—In ‘port brigs, from and for Baltimore, ldg; Cherub Br), trom Raymond, Savannah, jeared bth, brig Timothy Field, Leland, Havana. Of the port 7th, bark Isle of Skye (Bri, Fort, from York via Liverpool, NS. que, to load nitrate for New York. American Ports. BOSTON, Feb 7*-Arrived, brig Rescue, Marshall, Leone; se! St John, White, Fink Cleared Bark Nichols, Bata: schrs Prescott, Hazcitin steamer Saxon, Crowell, Philade Lamb, Sagua; schrs Lucy D, Hi Richmond, Va. Steamers ‘Trent and Saxon; assed Cape Cod at 4 PM), Reatles ring, and from the Roads brig Novelty. ‘th Arrived, steamer Nereus, Bearse, Dirigo, Stan! chaels, via Joseph Segar, Wilmington, NC, having been ashore B, tor New Yor! Patten, Melbourne; Roston ortland; Minnie Abby, Charleston; Janeiro; brigs Emma L Hall, ‘Geyer, Rio Janeiro; Hill, Demarara; Svem (Norv) ip, Stonington, achrs Saarbruck, Clark, Demerara; Jacnin, Kane, fest, Me; E R Emerson, Seavey, Boston. Sourabaya; brigs Edith Hal, Ollver, Pack- ‘ernam- eet ship Fred Tudor, Bradford. Roads. or New York, 2—Salled, bark Entelia Italia (Br), Roberts, Boston, diag. ‘Sf Jou, NB, Feb 6—Arrived, bark Abbie Thomas (Br), New VALPARAISO. Jan2—In port bark Corsair (Br), for Ique Bite (Bry Barnett, Azas via Inagas; Penan, crested Wave (Br), Renont, Pernambuco? barks Acacia (and ang and. Joshua ad creat ter. eR LTTMOR! Feb 7—Arrived, bark Mindora, Barclay, ie Conn} Bel- L_Sieamahins Win Crane, Howes, Boston via Nor~ folk; Bertin (NG), Undutach, tapi via =: f : 3 2 4 y lar, Wilson, Sheader, Belfast, I:'brigs Ubbina (NG) Rogenderg, 3 achra Daniel Brittain, Carroll, Galveaton, Mary J Fisher, Lawrence, New Bedford. Sajled—Steamer Liberty, Havana; barks CS Rogers, ton; Templar, Rio Janeiro; Burn Brae, Belfast 1; bi Latimer, St John, PR; John Sanderson, Berbice Pernambuco; R © Wrieht, Rio Janeir es, West Indies; W F Cushing, do; Carrie H ‘Titon, Belle Halliday and $ W Bunnell, New York. CHARLESTON, Londot Bailed— mn. ‘Schr & A FORTRESS MO! DeHart, Pinkham, West Indies. & MONROE, Feb in tor Bal ‘Rio Janeiro; Mercator (Br), jar- 4 Bos- Geo ‘eb 5—Cleared, bark Eldorado (Nor), rigs Italia, from Ponce; Rachel Coney. from /’ernambuco. FALL RIVER, Feb 6—Arrived, brig Mary E Dana, O'Neil, 80. OO RVESTON, Fgh 1-Salled, steamship City of Anstis, New ¥ Alicante: bark St Cloud, Ames, Sunderland, jed same day). f f , schr 5J Gilmore, Rich, St’ | Feb'2—Arrived, ahip Delfthaven, Freese, Below, coming up, achrs Win L Bradley, Chase, from Boston; Wm M Jones, Davis, from New York. 8d—Arnived, bark Pandore coming up, achr W H Bteel, Sears, 2. Cleared—Steamship Jone (Sp), Albizini, Liverpool; Vancouver (Br), Arthurson, Boynton, Port Antonio, Ja. verpool ; schr Anna Freeman, rr), Je, London, Below, } Home vac eee ship th—Arrived, steamship Juniata, Hoxie, Philadelphia, via ‘Page-A-L’OUTRE, Feb 2—Sailed, brige Nueva, Caponica and Feli SourHWwasT Pass, Feb 2—Gailed, steamer Weydoseet bark JH Arrastron, Arrived and sail Owens, from Valencia, via Gibraitar. $d—Sailed, bark Pagauini. NEWBERN, NO, Salyear, New York. Satled from do 24, In Hatteras Iniet yutward bound. chreJ W Halg, aod U for Mobile, ship Southern Empire, feb 7—Salled, steamship Eilen § Terry, hr D W Saunders, Smith, New York, ‘A Eawards, "NORFOLK, Feb 6—Arrived, schr W H Pharo, Edwards, Brash Cleared. -Barka Mary Edson, Howes, Marsala; Peru (Br), Hibbert, Liverpool. ‘7th— Arrived, schrs Venelia, Lewis, New York: Fairbank, Eldridge, and H W Foster, Rich, Boston; 8 8 Lee, Gray, 8t ANEW "BEDFORD, Fev 7—Salled, achr Young Teaser, Slo- Richt id, Vi GNRWPORT, Fo) 6, PM—Arrived, schrs Titmon Han- x for Norfolk; Gen ‘Grant, Johnson, Belfast ae palnmore, Be i Rockland for New York; ; Rena, Bis! He 7 Ht Sauls, Winn, Portiand for Phiiadeiphi "Ada Vitainias Maggie A Fisk, Baker, do for Baltimore; Freeman, Paine, do for Philadelphia; Provincetown for do; RS Newcomb, Higgins, Vi I (oR alled, nohrs Statesman, Cole, from Shulee,, York; Mary Natt, Bliven, Fall River for do; driok, Greaniaw. from Baltimore for Belfasi. Returned, Lucy reemaan ; Mury Steele, Higgins; Edward Kich, Bark- iA r Cole: Sole, and uniee Bich. Pierce, Boston for Blondel, Chapman, Providence NS, for Ne ‘eleste A Her sehr Laura Bridgman, Hart, from Savannah for Fall Kiver. [-Arnyed, schrs Mount Hope, Dennis, Rockland, for Now York Lilly, Hughes, Ro: lana tordo. 4 Sailed—Schrs Fleetwing, Gre; Rock! for New York; ths Mathis, Ci n, from Bi Leland, Bennett, Providence tor Balti NEW HAVER, Feb 7--Sallea, ach briga (Br), Jean 8 , ? Baltimore; Neite #, New York; HB ‘aine, do. NeNAILADELEHIA. Feb 7—Arrived, -batk Marianna (Port), Cavatho, Lisbon; brigeJ B Kirby, Bernard, Tr §aa''8 6 Coleod, Payson, Galveston, k Akhera (Rus) Fram (Nor), Welsser, Keasing Luckie, Demerara ; schrs JS ‘Abbie Perkins, Reynolds, St Mart. Lawes, Feb7—A few schooners left, for southa rived yeaterday, scbr Prins from Maine for I*hils Bth—In harbor, sera John § Ingrab for New York; Walter, trom Bucks) ‘with loas of boat CED al of deck lo: PORTLAND, Feb heGicared Schr Light of the East, Harper, New York. Tth—Arnved, bark Sadte, Sinclair, ber America. imore. John T = Man- sloom- vit ‘int Robinson, Cork for orders; for orders; Boxer C Adams. New Or- Ar hia, ‘m, from New Orleans for Philadelpbi ~-Arrived, schr Ned Sumpter, Pink- ia, Boston, to load for ared—Schra Mary A Harmon, Parker, Las Tunas; Con- vervative, Sterlt Havana. ‘or Horton. TCROVIDENCE, Feb 7—Arri Philnaeiphia, Below, schr R OR eiled-—Schrs Dictator, Kelley, Rapj Oliver Ames, Babbitt, Georgetown, DC; 0 ee, pos 3 rke, New Yor! ICHMO! eb Pamunky; US Grover, Wheeler, Boston, i: Aaah 3 "Maud Tie), Thomas, Wilmington, NC, ived, steamer Hunter, Hi P HBSkinner, |, Feb 7—Arrived, brig Unicorn, Cook. Reynard, Hall, from New nnock River, Vas ook, Ke Sailed, sobra AM Aldrich, Swain, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7—Arrived, ship Record (Br), via Shanghae, SAV ARNAT, Feb Cle amebip pilerman, Living Cheeseman. New Yor! ‘ip Baltic, tr, john, Norbeck Sonn Bilis (itr). Melvin, do; schra i Sun, Sas tila’ River, to load for New Yor Anna Sims, Nassau. MISCBLEANBOUS. 7 ERI BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED IN DI A States; mee Rpg Pahang oar o jon, ae. ‘ uty s e ivorce | aan publicity s M0 tO SE, Attorney, 10 Lrosdwi 4 BSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED thecourta of diferent States. No publicity, free. Notary Pubitc and Commissioner for FROM Advice ary Stale, FL KING Counsellor-at-Law, 363 Broadway. Bazaars IN TEA! Provisions; warrant COFFEES, GROCERIES AND: tom 0 pelate and tae poceene: hs Re AU NE onto York, of the milion. pots RGED JOIN’ ALL DIS. ORNS BURT Otet cured by DF. ZAGHARLE, 19 Union square. ‘ORR cue Come fats woe. 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