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We beg leave to slate to oar readers and patrons la Parts, and Europe generally, that Mr. B. H Revoil, 17 BsM de la Baaqae, Paris, ii no longer connected with the ?BW York H skald, either ae eorrespoadeat or agent Memm Livingston & Wells, 8 13a oe de la Bourse, are Mr oaly ageats la Paris, both for advertisements and ?abecriptlons. The News. OoitEnropeui files by the America reached this ?tty ft rem Boston at an earl; hoar yesterday morning. We had previously received by telegraph and pub iahed the important features of the news contained in them. We give to-day some very interesting ex tracts with regard to the latest engagement* between the Turks and Russians; the financial position of France at the close of the past year; with a copy of an official paper from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, in which the object? of the combined fleets in the Black Bea wt re defined for that time. We also publish ?ddititional commercial and shipping intelligence fere tight by the Canada at Halifax. The news caused considerable buoyancy in our stock market yesterday, but it had no influence of moment ?o breadstuff*. In the absence of letters, sales of flour were limited , including common State brands at ftb 6b a $8 75. Corn was dull, and no buyers ap peared except at a considerable concession in prioes. They offered fl per bushel, while sellers demanded ?1 03 to 91 04. Wheat was also quiet. There was some movement in freights, with engagements of grain at higher rates, which tended to check sales. Boom to Liverpool was scarcer, and freights cloeod quite Arm. Tbe Nebraska Kansas quest ion continues the lead in* topic of discussion and excitement in the political circles at Washington and elsewhere. In the Se-iate, yesterday, Mr. Seward gave official expression to tbe free soil view of the subject, as w ill be seen by his very letgthy speech, which we give in fail, In order that tbe public may thoroughly understand both ?ides. He will be followed on Monday by Mr. Pettit ?f Indiana, after whom will come Mr. Sumner, the Massachusetts free soiler. Quite a spirited debate was produced on the opening of the House, by the presentation of the joint resolutions of the New York Legislature, remonstrating against tbe passage of the Nebraska bill. This and some other matters having been disposed of, the body went into Com mittee of the Wbole on the Free Farm bill, where upon Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, took the floor, and made a strong speech in support of Judge Douglas's measure. He referred to the records, and established the fact that the Northern freesoilers were the first to break faith with regard to the Missouri compact. They violated the principles of that law in 1P30, by Introducing and supporting a free soil amendment to the bill for the admission of Arkansas into the Union. Messrs. Campbell, Kerr, and Giddings followed- Hot), houses adjourned till Monday. The Senate are in trouble in relation to the publi cation of the copyright and Gadsden treaties, and a motion was nude on Thursday to arrest the editor and proprietor of this paper for contempt of the Benate. It was very properly voted down; for what would the Senate gain by ?uch a proceeding ? No thing. On the other hand, it would compel the editor to reside in Wathington for a few weeks at the ex pense of the government, where he could watch the movements of the politicioni tor the benefit of oar readers. But is there a Seuator who was not really plaased to see the treaties in print 1 The devclopementa every day coming to light tead to strengthen the impression that the Nebraska fur art will cause a general breaking up of old party ties. and a reconstruction of the elements upon the broad basis of the Union on the one side, and anarchy and dissolution on the other. We learn from our correspondent that the work of repudiating prints promulgating dangerous and unsound doctrines has already commenced, and in a more forcible manner tK?n by way of mere personal denunciation. Tbe Southern whig Penal rs have held a caucus, and pained resolutions strongly denouncing tbe recent course of the leading whig organ at tbe national aapital. It will not be surprising should the demo crata pursue a similar coarse with regard to those journals which, under the garb of reverence tor the eonstltotion, do not allow an opportunity t<> pas* without exhibiting thtir contempt for the federal coapaot. Charles Francis Adams, son of the late ex-Presi dent, made a speech at an antl Nebraska Convention, held in Pedham. Mass., yesterday, by all the aboli tionists, whigs and coalition democrats that could be brought together. He adhered to the old Van Buren platform, on which he ran for Vice President in 1848. and declared that Judge Douglas s bill was in tended to subserve the interests of the South entire ly. He appeared to be much annoyed at the move ment to ran a railroad to tiie Pac.tlc through slave territory, and also at the proepect of the ultimate an nexation of Caba. Tbe convention is characterized aa bavtag betn a meagre affair. Few members were vreaent in either b-an< h of our Stat* Legislature yerterday? scarcely enough t<> form qucrum*? and, as a matter of coarse, very iittl? basines was transacted. The only po nt wurthy of ?peoial remark in the proceedings v, as the aunounce ment by Mr. Clinton, in t&e Assembly, that he in tended to introduce a bill for the completion of tbe canals, as provided f r in the amendment to the con atitution which was adopted by the people ia?t Wad day. Tbe rontfted election case between Mr. Ma gture, national democrat, and Mr. Clark, fieenoi er, wa?p'--tpoi>?d t.11 to day. It is l>elieved that tbe for ,jcr gtntitmun will be declaredentitied tithe seat. Never theless. Mr. Clark, through the pro rwti'.ation o the Assembly on the snbjert. will have the sattafa '..on of drawing foil pay for trout half tbe ae-*ion. Uniesa n ra 'w'ty of the members should bee rae in'iued j wi'h a litiTe more of the j< rlt of industry, cmnb nwi I with -i f'T the public goxl, the people w.ll be ?r? tlfleJ ?he*i the d?y arrives for a liu?l adjuurnmeat. Ua"thc a!lott< ?1 time for the session has already ex pired, and jet scarcely a bill of importance has pass ed eit* er h-'use. Members speud their time in de bating natters that are scarcely worth a passing re ?u rk Lit- rally nothing is ever d jne ou Saturdays &nd Mondays, owing to the fist that towvda the close of every week the majority of the wiae&:res leave for home, utterly regardless of what may trans pire during their absence. And yet tbese men prate of their arduous exertions in behalf of their consti tuents. There must be a reform; else the people will teach them a lesson that they will not readily forget on next election day. As everybody is interested in the projects for a settlement of all our difficulties with Mexico, and more particularly for securing another large slice of her territory, we to-day publish the basis of a treaty agreed upon by Minister Conkling and the Mexican authorities. Headers can now judge whether either, or both Minister Gadsden's and Minister Conkling 's treaties are entitled to consideration. The la*t despatch fnm St. Louis states that foir persons were Killed and twenty wounded by the ex plosion of the boilers of the steamer Kate Kearney 'ast Thursday. Five or six other* are missing. Two persons were drowned bv the sicking of the steamer Amazonia on the same day. We publish in another column the law reoently drawn up by the Con gress of the republic of Ecuador, and sanctioned by the Executive on the 2Gth of No vember, declaring the rivers of that State, (which includes a portion of the Amazon,) open to the free trade of all nations. It is gratifying to see that some of the South American States are beginning to un derstand the true principles of commercial prosperity. New Granada and the Argentine Republic as well as Ecuador have opened their rivers, and we trus* shortly to see other States following their example and free trade established over the whole continent of America. Now, when this liberalizing spirit ii manifesting Itself, is the time for our government to come forward and enter into treaties with these re publics for the mntual benefit and advantage of each. The qnestion is one in every way worthy of their early notice. All the news worthy of noting from Bermuda since onr previous dates is embraced in the letter which we publish elsewhere. It was expected that Gover nor Elliot would leave the island on the 6th instant, and sail, via Barbadoes, for the seat of his new govern ment in Trinidad. Colonel Poole, of the Royal Ar tillery, was to assume the direction of a?fairs in Ber mnda pro tempore. The Germans of some of the uptown wards held an enthusiastic meeting last evening at Fortuna Hall, Second street, at which a very decided stand was taken against the proposed introduction of the Maine liqu?r law, tbe license law far rum, the excise law, and the recent Sunday anti-lager bier exertions of the Common Council and police. It was shown to the satisfaction of the people present, that the drinking of that beverage on the Sabbath did not conflict with the constitution of the United States, municipal rule, religious discipline, or domestic economy; but on the contrary, that by so doing the citizen gave evidence of how fully be appreciated the amount of civil and religions liberty which he en joyed. The report of the Committee on Harbor Encroach ments, laid on the table at a former meeting, was taken up in the Board of Council men last ewriK and accepted without debate, and the resolutions were adopted. No 'business of any importance was transacted. The Board adjourned until Tuesday evening. In addition to a large number of advertisements, and much interesting reading, to-day's inside pages conlain an interesting narrative relative to the pas sengers rescued by tbe Antarctic from the rteamer San Francisco; Petition of the New York Chamber of Commerce to Congress concerning a modification of the tariff; Proceedings of the Military Court of Inquiry ; a vatiety of local, political and legal intelli gence, Ac. The War Question* Although the indications presented by the intelligence which we published yesterday are, we own, of a most unfavorable character to the prospects of peace, we have not yet lost faith in the chances of some solution being found which will avert the dire alternative to which they seem to point. The speech of the Queen of England, whilst it recommends that her people should prepare for the worst, still breathes a decidedly pacific tone, and holds out the hope that every effort of negotiation will be exhausted before hostilities are resorted to The failure of Count Orloff's mission to Vienna, which, it appears, had for its object the forma tion of a league with the German against the Western Powers, has removed one elemen t ofun" certainty from the consideration of the question' which had imparted to it itB most dangerous as pect. In the political isolation of the Czar we see the prospect of a speedy settlement of the question, either by his timely submission to the stern necessities of his position or by the form ation of such a powerful combination as will effectually crush him. The affairs of Europe have, in fact, arrived at a crisis which will no longer admit of palliatives or temporary expedients. Something must be done quickly, and done effectively, to put an end to a state of things which menances the peace of the world and paralyses its commercial operations. The war between Russia and Tur key has now been carried on for nearly a year ? for the invasion of the Principalities was an act of war ? and yet no advance has been made towards the settlement of the question at issue. The position of the other powers has, up to a certain point, been an independent one as regards the belligerents, for, without favoring either side, they have been endeavoring to stay by ne gotiation the progress of hostilities, and to effect an accommodation between them. Finding the pretensions < f the Czar irreconcilable with the claims of justice and moderation, and inconsis tent with the future safety and peace of Eu rope, they have now openly espoused the cause of Turkey, and it is clear that we must very soon have either a European war between the allied Powers and Turkey, arrayed on one side, and Russia, with such ot the German States as she can drag into her quarrel, on the other, or else some general and comprehensive adjustment of the rights of the different Powers, similar to that laid down in Lord Palmerston's project. Mat ters have, in fact, arrived at a point which will only admit of one or other of these alternatives, and it only remains for us to examine in favor of which the probabilities lie. It is evident that the Emperor of Russia has been all along counting on the impossibility of a cordial union being maintained between the governments of England and France, from the traditional animo*ity which has so long existed between the people of the two countries. He also reckoned upon the sympathy and support ot all the German and a portion of the Northern Powers, from the consanguinity, contiguity and similarity that existed between their respective families, thrones and govern ments. How far the first of these suppositions it- well founded remains to be seen; but as re curds the second, there is no doubt of the Disposition of the German Powers either to re 11 ain j cutial or sid?' with Russia. Bcsiiostbe motives that wehavejust enumerated, thsGor man Slates stand in natural awe of tba over eH? u power of Russia, its c' >?c propinquity to them, and the mormons masses which it can bring into the field. But there is a new and important ob'acle which has revealed itself in the progress of European civilization, which op poses itself to the successful carrying out of j either of these ideas by the Gernun Powers. The great popular, social, and religious revolu tion which was brought about three centuries ago. by the efforts of Luther Calvin, Knox and other enlightened minds of tbat age, was also political in its effects, and divided Europe into two great camps, swayed by principles of the most uncompromising hostility towards each other. All the North of Europe? England, Holland, and Northern Germany ? com bined the power and force of the revo lution of that day; whilst the South of Eu rope?Italy, France and Spain? were arrayed in opposition to it, and in support of the old order of things. That distribution of the mate rial power, impulses and opinions of Europe is at the present day entirely altered by the poli tical revolutions, enterprises and experiments of the last half century. The principles of popu lar or parliamentary government, more or less defined, have taken the place in the public mind formerly occupied by the controversies of the Church of Rome with the Protestant sects. The popular masses of France, England, Italy, Ger many, Spain and the North of Europe, have now a common bond of sympathy and brother hood, whatever may be the form of povernment which accident has imposed upon them. As a counterpoise, the power of Russia has grown within the last two centuries Into a sudden strength and preponderance menacing the so cial, political and religious systems of the rest of Europe. t? It will be seen from this rapid retrospect that the distribution of the social and political ele ments of Europe is entirely changed at the present day. and there is now more or less of a league amongst the masses against the barba rous principles of despotism on which the go vernment of Russia is baaed. The Czar in fact resembles, both intitis attributes and his atti tude, those great destroyers of civilization and of the human race, Genghis Khan and Tamer lane, of whom he may be said to be a sort of residuary legatee. In the days of the latter was witnessed the same spectacle that we be hold to-day? Christians and Turks forgetting their religious differences in a combined effort to oppose bounds to the insatiable ambition of their barbarian invader. The failure of the Czar to induce the German Powers to abandon their neutral position for active co-operation, is therefore to be attributed less to any want of sympathy for his cause than to a wholesome dread of the enormous force of popular opinion wielded by France and Eng land. the two great representatives in Europe of the parliamentary and elective systems of government. It should be remembered that thiB is not a mere quarrel between Russia and Turkey; it is the beginning of that great conflict of principles which was foreshadowed by Can ning some thirty years ago, in the celebrated speech which he delivered in the House of Com mons in support of the independence of the South American republics. This struggle will present a novel feature, in the fa?t that in stead of the revolutionary elements, being set in movement by revolutionists, it will be wielded by France and England against Russia. It ia not likely that in the presence oi such a combination the Czar will persevere in bis insane projects. Should, how ever, all efforts at negotiation fail, he will pro bably, to save the honor of his arms, maintain a contest of a few months duration; but he will eventually have to yield to the immense force that will be brought to beftr against him. In the warlike preparations recommended in the Queen of England's speech, we therefore see the best guarantee of a prompt and satisfactory solution of the questions at issue. The best way to prevent war is by being fully prepared for it; and if England and France only assume the firm and decided attitude that becomes them, we have no doubt that in the course of another year we shall see this and other trou blesome questions effectually set at reat by the arrangements of a general congress. TIu B?r?M and lta Influence. The administration organs at Washington and several minor journals which act as flun keys to the Cabinet, are fond of asserting that the Herald may have a large circulation, but that it has no moral or political intlueuce. Such assertions are perhaps not worth notice; but oncc in a while we may devote a few lines to their examination. We claim for our journal the largest circulation of any daily newspaper published in any language iu any country on the globe. We claim that this circulation ia the fruit of eighteen years of toil, and we trust we may be permitted to add, of individual en terprise and energy, in the midst of an intelli gent, prosperous, and enlightened community. We claim that the unparalleled success which has crowned our efforts is mainly due to our en deavors to give the earliest and most reliable news of passing events, and to reflect promptly and accurately the current topics of the day on this continent This is all we cla'ui. Whether the Herald does or does not exercise any moral or political influence on the public mind, we know not We have never inquired, have never cared whether it did or no. It has so happened that on many occasions on which the public feelings have been powerfully roused, the side which we thought fit to espouse has eventually triumphed: and hence it has been asserted that the result was due to the influence of the Herald. We have never troubled our head about such mat ters. It was true that we opposed Martin Van Buren towards the close of his official term, and that he was defeated in 1810 by an overwhelming majarity. It is true that we sup ported Mr. Polk, and that he was elected by a large majority. It is also true that General Taylor was first proposed as a candidate for the Presidency in our columns, that we supported bim throughout the canvass, aud that he like wise became President of the United States. At the close of the lust campaign, several jour nals throughout the country asserted that we had exercised a very considerable influence on the public mind in bringing about the result. That opinion was shared by others, as will bo seen by tbi following letter, written by Mr Pierce to a friend of ours during onr ubsence ir. Europe : ? O*coin N JI Sot. 80, 1M2 ?. v P(ak Sir V i.r oi. Ojto'.-ff '..Hh rhonlj Mr* .'*?11 ?,pi ?? '?<l ha or? N 'hirgfunl.' fc. r -? *0 <5 a*? aocf- 'It f encriUu ??- ? ? .c tle !*tt?r. br.t o; Mi ? nr.r'f ?r<3 Itw-'tU. 1 if <ju. t am t 'tt, -f ' ? 1 hi "' an. r??n ffaip t? th? tart of the Broun'* thr-u* rent i.? ( itjr? ? Wttl jea a 0 m ?R > f 1; 'I'. :>'? ' \\ , be':-; t!)? * t? ? .vw 7 ? 1 at \U Una mniI U. fe<a> in MlWIt ? t 1 ? 'bit, y < ur 1 3 ?od 1# **???,' 1 iNK FIIRC1. JJow far it .8 true that wo ciuciaod ' a vast Ir flucnce throughout the canvas" ae Mr Pierce rays, we Beither kuow nor care. Our aim in solely to make the best and most independent journal in the- world ; the measure of popularity we have secured must decide how tar we have attained our object. Whether or no we hive any influence on the public mind, we shall con tinue to tread the path we have always trod, aDd endeavor to combine every element which capital and enterprise can ubtain for the pur pose of producing a just, lair, independent journal, devoted to the interests of the Union, and the advancement ol this growing republic For the applause of parties, cliques, sets and coteries, we care no more than for the idle wind. We are content to look for the approba tion of the great civilized community of the world, and the eanction of posterity. Our (electoral System In PractlM. Well, the spoilsmen are triumphant, and the ten million loan is carried by an immense majority out of the hundred thousand votes polled. We are as yet unable to lay before our readers the whole vote, but we know enough to say that this number ? 100,000 ? will rather exceed than fall short of it. It is estimated that the number of individuals who are di rectly interested in the proposed expenditure ot ten additional millions on the canals amounts, with their friends and those whose vote they can control, to about one- fifth of the male adults of the population of the State: it cannot ceiv tainly be less than one hundred thousand souls. As therefore the vote polled on Wednes day does not exceed this figure, we may take it for granted that the balk of the public proper : the four, five or six hundred thousand people who will have to pay the interest on the ten millions, and who are able to form a dispassion ate opinion of the merits of the principle at stake, remained quietly at home and never troubled their heads about the election The question was solv ed by the canal men, the forwarders, boat owners, employes on the ca nal, contractors, speculators and politicians: they were all at once plaintiffs, advocates, Judge and jury in the case. Those who should have moved, and decided so weighty a matter, shirked the responsibility; it seemed as though the public thought a mere sum of ten millions and a halt was not worth squabbling about. In their private capacity, the merchants and others who allowed Wednesday to pasB~without attending the polls would think oarefully and examine shrewdly before they made themselves liable for any portion of the interest on such a Bum. As citizens, they never inquired or cared bow the point was settled, and will doubtless pay without hesitation whatever shar&of the debt to be incurred may devolve upon them. The decision of the ten million loan is not the first instance in which this apathy among the public has come to light. It iB fast becoming the rule at some of the most important State elections. They are managed and con trolled by bands of grog-ehop politicians and abandoned knaves, who having failed in every respectable business, have turned final ly as a last resort to procuring votes as a trade. These are the preBent rulers of the State of New York. They nominate candidates, and elect the one who pays best. They build lying platfonns, and appeal to the community with abstractions under which their thirst for plun der is clumsily concealed. They set up great men at will, and pull them down when their heroes' purses are closed. The choice of our representatives both at the federal and at the State capitals is canvassed, arranged and deter mined over adulterated whiskey and brandy in low drinking saloons: the men who ftilfil the duty are the lowest rabble, the vilest scum of the city's dregs. Lack oi principle renders their lack of sense innocuous: with them elec tions are a matter of mere bargain and sale, at which ambitious men, in consideration of a certain number of votes and a certain amount of perjury and violence, agree to pay them a specified sum of money. They can make the bargain confidently: it is quite safe to pay them in advance, for they hold the franchiM in their hand, and have the keys oi Senate, Con gress and Legislature in their breeches pocket. In caee of murmurs or attempts at resistance on the part of the public proper, thick sticks and similar weapons? or at least, formidable threats ? are called into play, and the balance of power is restored. But it is seldom necessary to re sort to these weapons. Many years ago, the bulk of the people of New York came to the conclusion that it was waste of time to exer cise the franchise. They saw that elections were in nine cases out of ten, mere party con tests at which the only point decided was whether the State should be plundered by the whigs or the democrats: and being tolerably indifferent! as to which oi the two varieties of harpies fed upon the carcass politic, they began to abstain from visiting the polls. Time con firmed them in this view. Every now and then, one of the two political parties would contrive to put the slavery controversy or some other abstraction prominently forward at the election and so ronse a temporary excitement among the public, which would lead to a small indepen dent vote. But in general, the voters at most of our State elections are simply those who make a trade of politics, reinforced by a few thcunand individuals who vote as democrats or whigs because thoir fathers did. A Presiden tial election adds to their number a further pro portion of private citizens whose feelings be come engaged in the canvass; but even that, at the present day, can rarely call forth half the actual vote of the State of New York. The fact is ominous. Its effects as well as its causes are worth considering. The latter may be briefly summed up as general prosper ity, thriving trade, and a universal contempt for politicians of every party. Every indus trious, intelligent man in this community is doing well. His business engrosses the whole of his time, and he cannot give thought to po litics without injuring his private affairs. He therefore lets the State govern itself. Ho does .-o with the less reluctance when he remembers how universally corrupt politicians are shown to be. and sees how those who clamored the loudest about reform and integrity before the election are the most abandoned leaders of political profligacy afterwards. He abstains, and washes his hands of party strife ; nor cau we blame his act. or even deeply regret a state of individual prosperity which gives rise to such indifference to the public weal. But that indifference cannot exist for tiny length of time without producing startling ro f ultfl. It is not reasonable to suppose that tho men who found it so easy to r?b us <>n Wednes day of fen millions nt dollars, will be satiMled with tliut razzia. Ntxtytar tin y will warn inorr. Frei b amendments to the constitution will be proposed ; fVrsh schemes started all outwardly for tho glory and groatne?<* of New York but really for the private gain and pelf of the politicians. Of course when these plajs are submitted for our ratification we shall en dorse them as we endorsed the canal loan, by staying away from the polls, and letting the politicians have it all their own way. Their ol'jtct will be attained, and new demands upon our purse and our patience will be of yearly occurrence. Corruption will be duly installed at Albany, and money will flow in the hallB of the Capitol as freely as it docs in the corresponding building at Washington. In the latter, demorali zation teems already to have reached its limit With the hundreds of schemes for the renewal of patent?, the absorption of public lauds and surplus revenue for a test of character, the House of Representatives could hardly fell lower than it ii?. One effect the grow ing indifference of the public may produce. All the schemes of corrupt politicians will be carried; all their knavish tricks will be successful from the want of a single hand to oppose and frustrate them. As the days of Congress wane, and the sittings are prolonged far past midnight? when the committed-rooms and lobbies are thronged with active agents ard unscrupulous lobby members? when intoxi cating liquors are freely passed round among the collective wisdom of the country, and patri otism is stimulated with punch or repressed by hiccups ? we may then see in the infamous re cord of successful swindles on the nation, that the indifference of which New York is now set ting the example has not been without truits tvtn at Washington. The Fly-Catcher of La Patkje. ? There is a gobc mouche, named Etienne Mouttet. who writes some oi the foreign articles ?of the Paris paper La Patrie , and whose particular depart ment seems to be to chronicle and criticise the sayings of no less personages than our humble selves. He is an airy sort of genius, fond of disporting in the realms of imagination, and, like all literary knights errant, difficult -to pin down to the sober realities of facts or figures. He is. moreover, the "echo Parisien" of all the scandal and malevolence of our New York con temporaries, and is especially endorsed by the Courrier de? Etats Unit, which lives by re hashing the absurdities of the Paris press, this fellow's amongst others. On the principle ot '? tickle me and I'll tickle thee,'' these worthies manage to make some capital out of us. It is not long since we had occasion to notice a contradiction published in La Patrie by this Mouttet of a statement which appeared in our columns about the middle of last month, re specting the intrigues of the French at St. Do mingo, and their ulterior designs upon that re public. In this denegation our sprightly friend made some indiscreet admissions that fully bore out the truth of the charges that had been ad vanced by our Dominican correspondent. It will be recollected that the gist of these charges was that a French man-of-war had constrained the Dominican government to pay a sum of three thousand dollars as compensation for having expelled two French citizens from Havti, and that the French commandant had likewise demanded from the President, Santana, that his ministers should be dis missed to make way for an ?MiMte less hostile to French interests. We drew from these facts, taken in conjunction with the re port that the ex-President Baez was on board this French vessel, the natural conclusion that some serious steps were contemplated by France against the independence of the Domini can republic. The reply of La Patrie, instead of weakening, fully confirmed this impression. Whilst it passed over in silence the specific charges made by our correspondent, it endear vored to neutralize the effect oi the conclusion to which they pointed by a general statement of the favorable dispoeit-on of the inhabitants ol St. Domingo towards Fraace, an evidenced by the frequent demands which they had made for an annexation, pure and simpK to that country, or for a protectorate established on, such bases as France might please to indicate. It was not convenient, however, for M. Mouttet to add that these demands were made at the suggestion and under the direct Influence ot ex President Baez, the warm and devoted partisan of French Interests, and who was subsequently expelled lromthe island for his unpatriotic and anti-national tendencies Nothing could be clearer, theretore, than that the object of this hostile demonstration was the restoration of Baez, and, through him. the establishment of a French protectorate over the republic. If the feeling of the Dominicans had been in reality so favorable to France, there would have been no necessity for a proceeding which could only have the effect of wounding their pride and alienating their sympathies. The truth is. that our correspondent only gave expression to the natural sentiment of indignation aroused amongst the people by this attempt to impose a foreign domination upon them. Under the patriotic government of Santana we hear no more of these French tendencies; and it is certain that if the designs ot France against the independence of the republic are to be carried out. it will only be by a coup de main such as seems to have been contemplated on the oc casion te which we refer. Since the short reply which we published exposing these facts the indefatigable fly catcher of La Patrie has discovered another mare's nest. Swallowing with avidity, as usual, the statements ot the journals opposed to us, he is in a perfect frenzy of delight at the exposal of our alleged fabrication of what is called the Gadiden treaty. Seeing that so many of our New York contemporaries perse vered to the last in the same wilful incredulity, we are not disposed to bear too hardly upon this feather-headed Frenchman for the pert flippancy with which he writes about matter, that he evidently does not understand. Ere he see* this article he will have received the text of the treaty Itself. Let him profit by the second lesson of prudence it will have given him. Another Anti-Nebraska Meeting at the Tarernacle. ? Another meeting of the citizens of New York, under a call this time of the wcrkingmen is to be held at the Tabernacle this evening, "to utter their stern protest against the threatened breach of faith"? we use the language of the call ? ''and their deter mined hostility to any encroachment by the slave power on the rights of free labor in the territory secured by the Missouri compromise." Tbe call, us w> have said, is signed bj various workingm'n; but tbe fame anti-sUvcry and Seward leaders who got up the first demon strntiou at the Tabernacle are doubtless at the bottom. of thin movement. Au<l tliesc anti slavery a:;d free soil organizations, we per ceive, are getting up similar meetings from lti>?ton to Chicago. This Nebraska bill is a goo* end to tbt m, and they are determined to limke tbe m<>!-t of it. But as the first demon tu ition at tbe Tabtrnacle against the repeal of an unconstitutional law was a dead failure, bo, we presume, will be the second. The eitjl of New York will sustain any act which rest? upon the compact of the Union ? the coomita tion of the Uiiited State?. President Pierce and His Promises.-? The recall of Mr. Haddock, late Charge o* the United States to Portugal, and th<? confir mation of John L. O'Sullivan as his successor, have created a great sensation in certain circles in N*w Englaud and New York where tb<5 cha racter of Mr. Pierce has been investigated and discussed, and is thoroughly known. Before the death of the lamented Daniel Webster, it is well known that Mr. Pierce took many oppor tunities of expressing the deep sympi'hy and * regard he bore to the eminent statesman, and t<a all connected with him. At that time. Fletcher* Webtter his only surviving son, was, and Is still, we bwlieve, Surveyor of the Port of Bos ton. Mr. Leroy, a brother-in-law of Mr. Web ster's, likewise held a prominent oflicc under government, as navy agent A third relation ol Mr. "Webster's the son of his favorite sister Grace, Mr. Charles B. Haddock was Charge of the United States to Portugal. Mr. Haddock j had been a clergyman, and a professor in Dart mouth College; he was not a politician, but a man of considerable literary attainments and polished scholarehip. During the contest, it io happened that Mr. Haddock wrote a letter in which the temper and personal habits of >Mr. Pierce were vindicated from the aspersions cast upon them by the correspondents of the New York Tribune. The letter was published, and as soon as it reached him, Mr. Pierce expressed the warmest gratitude to a relative of Mr. Had dock's, ^adding that the letter had saved him the entire temperance vote throughout the Union. After the election, several friends of Mr. Web ster's called on Mr. Pierce with a view to in quire what the chances were of the relatives of the late statesman retaining their offices. To one of these Mr. Pierce replied, after many as surances ofhis regard and esteem for the Web ster family: "I'll be d? d toh? 11 If any of them shall be turned out." To another ? a reverend gentleman whose name we have ? he expressed himselfin similar terms, adding: "These gen tlemen (meaning the son, nephew, and brother in-law of Mr. Webster) are as safe in their ?offices as if God had placed them there." Now for the fulfilment of these various pro mises to the friends of Mr. Webster. His bro- ' therin-law, Mr. Leroy, has long since been turned out. Mr. Haddock has likewise been dismissed, and John L. O'Sullivan, s free soiler, and a filibuster, who Btood his trial for invading the dominions of a friendly power, has been ap pointed in his stead. Fletcher Webster is the only one of the three who has. we believe, been retained in his office. And we are given to un derstand that he, too, would have been dismiss ed had there been found in Boston a democrat mean enough to take his place. In this dilem ma, we venture to recommend the President to turn to New York or New Hampshire, where, we doubt not, several such democrats as be re quires may be discovered. Tin Charleston Mercury and the Presi dent's New England Organs. ? The Charleston Mercury is down upon the suspicions support which the Boston Pott, the leading New Eng land organ of (Sen. Pierce, gives to the Nebras ka bill, which is precisely the support contri buted by the President's home organ, the Con cord Patriot. Omr Charleston contemporary ' says: ? Tbe Boston Port, Id ooanMatiag upoa Ikll pa Jnu'l e. Douglas's) recent ifNeh, UkM maeh plwut to it|, aa It aeeerte. Ita fimiti doctrine of iqutte Mwuptr, or tbe right of the |M)h af the Territory to leg-taint* nbaolutele noon all ioonl eubjeeta, ??) tkmby to axeluda alaTery^ folly maintained and vindicated. W? cannot Mint to any each oonetruetioo of tba ?flash, and of tha bill ?hleh it auetaioa, without imputing du plicity to tit former and an unsoactltuUouel character to tba latter. for If it la Intended to be argued by Siaa tcr Doty lea, tbat in orratt&f Territorial governmeata la mented with th# ueual powere, they can legixlata 10 aa to exclude aad aboUvh alawT, when the rery !?? whioh or gaaiaea them dee ?ie? tha Territoiiaa open to the immi gration aid setilemefit of the eltTehoMar, we ntirt reject euch a premonition, aa do* only undone 'itatiannl, bats* containing upon ita very fic? the mark of treachery. Thus it appears that the Charleston Mercury has given shape to a suspicion we have repeat edly expressed of treaohery from the adminis tration against the South upon this Nebrask* question. The Boston Post is particularly the confidential organ of the President, and in fore shadowing ibe idea that the South are to be ex cluded from the new Territories by tiie action of the people in their Territorial capaoity it doubtless gives the President's construction of the bill. The Boston Pojf, the Concord Patriot , and the Washington Union . will now per* ceive the necessity of some new statement of the construction which the President give* to this bill of Judge Douglas. Let us have an other administration construction of the bill. The last does not hold water in the South. Thurlow Weed on the Teeth.? Thurlow Weed admits, with tears in his eyes, that our circulation is enormeus and highly respectable, but consoles himself with a savage onslaught on our teeth. We are, he says, a " toothless cur." Now, this must be a mistake ; for Dr. Jones, one of the most eminent dentists in this city pronounces our teeth the soundest be ever found in a man of our years, and good for twenty years at least which is as long as w? shall want them. Thurlow Weed may be % connoisseur of canal lettings and other spoils, but he is evidently no judge of teeth. Tin Oka Winn* Horn at Warn Plum, Braiau to m Gioniri.? At eight o'clock yeaterday (Friday) teaming, a fee wm dieoorered is the above mentioned hotel by oa* of ita laaaatee, aos In a trery ahort time that pretty aad popular plaee of reeort waa a heap of rulaa. It originated la oae of the chimney fluee, rhich we undarataad to have been tome whet defective. The Orawampam waa MIS come nine yeara ago by Maaara. Oakley ft Smith, to* fotmar now Connty Cieth of We? to heater oounty, tha latter deoeeaed. Since the death of Mr. Smith hie jouag wills bee had the whole aa*1 aoie control of tha eeUbluhmcat, and by h?r indefatigable exertion* aad pet dual populari ty with nil the fr?qaenter? of the hotel aha wet rapidly accomnln lag a ?nug little fortune. She hn? by thu? eataetrophe loit her all? the money that aha ha ' laid by keying bean recently apent la tba em belli ahmeat of tha iotanof o( the honae, aad out door Improremnati, of a rery etpeceive caera ter At tha time of the oaflagra- , tfc'n tbe bonre waa crowa'd with boerdera, it being eourh week. Tb? Tiilt<aia <renl>et a neat deal of (empathy for Mra Pmlth'e lota, a* it la uadtrateod aha will no* re cover aay lneoraoc*. Court Calanear-Tkii Day* CoaaoxPuea- Noa s?i, ma, a at, ?ai, sas.sn to 884. Knox and th? Cry atatl Palace. One weald Is eftlai-th 1 1; e ai nore meat ef the P**}.0-. wlaeed by the iiBP?rall?l d dt i aaii trr K NkX S beautiful h?te. * >?ld be .iaft-?otecia?% to ?e?iefy a?y m?o. bn? the eridenct of geo? l.iuaa l.ke ill leek aaear eoi?eelo*ly: 10 th? Oyttel Palace JoHei an-l aea<? aarard ear friend of Nn. FoinA i\, f ai a vmt ni ?b? ?leolnana furaiahad ty Mm ia we (Jreab I, iiii oe. 6ood aewe lt? Eaea and hia thouean 1 p\ krone. ?kila* aljiennn r?n<-y. Drake, Faehlnnable Hatter and Wholrealet mannfaetu-'t. V y. w II IntrMue* the Srrla* Hi 19 at tt<Btleou u . hate aa Satarday. fab. 19, 1S64. Clenln *14 Btoadway, will leenc ihlc day hia apriaa ttjie el *? i tleaea'ehaie and aapi. Tl*la Raiarday, Feb. 18, 1854, the Hew Hat Ue?na< i '.o. 41 a-a 111 Maiaao eaott, effif iheK ar>rme?t)l t>?t< oKteb are ?, ml t> th? met* r ???tifal ?'1' P.' ai-etd. < ?!1 aed a ^ ?h?t caa be d^aa ter tbteed?la lar> valy e <4<.ality aad one prioe. Kr-e ildmieaion to Koot'a Piemlum Gal le-y ? Hfireo. r, ho ? rroeieeii priie atdai et tbe Crre ta fal >oe !o? t> e belt daeae-roupM. Crtyuat, reettle typet Kere ^oiea and pills daeuttre typee, tafcta .IMl wtauer. at m Broadway. (