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NEW YORK HERALD.
james GORDON BESSETT,
l'rophietor and EDITOR.
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To the Public.
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The New*.
FBOM WA8HINC ton
The Senate held an executib e session yesterday
mi confirmed the nomination* gent in of offi-ra in
the Territories of Nebraska sj ?d Kansas. A resolu
tion to dissolve the injnncti m 0f secrecy on the
?ad*den trsasy corresponds nee was referred to a
committee.
Our special despatch ceo taina some interesting
information regarding the prospecta of the reci
procity treaty with the I .ritiab provinces. The
meant District Attorney ship in this city is
an ex<y>edingly lucrative office, and the struggle
tor the place has going on vigorous
fy ever since the announcement of the ac
ceptance of the leafcraation of Mr. OConor.
A fortnight ago it wnu stated that Mr. West
brook, member of Congress from the Eleventh
district, had been the lucky individual who had re
ceived the appointment, but after that came a very
auspicious lull, andnow we learn that a memorial,
signed by eighty or ninety members of Congress!
has been presented to the President urging the no'
initiation of Mr. Westbrook, and it is also said that
CjI. Richardson has personally interested himself
in the matter. It may, therefore, be set down as a
ccrtain event that Westbrook will be the man.
In the Scnnte yesterday Mr. Fessenden presented
? petition for a repeal of the Fugitive Slave lav,
signed, as he stated, by all the voters of the town
?f Milton. New Hampshire, the birthplace of Gen.
Pierce. Mr. Sumner presented a similar petition.
Both were referred. The bill to establish a line of
mail steamships beiween California and Shanghae
touching at the Sandwkh Islands and ports in
Japan, was taken up, and Mr. Seward entered into
an eloquent exposition of its provisions. His speech
is given iL the proper place, and should be read at
tentively by all. After an animated debate the bill
was ordered to a third reading by a vote of twenty
lo nineteen, and then laid aside. The bill appropri
ating ten million dollars to carry out the stipula
tion of tlie Gadsden treaty was rnshed througli
with astonishing celerity, there being but sir votes
in the negative. A resolution w.ts offered by Mr.
Cla^ t?n, aur adopted, railing for correspondence be
tween the Unite I States and Great Britain relative
U> commercial reciprocity with the provinces,
the fisheries, and the navigation of the St. Lawrence
river, the Wellnud and Ridont oiriaK
In the llonse, after some remark* by Mr. Faulk
ner, urging the necessity of speedy legislation on
the Army and Navy bills, and an explanation by
Itr. Mace relative to the charge of fraud brought
agaiiiit Mr. Biehardson by an abolition newspaper,
dnring which he entirely exonerated Mr. E., and
testified to his honorable conduct, the bill amend
irg the po-tage laws was taken up and parsed by a
vote of one hundred and four to fifty-five. This bill
provides for charging on single letters conveyed
three thoupand miles or less three cents postage.
TOe resolution appointing a day for the final ad
Jonrnment of Congress coming up, it was proposed
to adjourn tine dit on the 31st or July. This was
rejected, as wa? also the amendment of the Senate
?nr a recess from, the 17th of July to the lGth of
October. So the House adheres to its resolution t.?
?djourn on the 14tb of August.
POUTJCAL AFFAIRS.
The New Hampshire House of Representative,
had two bailottings for a United States Senator yes
terday, but without any result. Mr. Wells, tbe'ad
iniiiistration candidate, received one hundred and
fifty votes on each trial, falling six and seven be
roq?'red number. Mr. Morrison had sixty
eight votes on the last ballot, when there were two
more votes cast than there were members. This,
we presume, is attributable to the drugged liquor"
that has Wn complained of In Concord. In the
afternoon the Senate elected John S. Wells Senator
[?; short term- This, however, has no effe t
beyond a mere expression of preference. In a nother
column may be found an interesting letter from our
intelligent correspondent at Concord regarding the
distracted condition of politics and politicians in
the Granite State.
The Maine Whig State Convention met at Port
land yesterday. Nearly six hundred delegates at
tended. Hon. Isaac Reed was nominated for Gov- j
?nor, and resolutions in favor of the Maine Liquor
law and a modification of tho Fugitive Slave law
were adopted. The expression of opinion against
U>c Nebraska bill was very decided, of course. In
this State the whig* will carry the election wlthont
n doubt, there being already three democrats at dif
ferent stripes in nomination for Governor.
In Essex county, Vermont, yesWday, the whig*
?ad free soilers nominated a ticket composed of
both parties in equal proportions. The convention
is represented as having been very hanm niom. the
principles of both factions being the sune.
MWCCLLANBOCB.
A despatch from Independence, Mo., rep . the
death of Jndge Brown, agent of the Pottowott mie
Indians.
I.ATKR PROM RBRMI70A.
Our files of Bermuda papers to the 12th of tho
ftwsent month have been received. The Hamilton
AAvrtxttr of the 12th contains the following
Marks on the fact of the withdrawal of the steamer
Curlew from the line between New York and St
Thomas The steam packet Curlew has been sn
?enly and in a very uneonrteous manner taken Mi
llie New York, Bermuda, and St.Thomas ronte, Mr.
Cnnard giving as hi* reason that tho line doed not
pay. Otherwise than being a disappointment to the
mercantile community in the transmission of letters.
Ac-, we nluJl not sustain any great loss after all,she
i*'ng of no benefit to the^e islands in any other na
Onr own sailing vessels will now pick up the bene
ta which she has been carrying avayto enrich
r f n living in other countries.''
The nnirw paper snya:?"The Be "nnda whaling
1,1ft f'^luwpndedforthesesoon.nndjii "'ftrtnnstelj,
fr'mllar to a mfciVr /<f overyear ?, ha* al'W proves
nntnmcKitlB;, r ad a failure throughout erery e?
tab'iKkai nt In \) {stan-ls. Smirb'% I4iil Im'i
>ave token 'h? great* ^ number of <AalN, and oae
cl'the prim ip <\proprietor ban informel as th?y
have fall"!* >huitof paying their expanses." On
Monday, t' c 5th instant, the garrison gl,j boat, be
locgio,; t> , Ireland Island, with five QArsmeu from
the Fift* -sixth regiment,mndc tbe circuit of Ber
muda, ' ;,,rty miles, in nine hours and five minute*.
Tb* Wesley an Missionary meetings held during
the ? lVfK, we are informed, had been highly interest
's and satisfactory.
?' jr. Williams, wlio arrived at Bermuda aspassen
f er, in tbe whaling schooner Flying Arrow, had
' oeen from Inagua six weeks, and reported that a
few days prior to his leaving much rain had fallen,
which wanted the suit then in pan, and some in
heap.
COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS
Tbe delay in the receipt of the Europe's mails,
with the near approach of the national hoMdf.y,
tended to check transactions in produce generally
yesterday. Flour was doll; wheat was inactive,
and corn easier by one or two cents per bushel.
Pork has recently experienced a decided decline,
mess having receded to $12 M) a 112 *124, and
piime to $10 75 a $11; while beef and lard are
pretty well maintained at full prices, without much
doing in the former. Freights were steady, with
light engagements at unchanged rates.
EUROPEAN MVg,
The steamship Buropa. with Later newa from Eu
rope, is now in her thirteenth day. She will proba
bly arrive early this morning.
Tne POLICEMEN.
An account of the meeting held yesterday after
noon of tbe policemen opposed to the regulations
prescribed by the Commissioners is published else
where. The speeches delivered on the occasion will
create a sensation scarcely less than that whicti fol
lowed tbe publication of tbe instructions of Mr.
Marcy on costume to our diplomats abroad. It will
be observed, that while the Secretary of State re
quires our officials in foreign countries not to appear
in nniform, the Commissioners of Police insist on
our officials at home not appearing in any'hiug
else. There 1b no accounting for these little idiosyn
crasies. The question of costume is amomentous one,
but we bad no idea it involved sueh frightful con
sequences as are set forth in the speeches allud
ed to.
The fetraggle between the Abolitionist
Leader*.
At the commencement of the present session
of Congress, the leadership of the abolitionist
or free soil faction was contested by several
cbampi?ne of the cause, some in the Senate and
the House ol Representatives, others occupying
the humhler position of local demagogues and
stump fpeakers. Ability and zeal were equally
distributed between both classes: but all the
discretion of the party was monopolized by the
Senators and members of Cougress. The want
ot this essential quality soon placed Garrison,
Greeley and Parker hors de combat; and the
struggle was continued between Messrs. Sew
ard, Sumner, Wade, Chase, Giddings and Ger
rit Smith. It was carried on with remarkable
vigor and perseverance; each champion had his
little army of adherents, whom the fluctuation*
of fortune elated or depressed. After a few
weeks fighting, two of the competitors, Messrs.
Chase and Wade, were found too weak to main
tain their position. The former did his best to
gain some little notoriety by seeking personal
quarrels with his political adversaries; but
even pugnacity falls in the long run to secure
nd miration or to command support. Chase re
lapsed into a morbid fit of propriety; and
Wade was glad to escape from the pother
of agitation. Close upon their heels, one of the
most renowned chiefs of the sect, the Ajax of
the army, Gerrit Smith, drove his friends to
distraction by renouncing some of the essential
principles of the party faith. It was even
Mhisptrcd that he dined with Southerners.
After this, of course, he wus out of the
question ; and as he seems to have fore
seen his fate, he has prudently anticipated
events by resigning his seat. Remained Gid
dings, Seward, and Sumner, all three in line
condition and full of pluck. The two latter
made a glorious show on the Nebraska, bill,
with speeches which require a winter's leisure to
rend. Sumner tried to steal a march on hid
rivals by having it said at Washington that a
personal attack was to be made upon him by the
Southern members in consequence of his prin
ciples : but Giddings the immortal Giddings.
who has been kicked in aud out of Congress
for opinion s sake, and has endured all manner
of persecution for the cause, was not the mau
to stand I his. lie tore about the capital like a
j madman, proclaiming that he, Giddings. was the
. man to be thrashed ; tlnft if Southerners wanted
j a back to pummel, his and not Sumner's was
i outstretched for the iuliiction. It so happened
that neither of the two would-be victims was
indulged with martyrdom; and little was taken
on either side by the motion.
Meanwhile, Seward was pressing Sumnrr
hard. His organs had already talked of hiin a*
the future President: while Sumner's name had
never been mentioned in conjunction with the
office. His popularity had been steadily in
creasing year by year ; Sumner had hardly re
covered Irorn the damage his early weakness in
the Senate had done him. The confidence of
the partisans of the former was unbounded;
the warmest friends of the latter had secret
misgivings with respect to his sincerity. It
was clear to the most superficial observer, that
unless -ome decisive mark was made by Mr.
Sumner, his position in the party would soon be
waled, himself doomed to a subordinate rank,
and the victory won by the Senator from New
York. To anticipate this became, some weeks j
Imck, the sole concern of Mr. Sumner and his j
friends. Something must be done or said,
whereby the latter would be placed before the
North in as favorable a position as Mr. Seward
I to find out that something has for some time en
j grossed their minds.
I The discovery has b.en made, the problem
j solved. The solution will be found in the re
ports of the proceedings of Congress on Monday
and Wednesday last. On the first of those days
Mr. Sumner declared in the Senate that he re
cognized no obligation upon him to help r.-turn
to slavery any msn; and on Wednesday he
again emphatically repeated his assertion that,
he recognized no obligation imposed by the
j constitution to return a fugitive slave.
j If effect was the only thing sought by Mr.
Sumner, it be desired nothing but to startle the
Senate and the country, we think he may be
congratulated on his success, llis most ardent
rival will not 1* likely to follow him in such
an incredible (light of audacity as this. Many
men lind the courage to perjure themselves; but
to blazon forth one's perjury in such an ai^em
I'ly as the l.njted States Senate r,.qnire" a d"
grce of assurance which approaches the sublime
Mr. Sumner swore, on his admission to the
Senate, to support the constitution of the
' nlted State*. That constitution declares thai
"persons held to wnfffr or labirr in one Stat"
under the laws thereof escaping into another.
shall be delivered up on clfWm of the party to
whom "neh perrW or Jsbo* sJju'J be
If fujlt'vc v"p are to be delivered ur^ 1
tb; y mu t he ro delivered up by ?ouoc one;
iVat tome one can be nouc oth<ir tho/x th*
c:tb riti?>8 of the StnUi, representing tho I
people thai eof, and enti'lod to c.ill upon e.ioh
and every o:ic of tbo*n people to ajj and ae-ist
1hem in the discharge of the dnt^ imposed upon
them by the cwRstitution. Mr. Sumner em
phatically df'<dh?ca* that ha recognizes no obli
gation on bin to render /?uch aid or assistance.
Could he po?*><hly have said in plainer words
that he dnon not regard the article we have
quoted fr?r.i the constitution to have any bind
iug forcft or effect?that he intends to disobey
! and pw oke disobedience to and revolt against
the vfary constitution he swore to support ?
What his aim and object were in thus adding
perjtry to treason, we have shown already. It
I refrains to be seen whether the di-play of these
I'qvalities will procure him fresh favor among
j'ttie people of the North, and set him in advance
?*jf or on a par with bis rival, Mr. Seward. We
i have no means of estimating the esteem in
: which perjury and trea: on are held among the
! school of politicians to which they belong. But
I we do know that a self-confessed rebei against
the constitution is an impudent intruder into a
body sworn to support that constitution. Every
man in this country is free to hold what opiniou
he chooses. We have no necessary quarrel
with any for believing that the constitution is
not binding on them. But those who do be
"1 eve fucb things have no business in the United
States Senate. Infidels have no claim to Bpeak
in our churches; and if an anti-muson ventures
to declaim against masonry in a lodge, having
orsworn himself to obtain admission therein,
he will incontinently be expelled. So Mr.
Sumner, who throws off his allegiance to the
constitution, deserves to be driven from the
Senate chamber. Ilis admission was a fraud on
the body and the country; his oath was a de
testable per.ury; his expulsion would be an
act of justice to himself and a proper evidence
of the high character of the assembly he de
grades by his presence.
The Kansas Emigration Scheme?The Other
Side in Motion.?According to the following
statement from the Burlington (Iowa) Tele
graph, the slaveholders are in motion, not
only for the re-occupation of Kansas, but of
Nebraska likewise :?
At St. LonU. a few days since, were a number of gangs
of slaves, ?h route for Nebraska in charge of their owner*.
(Similar statements respecting ihe transportation of
slaves Into Kansas are made by the Independence (Mis
souri) Dispatch. There Is here and there a simpleton to be
yet found, as we are tojd, who pretends to argue that
slavery will not and cannot go into the-e Territories. To
ail bucIi there is a short answer: The immigration of
slaves and slaveholders into Kansas and Nebraska has al
ready begun 1
Very well, the two Territories are open to
the people of the South and > he North?to
slaveholders as well as to abolitionists. The
issue of slavery or no slavery in Kansas and
Nebraska reBtB with the people thereof, when
they shall come to ask for admission as States
into the Union. Meantime, there is no consti
tutional impediment to the Massachusetts emi
gratory scheme?none to the alleged counter
acting scheme of the Missouri slaveholders.
Kansas and Nebraska are open for a fair con
test between slavery and anti-slavery, North
and South. If the South lose, we presume
they will submit to it with cheerfulness: if
they should win, it will be upon a fair notice
and a full trial.
How abfeiird to talk of a repeal of the repeal
ing clause of the Nebraska bill, when, by the
meeting of the next Congress, Kansas and Ne
braska, Oregon and Minnesota may all be
knocking for admission as States into the
Union! The restoration of the Missouri restric
tion is a ridiculouo enterprise. The restriction is
done for?the practical issue is in the emigration
to Kansas and Nebraska; and if Theodore Par
ker, Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Garrison, Horace
Greeley and Company, desire to do anything
for the cause of free soil, they ought to go
out and settle in Kansas forthwith. Their pre
sence in that. Territory would bring them
into more immediate contact with the "peculiar
institutions" of the South, of which they know
so little and assume to know so much. In this
way their demagoguism and fanaticism mi?ht
be tempered into toleration, and they mi;'t
thus become quiet and useful citizens. It won id
not be surprising if they should consent, by
and-by. to hold a few slaves themselves, should
slavery Ihj established in Kansas. At aH events,
the occasion should not l>e thrown away fur a
fair trial in Kansas and Nebraska between the
disorganizing and disunion firebrands of the
North and the South, face to face. Let the
South give John Mitchcl a plantation In Kan
sas, "well stocked with good fat negroes," and
let Horace Greeley establish alongside of him
an abolition, woman's rights, Fourierite pha
lanx. and let the people of the Territory abide
by the result, if they think proper. At all
events, let the agitators who are going into
spasms concerning slavery in Kansas, bundle
up and move out there without delay. The sooner
the i.-sue upon the great fundamental doctrine of
equatter sovereignty is settled the better.
There can be no repeal of the sovereignty gf
the people.
Famine in Holt Land.?It appears thattli . se
fearful visitations of dearth and famine, to
which the people of Israel were so frequently
fubjected in ancient times, are still among the
most serious drawbacks to a settled residence
in the Holy Land. Recent letters from the ve
nerable city of Hebron, calling upon Sir Moses
Montifeore for relief, say that the land of Judea
is 44consuming its people," that "the dearth
which prevails is unparalleled in the annals of
the country. Failing harvests arc superseded
by drought, so that the faae of the earth is lite
rally scorched, and the wail of the famished
multitudes is heard by day and by night, and
our streets arc thronged with starving children,
who vainly implore for food."
Such arc the n presentations of the elders
and wardens of the congregations in Hebron,
reminding us forcibly of pimilar recorded mis
fortunes in the history of the patriarchs, pro
phets, judges, and kings of Israel. The rem
nant of Israel, still abiding in the country of
David and Solomon, now call for relief against
drought and famine. And, we doubt not, that
with relief their cry will be answered from our
bountiful supplies. The Rev. S. M. Isaacs, 66'J
Houston street, New York, to this end, will
thankfully acknowledge any contributions that
may be given to his charge.
Who Pats the Rent??In the latft resolu
tions of ejectment of the Know Nothings from
Tammany Hall, it i? pretty generally under
stood tliat the identical man was excommuni
cated who carrics the money bag and settles
the bills for house room and gas. If such be
the case, who pays the rent now ? We ask the
qnextion in behalf of the clerks of the Custom
il?vse and Post Office. The Treasurer l?ing
eject*.', who ppy^ tjie rent of Tammany nail?
Tut ni/NKtii State Convention?Wiu. it be
S* mriCD^On Wednesday, the 12th of July
proximo, iho huuker national democrats of the
State of New Y?rk hold their convention at
g\ recuse, the centre of abolitionism. Whether
there w as u? objcct iu calling the opponents ol
the administration in grand council, on that
particular day, in that particular Jerry rescue,
city, at such an unprecedented early day in the
Kta*on, are quefctions of pome import, and solu
tions to which may be given at an earlier day
$an the State Central Committee anticipate or
prefer. The bufincsa will be to nominate a
State ticket?candidates for Governor, Lieute
nant Governor, Canal Commissioner, and State
Prison Inspector?in place of Seymour, Church,
Fitzhugh and Storms. Efforts are now making
to induce D. S. Dickinson to allow his name to
be used for the first office, not with any expec
tation,, however, of electing him, but merely to
save the hundred thousand votes cast for their
ticket at the last election. As Mr. D. has given
ample demonstration that he is not ambitious
for political distinction, (having refused the
Presidency when tendered to him by Vir
ginia, and also the Custom House in thiB
city, offered him by President Pierce,) he may
consent to the use of his nam* to call out the
hunker strength in opposition to, the softs and
free Boilers. He is now being interrogated
upon the subject, and it iB likely that Birdsall
will bring his ultimatum i&his pocket, to the
convention. Bronson being out of the question,
having declined the nomination; and in case
Dickinson protests against the use of hia name,
then the next choice would be John Vanderbilt.
Accommodating as his disposition iB, he inay be
prevailed upon to run. Having taken the lead in
the Legislature in bringing about the completion
of the canals, it is due to the canal interests that
an opportunity should be afforded whereby a
testimonial in favor of his course in the Legis
lature might be awarded him.
The hunkers may cordially unite upon their
State candidates. But can they construct a plat
form upon which they can cordially stand'! Is
not the Nebraska question an element out of
which discord is likely to be produoed?
The ultra opponents of President Pierce
declare that the State convention shall
not only denounce the President, but the
Nebraska bill also. These are the men
who approve the course of Wheeler, Maurice
and Pcckham, in voting against the bill,
solely on the ground that Pierce was at times
apparently in favor of it. A class of such men
will be sent to the State convention, who will
insist upon the passage of anti-Nebraska reso
lutions, in connection with others denunciatory
of Pierce, Marcy, and the national administra
tion. Others will be delegates who are in fa
vor of the bill organizing the Territories of
Nebnihka and Kansas, and expunging the Mis
souri compromise from the acts of Congress,
but opposed to any reference to the matter in
the resolutions of the convention. This is the
rock* upon which the hunkerB will likely split
if the hot heads on either side prevail at Syra
cuse. Let them endorse the bil 1, reject it, or
emother resolutions offered on the one side or
the other, and difficulties must ensue. Now, the
question arises?and the hunkers, as well as the
softs, must meet it?whether it is proper or
prudent for them to utter a syllable upon the
subject. They must see that,in any event?en
dorsing or condemning the Nebraska bill?a
firebrand will be thrown into their ranks;
and although it will not greatly increase the
soft and free soil vote, it would more than
likrdy produce a dissolution of the hunker or
ganization.
The only cohesive power by which the hards
have been kept together is hatred of the free
soilers and opposition to the national adminis
tration. The canal question and the appoint
ments to office mainly contributed to this feel
ing, though the origin may be traced back as
far at< the defeat of General Cass and Silas
Wright. Whih' they remain in this position,
aiming at the annihilation of Pierce, Marcy,
and those now in power at Washington, and in
maintaining the popular canal policy in this
Stale, the hunkers will be able to occupy ex
alted positions and impregnable ground, as a
portion of the new national party of the North,
and eventually scatter the softs and free soilers
among the whigs, abolitionists, and democrats;
but absolutely certain it is, that if the State
convention on the twelfth of July allow the
introduction and discussion of the Nebraska
question, un fait accompli, a disruption and
evident destruction of their organization will
immediately occur, and the softs be left in pos
session of a part of the remnants and fragments
of the democratic party in the State.
It is stated that a union of the hards and
softs has been attempted in Oswego. Two or
three free soil government officers under Pierce,
have all but pledged their support to the nomi
nees of the July convention, in case a union
can be effected. The printer of the free soil
sheet, who was sent from the Albany mint
some eighteen months since to fight the hun
kers, and who iB a custom house officer at Oswe
go, was very ardent in his pledges for union,
harmony, and hostility to the whigs. William
B. Lewis, and half a dozen other hard hunkers,
confided in those free soil profeBsions. and con
sented to cuter into the union ranks. The mat
ter was finally referred to the leaders of both
sections in the county, and from the looks of
things at present there is reason to expect they
will unite in sending delegates to Syracuse in
July, knocking for admission into the conven
tion, not for the purpose of exhibiting any fac
tious opposition to the nominations, but to
bring in the Nebraska question, which, they
imagine, being once kindled, will blow the
hards sky-high. With the prospect of this poli
tical pyrotechnic displr.y in view, the conven
tion of the 12th proximo promises to be a very
interesting meeting.
The Hog Nuisancb.?There ia no more
fruitful method to bring about the growth of a
large crop of cholera, and otbar epidemic dia
eaeea, than the keeping of unclean animala
within the city limit*. Thin fact waa demon
strated a long time ago, and we hare a law
which provides that hogs shall not be kept in
the city below Eighty-first street This law,
like many others, has become a1 most a dead
letter ; but there is now some prospect that It
will be partially, if not atrictly, enforced. The
City Inspector ban ascertained that many pub
lic spirited citizens are engaged in the hog
breeding business in the upper wards of the
city?a great many wore found near Fiftieth
street, and the owners have been duly indicted.
During the last fortnight not a single cur, of
high or low degree, has dared to indulge in the
luxury of an unrestricted promenade, and the
execution of the hog law is just as important to
the health and safety of our citizens as that of
the dog law. Hog pens are nuisances in the
city at any time, bat In (be summer their por
cine tenants should be rusticated without ,
delay. Country air is good for them.
The fame subject in agitating the good people >
of Brooklyn, and we see that the citizens of i
the Ninth ward are to hold a meeting this eve- '
n;ng, for the parpo.se of taking measures against
tin innundation of peripatetic pork, with which ;
they are threatened. In case the law is not i
lnlly enforced in this city, we would recom
mend the citizens of the upper wards to pursue ;
a similar course. The City Inspector has, how- ?
ever, manifested a disposition to do his duty in !
the premises, and we truBt that he will not 1
falter by the wayside. Away with all nuisances.
This Gadhden Treaty and the,Sknate.?The
Senate at Washington are reported as having
gone into executive session yesterday upon the
Gadsden treaty! But why this secresy now,
the treaty being consummated? Is there no
man in the Senate of sufficient moral courage
and independence to call for the secret cor- j
mpondence upon this treaty with a view to its
publication? Let us know who are the partici
pants in these ten millions of the spoils. Are
Senators afraid of treading upon the toes of
the Kitchen Cabinet? Have the peoplp no in
terest in the public money? Are both Houses
of Congress responsible only to the Executive
for their acts? Have the members of Congress,
like the Executive, made up their minds for re
tirement at the expiration of their present term
of office; and are they thus resolved to make
the most of it? In behalf of the people, who
foot the bills, we should like to know.
The Administration and the North?The
Approaching State Elections.?The admin
istration has recently been called upon to la
ment the overslaughing of the spoils demo
cracy in New Hampshire, Rhode Island aad
Connecticut. The Northern States which have
yet to hold their State elections, are as fol
lows:?
? ?August 7 Massachusetts Nov. 18
laiiforma..,.. .September 6 New York do 7
i?" *?? 0 Now Jersey " do. 7
Maine......... do. 11 Ulinota do 7
Pennsylvania ...October 10 Michigan ... do 7
J"'1? do. 10 Wisconsin do. 7
Indiana do. 10
Is any one of these States sure for the ad
ministration this year ? Alas for the spoils?
the secessionists and the Buffalo free soilers!
Where is the national democracy ? Where ia
the Baltimore platform ?
More Light About the Know Nothings.
The movements of this mysterious society con
tinue to attract a large share of public attention
and by certain extracts which were published
in yesterday's Herald, it will be seen that
they have extended their line of operatio ns to
the Pacific coast. Old Virginia seems impreg
nated with the spirit of nativeism, and at Nor
folk, on Saturday, the Know Nothings achieved
a signal triumph, electing their entire municipal
ticket. In Baltimore, Boston, and other At
lantic cities, they are believed to be very
strong.
The African Lyrical Stage.
Edwin p. Christy's negro minstrelsy?the
OPERA OP BRACK DOUGLAS AT WOOD'S?CIN
DERELLA at Buckley's*
Now that the mpremaey of the children of u,
like the restoration of the scattered people of Judea,
daikly looming in the future, and that Ethiopian king
doms and republics, beginning with the great Nebraakan
Empire, are about to substitute the federal divisions and
hard and soft shell party classifications of the American
continent, it becomes necessary to watch attentively the
progress of this interesting people lu the various arts of
civilization, by their superior capacity Tor whioh?it is
thought by certain ethnologists and philosophers?they
will ultimately subjugate to their rule the rapidly degen
erating Anglo Saxon and Spaniah races. We have seen
how in Hayti their dotorralnsd onergy ami great millbar*
genius have succeeded in crushing out the whites, and
establishing on'o of the most remarkable empires upeo
record?on empire whose conception and inception have
suggested servile imitations both in Mexloo and France
We behold there a court distinguished as much for its
elegance and refined tastes, and liberal but discriminat
ing patronage of the arts, as for its profound aequain
tance with the science of government, and the noble
models of legislation which it has produced. If we are
desirous of witnessing the results of African
spirit and energy in their democratic phase, we
have only to turn to Liberia, where we will find a
powerful republic, like the Home of old, gi owing up
amidst swanf* and morasses. Seek we to peer curiously
into the future, we may behold Cuba, Jamaica and
others of the West India Islands flourishing under the
rule of sagacious and enlightened rulers of this once de
spisedrace, and if the phllanthropical and disinterested
notions of the abolitionists are realised, we may probably
see them lords paramount on our own soil. Be their
destiny what it may, the wonderful plasticity of this ae
complied people will adapt them to it. From the use
which they have made of the opportunities they have
already had, it is evident that they can improvise and
Improve upon every form of poliUcal institution known
to ancient or modern times. It is the samo in the arts
Eminently classical in their tastes, they have modernised
| fP*at advantage the nomenclature of the Romana, and
I refined upon many of the crude artistical notions of the
Greeks. The propyl? aad friezes of Haytlan palatial ar
chitecture have been pronounced by eompetent judges as *
remarkable departures from the stiff mannerism of the
Parthenon and other over estimated models of antiquity.
Borrowing what is excellent from the different primitive
schools of art, the new, or, as we may term it, Ethi
opian style, may be regarded as eclectic in its general
character. If it presents a peculiarity it ia that of a too
prevailing and uniform style of ornamentation.
As with the Egyptians the lotus was almost the
only floral embellishment made use of, so with
the creators of the new school, the palm and the flg leaf
constitute the chier decorations of their nnde Interstlcla1
spaees. They may be repugnant to our modern notions'
but they are strictly In consonance with those great
leading natural principles that have been lo?s sight of in
the corruptions of a gross and material age.
In the general blindness which appears to prevail with
regard to these facts, it Is not surprising that a new
school of music, emanating from the same fertile souroe
should be growing up amongst us, of which but little no!
fee been taken by the props, although It la fast de
throning In popularity the works of the great Italian
and German composers. From the modest lyrieal effu
sions which marked Its first rise, negro minstrelsy has
taken an ambitious developement, which never rested
satisfied until it achieved the pain of operatic aueoess.
To Edwin P. Christy may be accorded the merit of origt
natlng the new school, and of estabMihlng It (Irmly in
popular favor. Ia the original establishment, after eight
years of continuous success, unprecedented, we beieve,
in the annals of similar entertainments, he is still
content to rest his claims to publlo patron
age on the lively little episodes which to vividly
illustrate the grotesque peculiarities of the race from
whleh his portraits are drawn. And well he may. We
knaw no plaee of amusement ia which an evening can be
more agreeably speat, or whleh more forcibly Illustrates
the rinim Untati* amiei of Horace. Those who go there
may, with truth, say:?
De time is nebber dreary,
If the darkey nebber groans;
De ladies nebber weary,
Wid de rattle of de bones.
In the opposition hou#e (Wood's,! a successful effort
has been made to unite the eccentricities of these
representations with the requirements of the regu
lar drama. Operatic burlo?ques of sterling comic merit,
and presenting the connected interest of a regular story,
are nightly played to overflowing audience*, of a higher
claps than used formerly to attend these places, and who
apt ear to take as much pleasure In them as in the more
ambitious compositions of the Italian school. And with
all the attractions of a first rate company, admirable
vocal and instrumental performers, a well appointed
theatre und be.'.ntlful scenery, wo candidly own, al
though the confession it ay appe.tr like heresy to
some, that we enjoy this variation of oar the- ;
atrical pleasures with greater rest than the |
dull platitudes of what Is called selentiflo j
music. One of the ehief merits of the management |
of this b?v?e is tl>e promptitude with which it Mixes a* I
aubjecta for It* pleasant satire on topK 0f prMMi is
teres t, ?u-h for instance u spiritual rappj^ A hugh*
blr caricature of which la now on? of its ,[ncip?l ||
tractions. No subject could have been better u^pted to
bring ou' in broad relief the superstitious foible* of th?
nrgi o character, and the author of the libretto baa tarn
ed to humorous account the opportunities that it aBord
ed him. The operatic burletta of "Black Douglas."
which si'ceerds it, is, an will be at once jpexsed from its
tl'le, a burlesque on Home's wel known play. Much an
it pained as to find turned into effective ri iioule the only
dramatic effort of our schooldays, hallowed as it was by
same pleasant boyish recollections, on teeing the bur
lesque we were com pelitd to acknowledge the truth ot'
tbe adage, "Du tubltmt au ridicule il n'y a qu'unpa*.'"
let the reader picture to himself the heart-breaking
lamentations of the bereaved mother, uttered through
the husky voice of a moustacboed black, whose female
habiliments are torn with a jaunty looseneis homo what
at variance with our notions of tbe gracand dignity at"
Dome's heroine?a Glcnalvon with a wig and/
beard of scarlet wool denoting his sanguine tem
perament, snd a Young Norval, (Nebraska Bll i
Douglas,) whose youthful simplicity and artleaaneat.
are appropriately typified by all the uegro slang ant)
cunning which George knows how to throw into thus#-,
characters, and he will have a fair ide.s of the ludi
ctcub effect produced liy there contrasts on the minds
of the spectators. The choruses in the piece are very
effvetive, und break up the dialogue ih the quaintest and
odde?t wtiy possible. Judging by the uproarious appro
bation of the tudienoc, and the numbers by wbich every
pait of ihe house was thronged, these pie.-es seem d c?.
tined to have a lengthened run.
Buckley's troop is fclso playing opera, and great ei
penre has been goue to by the proprietor to render the?
negro lyrical drama as effective in spectacle an it is in.
mucicsl sentiment. ''Cinderella" has been brought out.
wiih all the accessories of fine scenery, rich cos
tume#, and excellent orchestral music. This pieoe ha#.
roved a great attraction, and nightly drawa crowded,
houses.
From thla slight sketch it will be seen that the nejro
opera has become one of the recognixcd Institutions of thfr
conntry. Let tbe Italian companies look to their laurel"
A'imium He trede colori.
Bowery Theatre?Mrs. Mai-ready. lSr
Kotwbue'g play, "The Stranger," waa presented at iht
Bowery tl eatre last evening, and the part of Mrs Haller
was played by Mrs. Macroady, a lady who formerly re-?
sided in Philadelphia, and who made her debut in that
city about two yearn since. She commenced her ft rut en -
gagement In New York at the Bowery, las' Monday ove~
nlng. Ilia. Macready's performance of Mrs. Halle r waa/
in many respects, excellent; ahe hai a fine, clear voice,
and givee the language, aa far aa pronunciation and ac
centuation go, in undeflled English, a quality whirh^
might be profitably imitated by many act i-esses we wot
of. The beat points that she made tart night were these : ?
at the end of the thiad a^, where she discover*
herself to the Countess Wintersen, and in the fifth act.
wheie the stranger tenders to her the jewel box. She
acted quietly, and therefore effectively, for it ia evident
thai she haa not yet mastered the art of portraying the
depth of psasion in the forcible style which distinguishes
Dm. Farren, Miss Dean, Miss Logan, and othera of the
same sobool. Mrs. Macready's manner ia graceful, eisv
and refined; and in every instance she showed that she
was a well bred woman. Her faulta are those of a novice
she is rather slow at times, and falls to give that market
identification of the character which the audience haa a
right to expect from an artiste who ia represented to be
a star. In the strong points at the end of the
fourth and fifth acts, she waa not equal to
the occaak>n. She did not make a sufficient degree of dis
tinction between the1 first ana last pprtioDS of the play:-*
and where she should have been gay, she seemed melan
choly and thoughtful, thereby denying the truth of her
own language, where she says that she was beginning to
recover her former atr of " easy gaiety" when the sight
ot the child of Count Wintersen recalled to her the
memory of her son. That Mrs. Macready haa marked
talent for the profession which she has chosen appear*
to be true; It la also true that ahe haa still something to
loam.
Mr. Goodall played the Stranger. He seemed distrait
in the part, and though it was a perfeot performance,a a
far as the words were concerned, the effect of his con
ception wa* considerably marred by orrr-strained at
tempts at imitations of the style of ccrtain very pepu
lar actor*. Mr. Goodall has talent enough to be origi
nal, r.s certain points in his last night's performance
clearly proved. The other charaoteis were generally
very well sustaioed The Baron Steinfort of Mr. R. k
Johnston, the Solomon of Mr. Glenn, and ilio Francis of
Mr. James Dunn, deserve particular mention; and the
pitce was, altogether, played much better than it de
served.
Hydropathic E>tabushmknts.?We have received awe
1 *1 communications relative to the water cure syntom.
as practised in thin country. There arc several ostub
isbmtnts where the healing art is dispensed hydro path! ?
cnlly; but the best water cure establishment that wo
know of is that of Dr. Scheffendecker, Kimoorton, Chet-,
ter county, Pa. The Doctor ia a worthy follower of the
i great Fresnitr, the founder of the hydropathic ayatem ot
medicine.
Tiis Opera?Opbxuio Night?Castle tardea will be'
openwi this evening, by Max Maretzck, for the perform
ance of the grand qf.era "Lucia di Lammcrmoor," on*
of Donizetti's most admired productions, being the first'
appearance in America of MareUek's now company.
Dcmna Gomez is the Lucia, and Signor BeraJdi the Ed
gardo of the night. To properly inaugurate such nt^
event, Gastle Garden should be crowded this evening.
Marine Affairs.
A N'rw Btxan DrbkifforOh.arijhtosH-Mmoit ?A steiir
propelling sand dredge for Charleston harbor, of Tory
large sire and power, was lately built in this city, by Wm.
Coll, or She is called the Capt. A. H. Bovman, and Is one
hundred and seventy-five feet long, and about eighty tons
burthen. She was constructed after tho design of J. C.
Osgo>d, who has built a great many of these kind of boats,
but adapted only for smooth water. The machinery/
which is of a gigantic character, is the work of Hogg ft
Delamater. The principle and plan of the vessel are
upon an entirely different system to any hitherto used^
she being able to dredge effectually during the swell of
the sea, while the sort of vessels hitherto In nse were
only adapted for smooth water. The work will also be
performed at much less expanse, as the ten or twenty
scows usually employed, eash with a large complement
of men, will be eniirely dispensed with. In appearance,
she looks like an ordinary propeller, with the engine ant
machinery on deck. An idea may be formed of her pjv*
er and capacity, when it is stated that she can ihodt
down a depth of forty feet in a bed of sand in the sei^
and scrape up three tons per minute, or nine thousand
tons per week. When hor receiver ia full, the will steaaa
out Into the ocean, and by means of trap doors, depoalt
her load into the bottom of the sea. The vessel went
down tho river on a trial trip the other day, and proved
%ery satisfactory. Phe leaves to-day for tho scene of her
labors in Charleston harbor, where she is expected to ar
rive In about eight days.
Tux Sukkbm Ship Jckkpi Walks.?Another attempt, op
a larger scale, waa made on Wednesday afternoon to
raise this vessel. When the tide began to ebb, threa
large steaan pumps were set to work, beslles two dippers,
worked by steam. The work went on until the evening
but very little If any impression had been made on the
water ia the ship. The vessel Ues in thirty feet of water,
'at the end of the dock, a little below Roosevelt street,
where she sunk after being burnt at tlie conflagration
which destroyed the clippers Great Republic and WhHe
Squall. Notwithstanding the little encouragement re
sulting la his attempts to raise her, Capt. Bell, the cm
tractor, ia still sanguiae of accomplishing f.
TH* CLIPPERS N. B. PALMER AND FLYfNG CLOUD.
Nbw Ouaxs, June 20, 1854.*
TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Reading the Boston Semi Weekly, Alia* of the 10th
Inst., 1 saw an account of the ship l'lylng Cloud's
late passage to San Francisco; and la the remarks,
it ssys:?" We have upon a former occasion shown how
the Flying Cloud once overhauled the clipper N. B.
Palmer, run her out of alght in less than twenty hours,
ana boat her from the latitude of Rio Janeiro to San
I randseo, twenty-one days."
I was In the ship Flying Cloud on that voyage, an-1 the
two ships fell in company in tbe latitude of the Rio d* la
Plata?the Talmer being ahead, having sailed ten da>s
after us In the Cloud. The wind was light, at dayllflht.
ami we had been near Cuba all the night before. During
the forenoon the breeie sprung up from the northeast,
snd both ships made sail for a race?the N. B. Pa'insr
outsailing the Fly'ns Cloud, while the wind waa exactly
ait, snd Capt. Law findini his ship outsailing the Cloud,
hove to to speak. The (loud came up and both masters
bid ea?h other success on the passage, and parted for a
race. just at twelve, noon, rhe Palmer hauled two points
to thaVestward lor a side wind; there Ca|>t. I/>W missed,
for thai was what tbe I lying Cloud wished for. During
the night the wind freshened, so that by fonr iu the
inflrnii>g the < kind bad all atudding sails taken In; at
eight o'clock (jnsi i;ood nay light) the Palmer i"?<
astern toot of her, foretopaall In sight, with hie forewp
mast stuodmg sail sot. It shut la thick with rain before
nine o'clock, and of course she was lost from our sight;
snd lh?t la tho way the Flying Cloud outsailed k?r so