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Hew York, Saturday, February 17, 1S55.
T.'ie New*.
Our Washington despatches are very interesting.
Tbo motementa of the government to checkmate
fee fililusters are minutely detailed. Ve have
additional new from Cuba which atetee tdatGeu.
Concha was well acquainted with the design* of
(he expeditionists, aad thai he had isffced aprocW
??tion commandiig thbt no quarter be ahown
them in case of capture. President Pierce has ap
?re,ea the resolution conferring the rank of L ent.
Central uj-on General Scott. A veto of the F :e ach
Spoliation bill has been prepared, and wlli probv
My be sent to the House today.
Wo have received the important decision or Mr.
McLane, the United States Commwsioaer, in tho
(.Hair cf the disputed import, export and wan ago
duties at Btanghae, alleged to be due and owing by
citizens of the United States during the vicarious
udm ii is trat ion ol the Custom House at that port by
ttK American and English Consuls, and which ex
tended from the 7th of September, 1853, to the 12ih
of July, 1864. The amount awarded -to the Culnew
Superintendent of Customs at Shanghae, by thia de
cision, is 118,040 taels, nine mace and four candv
Mens, or in round figures about $'230,000. Tais
tBicunt will t ave to be collected by the United
Btates Consul from the following houses:? Ruaselt
& Co.; Smith, King & Co.; Ball, Nye & Co.; Augus
tine Heard & Co.; Wetmsre & Co.; Hiram Fogg &
Co.; Wei. G. Pierce, Frank Foster, and F. D. Wil
liams. The award was rendered on tho 231 of No.
vtmber.
We pub'ish to-day highly interesting lettera from
qut London and Paris correspondents, received by
fee Asia, with com? additio n! ex iracts from on<
Europsan files. The subjects of the ministerial
diais ia F.tgland, the management of the War Dd
paitm'nt, the re'ative political pos'tlons of Austrii
H,1 PitBhia, with the latest report from Sabastopjl,
are treated of at length. An article from ths
London Times shows that that journal was dis
posed to look at the position of the British army
to ibo Crime* in & more chucrful light. Gen. Paez,
the Vene sue ian chief, haa tffered h'.i serrioes to the
British to drill a light cavalry corps on the South
American sjstsm. It is stated that the Western
Powers have entered into confidential negotiations
with Spain for the accession of an aaxillaty ,'oroe of
26,000 men to be sent to tbe Crimea. The " consi
deration" for this seivice is stated to be the assist
ance of England and France to protect Spain in tHe
poaeessloH of Cuba a ainst any freebooting atUok
on the pait of citizens of the United States. A state
ment to the same effect was made previous to the
temmencement of active hostilities on the Diiuub' .
Bpain refused at that time to make the arrangement.
The recent news from Cuba, however, readers it
highly prcbable that the " consideration" alluled
to hsb been accepted, and the arrival of a portion of
the BntiBh West IadU fleet at Havana confirms the
toiprission.
it will be ?een, from a notice in another ooIumni
feat a meeting (f t-hippi&g merchants is to be he.d
at the Merchants' Exchange to day, at ,34 o'clock,
P.M., to lake into consideration the iavsrogH
lating the transportation of emigrant passeeigorH.
The prtrest law wsj passed when neatly, If cot
quite, all the American packets were two dejk<rs;
but since then they have been built with three
decks. The efTect of the present law, tigUly #3'
forced, will be to cause a large nujoii'.y of them to
be seized for violation of law, although actually
affording more room and better accanmoda
tons to emigrants than wet* provide! for nn
der the law. It seems that a new lav, th-j
present Ea&ion, was agreed upon joiutiy by
the Secretary cf the Treasury, the shipping
merchants, aid the Committee on Cimmirce.
The latter reported it unanimously, w^on it was
nlled np in the Senate. Mr. Benjamin, of Louisi
ana, opposed it on the gTonnd thit Sana'or Fish,
who had left fer the remainder of the session, Ui
left a hill of his own, on the same subject, with a
request for him to press that, and to oppose ah
others. In the meantime the Secretary of tha
Treasury dsctares that unless a new a~v is pi's^u,
he will enforce the old lav in the John Cochtaoe
?esse of it, ?whkb, U carried out, may lead to the
?? eurc and withdrawal from service of about one
hundred first class aerchant v*ssels. At the nr;ot
tog to-day, resolutions w 11, no doubt, lw adopted,
?rging strongly upon the attention of Congress tho
necessity of speedy legislation on the subject. Ra
gret was expriffd that Senator Fish should, while
unexpectedly withdrawing himself for the r?,miU
der of the session, have left the subject thus tm
fearrasterf.
The United SUtes Senate yesterday was occupied
tott.e consideration of private bills. Ike rao'bn
to reconsider the vote laying the bill relative to tLe
pnva'cer Gen. ArmsteoEg on the tablo wa agr.ed
to, and after some explanati in as to the agreements
entered Into between the friends and opponents of
the measure, it was again tabled? 24 to 23.
The Hcufe at an early hour went Into comm'ttoe
en the Mail Bteumtr Appropriation bill AfVr a
debate ct two dnys duration, the friends of the CjV
fee eteamehlpa have triumphed. Theameadmnt
?f Mr. Olds, repealing the directions glv??n to t is
Secretary of the Navy to terminate the additional
allowance to the Collins line, was agreed to -80
votes in the affi'iiative, na>s not caunted. Tis
committee then toee, and without taking the que*
tton cf concurrence on tin ameudment the House
adjonrted.
Tbe steamboit C immodore arrive! last nieht 'n
safety with her passengers from B aston, after being
blocked up in the ice off Head* Point iiac> Wednes
*7 forenoon. We give elie where &a uccoa it of
tbe inclctnts and infieringe onboard.
The Lieutenant Governor of tbe B*.%te, and hie
?cpir'cerfl in the Daily Tim*$, are'to appear before
the Marire Conrt tiia morning to show cause why
?hey sh >c!d not be committed fit a <mrtei?(rt,
arising ont of a lampoon published in that p\p?r on
Thursday.
The Singapore Bi- Monthly Circular of Dm. 25,
ba* come to Land. The imports of gold and s.iver
?o*t daring the fortnight consiited of 118 bancilj
from the Arch!p<lsgo. The rates reported for Aun
traliau are (29 to 12!) 25 for ban*, and $29 to $28 60
per lrancal for dtu*? Export*, aa aba re, 1 ,0G2 bus*
rata.
The cotton market wr? more active jesterley,
a?d all grades above mldlllng were qolto ateidy,
with a tendency to atlffer prices. Inferior and mid
dtfog grades were easy to pnrcbaae, without further
?bangs In prices. The vales embraced about 3,000
bales, about fcalf of which were in transitu.
Flour was steady, without c^anjr* of moment In
pviCM. Some purchases were m*do for export.
wb*at was quiet. Corn so d at $l for Jereey white.
Pork was some easier, with moderate sales. Betf
was Arm.
Wt%p ft w^tk cbWM hfti ftdTusced en* itat p
pound, ud ia now be'-d it eleven Mats, owiag to
some speculative movement.
The spirit rappera wermlsa In fall fore# at the
Tabernacle last evening. We present a graphic re
port of the sayings and doings, together with the
address of ex- Judge Edmaods, the first tie has de
Uvered In this cHy euioe he beoame a convert t)
the doctricca of spiritualism.
In the New York Senate yesterday, the bid to
prevent encroachments on our hurSor passed to a
third reading, the section reqoiring a report reipcot
' ing certain obstructions on the Brookljn shore bav
| ing been htru.k out. The Lemon aiavo case res>
I hition was tken np, when the dispute between
I M.esie. Brooks and Dickiaaon, relative to the
quarrels of the silver grey and woolly seo'iona of
the iate whig party, was continued. We forbear in
flioting npon onr reiders a report of the discuvioa.
A number of bills ot local Importance were passed
in tie Assembly. The Prohibitory Liquor bill was
considered in the afternoon se&ion, but the question
to recommit had not been taken when the ad
jourrment took pla :e. We have received a copy of
Mr. Weed's substitute, which prohibits the sale of
intoxicating: liquors to be drank on the premises,
but permits tn* sale in qu entities not leu than live
gaiions, under certain limitations anl restrictions
and punishes intoxication summarily. As yet we
do not perceive that this substitute has received the
slightest favor frc? the ultra tenp*ranoj party,
and, therefore, pjst.>one its publication.
The senseless practice of burning delinquent po
liticians in effigy has increased since the election of
Mr. Seward. Daniel Ullman was served in this
way at Albany yesterday, and Mr. Little] ihn,
Speaker of the Assembly, was hung before the
cturt bouse at Poug>>keept>ie the night prev.o us.
We }.nbllsh else were the proceedings yutarday be
fore the Ccrom'.tUe on Public Health, of the Council
men, the subject ur der consideration being the ex
pediency of prohibiting the slaughtering of cattle
below Fiftieth street. Dr. Downing, City Inspector,
appeared, and not only strongly urged the prohibi
tion, but counselled the paisajje of an ordinance
abolishing slaughter houses from the city altogether.
The Doctor made eom 3 startling revelation* respect
ing sale of diseased meat, a practice, it seems, of
daily occurerce, and one which, under tne prescut
regulatkLS, there is no way of stopping. He re
lated an instance of "the meat of a cow which he
bad seized as it was about beiog sold, which was
absolutely putrii} Lag, and when the linger pressed
against the hind quarters the matter exuded as
though from an abcess." No wonder Dr. Un
derbill exclaimed, with every ind cation of disgust,
that henceforth he was a convert to vegetarianism.
Aid jet tola sort of stuff is dally sold in the mar
kcts and butchers' shops, under the nosa of the
City Inspects, end he has withheld the facts from
the public. He likewise stated that were the pub
lic to knew all he w>s acquainted with in regard to
tliis practice of selling diseased meat they would
be astonished. Why haste not "astonished" the
public long ago? We trust Mayor Wood will Had
it within the scope of his powers to institute an in
vestigation into this matter.
More Cuban I>UcIo?ures-.K*tent of the Con
?]p 1 1 u c y? Pol it y ?r Uie United State, and the j
WfBtem Kuropean Powers*
It will le eecn froni our special correspon
dence of thiB morning, from Washington, that
government id adopting active measures to
intercept the filibuHter<.B, should they attempt
to leave our shores, in any suspicious vessel or
vessels, for the invasion of Cuba. At the same
time we are informed by our Havana correB
ponuent, that the local government of the
inland considers the conspiracy there as practi
cally extinguished, through the vigilance and
activity of General Concha in detecting the sup
posed ringleaders; while, for ' the security of
the future," in ignorance ofthese late Havana
disclosures, our correspondent at London re
ports the revival of a late important rumor
there from Spain. It is thin: that overtures had
been made to England and France from the
government at Madrid, proffering 15,000 Spa
Dish tioops for the service of the allies agaiust
Russia, if they will guarantee, first, the protec
tion of Cuba against our filibusters; and se
condly, a loan of a million sterling on the con
dition of the Sardinian loan, for a Bimilar con
tinent to the Crimea.
Such is the present posture of the question
respectively at Havana, Washington, London
and Madrid. The present anti-fllibustering ac
tivity of our government under the now peace
policy of Marcy, is somewhat romarkablo.
It is a reaction brought very sud
denly about by the terrible anti-slavery
j working of the Nebraska bill in the late elec
tions. When Soul? set out for Spain, it was
amid the cheers and plaudits of the assembled
Cuban Jnnta. He was their man, and they
were to await the upshot *f his movements at
Madrid, nis antecedents, his instincts, his in
structions, and the inclinations of the adminis
tration, were all of the filibustering type. His
programme wa i a rupture with Spain, under
cover of wbich the filibusters were to " let slip
the uogs of war." Soul* failed at Madrid.
Dudley Mann went over to assist him in con
cocting a rupture at Ostcnd; and that experi
ment was a failure. Soule returned again to
Madrid, for a last and desperate effort there to
precipitate a quarrel with the new government
Hut the Nebraska bill and the late elections in
j the meantime, hud created a stampede ' at
| Wu*hington; and in the excess of his alarm, Mr.
j l'icrce abandoned the Soul6 programme, and
( fled for shelter under the wing of Marcy, aud to
j a m lk and water peace policy. Soulc was met
at Madrid with instructions to this effect, lie
read them, pockcted them, turned upon his
heel, and resigned in disgust.
Thus the most comprehensive and formidable
conspiracy lor a buccaueering raid upon the
leautiful and productive island of Cuba of
which any conception could have been en
I teitained, Involving thousands of men and
millions of money, was suddenly defeated.
o. could have dreamed that Nebraska
would thus rebound against Cuba, and
demolish at a blow the darling mewuro
of a high pressure administration? There was
something of positive grandeur in the extensive
Cuba plot tbus incontinently knocked in the
. Its ramifications extended from Wash
ington to New York, to New Orleans, to Ila
v.ma t? London, to Paris, to Ostend and
? S?uI< Was Paring the mine,
the filibusters here, and their associate con
spiratois in Cuba, were preparing to run in
1 h8, W*,nal of "plosion. That ap
pointed signal was the expected rupture with
Spain. and justice to Soul* requires the ad
mission that his ingenious and tremendous ef
forts to accomplish it were deserving of better
UuccesB. He did bis duty to the coalition. It
was the countermine of the Nebraska bill that
j blew him up. After waiting upon Soule w
long for nothirg. the Cabinet organs may no*
return to the Africanization of Cuba. There
may lie qgmething in it, after all.
The disclosures which have successively fol
lowed from Ostend to Havana, are full of mo
mentous suggestions. The ascertained migoj.
tudeof this buccaneering organization in the
I'nited States, thu? covertly leading the ad
| ministration to the verge of a general war l.
, ,D?^*tlTe o existence of the notices ele.
ments here of pef^etual danger to the peace of
the country while Cuba continue# a possession
of Spain. Tbe important arrests made by Gen.
Concha indicate a complete system of corres
pondence between this country and the
island, in spite of the stringent espionage
of the Cuban authorities. For some
mouths past we have had, now and then, a
vague iumor of a filibustering expedition on
foot, but so vague and indefinite as to attract
neither the public attention nor belief. This
shows the consummate Bkill with which the vast
machinery of this secretly contrived foray has
been managed, and suggests the very possible
recurrence of another organization, and a more
successtul plot, at the first opportunity, under
the eupcricr discipline of the Southern Know
Nothing .
We are informed from Havana that this last
revolutionary enterprise is there considered as
extinguished- that the British men-of-war, the
Colossus and Boscawen. on guard, are, accord
ingly, about to leave for England; but that,
to make ail sure, a French squadron is shortly
expected in their place, to watch the approaches
to the inland. But this is an unsafe and a very
unsatisfactory state of things. The present
despotic government of Caba, as long as it con
tinues, must continue to excite schemes of re
volt among the Creoles, and from a love of
liberty, a spirit of daring adventure, and a
spirit of cupidity, if you please, those Creoles
will continue to find hosts of sympathizers and
conspirators in these States, able to command
money, arm", ships, and all the munitions of
war, and thousands of volunteers, ready to risk
their lives <or Cuba, as freely as for a foujth-of
July excursion.
For the sake of peace, for the maintenance of
our amicable relations with t he maritime Pow
ers of Europe, for the sake of our friendly so
cial and commercial intercourse with Cuba,
a:*u in behalf of that great fundamental law oi
public faith which lies at *he basis of every ho
nest government, it is incumbent upon our ad
ministration to think and act upon some plan
for the permanent settlement of this vexed Cu
ban question. Spain wants money. We have
a surplus. Can England and France for ever
guarantee her the protection of Cuba against
the Danes and Sa: oi>s from our shores? Even
with that protect ion her if 'and is insecure.
IIow are they to guturd a aiuuous seacoait of
fourteen hundred miles against the swift clip
pers and steamers of the filibusters ? They miy
slip in under cover of night from Yucatan, or
Dominica, or Florida, and sot the i land in a
blaze of revolt, in the teeth of a coast guard of
a hundred armed vessels. And let two of
three thousand Americans thus effect a land
ing and excite a stirring insurrection, and our
government will be powerless to arrest rein
forcements to the extent of fifty thousand men,
if required, to make the work complete.
A special diplomatic commission, then, to
England, France and Spain in behalf of
the cession of Cuba to the United States,
might possibly be successful in persuading
Spain to cede for a good round sum a piece of
property which, sooner or later, she muBt I
otherwise surrender at less than cost. But if I
she will not sell, there is still the alternative of
an independent State government for the colo- |
ny, leaving to the State the indemnification of
Spain for the surrender of her jurisd'ntion
While Cuba remains in her present anomalous
half-and-balt position to Spain, of an " imperium
n imycrio ," she will continue a " bone of con- i
tention " and of danger to all parties cmcerned, 1
till they close up"n the bone, as Russia, England
and France have closed upon Turkey. In that
event the allies will have a tougher job thin
Sebastopo), and poor Spiin will have to foot
the bills.
Marcy has been for two years studying the
science of diplomacy, ard especially in refer
ence to this Cuba question. Driven off by the
Nebraska bill from the filibustering plan, has ho
not some other expedient of settlement to pro
pose? Has he learned nothing except the
policy of Micawber, of waiting for " something
to turn up ?" Leaving Pierce, Cushing, and
Dudley Mnnn out of the question, we commend
to Marcy at this crisis, the trill of a special
commission to England, France and Spain*
England has a lien upon Spain and her assets,
France an interest through the Empress, and so
we must treat with all three. Something has
turned up. Wo muBt choosc between a present
settlement or a future par upon the Cuba ques
tion. What says Micawber? I
Thk Bank Su'erintkvdknt.? Ex^Governor
Hunt arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel a few I
liajfl Eince, from Albany, where he spent some
time in endeavoring to secure the re-appoint
ment of Mr. St. John to the office of Bank Su
perintendent. Now, let us see why the ex-Gov
ernor takes such an interest in this matter.
Previous to the election of Washington Hunt to
the gubernatorial chair, he was President of
the Lockport Trust and Banking Company.
Upon hiB election he resigned, but retained his
interest as a stockholder in that institution.
For some time past that bank has been embar
rassed, and it became highly important that no
change should be made in the office of Superin
tendent, so that the favors now extended by the
department could be continued. E* Governor
Hunt, therefore, start* post haste lor Albany to
to Fave, if possible, his friend St. John from de
capitation. The immediate cause of the embar
rassments of the Lockport Trust and Banking
Company was tbc withdrawal of ftinds belong
ing to the Banking Department on deposit in
that institution, previous to the regular annual
legislative examination of the affairs of the de
partment Mr. St. John, not wishing to show
such a deposit to the committee, withdrew it,
much to the injury of the bank, which has since
been repeatedly protested, and is now a fair
subject tor the Superintendent's care and guar
dianthip. lie will, of coursc. let it take care of
itielf and cheat the public as much as it
pbaees. Ex Governor Hunt is one of the sure
ties of St. John, and it is, therefor*, but natu
ral that he should look out for his protrgi, and
for the lank in which he is a large stockholder
The Lockport Trust and Banking Company
would not long survive the retirement of St
John from the Banking Department. It has for
a long time been sustained by deposits of the
public money held in trust by the Superinten
dent. If Governor Clark suffers himself to be
made a tool of by these political financiers, he
is not the man we take him to be.
Tiik Pennsylvania Know Nothing# and
this Sknatorial Qiestjon ? Another Scrkw
Loose. ? The election of a United State* Sena
tor ftom Pennsylvania has been postponed to
the 27th Instant. In the meantime twenty
eight Know Nothings have, in a strong mani
festo, (which we published yesterday,) repu
Simon Cameron, tl? Know Notbiag
caucus nominee. Among other objections
against him, they say he is a Pierce adminis
tration man, a Nebraska bill man, an old trad
ing party politician, and hence they repudiate
him because the new American revolution calls
for something fresher and better than Mr.
Cameron.
The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, the chief
State organ of the 'Administration, on the other
hand, is fighting to defeat the election of Cam
eron, as against a political heretic of the black
est dye. The administration disowns him and
demands his defeat. ''A beautiful quarrel as it
stands." We like the progressive ideas of the
seceding Know Nothings; but the Cabinet org in
makes discord of the music. How would Bu
chanan do? The Liverpool Journal says,
point blank, that he is a Know Nothing. If
there are no fresh and young men in Pennsyl
vania worthy of the United States Senate, the
issue must lie between Buchanan and Cameron.
We await the rt;salt.
The Crista In Kngland.
The newspapers brought by the mwl reader
it pretty cert.?ia that Lord Palinerston will be
the next Prime Minister of England, and pos
eibiy Earl Grey Minister of War. But there
are changes at band in the British Isles of far
greater import than this: changes in compari
son with which the substitution of this for that
lord, or the fall of this or that ministry are
mere child's play.
From the accession of William and Mary to
the present day, England has been ruled by a
clique. One hundred and seventy years has
the great British oligarchy held supreme power,
and trodden the people under foot. Not with
out fitful bursts of impatience, dark sy mptomB
of uprising on the part of the down-trodden.
William weut to his grave without hearing of
them. Anne served as shuttlecock to the aris
tocratic battledores till she, too, died knowing
nothbg of the people. The two first Georges
Bpent their swinish lives in unconsciousness that
there was a people at all. But the third George
began to learn. Outspoken remonstrances, and
fieree mobs, nay, Btones rattling on windows and
peers' carriages overset were his teachers. It
was necessary to compromise, and a few men of
the people, much to their astonishment and to
the delight of blockheads, were raised to power;
these, of course, to lose their popular origin, to
blend with the aristocracy and to betray the
cause which had raised them. Then more out
cries from the real people, and more quakiog
of lordly knees, and paling of lordly cheeks.
An impulse fierce, almost uncontrollable, is
given to the movement by the French revolution.
This time no compromise is tried ; but the
gullible masses are hushed by a senseless de
claration of war with France. For twenty
years men are too bu?y cutting French throats
to think of English rights. At the end of the
slaughtering, the people have been bled so
freely as to require repletion before they can
fight with spirit at. home.
With 3 ears their stren 3th is strong again and
the battle is renewed with the aristocracy. All
the prestige of England's military glory is on
the side of the latter. The Duke of Wellington
belocgs "to the order;" he will die for it.
Parliament is sold body and soul to the peers :
members wipe the lords boots. But by this
time there iB a new power in England, the press
The Edinburg Review and others as bold de
mand parliamentary reform; meaning, the over
throw of the nobility. Ten years they fight;
then tltf lords, fearing worse, sulkily succumb
For ten years or so, the people are satisfied
That cycle accomplished, up starts Dick Cob
dtn, and asks that the lords be no longer al
lowed to tax the people to keep up the price 0
corn, and hence land, wherein lies their wealth
Then another long fight, at polls, and meetings
and Parliament and printing press. But it ends
like the former ones: the lords walk out of their
home into the lobby so that free trade shall
pass.
A pretty stiotig foundation here for the con
tinuance of the war. Accordingly Mr. Locke
King or some other nobody moves for Parlia
mentary reform, meaning the old story; and
Lord John Russell the model trimmer resists
it for a while, then whips round and fathers the
bill hiuiSflf. This time it is a serious nutter,
the margin left for monarchy being quite
fractional, and universal suffrage olose at hind. !
At that critical moment the war with Russia ? 1
it was a war with France which Baved the no
bles In 1793 ? looms up, and for a time no one
thinks any more of the war that iB being waged
at home. The nobles are in an ecstasy.
How grievous their disappointment! The
foreign wur haB hardly begun, and the poor
fools have hardly settled themselves in the best
offices of State, when the domestic war bursts I
out more desperate than ever. Men see that
the aristocracy have ruined the army, demoral
ized the State, disgraced the nation. That
they are fighting bitterly with each other
Lord Russell tripping Lord Aberdeen, Lord
Derby quarrelling with Lord Newcastle, Lord
Palmerston refusing to act with Lord Derby, |
all the lords together in a confused hand
to band scramble? ominous symptoms of
portending ruin. And with one voice the
men of England pronounce their doom. Sneer
ingly, bitterly the great London Timet tells
us that Parliament has adjourned to keep holy !
the festival of King Charles the Martyr; as
though beheading had not been too good for
the fellow, and as though every one in England 1
did not know it. Angrily this or that leading
man asks the people whether they will sell
themselves to the people; and ev<:n the street \
ballads? that speaking literature of the masses I
? call for "lords in deed, not lords in name.''
There is a wonderful signiQcancy in all these
facts. That the day has come when the final
battle between the men and the noblemen of
England must be fought, it were venturesome
to assert. Tricks have saved them before :
dodges, false promises, lying pretexts ; the
armory of tricks, dodges and lies may save
them again. But the oftener these allies arc
used, the feebler they must become. Every
time the lords are driven to shirk the great
issue, it strides nearer and nearer to their
hearths, grows huger and huger in the lessen
ing distance. What if the people, sick of Lord
Grey as of Lord Newcastle, sick of the whole
family of lords and peers, should rise suddenly
and knock them bodily on the head ?
Stranger things have been seen in France.
Not all the virtues of the Chorieuls or the valor
of the Rohans could save their noble houses
from the iron heel of democracy or their noblo
necks from the sharp edge of the guillotine.
Down tbey fell, not in the long lapse of time
with the dust of a weary conflict bedraggled
' with their ashes, but suddenly, In a day. in an
i hour, with a shock and a crash which shook the
kiagdom. So terrible, so stunning was the fall
that to th<9 da j tb'j *ai
from the year wherein the nobles of England
tricked the people with a baseless war with
France, that country has had no nobility. Mili
tary chieftains have given odd titles to their
generals. Old Bourbons have tried to galvanize
life into the corpses of the Faubourg St. Ger
main. Louis Philippe has created a republican
peerage. But of the old nobles ? the like of
whom Las governed England ever since the
Great Protestant Revolution (it saves time to
call things hy their old names, absurd though
they be) France has had none kince the Con
stituent Assembly. Herein she is in advance
of England.
Tire Opera at Niblo'b.? The Italian opera season at
Niblo's Garden will commence sbont the lit of April.
Mtstrs. Oilman and Jacobsohn have engaged dome of the
first Euiopean artists, among them Slgnora UrnmbdU
and Uille Lagrange, of whom tlio European critica npeak
in the highest terms of praise. The arrangements for
the tea. ton will be on the moat liberal scale.
Tire E*aiJ8n Opera at thk Buoadway.? &Iina LouUa Pyno
takes a benefit at the Broadway this evening. It ia to
be ber last appearance. This fact alone will cause the
house to be filled to overflowing.
THE LATEST NEWS.
BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS.
Abolitionism In Harvard College.
Bosto.v, Feb. 18, 1856.
At ft meeting of the Board of Overseers of Harvard Uni
versity, in the Senate chamber, yesterday afternoon, Got.
Gardiner In the chair, the nomination of Judge E<lwar l
Greely I -o ring an law Teacher in the University wai
submitted for approval. Without debate, a vote was
taken, aid resulted in yeas 10, nays 20. This action is
in consequence of Mr. Lo-iog acting as Commissioner in
the rendition of the fugitive slave Burns, and, in the
view of some, foreshadows his removal from his Judge
ship by the legislature.
[?pecial despatch to the New York Tribune ? Seward's
organ.]
KEJIG'TION OF MR. EDWARD U. LORINO? CHEAT RE
JOICING IN BOSTON? FIllINU OF CANNON? "THBBK
18 A NORTH."
IVibton, Friday, Feb. 10, 1855.
At a meeting of the Board of Overseer 4 cf Harvard
College, in the Senate chamber, the nomination by the
Corporation of Edward Greely Loring, (of Burns mem
ory,) as law lecturer, was rejected without dUcussion,
by u vote of 20 nays to 10 yeas.
The following named gentlemen voted in favor of Mr.
I-onng:?
K. A. Chapman, John II. Clifford,
Rev. Dr. Gannett. 8. I). Bradford,
Dr. Walker, President Dr. Blagden,
? of the College, Thomas Worcester,
Mr. Andrews, Treasurer, Kaiory Washburn,
It. C. Winthrop.
Governor Gardner voted against Mr. Lnrlng.
Ibus kidnapping has been rebuked in con, crvitive
Harvard I
There is gTeat rejoicing in the city, and twenty guns
are to be llred on the Common to-morrow.
Atout three bushels of petitions liive been presented
to the legislature In favor of Judge Loring's removal as
Judge of I'robate
Off with his head !
So Jnnch for Buckingham.
Rfmarks.? According to the abive ppsjial de%
patch to Senator Seward's organ? tbe Tribune -the
abslitionista are carrjicg thtir agitation icto ool"
leges and literary institutions. Thus Hi. Loring, a
United States Commissioner, is not permitted to
lecture before the Law School cf Haivai d University,
simply becuue his constitutional oath compelled hiai
to render Bursa back to the South as a fugitive fro a
juiticc. What a curious law schjol ia that of Hatvarti
University, to repudiate a solemn statute of their
country in the presence of student, who aie se t
there from all parts of tLe Union for the expifex
' purpose of learning and respecting the lairs that
| govern the affairs of this republic !
Further from Havana.
Cl'BAN ACCOUNTS OF THE RUMORED INVASION? NO
qUAIlTKB TO TIIB FILIBUSTERS ? INTENSE KXOITK
MKKT.
Nkw Oruan-8, Feb. 13, 186(1.
Ihe advices by the Empire City, from Havana, confirm
the accounts by the Crescent City and Isabel, and, in
addition, it ll stated that General Concha was fully
pasted relative to the designs of the filibusters. Colonel
I Kinney is represented as tbe chtcf of the expedition, but
Generals Quitman and Henderson as the prime movers.
Tbe Pampero conveys a part of tbe expedition. Seven
hundred acres of land are ottered to each soldier.
General Concha has issued a proclamation commandlnj
that no quarter be given to the filibusters in ease they
are captured, and saying that be relies npon the strength
and loyalty of the people to uphold him in his efforts to
defeat them.
A squadron of lancers have revolted at Pinar del
Rio.
All is confasion in tbe island, and troops are moving
about in all directions.
Interesting from Washington.
THE CUBAN FILE BUSTERS ? MOVEMENTS OP THE
GOVERNMENT TO CATCH THEM, ETC.
Washington, Feb. 10, 1&.16.
Tbe Navy Department has issued orders to New York,
New Orleans and Boston to keep in a state of prepared,
ness certain steam vessels chartered by government
some two weeks since toj meet a hasty demand. Two
private steamers have been chartered by government in
New York, one in Boston, and two in New Orleans. In
tbe navy yards at these several stations every thing 1 1
in a state of readiness to meet the demands from this
city, yet- so |quietly mantged that but few are in the
secret. It is supposed that twenty four hours notioe
would be all sufficient te get these vessels off on their
missions. George Law's steamer, the name of which I
now forget, repairing in New Yort for some private ex
pedition, will not be permitted to leave your waters un
til her destination is ascertained and her cargo exam
ined into.
Tbs Grafeshot, of notoriety, is understood to be in
the neighborhood of the Narrows, freighted with her old
cargo of muskets, kc. The brig of-war Bainbridge is
instructed to " speak her," for what end can only be
guessed at. These active preparations are all made with
a view to Cuba. Tbe telegraphic report that reached
here yesterday, of the expedition having sailed from New
Orleans, is not believed in. The government leok apjn
it ai a rutr put forth by the leaders to get important
information of the force that would be likely to meet
the expedition, and of the material on hand by Concha
to defeat it. It is, however, believed that tbe filibusters
designed taking immediate advantage of the Cuban ar
my's return, to set sail for their selected parts of the
island, where, comparatively speaking, they would be
likely to meet with little opposing force, the first alarm
having proved a counterfeit.
This new conceived mi'itary movement, if attempted,
will prove a certain failure; the government baa its re
liable inferraanta in every suspectel spot in the Union,
and no expedition will be allowed to leave without en
conntering the full force of the government. It will
turn out tbat a member of the Cabinet, an ex Senator,
members of Congress, New York capitalists, and the
editor < of one of the President's organs, are the coun
sellors and conductors of this desperate enterprise.
TUE NATURALIZATION LAWS? VETO OP THE FRENCH
SPOLIATION BILI.? TF1B LIEUTENANT OEN'EK.H.?niP
ArraovT.D? powkll'h fainting of i>a soto?
OEN. SHIELDS AND HIS DEFEAT, ETC.
Waswiwoto*, Feb. IS, 185#.
We understand tbat Senator Jonos, of Tennessee, will
shortly introduce in tbe Senate a preamble, stating that
the constitution confers upon Onagreas tie power to
establiah a uniform rule of naturalisation, but that tt is
ilent upon the subject of emigraton ; and a resolution
tbat the power to regulate emigration never having
been delegated by th<* people to Congress, the govern
ments of these States afflicted by tbe Influx of foreign
ers, possess the whole power to make laws regulating
their admission or exclusion.
A veto message has been prepared by the President
against the French spolia lion bill, which will probably
be sent to the Senate tc -morrow.
The President has approved and sent to the Senate
tbe bill creating Winfield Scott Uentenaat General of
, the United States.
Powell's great painting or Be Scto discovering tbe
Mississippi was placed last evening in the vacant panel
j of the Rotunda. Crowds of visiters have thronged the
Capitol all day te see it.
The InteUigtnctr of this morning contains a note
from Senator Shields, in which he says that Jadge Dong
lae and his colleagues la the Reuse, exerted them
selves to seenre Ms re election, aad are as much dis
appointed at the reealt as himself.
JU the //tfritymfr of aa atvrojt to
create ill-blood between 8hisld? Mil Dougla* by a r?
Mnt publication.
tTDITKO STAT KM BUPKMM COUWT.
WArtuiN<m>M, Fob. 14, 1856.
Jobn ?. Watt*, of New Mexico ?#? admitted m mi at
torney and counsellor of the United State* Supreme
Court to-day.
No. 73. Stephen J. Lewi*, administrator .Mpltaat, r*.
Bdward It. V-ell, assigi.ee of J. Bell, Jr. The argument
was eomnstnced by Mr Chilton for the appellant, and
continued by Mr. llradley for the appellee.
The following cane* will come up lor trial next week:?
Monday, 19Ui? No. 44? J. C. Fremont v*. the United
Statin
Wednesday, 21 it? No. 74? A.vres vs. Carrer.
Thursday, aid? No. 77? The Baltimore Pucxet Compa
ny vs. Bailing.
Friday, 28<i? No. 78? Judson to. Corcoran.
I.atest from the State Capital.
TUB Will OF THE WHIOB? THE TEMl'BIl ANOB BILL?
FLAttE-UP IN TUB AS.-KilULY ? A 1'1'OISTMBNT OF
COUU1SSAIIY UKNERAL? PAMEL ULLit AN BURNT IN
EFFIGY? A NtW COUNTY 1'KOrOKED.
Ai.ua.hy, Feb. 18, 1855.
The audience about the Senate chamber wore ano* :il
an hour or two thU morning, in listening to ICMwrn.
Brooks and Dickinson, in revealing certain transaction*
in tbe late united whig parly, and particularly what was
?aid to bavo occurred in 1K48 in thin city, when a public
meeting wan in embryo to dofeat the election of General
Taylor. Mr. Dickinson road a .engthy prated letter
from Thurlow Weed, coutradic'lu.; the one from exlYe
sident Fillmore, read by Mr. Brooks some few days
'since. In thin, Mr. Weed ray* that Mr. I'illmoro was
freely consulted in relatiou to that meeting, had fre
quent conversations on that subject, and when finally
oT?r, and General Taylor was not denounced, Mr. Fill
more congratulated him (Weed) fcr having brought the
meeting to such a happy is-ue and preserved his (F.'s)
pol thai character from injury.
Mr Broou s replied by stating that he was willing, all
tbewoild over, to leave the jeople to judge between the
statement* of Millard Fillmore and Thurlow Weed. Mr.
15. alro produced letters from W ill am Lacy and James
Kii'd, Esq*., of this city, fu ly confirming tbo assertion
that the intended meeting to denounce (ieneral Hylor
was i-.oncosted mil arranged in the office of the Hotnmj
Journal.
The debate was quite as epl.-y as on any previous oc
casion, hut neither gentleman alluded in tbo I at* to the
resolution vis : authorising the employment of counsel
to defend tbe Slate in the l.emmon appeal case. Mr.
Brooks Intimated that Mr. Fillmore would Issue a re
joinder to Mr Weed's letter.
The till for the relief o* I .if u tenant Sweeney, of the
New York Volunteers, granting him two hundred an 1
fifty dollars, was pa.-sed. It parsed the House yester
day,
A new dodge is on the !ap!s in relation to the tempe
rance bill. 1 ate in tbe sessi ju last evening, just previous
to adjournment, the Honorable William W. Weed, dele
gate in tbe Mouse from Erie county, and ? lending whig,
lose and presented a substitute for the prohibitory law
under cocsideration Comli g as it did, from such a dis
tinguished member, It received the most respectful con
sideration. The suhstitut" was read by th* ClerM and
ordered to be printed. It contains only sixteen abort *e?
tipns, and is much less strlr^ent than the one before the
House Titers Is some politi- at financiering about tbi*
engrossing matter, and th* result may prove that the
predictions made at the early pirt of the seaaion, that
the prohibitory bill would he thrown overboard after
the election of Reward, will become truthful history.
The ultra-'empersnce fanitics are highly incensed at
this movement of Mr. Weed of Erie. I
Quite a Uare up occurred in the House this morning.
Mr. l.eigh rose and stated t'.at the select committee on
so much of the Governor's message as reHtes to the
Imprisonment of witnesses, wa ready to report. The
?entlemar commenced reading the document, when Mr
Pager Interrupted and wnn'cd to introduce a resolution
relating to the subject The Speal.er decided that Mr.
I eigh was entitled to the llonr and reading his report.
When be concluded, Mr. Stanton stated that as one of
the members of the select committee, be disagreed to
much of the matter contained in tbe report Mr. Baker,
another of t o select comn.ittee, also disapproved of the
report. Mr. Wsgr r then ofered a resolution, referring
th* report hack to the 'elect mmittee. He said there
were sUtements contained in the report which he be
lieved to be nntrue, and language which was disrespect
ful to a foreign nation. The te?oluiioa waa adopted, and
the report goes back for oorr -ction
Ti e new Commiisary Gen-ral is Colonel J. H Hobart
VoTd, of tiie city of New York, in place of (ieneral l/ii,
who hs* held the station fir several years, and was nit
t.r applicant for re appointment. Being a gentleman of
military ability, there is the best reason to congratulate
the militia of the State in having an able and intelligent
tfid ot the Commissary I'epsrtment.
Th" rsge 'or effit>y burning iucreases. The burning
ol Speaker Littlejohn has produced a retaliatory spirit,
and last ni^ht the old clo' ot Daniel UPm%n, stuffed
with straw end smeared with tar, was burut in front ot
tbe Journal office.
l'etitkne are pouring in num erously every day, pray
ing for the erection of Ue new county of Highland, on
the Hudson river, lbe proposition is, to take from the
county of Ulster the towns of Gardner, Shawanguol^
Piatt' kill Msrlborougb; ant from Orange, Crawford,
Montpomi ry, New Winds- r, Cornwall and Newburg.
The population in this district is about 3a, 000, leaving
the old counties each with a population of something
like 46,000. The Capitol of tbe new county would be
placed at New burg, to wh'ch all the plank roads, turn,
pikes, snd t' e branch of Kr e Kailroad, running into the
interior centre. Nenrly all the inhabitants with*
in tbe region named do 'their marketing at Newburg?
and those and the I'lster towns, when compelled
to perform a iourney to Kingston, the capital, proceed
southerly to Newburg, cross tbe river, and take tne rail
road through Dutchess county, as far north as Rhine
beck, and tl.en recioss the r.ver to their own county. So
with regard to tbe flown* m Orauge county, proposed to
be incorporated in the new county. In attending county
courts at Gosh< a, tbe people cross the river into Putnam
county, and alight from the cars at Fishkiil, recross the
river to Newburg, and then proceed some twenty miles
into the interior. The present location of the county
buildings in both Ulster and Orange will remain as at
present, at Cossen and Kingston. Tbe propoxltio* for
the new county of Highlrnd seems to meet with appro
bation thus far.
ANOTHER RESriTl OF J UKI PS THE Mt'RDKHBR.
Alba.vt, Feb. 10, 1H66.
Another respite of three weeks has been granted by
the Governor to Phelps, tto murderer of his wife, who
was to have been hung tbi* morning.
Another Effigy of Speaker Ultl?Joiin.
I'orotinxreR, Feb. 10, 185ft.
An effigy, labelled "Little John the Perjurer, may
God help lilm," ?u huog on a tree ia front of oar
Court House tat night. It created little excitement, and
wai taken down thil morning by two Irishmen without
opposition.
From Uofton.
RTRIX1 OF THE 1.ABOKRIM ON Till NSW PORK CEN
TRAL RAILROAD ? AKKE8T OP OOT. (UKDNEll ?
KH'KCTS OF TBK FBX8U1ST, KTC.
Bostow, Feb. IS, 1865.
About Tour hundred laborer* on the New York Central
Railroad struck yesterday for wages dne to them. Many
ol them are tbe heada of families, without the ireans of
obtaining the necessaries of I fe. Their claim* upon the
company are laid to amount to between seventeen aail
eighteen thousand dollars.
William Flnlay, a lad fourteen years old, was Arrested
in Providence to-day, charged with stealing funds to the
amount of twenty-two hundred dollars from hia tm
ployers, Messrs. Jenkim A Coffin, of 22 Doane street, la
this city.
A warrant was issued from the Police conrt to-day far
the arrest of Governor Gar Jner, for the violation of a
city ordinance, he being of the Brm of Denny, it.ee A
Gardner, dry goods dealers; and the charge ia blocking
up tbe side walks with baits and boxes of goods. The
fine will probably be paid without allowing the matter
to go to trial.
The northern trains detained by the freshet, arrived
this afternoon. At various points the water on the
track wai quite deep. The Bos tun and Maine road had
suffered considerable damage. At Wilmlngtoe a?l
North Aodover culverts have been made of eucli exten
as to stop the passage of tbe trains. At llaverhJl an
arch stone bridge across the river has been earrle
away. Tbere is also a serious culvert at East Kingst m.
I*i ge gangs of men have teen put to wor * '-ore pa
these damages, and It is e* pec ted they w i *eio fa?
completed as to allow tbe trains to pass to-morrow.
Opening of Navigation at Plttabnrg.
rrrrsBcao, Feb. 1#, IMS.
Navigation is open here Tntre ia now eigat feet of
water in the channel of the Ohio, rnd the river till eon
inues i -slug.
Market*.
1IULADI Lr.'U A STOCK BOARD.
l'liit.A DKLPtiiA, Feb. 16, 1865.
Our stock market was steady this morning ?t the fol
lowing rates Reading Railroad, 38.H ; Morris canal,
lWlonn Island Railroad, 17; Pennsylvania State Fives,
87. Money continues easy.
Nkw Ohtxav* Feb. 13, 18A5.
Our cotton msrket has been firm to day, with sale* of
fl.POO bale*. Height* to Liverpool are rather Brmer.
Sterling exchange is quoted at 6 a 8J4 per cent premium.
CiukMBTON, Feb. 10, 1855.
The as lee of cotton here for the week have been 10,000
balee, at prices ranging from 8c. a 9 per lb., a deoluae
ef an He a '*?? "? leal week's quotations. The reeelpte
add np 14,0t>0 bales. The stock, exclusive of shipboard,
is 22.000 bales. Tbers is no change to report .a the rl?
market. Tbe receipts for the week amount to 3,000
tierre*, and the stock on hand Is 0,7(0 tierces. Freight*
?Cotton to Liverpool, S-lCd. ; to Havre, \d.
Msuatlme Afkln.
TBI AFRICA AT HALIFAX? in DVilTinC FOR
LITF.RPOOL.
Halifax, FeY 1?, 1???.
The steamship Africa, frun Roe to*. arrived here at
& o'clock this morning, and aail?d for Liverpool a* half
past -even, with a strong fr-ete Irom tbe southward.
Weather foggy.
THE BTRAlMUr NORTH CAROL IK A 1R BIRTRRW. RFC*
PRtLAMURU, M. N, HM
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