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NEW YORK HERALD. JitMKB GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR IfflOl N. W. CORKER OP HA.H8AC AHD TFLTOH VTfl. TERMS, rath advamn. THE DJ1LV HERALD, J centt per ropy ? S7 per annum. THE WEEKL V HERALD every Saturday ut 6'? cents per aeyy, or t3 per ,inn um: the Europe, I n Edition $4 per annuel m any part <i O nut Britain, um to to any part 0} the Cm Hue lit, twth to inilwie voetaoe. VOLVtiTAE V mORREtlPONDENCE, containini impor tu ntnrwi, tolifUtd from any quarter ?/ the world ? ij uted wM be liberally paid for. Udr Oua FaitiUR CoiHtiron (I1TI A KB PARTICULARLY IIDI'UTISTO SKAL ALL L*T ?m ard Paokarks nr. it vs. Vol Din r X* Na. 81 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY or MUSIC, Fourtoeath stroet-MABiA m SUHAK. ?ROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway? Eichblibu-Boiia fwi Travixlii. ?OWERY THEATRE, Bowarj-RiCH ud I II -The MbWOUUCBII? RoiilKT ilACAlBB. MORTON s THEATRE, Chambers itreet? Thb SBBious tiMILv -To obi.**. WALLACE'S THEATRE, Broadway? Ebwbbtswk - lincHu in IitoiA-Tm Tit or thb Pbttiooats. AMERICAN MUSEUM? Afternoon ? Hbads and Tails -Man and thb Tiubb. Evening? fHB old Bkbwbbv. WOOD'S M1N STEELS. Mechanics' H *11?473 Broadway. ?UCELEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 638 Broadway? Bucb B IT'S EtHIOPIAB Op KB A TSOI'PB. FMRHAM'S BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, MS Broad - Mj ? Ethiopian Pbs pobmancls. MMPIRE HALL, 696 Bro*dw?y? Panobama ev Evbopb. New York, Friday, Nuth !W, IMS. Obcnlaaon of the New York Herald for the Week ending March 17. Meaday, Marrh 12 67,330 Tmem&sy. ?' 13 57,130 Wednesday, 11 14 69,040 mareday, " 16 62,120 Friday, " 16 69,040 hatarday, ?? 17 64,960 Average per day 69,300 Being a larger circulation than that of anj other dally paper published in the world. Notice to Advertiser*. Our patrons will please bear in mind, that In order to sasblii us to have our edition printed and distributed in ymper season in the morning, it is necessary that ad ? stlsimenta should be handed in at as early an hour on Iks day previous as possible, and especially before nine ?'eloek ia the evening. The Newa The steamship Atlantic, now in her ttirteenti day out from Liverpool, had not m*de her appear anee off Sandy Hook at one o'clock thla morning. The European newt to arrive by this vessel is of the highest importance, and h?r arrival is auxious If awaited. Our last advices from Canada represent that colony as verging fast towards republicanism. The bill introduced in the Canadian Parliament by Mr. Osuchon, the Commissioner of Croirn Lands, to fender the Legislative Council elective, the organiza tion cf a party to insist upon the extension of the ?aMie principle to the Governor Generalship, the Judiciary and the magistracy, and the profound feel tog ol discontent created by the Militia bill, are aignifioant and unmistakable evidenoes of the grow ing determination of the Canadians to assert their ^dependence. The fact cf the existence and rapid extension of Bcciet political societies throughout the two Provinces, which, it will be remembered, was lately disclosed through the instrumentality of one of our correspondents, is confirmed; and from these and other indications, it would seem that the movement In favor of a separation from the mother country is likely to assume such formidable strength asd consistency as to Insure that result at no very distant day. We publish elsewhere an account of the British recruiting office in this city. It appears that over eighty person! have already baen enrolled, and are mow in Canada, awaiting to be shipped to the Cri mea. The agent or the British government states that be couJ<l procure five hundred men in New York ix a week, if he had means to ship them to Canada. How abont the neutrality laws 7 Where is the Russian Minister ? Lieut. J. Hartstece, well known in this city as tbe commander of the California mail steamer Illi nois, is to command the Arctic expedition to be despatched in search of Dr. Kane and his com panions. The State Senate hold an executive session to. *y. and the office-seekers are on the tiptoe of ex pectation. Mr. Wasson, Mr. Hull of Steuben county ( and Mr. Parmelee of Frasklin county, have been nominated Canal Appraisers, in place of Messrs. Calhoun, Cornwall and Boughton. Is is stated that Mr. Schoon maker, present Canal Auditor, will be nominated to succeed Mr. St. John as Superin tendent of the Banking Department, and that Mr Lewis Benedict, of Albany, is to take the office va. gated by Mr. 8. With regard ta the Health Offioe there is a good deal of speculation, but we believe mo one has as jet been positively settled upon. Yhe~ harbor master nominations do hot altogether please the temperance wing of Governor Clark's supporters. In tLe New York Senate yesterday the bill relative ta conveyances and devises of real estate for eccle. siaetica! purposes was pa iced by u vote of twenty-six to four. Erastni C. Benedict, late President of the Board of Education in this city, was chosen llegent of the University, in place of J. L. O 'Sullivan, re signed, and subsequently the Assembly concurred in the choice. In the evening the discussion of fte prohibitory liquor bill was renewed. A motion to strike out tbe destructive clause was defeated la the Assembly several members expressed their indignation at the strictures of certain newspa pers ? particularly the IHnun and Tribuu* ? on the occurrences at Black well's Island upon the o:casion of the recent visit of the Ten Governors and tboir guests to that inter rating institution. A select com mittee *u ordered to report apon the faeta. The | Henate has already appointed a similar committee, | A com pi racy to bribe the late Governor of Penn- I ayhvania, Mr. Bigler, to pardon Dr. Beaie, the den- 1 tint , baa been brought to light in Philadelphia. The tirand Jury of that city, in their recent presentment j call the attention of the presiding Judge (Kelley) of Ike Court of Quarter Heesions, to a caae nearly con nected with the administration of justice and the purity of the Executive. It appears, from testi menj taken before the jury, that a proposition was \ made to Mts. Rcale by certain parties, suggesting to bar the propriety of raiting the sum' of $10,000, to e expanded as " a compensation for her husband's pardco." Dr. Beale, in reply to a letter from his wife, koked on the plan as one intended to briba ! Governor Bigler, and discountenanced it for the reason, " that if the Governor thought him inno eent it waa his duty to pardon him, whereas if he eonacientioualy believed Mm guilty he could not consent to give him money for the purpose of vio lating his conscience." The Orand Jury reprobate the scfteine, and ttate that the patties to it were Charles C. Rhodes and Mr*. Turner, and thit two clergymen declined to act on it, but did not inform ! the authorities of such a base attempt to disparage tfce purity of the executive governnent. The cane i waa left in the hands of the Judge by the Grand Jety, after a severe condemnation of snob practices. Owing to a disposition among dealers to await the re :eipt of later news due by the Atlantic, cotton was less animated, though the market closed firm wrtheut any further advance. Xhe sales embraced ?bout 3,000 bale*. There waa better inquiry for fljur, and common grades were a little firmer. Genesee prime white wheat sold at t? 70, Canadian ?to. 12 30, Western red 12 10, and a very prime lot Houttern white at about $2 AO. Corn w?* scarcer and dearer. Kale* of white and yellow were made ?198c-, and a lot o' ptios Western mixed, from rtere,*eid at II. Rye sold at II 32 for North riveT; Jersey waa easier. Pork and beef wers seld pretty tr?ely, without charge of moment in prices, >,;??* m ?.* La, Witt mk* ?t *<*? /?* ^ H to nutmeg*. ?u again Js. a lc. bet'ar, with aaka of about ?0# a 800 casks. Ooflfee tu firm, and angara were tolerably active, without material change In quotations. The Board of Aldermen were tn session last orea ing. The resolution authorizing a reward of five thousand dollars for the arrest of Biker, the mur derer of Poole, sent down for the secsnd time from the CouncUmen, elicited some very strong and sensible remarks in opposition to the proposed re ward, and to political rowdies generally, from Alder man Voorbis. The resolution was again rejected A report of the proceedings is given elsewhere. The only business transacted in the Board of Supervisors last evening was an order to pay the bill of W. G. Elder? $21 20? for expenses incurred in pnreuit of Baker, the fugitive murderer of Poole. The Comptroller was also directed to pay $500 for rent of an offloe lor the Recorder. We have received ten dollars from the Hon. Bay ard Clark towards a fund, to be raised among our citizens, to Testae Ihe estate of the gallant Captain Ingraham, of the navy, from the grasp of the law. Read Mr. Clark's letter in another column. Oar Spanish Relations? The Cabinet and the Louisville Journal-? What's to be Done f Our Cabinet intelligence of this morning, upon the Black Warrior ease and the affair of the ?1 Dorado, is very interesting, an<} shows that the administration is desperately inclined to push these Cuban embarrassments to a focus. On the other hand, from the Louisville Journal , a paper which modestly assumes to be the Oracle of the opposition forces of all the Mississippi valley, we publish an article which recommends the most ultra old fogy do-nothing policy. In casting our judgment between the Louisville philosopher and the Cabinet organ we are com pelled to side with the latter, so far as it coun sels a policy of action; and in this view, from every consideration of policy, expediency, and pity, we must give the administration a helping hand. The Louisville editor admits that there ore only three ways by which a permanent settle ment of our troubles with Spain may be se> cured, to wit:? First. By the purchase of Cuba. Second. By a repeal of our neutrality laws. Third. By a forcible seizure cf the island. And while it is also conceded that Spain will not bell, it is urged that the repeal of the neu trality laws and the policy of reprisals would be ruinous to our commerce, and that the forci ble seizure of Cuba would be an outrageous act of robbery. The upshot of this reasoning of our Louisville cotemporary is, that we can do very well without the island of Cuba, and that it will be wisest to let things take their own course, and trust to Providence. Such is the advice of the old fogy of the Louisville Journal. It is perfectly absurd. The high sounding bravado of the Cabinet organ, saving nothing about it upon the point of good taste, is much more reasonable, ra tional and consistent with public opinion, in its suggestions of positive and decided action. There is no other course. Action is what we want. The simple fact is, we must settle this Cuban imbroglio for ourselves, or England and France, as soon as they can get out of the clutches ofRuB8ia,will settlg it for us. We must choose between Lord Clarendon's "balance of power" and the Monroe doctrine? between an established dictatorial European protectorate over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Straits, or the perpetual freedom of those seas. But even if the surrender of Cuba to the per manent protection of England and Fraace were advisable for the sake of peace ? if Spain will not sell? if it were ruinous to fall back upon reprisals and robbery to s?ize the island ? what are we to do ? Our Louisville cotemporary strangely overlooks the important point that the Spanish authorities of Cuba, for years past, have been guilty of the grossest outrages upon our citizens, our commerce and oiir flag? that these Cuban authorities are not allowed to re dress these wrongs, and that the supreme gov ernment at Madrid has persistently refused all applications, either for "indemnity for the past or security tor the future I" What are we to do? What other policy is left us than the Jack sonian policy of reprisals? None, at this crisis, that we can perceive. Our Washington correspondent informs us that the Black Warrior affair is not settled, as reported by the Cabinet organ; but that since the return of Mr. Soule information has been received by the government that Spain is will ing to negotiate upon that subject. In other words, Bhe is willing, by diplomacy, to postpone a settlement until France and England are re lieved of Russia. But in the meantime the af fair of the El Dorado, and many other Cuban transactions of the last year or two, indicate very atrongly that Spain is systematically working to foment a rupture with us, assured, as she seems to be. of the protection of her pow erful allieB. In this view of the subject, we are happy to hear that Gen. Concha is to be called upon to settle the affair of the El Dorado, and that the demand is to be backed up by a pow erful American squadron. Let this movement be followed up (in the event of a refusal on the part of Gen. Conoha to render instant satisfaction) by the call of an extra session of Congress, and before December wo may secure a decisive settlement with Spain of all outstanding balances, and withal the most positive security for the future. The golden opportunity is here, and we should take advantage of the tide. Let there be peace with Russia, and Bix months thereafter, through the machinations of anti-slavery England and the co-operation of France, we may have the Africanization of Cuba; and five or ten years hence a confederated free negro empire or re public, composed of the islands of Hayti, Cuba, Porto Itico and Jamaica, lording it over the Gulf, under a European " balance of power." With regard to the administration, action in the only policy. It may yet nave itself and the democracy upon thin question, and may even si cure us ultimately the Uland of Cubu through a hold and emphatic line of action. Our Louisville cotemporury thinks that the next Congrese will promptly repudiate any extreme measure* for a ?ettlement with Spain. That question remains to lie tried. Let the executive call an extra senrion of Congress, and lay before them his explanations recommending the policy of reprisals ; and he may rely upon it, that the popular enthusiasm which such a mewagc would excite would carry Con grow with itmoit triumphantly When Mr. Polk recommended a declaration of war against Mexico, Congrese responded by making the declaration, and by voting ten millions of money and fifty thou sand men on the same day. We should be very ir.uch surprised If a recommendation for the repeal of our Spanish neutrality laws, and for the alternative of reprisals, were not received with the nine entknafasm. ? > ttf 1'B.e. W* nay tew dictate to England and France oar own policy in the Gulf ot Meiico ? we may now lay a train for the timely acquisition of Cuba without war; but it may be that we have no time to lose. There may be a peace patched up with Russia ? the Baltic or Black Sea squadron may then be transferred to the Gulf of Mexico, to insult, defy, and intimidate ub ? we may thus, with the continued insults of Spain, be provoked into a terrible and bloody conflict. The true policy with Spain is a bold, decisive policy forthwith It is the lost hope for the adminis tration .ind the democratic party ; the last hope for Cuba, and the only policy for peace. Let us cuve an extra session, and a Jacksonian meppugc to Congress. Let us have a settlement with 3pa;n. Morb Oystkr House Criticism ? Gktjlvg Uottjcr and Hotter. ? Beginning with the epoch of Guttenburg, Cristopher Columbus and Martin Luther, the new oyster house critic of our I ourieritc cotemporary came down yes terday hotter than ever upon Forrest, in a tirade against his representation of Othello. Omitting the introductory column of rattling rigmarole of this review, telling us, among a var'ety of things, what sort of a politician ShBk*peare was, and what sort of a free color ed ft llow- citizen he intended his Othello to be, we are told that ? Such, to our ideal, *?? the Othello of 8hak?peare, but Much wax not the Othello of Mr. Edwin Forrest. We eipeoted to see a Moor with the characteristic elasticity of hia race, the face lit up one moment with a glowing Ore, at the other softened with a dark sorrow, but round every increment hanging that voluptuous ease and gracefulness which, by a generous law of compensation, has been given to the colored man, to console him for the black scars of the sun. But Mr. Forrest, Instead of being graceful is clumsy, instead of being elastic is heavy ; and when he struggles to throw upon his fea tures a soft radiancy of sentiment, their hard, broad, copperiHh surface casts back the effort unreflected. Othello's attire-H to the Senate, in the first act, lotes its thrilling pathos in Mr. Forrest's coarse delivery, and those touching words? "She loved ?ne for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that ahe did pity them," which softly gushed from the deepest depth ol Othello's heart, seeu-eJ to come l'rom the deepest depth of Mr. Forrest's stomach. In the act when Desdemona's Sreseuce soothes the galling wound which Iago's hellish lata bad left rankling in hia heart, and the divine purity of her look inspired him with a heavenly percep tion of truth, and made him exclaim, "If she be false, ob, then Heaven mocks itself. I'll not believe it;" Instead of exhibiting a face radiant with confidence, and love and faith, and shorn for the moment of every par ticle of doubt, Mr. Forrest exhibits a sulky struggle be tween a still lingering disbelief and slowly-ripening im pret slon. The beauty of the sudden heart-thrill Is in Its spontasletr. Mr. Forest's phlegmatism breaks the spell. In^he conversation with Iago about Ids wife's honor, Othello's big heart bleeds; he is eaten up with a huge passion an<Vdeep sense of wrong;revenge is written upon every lineament; but through the black, threaten ing clou ! ever tremble tome soft streaks of touching sor row, which tell of the deep agony of a heart stabbed in its holiest affections. And it is this roftness which even in tbe midst of his dark deed, half redeems the guilt of the Moor, and makes him an object of Under pity, not of hatred. But Sh&lA veare's delicate touches of humanity aro all tottt in Mr. Forrett's conception of Othello. The revenge written upon his brow, is brute, sulky passion. The sorrow is a guttural convulsion, and through hia agony gurgle* the old rattle In the parting scene with Desdemona, in stead of the half reluctant, hesitating murderer, Mr. Forrest looks the inflexible, resolute hangman, bent on seeing to an end his blcody errand. But though Mr. Forrest does not represent the Othello of Hhakspeare, his personation is a bold, rough, vigorous representation of an Othello of his own animal conception. Fancy a strong, athletic man, with coarse, fierce passion, fixing, like Bill fykes, his brute love on some frail woman, and on End ing himself betrayed, rooting in his soul a dogged deter mination to wresi revenge in murder, which no tender memory or pity can for a moment soften . Fancy htm carrying his dark purpose out with fierce, implacable, sullen fury. Before tne murder la done you can almost see his huge hand fixed with a stern gripe upon the throat, and his muscular limb pressed on the breast of his frail victim. Of such an Othello, of the rude ruffian school, Mr. Forrest's was a strong, forcible representa tion. And to theee who admire Marco Spada, and such strong melo dramas, in which physical power and coarse passion are the qualities required, we would recommend to see Mr. Forrest in his "own Othello." Now, if there be any truth in all this, the question comes up at once, is Edwin Forrest an actor at all? or is he but a brawny pugi list, a Tom Hyer or a Morrissey, who has miss ed bis vocation? Certainly, when he made his dtbut in the Bowery, many years ago, under manager Gilfert, Forrest was esteemed a mm of rare genius and talents as an actor. The Bowery at that day was a classic stage; for there, about the same period, Madame Halibran fulfilled her second engagement in New York. Since that time we must admit that the Bowery has descended somewhat from the " legitimate drama;" but we are not aware that Forrest is responsible for the fireworks and "terrific com bats" which have at length superseded there the finest readings of Shakspeare by the highest artists. On the contrary, from that day to this Forrest has advanced in the public estimation, until he has attained and holds, by a large con tent, the hard-earned title of "the great Ameri can tragedian." Here, however, our new oyster house critic comes forward, mortified and disgusted with American ignorance, and tells our fellow citi zens flatly ? " You are all fools ; can't yon per ceive that Forrest is a brute ? Look at his neck, his leg, his arm, and listen to that awful rattle in his throat; it is Yankee Sullivan or Bill Sykcs in a rage, and not Othello. Forrest is not com petent to act the genteel negro. Can't you per ceive it?" Such is the meaning of this rare specimen of the oyster house corps. He is of the abolition stripe ? he likes the color of Othello as his bean ideal. Forrest does not make him black enough, nor sleek enough, nor smooth enough, for the amiable black rascal our amal gamation critic would have his sweet scented African murderer to be. Let the Broadway manager try Fred Douglass, or the fugitive Burns. Anything to appease this ferocious abo lition socialist who rises now to rule the roast. Meantime crowds of curions people are at tracted to Broadway to see for themselves whether Forrest is really an actor or a rufBani a genius, or a bully in disguise. Parties are in process of formation? Forrest and anti-Forrest ? the latter drawing its recruits from the mixed aristocracy of Fifth avenue and the genteel set ol the Opera House, and the former from the solid, honest masses of the people. It is mani fest that New York is not large enough for Forrest and his new critic. One or the other must break down and abdicate if this bombard ment is longer continued. Look out for a sor tic from Sebastopol. Unquestionably, according to the Fry case, | here is a splendid opening lor a libel suit Mr. Forrest's capital stock is his fame as an actor. : Ills means of living, his castlc on the Hudson, and all his other castles, depend upon it. For representing Mr. Fry as an incompetent Opera manager we were punished with a verdict of ten thousand dollars damages. Let Mr. Forrest trj the same jury upon a demand for a hundred thousand, and he mny, perhaps, get fifty thou sand. Who knows? The Tribune having ap proved it, he is welcome to our jury. Thh Cf.ntiui. American Expedition? Coi, Kivney Read Out ok tiie Partt.- ? There is trouble in the ciunp of the Central American liberators. The secretary of the company an nounces in the advertising columns of the Herai.p that " all power and authority hereto fore conferred on Col. H. L. Kinney has been revoked." The secretary further says that iberc was no failure on the part of the company to comply with it# cortract wi;h Col. Kinnry. What* tbe matter? Hew Open Arrangement*. To-night will be the last of the twelve sub scription nights with which the season at the Academy of Music, under Ole Ball, com menced. The stockholder*, after the explosion of the Ole Bull season, took upon themselves the responsibility of continuing the season to the termination of the twelve nights which had | been announced as the first season. Under the new arrangements, now made, the season will j be extended during the period of two months, | if the resident patrons to the Opera and the . visiters to the city, who have a taste for such ' entertainments, see fit to second the attempts of the committee to establish the Opera upon a popular basis. Under the new arrangements for the Italian Opera, at the Academy of Music, we under stand that the plan of reserving particular seats or boxes for a season, for the bene fit of families or individuals, will be entirely abandoned. The seats or boxeB may be se cured for one night, or even more nights, but no general plan giving the best seats to certain favored parties for the entire season, will be countenanccd. We also understand that the plan of charging half a dollar extra for reserv ed seats will also be abandoned. The seats in the parquette and boxes will be thrown open to the pTlblic at the uniform rate of one dollar each. The price to the amphitheatre will re main as fixed at present. This arrangement places the Italian Opera upon the same footing as that of any other theatrical entertainment The managers have considered this as the best policy which could be adopted under the cir cumstances, and they have boldly relinquished the old system of exclusive privileges and high charges, which made the Opera so unpopular under the old rigime. It is probable, under the new arrangements, that the Opera season may continue during the next two or three months, perhaps longer. The committee of management consists of Mr. James Phalen and Mr. Coit, two of the principal stock holders; but they have been assisted in arrang ing the details of the new arrangements for the management, in the securing of the artists, in the making of the contracts, and in the re-or ganization of the whole establishment by the well known and amply experienced Chevalier Wikoff. In giving hiB aid in this matter con amore the Chevalier is only actuated by pure love of art ? he has no direct interest in the matter, and he, without pecuniary reward, gives to the committee the result of his experience in the management of artists, in which vocation he spent a dashing part of his life. By his un rivalled talents in diplomacy he has succeeded in makingkthe contracts with the artists on terms more satisfactory and much more practical than those heretofore consummated. Mdlle. Steffe none demanded fifteen hundred dollars per month, but through the exercise of the un rivalled diplomatic talent of Chevalier Wikoff she waB induced, with perfect delight, to accept one thousand dollars per month. Mdlle. Vest vali had a contract for four months, at eight hundred dollars per month, signed by Ole Bull and guaranteed by Mr. Phalen, but under the influence of the skill of the Chevalier Wikoff she was induced to lower her demands to the sum of five hundred dollars per month. Signor Maretzek, the chef d'orchettre, also cut down j his demands to a reasonable figure. The Che valier Wikoff has managed all this, and he h%B also drawn up a code of stringent rules for the government of the whole troupe, whereby the utmost harmony will be secured, both behind the scenes and before the audience. Provided, however, that an explosion should occur, it will take place at least two streets from the green room of the Opera House. These arrangements will astonish and delight feshionable society, whether residing in the Fifth avenue or sending its delegates from other cities as visiters to New York. For the first time, under the influence of the unrivalled skill of Chevalier Wikoff, and the calm and gentlemanly co-operation of Messrs. Phalen and Coit, it appears that the Opera is to be founded upon a practical basis. It seems to us that this is the first fair chance that has been given to show whether or not the Italian Opera can succeed in this country. Foreion Enustmbrt. ? Elsewhere will be found some reference to proceedings taken in this city for or by the British government for the procuring of recruits for the British army. A Mr. Angus McDonald advertises that he is prepared to forward men willing to serve to Nova Scotia ; and a German rally appears to be taking place in Chatham street. It is to be presumed that Mr. Angus McDonald and the parties who are connected with the Chatham st^et recruiting depot act in ignorance of the law which renders any such proceedings as theirs a misdemeanor at law and punishable un der the United States statute. Neither the j British government nor any one on its behalf has a right to recruit soldiers within the United j States ; and any and all proceedings taken . with that aim fall clearly within the provision j of the statute, and call for the interference of j the District Attorney. It behooveB Mr. McKeon ! to see that residents of New York are not | entrapped or seduced to serve in foreign armies. I Tbr Can alh ? Cokristknct of thk Whigs. ? j When we argued a few months ago, that the j proposed ten million vote to complete the ca- ! nals was an absurdity, both because the canals { being doomed to compete unsuccessfully with the railroads, could not repay the expenditure, 1 and also because the money was certain to be wasted profligately and corruptly by the Seward whigs, we were answered with great clamor and virulence that the facts were not as we | stated them, that railroads could not compete i with canals, that whig* would not waste money, that the canals, enlarged with the ten millions, 1 would afford such a revenue that all ether sources of income might safely be discarded, ! and the State subsist on the profit of its public j works. The time has come when we may test , these predictions. The ten millions are not all : expended, but a large portion of that sum is; and with the repairs and enlargements made, the revenue is not only not increated, hut the expenditure calls this year for a larger appro priation than ever. Year by year we are ex pending money to enlarge the canals and mike I him pay; and the more we spend, the more they cost us in repairs, collection, and so forth. Nothing decreases but the traffic, and that, as we said it would, is diverted to th^ railways. Governor Clark is not above admitting this in his message, wherein with consistent folly he Miggests a toll on competing railway*. When we said the railways would compete, Governor Clark's friends said the thing was ab mrd. ridiculous, impossible ; they sing a different tune new that they have got tfce ef tb< ten nDltaas, and i>?ve re-elected Mr. Seward. They are quite ready to admit the competition now. Bat conceive the density of an intellect which could pro pose to tax railways, because the whigs, having mismanaged tbe Canal hind, squandering it and spending it corruptly, cannot make the canals pay 1 When tbe ten million question was pat to the vote in this State, we said, if it were carried, that the time would come when the people would have to tax themselves to sup port the canals. It has come. As well tax easy chairs, or Began, or any other commodity, as railways, to mike up the deficiency ; that must be borne on the corporate bock of the people, not on a class or a single branch of in dustry. A direct personal tax is the only re source ; and those who voted for the ten mil lions cannot complain when they are called upon to pay it. The canals ot this State will come to be like those of Pennsylvania, the ob ject of a regular yearly appropriation. Tub New 'York Press.? More and more wrath among our country cotemporaries! The indignation with which New Tork is visited on the occasion of any popular folly or accidental crime reflects the highest honor on the moral perception of the country. The virtuous men and women who live in Boston, Philadelphia and other country villages, and the primitive Christians who inhabit the wilds formerly oc cupied by the Five Nations or the deserts on Massachusetts Bay and the great lakes, are ?hocked and rightly too at the progress of de pravity in this their metropolis. Especially are they indignant with the press; the vile New York press, which as they inform their pure minded subscribers, is an agent of Satan, and the nucleus and fount of all the vice in the country. Were it not for the press of New York, say they, the United States might fulfil their destiny and elevate humanity to the highest point it is destined to attain. Having said this, our oountry cotemporaries fill their columns with extracts from the New York papers and go to press. There is a little injustice here, good friends. New York with nearly a million human creatures in its midst, all born in origi nal sin, perforce contains some in whom the devil preponderates so vastly over the sunt that the police station and the prison cell are their natural bourne in this life. So, contain ing several scores of newspapers, New York is not free from some who furnish argu ments to young debaters questioning the value of the invention of printing. But strike a balance. Is nothing done tor humanity, for progress, for reform, for virtue by the New York press? Is it nothing to Bhed light on eve ry passing subject? Loog, long before Congress hints at a reform, or society ferments under a grievance, or religiou seeks a new vent, the change is anticipated in some journal or other here, its merits canvassed, sides taken, and truth brought out by collision of intellects. Every shade of opinion is represented, every possible argument brought to bear. Thus, un consciously, men reading these arguments, often fierce strifes between rival journals, form a sound and rational opinion on the points in dispute; which opinion may be afterwards set on record in the shape of acts of Congress, pub lic institutions, rel i gious sects; may even, perme ating the land, grope its way into the brains of country journalists, and form the staple of half digested articles, recommendable only by their abuse of New York. The following is a fair estimate ot New York journalism:? New Tork Daily Herald 60,00* All other daily paper* 80,000 Circulation of tbe daily journal* 140,000 Weekly Political and Commercial 260,000 Po. Religioua 100,000 Circulation of tbe weekly journal* 860,000 Thus every morning one hundred and forty thousand newspapers (exclusive of weeklies) good, bad and indifferent, white, black and red, arc sent out from the New York presses filled with facts and opinions. Fifty thousand more issue in the course of the day as an ave j rage of the weeklies; each one read by an ave rage of three or four thinking and acting citi zens. Note the amount of mind thus governed, directed, impelled, restrained. Where in his tory can yon find a machine more powerful, i and practically more useful? Oar country friends? shall we call them tbe Robin Hoods of the printing room?? cannot do better than continue to appropriate the matter of the New | York press; but of Robin it is never said that I he villified the travellers he robbed. Barton's Tl?trr-John Ball. Cotaaa'H popnlar comedy of "John Bull" wu played to a good bonne Uit night, for the Brut time thl* nea^on, cut u follow* FlrKlmoD Roclidala Mr. RiumII Frank, hi* hod Mr. Holman The Hob. Tom Pbuffleton Mr. U. Jordan Pereain* Mr. Fiaher Job Thornberry Mr. Hurtoa John Bnrr, hi* Foreman Mr. Moor* [Irani* Brulerortrtery Mr. Harry Hall Hi* lirnt appearance in America. Dan, hi* waiter Mr. H. Jordan Lady Caroline Bra; more Mri Buck land Mary Thornberry Mr- Burton Mr*. Brulgruddery. . ... Mr*. Hughe-> Thin comady, although teScient in plot, ha* eeveral well contracted *e*ne*, and alwaya take* a atroag bold upon the ijmpathy of the audience. A* a picture of Ragliith lociety It ha* randy been excelled. The utardy Independence ? the eterling boneity? the paren tal affection of Job Thornberry? the hypocrUy and bigotry of Mr Hmon Rochdale ? the qniet dignity of Peregrine ? the Hibernian gallantry and humor of Denai* Brulgruddery, to *ay nothing of other excellent por trait*, give the play a degree of intereit that will alway* make it a favorite on*. It giren n* the "*ne touch of nature that make* the whole world kin." The chief attraction of laat night'* performance wa< the SrNt appearance, before an American audience, of Mr. H. Hal), a* DennU Bralgruddery . Mr. HallU a very well known KnglUli actor. He ha* been for twenty Ave yearn at leatt a popular comedian. We preauma that tie ?eleited one of hi* belt part* for hi* debut, and it, there fore, to be judged by hj? performance of it. He re ?emble? Mr. Hnrton in face and figure. He, like that eminent artiiit, ha* great power of facial contortion. He haa a neat brogue, and excepting that hi* atyle 1* ?try broad, ?nmetime* extravagant, an 1 that he act* too much at the audience, be i- an excellent comedian. He made a favorable imprea*ioa. and wa< railed oat after the fall of the curtain. We have not apace for an analyai* of the remainder of the ra*t. The play might, however, have been done better by tbe *ame company. Pome of the actor* were sot *o perfect in the text a* tbey nbould have been, and tbe flrit act wa* a positive drag In conaequeaee. Mr Burton'* Job Thornberry wa*. in the main, a good per foimnnce. Hi* *c*ae with John Brown, (capitally d<a? by Mr. Hoe re, ) wa* excellent, but in hi* great *c*ne with Sir Simon Rochdale he wa* overbearing when b ibould have been only firm and Independent. The char after of Frank wa* -habblly dre**ed and very badly treated by Mr. Holman. He wa* indifferent and ll*Ue*a throughout. Mr. Jcrdan dtem-ed and played the Hon. Tom Shnffleioa with hi* u*nal care and ability. Mr. >'i*b*r had to preach a great deal of heavy *entlment ?? Peregrine. He waa not *o great a bore a* tbe repreeaa tative* cf thl* character uanally are. Mr. Rna*ell * .?lr Simon wa* a ecrrect an<! jndirxtu* performance. It ia engallant te apeak ill of the ladle* , bnt with the etcep tioa ef Mr*. Hngbe*, who played Mr*. Brulgruddery, vitli ? ufceent acTlaHmy, tbey were not equal to t&e I arte **? gned them Mr*. Rurtrn failed to roi ?rj tLe ??** tf tie atr*-lMr a tbe ????'. ?V as, I lm plielty of 1 lary, and Mm. Buckland M Lady Cantor* > gave ai Ui airs with bom of tbe graces of the tot lady. Her management of the i;0|1ui ?u poeitivel|r awkward. If " Jobn BuH" 1< to bo repeated it sbo?Kl have more study. Wallace's Tnim ?Mm. Stephens, a very popular member of the company, announoes her benefit lor thl? evening. Tbe bill U en attractive one. Tut: Opkju.? Maria di Rob an,' is announced (or thin evening at tho Academy, Signor Bolcioni, (tho new tenor,) Signorlna Steffenone, M'lle Veotrali| and 8igp?: Badiali are Included in tbo cart. Tiik Ptsb Concert a* Niblo'b. ? We regret to loarn that the conoert announced for this evening at Nlblo's, ban been indefinitely postponed, in conscience of the severe illness of MU? Loui?a Pyno. The effects of a re oent accident, aggravated, no doabt, by tho fatigue ot ber theatrical exertion*, have contributed to a roeult which aU tho admirer* of tbi* charming singer mu?t de piore . We arc happy to state, however, that her lUnes* in not likely to lead to any more *oriou* conse?uenoe?i than a brief suspension from her professional avoca ion.. T H ? LATEST IfKWP, BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPH!. ? ? f \on. Arrival ol the /Ul?ntl?. Sjlkdv Hook, March 23?1 o'clock A. M. We have no tiding* yet of the itearoer Atlantic, now 11 X 'lay* out from Liverpool. Cabinet Intelligence. TBI BLACK WAEBIO* CASJ-TM OMAN TOO PAST? CCEIOCS AND INTERESTING FACTS IN THE CAM ? TBE PBX81DENT GETTING SPUN IT. Wahhinotos, March 22, 1846. "The report circulated by the Union that the Spanisl; government had acquiesced in our demand* in the case, of the Black Warrior, and which were refused under the. late Madrid administration, is almost in every particular destitute of truth. Tlte principal ground 'for the Union'i authority u confined to an article printed in Oalignoni't Mwengar, France, and furnished, a* a majority of that paper's cor respondents L, from Madrid, and for some time ha* been, by an attache of the English embassy at that city. The impression, however, which tho Un\on is de .irons of creating is, that hi. information com* through the Secretary of State, which, if Mr. Marey's word is to be relied upon, was never authorised by him for publi cation the statement being without foundation In fact : I might ns well report here that between the Forney editor and Secretary Marry there does not exlrt any in timacy, and whatever passes between the two parties l? narr.wed down to business language, a* the Governor, at no time, has entertained favorable opinion* of the editor's political honesty. The despatch received by the State Depirtment, sine? the return of Mr. Souli- from the Spanish court, i* pro perly appreciated, and the complimentary and unmean ing eentiments that it conveys, are not. however, suB clently satisfactory to cause any lull in the energy for j general redress which ha. of late characterised the actiou of our government. The Spanish Minister informs our Secretary of Stat* that the subject of the Black Warrior ha* of ^ attract ed to it the attention of Her Catholic M^e.ty's Mkais teri, and that a conclusion ha* been arrived at tha some injury has been sustained by the complaining par ties, which It to the wish of the government to redress. This is the Rubstance of the despatch received, snd which Mr. Forney would have the country believe to b? , a settlement of that leng vexed question. The ^ngnaK* that the "subject ? speaking of the Black of late attracted to it the attention of her C. M. Minis- ; tern," is felt a* Intending to convey to our tbe designed intention of the Spanish Ministry ? nothing in the way of the United State.' nunierous com- j plaints .o long a. Mr. Soul, remained our M1?W? < Ott* Court of Madrid, but now that he is out of tbe w y., tbev the Ministry, are prepared to negotiate. .1 .to.. ..t ? "????> it Black Warrior case, which, of course, is to be determ.n ?d by further negotiations between the two govern ments, in the event of the OHM State. I enough to fall into the ?nare ; but not a word or hint j given that In tbi* outrage upon as American our national reputation has been made to suffer, or that any apology for the committal of the same is to be ex - pected from H. C. Majesty '* Ministers. The total silence ao unmUtakedly plain in thi* oml.*ion has, if any ^ thing, Increased the unfriendly feeling toward Spain ou tbe part of our government, and more particularly sc. since the assault upon the El Dorado has been madei In the latter ease no serious pecuniary Injury has been ?ustained. and in a national point of view the insult to our flag does not equal In extent that committed upon tbe Black Warrior. The conclusion is evident, If the national feeling In the Black Warrior case has been deemed unworthy of Spanish notice, what is tbe Presi dent to expect from any appeals to that government for redreis for Injuries done to the El Dorado I You will have learned from my last despoteh that tbe | President ha* no intention of making any appeal* to the home government in the cast of the late ontrage, but that he has demanded of Gen. Concha Immediate satis faction. The despatch containing these demands is now on its way, by special agent, to our naval commander la the South America seas, and after delivery to that oBoer he will proceed with It to Cuba, with all the available American vessels of war that can be found on that sta tion. Thus much U known, and tbe remainder will have to remain a secret for a few days. There is to be no longer tolerated the trifling policy manifested by Spain in Its relation, with the United States, and thi. will be clearly shown in the case of the El Dorado. Latest from the lUtf Capital. TBR ROW AT BLACrWSLL'S ISLAND? ILBCTION OP RBOBNT OF TBI CM VBKfilTY ? THB ROCHEHTBK CLAIMANTS ? NOMINATION OP CANAL ArPKATRBM ? THK RANK RUTMRINTKNDBNCY? TOLLS ON RAIL* HOADB, ATC. Albany, March 22, 1666. Th<> member* of the I>egislature *r? bent upoa vlndi eating thrir characters from the Blackwell't Island re proach cast upon them. This morning, the resolution/* of tbe Ten Governor! werv received, and, after the read ing, Mr. Blatchford rote and gave the Ir&une a scorrh in| for tbe Article! It contained, purporting to be at ccnata of the visit of tbe Legislature to lTaekweHV Inland. Ac. The gentlemen wai quite severe, end con cluded by moving that a select committee be appointed to investigate the affair. Mr. I'etty? I bope, Mr Speaker, that tbe communlca tioa will go to n select committee. It ? due to the Go vernors that it should be no referred. The conduct, the bigh minded and gentlemanly courtesv shown by tht membets ef the Board during our visit, ban, 1 doubt not, *n the opinion of every member of thii House whose rejted the invitation, been a direct lie to the slan der* tl>at were endeavored to be cast upon tbeir. bv a member of thi* House, (Mr. IiCigh,) in the early part of thii letsion. la relatwu to tbe eranda'oni scenes that took place upon ear visit tr Black well's IalAnd, I will say, sir, that it was not oecs sioned by any fault of the Governors; end Ism surprised that ths President of the Senate still patronises and re tains in bis position the man who, utterly regardless of what was due to the occasion, did, by his ignorance of good manners and good company, endeavor to disgrace tbe I egislature of this State. 1 am satisfied, however, tbe pleasure the members enjoyed on the second anl third days of their visit did more than make amends foi both *be mortification of the first day and tbe unpiea saatriess of the weather. 1h?> document was referred to a select omrcittee, aa proposed by Mr Blatcbfoid. The Senate appointed a eon mittee yesterday, of a rimilar nature, and there ia now a probab.lity tliat the public will be officially ad vised whether the Governors not onlv bad liquors ?r> htard tbe steamer, but alsoon Randall s and Maekweli s ?lands At twelve o'clock the two houses met In ? <nnec*i?n. and telectad Krastua C. Benedict Regan's of tbe L'niver sity, in place of John L. O'Bulliran, resigned Mr. He n?dict is Presiden'. of the >ew fork Board of Kd.icatVin A majority of tbe democrats voted for Wm. J. McAipim lete>t?te Fnginrer and Purveyor. The Rochester Hydremic bill waa taken op in lunate committee. Its friends do net ncrease in strength. From the formidable sway of lobby agents it was conceded that the bill would pass without hardly s r>rsd venture. It does not gain strength by age, sJiMr Irkinson thinks moat claim bills do The r i*stioo tl>i" morning was upon amendment pending, ef!< -e.i by Sena tor U hltcey, making it imperative upon the <'snai Roar ^ to report to the next l.egislature all tbe facts in tb> rate, in order that a review may be had. It is not ask ing too muoh said Mr. tthitnev from, any .1,1 far' lo iDoneis out of the treasury, that his'^ase h> ,<? -iid b? r fsrrnl to tbe Legislature it ia giving justije to ?? parties. Mr. Bishop proposed leaving tbe matter In the haoda of the appraisers, subject to aa appeaj to tbe Cm.>> Poift). Mr. Richards contended inat by p.asicg the bill without allowing a review by the next I*g suture, w? virtually acknuwlejging that the claimants wrre en'ltled 10 all tl st the l'< ard o| A ppr*i?P4 nngh' tlrr: nine. He tboaght. frem all the evidence yei heVre ibe Seoate, that the parties bad rw-eiird all tbe damage* the? were entitled :< < in r*> <ti< n '? d ie ? n< the watere ?.f the onssee river to tbe Krie f'sral. fhf (,u?s-,'.n was ta>?n r ? Mr Wb *? . ttt. ?.l ???!? snd rarried. ^ M* fl>- kt?soT) at"i?d ? re?-' ns **-1 , f . |,? ,n<* ?? >? "e??" s iii . -.vwi'Jt -yLt mo. 'lee