The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-14

dates from Havana to the q th inst. She brings M
additional part conceJ ming the seizure Of The
Black Warrior. number Of the passengers Of The
latter vessel came on in tb e IsdbeL H Is reported
that much excitement ex SITS among tho natives of
Cuba, rObaby in conse quence Of ths prospect Of
speedy deliverance IRON Spanish thsaldo, shrough
the medium OF the 10 st gross outrage perpetrated
against our nation by the officials Of Queen Isabella.
Messrs. Adams 4 o. have h&nded us flies Of Mel.
bourne (Australia) papers to the I'D Of December.
They contain the latest gold circulars and market
quotations. but ave little news in addition to thai
which appeared i 4 the HEnxzD yesterday morning.
The Supreme Court at Boston has decided that
the fourteenth section of the Massachusetts, Liquor
law which aut aorzes the seizure ana destructsoucf
liquor, is unco stitutionaL
car COZ tanning sixteen persons was thfewn
of the tras and down an embankment on the
New Londo n and Palmer Railroad, near North
Windbam, yesterday afternoon. The car edged
on the st Jump of tree which ran completely
throughit Fifteen of the party inside were jured,
some OF Z nem very severely.
Severn buildings, principally occupied manu-
facturin establishments were destroyed o. fire at
Rochesf er on Sunday. The loss is estimated at
twenty thousand dollars; ones4af of whics insured.
The Board Of Aldermen having little .ss no bust
ness ,efore them last evening, spent some two or
three hours in useless'debse givngahe contract
for ], epairing the street pavements 10 MI. John
C.H ayes They finally confirmed the contract for
the term of one year from the date Of confirmation.
Thu Board Of Csunorrsn adopted resolution re-
qu ring the Chief to take into consideration
tn ,propriety Of having two moR steam fire en-
81 mes constructed forts lower wards of the city to
b located in the inancdiate neightorhood of the
/ fof fhe ffnn0
streets requiring of thccars of the Hud-
son River Railroad Company from Hudson and
Chambers Streets great obstruction to the bust
ness people of that community was adopted without
debate The members Of the Board were unusually
quiet last evening, and very few lobbyers were
present; consequently great deal OF ordinary
routine business was transacted without any debate
| Cur ranting about reform and retrenchment.
! The Committee on Ferries Of the Common Coun-
Ill met yesterday afternoon to consider the sub
| ject of the opening Of ferry from Desbrosses
street, New York, to- Pavonia avenue, Jersey City,
There attendance Of the parties interested,
either for or against the project and the committee
/ adjourned until next Monday.
! The steamship Washington is nearly due, with four
| days later adviccs from Europe. The Arabia will
also be due tomorrow or the day after.
The Meeting To-Night-strength OF the ANTI
NShrnslka Party.
| In another column will be found the call of
the Van Buren, free sellers for an anti Nebraska
meeting this evening at the Tabernacle. We,
| take the document on this occasion from the
special Van Buren, organ in this city; and from
the editorial remarks therein appended to the
call we gather that the leading actors in to-
nights performance are to be Mr. Jonathan l.
Coddington, Hon. Benjamin F. Butler, John A.
King, VIM. Curtis Noyes, &c. With the excep-
ton of the last mentioned gentleman, these
anti-Nebraska leaders are not unknown to fame.
Mr.. King has been. known as federalist of the
old school for some years; Messrs. Coddington
and Butler were among the most conspicuous
Of the New York supporters of the ,Wilmot pro-
viso conspiracy, and the secession of 1848. The
rank assigned to these two latter among the
speakers, not less than the general character of
the minor lights in the movement, affords
tolerable strong presumption that to-night's
assembly will be in fact the frat step towards
reorganization of the Van Buren, party on q
platform differing in no essential particular
from that erected six years ago at Buffalo. Al
lowing for the difference of time, and circum-
stance, the tone of the call is precisely similar
to that of the documents then circulated by the
boilers; the men who issue it are the same; it
is published and endorsed by the same print,
and courts public favor under the same aus
pieces. Could we, in fact, by an effort of the
Imagination carry ourselves back to the
stormy times of 1847 and 1913, the call
for to-night's meeting, with mere
substitution Of the words territory acquired
| from Mexico for Nebraska would pass mus
ter without difficulty as one of the insurgent
manifestoes of that period. However the other
political parties and political questions Of the
day differ from ls47, the analogy between the
ground taken by the Van Buren, free sellers this
evening and that which they assumed six years
ago is strikingly manifest. The events of the
past are simply repeating themselves on
smaller SCALE The same men, with the same
designs, under the same flag, are now trying to
do that which, with the same means at their
command they could not do in 184S. Has any
thing occurred since then to give them fresh
strength? is the Van Buren, party stronger
now than it was then? Is the political and So
cial condition of the republic more favorable to
treason new than it was six years ago?
glance at the facts as they stand recorded in
history will supply an answer to the query.
In 1845, Texas was annexed to the Union.
The Van Buren, party committed their first
fault in opposing that accession of territory.
They did 80 not SO much from a jealousy of the
extension of the republic as from an unwilling
ness to increase slave territory in the Union.
This unwillingness, had it been mere senti-
ment, confined to the breast of its authors,
could have been obnoxious to no censure in
country where thought and opinions are free;
converted into weapon Of political contro-
versy, welded in the national councils, it be-