The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-25

sustained by tie Can da we re not informed; but
| from the Circumstance that she anchored in the
harbor, and that steamer was sent to convey her
mails and passengers to the city, we infer that she
Uttered some damage, though providen.ally NO
lives were los.
Tn another part Of to days paper my be found
an account Of The seizure. by the officials at Bara.oa
of the two American schooners to which of late
frequent aluson has been mads in the public
prints but concerning which lttls reliable has until
now been known. One of the vessels Was, after .
detention of weeks duration, released, and has
arrived at tots port. The other, together with her
officers and crew, the passengers In the vessels
Messrs Lacoste and Fenx-and the parties at Bara.
Goa implicated in the alleged 6libustero design, has
been taken 70 St. Jago, to abide the decision of tie
Spanish tribunals. The facts OF the case present
some features Of peculiar interest," especially a. re-
lates to Mr. Felix, who, it is said, is entirely inno-
cent of any cenplicty with he other parties under
arrest.
The B,avd Of Canvassers yesterday confirmed
the returns from the Nineteenth an Twentieth
wards, and then adjourned till to-da7. The only
ward returns yet to be canvassed are those from
the Eleventh. the First district of the Twelfth, and
those from the Twenty first and Twenty second
words.
John Fl. Phelps, whose trial for the murder of his
wife as been progressing before the Court of Oyer
and Terminer at Albany for week past, was yes.
terday convicted Of the awfu! crime and he will be
sentenced on Monday.
Ex-Governor David S. Reid haa been elected to
The United States Senate by the LIE slature Of North
Carolina Gov. Reed is of the democratic school of
politics.
The caseof John Bye oft, charged with aiding in
the rescue of fugitive from service, named Joshua
Glover, was concluded on the 18th inst, in tie
United State C iurt at Milwaukee, after an ella
borate charge f,0n the presiding Judge, and thu
jury rer derea verdict of guilty. The penalty il
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and ion.
prisonment not exceeding six months, and tn con.
victed party ia also liable in al action for debt in
the sum Of one thousand dollars Tie counsel OF
the defendant in this case have moved for arrest OF
Judgment.
In the Circuit Court yesterday the consideration
of the motion for new trial in the case of Capt.
James Smith, convicted Of par:i ,ipatioa in ths
African slave trade was postponed till the February
term.
full report CT the proceedings yesterday on the
Inauguration Of the new House of Refuge is puo.
li.hsd in tpdsy's paper.
TIE sufferers by the freaks OF the Vitri,l Man
Theodore A. Gsay-may lind al the facts that have
been brought to light concerning him, under toe
police intelligence head. II is singular CASE,
showing Q PERSISTENT maliciousness without tae
slightest motive Of cain seldom met with. Il is
said that he is laboiing under religious insanity.
The Soule AfaIr-Critical Condition Of Our
Relations with France and Spain.
In the European news by the last steamer
there are several points Of striking signifcancy,
touching our critical relations with Fsance and
Spaic. The recall of the late in.erdct by Louis
Napoleon, against our Minister to Ma1rid. i,
fully confirmed. Mr.. Soule accepts til invita-
ton accorded to him, and passes through
France on his return 10 tie Spa ,ish capital.
Lord Palmerston is on visit to the Tuileries.
His mission is supposed to be more intim ,te
and definite understanding than w exists be-
tween Fance AM England upon the Cuba
question, and especially in reference t the al
legged and fully accredited INSCRIPTIONS designs
of our adm nstration. These facts, pis-a-ris
with our late intelligence from Washington.
forest allowing reconstruction of the Cabinet,
and decided war policy on the part of our
executive government, cover nothing less til In
the momentous contingencies Of an impending
rur tu,e between France and Spain and the
United States.
The Soule imbroglio, as it sands, is n t the
product of a series OF accidents. 1t is the re-
suit of deliberate scheme, the ultimate object
Of VIII oh is a European continental revolution,
beginning with Paris; and Kossuth has been the
prime mover OF the conspiracy. His late mission
to the United Stateswas Financial and material
aio" to hungary, and active armed Intervention
to enforce non-intervention, in view Of another
Hungarian revolution. Failing in this self con-
stiiuted embassy, Kossuth, incog, left this coun-
try for England, where he has since been occu.
pied with suci material, as he could command,
in shaping the affairs Of the Continent to ia.
vorable opening for the red republicans. His
first effort to this end was to drive Austria to
the support Of Russia in the present war. This
would have carried French army acr IS the
Rhine on the road to Vienna, aid ano.
Their across the Alpsinto Itay. The republ-
can Italians, HuDgarians and Poles ,uld desire
nothing better. They would g. ring to arms,
and the independence Of Italy and Hungary,
and the recall Of Kossuih to power, would be
among the first fruits of the general convul
sion.
But the scheme failed. The Western Powers
could not be detached from even the halfand.
half fnpport Of Austria; and her ctive alli-
ance against the very Power that so lately
saved her from extinction seems no TO be her
fixed resolution. What next The next expe-
dent of Kossuth and his coofederates was 10
foment q rupture between France and the Uni
ted States The Cuba question afforded the
necessary base Of operati ms. The pre-.
sence Of George Sanders as cur Con
sui at London, and Daniel f Sickles,
the Secretary of our Legation there, and, sub
seauentlY. the hapnY al rival O, Mr. Snulk en-