The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-24
ever to have . chance Of recovering the ground

ever to baves chance Of recovering the ground
she has lost she must make her stand now
But will the Gear recede from the position
he has taken. and consent to abandon not
only the pretensons on which it is founded,
but also the hard earned political advantages
which it cost the Empress Catherine and his
| brother Alexander SO much blood and trea-
sure to secure? We think not Ifconcessions
are to be made we fear they will have to
come from the weaker Power.
| 1t is stated in letter from st. Petersburg,
under date Of the 3Oth December, that the EN-
| peror had formally rejected the Vienna proto-
| col and note Of the 9th, but would consent to
receive and consider the Turkish proposition
Of the goth. He PERSISTS, however, in refusing
to recognise the right OF European interven-
tlon in matters which he says concerns Turkey
| alone. In other words, the lion would like to
have uncontrolled possession of the lamb.
| In the London Observer it is stated that
Russian agents were on their way to this coun-
| try to effect purchases Of arms and ships This
report receives confirmation from the fact that
| three Russians officers arrived here = short
| time since to superintend the construction Of
some vessels ordered by the Emperor.
The differences between England and Persia
are sald to have been arranged; but as the in
| formation has only been received through the
| medium of private letters from Constantinople,
and az we see il stated that notifications Of the
| treaty between Persia aud Russia had been ex-
changed at st. Petersburg, we hesitate to give
credence to the statement
The Patrie and Paris Bulletin affirm that
| the Gear has given orders for immediate pre-
| parations to be made for crossing the Danube
| In the meantime, the European breadstuffs
markets reflect closely the present menacing
aspect of affairs, those of Great Britain being
more excited than at any period since the IA
mine in Ireland. Whilst on this subject we
cannot too strongly impress on our farmers the
policy Of attending to the advice lately offered
them through the medium of our columns by
| Mr.. Sanders, namely, to SOW plenty of spring
wheat and plant as large an amount as possible
j of Indian corn. II general war breaks out
the Baltic and Black Seas will certainly be
| closed to European commerce, and to this coun-
| try Western and Southern Europe will mainly
have to look tor their supplies.
FIVE POINTS LITERATuRE.-PHILosoPHY AND
MoRAIITY.-For the past year we have been
| inundated with . new kind Of writing, which
may be truly called our Five Points Litera-
ture," describing all the lowest scenes OF de-
bauchery and vice which characterize that I'M
happy locality, and extensively patrOnized by
highly respected and highly respectable ladies,
dressed in the richest silks. laces and white kid
| gloves. They are assisted by very distin-
| guished clergymen, with long faces, who go
about collecting vast sums of money for the
| ostensible purpose of reforming the abuses
! which they discover in the haunts OF vice and
| crime. Their experiences are dressed up in all
the literary fnery Of the age, ornamented with
| philosophic maxms. and then pushed upon the
| public. The principal journal engaged in this
work is the old organ OF Fourrerism, socialism,
and inhdelity. We have not been idle specta-
tors Of the progress of the work and its tend
epcy upon the public mind. For many years
past the pruriency Of police reports has been
| the subject of severe animadversion but
nothing has yet appeared in any journal, either
| in this country, France, or England. or has
| been sent forth by any publisher which his
equalled tile lewdness and filth displayed in
those productions above named They have
however. received the appreciation of our
charitable ladies and those gentlemen who
have the right foot in the kingdom of Heaven
and the left pressing down Satan behind.
The effect Of this new movement in literature,
philosophy and society, will only be to increase
the wckedness RIGHTEOUSNESS and debauchery
of an age already too much given to such cx-
cesses. But this is only portion Of the wo1k
of your modern exclusive reformers.
The FREE SOIL LETTER OF GENERAL PIERCE
LETTERS FROM JouN CoCHRANE AND NELSON J.
WATERBURY.-We have received communica-
tion from each of the above named gentlemen.
with reference to the famous letter which Sen
Pierce wrote in ls4s to meeting called in this
city for the purpose of responding to the action
OF the Utica Convention in the nomination Of
Martin Van Buren,. Both letters will be pub
lished in the HERALD tomorrow morning.
HoNos TO THE MIGHTY DEAp-We have no
ticed recently that both in this city and in Bc,-
ton the birthday of Daniel Webster has been
celebrated by his admirers. This is creditable
to the political and personal friends of the late
Mr. Webster, and these celebrations must awak-
en- many pleasant recollections; but we are sur
prised at seeing nothing OF the same kind in
memory of John c. Calhoun and Henry Clay,
both Of when had numerous admirers throu Oh
out this country.
Fashionable Movements.
The fsshnnsse season sss recently epsoed by grand
bali as the 81 Nieholas bcsi and this example will bs
ioio~ee ~ 81 on rincpsl metropolitan bot,s These
parties ecapss all .hs prvsts Sise sitLsr
an! whore slss sou- times hear great deal OF
tax sbout party gisen NJ Mrs Sc AM Of the Fifth