The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-01

important, and must be personally atten ed TO. Be-
tween the certainty Of the eight dollars per diem for
ninetycne days, and the mileage thrown IN, and
the uncer ainty of rec ection, it is not unlikely
the recess will be agreed TO.
Nothing of importance transpired in be House.
committee to confer with one from the Senate on
the resolution to adjourn was ordered. Bills pro-
yidng for the erection of uilding to be used as
prison for United States criminals aud witnesses,
kc., and or reforming the laws d judiciary syn
sem of the District of Columbia, were reported.
The priv to calendar and the General Apprepria-
ton bill were taken up in Committee, but no &C
tion had.
The course of Gen. Houston on the Nebraska
question has excited great deal OF discussion IN
Texas, where it has been almost universally con-
demned by the newspapers, and also at public
| meetings The telegraph informs us that he viii
to-day in his place in the Senate, give the reaaons
for his eccentric conduct in regard to that measure
It IS not altogether improbable that the veteran
may be the nominee Of the anti-Nebras and
Maine Liquor law men in the next Presidential
| canvass.
| Our special despatch states that the nomination
of Mr. Westbrook to the office of District Attorney
of this city was sent to the Senate yesterday. Our
correspondent also furnishes very interesting
| information concerning the Havana consulate, and
the rejection of the application of Judge Douglas
for the appointment of friend to an Office in the
| new Territories.
! The Gadsden treaty was ratified yesterday, and
| the Mexican Minister received a check for seven
| million dollars, pay able in the current coin Of the
republic. So that little affair is settled Who is
| the next customer?
AFFAIRS IN THE CITY.
The Walker divorce trial is now the topic Of the
town. We give in another column the proceedings
before the conrt yesterday, including the cross-ex
animation Of ex-senator Evans, of Maine. Notwith
| standing the excessively hot weather the court
continues to be crowded with spectators, eager
y listening to the details in this interesting
The Commissioners of Police held their court
yesterday for the trial Of several policemen charged
with characterization in calling meeting in the
Park to protest against the recently prescribed uni
form. An account OF the proceedings will be found
in another column.
The annual election of the Young Mems Demo
cratic Union Club came off last evening There
was spirited contest for the Presidency between
John Cochrane and Horatio P. Carr, the former the
administration and the union and harmony" candi-
date being elected by only one vote. The Club
adjourned when the result was announced, all in
good fellowship.
An ARRAY took place last night at the st. Nicholas
Hotel, between two sporting gentlemen, in which
knives were used. One received wound in the
arm, and the other fatal stab in the abdomen. An
account of the ARRAY will be found elsewhere.
Our Relations With spaln-The Diplomatic
BIundcrs OF the Administration.
There is chronic imbecility about the ad-
ministration-a fatal laundering, an unac-
countable bad luck, which threaten to reduce |
its measures and policy to the sphere Of its own |
questionable character. We dislike complaints.
1t would be godsend to find an act of the
Cabinet which we could fully endorse--it
would be O relief from the obligations imposed
upon us as impartial journalists. 1t is far more
agreeable to us, and doubtless to our readers,
to be able to approve the conduct Of a public
officer than to criticise and prescribe it. Hardly
one creditable act has been performed by the
President and Cabinet since the delivery of the
Inaugural Address. Our domestic affairs have
been thrown into wild confusion. while the
foreign relations and interests of the country
have fallen absolutely beneath contempt every
where, and that in spite of some noble cxccp-
tions from the Navy, which were either prompt
ed by individual frmness and patriotism, or by
instructions from the last administration. The
affair of Koszta and the recent successful expedi
ton to Japan are the little leaven that must
leaven the whole lump. Imbecility-it was
called weakness in the courteous language of
the day-commenced with the Secretary Of
State, when he undertook to send diplomatic
agents to Europe, not to attend to the political
interests of our country, butte invade the con-
ventional and social arrangements of the differ
ent courts-thus, for the first time in the inter-
course of States, Identifying mere matter Of
ceremony into subject Of international con-
Germ.
There is nowhere to be found relief from this
small work of the politician. The generous,
brave and noble spirit of the American people
has been ignored. The administration is libel
on their character. Their enterprise, their
bold, fearless and out spoken character is per-
yerted, misrepresented and traduced by their
government decoy light, which, if taken as a
guide, will wreck any public man or party that
dares to follow it. 1t has not substance enough
to be entitled to honorable criticism. 1t lives
on expedients-an air plant which gives forth
all its beauty, and emits its poisonous odors by
stealth and at midnight. The Inaugural Ad-
dress, which dazzled the eyes of the people and
seemed redOlent of beauty, has fallen, in the
morning of its existence, into decay putridity
and death. The word of its author is question
ed in high and in low places. Faith in honoris
lost in the executive mansion. Low men and
low intrigues keep midnight revel where JEFF
ferson and Jackson laid the foundations of our
national character, and preserved in spotless
purity the national fame. The chair Of Wash
ington has been transferred to the spirit of A I
mold. The American people are represented