The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-19

evidence more extennatipg in is character than has
vet apparel she'll be produced, but very few Of
them will te Ell in their official esyacity.
| There is ue shsiemeut Of the excitement at Erie.
The cry of eaee is ever ane flashed across the
telegraph virgss but the succeeding mail assures US
there is peace, This Ee railroad war H. VITA ali
its various and contradictory reports and runors,
keeping 10 about the same state of excitement that
the antirent war did some years ego. The subject
has already occupied attention in three State Legis-
| latures- Peppsy lvania, Ohio and New York-and
Yesterday IL gave rise 20 ! debate in the United
States Senate. OF late re End The rioters dis gused
en-, and committing their depreda atoms agains.
| law and order; while the Heidenerg the Ia v.
breakers painted their faces and wore the garb OF
Indians. What il 70 be tie result, or on whose ban
victory will uti Aaiey perch, mist be left for
! time 70 determine. Our correspondents will keep
readers informed OF the progress OF the war; and
| record the events as .aey shall transpire The last
announces the burning for the fourth time, OF
tie bridge Harbor creek by 10 pettieosts
al the next Intelligence, presume will be that
| the same men in psDtsoous, will grant the railroad
company permission to rebuild it. SO they go
| We have received oar ales OF the Correo del Cara.
cas- to the 2st December being eighteen days later
| intelligence from Venezaela, but they contain
news whatever OF any Importance
The attent ofmiitary men, as well as all others
Interested il militia matters, is directed to Brigade
| Inspector Cookies statement OF the annual review
and inspection of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
r. gments composing the Third Brigade of the First
| division Of the New York State Militia From the
tenor Of this report IL would appear that there are
many obstacles in the way of organizing and main
| tanning an efficient militia system some of which
may doubtless be traced to legislative snactments
and others to the inattenten or want OF proper in
formation on the part OF certain leading officers For
instance, thess brigade reports ought to be made to
the lnspectorGen aud through him to the Adju,
| tahtGenersl. Under The presen. arrangements
the lnsDs ,tor- General is scarcely ever heard or
| thought Of although he is said to receive
| Tor his services Between twenty-five hundred
and three thousand dollars per annum- being more
than the salaries OF the Aiutant ana Commiss .ry
Generals and their assistants combined He should
be required 10 reside at the State capital and keep
his department. fully organized, As nov constituted
bis Office L. complete snecure, and Of use to the
State or its citizen soldiers whatever.
| Tie Board Of Education met last evening but De-
| yond the election OF committees, little was doae
| This occupied some three hours. See report.
In addition TO many columns Of interesting mat
ticuary, our papers to-day contain number OF ex.
ceedingly curious and entertaining extracts and
Washington letters from different Journals with re
| gard to the GadsGen trta with Mexico; editorial
opinions Of the administration and tue state Of par
ties; news from Buenos Ayres, Texas and elsewhere
proceedings in the Board Of Aldermen; series of
instructive lectures by Drs. sturfs and Solger and
Rev. Henry Wsrd Beech; additional concerning the
| pf .ba Ell
despatc relating to marine and railroad di,4ssers
| celebrations, &c.
The Free Soil Question In Congress 3 ar-
| prising Disclosures Of Gen. Picrcs's Free
soil Core spond.ncs and Opinions.
The vcxed question between the New York
national democrats OH the one hand, and the
administration and the Van Buren, free sellers
on the other, has at length come up in Con
| gress on its merits; and from the opening OF
the debate in the House We may expect some
highly interesting disclosures OF political chi
canery, in low quarters and in high quarters
| before the discussion is ended,
Mr. Cutting and his colleagues. in their on
slaueht upon the New York free soil faction.
show up their party deinquencies without re-
serve. As far as i goes this may all be very
| well; but they do not strike at the root Of the
evil. Every question ofdepsrture from correct
| principles, moral or political involves some
secret instigations of higher or lower degree
| From these secret causes, all great political
movements take their lighter or darker shades
| A front view of the administration and its COM
positc materials OF Northern free sellers and
| Southern secessionists is somewhat perplexing
| 1t is difficult to comprehend the real causes of
such an anal gamation when they are invisible
and undsclosed. But to make war upon such
a coalition, without understanding its salient
points Of attack is simply a waste Of time.
As far as the Van Buren, free sellers are
| concerned, however much we may despise their
| political hereses. or the looseness of their prn-
| ciples, there are some points in their history
which challenge our admiration for their
open irankness and manly boldness Their
detection, a. separate faction. hushed up
in the election Of Polk, began secretly anu
stealthiiy to deyelope itself during his admin
istration But in the Baltimore Convention
of 49, they threw off all DISCUSSES, and under
the lead OF John Van Buren, G. G. Cambreleng
John A. Dix, b. b. Butler, John Cochrane and
others they kicked over the Baltimore plat
form marched Cd to Buffalo with drums beat
ing and colors flying, and, fraternizing with
Giddngs, Gerritt Smith, Fred. Douglass and
other abolitionists Of all stripes and complex
ions, boldly and plumply planted themselves
with old Martin as their standard bearer, upon
the abolition platform Of free soil, free speech
and tree men. They kept their black flag boldly
and the Baltimore democratic nominee was laid
| out cold and still among the killed and wounded
They did more-they continued battling for
the Wilmot proyiso aud against the compro-
mise measures to the bitter end. Even after the