The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-24

from Boston on Wednesday last eee Me-. Mscrae
Consul % Paris. I, viii be re ssgecssd that he
lately arrived aa special bearer of Scspstcnes from
the Congress at Ostend and Of the letter Of Mr..
Buchanan in regard to Cuba. II a now returns TO
Europe with answers from the aSaninistras;on to
those des; atches.
The vitriol man was caught ] ~ night by the DO.
lice. An account viii be fou nd OF his arrest, in
another column.
The Grand Jury hare found bill of indictnen.
against Noses M,er, char gn him With setting fire
to his grocery store, at sos Grand street, on the
night Of the Sd instant.
report of the dongs Of tie Beard Of Aldermen
last evening" which is gu he Interesting, may be
found on the first page
The Meeting OF Congr ess-Last Sesslon-The
President's Message.
We are within ten da Us Of the meeting of the
national legislature the last session of the
Thirty -ttird Congress- 1t is the short session,
closing by conssituti' email limitation on the 4th
of March thus tb rec months are oil that is
lett to the administl alton in the House of Re
presen'atives, FIR = ne next House will be over
Nhelmingly oppc sed to President, Cabinet,
Kitchen Cabinet and all concerned.
The approacbir g session, therefore, is the last
chance for the lministration !; and it is proba
bic that Gen. fierce will make desperate eff
tort to recover his legs in TIE recommendation
of a bold ard lssbing warlike policy to the two
houses. Jheir1 proceedings will open VITA the
message. " hat will it be? Wtat will it pro-
pose to do u pom the great issues, domestic and
foreign, cali ing tor action and settlement? No
body seems to know. Nobody seems to care
Never was there such Indifference within ten
days Of toe meeting Of Congress, concerning the
| Presidents message The late elections, the
Know Nothings. the Russian war, the high prices
of breadstuffs and anthracite coal, the tight
ness Of The money market, the collapsing among
the rotten banks and shinplaster shops, and
the critical state of our commercial and inan-
cial affairs, huye absorbed, and continue to alb
sorb, the public attent ton The people don't
care brass farthing for the message. The ad-
ministration is condemned and powerless. 1t
| is supposed that has done all the mischief it
can do; and hat is the oddss
Still the Pres dents message may be as full
of evils as Pandoras box; or it may possibly
be remarkable for some good thiogs in the ad-
justment Of our foreign and domestic affairs.
We have been admoriehed to prepare for war.
It is supposed that, touching eur complicated
relations with France AMI Spain, including the
Black Warrior Ease, and other cases, and the
Soule imbrogio, such Course of action will
be recommended as, If carried out, must result
in war. We have BEEN promised Cuba in less
than six months; and how we are to get it
within that interval, short of tlibustering de-
scent upon and seizure of the island we are al
a loss 10 imagine.
It is understood that the great resolve of the
President, Just new, is change in his Cabinet
and diplomatic corps, and that these pro-
posed changes are to turn upon bold and
slashing war policy, to wlich Marcy is
inhexibly opposed. A war policy, then, in
securing Marcy's resignation, will open the
way for the whole schedule OF Cabinet and
diplomatic changes proposed. 1t all depends
upon dashing war policy, and upon Marcy.
We should not b. surprised, therefore, If, con-
sidering bis desperate situation, our unfortu-
nate Presi ent should make plunge into the
desperate alternative Of war with France aud
Spain, as the only expedient which can recall
the country to his SUI port.
"
pect nothing but a cock.and-bull story in the
way Of an explanation. Santa Anna will be
handled cautiously, and the Sandwich Islands
must wait little longer We shall have some
c)ap-trap concerning the treaty with Japan,
some allusion, perhaps. to the affairs of China,
TO the neutrality treaty with Russia, and q
little putting of the reciprocity treaty with the
Canadas and the contiguous provinces We
msy ALTO be favored with some explanation of
the mission of Mr.. and Mrs. Gen. Cazenesu to
Saint Domingo and in reference 20 the pro
gress of manifest destiny" in that quarter
of the w,rld. But all these things will
amount to little or nothing The interest,
the pith ard policy Of the message, will
centre in the Cuban question, and our intri-
cate and critical relations with France and
Spain. And upon these we may. perhaps, have
war, if Congress. is disposed to take the respon
sibility, Tor the relief Of the administration
We are not prepared for much in our domes
tic affairs. The session is so very short that
all the time not taken up by the two houses
upon Cuba and Soule and the regular sppro-
prstion bills, viii probably be devoted to the
spoils-pa,ent extensions, land jobbing, Gal.
phin and Gardiner claims, and such things.
We may have recommendations to strengthen
the army and navy for the possible contingen.
cies Of war to revise the tariff according TO
the plan of Gushrie--to increase the postages
after the plan Of DR.. Odds, &c. As for the sur
plus revenue, there will very likely be none
left TO trouble rs after the fourth Of March.
The rpoilsmen VII, at al events, be there to