The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-27

viii not abide thS deoiee Of tho Charleston Coaveasu
onsfs the platform made him He may 20 through
The democratic sxercies and evoiuoos 70 make hmssf
MOI absolutely, physically impassabe but a. sooa u s
chances for regular nomination are declining he wM
ener Tighten the Southern fre eaters into subnissioa.
or run AZ third, Independent candidate, as advised
Few Gays ago oy DIS friend Chcvsler Fornsy. In the
Philadelphia fress
In long article Of the Chicago Times, pubished ON The
18th lust, dsnunciatory of ''Mr Br,ssrs Commt,ss."
aud SO headed the following remarkable psssares ocr
of which il would perhaps be well some Senator 4.
Congress were TO ask Mr.. Douglas for sassesoprv o.
PLANTATION -
Mr.. Brights committee Is poor instrument 10 a. -
platform for the Charleston Convention 20 odcus ~
senator Douglas will feel in honor and duty bounA y e.
ConveStoo ss osnddao. u asspicsSss ~ -
And asaln, Mr. Rights committee will be bye were
Va w moulin OF every honest democrat Whatever r.
demOcraiic masses are u tsvor u an entire aS and ss
united party 70 meet and the onem. ~
Union and the consutucn We have great faith that TIM
heartiness a give ,ch prospect or IN Noss
her next upess We are platform that honeca
We will be explicit: no man can be eected pr
dent this year who does no4 adhere 70 he nonuisr 49,
trine Of popular sovereignty.
Tho Washington correspondent Of the sae paper dated
Washington, February Is, and Published in the ssns
number Of the Times that from whose editorial co,usns
we have just quoted, goes further and
the whole proceedings OF the Senate committee - u
outrsge, prompted BY desperate Senatorial gamcsAs
from the fee States and dsunons from the South be
determined on accomplishing q common purpose, even
though the democratic party destroyed In the attenpl"
So the war which Senator Douglas has waged sinos
December 1857 against President Buchanan now 70 BE-
waged against the Senate committee against msov
Of the Senate against the majority Of the democratic States
and against majority Of tho democratic party, unless b
ID nominated by the Charleston Convention, with hh
squatter sovereignty recognized a. orthodox
Mr. Douglas, who has evidently inspired both thswash.
ington correspondence and the editorial article abevU
quoted from the Chicago Times says 70 the Charesta
Convention, In 30 many words-s Take me, or an rs-
solved to kill your mani"
Affairs In M ,xico-Movemcnts OF Mira
notwithstanding from Chsna-The Pa
Telegraph Bfi-The Postal Service Be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific states
Important Testimony Before the Joha
Brown Investigating COmmietee, go.
ovR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1859.
AFFAIRS IN MxIoo-rK xovKMENn OF MRAxon.
Advces have been received here from the city Of MsK
70 the 9th instant Aramon had not lsfs the city
his expedition to Vera Cruz He had proceeded waa
thirty miles to place called Touca, and had dss-
patched Of his officers with Afteep hundred -
Tascaa and was expected TO return to the city IN few
days. when he would join the forces Tascaia and pro-
coed at his expedition against Vera Cruz shesS
he expected arrive about the LIST OF March Thcro
truth in the statement that he had got far Ma
dcnal Bridge, his way TO Vera Cruz. Tho HberA
party viii be fully prepared for him when he arrres and
are mot at all apprehensve Of the ultimate result
INTERESTING FROM CHINA.
Mr.. Reed, late Minister TO China, Is here oouseung
with the government In relation affairs In China Al
vices havs Just been received with recent dates, sa
Shanghse and Canton Great preparations u pre-.
grees BY the Chinese In terrifying and Strengthening tAem
selves u tho mouth Of tho reiho, and other points
where attacks are liable to be made BY the English and
French expeditions The letter states that they had
adopted many Of the improvements In the art Of war.
which have undoubtedly been suggested to hem only
by Ruasa but by English and French engineers, who ao
said to be in tho secret employ Of that government The
Chinese seem disposed To cultivate friendly intercourse
with Amsrcans. and to render every facility In their
power 70 carry out stpulaens with people Trade
Was highly hourshing condition, notwithstanding a.
ticipated troubles growing ont Of the war.
rHR SENATE PRINTING yyEsraA1sG COMMITTEE.
The Senate Printing Investigating Committee collect
ing mass Of fac regarding the printing corupHons Il
the last Congress- And also the bargains already made by
Bowman, who has been elected Senate Printer. It ap-
pears that Bowman only pays Jewett, Of tho Know
Nothing Buslo paper fifty cents the dollar for printing
the Post Office blanks Bowman pocketng the other half for
nothing. This even than his agreement with Blair
+ Rives when he gets ono third Of the sum paid BIZ
government as his share. Bowman. finding Heartt The
superintendent Of Printing, honest man 70 suit his
purposes, 10 endeavorng to have him removed. Heark
refuses TO put the to the extra expense
verine the paper for the Post ONCE blanks In Buffalo, ua
der Bowmans fifty cent arrangement and hence The dim
Guilty.
Rice, OF the Pennsylyamidn, wrote you 4 letter
some time ago, denying that he received any pap
for the support OF his newspaper The appeared
before the Investigating Committee that he (Rice)
nominaly the contractor for printing the Post once
blanks, employed by the late Postmaster General buG
that he employed printer in your city Mr.. Joseph
Crowel, who testified that be paid but 81 cents q
the dollar for executing the work.
The total amount Of this work s about 5000 year,
and under Bowmans arrangs ment this nets him $4,000
proft-for doing nothing. Crowel refused the
work for Bowman for so cents and Jewett was, thsre
upon, employed
TIE TESTIMONY rm JOHN BROWN INVESTIGATING COZ
MiT7BE
When Mr.. S,earns was testifying before the Senate
Brown Raid Committee Fr;oay, Mr.. Coliamsr asked
him be approved Of the transaction at HArpers Fesry
which be answered he should dsspproved a
IL be had known Of at the tr1e but that he had snos
changed bis opinion He said he believed John Brown
be the representative man Of this century Washington
Of the last he said he believed the affair at Har-
per's Ferry and the capacity for scifgovernmenG
shown By the Italians in 1859. to be the gres
events of the age one will free Earope and