THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 6393. ' MORNING EDITION-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1854. PRICE TWO CENTS. JfEWS BY TELEGRAPH. # INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. r CONGRESSIONAL PROJBEDIVOS. . ?3ea. Com aid the Religious Liberty of Americans Abroad. ?it?* W Senator Toomtu on (fee Nebraska Qaettlon. Debate on the Distribution of the Public Lands in the House. AFFAIRS IN ALBANY. - le-irmt of tke lartha Washington Conspirator! Ac., Ac., A*. From Waanlngton. vairnwu B0CHAMAM? MB. B*IQUT ? MAIL BBLATS. WiSHrttOTMl, Feb. as, 1864. JkM la b rumor eurrtat that Mr Baehaaaa will re tan ham aooo, dlaguated with bla treat meat by Eogliah nfllalala in tha matter of bia raroMl to appear la so art Biaatar Blight ia Tar j 111 of Inflammatory rheamatlem ?t Beoigetoim. Tha mail delaya bare materially iImM oparaUoaa at tha Tiaaeary Department. A eaaveotlon of apiritaal mtdiuma ia ihortlj to b? bald ban. TBI AGRICULTURAL SOCtlTT. The UBited Statea AgrUolturU doeiety met thla mora *ng, aad tha Prealtent delivered an addreaa. Tba Se cretary of tba Ttaarary irvlted tha members to rltit him thla arenirn Profeawr Mapea exhibited acme wheat aad oreas grow Sac oa the aame bead. Many pap?r> aad propoetttona w?ra received and re tarred, aiad tiebalea of the most inutrtetiag nature were lUtened to wi'h marke atten-i >n The prlnolpai rpeak. ?are Were Ma -thai P. Wilder, W 3 King Prof. Mtpsa, Baa. t. Poore. Calvert aad Froaeb About one huadred member. are p eeeat, repreeentiag twerty uiie jtatae, aad ether* are arrlvtag. The annual election of oflcera take* place to-m>rroe. Ia the eveaiaf Prof. Mate* ahteed a model it aa tm proved tab-ioil pkragb, invented by hlmaelf, aad Dr. War lea, of Ohio, tictriDuted some Jtpta peai aad deaatlbad ?hem. LAND DBCI8ION IK TDK BUPB1MI COIJHT The Supreme Court thia morning rendered lta daetaloa ?ia the eare of the great Dubuque, Iowa, laad olalm. The -?JeoMon ia agaiaat it oa all pointa. VHUMFT-THXKD OOSaOEgl. ram bbbsiok. iMUlt. W-unn.voroa, Feb. SS, ISM. nCW 8MAT0K8 Mr. Baku* (dam.) of Me , preaaated the credential* of Mr. iMMBMa, Senator from Maine far all yeara from the 3tk of Maroh laet. Mr. Feaaenden appeared, a *fl waa avorn. Mr. Bbdkm, (dam ) of 111., predated tha credential* of Mr. Dooglaa, Senator from Illineia, foj alx Tear* fna tha 4th of March laat. He iraa awora laateprlng without tha pneentatioa of hla credential/. TBI 1TMQWHBW0 Mr. hiui, (dam ) of 111. , pretested tha petiUoa (Of the" investor of the Atmospheric Telegraph, aaklag as appro yriatioa of $6,000 to ooaa tract hla telegraph for tea mil* a. 'Be aaetrte that he oaa trananlt paokagee welghleg too pound* MO mllae an hear. Referral tj a aeleot commit tee of be. moaLua auairer m mpul o? tbb niaeouai oo? narni Mr. SrwAKD, (free eoil) of N. Y , predated tha prooeed. l?ga of the peopla'a meeiiag la Nee York eltj, ud ilto the meeting la R of Pa, preeaatad an am fall of yettttoaa againat (ha removal of the mint from Pailadel pbia to New York or anywhere el.V Mr Caaa, (dam ) of Mioh , preeeated a petition about raiu tone freedom. Mr. Qua (free aoll) of Ohio, praeaatod a fioi aa peU Mom agaiaat alavery la Neoraaka. hub The tU) for tha relief of tettl?ra of lander* eel red by graata ft r railroad purpoaae w? taken np aad paeeed. ?uottca umnrT aaaoAD? vsjuRKaor ?an am Mr . Ckb, (dem ) of Mich, ??li? 1 hare a petition to present, whleh la bat tha io" rueaer of many other*. It ?ak* the later poeltlon of thi? government with forelgo Powere, where ineh intorponti m le rf quire 1, la order to aroara 'o American eltlieat ab- oad the enjoy nee t of reli gion* worah'p while llnag. and a p aee of lepultnre aad tM ritee of Clirtatlea burial when dead; aad atraoge it la that inch damaada are rendera* aaaaaeary br the arro gecee of earthly pr-auaapttn In ttti lay of knowledge m of Sod, aad ant to tha kingdom of maa; aad ao human ruler eaa Interfere with it without equal iojuatiae and praaomptloa. Of aouri* wa claim no r ght to laferpoea be tween other gOToremeate aad their owa people, wuept, indeed, tha right of jalgmeat aad aoedamaatlon, aoaiwe to all oouatrlea not oruebed by the toot of tha aapueeoe, whea en eh act* of revolting tyraaay oca or to ahoek the feeltoge of mink nd bat when American eltl wane art the eolferera It la the nodeaiable duty of thla go Tarn ai eat to take all auch meaautee a a are jumfled by the la we of ration#, to lan re promotion aad the enrol** of right* whloh ought to be wholly without the eoope or po ll no* 1 laetltntit aa, aa they are wlAout their Jaet nu thotlty. I propria, air, at eome oenventent time, whea tte Senate la leee engaged thaa at preaent, to more the reference to tha Uommtttee on foreign Rela'ioua of tha ?zMBent report made laet eeeat >u op jb atml.ar pitltlore, by a aeca> nat finable member, (Mr. Underwood ) now no toiler atcoa* u*: aad epon that ocatalm I ahall aak to he heard la relation to tale general au jaot. lade pendent Of the momentooa priaelplea Involved la It, aad whtab, of themeelvea, tnrnlah a audi ileal motive for their examination, i bare aaother whleh la pereoaial ta myeelf. It win probably be renolleoted by aomn of the Seaatore, that I enbmlttod a few remark* to thla body wreathe qaeettoe wa* Hilt before aa. Ojt prooaedlage. and par aiealarly n ?? aaare of them, were reviewed with eome ee rarlty by irahbiahop Hoghea la a letter eigned hi him naif, aad publlahed la the paper* after our adj >aromen u 1 do not oejeet at all to that cearaa. though oertalaly I B.ait hare beea greatly mlanad.ratood, jadglac by eome of tha aaatimnata imputed to me Now, air, I propoea not an mnoh to review the review, aa to redeem myaelf from mlaapprahenaloe, aad to reaaaart aad maiatala my true vie we; aad while I ahall execute thla taak wltk aU the due recpect to the peieonal character and ta the high r altion of ihia diatlngnlahed (.relate, I ehall do .t with the freer'oia whleh btloaga eqeally to the aubjeet aad to my owa position aa a member of thla depoettory of ao sneh of the national power. I meve the reference of thla petl ton to the Committee on Foreign Halation*. Docvwaam rclativi to tub vcmixm woai.o a ran. Mr. Paaaoa, (whig) of Md., reported a joiat reaolatloa araeptlng oertala volomea pr?a?n'ed by Her Britannic Majeety'a goverament to the United Statoa, ooatalalai aa Uioatrateo catalogue, report* of jury, ha., M, of tha lata World'a Pair to London Paeeea na Kcaiacv axd thf rawtm Mr. Baooaufi, (dam ) of Pa , in roduaed a jolat reeola flaa allow lag Mr. Kennedy, late Clerk of the Oeaaua, to aie oertaio cflieial doaameat* la tha Oaaeua Offlea, la pm yertag a work he I* pabliehing aa private aaeoaat. Ha naked it might now be paeeed. tereral denatora nbjanUag it waa referred. aooocim wrrn maktlajtd. Mr. Paaaca latrodaeed a bill for the re-exam Inn tlnn of aiaaaata betweea tha United Ointea aad Maryland. Be jarreA Tha Senate than took up TUB namu>Ka irrt. ?r. Toow, (?hin) of Oa , aaid ba appro** had tha ooa ?l deration ot tola biU with a kttrt f mil gratitnda to a wiaa PrurWaaea, ttet af tor a protraatrft aoataat at yaara thU qoa?tloa M a boat to bar* a aolotloa, not by aay tampon'? ?po(l*Dta, tat apoa tea broad prlaotplaa of joaaiitntioaai joaUe? a ad right, which ?u tha oaly g laail npoa vhtah it ?o*ld be aatiafaotorily aad parma aaatlj aatUtd. la oataiiag n?on tha dlacuaaioo ha daalrad to naamhla tha At banian uratar, who, bafor* apaahlag, ?Iwiya ? praiad tha goda that ba might attar no ?? iaeon* infant with juatlaa aad tenth." Thara waa a narfcad diffaraxaa batwaoa vht ariumant nada by tha appoaaata of thU Mil and thoaa b J lu frtaada. Tha frtaada of tha bill bad attorad no wogd wbiah might not ba aaoapWd by tha paopla aa tha trath, wwJa tha tna icilara who tared, moTtd and had that* Mag la MaSta aioat aad agitation, bv a?at forth maah that abomid aavor hara barn nd?ra>s?d to thap Hao aoanprouia* of 1 too, aad dallrarod tham ?gala against thl? Mil. Thay ara battllag now agaiaat too aaaw groat tiathamamc and aatablii had by too l? rUlation of IBM TlaSaaator f-om Maaawahnaatta (Mr Baaiaar) la hw aeaaoh, aat only tradnaod tha paopla af tha Booth, bat alao ht? aoaotryawnof hla r.wa aortioa, by fltyMag all tkoao who did aot agraa with him la hU f aa aaU had aboMMoa aaatimaau wbl a aUraa. If traa. waa It aa argaaaoat to adtlra-a tha Booth to shaago bar poll ay of Afrtaaa alavorjr, that thara might ba whita alararyf Waa It aa aiaaaiaat to tha ?tooth that whita maa ahoald ft* dagraiad ha otdor that thara might bo aloratloa to too >* hiaahaf n waa a Mhaloa tha North toatytaall who wara ftaa adan whita riavoa. Ha had aaoa lataiy la Haw Tak proof tt at it waa a Hhal. Than wara mm ttoto ghtwM ?? fiMMial umWIig with firoaaoUar* nl abelltlonlata, and who area refuted ?. "???? th* P?1 ,?f that eaaoeieti^B Th'M men !? N?? ionoity who <"ld thia did not etnad alone OMhudi*! ihoaand freemen of the Slat* bad eua'aiaed the Ml \Were tieae mea tlavea? We could not kut, lit* Ireland th?' oar land produced do reptile; bat while admitting ,r'at we had rep' ilea amongat aa. we oonld tout that w* had aa ia tef Igesce. a freedcm. i-d a oooattta'ion, wk^ *>' e?pe rior to their ??bob. The qareloa now before tks? Senate vii the (an* old one of the right, power, and ?xy*bli?atl< aa. Who epoka of thaee Utiagaf Tha men whom bo oatha ooold bin l, no obll^atlona of *?tf or of law at aid aweive frvm the execution of tbalr fall p?V TKw? . The Senator fr?in New Turk apoka npon public faltb, atd aaered honor, aad aoli-mn osmpait; and ha, whan Governor of Naw York, aad a arn to execute the eaaetituttm of the (JnitedStatea, refused to execute It oa tha ground that a "lave wa? tba ant j-ct of a telouioui as portatlon of p'opeity Hooa of three Senators kaaw scmethicg cf com pacta to d?feat tha will of tha people. By arm* of theee 'onl eompaeta ? coalition I th?y ware called In llaaitohusetta-- tte people war* tfefranded of being properly repreaenta/, that soma of there man might be Mat to the Senate. Men wno o?ed tbar elevation to such fraudulent coin pacta aa there, now talked of pligh ad faltE, honor, and the lnrloiabil ty of contracts? who, while openly declaring they will not oarry oat a com prnnlM, ttlk to othera abiut rbservtug them. What cid thla oonduet meaa' It di>a'?:B>l that they wen ia aaneibleptel, Beoondly, that it had received the acqnl'eeeat approval of niaetaentweBtiethe of tha pibllo e'Btimeatof the Unltad Statai. Thirr ly, ha wjcld rep y o tha obj ?et oa i to tha Mil, aad fourth!) ha wwld dtaprora that thla bill waa a depertura fron tha ancient pjltc. of tha rap u bio, aad disprove that that aaataet policy waa ptoiibUljn and ilavety. Than waa bo ohj-otloa to tha owatttu tionality of aJlowtag tha paopla of tha Territortee to aattla thia quaatioa aa thay thought f roper Thoaa who a* to eatad tha prohlbltloa of alavary by Conrraaa, aa wall aa thoaa North aM South wha deaired tba power la Ooogreaa toto 10, all admitted it was eonatitutlonal to leave tha qoeatioa with tha paaple of tba Tenitoriea to daoide for themieleea. Ha did not believe tha aoremigatf ovar Terrltorlea waa la tha Ooagraaa of tha general govera maat. Tha Supreme Court had aald aome thing ahint aoveielgnty in Cocgraaa, but ha did not place muoh ton fldenoe Uere. That court waa undoubtedly tha aafa depo altory of prWata right, hat ht kaaw of i> usurpation of Solitleal power by tbe general government bat whet tha apreme Oourt had found aome authority for it He be lieved all aorereicnty ovar Terrltorlea waa la tha people of those Territoriaa. Coegraea bad no powar given It. The aovereiga powar waa In tha Itataa or ta tha paopla. A population of five thouaand la tha Terrtt >rlaa had tba tame aupreme polillaal aoveraigoty that thay woald have did they anmbar Ore milliooa That aova ralgnty might ba for a tlma in abeyaaaa, bat It eoald not be dietatbed. The very 11 rat man who ?stared thoaa TerritttlM waa oovarad all or?r with thaaime coaatitution that ouvered him la aay Htata, aad hid tight to lovereignty aa one of the propie ooald aot ba naurped. Ha mi.^ht sot ha able to aatert aad maintain It by force, bat it w?a aa isoah hla aa if he had armlea to dafead It The people of California had exer cieed thia lovereignty. Congteaa admitted th?ir lawful exeieiaa of It, aai Ualiforaia waa ?b a to aaaert it. Hhe had the power. He and maty oiheta had dafaadei the admiaalon of California bacauae of thia great prluoiple of popnlar aoverel?nty. Ha bad voted to apply the eame priceiple to Utah and New Mexioo. How wer* th y treated T Who had. reeogane^ th a great prlrolpl* by voting far thoaa acta f Many of taem had bean hunted don a by thoaa who aow oppoeed thia bill? huated do en to their gravea an ) their mtmorlea tradaoad and vilitad. Hyeaa? led ob dead bociea, but these need feed oa soma* thing more preeioua thaa the body? name, motive and ra putMioa. la hla mlad there waa uo queitioa or doubt that the people who go to theae Tairitori-a are reeled at ea?? with eomplttapbTftalgaty ovar It. That aerareignty a>ay be held in abeyaaae for awhile, at uatll 0->cgreaa gave Ha ascent to ita exerclae, but that it la all the Una held by ttla . people aloae oouli not ht disputed. Tha comtltutiCn >aid nothing of alavaa. He denied ihat C m greaa, by a?^ lmplfdatlOn, ooald draw tha power to pr^M on iikTir; in me lorritorirs. it naa bo power in toy ?hap* over slaTsrj. The constitution ?m not framed with ief?ien-e to slaves? this vss a government of free mcn. It* liberties wfcrs woo and npheld by freemen for ,fl?*inen and ijot slavUk. Slavery, at the Uma of tha adop tion t f tha eoc (tltntlon existed In many of w&at aranoir (re* States Toelr constitution mada no provision rea past il K African slave* ; tha fxvedom 1 boaa e natttn ions pro vided was for freemen, tad not lUrai. Tha moat of tbam ||T? frseoom to whit** for year* before they aboljhed slawrj ; and baton they set thalr iltrai fraa tha/ took car* to sell tta greater part of tbam to Sjnthera States Tbl> question o' tha tcvsrtlgoty of Gmgreaa over tha pev pie waa tha old is>ue batwaan the parties who earn batted prerogative against priMiege Vtaun bad written mash sgalnst and long disputed wl'.h thse whs far end pra rogattve, and baa hala moat strsnuoualy to tha dootriaa that all ipowara were vested in tha States or paopla not sipmsly given to Oongreta. Ia 1*98 Mr. Mtdiaoa argued In tha Hons* of Rep-esentativos against tha sovereignty of tha general government II was thaa da elded, la the eaaa of Mr. Jay'* treaty, that eran tha treaty making power, though art* fined, waa not unlimited Tha people of the North vare not averse to thia prlaolf la of popalar sovsralgnty? thiy wiuld not b* ia armi at Iti recognition or adoption Some of tftaee Senators who live by agt'atlon think tha worli la ia motion oaoaa** they are ndiid. He well remembered, la ISM bsaring tha Senator from New York procUtmlrg the atorm wbioh noa'd follow the aote ef that year, and hli thraataalng that, tbaogh passed, the time woald oome when tha cry would go up of repeal! repeal! tepeair Thoae acta ware adopted, and wlat waa the r?*uMf Aa Senator wwat. a few riota and reaeoei wspe got up, and than all wax qaiat The people of tha North w?r* then, and are now, willing to hare this queitioa settled on the principle that the sovereignty waa la the people and o:ght to be left there, notwithstanding lb* SsoatoT's loud prophetie* in 1860. He noon after wai one if the Brat n ea who ? Beaked into 1 a political orgaafaatloa which endorsed every one of this* meeearee h* bed ao bitterly oppo<*d. Tde Stoat* might reat assured tha*. ao atorm would ever come from that Senator. That !>*na tor's than; e? waa not ml, bat sheet iron and pt oepbnrons Another lnitlridne), who then MMM* ?d Neir Hamp-.hlre, undertook to tr II the fate of three who would vote foi thoae nuMani, at d the remit ef * ao longer la the Se nate. This princi|1? of popular sovereignty wai the great ptinclpi* fi r which the battle* of the Revolution wet* fought It wiaaa dear toth* people of the North ?of and at ell ti nee aa to aay other*. They knee that tbii bill proposed nothing 'mar* thaa that prloelp'e? they would approve It. Bat tkey were not to I J this by the speeches of to* opponent* of thfa Mir The fr** soil m did not '.inly r*pr?aent the peeple of the North Tney bad got ia the Senate by getting ap excitements, and woala go out of It aa mod aa tta people oonll reaeh them. All the South aaked was tfeat the principle estab lished ia 1850 and given to Utah a ad New Mexioo, ahouM be eztri.de l to other territory protested by th? same tl>g and ram* constitution The people theie woald at the proper Huth waa powerless Tae North i ad th* power to ast justly or asjastty. f leSiu'h tow said. a* It *id in I860? Yen have the power to do right: will you do i J The Senator nays No; rather oon tlnue the lDjaa is*. There wai another ator/ of a minis ter who waa aaeking peace at Rom*, and wh*n a?k*d what guaraate* ba ocall give that p*as* would not be diiturbod repliot? "Oiv* us a jast pease, art It will never b*? brckrn." Bo with the South. Let her have a joat peace ? p?are on soma bread national priadpla? aad It would be permanent Tha North had never approved the Mli sonri *ompromla*. It huated dewa all of It* represent ative* who voted tor It. Ia i860 a Senator from Nsw Hampshir* taunted Senators with the fat* of those Northern ?*a who voted ft r the Mt'sourl compromise. Th* aompromlr* of 1860 waa adopted oa a different prln elple, aad bad bee* endorrad by ta* vhol* nation. Th* demcoratlo party hai aftarwards in ooav*ntlca uaani monaly d*elared It to be a flra itf, aad la th* ale*tio* earrVo ivery State of the Valon but four. Th* whig paity bad rs*olv*d th* *an* tblnc, bat there wer* ?lxtj-iix o It* *obv*ntfaM who refas*d It They wer* rfj-e'ed by th* whrl* paopl*, North art Booth, who wi old not trust tl em The paople had ao eoaadene* la ?neb rasolvlng. Many whtge, Uk* hinu*if, had tharefore tcrnd their basks oa thsm aid sough-; a peac**li*wh*re. That permaasat p*aee had been found? it was tendered here to day by this bill H* did not bsliav* th* Senator f'OB Nsw Yoik bad a /ok an th* e*atlm*ot* of th* p*oal* of bis litat*; aad hs thought tba Seaator woalJ Art him comet *h?a b* triad aa *)*oUoa by tba paopl*. Th* Seaator from C aneetlest had ep^ksa half a dsy about Brlgbam Young aad bis ftrty wlree He veatarvd to say U at la ao tB*taao?,from the time of th* nrdlnano*of 1787, now eaaoa is?d by pisfaded frlen V, had gorernmeot *v?r lntrrf*Tid with th* p*opi* la th* r*gulation of their doBMii* erne* res. Tba paopl* ef Utah, wh*a admlttrt Into tts Union, will bare to regulate their owa iastitu Urns la Hieir owa way. U It salt* thorn, th*y can ooma aa >*ai the state af patrlarsbal blsri* taess a* they thlak lit; there was na power ia Congre** to prohibit them; 'her* vas a provlsiaa la th* eoos'.ltaUon that C?ngr*ia ?bould not Mtahlish aay religtoo by law. H* was not prepared to say wh*th*r ea*h power waa prohibited to tha Statee; but Coegress bad no powsr to pr*v*nt Rimaa Catholics ante ring the Territories: it had no power what erer over aay domestic oonosrn of th* people This prln ? dpi* af popalar sovarsigaty was powarfal; It was riok ia the vitality of truth, art would live forever The Senator from Maauihuiatts asked if Brlgham Yeang could carry his forty wives to Pennsylvania. Cer tain ly not. Tta* Booth did not a* carry Its s'avs* to Psnneylvaata or to New York. All It aak*d was the tight to carry tbslr Slav** everywhere where slavery was act prohibit- d by law. Slavery was prohibited In Pennsylvania art Nee Toth not br Congtees but by the people ef thcie States The senator from Cccnsctieut told the Senate twice that in 1860 Mr. Web ster hsi" eomptlmented him for /emonstrattof the' the W ilosot Provian waa a humbug. Tt a oompli men t seemed to hav* Nan thrown away, tor th* Ssnator oa every ossa tirn bai voted for this humbug, aad hug<*d it to the laat rsritrut of It* M'stence All th* op pones ?a rf this bill bad ltvcked th* spirit* of th* Illustrious d*rt to sustain . belr opposition The Banator froes New York had oalled on tbs iplilt of Mr. Clay; bat the Senator waa th* last ?as In the wsill who would Invoke th* inlrit of Mr. Ulay, bed h* not known It woald not eome at hi* bidding. It was cbaraeleslaUs foi thoae to invoke now th* spirit of tta* dsad wbo had trrtuead hi* sasu when Uiing? wbe, at Syracuse, la defartlag tha Jirrr reaenera, had aonght to ctshoMT hie memory. These free eaflesa had falsified htotory by wni*a th* Ml? ???! eoipromlee aeompeat, was nswssary tot to ta so to make up HfaUon. B y thoiii DMDii, and by the aid or fanatical ram, atroag miaded women, bl*o?era, &v they aought to c-ceat* "> the pubilo a. ltd a fala* ImpisulOu u to toat l*gi?.'*tlon. It >u do oumpait ? a compact L>. aoatething agreed i' P?? bj ptrtin cowpeteBt to do ao Goxgrers hid o>> ponr to mala a compeot between tbi North and th* Soutn. If ?"* bad tbe N< rth was imi a party to it. Ia thi H >>ne th* whole Ncrth escept sixteen member* voted e galoot II Is tba Miiiata th* Nor '-a voted agaiuat it. Ta* Njrtn aid never spprovtd it. It eoa'amawl all who to it exoept tana. tfcnoa tb?a It had move than once repudia'ed Ic. Huitorr had tc b? fa'eifled tj irak* it oat a ooiipast, and then th* p wltioa of the North haa to ha fala tiled to sustain tbi* faarioatioo of hit or/. If it we* a oompaor, and th* atfcalsaloa of Missouri was the prto* given to th? S-u'h for tb?prc hlM UoB north cf 30 30. thaa the Nortbrepu it ted h by ra fusirg to adult Wieooc,en Ib 1821, and, tnereVre. re leaeed th* South. The pretcno* oq which the North I rafu ed to admit th? South wee too txiSlvg to be ooBdaaa ed. It wae (kid that Arkansas waa part of th* pr;0?gtv a to tbeBoath ft. r prohibition. Upon the queatlon of ad mitting Arhaeaas, ia 183"), John Qulacy At am* aald that If no otter inaa mover it, h* >ould morv to apply th* prohibition or rlavery to that -Hat*. W lore wae th* i? Jemn compact th*i>? Did tba North thaa srooWIm i ? a oompao' never to ha broke* T Eighty toot N rtbera men voted for tha'.prohi ttion to the Arkacaaa bill? more than a majority cf tba who ? Northern delegation. It ?M voted down, but upon the passage of tba btO admit ting Aikaaaai fifty fjur votes wet* given against it, all but two of wtioh war* from th* North. Th* Nona, B*ar>y >a a 'olid bo^y, vo' fusli g to at* -nit Mieeourf. It ro'ad >y n.tj?rl te to tepud at* it in 1838 i-jioted it in 1848 and M?D, Bad fa peculiar advocate^ and special friead* miw openly dicla'f 'he- wouM vote it down to morrow. Yet they call upoi the Sooth to atand by a bargain to whlah tie No'th n -ver ?a a party to? to atacd by the oam past, whioh tie No-1' ne\*r approved of and i (way* reputiatid? to atao by tbe comprimi-e whlah the North un 'irmly oond?mnfd Th. y tela loudly of honor. plighted faith, ana it vleleble c lupact, to be observed by toe B >atb, and ye'- admit they oarer were bound by it, and ar* not bow. Whoever beard snob language outeUs of a land of a> aaxiBi t To hear tbam ta'k or honor qnd faith ?>i like Menieg to the devil q voting diripture. It could ao*. be fonnd an) wfcere that it waa th* poHoy o' th* rounder* of tbe republic and framera of the ooaatltattjat* pro blblt alavrry to Stat**, ? r to rtatrain It la any shape. He q Doled a letter from JalTeraon to Madiaoa. la whioh th* aettlcmeot of tba alavery queation by a gaorgrapht eal lice w? atyled a moot portenton* movetaant, jal ot whioh De Wit' Ciintoa aad Hofui Kmg expected to g*t tbeir party into power. Alao from ladiaun to Jaffar ?on. and al'o a l*tt*r from Jasknoa, ia whioh he ?tyled the Ni'^oari com promise a raub, deap>tio policy, act, *o. The Aerator from MaatachuNtta, oa a former o caeica, and twioe oa rnesday Uat, declared that at th* tine of Waahlentoa'a InangBratiOB there waa bo a tot tiac'er tbe jorl*di*tloa of aha Uait*d S'ata* where th* flag floated ovir on* foot of alar* territory Virginia eeded the aortbwfit territory of the United tatee with thaeoadi tion 'bat alavery ahon,ld be prohibiud. North Caroliaa eeded tbe tm itory of Teen ?*aee, with the c ndltl 'B that Cocgteaa aboBld never prohibit alavery theraia The Srat Ccajreea tinier tbe oonatitutloa accepted both o**ato*a. W*a tbii the policy of prohibiting alavery la all territory of th* Dai ed Btatea? Traneiaee waa aot admitted aatti 1786 and tharefora dtuing the whole of Wathiogtoa'l admiDiatratloB remained (lava territory, and waa pro teoted by Watbingtoa aa well aa the free territory of-th* Northwest. In framing th* conititotin, th* father* of th* ooBBtry rratrictad 'Jongrrea from dUtorbleg or eap prtiaisg the aiave trade for tweaty year ?, a ad gar* their permiialon to 11* contincanoe forever. Waa thia the an ciei t follcy ?' aapnrea.iing alavery f Knowing teat, ia all ptobability. the slave 8tat?* wonld b* la a minority of whit* population, th*y provided in the oonatittidoa ftr a rrpreecatatioa of thire flltha of th* slave popula tion Waa tula th* aaeient polloy of diaoinataaaaa lng slavery ? They not only did thU, bat tuey gave the tlave States power to follow their elavee Into bee StaUe and reoov*r th-*m. Th* acelrat policy of our fathers did oot l#ave one aeot la the land wber* a poor alave ooald flad a k site- . He then rsferred to the cesalona, 4a , aa to the southern part af Georgia and FKvli'a, acdaaid that the OB'y part of th* original territory cf the Uaitad Stat** at tiat time owned waa ?lav* territory. Tbla waa the ancient policy of the gov eminent to iat alavmy alone, and to give bo p >wer to 0* promotion of any other lani*. under the enn of e law*, *ooBa ??ud In th* day* of th* Revelation tbe p* petition ef that H at* had ran op to over B million Kur -tgn-ra, theo, d d go wb*r* alavery waa. f:i Senator from llaeiteha *? ta, In *aylBg that it wai a derradatloe for frees an to go wber* slavery wae, no only maligned th* freemen of tba North, hat thoe* alao of tbe Honth. The Seaater from Oeaa**ti*at objected to th* phraaatVgy of this Metioa becanae It gave the rea ?onforihayepaalof tk* Ml?aoarlaot. It aad the ptia dp'.e adopted 1b I860 waa inoeuaUteat with tha Miaeoarl compromise. The truth of tbla oonld aot ha denied. Bat In order that daaigaing men mfght aot read tie law aad give false reaaona for ft, it was just aad wise to pat the reaaoa to tha law itaelf. that thay shon d bath go to gether Be r*ad extraeta from a apeecb delivered by him in 1861, In Georgia, before tha Htafce OenvecUon in which he bad defended the admissioa of Oalifarala oa tba ground tbat tbe people there bad fall sovereignty and had an dnnbted ifgbt to ertraiee it, scd ihtt h*r almlaiioa wa* tb* reeogxltloB of that great priaclpla of popular sov* telgnfy whioh the South bad harterad away by tb* Mis loorl com ptomla?>. The Senator from New York had al of th* Lord shall ataad forth, with hia right hand oa the aea and hia let on tb* land, aad la a vale* of aev*i* thunder proclaim that time a ao mire, Mr. Brum, (dam.) of Va-, got tba floor, aad tba iub> joct waa poetpiwed. frnaiUBR FOB THI WATT. I Th*S>aate took aptbe bin appropriatieg three mlllloai for tie construction cf six eteam trigat**, aad pawad It ia leas thaa ??* mlnu-*. After re executive sessiao th* BsbbU adjourned. Home Of lUprtHlUarci. Washirutor, Feb. 23, 1861. ntoCUDUOA or vktharicb i* riw tore am ism Tin rephil OF TBS MISSOURI OOXJ'BOlUMk . Hi Whoi.kk, (dem ) of N T., preeented the pro teed inf ? of the meseanloe of New York, on Satardiy leet, i|iiiit tbinpfkl of the Mieeonrl oom promise. The Ciskk m about to read the retolntione, whin Mr. Clwumar, (dem ) ?( N C , otjtoUd, the tale being tbat sembere pieseulog ft p?p?r ehall atate briefly iu ?Oct' Dt?. Hr. Wiirara did ?o, acd mored It* refereaee. Mr. Tatlor, (?btg) of Ohio, did not eee Mm propriety of referring tt>? proereolnga ofpajlio meetlogn, ih?j are tel Utt proposed rrfrt?nra LARD OFT1CT IJt VIOmOA!) llr. 8r>.niKM? (dam ) of Mieh., fr< m tbe ^ommtttoa M roM'o Lentfe, reported a bul e tat>ii?tile?e land w?"? la the lower pf nix luAr of M ohi*av 1'aeewC LA?M FOR ?I?1I.NMJ RillROAM Mr. Pirmt (dam..) of Ohio. from >b? Land 0 mmlttee, rrporudbark tba S-rate bill graoUeg two an 1 a half rofllkaa eo-ee of land to Wnoooain f.'r railroad* la that H ata Hr ibown) -.bat the haiaeeo ti th? ^ao'ii l?a''i la tbftt State wen d be Ur|?ly lccretrel la ralao by naflh {rent*, and quoted the viae* of Mr. Calbona la favor of oosatltntioaal po?er for that porpo?e. Thla, bo rarer, he ri gaid*: n?rel< aa a pranlcal qoeetloo. > r Uttiirr (drmjif Va , a**d why all the other liai b'll' aoold not be brought for ?ard at tba same time, ie ordrr ibat tba Hoaae map larettlgftte ftad lie earn all the feat* Mr. Dvrit replied, that waa utterly lmpoaalble, aa laad Mile ocailaae to eoaae In. Mr. Lcichir lacgeeled that eoarae teeanne ha vlahad to kaoeed to refer it to the Committee of the Whole oa the mate of tba Uoloa. Mr Dokdrll, (dam.) of Ala., remarked that If the bUI war aov fentd aa IU pa**a?e he ahoold vole agalnet U. Mr lonn. (dem.i of Ala., eald that La luueded to vote, m 1 1 cly f. r thla, bet for ??ery other bill of a ?iml lar ebaraotar. If he tonld aot do jaatlee to all, he woald to part of the State*. If the bill abenld ba eeat to the Uommitiee of the Whole cn the State of the Ual m It cever will be reearreeted. Mr. Siiiimi (dern.) o Tern , eonM eee ao Impropriety ia act. PR on the bill ta?. Iu prioclplea were well aider stood, and he ooold ?ee bo aeteeelty for ite referee :e. Mr I imft laid the ternn aa1 prorl?loj? of th* bill wr re 'i?.' *te oonkideratli a, and Rlre aa oppor tunity fur Ite acatda>ent. Tbe Mil euntaiaed t(o Its ported p'ln:lp'?? to be acted oa thne baeUIy. Mr ^uriToH (6em ) of N 1 , ooaeidered enob grant* aa 9 or. joe*, to tbe are Stetee ae to the old. If aot mora eo, be eaere they wield retard tbe eett'emaat of the land*, which will be lrcreft??'! la prlee R??ldeet be wae eppcxed to bnlUiLK op e?rpo.at oa* to lafrlege * ae Hbertlea of tbe peop e. It waa aot oely uaeoo?tltntv,n*l, bat aewUe, ard bronght the gore ra meat la oor.peUtioa with prirate eater prlae. Mr. Dam, (dam.) of N. T.. r^wed that the Ho tee re bcItk itielf Into Committee o< \be Whale ea the State of tbe Uatea. Tae Strakir, la reply V, % qoeeMee, eald U the Beaaa ebosld proofed to oth*r buslatss doit, the bit * wUI oome ap whan csnmltlwi ?iv a?&i? oalled for rap >rt?. Ua pr- ceeOlng to rota on Mr. Deaa's moiuo. the HouM ww found to be ?lch.iut a quorum, waaa a motion *m ma-e to adjeoro, wiiloh >M disagreed to? 13* members voting. AfUr another vote on Mr. Dean's motion, witb the lima result u bafora, tha Bonne adjourned. SBW TOOK LBdMtATUEI. Senate Albaxt, Fab. SB, 1161. HI DIWCTB SEAT IX TUI 81MATB. Mr. UffH, (whig) of Albuj, made i report adverse to tbeelal* Mr. Storing for ai?i In tha Senate. Laid ?a the 'able. M r Z Clark (free sol) o'3l Ltwrenoe, will present a minority rejort. BILLS SKPUXTID. Mr Bwnumo*, v'wblg) of dwuben, reported a bill to authorise Oswego take stock la railways. Mr. M 3. Clam, (whig) of Ontario, reported, with aawafveatat the biU Jo suppress Utemperaaoe It waa Made tbr special order fi% to morrow. Mr. Bcvcbijh (oat. dear.) of Kings, reported a bill for ?cMltfc aal depot; olerka la Kings omotf, ftegress wu reported oa Ihs blU for tha Inoorporatioo of Is -ead transportation oomjjeni?s lmiiw roa uuMworaxs The Mil t" cede jurisdiction to (he Uoitsd States of lawefer lighthouse parposos waa referred t? the Conceit tee on Uumoiorse. II iU war AT KLKTXM. The Saaate rejurtea pregreaa oa the briber/ resolu tions. qanoin SAvrsoa baitl The MtT to iacorporate toe Kile Joanty Savings Bt.k waa crderod to a third reading . The UsaaCs agreed to meet at ton o'aiosk oa an-5 aCisr Mcadaj. ASHSBblf. Albabt, 7eb. as, IRE'S BILLS SKTSTSt. Mr. Hacxus (whig) of Klsgs, reported a bill lasorpor atlag tha Biamaa of Brookiya; also oa* lasorporaiiog the Brookl/a Jnveaile As/lam. Mr. BanRsnT reported apalnst the bill laoreeitsg tha powers et the N?w York Marine Ocort, also agalaat legis lation retsMre to primary elections. Mr. Ei>wahdh rvpo> tea a bill for the relief ef tbe New Toik aad Rochester Ki'lwey Company; also agntsat the bill to regn'ato way Hare oa rallroeis. Several local MBs were considered ia oommlttee. ma tsxfsrabcs Bin It is probable that the sel?ot oommlttee of tbe Rhus will agree to report the Traps ran oa bill as reported la the Bsaato today. Vita New Jtraty Leglelstnre. 1 annua, Feb 23, 1801 Vha reeola'lons iatrodneed ya-tordav, ei pressing iniii astloa at the attaoks of tbe New York Tribumi, were tsken ap to day, aad aftrr o< nslderable dUoassloa were passed by S4 to '21. Those Toting agalaat the rasolatloas expressed the sua Ives opposed to taking any action what ever ia rrfsrsaoe thereto Tbe last bopea sf tbe speolsl banks for re charter were cot off to-day In the Senate, by so a me a ding the banh bill as to nake 1*. of no avail Tfc s Bonee pas tad a ooaenrreat rsaolatlon to adjoaru oa the 8d of March A bill, providing a sinking fond ef 950,000 the first year, end flO.OCO addltioeal every year t her -attar, for the purchase of tha worka of the Oamden and A 31 boy Railroad, at the expiration of their charter, was ordered to a third reading in the House, without op post Hon. Tlse Mattha Washlagtea Conspirators? De s tractive Fire. Cnrcunua, Feb. 23, 18(4. The Martha Washington eonsplri tors, including Klsiane, Cnmmlngs, Cole, aad Chapia, were arrested this morn ing on a r ?! blred man ia su>p?oted as tbe guilty party, and the poiloe are in quest of him. A rlolsat storm wai rsgisg all aieht, whleh aided the plana of tha barglara. Items from Baltimore. BaltiMuxb Feb 23 1811. The New Orleaoa papers of Friday are at hand. The North Carolina Whig Caaveutloa comma cat' Alfrtd Oo^kery for Governor. Tbe " atrlke ' among the miners la the Canb?rlan1 c?al re* loss a till contlnuea, anc many of the miners are leaving to : othet ooal re (ions. The coal trsde last week amounted to oaly two thousand toes. Departure off tbe America. HoeTos Feb. 23 ISM. Owing 10 the Mdt not aarving, tbe atoaalshlp America ("Id not leave tbe harbor till four o'eloik thla afternoon. She takea out foattom paurcgeri; no ipeete. Balling off California Steamer a, Nsw OaLXAim Feb. 11, 18M. The st/smsr Daniel Webster, for San Jusn, and the El Dorado, f >r Aiplnwall tailed to day. As yet we havs no notlee of the ataamera bow due here with Ca lforala news to the Is*. Inst. The Steamship Black Warrior, Mobilb. Fei SI, 1851. Tbe st'aaser Black Warrior will sail hinoe for New York, via Bsvaaa, on Saturday next. TIm Steamer SatteUte. (,'HAKLttroa Fe"> 31, 18M. The steamer SstteUte, f ous Nee York for M,blle, put la here to day short of ooal. Markets* Nbw Oklbahs Feb. M, 1?11. The sals* of eotton to day were 6, COO bales, at na ehaiigrd prices. Decreased reealpta, 6(5,010 balsa. Hteck, .00 ( 00 balea. aterll-g exchange, 6\ Freighta? large rhlpnveata of corn for I.lVf-pool are U'lag made at Hid. jer bnatel 1'lonr 00a in lea la active deaaad, at >7 K a V 76 per barrel. Nxw Oblkavx, Feb 22, 1881 Tbe day Is parlhlly observed aa a holiday. Salsa of f tton. 6 (00 bales at eaeier bet Irregular price'. Sugar, fair, S^a.; molaiaea, 18a CHASi acrow, Feb St, 1U4, Tbe talea of today were 1,700 balea, at 7H? a 10c. EFFECTS OF TIIE LITE STORM. DISASTERS AND DEAIH IN DELAWARE BAY. m UTERI! C9LI TCSTEftBAT, dbe , dcc , te. ?BOASWAT TUTUDAT TUB BL1IQHIN0 ? THI KOR'fntU TIB8V8 THI LAW HOB'BUTBB, Tho potat Imn whl th ttM wlad bio in makai all tha eiffrraaao Is tha world. from tha aorthoaat It U almo?t invtilably th? pnntiof or tbo ?ooompaalmant of a ragtag, tearing atom, or a driaaly, frlsaly tpoll o t aararal uooom'crtabla an^dlanal day*. from tbo Muth*a*t It inn ally bringi oa a ruabiag rata; and la tha laminar It i* itldon oltboot a fall orahaatra of thaadar ?od light nitf From tbo aoatk, If tha ooatbar rw U malotainad la that dlnattoa for avaa half a abort wlnUr'a day, II briar* to aoaatbiaf of tbo batmlooaa of tha troploal it land*, aod ramtalaoaaeoi and uwoelat!cn< o' tha baanti tal ?prlrg Now, on Monday night, la fall oourt aoatama, ?a had a ragnlar wiat*r nortb*a?t*r. Oa TaaaJay, th* wind obaagio* aeathaard, wo htd a alaaaani day <>* a cdaatray with a kwi< atrafght np from th* Waat lo dlaa, al v% tho traoktl tb* Uatf itraim, tba taaipira ar? ?k* ('.iJteiotii, acd tho afeigklaf woold naro bow dahght fal but tor tba rapid ocltiag of tha aaow. Yaatarday, tba wtsd btvlrg ahr.ppwi briskly arena* to tho aortbwxt, It ?w*pt amy rag aod raattgo of a aloud away from tba ?ky, a* naaal, bKiwiog a >taady hmrlotna froai aorn lag till algbt. awl froaaiog into laa aad aaow tgUa tha watory alaah of tha pr*o?dlag daf. t>joa*qaaatly tha iMghlaf *aa rtamntd la th* arca ?>*, at, 1 idafore?m?nta wo?a eoortaatly ?.!d?d to tba gaoanl ?trfam cf t!aitb* and ?>d? oa Broadway till tb* araolag: bat tba wind was aharp, wh taking ahoat tha atraaU aad aoraar* la aaory dlrwe'L-o aad drfrii g tba aharp partiala* of tta polTonitd (Bo* Hko dart la to tho faoaiof tbo pao> aaegora. Thta loadli d tbo apott aaythlag hnt agraa I ablo, tboorh tho aaahar aai sagi*! la It, aal tba hraly 1 aafo ?( tbi tafthwA Mmqc dtff h boUa la ?Mk H h , made It bo don St very amuslig, especially, wash ml aa; *i> tbe looker oa from tbe wiad >w of a oaae oomforte ble roi "Ci commanding a vie* of the busy iccm along the great at tery of this greet metro poll i To ?*rd? evoatug, u Ibegeat curr-nt of hom>B eelege pained ?p tow j uj tMlr b< m * from be >us ueee port. loo of the lower eeo tl'Xb of the city, th? deme-id for ao jcmmodetlins Mi a even thn ?p? etou? four md ?lx-b .>/?* rle'g te, averaging fr? n fifty to seven'y pass?ng?-s to 'he fullest 'itu t of Uelr cspsotty. Ta?, about s'x o'aloak in the evening, tr< m tbe Innume 'abt? bn.og irovlog op town on the el?i* walk*, from the or irloedrd nuolbjvei, end r?m the long procession of mon*t> ? Wh sleighs, tub containing the aver eg* 01 g egatloo of Mt of our irbtOWkllt ohurohe*, from thia *aet miirrati 'a f/om the toll of ihcdayto their e?> oin < renul ne tm "tig tbe homes up t?wn, th* strsEgerln Nee Yors. fro.* l'i* utend at tbe 8; Ntah lee, would be eiabl'd to foro ilk pproxtiaate *> lma'e of the llily work tnnsaoted In rhi?. ?w,"roi!ig end buey Bibylon ' Whet ta It bat a map of bu> ? Ji'e, With ell it* fluctuation* i.vl l:s nut oonoerns." Yesterday morning, en mini inns ir?r* 'riving cattle through en open lot In Nlaetie i n-.jtM/it, wroer uf Tenth ev?nue, they diaoovered >he deaJ budy of a man appa rently a tiern an about ?0 jear e af age. nearly covered op la a snow beak reatlcg partly ag.aicar n feno* The deceased wae dreased lite a Kbnre:" and from tbe sister aal epp?arnce of the body It >u erijfo^eel that while on his way home be was over taken by tL? severe enow rtora of Mosday night, at,d mtaelu* bis wsy , tocazue bewildered, aad thus penal. ?d n a enow drift. The po lo* of tha Twt-irtr ward 100k obarge of the body, aad the Coroner will bo'd ?n lequeat to rta? Yeab rlay fo.enoen, William Hook, a lad 16 ye in old, llvirg at No 318 Nue eeoth street, wau rnn OVW In Broadway by one af the Knickerbocker eleijhn, ?v rnnai I of which one of hie lege wae broken. Ho wa? taken hnae [ ic much pain. TILK4R1PHIO. The Late Iteiu-Dnadful Marina Dtiuten, Puii^uKi.pau, Feb 23 1HSI A letter from tha Breakwater, received at the Kaoliang*, itatae that the atorm of Monisy night wae tha sever**! ??er known, and wai aooompaoied with terrific t bander aad lightning. The beach is itrawed with wreak*. Thirteen are ashore within view of the Brent water, among them tha followlaf eohooaere? the J Vail, Mioarra, of Fall Hirer; 11 M. Hot ? ooal laden, for New York; Kaohtl Jana, wfth corn, for New Tort ; Jamee Maall, with corn, one of tha araw fraaen to death; Charlae Pa.knr, with wood, two of tbe ore ? wriianed la tba rtggti g; tbe Chariea Itoore, Mary Parker, Qeeiral do tt; Brontir, ootton Udea; the (Jar Bella, of Vail River; aad two oibere, name*, not mown. We have > u rtpwr' from outaida the nape. Oir of tbe otew of the eohoonar douifcx, aUo aihara, perlahrd after riMblog tba ltbC. Sr?nral vroeala in our harbor were dlema?t>d, amonget them tha ichoonar Mary Jann, and an hermaphrodite brig. PajLu>*u'iiu, fab 33? ? P. M. A latter from Law**, datco tna 3let inn , atotae that thirteen ooaet'rg arhoorare went aahora there daring the gale of the 2Utb Inet , aid their canrw* nra etrawn al wg the beach Tbera namae are? J. Vail, Minerva, M. M. K lot's Itaehai Jane, Hnaeex Jaraaa MorreU, Cha^laa Par ker, Chtrlee Moore. Mary Tarker Oto Soo't, Urontei, Cornelia, and Wm. J. aklae. jlx man. belonging to tha above veaaele, had perlehrd from expoenra aod eihaae tlon. Pi re of tbe ah jve v???el? were b >nn1 t? New Yorn, thr?e of whloh war* ooal laden and two with grain from patta in Dtlawar*. The Weather, Snow. Ae< ai.iu*t Feb. 3R, 1864. Tha weather here wu very eol.l last Light wllth a high wind and alight inow florrlae. To day It la brtght and oold. Bostor, FeV 22, 186 1 From 11 A M till 4 P. M. to day we txperler.eM one of the mo?t violent tempore of enow and wild that we have bad thia w.ntar Binoe 4 o'clock the weather hat 0 eared up, aad at ten o'elook 10 night li wae Intensely ojkl. v Pobtlavd, Feb 23., 1864. A trrmetdonnannw ttorm haa praval el here to day, ?ad hie grtatly d lttad. Notralnlrom U>atoa had got through sp to 8 o'elook P. M Pbiladiu-iiia, F?k '12? 6 P M The weather la elear aid pit nicely o^ld. l'n. rtnometer ranged to Cay In tha ehado aa foiloea:? Vt ? A M , IS; noon, 24;. and ae taluie, at 27 d< g. aoove zero. WjUhinctos, Fab. 23y 1864. Thla has been tbe coldest day of tha eeaeon. Clljr Intelligence* MOHB DHCOVHRIES IK TBE SMUOUUNa Of LACI. Yeeterdty Depa'y Inspector Wooldridga, of the tias tome, arr rated the steward o' tba British eteamihlp Africa, on a charge of beltg ecncerued in the smuggling of a large quantity of laoe good* for an Importing house in thia city. Tbe merchant'* stare ha* been searched and the whole of the goods are now under tha auparviaion of Capt. Ryncere, Deputy Surveyor, who had been as ?igaed by th* CoUoetor for that epealal pmrpnsa. It la ea'd that ft large amount of property has already been ? seised. Tbs IUi.?wsh? or Ttspiut Niobv? Tbs Oil a."tt> Qai Gov. j ?sum or N*w You ? We have raoelvid the followiag explanation from the Manhattan Gea Company rata ive ta the BOB-llghtint ef tbe city lamp* on Taeelay night, no ticed In our paper of yeaterday morning. The gas eon pasy receive order* dally (torn the oil boo** up ton aa to whether they are to tight the lamp* or not If the oil bona* folk aay -'light," there la light; and if they vlah daikaee* they moat be gratified. When the gaa Wcmpany cannot produce the order of the oil people to tbe authorities they cat not get paid. Oa last Tussle; morning the gee company got aa oil house order l,to light," and prepared to do It, but at noon they got n oountermaid Irom the oil boure, saying "don't light.' When the gas e rmpany inqalred the ctnse of this *u lJeo extinction of the enlightened rule of the morslng, they were told that tbe oil house people bad no oil to pat In tbelr lamps, and bad, by soma strange eoit rf resksonlcg, arrived at the oanclasion that if the people bad no oil light, It were far more asfe aad pleaaant for ihem, daring *ucb a slippery n'ghf, not to have any gas light cither. The Mayor stated to the agent of tha company that h* 00 old not remedy the matter, and that they muet go by 01 dare and explain the affair to the publls through tbe nawepacere. The Chief of Poltae raid the same Now, we should like to know, what la the oil hcone? a It a distinct d> partirent ef the city govern menlt Wbc contract 'o the otrt* Are the people duty credited for tbe aavmg, wh tn there is ne light? Why does ctl control s*>? Perhaps tbe rlxty Ueancillors and all the reformed Aldermen oould t?U if they oonaalted ebout it. Diaiutig Rsacikos at Hopi rnsru. ? The veteran ekt ociioulst, William Russell, so oelebrated la past yean, ?Ml vlrit ttls city to give readings at Hope Chapel on Saturday evening, asstated by Francis T Russell, alee veil known a* aa artist, and another of hi* sua* It was f'rmeily esteemed a very great trrat ta hear Mr- Rui ell and Ihl* opportunity of hearing them all, which may uev*r again < iter, eboali b? laprered by all admirer* of this rare snd splendid aeoomplteh meat. Tim InM.rK.'i'XKT Oo:ti.ixxtai. Odabd ? la our renort yeettrday of the celebration of Waablcglon'a birthday, we at sled that a etaadard was pisasn ed to tbe lode pecdent Blcee by a lady In Brooklyn. W* have to eay that t. e pr?>entatlt.n was to the Independent Coa'iaental Oasrd, aril no to the IadepeadeBt B.ues, aa atated Ma. Aa(ti?iuts' Scocn-oit.? Hayor W?*t?rv?lt, wa are tn'oimed, bas r*eo vea to n jn-toats Mr GUiier, the Kirs'. Msrsbal In hleollioe, to fill th? vaoancy whloh will be made on the lit of March n?xt by th* reelgoatlon of Mr Aicularlas Tbb Umvxkbai. Rd-i hiica^ 1* N'sw Yo*k ?The ssatlon " La Mon*'gn?" of the 8 'flletf of t'olversal Repub'.iaan* in N'w York elll eeUbrate to day, the 34th of lehrnary, thr a> I.I ternary ef the gr?a*. revolra I insof 1848, by a fra tfrnal bsn|a?tat tbo Akaks^eare Hotel, in wtieb they InvKe their den ooratie rrtends to j 'In them. Th* follow log Is tbe pm.ramme:? Tie dsmocra'* who desire to take pert >a tbe (e-tivltlee, ed?er at th* ba -auet or In the p ooeeslon will ?i??t at No. 80 Leonard street, this dnv, t ebiusrj 34, Bt 4 o'clock P M At Ave o'ol-ek taey will lorm In th* followlrg order:? 1st, baa 1 of mosie; V, the Oommlttee of Organixatloa; 8d, the flag* of tbe Ualvrreal Republic aa>l the Amertoaa flag on th* same lias; 4th, the llsgs of the several nations bsvlog repr?*en'.atU>B* at th* feaat; 6th, democrat* of all nation*. ^ _ Toe prooeeelon start to go to the plaee where the baaqnst is to be hell, passing through the following streets ? From Leonard to Seruoe, paeamg la front of th* City Ball; frrm Ssruee to Wall, paatirg through Naaaan bb'I Wall, and eomlag hack bp Broadway. Ih? VMUt Polls I JlUtlM !?*?. ?? a?r*an rtruov, fab 33, ISM. To m Knima or tji? Niw Voax Dauui Pin-HnUg aaan la thU d ? j 'a 1 hm of tha Haui.n, o?i *r tb? b?ad of City Iatali!*aaoa, ?) Itni Mi oaf that of othara, HKdtM u pftitlot n?m?d u oaadldktaa to Bli tbo Tacaacj araatad by tba d?ml?aof lb* lata Judge *e'*r?tb; aa<3 ffTMtrinf. a?o, that bla brother jndfna, B?t aad atraad to perform tua <"aty of tha oflaa, with a ???? it*l the protm f abocid go to tho rapport of kit aldow and or^hao# ootll tba n?*t ngalar eleetioa, I b*K to aay that with th?,e tatfailloca ud la than I tolly ii.4 aatlraly aoorur. 1 alao wooJd eonwid tb? 4l?totor??t?d aeta of HI* ft* m?r ???' ?!? '#? npoe tba banah, to tha eoaildaratioa of tba ? appMaUa* po*?r," tnd bopathattbay may M par untied to carry oat er> hanaaa and geaarooa aa act, M ?all bnaoiablo to thaaiaelTee aa It la oharltable la tha ntrara. Tialy. yr?re, PATRICK KELLY. i nnrt Oalaatar? Thla Day. fljn?n Unr**? <*esetaJ Tana Juara?d tin Moaday. Urmm doi it? tNraJt ? Noa. 1 coo 4M, 1.1*, 1,181. 114, IfO, in, 1SS, m, MS, 1BT, M, 111, 1*6, lit, *04, 294 HI, 907 9 ran OMW.-lfna T4, US*. TL SI, m, 1ST, SM, MS, 494. MS, MS #19. MS. MS. 441, MS, 441 S4S, I IT, 101, II. ISO 4M 440, MS, Mt^SM to SM, Ml to MT. nam fta* _*? i. in, W. H4, US, M, MS, MS, *#, MS, 1X9, >11, .V, W, SI, US. arrival of the steamship northern light. Fifteen Days Later from California. THE QU JCXESt TRlfr Off BKOORD. Twenty-two i^ayi from Ban FraaeiflM to lew York. DISASTER TOM OTEM?P GOLDEN GATE Rearae of the Final Safety ot the Vessel. STEAMBOAT IX*. LOSIOV. INDIAN DIS TWR?BANCE8? kir'mi $t $800,000 il Bold Doit. HiUIAGKS, BIRTHS, IMF R^TE MARKETS* Ac., 4m. Tb? rt*amahlp Norther* TJght, Capt. CkarehlU, BfM <8M Jdu 3?1 Norta, irriiti yeeterday afteraoon, kanif a '*?" ?d at I P. X on the 16th iiitut, with tool haadred H ?" aengers and $80? ,00# epeele oa fre ght. The pumprt ud apeole ?m brooght down on tS* Field o aide bj tha steamship Cortea, whloh laft San Vra? elacoat *P. M on tha Ut lcataat, Bad tha paa*age has* thua ba? c made la pruoUely twsaty two da; a, being tho* qolckeat W>p oo reoord The follctHeg I* tha npaela lint of tha Northera Lights? Donoaa, S jerman fe C . , New Tcik |3M,MT American liohange Bank, do 19t.NI Adama h Co , do.... 147, AOS W?ila. Fargo t Co , do bb.Mt I.'rlvn Robinaon, do; 41 IW J. B oonilvgda)*, do 18 0OS" W. Hcltgman b Co , do 11,009" C. W Th ,m > a A Oo , do. 8 009* K A Statue <*o fl 800 Uh??l?a ll'ir. an, do 18 1M ' fpc "^rd, Tllaatoii Ac Co., do 2,000"* C. Hvraad, da 1,709 E. Kreoe, do...,,., MO* T. P l.auaoaen, do 1,991 " Dieieli & Co , Philadelphia 71,009 * Total WOMI* * Wa are indebted for Xarors to Mr. R iVnrd, puraar of Ik* Northern Light, and to tha ante pricing exprea m of Bar ford h Co., Alaaes ft Co , and Walla, Fargo H Co., ft* MB fllee of 3kliforala papara. Tha ataamrblp Cortes oa tha araalag of tha lat Ink paaaed tha Brother Jonathan going Into dan Fraaolsoos ax d on tba 7th paaaed the Sierra Nevada oCTOape St Lai ft*. Tha mall ataamer Oolambla laft Saa Fraasisoo for Paaa ma on tha 1st last., a few hoora prarioai to tlM Oertes, Wa gatlar tha following nummary of tha moat tmpor laat event* from the ^n Pranelaao A He. CcHfomi* On the 19tfa tilt, a ataamer km launched for tha Casta Riot trade, to rna fiom Pant* Arena* up tha Rio UraaJo. She ia to be called La Fior da loa Ac dee. On the 1 3th alt. a difii oulty oaouirad oa the ittnaHp Java, wbleh eereral [eraona were about to eat looaa agaloat the will of ita owaaa. Mr. Borrow*, who waa to charge of tht Teasel, wa* driven to oaa aad of tha My by the aaeaUanta, when he ahot and wonnled Tho*. Pal mar. Tie Rtoort'ei discharged Mr Borrows, Fifty bllla had been In trod need la to tho Asienbly, bat they were almost all of a loeal o hares tar. Tha ooly la portent bllla paaaed ao far are lepeali of tha Stamp M0 and of the Flour laspaotioa kill. Tte party eagage d la I arraying the T litre Valley M rne in, aad report that they hare laid oil tha aaMn valley eaat of tho lake iato towaahlpa, lat a portioa ef a into sections. A aomber of percaa* hare aettUd oa Talk (leer, eol tho iureeylag eagiaaer* apeak favorably ef tha proa poet* of tha valley. Tha atriageaoy la monotiry affairs son aeq neat oa the long drought, tha iirnll prodaoeof the ulaea^aadOb orerbardeaed ooadittoo of the Baa Fraaoiooo market, hat coea.lcaed aereral heavy 'allnrea. The earn of tha ?* fcUitiee la about 9800,000, aad the arista $3(0,000 Tha late raloa weie oanelng mere ooafldeaea, though thaw wa* little proepeet or Improvement la the prlo* of gOoOh Tba earn? lnfluoaeea bad oauied a alight tall ia tha priaa* of real ectate. The reo raiting agent for the filibusters had haea buy in seeking for recruits In San Jjequtn aad Toolamaa cocutlea. rta re waa no lack la aay portioa of the miaaw of dlaapptiat*d far to do aetkera who would lor* not blag batter, In their prerent dlagoat with matter* and thlaga in general, than to rl.iK all ereatli a for tho glory a t t'nile dam aad the exteaaloa of tha area ft fraedoa. bnt moat of them wonld prefer eose hotter apooiUMaa tban ihatof laradlag tha barren roek* at Lower Oaa f oral a. A ra port h:d Wn adopted by tha Board of Jailataa* Aldrnnan to pay U0.000 for dafaallog tha alalai of tha eity to land within car Malt* bafora tha U. 8 Land 0? alfaloa. Other lama baaa already been paid Aa ordl aanca ordering tha Immediate paymeat of 911,0m ImI baan peated. Tha rata, which began oa tta 11th, aoatlnaad Mil tha lith, whra b*Mn noma weather aoldar thai tM oidaat retldtnta ran an, bar to hara eiperieaoed. Ia Saa Tnm ol/oo tea w aa froaaa aa laeh thlak ia poada, aad thraagh oat tha Interior vara oomplaloU mada of tha aaow, iaa ard akat Oa tha 1 th tha rata began agala, aad aoa Uactd to tha 24ib, when It basama fair. Tha itrM^ eaeala aad gulahaa had plenty of walar for tha preaaat, aad tha proapaat wa a that tha prodaoa of tha mlaaa faa tha next month would ha vary large. Soma of th* itfara had baeome rarj high, aad maay ralmaWo damn, llama* and miU?, had baaa carried away. Ia tha aora elevated portloaa of tha moantaiaa aaow had fall? plentifully, a?< looking aff to the eaat from tea Fraaataaa^ tha whlta gtwaa of Moata Diablo aad of tht Saati CUia mouatalaa ooald ba a*aa. Wa wara told, aaya tha Han Jon a 1*Uy rapJt, by ^na who la aagagad ia tha lam bar trade, that bayoad MM Toll Gate ba aaoandad two milaa op tha mountain, aat foaad tha aaow at that dlataaaa op tao (at deep. Im wa a formed oa a larga acale at tha mralh of tha HiaaliUaa teat weak, ?affleiaatlj think to haai tha.watght or a mo la aad hia rider. ? Tha IUt. Va, J. Kip, Mlaatoaary Biahop foe tha Pra taataat KpUeopaJ Chore h of CaU'oraia, who waa oait! tt ? paiiaagara la tha Ooldaa Bate, ofRaiatad at Saa fraa eiaaooa tha ?th alt, for tha drat Una, at Trlalty Chare*, aad delivered a aarmoa appropriate to tha aaaaaina tha Charih waa atewdad. Jaat bafora tha aatUag of tha Baaator M Bhanuaaa* to ca tha HU alt., Maaara Adaau * Oa, reeeiael a*fr> ?pateh from PlaaarrUI*, tafomlag than that that maaa lag a Bra broke oat la tha town, totally deetrayiac th* thaatra aad aararal frame baiidlnga aaarlt Tha aittaaaa wara ladabted to tha Hook aad Udder Oompaay tat aarlag tha bahaee of tha towa. Thadaaraaaaaio rnim of tha ?0th alt. aaya:? A aaaoa named J alia Haydaa aaa abot with a piatel abaat atgh* o'aloak oa Batnriay araalag, by a aaa aaiad llaiaij dar H. Kaab, oa Fifth atraat, batwaaa L aad M atmiq aba diad yaoterday morning about aU o'aloak. Faah hM aat jet baaa arreet?d. Tha Portaa?oath, t'alted Btatoa alooy of war, waa a* flaaaaHto, aad woald atari tor Eaaaaada to a lav days. Tha ail Tar auaa aaaoaneed to hara baaa Ha ?a rata* nlaaty Milaa aaat af Monterey, la tha aanaatatoa, la aat* to ba rary prrmiatag. Home of tha oca whteh haa baaa triad prodooad M0 from 100 panda of ora. The agitation to Klamath VaUay aad Soathan Oragoa for a a aw tarrttory atill lenilnaad Boa. Robart Oraaahow taodarad bla raaigaattoa aa la ?oaiato law Agent tar tha United Statea, before tha Uat> tad Btatoa Laad Ooma>l?toaer to that My, aa tha Mtfc. Sii raaigaaUoa waa a aabjeet of wgrat aad wQl f?abaht| aotha aaaiptod. Tha heavy ralaa had la eareral iaatoaaaa limail ta? dirt abara tha taaaala oa Braaa Vatay Side to aach as ?ataat aa to aata aaracal ot thaat la, VhMtky taaaagte^