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THE NEW
WHOLE! NO. 6421.
MORNING
YORK HERALD.
EDITI ON? FRIDAY, MABCH 24, 1854.
FRICE T7*X> CENTS.
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
SigUy Interesting Congressional
Proceedings.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE ON THE NEBRASKA QUESTION.
amnio) speech of mr. breckenridge in OPPO
SITION TO MR. CUTTING.
BUSINESS IN THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
? Conference Committee ou the Liqnor Bill.
THE ASSEMBLY AKD TDE HEW WORE POLICE.
THE CHBEF TO BE APPOINTED BY TIIE MAYOR,
RECORDER, AND COUNTY JUDGE.
r?UUtal Movements? flarlne Disasters,
&c., &c., die.
TIm LatMt from Washington.
THB NKBKABKA-KANSAa BILL ? BKECKENKIDOK VS.
CUTT1KG ? THE OADSDKN TltKATY IN THB SRS'ATB.
Was?inotoj?, March 23, 18S4.
Mr. Breckenridge 's speech on Mr. Cutting, in the
House to-Jav, was terribly severe.
| TlieSenale was in executive session for several hour*
t '-day. Gen. Shields occupied the whole time in an elabo
rate and powerful speech against the Gadsden treaty
- urging its rejection. He gave a minute account or the
frivate history of the negotiations which led to tho
treaty, and reviewed at length the political condition of
Mexico, and depicted, in forcible language, the utter bar
renness of the acquisition offered us by Santa Anna.
DEATH OF MAJOR HOBBIX.
Major Hobbie, Assistant Postmaster General, died this
'stoning of consumption.
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
Washington, March 23, 1854,
CUS BK FOB THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.
On metion of Mr. Aujw, (dem.,) of R. I., the Com
'mittee on Agriculture were allowed a clerk.
rax MISSOURI COMPROMISE.
Mr. Scmkbb, (free soil,) of Mass., presented resolu
tions adopted at the annual town meetings in Bridge
-water and Northampton, Mass., against the repeal of the
' 'Missouri compromise.
THB DBFICDCCOT BILL.
Mr-tHoNTKH, (dem.,) of Va., reported back the Defi
ciency bill, with amendments.
Among the amendments to the deficiency bill are the
-following: ?
For the purchase of a new site for the Custom
Bouse at Ban Francisco $250,000
. To reimburse the losses sustained by the army
in clothing, Are., on board the steamer San
Francisco 26,590
For the purchase of the Spauinh and Mexican
lawbooks 1,700
For fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Sioux
Indians 129,000
To pay the people of Oregon for expenses in re
pressing Indian hostilities 75,000
For preparing models and furnishing the Patent
Office 64,000
The aggregate of the additional appropriations exceed
> half a million.
The bill gives to certified copies of records of the In
terior Department the same legal o fleet ns certified records
of. other departments. All communications from the
Interior Department shall bear the seal of that depart
ment. and be recorded therein. It also provides add!-, j
tional securities to protect irovornment in the payment
of invalid pensions, and declares that no person holding
?a salaried office under the United States shall be paid any
Invalid pension while in office.
KlVOLtTlONAUY CI-AIMS.
The bill .providing for the final settlement of tho claims
? -of the officer* of tho Revolutionary army, and of the
-widows and orphan children of those who died in the ser
vice, was taken up.
Mr. Kv ass,, (dem.) of S. C., explained the bill, giving
the history Of all the Congressional legislation respect
ing allowances to officers of tl.e Revolution. Ho spoke
ill! nearly one o'clock, when the bill was postponed.
THK PAY or JUDICIAL OFKICKHB IV CALIFORNIA.
Mr. Whlbk, (dem.,) of Cal. , o!Tere<l a resolution, which
?was agreed to, directing inquiry at to the expediency of
increasing the salaried of Judi(< .J and fees of the Marshals
of the United States in California.
EXECUTIVE PICSfclON ? ABJOUBNIIEST.
Mr. Mason, (4em.,) of Va., moved for an cxccutivo
- cession. Agreed to.
At a quarter to four o'clock tho doors opened, an.l the
? Senate adjourned.
House of Rtprcaentatlrci.
Washington, March 23, 1854.
ONRKD 8TATRS Got" KIM OF LAW.
On the motion of Mr. Cuaxdijir, (whig) of Pa., the
House took up the Seuate bill, providing places for a Post
Office and United States Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, authorising a lea so of
buildings for ten years.
Mr. Stanton. (dem.) of Tenn., wUhed to report a bill
'from the Judiciary Committee, providing places for United
State* Courts in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia,
And authorizing the President at tlie same time to pro
cure iltep, either by purchase or otherwise, and submit
estimate* for the necessary buildings.
Mr. Chandlbr, (whig) of Pa., would not object to tbe
proposition of the gentleman from Tennessee, but for the
fact that the bill now before the House was not abso
lutely necessary for the purpose stated.
Mr. Florxkcb, (dem.) of Pa., said tbe court in Pennsyl
vania meets In April. The bill before them i? merel y for
? temporary purpose, while that of the gentleman from
Tennessee proposed permanent arrangements. He did
not see how the one would conllict with tbe other.
Mr. Houston, (dem.) of Ala., said be saw in this the
beginning of n system of erecting extensive buildings for
those purposes, without estimates. Ho therefore moved
a reference to the Judiciary Committee.
THK WAREHOUSING HYHTKM.
Mr. Foiim, (dem.) of Me., moved to reconsider the
?vote by which waajreferred to the Committee of tho Whole
on the State of the Union tbe Senate bill extending the
warehousing system by establishing private bonded
warehouses. His object was to put tbe bill on its pas
sage. It was merely designed to perfect and carry out
the details of the plan recommended in 1840 by Secretary
Walker, and bring the boneflta of tbe system to every
.msn'a door. Pending the motion tho Houae went into
committee on
THR INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILI. ? MRSSR.* WILSON AND BUNT
AGAINST TIER KSBRASXA BILL.
Mr. MlufON. (dem.) of Va., remarked, the gentlemen
from New York, (Mr. Cutting,) said the other day there
Is a sort of civil insurrection at the North on the subject
of tbe Nebraska bill, not to secure, but defeat the pas
sage of the measure. This would indeed be strange if
?we were not accustomed to observe extraordinary mu
tations In polities in that section. But there Is nothing in
the question that ongbt to arouse tho apprehension of
the North, llo might paraphaae the remark of Mr.
?i x on tVe VTeutmin ter scrutiny, and say the bill doea
not extend indulgence, nor even itrant bare Justice to tho
>outb. There are two bills in the committee, one the
Nebraska bill of the Senate, and the other that reported
by his friend from Illinois, (Mr. lUcliardson.) He pre
ferud the latter, although he was not disposed to go into
?ctosies even over that. This will probably be the first
one considered ? If either of them shall be reached ? and
ihere Is reason to suppose there will be an effort made to
amend tbe bill, with the proviso adopted by the Senate,
which has Income somewhat famous. This is not the
tirat effort made to orgaiii-o territorial government for
? Nebraska. A bill waa introduced for that purpose
in 1R44I. The South stood in oppoaitiou to it then ?
this was their natural or normal position in rotation to
all such bills; but Yonng America cannot wait until the
necessity shall arise for the adoption of that measure.
They are constantly screaming "Progress ? progress!"
Rren nature ia superanuated. All that is wiae, prudent,
Just, patriotic ana respectable, fs called fogyism. Shal
low, headstrong, and foolhardy, they par tkere is no dan
ger. Those advocates of progress would plunge into the
swift enrrent of Niagara, and raiae their hands in joy,
while the rapids are hurrying them to the grave, and
even when borne to the brink of the torrent their songs
-of exultation would mingle with the roar of the cataract
He waa unwilling to multiply free soil, or the free
States, and to force a hot bed system of creating them
Into existence, although he would votfc for the admission
into the Union of any State when she properly presented
herself. The South, in 18 M, was unwilling to establish
-one Territorial government in the Nebraska region; but
now they are aaking to establish two out of one, and tbe
*bjeetion is to be removed by the repeal of the Missouri
restriction, to make the dose palatable. He insisted that
to make tbe South full partlcipauts In the territories
the restriction of slavery there ought to be removed In Ore
Con, Washington, and Minnesota. Nebraska, and Kansas,
owever, were to be left open to the South as well as the
North because It is not expected slavery can exist in
those Territories; and in support of thla assertion he
quoted from tbe remarks of Senators Hunter, Badger
sod others. Therefore the South were not to be bene Si
ted by the repeal of the Missouri restriction, ir the
Miaaouri restriction Is right, preserve It? if wrong, re
I sal it. There was no middle ground between right and
? i wrong. If he could be satisfied no such Territorial gov
eminent as now proposed could be formed for twenty
.years he would be satisfied, but as a bill of some kind U
to be passed, he must, from sectional and political mo
tiv.., make hi- Section. He dwelt e.C
the Senate proviso reeling the
promise, Jid cotupUln^ ?r ,sed tl? I>oopIc to
^&S&SjX3KSESSl
1 bi a
bMthan the burly, well-fed laborer i?, compared with the
opposite the repeal of
tlie Missouri compromise, considering it would bo a vio
Ut'on of KOod faith and contrary to the true policy or
the country, engendering discord and dissension between
different sections, anil hazarding tlio existence of our
blet? t'd Union, lie contended the Missouri compromise
was parsed to allay the great excitement growing out of
the uavery question? that it ??i effected by Southern
votes and had been sustained as a Soulhornmeasure.
lie denied that if Mr. Clay were alive that that great
statesman would vote for repeal. It wm h.s belief if
Corgress repeal tlio Missouri compromise it would open
the door of repeal for other compromises, even those of
the constitution itself. Northern sentiment is opposed
to it. Patriotic State Legislatures and large bodies or
individuals have declared against repeal. ? J1** "**B
letters from distinguished citixens of the North, depre
cating the agitation of the slavery question as Inlmteal
to the peace of the Union. The repeal of thy MUaouri
compromise Is now condemned by some of it* former
supporters for fear of disastrous consequences to the
country* The soil of Nebraska andKansasiinotpro
fitfiVlo for sin vp labor. Frco mm will go thither, and es
talili h a constitution excluding slavery and emanci
pating hla\oa who may be there. > or all practical pur
poses fls very is prohibited as ellectually as if prohibited
bv law Then whence the necessity of repe .ling the
Missouri compromise. ^ hat motive can J*
to extend the limits of slavery to territory w.iich
is not favorable to tliut institution. They of the
fouth already have soil enough to be profitably cul,'**_
ted for ages, and they will k?ep t^lr sia^s undor their
own government an<1 policy, and will not uJ1?wa"y?.5[
to invade their rights, secured by the constitution. Hut
wWlethl is thel? policy, he could say there were sound
reasons of State policy that would justify them
ing efforts to disturb settled compacts and them to
preserve the peace and the harmony of the Union. The
true hit erest of all sections was to preserve harmony-to
practice on the principles of our Revolutionary fathers
TTrir^, Unun ? "United we atend, dlyidod we
fall." Whv don't South Carolina step forward to dn^
turb the Missouri compromise? Why had other Souther
States so long slept on their wrongs? ^ ho commisiiion
ed the Senator from Illinois, Mr. Douglas, to step in trout
L tl.e defender of the South? In conclusion he elo
quenMy appealed" o-tlie Korth and South to stand hy the
constitution and the Union, with calmness anJftrmness.
avoiding the utterance of any se ?he ?nres^ntatfves of
engender unkind feelings among the representatives 01
any rortlon of the Union, and alt would be well.
MR. BMECKKnuDGK m on-oamos to mk- ..
Mr Efixkenridqb, (dem.,) of Ky., regretted that this
debate liad been precipitated in the ilouse. As two ene
mies of the bill had spoken to-day, it was neecssary some
friend of the measure should say so 1 In M? favor
One of these speeches was in quasi hostility, the other
uss in manly, straightforward, bold opposition. Th
gentleman from Louisiana did not strike at ^mthegarbof
frion.'diin The day the gentleman from New York, (Mr.
CuUing moved thattheScnatcNebraska blUbe referred to
the Committee or the Whole on the state of the Union, and
followed up the motion by moving the previous question.
Man v Gentlemen begged him to withdraw the motion to
discus? its effect. b5T he refused to wi
he CMr Kreckenridgo) rose to warn the friends or the
bill that il they go with the gentleman ??mN^York
who, from his previous course, might be regarded asa
friend of the bill, they would take part in their own de
struction. The movement was to kill the bill and stab it
?k n nrofessed friend. Did not the gentleman know that
in sending the bill to the Committee or the Whole on the
state of the Union he was sending it perhaps to its grav< e,
where it can be no more reached under regular legislation
than ir it were covered by a mountain ? One reason as
s gued by the gentleman was that he desired
sion sr.<i therefore he sent it to where, perhaps, it ne*?r
worid be reached ; and another reason. was, he was ap
nrihensive the Badger amendment would not do Ji"tice
to the South, and non-slaveholding States are arrayed
friends rftkttsS! should be appriMd ot it. The one
.Evs bv direction, the other by indirection. It is like
throwing the arm around a friend and saying, Hon is
rf win, thee mv brother?" while a deadly stub is Inflict
?d w ith the other. Some time ago, whtle the gentleman
was making u briUiant speech to prove his nationality, he
quoted Irom Scripture the story of Jacob cheating '?
hlfnd of Esau but the voice is the voice of Jacob
Just so with 'this bill. The gentleman may be for the
ffi C'?
aSHsita?ss'
^frlhefs?? Wows at a measure. He did not mean to say
anything . u" u' '^'hate* ;'er has been the' course or the
X^\\?Vn firin New York heretofore, he has proved
Ihis contlnLt, and if Congress does not jjm ?th? .aw
oraaniriPK these Territories, the people of the United
SStss w"? settle in them without law. He did not be
I* ? t5 . would be a viobition of the public faith
by ? repeal of Jfo Missouri restriction The North , I -
I self had repudiated it, as he proceeded to show. If this
i s
? cr^sstsras =sgS5
^ce and that wa% in 17S9, which prevcu ted ? he ?
SPI Ssiis
iSllisIis
Affair* In Albany.
TT1E JONKR' WOOD FAKK ? EZOITINO flTRUGdLK OS
TIIK LIQUOR Ql U8TION ? THK POLIOS DILL ? HEAVY
Jl'POMHKTB AGAINST STATE PRISON AOKNTS, ETC.
SrECl-U. C0EBJ?1,0?DK.NCK OF TUB !T1W YORK IIBRALD.
Aibaitt, March 23, 1854.
Tbe debate In the Senate upon the proposition of re
pealing the law establishing the Jones' Wood Par
aliened that the New York delegation stand equally
divided upon the question ? Messrs. Ppencer and Whitney
in favor of repeal, and Messrs. Darr and Brook* opposed.
Mr. Brooks moved so to amend the present act tha
the expense shall be paid by residents in the Nineteenth
ward, and not by the ctitizens at large, and also tlia*.
several hundred feet of water front shall be reserved for
future commercial purposes. He thought that some'
thing like 920,000 a year could be collected until the
whole amount assessed was raised.
Mr. Spencer said that 920.000 was not one quarter of
the interest that wonld be necessary to be paid upon the
property takon for a park.
Mr. Barr thought the people residing between Fifty
nintli and lOfith streets were willing to contribute the
amount necessary for the purchase. The matter vu de
bated for some time, but no vote taken, though all
acknowledged the present law to require material modi
fication.
The Tempcrance bill as it passed in the House, with
the first day of May Inserted as the time for taking ef
fect, was announced in the Semite at the opening of the
evening session. Mr. M. II. Clark moved that the Senate
concur with the House as to the day. Mr. Brook* moved
to amend by inserting the first day of August. Mr.
Williams took the floor, and kept it for three-quarters of
an hour, arguing against both propositions, and in favor
of the first of December, as sent down to the House. He
concluded by advising the appointment of a committee
of conference of the two houses; but a* he made no mo
tion no question was taken upon It. After speeches by
. Mr. Brooks In favor of August, Mr. Barr in favor of May,
Mr William Clark for December, the vote was taken
upon Mr. Brooks' proposition to insert tho first of An
? gust, and lost, 28 against to 0 in favor. The question
was then taken upon Mr. Clark's motion to agree to the
first day of May, a* decided by the House, and this was
lost? 8 to 23. The bill wasthen thrown into the teeth of
the Assembly, at nine o'clock at night.
The matter created quite an exciting scene in the House
this morning, when the refusal of the Pcn*te to eoneur
was announred. Mr. Mcttraw, a member from the cele
brated McGrawville, Cortland county, moved to adhere
I to the first of May, as adopted by the House. Mr.
Benedict said A motion to adnere waa not la order; the
1 motion should be to recede. Mr. Cook, moved to recede.
Mr. Joy required parliamentary information. He was
very foggy aa to the effect such aciHon would hare if the
?notion prevailed. He hoped the Houte would not recede
nor aurreAder at the flnrt discharge of vm* by the other
house, but we should stand manfully *0 our opinion.
Mr. Lotier hoped the House would insist, J?nd ?how the
Bor.ate that we |>o*Msg Independence infflcii^# to |m)teet
our principles. Mr. K. J. Baldwin predicted thvt the bill
m jpbl fall between the two houses a tlie matter iw not
carefully considered. Mr. Sterling bad no feat* that
the bill would be ultimately lo?t, becou;*- thw
large1 vote given for it yesterday was a giuMntv '
to the contrary. Mr. Aitken said tlie frauds
of the bill have the power to inaert the fiwt of December.
There are thirty millions invested in the Rale and manu
facture in the city of New York, nnd it would be utter%
impossible for persons in the business to perfect arrange
incuts by the tirst of May to abandon the business. That
class of our citizens are entitled to the protection of I his
Legislature. Should an attempt be made thus early to
carry out the provisions of the bill, It would produce
very serious consequences, bordering o? a revolution, lie
appealed to the whig majority to protect that large
amount of capital, and consent to allow ffw law to take
effect in December. The debate was further continued
by Mr. Petere, Mr. Littlcjohn, Mr. Mallory, apd others,
when finally the qnestion to insist upon the first of May
was carried by a vote of 103 to 7. A committee to confer
with ? similar body of the Senate was then arpppointert,
viz. : ? Messrs. Magraw, Leigh, Session*, Sterling ana
Field.
The House spent the remainder of the morning session
upon tlie New York I'olice bill, Mr. Leigh consuming the
t me in opposition. No vote has been token.
A report from the County Clerk of Westchester was re
ceived in the Senate, in answer to a resolution, by which
it appears that there are in his office records of judg
ments against agents of the Sing Sing prison muouutiug
to tli? enormous amount of one hundred and eighty
thouFand dollars I Why don't the legislature at < n:e
issue piopo-als to the "proprietors of tne Astor. Metro
politan and St. Nicholas for the board of the State prion
e sf
The Ft natc waR engaged nearly the whole morning in
discussing the question of raising the salaries of the
higher officers or tho State prisons. Tlie more the sala
ries aie raised the more they will plunder the State. The
people lia\ e no idea of tbe amounts which are yearly un
accounted for. Only think of the judgments against
Ping Sing, besides the existing debts ugaiust the Auburn
and Clinton prisons.
The conference committee In tho Senate on the tem
perance bill is Mr. Wm. Clark, Mr. Bradford and Mr.
Danforth ? all for December.
NEW YOiUC I.E&ISLATVBE.
Senate.
A La any, March 23, 1854.
BILLS REPORTED.
Mr. M. H. Clark, (whig) of Ontario, reported a bill to
incorporate the city of Poughkeepsie.
Mr. Dickinson, (whig) of Steuben, reported a bill to
authorize the New York and New Haven Railway Com
pany to extend their road.
A bill waa reported for the relief of St. Vincent's Or
phan Asylum, Now York.
A bill waa introduced increasing the capital stock of
the Buffalo and New York City Railway.
Also a bill amending the charter of the Crystal Palace
Company.
Also, oner relative to the Manhattan Savings Institu
tiOL.
BILL INTRODUCE).
Mr. Whitney, (whig) of N. Y.. introduoed a bill to or
ganize a Board of Record Commissioners.
BILLS PASSED.
Ceding land at Buffalo for light house purposes.
To incorporate the city of Poughkeepsie.
Amending the Oswego City Railroad act.
TUB TEMPERANCE BILL
Was received from the House, with a message that
they insisted on the May amendment, and asked for a
committee of conference. A committee was appointed,
and the Senate took a recoss till seven o'clock.
EVENING SE3S10N.
HEW YORK JCVEN1LS ASTLCM.
Mr. Monrob reported complete the New York Juvenile
Asylum- bill.
TUB STATE FMBO.VS.
A bill was reported appointing commissioners to visit
the State prisons and examine into their condition.
THB CRYSTAL PALACE.
The Crystal Palace charter amendment bill was
reported.
The bills relative to the indigent pupils of the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum was ordered to a third reading.
Awombly.
Albany, March 23, 1854.
THB thbcpbbanck hill
W.iS returned wi4h it message that the Senate non
concurred in the " May" amendment.
Mr. McGkaw, (whig) of Cortland, moved that tho
House insist on its amendment.
A question arose as to. whether a committee of con
ference could L-e asked ou the May amendment, before
the House voted to insist.
'Hit.- SrKihkK said such & course would be out of order.
Alter a debate, Mr. MOURaw modified his motion to in
siet so as to provide for a committ- e of oonferenm.
A motion lor the previous qnestion brought the House
to u v (de, and it insisted on tne May amendment by yea*
10)1 lo nays 7.
The motion for a committee of conference prevailed ?
Ayes 74; noes not countod.
THE NEW YORK POIJCK BILL
Was debated in committee till the hour ol' recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
THE BCPER1NTE.NHENT 01 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
The bill creating the ollice of Supeviu'.endvut of Public
Instruction waa passed.
BILLS ORDERED TO A TOIBS) REAPING.
Increasing the- capital stock of the Huflulo, Corning and
Nev, York City Railway.
Amending the charter of the AUeghanv Valley Railway.
Prohibiting the Hudson Ri\ er Railroad " from cunning
locomotives below 125th street, New York.
TI1B C1I1KF OV POLICE.
The bill relative to the Chief of Police in New York was
taken up in committee, and a substitute offered by Mr.
Barrow, giving tho power of appointment of the Chief to
the Mayor, Recorder, and County Judge, on the nomina
tion of the Mayor, to hold office during good behaviour.
It was adopted, and the bill ordered to a third reading.
TI1E PROPOSED VISIT TO NKW YORK.
The concurrent resolution that the Legislature visit
New York on Friday week, on tho invitation of the Ten
Governors, was laid on the table.
From New Orleans.
KX-rBESIDENT FILLMORE'S VISIT TO NKW ORLEANS ?
MURDER TRIAL.
New Orleans, March 22, 1854.
A resolution has been passed by the Common Council
of this city to give ex-President Killmore a public recep
tion. lie is expected to reach here on Saturday, and
rooms have been engaged for him at the St. Charles
Hotel.
'ihe trial of Patton, for the murder of Col. Turnbull,
last fall, has resulted in a Verdict of guilty, but without
capital punishment.
The Nebraska finest Ion*
OPPOSITION MEETING AT ALBANY.
Alda.nv, March 23, 1854.
An anti-Ncbra^ka meeting was held at the Capitol this
evening, and wax very largely attended. Wra. Parmalce,
Mayor of the city, presided.
Resolutions in opposition to the Nebraska bill were re
ported by Isaac Kdwards, and were unanimously adopted.
Amos Dean, Bradford K. Wood and others addressed
the meeting.
Among the officers of the meeting wero Ell Perry,
(dem.,) late Miiyor, and H. H. V(iji IH-ctc. of the
ANTI-NEllRAfKA MEETING AT CINCINNATI.
ClNCIJf.NATl, March 23, 1854.
The Enqu iter of this morning, coutaiiui a call for an
anti-Nebraska meeting in this city, signed by over on ?
thousand prominent democrats, including lion. J. J
Fa iron, formerly editor of the Enquirer.
The Liquor <i ileal Ion In Pennsylvania.
LU RftlfiBrna, March 23, 1*54.
Our State Senate to-day referred the prohibitory liqui>r
law bill to the Committee on Vice and Immorality, for th
purpose of arranging the amendment*.
Death of Hon. Ker Boyce.
Baltimore, March 23, 1854.
The Charleston papers annouoco the death of the Hon.
Ker boyce, President of the Hank of Charleston, and a
nu mber of the South Carolina Legislature.
Murderer Convicted.
Bon*, March 23, 1854.
The jury in the rase of McCann, after nineteen hours
deliberation have returned a verdict of guiltv.
The Court is now engaged upon another trial for
murder.
Fire at DarhamTlUe.
Utica, March 23, 1854.
Mr. Tapper's sash and blind factory at Durhamvillc.
Oneida county, was destroyed by tire at noon to-day,
with all the tools and machinery. Loss unknown. In
sured for $1,200.
Marine Disasters.
LOSS OF THE SCHOONER OENEKAL TEAZIK.
Baltimore, March 28, 1864.
The schooner General Veaiie, from Attakapas bound
to Baltimore. with a cargo of sugar, went ashore at Cape
Henry on Monday. The vessel is a total loss, but a por
tion of her cargo will be saved. Her cargo was insured
in the Atlantic Company of New York.
LOBS OF THE SCHOONER HOPE, OF NKW YOKK.
Bokto.n, March 23, 1854.
The ship Fleetwood, which ai rived here this morning
from Shangliae, rescued on tne 20th Inst, the orew of the
schooner Ilnje. of and from New York for Boston, whloh
she fell in with in a sinking condition.
Snow Storm at Boston.
Bofro*, March 23, 1854
Two inches of snow fell at an early hour this morning,
followed by a severe rain stoi m.
The Steamship Cltjr nfOlasjovr,
Pun u ei i hia, Mart h 23, 1864.
The screw steamship City of Glasgow, from IJverpool,
on the 1st Inst., not having yet arrived, the day appoint
ed (or her departure from this port Um been postponed.
Market*.
Nitw OHJUNH, March 22, 1854.
Cotton hu been active to^far, tht ??les reaching 8,00?
bales. Middling it quoted at v>,c. The stock on hand
here la quoted at 249,000 bale*.
CiuBuSTOir, starch 22, 18(4.
The sales of cotton to-day were 2,300 ^bales, at price*
ranging from 7 }Mc a lO '^e.
KLOIK FROM CANADA.
Albany, March ^3, 1854.
The propeller Nicholas arrived at OHwrgo y*. s 'erday,
with 3,600 LUb. of (lour frott Canada. Since* tfi? lake
<*p*ned 20,000 l?l>la. have beeu received there and .nent to
WW York and Ronton
CHar Pwvldtace Cortttpondencr. i
Pkovjdknck, R. I., March 22, 1854. !
Hke Rhode Island State Election ? Four Tickets, with Three I
Head* mud Seventeen Toils? The Kegular Democratic
Ticket, or " Prom" ? The Hfkig Ticket? The Independent
Ticket ? The Irregular Democratic Ticket ? Reversal of
the Sentence Against Governor Dorr ? Abolition Ap
pointment* (o National Offices ? Constitutional Amend
ments ? The " Know Nothings, " <fc., etc.
The annual election in this State will take place in a
fortnight from this tin*. There ate four ticket* in the
fluid, though bnt three hearts to tliom nit, which is one
of those anomalies that harro of late been so common in
American politics. The first ticket is that of the regular
democrats, and is headed by Mr. Dimond as candidate for
Governor. It is in all rvspccts the sane as that of last
year, except that Dimond was then the candidate for
Lieut. Governor, which candidacy is now held by Mr. Amer
icus 1'otter, while Mr. Dimond lias been promoted to the
chances of being beaten for a much higher post. The
candidates fbr 8ec?etnry of State, Treasurer, and At
torney -General are the present occupants of those office*
? Messrs. Potter, Wilber, and Purges. The second ticket
(perhaps It should be rated first) is that of the whigs.
This is headed by Mr. Heppln, who whs so badly beaten,
a year ago, by Gov. Allen. The candidate for IJout. Go
vernor is Mr. J. I. Reynolds, of North Kingston, a very
respectable citizens but not supposed to entertain any
felonious notions towards the rivers of the State. He
was nominuted when Mr. Rodman withdrow from the
ticket. William R. Watson ? who has beeu a candidate
for, or an occupant of, some office ever since the day ou
which the Wandering Jew received his everlasting walk
ing ticket ? is the candidato for Secretary of State. Mr.
Robinson, of Cumberland, is up for Attorney General,
and Mr. Vernon, of Newport, for Treasurer. The third
ticket, or "I'rox," is known as tho "Rhode Island Tick
et," or the ''Independent." It was originally got up by
the temperance men, who were charged by the whig*
wHli having made it for tho purpose of aiding the demo
crats, and by the democrats with having no other object
except that of aiding the whig* ? 'barges slightly incom
patible with oue another. Mr. Hoppin, the whig candi
date, is also up for Governor on the third ticket, which
would teem to shackle his "independence." lie has
written, and there has been published, a letter in sup.
port of the Maine law, but in which he avows his attach
ment to all the old whig doctrines. Mr. Schuyler Fisher
is the candidate for Lieut. Governor on this ticket; Mr.
S. f*. Mallery for Secretary of State; for Attorney General,
John I'. Knowles; and for Treasurer, Benjamin Mumford.
There are two whigs, two democrats, and one no-party
roan on this ticket. The fourth ticket has been
put in nomination by the radical (they should be called
the radically disaffected) democrats, men who remember
1842, and w'ho-hate the whigs leas than those men who
call themselves democrats, and who yet were prominent
among the enemies of democratic principles in the famous
charter controversy. Mr. Kaxou, of Smithfleld. bends
ticket number four. He in a great fowl raiser, aud can
crow against the world in tho bnsinar* of rooster-breed
ing. In the Shangliae lino ho Ii quite unrivalled. Mr.
A. Y. Potter, who is np for t ? same office on 1he regular
democratic ticket, fat also tho candidate of the radicals
for the same office. Horace Manchester, of Piovidence, |
Is the candidate for Attorney-General, and Horace Patter
son, of Situate, for Secretary of State. Mr. Wilbur, of
Newport, who is on tho regular ticket, is also ou the ir
regular, for Treasurer. The gentleman who has had most
to do with getting up this irregular democratic ticket, is
Mr- Senator Wright, of South Kingston, who po.??es.?es a
good deal of energy, much influence, and a tolerably long
purse, all of which he is disposed to make us.' ot in tho
great wor? of pulliug down certain persons who are sup
posed to stand between liiin and tho sun. lie
ims no great affection for any one on the regu
lar ticket ; but his pet aversion is Mr. Asa Potter,
now Eecietar\ ot State, and a candidate for re election
The day thv.i the regular ticket was nominated Mr.
Wjigbt came out in opposition to it, and announced,
through the radioul organ, his unmitigated opposition to
Asa Potter, frankly stating thai it was because the Secre
tary of State was allowed to have more in fine nee than
iiiuli elf with govt* -meat that had so special a disre
gard for Is, 'm Tho South Kingston Senator if saij) to
have contributed largely to tlio success of the democracy
in lf<t>3, spending several thousand dollars for tharpur
p?se; and lie has been treated as parties usual!/, treat
their West members. Ho may prove himself eve:? more
powerful in the destructive lino than he was In '<hat of
the construction. There are thoso who doclarc.- that a
ra* teal democrat means a man who has faih.d to get
office under the general governmeut; but this observation
must be tiken with a good deal of allowance The na
tional office? here have been distributed with afull share
of that peiver.?e blockhenlisin which has characterized
the action of 1 iercc's administration on -tl'iiost every
point. Seme of the rankest abolitionists in the country ?
right dow n Garrironlans ? have rcccivod appointments to j
fol offices, though good "nationals" were applicants tor
the sump [laces. Not a national officeholder dare to,
open his mouth on the subject of Nebraska from the
fear of the effect thereof on the oloctiou. Both of our
members of Congress arc opposed to tlie bill, and one of
them (Mr. I;a vis) is more of a free sailer than is Vr.
Sumner. Our Senators are of the namo way of thieving,
and Governor Allen was an out-androut Van Bare t man
in IMS.
You will see that we have four tickets in tho It-Id, and
three candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and
General Treti surer, and four candidates for Attorney
General and Secretary of State. It is hardly possible to
say what the result will be; but the current of opinion
seems to be setting against regular partly of all kinds.
The democrats ? as the dominant party U both State and
nation ? have more than their fnir share of troubles; but
the whigB are far frcm being united. The opinion is
quite common that the " indupeudeat" ticket will re
cede a large vote.
The whigs are endeavoring to make capital out of tho
reversal of the sentence against Governor Dorr by our
General Assembly; but they And it very slow work.
Papers out of tho State, who "know nothing" about our
government, are much shocked at the Assembly's con
i auct, end charge it with having usurped powers; whereas
| the truth is that that body lias not gone in any respect
beyond itf constitutional right to act. A aucstion m.iy
be msde out of the policy or expediency of the net of re
versal; but there can be uo doubt of the power of the
AtRcmbly to proceed tin they did in the c:ise of <?ov. Dorr.
In some respt cts our Legislature differs from those of
most, if not all. the other States; ami the fact is worthy
of mention, that the power of tho Assembly to rerer?9
sentences is an inheritance from that cuAItor govern
ment which the enemies of Oe: I)orr ,UJ ?? mu,,h to
uphold, and which, If tr>'.y coujj j,are had their way,
would ..a existence at this moment. The lan
^tiAge tnnt is made use of to frighten people, and which
represent* the act of the Assembly as one of usurpation,
and no endangering the rights of persons and of pro
perty, is the merest cant in the world. It will alarm
j m ne but a knot of old women, and not them Tory
! seriously, I should th-'nk.
Several amendments to the Plate constitution are to be
! indirectly voted upon on the 6th of April, election day.
I ?< uie of them are of no very special importance. By
j OLe it is propoeed,to abolish the registry tax. and to put an
i end to the payment of that tax, and the performance of
; military duty, as qualifications for voting. Hy another,
! a mere "majority of the popular vote is to be substituted
i for a three-fifth* roto in ratifying amendments made to
j the constitution by the General Assembly. These amend -
I ments, and others, passed tho Assembly last winter; but
before being submitted to the people they must na.-w
through the next Assembly. Tho whig* are opposed to
thi !r adoption, and should they get possession of that
hotly thev ill be lost, and ull the worU have to be com
m< nerd anew.
The Maine law enters largely into the present contest,
and will lia\ e much to do with its decision. A large por
tion of the people believe fully in its power to turn this
rather "rum" world into a paradise. All that they ask
i? that it shall have a fair trial, which Fee mi to be ex
acily the thing that Is most difficult to be obtained for
it. Politicians make the usual nse of the tempcrauce
question, and it appears to them a very pretty hobby on
which to ride. We had a full temperance convention
here last week, ?nd there was a good deal of spirit dis
played on tho occasion, metaphorically speaking, you will
underptand, for if the members drank anything tficy cer
tainly made no dis play of their exertions in that direc
tion. ?
Iherc is a good deal of feeling In Rhode Island agsinst
foreigners. The chief reason why the democrats were
so terribly defeated, in Juue and November hist, in their
attempts to destroy the present constitution and replace
it with one of a thoroughly radical character, was l>e
cause of the belief that any change in the constitu
tion would be favorable to foreigners, and, therefore, was
not to be thought of for a moment by nailve-bornTpeople
There are msny foreigners in this State ? moro, 1 presume,
In proportion to the entire population than in anv fltttr
gtste? snd they are regarded with anything but friendly
sentiments by the mass of the natives. The Irish Ro
manists are looked onon with sentiments of absolute ha
tred. Msny hundreds of democratic vorers, last year
went dead against th< ir party on the question of consti
tutional reform, as that was understood by them to mean
the admission of Irish Romanists to equal political privi
leged with American Protestants, which was not to he
thought of for one moment In tho land of Roger Wil
liams. You will observe that there Is abundant material
here for the "Know Nothings," and it Is hoped by some,
snd ffSied hy, others, that that mysterious order will be
"down" upon somebody; but who that. somebody Is to be
no one "knows." In that respect we are all "Know No
thing's" except the Initiated. To one whom circuns
stsnces enables to look calmly on the political game, tha
terror which this new party inspires In the hackneyed
| politicians is a source of much, though fterhapa rather
i unamlahle, smusement. WHATCHKKR.
Oar Washington <'<>rr?];<?n?Icmv.
WamuwiJi*.- M*rch 22, lltl.
I7w KArat\a Question ? The Brut t&ffonUitt upon the
Bill? The Meature Ifopel uty D,fun(f--T\t (}a/U t-n
Treaty Going Down, tfe , <f c
Tho reference of the Nebraska bill to tin- OtWnlttee of
thr Whole on the Statu of the Union, iu the i?,
per se, conbidered conclusive of the fate of the Wll. It is
believed that there in no expedient by which the tutsan
be reached for a month or two, or three or four, M, in
deed, it can be reached this session at all, though i*
should last till Pcnsmber, Admitting, however, that ?
through cose parliamentary management. the bill may
be reached when called for ? admitting that, by general
?onsent, it irssy possible be taken up wituian week or
two? the case a hopeless. We rvpeat it, Hie jus? is hope
lew ? tlie bill must fall through.
Were are two j?wvisions which, >?? the biU-or ottt yf the
bill, must kill it stone de.ni. Thrfil-st U t>h? Clinton
amendment, excluding all ?I>ns fron t lib right of suf
frage n ? the TerritoJlM of NVSra^ka tod Kansas. llsis
proviajo.T is perfectly woctituthmal; bu*- the u*age hen
been toulfcrw the settkTa of the Territories, natninliie.'I
and unrst'aralixed, the" right of suffrage in their local
elections;, aod in many the We.Xern Htrrtes thn wwn
is maint lined even to thin da\ including federal
an well aa local options. * Thin u^ags, thtii
widely extended in the Went, where the tier
ninnic, Norwegian and I rink elemen % of the popuUtkm'
hold the balance of power, -will be th * death of the Clay
ton uoyeudinont when the ''?male bill tome* up in thr?
Home, if it "tot does come -ip. The > ?extiou being put
to ati ike out thin Clayton ariendinent, it will be struck .
from tl.e bill Uy a sectional vote, tho N irthoru members |
being in favor of its expulsion almost to % man, and the '
South as nearly unanimous far retaining *it, excepting
M ssouri, Louisiana, and Arkansas, the raonilmri- from
which States wIDbe apt to side with the North ia favor
of continuing the established u??ge of the rUht. of suf
frage e\en to the alien inhabitiutn of the Territories.
Tlds Clayton amendment was carriel through in "it
Senate by a seciibBdl vote, all tliar Northern Senators who
voted u|>on it, except Mr. Urodiead, of Pennsylvania,
having voted agaiast it.
This amendment, then, will be stricken from the bill
in the House; and an. without it, the repeal of the Mia
?ouri line will be wortl. nothing to the South, they will
contrive to let the measure go by the board between the
two houses, as a concession which will not pay expense*.
Tlio Vladger amendment, on the other hand, which de
clares that the repeal of tho act of 1820 shall not lie con- ;
strued as reviving the pre-existing Vrenr.h law recogniz
ing the existence of slavery in tho T writories involved, is I
a bitter pill to the Sowth. They wiU move to strike it
out, so that the Territories shall bo placed exactly upon
the flatus which they occnpiod prior to the Missouri
compromise enactment. Hut this amendment will bo
retained by the North, and thus the bill will lose again
the support to which the Missouri repeal ia especially cn
titled from the Sonth.
The simplest plan for this Nebraska bill, is the repeal of
the Missouri line in so many words; and a Territorial form
of government for Kansas' and Nebraska upon the model
of the law of 1860 organizing Utah or Now Mexico. Per
haps we may come to this alternative at last; but the
case is almost hopeless. The bill 'cannot pass the House
in Its present shape. If amended, it is likely to bd in
such a form as to render it obnoxious to the Senate. At
nil events, any modifications of the bill in .the House will
reduce it to the necessity of passing again through the ? {
crucible of the Senate; and we cannot discover how the j
measure is to be shaped at- this session so as to avoid the .
danger of a fatal disagreement between the two housos. |
And this would be the fatal difficulty wore the bill taken
up in the Hours to morrow, morning. And this will be- ]
tho difficulty with any new bill which may be introduced
into the House. I
We give it up, therefore, that there is no prosper for a
repeal of tho Missouri compromise at btie present session, j
of Congress. Lot the agitation go on ? lut tho question
be sil ted and settled by the people.
The (iadsden treaty is losing ground. From a remark,
made by Judge Butler to-day, it is evidently getting to be
dihtaptcful to the Kouth. It cramps them ? it limits
them to a mere desert margin. The freo Boilers have
discovered this, and are, therefore, always ready to go
into executive session. The probabilities every day ftr&
increased that the treaty will be rejected.
The Homestead bill and the Pacilie Railroad bill hive a
good prospect bo/ere thom. From present appearances,
tho Homestead bill con only be defeated in the Senate l>y
delay iu taking it up. The corruptions of the railroad
stock jobbing systom are helping it as tho le?et of two
evils. C. 0.
Oar Hartford Correspondence.
Hakttord, March 21, ISM.
Stalenf Politics in Connecticut ? The Democratic I'arty?
The XeLratka Question ? The Liquor Hilt.
Since my Uist the aspect of political atfairs ha*
wliut changed in Connecticut. Tlie Nebraska and anti
Nebraska parties seem to hava swallowed, up both, of tho
prominent political sccts. The whi^s hare tluowo them
selves fa a body Into the arms of tlie f*ua soil or uliol'tio
party, iixaling the Nebraska question a test, at*l ire now
willing to swallow any and everything which wrtl show
their antipnthy to the democratic rarty and the adminis
ter t:on of Gen. Pierce. A largo number of the democrats,
too, have also e mbraced this anti-Nebraska humbug, an 1
ore now doing their utmost to break up the dominating
party in this State.
1 predicted fn my last that the proceedings of the !
Temf rratic State Convention would be conducted with a
spirit of '-union, harmony, and concession." But it was
decidedly otherwise. Sueh a boar garden performance
was rarely to be feen in a convention of respectable whito
people. It might be expectcd in an abolilion or Garrison
contention, but not in a Connecticut Democratic Stato
Convention. The antt Nebraska men seemed to be tho
npfernnmt, and they carried out matters accordingly.
Tlie Committee on Resolutions was a "packed" one, uyd
they reported resolutions agreoably to their instructrfHis.
However, one of the resolves was so rank and so bjaek
that it was entirely struck out, and others amended so
that their originators would hardly recognise them. Tho
Convention finally adjourned, after a very strong debate
on the resolutions. The ticket nominated is a Ftrong one,
and will undoubtedly be elected, though by decroaxjl
majorities compared with the vote of 1853. I Ray tlio
whole democratic Stato ticket will be ele.;twl, Tho nomi
nees will be supported by nearly tho wUole strength of
the party.
'Ihe candidate for Governor, Jnlgo Samuel Ingham, of
old Fay brook, Is Judge of the County Court for Middlesex
county, has been member of Caaflrcis for the second dis
trict, and tilled many important offices of trust in tho
State. He is a moderiito politician, not known to ho for
or agaiast the Maine 1s, y ; neither is heooir.mittod for or
against Ncbranka.
Hon. John T, \Talt, the candidate for Lieutenant, or
I>eputy vifivernor, Is a gentleman well and favorably
kooXTVi throughout the State, and his personal popularity
Vrill In?UrV He is a lawyer of goo I
"^clice in Norwich, and the present State Attorney for
Kew Loudon county.
Talcott Crosby, of Thompson, Windham count y, Is th<5
candidate for Treasurer and Bank Register. He is a wor
thy man and President of tho Thompson Bank, an old
and well established institution. Ills experience in bank
ing mutters will be of use in his now position. He is
supposed to be anti-Nebraska, and inimical to tho tree
bank law. Of his position on the Maine law question 1
cannot speak confidently, but from his location should
suppose him to favor it.
'I he candidate for State Secretary, Is Roger Avcrill, o
Tnnbury, Fairfield county. Mr. A. is a lawyer of f ur
abilities, and well spoken of by all who know him. He ii
said to be very popular in his own county, and will poll
strong vote.
Julius Hotehkls!", the prc-ent Mayor of Waterbury,
New Haven county, Is the democratic nominee for Comp
troller of public accounts. Of this gentleman little can
herald. Ite has ro lately become a democrat, t'lit it is
did' < ult to classify him. In 1851, ho voted with the fr v
yoil party, and his vote, though it elected ??e>m<mr
(dem.) Governor, also elected Kendrick. (wbl? ) Lienteu
ant or Deputy Governor. Hie friend KendrlcK who Is
also a resident of Waterbury, should rememb.-r this kind
ness and reciprocate. He U supposed, on ardent of hi
antecedents, and from the fact of his having lately sl.rn- 1
a call for an nnti Nebqtskn meeting, to bo avers? to the
jsiihsge of said bill by'Congrc s. In private life, he is an
estimable man.
National polities, however, willhavebut little Influence
on the vote for State officers; but on the legislature ?
tbvre's the rub. The political description of thi i.uru t
body, to be elected on the first M' nday of April will t>e
amusirg. There will be whlg>i anil democrats, free soli
snd anti-free soil, abolition. Maine law and anti-Maine
law, incorporated banks ami free banks, Insurance and
antl insurance monopolies, and last, though not least, Ne
braska and anti-Nebraska. On the Legislature depend?!
the choice of a I'mted States 8 -nator. If one should be
elected, what l.ls political complexion will be God only
knows
The democrats will elect at least six out of eight she
riffs, and a chance for the other two. The New Hamp
shire election is somewhat of a damper to the spirits of
the democrncy. but we of Connecticut know how to at
tend to our own stfalrs. If the opposition should, by
hook and crook, carry the legislature, as In New Hamp
shire, It may attributed to the course pursued by Pre
sident Pierce In his appointments in this State, and t?K
the pernicious Influence of the Hartford Timet, eontrolleo
by a posse of free sollers. W.
Melancholy Lo9? of Life. ? Wc lenrn from a
letter from Lewes, that a melancholy occurrence took
place there on Monday afternoon, by the upsetting of a
boa t corning ashore from the wrecking schooner t 'bampion,
whieh lay at anchor near the breakwater. By this snd
calamity three out of four men were drowned. Their
names are Captain Wm. Hltchlns, late of the stoamtug
America, who leaves a wife and three ehlldren to deplore
their Irreparable lost; Oapt. Choa. Roe and Mr. Martin
Welsh. The survivor Is Mr. James Lewis; he lies in a
precarious condition, but his attending physician enter
tains favorable hones of his recovery. At the time of
the sad occurence the wind was quite fresh from E. N. R.,
with a very heavy sea run-iirv* ?-/'h iladelph >'a jBultei'n,
Mart* ?
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The Rerlier, by May?:cn<t $375; RuJd.to DcwHtA Da
venport, $150, copyright 10 jier cent.
Mrs. Hoodie's Roughing it. in the IVi*h; cost $320 71;
bought by Hewitt ft ltarenport, for $TL6; copyright 1<?
per cent.
Silliman's Visit to Europe; coat $1 184 .40*, sold to
Barnes for $620; r jpv right 1 i)& pcroeat.
Misa Sedgwick'*v "Works ? Clarence . Redwood, New
England tale; coat $1,1 33 61 ; wild t i Derby for $H87.
Miss SedgwlcV'j. Juvenile Works; coat SJ88; aoU
to Whitney for $2W; copyright 10 par cent.
Crgewither's ?\irop><, I'ast and Pruinnt; ooat
$1,025; aold to Brines for $300.
Wurburton's Craacent, and th? Cross;, cut $460;
sold to Whitney Sor $200.
Wild Scenes and Song Birds, by C.? W. Webber;
sold fi-r $1,200.
Tlie liixt on tile lint Was the " World of Art and Indus
try," which ti.i publisher, however, cnuoludod before
the eloae of the r.nle to reaenro. Tliis ix the aamo that
whs issued in auriala, at the C'ij rUiI Palace during the
exhibition, "^e sales of ; teletype platen, copynghta,
j ftc., realirnd "Varlj $63,000, or about ono fourth of their
original cost. It mnal l>e reaaembered, however, that
many of thes^a copyrights were almost run out. and that
large profits were made upon them.
Prrftonal Intflll^riMf.
Col. Nathaniel It. Baker, Governor oty.t of New Ibmp
1 ililie, vi.-itcu 4 lie LeyisL4ura of MassacliuhctU on lam.
' 22d Inst.
GeomeW. Clinton, Buffalo; W. W. Corcoran, Washing.
Ion; tijo. O. Cl&rk, Sandy Hill; Hon. W. Muwj, Wr?
ginia: Augustus James, Dutchess Muntj; W. Kelly, I5sq.?
tllTS.k?; Judge Mor ahead, Kentucky; lion. A. Sanford,
Ohio; 1). T. Vail, Eso^, Troy; Chancellor Farnsworth, De
troit; Col. W. I'oaovant, Richmond; Gen. Fntly, Sara
Francisco; CeL Sluever, Baltimore: Lieut. Hurst, Liver
pool, arrived yesterday at the St. Nicholas.
Capt. Jessier, 3. C. ; A. J. St'-vens. Iowa; T. F. Nelson,
Vs. ; W, Pardee. Oswego; A. Bacon, F.ngland-, B. F. Ham
ilton, Maine; Peter M. Pox, Geneva, wore among tho
arrival* yctiterdny at the Metropolitan Hot?i.
H. B. Slier 7) ?n, F-aq., Poughkeepsie; CoV. Timlinll, U. 3.
Army; Mr. Johnson, U. S. Navy; Judge Haviland, D. W ?
; C. Bice and lady, Cal.; Chan. A. Banlejt and lady, Boa
ton; Mr*. Watson, St. Louis, Major B., L. Garnett, U. 8.
Army; W. OVerhray and lady, Va.; Washington Brown,
F.fcq.| Philadelphia, were among the arrivals yesterday at
tl:0 Astoii House.
B. North, Conn.; B- N. Pratt, Philadelphia; J. Hop
kins, Nsw Bedford; J. V.'ellingham, AujLupta. wrra
amongst the arrivals yesterday at the PreacotTlIouae.
Married, in tlio village of C&nneaut, Ohio, Feb. 11, by
; J. Q. Farmer, Esq., Mr. Kllas Jones to Mrs Delia Swap.
1 here In a little history connected with the above, aaye
the Connravt Iiejwrler. which may uot he uninteresting
: to the reaner. About the close of the last war with
\ Great Britain the parties became nequaintcd with each
other, and in April, 1822, were married in the county of
Genesee, N. Y., against the cons nt and wishes of rela
ti>es on both sides. A few weeks priOT to the birth of
their second son, Bradford, now of tills place. Mr. J. left
his family for the purpoie 'if purchasing a piece of law!,
: and during his absence UU wife was persuaded by her
? relatives to desert her boruo aud husband ami reside
i with them. Mr. J. on learning the fact, and being threa
tened with violence if lie attempted to claim his family,
left the countiy tud wont to sea. On his return, seven!
? years subsequent, be ascertained that Mrs, J, had kg.un
married, and removed to the West. >n palliation ofthU
transaction it should be stated that tho wife supposed
; her fonuer husband dead, and did receive tidings of hi t
supposed loss at M?. Hi'. Joom immediately returned
to bit vocation on the sea. and from that period until a
few weeks since, lost all trace of his wife and his two
sons. After a space of twenty-five years he chanced, fey
a mere circnra stance, to learn the residence of his tw?
sons, and winded his steps to this place, where, to hie
prat i lieu !i?-n. he learned that their mother was still liv
ing and a widow, haviug lost her second husband after
I rearing ten children, and then residing in Mercer, Pa. In
a mprny w'fh his son, Mr. Jones immediately started for
the residence of the partner of his youth, who at one?
reci Tiiizi o nrd welmnicd him to her heme; though ah*
roul I tiot hsve been more surprised had he risen from
I the <;i*Te to confront her. The trials of the nest w?rw
1 recounted, the l?ve of ymith renewed, and after a brief
courtship they were amin plighted, and the finale ia *?
coidod at th" head of this article.
ARRtTAI.H.
From t lv< rpi id In ?) .<? ?t?eriii>liip ;'*? ific ? Mr and Mrs W
I) t.'ruMwell an 'I 1 1. 'lit. Mr and Sirs Julia K !?t John and ser
\hnl,J!ir> I; 11 Slater, Mrs Nelson, Mrs l'ittar. Miss Kerr.
M?trs C II fh'ihsn. Wlnslovr. Mor^.ia. R R'ebardson, Mlse
M I. Rt?l:rr?if..i?, '.ir I I*. Mr sad Mr> llaeen, J t; Trotter;
Mr r.tnl Mrs I) It V. r ?<? m l Infant, Meerrj Allen, J <4 Clark,
McJnnes A R Mote?, Hill. P Fiurt. Talamon, haw lor. Mon
ti' r i n. 1' I! RuiUs.i*. J Bonndrv, W 8 Chllds, J Lnrillaaux,
to Curos, A Wight Jv, W Wrodvlllo. Rll or. Jr. I' A John
son. II Ji'tncbe. (in-imfinn, V A CauWwell. Shi-r-roo t, Mo
Munus, T Martin, P N Meads. T F Nelson. 1, Cbshcrt. K
llonuvsl. J l.onl?, I, Afnrnn. f Rteel, Mr and Mrs Tysoahr
ner. Mrs Kate Hurvey, M Davis. Mr Kerr. Mrs snd Mies
Risgio, Mc. srs J (irsngor. Hansel, Lowe, C"pt. D ItichanU.
Mi?s P Richards, Messrs R W I'Ltllip . Johnson, J 1> A Mem
stng. and Anderson. ? Total 70.
rrom Norfolk, Ac, In steamship Jamestown? Uy Steee
t nrn, L fftonsliern, F Harmtr, A C Riag, T Kearney, Mr*
WC Nicholson, H B AnehineloSi), Miss 9 Smllb, Missile
Dononuh, Miss I, smb. Mr Jos Smith, Wm Rider and lad;,
D P Beleher. Mrs Pslmer. Dr J R Walke and lady Miee
W slke, J n Walk*, Mrs Claxton, Mrs Dnmphrey*. J Qataer
?A) In the uteersre _
rrom Wbampoa, ia ship Lantao? Master Frank Hnat.
Police Intelligence.
Arrtti of a Fagitivt Charged wu* tbrgrry. ? The arrest
of this fugitive was made by ex-Juitice Mcrritt, ins teed
of Hergeant {?"mith, as reported. Sergeant Smith took
charge of the prisoner after he was committed, end wiU
probably fake him track to Georgia, f.x Justice Merrltt
has just organised e private ' secret police gystem," for
the purpose of ferretting out all swindling' operation*
prsctised upon the financial and commercial community.
Ihf Charge Afinintt Mr. Brady IHmtxtml ?A few daya
ago Thomas L. Brady waa arrested hy ("apt DKehett, of
the Fourth ward, on suspicion of having set lire to bio
grocory store, corner of Rose and Frankfset streets.
Jhe whole matter was investigated beforo Justice Os
borne, when the evidence addnced showed that Mr.
i Brady waa Innocent of the charge alleged against him,
I and the magistrate forthwith dtsm'ssed the complaint.
7V 1'auerr of Counterfeit ? Tbeg? ng of coonter
felters now nnder arrest before jnstlce Stuart, appear t?
be recognitcd by a number of store-keepers, on whom
' they have passed the sporkms $10 or ISO Mils on tks
Cranston Bank, Rhode fsKnd. Tiere are two or threw
charges against Philip "McArdle, and aeveral against
Bridget Murphy Just'.oe Stuart. It seems, has pltehed
into the very midst of this gang, and Is prosecuting the
search with that commendable energy for which he ha*
no equal.