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Hal Oi d Folks--37 Performers.
Kew Yorh, Saturday, April Si, 189V.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Advertisers arc requested to band in tbeir busit-ees
notic* as mur.li before nine o'clock in the evening aa
possible. It il our .lesire to accommodate tbcm bo far na
V4 can, but time, in tbe present pressure upon our
columns, is or a* much importance to advertisers as to our
bcITM.
Tlie Sewi.
In the Senate yesterday, a bill authorizing a loan
of ?2,r.00,000 to pay the floating debt, was reported
and ordered to a third reading. The bill providing
for the enlargement of the Central Park was
panted. In the Assembly the bill remodelling the
New York municipal offices was reported complete,
and ordered to a third reading. Bills were reported
authorizing railroads in Seventh and Fourteenth
streets. There are ten bills for railroads In this city
before the legislature, and it is believed they will
nearly all pass.
A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was
held yesterday afternoon, at which a spirited remonstrance
against the passage of the bill amending
the city charter, now before the Legislature,
was unanimously adopted by the members present
A resolution appointing a special committee to
present the remonstrance was also adopted. A report
of the proceedings may be found in another
column.
A commission, composed of naval officers, has
just been appointed by the Secretary of the Navy
to visit the various navy yards and ferret out whatever
abuses may exist in that brauch of the public
service, with the view of applying a remedy therefor.
They will investigate the affairs of the Brooklyn
yard first, and if all that is said of the workings
of that establishment be true, the Commission have
an herculean task before them.
The government has been advised by Capt. Jarvis,
of the frigate Savannah, of a battle between
Gen. Miramon and the opposition forces in Mexico
at a place called Monkey Pa3s,in which the former
was repulsed with considerable loss; and it is intimated
that Miramon may probably be deterred, in
consequence of the defeat he haa sustained, troin
advancing upon Vera Cruz.
Charles J. Feeney, a gentfemau lately returned
from California, and at present temporarily stop
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piUg 81 LlOYl'JOy ? runn, Will t,?l micu uu lliuiauil
night in the Park, by three highwaymen, who
robbed him of fifteen dollar* and a gold ring. The
thieves met Feeney at the hotel and invited him
to take a walk, which was accepted, and the quartette
visited a drinking saloon and partook of a
liberal supply of "refreshments,'' and then started
out for a walk. While passing through the Park
the men attacked him, two of them holding him
while the other committed the robbery. None of
the ruflians were arrested.
The journeymen jewellers and shoemakers of
Newark, N. J.,are holding meetings and organizing
for the purpose of obtaining the rates of wages
paid before the iiuancial crisis.
The bouse belonging to Dr. Leath. known as the
residence of the late John Cooper, on the banks of
Blirevsbory river, below lied llank, was set on fire
and destroyed on Thursday last. Dr. Leath was
L absent in Now York, Md Mis. I.catli. wit it three
1 domestic^, were the only persons in the hOBB at
1 the time of the fire. Loss about four thousand lot
I lars?no insurance. No motive can be found for
I the perpetration of this diabolical outrage.
B The ?al< e cf cotton yesterday embr.ice I abjut 2,"'K) a
I 2,f'00 h&les. nearly tho whole of which wore m id.- in
transitu, and at a slight com cssloo iu prices ouiniurod
with the highest point before the hMM news. whilo lots
H In htore were held lirmly at 12)j cents for middling up.
land* Holders were rot fPMtag Kales, and wer? diap<.3
ed to wait for later foreign news, which they considered
might prove more favorable. Tho flinr trade was dull,
ond Bales moderate, and rather easier for superfine to mediiim
grades of State and Western, while prime to choioo
extras were unchanged. Iu reference to the stock of flour
in this market. It was closely Investigated and canvassed
yesterday, and the reault was that, by actual count, it
amounted to only about -406.774 bbls., against the 1,300,000
i?t.inated by a morning paper in day before
yesterday's edition. The statement wa3 care
fully prcpired, and signed by seventy eight firms
IpTigag?*l in the trade, who say that they are roady to
jmbluh their name* if nccessary. Wheat and corn wore
quiet and without trailsactioiis of Importance, while tbo
turn of the market favored purehaners. Pork was dull
and lo? 'r, with Bales of new mes* at $17 B2'i a 117 75,
with a time Hie all this month, teller'r option, on one
ilay's previous noticc, at >17 50. Prim?' was sold at $12
fro a $12 7f. Beef and lard were less buoyant and active.
st^atly, with (tales of about WO hhdii. at ratm
given in another column Coifoe was firmly held, but Rio
was quiet. Alw>nt 1 ,'200 b*RB Mararaibo were Bold at p. t
1, and aonio btfx Java at 15e. Freight were unchanged
to K.nglifh porU, while engagement* were moderate.
Tlirio was mora doing for Antwerp and ItoUerdam, while
rates to Havre were unchanged.
Mork Fru'ds t\ tiie Street Departmuvt.?
In a communication uddremcd to the Common
Courcil, on Thursday, the Acting Street Com
ir/iwionCT, Captain Lovell. draws attention to a
fraud recently discovered in the contract for i
regulating Seventy-ninth street. It appears
that the contract wat> given in July, 1854, to the
highest of three bidders, ami amounted to
$4fi,l49, according to the asHesnment*. Warrants
for this mm were given to the contractor,
Slatt^ry, respectively in October, 18.r>7, and
T lo>a ffiL- 1_I 1 II1 .j? n? ..
I ?i unitary, iooo. mc ungm-.u ma ui niauory r p- 1
rented only $27,405; but by an Ingnnlous I
Irivk of erasure? and additions it was swelled to '
$4(1,149?ft clear fraud of $18,743 on the
propel ty owner*, through the moans of theHe
alterations. and a swlnd'e in the aggn-gate of
S'J4,9fi3?that being the difference between the
liiw"nt and the highest bids for the work. It
* evident that frauds of this chaCACter will 1
never reach an f nd. Th deeper investigation
goes the richer will be th 'r i > of the labor.
Meantime, tbe taxpayers look on with indifference.
Capt. Lovell asks tbe Common Council
to take some steps to pave he n thin last item,
u the warrants do not inatu - for three years;
but it Is not very likely th it they will do ao.
Obstinate enough in defe >t:n r a good work, it
is not their way to take the trouble of correcting
an evil one.
Tne Impending ConnntUut and Virginia
Election*?Thr Prtwnt and the Future.
On Monday next the Connecticut election will
come off, involving four members of Congress,
and in the latter part of May the Virginia State
election, comprehending thirteen members of
Congress, will take place. In ordinary time's,
the success of either of the contending parties, in
either of these States v, ould be a comparatively
trifling event; but at thiB crisis, when ail the
political signs of the times indicate a sharply delined,
ferociou < and revolutionary sectional contest
for the next Presidency, the case is widely
different. We thus believe that the defeat of the
tepublicans in Connecticut, and the defeat of the
democracy in Virginia, in these spring elections
of 1859. would be among the best things that
could possibly happen in behalf of the peace and
harmony of the Union in the great Presidential
struggle of 1800.
Since the Presidential contest of 1850, nothing
has occurred in uny of our State elections, North
or South, indicating aii abatement of those sectional
divisions upon slavery which utterly excluded
Fremont from the Southern States, and
which limited the hopes of Mr. Buchauau in the
Noi th to the October vote of Pennsylvania. On
'lie other hand, whil# the opposition, in all the
local Southern elections since 1850, have been
ucuily uuuihilated, the democracy, in nearly all
our Northern State elections of the last twelve
months, have been disastrously defeated, including
the loss of Pennsylvania by an overwhelming
vote. Indeed, we cannot now assume to
a certainty that the democratic party is in the
possession of a single Northern State ; and we
know that the only State of the South which has
remained in the occupation of the opposition is
the little border State of Maryland.
We know, too. that although the Kansas agitation
lias <1 u il out, it has left an impression
upon the Northern public mind which can only
be obliterated by time, or by some wholesome
popular reaction upon the great practical issaes
of the day. But, against this reaction, we perceive
that the republican presses and orators
continue to feed the fire of the anti-slavery agitation
with the Dred Scott decision, with the
late pro-slavery proceedings in New Mexico, and
with the African slave trade, filibustering, and
other ultra pro-slavery movements in the South.
From day to day, on the other band, we perceive
that the ultra leaders of the Southern proslavery
democracy are narrowing down the liues
of demarcation between the two sections, until,
at length, the two great parties of the day
stand before us, stripped of all disguises, as
purely sectional organizations?no-slavery and
pro-slavery.
In this view, while the success of the republicans
in thit- Connecticut election, and a sweeping
democratic victory in Virginia in May, will only
serve to confirm our apprehensions of a sectional
fight in 18G0 which may destroy the Union, we
do believe ihat a republican defeat m
the one case, and a democratic defeat
in the other would be equivalent to
the inauguration of a wholesome popular
revolution against both these dangerous
sectional parties. North and South there is an
abundance of materials for a new constitutional
and Union party; but they want an opening for
definite action. To this end, we understand
that should these Connecticut aud Virginia
elections, and especially the latter, furnish any
substantial aid and comfort to the movement, a
n-ifinn.il and simultaneous new nartv movement I
vrill immediately be proclaimed, from Boston to
New Orleans, upon the general basis of the now
Virginia opposition platfonn. In view of this
projected national enterprise, let the conservative
men of Connecticut give a lift to the cause
against the sectional anti-slavery republican
party, and its defeat will strengthen the hands
of the constitutional opposition party of Virginia
against the sectional pro-slavery democracy
in that quarter. 1
Thus an opening will bo made in both sections
in behalf of this proposed new third party,
for a definite national movement, and iu season
to gather up the rank and tile of a powerful organization
btfore the great battle of 1860 comes
on. Otherwise, as the bulk of the American
people prefer a fired and powerful local party
to a loose and weak one, the republicans North,
and the democracy South, will have very few
loose materials afloat from which, in I860,'to
form a third party of a national character.
From these views the reader will be at no loss
to comprehend the importance of this April
election in Connecticut, aud the Virginia election
of May. They will foreshadow, to a great
extent, the shading of the Presidential contest,
and go far to settle the question whether
we shall or shall not, in I860, be visited with an
unmitigated sectional conflict which may tear
the Union to pieces.
Let the good people of Connecticut on Monday
administer a wholesome rebuke to the
sectional party of the North, through the
intervention of the third party in the light; and
the chances will be increased for a defeat of the
sectional party of the South in Virginia, which
will at once bring into the field a great third
rv.irfv flirnnirhnnk thp Union, emifillv nnnn?ivl tn
both these mischievous sectiorml parties, and
competent, between them, to command a saving
balance of power.
Reforming the Dkmocra<t?A IIkrcixean
Task.?A few members of the democratic party
in this city have had the hardihood to impose
upon themselves the desperate task of reforming
and improving the democracy. This band of
bold adventurers met at the Westchester House a
few evenings since, and talked over the fearful
delinquencies and backsliding* and incan*citv of
tie men whom the democracy of the Empire City
have been of late addicted to placing in office*
of trust and power. They agreed that if the party
was to be paved from total destruction, this state
of things must bo put an "nd to ; and they appointed
committees to prepare an address to the
democracy, to arrange for a mass meeting in
Tammany Hall, and to perfect the organization
of the reformatory movement. Of their saying*
and doings on the occasion of this consultative
meeting at the WcstcbesUr House we give a
report elsewhere.
We sympathize with this pmall band of democratic
reformers, but wc have no faith in thenability
to perform the Herculean task whicli
th<>y have voluntarily undertaken. The cleansing
out of the Augean stables is a trite mcta
NEW YORK HERALD, SA
pW, that readily suggests itself by way of
analogy ; but that and the other labors of the
fhb'id son of Jupiter sink into losi^iQeaace
when compared with the work of purifying the i
democracy. We are afraid that It Is fitf beyond
all ri ch efforts, and in a state of tuch iecorapo- '
f-itlon that fait cannot sare it Nevetheless,
give ihe reformers a chance.
Peril of Our Interests on the lithmni
Hi Utr*?What a Corrupt Congr?a Hm
I>i ought t'jion I
TLi t-it"on of affairs In all our relations with
the Sp tnidi American States is one that requires
the m mdia e and urgent attcition of
the governmen'. In many, if not in all of them,
ilie in riguea of European emissaries on one
side, and the unfitness of our own repeseuta
t vt b, combined wun me criminal negiecioi uongi
c88 on the other, have brought our elations
with those S'ates to such a crisis that at any
moment we may find ourselves with two or
three petty wars on our hands, and a nost excited
condition in our diplomatic relations with
the Western l'owere of Europe.
Nicaragua has again bearded us. noi in rejecting
our treaty or refusing to make mother,
but in again, without the shadow of a caise, seizing
the steamers belonging to American litizens.
A more liagrimt case could hardly be fcuad in
the annals of international enmity, and ilplainly
shows to bow lew a state our national rtme and
influence has been degraded by the nfusal of
Congress to do its duty in the premises Next
after Nicaragua comes Mexico. Presidmt Miramon
has done all he could to drive our tountrymon
from the republic; he litis mposed
another forced loan, uftcr the manner >f Zulooga,
but not quite so flagrant, whicl every
foreigner must pay; and now he contonplates
conliscating the grant of the Tchuautepic Company,
and turning it over to certain sujjecta ol
the Catholic Powers of Europe. Heresy h every
shape- political as well as theological?(s to be
driven from Mexico; and Americans are doubly
heretics, being so both in politics and nligion.
Thus the Tehuantepec and Nicaragua rovtes are
to be saved. Tbat across Honduras is leenred
by taking possession of Tigre Island in be Bay
of Fonseca, as our correspondence stated yesterday.
Tanama only is left, and Amerion influence
is beiug rapidly undermined there. English
capitalists have purchased the greater portion
of the stock of that road, and foruloug
time have been insidiously laboring tolnduce
our government to enforce a policy towaits that
isthmus and the government of New Gmnadu
which would effectually destroy the inflnmce of
our government with that republic, aud leave
European influence predominant there. This
would destroy the lust remnant of American influence
over the American isthmus.
The chief blame for this condition of {ring.?
lies upon ?he factious, selfish and corrupt jpllti- i
cians who have succeeded in getting intoCon- 1
gress. From year to year the character of that f
' body has been declining, until it has stunkiji the <
nostrils of the people, and been forced to coofese {
its own corruption, through the Mattcson and t
other investigating committees. Railroad pro- f
jectB, land grants, territorial sites, contracts for t
public expenditure, and all sorts of schemes for <
plundering the treasury and public domain, were 1
the only measures that it would consider and act i
upon. The domestic broils of partisan warfare, in ]
regard to Kansas and Utah, were made to dis- i
place the questions of our foreign relations; and i
the interests of a set of political gamblers super- 1
seded those of the country. The President did 1
his duty manfully. Both Fillmore and Tierce ]
had shamefully neglected our manifest Interest* 1
near our Southern borders; but Mr. Buchanan hts l
referred to them emphatically in cach aanutl 1
message, and again and again in special *ie- 1
sages to Congress. His urgent recommendation 1
have been unheeded, and he now has the reopen- 1
sibility of action, during a long recess of Cm- i
gross, and after having been denied the power ;o \
act. The events that will accumulate upon is t
in the next three months will force mm to cal
Congress together by the first of October, and
lay before them the necessity of some dignifrd
and energetic action, which shall save oir
national character from contumely, and oir
widespread interests from the perils of a generil
war.
Tub Sickles Trial?How It is to re
Manaukd.?The trial of Daniel E. Sickles for tit
killing of Philip Barton Key lias been set dowi
by the criminal court .it Washington for Monday
next, the 4th of April. It will be one of tte
celebrated causes of the world. The fact of th:
killing will be admitted, or, if not, will be casiV
proved, and will not be contested. The defenc;
will be that the homicide was justifiable, on th>
ground that the bluin man had inflicted on th;
slayer the greatest injury that one man, in civilized
life, can inllict on another the seduction <f
his wife. The law does not, to be sure, specifj
this as one of the things for which homicide it
justifiable, but public opinion does; and when
such provocation is shown to have been given
no jury can be found in this country, or perhapi
in any other, to declare that the man who take!
full retribution on him who has thus stabbed him
in his most vital part- -his honor- is a murderer.
It seemed to have been taken for granted, at
first, that there would have been a tacit admission,
on the part of the prosecution, that in the
Sickles case such provocation did exist. It is
now understood, however, that no such admifl(jinn
nvnwiau r\T imrilSn/1 trill K.i mn/1n <
nuu, VAJ?VI)0 VI iHijiugu) " ?*1 ,/v- ??Ul Limt I
tbe defcnce will be thrown upon its proof, an<l 1
that the fact will bo contested to the utmost. '
That course of procedure will place the accused
in a peculiarly delicate position; but. delicate*
though it be. there can be no shrinking from it
The whole complicated chain of evidence, by
which suspicion of his wife's infidelity ripened
into conviction, and culminated in that futal encounter
on Lafayette square, must be exposed,
link by link, and the perfidy of the falne wife
and fabc friend be unveiled to the world in
detail.
On the other hand tbe prosecution has
been instituting inquiries into the antecedents
of the parties, with the view, if possible, of overthrowing,
or. at least weakening, the fabric of
justification. The District Attorney is under- J
stood to have received all the information he ]
expected from New York in that respec". The '
friends of the deceased deprecate intermeddling
on their part with the prosecution ; but think it 1
due to the memory of Mr. Key that the facts
shall be fully presented on both ids in the
trial. It the District Attorney should not feel I
called upon to employ assistance, on his own |
motion they will employ counsel to aid in the
prosecution. They say that while the testimony '
will disclose indiscretion, and perhaps crimi- '
nality. on the part of Key, it will also reveal
such mitigating circumstances, as will take from
the homicide the basis of justification.
The course thus marked out for (be prosocu
TURD AY, APRIL 2, 1859.
(ion aurt for the defence will reuder the trial ?.0Be
of the uiost iateosely interesting and exciting
criminal trials that hoe ever taken place in this
country. In view of thut fact, we shall have fall
reports ol h trial Bent daily by telegraph.
The trial may occupy one, two, or three weeks,
and we have no doubt that during its progress
the public n'erest in it will be all absorbing.
Aijianv Jobbing and Washington Heights.?Among
the numerous jobs recently introduced
into the Albany Legislature iu connection with
New York city?which we have exposed from
time to time in these columns?is that of an attempt
to appoint a commissioner to lay out the
avenues and ftreets of Washington Heights, on
this island. We had supposed that this job had
been laid aside; but lately it turned up again,
when we took the opportunity of directing pubi;?
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iiv aibcuuuu w tuc tuauuuviin ui mc juubers.
The wirepullers have once more put It
in motion, and the newest phase of it is the worst.
It is now proposed to strike out the names of the
commissioners al present inserted in the bill, and
substitute others, who arc known to be political
hacks and jobbers of the first water. We trust
that the honest men of all parties in the Legislature
will set their faces against this job, and
let the property owners, who best understand the
matter, take charge of the laying out of this
beautiful region, as they desire to do. No commissioner
whatever is wauted. AU that is required
is that the proprietors of the land, from
Manhattanville to Kingsbriflge, meet in the
course of the summer, agree upon a plan, and
send that for confirmation to the Legislature.
This will give satisfaction to all parties except
the jobbers.
Among other falsehoods put forward for the
purpose of deception in this case is the statement
set on foot by bankrupt stock jobbers of
Wall street, that the proprietor of the Hkiui.d
has sold his property at Fort Washington.
There is no truth in the assertion, nor any foundation
for it. He does not intend to sell this
homestead, nor any part of the forty acres of
land attached to it, as long as he lives. It will
increase every year in value; and he appreciates
its advantages too highly to part with a private
residence in the most delightful and healthy
locality on thiB island?a region which is destined
soon to become a faubourg of villas, the
most charming and highly favored in any city of
the Old World or the New.
The Thkee Hungry French.men JVisiiant.?
The operatic skirmishes?the quarrels between
managers here and directors abroad?the jealousies
and heartburnings of artists?the indifferent
result of provincial operations, generally.
nu tuo soms or tne uiree nungry rrencnincn
with exceeding great joy. It iB aa good to them
as a dinner at Dclmonico's,<<7/,e blanche, with
some ome e se to meet the bill. They are like the
three witches in Macbeth, who rejoiced over all
sorts or mischief, and sung songs of exultation
>ver other people's troubles. To the three hun>iy
Frenchmen the rows among the artists and
he singers arc exceedingly refreshing, and they
ire merry over them in an exceedingly French
md very amusing way. The peculiar tendency
>f the Gallic mind?" pleased with a rattle,
iickled with a straw"?was never displayed in a
more lively way than by the famished trio who
pipe their little lays in the Cmirricr. While they
are spinning their tops the managers are not
idle; but we hear on every side of new combinations
for the coming season. The indefatigable
niman is off to Philadelphia to arrange for the
lease of the Opera House in that right-angled
village. In Boston he has sundry weighty
negotiations with Mr. Barry; and the little Napoleon
hopes to control the opera houscB of the
[hree principal American cities next season, and
:o alternate grand dramatic spectacles with
he Opera in each place. Maretzek, who is
uined for the fiftieth time at least, and
vbo would be very uncomfortable if he
hould accidentally become entirely free from
ill difficulties, pecuniary and otherwise, will
jrobably join issue with Ullman, with the idea
)f smashing all opposition. The opera managers
arc a great deal like the politicians, and
>otb sometimes play for stakes which do not cxictly
belong to them. One by one the scattered
orces of the Opera are dropping into the metropolis,
and we shall soon have them singing away
vt the Acadcmy, as cheerily as if nothing had
iappencd. The charming Ficcolomini will remain
in the South a week or ten days longer,
ind then return to renew her metropolitan
liumphs; so that whatever the managers may
lo. the public will have plenty of Opera in the
orly summer. If there are rows, why, so much
,he better for the public. The managers don't
nirid them, the gossips like them, and the public
inds amusement in thcin. As for the three hungry
Frenchmen they are as much delighted as
i boy with bis first boots; and we cannot find
t in our hearts to take one iota away from their
.miuccut pitiwjiuto. kju, ten buuui ujuito i<u uiuir
111.
Titk Nomination' for City Ikhpkctor.?We
publish elsewhere the communication of the
Mayor to the Board of Aldermen relative to the
nomination of Mr. Purdy as City Inspector,
nrhicb that body "did not reach'' before their adournment
on Thursday. His Honor assure the
Board that he will exercise all the rights
granted him by the charter to preserve health
*nd cleanliness in the city, and throws upon the
boulders of the Aldermen the onus of refusing
to do their concurrent portions of the duty,
rhe letter contains a mild but firm rebuke of
he action of the Board in relation to Mr. Morion's
successor. That honorable body held a
caucus yesterday?probably on this subject.
Peraonal Intelligence,
The Hon. Richard Cobden, (X England, wns in Chic?co
Oi the 36th ult
Hon. John Boll, ex Senator of Tennesson, arrived in
Ntsbville on the 26th ult.
Ion. John C. Breckinridge is In Philadelphia.
Iredcrick A. Mafllt, sou of th? late J. Nowland Maffit,
?.v recently arretted in Cincinnati, charged with getting
moicy unacriamo preicnMJn,
1XPAKTURBH.
Ftr Boulharr.pton, Havre und Hamburg, In the *te*m*hlo Koniada?ft
M l>ui. Pbtla; I. H Unodmarn, N Y; Mr* Hertftn
Noolmanu, Jenny ud llenry <)o ctmnnn, NY; Mr* Hi-nlrm
Qutnann, all children and servant, N V; LOul* Kchulmann, N
f: Brnem.laudin Capt de Menard, Surgeon Tamhv liranert
ragaa, <4 the Preach *hip Le B?ng*>; Cant f.iwallfl and Flrnt
IJetinart Mrarad <Vjr*et, of the French alitp I, Arredo, .1
Wanienhelm N Y; Mai Feebheimer, Claclnoall; Mr* H R
Bhlrly, Galena, 111: Jum*a Rhole, N Y; KU Bobbin*. lady
and two hlldren, N Y; Jota R l>ar1daon. N Y; Kdgar l>avtd
on, N Y; Geo Von liagsn, N Y, Oada Well, Albany; Mr Vonbelrt,
San Franctaco; Mr Dalnealrt ami Fagalde. <!al, Nalhtn
Turl, h Y; J Herzog, NY; Ch Burplch, N Y; Win <loUat?in,
N T; John I?amb, Canada; .1 WelnmWn, Olpolnnall; Mr*T?ck
iBank and Infant, N Y; Ml** Beaaelbarth, N Y, and other* In
Ibe alaerate?total 189.
Mvhtfrioi's Affair?Thr Rkmaimi or a Kbmamc
PY)t-kti 15 a Box?We mentioned briefly yesterday, a* we
meat to preM, that the remain* of a dead body hail hmn
round at the Htidaon River Kallroad office, ln Muden lane,
rocloeed In a box. They proved to be those of a female, ami
tbe bo* had boon aomo time In the office uncalled for, nail
finally attracted attention by it* atench. The bor wi*
ihlppcil on tbe 24tb of Man h from New York, and wm
directed to "H. Rlpiter, Franklin, Indiana " Coroner
Dean hold an Imineat, and the Jury returned a verdict of
death from noma caiibe unknown. The remain* had cvl
di ntiy been bo?ed eight or ton montL*. and the opinion of
tbe phyhlclan In attendance ww that the peraon had been
murdered. On the oppoaite aide of tliu card hearing the
direction lathe following In print ?"From W fl. lumn.
lit and 180 Third avenue, cor. of Uth w., New York."?
Albany Waterman, March 31.
mpaiTAM FROM WASHfflfiTOI.
MtpMrkti from the BqturfA * 00 Vwr*
liut-RfptrUd Defeat of Mlraat "?Central
Anuilcwi Affair* and the Ouaelry Treaty?
Prestations for the Trial of Mr. 9kiklee?
Appointment of a Commission to Over *luul
He Navy Yurds, Ac.
Ol'K SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH.
WAHUisu-nm, April 1, I860.
The Navy Department received despatches to-day
ftroin Captain Jar vis, of the frigate Savannah, off Vera
Ouz. He states that an engagement had taken place
between Miramon and the opposition forces, at a place
called Monkey Paaa, In which the former had been repulsed
and utterly routed, with the loss of between
eighty and one hundred killed and manv wounded. The
particular* are not given. It wis thought thta defeat
would retard his movements toward Vera Cruz, and poasibly
compel him to abandon his contemplated attack on
the 1 titer city.
Tho Cabinet wero In pension until late this evening. Tho
subject under consideration Is understood to have been
Central American affairs. The Northern Light brought
additional advicoB from General Lamar, but nothing indicating
that the Ouseley treaty had been ratified. The
administration is disinclined to believe that Ousoioy in
bif. operations has played false. Bis instructions were
laid before our government immediately after his departure
for Central America; and if he has exceeded
thctu in any particular, be will be called to a rigid account.
Therefore, until the next arrival nothing, so far
a* Iu^iand >s concerncd, will be done.
Mr. Brady has been on gaged to day consulting with
coui sei in the Sickles case and preparing their dofon.ee.
They will be prepared on the day of trial for any and
every emergency that may arise. If the prosecution, as
it is alleged they will, probe the matter to the bottom,
and inquire into the antecedents of Sickles and some of his
principal witnesses, tbe defence will be fully preparod for
them, for they have pul>p<tDaed a large number of witwltnetaes,
wlio will be on the ground during the trial.
I learn to day that eminent counsel has boen engaged to
asblst the District Attorney. Their names will not be
known until the day of trial. Chief Justice Tuioy, together
with a respectable portion of llr. Key's family, are
averse to tho employment of counsel, or making any un..nr.-!
In II... nMiiuxiillm thici
Mr. Siokles, for the !uot day or two, has been much depressed
and low spirited. He cannot boar the idea of
goicg into court and listening to tlie revelations which will
there be made public.
The Secretary of the Navy has appointed a Board of
Naval Oil'ccrs, consisting of Commodore (irectory, Captain
Blake, Commanders F00U1 and Tucker and l.iout. David D.
Foiter, to visit the various navy yards, examine into
their condition, and ferret out any changes for their
better and more economical organization. They will commence
with the New York yard, and then visit othors
in Buccessiou.
The six small sloopsof-war now on the stocks at the various
navy yards have been named, by order of the Depai
tnient, as follows:?
Where Jiuildivy. Name of Steamer.
Boston Narragansett.
Portsmouth Mohican.
New York Iroquois.
Philadelphia Wyoming and Pawnee.
Norfolk I 'auotah.
I'onsacol* Soninole.
Mare Island,Cal Sa;.naw.
1TTE ('BNRItAL NRWSt'APRR DBSPATCH.
Wahhi.vgton, April 1,1859.
The t'nicn of to day has an apparently semiofficial
article on tho Clayton-Bulwer treaty, saying the
President has never changed his jiolicy concerning
it: that tho American construction will be substunt
ially carried into etfect; that tho Mosquito protectorate
and tho Kay Islands will, no doubt, bo surrendered
by liroat Britain to Nicaragua and Honduras,
respectively; that the substance of Sir Wra. Gore
OuBoley's instructions has been communicated to this go.
vornraent only through I/)rd Napier; that it has full faith
in tho loyalty of the British government: and that if Sir
Goro Onuoley has exceeded his instructions in any particular
he will no doubt be called to a rigid account.
It is well understood that the Cabinet to-day had under
consideration tho subjcct of Central American affairs.
Advices from tho commandor of tho Jamestown confirm
the newspaper statements relative to recent event9 in
Nicaragua. Our government has nothing from an official
aource later than tho 2f>th of February, relative to tho
treaties, when that of Ouseley, of commerce, navigation
and transit, had been ratillod, with an additional articlo to
ho effect t hat Nicaragua surrendered nono of her rights
over Mosquito. The Mosquito treaty was at that time
pending, and the Cass YrigRari treaty had not been acted
>n. Our government will accordingly await further roliai?le
intelligence before it can act decisively, so far as Great
Britain is concerned. If it shall appear that Oust ley has
:ran.scended or violated his Instructions, a formal
request will be made of England to disavow bis acts,
f she Khali lint do bo voluntarily. It is thought,
however, plio will carry cut in good faith tho
imderstanding between the governments of Groat
Britain and the United States relative to the
settlement of the irritating questions growing out of the
tiflerent interpretations of the Clayton Bulwor treaty; nor
is it Improbable, should Nicaragua ratify all the British
uialios and reject ours, that Minister I.amar will bo withInwn
and General Jorez, the Nicaraguan Ministor at
Washington, be tendered bis passports. Mich Is the position
of the question, according to the best avallablo
^.formation; but much depends on the character of
futnre official advices from Nicaragua. Our vessels will,
it is said, be concentrated at the most exposed
IHjintsfor the protection orl tho persons and property of
American citizens within their roach. To proceed to tbo
.uterior of the country would bo an act of war, which will
not he committed; but there is no doubt, from what has
recently transpired, that the President will exert to the
utmost extent all the lowers conferred upon him by tho
constitution and tho laws.
Minister Bowlin writes hopofully of satisfactorily arranging
the difficulties with Paraguay.
Tbo failuro of the arrival at Annapolis of the Curacoa
wall I,or<l Lyons, excites additional Tears for bis safety.
A despatch from Charleston, South Carolina, say a the
' ourier, conlalna a telegraphic despatch from Washington,
that war in Europe has actually commenced, and that
i ieorge Handera had brought a deKpitch to that effect to
the President. Mr. Miles, nu mber of Congress from
Charleston, telegraphed back that Ivird Napier knew no'
thing about the truth of the report. The Courier, how
ever, fails to be convinced.
l'roni official advices received to day, H appears that
tbe steam frigate Minnesota reached Bombay on the 16th
of January, having ea board ex-Minister Reed, who loft
on the 25th for 8uez. The frigate had visited Singapore
nnd Penang, and several ports in Ceylon. She occasioned
expressions of RurpriBe and admiration, as she has done
everywhere in the East. In a few days she was to leave
i?r Muscat, in Arabia, and pasalng from there to tho Cape
?>f Good Hope, she would probably touch at Zanzibar.
It is probable that ex Senator .Tones will withdraw his
declination of the Bogota mission.
There are at lrast twenty applicants for the vacant Com.
inmslonorships of Patents and of Indian AfTiirs, but tbe
appointments will probably not be maJe for a weok to
< ome.
flw In Newark, Ace.
Nkwank, N. J., April 1,18,SA.
A portion of u largo factory at tho corner of Mechanic
and tawrencc streets, In this cltv, owned by Crane k
tuioourn, ma occupied oy Messrs. i-razee, siiv<-r | lators,
H. M. Curt In, last maker, the Perry Patent Arms Com.
pan), and otliorB, was destroyed by (li p at one o'clocl: this
morning, lorn three thousand dollan, and Insured for
two thousand.
The Journeymen corJwainers have established a list or
prices for employers, making uu advance ol six conta on a
dollar In their wages.
The jewellers are holding meeting* to raise tbo prices
of their labor.
A rano made from the tiller of the Blare scliooner Amistad
was proseutod to ITon. J. H. Olddlogs In thli city on
Wednesday evening.
A Murderer Sentenced to Death.
Baltimoh, April 1,1859.
ftenry Ihival, convicted of the murder ot Christian
I'iFclior, In tlio western h.wtion ol this city a few months
since, was this morning aentenced to death. This
ntakes live perrons under tho death sentence now In the
olty jail.
Fire at Red Bank, IT. J.
Km> IUnb, April 1, 1851.
Tlie country seat of Dr. J. I-eatliu, of New York city,
situated about one mile from Kod Hank, wan entirely destroyed
by it supposed incendiary tlr? last night. Iom
about Uiree thousand dollars; no insurance.
The florfblk {Quarantine. &? .
NoRfoi.k, March :i|, X8ft9.
Oar Quarantine regulations go into elfect to morrow.
Hits is one month earlier than usual.
One hundred and thirty bales of cotton from the brig
licorfe Washington, tt'tioro on Currituck l>e.icb, h.ivo
reached here.
AFFAIRS AT THE STATE CAPITAL I
Our Special Albany Deapatofc* I
DOW THBr 1)0 BLrtlNKHa IN TilK LKUISLtfOTflF"4NHf H
ii a HI,KM tn.aoAP QHAMii ii HIT KTuKirtNor H
TO UK kXTKKDED?THK CITY KAII.ROAll HCllKMlfi ? H
T1IK LOAM, KTC. H
Alba.vt, April 1,185#.
If a moiety of U p people or the Stute could for a ni?fte H
da? witDWH Ik* coo net of their delegates and oInter?e the H
prceebt method oi uiuji ilacturiog law* thej would he H
struck wi?h i*r'e?t c<nmtornatiou. The dissolution of the . H
loves) igfctiDK C*'?naiittee, and the appointment <>I u a sleet I
oommlitee in house to decide upon bills which ia H
tbeir cerma ion t>ould become laws, have drawn to the H
capita' the mett nuwwous, impertinent and unscrupulous |
iouuy orgHuizatioD over seen in tuts desecrated capital.
Itf parallel doe* not exist in any State, and it cannot b* I
excelled by the vampyres that crawl around the portal* ai I
the United States Capitol. The hotels are filled, the street* fl
are overflowing, the balls of the Capitol arc crowded atl
the lobbie are crammed with all sort* of croalarea, tIM H
with projects of legislation for private and polittoal H
purpoee*. H
The majority of the Grinding Committee are kmd.libe- H
ral souls. Korsoui" reason orothor, known to tbemselre* I
much hotter than to Ol Icr*, (bey are in the daily hibit I
f rejiortii taktag them out of the Comm.ttae I
(f the Who where 11:.-y would undergo discussion, many H
if whi( li would be m<uguantly spurned were debate al- H
owed upuu them. Many bills that have remained per- H
lectly dormant lor two months are suddenly resuscitated H
and put upon their Ust reading with scarce ly any ex
hmii.atioo. This morning the Grinding Committee of the H
House re|jorted a bill compelling tlie Supervisors of tbs
city of New York to raise by tax the sum of one hundred H
t>nd thirty live thousand dollars for the purpose of paying H
one Alexander McCotter for a small strip of land on Ward'* H
Island. This came before the House so unexpectedly aad .H
mj tartottly that Mr. Colliding moved to send the btH H
bark upon the general orders, so that IU merit* might b? H
discusted in Committee of the Whole. The oonteat was
a warm one, but Mr. Coukllng llnally succeeded la H
carrying his jmint. He stated that * higto
otllcer of the linanco Department of the ottjr
of Now York had Informed him lb t McCottor had no
valid title to the property, and that the Common Council H
of the city had been induced to adopt resolution* for said H
furehate under false leprebenutions. Is thi* another H
owber aflair? Besides, neither the Comptroller nor H
Supervisors bad incorpornu<l this sum in the Ux levy,a*d B
until one or the other asked for this sum for the purpose,
the legislature ought not to compel the raising of the
monoy lor such por|ioec. H
When the bill extending tho charter of the Harlem Hall- H
road was announced, Mr. Conklmg also moved that it
Blinuld bo rfforrftrl hmrlf (nr nnrt fnrthap onnalHoM -a
ticn. Hut in thin be was unsuccessful, and for the vorjr
gooil reason that tbe Harlem Railroad Company have scattered
f'ee tickets over th$ir road broadcast. This is the
cheapest way tbo company can procure a guarantee from
the State allowing them to use steam down to Forty second
street, Tor thirty y oars to como?even if the popnlation
bfcomo as dense nB liioadway. Tho franchise will bo >
wor.h millions to the road, and the House of Assembly
will not be allowed to oiKcuss its merits.
Trinity obtained tbo victory over Doorman and company.
Albany street 18 not to be widened under legislative
authority. Tbo cbnrcb carries too many guns for her
adversaries, she came out of tblB controvorsy with flying
colors, as gallantly ah when she defeated the proposition
to investigate tbo title claim of the heirs of oil Annelco
.Touts. So the mercantile community and the lower section
ol tbo city must yield to the dictation aud power whioh
prevents the remains of tho Revolutionary heroes from
being disturbed until the sounding of the resurroctlou
trumpet.
There are now one hundred and seventy-five bills ready
for a lutt reading in tho House.
Though the protioeition to establish an Insurance agonoy
as a separate State institution receives the strongest kind
of opposition, and that too from gentlemen well posted, it
is destined to become a law. This morning tho l>ill was
discussed before the House Grinding Committee, when
Mr. Secretary Hoxio, of the Mutroi>olitan Insurance Company,
appeared as its special lobby advocate. Being a
republican measure especially intended to give Daniel
Uliman the general superintendence, thereby easing much
of the angry feeling now existing tu consequenoe of
dodging the Reg'stry law, it is destined to bo adopted.
His Kxcellenry Governor Morgan will please understand
that this is oue of the greatest lobby schcmos of the Motion.
Nearly all the bills for New York city railroads will bo
reported by tbe Grinding Committee of tho House. There '
are about ten bills of this character.
Tbo loun, which tbe people are to voto upon next elootlon,
has been incrcju>ud to 93,000,000.
Tbe Albany Police bill is now a law. The republican*
and Americaiis unite upon city tickcts, while the demoorats
do not appear to be united. Tho olectlon takes place In
ten days. \ >
mBW YORK LBG1BUTUHB.
BwiatSi
Albany, April 1,18(9.
Mr. Dtvra (rep.), from the Finance Committee, reported
the bill authorizing a loon of $2,500,000 to pay the float- t
ing debt, and It was ordered to a third reading.
Mr. Probkkr (rep.) reported favorably the Assembly
bill to provide for tbo payment of the interest on tho Uanal
Commissioners' drafts.
On motion of Mr. Smou (deui.), the bill was laid on
(he table and orderod to be printed.
A large number of Assembly bills were reported from
the committers.
The Contral Park Fnlanmment hill win niumri!
Ttie Mil to incorporate the New York Buy Steamboat
Company was lost, and a motion to reconsider laid on the
table.
The bill to protect tbc liberty of witnesses was thee <
taken up and debated.
The bills amending the license law wero the special order,
but were postponed till Wedties>?ny evening.
Tbc following bills were ordered to a third reading: ?
Relative to tbc Protestant Episcoiul public school, New
York.
To provide payment for the work done and material
furnlebed on a certain part of tbo Krle Canal enlargement.
Tlie bill t> close the canal locks on Sunday coming up,
a long Hkirmish took place upon It.
Mr. si in"i a (dem.) endeavored to fight off tbe final
vote upon it, and numerous motions wore made t)ur>cnJ.
to postpone tbe vote, and 10 lay tho bill on tbo table, all
of which wore voted down by decisive majorities.
Assembly.
Ai.iia.vv, April 1,1859.
The Grinding Committee reported several bills.
Mr. Conklisg (rep.) moved to strike out from the list to
extend tho term of New York conEt iblcs from one to threo
years.
Mr. C. S. 8nmm (rep.) opposed the motion.
Mr. S. S (.'mum (rep ) hoped tbc motion would prevail.
He favored tbe extension of tbc terms of the constabloa
from January 1, 1800, but was unwilling to keep in oUlcn
longer than one year tbe constables now in, as many of
them wero infirm and very bad men.
Tbe bill was strlckcn out lrom the report.
Mr. Conkmnu then moved to strike out the bill authorizing
payment for tfco lands taken for tbe City Cemetery,
New York. He designated the bill as improper tf> be
passed, l'a.vmont bad been refused by tbe Supervisors,
and the bill 'sought to legalize a very corrupt transaction.
Mr. C. S. Sinoncit opposed tbo motion to strike out, and
defonded the bill.
Mr. S. S. Cbiijw (rep.) supported tbc motion.
Tho kill or... n.<>
Ad attempt was made to strike out the bill to extend the
charter or the Harlem Railroad, but it failed.
The Speaker called the attention of tho House to the Cunt
that 128 bills now lay on ltd table for ft third reading, that
the standing committee* had just reported forty more, and
that other bills bad been referred to spocial committees,
which would swell the number to 180. If the House continued
to make special orders, the Assembly bills thus
ready for a third roaming could not bo acted on in the
Senate before the adjournment, and any bills ordered In
future to a tliird reading could uot be oxpected to go
through. He desired the House to understand these facts.
Mr. SftnrH (dem.) staled the importance of the consideration
of tho New York Tax bill, und moved it be taken
up. Ixwt.
tho bill remodelling (be Now York municipal offices was
reported complete, anil ordered to a third reading.
The Honso then tuck up tho third reading of bills, an4
number, of private interest merely, were passed.
Tbo hill remodelling the Tax and Assessment law In tb?
city of New York was tisssed. It creates three commissioners,
to be appointed by the Comptroller, to holdotlion
for live years, and abolishes tho others of ward assessors
and commissioners of taxes and assessments, as now existing.
Mr. Smith Introduced s bill to incorporate the Atlantic
and Pacific Steamship Company, with a capital of fl ,000,000.
for twenty years Th" corporators are Edwin Crosweli,
Spencer Klrby, P. N. Carruigton and W. 8. Roberts,
nun VAsssn.
To reduce the capital stock of the Caynga and Susquehanna
Railroad.
To Incorporate the Union Dime Saving* Rank, New
York.
To mrorporate the Woman'* Mbrsry in New York.
To amend the charter ul the Ilist I'.ivcr Insurance Company.
In relation to the rendition of accounts by administra
I The bill to confrr additional powers on the Klre Commissioners
of Now York, c?ime up for a third resiling.
Mr. 8mnil moved to recommit tbo bill, us 111 itf prroeal
flmpc it was not acceptable to firemen.
Mr. C. 8. Sitwitk opposed the motloa to iecommit, but
moved to lay the bill on the table for the present. Carried.
The bill to prevent tbe erection of inmate buildings la
Now York came up for a final reading.
mr. gormi moved to recommit tbe bill for nmendmaat.
Mr. Tom u.sao.\ moved to lay the bill on lUo table. Car*
rMd.
bit.!# tafwfn.
To provile for supplying tho vacancies In the olTloe of
Justice of the peace in several towns of this Mate
Also several private bills.
The flrlnding Committee reported a number of billa,
among them Ihe following:?
To authorize a railroad in Seventh avenue, New York.
Also, a railroad In Fourteenth street and other street*,
New York.
Also, a rnllroad in avenue D and other Btrcota, Near
York.
Amending the act to prevent Uio Issuo uf Ui?e receipts
hy warcboutwmcu.
Requiring County Treasurers to file report*.
To provide lor the reduction of the capital stock of
banking associations.
To facilitate the correction of riwossmonl rolls.
To Incorporate the New York Preparatory School of
Medicine.
Mr. Orn\hjt moved to strike out from the report th?