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national intelligencer. AFFAIRS IN BOSTON. We are gratified to learn from the Boston news papers of the latest date that all attempts on the part of disorganizes and fanatics in that city to incite the people to a breach of the peace, in conse quence of the arrest of the slave Sims, have most signally failed, and that the public sentiment is such as to warrant the belief that the Constitution and Laws of the country will be faithfully sustained. The arguments of counsel in the case hare been closed before the U. S. Commissioner, who has reserved his decision till to-morrow. The subjoined ex tracts from Boston papers show that the excitement consequent upon these proceedings is even less than has been represented in the Telegraphic reports : I Law ok ho Law.?The question whether the laws of the United Siatei can be executed bete is now brought to a prac tical issue. The case now pending before the United States Commissioner, in which the surrender of a fugitive slave ia demanded, agreeably to the law enacted by the late Congress, will bring tbis matter ta a palpable and dtcisive teat. Aa the evidence in favor of the claimant appeara indubitable, and ia hardly called in question by the counsel on the opposite side, the only p int to be settled is, whether the law shall take iu course, or whether there shall be open resistance. The temper and disposition of the citizens, aa manifested thus far in lelaiiun to the matter, are most com uendable, and afford every assurance that violence and disorder will be promptly rebuked, and the authority of the law supported by all decent people. 'J'be efforts of tbe mad fanatics to stir up sedition and riot among ua have totally failed thus far, and we see no reason to apprehend that they will receive any practical coun . :enince in this neighbothood. [Boston Courier of Monday morning. The Fcoitits Slavs Case.?The examination of the a.leged fugitive slave Thomas Sima was commenced before Commissioner Geoboe T. Cietij, on Friday morning. Chain* and ropes were placed around the Court-house build* ing, and there they still remain. Within the chains, up to Saturday night, a large posse of police officers were stationed, and no person was allowed to enter the court-house unless he had bu-ine*s t i transact in the Couits, or was a member of the Bar. During the day and in tbe early part of the evening of each day there were small gatherings of people in Court Square and vicinity, but no manifestationa of disturbance were made. Those who viaited the apot did so evidently out of curiosity, and merely tarried a few moments to see what was going on. On Friday, ia the afternoon, the Garrisonian Abolitions a held a meeting of those opposed to the enforce* ment of ti.e Fugitive Law, upqn the Common, and inflam matory and exciting appeals to the small numbers assembled were made by Wendell Phillips. The meeting adjourned to the Tremnijt Temple, where it continued in session until about 8 o'clock that evening. In the Temple the numbers were about 1,000, and they were addressed by Rev. Theo doie Packer, Kev. Mr. Colver, one McClure, and others. The meeting adjourned, with the underatanding that they were to meet at 10 o'clock Saturday, around the court-house, expecting to meet there delegations trom tbe country. Such meeting* ure denounced by all law-abiding citizens. On Saturday f renoon qui'e a large number gathered in Court Square, bu. there was no excitement. They were only look ers or, thus showing that the inflammatory appeals of Wen dell Phillips and Rev. Mr. Colver to the p%s?ions the day previous had produced no effect whatever. Wise and pru dent counsels prevailed among the people?even the colored citizens did not adopt the ill-timed, injudicious, and unlawful counsel which had been declaimed to them. On Saturday night nothing occurred to disturb the pence of the city. Yes teiday (Sur.daj) it rained copiously at intervals, and all with out was quiet and repose.?Boston Atlas of Monday morning. The Fcgitive Case.?The inflammatory speeches cf the fa a ical Wendell Phillip*, Na'haniel Colver, Tbejdore Parker, and others, of which they have unburdened them selves within the past three days, seem to have proved an en tire waste of brra'.h. The love of order which distinguishes the citiz-ns of Boston has not been in the least disturbed by their insane efLrta to create a mob, and its consequent results in the streets. Instead of following the vociferously pro claimed advice of such men, to "blockade the streets and every avenue leading to tbe court house," the People seem to i have preferred to keep on " in the even tenor of their way," j and leave tbe officers of tbe law to perform their duty without < molestation or annoyance; for during the evening and ni^btoi Saturday, arid throughout the day yesterday and last evening, | " tbe streets and every avenue leadirg to the court-house" were entirely free and open (o the public as on any day of the year, unless days of public celebrations are an exception. Tbis morning there has been no more excitement in Court Square, or in tbe vicinity of the court-houae, than there was on Saturday, and, in fact,* the excitement appears in a great measure to have subsidtd. McClure, Phil] ps, and others of the " ^ igilai.ee Committee," were walking about, in and out of tbe court-house, evidently chagrined at seeing tbe " streets and pvenues leading to the court-house " open and perfectly j free for public travel, rather than being blocked up by a law- ' less mob. Besides the officers on duty, not more than one j hundred and fifty or two hundred persons were in Court Square at any one time during tbe forenoon, and among these only a very amall number were blacks. The City Guards, Capt. Thompson, were at their armory during Saturday night, ' agreeably to orders. Yesterday morning the Guards were re lieved by the Masnchusetts Volunteers, Capt. Poore, who rtmiined on duty during the da? ; and last evening tbe Vo )un e*rs were relieved by ^he Washington Artillery, Capt. , Bullo<k, who retrained on duty during the night. . { Uoston Journal of Mtmriay tvtning. The Sues Case ix the T,egislatchi.?Quite an exciting ' debate took place in the Senate on Saturday, od the preae-u ation, by Mr. Keyes, of the petition of Thomas Sims, now in confinement, charged with being a fugitive slave, asking tbe Legislature to pass a law giving ?ower to thd Supreme Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus that he may have a trial by juiy, on the question of his freedom, "[which was laid on the table;) and in assigning Friday next as tbe time fur the consideration of Mr. Buckingham's report and bill con cerning sla*ery, and to protect personal liberty. In the course of tbe d?b ite Mr. Buckingham said, " be did not tbirk that ihe'e was much excitement abroad, though the Chief Juatice of Massa busetts had to creep urder a chain to get into his own seat. If a discussion should arise upon the bill, he should say but little, for the report contained about all the ar gument wh en be could offer. He did not frame the bill, and perhaps he should not v??te for all its provisions without fur ther advisement, for he had no desire to come in conflict with the Constitution of the State oi the United States. [Button Transcript of Monday evening. The Agitators' Meetikg.?We notice that some of our out-of-town contemp raries are disposed to regard the mob bish rareting* which were held on the Common and in the T.mjle, on Friday, as an exponent of public sentiment in B jston. Tatre could n<>t be a greater mistake. It was only an tbulli i^ n of the same kind of passion and lawlessness to which we have been subjected in Boston for many years, from the same men ?Boston Travelkr of Monday tvenine? T.ia Agi ratohs.?The schemes of thes? men to breed riot and disturbance in the city btve thus f*i totally mitcar ried. All <he inflammatory harangue* of the Abolition Con- 1 ?entim failed to. produce the show of knife ofptotol, though the talk of the* thing* i? still kept up by :lrC bedlamite por tion of the agitator*. The chief anger whr^ now possesses them, arise* from the discovery they have r.jtde that they | have u'terly failed to gn public op-nion on their aide. Their appeal* to the mob?pint, their intubated incitements to re- ; tiatanc* igainit the law, hate Ve?n received by the commu nity with perfect contempt. Mo?t unquestionably the supre macy of the law will lie maintained by the great body of our ciusena. f The last desperate movement of the diwrgari-iers it an at tempt to collect a mob in the street* of the c.ty on Friday, the day when't m expected the tuguive ?i.ive case will be finally disposed of. Fur thia purpose tbey bave tent forth inflammatory addresses to the people, calling ujnr. ihero tj ?'come by thousands " and present the ex-cu'.ion o* the law. I What effect t;ii? b?se and wicked attempt to di?iurh the pub lic pesc* Vv II have up"n the deluded multitudes who believe in abolition bravery, we will not predict; bttt one thing i? ce-is?ii), whatever pernou# do come with such an intention a* j? indicate] abo'e, w:ll find people hete lul'y prepared to trke care of them. A* to tlte leading agi'a ora of this city, ??fy body knows that their courage in talking is equalled M.ly by their cowardice in ac ion. It la only their dupea who are U?rly to do any ini?c'.<ief ?Courier of 7 hurtduy. " Tun CooftT?Hocaa i* Ch?ir* "?Thia has been a topic of discussion in vsriooi quarter* for sorre days past. B'onie jmople have affected Rfea. anger at this precautionary atep to protect the peace on ihe part ot the Major aod Aldermen. Grave Setmtort: have ate oped from their high etbiuence tu in I quire into ibe maiUr; sdemu judgrs have demanded reason* and authority for such "obstructions and ihe police have i been beaet in (he atreet by acoidiog women. Chief Justice ' Wills tent Sheriff Eveleth to the Major and Aldermen to j kfcow why the Court building waa enclosed in chains, and : they deputed Solicitor Chandler to anawer that it waa for the protection of the general peace. Mr. Chandler further in formed bia honor that the court-houae waa the corporate pro perly of the city of Beaton, and that the Mayor and Alder men, aa county commisaionert, bad power to erect barrieraon auch occasion* aa (he preaent. He alao raid that the City Authorities had no deaire to infringe upon, or to interfere with, the fundiona of the court*; but, aa conaervatora of the public peace, they felt it to be their duty to keep up tbeguarda J to the court-houae until the abatement of the preaent excite ' meat. The Judge, after regretting that the Mayor and Al dermen had not seen fit to confer with him upon the subject, aaid he waa aatiafied with the Soiicitor'a explanation.?Ibid. Thb Wbit or PaaaoviL Reflitiw.?A writ of reple vin waa placed in the banda of Sheriff Eveleth acme daya ago, by which it waa intended to take Sima oat of the cuato dy of ihe United Statea Marahal Davxaa, and, the latter re fuaing to aurrender the priaaner. Gov. Boutwklx. directed District Attorney Pabkbb to give a legal opinion upon the aubject. The writ ia laaued under the law of 1836 entitled " An act to reatore the trial by jury on queations of peraonal freedom," and ia returnable to the Court of Common Pleaa. Mr. Pabkkk haa inbmitted a written opinion deciding against the power of the Sheriff, aa Sima ia now situated, to arreet him. We understand that Attorney General CLirroan is to give hia opinion upon the aubject at an early day Ibid. The Abolition Papus iiid Asitatohs invite with sig I nificance and earnestness a great multitude of their men to be in Boston on Friday. We truat that the frienda of Law, of the Constitution, and of the Union, will be ready to aua tain order on that day, and every day hereafter in Boaton ; and if riot, rebellion, treacheiy, massacre, dare show their hideous features, they will be crushed to the earth never to rise again. The public peace and welfare have been trifled with long enough. The contemners of civil government have become insolent, dangerous, under extreme toleration. The peace and aecuiity of the city require that the lawsahould be fearlessly enforced. If a contest muat come between order and anarchy, let every worthy citiien be prepared to meet it as becomes him. Violence, treason, death, have been in voked. Let those who invite such agents to the contest feel upon their own heads the consequences of their infamous course. If the knife is to be drawn?if the torch is to blaze? if force attempt to supplant law, the struggle, once .commenc ed, will be terrible in its progress; but who can doubt the final result? The triumph of legal authority and the con dign punishment of its violators ? The crisis is an important one ; the people of Boston, we believe, are prepared to meat it .?Boston Post of Thursday. Mors "Instructions "?At what passes for a "town meeting" in Plymouth on Monday, Col. Davis offered re solves instructing the single representative to vote for Buck ingham's nullifying bill. They were passed 127 to 7. Their binding force may be estimated by the fact that Plymouth gave seven hundred votes for Governor in November, less 8 .?Ibid. SIMS 8ENT OFF TO SAVANNAH. By the latest accounts from Boston, per Tele graph, (received at the moment we go to press,) it will be seen that the judicial officers have stood firm in maintaining the law, and thakthe fugitive Sims has been shipped off for Savannah. There was no disturbance. FREAKS OF PHILANTHROPY. A few days since the papers contkined the account of the death of a man in Boston jail, who had been put in there for some paltry debt. He was a man cf education, a graduate of one of New England's colleges. Yet be was a white man, and a merciless creditor enforced, not the fugitive law, but the law fur the collection of debts, put him in jail, where he lingered, and finilly died of consumption in the felon's cell. We heard of no rescue, or attempt at rescue.' On Saturday the telegraph informed us that a black man named Sims was arrested, charging him with being a fugitive slave. There was danger, not of hia being put in jail and lingering as the white debtor had lingered, but there was danger of his being sent back to the South from whence be bad escaped, under the provisions of the fugitive law. This case excites to madness the men who had stood by and seen the white man die in prison for debt. They fly together. The country is alarmed. Meetings are held in the neighboring towns, and resolutions are passed denouncing the law under which this arrest is made, and oiler ing their services to release all black men by force of arms, and to trample the laws of the Union under foot to accomplish this purpose ! Here is consistency, for you ! Reader, what do you think of it J-m. Ohio State Journal. FROM OREGON. The California journals notice the reception of advices to the 22d of February. The extracts given are of little importance. The Legislature had adjourned, having establish ed, as was expected, the seat of Government at Salem, in Marion county, the penitentiary at Port land, in Washington county, and the university at Marysville, in Benton county. The Governor, however, refused to sign the act. Col. Beverly S. Allen, from Tennessee, one of the Commissioners to treat with the Indians in Oregon, had arrived. The Board, consisting of Gov. Gaines, Judge Skinner, and Col. Allen, was fully organized, and would proceed at once to its duties. A letter from Linn city, dated February 21, an nounces the return of some mining adventurers from the Klamath, who had been very fcucce?sf"!. Tiife result, it was expected, WQul'i be a large emigration for the mines. 6 We have accounts from the Sandwich Islands t to the 28th January. Hon. Luther Severance, ; with his family, had arrived and taken up his resi dence on the Islands as United States Commission i er. He presented his credentials to the King on \ the 17th,accompanied by an appropriate address, to ; which the King replied. The rumor received by the previous steamer that 1 there had been serious difficulties between the Hawaiian Government and the French Envoy is not confirmed. On the contrary, every thing seems to be going on well between them, and th?e difficul ty will no doubt be amicably settled. The Polynesian notices that a shock of an earth quake of unusual severity was felt at Hawaii about the middle of January. No particulars of the dam age had been received. v FROM CHILI. The New York Commercial Advertiser gives the following late intelligence from Chili, derived from Valparaiso papers to the 25th February : The, Presidential election takes place in March. The Mercantile Reporter tbinka that Marcsl Moktt will be the auccewful candidate. It repreaenta him as a man of talent, and well veraed in public affairs, having been Minia ter for several years. He ia a friend of education, and haa proposed a plan o< publ c instruction, modelled on the system of the United State*. The principal opp wing candidates ate Don Eitiiwiii ai d Gen. Cava, who are both aupporled by the oppoailion or Democratic perty, which, being thus di vided, stand* but little cbance of success, tien. Cruz is a much esteemed and veteran aoldier. He was engaged in the war of indej>eudence and with Peru, and has of late been com mander of the army of the South. Tbe R> porter repreaenta the affaira of the country as being in a proaperoos condition. The harvest has been abundant, ex ceeding in quantity tbatof any previousyear. Tbe ailver mines of Copiapo yield a daily tncreaae of that metal. Tbe re ceips from these are eatimated at three hundred thousand dol lar* a month. Tbe receipta of the cuatoma have surpaaaed those of the previous year by two hundred thousand dollars. The internal debt, amounting to one million and a half dol lars, ia being gradually paid. 'I he railway from Copiapo to the port of Caldera will be partly completed in July next. Materials of irou and timber were on band sufficient for tbe preaent purposes. Tne track bad been laid for several miles, and cara were running upon it for the conveyance of materal*. Tbe survey of tbe route from Valparaiso to Santiago haa been carried already about fifty miles, to which distance a fa voratile line has been otxaji.ed Tjie American frigate Karitan waain Valparaiao Bay, and would probably a?;l in a feur daya for the North. The aloop of-war A>/. Muty't war also there. 1 lie Uritiah tri^ate fort/and, flag-ship of Admiral Moaxa ht, arrived at \'alpar?i?o on the 8th March. Tbe Asia, flag ship of Admiral Horkhx, sailed for England on the 13.b, after^Lavinc l>*en on the station nearly four years. She bad I on board 9,270 ou .cea of gold. The Dmdalua had been I ordereil to take in twenty montha' provisions, being destined for behring ? .Mrsra in search of the Plover and other vesaela cor.n-cted wi;L feu Join franklin's eipeditioo. California intelligence. We observe in the late intelligence from Cakfor nia little indeed that is calculated to encourage emigration to that distant State. Business was ex cessively dull, and goods of most kinds selling at a sacrifice ; the labors of the miners were impeded and generally rendered unprofitable for the want of rain ; and the increase of crime had become so great, and its perpetrators so daring, that in several instances the people, disregarding the forms and delays of the law, had deemed it necessary to take into their own hands the administration of justice upon the desperate criminals. In other respects the newspapers contain little that is new. The 22d aad 23d of February witnessed a tremendous ex citement in San Francisco, which for several hours was ex pected to result in the elocution, by the populace, of two men named Stuart and Wildred, noted scoundrels, who nearly murdered a Mr. Jansen, a highly respectable merchant ot the city, and robbed him of $2,000. A meeting of the citizens was called, at which several of the wealthiest and most influential of their number presided, who selected a jury, gave the priaonera a popular trial, with the intention of carrying the verdict rendered and sentence imposed into in stant effect. The jury disagreed, and tha people, becoming worn out with excitement, dispersed without attempting the rescue of the accused from the officers of justice. The Alfa California of February 23d has the following in reference to this affair : Yesterday was a day of excitement, such as has not been witnessed in ban Francisco since the celebrated Hound trials. The people, who had previously been aroused to a sense of their insecurity from the frequent murders and robberies oc curring in our midst, followed, in a large mass, Stuart and Wildred, the men who were arrested, charged with being the robbers snd attempted murderers of Mr. Jensen, to the Re corder's court-room, where they were to be examined. The examination commenced about two o'clock. As it progressed the people began to gather thicker, and occasional bursts of indignation were heard from them. They were in that state that they wanted but a leader to bare done aJoMat any thing they had been called upon to da. By the time the examina tion waa closed for the day a crowd of several thousands bad gathered around the Court-house, and the Recorder's room was filled. At the moment the court was adjourned the cry of " Now'a the time" waa raised, and a general rush made for the prisoners. Benches, desks, and railings were broken to pieces, and the prisoners would certainly have been taken from the room bad not tbe company of Washington Guards, who bad been parading during the day, rushed in with fixed bayonets, and, mounting the desks and benches, drove the people away. Still there were loud cries of " bang 'em," " lynch 'em," " bring 'em out," &c. Tbe Guards poked their bayonets at the people, and the people retreated, many of them swearing vengeance on the military. The room was finally cleared, and the prisoners taken below. When the Guards came out they were hissed and hooted at as ihey pass ed into their armory. A great state of excitement now pre vailed. Tbe windows of tbe armory were broken, and much damage might have been done, when Capt. Bartol came out and said that the Guards had been called upon to perform their duty, and that they had acted in obedience to law ; that on Monday, if necessary, they would march out and assist in banging the two men on the Plaza. Capt. Bartol was very loudly cheered, and Sheriff Power*, mounting the balcony, addressed tbe crowd; which now begsn to grow cooler, and before dark dispersed. A number of persons were arrested by the police for riotous conduct, but were, we believe, re leased again. There is no mistaking this general public feeling of indig nation. Tbe participants in this exciting affair were not rowdies, but the majority were our best citizens. A feeling of insecurity is entertained by %ll, a feeling that the laws afford us no protection, and a determination to take matters in their own hands and make an example. Let nothing be done rashly tlet satisfactory proof be given of guilt before punish ment is executed, for tbe bitterest sorrow that the heart could bear in fulure life, would be the remembrance that through the instrumentality of any of us an innocent man had been conaigned to an ignominious and violent death. As an example of public feeling, we publish the following notice, which was in circulation in the form of a handbill yes terday : " Citizens of Saw Francisco.?The series of murders and robberies that have been committed in this city, without the least redress from the laws, seems to leave us entirely in a state of anarchy. ' When thieves are left without conaol to rob and kill, then doth the honest traveller fear each bush a thief! * Law, it appears, is but a nonentity, to be scoffed at ; I redress can be had for aggression but through the never-failing remedy so admirably laid down in the code of Judge Lynch. Not that we should admire this process for redress, but that it seems to be inevitably necessary. Are we to be robbed and assassinated in our domioils, and the law to let our sg gicisors perambulate the steetj merely because they have fur nished straw bail? If so, let 'each man be his own execu-1 tiouer.' 4 Fi? upon your laws ; they have no force,' All I those who would rid our city of its robbers and murderers, I will assemble on Sunday, at two o'clook, on the Plaza." j About dusk, a much larger crowd gathered around the City I Hall, and organised themselves into a meeting, appointing { Wm. D. M. Howard, Esq. President. The meeting was' addressed by Judge Tilford, Judge Morse, Mayor Ueary, Samuel Brannan, Esq., and others. In the noise and confu sion that existed, a committee of twelve men finally were ap pointed to consult with the authorities, and guard and protect the prisoners till ten o'clock to-day. Mr. Brannan then ad-! dressed the people, and told them that if they (the committee | of which Mr. Brannan was a member) did not deliver up i these prisoners at ten o'clock to-day, they might hang him. After the appointment of the committee, the greater portion of the crowd dispersed, and the committee met in the clerk's office of the Recorder'? co?rt? TWe AUa California of the next day continues the recital fts fdSows: Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, a large coflCOUrse of people had gathered around the court-house for the purpose 6f receiving the report of the committee who had been ap pointed the night previous. Mr. Brennatt> from the commit tee, reported to the citizens that the prisoners were safe, and asked that the prisoners might he discharged ; which was done. Remarks , were then ttude by Mayor Geary, Judge Parssns, Judge TiVford, and others, all of whom uiged the propriety of cfcltt ariA cool action, and of the trial of Wildred and Steart by the proper authorities ; which sentiment ap peared to meot wfth general dissent. By eleven o'clock the crowd gathered around the court-house must have amounted to six thoufcahd people, who were as oiderly and quiet as so large a bo3y can be. Mayor Geary proposed that a committee of twelve citizens be appointed to sit with the examining justice to-morrow as a jury, and that their verdict be final. This was negatived, and it was resolved to proceed to the trial forthwith. A judge aod jury, clerk, and sheriff were appointed, and, after a long examination and labored argument on both sides, re tired, and after considerable deliberation reported that they stood nine for conviction and three in doubt as to the identity of the accused. The tumult was very great during the absence of the jury from the court-room. Judge Spenoe, Mr. Coleman, and others, addressed the multitude. At midnight the crowd had somewhat abated, and num ber* teemed disposed to adopt the recommendation of Judge Shepard, and await the investigation before the legal tribunal. About seven o'clock, and previous to the return of the jury from the house ui Mr. Jausen, a crowd of people gathered on the plaza, and placing themsolves under the command of a man named Howard, proceeded to the station-bouse, with the express determination to take the prisoners. When they arrived there, Malachi Fallon, Esq , mounted the balcony, and implored them, aa Uw-loving citizens, to await the deci sion of the jury. Their better senses prepared, and the pro- , ject was abandoned. In the mean time the Irial was in pro gress inside, and the excitement rising to a higher pitch with out. After the jury had retired, a party entered the room, stating that they would wait for the verdict but five minutes longer; when, if it was not given, they would break into the station-house. A strong police force was stationed in front of the doors, and the cooler ponion of the assem blage were determined that no violence of that kind should be allowed. Daring the arguments of the counsel much excitement pre vailed, and the windows and doors of the court room were broken dewn in the attempt to effect an entrance. Thero seemed to be a large party outtide, who were determined, at all hazards, to take the prisoners, although this feeling was not participated in by the majority of the citizens. An English gambler, Frederick J. Howe by name, waa leas fortunate at Sacramento city. Having shot through the head a Mr. Charlee A. Myers, an industrious resident < f thst place, who interfered for tbe purpose of putting an end to a quarrel in which he waa engaged, tbe c tizens aaaembled at once, tried Rowe upon tbe charge of murder, convicted him, and in five hours after the commission of his fiendish act, hung birn in the presence of an assemblage of several thou sand persons. It is a fact worthy of remark that tbe pro ceedings, both in San Franasco and in Sacramento, war* conducted by men possessing in tbe highest degree the con* fidence and respect of the community. In relation to the?e trai.sKtions, the Alta California re i marks : " It wdl be difficult Lr j eo^c in the Eaitern 8tate? to ful I' ly realize oar condition beret They will, therefore, probe ' bly condemn by wholesale thie summary mode of arraign '' ing end punishing for a most heinous offence. But they 4 should recollect lhat of late our larger town* have been more ? like ? penal eeitlemeot without penal lewe then a civilized * community. We have here the scum of the lasar-houaea ' of Europe and Australia, regularly formed gangs of despe * redoes, who would ae readily burn the city snd murder aato ? eat. 80 well-drilled are all, (hat it ia next to impoeribld to 4 detect, or if arreated, to prove any thing againat them. ' Lynch law is not the boat law that might be, but it ie bet ' ter than none, and eo far as benefit is derived from law, we ' have no other here." Another shipload of convicts had arrived at San Fran cisco, and tbe event created considerable indignation. Two steamboats, the Santa Clara and the Hartford, were burnt at the wharf of 8an Franciaco in the night of the 3d of March, and three of the crew, who were asleep under the cabin of the former, perished. Tbe next morning about a dozen houaee were burnt These fires are attributed to in cendiares. Los Angelos has been the scene of two murdera, the first that of a Sonorian, nime and circumstances of death not known ; the latter a young man by the name of H. M. Ntx xo, late of New Orleans. Three tbieves being arrested at Foster's Bar, in tbe very act of stealing mules, one of them was shot; the other two were taken and hung by the populace. Judge Sallus bad been murdereJ at Napa, in an affray with a man named McCauly. The difficulty arose from a legal decision made by the Judge. Tbe Sacramento Times says, on the authority of a gentle man from Redding\? Diggings, that a large number of miners have perished in the snow upon the mountains in that vi cinity, a heavy fall of snow having covered men and mules as they were crossing the mountains. J. C. Holmes, Esq,, a lawyer of some eminence, commit ' ted suicide a few days since. Pecuniary embarrassments, it is said, piompted to the act. He belonged to New York. Business is far from being active. An invoice of printing materials, which cost in New York $2,500, was sold on Sa turday last for $1,500. This branch of business is extend ing rapidly. The same pleasant weather prevails as during the winter, and almost universal health prevails. A funeral is a rare occurrence. Preparations are making for erecting public buildings at Vallejo, the new seat of government. The next session of the Legislature will be held there. The news from the mines furnishes nothing startling. The principal movement is towards the Klamath and 8cott rivers, and Trinidad, the depot of this region, is increasing asrspidly as Sacramento in its palmiest days. A large company is operating at Gold Bluff with some success, though the papers are very barren of particulars. The Alta California notices the reception of very rich spe cimens of auriferous quartz from the vein at Gross Valley, five miles from Nevada City. This vein was bought at a email cost from the original claimants by Dr. Thompson, Messrs. Ellsworth, Kelly, and Delano. They then hired fif teen or twenty men, and by mere manual labor, breaking the quartz with hammers, obtained gold enough to pay all ex penses, and in ten days made over $20,000 clear. In one instance a piece of rock, 25 pounds weight, yielded $200. They have, in adJition, thirty tons of rock laid up ready for labor. Three or four machines are about being put in opera tion in the vicinity. The ledge can be traced for miny miles. The quartz is found from ten to thirty fdet below the surface. A genuine ruby has been found in a piece of quartz taken from the " Union Quartz Rock Mountain," four miles from Nevada City. The Indians have not yet been brought to a treaty, although the Comm'ssioners bold out hope that such a result will speedi ly take place. The Commissioners are encamped on the Mariposa. They had had interviews with some of thea friendly tribes, who had promised their good offices towards effecting a meeting between the commissioners and the hostile chiefs. These had all withdrawn into the moun'ain fastnesses, whence they make occasional incursions, driving off cattle, and some times killing a solitary miner. A volunteer force of some two hundred men is collected and stationed in the neighbor hood of the passes to the m mntains, awaiting the result of the attempt to negotiate. A writer in the Stockton Times expresses the belief that no treaty of peace can be made be fore the Indians have ftlt the force of the strength of the whites, and a determination is manifested by hostile move ments to exterminate them. He says: "I may be mistaken, but in my opinion this is going to be a general Indian war from one end of the State to the other, and has been plsnned for months ; and the prosperity of the State and towns for the next year depends on the manner in which it is managed. The miners are collected in small par ties, scattered about, and if they are cut off or driven in the towna must suffer, as they are dependant on the success of the mining operation." | The Sacramento Transcript records a skirmish between a party of miners and the Indians on Silver creek, near the | South Fork of the American river. . The whites came out i of the fight unharmed, killing three of the Indians and cap ? turing eight head of catle. The Courier says that the efforts fflade by the Legisla'uve I to elect a United States Senator in place of Col. Fremont j have proved ineffectual. When the Convention first met, the prominent Whig candidates were Hon. T. B. King and I Hon. John Wethered, and the Democratic candidates were 1 Col. Fremont and Mr. Heydenfelt. Mr. Wethere l finally 1 abandoned the contest, and it was narrowed down to the three others named. After nearly 150 balloting*, the Convention, finding it im | possible to make a choice, adjourned till the 1st of January I next. King had the highest vote on the last ballot, but lack ed aix or eight votes of an election. Heydenfelt was the fa I vorite of the Democrats. Fremont, who commenced with ; only a half dozen votes, gradually increased in strength, until before the Convention adjourned his vote equalled that of Heydenfelt. On the last day the latter withdrew, and Col. Weller was substituted in his place, who received exactly the vote before given to the withdrawing candidate. A good deal of feeling exists on the subject, and the senatorial ques tion will enter largely into the next political canvass. On Sundsy 23d of February, San Francisco was in a tre mendous state of excitement on account of the anticipated execution by the populace of two noted scoundrels, Stewart ' and Windrrd, for nearly murdering Mr. Hanson, a respec I table merchant of that place, and robbing him of $2,000. A meeting of citizens was called, several of the most influential and wealthy men presided, and the prisoners were given a fair trial by jury. The jury, however, disagreed, and the offi- | cer of justice look possession of the culprit*. At Sacramento City a similar afftir occurred, but the offender did Dot escape to easily. Frederick Roe, ? no'ed gambler, rbot through the head a Mr. Charles Myers, for interfering to put an end to a quarrel in which he was engaged. A meeting of the citizens was called, in which the moat prominent and influential men took part. Koe waa tried, convicted, and in less than five hours afimne commission of the crime he was bung in the presence of an as?cmblage of thousands. Uunnt'os waa still dull, and thearrivals at 8an Francisco of foreign shipping had greatly fallen off*within the last fortnight. The minere were doing very well throughout tbe State, and an increaaed amount of gold was expected to be taken out during the coming season. There bad been but little rain in San Francifco, though the interior was more favored in this re spcct. Tbe market ia overstocked with a variety of articles, which are selling for less than cost. Fo* tub Worlii'b Exhibition.?Messrs. Stillwell, Pren tice & Evans, merchants of this city, have in their posses sion a lump of pure gold of unique shape, weighing upwards of fifty-one ouncea. It waa dug up a few daya ago in the town ot Sonora. One of tbe firm intends to visit England on tbe occasion of the World's Fair, and exhibit it in the Cryatal Palace. IxniAfta Killed.?By recent intelligence from the Kla math region, we learn that four Indians were shot by some packer* a few days ago while on their way to Trinidad, Irom the forks of the Klamath and Trinity rivers. One of the same party waa shot last winter by tbe ssme packere, and probably tbe remnant of their tribe ia doomed to share the same fate. Moktx Dr.ALias Roctbp ?The citizcn* of Coloma, roused by s>me outrages perpetrated by a Freneh monte dealer, turned out en matte and banished all gamblera from the place. Tbey escorted them out of the town by force, and warned them not to return again. Califohhia Mixbrals?Major Whiting baa shown us a great variety of mineralogical specimens, which were collect* ed in Lower California, which surpasses any thing of tbe kind we ever saw, and which only corroborates the opinion we have formerly expressed, that the resources of California scarcely begin to be developed. Among the specimens were gold, silver, copper, cobalt, ruby, and other stones which we were unable to classify. One felt to the touch very much like Castile soap, with a strong sromatic smell. 8ome of the sil ver epecimeus weie splendid. The silver was in quartz, which appeared likfl sto*ll bubble*, of transparent whiteness, and it really glistens with mineral. There was a variety of other sped men ?, which we could not with certainty determine to what claaa they belonf, and leave it to more experienced. mineralogists. It haa been snggested that thia waa Holomoa'a Opbir, from which he derived the gold and precioua alone* for 1 the temple. We are not of that opinion, but ventura to aug-1 geat that the temple atood here, and when it waa burnt with all ita wealth, the rich metala, its amber, and ita precioua stones, may have fallen into the lap of California. A California Liok.?We aaw on Long Wharf yester day a large and beautiful specimen of the California lion. It is of a whitiah color, over two feet in height, and meaaurioft between seven and eight feet from tip to tip. It waa killed some time aince by Capt. Martin near 8ancelito, and haa been carefully stuffed, wiih a view of sending it to the States. Octsidb Babbabiahs.?A son of the Celestial Empire and an " outaide barbarian " amused themselves yesterday by getting into a fight on Sansome atreet. The outsider rather got the best of it, owing to the length of the Chinsman's tail, which, catching hold of, he caused him to revolve around him, as the earth doea around the great luminary of heaven. Gaxbliro Extbaobdihabt is Bar Fbabtcisco.?It has been found more profitable of late by the skilful sporting men of 8sn Francisco to pl^y in private, where merchants and mercantile agent a can participate in the excitement without exposing themselves to the censure of three wbo are opposed to gaming. In one of these private rooms, a foreigner com menced playing against Faro, and after losing all he had, (over five hundred dollars,) he propoeed to the dealer to pledge his wife for one hundred and fifty dollars worth of checks. The dealer said he would like first to see the securi ty for the stake; and the man instantly departed, and in about half an hour afterward, while the dealer waa aitting alone smoking a cigar, iR walked the foreigner with a pleasing | looking young woman, whom he offered in pledge for the amount before named. The checks were dealt out, the game proceeded, and the foreigner again lost, upon which he de parted leaving his wife in pawn for the amount; and so she remained for several days, until her depraved partner raised the amount to redeem her. The woman was either hopeless ly ignorant of her rights and the laws of the country protect ing her sex, or as depraved in her nature as her companion. Farming ik California.?Many persons have left the mines of California to follow agricultural pursuits. A large number of farms, from ten to one huadied and fifty acres, have been put under cultivation. Barley, onions, and potatoes are the staple productions, while the raising of poultry is be ginning to attract the attention of those who take pride in seeiing and tasting the wing of a duck or chicken. This is the true mode of establishing the permanent prosperity of the country, and introducing order, peace, and the domestic vir tues. A population living upon the soil, and deriving thefr subsistence from it, will learn the necessity of practising, for their own comfort and protection, those social virtues which cannot be expected to be found in the mere adventurer. GENERAL 8COTT AT CINCINNATI. v Major General 8cott, who is now in the West, accompa nied by Adjt. Gen. Jonbs and 8urgeon Gen. Lawson, on a tour of official duty, meets a cordial greeting, as might be ex pected from his military reputation and the rarity with which he has travelled in the Western country. On his arrival at Cincinnati from Pittsburgh, on Monday morning last, not less than ten thousand persons were assem bled to welcome this distinguished officer. About nine o'clock the steamer was announced by a salute, and the crowd rush ed precipitately to the water's edge and the surrounding boats. As the steamer approached, the tall form of Gen. 8corr, in full military dress, was observed standing forward on the hurricane deck. His appearance was the signal for an out burst of enthusiastic welcome. The General advanced and raised from his head bis mili tary hat, which was responded to by long, loud, and vocifer ous acclamations. After recegnising the enthusiasm of this voluntary reception from the people, he proceeded from the boat to a hack, and was conveyed to the Burnet House, fol lowed by an immen|e crowd of citixens eager for a sight of him. After a few moments' repose, he was called upon the terrace to receive the congratulations of the multitu4e who were there and desired to see him. He advanced, and briefly and pertinently thanked the citizens assembled for the appre ciated evidences of approbation and favor by which he was welcomed. Gen. Scott and the gentlemen forming the Board of Com missioners were to remain for several days in Cincinnati and vicinity, for the purpose of consulting upon the advantages of that region for the establishment of the proposed Asylum. Me. WEBSTER'S IMPROMPTU RECEPTION AT SPRINGFIELD, (Mass) We loarn from the Springfield Republican that for an hour previous to Mr. Webster's arrival at that place people bad been gathering at the depot, and when the train came in, not less than a thousand persons had gathered to get a look at one of "the best abused men" in Christendom. When be made his appearance, he was greeted with cheers upon cheers. The Republican says he looked extremely jaded and worn, and showed that he badtbeen and was still suffering from phy s'cal indisposition. After dinner, however, be made his ap pearance on the balcony, and was greeted with a spontaneous and heartfelt enthusiasm. Mr. Webster said : Citizens of Springfield : This pleasant interruption of my journey from the cares of public business to the quiet of home, affords me, I assure you, the sheerest gratification. I am glad to see }our faces here to-day. I am glad to meet you. I feel that I am in Massachusetts, that I stand on Mas sachusetts ground, that I am among Massachusetts men. I feel that I am at home. In other days I knew your thrifty town of Springfield. I knew your public squares, your streets of shady elms. I knew your neighbors, Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke. They remain, but all else is changed. ?New buildings and newfacea are seen on your thoroughfares, and yet I feel that I am not changed in my feelings toward your people or the people of Massachusetts. I have as great a desire to serve you, as strong a wish for your welfare, and as warm an attachment to your interests as I ever had at any period of my public life, in the various responsible positions in which you have placed me. The cloud that has darkened the political horizon has pass ed by, and what we now want, and what all the great inte rests of the country need, is peace. We wsnt security in the prosecution of business and of enterprise. We want protec tion?I do not mean it in any technical sense, slthough I should rejoice most heartily in such an adjustment of the re venue laws as would protect our business and our labor?but I mean it in that broader sense, to be found in mutual confi dence, mutual regard for law, and a universal disposition to consult the highest good of the whole country. It is for this end that I have labored, and shall labor. I am now on my way home from some months of arduous toil in public busi ness. I am going to my farm, to Marshfield. I am going to snuff the sea-breeze, and seek for reinvigoration and for rest: but. before I pass, allow me to re-assure you of the high gratification which this brief interview has afforded me. Yoti have my beat wishes for yourselves and for your families. The speech was greeted with hesrty cheers, as were its va rioua sentiments duriiig the delivery. Mr. Webster was condccted through the crowd to the train in waiting, and the cars moved out of the depot amid long and heartily given cheers. Among those engaged and mingling in the d<fa>onatration were men of different parties, numbering many lesding Demo crats of Springfield and the towns around. There was no thing in the whole movement that smacked of party at all. FROM HAVANA. [corrxspoh?xrce or the sr.w tork express] Havana, Mabch 31, 1851. Since my last, a thousand rumora have been afloat of the disaffection of the troops in the interior, of arrests, of th? ex pected invasion, &c. I am satisfied that there have been no arreats made that may be attributed to political motives. As to the disaffection among the troops in the interior, not much can be said, but here the troops are faithful. And now for the "invasion." It ia known in town, and, in fact, all over the inland, that the Captain General has in formed Commodore Parker, of the steamer Saranac, which vessel is now lying at anchor in our harbor, that he had re ceived positive information that Lopez &. 4Jo. would make a descent upon this ihland within thirty daya; and as about fifteen days have elapsed eir.ce the Csptain General received this news, we may soon be on the lookout fur the "pirates." They are aaid to number from 2,000 to 2,800. The Captain Central very unwisely made this statement to Commodore Parker and officers publicly, and the consequence is that the whole island is in a great state of excitement and alarm. That the Captain General has received this information there can be no doubt, but we do doubt its correctness : the Csp tain General, however, undoubtedly places full reliance on the correctness of the information, from the fact that be has requested the captain of the French war steamer "Mogador," who was about leaving this port, to oblige bim by remaining a few days longer. It may be true that a parly ia on' its way to invade ibis iiland, and it may effect a landing ; but there is no one so ranguine as to bel:eve that such an invasion will be successful* BY TELEGRAPH FROM BOSTON. Boston, April 7?2 P. M. Tit Fcsititb Slav* Cask.?City Muibil Tcmx ?u arrested this morning on the suit of Jno. Randolph, a negro, for arresting and searching said Randolph for concealed wea pons. Tukey gave bail in the sum of $1,000 to answer the I charge. An attempt wa? made this morning to get time out of the hands of the United States Marshal by virtue of an act pf 1836, relative to the personal freedom of parties, but the Marshal (Mr. Dkvixs) refused to give Sims up. Mr. Rabtoul, for the defence, addressed the Court this morning. He took the ground that tbe fugitive slave law is unconstitutional. After hearing his argument, the Court adjourned the case till 3 o'clock in the afternoon, wheu they will render their decision. The city continues perfectly quiet, though lsrge crowds are collected about. The military hold themselves in readinesa to aaiist the civil authorities at a moment's notice. The impres ?ion is that Sims will be delivered up to his vaster,, and con veyed from here to New York under military escort. The Abolitionists caused the arrest this morning of John F. Bacon, the agent of Sims's owner, and of De Lyon, on a charge of conrpiracy to kidnap. They promptly gave bail in the sum ef $5,000. Boston, April 8?P. M. Mr. Rahtool haa again applied to tbtf Supreme Judicial Court for a writ of habeas corpus in the caae of Sims. Justice j Shaw will give a decision this evening. The argument of the case if nevertheless proceeding before the United Slates Commissioner, who is expected to decide he matter in the course of to-daj. Another meetiog in opposition to the fugitive slave law was held in Tremont Temple this morning. Horace Max* pre sided. A large majority of the meeting was opposed to vio lent resistance. Boston, Ap*il 9?P. M. The Governor has directed the Attorney General to advise with the sheriff in relation to serving a writ of replevin upon the marshal in the case of Sims. In the Senate of this State a committee of seven members have been appointed to inquire whether any State law for the security of personal liberty has been violated by any 8tate or city officer, and the freedom of any individual of the Com* monwealth thereby endangered. This is a new movement of the abolitionists, and results from the refusal of the sheriff to serve a writ of replevin on Sims, for assaulting the officer at the time he was arrested. They thus hope to detain fcim, and give further time for agita tion, under the cloak of trying him for a criminal offence, such as tbey have repeatedly urged upon all in bis situation to commit. The committee are now sitting. i The argument alluded to in the telegraph despatch of yes terday as having been made in Court by Mr. Rahtocl, was before the 8upreme Court of the State, in favor of granting to the slave Sims a writ of habeas corpus. In the afternooQ Judge Shaw delivered the unanimous opinion of the court, refusing the writ. The argument of the case was then re sumed before the United 8tates Commissioner. There seems to be no reason to doubt that Sims, whose identity as the slave of Mr. Potter has been, clearly established, will be remanded to his owner. Boston, April 11?P.M. An application was made last night to Judge Woodburt, by Ckarlxs 8umhf.il and other Freesoilers, for a writ of habeas corpus, with a view to get the slave Sims out of the custody of the U. S. Marshal, that ha may be held to an swer under the State law for having assaulted, with intent to kill, the officer who arrested him. Judge Woodbuht grant ed the writ. Marshal Devxnb then brought Sims into Court, and made return that he held him on the warrant as a fugi- > tive as well as on the warrant for assault, but stated that he had not brought him into Court for trial on the latter charge, from considerations'of public duty. The defence then asked fjr delay, and the Court granted them until 3 o'clock to-day. | Mr. Curtis, the United States Commissioner, this morn* ing delivered his opinion, sustaining the fugitive slave law, and remanding Sims to his owner. He is now in custody of the Marshal awaiting the decision of the Court as above mentioned. Boston, April II?3 P. M. The committee appointed by the Senate to investigate the conduct of the sheriff and other officers in relation to serving the warrant upon Sim*, met this morning. The sheriff testi- . fied that the marshal had refused to allow the warrants to be served except by force. The Mayor testified that the city police were employed in keeping the peace, and not in re straining Sims. He had also called out the military to assist in maintaining order, but refused to say, when a?ked, whether they were to assist in escorting Sims to the cars. In the House this morning Mr. Curtis, of Boston, moved an in quiry by the Judiciaiy Committee as to whether the Senate had not, in appointing the investigating committee, infringed on the privileges of the House ? Mr. Cushiho supported the motion, and it is now under discussion. [The House finally refused to entertain this as a question of privilege.] Boston, April 11?12 P. M. The habeas corpus case came up before Judge Woodbuht this afternoon. The same discussion as heretofore arose. Mr. Thomas claimed that it was his right to appear solely ae counsel for 8ims, holding as he did the certificate from the Commissioner remanding Sims to his master, as 8ims now stood as regarded his master in the situation of a ward. Mr. 8xwall replied that that might be law in slave Stater, but not in Massachusetts. Judge Woodbuht asked 8ewall if Massachusetts was not a State of the Union which recognised the institution of slavery. For his part he thanked God that Massachusetts was still a 8tate of the Union. [Great applause in court room?Marshal called loudly to order.] Mr. Sum ner then argued the case at length, and Mr. Curtis rejoined. Judge Woodbuht then proceeded to give his opinion. He decided that the warrant was legal end that the Marahal acted properly, and, taking the circumstances that surrounded him into consideration, he was juatified in the course he bad pur sued. The offence charged wae certainly serious, one striking at the root of all eociety, (alluding to the resistance offered by ?8ima to the officer.) It is a resistance to law, and should the officer fail to prosecute it he would be highly culpable, espe | dally at this time, when resietance to law and assaults upon it* officers ire to freely counselled in certain quarter*. He concluded by remanding 8ims to the custody of the Marshal. The usual affidavit that he fears a rescue has been made by the agent of the claimant, and probably such force will be detailed of police, military, <kc. to carry 8ima out of the State, as will render an attempt at rescue impossible. City Marshal Tcket, in his examination before the inves tigating committee of the 8enate this afternoon, said : " I ' have not been ordered to aaaist in taking the prisoner away, ' excepting in the general order to preserve peace. I think 4 it my duty thereby to aee a prisoner conveyed beyond the 4 line of the 8ta!e. I think our presence will prevont a man ' from being killed. My men have no weapons, suchr as fire ' arms or knives. Last night we put awsy all weapons in a. ' safe place. My men, however, have drilled with arms loan ' ed thrm by the United 8tates Marshal. I don't think wea ' pons will be needed, as some fifteen hundred or two thour 4 sand persons have volunteered in preserving peace. One 'hundred and fifty caulkers, tkree hundred truckmen,acom ' pany of firemen, besides merchsnts, bank directors, trades ' men, mechanics, and many wealthy and respectable gentle ' men, have offered their services. I understood that a dud ' ber of countrymen, excited by inflammatory appeals, were 1 coming to town this morning armed with pitchforks, tee , ? and 1 had my men posted reedy to arrest them wherever ?found.'' There have been a number of inflammatory speeches maJe to-day. The mee'ing of the abolitionists held at the Tra mont Temple to-day wa< rather 4amo ? no incendiary speeches were mide. The city to-night is very mueh excited, but net the least disposition to resist the law ie perceptible. In tha, crowd about the Court-House scarcely a negro can be leen. Boston, April 12?A. M. The jlave Sims was placed on board the brig Acorn, at four o'clock this morning, to be conveyed to Savannah. Sl'.HOOJL BOOILS of every deseription tor sale by R. FAKNHAM, corner o( l*ean. avevue *#? Ele\euth it*