The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1849, Page 2

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Prince—Saxvs, Lant & Co.'s (CHINESE MUSEUM, 639 Brosdway—Curvese Cunsosrries. =—=— Hew York, Thursday, January 25, 1849. —, Foreign News, ‘The steamship United States is now fully due She was to leave Sout! pton on the 9th inst. @ne Composition of the Next United States Sena The next Senate of the United States will probably present strange and heterogeneous a combination of the * collective wisdom” of this brench of the legislature, as ever met under the roof of the Capitol at Weshington. Without tracing the private career, or mentioning the various occu- pations in life, ot the different members composing the Senate, or alluding tothe vicissitudes of tortune which some of ther have experienced in the course of their eventtul lives—which would be a curious and interesting disquisition—there is quite enough to arreat the attention, and to furnish materials for thought, in the very names of some of the men who will be found side by side on the benches of the Senate chamber. All, or nearly all, the defeated and disappointed candidates for the Presidency, for the last quarter of a century, will there be assembled. ‘Webster, Calhoun, Clay, and Cass, and Van Buren, too—if the barnburners had been able te elect him to the Senate—will again meet on the forensic arena. What associations do not these names call up! They are the living embodiments of the hustory of the country for the last generation, and are intimately connected with every great event that has occurred during that period. The question then naturally arises, what will be the effect of this commingling of the great leading spints of the country? How will they stand affected towards the novus homo who has supplanted them all in the confidence of this great republic? Will they support him and his administration, or range themselves in opposition? or will they fold their arms, and look on in peaceful neutrality 7: These are questions which it would be idle to speculate upon in the present rupture ot all existing political combinatione, and chaotic state of parties. If we, however, might venture to hazard an opinion from the former career of these leading politicians, and from their well known sentiments, it 1s more than probable thatan attempt will be made on the par of some of them to organise a strong opposition to the men and measures of the new cabinet. How this will develope itself, or under whose direction, At 1s impossible at present to say; but we would no be surprised if it would first exhibit itself agains the appointments of the new administration, and against those members of the future cabinet who were the firet and most prominent im advocating and securing the election of the new President. This may be the first movement of the motley alliance, should there be a juaction of such dis- cordant elements ; but it 18 apparentto every one that the great point of attack, as far as present in- dications enable us to form a judgment, will be the old disturbing and interminable question of slavery. What new phase the slavery agitation may assume, before the new administration is fully installed in office, would require greater powers of ratiocination than we possess to be able to predict with much certainty. We are of opinion, however, that unless some change 18 made in the tactics of the abolitionists, the geld mines of Cali- fornia will take the ground from under their feet, and deprive them of one great bone of contention. They may, probably, cling with the desperation of drowning men, to the old boundary dispute between Mexico and Texas, and, also, to the District of Columbia; but from the common sense shown by Mr. Rusk, one of the members tor Texas, and other influential Southern men, at the late caucus, as well as from the rational, moderate, and intel- ligent views which ate now epringing up in the minds of all parties, both in the North and in the South, we doubt very much whether any obstruc- tive policy which an opposition of such a kind as we allude to might make to the new administra- tion, would have any other effect than strengthen- ang the hands of the government, and exhibiting the envy and impotency of those who organized it Atall events, the voice of the people who called General Tayler to preside over the destinies of the country, would support him, should it be ne. cessary, in every emergency, and would teach his enemier, and the enemies of the welfare and stability of the Union, that their attacks against him, however well planned and skilfully executed, @re as impotent and powerless aa were those of his great military antagonist on the plains of Buen Vista. sel A Demacocue in Conoress.—The election o Mr. Greeley, to finish the tail end of a Congress, will turn out, after all, to have been a very useful fact, both in a moral and political point of view, to this community. as well as elsewhere. We have not, probably, in the last thirty years, been blessed with such a perfect specimen of a little, mean, pettifogging demagogue in Congress, as the honorable Mr. Greeley has furnished in his own career during the Jast few months. His extreme affectation of morality, his ultra professions of homanity, the claims he puts torth for political punty, have been amply and tully illustrated in his muserable, pettifogging, equivocating, shuffling, Snivelling course on the mileage of members, and on the book expenditures of the House. A man of any enlarged views, instead of seeking to cut down the miserable pittance which a member of Congrees receives in the way of mileage, would have taken, rather, the earliest steps to give such a Fespectable amount for the services of an intelli- gent man as his position would seem to demand, and the greatness and wealth of this republic ‘would seem to warrant. ‘We are glad that the noise and clap traps of Master Greeley, to catch the little applause of ignorance and envy, have been thrown overboard, as they deserved to be, by the common sense of the House. Such demagogues as Gree'ey, stirring vp all sorts of bad passions, are necessary evils in every age. They exist in all countries, and we ought tobe thankful that oar inflietions, in this land of liberty and common sense, have not been Greater than taney are. Arrival of the Steamship Faicon—News from Chagres and Havana. The steamskip Falcon, Capt. Thompson, arrived yesterday from Chagres, New Orleans, Havana, and Savannah. She brings advices from Havana to the 17th inat. We are indebted to Capt. Thompson, of the Fa!- con, and Mr. Seaman, clerk, for Havana papers up to the 17th inet. It is reported to us, by one of those attached to the steamer, that among the passengers from Cha- gres wasa gentleman trom California. This per- son, we learn, left the Falcon at New Orleans, and came North overland with about $60,000 in gold dust, which has been deposited in the mint. This is the story, and we give it as it is told to us. We refer to our money article for further reports on the subject, One of the evening papers of yesterday, gave the following letter from Chagres :— Cc Dee 81, 1848, ‘We arrived here in good health. after a passage of 18 days from New York. We found the Faloon with 200 noe and bungo oecupied prices; the usual price for one two trunks to Cruces in $10; but they from $40 to $50. Trunks and baga about the negro huts, amd it is a perfe Yankees, as they cannot understand the n: to a man ere negroes; there being but one white residing here, the colleotor of the port, from'Bogota, Chagres, that now sounds #0 large, contains about 150 thatched negro buts. ‘We learn that the Pasific steamer has passengers between Valparaiso and Calli Dia; and there are 300 passengers already waiting on the Isthmus. It will not be difficult for you to cross the Isthmus; come with but one trunk and enough to make one mule load, 250 pounds in all; take a small cance alone, and the expense will be but $32 to Panama. Yeu oan leave this port without the delay of an hour. Get a few Disouits and a plece of ham or beef for the road, as you will find nothing to eat on the way It is Delleved here shat some. 00 on it on; te at Pal without any le aeicnte California; #6 that those by Bape Horn will ‘ive first. “*yay to Mr. H. that it would be folly to start under nt circumstances, without first neouring his paseage by paying Howland & Aspinwall; and that he should bring funds in small money, Our papers from Havana are the Gaceta de la Habana and Diario de la Marina. We have examined these papers most attentively, and find nothing of interest in them. Nothing is suid about the continuance or discontinuance of the quarantining of vessela from the “cholera” ports of the United States; quite a number of American vessels (as will be seen in our ship news column,) remained in quarantine on the 17th. Opera matters were going on smoothly enough. Marini, the great tenor, however, was complained of by some of the papers as getting careless ; we are afraid he is about to experience the fickleness of popular favor, as a few weeks ago he was all the rage in Havana, and each critic tried to outvie his neighbor in praising him. Miss Isidora Han- sen, the young American cantatrice, had given a concert in Havana. She sang an aria from the opera of “Robert Devereux,”’ one from ‘‘Nebuchad- nezzar,” and a Spanish song, “La Mariana.” She re- ceives considerable praise from the Havana critics, and also abundant applause, and showers of bou- quets from the audience. Altogether, Miss H. made quite a hit. The Habeneros either have not felt the influence of the California fever, or their editors do not wish to fan the flame of emigration, for they preserve total silence on the subject. a ttin| ewe: er the Tux Famovs Pronunctamento or Jupar Ep- monps-—Generat Jar Deiivery.—Yesterday was the day fixed by the famous pronunciamento of Judge Edmonds, for a general jail delivery of pri- soners from Blackwell's Island and the Alms House, who have been confined in opposition to law. This singular manifesto, or pronunciamento, has created a great deal of conversation in the community, among the tax payers, the lawyers, and all others who are interested in our legal or benevolent institutions. Some supposed that this manifesto was a piece of wit, and not exactly a legal document; that it was issued by some one for the purpose of ridiculing Judge Edmonds, who has been famous for his habeas corpus proceedings ; while others believed that it was a serious docu- ment, but not one warranted altogether by a com- mon-sense interpretation of the statute. Our own opinion is, that Judge Edmends is a very great Jawyer; but not so great as was Solon in Athens, or Lycurgus in Sparta. Few, however, of the paupers were, we believe, released yesterday, and the whole affair will probably fall through. This curious proceeding forces on the public mind the necesssty of grappling with the subject of the Alms House, and the system on which 1t 1s or- ganized. That establishment and its dependencies cost the city of New York half a millon of dol- lars perannum. The average number of paupers, or vagrants, or philosophers, or whatever else they may be called, who are supported out ef this sum, does not probably exceed one thousand; thus show- ing that the good natured and generous tax payers of New York actually contribute from their hard earnings ten dollars per week, or five hundred dollars per annum, for the support of the average number of one thousand persons of this description in com- fortable quarters. By the present system, lazy, indolent vagrants, from any part of the country, can be sent into the Alms House, and may remain there as long as they please, free of board, to be eured of disorders, and live inclover and per- fectidleness. The Alms House establishment of New York 18 positively a land flowing with milk and honey, and invites within its portals ali the vagrants and vagabonds of the contiguous States. Many of the towns of New England, to get rid of their vagrant poor, pay their passages to New York, knowing that there are always vacancies in our Alms House, worth ten dollara per week, to enjoy whieh it is not required to submit to any pri- vation, oreven te work. This is the Alms House system of New York, which has grown up until it realizes Louis Blane’s plan for the organization of labor, which he at- tempted to put in operation in Paris—that 1s, aplan of supporting the indolent and lazy in the most liberal way, by the industrious pertion of the com- munity. Now, if Judge Edmonds, instead of be- ing a most extraordinary and profound lawyer as he is---far superior to Bacon or Mansfield--was a man of common sense, acquainted with every day matters, and understanding only the mere ele- ments of the subject, he would have gone tothe root of the evil, and have endeavored to effect an entre revolution in our Alms House organization, instead of issuinga ridiculous manifesto, or pro- munciamento, which can only excite ridicule as an intellectual and legal effort. The Alms House establishment and its dependencies cost, as we have bejore stated, half a million of dollars perannum. Probably one-half of this amount is swamped by the miserable paupers who live in idleness, and the other half is squandered among dependents, and blood-suckers, and office-holders, and in entertainments, Even ex-Presideat Van Suren was once entertained in that tamous estab. lishmeat, and threw a halo of glory around it. It is time tor the people of this city to come to their sober senses, and organize that establishment on an entirely different basis—one of industry, Let our Legislature at once remedy the evil, bv making that establishment a work-house, so that the in- Tux Sexatoriat ELECTION IN ALBANY.--We hope the whig Senators will not be frightened from their propriety by the attacks of the Cowrier and snquirer, and other journals, which are prompted to make them by the Wall street clique of office beggars, 48a pteparatory step to overrule and dictate to Gen. Taylor after the fourth of March next. When the people of New York gave the electoral vote of their State to the hero of Buena Vista, they cer- tainly did mot suppose that they also gave the of- fice of Senator in Congress to sich a demagogue as Wm. H. Seward, who has always endeavored to sustain himself by fanning the lowest and most vulgar prejudices of the day—principally those of the North agaixst the South. Our cotemporary in Wail street endeavors to erect into an immutaple axiom of polities the principle of dictation by cliques, and to deny the right of the Senators in Albany to have any opinion other than that which may be permitted to them by those who tmpu- dently assume this power of dictation. These doctrines are very natural and congenial to our cotemporary. Itis well known that the Courier and Enquirer didall in its power to bring forward Gen. Scott asa candidate for the Presidency, and to put down Gen. Taylor, until it found its efforts of no avail. From the month of June, 1846, when the Courier denounced the meetings of the ongt- nals in this city, who wished to follow the views indicated in the Herald of the May preceding, up to the month of January last, the Courier and its clique were in every sort of way endeavoring to put forward Gen. Scott, to the exclusion of Gen. Taylor; and they did not abandon that purpose until General Scott had, with all his brilliant con- duct, put himself down by his squabbles 1m the city of Mexico, and left the field clear to his competitor, without molestation. The Courter and the Wall street clique were driven by popular feeling into the support of General Taylor, and the President elect is not indebted to them to the amount of one iota, for his election to the Presidency. Now, for such a journal and such men to assume to dictate and denounce independent men in the Leg:slature, who choose to entertain their own opinions on the person who 1s best suited to be elected as a Senator in the present crisis in which the country is placed, is a little too bare-faced and too impudent. We trust, therefore, Meat the whig Senators in Albany will, at every hazard, maintain the ground which they have assumed, and refuse to go into any caucus where the opinions of independent men would be swamped by dictation and party slavery. We have seen how the partizans of Mr. Seward have been operating with members of the Tux Puverr versus rar Orgra.—We under- stand that Dr. Tyng preached a very power- ful, eloquent, and pathetic sermon last Sunday, in his church, up town, on the subject of the Italian Opera, of fashionable society, and particularly on the late Bul Masque. Such was a very fitting subject for Dr. Tyng’s elo- quence and piety. The manners, customs, and morala which have of late been introduced into whatis called fashionable society in New York, during the last few years, will most likely awaken a proper epirit in many other pulpits besides that of Dr. Tyng. If we had been informed that the reverend gentleman was about to preach a sermon on such an occasion, we should certainly have sent a reporter to the church, and have had the sermon fully placed before the world; and if any clergyman of any other church in town should fol- low up this important and pregnant topte, we hope we shall be infgrmed of the fact, that we may take our measures accordingly. The gross, in- decent, vulgar manners, the shocking exhibitions which have recently been introduced into the fashionable society, so called, of this metropolis and the surrounding. country, and which has been patronized by some heads of families, who ought to know better, have been suffi- "TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. THIRTIKTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. Senate. Wasuinatom, Jan, 24, 1849, PRELIMINAR! The Senate assembled at the usual hour, and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The morning hour was occupied in the reception of petitions, re- porte of committees, kc., as oustomery. Mr. Calhoun, having recovered from his late indis- position, was in his seat. THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC APPROFRIAT! LL, Which was yesterday passed by the House, was de- livered by the Clerk of that body and read. On motion, it was referred to the Committee om Finance. THE TELEGRAPH Case, Mr. Butixn, of South Carolina, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to which the memorial of Henry O'Reilly had been referred, asked to be discharged from its further consideration. The memorial related to the official conduct of Judge Munroe, United States Judge for the District of Kentucky. It complained of the want of impartiality on the part of judge, stating that he was related to Mr Kendall, one of the parties interested in Moree’s pati a therefore likely to be influenced in his judgment in deciding on the merits of the case; that no Circuit Judge had ed with him on the trial of the case; that, fore, he had not been able to obtain a fair and impartial hear- cient already to sink half a dozen Sodoms and Gomorrahs, should heavenly vengeance, in theee last days, ever take such a direction to amend or punish the world and its manners. We allude as much to the modern style of dancing, and to the manners of the young people of the day, to the bal masque, or to fancy balls, as much as to any other scenes in modern society. We have received some descriptions of certain scenes in the recent fancy ball given at the Opera House, which we are assured are authentic. They are of such a nature, that the simple narration of these facts, even in the mildest and most modest language which could be used, would be altogether unfit for publi- cation in the columns of a daily journal. INTELLIGENCE From British Guraxa.—Our files from the above named British province, to the 19th ult., have reached us. The Royal Gazette, pub, lished at Georgetown, in commenting ina long article en the subject of a projected ‘insurrection in Cuba,” goes on to state :— As to the idea of the slaves in that island emanocipat- ing themselves by force, ve always regarded it as one of the most chimerical notions that ever into the head of man. Spain always keeps in Cuba the nest regiments im her service; and against these an undisciplined herd of slaves would have as little obance as the host of O’Brien, the other day, against the thirty or forty thousand picked British soldiers in Ireland. Then, seeing the poor charce of the Legislature in the correspondence of Mr. McCom- ber, Mr. Collier, and others, which has recently been published. Let an honest and independent supporter of General Taylor for the Presidency be elected as Senator in the place of Mr. Dix, and nota scheming demagogue, as Mr. Seward has shown himself to be in his public career. Carirornia Gorp Minzs, anp Carirornia Rv- Mors.—It 18 amusing to listen to the many rumors that are afloat in this community concerning the gold mines in California. From one we hear that a large quantity of dust has been received in this city, by a certain house down town; from another, that a shipment of mica and pyrites hascome to hand, which was transmitted from California as genuine gold dust; again, we hear that Col. Ste- venson has become a millionaire; in fact, rumors of this kind, more or less extravagant, are afloat here to a great extent, and passed around until they have become so general that we think it necessary to refer to them, so that, at all events, the readers of the Herald may not be deceived, imposed upon, or led astray. Now the fact 18, that all the gold dust that has reached the United States from California, up to this date, does not amcunt in value to more than fifty thousand dollars. Of this sum the govern- ment received a parcel valued at about twenty thousand dollars, which was sent to Washington by Col. Mason, through Lieut. Loeser, who was sent by that officer as bearer of despatches; and a gentleman in Boston, by the name of Carter, brought a quantity valued at thirty thousand dol- jars. These two parcels comprise the whole of the gold dust that has been received in the United States, with the exception of some specimens which were sent from persons in the gold region to their friends in this and other cities, the value of which is insignificant. Of this there has been coined at the mint the sum of forty-eight thousand dollars. This new currency may be dis- tinguished by the letters “Cal,’’ imprinted on the pieces, immediately over the figure of the eagle. As to Col. Stevenson and the great quantity of gold dust which it is reported he has gathtred, we can only say that the story 13 without any foundation. At the last accounts that officer was not discharced from the service of the government, and had not visited the placera, except in curiosity. Neither he nor any of his stat! was discharged or released from their tie to the go- vernment. There may be some foundation in the rumor that Colonel Mason has acquired dust to the value of two millions of dollars. We saw yesterday a beautiful pair of gold spec- tacles’ which were made from California gold.— They were formed of gold which Lieut. Loeser brought with him from the gold region, and were presented to a valued triend. Tur Revenve Servicr.—The severe change in the weather that has taken place, will be, andis, se- verely felt all along our coast, and our government have had heretofore a revenue cutter cruising off our coast for the purpose of relieving vessels in distress, and otherwise aiding them. The services of our cutters have been of great benefit to the commercial marine during the winter months, and we regret to see that our best vessels for this duty are withdrawn, and others substituted that are entirely unfit fer such service, and not able to render that assistance that 18 required, and which has been furnished formerly. We allude to the withdrawal of the schooner Ewing, (a vessel that has been thorougly overhauled and fitted out for winter cruising,) to be placed in the coast survey, | and the substitution in her place of the schooner | Gallatin, a vessel pronounced unfit for service in | the coast survey, some four years ago. Yet this | veasel is sent here to take the place of the Ewing. The cruising off our coast in the winter months 1s | vere and arduous duty, and it requires good and substantial vessels, that can accommodate | officers and men comfortably. In the years 1816 and 1847, the schooner Taney cruised at sea during the eevere months of February and March, fifty- fonr days and nights, and rendered relief to a large number of vessels, to which our captains and merchants can testify. Last winter the schooner Ewing cruised the whole winter, and offered assistance to hundreds of vessels. It became a source of great satisfaction to the masters of the different vessels arriving at this port, to find such assistance offered, and at hand, should they have required it. The schooner Gallatin, at present on this station, is unfit for the purpose intended, and her officers dare not cruise outside in her, and the relief formerly offered by our cutters cannot be tendered with such a vessel as this, on this station. mates can do something for their living, and not remain any longer an incubus on the industrious and deserving portion of our citizens. If such a change were made, we would soon see the numer of paupers diminish, and the annual expense would not only be nothing, but the results of their labor would provide a revenue which could be devoved to some other benevolent purpose. Many of the New England poor-houses sustain themselves, and leave a profit every year; and why ought not our Alms House be made to do the same? If properly conducted, it could easily be made a source of revenue to the city, instead of costing us half a million of dollars a ycar, as it does. P.S. We see, by a report under our city news head, that Judge Sandford differs somewhat from 8 i Judge Ed jh pees aur ‘n his opinion on the vagrant law. itis a source of mortification and disappointment to the officera of this branch of the service, that they are compelled to part with a vessel that they have put in complete order, and have confidence in ‘or winter cruising, in any kind of weather. The cruising on our coast at this season, is a very severe and ardous duty, and we hope eur govera- ment, instead of taking our g vessels from this branch of the service, will restore them to the proper officers, whose duty it is to carry out the wishes of government in winter cruising. Laver Prom Tux City or St. Dominao.—We Jearm from Capt. Coates, of the bark Lucy Ellen, who left the city of St. Domingo on the 2d inst. . that the Haytien government were about to attack that place. About 2,500 men had marched for that purpose, and 2,000 more were to go by water’? eat in the attack Haves freeing themselves, the question comes, is there any prospect of Spain, in a liberal mood, doing it for them, and thereby playing the game, or the supposed game, of the British planters? We conceive that not only is euch philanthropy quite alfen to Spanish principles, but that Spain is so olroumstanced that she Gare not,’ if, whi emancipate her sl pt the gigantic grasp of a vi ‘ighbor, whioh, for all ful ‘0% its o will permit, any ny pretenc olition of slavery in near to her own southern territories- we nited States of America. mighty power aspires to as B' 2 empire in the new world, and pursues objects with as un- torupulous and as daring a pertinacity, as Russia does in the old. Cubs is to America what Constantinople more sunny than her own. The first blow struok for the abolition of slavery in Cubs would be the signal for the United States to come forward and crush the dan- pas movement, and to seize into her own hands an jand which the feeble grasp of Spain might be in eapable of ruling. The above will convey a pretty fair idea of the impressions abroad, on the subject of the designs upon Cuba, by our own government. Improvements have been made in relation to the British mails, by which letters via Bermuda, will reach Guiana two days earlier than usual. Ia commenting on the subject of the stoppage of supplies in the colony, in September last, the Gazette has a long article, from which we extract the following :— ‘We always considered that more ef the comforts nces of life might be obtained by a man living om $5.000 a year in New York or Boston, than one spending £6,000 » year in Demerara. always looked upon the Civil List as a the colonists could no more repudiate |: aity than the Pennsylvanians can their bonds. And we more- over raw po necessity for any reduction at the pre- sent moment in the salaries in question, inasmuch as there was no evidence to establish the fact that a def. clenoy actually had taken place in our usual sources of revenue. For these and other reasons, among which We were powerfully influenced by the impolicy of quar- reliing at this crisis with the British government, and of moreover throwing away the texes of the country, we long since formed an opinion, which every thing we bave since heard to the contrary has on!y tended to strengthen and confirm, that there was not the slighteet ground whatever for meddling with the Civil List compact. i i ‘In relation to the commercial prosperity of the province, the accounts are rather flattering. The Gazette says :-- A feeling of greater confidence begins to prevail among all clasees of the mercantile community. Still, the transactions in the produce markets are net exten- sive, Merchants, however, are bringing forward tmaller quantity of goods, and notwitnstanding the anxiety of imperters to sell at the present low rates, the home trade only buy to meet actual requirements, The cotten market’ is very steady, andjfor the last day or two has been somewhat buoyant. The transactions have rather an upward ts are dull, and prices eat week have had a declining te better demand for ) and the rates of dizcount low; prime bills at 234, and cash on call at the very moderate quotation of 1'; to 1% per cent. he Jawless conduct of the inhabitants in the river districts, 18 made the subj-ct of along and well written article in the Gazette. The tollowing is an extrac! It ie beyond all question that our river districts, though inhabited by thousands of the fins id most athletic looking people im the colony, are the seats of the wildest and most unrestrained 1 for inet th Travel from George- town, the capital of this province, for miles and miles Up the extensive river at the mouth of which it lie: and you willree both banks teeming with life thickly studded with the cottages and independent treeholders. The which his golden lustre beam: arising in ali its profusion thatched ccttages, completes a picture of and cf supposed Arcadian simplicity. But suspend pour Judament; look @ little deeper; enq ire into tne abite of the population that dwell in this apparent pa- Tadice of the interior, and the pleasing hallucination of fancy vanishes before the cold realities of truth, Alas! inquiry will prove to you that man mars the gecdly scene for which God has done so much. Rich in the most benignant gifte of Providence, the soil un- happily fosters dark. deadly, degrading vices. You will tee in those spots which imagination pio- tures as the abodes of population endued with the primitive virtues, happy, religious, con- tented, and industrious men, who seem to have withdrawn from towns and the haunts of civilize. tion to suppor m the almost sponta ducts of am ubu evil, a life of dreamy useless to others and pernicious to themaelves—to emancipate themselves from the bonds and obligations of society—to give the rein to the innate Airiean natures— to exhibit living ‘atitude and painful dirappointment to G tain, who struck from them the shackles of slave: the vain hope that they would be a pa'tern ai example, instead of a stigma aud @ ruin, in the of Afrioun freedom—to gicn—to escape exhortations to Christianity —toshrink frcm that repi oach wbich the presence of thove would inflict who suffered so much for the poor whom the wealthy freeman has now left to starv tolux:riate, unchecked and unobserved, in undance, rapine, lust, treachery and covetousness, characteristics of the unredeemed sa’ . These re- marks, hersh as they may reem, but which, it is to be feared are only toe Well merited, are called forth by one of the most atrocious, crafty, and diabolical crimes committed on an estate up the Demerara river, of which, taking all ite ciroumstances together, it has ever been our lot to hear The Gazette ef the 19th ult. says :— In consequence of the heavy rains that have fallen during the fortnight, sugar making bas been more or less suepended on most estates. A considerable quau- tity of produce, however, has been shipped within the leat fow days. The above is a digest of the news, including dates from the 7th to the 19th December. Movem The following is Astor --L. Bubb G. Thomas, . Woods, Hale, Mass.; 3 " E. Nugent, White Plains; R Godfrey, New Bedford; C. Frothingham, Providence; A. P. Smith, New Or- Jeans; Major nha J A; George ore Washington; E Baker, London Irving House, ive . Mo Allister. Philadelphia; Lieut. Morris, 8. A.; W. H. Harrison, Jamaica, W. I.; W. Sam- Ky.; R. M. Hodges, Jr, Baltimore; Hon, W. 1; R. M. Magrath, Baltimore; W. W. Starch, §.C.; Joseph Bennett, D.N. Spooner, Boston; Capt, Coffs, U. 8. A.; J. L. Floraner, E. H. N., Showe, Philade!phia; W, Yeatman, Richmond, Va.; 38 " neseee U. mel N ing. Mr. Butler's motion to be discharged was adopted. PUBLIC LANDS, Mr. Yurxg, of Florida, submitted a resolution, in- structing the Committee on Public Lands to inquire into the expedienoy of reducing the price of the pine lands in the States of Florida and Louisiana to the minimum price ot $1 25 per acre. After some disous- sion, the resolution was adopted, IMPROVEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION OF NEW YORK HARBOR Mr. Dix, from the Committee on Commeroe, re] a bill, providing for the removal of obstructions to navigation at Hell Gate, in the East River, which took the usual course, CALIFORNIA BILL. Mr. Dovatass, of Illinois, moved totake up the Call- fornia State bi which motion was sgree¢ to. On motion of the same Senator, his modified bill was sub- etituted for riginal one, when a protracted discus- sion ensued im regard to the reference of the bill. in favor of referring it to the Judiciary others to the Committee on Territories, and others toa select committee The Ser fi agreed to refer it to a select committee of appointed by the Chair. Various amendments were then submitted by Senators Foote, of Mississippi, Turney, of Tennessee, and Downs, ef Louisiana, which were referred to the same committee. THE POSTAGE BILL. Mr. Nixes, of Connecticut, Chairman of the Com- mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads, moved to take up the bill providing for » uniform ana reduced rate o postage, ‘which was agreed to, . ALLEN, of Obio, made s speech of great length, characterized by his usual ability. He expressed Now York Legislature. Axsanr, Jan. 24, 1640, SENATE. Mr. Frorp gave notice of a bill to abolish protest om promissory notes or inland bills of exchange. BILLS PamseD To authorise the town of Williamsburgh to raise money by loan to pay ite debts. Another for the relief of purchasers of land from the Life and Trust Company of New York, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BILL, A long debate ocourred on the bill im favor of ex- empting the homestead against seizure and sale for debt; after which, the Senate adjourned. ASSEMBLY. THE BROOKLYN CHARTER CONVENTION, ~_ Mr. Cross prerented the memorial from his Honor the Mayor of Brooklyn, relative te the charter convea- tion of that city. EXTENSION OF THE BOARD oF surERYISORG, A bill was reported te extend the Board of Supervi- sors. THE CODE ComMussioNRR, The Comptroller reported that the amount Anthony C. Roberteon, Esq, Code Commissioner, had drawn from the Treasury of the State, was $3.000 for his ser- vices as commissioner, and $300 for clerh hire. There was no evidence in the Comptroller's office of the daties performed by Mr. Robertson beyond his own state- = DRAF AND DUMB AsY LUM: The annual report of the Desf and Dumb Institution in the city of New York, laid before the House. D. To amend the charter of Missionary Society. THE PILOT BILL, The pilot bill was recommitted to await a farther hearing from the New York yilots. On motion ef Mr. Sr. Jenn, the bill was laid on the table, REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CODE OF PRAG- Tick. The Comptroller, in reply to resolutions, reported the entire capense of the Commissioner of the Code of Practice, with salary, printing, &e, THE NEW YORK POLICK DEPARTMENE. The bill providing for the eleotion of the Chief of Police in New York by the people, and the bill in re- lation to the Justice and Police courts of the city of New York, were referred to the New York deleg to report upon them complete. SWORD TO MAJOR BLISS. Mr. Hatt laid on the table a resolution in favor of presenting a sword to Majer Bliss, of the army. Adjourned. Election of U, 8. Senator for Kentucky, dc. Louvisvitux, Jan. 24, 1849. The election for a United States Senator for Kem- tucky is announced to take place on thedst of Februa- ry. Itis said Mr. Clay has pledged hias§@lf to support the administration of Gen. Taylor. Election of United States Senator. erican Baptist Home Pi} ry decided sentiments in favor of an untramelled eirculation of newspapers, dilating upon the peouliar and growing importance of the public press He was against the establishment of mail routes beyoud the limits of the country, as proposed by the bill; and be- lieved that no authority existed for making contracts f by ocean steamers, , Sustaining the bill, when, On motion, the Senate adjourned, House of Representatives, The House met at the usual hour; after prayer by the Chaplain, the calling of the roll, @ number ef petitions ard reports of committees were presented. DELETERIOUS DRUGS, A communication was sent to the House, enclosing Dr. Edwards’ statement regarding the importation of deleterious drugs. BROOKLYN BRANCH MINT. A memorial from the citizens ef Brooklyn was pre- sented, asking for the location of a Branch Mint of the United States there, which was referred. FREE SOIL RESOLUTIONS FROM ILLINOIS, Mr. Ficxxin presented resolutions passed by the Le- gislature of the State of Illinois,in favor of the Wil- mot proviso, which were ordered to be printed. MINKSOTA TERMITORIAL BILE, The Senate bill, ablithing a government in the Minesota territory, was referred to the Committee on Territories, VENUE LAWS FOR CALIFORNIA, Mr. HUW of New York, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, submitted a report providing for the ex- tension of the revenue laws of the United States over Alta Califernia. The bill having been considered, and formally read twice, Mr. Hunt arose, and said the com- mittee hed instructed him to have the, bill read a third time without delay. After a few further remarks by Mr. H , explaining the necessity of its speedy pas- tage, the bill was through It provides for the establishment of three ports of entry, and the Spode ment of three collectors, also for the trial of all cases arising under the revenue laws in the Cirouit Courts of Louisiana or Oregon. Mees eTT1T, Of {mdiana, and MoCur.tann, of Michigan, spoke in favor of postponing ali action on the bill untilit could be printed, ao that all might have an opportunity to peruse and understand it. Mr. Haut, of Missouri, ma few pertinent remarks in opposition to the bill. It favored commercial venue laws. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, advocated the passage of the bill forthwith, pointed out its adv: . referred to the very numerous cargoes of which were going to California, not only from our own merchants, but from foreign countries, and showed the importance of establishing proper regulations for the reception of the same. The establishment of a terri- torial government in California was important. If Congress failed to establish one, were they to adjourn, he aeked, and thus leave the American oitizens who were there without protection? Mr. Strrnens, of Georgia, followed, and took bold ground against framing any law or government for Califorvis. That rich country was net ours yet. It had not been paidfor. He, for ome, had given no vote recognising California as ours. It was a place where entirely “free trade” was now flourishing, and why need the friends of free trade ask for laws to enable them te collect # revenue there? He proceeded to dencncethe conduct of the President in regard to Cahfornia, considering it a usurpation. Mr. Morse, of Louisiana, made a few remarks in op- porition to the bill. It was oppressive to the Califor- nians,and failed to secure tc them an equivalent. He defended the course of the President, in laying milita- ry contributions there during the war. The Sreaxen here called the gentleman from Louis- ian. to order for irrelevancy. Mr Monse apologised, and said be was only defen: ing the administration against unjust attacks je supporter of the administration ults of the gentleman from Georgia. , of Ohio, replied to Mr. Morse, and spok in opporition tothe bill. He wondered that the ge: tleman from New York who had reported the bill, (Mr. Hunt,) should expect to get through Congress such o bill without having the Wilmot proviso attached to He gavi of Alabama, who proceeded in an Mr. Hittiann, eloquent strain to express views differing from those which had been expressed by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Stephens). California, he raid, was no treasure to be thrown away. Tranquillity, he eal: would be better preserved by the maintainance o} generous feelings in all quarters, than by any indul- gence in invective, Mr. Gnixwett, of Massachusetts, called the man to order. a ad serie neg eng Me. Hitxrarp finally re- sponded—‘ 'y not cal e gentlem i hr Root) to order 7” i ee ome further debate of no ini Ps Great interest ensued, Mr. Root resumed his remarks. He was decidedly in favor of improving California, now we had it Mr R. having concluded the bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Durx, of New York. moved to reconsider the yote by which the bill had been referred. in order to an opportunity to express his own views upon the ct, which agreed with those expressed by the ntleman from Georgia (Mr Stephens) A SCIENTIFIC GRANT, of Masrachuretts. from the Committee on Commerce, reported « resolution granting # vessel to Lieut. Maury, for the purpose of a scientific experi- ment, The resolution lies over. ARMY APPROPRIATION MILT. On motion of Mr. Stxrnsns, of ia, the House then resolved itrelf into Committees of the Whole the state of the Union; Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, chi man; and proceeded to the consideration ef the Army Appropriation Bill ir. Smaxt, of Maine, here mado a ret speech, treat- 1g especially of the question of slavery [a the terri- Mr. Sawyen, of Ohio, called the gentleman to order for Irrelevanoy The Cuain declared that he wasin order. He said the discustion of this bill might take a wide range. gentle- Burrauo, Jan. 24, 1849, Mr. Walker has been elected to the United States Senate from the State of Wisconsin. One Month Later from California. ‘Wasninxoton, Jan, 24, 1849, Advices have been recdived from California to the 19th of Decenber, which not only confirm all previous accounts of the richness of the gold mines in that country, but also state that another mine, or washing, - far more valuable than all those previously discevered, had been found to the north of the oth Arrival Out of the Northerner: CHarueston, Jan. 28, 1649. ‘The steamship Northerner, from New York, arrived at Charleston, this morning, at 4 o’olock. Salling of the Steamer America, Boston, Jan, 24, 1849. The royal mail steamship America sailed from her wharf at 12 o'clock. She carried two passengers for Halifax, and fifty-nine for Liverpool; also, some 50,000 letters. Gold) Fite Rocky Mountains, Sr, Lovis, Jan. 24, 1849 Teported that gold bas The Organ says that i been discovered in the Roc! tities, Markets. New Orcavs, Jam, 21, 1840. terday reached 14,000 bales, at things remain the same, with gin four and grain. Pork is Sr. Louis, Jan. 24, 1849. Pork is held at $9 75 @ $10 for mess, and $775 a $8 prii Sales of lard are, to a moderate extent, at There is seven feet water in the tis pleasant, but cloudy, and Freight or flour to New Ori pork 750. per bbl. Cincinnati, Jan. 24, 1849, Flour—There is no change in prices. Whiskey— ‘The demand is fair; rales at advance, quoted lage. Prime lard earoe, and held firmly; sales, in bbis., €h0. Groceries unoh: ns? Pirtspura, Jan. 20, 1849, Flour—The markets are dull, but holders are firm at Were current yesterday. The m: ticipation of foreign advices. Th good inquiry or wheat for milling aud prices are firm; sales at 70: for prime white. The demand for corn is confined tirely to lots for consumption; sales to a moderate tent. The receipts of corn are light. The sales of pork are confined to small lote for the supply of the regular trade demand; eules 450 bbls., in bulk, shoul» ders are selling at 30 at fourmonths. Bacon aides are now held at 60.; shoulders, 6c ; common bacon hams 7c. The murket for groceries is unchanged. Sel flard are made at 5%c in bois. and in kege at 6c, There is 6 feet 9 inches water in channel. Battimone, Jan. 24, 1849. ‘The markets here to-day show no change «ince you terday. Mer iting for later foreign news, News From Lingria.—We have files of the Li- beria Heald and Luminary to November 24, in- clusive. TheLuminary and Herald contain strong appeals to the colored people of the United States to emigrate to Liberia, and enjoy the full rights of man, in a separate and independent nation of their own Ninety-eight emigrents bad arrived from rirhhiet destined for Greenville, Sinoe. They were delighte with the new republic. The emigrants who wont outin the bark Nehemiah Rich had rettied in Liberian Vir- ginia, had passed rafely through the acclimation, and were di well. They were anxious to become agri- oulturi: tribes, the ‘A protracted war between two Afric Kondebs and the Mendians. which nad nearly stopped the interior trade of Liberia, has been brought to a close by the aid of the Liberia: The account of war, which was entirely confined to the jtorming taking of a fortified town called Boolal is give atlengthin the Herald, and reads more like th counts of ancient nleges than the warfare of » ity was a very important one, the junction of the roads leading to rior trade. It was fortified by a wall twenty high, just completed, and piereed by numerous The ecaffolding had not yet been removed from se walls, when the Mendians came from a long distance, and made a sudden and unprovoked assault upon the city, succeeding in taking it after a short fight, by 'y scaling the walls, with the afd of the scaffolding I butchered about fifty of the besieged, including i homedan pileste, ‘The king of the oity, who was ab. sent with his court at another town, on h this attack, immediately aroused the whole jab and Mandingo populations, and suddenly precipitated himelf upon the arrailants with @ powerful army. The Mendians were thus cooped up in the town, surprised in the midst of their rioting, feasting, an: mes of skill. Nevertheless, they stood the siege ‘avely. and would not yield even when dying in tl streets from famine. The indigasnt Kondahs persisted in the seige, and the town was soon converted into = vast charnel house from the carcasses ef the deat erywhere, dying from fami: which brok it derpera gain succor from home, The detachments came, but were cut to pieces by the Kondahs. The besieged Mendians then daringly at- tempted to force @ passage through t but wore beaten back. At length, the Liberians, ing that this war stopped all their Interior trade, that it would only revive by some decisive action, ald to the Kondahs, atte bu all the houses, and but everything combustibie out of the way, Soom after this the pestilence broke out among them, and thinking that it was Produ Mr. Rockweit, of Connecticut, followed, and oc- cupied an hour in reviewing and oriticising the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury -in partioular that part of it referring to the tariff, treasury notes, the purchase of th m. ho. The committee then rose and reperted progress, Mr. Pollock, of Pennsylvania, securing the floor for to- morrow, - és, ’ communication fro1 J Wall E Edwar received, covering a report of Dr certain adu terated drugs, which had bee: in the cities of ware in New York, Boston. The documents wore referred to the Committee on Printing; when, On motion, the House adjourned. Mlealth of New Or! |, Bios New Oaceans, Jan, 21, 18 The deaths in this city, the past week, number 130— thirty of which were from cholera. Mr. Clay acoldentally fell and injured his head, but is fast recovering. A Mr, Woodland, charged with forging soldiers’ land warrants, bas been acquitted. patent hace Health of St. Loui Sr. Lo 0, 1849. ‘The Board of Health have reported seventeen cases of cholera during the past weok—all looal oases, = rockets, they opened the gates and yicided t te. ith of July, which was the suniversary of the eclaration of independence, was eelebrated t the republio by general festivity, the firing non, mal of speeches, &o., after the manner of our American celebrations. A there was a distressing sosroity of pi fo of beets and al ten abbages, bu was sen Monrovia te their relief. am Prince George Cain, sovercign of Grand Caps Mount, was murdered early in August by Mamorah, @ yo ag man, one of his relations. who assumed his digi ity. The country was much agitated in asequense, but Pn gy assured the Liberians that he was friendly em. The Luminary notices, with gratification, that Dr. J. ‘W. Lugenbeel had been inted by tl States commercial agent bere 4 a Prim joyer, lingers to enter into of Tri Town, professes a wil- arrangement with the Libe- rian government, for t! t bolition of the slars trade. It seems, though, that thie Lo threatened by a war for his throne, his brother Fior having taken Tccmeaten trates ege hy il et LT a je nee of Monrovia eaptured on th two large slave cances, cyte wie teh ttle Cape Mi Of slaves, T' y tan out of food, ming Rear the shore for it. wore taken, The slavers, how- ever, cseaped from their confinement, Canoes are frequently journeying from New Consters