The New York Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1849, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. === NO. 5412. Latest from Chagres and Panama. {From the New-Orieans Delta, March oe! The U. 3. mail steamship Isthmus, Capt. James G. Baker, arnv: d yesterday morning from Chagres via Havana. She left the former port on the 8th iastant—the latter on the 16th ; and made the run acroes from Havana to this port 1n fifty-nine and a webs brroghtia th in gold, consigned io e brought to this city $8,000 in gold, consign to Paradise, Saflurrans & on A passenger from Panama, who had chartered a brig from Charleston. states that it was reported atthe former place, when he left, that a large amount of gold had been shipped at San Francisco on the California, and on two sailing veesels (ships) which were bound to the United States direct ; but in regard to pment by the California, it 18 Not possible that this can be 80. The Ualifornia’s arrival can hardly be known at Panama till she Teports it herselt. it at Panama, steamship Oregon, for “an Francisco, and two ships, one brig, one schooner, the destination or which was not given. _ Left_at Chagres, March 8, barks Guildford, Coxe. Thorp, and 8. A. Crowell, up for New York; and echooner Iona, soon to sail for New Orleans. From Havane-— Passengers—! ere, C. Thorp, 8. Senden Helton, S. Ni a, F. 1 Quirk, A. Soblass, F. Ben M. Castro, M. Caners, and M. Alzer. The Iathmus brought us the following letter:~- - Cuaaess, March 8, 1849. Thasten to inform you ot our arrival, and give you a brief summary ef my trip and the iatorma- tion I have gathered since | arrived. The Istn- muse leaves im an hour, and | have not time to give you in detail what has passed; nor can [ go out to the vessel, and write youa letter. | have, there- bore, to write you in pencil. | ‘e left New Orleans at nine'o’clock at might, on the 22d February; remained at the Balize two days en account ot a caim, and we have made the Tun in ten days from bar to par. All the veesels and steamers that have sailed from New Orleans have arrived, except the Gal- vesion, and it is supposed that she is lost, as she has not been heard of since she left. A bark from New York arnved here yesterday. She was twenty-six days out, and had fifty passen- gers. 2 . The steamer Orus is running regularly in the river, but only goes up eighteen mules, and before leaving this place she puts all the baggage and freight in canoes, takea them in tow, and after running up ag tar as she can go, puts the passen- gers in the canoes to get up to Gorgona the best ‘way they can, which is about twelve miles from where the steamboat lands. : There are now two huudred pack-mules packing Goode and baggage across the Isthmus, and the Charge in properuon to the demand to cross. [t 18 sometimes , $20 and $15 ter conveying your person, a trunk and a bag, which they consider all the baggage neceesary fora person travelling. Over that amount of baggage, they charge from $5 to $10 for a hundrea pounds. I have made a pre- vious statement in reference to the mode of con- veyauce by the steamer, but neglected to mention the charge thatthe makes. lt is ten dollars a head for passengers, and three dollars per barrel for tieight. The steamer Orus tows vessels out and in, independent of her running up the river. e steamer was at Panama on the Sth of this month, and the California 1s expected to be there on the 15th. There are now about eight hundred reons Waiting for passage at this time, and as igh as six hundred dollars have been offered for steerage tickets, but the persons who held them would not let them got haif ot the Ztate of New Granada had been offered them. From the Savannah ublican, March 26) The Isabel, direct from Havana, touched at our bar on Saturday night, and put aboard the Meta- mora the mails and passengers for this place trom Havana and Key West. She lett the former place at6o’clock, P.M., on the 22d inst., and made the run to Key West in pix hours and fifteen mi- nutes, it being the shortest ever made between the two pomts. The Isabel brought out eighty-one passengers, among whom were Madame Weiss and the Viepnowe children. “ A grand party and ball were given on board the Teabel, the evening of the 21st, by Mr. Mordecai, which pessed off in the handsomest style. Captain Gen ral of Cuba and family were present, Sed’ many other distinguished persons of Havana, of both rexes. [From the Charleston Mercury, March 26.) The Isabel, Capt. Rollins, with her accustomed netuality, revched her wharf yesterday, at noon aving lett Havena on Thursday fast. The mail from Havana was not distributed at our post office, and our commercial triends are cousequently with- out their correspondence; but thro the polite- ness of a passenger, we have been placed in pos session of the following information:— The Adela and Arabian, of this port, had arrived at Havana, and hud disposed of their cargoes ot nce at%j. The market for this article was very jul. Sugar and molasses had advanced considerably, owing principally to the shortaess of the crop, now ascertained to be about one-third, and also en ac- count of the increased demand tor the continent. Sales of clayed box sugars at 7,9, and 12 tor brown, yellow and white. Muscovadoes,6a7, Molas- nes, 2j18. Z Exchange on the United States, par; Sterling 10 prem Freights to the continent £5 16s. per ton, We have received the following trom our Key ‘West correspondent :— ‘ Ky West, March 22, 1849. The Atel sation of the case of the ship Wil- liam Hitchcock was brought to a close on the 15th instant, put nothing was elicited to criminate any one. That she was bored is certain, but the court has handsomely exonerated the officers of the ship, and Capt. Cole, the owner, who was on board, from any participation in the act. She satled on the 17th tor New Orleans, where she will be placed in dock, in order to make the necessary repairs on her bottom, which was ascertained, by diving, to be much injured. ? Schooner Lowa, from Jacksonville, for this port, with a cargo of lumber, arrived on the 18th, hav- ing been ashore on Conch Reef, and relieved by wreckers, who took out a portion of the cargo. She is libelled for salvage, and will be tried this day. The Spanish sloop Peguino Amelia, of ten tons burthén, arrived here from Havana on the 13th, with a cargo of fruit, and demyhons of gin and apniset. She has been seized by the collector to¢ a breach of the revenue | and the case willbe heard on the 31st. The smack William Henry, of this port, has also been seized under similar eircumetances. They will, no doubt, be con- demned. On the 10th, the bark Oaksangier arrived from avana, to take forward the cargo of Ty. Pe Hart, and sailed the 16th for Philadelphia. Bark Tarquin from Baltimore, for St. Marks, passed through the north weet passage on the 18th. The ship Kesirel (now the Aane Tift) having undergone some temporary repairs, sailed on the 17th cr New Orleans, where she will be placed in the dry dock, to undergo permanent repairs. The court has decreed 50 per cent salvage on the valuation of steamer Eudora and cargo. News From San Francisco.—Letters have been receiyed at New York from San Francieco, via Mazatian, 98 late a@ the 4th of January, and hiso iu thiseity, savsthe Boste? Traveller of the 20ch ipst., to the latter part ot December. These letters the recipients deciine publishing, but represent that they contain ample ceofirmation of the most extravagant statements of the vast quantities ot gold, new discoveries, Ye. The New Orleans papers of the 19th state that news had been re- ceived there, that five mulhons of gold would be despatched to this country upon the return of the steamer California. [1 one-fitth of this quantity really arrives, it will tend to remove the doubts ot the most ekeptical as to the plenteousness of gold in that region. if ‘ The New Bedford Mercury of this morning save: —A letter received here from Capt. Netcher, of this city, dated at San Francisco, Dec. 18, mentions his return to that place, after an ;absence of six days up the river in his launch, and that the tri; yielded a clear profit of $575. Capt N. ise ged jn carrying passengers and trading on the Sacra- mento. Another letter received by Geo. Randall, Esq. from Capt Wm_H. Warner, of the U. 8. corps of Topographical Engineers, dated at Now Helvetia, Nov. 1, speaks ot the climate at that place as de- lightful, and the dustrict extensive, aud fully corroborating the most fav le accounts hitherto received, as to the abundance of gold. Political Intelligence. ‘The State election of Arkansas took place on the 19th inst. No mows of the result has yet been re- eoived E. Bonks has been elected Ma; or of Memphis, Ten- neseee. Hon. Lian Boyd, (dem) is @ candidate for re-elee- tion in tbe let Congressionat distri of Kentucky. 8. announces himself ase native American dete for Congress, in the Franklin district of the S\x thor ton, N.C, ab The - Col. Fremont and His Party. [From the Natiopal Intellicencer, March 30.) The disastrous accounts from Col. Fremont, which have so painfully excited the public mind tor some days past, have induced us to inquire at the source most probable to have the best intormatien, or the best Lo pe in relation to his position. The result of this inqury authorizes the belief that some of the most painful of hese reports must be unfounded. All that relates to the perish- ing of the party by hunger and stravation are cer- tainly so. Col. Fremont wrote from the Pueblos, near the head of the Arkansas, when about to croes the first range of mountains, the last of No- vember, that his supplies were ample to carry him through—that he had more flour than he wanted, and leit some behind—plenty of meat, and @ re- serve of sugar and coffee, and maccaroni tor hard times, and for the sick or disabled. Thus he had abundant provisions, besides the resource of above one hundred horses and mules, which, dead or alive, would be a long support to thirty-five men. It frozen to death, these animals would remaia in that state.until spring, and ceutinue sound; so that there was no danger of death by starvation. That they perished of cold, is another of the pain- ful rumors. This is improbable, though the cold must have been dreadtul, and the snows fearfuily deep. All accounts, as he approached the moun- tains, from [odians and traders, represented the winter as premature, and unusually severe. So much snew, so early in the season, all agreed, had never been seen. It wasin the last days ot No- vember that he benny to climb the mountain range (above the Spanish Peaks) which divides tie val- ley of the Upper Arkansas trom the head of the Rio del Norte, latitude about 364, longitude about 106. The snow was about breast dee) to the horses when the party war last seen, about five miles trom the summit. Up to this point the accounts are euthentc, two men trom the Pueblos having fol- lowed to join Col. Fremont, but whom he did not mecehva-= PrOUsDIy not knowing them, it being his tule to take none but reliable men, whom he knew, in these dangerousexpeditions. There is no doubt but that Col. Fremont got over this first range ot mountains, asd thus entered the valley of tae Del Norte, near the head of the river, and (about) three degrees north of Santa Fe. A greater obsta- cle was still before him—the great central chain oithe Recky Mountaias, there called Sierra Madre—Mother Mountain. He knew the difficul- ty of crosemg this great barrier, there reaching the region of perpetual snow, and, if unable to do it, expected to winter in some cove or valley where there might be forests of evergreens, cedar espe- cially, which would furnish shelter, and probably ame, with some dried grass and soft wood tor their horses to live upon. The account of his coming to Taos, which 1s about a degree north ot St. Louis, is proof that he did not cross the Sierra Madre; and, as he came in for horses, he had pro- pably lost all his by the cold and deep snows which he encountered alter getting into the valley of the Del Norte. To judge ot that degree ot cold, aad depth of snow, 1 1s neceesary to referto what they were known to be at Santa I'e, on the 16th of De- cember, say two weeks after Mr. Fremont had crossed into the valley of the Del Norte. The Santa Fe hcam, received up to that day, says that the thermometer (Fahrenheit) was twenty de- grees below zero--(fitty-two degrees below the freezing point)—that the snows were over the backs of the horses in the gorges of the mountains —that a detachment of troops, with four guides, which had gone out in pursuit of some marauding Indiwns, had become involved in these enows and with difficulty extricated themselves—thut ail traveling was stopped—that persons had trozen to death—and that such prematurity and intensity of cold, and depth ot snow, had never been wit- nessed. This was at Santa Fe, about north latitude 35 degrees 40 seconds, longitude 106, and at an elevation of seven thousand feet above the level of the sea, At that same time Mr. Fremont and his party must have been about three degrees further north, and about halt a degree further west, and at an elevation (supposing the valley to continue rising to near its Gorge im the Sierra Madre) of near eight thousand feet. The cold, therefore, muet have been greater, and the snows deeper, then at Sante Fe—greater and deeper than the cold and enows which killed the thirty thousand horses of the French army in one night in Russia. It 1s probable, then, that Mr. Fremoat’s animals were all killed near the head ot. the Rito Grande del Norte. But the same probability does not hold with respect to hismen. They had resources which the poor animals had not. Besides, they knew their danger, ana were prepared for it. Mr. Fremont wrote trom Bent’s Fort— ight of the mountains—that he had his party m the most per- fect order, and every precaution taken for their safety. ‘They knew what cold w: Part of them had climbled the Sierra Nevada him, when half the horses perished, but no men. Part had crossed the Santa Barbara mountain with him, Christmas day, 1846, when above one hundred horses (Californian horses) perished in a day, butno men. It1s probable, then, that none of his men perished in this terrible cold, and thats the beliet of the best authority on the sub- ject That he came alone, as it was said, to Taos, 18 Go sign that his men were dead. It was his cus- tom, when his party were in danger, and needed rele, to go himself and bring 1t, fires making them as safe as ble, tohing two or three men with him (of whom his faithful servant Jaceb, now a meseenger to the Senate, was always one). That he was on foot, oaly proves the loss of the horses ; that he made three hundred and fifty miles, as re- ported, in nine days, 18 proof that his feet were not frozen ; that he went back with Major Beale, who went out with relief, 18 proof that he expected to relieve his mea, and enable them to comeia. It is probable that early in February he had them re- fitted and re-mounted in the settiemeats ot New Mexieo, and renewed his expedition, crossing the Sierra Madre lower down. This is the probable state of the party--horses loet, butne men, and the expedition baalked and delayed two or three monthe. " a The supposition that the party lost their way is wholly unwarranted. Mr. Fremont marked out his whole route before he set out, and he and his men knew, every day and every hour, where they were. He knew how to goto Taos, though he had never been there betore. = Hon. Willlam H, Seward and the Territori- ai Government for California: (From the National Intel:igencer, Muro’ 80.) Wasuinutor, March 20, 1649. Gentiemen—It has beem stated in some quarters that, “notwithstanding the Aliison letter, and the pre- vended pledges of General Taylor to icave all questions of legisiation entirely to mer ge) be wes found per- members of Congress to pass Mr. to sfter be had arrived at @ his personal influence was to extend ropriet ton Zof the Wilmot provi our nation’s capital, was to to @ measure, the effect of wi! slavery.” « 1 do mot pretend to know the grounds, or the autho- rity, on which this statement is made; bat [ think it Gus to Gencral Taylor to give to the public the fects which are within my knowledge, relating to the sub- ject. In the morning of the 3d of Mareh (the last day of the ff Congress) General Taylor, Mr. \t ty of State, and Me. terior, severally calle: som form of civil before Congress Neither of thore gentiemen indiest- Vex, PF ¢Xpreseed any opinion on the tio! extension of slavéty Witbin the terri- tory. What General Taylor did say on the subjest was, that he desired to substitute the rule of law and ordeg fog the bowie knife and revolvers. | repaired to the Cepltol, im oom ae Mr. Ewing, there I procured = copy of Mr. Walker's amendment, which | 4 not beforeread. I immediately prepare I en amendment of Mr Walker batitute fer it. Afterwards a 4 I discovered that ntemplated. very amendment.and hown it to Mr. Ewing, who left the wh wi ot of LJ to my own nt, 1 visited many members Hours ot oeronustiven and urged the adoption Mr. Vinton, Chairman of the Committee Waye and Mesne, soon informed me that the comait- tee would report the smendment With some slight modifications, to which | did mot object. i of the day im urging the ad nt of the Committee of Ways c the House. When it had bee: ed to the Senate chamber, ire the assent of the Sen. thi differe I spent the of disagree to th Committee jof Ways and Means of the House. well known that the whole design of s goverement for California failed by rearen of that disagreement. 1 am, very ily, your humble cervant, ILLIAM H. SEWARD. Tux Dust. —Another parcel of the gold dust re- ceived by the Crusader, was entered at the custom house this forenoon, by Capt. Phelps. It was va- lued at $22,060. The total amount entered thus tar 18 $126,199.— Boston Journal, Murch 29. Tar Puvraniry Bivt in Massacuusetrs.—The Senate are taking prompt action on thie bill. Yee terday it was referred tu the Committee of the Ju- diciary, Who reported, without delay, that it ought not to pass.—Bostom Courter, March 30. | NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. SENATE. [From the Albany Journal.) Avbany, Maroh 28, 1849—4 P.M. The Senate. in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Tread- well in the chair, resumed the consideration of the Lake Champlain Bridge bill, and, after debate, went through with the same. [The question on agreeing with the report of the committee was laid on the table for the present.} Se ade ataageapers nd the act tion ing gunpowder a the olty of New York.” orporate the New York and Havre Steam Na- gat Company. y_ Mr. Corvin, favorably on the bill to incorporate the Buffelo Savings Bant. Mr 8mirH laid on the table a concurrent resolution, Perdne for the adjournment of the Legislature en ‘edmesday, the llth day of April. ASSEMBLY. Atsany, Maroh 28, 1849—4 P. M. Mr. Campugit movedto make the bill in relation to the Habilties of stockholders in banks after 1450, the special t for Saturday next. moved that the select committe the Senate bill to amend the 133d section be Tequested to report the bill to the House praciioable. Agreed to. QUARANTINE BILL. ‘The House went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Elderkin in the chau, on the bill providing for the re- meval of the arantine. Mr Van Oxben opposed the bill. He proceeded to sbow that the excitement got up on Staten Island was Bore the resolt of the lax police regulacions at the Quarantine thanany thing else. It was not because there was, ne fly, danger from contagion, that this removal bt Nor was it because the butid- were insufficient, for they had cost nearly amillion of dollars. The chief object oltizens of Staten Island, in necking this remo- yal, was te make their beautiful island a looality for the villas of menof wealth Thi: a lnudable ob- ject; and if the public interests did not interfere, he ‘would be happy to gratify them. But under existing circumstenc.s he could not do 80; particularly when be Knew that whatever was offensive or dangerous in the imatitution wae the rerul' of neglect om the part The fees of tl . wand properly discharged their duties, would be lees cause for complaint. ‘I'o remedy evils complained of, the Commissioners of Emigration bad or would make efficient suggestions—euggestions which, if carried out, weuld do away with many of the if plaint Mr. V. O. then procesded at th to show thet Sandy Hook was not a proper for & quarantine. proposed. as an 11th section to the bill. a . allowing a boarding officer to reside at Staten island, who, at his discretion, might permit jels to pase 0 New York, or require them to return jue. Fantine at Sandy Hook. Mr F. eusteinedthe bill. The Present quarantine establishment was no quarantine atall. It was more a hospital establichment than a quarantine the He referre and to Sandy Hook, sn island containing 2000 beautiful cedar greve, so admirably located emed designed by nature for this very pur- He alluded. also, to the danger of having ti quarantine so near the city of New York.and tended that, with contagious diseases at Staten Island, it was next to impossible to preserve the city from the contegion. He referred particularly to the representa- tion, that if Sandy Hook was appropriated to quaran. it would be mecessary te crect a break. ied that this would be mecessary; or if ry, it would not be for the State, but for to build advocated the bill as of the great- It sought, pot because it was de- sired by t3¢ citizens of Staten nd merely, but be- cause it was for the interests of the whole State. It ‘was sought, becaure the present is mo quarantine establishment at all. It had been diverted trom ite ori- 2a was now « hug mn they reached 50 it cause , there are over 1,100 patients there, pen- ww ecutracted hoapitels, with two or three A miserable attendance beside—what y te this? Was it not disgraceful to. the State? The establishment had been madea rece) tacle for all classes of invalids, sent there, not legiti- mately, nor because they were sfilioted with contagious Giseares, but because the Emigrant Commissioners us- bility of deimg what they should not aimet the exercise of this power. but the commis- ho should never have had anything to do with tine,paid no attention to these protestations, The It was ceem im the pereone thus forced into ferred to the argument that a sixty feet insulation was as good as six miles. He would not debate that argu- went, for it was a question upon which “doctors dire gree.” But he woul ik gentlemen whether trey yeliow fever or cholera hos- their dwellings? Could they, that the citizens of Staten Island ave this Querantine removed? And yet, until the Quarantine hud been turned into ry ngraral poor-hour. 4 hospital, there was bat littie eald about removal, The ferry runs from New York to Staten Island every hour, and the track of the beat is direotly seross the anchorege of the vessels in Qua- tautine. There had beem numerous cases ef sinall x taken from the miasm: ‘as it wise to have a Quarantine thus public! Mr. 8. denied that the maces of the ear about the commerce of New York, who p> pored to remeval The pilots, too, wore opposed to re- mova). yy that Sandy Hook is not # good har- bor. But when did pliote learn this? Where were they when wreoked, bec y—We don’t deny that Sandy Hoek is a goed barbor fer pilot boats, but we do deny that it isa gcod harbor fer merchant: Mr. Smit then preceeded at length to analyse the testimony taken before the special committee, to show thet Sandy Hook wasa eike for the Quaran- tine—that no breakwater would be necessary —that the present Quarantine isa nuisance, and wholly insuffi cient, and that the health and the best interests of commerce and eom: humanity demanded the re- moval of the este: lich Mr. 8 , however, wae not fully eatistied with the present bill It was tee limitedin ite vi . The great port of New Yorkrhould have with spacious and sufficient nothing better before the a \e of the bill as of direct interest to the people of the whole State aud of the world. The Pisce question, preliminary to action upon this ill was, whether the present Quarantine was suffi- olent? Jf t was not—and this was his opinion—should it not be removed, rather than enlarged? Or if the present location renders an efficient police impraeti- cable, was it not probable that a more lice could be recured by carrying the Quarantine tos point mere remote from the city, where there would be fewer ercroachments upop its grounds? He believed the public weal required the removal of the Quarantine ; and, in his opinion, if a vote could be taken in the city of New York, ninety. nine in every hundred would vote fer removal. Mr. Peacey—I have just returned fi visit of to ork; end although ts, | met with but id two of those last week lobbying for it. The monly argued from whet he supposed would naturally be the with of sensible who would be properly desirous of keeping the city free from pestilen oF contagious diseaser, He argued, at length, to show that there would be much greater ity at Sendy Hook than at Staten Iniand, and that this alone was a sufficient reston f~ removal, t erent dd And buildings dould #1G to pat up a new estediieh- ity of the present, was aa in- of But no mat- pense might be—no were toe the wy! ra if the public health ded reraovul, the change should be made. The Speaker referred particularly tot impropriety of giving the Em Commilesioners power to send sick emigrants mit the purview of an infected hoepital. sioners had too much power. They had too te control over the quarantine establishment, and mach of the mischief complained of in that establish ment, be traced to the manner fn which this power hed éroleed. He coneluded with am expression of thatthe ey) sg " LOA Opposed the lew York dolega- oth houses, were peek opposed tert, nd he doubted whether any one of that dete gation bad been relicited by = very rerpectadle numoer of hie constituents to vote for this bill Recess to 74 Pelock. Waicic EVENING sEasion—T¢ O’olock. The Quarantine bill was debated untii 10 o’clook, and ‘Those commis. the enacting claure strickem out by a vote of 20 to 25. ‘The question of ogresing ith the of the eom- mittee of the whole was = Pr B spirits. Mr, FLovp, favorably on the bill In relation te the By Mr, Frorp, claisa of tho State against the ball of the Treasurer of Onondago county. Mr. 8, H, P, Hatt, favorably on the bill to settle the claim of the Trustees of Canandaigua om the town of Canandaigua. A Dill was reported complete and sent.to « third , to provide neation to count rviees under the det of April ae, inde and securities im the hands of the elerk of the Court of Appeals, Ass Maroh 29. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Sprague. URRY the bill increasing th of Su powers of Boards pervisors. Mr. L. W Smirn, complete, the bill for the preserva- von of. J vat ie Mouresand other counties, Roneatson had leave to offer a resolution ® gold medal for Lieut. David A. Russell. Mr. Moway offered s resolution im relation to the Geological Survey. Laid o der the rule. Mr. Cross moved to mal New York Wherfage xt. Agreed to. the Health Offlcer 12 0’cloek. Ob- Mr. roviding eferred BILLS READ A THIRD TIME AND PASSED. To amend the act for more effectually previding for common school education in the city of New York. Further to ai id th in lom to foreign in- business in this State, 00 premiums, to be and villages of this Concerning the salary or compensation of superin- tendente of the peor in the county of Kings. To provide for the publication of the Colonial Mis- tory of the State. TO ENLARGE THE POWERS OF BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS, Mr. W.S. Smith stated that he understood that the friends and opponents of the quarantine bill had had an informal understanding in regard to a compromise bill, and he wishe: ject referred to a select com- i . He suggested # committee of nine, at least of whom should be taken from the city of New York. This proposition was objected to. Mr. Vaknum asked unanimous consent to introduce @ dill te provide for a rpecial quarantine at Sandy Hook. Graated; When the bill was referred to committee on com- merce and navigation, Reoess, (From the Albany Argus, March 29, Senator Little, we are Bappy to state, has returned nt Di it in the Senate, after a protracted and severe ners. The bill amendatory of the obarter of the city of New York, passed the two ho The use submitting the bill to 1 oF rejection, , of which there was a large number, pasted the house yesterday, as they came from the Canal Committee of that body. These bills appropriate direotly the sumof $1,200,000 to the enlargement, and to the two unfinished canals; berides nearly balf million more, being the sum due fromthe general fund to the canal fund for moneys borrowed 0: count of the former. In addition, there are re appropriations of the moneys that may Saexpap eed of former appropriations, at tl b at of the oamal debt falling due in July, and of camal damages accruing prior to Jane, 1846, and to be adjucted under existing laws, provision is also made, in part by am issue of stock, under the usual restrictions. The main provisions of these bills aregivenin our report. ‘Tue Late Fatat Expiosion at ALLEGHENY, Pa. —The cotton bars factory belonging to the Mesere. Fife, of Al dpe City, was destroyed esterday, by the explosion ot the steam voller. he accident occurred about eleven o’clock in the morning. It is said there were eighteen persons in the building at the time ot the catastrophe, and itis gine egiht or ten were killed and wound- ed. ‘The buraung of the boiler undermined the furnace stack, and with it came down the walle ot the whole building, crushing beneath it those who were insiae * Among the crushed and mangled bodies recover- ed, are Miss Elizabeth Stanley; Mr. Fite, one of the proprietors; Miss Fife, daughter of the de- ceased; and another whose name has notyet been ascertained. Mr. Bell, one of the firm, was killed, a his body had not been discovered when we it. Miss Graham, Miss Reed, and others, were bad- ly, though not dangerously, scalded. They were taken to the house ot Mr. H’ Campbell, contigcous te the scene of destruction, and their wound, promptly dressed. Doctors Dale, Reed, Murry, and others, were promptly sent for, and tendered efficient services to the distressed persons. The factory was totally consumed by fire after the explosion took place. Several private dwell- 3nge adjoining the factory were also burnt. “calamity has epread a gloom upon the countenance of the citizens of our sister city. Ithas not been ascertained how the accident happened—whether from neglect on the part of the engineer, or from a defect in the boiler. While we were at the fire, one of the chimney stacks of the burnt dwellings fell, and covered four men, who were assisting to check the flames. They were seriously injured, but we have not learned of the death of any of them. One of the sufferers, whose bowels were protruding from the abdomen, was catried away ena litter. The body ot Mr Bell was discovered about three o’clock P. M., completely crushed aad ere burned.-Puttsburgh (Pa.) Journal, March Furtwer Particutars.—It is positively asserted that but four persons were killed at the urtortunate explosion of the cotton batting factory in Allegheny city, on Monday morning, viz:—James Fite, and duvghter; Miss Eliza’ Stanley aad William Bel. There were just seventeen persons in the buildin, e time of the accident—four killed, four acalled and bruised, and the others uninjured, some of them almost miraculously saved. it was not five minutes after the explosion before the building was completely prostrated and enveloped in flames. 2 A son of Mayor Rush was engaged inthe picture frame manutactory on tne third story, with Mr. Lyons, the proprietor, at the time of the accident. He states that when the roof fell in they prostrated themselves on the floor, and the benches and trus- sele prevented the timbers from erushing them. From this they immediately made their way to the roof, when, finding it sinking, they jumped u,on the roof of an adjoming building, from which they reached the ground n nafety. " A Mr. Bolton, who was 1n the wool carding fac- tory ef Mayor Rush, was badly bruised by the falling timbers, but what the extent of hie injuries are have not yet been fully developed. The scalde and otherwise wounded, are said to be doing well, and hopes are entertained that they will all recover. There were six houses belonging to Mrs. Me- Gonigal, destroyed by the fire. She had an in- surance on a@ portion of the loss. Most of the buildings were small frames. A brick house be- Jonging to the same proprietress, was also serious- ly injured. Two houses Cad _by the Messrs, Bite. were also consumed. ‘e did not learn that there was any insurance. Loss buttrifling, as one wi log tenement, one of the first in thai city. Mayor Rush lost about $800, in machinery and stock, by the fire. About $600 of his fixtures, machinery, &c., and some $200 worth of w belonging to the neighboring farmers, who had depesited it for the purpese of carding. ir. Andrew Fife, partner in the establishment, and brother of James Fife, the deceased, was at- tending to the engine at the time the accident oc- cured. The story of ayoung lad having char is entirely untrue. The boiler he says, was cleanse: fiom all sediment on Saturday week ; however, there were workmen employed aboutthe premises, who allege that this could not well have been done without their knowledge, as mae te about until late in the evening, and suw nothing of the kind altempted. The evidence of mud and sed:ment— more then well could have accumulated in two weeks—is clearly evinced on the ;walls of the bur'dingg in the rear of ine engite house. Several experienced engineers have examined the boiler, and give it as their decided opinion that there waea detect in the heads of the boiler —bad metal and imperfect castings—and that from this cause may be mainly attributed the unfortu- nate and.melancholy accident. The bodies of the deceased were followed to Mount Union Cemetery, yesterday, by the largest concourse of citizens ever witnessed ata funeral in Allegheny city. The procession started at the hour appointed in the forenoon yesterday.—- Pitteburgh Journal, March 28. Moax or THe Hurricasg in Kentucny.—The Louisville, (Ky.) Democrat, ot the 24ih inst , gives the following letter relative to the late burrieane i it State:— pcr, Croverrort, March 21, 1849. Last night one of the most tremendous tornados thet ever visited our section of county, passed through the vicinity of Hardineburg, in this coun- ty. Houses, fences, trees, and everything were ewept down in its course. The house of Mr. Tao- mas Scott, two miles east of Hardinesburg, blown down to the foundation, and parts of it were | Pleces. was | from view. This is related by eye-witnesses, Our Philadelphia Correspondence: Puicapgtruia, March 30, 1849. The Weather—Mr. Grover’s Will—Firemen's Pa- rade—The Hinchman Case-- The Italran Opera— Markets, Stock Sales, 4c. The sun hes made its appearance, and there 1s every indication that the present month will go out very lamb-like to-morrow, with a bright sunny day, to allow the ladies to promenade in Chesnut street, for which this long spell of wet weather has rendered them anxioue. It 1s said that the late Thomas D. Grover, of Southwark, though leaving behind him an estate of $200,000, devised a scanty annuity of $300 toa brother, who, not as fortunate as himeelf in the pur- suit of riches, labors as a mip carpenter in the Navy Yard toearn a support for his family, and this annuity 18 not to commence until eight years after the date of tne testator’s death. By the will,a large amount was set apart to pay specified sums every year, for the supply of the poor of Southwark with eoupand wood. The widow was left an an- nuity of $1,200; but haviag no children, she has decided not to claim under the will, but to appeal to the common law, which will award her the half of the estate, as feabl ts rights. _ The firemen, having had their triennial parade, shorn of much of its beauty by the storm which prevailed during Tuesday, have 1 contemplation a repetition of iton the first of May next. The argument in the Hinchman case was post- poned, this morning, in consequence of the sick- ness of a juror. The director of the Italian Opera proposes to ive twenty representations at the Chesnut street Theatre, to commence on the 9th ot April, pro- vided the number ot subscribers previous to the Ath instant will warrant rhe undertaking. MARKETS. The flour market has mot yet recovered from the Inactivity caused by the late wet weather, and the sales to-day are confined to small parcels of common brands for export ‘be quotations for extra brands ih elty @ at 30 ote. STOCK SALES. First Board—180 Girard 12%; 10 Mech & Mfg. Ptg. 48; $1000 Coal Scrip 76%; $6540 77;1 Nor Amer BK. 124; 60 Girard 125; $2600 Harrieburg{6's 86; $6000 do 86; $tut0 Penne. 6 Tb%; 85000 do. 76%; 60 Morrie 6%; 106 Girard 12%. Boar d—100 Reading RR. bonds 83; 160 Motels Canal 6X4; 800 Reading Mort. bonds 60; 400 U.S Loan 6’, 768, 109; $2000 State 6's 76%- $800 do, 78%; 26 Girard 194. Whe President and the | From the National Iatelligencer.) The New York Evemmg Post of the 2lst in- stant, contained an article, alludingto the Presi- dent and his cabinet, from which we quote the following passages :— “The following letter seems to indicate that our ym the principal question ef the day (th ry question] are not to the taste of thore gentle “DerantMent oy State, “Wasninaton, March 17, 1840 \To the Proprietors of the New York Evening Post: ‘GuntLemen:—I am directed to inform you that the subscription to your paper on the part of this Depart- ment is discontinued. “You will pleaee tranrmit your account to the date of your reception of this notice, for payment. “] am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, “EDWARD STUBBS, Register. “When we eensider the desire of Gen ‘Taylor thet Comgtess should adopt the scheme of Walker, which contemplated the foteidin J of California into an abso- lute pripolpality under the President, who was to be the arbiter of th ve question within its boundaries. we could not expected that the Evening Pust should be regarded with particular favor by the State Department, Thefact thst, after he ca ipgton in February, Gen. Tsylor interet favor of th eme, and was anxious that it should get-a mejority in the House of Representatives, is not denied by any paper in Washington, and will not be.”” And ina speech delivered by Mr. J. R. Gid- dinge, at Warren, in Ohio, since hie return home from Congress, and published in the Cleveland Herald we find the following assertion :— “* Notwithetamding the Allison letter, and the pre- tended pledges of Gen. Taylor to leave all questions of tirely to Co! e was found perron- f Congress to pass Mr, Walker's tached as it was te the Appro- priation bill, The movement of the fast friend of the Wilmot Proviso, after he had arri tion’s capital, was te give bis personal in: measure the effect of which was to extend slavery.” The above articles reached us from different uartere about the same time, and, satisfied that they misrepresented the motives and condact of the President in the matter referred to, we have tuken some pains to ascertain the facts in the case, and now beg briefly to state them. — Tt was very natural that the President and his friends should, in common with all the triends of the country, anxiously desire that some law should ase Congress to enable the Executive to govern California; to prevent those scenes of riot and bloodshed which have disgraced the new [territo- nies in their present state of unbridled anarchy ; to subject the people, and especially the multitudes now proceeding to the gold region, to the salutary restraints of law and order ; and to redeem our soleinn treaty obligation with Mexico to maintain a government for the protection of the country we had obtained from her. The President and his friends were doubtless earnestly desirous that Con- ees should fully enable him wo gee the laws faith- ully executed in Calitormia and New Mexico. But we e:n take upon ourselves to say, that it is un- true that either he or they expressed vet haben! ce fur Mr. Walker’s amendment over Mr. Webster’s, or any other preposition equally effective with | either toattain the desired end. His object was the ectebliehment of government ot some sort, and either provieion would have satisfied him which appeared most acceptable to Congress It is ua- founded and malicious to represent him as having | sought to throw his weight either for or against the d | free soil party. Should the free eoul party, or any portion of it, | hereafter be detected in any act evinzing a delibe- Tate purpoee to prevent the formation of any civil overnment 1p Calitornia or New Mexico, 80 as to | aod up'the agitation between the North and the | South, for sectional party objects, the President | mey find it to be his solemn duty to frown ind-g+ | nantiv on that, as not merely the firet dawning, but the “perfect day,” of an attemptto alienate one portion of the Union trom another. | agpinepre tiny tiglenemeen | AppITIONAL PaxricuLaRs oF THe FLOOD IN THE | Intinois River.—The Peru (Ill ) Telegraph, ot the | 18th inet., eaye:—The river has risen to an unpre- | cedented ‘hewht—higher than in 1838, or even in | 1&1, according to the report of the “ eldest [ndian living.” On Wednesday, about noon, the ice com- mercedto break and move in large masses. As it rose, it took, in many cases, the shrubbery along with it. One mass of several acres passed, which | seemed a floating island, haviog trees upon it of | some twenty or more feet in height, and aferry | boat (belonging to Mr. Owens,) safely tied to | them, Many houses have been moved from their foundations ‘aud greatly injured, and some have been dashed to pieces. “Two farm houses belong- | ing to Mr. Owens, on the opposite side of the river, t made theirexit. Next, onthis side of the river ‘building, erected by Mr. Cooper, but now longing to Mr. Fowler, and the house of Mrs. a be | Sawyer—the new house «f Mr. Owens on the flat building known as the Steamboat Hotel, be- to Mr. Kenyon—the warehouse ot Mr. | all made shipwreck, und were dashed -to | Some other buildings were broken and moved from their places, aud considerable other demoge was owes The morriant at ant Me very slow, and large masses of ice were piled up in pent of some Duidings: which afforded them protection. Besides, but a small part of the ice as yetison the move. Alter about three o’clock, the river in front of the town was seen in every direc- tion. The water continued to rise uatil this morn- ing, but until the presenttime, Thursday afternoon, no more damege was done. The water is about 22 feet above low water mark, asd is about three inches deep on the floor of the American Hotel.— It has commenced to fall stightly, but from the vast amount of ice above, there are serious apprehen- sions mp dep damage yet to be dune. Report says, that on Wednesday, four men were seen altempt- ing to come in a skiff from the other side—that the skifl was crushed in the ice, and the men, after | heing seen attempting to save themselves, were foe) circumstances and the fact that none are missing | —the longi: ‘aul, found one mile off. Mr. Scott and one child were pm ei {the river, so far as we have killed and Mrs. Scott and Miss Scott are 80 much fravss ieteee ee to believe that there is some proised and mangled that they are not expected to Jive; all the reat of the family are more or less crippled or dreadfully mangled. Also, the hause ot Mr. |, one mile south of Hurdinaburg, was blown to the ground, and, as I am informed, not leaving one brick upon another, and crippling | family of Mr. Blaiedell, have been discharged, every one of the family. Other houses were blown down 1 its course, but we have not heard ot any other deathe. Itis now only 12 o0’clock, and it 18 twelve miles from this place to where the | Cheney, and that Cg hal disaster mentioned took place, and we have not had time to hear what has been done in its course out of the vicinity of Hardineburg. mistake about 1t. Boston Porsonina Case.—Mr. Jona cmity wae wife, who were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the recent poisoning in the TWO CENTS, Our Baltimore Correspondence, Battimorz, March 30, 1849. Baltimore Postmaster—House of Refuge—A Triple Conspwracy— Custom Howse Expenses—Concerts — Theatricals— Map kets, §c. The appointment of Poetmaster of Baltimore, as well as ot all the principal post offices in the country, may be contidently expeeted to be an- nounced before to-morrow night, as the fisca, quarter of the department closes with the presen’ month, It has alway been customary to make re movalsat the close of the quarter, and it 1s under- "tood here that the applicants, or at least the appli- cations, were yesterday under consideration in executive council, and will be decided on to-day. The custom house changes will not be made until the first of May. Our City Couneil yesterday appropriated $10,000 towards the establishment of a house of refuge, to which they anticipate the State wiil add some thing, and aleo a good sum will be raised to fi ther the work, {rom our philanthropic fellow-citi+ zens. Balumore is behind all her sister cities in the establishment of a house of retuge, and now that the foundation ot the structure nas been laid, I doubt not thit it will soon be in the course of coastruction. Give any projectja'start 1n Baltimore, and it wall soon be finshed. I yesterday stated in my letter, that James Rod- bird and Richard Stephens, captain and mate of the brig Amesbury, of Gardiner, Maine, had been arrested and committed to prison, on the charge of attempting to sell a free negro boy asaslave. It has since been ascertained, however, that the real names of the two men arrested are George W. Brown and William Healey, two hands, who weie diecharged, a few days since, from on board the Amesbury, and, in this guilty transaction, had as- sumed the names of the captain and mate of the vessel. The expences of the Baltimore Custom House, under General Marriott, have been nearly double ae much per apnum as under his two predeces- sors, and the number of persons Miaplovedare more than double as numerous, although it isa meian- choly fact that the business of our port has not in- creased in anything like the same ratio. In 1839, the number of persons employed by the Collector was 41, and now the number is 90. What they all do, it would be rather difficult to imagine. Certain whigs, who began to fearthat the present Collector would be retained, have laid these facts before the Secretary of the Treasury. : ‘Signora Tedesco’s grand concart will take place this evening, at Carroll Hall, having been post- poned on account of the weather. The series of quartette concerts | Bivea by Charles and Adele Hohnestock are well atteaded. They are subscription concerts, a ticket eden tring one person to the four being scld at $2 50, or $l tor the single concert. I learu that two hundred tickets for the course were seld. They are consi- dered tip-top perionners here. Miss Julia Dean continues to attract Cue a houses at the Museum, notwithstanding the bi weather of the past week. MARKETS. ‘The flour market is quiet, and prices have further declined, Sales thie morning of 800 bbls. Howard street brands at $456. and subsequent’y some 800 bble. more at $4 50. being w further decline of 634 cents per bbl. ‘The last rales of City Mills were at $4625. Corn meal is dull-we quote at $2250 $2373¢, and rye flourat $8 18 a $3 265 per bbl. The receipts of wheat are very light. Wi cente a $1, and white nomi white corn at 42 @ 44 os: Rye 68 cents Oata de cents per bushel. The travrac‘ionsin provisions Deen smell. We quote mess pork at $11 @ gli 60; ime, $9 » $9.50; wees beef, $14; ealesof No, 1 at $12; n, hog round 6 cent ; shoulders, 5% @ 6349; sides, 6 a 6) ® 10cents, Sales of lard in bbls at 6)¢ cents. ata l0cents. Salesof lard in bbls at 63, din kege at 7 a 734 cents per lb. Grecerier ady; Rio coffee, 6% a 7% eants pertb. Rice, $3 9 $8 18% per L0Olbs Whiskey is selling t 22 cents in bhds., and 23 » 23} eeats per gallon, STOCK SALES. Money bas become atill more stringent, grits nite @ limited amount of business in stosks, ani inging the rate of interest on the street fully up to amonth. At the close, all kinds of stocks have rather a drooping tendency, with the exception, perbaps, of State ks. The following ate the rates that prevailed at the stock board yesterdey : Public Loanr— United States , 1868, 11036 bi Lest bard 6! io deterred 96. bid, 96 di; Bal H 78 bid; Baltimore and Ohio Railway bonds, (6%) 88 bid; do, do. dividend do. 85 bid, 88 asked, Horry Morver at Sanvy Hitt, Mp.—It has never betore been our dutyto publish so awful an event as occurred at Sandy Hill, in this county, on Friday morning last, the 23d inst, James Biard Bishop, a young man of hign standing in society. and of the most respectable family con- nexions, was shot down by the Rev, Thomas J. Burrows, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, stationed at Chestertown, in this State. The circumetancer, it seems, are as follows :— Burrows, come time during the past year, married at Sandy Hill, a highly respectable lady, of consi- derable property, name Hollaad; but this match was strongly opposed by many of the friends and relatives of the lady. Among the nimber who took a part in this opposition, as Burrowssupposed, was this unfortunate victim—youvg Bishop. Sub- seguent to his appointment to the Chestertown cir- cuit, and thordy after he took charge of the same, he wrote a lengthy and abusive article to be ‘pub- lished as an advertisement 1a this paper, (aad de- sired the usual charge snould be pee As it,) re- specting Dr. George W. Bishop, brother to ihe eceased, at Sandy Hill. Ia this article he cast some ffretaly immodest and slanderous reflections upon the character of the yoang man whom he slew. The communication referred to, we retueed to publish, not only because we knew the state- ments and inuendoes to be untrue and malicious, which was of itself a sufficient cause tor ite rejec- ion, but beceuse of his deei the authorship to be kept cecret, uuless it was demanded to be known by the parties attacked. Tne uacle of the young man, George W. Bishop, of this place, hear- ing of the existence of such a letter, called upon us for it, and without hesitation we surrendered it to him; and upon the deceased’s desiring to see it, we learn it was shown tohim. These seem to be the remote causes of an unpleasant teeling be- tween Burrows and Young Bishop—the immedi- ate one, it appears, was a demaod on the part of tl urt room without a stain upon their ig The gil eee ee arr ataad that fabricated the sto Store ie written by herself. —Bostom Traveller, Mare David Wilder, jr. has been vleoted State Auditor by the Massachusetts Legislature, Bishop for money owing nim by Burrows, wen, as Burrows alleges, but of which there 1s no proot, Bishop, in calling on him, on the moraing of Fri- day, said, ‘unless you pay me I will pay you,” and raised bis leit hand, as sf to strike, whe: Burrows drew ‘rom his beast-pocket one of Colt’ six-barrel revolvers, and fired the contents of one barrel at him, the ball taking efleet in the left breast. He fell at once to the earth and was a corpee in five minutes, even before he could be borne to a house close athand. The ouly witness who saw and heard a partot the difficulty states that beth | of young Bishop’s hands were in his pockets when the ptetol was fired. He feil with hia left hand under his head, and his right one ia hisover coat pocket He was an enterprising youag farmer, of about 25 years of age, and universally esteemed \ for his correct deportment, and admired tor his peaceable, quiet disposition. Burrows has been in the ministry about four years. He 18 about 26 ears of age, and ot rather prepossing appearance. 18 education, however, is very limited, and he possesees but a moderate share of talent. His a native of Cambridge, in Dorchest-r county, and, while a lad, snetained a good repntation fer piety and incustry; but eince his arrival at age, and elevation to the ministry, his g-neral character has not been without blemish. After he had com- mitted the deed, he quirtly aud coolly walked over to a farm near the village ‘oni by ae wife, nd alter attending to some business there, re- ad alter it eice of Captain J. M. Holland, where he was stopping, and where he was shortly alter arrested, without resistance, and brought to Snow Holl. During the whole day he was er- fectly composed, ate neartily, and his manner had rather the air of the bravado aboutit; eimce, we learn he has seemed penitent. H+ was commitied to jail on the oath ot Mr. Selby, to whom, amon: othere, he had made a confession of the deed, an will be tried at the M-y term of our court, unless he claime a change of venue ; in which event, it is probable his case will be carried to Dorchester county. We understand he has employed the on, Jas. A. Pearce, of Kent county, as hie lead- ing counsel to defend him.— Snow Hill (Md.) Shield, March 27. Movem if Individuals. The following constituted « portion ef yesterday's arrivals, at theandermentioned:hotels :— Aaron—Geo. H. Howard, North rs Bishop Doone, Lae ae x eriesivorel and Hortioultucal Fair, to be s i held et Circinmatt, mext fall