The New York Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1849, Page 2

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STUYVESANT INSTITUTE, Brondway—Yanxux IHr11's Enrerrainment. =New York, Wednesday, April 11, 1849. — The,Charter Electlon—A Whig Victory. At sunset yesterday, the struggle between the parties, for the control of the city government, ter- minated, and the returns will be found in another eolumn. They are as perfect and complete as w® could make them, up to the hour of our going to press. It will be perceived that the whigs have elected their candidate for the Mayoralty, Caleb S. Wood- hhull, Esq., by a large mejority, and that gentle- man will, accordingly, be our next Mayor. This will, no doubt, be a surprise to many who expect- ed, from the quasi union between the barnburners and old hunkers, that their joint nominee would have been elected triumphantly. But the two fac- tions did not coalesce as fully as was expected.— ‘The hunkers repudiated Mr. Van Schaick, and many of them either voted directly for the whig nominee, from pure spite, or did not vote for any candidate for that office. Some of them were heard to declare that they would prefer voting for ‘a negro candidate in preference to a barnburner, #0 great is the feeling of hostility existing between them. The whigs have, also, probably carried a majority of the Common Councilmen in both branches, as well as their judiciary and other can- didates, but by rather a reduced majority. The whigs, therefore, have acquired perfect con- trol of our municipal government ; and if they con- duct it in an economical and conscientious man- ner, they may retain power here as long as they Please. They have a fair chance to do this, as the amendments to the charter have, doubtless, been accepted. With one or two trifling ebullitions, the election ‘was conducted in a most peaceable and quiet man- ner, and without reference to any thing connected with the general administration at Washington. — We refer our readers to the returns. The New AdminIistration—Its Position and Prospects. It is now nearly six weeks since General Taylor entered the White House as President of the United States, and assembled about him a new ad- ministration, selected from the leading men of the whig party, from different sections of the country. From his first induction into office, to the present day, the great body of the community, of both par- ties, have been quietly watching and noting the progrees of the new administration, with deep and abiding interest. The election of General Taylor was undoubtedly a civil revolution in our public affairs. He came up before the country asa can- didate in opposition to all cliques, to all factions, borne by the shoulders and supported by the inde- pendent action of the masses, without regard to the ties of faction or party. At first, a great por- tion of the democratic party showed indications of settling on him as their candidate ; but the power and ambition of their leaders threw him out of his chances, and left him to be selected by the inde- pendent masses, principally attached to the whig party, who gave him the nomination. In the course of his nomination and election he disclosed his views and purposes to a certain extent; and it was the moderation of those views and the high moral character of those principles, which were the foundation of his success, and led to his triumph. His letters before his election, and his address after his inavguration, have disclosed, toa certain ex- tent, the principles on which the new administra- tion is to be conducted; and his cabinet, whatever may have been their particular views of public policy heretofore, pledged themselves, by accepting office under such disclosures, to abide by the prin- ciples and purposes which were identified with the nomination and election of General Taylor him- self. This administration, collected together by Gen. ‘Taylor, has been in office six weeks; and what hre its position and prospects? With regard to the general policy affecting the great interests of the country, no special or minute developement has ye been made, or can be made until the next meet™ ing of Congress. On the subject ef the tariff, in- ternal improvements, the currency, the extension of slavery to the new territory, or other matters of public interest, the inaugural address has disclosed oll that can be known until the day of practical action and legislation shall have come round. On these great questions, however, jt is obvious that Gen. Taylor has marked out for himself and his cabinet a moderate, wise, digni- fied and cautious policy. He may be in favor of specified duties, instead of ad valorem, and a tariff can be constructed on such a principle, as advanta- geous to the interests of the country, as any other, He may be in favor of some modification of the sub-treasury law; but this can be done with- out running to any extreme. In the matter of the extension of slavery, it is difficult to say exactly what the policy of the new administration may be, althcugh seme portion of the cabinet, from their pesition and previous history, are known to be in faver cf one line of action, and another disposed to a different one. Under the all-powerful influence of the General himself, we have no doubt that a high, dignified and national course of policy will he discussed between this day and the meeting of the next Congress, and that such a policy will be agreed vpon as will promote the great interests of the country, and satisfy the masses of both partie liewever so much it may be disliked by the leaders of the two old foétions, But while the general policy of the administration is thus left partly in abeyance, for disoussion and solution, during the course of the summer, another important branch of its policy has demanded, and still demands, instant decision, and that is princi pully in reference to the tenure of publi offices, or the policy and extent of removing all incumbents, d a) pointing other men to their places. On this jmportuut question many things have been deve- loped and have taken place during a few weeks, which show evidently that there is same difference of opinion in the cabinet on this important point, and that the course of conduct on the subject, declared by Gen, Taylor before his nomination, and adhered to since his inauguration, is not con- curred in by a certain portion of those whom he has called to fill the high places in the government. The leading organs of the two old parties—whig and democratic—appear to be dissatisfied with thecourse of the administration—the one because too few removals have been made, and the other that too many office-holders have been already displaced. We might fill columns of our paper with extracts from the Washington Union, and other affiliated journals, on the one side, deprecating the removals that have already taken place ; and we find in the leading whig journals—such as the Courier and Enquirer of New York, the North American of Philadelphia, and in others—articles deprecating the policy of not appointing, and expe- diting the removal from office of many ef the old incumbents, and the appointment of some of the multitude of office-beggars and others, who have been crowding together at Washington for a few weeks past. Here is a sample, taken from the Cou- rier and Enquirer of yesterday :— Wasninatox, April 5, 1849. ‘The result of the election in Connecticut, if it indi- cates anything, discloses the necessity for prompt and vigorous action on the part of the administration. Afier the long period of probation and exclusion which the whig party has suffered, it is not unreasonable that, upon coming into power, and finding all the offices filled with men whose vocation it has been to denounce and stigmatize their principles, they should require ag- surance that their rights of equality in the administra- tion of the government, will be fully protected, ‘When Mr. Polk was installed. he found most of tho public offices filled by men who had been his devoted rtizans in th vass of 1844, and many of whom had been appointed with « view to the influence which they could exercise in promoting his cleetion, The necessity which now appears did not then exist; and et, notwithstanding this fact, he procoeded to reward | his’ peculiar friends, to the proscription of those who had been equally zealous, but who had adhered to the personal fortunes of Mr. ‘Tyler throughout his term of office. | When the opposition press, therefore, undertakes to | clamor against changes, they only discover the spirit | of selfishness which has characterized their whole | career, and which has sought, by fair means or foul, to monopolize all the honors and emoluments of the fede- ral patronage. If the administration has been remiss at all, it has been in the toleration which it has exhi- bited towards unscrupulous enemies, who, besides be- ing unfit for the trusts which they enjoy, have rendered themselves obnoxious, by # most indecent prostitution of their places in electioneering. ‘There is no principle of right, reason or forbearance, by which a large pro- portion of the present office-holders can expect to be retained, ‘They have violated every propriety, offended decency, and Taised the black flag of proscription against ‘every man and every principle bearing the name of whig, or suspected of having the remotest sympathy or affinity with that conservative party, whose aim and ambition has been, to restrain the oxe- cutive power within the limits of the constitution, and to cheek movements which have tended to the destruc- tion of free institutions. While political divisions continue to exist, no party can be sustained which attempts to act upon the policy of punishing its friends and rewarding its enomies. In tho Presidential election, the people dicided, not only that the administration should be changed, but that corrupt and reckless place-holders should be dis- placed. It was proclaimed at tho ballot-box, that the government should be purified, both in its measures and men, On this point there can be no doubt, The popular verdict, justice, and an honest regard of the rights of those who represent aymajority of free voters, imperatively demand that the proscription by which the whig party has been excluded from oftico for near!; a quarter of @ century, should now be proscribe While caution and discretion should be observed, there should also be vigor and efficiency in dispensing the public patronage. While doubt is permitted to & confidence cannot be infused, and without that sion, after such a success as was witnessed in Novem- ber last, produced as it was, by a determined and pa- triotic effort, against the ¢ ed intluenco of an un- scrupulous opposition and an organized corps in the pay of government, the party cannot be brought to dis- charge its entire duty, ‘This fact had better be under stood now, then after more unfortunate results. The election in Connecticut, to whatever cause our defeat may be ascribed, is full of instructive admonition, by which the administration may profit, at least in mea- suring the magnauimity of its opponents. The writer of this article is generally believed to be identical with the writer of similar letters in the North American, of Philadelphia. He is in the confidence of Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, and the tone of this and similar articles in both of those papers have been the same for some time past, in relation to the necessity of vigorously proceeding in the business of removing from office. It is very evident that General Taylor, when he made his declarations before the election and reiterated them afierwards, never intended them tobe empty and without meaning ; and no better proof of the sin- cerity of the Chief Magistrate could be found, than in the caution and deliberation with which he pro- ceeds in the matter, notwithstanding the clamor of those who have been removed, and that of the hungry ones who want office, and who pretend to be his friends, supporters and advisers. There can be no doubt that a certain portion of General Tay- lor’s cabinet (and it is very easy to designate them, if necessary) are engaged in prompting those singu- lar effusions which appear in the leading whig or- gans of New York and Philadelphia, and which are calculated to press on the President the necessity of a more indiscriminate removal from office, and more and quicker appointments of the hungry crowds who are at Washington. There is a spirit in the cabinet of a very ultra whig character, and it possesses, too, energy and decision, calculated to overcome the reluctance of the President in pro- ceeding to such lengths, even to the repudiation of all the pledges and promises which he gave us be- fore the election, and which he renewed in his n- augural address from the steps of the capitol. It was a similar spirit which broke down the administra- tion of poor Captain John Tyler, and scattered the power, influence, and elements of the whig party, in those days, to the winds of heaven for the four years succeeding. The whig journals of that day, in their eagerness for the spoils, and without regard to propriety or moderation, pursued a policy some- what similar to that which we perceive the Cou- rier and Enquirer and the North American are ad- vocating at the presentday. Weare persuaded, however, that they will find that the Chief Magis- trate, now in the White House, is made of diffe- rent materials to those which formed him who oc- cupied it after the demise of poor Gen. Harrison. If any portion of the present cabinet are discovered mtriguing with the rabid portion of the press of either the whig or democratic party, for the pur- pose of coercing or forcing General Taylor to a violent course of action in relation to removals and appointments, and thus to violate the voluntary pledges which have thus far accompanied his po- litical career, we are perfectly satisfied that the old chief has the sagacity, energy, and promptitude to set such portion of his cabinet right, or to lay them aside and replace them with better, more compre- hensive, and more moderate materials. If any principle was better developed in the revolution which brought General Taylor into power than another, it was that of high-toned moderation, and the absence of party proscription in the use of the public patronage—the appointment to office, or the removal of incumbents. On that principle the new President pledged himself to return to the high- minded policy and moderation of the early history of the republic. The violence, rapacity, hunger, and rabidness after office, which has characterised the last twenty years, and disgraced both parties to a lamentable extent, has received, as yet, no countenance from Gen. Taylor, and we trust that he has firmness and vigor enough to resist all the clamor of the office-seekers or office-holders of all deceriptions, and their organs, whether they be- long to the demceratic or the whig press. The first symytoms of any attempt to Tylerize the new administration, thus disclosed in the correspon- dence and editorial tone of those two leading whig organs, the North American, of Philadelphia, and the Courier and Enquirer, of New York, will, we hope, give way to a more enlightened policy, and a feeling better calculated to elevate the present administration to a higher and nobler position than that reached by any that preceded it for twenty years part. Under no other principle can the whig party be 1e-organized, remodelled, and made perma- nent omeng an intelligent, growing and inquiring pecple, then by such a policy as that to which Gen. ‘Taylor pledged himeelf before his election, and a trict adherence to that policy throughout the whele term of his office, Overa anv Fasnronance [wrens Lak FLars-ur in Bosron.—Under eur regular the- atrical head will be found, taken from the Boston journals, a singular flare-up which attended the termination of the recent opera season in that delectable city of fine taste in music and intellectual refinement in religion. It seems that the opera sea- son was tolerably successful there, terminating in amost brilliant finale. Singular to relate, how- ever, the day after, it was discovered that many of the poor artists were thrown upon their own resources, and that the pious, and eharitable, and philosophical, and commercial, and fashionable people of Boston had to get up a charity benefit, in order to obtain the means of feeding the hun- gry and clothing the naked portions of the operatic troupe, left en dishabille by some mismanagement of the electricity on that specific occasion. It appears, therefore, from this finale or coup ’etat, that Mr. Fry has been as unfortunate in his management at Boston as in this city. Here, according to his own statements, he lost $14,000, on his own ac- count, or that of his friends; but it is generally understood that he paid the artists. In Boston there has been a failure, and in Philadelphia the attempt to get up a short subscription season was unsuecessful in that city, so distinguished for its cultivated taste in music and the fine arts. It is even said that the Philadelphia fashionables are too poor to subscribe to operas. Oh! oh! These opera proceedings, under every manager for the last two years, have been singularly unfor- tunate in New York and elsewhere. Since the failure of the attempt to get up here an additional subscription season, at an advance in price, Mr. Max Maretzek, with the boldness of a Napoleon and the courage of a Julius Cesar, has been endeavor- ing, sometimes by opera and sometimes by a grand promenade concert, to resuscitate fashion- able society, give tone to musical taste, and put things in proper training of reconstruction and re- invigoration. But the unfortunate prestige of for- mer managers has fallen upon his efforts like a sort of mildew, and notwithstanding the excel- lence of his troupe, the celebrity of their names, and his own indefatigable exertions, he finds considerable difficulty in the way ot success. Now, all these unhappy results following the at- tempts to establish the opera here and elsewhere» during the last two years, were predicted and ac- counted for in the columns of thisjournal. It is ut- terly impossible, in this republican community, where every class and clique are equal to all ethers in point of respectability and standing, to establish any species of amusement on an exclusive and aristocratic basis, similar to that which has existed for years past in the great capitals of Europe. The folly and ignorance of committees of management attempting to introduce in this community the ex- ploded exelusiveness and empty pride of caste which prevail in the old world, have been the chief cause of the failure of the opera amongst us. Such attempts discover the most stupid ignorance of the structure and character of our social system. Had the attempt been made ona proper basis, it might have been otherwise ; but it is ridiculous to ima- gine that a few cliques who affect exclusiveness can sustain the opera. They have neither the pecu- niary means nor the taste to enable them to do it. Thus have the unfortunate managers been sacri- ficed. Poer Sanquirico fand Patti were the first victims; and Mr. Fry has been next victimized. In New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, the attempt has been thus unsuccessful; and if Mr. Maretzek, who has a great deal of experience in his line» considerable talent, and much tact, falls into the same error hereafter, he will come out, at the end of the season, very likely, in the same way that the others have done. ‘There are taste, and feeling, and a desire in the in- telligent and educated classes in thiscommunity,suf ficient to support an Italian opera with liberality and elegance; but there must be no exclusiveness, no cliqueism, no ignorance in the management, no pro- scription of particular classes in journals. Those who are the advisers and instigators of the opera management, as it has been conducted during the last two yoars, mnet come te theov cunvictiuns, if they ever expect to see the permanent establish- ment of this species of amusement. Trveerarmic Desratcues axp TELEGRAPHIC Re* portERs.—The Tribune, of yesterday, gravely published, as a telegraphic despatch from Canada, the substance of an article which we gave to our readers eight days ago! The despatch had refe- rence to the new Canadian tariff. This piece of imposition is very transparent, and was easily de- tected. While speaking of this subject, we may allude to the very pompous and vehement denunciation of certain telegraphic despatches published in the newspupers, relative to dissensions in the cabinet, which have appeared in the Washington correspon- dence of the Philadelphia North American. Per- haps these statements have been somewhat ever- charged. There may not have been absolutely “ dissensions,” but certainly there have been dis- cussions and differences of opinion. No doubt there is an earnest desire on the part of the Presi- dent and his cabinet to keep united and to pull to- ther; but the cabinet is composed of several indi- viduals, who will have differences of opinion. This is quite natural. Now, there has been considerable contrariety of opinion in the cabinet, on several subjects, particularly with reference to the question of appointments. This is evident, from the tone of leading whig journals, some of which appear to be almost prepared already to Tylerize the old hero at the head of the administra- tion, because the work of removal does not go on fast enough to please them, and satisfy the hun- gry beggars. It is quite amusing to hear these solemn asseverations of entire unity of opinion in the cabinet. The thing is impossible. Nor does 1t at all detract from the character of the adminis. tration, that there should happen to be differences of opinion—serious differences of opinion—amongst the gentleman who compose it. ‘These puffers- general of the cabinet overshoot the mark. Tue New Cops or Leoat Practice.—The course of the Commissioners of the new code of legal practice has been, asour readersare aware, brought to rather an abrupt termination by the Legislature. This was very proper, but attempts are made in certain quarters to revive the foolish scheme. A number of whig journals aud others are coming out in favor of the new code, and are endeavoring to make a great noise about its defeat. It is argued that the new code will simplify or expedite the administra- tion of the law. Not at all. This is all sham. As we have already shown, this boasted ‘legal reform” nearly destroys the old building, in order to rear on the same foundations an identical structure, involy- ing the poor litigants in all the annoyance, delay, and expense of the process. It is a most absurd procedure, for all points of practice must, under it, be carried up to the highesttribunal for settlement, Even the change of legal phraseology, which is much lauded, is, after all, but a small affair. It might be very well to simplify the English lan- guage and change its orthography; but the cost and trouble would be more than the revolution would be worth. All systems of legal practice are the natural growth of tune and experience ; and it is supreme folly to demolish them for the sake of a few inconsiderable improvements. The new code, as it is styled, can be productive of nothing but confusien, annoyance, and augmented expense in all legul proceedings. Arniva, ov tue Sreamsmir Norraerser.- The steamship Northerner, Capt. Budd, arrived yeeterday morning from Charleston, in a short passage, as usual, We are again indebted to Capt. BL. for pepers in advance of the mail; also, to the cffice of the Charleston Courier for slips. On the arrival of the Northerner at Charleston, from Cha- gres and Havana, we published an account of her extraordinaly short passage from those places, which was brought to this eity by Mr. Burgess, fiem Charleston, ‘The returns of the election, which we give be- low, are imperfect, owing to the failure of the in- spectors to-count the most important votes first. ‘There were many divisions in the wards, and to count all the tickets, of course takes a long time. If the inspectors had complied with the request of the Herald, and counted the mayoralty ballots first, that vote at least could have been given complete. They would not do so, however, and hence the incompleteness of the tables, The returns are sufficient to show that Mr. Woodhull is elected Mayor, and there is but little doubt that we have a whig Common Council. | INCIDENTS OF THE ELECTION. ‘The election was, for the most part, conducted ina | uiet manner ; there was, however, some excitement in the Sixth and 'Hightcenth wards. In fact, the Sixth appeared to be made the headquarters for rioting around lls, more especially at the 3d district, opposite the Tombs. This poll was the principal attraction, and drew a large number of spectators to witnoss the fight- ing and squabbling between the contending parties— the Brennanites and the Kellyites, About noon, while the rain was pouring down in torrents, the Kelly boys seized upon the ticket-box of the Brennan party, standing on the side-walk, carried it into the centre of the street, and broke it imto pieces. In the melée, wi broken heads was the result. Shortly after, the Brennan party retaliated. and broke up the Kelly box. ‘This caused a terrible fight; and the boards comporing the box were split up into small pieces and used for weapons in breaking each other's heads, Tho police interfered, and. some eight or ten of the ring- leaders were taken before the magistrate and commit jew boxes were again placed on the stand, and tioneering went on as usual, with an occasional down and drag out, ‘The other wards were ro- | markably quiet. In the Eighteenth ward, the disturbance was among | tho persons attached to two portions of the hig party. | ‘The difficulties have been brewing ever since the can- | vass first commenced, Thero wore several personal | conflicts, but no great damage done. In most of the wards things were conducted in such # manner as to maintain the respectability of all parties. In fact, the weather was such as to poeat very large numbers of persons from collecting about the polls. Mayoralty Ticket. 1 —_—__. Ward. Dist. Lad Dem. Whig. Dem, Woodhull VanSchaick. Brady. Havem. 1 1 155 171 164 150 2 388 204 309 288 3 180 209 265 284 ‘Total. . 723 vy 798 322 21 205, 151 200 140 a 263 20T 50 509 Total. 468 “8 701 O40 8 902 % 4a 167 2 413 138 416 om 3 51a 108 606 221 Totel.1,2a7 311 i204 a 41 13 231 190 290 a 188 260 161 485 3 220316 7 50a ‘ 14 @ 68 108 331 Total. Tay 1,000 08 1,501 214 3 304 156 316 233 4 333 108 326 217 6 231 13 231 ‘Total.1,256 64 tar 61 7 185 178 2 176 233, 196 3 7 308 27 4 133 14 182 Total. . 503 900 586 ple 22 9 259 151 2 206 148 33a 226 3 226 128 324 150 4 364 115 308 151 5 21 164 108 230 6 288 15 216 215 1 207 200 148 360 ‘Total.1,640 1,008 17ss saa 61 ‘000 000 296 181 a 000 000 288 232 8 009 = (000 318 338 4 008 000 168 181 ‘ 000 000 262 3 6 000 000 au 353 7 08 000 370 228 8 008 000 6 160 ‘Total. 000 000 1908 1,000 91 sea 168 308 24 a 306 136 aor 351 g 217 229 209 304 4 268 108 376 257 ‘ an 351 48 403 ‘6 408 308 48 308 ‘Total.2,082 1,878 224 1,887 wm 1 (90 183 324 292 2 239 153 249 212 3 236 253 260 286 4 217 210 225 230 5 259 234 333 Total.1201 1,008 ysl 30a nu 1 198 284 180 288 a 150 206 iar 224 3 153 238 143 206 4 308 333 300 334 5 161 153 146 168 6 368 434 201 416 Total. HY 1,681 16 wou 000 000 478 363 a 008 000 258 364 ‘Total. 000 (000 136 1a 1s 1 000 000 00 13 a 000 000 om1 302 3 000 000 176 337 ‘ 000 000 326 ar Total. 000 000 73 = 1019 “iu 186 186 290 223 2 92 260 116 360 3 206 200 235 316 4 14 113 186 217 5 196 298 246 313 Total. 622 1,120 100s saa uw 1 000 000 273 153 a 000 000 3m 120 3 000 000 446 124 4 008 000 410 183 ‘Total. 000 (000 1,600 580 w 2 257 204 355 284 2 257 262 313 286 3 aro 320 384 boa 4 3a 203 256 308 6 267 417 299 435 Total.14s2 1,586 1,007 1,635 ot 000 000 233 306 2 000 000 315 218 3 000 000 a 245 4 000 000 at 197 5 000 000 151 244 6 000 000 250 39 1 000 000 237 rir) Total.0000 0000 1088 = 1,814 18 a4 273 339 287 2 436 410 456 448 3 36 395 292 357 Total.1,126 1078 1,087 1,192 AGGREGATE MAYORALTY VOTE. Ward. Whig, Dem, Whig. Dem Woodhull, Wan Schaick. Brady. Havem. . 7123 584 79! 822 41s 608 506 3iL 1,264 613 1,089 508,601 ‘654 131710 960 153 1 1,002 1,725 1/491 0,000 1,842 1,961 1,378 2,203 1,866 1,008 1,300 1,393 1,631 1431750 0,000 733 " 0.000 1016 1,126 1,004 0,000 1,600 1,586 1,612 0.000 1,001 1,078 1,090 Total, .....14.892 12,805. 22,107 12,805 2,087 Woodhull’s maj. in 13 wards, At the last Presidential election, last November, the vote stood as follow: Taylor's full yote . Cass’ bed VanBuren's “ 5,716 ‘Taylor's plurality 9,858, Taylor's majority , . 4742 Common Council. Whig. LJ Meld Campboll ..... Montgomory. Gag . ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. Democratic. Free Soil. 590 Eckel, . Tn the Fourth ward, » person is said to have gono up to the polls, in one district, and demanded to know if all the ballot boxes were locked. He was informed that they were, but, on making a personal examination, he ascertained that two of them were guiltless of a bolt or fastening. In the second district of tho Second ward, a person, said to bo a Blackwell's Island convict, was arrested for attempting to cast an illegal vote. ‘t night, the head quarters of the various parties were lighted up, and assemblages took place of persons who were anxious to hear the announcement of results, arpa deen rane Men ae Brooklyn Election. VOTE FOR MAYOR. Copetand. Hati. and. fall. ~ Be 130 me VOTE FOR CITY JUDGE, | Practice and Pleading; a bill altering the map ot Summary. In the Legislature, on Tuesday, (in addition the report published in yesterday’s Herald,) series of resolutions were offered, by Mr. Floyd, ii Senate, denouncing the President and his oabine: as fuvorable to the extension of slavery, and de- claring the determination of the State of Ne York, through its Legislature, to oppose the for. mation of any government in California and Ne: Mexico whieh does not prohibit the introductio: of slavery into those countries, The first of the: resolutions was laid on the table by a large vor and the second referred to a select committee. In the Senate, yesterday, there was a lar, amount of business transacted. The following is list of the most important bills passed :—An aet pr viding for the establishment of a hospital at Sand; Hook ; a bill re-appointing the Commissioners 9) Brooklyn; a bill incorporating the Williamb: Ferry Company; a bill for the appointment Brigade Inspectors ; a bill regulating the lien o1 the baggage of emigrants. The Syracuse ant Rochester Railroad bill was lost ; and the bill pr viding for the sale of lands for taxes, in the coun ties where situated, which had passed the House, was informally dropped, In the House, the following bills were passed :- A bill for the further opening of Albany Pier; bill in relation to copartnership styles; the Wil. liamsburg Ferry bill; and the Annual Supply bill A resolution was adopted to adjourn at twely o'clock to-day. ts An important despatch will be found below, fr Montreal, giving an account of a preliminary meet ing, to adopt measures for convoking a Nationa’ Convention. Much excitement is said to prev: on the subject. ‘ yee ‘A despatch from Boston mentions the receipt, i that city, of letters from Valparaiso, containing in. teresting intelligence relative to the receipt of gol from California, &c. raiso—Half Ten Days Later from V ym California, Million of Gold Received &e., le Boston, April 10—P. M, Letters have been received in this city, from Val, raiso, dated March 12, which state that the whol mount of gold received at that port, trom Californi was half a million of dollars. ‘Tho ship Fanny Forrester, of Boston, from New Yor! hhad arrived, and sailed for Monterey. ‘The Lexington, (as has been previously stated.) sail on the 2d, for Rio Janerio and New York. Her Pu writes that he has $360,000 in his possession, half of which was tobe coined at Valparaiso, and sent back t the mines, Canadian Affairs. Mowraxat, April 10, 1849. The first steps towards calling » National Conven tion, were taken last night at a preliminary meoting held at Orr’s hotel, in thiscity. About thirty-five p sons wero prosent. Much discussion took place, in r lation to the name that should be given the intemd association. . It way at length detorminod to call it the} Ware: otratare Bean: Grommrsete 1 1 182 uz 2 92 e . 179 mw 3 1 250 116 2 231 152 4 1 256 104 2 306 334 6 1 203 “eT 2 238 ale 6 1 - - is 3 a = 1 1 - = x zs se 8 a. 80 155 9 4 141 89 VOTE FOR POLICE JUSTICE. silo, ae Smith, Garrison, Wd. Dis. 1 1 199 83 2 85 68 5 x 184 146 : pis 8 1 279 £ 240 152 4 1 pty 168 2 316 303 6 1 208 432 2 246 281 6 1 = og 2 -_ a T 1 - — 2 — a 8 1 84 150 9 1 140 86 ‘Williamsburgh and Bushwick give a whig majority: Tho President is elected and a m: jority of the Trustees: Albany Election for Mayor. BY TELEGRAPH. Axsany, April 10—P. M. The following are the returns received :—Hun’s (de- mocrat) majority in the 1st ward, 232; in tho 2d, 87. Humphrey's (whig) majority in the 3d ward, 54; 4th, 131; Sth, 162; 6th, 161; and 10th, 153. Tho 7th, 8th, and 9th wards are yet to be heard from. Humphrey is undoubtedly elected by about 200 majority. SECOND DESPATCH. Aumany, April 10—10 P. M. Hun’s majority in tho 7th ward, is 153; in the 8th ward, 68. Humphrey's majority in the 9th ward is 110, and his whole majority, 231. No other tickets can- vassed. New Jersey Election. Jersey City.—The associates elected their Mayor, H. J. Taylor, by 136 majority, over C. F. Durant, the water right candidate—both whigs. _Newarx.—The following is a list of the can- didates elected in Newark, N. J., on Monday last General City Officers—Mayor, James Miller; City Clerk, Alexander Pool; Chosen Freeholders, William Garthwaite, Stephen G. Gould; Surveyors of the Highways, Robert Dod, James H. Halsey; Coroners, George H. Bruen, L. A, Hall. Common Council.—North Ward—Wm. 8. Fai- toute, David Campbell, Cortland Parker, Edward ae East Ward.—Frederick H. Smith, Joel W. Condi, B. McCormick, Ambrose Williams. South Ward.—Elias Francis, T. B. Pierson, Chas, T. Pierson, Daniel Price. West Ward.—Aaron Baldwin, Jacob Van Arsdale, Jonathan V. Nichols, Aaron O. Price. Fifth Ward.—M. W. Casterline, Nathan Crowell, W. W. Pollard, Aaron C. Ward. —12 whigs to 8 locos—same as last year. —— Rieut ory Wary to rue Paciric.—It may be recol- lected that we stated some time since that an Eng- lish company had been endeavoring to obtain the exclusive right of way through Lake Nicaragua. The late appointment of Mr. Squiers, as diploma- tie agent of the United States government at Gua- temala, was made in reference, it is said, to this movement. He will be instructed to look after the rights of this country, in reference to this right of way, by what is regarded as one of the best routes to the Pacific. Tue Srramens—The Herman is in her sixteenth, and the Sarah her fourteenth day.§ ence. ImprovescesTs at Nu Ganpen.—That part of Brondway whese Niblo’s Garden formorly stood, which has xo long presented the doleful sight of ruin and de- yartation Isabout to Fesume, very shortly, under the enterprise of Mr, Niblo, the festive appearance which formerly belonged to it. Mr. Niblo, we understand, | intends to erect a saloon or theatre, together with concert room and a garden, Phe trees for tho latter object are already in the cours¢ of planting. Mr. Trench, the architect, is preparing {ke plans for the various edifices to be constructed, and \¥® bave heard it said that it is probable the theatro will be ready to open on the Ist July next, and the other consiyuctions, it 1s calculated, will be completed by tho 1st Septetaber, Twenty-two lots compose the area which has so 10g Jain in desolation in this most beautiful part of our British League. ‘A warm debate is expected in tho House of Assombl; to-night, in relation to the late discussions on the rebel- lion losses, inthe House of Commons. Much excite-| ment has been caused here by them. free from ice. Bautimone, April 10, 1849. The Southern mail has arrived. The municipal el tion in New Orleans for aldermon and members of tho! common council passed off quietly—the result showing| partics about 4s before. Arrival of the Steamship. Tennessee. Savannan, April 8, 1849. Tho steamer Tennessee, Capt. Collins, from Ni York, arrived on Saturday, the 7th instant. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, SENATE. Atpaxy, April 9, 1849—4 P. M. Mr. Frorp, tho loading free soil Senator, offered th® following resolutions ‘Resolved, That tho fact that the President of the United Statos is the ownor of a large ttumber of slaves, that he has formod his cabinet so as to givd # preponde- rance in its council to the slave powers,—the fact that his appointments to office, thus far, indicate a dotermi« nation to protect and extend the slaveholding interest —all admonish the opponents of the extension of slave- ry to renewed watchfulness and activity, Resolved, That in behalf of the people of the State of New York, we hereby evince a deliberate purpose to boats the formation ot any civil government in Calli- fornia or New Mexico which does not prohibit the intro- duction of slayes and the institution of slavery upon the free soil of those countries, and that this declara tion is made, regardless of all the threats of defection and of indignant frowns, from whatever quartor threats may come. The Senate had previously adopted 4 resolution re. stricting debate to ten minutes, from any one person. Mr. Froyp occupied his ten minutes in a review of the several members of the cabinet of Goneral Taylor, in their relation to the question of free soil, and declared that they were all chosen on account of their subser- viency to tho system of slavery. cane first resolution was laid on the teble by a large vote. The second was roferred to a selectjcommittes, to re- wt complete. The Chief Engineer of theState communicated a re- port concerning the business of the several railroad ba sei hha ‘ef Me hen t the Clerk of 0 Court of Appeals communi: full statement of all the err and eourutia tenes mitted by him under the law of last year to tho several a" treasurers and to the Chamberlainj of New ork. Tho bill providing for the sale of land: \d for taxes in ve? cone mbere, sock lands were orane was sent to a select committee to report ete, probably become a law. Pld ene aaa Aunany, April 10, 1849. RAILROAD BETWEEN SYRACUSK AND ROCHESTER, Tho bill providing for the construction of a railroad by the most direct and eligible route from Syracuse to Rochester, was brought to # third reading and lost, a majority of the votes being against it. It lacked fye yotes of the number necessary to make it alaw. The vote was as follows :— & Arrinmative—Adams, of Greono; Betts, of Delaware; Bond, of Oswego; Bush, of Buffalo; Cole, of Orleans; Cornwell, of Cayuga; Fine, of St. Lawrence; Floyd, of Suffolk; Fuller, of Monroe;' Geddos, of Onen: daga; Smith, of Putnam; Treadwell, of Albany—12. I ‘tur, Necativs—Bokee, of Brooklyn; Brownaon, of Wyoming; Clark, of Utiea; Colt, of Livingston; Cook, of Saratoga; Front, Johnson, and Lawrence, of Now ork; Martin, of Cattaraugus; ald ci H Wilkin, of Orange—i3. sia aaa ‘Those absent, which is equivalent to a negative vote, were Mr. Burch, detained by sickness; Coffin, Fox, William Hall, Little, Tamblin—6, 8 no motion to re-consider was mi Na at ado, this vote is TROY AND GREENAUSHE RAILROAD. The bill to declare the public _use of a railroad con- necting the Troy and Greenbush railroad with some railroad in Vermont, was passed. ‘This will, when oom- ploted, make a continuous and direct line of railroad communication from New York to Montreal, Its hearing has been urged by many of the loading men of Rensealaer county, HOSPITAL AT SANDY HOOK, The act to provide for the establishment of a hos- pital at Sandy Hook was passed. ‘This is what has been called the Quarantine Compromise Bill. No amond- ments were mado to it, and the bill, probably, bofors this, has been published a law. It vests in the Com- missioners of the Land Office the power to erect such hospital, for the caro of persons afticted with malignant or contagious diseases, as to many seemed expedient; and as the new Emigrant Commissioners’ bill allows those officors to remove from the establishment on Staten Island such other patients as their judgment deems best, tho Quarantine at Staten Island is ina fair way to be removed. The yote on this bill was ag follows :— Arrinmatiys—Senators Adams, Betts, Bokeo, Brown- gon, Bush, Cole, Fine, Fox, Frost, Geddes, Hawley, Smith, ‘Tamblin, Treadwell, Whallon, and Witkins—10. Necative—Senators Clark, Colt, Fuller, 8. H. P. Hail, Johnson, Lawrenee, and Martin—7. q PRIVATE: CLAIMS. Tho Dill passed to ullow compensation to Mary Murray, Lindley Murray Hoffman, and others of the Diurray’ family, for the damage ‘occasioned by the city. This isa large surface, and it will bo great improvement to see Niblo’s establishment rise up again from ita ashea with greater splendor than ever, like the Phoenixy of the Egyptians, from the dust of the de- ceased, Save ov THe Provix’s Linx of Steamens.—This great Partridge, » Denmai Ridabook, Busteed ,', NAMES OP THE CANDIDATRS ELECTED, ‘Whigs in italics; democrate in roman ; free soil im small cap'a, MAYOR: taleb S. Woodhull ALM# HOUSE COMMISSIONER : ALDERMEN, ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, Joseph Jamison, E. Griffen, James Kelly, E. J. Mercer, 3B—Jas. B. Wood, 0. W. Sturtevant, —Dennis Mullina, 11.—Amos Hatfield, 12.—George F. Clark, 16,—Charles Webb Besides the returns given above, we have ver- bal reports concerning the Mayoralty election, as follows :— Jacob F. Oakley, 8. 8. Patterson, Warren Brady, Rongnt Saxos, A. A. Denman, 00 Fitteenth Seventeenth Ward sale, whit h waa to have como off E It ix now said that the proport; will be put Mth inst, % x Fins,—A fire broke out, on Monday night, on tho roof of a shed in the rear of the factory, corner of Elm and Reade streets, which was put out with trifling damage. It originated from a barrel of ashes having been carelessly left on the shed. Police Intelligence. Charge of Megat Voting.—Patrick McHugh was ar- rested yesterday, on a charge of illegal voting at the 2d ward poll, Jim Dunn, a discharged convict from Sing Sing. was detected in voting at tho 3d district poll of the 6th ward, A young man, calling himself Georgo K, Sexton, was arrested, charged with illegal voting in the 2d ward, They were all committed to prison for trial, by Justico McGrath. Attempt to Shoot.—A man, by the namo of John Wil- liama, bar-keeper at the Hoboken House, situated in Pearl strect, was arrosted last night, tonya charge of mapping a double-barrel platol at officer (higan, of the Oth ward. On taking the man into custody, the pistol was oxamined, and found to be heavily loaded with powder and ball. prison for trial. Domestic Miscellany, We are daily indebted to hr. J. Conboy, of the steam. boat Commodory, for Boston papers, and Mr. It N dreqor, of the Housatonic railroad, for Alba in advance of the mails, i aeabecce ‘Tho hotel of Israel Hunt, at Portland, Me., was de- stroyed by fire, on Sunday last. Loss, $2,000. Justice M'Grath o itt Bridge Company ; ommitted him 40 | made, n few days ago, & very powerful otturt bofore the Assembly Cominic owners of the land to be atic it is said, Brooklyn to W illinmebui ” failure of the State to maintain a suiticic work at tho Genoseo er, near Mount Mortis, me De. The bill to re-appoint Messrs d, Graham and Locmis, commissioners of the revision of practico aud pleadings, was passed. ‘This is a reversal of the decision made a fow days ago. ‘Their time is oxiendod to tho Ist of December next. ‘The voto on this bill was in the affirmative, 19; negative, 6. ‘Those who voted ad- versely, were Messrs, bush, Clark, Colt, Fox, Johnson and Martin. There is contained in this bill an appoint- nent of Johu ©. Spencer. Seth ©, Hawiey, and Alval Warden, as commissionors to mould the law into » code; thus leaving out the name of Anthony L. Ro- bertson, ‘The house sent back the bill to be amended, #0 as to authorize the business of banking—having, ag the re- sult of the labors of the committee of conference, agreed to the bill in almost the same shape tit it originally passed the Senate, when its provisions were fully ro- ported, MAP OF BROOKLYN. The long agitated question of the alteration of thy Commissioner's Map of Brooklyn, so far as the action of the Legislature is concerned, is sevlicd. After en- tirely disugreeing ax to the section restoring the origi- bal line of Hanniton avenue, it was at last loft toe committee of conference, and this commitioe deter. mincd that the wishes of the Corporation in this ro- spect should be complied with. ever, adopted, saving the vested rights of the Gowanus f A section was ow. n whose behalf Judge Win. Kent mm Cities and Villages is sent to the Governor. 16s provisions extond much of the city of Brooklyn—auronding othors, Clay. #* ton avenue is to be opeued 4 majority of tho nly thervtue wunicativa will open a direc! re dhe bili 1