The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1850, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. Worthwestoerver of Fulton and Nassau sts. JAMES GORDON BENAERE | 1 | PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR ts per copy—$T per am » on this Con ts per copy printed py, 0° Sh per ame THE DAILY HERALD, te: nam. THE WEEKLY HERALD, Pinent, is published & or | per annum | ench and English, at 6) num. "The DULLAK WEEKLY Hak dents per eopy, $1 per annum; 7 , m LON tak Y RRESPUNDENCE, contarneag im~ d from any quarter of the world :if paid for. of TRONymous communteatoins J communications. mre, Jor subwereption be post pa 7 the poxiage ected from the woney remitte ADVERTISEMENTS, at reasonable price prictor not reswousible for errors in manuscript. enla per Li. every Monda: opies to clubs, We cannot returns ALL LETTERS the pro~ “AMUSEMENTS TO MORROW EVENING, ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, Astor Placo—Anxa Bourn, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Wanxpuning Jew—Na- Val ExcaGewents. BROADWAY THRATRE, Brostway.—Love Cuase— Dow Causan ve Bazan, sunrows THEATRE, Chambers stroet-—Dounky—Lany makin, NATIONAL TREATR®, Chathan square—Harrivar Dey or My L Female GUaRe—Pewace For.sy Tminves. OLY¥PIC THEATRE, Broadway—D: te GRooND— ome OF 1e—SLBAPING BEAUCY—~IME Savace AnD wee Mair AMEKICAN MUSEUM—Anvsixe Penvon«awoxs, Ar- TERNOON aND Brenine. MELODEON - Neoxo Mivarreney. “New Work, Sunda: January 13, 1850. The Luropean News, No tidings yet of the Canada. She is making vather a long passege. Non-Arrival of the Cherokee, The steamship Cherokee had not arrived when | ©ur poper Went toy ress this morning. We learn that a telegraphic despatch has been received in town, from Jeave Ch Only about due at this port. at any moment es till the 3d inst., and is therefore ‘Whe Gas Monopoly—The Proposed Remedy, | There never was a time, we believe, whea so | many foolish, mdiculous, expensive and absurd pro- Jects were agitated in connection with the internal | policy of the city of New York, as there are at present—projects which, in almost every instance, have their ongin either in the heads of vistonanes and enthusiasts, or in the cupidity and avarice of impudent and brazen-faced speculators. Under the specious cry of improvement, and the growing wants of the metropolis, these unprincipled parties eare nothing about the injury which their wicked projects would produce on the prospects of the city, if carried out, or the expense which their construc- uon would entail on our citizens, but merely look at their own profits in them, and cogitate and spec- ulate upon the sum total it would turn into their own pockets. Of such projects, the enlargement of the Battery is the most impudent and the most reckless and atrocious, in all its bearings and features. As to building a bridge to coanect New York and Brooklyn, and constructing a railroad in Broadway, on the ground, over the ground, or | under the ground, they are merely the emanations of crackbrained enthusiasts, and, as such, may be dismissed with a smile, and then forgotten. While all these ridiculeus projects are talked of, however, we do not hear a word about improve- ments and reforms that are absolutely necéssary, and for the want ot which, our citizens suffer most grievously. We reterespecially to the abuses which are practised on our citizens by the gas monopolies, and which have augmented and increased from year to year, until they have at last become intolerable. We verily believe, if some steps be not taken to redress the grievances which the public sufferia being swindled by those monop~lies, that an indig- mant people will take the matter iato their owa hands, and, in the words of one of the speakers at the gas meeting, a few evenings since, “throw the tea overboard.” On every side we hear complaints of the extortions practised by those monopolies, | and the opinion is general and universal, that the time has come whea patience has ceased to be a virtue, and when redress must be had per fas aut wnefus. Those complaints, too, are well grounded, aud are becoming more frequ and more loud every day. Under the pretence of lessening the price of gas, the New York monopoly has increased it nearly filty per cent within a few months. To prove the extortion of this monopoly, aad exhibit a specimen of the manner in which the public are swindled by it, we publish the following bills paid by we for the month of December in the past three years :— December, IS4¥, . ° While we paid but two hundred and twenty-six doliars for gas for the moath ot December, in t year 1847, it will be seen that we paid three hane dred and fifty-eight dollare tor last December, be- img an increase, withia two years, of one haa- dred and thirty-two dollars aod upwards per month; and in the year, of pearly sixteen hun- dred dollars. The fact is apparent, then, that the Kew York Herald establishment alone is swia. dled out of nearly sixteen hundred dollars a year | by this monopoly. We hear of sinular extoruoas being practised on hotel keepers and the propric- tore of stores and shops throughout the city. Ia- ed, the complaint ir general, and the opinion 1s uoiversal that the time for redress bas fully come It ie impr le to calculate the immense sum that ie extorted in this way from the public; whea we alone sufier at the rate of sixteen huodred dollars & year, an indistinet We gregate sum extoried my be formed. There arge ia our might be some excuse for this overc bill, af we burned more in last December than we did im the same month of the previous year, but | we did not. We had the same number of hgnte fm use, and burned them for about the same times These things happen, too, whea we have the fact before us, that the inbal ing city, where the materials from which gas are made are as dear as they are here, pay fifty per cent less than we do, and grumble even at that. ‘There 1 no good reasoa why gas should not be manufactured and supplied to our ne by the mun | government Ite ught to be as mocha part of its duty as it i to supply ue with Cr water, and it could do the one as well as it does the other. If a lebting or gas department were formed, our citizens could be supplied at the cost or if more than the cost price was charged, the overplus would go into the city treasury, and Waat would @o towards decreasing our taxce. be paid io one way, would be received back agria Jo another. Let the meeting, therefore, which is to take place on Wednesday evening next, take this subject in hand, end pass resolutions ealliog apon the Commen Conneil to petition the Legiela- ture to poss en act creatiog @ lighting department of the city government, ter depariment, and we have no doubt that good | will result from it. What is to prevent the Com- mon Council from acting in thie matter at once? Ate they willing to continue a rystem of extor- tuoe like thie, by which hundreds of thousands of dollars are taken from our hard-working aod over- taxed citizens, to enrich a few monopolists'! This gas mooroly must be aboliehe d. Marie ron Cactvonnia ~The Cherokee ell be the Sent steamer to lenve for Chagres. She is #pp to sat) at three o'clock to morrow afterooon; b he has not yet arrived ber time cf departure fs of ecurse, very uncertain New Ports or Devrveny.—The President has ‘aimed the porte Neaqually (oa Paget's) and Portland, in the collection district of ¢ im the Territory of Oregon, to be eonstit of ape he hall the privileges aut ! daw to euch porte. . y Orleans, stating that she did ngt | We may expect her | | The anti-slavery question. ot the maga:tade of the | ts of a neighbor. | imilar to the Croton was | and fille | at the legal day Tue Caprset 4ND THE ANTI-SLaveERY AGrta™ vion ~Attera great deal of backing and filling, he organ of the cabinet at Washington, the Re- puble newspaper, has come out and defined its porilion in relanon to the great question of the day —in faet, the great question of tne present century. ‘We mean the exciting agitation on the antl-slave- ry question, in al! its varieties, which now disturbs, not only Congress, but every legislature ia the country. In this development of opmion, we fiad the views given out by the President are enlarged upon and explained in somewhat more detail than | could be found in the vague and indefinite para- | graphs which appeared on the subject in the recent Presidential message. We are now told whatis the policy of the administration and the whig party. Ivis this—to stand still, to remain in statu quo till | eneh of the new territories seeks to be admitted into the Umon as an organized State. The cabi- net disbelieve in the middle state of existence, and call ita territone! purgatory. This is somewhat of an important development of the opinion of the cabinet, and of the adminis- tration, on a subject of the deepest interest to the country. Itshows that the ad: ration, after on, “between the soup and the apples of the dinner table,” have agreed to aban- ponsibility, and want the courage to take » either for or agaiast the Wilmot Proviso, or looking towards the settlement of that | troublesome question. This want of moral courage in the administration, is precisely similar to the same Weekners which prevails, and has prevailed, i both the greut factions in the North, for many years past. The abolitionists have driven the whigs and democrats before them, like slaves under the lash of the whipper-n. ‘The cabinet take their | position in the same group, and consent to receive a few lnkbes from thebeme diatingaishedauaitan isa} practical effect of the policy now disclosed, wi!l be, | to continue this agitating question for many years | to come, thereby increasing the exasperation of all | parties and factions in the several sections ofthe | country, till dissolution ensues. We begin to despair of the Union. The Alaba- ma Senator said the other dey that the Union was already dissolved. Not so. But the preliminary stepe towards its dissolution have certainly been taken. What caused the difficulty of electing a Speaker to the House of Representatives, in Wash- ington? The anti-slavery question. What caused the delay in the further organization of the House ? What caused the | change of Chaplain to the Senate? The anti- | elavery question. Mr. Slicer, the former incum- | bent, although he gave them long slices of prayer, was conceived to be too liberal towards Southern institutions, and hence he was cast aside by the casting vote of the Vice-President. What causes the difficulties inevery legislature, North and South? The avti-slavery agitation. All other issues are forgotien. Turifl, bank, internal improvements, every old issue that divided parties, is now buried in oblivion, and it is nothing but free soil, aboli- | tion, anti-slavery, now. What is to be the result of such a state of things? The first result will be the disorganization of all the old parties, and next year the election of a House of Representatives cn entirely sectional grounds. If Congress should pees the Wilmot proviso this session, a large por- tion of the Southern delegates will retire. Sepa- rate action will take place in the South, and a train will be laid to bring the general government aod some of the States into collision. In the mean time, if the Union ehould last for two or three years lopger,we may expect ascrub race for the next Presidency; and the House of Representatives, to be clected next fall, will have to determine upen the chief magistrate to succeed General Taylor. The prospect before us, therefore, is gloomy and dis- creditable io the political parties and political gam- blers throughout the country. The abolitionists of the North, and the Wilmot-provisoists in the free Statee, were the first to set this ball in motion—to drive beth whigs and democrats of the North Into the same position ; and all are now involved ia the some gulf of precipitating debates and discussions, which cen end in nothing but a separation and dissolution of this glorious Union. The British and other foreign governments, through their mi- nisters at Washington, are looking on and chuck- | ling at the prospect of dividing this great republic | into a number of lesser luminaries, so that they can manege and control it forall subsequent ages, as they do the Seuth American republics. Such is the position of things, caused by the | | want of coursge in the whigs, the want of courage in the democrats, the want of courage in the eabi- net, and, we ere sorry to add, the want of firmness, promptitude, and determination in General Taylor himeelf, to come out openly and promptly ia his | mustege, and take oae side or the other, so that the country might know where he was. | Goversmenr DeravLTERs AND DeraLcations — ly understood that the government shington have, by their investigations of the lust summer, made up a list of nearly twenty- five defawltere among the late loeofoco office-hold- | ers, whose defaleations amounted in the aggregate | to between one and two millions of dollars, which eum rr ned unaccounied for and unpaid at the final settlement ef their wecouats. This statement | was nede in some of the cabinet organs, a short time before the organization and meeting of Con- gress. It was supposed, at the time, thata chipter on locofoco defaulters and defaleations would be | | provided in the then forthcoming message aad documents, and a great deal of moral eentiment | | invoked and uttered, over such a vast list of defi- on the party who hed lately oceupied the | sof government. It was also expected that euch a mars of facta, showing the dishonesty and incompetency of the past ageats of the govera- ment, would be presented, as would justity, in the | epinion of the reasonable portion of the world, the | | greet end astounding number of removals which | | have been made by the present cabinet since they | came mto power. We apply the word astounding | to the number of removals, and it mast be ackaow. | ledged to be truly 0, the aggregate number of changes being, in the course of naive or ten months, over six thousand—presenting a greater amount of removale, during the first year of the new adminis. tration, than probably has ever been made by any party, or any government, during ite whole term of (our years, since the establishment of the present conetitution. What is the reason—and we repeat it— that the inklings given out of the vast amount of locotoco defaleations which were discovered, have been bored in obseunty and forgetfalnese? Even the | ‘ recent official announcement from the government orgens in Washington, of a large deficiency in the accounts of the late Navy Agent here, have been | partly withdrawn, under the same anthority: and | the leading whig organs repudiate the idea, and hola up to ridicule the announcement that Prosper | M. Wetmore has been a defaulter at all—aseeriing | | thethe has a claim on the government, aod that | differences of opinvon may exist to the amount of twenty or thirty thousand dollare. This backing in the cabinetand their organs ia Wash. ington, Philadelphia, and this city, is a my and mexpheable sitar. By the law ot the Uo States, vevally ealled the Sub-treasury ey every public officer whose accounts are de f eettlement, w# considered a de- fanlter, and is liable to be criminally prosecated by the authority of the government, and, if convicted, is emenable to the punishment preecribed ia the | statute still in existence. During the last summer, Vveramenat or gone, juetfying the unexampled nalnber of remo- vale of locofoeos from office, on account of their If this be the fact, wh the reason that the government have not the mor il courage to proceed according to law, and bring those defeultere to condign pumshment for thus 2 and plundering the public treasury t bumerous erticles appeared in the numerous defaleatie National Colonleatton Soelety, will meet in ington City, om the 16th inst A RL At ENE A NRT | bed te velo» | tor, throwgh th Annual Report of the New York Prison Association This important and bighly valuable report, from a most useful public body, has been before us some time. It is deserving close attention, end relates to a matter of such high social magnitude, that there is nota citizen, from the highest to the low- est, who is not, in fact, personally, however indi- Tectly, interested in this subject. The Executive Commitee commences its report with congratulating the association, which it re- presents, upon the wonderful progress which, as it asterts, continues to be made every year in the improvement of Prison Government. It says:— t improved condition of wbich attended tien might well give rise ould be yeformed; but @ prerpect oF the phi ‘Though the style m which these sentiments are expreesed is rather florid and inflated, as, indeed, ihat ef of the whole report generally is, we hope, for the sake of humanity, that the statement here made is true; for we believe it is quite the reverse oi the general opinion held by all those who are atall acqnainted with the interior regulation of our prisons generally, and of our city prisons par- ticularly. The nature and character of the New York Prison Assceiation is singular, and somewhat ancinslous. It appears to be a mere voluntary as seciation—a self-formed soviety—one of those felt-created bodies, culled by themselves the * be- nevolent inettutions of the day.” The original founders ot the society formed themselves into a body, having for their object, visiting the prisons, | and aiding end benefitting the prisoners as much as possible. To carry on their labors they, as is usual in such cases, appealed io the publie for its voluntary contribution. Afterwards they were made @ corporate body by an act of the Legis™ lature, and power was conferred upon the officers | | shot, end the beating, he was ted up to the ring, and of the Society of visiting the prisons throughout the State of New York—of examining into their | condition and management—and it was singularly enough made their imperative duty, by act of Legislature, to visit all the prisons of the State, and report annually to the Legislature upon them. ‘We venture to say that this 13 a eingular, and rather anomalous birth end origin of a S.ate power, for such is now, m fact, this association. Origin, however, is generally of very little con- sequence, present conduct and behavior, that is all important; and we feel bond to say, in re- ference to this association, that its conduct aad management, under the powers conferred upon it 1s the most admirable, the most useful, the mos, meritorious that can be conceived, judging from its own report—and we have no other means of | judging. It appears that, from the firet, the visitors of the association had great difficulties to contend with. Some idea of the immense labor cast upon them may be formed from the following :— 1, the syetem 0 adopted cacried on for reat expense, and which, bled the British years in Emgland, since its adoption, bas Yarliament to legitlate onderst ject,and whieh hus produced in that country great and velueble Smprovements in prison governaent. ‘The briiieh inspeetors ot prisons bad, however, one vantage Over us in reepeet to the labor re- im the task The keepers of their various prions were required to keep very minute tables con- | stactly. avd it was only necessary for the intpestors | to ocwpile their reports from thore tables. The As- scelation bed, however, po ruch advantage. ‘The bocks bept at our prisos we # very imperfect view of the actual state of things. and our inspections necessarily involved @ personal examination into vari- v8 matters ip regard to which the recerds of our pris- ops Offered no arsistance whatever. Thus the statis- tics of our state prisoms rendered a personal iaterview with a necessary; gad from those inter- Views was Cbtained a mass of information fo regard to the statictics of crime more complete aud satiefactory than wasever before obtained im thie couatry, But there personal interviews made our committees the depo Stories of any secrete of those prison-houses, as yet uuknown to the world, and disclosed many abuses, which we subsequently ascertained, bad been conceal- ed, from the official inspectors. We were frequently Teminded of @ sort of rule which bad been adopted by — the officers of oar State prisons, and prevailed ia taem all. that a prisoner was never to be believed in any statement be might make. This was @ convenient rule for the officers in reepeot to the world outeide. but was not acted upon eat inside. for ¢ hourly in the babit of taking their word io maiterecf busivess and discipline. Our committees, therefore. were ispored to adopt thetr practice then their theory, Yet our experieoce admonished us to be careful how we received any euch statement, and ‘we pever did give faith to any unless, upon examine — We found it ratisiactorily corroborated other- whe Here, indeed, wes a labor and toil. hus appear that the Institution hae, by its officers, laws are executed, or, if they are executed at all, vonl a private company of benevolent individuals, moved by the de f performing works of cha- rises 10 out aud discover that we have laws indeed ; and it may be good ones, but that they are pull and disregarded! We think great thanks are due to this institation for the pains it has taken, while we regre: and deplore the vacuum in our system of administration, that such things should bi d go on and continue. We evidently wanta ig power, & just power, a severe one and acertam one; io our system. It is now mani- fest to all the world that a Legislature to make laws, however good, does not complete a good system; We Wantalso, some one, with power to see that those laws are surely obeyed and rewarded. _The report proceeds to develope other extraor- dinary discoveries made, such as iahuman treat- ment of prisoners! abuses of the moet serious aad revolting character. [The Inspectors are, it seems, interested in particular effices, or the officers are instruments of their own xappoimtment, or they are friends of long standing; therefore, their failure to representall these abuses to the Legislature ! In the cases brought to light of the inhuman treatment of prisoners, the following stands for- word in bold relief, and presents a picture almost frightful to contemplate. We sincerely hope there is no passion, no extreme feeling, no high color- ing, made ofthis subject’ The statement, how- ever, commences with a landation of the associa- tion, by which it would appear that high wrought vanity and eelf-admiration is sometimes the pro- perty of hodies—and religious bodies, tvo—as well us of mdividuals. a It has been through the lostrumentality of the as- sociation, when the officers of our prisons were sileat on the rubject. in their reports to the Legislature, that several instances of inkuman treatment were disco vereo and exposrd One was the case of a mau who refused to take his ehirt eff. when orcered, preparatory to being whipped, He vas obstinate and insolent ip bie refusal. wad uo doudtedly bry to have been puuished, tor the exam- J's take, at least; but he was pushed up to the whip. ping-rivg by the bayonets of the guard. Ho was struck with @ bickory club, “ not as big as a man’s wrist,” wbieh broke in two. He was then beaten with # cane. He rusbed into his cell, where he wae safely lodged, aud there the principal keeper fired two pistols terough the burs of the cri! at him, one of which shots wounded hn in the arm. He was then poked of with leo, hickory poles through the bars of his cell, until be fel down. The officers then ruched in upon him, and, while some pulled him by the heels, others beat him over the bead with bie ses clabs,as be lay on the floor. Covered with blood from the bayonet stabs, the pistol aod received fifty lasbes on hie bare back. He was or d to bis cell on bread and water fur a long time, and was not let out util eight months from the day | be waa committed Yet not one word of this affair ever reached the public eyeexcept through our report, Ass naturally to be expected, great oppouition hes been made to this benevoleut institution, and even & commutice of the Legislature oace made a report adverse to it. A lerge portion of the report before us is taken up with discussing this matter, vindicating the imstituuon, and stating its grievances, Kc. We ehull pass this over for the preeent, for we think it uvsuitable matter in what ought to be a business report, and pot a contre- versie! argument. The report then proceeds to statements in rela- tion to the finances of the imstituvon. It seems the Legislature have imposed ouerous duties upon the visitors, but it hes made no provision for pay- at for the work and labor which it has required tube done. This is not quite iair. ‘The subject of detentions 1s next taken up, and schedules are given of the number of persons de- tained in the several prisons, and the offences they ave severally committed. The report then passes | ou to Nee of its eflorts to induce the Common | Council of the city of New York to eflect a reform | sources of crime, & hey were dally aad | not merely inspected the prisons, butexamined, in- | spected and conversed with every individual coa- fined in our prions. [tis not to be wondered at, therefore, that the officers of the prisons, genera'- ly, kicked and rebelled againet such a power, inas much as it must be manifest to the shallowest mind | that their situations, their character and their places, bad at least some little connection with the grace aud favor of the individuals who posses- ted such supreme authority, It must also be mam- fest that if any cunning, artful men among the prisoners should be able to succeed, by plausible tales, in working upon the feelings and prejudices | ofthe benevolent visitors, then again, also, there wes some danger to be apprehended by the of- ficers. All these little things work and operate powerfully in this world, and no one ean deny it. Of the discoveries of frauds, decepuons, and il- lege! conduct practised at some of our prisons and brought to light by the visitors of the association, the following are remarkable and egregious in- stances — In one of our State prisons it was found that slew of the State, which required that every article bought by the eget ehould be examined by the clerk, compared With the invoiow the was entirely o garded, and that po distinct book for euoh was hept. me required by law = It was found thet examination. that it was not the gene at that prirom to exemine the py the Seate got ell it patd for, and thus wae afforded ao sbundant epportunity for peculation, which the ine mpted to guard against. This practtes bad been prevatiing rome tim hat prisoe ; yet it bad never been meutioned la any of the teports to the Legisietore * iy ene of the State prisons it was found that the exept bad ro wade up his aounal report as to convey to the Legislature the fides that the ea 9 of the convicts bad amovnted to within afew handred dollars cf the expenses, but, ow our eraminstion. Ateom vered. and #0 reported to the Legislature that the +x. penees tor the year exereded the earnings nearly #21. 00; or, exclusive “of repairs, alterations, aod aidi- frome $1500 And the trath of our statement mede mauitert by the trot thet, before the year ‘was out. the Legislature was asked to make au appro. priation to that priton of $20,000, and afterwards of « Buch larger amount, it Wee Chrongh the committee of the areociation thet lsoovered demonstrated thet the pr actor at one of our prisope, bad fed the prisoners 1d fieh—eo badly apotird as to render the pri- isome from t that thi done after wd by the vbyrici ue! ho waa in the frequent habit of receiving pre- sents from the contractor. ‘This wae detected and ex- 1d by the commit. provirtom contrac. siituted matt voners et such 200 to $1,600 @ yen hich were ps b: easel eased wt as to (nantities. Here, at once, the immensely beneficial results of the scrutiny of the visiters are made manifest by their report of their proceedings. On reading such statemente—of the correctness of which we have no doubt whatever, for it is precisely in this way the publie feers—we are impressed with feelings both of pain and surprise. Of pain at reflecting that the officers employed by the State are men guilty of each grose outrageous frauds; also of pain at reflecting upon the quantity of misery and suffering inflicted at number of our fellow upon a very gre reatures by such peeulation and fraud; and next of surpriee, that the State, or the Executive, or whoever it may be, whore duty it 1s to see to the due exec of the laws, have neglected this department to such a deplorable extent ae net to find out before and punish, by immediate expuiston from office, parties capable of euch etrocious malfeasance. Surely, there is come vital error in. the administration of our lows uf they are so neglected, so trampled foot, end so despised, and no one takes cognizance of it,noo pervises, no one punishes, for such infractions of the lawe' Nay, noone knows robbed and plundered by public of- | anything about it, or even seems to care how our | in the city prisons. The advice given by the io- surtution, and the separate items of advice, or of reforms proposed, are then singly enumerated. No official notice, it appears, has been taken, either of the advisers, or their advice ; but the report states that the officers of the city prisons have taken the hint from them, and have made several great im- provements in the sense desired. The report then goes on, manner rather de- ficient in order and classificanon, to make some highly mteresting statements and su, 5 eee and to give some extensive and minute tab 8, upou the mircellaneous subjects of the statistics of prisons, of prison discipline, ot length of sentences, of dis- trict prisons, of fines, of the register of State pri- sons, of the results of kindness, of punishments, of the menner of arrest, of Inspectors of prisons, of discharged convicts, ce, &c. A correspondence from several persons 18 thea introduced, with their verboxe letters in full, giving opinions and state- ments upen foreign statistics of tore prisons, c. There is a long letter, bya Mr. Gould, on the last sul ject, and a letter from Mrs. Faroham on the h of sentences, with other domestic and foreign correspondence ; and thie makes up the whole report, wich some, it may be, useful remarks on prison architecture, and the briet report of the Treasurer and Finance Com- mittee. We must honestly here intimate our opinion, that the arran nt is defective and dis- orderly, the remarks discursive and unconnected ; and as to the correspoadence, it is hardly to be re- hed on, consisting of favorite theories and opin- iops, und mere sentiment. The one great point of utility is the diecovery of ebuses, ot which we have iven & specimen. ‘he composition of the report, in other respects, 18 siapularly defective, hetero- geneous, and contused. statistics from ail parts of the Usien, which makes vp about four-fifths of the whole volume, making its name @ palpable misnomer. The repoct 1s a Lue tle bridle, with & big horse hanging to it’ Under the items of manner of arree serving of consideration :— Tp many cases, a8 soon as it is known to the officer that & prisocer bas ey, his inierm some lawyer, with whom he is intim fact the door of the ceil is hardly closed apoa the pilsoner before ome Kind tctend ofers bis assistance provided an order jay. a robbery where he stopped, he was Tent cause than that he sloned the -five nove. cernted for the first tine. m stranger in the city, Without acqusotance aud frieuds, ike » drowaing the firet faint ray of hope: the law- his release for twenty poande; the tem. and, finally, the matter was ar- yenged at fifteen An examination was hed, no testi- mony of @ choracter to convict was discovered He wor, however. remanded to prison. by which he was so thoroughly slarmed that, though he was assured by cur agent that be would Joeritably obtaia his release ip Guy oF two, he was still induced to add the other unde. if porrible to hasten the delivery. Scones cf this kind ate. no doubt. of frequent oseurrence in cur large elties, to which alone these remarks are per- tinet In conclumon, we would remark, that though the valuable in this report is great, yet it is baried under too much rubbish. There is a want of con- nec order, arrange nrent, and solid report; it locks too much like a book-making, or a reportanaking ) Condensation might have reduerd it to on of whet may be valusble. We have given some idea of the most interesting and most valuable von of the meritorious and active labors of this valuable society, whieh, though not success- ] jo clear, distinct, and plain reportung, seems to vs very successful im opening the eyes of the public to abuses which call for the speedy action of the kite of the amputator, and the prompt and cereful pruning of the husbandman. Whe Washington Market. Forron— Under the head ity Intelligenos.” y), there is @ state- ym which rs “The ground westerly of West street po f capacity butid oo the new g ly day; and when the builaing ts 6 cf tbe site of the prevent market berefore, it will be percetved that r the head of © City jotetl ; representations made at th entirely coptrery to the facte of the care. As to the rerenue, or lors. im this matter, the public can judge frem the following statement: — is estimated by good The oid merhet « ndges to be wort! sees + «+ $900,000 The new crovrd. westerly of Wert street, ‘Where sheds are now erected, is worth. .... 150,000 Total value of property... 6. 6c... css $450000 est on the above property annually... .. 1,600 Taxesat least. ee ses 4.500 Clerk bite, and houre fore) 1,300 Sweeping of market (inside . 732 Do. cutelde and carting eeeeee 295 Lighting and repairing lamps, &o . 300 Ger... ween eeeeee 1333 Repairs. Pererrrere Wy Annual expense to the city... 0.6... cee “$41,356 Total income, as per Comptroller's report... @ 25.027 Showing an annual deficleney of......... $10,338 Soffield, Connecticut, has been the birth of four Congtesemen. tro Governors of Vermont, two Go- ia, one Governor of Connecticut, two Postmaster Generals, two Teme Court of Obio, one Judge of of Vermont, im the There is an appendix of | the following is de- | ixth, without losing one atom | * ut, fora THLLGRAPWIC There was but business transacted in Con- gress yesterday. The Senate was not in session. In the House, a debate sprung up on the subject of printing a large number of the report oa com- merce and navigation. After which, the balloting for Sergeant-at-Arms was resumed. There were two ballotings had without coming to an election; on the last ballot Mr. Giddings received 104 votes —lacking but one of being elected. In the Legislature, a large number of petitions, bills, and memori jous subjects, were presented, which will be found fully reported be- low. The question of the reference of the new code was amovg the mostimportent business of the day. It was finally referred to the Judiciary Committee, said committee being increased by the addition of three members. Affulre at the Seat of Government, OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. - Wasninoren Crrv, Saturpay Eventina, Jan. 12, 1849. We learn that Major Gaines, of Kentucky, ap- pointed Governor of Oregon, im place of Gen. Lane, ie in danger in the Senate. The Major, with his family, left your city, a few days ago, for Oregon, in the storeship Supply, via Cape Hora.— The compluint is, that Gen. Lane, a meritorious soldier, a competent governor, and in the terri- lory, was turned out, to make room fora party men; that there was no necessity for the change, or the departure of Maj. Gaines before the action of the Senate on his case; and that itis a case of proecription, which must be condemned. The Vermont resolutions, and the Austrian ques- tion, and the unfinished Senate business, will be brought up on Monday. We expect also that the motion for information concerning California, the executive doings there, the agency of Butler King in organizing the State, and other particulars of importance, not yet disclosed in executive session, will be renewed. The case of Collector Lewis, of Philadelphia, is among the first upon docket, Ning o’ciock. There has been a rumor ef a serious cha- racter agaist a prominent derrocratic office- seeker. This evening the report is so gene- ral as to justify publication. It is charged that the individual, who was late a clerk in the Treasury department, and more recently an agent for soldiers” claims, hag been discovered as defrauding the ‘Treasury im this business, that the Second Audi- tor is preparing to prosecute him, and that he h: fied from the city. 7 We have reason to fear the report is true. The person alluded to was one of the biographers of General Cass in the late campaign, and to this time has maintained a high character. I send you hig name in private. The democrats are trying to get up a caucus to nominate a candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms. THIRTY-FIRST COIGRESS, FIRST SESSION, House of Representatives. Wasnixcmox, Saturday, Jan. 12, 1850. ‘The Journal was read as usual. A motion was made that the House becalled. It was ordered, amd the question taken by yeas and nays, to enable the absentees to arrive. After this there was an unimportant debate on the prepriety of printing ten thousand extra copies of the report on commerce and navigation, It was finally recommitted to inquire into the cost of printing &c. The House then resumed voting for Sergeant-at- Arms, with the following result:— Lane, Giddings, 86; Walbridge, 8; Dorr, 6; Washington, 9; Fletcher, 6; Bigelow, 1; Sheckler, 1; Rogers, 3. The House again voted:— Scattering, 15; Lane, 89; Giddings, 104. Only one more yote required to elect Giddings. Amotion to adjourn was made, on the democratic side. name of Lane was withdrawn. Motions were made by several democrats to adjourn, anda call of the House was ordered. The yeas avd nays wore taken to kill time, and finally, on motion of Mr. Eva of Maryland, the House adjourned at three o'clock. KEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Bei Axnanr, January 12, 1850. PETITIONS PRESENTED, | | |A petition was presented fur a new bank In the clty | of Albany, and in Hudson. Mr, Besaman presented the petition of Henry T. Pe- ter’ and Richard Ilugs, for relief. They are residents of New York city; and this petition is for the release of an escheat. BRFOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY RELATIVE TO THE GENERAL FLRCTION Law. On motion of Mr. Cress, a resolution of inquiry was offered to the Judiciary Committee, to inquire lato the | expediency of so amendi he General and Special Liteon Lew to provide that. there shatl be form of ballot ry tobe used at aoy ‘and of euch changer or inodifieatians of euch law tainty, aod | RESOLUTIONS FROM CHAUTALQUE € PRIE KatLKo, | Supervisors of Al- sold for taxes, uty where such | A petition was pre legany c A petition was presented in relation to the exemp- tion of the Sel y and Rensealner and Saratoga K Wwarders on Hudson, instead of by Uhat such trade is to imerease to Roure's Point, was, on m of th ence, reterted to the Railroad committee of the ate. > Hal 22) zi 2 ior i i 3 4 ? uy Py jams yet resident ng for achool honges, department of Poblic ature that this request, reservation, teachers, The ge upon the Le; ere also presented for the etually protect the thousende of jal other public works, from the severe curred by them in the failure of con: tractors. ErORT OW cay of the Caow mer IN FLOUR how practised, by reason aspection of flour. ao wiLid of @ bill to amend the pre wills. DICAL COLL bill to incorporate the Varsem York Medieal College. IN@UIRY ABLATIVE TO CRIME. On motion of Mr. G jon of be Go adopted, calling cn the Pollee of the reverel aT 4 the Alms House Department, to report to th tore such infor will show what the pereons coming under thelr official cogair reduced to poverty, or incited to crime, by the habit of Messre. Loomis, Chamber, 80 a8 to explain personally to the ture the various provisions of the Code of Practice by them submitted THE LAW OF pIVOReR. ie gave netice of « bill to amend the ite In relation to divorcee. mm ett Mr B Jaws of the § TAR BEDRMP TIO Mr. Rormsow introdeced @ bili to provide for the re. mptic par of all the moneyed circulation of this ve at the cities of New York or Albeny THE PILOTS OF THE FORT OF NEW YORK Mr. 1. J. An re notice Of a bill to provide for the goveroment and regulation of the pilots of the por of New York by the way of Sandy Hook. THE DRURY Laws Mr_ Wrrer, of New York, gave notice of # bill to mo- dify the urury laws. No new democratic nominations were made, and the | atiaraugus. presented certaia resolu- | it, should be grauted. | ‘The above was characterired by Mr. Fono, of Erie, as | subject, and referred to the Canal | SAYINGS BANKS, A resolution was ado vo ed to the expodien: ay general lew for the er: “ot of TH ROADS PHOM 5) RACUSE 0 relative tothe consolidstion of Toads from Syracuse to Recbester, were ordered ed. THE CODE OF rhacr The House agsiu pr: ded vo the consideration of the question of of toe aode of practice. Mr. Leavenwoarn added to the judieiary not origipate with the | Dave taken upon them, every opportunity rail- print - judiciary committe, toon of nigh k acquire- ments, comprising a great prvportion of Sey te lent of the House, di-cussion Bere arose as to the real meauing of thi 4 layman. and Webster's dictionary and other rourors cf information were quoted to. It was finally settled that it originally cleriastical defivition. took it im charge, He would trust and honor of the Judiciary U»omittes, Mr Richanpsow aliuded to the fact that the commis- sion te revise aud simplity the practice aad pleadings, was originally propored in the Coustitational Com- mittee, by Mr, Campbell ?. Whice, a delegate from the: city cf New York, and for mauy years » prominent merebast im that city. Mr Fuitenton thought one layman would be su™- clent, if that one was the geutivwan from Cayugs, Mr, Richardson. acquieres in their di Finally, the House deter Judiciary Committee, with addition of three lay- men. waking the committees now of ten persons, FHOPOBEL THAN: Trustees of Manbattan Free Scbool to traus(er their school to the city of New York THE HUDSON KIVEN RATLROAD. iving the Hudson River Railroad Company ein which to complete their road, iuerease their capital, was thority to committee; but some of the membert asked for more time, to wake a farther exami The committee reported prog: on the table, ce ents are you able whia will show the connec a erin, Potiee im the eity of New York, * cites of Brooklva, Albany, ¢ Batt be dire: beer tt eating drinks, uence of intoxi ; ‘4 to prison for those offences, Later from Pernambuco. Paw 12-P.M. The schooner Grand Turk has arrived at this port,in 24 daye from Pernambuco, with a cargo of sugars, which article continued eoming fn in great abundamce from the interior. The growing erop exceeds the aver- age yield. Both foreign amd domestic produce were inactive. ‘The tranquillity of the provinces is undisturbed. Court of Apprats. Auwany, J The court held one session yesterday, ease No. 30, To-day, No. 51 was called on and passed; and No. 45 was argued in place of No. 82, by consent. No. 27 is now on argument. Markets, New Onreans, Jan. 11, 1860. ‘The demand for cotton continues animated, and the advance of isc. & Me. noticed in our last ie fally sus- tained. The rales yesterday were 8,000 bales. tome the pest three days they bave been somewhat larger tba reported, baving reached 31,000 bales, We quote middling 10%¢. @ Le., and fair 120, Batimane, Jam. 12, 1880, The produce market continues qutet, dealers not being Gieposed to operate until toe receipt of the Canada’s news, which ‘lourly waited for, The quotations fer flour, grain. and provirious remain nominally as before, Groceries are firmer; holders of Rio coffee are asking au advance. —$<$<$<<$<—$— Mails for Cailfornia, IMPORTANT TO NEWSPAPER AGENTS. The foliowing correspondence relates to a matter of much interest to the publishers of newspapers in the nited States. — Post Orrice, New York, Jan. 9, 1860. Sin:—The increase of emigration to Califoraia, and the consequent increased mail matter, has brought for my decision & question, whi»h | beg to submit to your better jucgment and greater experience. Many of the newspaper publisners here receive orders from @ person or firm in San Francisco for pte pera, from one hundred to ive hundred, who send on the money forthem, These papers are sent to the office in bundles of twenty-five or tifty addrensed to one per- son or firm. Can [ receive and forward these papers as the prop ¢ papers are the perties to whom there payers are addressed are bona fle subsoribers, and as th p= 4 ‘will certaluly be tal rom reply by return of mail will very mach oblige me, and toauswer satisfactorily the many questions 12-P, M. ad comeluded now daily put to me on thie polat. Your obedient serv t, Ww. V. BRADY, P. M. S. R. Honnin, Eeq., Fizet Aest Postmaster Gen’l. Post Orrice Derantaenr, " 10, 1850. reply to your inuiry relative te ne whea rent from the bond of publication E W. V. Branr, Enq , Postmaster New York, N.Y, Supreme Court—*pecial Term, Bretore Judge Edmonds Jan. 12 —De wigs Wo Price v1 Order for attachwei ‘with costs p the due No objections hr + those 145 of the code Pierrepont and Others.—It ta oo Ge. Je jurrull —Divoree refased, there being wo idevoe of service of prooves, and no evidence of marriage Cornelius Venderbilt v9, The Ci plaintifl eetuog th th And it appr bis ferry priv e parties; and of this reason, to erorrtain refusing to ac- plaivtht in Ue The coste of the motiv tw or irregularly | ow other per- ‘hen that ehall b lurention to defcaad his epongh thoagh blely depart. ' win the —— m thie case It appearing to the defendaat bed go proud wot ith a Wis erediters, but with en intent to be out of the way at the time of nis favture, aod aroid the rerv cree Until after the excitement had fons to set aside the attachm-ats » Chenjrau and Orhers ads Charles H Dudiey.—On tre- 4 vere 2 inquisition fur it appearing that the entry was merely not with strong band cr m ultiwnde People. with no threats of personal violence or woueusl weapons, judg- ment for the detendants, with costs Joseph Ti Nowes ve Hope Mutual Life Tnsurannce Com: = = the report of a referee le upon the whole ue, the mode of review is either bj cial term for & rehearing a oy © cae. having it Incorporates into the record. and tied up to general tera by appeal, the covree will be adopted rather theo the former, vider peenitar oir nee). because of the seourley which the party will be required ve give, im or lar to eb #tay of prosredings on the juiginent. Motto: for a re- bearing denird. avd motion that the ease be corporeted inte the record granted, costs to adide ti event le entry etainer. & trespass, aud