The New York Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1850, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. | Northwest corner of Fulton and Nassau st | JAMES GORDON BENNETT. PROPKIETOR AND EDITOR VENING. AMUSEMENTS Tul OADWAY THEATRE Urosdway—Ocn Heaps anv Youne Beanis- 18 M-KaiaD Kaue, GURTON’S THEATHKS, Chambers strect—Seaious Fa- ab y— Ty ToODL me. VATIONAL TH Tee Monn OLY M10 THEATKM, Brondway—TweiveMovTH#—Ca- ha ALEAUAN~ JOMN OF Pay ‘umn Jom oR. PhISTY'S OPEKA BOUSE—Erniortan Minera xcey. Se8KIOAN MUBBU SnvOn AND BYENING, MELODEON — Warre's 8: TABRRNACLE— Mew Vor! . Saturday, Phe Retrograde Policy of the Whigs. In speaking of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, one of the popular English journals re- marks that “it is of more importance to Manches- ercsud Birmingham than to the United States.” Thu, certainly, cannot be owing to the genius of the gentleman who oceupies thet post, for he has bot yet given the country any evidence that he had avy. It was supposed, that when Gen. Taylor was raited to the office of Chief Magistrate of the na- ”, by the vote of bis fellow-e tizens, there were tome preity stroug reasons to hope he would choose acabinet that would carry out his pledges fo the notion; at all events, that the pledges of Gen Taylor himeelf would be redeemed, either bo the men he appointed over the departments, or by others whom he would find to fill their places should they prove recreant to the trust. But the u has had perfectly convincing proof, that Gen. Tay lor hae made the worst selection possible, ane thot he has not only been surrounded thas tar, during bis administration, by false and pertidious men, but that they are gifted with none of the at- Mbutes of stalesmen, and will be likely to involve he country in the mest serious difficulties and em- barrasements. It was hoped, by those who are looking forward to a better era, when the peacea- ble relatious of monkind will be multiplied and extended in all directions, that some impulse would be given to those great movements which have characterized the spirit and the tendency of the present age. While the world seemed to be luuncted upon ithe great stream of progress, and even the despotisms of Europe were crambling to their fiuel fall, mankind had a right to expect that the first decisive movements of the new President of the United States would be favorable to the ation, in all is rel There had, weeed, siderable number of indications that nothing could be expected from the present cabinet, worthy of the times or of the country; but very few were prepared for a policy of reac- tion so decisive and unjustifiable. It 1s trae that ‘he whig party has always been favorable to a narrow, sectional and illiveral poliey ; but it was hoped that we had got beyond that miserable and cootempuble partisun couthet between protection- Vets end free treders. Mr. Meredith has gone back fitty years in the history of the country, to find the tyetem of policy whieh he has recommended. He plants himself in the middle of the stream of progress, and wishes to arrest the tendency of the age towards liberal imstitetions. w png and aspects reen & CC He belongs to school of Koglish armtocrats, who have suc. ceeded, vntil the time ot Sir Robert Peel, in rais- wg borriers to the free intercourse of nations, and would heve ue adopt that same system which has impover shed nine-tenths of the inhabitants of the Brio istends, for the sake of eanching the al- reedy bloated and opulent remaining few. He would have the temtl raised upon certain articles, beeane, forsooth, capitalints, who have their mil- tions invested in this branch of maaufactures aad speculations, cansot aceummlate colossal fortunes with sufficreat rapidity ; aud, theretore, he adopts the Eoglch corsa laws were so lovg susie of keeping foreign grain from fallmg into the English markets, in order to rewe the price ofybread. This system wrought wre ohecress, devastation and rar in Great Britain; | aod, although sueh is the natural fecandity of our | soil and climate, it could not immediately have such an eflect here, yet the principle of interposing | restnetive barriers between the commerce and intercourse ot friendly nations, ts acted upon by Mr. Meredith, Sr the (maciple on whie nh the very same way. Peel have been a trickster in polities, and we presume he was; but it is never- theless true, that, in conjunction with the hercu- leav his associates, the whole erilaed world Gf we except Me. Meredith Robert me eflorts of Cobden @ ond a few musty whige in the United States) teeame heartily coovineed of the truth, that the only way to swell the revenue of a state, aid to prevent frends on the customs, is to lay ©; that protection withers up com- fatal to the producer as that the mederate duti «im the end ae the consumer; and wants of human so- erty anc the dates of civilizetion imperatvely de- free trade These prine , which were first brought clearly before the sh Partie by « powerful and popular ‘ ve or four years ago, have al- Britain, and are being the civilized world. between all note ment th: only phed pteeutly To suppose, therefore that anation like this, which " of necessity be contiqually advancing, in lie beraliy of opwion, in freedom of commerce, and in peaceable relonions with mankind, should ever re- turn to those musty atemptible opinions which preveotled h ITY Aqo, is tO Suppose that a « cen be enacted overwhelming majority, | fey oir ne everybody bet mor jets to Wear two # ond three noe thet ataw can be passed woieh will compel these same mea to sell what | tey produce, im the ct , and boy what they want im the ¢ t market in the world The day hae gone by when eneh politieal ham bugs will be ew wed by t oy this coum try. In attemptrog to do it, Meredith will find himer lt place ery moeh the position that Mr. Claytoe has by when he attempted to get up a + with Frew snd, in the most cowardly man- net, traekled te the sprit of usurpation which England bad monitested, in toterterring with our domestic eflaire, To ge b in the United States | mere attempt to do it has always ty: end in this respect n difference between the whigs and ‘There have been very few states the been fatal to the whig te impowaible extets the m Soe om Tite nen thie country, in the whig ranks, that have cleorly understood thie principle. Four or five times in successic the most desperate efiorte were wade to eleet Mr. Ciay to the | Preeiiewey lnough ot was universally conceded th he most exalted y m and genial a y of the country as any other dolatrow *y of a mam ecetive tariff, Mr Calhoun, rer views on this aabe ® wifted with e wa jowe for the moth bank n bis end the « " adv f nine nd his y te enerifiord him arty hope, her entertained el w wet, for & greeter purber of years, than aay other American statesman. From the very beginning, he has been an advocate of freedom of ecommerce ; in the ate and aithong nm integrity of his chatac- whch did not allow bom to play the syeophant perty leaders ond party opimious, he has missed Presdential chair, yet be ie one of those men woove feme can recetve no additional lustre from the brilheney ef offic id he now stands ia the mort enviable of all positions, hie own free man, respected and feared by all parties. Reroxt of tux State Prison Inspectors. — ‘The second snnval report of the State Prison To- *pectors of this State has been received, but we > no room to-day to give any extracts. Itiea \. luminous doeoment, and contains a great deal of wierestiog mater ee THe Miomione Warcn. | The Age of Defaications and Rascality. Some philosophers insist that virtue 1s advancing faster than vice, and that with the progress of in- | telligence, morality will come into the ascendant, and finally be victorious. dark ide, and tell us that vice is becoming ram- seem to be undermining the toundations of society, | and that the general consummation will be a total | destruction of existing human institutions. There is a good deal to favor either of these opinions; and if we were to take the prema facie evidence probably be compelled to adopt the opinion that confirm this idea so strongly that they cannot be overlooked. Its perfectly certain that, whatever philosophers may say to the contrary, and America, the great system of politics 1s a game bling mu chine for getting hold of money. It seems impossible to preserve any institutions whatever, which have a pecuniary existeuce, from corruption and overthrow, Sometimes the drift of avarice finds tor itvelfa bold channel, and capitalists and men in authority club together, and nearly ruin the nation, Such was the case with the great railway speculations recently carried on in England, under the financial management of Hudson, the Railway King. Thousands and tens of thousands ot ho- nest people, who had invested their all in railway | shares, under the false and cruel representations of | speenlators, were left beggars when the babble burst; and the man who, but the hour before, was the idol of the government, the nation, and the world, turns out to be the boldest swindler creation has seen for a whole generation; and, in casting up his accounts, he has only robbed the Eaglish prople of about $250,000, 000! Another of those outrageous and atrocious breaches of faith, we received intelligence of the other day, from Evgland. The system of corrap- tion in Great Britain has been carried to such aa enormous extent, that it has invaded even the sa- cred limits of savings banks, where the poor have been led to suppose they could deposite the fruit of their hard earnings, and have some source of relief for the calamities of life and iufirmines of age. It appears that Mr. Hayworth, the manager of the Rochdale Savings Bank, who for many years oceupied a very high position in society, and was regarded, like some of our holy Wall street men, #8 worthy of all sorts of veneration from all sorts | of people—who was looked up to by the rich as a pattern modei man and millionaire, and by the poor as the guardian of their little fortunes—had begun to carry on an enormous system of swindling, which, when discovered, turns out to be, in the aggregnte, somewhere about half a million of dol- jars. How many theusands of families have been robbed—how many widows and orphans have had their all stolen, by this atrocious swindler, can hardly be estunated. There are at this time in Englend, not less, probably, than five or six hun- dred savings banks, which, in the aggregate, have deposited in their safe keeping not less than $150,000,000. In 1833, 404,014 depositors had money in these savings bunks. Undoubtedly, a very large number of these institutions are insolvent. lithe truth were known, it would probably turn out that the chief management of their affairs was confined to scoundrels, who, if the day of reckoning should come, would turn out to have squandered the sacred deposites entrusted to their care. At one period the system of epeculation was carried on to such an enormous extent ia the United States, that hundreds of millions of dol- lars were robbed from the community, by stock Jobbing and bank speculanng gamblers. In the general explosion, most of these institutions went down, and the whole nation reeled with the shock. But gradually the banks regained their lost au- thority, and now their hold upon the community is almost as great as ever. We presume that a thorough investigation into their affairs would show that they are as rotten as ever; and certainly, from time to time, we have evidence enough of the fact, whenever the truth comes to light. Every few days the community 1s shocked by the an- | nouncement that some bank has either stopped payment, or a great defaleation has been detected | on the part of some of its officers; and it is well known that most of these institutions are charter- ed and carried on solely for the benefit of a few | Capitalists, who suck up the substance of the labor- ing classes, and when they have robbed all they can get, explode in smoke, and leave the poor, the deceived, the outraged laboring man, to suffer the consequences, There are at present in this city numberiess establishments who are carrying on an enormous business upon capital which has been | Tobbed trom the community, through the agency of these swindling banks, Wall atreet itsell,is jittle better than an exchange for speculatora, where they congregate to devise ingenious ways of swindling the community. We know that there are honest men in most institutions, professions and pursuits ; but we very much doubt whether honesty be not the exception and villany the rule. ‘The first glance of General Taylor's adminis- tration, at the Spancial accounts of its agents, shows extensive defalcations ; and we cannot Jearn that the proper officers are lifting one finger | to bring these swindlers to justice. Probably there is no country im the world where men can reb one enother with so much impunity as ia this enbghtened, pious and republicanaation. Here it is dove on syetem, under the protecting shield of low, charters and corporations. {n Mexico, mea rob one another because they can do it with some hope of escaping, there being little law and less gospel. But the curse among us ia, that the laws | ere vo framed that money 18 all-powerful in mak- g them and in breaking them. It is not distepu- table bere, even for distinguished bishops, vestry- men, elders and samts, of all sizes aad colors, to beceme defaultere. Their position in the church din society, don’t seem to be affected by the boldest villany. If they fail in business, and be- come bankrupts, they are sporting quite as magni- ficent equipag ever. They have as gay and brilliant assemblages in their saloens. They con- | stitute chiefly the codfieh nobility of this metrope- lis. It certaialy must be a delicious reflection to sach men, while they ere & their hock, to think that their tradesmen’s bills have never been Others look upon the yesterday. | pant, and all the uncurbed passions of mankind | the Committee on Indian Affairs to inquire into crue Devic—Navan | which we gather from passing events, we should | of my, Gurley. virtue is fast leaving the world, and vice usurping | the act amending the charter of the Hudson River | its place. There are some signs of the times which Railroad Company ; the provisions of the bill will ] this 18 an | the act establishing the boundary of Brooklyn, age of rascality and defaleauon. Both in England | were also passed. Assembly, PETITIONS. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, . ny one zens ‘Cateraugus, bg P sy. 0nd Chastnegee countion, $0 New anes ‘compel the The United States Senate was not in session oy snd Erle Railroad Company to Dalla: thelr road as located in 1 Mr Jones, in relation to fees of sheriffs on execu- tions sent by mail to different counties, Also, in rela- tion to excite laws, Mr. O. Auten, of Trustees of Buffalo Orphan Asylum, for an Opriation. att, ‘Wine.ow, to prevent the sale of intoxicating rinks. Mr Harwortn, ame subject. Mr. Hunns, ip relation to sheriffs, Mr. Bows, of merchants of New York city, for an additional number of barber masters, Mr. Leavenwourtn, for the abolition of tolls on rail- is. Mr, Noxon, for an amendment of the new school law. HARBOR MASTEMS FOR NEW YORK CITY. Mr. H. J. Aten reported favorably by bill to in- creare the number of harbor masters in New York city tot THE CITY HALL IN BROOKLYN, ‘The billin relation to the Broeklyn City Hall, was reported om favorably. EMIGRATION REPORT, ‘The third annual report of the Commissioners of Emigration was receive ¥. tony moved it be referred to the Committee on Waye and Means, and that tem times the usual num- ber be printed, a¢ it was a report whieh the Legisia- ture would like to examine. THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE, ‘The annual report of the Brooklyn Institute was re- ceived. PLANK Kops. Mr. Inist, pusuant to notice, introduced a bill to amend an act iu relation to plank and turnpike roads. THE CKOTON AQUEDUCT. Mr. HN, Aries gi tice of @ bill in relation to the Croton Aqueduct of New York City FURNISHING KEPOKTS TO THE CONETITUTIONAL CONVENTION, Mr. Crcnen gave notice of @ bill to furnish each member of the Constitutional Convention with # report of the debate, BILLA INTRODUCKD. Mr. Bacon introduced # bill im relation to building associations, Mr, Moxror. ® bill to organize @ separate battalion in Riebmond county. Mr Meiniosu, a bill to prevent the falee branding of flour by manufacturers and dealers. Laid on the table under the rule, In the House, resolutions were passed directing the expediency of extingwishing the Indian title to land in certain parts of Oregon. After some desultory conversation on the sub- ject of the public printing, the House went into an election of Chaplain, which resulted in the election In the New York Legislature, the Senate passed be found in our report. The act amending the charter of the Brooklyn Gas Light Company, and In the House, a series of resolutions was intro- duced, in favor of the establishment of an Agri- cultural Bureau, by the federal government. A bill was reported to increase the number of Harbor Masters in New York city. The slavery resolu- tions were further discussed, and passed over till Tuesday next. The Orange Jewels. OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Wasninaton Crry, Fripay, t Feunvary 1, 1850. In the matter of the Orange jewels, from an ap- peal of the Dutch Charge to the State Department, itis understood that nothing is to be done until the Department shall hear from the Duten govern- ment. The committee, in the meantime, will as- certain the amount which that government holds 1n the annual interest to be paid on the Dutch loan of this District. The President holds a levee to-night. UNPAID Taxes, Mr Raymonn offered the following resolution :— Resolved, TI Comptroller be respectfully rognentad st cunven! THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. House of Representatives, Wasnixoton, February 1, 1850. THE INDIANS IN OREGON. On motion ef Mr. Tuunsron, resolutions were adopt- ed instructing the Committee on indian Affatrs to inquire into the expediency of extinguishing the In- dian title to the territory lying west ef the Cascade Mountains, in Oregon, and removing the Indiaus east of these mountains; to inquire into the propriety of creating there an officer of Superintendant of Indian Affairs; to inquire into the plan for the proper manege- ment of the India MAPS, DELAY IN PRINTING, ETC. Mr. Hammonn, from the Committee on Engraving, made a report to appropriate $18,000, to paint the maps which accompany the President’s message. He told what they were. Mr. Wixtuxor complained of the delay in having the President’s Message printed. The session would be over before they were furnished. It was a miserable “penny wise and pound foolish” doctrine to give printing out in such @ way as to delay it and he would go for a change to have it in time for business purposes. Mr. Cantex advocated the printing of the maps— they were fing « to point the emigrants to the Wert—to his future home, aud show its mineral wealth, | Several gentlemen took part in the debate, | Mr. McWitre sald that, as Chairman cf the Com- mittee on Printing, he bad made inquiry and learned that the President's message and accompanying docu- ments would be in two volumes—one of which was nearly ready. and there was ax much expedition as porrible in ail the printing. This answered the com- Pletote, made the other day. The resolution was adopte On motion of Mr. Vax Drax, it was agreed to pro- ceed to the election of Chaplain. THE RLECTION OF CHAPLAIN. Mr. MeMvi ten wished to know it the Committee on | the Judicisry bad reported on various memorials to abclish Chaplains ? | ‘The Srrakex raid not, Mr McMvtiss asked whether it would be in orderto | Dove postponement of the election till the Committee could report ? Sreaxen— No, Mr. McMeiies moved to postpene the election till March next. to the State for the non-pa: during each year of the past ten years. AN AGRICULTURAL BUREAU. Mr. Raymonn laid on the table, under the rule, the following coneurrent resolutions :— Kecolyed, (tf the Separe coneur,) That the people of the Frate ot Mow York regard agriculture as te leasing interest of the American pecpe, ave ‘herelore eminently deserving the attention and care of the federal ment. Kesolvec, (if the Senate Ti ut the people of State earnesily desize the establisiment in the d the Interior of & Bureau of Agr cwiture, for o weeful knowledge on agrirultural subjee eri UrpOses AF may AdvuNce the interests, increase the wealth anc promote the general prosperity of the farming. Poyularion of tie United States, He-oived, (i! the Seuute concvr,) That our Senators and Rerreseutatives in Congress be respectfully requested to mee their bet endeavers to procure tie establishment and euc- cessful operation of such a bureau, Kervived, (if the Senate concur,) That the Governor of this Drate be req tious toeach of 1 State im Congress. INQUIAY 4DOUT THE KRPORY OF THE COMMISSLONERS OF THE CANAL FUND. Mr Foxn leid om the t resolution of inquiry of the Commissioners of the anal Fund. why their Re- ort wes not wade to the Legiriatare; and also the fol to ‘rauismit @ copy of these resola~ MALTS and representatives from ‘That the Auditor of the Canal Department is rae h h f Guo phan tase 1 Fuod, wader 1) Like ma ner, under the act chap. 232 of the law hasbeen drawn from the treasury, aud the o'jeet oP obj jor which. wud the persons t» whuim the same iad bee paid, to far as the expenditure has been accounted for, ERY REKOLUTIONS The slavery resolutions were then brought up uoder untipished buriners, Mr. Wakeman ocoupied most of the time reviewing the part, aud speaking of the present aud the future The Committee of the Whole passed the bill ia rela- | tion to the Jucges of the Supreme Court, and other courte of this State; also. to provide for the education of Indiaus tp the State Normal School A bill was sent trom the Senate in relation to the di- od Smee cee of watson fi | orate the Gas Light Compan, lection Of directors 4 ery Fesolutions be made y on y wext at 12) embers would be absent on Saturday apd Monday. ‘The House then adjourned. Mensures of the British Government to ed i h City Intelligence. FIRES IN) NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1850. 1 809 Munroe street; 2] “4 45 Beekman street; blind factory. Fy Hero, foot of Bixth street, 5 jis street, near Broome; wood-shed, in the holet damage, $100 se thaek, Jean aac attop, store, owned by Chapman & Co., iJ le "i etary. ck aberdashery, 338}, Grand street. on! \e 9.—Elm Street, near Broome; 8 story brick; damage to ice Division street, near Attorney; 2 ae ‘tory brick, Thirteonth street, near Lex- ington avenue, occupied by melodeon maker, Old Brewery, Cross street, ite Little Water. 11,—Carpenter ry eeeeiranas street gnear Ele venth avenue; lumber and shop destroyed, and two brick buildings damaged 42 —Corner of Houston and Clinton streets; trifling. 18.—Courtiand street, near Broadway; 3 stery brick; & good deal injured. 4 ~Corner of Thirty-Second street and Fourth nue; two story frame, known as Gothic Hotel, occu; Purdy; uy story destroyed Corner of Amos y; Upper ene tal « fre in cap factory, Sd 1 corper of Cherry street; 8 story building 40 —Mount Vernon House, 535 Grand street. Frame stable, corner of Madison and Walnut streets. 43.—'Three story brick 90 Amity street, Cugler’s book store; comriderably damaged. 24 —Three story brick, 39 First{avenue; Allen, Hay & Co 'wsoup factory 81,—Stable in Ury Dock street. ‘Tur New Fine Disteict.— As our readers are aware, @ pew or fourth fire district has been created by the Common Council, embracing all that part of the city north of Twenty second street, and the district is divi- ded into two sections, by a line running through Fifth avenue But it is not yet organized, the Assistant hn- gineer of the district not being yet elected. here are candidates working for the office and all wore their own estimation, that it is difficult to One of the causes of the delay of the have three jm plify the wlarms. aud the districts too — ying Seoond Section of the First District, it would be better to call it the Second District, and FO OD, MAKing the First Section of the Sewond District the 7 bird Vistrict, and the Second Section the Fourth District. the Firet Section of the Third District the Fifth District. and the Second Section of it the Sixth District ‘These districts and sections ars #0 called ready by many, who are guided by the strokes of the deli, and when they hear the bell toll three strokes, for instance, they immediately eay the fireis in th District; whereas ic is really in the First Section of th Second District. aud thus mistakes and confusion are the conrequence Thr Paorosey Aven Law.—The object of the pro pored “sien” law, brovgbt forward by the Mayor at ‘Che las! meeting of the Board of Supervisors, is to. Die fureiyners or aliens to hold real estate directly, and not through agents, as now, which is wpsatisfactory, god the cause of mueb lors and incor jienee, without y COTTE: poNcing benellt to the cor eiaisect of che Legislature bas been biti to evable @ foreigner to bold real estate, ed to abolish the restriction. eresuit will be @ benefit to th ity, by attracting foreign capical to our shores, Desikvcrive Fine —At half-past twelve o'clock. ye terday morning. a fire broke out in the dwelifag hou at the corner of Thirty-eight street aud Lexington we of three houses stand. The tire companies were promptly ut work, but unfortuuately they bad little or no water, the water pipes not yet being laid in the at They got Ove sreKaa from Thirty-first street, but it was too weak to bef much service, As last resort, there fore, the firemen proceeded to prostra:e the building, in order to save the other two houses avjoiuing it. fhe entire building of course, was destroyed. Fink ins a Stance —A stable on the corner of Dry- deck ava Lentb s' o'clock om Thursday evening extinguished before much damuge was done. Fine —At @ quarter to eleven o'clock, last night, a fire was eiscovered at No 63 King street It was ex- tioguished, with tritling damage, by the police; but, unfortunately, the clothes of a woman, named Eliza: beth Moore, eaught the flames, by which she was severely burned. Ory vo Washinorox,—It is said that the Seoretary of the Treasury telegraphed to Mr. Maxwell, the Coi- lector requesting him to set off immediately for Wash- ingiom We understaud that he took the oars yesver day afternoon. commercial comma- message, directed to St. Morse Southern line yes. of 9, aud by 11 o'clock the aiewer was in the bauds of the owner; thus ao- com iirbing the tewi—s distance of nearly 1,500 miles— » abe ut (wo Bours snd teu winutes, Beyond Phila delpbin it took the O'Reilly lines, Mone Annivace or Huncanians —The folle germne Pave arrived at the Framklia Hotel : y eoaely, Mics Ccadly, Master Goadly, Rev. Mr. Wim. the uppress Cangdian Anneration, Tonesro, C. W., February 1, 1850. Lord Elgin has received @ despatch from Earl Grey, | urging him to use every means in bis power to suppress the movement in favor of annexation; thanking him — for what has siready been done in this way, and d. claring that ro long as apy portion of the ad people are deriroun of weintaining their comoection with the mother coumtry, they will be supported by the whole power, the blood, and the treasury of order. Mr Savacer raised int, that. as the election of orrtein postpoued til Marck oth, the Chap- Jain was included xen over-ruled him, and the House proseed- | | on the last of which the ean- | Cushman, 45; Morgan, 36; | Dewey. 1 . 5 ‘The House again balloted, and Gurley was elected, Adjourned tili Monday. The Srraxxn ro ages it was pot in NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Senate, Avwaxy, Febraary 1, 1850. PETITIONS, ETC. | Mr. Cross presented the petition of Stephen Crowell, | and others, for « law to incorporate building and accu | molating fund associations Mr. Beexmay, of Greenwich Savings’ Bank, for aa amendment of their charter. Mr. Sxinwen, for & more just and equal law for the distribution of the school funds of the State. Mr. Moncan, @ memorial of merchants of New York, for a repeal or modification of the usury laws, Mr. Urnant, of the Hahnemann Academy of Medicine| in New York city, praying for a Board ot Examiners to fer the degree of M. D, by said academy on applica. tion therefor, REMODELLING THE SCHOOL LAWS. From the Brazos, Mr. Brexatan, from the Litérature Committee, made Bavtimone, Fed. 1, 1850, an elaborate report on the subject of remodelling the Two ef the four malls due from the South have ar- sehool | df cence uaa the usual rived this evening. number of which order _— The New Orleans papers of the 234 ult., announce ‘The dill to aliow Gen. Dix to build @ certain bridge the arrival of the ship Portland, from Brazos, with dates in Westeberter, was reported favorably apon to the 17th ANSUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIoRATION, Mr, W. Adel, the U.S. Consul at Matamoras, arrived t laid before the 16th. General A. Valos, the Mexican commander at Mata mores, bas addressed Coloacl Wilson, solleitiog the co-operation ot the U. 8. troops ageinst the Indians, whe were still committiag great atrocities in Mexico. Tne Heading Mat ‘ Hawniseons, Feb, 1, 1850. ‘The Senate Reading Railroad bill, which was amend- im the House, was returned to the Senate for oon. currence The Senate modified several of the amend its, and Pent it to the House, which passed it with out niteration. (What the new amendments or alterations are, we © pave not been informed.) , February’, 1850. G. Montesquiou, the author of the recent tragedy ag Barnum’s Hotel, bas been indicted for murder in the firet degree. Raimond, his brother, bas been retained af a witness in the case. The trial will probably come off during the present term of the court. | The Gaines Cases w Oxteans, January 31, 1850, The testimony in the Gaines case bas cloeed, and the argument on the part of the counsel commenced, (t ‘will probably be a k defo conclusion is arrived at. The evidence is very contradictory. | DIx's | | | } paid, end that hundreds of poor tamilirs have been | robbed of the comforts, and often of the necessities, of lite oy their villany If we should be compelled to strike the balance between the virtue and the vice of the present age, we should be forced to adept the opinion that, so far asthe financial move- | Ments are concerne: crat, and hes his own way. | ‘Triat of tae Davrrs.—We give, in another column, the proceedings of the curious and re- markable trial ef Drury, on the charge of attempt- ing to take the life of Thomas Warner, by means of a torpedo. These proceedings ate up to the | latest hour before we went to press | In this extroordinary and mysterious case—the most curious that ever oceupied the attention of the criminal courts of this country—some extraor- dinary developements have been made, which re- ven! a state of things connected with the mystery | of crime in this community that never was dreamt | of by our ertizens. It is apparent that One-eyed | Thompson, as he is called, was the master spirit | of the whole—the magician who set the machinery | at work, and used all the other parties who figured , in the ease as he deemed proper. There is a great | deal to be said in this case, and we propose, at an early day, to analyze the testimony, and pronounce our opinion or verdict in the matter, by taking a common sense view of the whole affair, fron beginning to end. In the mean time, we must say that it appears fishy throughout, and is well intended to puzzle and confound those who now, for the first ume, get en insight into the curious scenes that are daily being eneeted i this city, in comnection with the s of the Tombs. the devil is the great auto- | soos OTS ‘The Georgia off Ubarteston. Crancesron, February 1, 1850 The new steamship Georgia, Capt Porter, was off , in 60 hours and 45 minutes from New THE ETATE NORMAL SeHO ‘The anoual report of the State Normal School was | reoeived. | MISCRLLANROUS BILLS Mr. Owen Introduced « bili to amend the act ree oulng compenration for death by dereuit. x Beexman gave notice of a bili to enable married kets, oe | residing fe thle State, to execute powers of at- | an Gannane debeny 6°. te. | There is less doing in cotton to day, though no mace- rial change can be noticed fo quovstions The ra'ee are 1500 pales, incloding middimg at lie. Some See Seer Vee eae ahneny Gemnnean, jee are holding at Ldc Coffee coutinues tirm with ‘The bill amending the oharter of the New York a demand In rugar end molasses there in a better Albany Rallvosd, was parsed, there being no negative feeling : votes The gf Any a oun eae The bac ‘An act foriber to amend gn act authorizing the cons’ * tif ofa railroad from New to Albany, passed aay 12, oat per pou The people of the State of New Yorb, represented in Senate for sterling. ay Asvebiy. do enact we foliews :— ' the able professorship in the Ceptial ( oblege. re sold yesterday, cline of one-eighth = Good ” ) middling is quoted at 1240 Coffee bas ad a Price, and saics of 27,000 bags of Rio have been ie at léo.al4o Prime molasses has advanced to 20 ernts Sales of 90,000 bushels of corn beve been made The am: ay de borrowed under the Ith eeo- gt 47 to 48 cents. tic of theact paased Feb. 10th, 1648, enuitled "Am Act farther Barristone, Feb 1, 1850. fo Pumene mn Ave to ou ty Sales of 8.000 barrels of Howard street flour were ™ ion a made, to-day. at $475. being & rday's om yew quotations, There bas been no change in other articies. Shipping Arrived—Ship Porth Daniel, tag fe 4, oy anid not. passed Mey 12, is hereby rd * winter, + en! { the werds December, January, Fe~ am 12 The ameunt of stock Ship iladely bin. Plt Arrived~Ship Galena, NTett. Monsnn, Jan 24. Arrived—Steamer Clyde, Vera Oroz, with 19 passengers; Drings Bothing new. Savanwan, Jan 28, etrived—Bark Heather; brig Wilson, 8 Yorn Chant eeroe, Jan 90, Arrived—Sehre Hanson, NYork: Virginia, kin eopstrnet! borer of lnberers se the same shalt @ay s ROVER, in Writirg, Of the am: due and {De person oF persons to whom itis Artived—Brig Blisha Doane, Boston. Arrived—BSehr Red Jacket, Virgin Bailed— Brig Rorvell, Rio Grane, Cog ey | Ocean Queen, Ni ane, it! a Duniar, ¢0, 34 vit; brigs Edinburg. Janeiro, ‘under this section, nnlese rnch eit shall be oom shell ithiv terty days after the labor for whieh pay memt enali be claymed shall have bees performed. 48 —This act shail take effect immediately. SROORLIN MATTERS. ‘The acts to amend the ast to incorporat rook boundary veh, Cargenas, Isth vit; Jobm Clifford, a P dchuceo, Wilmygton, Net Jobe th Davie, Good Hope, Freaeriohebaig: John Mashoa, isis, ¢ Ovoley & Co, Rise, aud Challenge, lyn Gas Light + ompany and to establish the Ot the eity of Brooklyn, were pared Rew ‘The Seoate then asain tock up the Niles ease, but | Sailed—Behe Oroar Jones, NYork. cniipeten teadh 61d not decide it, end then sdjourmed Uitl Momdsy | grives_venes Chas Parker, Nerfolh; Gee W corner, Vor’ as Rives, sleep Charles, NFork. t mer, Mies Winimer, J. Julios Jahon Theodore Rom- dauer Thecdore Karefich, The British ship Mount ernart Bi is daily expected. with forty more ation, Sbe sailed on the 19th of December, reencok « Faren Hosts Swit Founn mv a Stace. — Yerterday ® piece of a buman skull was tound Jn one dway stages, supposed to have been left me turgeen.' It was quite fresh, a« though em just disecoted. It was taken from the ‘The Weekiy Herala. The Weebly Herald will be published at mine o'clock this morning. The foil report of the trial of Drury, charged with sending the torpedo box to Warner ; the bates in Warbington. including Clay’s compromise: speech ; the accouat of the Parkman tragedy will be given, with the other Interesting matter of the: week, in its columns, Single copies sixpence, ‘We Gretefully Acknow: of the ma: agers of the railroads feom New York to Wash- ton, fors wrdim, free of a IME Non’ Vare aga ant oleaRaias cana ae Glass ( Wesbinate 0 Philadelphia), Mr oy (Waived: euty th to our fe erat de know Rear 4 vo pot tender we was eral, in wl de~ Face we tourht— e"hekrend foe, Who take: eof bi va his he: OD ami by, whatever part in ¢ yea gf aman wade tav.retly known to ther of this greats. a ite. 1JO8N Majeh aneea a, Labut U8 USHAZI. Brady's Netton: nie ges ayery ho page He eud chtisens are respecctally Invited to gall pad Taihory pe Liken eases on Paper.—The ade. eve mew Likenesses goin for them greater pop red ‘ikenesses from y day We are pr to tal ail siace: singly er dn Vatuable dagnerree- reups. bed Se peg c 2 ni friends ocpied on rw ‘and ivory. fcare invited te saya oar 303 roadway, ANGBNABIM. and Altered a ble de- dt at sight. a 8 of wil moder che United 8 ow in eireul th rh or A smell ia of twenty pages, ar~ rapped by U. O Foote, Price, $2 including & magnify ing glavr, Cap be wer oue sent by mart Address ro~ ululnces to ll. C, FOOTE. 7.3 Greonwfeh strest, New York ‘There has ween suMeient evidence son hand 4 large ies’, Gent's and € ©. Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, The Best, Gneap enly Place in the ciiy wi ere im portea Preneh Calf Boots ean be bought for $4 50. usually $6 aod $7 in otver stores, 8 wt the corner of Fulton apd Dosowu tre Half Dress Boots Fo "roof Bouts $4 That was, indeed, Many a Man may thank Them §5 Saite for th v 1 «sed au and Beekman streets. _ vs Wondertat Laprovement=Phalon’s Ma- gic Hair | ye & over Loe Loic or whiskers, the moment itia pli wutivjury co the tarorekin. Itean be immediately without disturbing the and no bad It is applied, or sold at PAA way. COMMERCIAL APPAIRS, MONEY MARKET. Friday, Febraary 1-6 P, mt, There was a little more buoyancy iu the stock mar- ket to-day, and several of the fanctes advanced @ frac- tion, The lJacgest purchasers were the bears, who bought largely for exsh, to full maturing contracts At the first board, Indians 5's went up ‘4; Peunsyl- vania 5's, Hudsou River Railroad, %, Canton Company declined },, Reading Railroad, \%, At the second beard, Penusylyania 6’s advanced 4 ; Erie Bonds, new, 3g; Hariem 4; Erie Railroad, 4. The transactions at the second board were limited. The amoust of deposite fu Assistant Troasarer’e Office, at the close of business to day, was $2,904,147 74. ‘The Readivg Kaiiroad bill passed both houses of the Legislature of leonsyivanis, to-day, (Friday,) the House amendments having beem amended and modified by the Senate. The company ate perfectly satisted with the bill in every respect, The liability proposi- tion war emended as follow: “That the provision shall not apply to bonds which may be issued in Nea of or exchange for, bonds due im 1850, or to any bond which raid company may, under existing laws, legally issue, or to engagements whieh sald compasy, aader exirting laws, way enter into, provided farther, that fuit ball fret be brought against the company, aad its aenete exhausted.” ‘The annexed etatewent exhibits the aggregate value of merchandise exported trom this port during the month of January; showing, also, the value of ship- ments to rach country, distinguishing the domestic from the foreign exporte: Commence oF THE PoRT or New Youx—Exronts ror driver, kod brought to the station house of the First Taneane: tk ward by officer ¥ cCabe Value of Value of Value of Value of Tre Kouo or lravy, am Italian journal, edited by ye. Geote.o de ote Seechi de ( wsaii, appears to-day acti eta Sem entto deh, ced env d wn Case on Peant Sraver.—Coro- | . 7 om LTS ‘ 786 0 eat | in ® Leland, 13,160 - - pe Hirvre. ~. SRS AOE = = loaded musket, ‘Che prisomer wasatiemded | Orlerportels ig (1,500 counsel © Coroner then 10 the prisener — belpivm M4 we ~ that be was sbout to examine him om the charge of | Biren 12001751 murder. in taking the life of William White, and that | Brit. N. 4 fad it was bis doty to inform bim that be was ac liberty to | 8316 Avewer, or O-line to answer, apy oF ali questions that ” tH he might put to him The prisoner thea stated that | 03 be wana valive of ireland, and thirty-live years of aga, |» 10 bd kept & liquor aud grocery store Any further ques. wo ti F Ovciloed answering, by a/tvice of - eouns y owmmitted him to | pt = prion to take his t possibly in the March term of | 60 the Oyer and Terminer, y Py Unknown Man Daowwen.—Yesterday, the body of ey An UH Xhown man was found floating in the Kast river, | “0 doh 2,107 bear (atiarive slip; the body made fast to the Aas aim = ftern Of & veenel, the Coroner | g A7!2. Dt tor to ee — ce ¥ Arorigxy — The Coroner, yesterday. heid Swedish Wert Indies 2 - ™ vest mt No. 468 kant Brosaway. on the body of | er ree ck Weber. aged 7) years 1 moatheand ® dasa, | Teele........808I8 GAM Bé Boab WRO was Circovered yeoterday morning by his The aggregate value of exports is $2,835,320, most ef” Gead in biv bed Dr Hisimes, on exemiuation of the | which was compored of demertio merebandiee, More ft ot apoplexy. The bie property. « tage ov the Bioemingdale Gerrard bas left ebildre. 16 mourn came to his deorased was e mau of coa- ott lately to Abhey < < y Verdiot, that the deceased ath by a Ht of apoplexy IKence. 4 Block Trick — ¢wo dink feliows, oalled Charley re wrrested yester- mith od George Hl. Anders: pretences an $15, from Hy mi Ibe scousta the shove camed clothing om hie sir, Lodine’s account. The clothing was delivered, and the same pigat the $4 Pe niationes were fal Mr Baker he fore eommitted the t wirvest of a Newspaper Thiet ware of mae by th of De daylight. y mond. of the Third ward, whom th ing Dewspapers from the store Greenwioh streets The you miteady uo joors aed The voy was before Justios Mountiort: who committed him to caught the City Hai Morse presiding oxses which *)il be Drought Om for ten Rev J ¢ piander. ‘Themas P st. henna (Ma) ¢ taining memey by ry Of the bis of the bank Among is @ suit by Ureep againet the wife of Judge Pierce, ter nees in having seid $1000 Water Cure Estabiisnment for Sale.—A splendid water cure evta \t, consisting of m Dui teas, Me ed out for the purpoce of secommes petionts, wih all (he peeestary ont-houses, ie ty acres of very fine Iam | alto tome most bewwt the Water Cure Reteblishment, with the tthe Hered office, ? te real name, to be left ® Daguerreoty pes.—W hoever sees tien, and snccla, dace te have Iihcese taken | Rove the moment it ts applied. wizdous Seethaie or snes itonm be washed immediately wi i ae Rohit i a, quire for Blea Fave ote rhet. ivean be hed of a. ben he Kuew it was insolvent, | | elered @ dividen. than one halfof the total amount was shipped toCreat ‘Bitte This is & very important table, as it shows the extent of ovr export trade with each country ‘The Pennsylvania sod Ohio Canal Company have dee od three quarters per emt The repertof the Commsstoners of the sinking of the State ot Penn ylvania says, that up to the Slat of December, 1840. the pues approgriated to tae fund unted ty $208 285 whieh way derived from the fotlowing sources eral inheritance tax, $188, (2; premiums on ob ms B5.060 40; extimg house. beer how ar ot livouses, $554 90; billiard room. bowling » pio eliay Homaaes, $3. 369 £0; theatre {1 wecagerie licenses, 64,514 wo * tilery sod brewery heeares $1274, Toral reeei: for etubing turd Of this wor purcbare « Jooumber #1, 1849, $288,238 66. #5 OL has beem expended in the at the market prices, aud har chard The pricer paid ramee trom to S04. The report shows a be lavee on hand, due the fund, om the fest of the year, of $12 53465 There has been quit improvement tm the market value of Texas securities within the past few days io consequence of tbe opinions advanced by reveal of the lending revators. of oppowite parties. in Coogrens. rela. tive tothe cisims of the oreditors of Texas The opt- niow expreseed by Mir ( iny Chat Lhe oreditors of Texas to whom the revenwes of the republic ~ pledged fr pay went, hed en equitable claim Gpom the general eo vermment, was colecited with by the inaders of at 205 five of the State's debt. State fques in the Sora The Boston Tyeveller Im manalacturing stooks there is but Litie movement Asroweeag and Merri mack ere firm, ard io far request, the former at 1, and the latter at about If per cont sdvance. New Ene- Jand Worsted has scvaceed considerabiy within a few weeks, 73 was off ied at the board yeatorday—mo sellere at ler than 80 The dividends of thiv company, @aring the yent 1840, were ® per cent im cash. amd L234 par eon fn ptoek- an aggregute of 20% per cout, The present | eels the provte of this company to two ways fret, tn lay) 1 Amerioae wool, which He; Pod eno Rd In reduoing the duty wpom ed woullens, and it is quite flattering te | the burinere of ths comrany to beable to divide suc’ | profite ax the abor +t these dined vantages.”? owing (eble of the number of miles of rail reed Hines cotmpleled and in operation in the vartow States of the Ur nthe lst ef January, 1860, we believe, ts tery nearly correct ave Comr Commectiont, 6.5) ‘Total N New York New Jerse Penpeyly Deiaware, railroad completed te o> I number of miles of 5 a