The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1850, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. Herth west corner of Fulton and Nassau sts. | JANES GORDON BENNETT, PRCVRIETOR AND EDITOR. WHE DAILY HERALD, 2 conte per topy~B? per ann nem. pel LY BERALD, for Girewlation on this Com~ thacnt te published every Saturday, at 6 cents per copy ‘per Annum ; for circulation in Burope, printe da French and "Baylsh, at 64 cents per copy, OF $A per amm aon, er AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, PRRA HOUSE, Astor Place —Lucnmzia FRALIAN 0 —Baaven ov Sevitix, Boncia—Anwa Boresa BOWERY TBATRE, Bowery—- W: Bexex oy Com BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Rivars—Lavy or vue Laxe, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers strect—Seniovs Fa- L¥—The TOODLES. ¢ Jew— NATIONAL THBATRE, Chathar square—Tux Srectar Buivecnoow- Lora Morte —Natav QUEEN. OLYMP1O THEATES, Broad Wowpareut Womar —Onrice Sexxen—A n¥ Lix—Two Mecuamica, CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE—Erniorias Minetraecsr. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Auvarve Penvoamaucns, Are TERBOON amv Brewin MELODEON - Were NHWS FROM HUROPS. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER EUROPA, AT HALIFAX. At a late hour last night, we received a tele- graphic ¢espatch from Halifax, announcing the | arrival of the steamer Europa; and subsequently, we received, by telegraph and express, our usual condensed summary of the news, which is of an importemt character, will be found on the first page. world, stu’ ying the Bible and the making of butter, im the Zountry. When be was inducted into the Cx.stom House, he came in with great populanty, and with much hope ; but the first month of his operations in that establishment indicated his ut- ter incompetence for occupying such a high and responsible situation. He had neither the intellect nor the moral firmness or clearness of vision ne- cessary tor the management of that important con- cern. Standing higher, in an intellectual point of view, than Mr. Lawrence, he has been found, on tmal, to be far less competent, far less capable, and far more under the influence of improper in- ‘erests and improper men, than his predecessor was. ‘These are some of the reasons, simply expressed, for the derangements in the Custom House, during the last year, and which place the capacity and ta- lent of Mr. Meredith im the lowest scale. It is not true that the sum of money allowed by the last Congress for the collection of the revenue is net sufficient or adequate for the service. But atis true that the Treasury department has been mis- managed—has been made an instrument for re- warding favorites, who performed no services during the whole of the last nme months. The | funds of the department have been wasted, without | any equivalent in service being rendered. Even | in the recent removals, some of the mest important | have been set aside, while men utterly incompetent, and mere sinecurists, have been retained. In such a view ofthe case, what should Congress do? They should adhere to the legislation of the Jast Congress, and not give a single dollar in addi- tion to the amount authorized by them for the col- lection of the revenue. Let a searching committee | of investigation be at once appointed to look into the management of the Treasury department at Washington, and throughout all its ramifications. We are persuaded that a committee of men of busi- ness, properly selected, and with power to examine that department, and the custom houses connected with it, would discover the most astounding and unrevealed quantity of folly and waste, if not cor- ruption, that ever disgraced any government or Disorganization of the Treasury Depart- ment According to a}! acc*uats, the Treasury depart- ment of the United States, throughout all its rami- fications, and extending to the most distant custom houses, was never in such a lamentable state of disorganization as it now presents, and which it has been gradually reaching during the last mine morths. This disorganization and confusion pre- vail in various custom houses, but in amore marked | and special manner in the revenue department | of this metropolis, under the management of Mr Maxwell. Even the organ of the government at Washington admits this coufusion in the several eastom houses, to the fuliest extent. A million of dollars has, it 1s supposed, been lost to the publie treasury during the first year or eighteen months of the present administration. The merchants, likewise, have been made liable to every imposi- tion and every embarrassment that incompetence, agnorance and folly could inflict oa them. Indeed, to so great an extent has this mismanagement in the treasury department and in the various custom houses been accumulating, during a few months past, that the subject has been brought before Coa- gress, and is now daily discussed, in all its length and breadth, in the House of Representatives, but without any prospect of reaching a probable or practicable termination. The public will be very anxious to kaow—the great independent public principally—by what | means and from what causes this deplorable con- fusion and mismanagement have been introduced wto the Treasury department of the goverament We shall endeavor to give some informativn aud to throw some light ou the subject. It is very well kuowa that when the pres: eretary of the Treasury, Mr. Meredith, came into power, with the rest of his colleagues in the cabi- net, there was a general belief thar but few changes c would twhe place in the personnel of that or the other departments, except such as would be econo- mical in the expenditures, and thereby diminish the outgoings of the treasury. This belief, how- ever, oaly lasted fora short time. Two 1 had searerly elapsed, when, under the auay & very unexpected spirit at Washington and else- where, asystem ot changes, removals, and pro- ecriptions teck plece, throughout the whole of the | treasury department, going to such’ length, in fact, as 10 ley the foundation of all the subsequent | @ifficulties, and entitling it to be looked upon as | the principal cause of all the derangements aad all the trouble now experienced im that department throughout the country. It is very true that the Secretary ot the Treasury, and nis satellites at | Waehington and in other places, allege that the | sum fixed on by the last Congress as being con- | sidered sufficient for the collection of the revenue, | is the cause of all the difficulues in the Treasury | department, and of the removals that have been recently made, together with the prospect of not | bemg able to pay those that remain. This dis- | covery, however, 18 only a recent invention. The amount appropriated by the last gress to defray the collection of the revenue, was as well known | & yeur ogo as itis now; and the Secretary of the Treasury, if he had been competent for the post which be fills, and was willing to com- ply with his oath of office, could have squared his employees and his business to the amount authorized by Congress to pay them. Among +n of business, men of intellhgence, and men who understand these matters, there is ooly one | opinion in relation to this subject, and that is, that | the whole business of the New York Custom | Hove, and of the different custom houses In con- | nection with the Treasury department throughout the country, might, under an economical system | and with competent persons, be managed within | the amount suthorized by law, and without any of those extreme and ridiculous and foolish mea. | sores recently undertaken by the Secretary and his | various collectors. | What, then, may be considered the real cause of the difficulties in the Treasury department, and | the necessity of dismissing so many persons? It a very casy to vee the origin of those difficulties. As foon as the Secretary of the Treasury had matured his arrangements at Washington, his new collectors, here and elsewhere, proceeded to remove all the best, most competent and efficient officers, | and appoint in their places a quantity of folly, im« becility and ignorance, which brought about the preeent derangement in the public business of his department. Nor is this all. The last administ: thon was not without ite faults. The last col! with'all his business merits, had also his errors It is very well known among the kaowing ones here and in Washington, that the last administra- under Secretary Walker and Collector Law- pensvoned a number of lazy; idle, lows on the Custom House, whose labors were | *, and whoee offices were mere sinecares. them, we have heard the names of various | Amor prreene connected with the press of this city, of whom M. M. Noon was the head. When Mr. | Moxwell came isto office, instead of cating off | thore sinrcures, we have the beet reason for believing that he contioued many of them ia | office, and peid them their salaries without their | performing any vervice ; aod not only did he do | that, but he added to the number, and picked ap @ great many whig loafers and « hés of the whig | prer id placed them side by side with the ethers. This misinanagement of Mr. Maxwell, ia addition to hie removals of competent men, has | ereated two-thirds, if not Goar-fourthe, of the diti- culties which have occurred ia the Custom House | mm New York ; and we have the best reason for belewing that the same enuse produced similar | difficulties cleewhere. Mr. Maxweil, too, was not | a merchant and a man of business. He was a lawyer—a Tombs lawyer, of the worst deserip tion, long before he came into public life, and for | twenty years previously he had been out of the | nete on Foster, or any other man | character any country. They would also ascertain the pre- with the present, and arrive at the conclusion that a hew system was necessary te be devised for the carrying on of tus branch of the public service, and for the safe and speedy collection of the revenue for all time to come. Exrraorpinaky Scenes Exrrcrep aT THE ‘Tonps—Trias or THe Sroor-Picgon Victias.— | The reperts of the Court of Sessions furnish us with the important information that the several trials of the stool-pigeon criminals, or victims, are set down for various days of the next week. The elder Drury, itappears, comes first on the carpet, on the charge of attempting to bribe Judge Ed- monde, by sending him two $100 bills, which were not counterfeits, but real ones. The trial of the younger Drury, on the charge of sending the torpe- do, which also rests on stool-pigeon evidence, has been omitted for the present—for what reason, we cannot divine. James Arlington Bennet, charged with forgery in some kind of degree, is also set down for trial next week; in addition to which we find that the trial of Ashley—another of these beau- ties——comes on about the same time. All these trials will cause a great deal of atten- tion, examination, and sifting, amongst that intelli- gent portion of society that has been astounded and outraged by the recent disclosures of the stool-pigeon mysteries round about the Tombs. ‘The postion, character, criminality and innocence of the two Drurys’, are gradually revealing them- selves to the public mind; and we have no doubt the evidence on the trials set down for next week, for an atiempt to bribe, will be as curious and as unique as that which we have already seen. Of the character aud merits in the Ashley affair, we know very little at present. He seems, however, to be one of the same coterie of beantles in which One- eyed Thompson figures so conspicuously, and who generelly met in cabimet consultation at Patrick Byrne's lew office, within the atmosphere of the Tombs. Bat the most amusing and interesting cove of the whole, and one that will throw a great ceal of light and laughter on these stool-pigeon mysteries, is the trial of Arlington Bennet on the charge of forgery against Mr. Foster. The evi- dence on which this indictment rests, has been published in the columns of the stool-pigeon organ, with a great flourish of trumpets; but that evidence is ef such a etrange, unusual, and unwarrantable | character, that unless better proof of eriminality can be brought up on trial against Arlington Ben- net, there will be no satisfactory settlement of this case. This Bennet hae been well known in this community for twenty-five years past. He is a great talker—vain, harum-skarum, wild, learned, turbulent—a silly kind of a man, in many respects. He has his good points, and also has had his bad points. But of those who have known him for twenty years, very few will believe seriously that Bennet would sit down, deliberately, and forge a this commu- nity. Itistrue that Bennet has been pressed for want of money and means. Principles will some- times yield to the necessities of the day; but still, the developements paraded by the stool pigeon papers, which have already come before the com- cive practices of former administrations, compared | munity, are certainly not sufficient to convict | Beanet of ever seriously attempting to pass a forged note on Foster. He le a great mistake in asso- crating with such fellows as Ashley and Thomp- son, and other members of this singular coterie of stool pigeons, and their friends; but it seems that he was merely a recent acquaintance of the whole et, and that his insatiable curiosity led hum into the sed steps which are now brought against him, ‘na orderto find out what are their ends and par- poses in these mysteries, which they have created and lived among. All these mysteries will be gradually developed, in the course of these triale—the first of which ended lest week, and the seeond of which begins next week. Tux Reexnt Carastrorme.—The Coroner's Inquest are busily investigating the causes which led to the recent disastrous explosion in Hague street, by whieh #0 meny human beings were hur- ried into eternity. The testimony, tothe hour of adjournment last evening, will be found in another pert of this day's peper; and on perusing it, it will be ceen that among the engineers and scientific men who have been examined, there is a diversity of opinion as to what was the real cause of the ex- plosion. We trust the investigation will not ter- minate until the whole subject is properly laid be- fore the jury. If blame attaches anywhere, it is to be hoped it will be brought home. The pablic have a right to be fully informed of the cause of the explosion. Tax Parkman Traorny ts Bostox.—We have received, within a few daye, several commumica- tions from Boston, containing statements connect- ed with the Parkman tragedy, some of which are in favor of Dr Webster, and others of aa apposite All thoee statements, and the infer. ences drawn fiom them, on each side, may or may not be true; bat we have always made it a cule to publish nothing that was not authenticated with the name of the writer. We see no reason to de- part from our role in this case and therefore, must decline publishing any anonymous comune cations touching this melancholy enbject Svpeceiprion ror Tae Bensece op THe Faw Lies or tne Krutap.— We are glad toe: ¢ that the subsenption for the benefit of the tamilses of the pereons killed by the recent eaplosioa in Hague street, «@ going on very favorably, and promise. to Teach @ handsome amount. We have received! the sum of @43 82 from Philadelphia, which was raised by the persons employed in the Spring (Gar- den Foundry of that city, and will hand it over to-day to Mr. Oakley, the treasurer of the relief cemmuttee of the Common Council, TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, Phe Aspect at Washington. Our special correspondence will be read with in- terest. The seat ef the confederate government teems with new projects, alarms, misgivings, and sparring matches. The'appearance of the Senator from Cahfornia cauees slight spasms in the cabi- net ; and the bill of Mr. Douglas opens a field for discussion, that will be refreshing to reetless minds, too long employed upon stale topics. The movements in the Senate were charac- terized by nothing of any public interest, ex- cept the announcement of certain facts with yeepect to the source of the Southern Conven- tion, and the middle and conciliatory ground oceupied by Senator Houston, in his speech on the slavery question. The expressions of his feeling with respect to the Union, as opposed to Mr. Hale’s ridiculous course, were "received with marks of warm approbation, and abundantly tes- tified that there is sufficient of the conservative spirit in the superior house to counteract the rash precipitation in which the fanaucs are willing to indulge. The old petition question came upagain, it will be seen, occupying the time of the Senate, and resulting in nothing but “ words, words, words.” There has been enough said on that Subject. Some fixed principles should be decided upon, and the question settled at once and tor ever. The House of Representatives, yesterday, went into committee on the resolution limiting the ex- pense of collecting the revenue. ‘It 1s a very pretty quarrel as it stands,” and one that will be as interesting as the triangular duel in Midshipman Easy; and though the courage of some member® of the House, like that of Bob Acres, may ooze out at their fingers’ ends, yet still, we repeat, itis a pretty quarrel. Like many a quarrel, it com" menced in misunderstgnding and ignorance, and if will end, after a few bruises and blows, in the levelling of the imbecile party. That party may be considered the cabinet, who really exhibit little skill in tactics, and who sadly stand in need of | their father, or their big brothers, to come to the rescue. Throughout the whole of this singular affray, financial and political, Mr. Secretary Mere- dith has made blunder after blunder, leading to confusion, loss of time, absurd debate, and adjourn- ment. The present aspect of the relative positions of some of the parties engaged in this curious eflair, may be plainly presented. Messrs. Holmes, Thompson, of Mississippi, Jones, Vinton, ard Winthrop, have argued the point at issue at some length. The debate arose upon a proposition from the Committee of Ways and Means to give the Secretary of the Treasury $1,066,000 for the residue of this year, when the law allows him but little more than half that amount. The democratic members took strong ground against any deviation from the act of March, 1849, while their opponents were in favor of giving the Secretary all he wanted. If acts of Congress are to be repealed or modified to meet any and every exigency produced by the imbecility of the cabinet, there will be little else to do this Session, or, at all events, so long as the present Secretary of the Treasury remains in office. As Tegards the question under debate, alluded to above, jt has already taken a party character, and the re- sult we can easil; icipate. OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Wasurxotos City, Friday, February, 8, 1850. ‘The speech of General Houston, to-day, elicited the fact that Mr. Calhoun did not originate the Southern | address, but that the caucus was first started by Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, and Mr. Hunter, of Virginia. This was to reli South Carolina ef the suspicion of lead- ing off in the movements which have resulted in call- ipg the Nashville Convention. Per contra, report eays ¢ free sollers are concocting another Buffalo Conven- tion. ‘The cabinet exhibits some alarm at the approach of the California delegation to Congress. Mr. Gin, (Senator,) was Saperintendent of the erection of the New Orleans Custom House; was turned out by Mr- nt to California, and was elected over the that when the St. Lawrence and its chain of ship canals shall be opened to the United States, on the same foot- | ing as with the people of Canada, free trade in the agri- cultural productions of the two couktries, common to | doth, including hemp and suger, shall be the law of the land. We understand that Lord Elgin is favorable t, the project, as calculated to suppress the annexation movement. A reciprocity bill is also before the House, fom the | Committee on Commerce, but the scheme of Mr Doug: | | las, including the free navigation of the St. Lawrence, | is far more desirable. as amended, to day. Instractions have teen issued, requiring the present The revenue bill goesover to Monday. It will pass | hi relative to the power of slavery. Mr Houston ‘upon the whole @ middie ground, and poe ae by the itremes of both sec- rete course ex Kone. fie reviewed ‘the ‘course of prominent men. ie Doth sections. upon thie subject, and enjoined coneilia- tion, mutual forbearance and concession, which could rave the Union. He pictured also thee" pegged ee emg ng South, nor West, could rous, except ending of comm oo. je also considered the Southern Convention; it was e measure calor _ ated for evil, and inexcusable, Where hed it o”, é nated? It was thought advieable not to origina’.» es. South Carolina, because of an uD! ortunste condit! . wi what the gentleman allu Mr. Hovston said he referred to the Nullification movements. He was out of the cvVantry at the time, and bis recollection was altogethsr historical In the course of @ convertation which ensued, Mr. or any other, the been governed by were ders? porgle Of Mireissi py or Mi leal dictators or per, nor did he write the call for the meeting adopted it; nor did he know ig of it, im fact, ‘until after two or three meetings been held with reference to it. The movement wae first in ee (te Butler's) room, by Mr. Foote and Mr. Hunter. action, He ti d marks, closing with an invocation of Ddearance and object bas ay: to express his own dissent from their en proceede patriotic consideration of the subject — one country —-oneand indivisible. [Applause } But if the Union was dissolved, he trusted that its ruins might be the mo- aument of his grave. He desired no epitaph to tell that he bad survived the wreck of the republio [Ap After the preeentation of several petitions, adjor Monday. pking House of Representatives, Wasninctox, February 8, 1850, LIMITING THR EXPENSE OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE. The House went into committee on the resolution limiting the expense of collecting the revenue. Mr. Tromrson, of Mies., would support theadministra- tion in one thing, and follow President Taylor's recom. mendation of strict economy in the expenditure of public money. He had seen it stated that the Treasury is out of means.and asa consequence, the Seoretary cannot pay for the collection. He then attempted to prove that this defray the expenses of impossible that he could Japuary Ist to this Means pt ting the revenue, It is pent so mach from i of Waysand it havi The to give to the asand dollars for the residue of this year. indicates great of free pees 9 po when the tariff was under revision, carried into jon, we would not get more than ighteen millions of revenue; if the system their protection in Congress. Unless we have an ade- quate number of officers, ad valorem duties cannot be le- vied. Suppore ® merchant comes into a cdstom house with fulee inveice—it na taopootcne uly when the ouly when then the merchants have to the treasury If Congress deny to on the commerce of the country. i ofthe Treasury. Holding a oa ought to bimeeif from party, and forth as the prime pieter of this Hov jog justice to all le end bonorable port aH bondemen of the Sub Treasurer at New York to qua- | lify anew; and eddisional security for one hundred thousand dollars i+ also ordered. Det ween the Hon. Mr. Levin, of Pennsylvania, and the Hon Fitzbenry Warren, Second Apsistent Postmaster | General, “Is your name Levin!” sald Mr, Warren, | 7 ut 1 do not want to have anything to do for yeu area d—d scoundrel,’ was the reply in. Mr. Warrea then struck Mr. L.. who de- Jended himeelf with # small cane—Warren following é la Tom Hyer, till Col. Baker and others got the belligerente and separated them. The freces grew out of o Pennsylvania mall agency obaox- | fous to Levin. Mr. L. came off seoond best. The President's levee to-night is numerousiy aad | brilliantly attended. The Smithsonian Institute has a «plendid audience. THIRDY-FIRST CONGRKSS, 1 FIRST SESSION. , Benate. Wasurxerow, Feb. 8, 1850. PETITION FOR & DISSOLUTION OF THE LU vtom. ‘The Crain stated the firet business before the Senate was the question on reception of a memorial of citizens of Delaware and Pennsylvania, asking « peaceful dis. | rolution of the Union. Mr Doverass gave the reasons for which he would vote against the reception. Hie believed that ali me- mortals, excepting theee coming from Legislatures of States, which agitate the slavery question should be Fejeeted, whether they eome from the North or the South. Mr, Srvncron eld he bed examined the petition: | and pronounced it spurious; it was the act of some | Diack-bearted abolitionist, who had taken this course | for the purpose of dirgracing the State of Pennsyl- | TMI Have bad the Clerk read a letter, in which the | petition had been enelored to him, showing it was bone 4 Dawson reed alectureto Mr Hale, for } ite, ‘ame thing done without fores. | ther debate by Mr Usvenvos Mr, Davis ct Maes Mr Foote made tome remarks, « por. ton of eich Mr Mare construed os intimation thet the speeches which be (Mr Foote) made, were the reeuit of castigations which he received. if that | . peaied to the letter writers and | the Sevate and ef humanity, or from Mistisrippl. for in 80 Senate, (rent aud lovg con- | Judiovary Com. Jom at they heve no Ot porition to consider the invawre bet be agreed with the opinion that, for the tiodieati right et petty i patttions cught to be cut it ae Incumbent wpon the tlouse, receiving ne to take pmomediave m prem ing diesppretetion of them He condemord the preyrt of 1Dbs petition, aa pe always bad #ueh propos. | pe He bad po fear of diseclotion- Congress had ne power to (ake me arbres 10 eMeet dtierolutioo—none bat neénen id propose it, and he bad wade it @ rule ja etmen, to have BO Comtroversy with proper pety riterenee to them he ote er conrercation, the further com the of the ;elyret was poe posed until te mor. ue ® The senate then py Yr, Bowstem’? resolauon, pe | little more then one: hal | aid that there could be curtailments enough on the i. Ut wh other . | to euch Elders and og igh a oy eM 9 |S fo, | Ea felt that a spirit of madness had seized upon the | ¢,4,, that the law went into) Clerk. 2d. The eaid fifty cents no candid man cam | bill of costs. processes rf . The Secretary bas | by mail in civil actions, when the officer making such eeven hundred and eight Bocey dollars now to os lives in a place different from the County Clerk, that the Secretary | Mr Y raid h h were the reve! into Sates Meredith | ay | the amount which be asks, it will inflict a heavy biow | phan asylums. a of A we the said 7, 0F April. 10, $F cin sold OF conv. Prlegand consideration fo" Eich ech separate foyer ell _perer pA property of every Sees SOM eed by oF for such socie tim medi oa the on of thelr or ition oF otherwise ” ‘on hand or upeu deposit with imeor- ies, or individuals, all government orth RI bonds, mortgages aecounte, demands, evidenoos dnets or other seourities, owned by or held in trust the use and benefit of such society.” - © 6th. Of ali mons Teoeived by or in trust for sueb sooieiy, nee Febreary, 1539, for the sale and disposi if od wreis eds an “8 a q 11 sums of money and other property expen: by society rince tl aay of February, 1339, qn baild- Batelved: Tat she Oleh cuwee-¢ ‘copy of the foregel ved, That the . ‘of the for apis be served She tere and Trustees of sais 'y of Shakers, within this State, by mailing the samo ‘Trus and by poungs copy of said in the State Bry raid it was high time to examine whether trapecended the powers this rocte' d not Mr. Hoveron that was s very delicate aud com- 1d duti nt them by th pora- prehensive question. (| ons laughter.) thon of 1619. me, onthe A pina fast, Mr Foorx and Mr. Davis both denied that the people | ang were gradually getting in their possession more of Mistissippi were leaders real estate in the patt of the county of Columbia, Mr. Burcen wished to say a word relative to a matter Mr. Dant was very anxious for this investigation. of history. It hed been inti that the Southern | rhe mannerin which this society was conducted was yoy bene pasted ia South Carolina oa against our institutions. The very bond by whioh it Bie eee he pbc one ~ny — — vee ep meeare Se ignorance. Its effect was to pre- her Senators or Representatives. Mis colleague (Mr, Mr, Wr = uiry was unneces- Calhoun) bad no participation in originating that 4 ato all the religious State, The Shakeraywere « peaceable, _. to the resolutions. The dac- ANN WOR ught by them were like those inculeated by N , and in the belief that some decisive action by | the Tribune. The State might as well be asked lutely. the the Tribune. independence which ized them both. took The resolutions were d. measures to seoure an ex, of views anda decla- INFORMATION WANTED RELATIVE TO 4 PATENT RIGHT. “*hir-Hocaron aaldho td mot sgn the address, ana | _ ME_,8rs4T0" ofered for conderation the following, designed to cant no reftcctions om those who did_—bis | meprearnienive of thie State in Congres sre her et justice was don: ‘Wm. Woodworth, ‘the act extending the patent action would speedily and amicably sdjust all ‘ing Mach! pase: ties, and Enit together atill more losely the ag ee wk mony had a oy bonds of union. He had not deserted from the ‘object of the patent laws; —our country was # unit—it kuew no tractions, | andif they sball be of opiaion ‘the said act ie liable to ns, that then they are hereby requested to use forts to procure ite immediate rej le under the rule. Adjourned. PRESENTATION OF BULLS, RTC. By Mr. Lravenwortn, with amendments. the bill to improve the quality of the salt manufactured in Onon- county,and to purchasers thereot. "egy Forp, bill maki jations in part e fiscal year ending Oct. 7 By Mr. Wiisow, @ bill to amend the charter of the ue . Fire Insurance Company of the city of New or! By Mr. Kixcs.ey, a bill in relation to fees of Sheriffs in certain and to the return of executions by to fees mow allowed on executions ing yin, on return letters, if to go b; to be paid ‘by the person to whom the said execution is issued, — when be is County ‘0 be included in the to be returned search and was erroneous~ in fact, erroneous by the statememtot | mail. The past rp of the Treasury himself—and should have with C: j and on S0th Jui 1849, and 84. Allows all to be prepaid. by theorize the Comm! ners of the Ogdenabur and Canton Road Company to borrow money and mal one million | their road and plank road sixty-six To provide for the dy disposition of certain suits The law which limited the expenditures was the best Mr. A. B. Davis ga ‘ice of @ bill to amend the on statute book. There should be specific esti- | charter of the New York Eastern Dispensary. mates, which the Secretary had failed to make Mr. Waxrmay brought in a bill taamend the revised Mr. Horas said that we had s commerce which. un- | statues iv relation to the determination of claims to der the ed valorem system, v! the doctrine | real estate in certain cares. Mr Yaxo, @ resolution directing the Committee on if the doctrine of free trade was | Elections to report in the contested seat forthwith. Laid over, Mr. Ginent gave notice of » bill to incorporate the had failed, then the manufacturers would have claimed | new Juvenile Society. THE NEW YORK VOLUNTRERS, Mr. Yano called up his resolution complimentary to the New York volunteers, and appointing a committee to aecertain tbe names of the survivors, and to report upon the propriety of making them testimonial. e moved these resolutions in order to se- cure some aid for those ¥ teers. t that the resclutions Mr. Leavenwortn woul Mr. Pevys brought propriation for the COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. Mr. Bnecne. beleay sotleet Sameee ot ag Mr. Townsenn gave notice of « bill, to to the New ustorm House. missioners ot Emigration te borrow money in certain Shale epeten of imyortstions has Beem altered since | cares, ” yey aes ee ne +o A were fl ae lente THE GENERAL a BANK Law. . paratively few were large r, Witron calied uy Feeolution, declaratory of Ee Now a steamship toenty-five | the constituticmality and expediency ef the general ULCTed packages, and perhaps Dupdred cenrign- | Savings 3 ape af Mr Ravmowp moved @ substitute. that there was no- the invoices are in foreign which it is meces- thing In the constitution which prevents special char- made, ters for euch Institutions. A long debate followed Messrs. Leaveuworth, Wake- man, Townsend and others, took ground for a general M — Nott, Varnum an@ others, for law. resolution was sent to the Bank mittee, without Ipstructions. Later from Bermuda—Wreck of the Ships L, Z, and Martetta, &c. Cranceston, February 6, 1860 The echooner Brothers, Captain Hosmer, arrived yes- terday, in ten days from Hamilton, Bermuda. The Courier base letter dated January 17th, stating that the brigantine Euphrates was to sail ina day or two. The ship L. Z., ef New York, and the bark Marietta, were totally lost, and the former abandoned on the 1éth of January. The passengers and crew were taken Off by the Marietta, of Bath, Maine. The third officer of the L. Z., Mr, Thomas Dickey, and two of the pas- gentlemen to lock to Oregon and California. The port Of Gen Francisco was more important than the pert of Philadel pbia, and the ee there will amount to one a acted the public money, thi end not until them, attack them and accuse them extravagance. M aviv replied to the: ‘The expense of collecting the It was eompiaived thet enough im New York avd of the custom house employ Grbates The expenses ought to be curtailed. palarier are too |i how is it thet (bese officers attend polities! Teeom m: . salaries ought to be reduced to stated emolumente, and this would prevent the strife for public etation, He Atinntic coast to detray the revenue expenses in Cati- fornia The committee voted on the amendments tothe substitute. The substitute of the Committee of Waye and Means fer the Senate resolution, proporiags equal to one-baif of that expended in collectt Tevenue fer the firoal year endin; }, exe clusive of ex: mi cartage, drayage fn that year, for the balance of the half year commene: ing January lest. together with euch sums im eddition ae mey be reecived for cartage, draysge. labor and strcrege, was Sued te eee this the ep- jon ‘pia aod removing the jth regard to those por- Without coming to a definite conclus: the House s¢journed till Monday. NEW-YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate, Avoavy, Friday, Feb. 8, 1850. Petitions, ETC. The following petitions were presented.— By Mr. Cour, tor sid to Genesee College. Mr. Svvorn, for a speedy termination of the manorial aiffcultics. Shir, Geinnir, tor a railroad ‘rom “Duffalo to the New sengers, were drowned. When near Dermuda, the Ve_ rietta ran ashore, and was totally lost. The passengers ‘were raved—among whom was the Rev. J. S. Witted, of Markets, Battimony, Feb. 8, 1850. ‘The markete are without change; hol Off for steamer. Stock Sales in Boston. Bosrox, Feb. 8, 1880. sales took place at the Broker's Boar, entral Bond, #7, $100 Vermont and Masea- {@ shares Bart », 14%, b2mon; HO de. i 1 fo. Micdleses Hoastactaria a ria: 5 do. Vetwont Central. Revi. $4580 90 UW she Fitel bare Railroad, 17%; Railroad, 12%. 17 60. a rn & ew Ont Artived—Ship E Z, Hartshorn, Rio Janei Bavtimon®, Feb’. 8 PM Arrived—Park Joseph W Pare, of Boston; sohr Richard Borden, Fall Riv , Feb 8. sunrise 22; Bosro: net" cloudy; wind W by 8; thermometer at arti Alvarado, Har- rip) York—put im with loss patie a, , Cape Ann eat a. te a Tiana Po} ‘ Cleared Brig Grand Turk Mavane, "O*TMA"®, Feb Bailed—Hibernia, Potomac River. THomastow, Fob 3. York and Erie ratiread. Mr Korrxson, for s law restricting the sale of intoxi- eating drinks. NeW YORE MosPITAL. he cnn or nomen ep sue semmarese, Dill introduced by Mr. for the anna- Al pericd of the convocation DRY DOCK RAVINGE INSTITUTION. ‘The President inid before the Semate the reoond an- nual repert of the Dry Deck Savings |nstitation. erry TARER. Mr Caciws of @ bill to amend the act for jlection of exes in the eity of New York, passed asa. THE COURT OF APPEALS. Mr. Barceex gave notice of bill in relation to the Courtot Appeals. Tie ALMA HOUSE DEPARTMENT Mr. Writiaste gave potiee of @ bill ip relation to the Covrnersef the Alma Houte Department in the city of New York, THe SHAKERS he following stringent resolu. 1 afleire of the Shakers in the the 8 cf the property ‘Ace in relation t0 cer egmiced, upon * t Vath ony om April, sty, om ‘ cripuiom of e tor prreel, val yn ber. sive and fopethee ‘withthe ‘parate tract oF i, to Arrived—Sehre Siewe: andy ano ey Clarendon. ide, NY ork. a mip ah ey ; Mary, and Joseph Arrived—Schr R & H Ertell, Charleston tampa, E pg. should to sou bis nelde and te and fo —a ne the frost is ~ ion fron: earlier than the in the fore ‘THE WEEKLY HERALD. The Impertant Events of te Véoom.. The Weekly Herald will be published at nine-o’clockt this morning. Its contents will embrace the recent. highly important intelligence from California; the in- teresting proceedings in Washington; the two weeks’ later news from Europe, brougbt by the Europa, and received this morning by telegraph from Halifax; full Particulars of the terrible calamity im Hague street; and the commercial news of the week. Single copies, sixpence. ony OS e Tue Max wuo was Srassko iw Leonanp Starer. Contrary toexpectation. Daniel who was stabbed with a knife in Leonard street, om Thursday afternoon, dy Jobo Moore, still lives; but there is no hope of: hie ultimate recovery. ‘ Connon PirssNow, 85, Of, Tl, 78, 80,90, 100, 119, 0 rs M 1221971198. We sed satagnareuann Surenion Count.—Noe, 12, 81, 88, At te Surermx Count—Guwvnat Tenmt,—Nos, 9, 11, 6, 27, 98, 82,83. 35 to 40, 843, ead Cinsvit Count,—Same as yesterday. Odd Fellows Hall + Excetator.”’. an enough, y hi Present saloons, and are pow engaged in an extenrive dini room, and ate sy, with thelr private A Card—Jonn McDo: of the Merchants’ Coffee Yort ) begs to inform where (ley wl and ork tne daltessienee ae reason terved where they wilt finds: es in the bes! le. and at as moderate en ae ine N Ee adecis euthes their roe yy privass. rooms, cam be fully accominodat SUN. TER of t poste those who to bein~ h hed and amured, y ite peru~ eal. or ofthe “ Shadows” must become oo the style of these sketches jo unusually vigorous and truf! Te mn drees and ircek Coats $18 te $20. ante and ¥ LAKK, 116-Wiliam . Them $5 Sults are stitl t' Notice to Epicures—Wiillam Lalor of Nos ty sheep of SL Contre Market. has six raised by Colonel Josiah county, Virginia. 1 y that have ever becn rel keepers: this day, when they will ‘eults to the American Museum, Ne Delivered a: $100 Reward .—For One Doilar—11,570 Da= sareotyues ware taken by A. J. BEALS the year, 5 person prodnoing one of his Patent Deguerrenty cver faded. ‘Yes, in» beautiful ease errenty Dee tha er for One jar. 4 Liberty street. gd: Dye—Batchelor’s Liquid colors Bair or whiskers the moment lied, without se te "o and Gopy the The Hai; Cen on Teese tireet. to color the hair or w! moment odiately without diet the eolor, es Resi citer aageae etait echoes ‘and by C, L, Fawoett, 142 Chesnut street, é Ooide, Rheumatism, Eruptions ofthe Skin most safe ny Set ; Mott, Vapor, Sulphar, ond ledine Berne, #8 Bescley steeshs ablished 1825. Em de? y Doctors of eminent medical COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. SONEY MARKET. Friday, Fen, 8—6 P.M. There was alittle better feeling in the stock market to-day. The excitement in Harlem still continues, an advance of 1) per cent was realized, notwith- standing the Jarge sales. At the first board Farmers” Loan advanced 4 per cent; Erie Railroad, X; Reading Rallroed, \s. Illinois State Bank has ad: 1M per cont since last sale; Hadson Railroad fell off 3¢ per cent. At the second board, Herlem declined 34 per cent; Farmers’ Loan, {. Within the past few days, there has been a small advance in Erie Bonds, new. One of the leading operators in Wall street bas sus- pended payment. The amount im the hands of the Assistant Treasurer, at the close of business to. day, was $3,047,390 95. The total value of the imports coastwise at the port of Cleveland, during 1849, is $5719,890. The exporte. ecastwise, amounted to $5,517,014. The foreign im- ports, were valued at $124 979; exports, $162,202. The Governor of Georgia thus sets forth the value of the property of that State 40,674,400 eores of land, eotimated at $100,000,000; factories, mills and other machinery, $5,600,000; town property, $12,000,000; 835,566 slaves, at $300 each, $100,678,800; stock im "rade, $4,589,076; money at interest, $9,040,093 —total, $230.017 813. Half of 1 per cent apon this makes $287,- 622; to which add bank tax, $20 000; poll tax, $32,746— making the public ineome, $340,205. The New Orleans Dee of Jan. 28, anys :— We learn, from undoubted authority that the report of the Board of Currency, which is now before the State Senate, Tecommends the Legislature to declare the charter of the Canal Bank forfeited. As the report has not yet been made public, we are of course unable to state the Fearons upon which this recommendation ts foanded."? The following statement exhibits the condition of the seventeen incorporated banks and nine banking areociations in the city of New York,on the moraieg of Saturday, September 224, and the 29th of December, ‘as per reports on file in the Comptroller-s office :— Profita ..... s+. see . —— in cireulation not regis- 0) 56 905, 12992279 12,058.588 6.600 190,000 B59 506,162 4 bh ———— ay 76 O96LL $77,881,797 From the above it will be seen that the banking ca- pital bas been slightly increased since the September Teport, and the loans discounts were $1 778,829 mote than at the date of the previons report, Daring the eummer and up to the Period of the last repert, pecie has been gradually disappearing from the veulte Of there banks. According to the June reporte, there were $9 506968 im specie on band; in September, $8,022 246, im December. $7,109 016; showing mdecreato- tipee Juve cf $2,417,342, Im the other Stews there is. Ro material change from the September report. The Neo ¥ 1 of four per cent. York aod New Haven Raliroad Company eds dividend of three a: ball per cont. ‘The Syracuse apd Utica Railroad Company have de