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SOCIETY LIBRARY—De Cnariios's Paixrixo oF Rrsaca DELA PALMA. Erkiorean Minstaensy. ERENADERS. Sew York, Fridey, Feb: ruary %2, 1850, he European News, The steamship America had not arrived at Hali- fax at four o'clock, yesterday afternoon. She is overdue at that port. The Cabinet and tts Troubles, The rumors from Washington, relative to the condition of the cabinet, ore beg’ nuing to erowd up- on us in every direetion. According to all accounts, no cabmet has existed for many years, of so ano- on and character as that which pos- milous a pc sesses the manegement of the various departments atthe capital, It seems they quarrel one day, pout the second, and m#ke up matters the third. The recent rumors of the resignation of Mr. Clayton, and the probable breaking up of the rest, are not altogether without foundation, «although ut may be very difficult to ascertain the exact truth, among so much contradiction and confusion in the state- ments. At all events, the opimon generally enter- tained among the higher and best informed circles in Washington, and elsewhere, 1s, that bat for the wled obstinacy and good feeling of General Taylor, the present cabinet would not have lasted £0 long as it has done. The administration of General Taylor, uader the management of the present cabinet, has reached a phase of an extraordinary character in the political history of this country. No cabmet, in the brief period of a year, under a new and popular chef megistrate, has ever sunk so rapidly and so low as the present men in power. We learn frem every quarter— private and public—that there 1s not the slightest confidence or cordiality between the whig party ia both houses of Congress, and the cabinet ministers at the other end of the capitol ; in fact, the present cabinet bas a less numerous party in Congress to support their measures, to ad- vocate their views or defend their errors, than even the cabinet of Captain Tyler, we believe, possessed im his day. Itis wellknown that Tyler was sup* ported by a guard of seven members, called the ‘Tyler guard, throughout the whole of his Presi- deney, with occasional aid and assistance, through sympathy, from the democratic party. But the present cabinet of General Taylor is even with. Out so numerous a party to support themin both houses of Congress. At the commencement of the session, they counted only two ja the Senate and one and two-thirds in the House. Mr. Trumon Smith and W. H Seward are the only men in the Senate that have yet showa aay *) joms of supporting the cabiaet measures; wed Mr. Seward bas even now abandoned the work, as too tioublesome or too dirty tor him to petform. lathe House, we believe the cabinet bas po such evpport How is aa adminietration to get along without some confidence existing between the heads of that edministration and the great parties ia Coa grees? No preceding administration was ever ular predicament. General n houses of Con- ed patriotism and his almost e of pubhe affairs. Hutherto, the good President has thrown the responsibiluy of his measures and deeds upon the me exception of son which he possessed placed m such a si ‘Taylor hes many friends in be grees, who believe in his w ” entire ign and amiable some koowledge, and oa which he manifested some will at the Presi« dent devolves all responsibility upoa this cabinet, and eeems to concern himself principally with the preservation of the Union—a idea—and the price of beef aud pork in the Washington market, a very useful purpose. In consequence of this state of things, we believe, from the intelligence received, that several consultations have been held among the leading members of Congress, for the purpose of assembling the wh whig party, in the shape of a private caucus, and consulting what is | best to be done in bringing about contidence and cordiality between the cabiurt aad the whig party They will, in all probability, concur ia resorting to some plan, either of ousting the present cabinet or of bringing them to terms of ve kind or descrip gon. Some imp on has already been made vpon the mind of the President; but a general | consultation and determination might produce a change im mind of the patriotic man, which, in due ume, would bring about an entire recomporition of the cabinet, and a new and bet- ter understanding between the different parties and thoce thet went into power with him. It is said, however, thet Mr. Clay, and several other mem- bers, are oppoeed to every movement that may be calculated to char ye preseat cabinet. Proba bly the fri of Mr. Clay may prefer to retain the | present cabinet in power th pout the whole term of General Taylor's Presidency, as a means of prepering the way for the next presidential con- test, when the name of Clay will be the paramouat idea of the ruling whig party throughout the Union. Be all this as it may, oa looking over the whole ground, we are dinposed te * up and sapport the} ngation of the prese bunet, even in Opporition to the dise tof the whig party, or the contempt maniiested towards them from the whole country, during the last nne months. The preeent cabinet has been a very useful body of mea to all the newepapers. The French business with Pou the Spanish business ia New Orleans, the oat business, the removals and appoint men dt ua busaees, which has ale most 5 * be a rock of separation, have been curiens, etreetive, interesting, dramatic a« faire, ead of inestimable importance to all letter writers and newsp; ditere in Washington and elsewhere. If there had been a great, mighty, popular and talented cabio capable of keeping their own secrets and of managing their affairs with talent and skill, what would have become of the newspapers, for want of matter and news, or | the elements of wit and eloquence? We would have had to depend entirely upon Congress. But | as matters now stand, it is very uncertain and very doubtful whether the cabinet, by their stapi and drolleries at one end of the espitol, do not fare nich the newspapers with more jateresting and emusing raw material than Congress, with all its extraordipery ability, wit, and folly, atthe other end We are, therefore—though from a selfish motive in favor of retaining the present cabinet in power, and are against the efforts of the whig party in Congress to dissolve it. We want to see this cabinet play out the role which they have so | bers of his cabinet, with the | weuliar and isolated cases, of | | by « parade, after wi ingeniously beg" .», General Taylor cannot be in- jured much; for he stands apart and aloof from their fooler ¢s, has thrown the whole responaibili- ty of BO rament upon their shoulders, and only assumes, that part which is delicious, delectable and &° sod—that is, presiding at receptions, giv en‘ _ouragement to the ladies, keeping aloof from ‘all great questions, and allowing things to take their owm natural course, without evincing the least disquietude or uneasiness as to their probable course or termination. We go in for the present cabinet, im toto. Tus Brarapay oy Wasuinaton. —The twenty- second of February 18 a day that should be sacred in the estimation of freemen throughout the world. An era of liberty began 1o dawn at the epoch when Washington was born, and the annual re- turn ot the day ought to animate mankind with patriotic reflections, and with wise resolutions for the future. At the present crisis of our political history, to which we have been hurried by the madness of men, the necessity of revising our po- litical judgments, and of strengthening ourselves, to perpetuate, unimpaired, the legacy secured to us by the father of this country, presses upon us with no ordinary earnestness. Factions have urged men to the edge of a precipice, from which they must retreat or be lost. There is no eafety in delay, and doubt only creates danger. We must be for the Union, or against it. No neutral ground can be occupied. This is evident from the irreme- diable position of the organs of legislation. Placed in a garden of social independence and lawful freedom, “to dress and keep it,” we are forgetting the admonitions of the past, and in- dulging our appetites at the possible sacrifice of our posterity. Our individual strength is not ex- erted to avertthe abrupt transitions leading to in- stability, and we are in danger of ruin from the haughty eelf-consciousnese that is the prime cha- racterisuc of the age. If the experience of the past be lost upon us, we shall plunge headlong to the same abyss of unsettled political existence that marks the older countnes of the world. Thus far, the success of the first truly elective and representative republic that the world has known, exhibits our government to be beyond the character of an experiment. The spectacle 6f a people deriving power from themselves, and sus- tainirg it by the force of their own intelligence and virtue, attracts the observation and excites the ad- miration of the wor'd.. Ancient thrones and pow- erful dynasties fade, with all their splendor, before it; while tyrants are only seen as men, and maa- kind as equal in their political privileges. Yet, with all the just pride that we may enter- tain, there is a check to any exultation. The am- bition, passions, and factions which distract so- ciety are around us. Dangers threaten us. The ege, with the consciousness that marks its spirit, is lable to undertake tasks beyond its real strength. Veneration for the pest is lost in the shouts and self-gratulations of the present, and the classes of reformers outnumber the errors which they seek to dispel. Standards are erected om every hillock, and people flock to them with impulsive ignorance, regardless of the results of enlisting under them, Of those who rear these standards—who, in the venity of intellect, marshal forces for the purposes of faction and discord—who would be the arbiters of all action—who behold nothing accomplished that might not have been done better—factionists, who, ucder the professions of peace, of gentlenesa, and of non-resistance, would establish discord, con. fusion and ¢isunion—philanthropic factionists, who question motives, etab character, divide churches, attack the Sabbath, urge the overthrow ofthe clergy, and would delight in the flow of blood and the madness of civil strife—factionists, who deem nothing honest save their own honest nothing moral save their own morality, nothing legal eave their own views of legality, nothing di- vine except their own echemes, to the perpetra- tion of which all their time, all their talents are devoted— devoted, as they themselves represent, for one great and happy result—a result which, under their administration, never can be accom- thousands—what need be said? Are not the evi- dences of their insane agitation staring us full ia the tace? At thie eri Weshington to prevail in all our counsels. We | need that political virtue which is the science of | nanonal happiness. We have daties to perform qowards society and our country—duties not limit- ed tor the benefit of any one portion of our race. | These demands upon us are of invaluable impor- | tance. They involve the highest, deepest, strong- | est moral obligations, They ery out with no sec- tional voice. They are stupendous, as they relate to the perpetuation of the confederacy, and to the social happiness of all who live under this govern- ment. Nonarrow circle bounds them, but they | are of universal application; no party can hedge them in, for they are due to the nation at large; ond he only cen be a good evtizen, who yields something of his own prejudices and desires, for the general benefit of his countrymen. In this feeling, then, let the anniversary of the birth of Washington have that moral influence which it 18 so well caleulated, if duly respected, to promote and exert. | ARnivaLor tHe aLcon.—The steam- | ship Faleon, Capt. rrived last night | from New Orleans, vv She left the for- mer port on the Lith inst., and the latter on the 15th inst. Annexed 18 « list of her passengers :— Garris, lady omnes | in the papere broaght by the of any consequence from Ha- vena We are indebted to Me: | for the latest papers. rs. Davis and Wetmore New Granava—We have received files of the Gaceta Mercantil of Sante Martha, to the 16th of Janaary, im- clurive, They contain mo single item of intelligence worth traneeribing. Most of the news from the re. public is generally anticipated in the journals from Paname, whieh is @ port of this republic, and bids fair now, from American enterprise, to bee: the most | conriderable in all the State of New Graua: j aan | Marine Affairs. The splendid ship Ocean Queen was launched yes. terday afternoon, from the yard of Messrs. Westerrelt & Mackay, amid the shouts of thousands who bad as. cembled to witmess the interesting right. Sheis a fae specimen cf paval architecture, well sustains the Tepulaticn of our ship# And most substantial versels afloat. Brooklyn City Inteiitgence, Beano or Sure (hie Board met yeaterdar; Pet *q,i0 the chair A certificate was ty Treasurer, eho wii Der of appiieatic pe for licenses to ell itjuor to have the report filed the nom. A motion to. {¢ joomees, that the Leciela. tor pace Tea the anle of liqacr, nnd that a certain trhould be permitted to sell, | upem the recommendation Tes pectanie pereone that they were sober. discreet. 4 cbarging $109 for | the rame; and that aii violations of this law be pan- teed by imprisonment. O.U A=The Order of United city intend erlebrating Washingt ey will York. to participate im the in that city Covnt or Oven axp Tramixen — Before Judge Moree. —Jchm Ward, indicted fur robbing Philip Clarke. was fund guilty, aed receinmended te the mercy of the Court, . ot re tating thet | tsiy vorhmen bad arrived hom the Past, amd | ths ilon! cna’ the roppelatmpat | anticipated bh “ye” | the werk is wo harder thom ct tie wast oie 4 bat. 0.) the con | ibe’ basiners wil ot atthe tMry, easier; aed those axed t * be able to do full work Those whe have aarived been much pleased with the place mept received from their employers, piphaaa hott plished, or only so by the sacrifice of the lives of | then, we require the spirit of | TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, ‘The Progress of Affairs at Washington, The debates, both in the Senate and im the House of Representatives, lose nothing of their interest, notwithstanding the frequent discursive and diffuse speeches whic are made. Occasio: - ally a brilliant and eloqueat appeal is made to the patriotism and judgment of our legislators, that inspires hopes for the adjustment of the great sat - ject at issue. The thirt, -first State «f the Union, in the thirty-first Congress, brings @ great culminc+ ting point in the history of the confederacy, before the startled eyes of the natien. Men gaze at the phenomenon with surprise, and even alarm; but the forees exist, af not disturbed by folly and pre- sumption, to carry the country through the danger. Judgment and reflection will yet, it is hoped, 80 far predominate over vanity aad indiscretion as to secure to the people a firmer and stronger bond of union than we have possessed. This ie the prayer of every one who glories in the Americen name. Sull, apprehensions of danger are natural, and, indeed, are forced upou us by the character of the elements at war with each other. ‘There is rashness in crying “peace, peace, when there 18 no peace.” In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Miller spoke upoo the Califorma measege. His exordium was hap- pily phrased, and his tone couciliatory, though the telegraphic despatch furnishes little of his args- ment, which will be continued next weck. In the House there was much animation. Mr. Biseell, of Illinois, was exceedingly warm, and his language powerfully patriotic, if we read his words rightly ; but it is to be doubted whether or not such speeches are not rather calculated to inflame than to counsel. True, they are but words ia their narrowest sense—but then words are often offen- sive and dangerous in their tendencies. Mr. Winthrop’s speech was the great effort of the day, He gave the free soil party generally, and the Massachusetts office seekers of that fac- ticn, particularly, as downright a flagellation as they have ever had. No man knows them better, or the matenals which constitute them and their plans—emooth Mr. Amasa Walker, and disappoint cd Mr. Park, with their confederates. His castiga- tions did not end with these gentlemen of one idea. Giddings and Root were stripped and lxshed to their hearts’ content The whole strain of his invective against these miserable political quacks, who would feed their vanity at any and every body’s expense, was such as will place the public much in debt to Mr. Winthrop. There are not two men in the country whose vanity and presumption have been more mischievous in their results, and it is quite time that their shallow pretensions as legisla- tors should be exposed and rebuked. Affairs at the Cupital, OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Wasnixerox, February 21, 1850. The topics of discussion, today, are numerous, Awong the most important rumors, there is one which Promises to yield something of a tangible character, at no distant day. Probably a considerable and amusing developement will be made. It is understood here that ®p admirable plan has been designed in connection with the Home Department, #0 as to secure to the whigs the next President. Hence it is that the democrats are eturdily engeged in their efforts to abolish that depart- ment. Time will reveal the particulars. In the Committee on Territories, some arrangements have been made to frame a bill suited to the spirit of the occasion, It bas been proposed to provide for the admission of California as @ State,and to lay down plans for the organization of territories on such a basis as tosettle the pending controversy. The plen ha, only been exposed in brief, and it is difficult to sayhow f ess i F f i i i ii | if i i (ee i ‘Wasuincros, February 21, 1850. DISPOSAL OF BOUNTY LaNDs, Mr. Monsx, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported a bill to authorize persons entitled to bounty land to dispose of the same by testament, ac- cording to the law of 1847, for creating additional mill- tary force. Whena soldier dies, his bounty land goes to bis widow, children, father er mother; and, in the absence of these, there is no provision. Mr. Bunt said it was obvious that ifthe bill becomesa law, it would totally repeal the humane and benevolent provision of the law, and the soldier having no heirs, might, at his caprice, deprive his aged mother, fa- ther, brother, or sister, of the land. He hoped that no general law would be pasred. believing that it would contravene not only the policy of the govern- ment, but would be sul buse. Special cases might be acted on as they cocur. veral gentiemen expressed their views. and the bill ‘was referred to the Committee of the Whole oa the State of the Union. Public Ex} ditt vide s bemestend of public domain fore by ke ean leave, re) oxe hundred and sixty acres of nesses, the man, if the head of @ family, end widow, if the m: of a minor child, provided they become permanent occupiers of the soil. Mr. Vixrox inquired, what right has the Committee oe ers © report @ bill to dispose of the public replied that the question must be de- The Srx. cided by the House. Mr. Jonneon thought that the report was legitimate for the committee. Did not the public lands iavoive pubiic expenditures? Several questions of order were raised, that the de- date was out of order, and that the subject of the bill belonged to the Committee on Public Lands, The Srvaxrn said that the first question to be de- cided was. whether the House will receive the bill as ‘the report of the committee. Mr Jouxson resumed his remarks, insisting that the Committee om Public Expenditures bad the right to re- port the bill. Mr. Durr eked what was the q ‘ion? The Sreaxen replied that the debate was not legiti- in order, novel question. The gentic- om Tennessee indulged in bis remarks. . Durr objected to any further debate. Mr Jonnsox—This bill was planned by many of your constituents. A man who wants to do good litte chance here, anyhow. _ Sreaxun decided that the report was not in order. Mr Jonsson would like to know by what authority the Committee of Soares, serereay, yoy @ bill suthorising anotber million of dollars to be deposited in the mint, to exebange for bullion. a Sreasee said that the question was not debate- Mr. Jounson~How cen the Speaker andthe House ¢etermine the character of tke bill, when the bil bas far it will answer. Strong hopes are entertained of its success, by members from the North, South, and West. ‘There is more jarring, wrangling and discord here, | than appertains to the great confederate issue, A dif- | foulty has now arisen between the Commissioner of | Pevsions and Mr. Ewing, and how it will ead caanot | well be conjectured. Mr. Hannegan was robbed at night, of eighty dollars, | Baron Roene, of Germany, has been recalled. He | will soen leave for Europe, and proposes to take his | official leave of the President to-morrow. ‘The President is absent to-day, having gone to Rich- | mond to jay the corner stone of the Wasbington mo- | nument. It is a cabinet movement—s kind of imitation | of the Evglich plan that so often brings Prince Albert's | | trowel imto requisition, Lopulerity frequently is em- | | gendered by such trifles in the old world—why should | | it not be im the new? Such is the philosophy in vague bere. | Mr, Winthrop lashed Giddings and Root, and de. | | fined bis position, to-dey, in @ style that commanded | general admiration. Massachusetts will come up fairly, pite of ber Garrisons, Sumnere, and such small deer. Mr. Clay bas gone to Baltimore. He says by tele- | grepb, “I remain in Baltimere to-night, and will leave for Philadelphia by the morning cars.” The object of Mr. Clay's vieit to Philadelphia isto attend the Whig Young Men’s Festival to. morrow night. | The care of Henry Schults ageiast the Baok of Georgia, has been decided im favor of the latter. Nearly @ million of dollars are involved in the question — Mesare, Webster, Butler, and the Attorney General for Sobults, and Mesere, Sergeant, MoAllister aad Smith tor the bank. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED #TaTES, Sheldom vs. Sill- Reversed, and remanded, with directions to dismiss complainant's bill, for want of Jurtedictien, Mills va. St. Glair County—AmMirmed. No, 50, Kennedy & Uo. vs. Sank of Georgia —At- firmed. | No. 60. Kennedy va. Bank of Georgia—Reoord defeo. | tive; diemisned. H Wheeler ve, Bennetts— Argument concluded for ap- pellente. 4 the National Hotel, last | IRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. W. 8. ve. Price, exeeutor of Archer—Arcument com’ | menced. ramet | iecike Wasninatos, February 21,1850, | NEW YORK SLAYRAY RESOLUTIONS, } Mr Sivano presented the resolutions recentiy pase- fd by the Legislature of New York, upou the subject | of slavery, avd the adaistion of California into the | Union Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, Numerous petitions were received and referred. ARMY COMMISBARIES, Mr. Davis, of Miselssippl, from the Military Com- mittee, reported @ bill to Inorease the number of o missaries im the army. farLons’ RicHTs, Mr. Hamcrn's resolution, submitted some time since, cailing for information relative to the imprisonment and barbarous treatment of American seamen wrecked on the coast of Japan, wae adopted. | of sp’ | oft . Numerous adverse reports were taken from the table end o peurred in. INDIAN TREATIES. Op motion of Mr Arcrison, the Senate took up the ‘bill autberizing @ of | | | Worth widow of General ¥ jtesion of ladies wae made and A metion for the ada to. gerd Old Dominion of Virginia, in bonor of clptingwiehed com, The omen was good, ed that thie foundation stone might do a foundation stone of the ( then proceeded to pleture the prosperity and hap; bets of the American peopie—the people never were | mere proepercus than wow, aod yet never wa: there oe mueb Gissatiofaction. The | sive ar vr than to-day, tipwel w y Gistrered and worted. ‘wer bigher then pew. our foreign and | meres never before ro extended all was ational *eaith, prosperity. | of philanthropy | sive as the ibiogt ia ye th wot bee: ? The —The provisions of a bill must conform to ite tithe, which bas been read. Mr Jenson tock an appeal, and the deeision of the Chair was sustained. It was resolved, that when the House adjourn to-day, it stand adjourned tll Menday. THE STATE OF THE UNION, ‘The House then went into Committee of the Whole on, the State cf the Union. Mr. Bisset. said, if it were fadeed trae that disso- cm was eo near at band as gentiemen had declared, should be known; if the contrary is the fact, the cease its anxious theobbings, ‘and ‘they crea- jie heart ebould were | tom end support. He bad no Lesltation In declaring bere, and letting it go forth to the world, that unless Ube Southern representatives on this floor bave great mistaken the we and intentions of their con: tuents, war authority of the it is hy —_ me) bave Legs told oe os South har caleulate pecuniary advantages of a se) ‘con- federacy, and the result of the conviction in their minds fs, that after paying all the expenses, there will de o surplus of twenty-five millions. He then re- ferred to the spesches Southern members. to show it in a certain contingemoy, likely to happe: the Soutn aad rth is talated of wbich they complained would be remedied by Gisolution? He thought that the slavery question Was used af pretext for dissolution; and if they goul in this question @ cause to carry out their de- they would hunt for some other pretext, or make He could speak for his own State. It dsogers me- 4 one paced the Union, lilinois, sbich offered to the govern- ot t nine regiments whem engeged ia the war with exieo, will come to portef the government. She will of four times that stand still to cheer acd encourage us—do not extin- h the bescon Ii { you do. no Promethean fire We murt put up with triffes, We can destroy thie beautiful febrio, and scatter it to the winds’ Forbid it? jeaven! Mr. Winrnnor bad refrained from entering into the Gisoussion of a question #0 much debated, preferring to wait jan sbould be proposed The and. by the biewsing of Ged that he would be hailed as the’ pilot who had weathered the storm. He then referred to the womannerly and gros attacks 4 been made upon bim by Mr. Johason, enrem, aud Messrs Root, Giddings, aad others; one side saying that he had, while Speaker, fo formed the ecmmitters a4 to injure the interests of the South. and on the other thet he bad betrayed the Ten yeare when he was a candidate for Congress, he vala ther itit ‘was bis fortune to be elected he would deem it to be bis duty not to agitate the subject of ela. very, that he had nosympathy with any fanation. and that whenever the interests of the North were assailed be would defend them plague op both houses! hasbeen with aremtont be table; aod he came to a to lay it on t the that the honorable member, Mr. Root, for the sake of « mis.rable yy 4 put in periie ich he professed to be Proudest edvo- mot admitted this sea i the Wilmot proviso was ite death lies at the doer of Mr. Rost; a oo the tomb onght to jere lew ye vietim “i of restless vanity sad the headstrong rash of the gentleman from who held it up delibe. “ey | ve PSS SP ER Ohio, rately to receive ite death blow” it wae a fatal biun- der— that resolution— but Mr. betes | hed sought to te bie constituents and his couctry, en are not the proper jadges of his ‘There bas never been a petty under + that has been #0 ¥ t ipertive abae free soil we Rot believe that there ee caveur th J646 He regarded the adw © State. ae the t measure to be secomplished never greater, and yet by Congress, and he would @o all tm ble? wer Csnger ye Spe to fleet that Ferult, “He did. not belteve that tlavery cam be extended, without the sanetion of post tive lew, and that be did not intend to give to this bis sid He believed that the propoeed e erpecial message of the it, was the | ihe constitution. : é i li i ra f : ie iL fi i i tt 3 5 E i +f : H E g z bill from the Senate, releasing the ‘the vessel for the German em; was ‘The House then adjourned till Monday. # ‘ Ht 2 5 i : NEW-YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Axpary, Feb. 21, 1850. PETITIONS PRESENTED, By Mr. Sons, for an agricultural professorship in the Central College, Mr. Wittiams, of George P. Trimble and other mer- chants, for a law making the Health Officer of New York a salaried office. Mr. Beexman, of Madison University, for an appro- tion of $8,000, for the support of the literary de- partment cf said institution. REPORTS OF SOMMITTEES. Mr. Morcan, from the Committee om Finance, sub- mitted an elaborate report on the subject of the proper application of the amount from the premium re- Mf, Srarvor reported in favor of an apyfopr lation to the Froy Hospital. bi CT ATTORNEYS. Mr. Bancock introduced @ bill to restrain District Attorneys from conducting civil proceedings in certain cases. NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD. Mr. Jonxsox, on motion, introduced « bill to impose tolls upon freight carried over thi York and Erie Railroad. Mr. Johnson mov ferred to an early Committee Mr. Cross moved that it be refe on Finance, stating the magnitude of the institutions involved, and the necessity that all action on this subject should be deliberate and well advired. Mr. Geppes (ibe bead of the Ratlroad Committee) took similar view of the subject, and the Senate de- cided to send it to the Committee on Finance. ADJOURNED OVER. On motion of Mr. Scuooxmaxen, the following reso- lution was adopted: ~ Friday, th ant, being the birth-day of Gesrge Washington, in conformit; and to testify the unchange Th with long established fertained fur his mo- lived, That ibis Senate will hold no session om that ANTI-RENT BILL. Mr. Baanpurtn offerred a resolution, referring the Dill called the “ Anti-Rent bill,” to the Attorney Ge- eral, for his opinion as to the conatitutionality of the Dill, but be subsequently withdrew it, HEALTH Law. On motion of Mr. Moacan, the Judiciei were directed to inquire into the ex: jency of re- evecting the General Health Law of 1832—the one which was revived by the proclamation of the Gover- nor in 1849. Committee JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. money to ithe Society for the relief of juvenile delinquents of New York, was made the special order of Thuredey next. BILLS PapeED. To amend the charter of the New York Orphan Asy- lum Society. To transfer certain juvenile delinquents to the ‘Wectern House of Refuge. ANTICRENT BILL. The Anti-rent bill was them takon up. (The bill pro- vides for staying the collection of rents on ali manorial leases ) Cannorr spoke at length in defence of the bill, nt against the title of the landlords. taken. HARBOR MASTERS, Fae wee Maney) 7 referred toa select committee, consisting Williams, Cross, Morgan, Crolius, and Beekman. Adjourned. Assembly. Arnany, Feb, 21, 1850, PRTITIONS, Mr Bicnanpson, (2) for repewal of charter of Sodus Canal Company. ‘Mr. Bal ‘+, im relation to the New York and Erie Ratirced. Mr. O. Ati, for reduction of tolls on salt. Mr. Ganowwen, for an appropriation to Genesee Col- lege. ‘iz. Rarmop, of inhabitants of Lewis) county, for improvement of Meoee River. Mr. Lirrie, againet the reduction of tolls on salt. Mr Anpaews, on same subject. Mr ‘mM, On same ject. to Genesee Col- | \ Mr. ons, for aD appro; | lege. i ‘Mr. ¢, im relation to the general railroad ia\ | Mr. Cuuncn, om the same subject; also, (3) for | railresd from Buffalo to New York and Erie Mr Lawaxnce, to supply eaoh school district in the | State wit of the New Code. a Mr. Monnox, of citizens of New York, that the grou: | set apart Green wood C. , comtaining the re- | mains of the officers bel: to the New York Volua- teers be and foran tion of | seese, enclosed, ‘appropria! Mr. Tewnsexo on the same subj: ‘The petitions were referred to of which Mr. Yard is chairman. RErORTS. | Mr Lirrte, that the Committee on Public Printing | eeneur im the resolution offered by M: print thirty aber the Amertea: } and 500 for the Institute. | Mr. A. B. Davis objected tothe report. He had often | Reawe the chetee of pertiahy weed sqatnnt the associa: | ae one oe litical prejudices. This had been ear: | | mi so far that a rival institution was talked of, At | events, he did not believe the jostitution of cient = to justify any great expense in printing | their heard the suggestion, | jot. the select committee Mr. Mownoe had never before that this wass poiltical or party institution, raised, and | It should have no weight with the House, it. on character in them. i Mr. Fisk hoped the resolution would prevail. The — report was very populsr—as popular among i bat it was mever | ‘thet remarks, the Mr. To ition of sex, one of hart, erm yore of the ot New York. Mr Fux, @ bil spite the etty of Brooklyn money to build @ City Hall, Xe. = bil of the existing debts of | Dills were read s third time HanvOR MasTERs. te Harbor i CA RIVER street. Th | ber mechanios im regard to | unfounded. Ht telligence. N: ‘Arrived--Ship Maid of Crleans, N¥orko eA"® Feb 12. Pram ’ Arrived—Sche Coral, Norfoly, 7 “ANEVOR*, Bub 16. Pon: Sailed—Bark Almira, Havana; brig Napoleon, Cubes >” Pauu Riven, Feb 19, Bailed—Schr Yantio, NYork. oy Boston, Feb 3t. Arrived--Sehr Madonna; Cardenas, Sth inst, Lote bigs Carver, James Crosh: jarah for Boston, in. poelee for NVork, im 4'daya; schr Heury ‘Atkins, for cn ogee ae ie ea Laxs’s Wore, Feb 18. {th arrived- Rate RIK, Phitedelpiniag bia Su, Ley Win Witon, Nortolks Ail Yor’ Boston; Chast ‘York for Provincetown. Atrived:-Sohr Medium, Plym Biet—-No artivels. me PSN He Ns In port--Schrs Malvina, Medium, Kensington; rest sailed... Bailed--Bark Zenodis, Apalachicola bri Taft, ~~ enobia, 3 brig Orray Wannn, Fob 19. Sailed—Brig Wm Henry, Matanzas. TaRraviin Cove, Feb 19. Arrived- Ship Wm Hami!ton, North Pacific, 119 days from: Dee sa mies WAW from Dioge ship Hereeles, ars for the Pacific. Lat 228, lon 28, ship Charles Drew, do. fot fo, Toreelld, § days from'N York 7 ooo The Hague Street Explosion — day, Mr. Milligan. the manufacturer of the exploded boiler, was arrested upoo @ criminal proceeding for libel, upon the informetion of wr. Mont }, the patentee, on the ground of a card pubil fo the pewspapers by the former. The defendant was brought before the Magistrates at the Tombs, end this after- it Sees cet Mo pee Age e ne way Robtery. John was arrested yester— robbing: a i knocking @ boy down in the street and him of bis mot with @ knife. Another Case of Cutting. —Mary Louise Hayes, a co Jored girl, was arrested just evening by officer MoCar- thy, for eutti Mary Mulberry with a knife, at the Five Pointe. Committed for trial. Dumping Manure —Wiiitam Nash and Joho esterday. by officer Hammond, of ‘vmping manure on pier 5, East River, fined $6 by were arrested Firat ward for and vo numbers on their carts, They were Justice Lothrop Riotous Bey James Moran. and to rixteen years of half. past seve jowa. crowding people off the side~ iging in obscene and phemous lan- Destitution.— Catherine Williams was committed yess terday, by Justice Blakely. for being found destitute in. the streets, i he Court Caleunder—This Day, Comnton Pixas.—Nos. 109. 180, 248, 206, 262, 264, 206, 268. 272, 274, 276. 278, 280, 262, 284. Unirep States Disraict Covnt,—Nos, 50. 54, 61. 62.65. Surmeny Counr—Gusxnat Tenm.—Noo. 37, 40, 4, 45, 48, 60, 52, 54, 55, 58, 60, 65, 66. 67. Berens wis 2, 111, 130, 21, 47, 156, 167, 166, 169. 170, 172. 178, 73, 04, 16. 64,’ 67, 42; 96, 114, 110, 18, 146, 152 122, 168, paibnt 28 188, question now ngstating the nation, O rotmise resolutions intresuesd im Senate of the United tr ty the Mon. Henry Clay, are requested to mest om Monday evening, February, ah Tig vrelock, at Castle x jamin a és Bi Le N. Revere Meni chert MeMurray Brattorddenes.” N F 8. ww Lo: max in Hair Dyt D30, to color the elegant, Powerful perfume, is to be bad 53 ‘eet, in bottles, at 3s, ds. and Se. on ™ Dye.—Batenelors’ Genuine ry sely, 's, crceased at the Ly roard just imita: Ftorday, but the resuit of uae of the imitation dees ‘ose it corrected by calling ae above, Copy the addreass Hair Hair Dye. ca wall Tr) e ona, aad re= Liver OM. for for iT Dr. Pow eli, Ovatist, Aurist, &e., attends to diseases of the Ry: oo | ag Spee gm the Bye, Sd edition, price Rye and Bar Fountains, am ‘Artifer! , {rom nine to four o 1 Been COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS BONKY MARKET, Thursday, Feb. 21-6 P, M, It has often beem @ water of surprise bow little ex+ perience appears to progt mankind; and it ts with feel- ings of astonishment that we behold men gulled over juestion of agreeing to | Snd over again by the rame stale devices, How oftem are we tempted to exclaim, when we read of the suc- consful efforts of the many Peter Funke, watch stalfers, pocket book droppers, and the whole tribe of “ artful dodgers,” and thimble riggers, “his eapnot be trae!” ‘hole on the bill for \d wine vil! te. Mir. Fiex called up bis resslution to refer the Canal Beard for information. He ~4-¥ lent in favor of the fesolution and was falowed by Rayon», in ition to the bill, who continued ‘We think it is imposribie that an: ke tll the hour of 2, rs an rr aly 2, when the House teuke reves | 4, 1, soages oo very shallow, and which have been’ so: thoroughly expose@. But should any one doudt thet tuch is (he caer, aud desire to witness the most glaring instances of the pertinacity with which men ars willing to be duped, let him go into Wall street. it really sur~ pasees belief, that year after year the same thread~ dare mancurres should be yed of by the same Parties, with the ame stock im trade, and often at the expense of the same victims. For fifteen or twenty yrare past, some balf doven fancy stooks, as they are celled, like the boxes, balls and cups of the juggler, have been displayed in tempting srray before the eyew: of the admiring crowd, and played with, (ili ove would sup; ry 4 at Portemouth, Va, on Wednesday, | be 80 palpable that noone could be deovived by destroying the buildings cooupied by Messrs. Lash, | 't; acd yet we seo the same joke repeated year after” Adams, Owens, Ashel, Mauphin, Pearce, Fisk, and | Year, by the same performers, and very often, as we others, the Jess on which is considerable enid before, at the expense of the same apectators, One — ane would ruppore that a man who had once witnessed the: ‘The Northerner at Charieston. Cnancecren, Fi ary 19-A. M. exp riment of getting up an excitementin seme partion- Success of a Whaler. Boston, The whale ship William Hamilton, of N Feb. a1, 1850. Capt. Shookley, Bedford, arrived at Tarpeulin Cove on Tuss- after « passage of 110 days from the Sandwich Intends, She bas been absent only 21 months, and brings ® cargo of 4,000 barrels of oil - 9,300 barrels of which were taken in the Ochotek, Russian Sea, last feacon. The W. H. bas made three voyeges from the Sandwich Islands, each within 120 days. Bartimonr, Fe The hip wane, Date, from Now York Jar fancy stock, bad seen all the working of the ror pert leotee wites by which the gradoel expassion was first pro- arrived o notes ne OO duced, then the rapid ination, and flaally the suddem Amending the Constitution of Maryland, | collepre which always extends to the pookets of atl but the jugglers themvreives, wou! be very walikely to relish & repetition of the joke. But the old adage, “@ burnt child dreads the fire,’ i# not true in Wall «treet. Tbe sullerer will be the drst to be takem into s corner ‘The Senate of this State have paced a rote to take the renee of the people om calling a convention to amend