The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1850, Page 2

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WIBLO’S BALOON—8n a) CIRGUB, Astor Place—Equ _New York, ‘Thursday, April 4 1890, To the Carriers of the Hered. Ww eonsequerce of recent events, the proprietor of whe New aot Bee! dd see Frias) - int Le orery serving sul vs in this city a eo orl ‘tBat none will be allowed to eerve any other journal in conjunction with the Herald. He also forbids e ia sarrier to sel] or take ey for say route; and Shove carriers who pay rent to former carriers’ for the Privilege of thus rity are likewite forbidden to pay Boy such sums, re cya] of the Herald alone elaims to possess ie ex tin all these matters, ever ais routes. 4 al) riers Hsobeylog these Airceiions, will be Prowpily diemieaed ea plaka The Caninet- Its Day of Judgment Ap. Pproaching, The cabinet at Washington does not seem io be inereasing im popularity recently. In fact, the evidences multiply among its own supporters, ex- hibiting its incoimpetency, its imbecility, its dis- honesty, and its corruption. The opinions which our columns have long since promulgated upon the merits of the cabinet, are begining to take fast and deep root among the peculiar supporters among the whig party, both in Congress and in the newspaper press. [Do you smoke segars or chew tobacco? | For several months, the whig leaders at Wash- | ington, big and litide, have entertained nothing but the lowest opinion of the competency, honesty and valent of the cabinet. This we know to be a fact. With the exception of Truman Smith, in the Senate, who is a sort of a good-natured Pickwick, and two or three members of the House, the great masse of the whig members in Congress, throughout the present session, have, in private conversation, | spoken in the most contemptible manner of the un- fortunate cabinet which destiny imposed upon the nnevep< cting sincerity of General Taylor. Do you smoke eegers or chew tobacco? The recent events leaking out from the departments, have | spread these feelings of dissatisfaction to the whig prees here and elsewhere. The New Vork Express | begins to admit—even to stealing it from the jour- | nals—the possibility of a re-construction of the | eabinet. The New York Tribune, in giving a very black account of ihe recent Galphin claim, admits that, if such a matter be true, it is “ morally im- possible t the cabinet should remain un- changed.” The following independent statement | of facts and opinions (give the devil his due,) we take from our amiable cotemporary of the New Vork Tribune :-— Tre Gar @un Cram ING PERPORMANeKS EvE- aw Reavives. RIAN PRBPORMA: 1.— It is some time sinoe we sto} Ped thinding or matmtatoiog everything right that is by men of our opprnents, Th tm mcuerth ning support of whatever was som mended to them as oeracy,” We mean not to stand condemned by our own doctrines, but to speak | the truth without partiality or corcealment. | “The Galpbin claim,” so called, has beew, ama still | ts, very justly tbe theme of public inquiry and disous- | rion. So far as the faote are developed, they eeem to be | | of the pubhe funds, by the conduct of Crawford, Meredith, Preston and Johason, have accumulated so much that their own friends ean no longer eup- port them, but come forth and give them up, as we sce, day by day and one by ome. 1s it not time for Gen. Taylor, therefore, to look to his laurels, to consider his position, and to have some regard for the great, good, and honest name with which he went ito the White House? The whig party contains innumerable names, honorable, talented, high-minded and honest. Let him assemble any evening at the White House the members of both houses, consult with them in confidence, and get nd of this unfaithfal, mean and contemptible ca- binet, as fast as possible. Let him get such men in their places as will at least command the confidence of their whig friends in both houses of Congress, and of their supporters and newspapers throughout the Union. Now is the time to act. What do you say, good» old, honest General ? Tue Wassras Case.—Tur Boston Covet, Jury AND LAWYERS, PEFORE THE Court or Pusiic Oviwron.—Out of Boston there seeme but one opir mon as to the strange verdict against Webster. The telegraph has transmutted to every section the | evidence and the result, and everywhere expres- tions of surprise are the sole record of one intelli- gent opinion. The verdict is believed to be the re- sult of downright prejudice—established wholly upon mere probabilities. The independent press already, without a single exception, as far South as Richmond, and as far North as Buffalo, denounce the verdict, not only as an illegal one, but, in a va- niety of ways, and with great force of argument, prove that the course of the prisoner’s counsel, of the Chief Justice in his charge and in his address, and ef the jury in forming a decision, was mani- festly unfair, unwise, and unparallelled in the his- tory of cruminal jurisprudence. Petitions for Prof. Websier’s pardon, consequently, have spentane- ously grown up in Philadelphia and in this city, and wall be found eventually all over the country. So dangerous do we consider this innovation upon the established usages and fundamental prin- ciples of law, that we shall endeavor, with the aid of the best legal correspendents, to sift not only the character of the evidence and of the administrators of the law in this case, but also the animus of this Boston court, jury and judges, that has perpetrated so palpable an injustice to the accused. We have already commented upon some of the anomalies exhibited in this tral—and there are others, not less strange and startling, to which we are forced to draw attention. Among these, several points have been examined by one of our eminent legal corre- spondents, whose communication we shall soon publish. He claims that the trial was unjust, first, because it was cruel and unfair to refuse the pri- soner the company of his friends on the night of his arrest, and to leave him in solitude without this comfort to relieve the maddening effect of such an accusation ; second, because it was cruel and un- fair to suppress the coroner’s evidence, and thereby allow the public mind to run beyond the facts; third, that the identity of the body, and conse- quently the proof of a murder, rests ona doubtful point, no part of the body itself having been iden- tufied ; fourth, that the evidence of the prosecution was, in many respects, doubtful and suspicious, while worse was offered ; fifth, that the evidence for the prisoner was clear and unimpeached ; sixth, that seven persons swore, on the direct evidence of the senses, to a tact inconsistent with the evi- dence of the government ; seventh, that, under the circumstances, the Chief Justice charged wholly against the prisoner. These points exhibit some of the grounds of com plait, but not all. The jury literally hung by the teeth in convicting the prisoner, when the mould of a dentist fitted the jaw that was said—and only mastered fact. Tne Forrest Case—Tur Seconn Statement or Mr. N. P. Wuais.—We publish, to-day, Mr. Wills’s second appeal te the court of public opi- muon, on the charges against Mrs. Forrest. Mr. ‘Willis stands upon high ground. The chivalry of feudal tumes shines through him. He would have graced a “parliament of love” in the fifteenth cen- tury, when al! questions oflove, gallantry and honor | were settled in a court of lofty lords and noble qeubstaptially a+ follows — 1. That very old claim, (none the worse for that.) growing of certsia transactions, te which one George Galpbin, certs Inds sod the royal | « Yernment of Georgia were ies, in or near 1775. defcre the breeking out cf the revolutionary war; 2 That the State of Cieorgia never r nived nor provid the claim [which was criginally for laude), but, ba dof most ot her wild lands to the federal go » turned the claimant over to that | gc vertment for ratiefection 3. That this cleim, though so renerebi ny well | backed, never was itted by our ¢ mt till | & Dill was go h both houses, directing the Treasury Departm to audit and rettle it on terme of justics and equity; 4. That it was no eudited and rettied, under Seoretar, Walker; and (be fuly estimated amount of the origtoal | to the hetre oF asrigps of the origiaai | deing about $49,000; tum wasduly pocketed, but the (OF efterward revived) for inte: paid ov nica | t om jater- | now U.S Secretary at War, was formerly the agent of entein prerecuting their claim, though he no ppeare as euch on the record t Mr Meredith Sec the preper officer partment to re exn mine (bie elaim for tuterest, bat officer (Comp- trotler Wbittierry) did eo, aud reported that there was nothing Cue the claimant scocrdivg to th established by the geverameut for the elaine S. That Mr. Meredith permitted or direetedan appeal to be taken from this decision to the Attormey General Rev Johmeon), who reported in Rese the ve d equity of the ol etary Meredith direc! id, to the amount « the essential fects in the care as reported | pers. We do net tee them direetly-con- fronted nor materially el. Vet, we insist that the fair fame of the partire concurring in or conniving at the ne pecrage of this reovnd claim imperatively demande lL expianation cr clear refutation, “We await with word reme full explanation 4 this Galphin business. if it can be cleared uj a welecme the fact witha yo plearure wn ot be. it i morauy impossible that unchanged. The pubsic oo au men to glarfogly one must m1 ait ROW appears, cowl Payers and it There—who smokes segars of chews tobacco now! Can we refuse assent to these views and recommendations ! No—no--and we call upon Congress to have an immediate investigation on | po bject. There are chree members ot the cabi" valved in this special disreputedle affair— Onell Meredith and Johnson. The allowance of similar doubtfal claims has been charged upon other members of the cabinet, but the facts have not yet fully come out. Time will soon disclose them. Take another segar! Can such a cabinet condemned by its own friends and supporters, stand | for « month, wey, fora week, in the posi it has eccupied tor the last year? Will Gea, Tayto The conduct, as on and Crawford, ea- contiaual ma amer aad Pres Do take another segar’ The pohoy wiuch this cabinet has | recommended to Gen. Taylor on the territorial question, is labie to equa! otjection with that of other portions of their conduct. The tendency of | policy has been to aid and encourage the op. | position to Gen. Taylor throughout the fr The recent elections in New Hampshy necticut prove this view of the juestioa Everything is coming out, as we predict months ego, in relation to the folly, incompe te mind never be undeceiv eloeed, of Meredith, John them for any long not can Ewing, Coll led to much exemption States and Coa. y and treachery of the cabinet at Wathington, and for which we were eo vilianously abused by the 4, 6 nd, @abinet organe. In fact, as mutters now «t are not eure but that poor Clayton, with sins, sroall beer and segars, is the most innoceat man of the whole lot. The policy on ree and on the tlivery question, advised by end Collamer, has been suscidal and destrac the feir name and just popularity of Gea. Taylor, throughout this republic. The best segare can’t mend it. aug | which he looks is characteri ford. of Georgia, | | question in natural or revealed religion, dow | tnpe about fhe Ist of June | mate will be ready ia the full ctive to | Vavest claims, and @ wanten sacrifice * demes—when words were musical, even if they were charged with malice. Th point of view from | of the peculiar temper and spirit of his mind, and he uses his po- liched lance in this practieal world with an indi- vidual power, in his own way, quite remarkable. Our chivalry, which is of a more rough and homely kind, and based upon common sense, would aim to produce a like resultin a different way. We have more of the soldier and less of the courtier under our doublet, and can only protect the ladies by the invulnerability of our armor and | the ponderous proportions of our claymore. Sti! we work for the same end, and that end will satisfy “the world, and the reet of mankind.” Mea: while, all the parties implicated in the extraordinary circumstantie! and Bostoa-trial style of evidence, | should come out boldly, like Dr. Rich and Mr. Willis. They should explain themselves. | Caleraft was probably engaged, duriag his visi | in recommending the merits of one of the t steamers ; Protessor Hackley was intent upon & Squire Raymond wae begging some potential in- | Quence to be exercised upon his whig brethren up | the river; end Chevaher Wikolf was, probably, a0 said—not proved, to be unique. Probability has | ‘ manner in which that surplus had been disposed NO LNT TG ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. 1wo WEEES LATER FKOM ALL PARTS OF EUROPE. eer Telegraphie from Halifax to Portland, THENCE BY Winslow & Co,.’s Express to Boston, AND THENCE OVER Bain’s Merchants’ Telegraph, Oflice 20 Wall street. ANOTHER DECLINE Iv COTTON. Ans THE BUDGET OF ENGLAND. All Quiet in France. &e, &e. &e. The transmission of our despatch commenced about 11 o’clock last night, ever Bain’s Merchants’ Line, which, notwithstanding the severity of the storm, worked, as it always does, admirably and rapidly. The steamship Europa, Capt. Lott, arrived at Halifax at haif-past two o’clock yesterday. She left Liverpool on Saturday, the 23d ult. She will arrive at this port early on Saturday morning next. The news is two weeks later than our previous advices. All descriptions of cotton, except fair and good, had declined one farthing. Annexed are the quo- tations :—Fair Upland, 6} ; Mobile, 6j ; Orleans, 6jd. The following table exhibits the present prices, with those ruling at the sailing of the two previous steamers :— ts Pe Per Eur 1 Niegara, Per Cunade, Moreh 9. & 4. Pine 5 4. 674. 6X. According to these quotations, fair Uplands had declined one-quarter, and Mobile an eighth of a penny per 1b., while fair Orleans remains ua- changed. The sales for the fortnight had been fifty-six thousand bales, of which speculutors had taken seventy-five hundred, and exporters ten thousand. Sales during the last week were twenty thousand bales. ‘The latest accounts from Havre give remarkably favorable reports of the cotton market, with much steadiness in prices. Coffee, in London, 1s down six ehillings, or fif- teen from the top price of a few weeks previously. The corn market is steady, and yellow has ad- vanced sixpence. White is unchanged, but firmer. Flour is unchanged. The money market is firmer, and the bullion in the bank is increasing. Consols closed at 954 for money and account. American securities are said to be firmer, but we have no quotations. Trade in the manufacturing districts is not s0 good. All quiet in France. The elections have paseed over without trouble. The latest advices from ladia are less encou- raging than was expected. There is little of moment from the continent of | Europe. We have no account of the sailing of the Her- mann, but she undoubtedly left Southampten on the 20:h ult. The Chancellor of the Exchequer of England | has presented his budget for the ensuing year, and although he had the pleasure of announcing a sur- plus of nearly twoand « half millions, still, the | of is any thing but satisfactory to the country. Ministers are said to hold office by a very pre- carious tenure. In developing the views of government on financial matters, the Chancellor was obliged to TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Hereofier, the ressional and Le; will be on” the Piet Page; the foots under the vey commercial head; end the Ship News wnder ihe ” oe lle AA Summary. Our itelligence from Washington, by telegraph, last evening, 1s rather interesting. General Tay- lor sent a message, yesterday, to the Senate, in re- ference to the Hungarian business. We should certainly like to see Mr. Mann's correspondence with Mr. Clayton, and we think the sooner it is made public the better. We confess that this message partakes somewhat of the character of special pleading, and does not relieve the cabinet of the imputations which have been cast upon its members, especially the Secretary of State, whose officie! conduct 1a the Hungarian business was any thing but national or American. We do uot see why the taet, if fact it is, that no mimister or ageat was eceredited from the government of Lamp F to that of this country, should be made a feature of in this message. In revolutionary times—in such times as were witnessed in Hungary—formal cere- monies cannot be expected, neither 1s there time or leisure for them. The de facto government of Hungary for the time being was a moving ma- chine, according to the exigencies of the day or the hour, and had no opportunity to go through the forms of sending a regular Charge to the United States, but it certainly maintained itself long enough to be recognised. And who can say what the results of recognition by the United States would be? But this message emanates from the Secretary of State, the virtuous Mr. Clayton, and may be looked upon as hie defence for his tardiness and neglect in extending a helping hand to the patriots of Hungary, in their holy struggle against despotism. The President no doubt intended well; but in order to carry his good intentions into effect, he should have for his Secretary a much differeat man than John M. Clayton, of Delaware. In the House of Representatives, the principal proceeding of interest was the introduction, by Mr. McClernand, ot Illinois, of a new plan for the settlement of the great question of the day—that of slavery, in connection with the new territories. The plan gave rise to a debate, which, we are happy to say, elicited sentiments of an eminently patriotic charecter from several of the members. The bill proposes to admit California as she is, with her constitutional boundaries, and to provide serritonal governments for Utah and New Mexico, without including the Wilmot proviso, thus vir- tually leaving the question of the existence of slavery to the inhabitants, when they shall forma State constitution. It provides, also, for the formation of new States in Texas, with the view, unquestionably, of maintaining an equilibrium in the Senate. Such a bill as this will not, of course, be acceptable to the rabid free soilers—the Sewards of Congress; but, if we are not much mistaken, it wiil be satisfactory to all reasonable men, from both the Northern and the Southern States. It has one great virtue, that it cuts clear of that profound absurdity, the Wilmot proviso, and leaves the question of slavery where it ought to be, in the hands of the people of the territories, and out of those of Northern fanatics. The bill has not, we suppose, been introduced with- out consultation among the democratic members ot the House, a large portion of whom, it may be expected, will give it their suppert. It weuld be supported, too, by the Southern members—whigs as well as demoerats—and the combined action of all three would be sufficient to earry it, in spite of all the opposition that ultra free-soilism could muster against it. We shall have much more to say on this bill hereafter, and will at present content our- selves by etating that we think we see day dawn- ing, and an early settlement of the question not far distant. Mr. Crawford, Secretary of War, it appears, has solicited the appointment of a committee to inves- tugate ins conduct relative to the Galphin claim, of \ which he is part owner, and that such a committee hasbeen appointed. This is all right and proper Let us have the truth, the whole truth, concerning the matter. If Mr. Crawford is innocent of wrong, proceed on two kinds of estimates, viz:—The in- come and expenditure tothe Sth April, 1850 le | estimated that the public income of the finaacial | year ending on the Sth proximo, would amount | to £52,755,560, and the expenditure to £50),533,651. | He estimated the probable surplus on the Sth April | eut the hope of such a favorable state of the | custome, owing chiefly to the reduction upon sugar, and partly from a reduced importation of other articles, such as corn, brandy, Xe. He estimated the receipts from customs, in- | cluding corn, at £20,000,000, making a total pro- | at £2,260,000. As for the estimate for the year | H ending 5th April, 1861, he feared he could not hold | bable income of £52,285,000, for the financial | | year ending Sth of April, 1851, Ile estimated the | expenditure at £00,613,582, bat that amount | He propoeed to take for a total margin of £150,000; | was contingent upon certain things named.— | | consequently, the probable expenditure would | | be sbout | yond the expenditure, in the year, | disposing of £50,762,582. Under these circum- stences, there would be a surplus income, be- in rougd numbers, of £1,500,000. His own proposals for this surplus are various, among which he proposes to apply one-half of the sur- | plus to a redaction of taxation, and the other more deeply engaged than in asking about the | latest fashions, or whether tall or demitress w | to be the rage at the opera. 1t was all trifling, best ; and these gentlemen, so mach distinguished by their individual! pureuita, should come out nob! on the detence. If they were seeking a coave to their peculiar views, why, say #0. made up of many minds. Tot tentia homunes fot sen | News rrom Evncen.—Ockan Srvam Navioa- tion —In the course of a month or six weeks, we | timore, from Rio Janeiro, we have advices from that shall have a semi-weekly steam communication regular packete:— Cunard Line Hleve are twenty splendid steamers to connect | America with Europe; almost enough to bridge | the Atlantic The weekly tripe of the Cunard steamers will begin oh Seturday next frem Liverpool, and on the Ist of May from New York and Boston. The | Collins steamers will commence their semi monthly trips on the 27th instant, and their weekly The Franklin will begin her trips to Havre next month, and her The Bremen line now leave Southamjton and New York once a month. The Ciry of Glasgow will leave Glasgow onthe 16th instant for New York, and thereafter cach port in aliernate mont ‘The Melens leave « | Slomen ie to leave Hamburg on the 10ch instant, | and her trips will be bi-monuly. to Une arrangement, we shall, ia » month henee, recerve news every three s from Horeps. It is expected that, ina lew New York branch of the Cassrders abe de Wil run direct to this port. Then we shall obte | our advices from the other side of the Atlantic via | Hlalifex bot twice a month. News from Karope by that rouce, in that event, will A expensive artiele. Three d S foreign mtelligenre, compreased tito a few hundred words, as it sqcersarity will be, wll then cost (we dollars per word. the | The worldis | 7°™ California will reach th half to the reduction of the national debt pressed upon the House the necessity of maintains ing a considerable surplus in the exchequer, as it | would enable its Chancellor to make those ad- vances without adding to the public debt. This 1s all that had been received at the time | our express left Portland. —_—— Apviers raom Catirornia.—The ev The Georgia, Cher: t this p Monday | City will then be due Bowne Sreaw- awarten, at Gal- at vnom Tuo Janey ~By the arrival of the ark t Ae ena. | port to the 26th of February. The stermers Carolina with Europe. The tollowing steamers will ron as | Captain Marke: ines er, Capt’ had arrived at Rio Janeir latter bed railed for Panama. ptain Wood; Gold Hunt t Point, Captain all excepting the For late Poa To THE Pactrtc.—We ha the letter written by Col. Premont to (he Pacific Ratl- road Convention at Philadelphie. It is about a column and « balfin length. The Colonel! is in favo: of « tua. nel through the Great Sierra. We @ no room for 8 copy of ng Unteiligence, L, L=The fine soft weather of eighborhood an opportunity of working them up to perfect recing order, and they are now ready for active ope will opem for the season, Long Ishend, at the Centre. oped reneg with the expenses of the proprietors borres fe aireesy Sere, wreee iy band, onst make the reaee About forty 7 Jobn Mouser, R. Martin. . i edy Constance, |, Woe Time—3:01- 3:04—3.02—2.67. Sime Day —Paree, mile beats, bert three in under the raddie §=Ampexed cesar dandeae Ty | Woedroff entered bog Trogam 1 Mr, Sherwood entered bg. Jim. 2 H ones ente: Joba Weet, 4 He | it 18 only right that a full explanation should be furnished ; and if wrong, that the public should know it. There are certainly some imtimations and inuvendoes thrown out, which ought to be ex- plained. The Legislature of this State were not idle yes- terday, although they transacted no business of a very startling character. In the Assembly we per- ceive thet the newly proposed assessment bill meets with some opposition, which, however, we hope will be overcome, and that the measure will become a law. A motion has been made to strike out that portion of the bill taxing people who transact business in one place and reside in another, in the place where their business is. It is to be hoped that this effort to screen parties who ought, according to every principle of equity and justice, to pay their propor- tion of the expenses of the government, which pro- tects their property, will not be successful; and we look to our New York delegation, in confi- dence that, as far at least as their votes can pre- vent it, that important section will not be stricken out. Wehave known from the commencement, bat certain influences, emanating from Brooklyn, ’ illiaansburgh, and other places, would be brought to bear against the passage of the proposed bill ; but the measure itee!f is so palpably yust and pro- per, that we were sure it would eventually be- come a law, despite of all opposition. There are hundreds of merchants doing business in New York, but living in Brooklyn, Williamsbuargh, and elsewhere, whose property, to the amount of se- | veral millions of dollars, is protected by our muni next news The Carolina hed | | proved herrelf a fine sea going veerel having made the | paerege from this port in thirty bas given the proprietors of the two | . Om Tuesday next the ball | Courre, with « contention for ® pacing purer, |” 4 eogegemente for | cipal government, but who never pay a cent of | tax, because, foreooth, they are non-residents, or because they prefer rather to roost in those places than reside in New York and pay their legutimate queta of taxation, thus giving them an andue and | vofait advantage over those who do reside here. ‘The purpose ot the proposed law is to reach thoee gentlemen, and make them contribute to the | general expenses. This ie a matter which ie pe- | coliarly within the province of the New York members in both houses, and their constituents €xpect that they will periorm their duty ia the premises. ies 2 Court of Appeals Avrasy, April 3 P.M. Nos. £0, 82, amd 88 pasted, 31 argued, 24 mubmitted, 3) reserved, 06 exchanged for 87, and 57 argued. Moesechusetis Legisiature Borrow, April 3 -T. M In the Senate ef Massachusetts, to-day, the bill re- lating to usury laws was rejected, by yeas 18, nays 20. ‘The Departure of the Niagara. Bostrom, April 3, 1850. ‘The steamship Niegare, Capt. Ryrie, railed to-day for Halifax, She takes out § passengers to llalifax, and 189 to Liverpool, Apnexed iso list:— Boome, BR. WY Jackson. Se. Tobie, T. W. W. Canard, George Hoghes, Mist Read Mire ©. 8 th, JA. Lowell t A " Rnode Island Election. The following are all the returns received from the lection held in Rhode Island yesterday :— Se8aksbessue 2 2 1 nifested by ne erooonne andavery small vote has been polled. The greater decline in the demooratio vote arises from the fact that mo regular democratic party was in the field, and the members of that party did not coalesee with the free soilers. The election is strongly whig. We have no returns from the legislative tickets, but there is every proba- bility the whigs have succeeded with increased majo- Titles in both houser, which secures the election of » whig United States Senator, Conneeticut Election, ‘The returns from Connectiout, so far as heard from, indicate the complete success of the democratic party. Seymour, (democrat), thus far, heads Foster, (whig,) about 300 votes, for Governor. In three counties the demecrats have gained 6 Senators, which will give them a comsiderable majority. Last year the Senate stood—whigs, 13; demoorats, 7; free soiler, 1. In the House the democrats have elected, thus far, 30; whigs, 42 ; free soller, 1; which shows s gain of 16 for the democrats, and without doubt seeures to them the ma- Jority of the representatives by @ large majority. If the gaim in the towns to be heard from equal those received, the democrats will have « majority of about ‘25 on joint ballot in the Legislature. Municipal Election in Portland, Maine. Porttanp, Maine, April 3, 1550. The election for Mayor, Common Council, &c., came Off in this city yesterday, and resulted in the choice of Mr. Caheone, the whig candidate for Mayor, by over 800 majority. The whigs have %iso elected nearly every member of the Common Council, and six out of seven aldermen. The Cases of Webster and Pierson, Boston, April 3, 1860. A powerful effort is abouttée be made here to get the sentence proneunced againt Professor Webster com- muted. The case of Pierson, who was condemned for the murder of his wife and children, eomes before the Governor and Council on Faiday mew, on s petition fo" commutation of sentence. The punishment of both will probably be commuted. — Late rrom Bartisn Guiana.—We have received our files of the Royal Gazette, published at Georgetown, British Guiana, to the 19th of February. They con- tain nothing of importance. The commercial news will be found in another eoluma. Oity Intelligence, Tue Hantroan Boat.—Cnaxcr ov Houn.—The hour Soe bearing, of te Babereer afternoon boat, from this city for Hartford, bas been changed ar 8 to 4 o'clock. Jumping ito tHe Feray Pravec \t four o’elock, P. M., yesterday, a y: Ln named Robert Bett, fell = ihe dock, ‘at Fulton in attempting to jump the ferry boat, when the ras Je the sip. Me = rescued from drowning by officer of the Seoond ward. Tae Fink ww Waren Seneet.—Mr Carman, 206 Water street, states he is ——- insured for the damage done in his store, on ‘morning. He eu the fire te have ever t en board the steamship: Musine.—Mr. Jaoob Schenck, of Buffalu, who had been stopping at Sie ‘# Hotel. in thie city, has been missing shee Me the 25th March. On that day San wrote to bis frien jo Buffal compleiaing of aa affection im the bead, and part of his letter was so in- Seba te uct es aeee e je had a sum His tronk rtill remains at the hotel. He is eoented to be about 95 years of age 5 feet 6 inches ight, of spare make, dark hair, and dark eyes, with in rather an agreeable expression of countenance. Moveme A pumber of the friends of Rodman M Price, Pee (recently retorned from mm and formerly ® re- rident of Hudeom county, N. N.. it isto yt rt New You I have the by eter You for this ip. The o Pembesee, wich oe ‘Duncan, from +" Third district of | «=, ls at prevent on @ virit to family, at any The pavigation on the canale in Northera Odio bas | iomenced, and boate are running between veveland 4 Matsition. |. The boiler of the steamer Ni | the 2d instant, at the Kingston Raritan Canal, severely soa Court Calendar—This Dey, ‘common Pras. Part 1-Noe 465 46, u one of the crew. | as, 477, 81 400. 485. 456, 487, 489, 401, a0. Nos. 368, 400, 422, 498, 430, 4h2 486, 442 Aso, i | 460. 468. 108, 107, 150, £6, 69, 158, tee ee, $| 125, 104, 108, 148, 77. * Cover. —Nos, 12, 18, 92 te 52. ad | 453, 464, 406, 489, 470, an, | 451,482, 81, 88, 86, 88 to 45 ater Coeee 479, 478, 406, «78 490, y correcting this wy Tr #n8 & member of the rext~ werrel i. Tepentedly pebtished " nt in ite faver, 1 hope the wrt mals in mate puck on beareny, withowt inquiring w! em 2 fact, fine E ae ity would save & deal of 2 , eeoRe. sand thers, at the lovest, poseibh rr Feet po peste. hee ringgit Te Brief i—At 10 o’cloci@to-nt me pears the obra HE Braet The uae » Brie ie? risa _iganrn expt and epotes and Hats, ta <The Subsert. siete og ‘ottention of fash wsbte milli eS ie sacortment were, (8 new se dy 63 Maiden Heiden Lane, $6 store above A rt Bostor and Sew York Telegri Sew York Teiegra jay TF ny T ithe eEehthagere tees savor Whiten i sauis. a WAS cuneate no a or slaw Fusion iw ast corner of Ob if and Fits sveont, ‘einga Rousset’s 3 Phisex.. t — od Bex Lnstcaies whick've, eeeatael seis speak at to Eerope. For alg, wholrale and retail, at — (late Rouseei's) 306 Broadway, third store atove tt Read what Sulwer awe wilt 'veunee Watts’ Nervous Antidot a logue cee ee Qcultet, No. 539 Broadway, 2 Ee, van Bee informe his from 10 to Dr. B. will Fresersbe’ for the poor after Se‘clock om the above COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. MONEY MARKET. Wednesday, April 3—6 P.M. ‘The stock market was wavering this morning,and prises appeared to bein a feverish, finttering state, Buyers are- getting desperate, end pay @ great advance for stock om time, compared with oash prices. it will be seen by the sales to day, that one per cent was paid for Erie, buyer 60 days, above the current cash price. We notived the same thing in other fancies. This isa very unfa~ vorable feature in the market, and we have always n>- tloed that it invariably oecurs just previous tos break down in prices. The cause of this difference is the in- creasing value of money. There were large sales of ost of the fancies at the first board. ing Rallroad. ; Hudson Railroad, 4. Erie Railroad advanced }¢; Canton Company, 3{; North American Trust, 4. At the second board United States 6's, 1867, receded 3{; Exile Bonds, (mew) 34; Farmers’ Loan, Norwich and Worcester, <; Reading Railroad, \; North American Trust, *;; Morris Canal, 4; and Har- lem, 1. Most of the afternoon sales were for cash, and the market loeked very much like caving io. A. desperate effort is being made to galvanize North Ame- rican Trust, but it has mot sufficient vitality for suo- cers. The brokers have gotrid.of it, and they mean to keep rid of it| The sales, to-day, were what is called “nashes,” and amount to nothing. Any faney stock, in which the brokers have not a large interest, stands & poor chance in the street. As for its value, we are prepared to show that it is not worths rush. The New Jersey banks are busily engaged in pro. viding a clzoulation to fill the vacuum esused in this market by the demand for the issues of the Lanke of this State at the West. We advise the public to be cautious how they take these Jersey bills. We have had some experience in the modus operandi of banking in New Jersey, and have very little confidence in their jesces, There is no bank clroulation in thie country, and we might say in the world, equal te thet of this State, secured by New York State aad Go- vernment stocks ; and its soundness and safety is so universally appreciated at the West, thatthe issues of our banks, thus secured, are almost monopolized im that section cf the Union, leaving the demand here for « local circulation, to be supplied by the shin- Plaster banks located im all the neighboring States. Something must be done to remedy this evil, sed we know of no way but by an increase of banks, uader the free banking system. We have heard of several banks im New Jersey, which have lately extended their cir- culation largely; and the system adopted to force their issues upon this community, looks very much as though they intended, as #00 as they had become suf- fictently expanded, to follow in the wake of the Plain- field Bank and the State Bank of Morris, ‘The late speculative movement in real estate ie likely, we learn, to have @ very marked effect upon the value of the Illinois State Bank. This inetitution hase very large Smount of assets, consisting almost entirely of read estate, and consequently, the prospects of the stook- holders look now very fiattering. We have beeu in. formed that certain of the knowing ones have alroaiy commenced making purchases of this stock in a quiet way, privately, asany attempt to secure any amount at the beard would immedistely prodace such an effsot: upon the priee as would defeat their object. We look with confidence to # material rise in this stock during the pring The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasure of this port, to day, amounted to $46,469 50; payments, $3,235 48— balance, $4,661,138 17. The receipts of the Harlem Railroad Company, for the month of March, 1950, were pete et way $80,106 (6 for the corresponding month im 1849, show ing an inereare this year of $2560 67, equal te about eight per cent. The Harrisburg Railrowd Company have declared a som! annual dividend of 3 per ceat, clear of the State tox. The collector on the public works ef Penméylvania, at Columbla, reports an increase of $4,466 27 in tolis tinee December 1, 1850, compared with the same period. the previcus year, The bill sutherizing the construction of raliroete ‘under a general law, has parced the Legislature of this State a probably, by this time, has become a law. This does awey entirely with ail applications for spe- cial cbarters, and places it in the power of any com pany toecnstruct railroads in any part of the State previded (there is the rub) that it cam ratse the money. The field ie now free for all, and competition will soom ong thore works of internal improvement. An altered bill, of one to five, om the Bank of the State, at Falrport, Chemung county, has made ite appearance. Also, altered notes of the Cortland County Bank. A $2 note is made into a $5 by teking an inch cff the right end of on» $5 aud parting it upom the end cf » $2; tearing off the “Two” om the left pend corner of the bill, by which it may be easily o- ‘ected. The “Two” in the contre it alterda to “ Five.” is very badly done The altered notes may be speedily detected by holding them up to the light, when it ean be seem that parts of them have deem pasted on re changing hands at about the fol- The rex on warrants is #0 great that responsibie brokers will not guarantee them without making fre to seven dollars on each. Some few forty acre warrants | are in the market, They ate bought by the brokers at $42, and sold at $45 each. The toils on the Welland canal bare been increased this season. Inetead of the old toll on wheatof id. per burhel, and om indian corn of )y4 per bushel, the now rates are Se Ld. currency per ton on whest, and 1s. 1044 pet ton on Indian corn; being jast an at- vance on the old retes of $12 50, or £3 2s. 64., Halifax currency, on 8 cargo of 4000 bushels whest, and om Increase of $17, oF £458 currency, on » similar carge of indian corn— the ton in both cases being 2.000 net. ‘This difference, some of the Canadian papers think is quite #uMetent to send the whole of that trade by the Erie capel-pertioularly the Indien eorn—the differ. ence being bet 1 of a cent more per bushel than the tolls on the Erie canal. Th derigned te enable the oltizens of this State to contribute their aid to the construction of the To- ronte and Hurem Rail: |, without eubjecting them- seives to the penalties of «law, which to all intente fod parpores i*& dead letter, has been defeated in the lower house of the Legislature of the State, ite defeat bt. the resvit of misapprehension relative d object of the bill The importance ef this work to the State of New Vork not only to our Public work, but to ite internal and external com- meroe—cn the Inkes and on the seaboard—is not snf* fiefently retood, and the influence brought to bear in tts favor bas, therefore, been limited, The me- thea propored to fill up the eapitel stock of thie eom-« Pany i novel one, but it strikes ae favorably, and we believe (hat it would hare been received with much ‘avor by Cur citizens, bad the Legisiature Ingalised it. The people of Toronto are not disheartened or dixeow- Toged by the reealt of the application made to our Legitlesare, end are pushing forward the work ae ra- Pidly a8 ciroumstances will permit. The projector of, the original ebercer—Mr. F.C. Caprecl—who bes ite chief mansgement new, has cloeny the eontract forite *