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& %e.; do, ground, She. 040; plmento, searer, 400. | Bpirite— Brandy, in eases, $7 0 $8; me a gall. | re ® $2 00; do, American, do. « wes ia eaves, 74 8 85 do. vr gall, a Teas per gall, 80¢ othe" do, Jamelen. do’, Se 0 Go , whiekey, Cincinnati. gal. 65¢ 9700 — he | schooner Starling, for Sau Francisco. $2 60a $8 60; do, Seotch. $2 4 $2 50. Starch, per Ib.,6e. ® 120. Btationery in fair demaud stook Limit s Braxitian white, per lb. Se 4 S60; Bragilian brown, ‘Bo. a He ; erushed, refined white, 40¢. @ 42o.; loaf, 40c. a 42e; Manilla brown, 2he. a 90¢. Syrups— Lemon, in eares, $9 4 $10; taploea, per Ib, 9e. a 130 tamarii ds per gallon, $3. Teas—Good quality Oolong, bo; young Hyson, We. @ TWe 18. Tobaces— Ord, per Ib, 10e. # Ibe; 0. a Sbe; ruperior, per Ib. 2c. a S6e.; fine, per Ib, wegars, uy P. Mavana, $50 & $60; segars. com. var, bis, $12 a $14, | dull of sale. Winer—Champagne, good, $14 a $18; Champagne, sider, $5 a $7; claret, per dow, $4 a $5; cordial, cherry, per dos. $15 a $18, scarce; Maderra, per ouse, $5 a $10; Madeira, per gal, good, Thc. a $l 75: Malaga, per gal , 0c # Tic; Port, per case, $7 a $10; Port, per gai. The a $2 ene per ease, $6 a $12; sherry. per gal. 75c a $175. Drayage, $1 60 & $2 per load. Freights up rivers, $2 per 100 lbs. on steamers, T5o. per foot. $0 per M. for lumber; sailing vessels: $26 per ton, $50 per M. for lumber. Exehange, drawn sight. par; gold dust. for silver, per ou $16 $16 26; gotd dust, takea in trade $16; money taken at from § to 10 per cent: golt dust shipments insured atb¥ a 6 to New York; commissions on sales of merchandise in stere, 10 per cent; commissions om sales of merchandise at auction, 7 a 10; commissions on sales of real estate, 3 a 6. Brockton Mankers. May 20, for all geod» during ihe past week, im this plave, has been good, and have in most instances maintained fair paying rates; but not until the Ber moves 4 little Cut of town, and sees the assembl ofhundreds of mules and wagons stretching away cross the plains. cau he judge of the amount of busi- Rees got through with in Stockton, “Simply se- counted for.” Stockton is not what it was afew months a in every direction our streets are extending, and improvements of a character most cheering and substantial meet the eye; thus it is business is divided. and though we have now more than the number of stores we had last summer, * 180-—The demand m twice hand steady increasw of our population, and their immedt- ate industry und perseverance, it is but reasonable to ealevlate on* much good to be done yet.” The com- | tinued good reports from the mining districts. ia con- nection, we uimy almost say, with Bi warrant the mont favorable cpinions to ined, not only of our market, but that Stockton is nd to go shead, and soon show wider and sater road to wealth than any of her compeers. lot. Be. w 10c. ndles—Sperm, 75¢ fully # S0c.; adamantine, 50¢. ; Rio, 80. a 400 Dried Fruits— sins, Malaga, per M, $100 none 87e. a 40c.; appl $10 0 $12 per box. ‘Lum ® $125; do. common. $4 a $100; Chi — Chili, in 200 tb, sucks, $13 a $1 3 corn. $12 per 100. Moli gall, jous— Pork, mess, $ do. prime, $18 a $20; do. clear, $40; h $60; bacon, 35 040 cents; lard, 35 superior, (0 a 75 eente; rice, 12 @ 14 cents; sugar, 45 4 60 centy; do. ionf. 70a 75 cents. Liquors— Brandy, in cases, $11 4 $14: gin, in do, $0 a $1 pagne, good, $240 $30; whiskey, per gall, $2a $2 H0 cents; cheese, ; gin, do. $ $3; brandy, do., $3 a $6; pickles, per box. $15 «$24.1 dog. Clothing and dry goods in good di mand Many of the forevoing articles we have this week sold jon, at fully the rates mentioned Saenamento City Prices Cunnent, May 20 —Ashes— Baleratus, 20c, to 36. per 1b; pots and pearls, 8c. a Qe. Bread—Chili brown, 5c. a Ge.; American pilot, Be. alle; de, navy, 6c. a8e ; crackers in tins, $12 a $16 per dozen. Boots and Shoea—Boots. men’s light Fouged,, $00 0 $75 per dos.: do. heavy (large), $15 « 1 20; ‘brogans. fine. do., $18 a $24; do. heavy do, $20 a $28, Building Materiais American rough lum - Der, $60 a $75 per M, do, mill dressed flooring. $100 a $101; do. sliding, $75.0 $80; bricks. $39 a $40 per M Goal—Anthracite, $50 « $60 per ton cou —uay- squil, Para, and St. Domingo, 25e. « 3ée. per Ib Chocolate—American sweet and Spanish, 25c. a 35e per ib. Coffee—Jara, dc ; Rio. per lb. Can- | dies—Sperm 65 a 5c per Ib.; adamantine, Svc @ He.; tallow, .0 #40c. Cordage—American tarred, no sale; Manilla rope, (sma!l) 30 adc. per 1b, Domestic Goods —BSheetings, brown 3-4. 25 a 30c, per yard: do. bleach- od, 4-4, 25 4 S0e.; bleacbed shirting, 3-4, 20c.; do. do Bea Island ¢; brown drill», 30 « 4c; cotton ennaburge. No 1 40c ; ealicoes, all kinds, 18 a Be ; bi sattine no demand; blue and red Mackinaw Diankets. $5 a $10, white and whitney, $40 $5. Fish —Disekerel. No. 1. $16 a $18 per bbl: do. No. 2, (uot desirable.) $10 a $12; do. No. 1, haif bbls, $9 a $10, Feathers— Live geese, no inguiry, Fruit—Rairins, $8 | $10 por box, currants, Ise. per 1b; almonds, 1b a lGe. per Ib.; figs 18 @ Qe. per lb; oranges, $20 w $00 per hundred; dried apples, doc. a 3750. per Ve ; dried peaches, elean, 40¢.; dried cherries, 1be.; fruits, $12 «$20 per dozen; sardines, 3; boxes 2 do ; lemon syrup, $8 a $12 do. May —Sacra- mento, new, delivered, $00; old, do., $140, Honey — $260 w $3 per gallon. Liquors—Brandy, (Dupuy, Otard, and Seignetic) $26 $3 per gallon; in eases, $5 896 per doren; Jamaica rum, Ode. n 756. per gallon, e ¢. a $1 do, im cases, $6 a $8 per dozen; cider an We athe, per gallon; Jermey, $175 0 per dozen, draught London porter, $6 # 910 do, Philada.. do, $8 a $7; eider, champagne, $6 a $8 per dozen. Molasses. Bandwich Isinnds, $1 25 a $1 © per gallon. Naval Btores—Spirite turpeniéns, $1 0 per gailon; bright varnish, $3 per gal: tar, $586 per bbi, piteb and rosin, Ne fale; ours and Aweeps, 1c. per foot ovisione. Deet, mess, per bbl, $5; de prime, mo sale; pork, mesa, $3003 per Ubi, elear. 545, prime. (no demand.) $20a85. dard, 2800. per ib; hers, 25a28e. per 1b; sincked beof BaBe; butter Soutise per lb; cheese, (good, in mnall ‘Bin cans.) S0ad0e; riee. Tate; powder, no rales, piekles, ordinary 0 pe gal, do in qt jars, $10a12 pr doz; vinegar, 60 per gal. Metals American and Bug: Meh bar iron. sabe per ib; do do. sheet iron, 30atve rib; Rureia sheet iron. 40ai0c. per lb; no demand ker pig or bar lead; banea tia from $12tols per box cut whiskey, Tbe. «$1; ale, Bails, assorted. Sa6ize per Ib; drap shot, lbalse. per Th; hellow-ware, dull ; jong dies, Ames siute— Linseed ou, $1 60a $2 per gal, white lead per Ib Salt—Ameriean. 25 Ib. sneus. —Brown 4% a Se. per Ib r Brown 80 8 Cigare—Prime perm oil, $1 a $1 40 per gal; whale, We. # $1 Castile 150200. Su- ; erushed and loaf. 40 a 45¢. per Havana, per M. $608 $100; me- dium, d0., $20 0 $35. Kpices-Rice ginger 20 to Sve. Ib; nutmege $2.4 $3. Tobseco—Manufactured, smal boxes) 40 0 45¢. per Id. fine cut, pressed, per ons. $158 $16. Toas—Green and black, 50 a We. per Ww adeira and sherry, $2.0 $3 per gal; pure t, $2 a $2.50; claret, 65 do. per dos, $5 8 $5; ne, $15.4 $18 per basket. Corn Exchange— Flowr Chili. in sacks, 87 60 8 $8 perewt.; do Amori- oan, (it pweet) $16 a $18 per bbl kiln dried corn meal, §10 0 $12 per bbl; barley, $7 per ewt; beans, $7 0 $6 per ewt.; onts, $1 0 $1 50 per bach Bines our last quotations the receipts of lumber and Rowses have been large Notwithstanding the great demand ter buildings now in progress of ereetion pri- oes still rule very low. At present rates, it does not pay freight and cort. A pale w since at auction, ranging from 3 to 60; this is lower, Dowever, than ite actual value im this market Pr ilons of good quality, in «mall packages, co tinwe in demand, and must prove invariably the most desirable aud lucrative shipments. Shippers should siways rend a good article, carefully selected and well put up, for so long and trying 4 voyage Competition in all business and trade is beeoming greater, but there ie still a One remuneration for the attentive and faithful business man and industrious | mechanic Improvements are rapidly goingom: © Glightly, and but few houses remain o Keal estate continues in statu gue. eonstartiy ont for bargains The number of vessels now upon the way for Esere- mento City, direct. gives renewed evidence of ite im- prtanee to the commereial world, and good reasow for being made « port of entry te have fallen cecupied italiste being Very Late from the Bandwich Islands, Ry an arrival frem Honolulu yesterday, we have & copy of the Friend, of May let, from whiek the following extracts ‘ORT OF THE MINISTER OF THT INTERIOR. From thir report we glean the following etati«tcdt | facts, relating to the Hawalian Kingdom, during | Deee Lo wed. 1850, 46, tonnage, 1588. Moenmsed, 1540, $7; ton- 1468 Marriages. 1.410, during 1840 Whole namber of naturalized foreigners from the United Stater. Nee - . Taree From Great Brital Pra ol m p to Maren ¢-rimple deeds of land, sold for $61.086 part ot the Interior, pa treasury. for the year en From the reper we lonrn that ¢ Hawnlian Kingdom |« rey by the fe y Sebu M's Coneul Gener hi Eldridge, Evy seo, by GS. Oldfield. Jr in China, by Joreph Jardine at He ong. & Britieh 1 u Archibald I el if New been appointed al; for in, Beq, has jongn). In the Honolulu papers of April 27, we find the sub- Joined iteme — Ls officers, with reveral of their ladies, made up the party. The best of feeling was exhibited by all present | tual expressions of the warmest ‘om a Whe tate e in a similar manner iajetty_addrenned 0 se beth ir wad Mre Torri! * depertare, sending his thanks to the mg regret President of Btater, for what he has been pleased t it Seberd to tho lntepentonee of the Ielends, ia bis tent H gam, | Tin. per box, $16 8 | seem daily busy at something, and from the | navy, 6¢. ® Te.; Chili. be. a | nd ted flanuel shirts, $20 8 $24 per dozen; | made a few daya | muoemece to Con, peed and piet be pists | have hi ness of ereing them en his islen: The ieee prstear waiting her Majesty aecompanied Mre. Turrill and her ehildrem to t! wharf, where she embarked immediately om board the |“ Despatebes from the King’s Plenipot ord niary to Europe. and from the Kin tiary to the United tates, &e., of the respeet! of iith and 28th January. wore Teevived at the Foreign Office on the 28d instant ‘The treaty between this Kingdom and the govern- ment of the United States, was approved by the Senate on the Lith January. The ratifications are to be ex- ehanged in Honolulu i | eae person having intelligence of the clipper “sylph.” belonging to Moesrs. Jardine, Matheson & | Co. of Hong Kong. {s respectfully requested to send | the same to the undersigned. She has been missing | from the Chinese seas since September last, She was + then commanded by Captain McDonald, with Mr, | Talbot as chief officer. and hadalarge quantity of treasureonu board. Address RK, CO. Wylie, Minister of Foreign Kolations, Honolulu, | HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE. This body met on the 20th April, according to ad- | joornment. ‘The reports of the departments were read in the Hawaiian language. which occupied the whole | session ‘The adjournment was to the 40th inat., when, itis probable, the business ot the seasion will be taken | up with energy. The reports of the Minister of the | Interior and of Fereign Relations will be fouad in our paper to-day. The remaining ones will appear ia our ext. Hisexcelleney the Governor of Oahu has been pleas- ed to appoint Richard il, Bowlin, Esq., to be Police Justice for the Second District of Oahu, in place of Charles G. Hopkins, Esq , resigned. Howorutv, April 18, 1850. | Sm—TI have the honor to actnowiedge the receipt of | your tetter of this date, in which, by the command | of the King, you made known to me that it pleased | His Majesty in Privy Council, to pass the following | re-olutions viz — evolved, That the Minister of Foreign Relations be, | and is hereby instructed by the King and Privy Coun- | cil, to convey to Joel Turrill, Esq , lute United States Yonsul at these Islands. the thanks of the King and ry friendly and conciliatory mavuer m whieh he has discharged his oftcial duties | during his residence in this Kingdom, and that the King and all his Chiefs bave heard of his intention to « the Islands, with the deepest regret. ing. during my residence at Honolulu, exerted | devolved on me as United which I believed best cal- | eon- | neoted there Islands, and which I trust has met the approbation of my government, it is gratifying to me to be aseured in ‘such flattering terms that my course, sofar as it relates to this government, has the | approval of the King wud his Chiefs; and I desire that | you will assure Ilis Majesty,that am deeply impressed , | with the Bonor conferred upon me, by the manner in | which that approval has been expressed. | During the time that I held the office of Consul, more than twelve hundred American vessels entered | the ports of these islands, having on board about thirty- six thousand seamen; and I am happy to have it in my power to fay that, notwithstanding the collisions that have cecurred on board of these vessels, and be- tween portions of their crewsand the local authorit a the ives, nothing of an unpleasant nature s transpired between uny of the King’s Ministers and myself: and I take this occasion to sey. that so shave extended, the King and sn all oceasion#, and under all astances, evinced a dixpositien scrupulously to | regard the rights of my countrymen, residing upon, and who visit these islands, I have the honor to be, sir. your obedient servant, J. TURRILL. His Excelloney. RC. Wyllie, H. H. M.'s Minister of Foreign Relations, The American brig Turcar was sold at pablic auction in Honolulu, ov the 12th inst., for $700. DIED. In Honolulu, on the 1th of April, Mr. Cwanure Brxr, apative of Boston, Mass.. aged wbout 33 y and jent 6f the Islands for the last 18 years: | At Honolulu, on the 7th April, Many, wife of Mr. A. H. Fayerweather, and daughter of the apt. Geo. ui myrelf to discharge the duti States Congul. in @ mann | culated to promote the great American interes Beckley, aged 20 years. On board Hawalian schooner Kalama, on the 16th April, at sea, five days from California, Mr. J. Bautow Brown, ging to Lowell. Mass © | Francisco. passenger on board the « Leon brought out the NK. and California Mining Uo.”” His | friends reside in Palermo, Me. A fellow nger, Mr. | McKean. of Charlestown, Mase., hasteken charge of his | trupk and property. and will sce them returned |. On board the Kalam M | longing to Oregon City Nuuang Valley Gemetery, April 27. on board American ship Argonaut, in Hén- | olulu harbor, Mr. Groxex Foster, belonging to Ware- bam, Mass In Honolulu, April, Catmaniny Crank, aged 7 yours and 5 months, daughter of Mr Wm. Qlark. The fami ly came as passengers on board the Caroline, wreek off Honolulu onolulu, April, Many Lovevecx, infant daughter rge Lovelock, who were wleo passengers im |, at the U. 8. Hospital, April 16. Gros Wano, @ native of Brading, Isle of Wight, Engl. where it is “oy his parents, family and tri i e deceased was lefcat the hospital U.8. ship Prebi few months singe, News from [From the Sacramento Transeript, May 20 It will be remembered that the Rew. Mr. Whitman, together with his lady and family, were massacred by the Indians at the Mission above the Cascade, in the NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDUN BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFFICE BW. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. HE DAILY HERALD, 2 conte per copy—87 annem. HE WEEKLY HARALD, every Saterday, aco% tente Der hy chad We ntaye. the European edition, $4 per annum, “clude ‘ GLE LBP PERS by mail, for subscriptions, or with adeer= Sfements toy pontpul or the postage roll be" deduated from | t vet VOLCN TARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing important eee loth from any quurter of the world ted sol be NO NOTH Eee of anonymous communications, We do ea UDVERTISEMEN TS renewed ry morning. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, OPERA—CASTLE GARDEN—Norma. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Tum Dawweanp—SeaLep SxxTEnce. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway—Isuanp or Jxwxts— Tus Woman Hare: NATIONAL THEATRE, Chathem square—Wnp Oars —dwies Swain—AatruL Dovcer, @NRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, Mechanics’ Hall—Ermo- MIAN MINSTRELSY. OLYMPIC, Brosdway—Pinncx’s Minsrnxta, AMERICAN MUSEUM—Amvsino Penvonmances Arrak~ soon ane Evenine. New York, Monday, July 8, 1850. Highly Important from California, By the arrival of the steamship Philadelphia at this port, yesterday evening, we are enabled to place in our columns to-day the details of two weeks’ later intelligence from California and the gold diggings. ‘i By this news we learn that California is rapidly progressing to that point of greatness and im- pertance which destiny seems to have in store for her. Her mineral treasures, according to all ac counts, are inexhaustible, and new discoveries of gold mines are being constantly made. While the Congrees in Washington are agitating, from day to day, the question of slavery, in connection with that State, she is going ahead, prospering and to prosper, with a rapidity unparalleled in the history of the human race. Cities, towas and village are spring- ing up everywhere within its borders, as if by megic. Although it is full time that we should realize the condition and prospects of the new Empire State on the Pacific, both are so dazzling that it is difficult for the mind to comprehend them. This news is very interesting. California, it seems, has contributed her block to the Washing- ton monument, in Washington. It is composed of quartz and gold, mixed, the product of the Sierra Nevada, and will, no doubt, create some wonder- ment in the capital, when it reaches there. The Philadelphia has brought upwards of three millions of dollars worth of gold, on freight and in the hands of the passengers, of which sixty thousand | dollars worth is the property of one man, the result of his own digging. ‘Telegraphic Summary,—The Galphin Cabi- netand the House of Representatives. The proceedings which took place in the House of Representatives on Saturday last, in connection with the Galphin claim and the Galphin cabinet, were of a very interesting, but at the same time humiliating, character. That day was set down for the discussion of the majority report of | —their corruption is new manifest, and has been de- nouneed by the House of Representatives. We are anxious to know what course the eabi- net will think proper to pursue under these eiream- stances. The House ef Representatives having censured them openly and publicly, by an over- whelming vote, will they longer retain their offices, or will Gen. Taylor act as propriety obviously dictates, if they do not relieve him of any action in the matter, by voluntarily retiring to private life, there to enjoy the epeils? We certainly cannot undertake to answer in either ease. On the one hand, if the cabinet had any respect for public opinton, they would have resigned long ago, for they could not but be aware of the eatima- tion in which they were held; and on the other, General Taylor is knowm to be obstinate in his friendships, as well as in his enmities. Having first reposed confidence in them, and having espoused their extraordinary course in the Galphin as well as in other matters, and being himself censured by the House, he may, out of obstinacy, retam them, come what may, or be the consequences to the whig party what they may. We are, therefore, unable to sey what course he will think proper to pursue. As to the cabinet, it is not at all improba- ble that they will retain their seats until they are compelled to leave them, and that if no compulsion be used, they will retain them in spite of the wishes of the whig party and of the people. Tue Law or Liner Jupgrp sy Recent Deci- sions.—The Legal Observer, for July, furnishes re- ports of two cases inthe New York Superior Court, before Justices Duer, Mason, and Campbell, the latter giving his decision in both actions. These decisions are peculiar, and though they have before been noticed in our columns, and supply points for further comment. The first suit was instituted for the recovery of damages for the publication, in the Courier and Enquirer newspaper, of an alleged libel against the plaintiff, who was reported to have extorted money ‘e hush up a complaint. An ex parte statement of alleged facts was published, purporting to be a history of the affair, in which the editor and pro- prietor could not be supposed to have any interest. It is not necessary, for our purpose, te reproduce the story, or to allude very particularly to the points in the defence. The case was argued with considerable ability on both sides, and Judge Campbell took much pains in summing up the argu- ments, and deciding upon the law. He opened by stating the case, that the defendant contended that the publication was a true, fair, and eorrect account of public judicial proceedings before a magistrate— that the plea contained the affidavit upon which the complaint against the plaintiff was founded, and that it further averred that other proceedings were pending before said magistrate, growing out of a complaint made by the plaintiff. To the replication that the complaint was primary and original, and made ex parte, in the absence of the plaintiff, and was false and libellous, the defendant demurred. Judge Campbell, in this case, directed his attention to the question as to the publication being a privi- leged one. After citing many authorities, the de- | murrer was overruled with costs, the Judge using the annexed significant language :— “ Weare not aware that the question presented for our consideration. has ever before arisen in this State but | the aurhoritics and thearguments which sustain them, the committee appointed to investigate and report on the conduct of Mr. Crawford, Se- cretary of War, in relation to the claim pre- phin, and generally known as the Galphin mat- ter, They were interesting, because they show that under the working of our happy institutions, official corruption in high places can be investi- gated, and dishonest officials punished for their elevate in the opinion of the world—that ef the popular branch of the legislature expressing its convietion that the cabiret are corrupt, and that its members have proved false to the trust reposed in | them. Kyore country, Oregom, some time in the year 1847 There were some eight or ten families temporarily stopping in the place at the time, the male mem- bersof whom were also murdered. The women and children were taken prisoners by the Indians, and the young women compelled to become the wirer of some of the chiefs, Soom afterwards, Major Og- | den, commander at Vancouver's Island, assisted by | Gen Gillman, started with a file ot soldiers into the In- ponieh the Indians for the outrage. They found the | | Indians, gave them battle, in which many of those en- geged in the murder at the Mission were killed, and | fmally sueceeded in recovering the women and ehild- ren, some fifty in number, by hiring the savages to deliver them up. Thus the matter ended for the time. But we learn by a Mr. Field, now in this place, who left | Oregon City fifteen days ago, that Gen. Lane has taken deeided steps to have a more satiefactory settlement. | | In March last, be formally demanded of the Indians the remainder of the murderers, and nine of them. in- | cluding two Catholic priests, have been delivered into the possession of the government of Oregon. By prociamation of the Governor, the Legisleture of the territory wae convened on the 18th of May, at Oregen City, to give the priso & trial, end our informant | thinks that. ere this, they have been eonvieted and put to death, ‘The chiefs of the Kiackatate and Calipoes, have ten. dered the services of their tribes to Gov Lane, When | our informant left, they were eneamped at Linn City, opposite Oregon City, awaiting the rentemee of the | murderers on trial before the Legislature, They are to Join the forees ot the territory, and mareh under Gov Lane over the land (route towards California, tll they ighberhoood of Rogue river, It ie known hostile tribes of Indians in this country. by them last seasom, and several | helpless companies of Oregonians were murdered while | om their way to California. Lately, rome friendly In- dians have given information in Uregow. that the wives | and children of some families who journeyed over gcninws are highly incensed at these outeages, and it is thought they will not be satisfied until the offensive by the Governor, will doubtless be the means of open- ing a safe overland communication between California aud Oregon Our Jamaica Correspondence. Kixesron, Jamaica, July 1, 1860-94. M Merting of the Legislature, $e., be. $e Sines my inet eommasication to you, the “ wise men’ of Jamaica have been ealled together. They hia | route last season, are now prisoners among the Digger | Indians—the meu having been murdered The Ore- Indians are exterminaged. The energetic steps taken. | It was attempted by the friends of the cabinet to justify, or at least to palliate, the conduct of the | Secretary of War, on the assertion that many | deficiences occurred under the previous adminia- | tration. If such things did oceur under the regime of Mr. Polk, why were they not investigated, and | dian country, to reroue the unfortuaate prisoners. and | She Sepere Bele <p 0 Che cenenry ot rne Sees es Mr. Crawford and bis colleagues now are?) That having failed, another friend:of the cabi- net made an effort in vindication of the al- lowance ef the claim, principal and’ interest, | under the extraordinary and unprecedented cir- | cumstanees which characterized that allowance. | Then Mr. Crawford was put on the wheel, | and his case tried and pronounced upon in due form by the House, although it may not yet be finally dieposed of. The allowance of that claim, and the agency of the Secretary of ‘War, am pre- | senting and advocating it, were denowneed by a vote of one hundred and fifty-eight to twenty-five. ‘This emphatic vote proves what is the opinion of the body of the House on Mr. Crawford's conduct. On the same day, the House of Representatives went further even than this. They went #o far as to emphatically censure Gen. Taylor himself, for having expreseed an opinion that Mr. Crawford was justified in acting as the agent of the Galphia claim, in presenting and procuring its allowance by one department of the government while he was at the head of another branch of it, by dissenting from him by a vote of ninety-one to eighty-six. The President's sanction of the course which Mr. Craw- ford pursued, wasno doubt stealthily obtained by that official, soas tomake some kind of a showof decency; | but this prop was removed, and he now stands before the country alone, and his conduct in the Galphian matter censured as being improper by the popular branch of the Legislature. We are sorry, as we id on a former occasion, that General Taylor was connected with the subject, but we cannot asrenrdied in Spanish Town. the seat of government. on | Twerday, the 25th of June. ad it is expected that their business will be concluded te-day, The object of their being called together was, ar T have already informed the readers of the Werald, to remedy a defect in «loan Dill, passed Inet reeston, contemplating the raising of © loan for £240,000, te pay off the debts of the island | The late bid! limited the amount of interest to be paid | at4 per cent, at which ét eould mot be procured. The avsorsbling of the Jegislacure, therefore, at this unweusy period, was to afford them an opportunity, of whieh they readily aeailed thersrelves, @° authorizing the | Commissioners in England to ineracae the amount of | | interest on the regu ired sum. The galy other eubject | Derides this, to whieh the office has been im pesmesatim | two years, without entering into the seeessary being waatie to procure the security te the requires amount The subject was recently brovggist before | members of Arseanbly, io the! epacitie af C sioners of Publie Accounts, and by them represented 7 to the Governer, who alluded to it ts his + ih. The present Receiver General is very much pected, 4 rather than create any ineonvenience to him. Toure bas reduced the amount of security, the mare #0. ae in these days of Jawnica it would be difienlt for Any man to find securities to the sand pounds. The A« adjourned this | The aseembling | weunl pomp of eiden days, ie the only ticular interest, and setting aride that t | eral dearth of news Three oF four vacancies ba tion of some ot the pat ret ne oF two my joned by the | e tea | ot her throngheout the tetand t+ rath | able to cultivation; there hav hich, althou, | The amneuneement in'ibe Amerteon papers, of the | intention of the owners of the Crescent City to her to my direct.” ie received here with much nducements will otter Avon arrived night, two days be. ine D te eommuntoate help it. In the goodness and honesty of his heart, | and in the rectitude of hie own intentions, he con- | fided in the integrity of those whom he called | around him as constitutional advisers, but was | deceived. He is therefore more to be pitied than eensured for upholding the condact of his Secre- tary of War, in pushing and getting had been rejected by previous administrations, and in which he was largely interested. But it is not the Secretary of War alone who hae been convicted by the proceedings of the House of Representatives, on Saturday last. The whole cabinet, individually and collectively, have been pronounced unwerthy of the places which they fill. Mr. Crawford has been condemned for prosecuting a claim in which he was pecwaiafily interested, and pocketing a large portion of the preceeds; but Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the Attorney General, on whose legal opinion the claim was estensibly allowed, as well as the whole cab- inet, for allowing @ claim, principal and inter- est, which had been investigated hy previous edministrations and rejected, are all affected by the sentence of eondemmati pronounced #0 emphatically by the Mouse on Saterday, ae much ae the Seeretary of the Treasury Tt wae, in fact, a verdict proneunced by the representatives of the people, after mature exasii- nation and reflection, agninet the whole cabin, as corrupt and unfaith(ul offieers of the govern- meat. The marees of the people, of all claeses and parties, have long since made up their minds ; on the subject, and the verdict pronounced by the Houee aneete their hearty approval, We regret the position in Which General ‘Taylor ia placed by the men whom bé, unfortunately for the credit of his ad- ministration, gathered around him as constitutional adviecra. He hax, however, been warned repeated- ly that things won'd come to this pase at last, and | thet, in the end, he would be perfectly satistied that it wee his ill-luck of miefortune to form a cabi- 7 The Iviand, I am happy to say, remaine quiet and healthy vid 4 binal The whele et Pansl tolle solleeted falina N.Y. during the month of June, was 67 0 heing an inerense over the corresponding mont JE4y, of $2517, 79, a net, whieh, teken as a whole, is the most corrupt, wicked, and, at the came thaw, weak and imbecile, | that hee bean seen in Washington since the foun- dation of the republic. Their weakness has been apparent to every one but Generai Taylor hunelf sented by the representatives of George Gal- | delinquencies ; they were humiliating, because | they presented a spectacle not .culculated at all to | and which we have in part referred to therein, are too | strong to be resisted, and we must give them our entire assent. It is our boast that we ure governed by that | just and salutary rule upon which security of life and character often depends—that every man is presumed | invoeent of erimes charged upon him until he is | proved guilty. But the circulaiioa ot charges tounded | onez parce testimony, of statements made—otten under | excitement— by persons smarting under real or fancied | wrongs, may prejudice the public mind, and cause the | judgment of eonviction to be passed long before the dey of trial has arrived. When that day of trial eomes, the rule has been reversed, and the presumption of guilt has been substituted for the presumption of inno- cence. The chances cf a fair and impartial trial are | diminished. Suppose the charge to be entirely ground- lean. Lf every presaminery ex parte complaint which may be | made before @ police magistrate, may, with entire impunity, character af the innocent, who may be the victim ef @ conspi | rocy, or ef charges proved afterwards fo have erisen entire- ly from misapprihension, may be cleven down without any | madice onthe part ef the publisher. The refutation of sian. | der, in wuch cases, follows generally its propagation at di tant miervale, and brings eften but en imperfect balm, to wounds which have become festered end perhaps incurable.” The second case was that of James Gordon Ben- nett against Williamson and another, for libel. | The defendante, proprietors of a weekly paper, | published of the plaintiff as follows:— “ Sometime about the year 1894, there was a Sunday Paper in this eity, termed the Sunday Courier, whic! Was started by John Tryon. This establishment Tryon sold to Bennett, who gave his note for the purchase mopey. and whieh ncte Tryon paid away without re- course to himself. The man who took the time, well off; the im, an: tt got Ker; but be not having ability tomaki go, it died off When the note became di | eould not pay, | wait, The man di years after, Bennett having got on, the note was ued, but Bennett pleaded | the statute of limitations, and got off scot free. | In this case, also, it is not necessary to enter in to the pleadings at any length. They were ably | supported by citations from many important cases. | Our purpose is to show how differently the law | takes effect on the character of individuals, Here wasa note given for which no consideration had ever been received. It was obtained by a fraud— milar attempt at which placed the projector—not Mr. Tryon~afierwards in the State prison of another State—and a publication of the assumed facts four- teen yeare after, by the defendants, who had taken no pains to inform themselves of the truth, was not deemed a libel or malicious. The note had been paid—and if « pretended citation of what was hoped to be the ease, was not malicious, then what can be so? But we will not argue this point. Our | business is with Judge Campbell, who, in samming | up, seems to have lost sight of the great principle so boldly urged in the first case, with respect to character. He said:— |“ We must lay out of view, in this ease,all the | tes cover he thori- the plaintul with abie to puniskmen' him up to ri contempt or infamy ’ statute of limitations a+ « On the contrary, it may, tances, be not ouly right, bat ae where « defendant has actually paid the has lost the evidence of the payment ; or where, in any action for da . the witnesses. by t lly have defeated a reeovery, that the commencement of . It ie a statute of repose, looking at the fraiity of nory, mod the natural destruction and loss of transactions, precumes that obliga- discharged which have not been re- We cannot, he tending human m the ten er cognized as binding for a term of years. to quiet strite therefcre, ree how it can be deemed livetious to charge | & man with baving plead the statute of IMmitations.— The article, alleged to be libellous, was publish: d in 1848. It refers to transactions which commenced in ised ; fourteen yeare previous, It states that in that year the plaintiff entered into a business operation ; that he purchased a newspaper establiahm ir note for it; that he could not sueceed able to pay the note; that he Begged for delay; and | that eubecquently, when sued apon the note, he pleaded the statute of limitations successfully, There is no charge that be interposed the plea dishonestly. For Aught that appears. it may have been fairly and honor- biy interposed. There was abundanee of time for bim have arked and obtained delay ; to have after paid the note: to have lost the evidence of ment. and to have meritoriensty plead: ae transfered ut recourse, and for aught that eppeare, the plaintiff? might have been mis. led and deceived by the person of whom he purchased the hewrpeper establishment, either as te ite eubseri- bere oF income, by which he beenme poor and unable to pey hie note; that such misrepresentation and deowp- tich, om the part of the payee of the note, would not aonetitute a defence in the bands of «bona fde holder, aed he interpored the statute ae a legal bar to support an equitable defence. In sho are unable to pee thet thie publication imports apy offence, or that ite neceseaty ney is to expore the plaintiff to ridi- pt cole, hatred cr “ The daw of libel ougat to be considered, and ie, in ite spirit, @ benevole: d salutary provision for the pence and security of the community; but it cannot redress every injury sustained by # breach of morals or of good manwere W rove of the taste of publications such ae thie eave ; ue Upon the whole eae, therefore, there must be judg- ment for the detendants.” | building fo Dw aa, t very similar in their effeete upon the | Great Conflagration tn minds of men, seem to have brought out two op- dous Explosions of Saltpetre—Loss of posite principles. We shall not, at this time, ques tion the law of either. What we particularly urge is, the peculiar morality of the decisions of the judge. In one case the publication of positive facts would have mulcted the defendant in damages; in nearly a Millien of Dollars. Yesterday moruipg, shortly fom o’oloek, one of the largest fires that has cceurred for » length ef either in this erin the sister sity, broke owt im the iminense tix story Lrick warehouse of Mr. Phorm im Furman street, Brooklyn, whieh rans South trom the other, the publication of falsehoods, in @ case | purton Ferry, along he river. It originated im the where the facts had lain fourteen years almost at rest, was no offence on the part of the defendants. It is on this point that we are compelled to view the whole law of libel a law of contradictions and absurdities, as laid down by Judge Campbell. We cannot reconcile the morality and justice of his first decision with anything found in his second one. It may be that he views the publication of a statement, false in its particulars, and generally so, as not likely to injure the feelings or credit of a man, or as having a tendency to lead toa breach of the peace. We donot think so. All men are not so good humored, merry, and forgiving in their tempers as we are. Some are dreadfully irascible and sensitive; and what is meat to one is poison to another. This fact, however, has nothing to do with law, either in its theories or practice. We look for an application of uniform principles to in- dividual cases. This we do not discover in Judge Campbell’s decisions. Passrorts in New Granava.—As soon as our Charge de Affaires to New Granada heard of the publication of a notice in the United States, re- quiring American citizens crossing the Isthmus of Panama to provide themselves with passports, he applied to the President of the republic of New Granada on the subject. The matter was imme- diately laid before Congress, and the result was that the requirement was abolished. It is not, therefore, necessary for American citizens, en route to California, to get passports. From tHe Brazits, - The bark Lutzitania, from Para, brings advices from Maranham, obtained by brig Gus- tave, from that port, for Para. We are informed that the steamer Goliah, from New York, for San Francisco, left Maranham on the 30th ult., having been supplied with conl; and that the steamer Confidence attic story, in come hemp, ignited by secident, design, er spontaneous e mbustion, with great rapidity aud fury. The firemen were promptly in attendance st the call of danger, an@ used their best endeavors to arrest the destructive: career of the flames. They would have probably sue- eeeded, at least they would have cenfined the eonfla- gration to the building in which it began, but for the explosion of a large quantity of saltpetre, whieh ex» ploded like gunpowder, and scattered the burning embers upen the uiready heated frame structures of Mr. Tapscott, used for the storage of turpentine, eam- phine, and other stook, the produce of his distilleries. Before the explosion, the yable*of Thorne’s warebouse gave way, the frame part of the building having beem burned through. It fell over upon a sail loft of Mr. Thompson's, upon which several men had been a fw minutes before, and # report gained circulation that they were covered up im the ruins, bus it turned ovt to be unfounded, There was one mam had his leg reverely burt Shortly after this, aloud ex- ee took place, which was heard or felt all over rooklyn. It awakened the sleepers in the remotest part of the city, some of them at three miles distance, and shook their houses Pg as if artillery were being fired at their doors. T brieks and timbers were thrown up intofthe air like feathers. Every one looked out to see what was the matter, and the eause of the alarm was soon discovered at the Fulton Ferry—w volume of dark smoke rising majestically in fleeces te the sky, and the flames raging at ite like the. angry surges of theocean. Many of the fremen beeame so alarmed by the explosion that they immediately pro- ceeded to asafe distance and three leaped into the water, Companies 17 and 13 were on the dock side of the fire, and their retreat appeared to be cut off by the flames; Seventeen’s men threw their ine into the water to Fave it, a rope being attached whieh they fastened te the pier, while they had to effect their own eseape by swimming. The members of 18 dashed through the flames. leaving most of the hose behind them, but sav~ ing thelr engine. Videspread destruction of Property now seemed inevitable. The explosions followed each other im rapid succession for two hourr, loud as the camnon's roar. and sometimes lsuder still, A minute sometimes elapsed between them, and sometimes searcely a se- cond. Bang, bang, went each barrel or bag of salt- this port, for San Franciseo, arrived the She having no bill of health, will be subjected to six days Quarantine, Vessels from the United States, bound to California, intending to touch at 4 Brazilian port, should be supplied with a bill of health, eortifled by the Brazilian Consul. City Intelligence. HORRIBLE MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. In the vicinity of Ridge and Delancey streets, about one o’cloek yesterday afternoon, the inhabitants were thrown into a great state of alarm and terror, on the fact becoming known that a man by the name of Robert Moffatt, a blacksmith by trade, residing at No. 67 Ridge street, between Delanecy and Stanton streets, had killed his wife, by beating her to death with barrel staves and a glass tumbler. This man Moffatt, and his wife Ann, ocoupied @ base- ment room in the rear of 67 Ridge street, with a family of four children, the oldest twelve years, and the youngest not yet two years, who was lying in the eradle asleep, when the dreadful affair took place.— The wife, it seems. was a woman of intemperate habits, and the husband was also addicted to drinking ocea- sionally, and when both were in liquor, ® quarrel and fight would be the result, and aecording to the state- ments of the neighbors, that would oeeur about onee « week during the year. On Sunday, the quarrel began between them about 12 o’eloek, and eontinued for nearly an hour, during which time Moffatt beat his wife in a most terrible manner, cutting ber face and head, legs, body and arms; in fact, the unfortunate woman was dreadfully ed, and @ ghastly sight to look upon, and finally left on the floor insenrible. The cousia of the wife—a man by the name of Patrick Campbell—was present during the murderous work of the husband, and yet did not interfere to prevent the assault, but, in fact, assisted the husband to make his escape, by placing his clothes in » trunk, and helping him to earry it away. In this way, while the wife lay on the floor breathing her last, Moffatt Campbell left the house, taking with them the trunk of clothing. By . Tilly, the efficient Captain of police, of the facts, pursued the husband and Campbell, and found them, several bloeks off. in Attorney street. They were both taken into eustody, and conveyed to the station house. Capt. Tilly then procured medical aid, who dressed the wounds of the poor woman, but without the desired effect, as she ex- pired in lees than an hour after. The room, whem first visited by the pollee, was in a blood all over the floor and wail, barrel staves strewed about, with plates, chairs, &e., and the de- mn the floor, saturated from head to feot in her own blood. The seene was one of an ap- paling nature; the poor ebildren weeping over the dying body of their mother, exelaiming, “Oh! father 's killed mother!" Coroner Geer was sent for, to hold an inquest on the murdered body, and yesterday atter- noon, Dr. Holmes made the post mortem examination, and found the following wounds to been infieted on the deceased —On the forehead, in the eentre, two euts, penetrating to the ekall, running down nore, and across two inches each way; xtending three-quarters of the nose, a eut extending ting very deep; about an ineh in length ¢ cut on the right ehwek, extending through to the teeth; under the chin, on the right side, a deep ver the left ear, on the side of the head, was trating to the skull; from these the blood | ly, and soon produesdjdeath. In addi. tion to the above named wounds, ap; | was possibly enongh to red with bruises, ber hands and arms were , caused by blows; her body likewise, aa of Kicks. Her left thibited three th ; the lower | previous oecasion. three ribs on the left broken, whieh bi | This was evidently the effe | ment. ‘The brat al | | | ! | ite The opi- «' nien of Dr. Holm that the deceased came to her death by wounds inflicted on the face and head. A ill be empanelled by the Coroner this forenoon, ¢ facts will then be shown by whem the deceased murdered) The od d placed ove ult of the im eis Pant Steeer.—At five o'eloek. yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out in the garret story of « ar's lane, Pearl street. between band was closely irone m, by order of Capt. Tilly et. | Croke and Cb It wae extinguished in balf an hour, with but trifling damage. There was more rmoke than fire. arrel lighted by some ays, at the foot of Twelfth street. + Hover.—On reseed infant, about three weeks old, | Fulton ferry house, It was sent by police of the Second ward to the Almshouse. Aceipexy.—The coroner, on Baturday af. m inquest on the body of @ ehild. 6% years of age, son of Abraham Kiley, who was accl- dentally run over by the Harlem railroad ears, be- tre. as it caught the flames, and the problem was at Pesth settled which caused so ‘trouble to the miste at the time of the explosi the great fire in New York, in 1845. They de that saltpetre would not explode, and made Bogs to ro thi and xplesions of yestorday show that the doetore the Ligteiing of the fire 6 Wig! wan Whig Beng inning of the fires was lying . lock, which caught the flames, Fy decne nd moved down the ri ‘was soon taken charge of by 80! her in « emall boat, and, having flames, moored her ‘tream. other ships ‘were cut away, from fear of the common enemy. ‘A considerable quantity of New Englsnd rum, and in barrels, had been saved from Tapseott’s and rolled out on the dock, It afterwards aught fire. and it ran into t ‘iver im sueh quanti- ‘that it burned on the surtace of the water, whiek med to be one shvet of liquid flame. Meanti the other side of the narrow street caught the flames. The coup d’ail at this moment, as seen from the Heights Just over ae magpifoent Kast River literally ‘on fire—the dark smoke from the burning oil, end re- sin, and charcoal, rolling up i t the elear blue sky, and every minute contrasted with jete- of smoke which issued from th —the prove it. Facts, however, are st the prose & picture which may be eoncrived by the absent, or remembered by those who were present, far better: than it can be desoribed. About a quarter before 8 o'closk, the explosions (af- ter ceasing for « considerabie time) commenced again, and eontinued for half an hour, at ial ene recond to tent between each. It resembled very elosely the reports ot brisk oannonade em the- | battle-field, or an action between twe great foets. There were 4,600 bags of saltpetre, besides 2,080 puri- fiedin casks. From the narrowness of the street, the intense heat of the flames. the jadieious esution of the firemen, and the difiealty ef their Cg | at the fire, the river being on the west side ani | the Heights on the cast, the fire, feumed by « strong breeee from the water burned from the eeptre north and south, and finally extended serose the street, attacking Tapscott’s eamphine, tur~ pentine, and alcohol distilleries. The river offices were soon devoured by the insatiable dames, but: the wind shifting more north, saved the princips portion of the concern namely, be ee oye }, the engine, and the campbine and with the apparatas. The grandeur ef the flames while the camphine was biasing, partook at once of the beautiful and sublime, The firo quiekly extended to Bach's rectifying distillery, whieh was tially destroyed, aud to Kearney's groggery, Mrs. Bunn’s boerding house, McDonald's sooperags, and. James Doherty's thor shop, all ot whieh were totally destroyed, Farren’s Piret Ward Motel was next at- tacked, and was damage to the extent of abowt $500 It was here that the efforts of the New York Srenmum were moet valuable, for if the flames bad net been eheeked atthat point, on that ride of the street, they would bave soon burned ou te the eorner of Fulton street, there is no knowing where thaz-woald have stopped. But they worked like g men and true, aud Mr. Lynch, a very extensive eopper- smith, whose ment wae within one door of Farrer’s, attributes the preservation of his property te. the New York companies, The fire was thus subdued on the eastern side ef the street ; but it continued to rage om the western, tending om the north to the sheds of Trapall, whi Were full of wool, balr and bides, on storage, and nearly all consumed, the brick store adjoining. and 4 ing the raw stock, Ler 4 only saved by the brave dre- men ef Brooklyngnd New Fork, who hops it eool constantly playing om it. It was very oto Prevent this building from catehing the flames, for, doubtless, had it igalved, the fire would have extended to the ferry, and the destruction would have very great. On the south end of tho eonfiagpation, the briek warehouse of Thompson, with ite fire~ 4 Trapall's, the besom of destreetion ean aweep. The forms of the piles of bags of guano were visible eeene see day in nsbes, ae only uiowidered away when they were touch oops lay in thousands, whieh bed been on the consumed casks. 9 bound grouping of the people on ight flames below, as seon front the ferryboat, very fine. It continued to burn throughout the nig and will probably net concuwe itself his day, hing the in ote of the ights were mueb alarmed, but from their grast jon above the fire, they were perfectly wate. The following ix an aceouht of the damage, as pearly ae can be axcertained Goods in Thorne’s store, . The store iteeif . # publie hous Jame Doherty's shoe shop Cooperage of Ald. MeDonaid a bees Ce jueh te the ly two bloeks of stored with very ble goods, pf ve have not ae feeted on the good iy bel t tween Thirtieth and Thirty-firet streets The poor child was terribly led. and expired almost imme- dintely, Verdict, aeeidental death — On Saturday afternoon, between sry Melnive. 40 Mulberry street, ulberry street, om he boarded. He seiaed & knite, and stabbed ber in three di rent places, in the abdomen. Dr, Hy pte hae tendanee, and had her removed to the City Hospital. om Daowsixo.Policeman Wright tes from drow ning, on Saturday morning, at 8 0'eloek, amed William Alexander, who fell inte the the foot of Dey etreet. me river at THe Lemon County Bana, Pa. —At the last sorsion of the Lehigh Geunty Court, the Grand Jury, upon legal proot being brought. before them, found on ie- dietment ageinst Mores Y. Heneh, of New York, aa ‘ner and operator of the Lanigh County Beak, whieh ploded & few pears ago, a whore money ciree io puevaanee of the indictment Gov Johason has cent an officer to thie Btate, demanding Gov. Fiah to deliver he raid Maser LF, the proper We ehould like to know whether the Governor of this State has conformed with the requisition Now, the publication of the 1we pases cited by | of the Governor of Penneylvania, of not. ot p ity Ha y ot ting the bell till the 1 jis #1 plosio 4 was heard over © whe f the city, aod whether Ned to be stored in such heures, It m now * gunpowder when ip oO be pubjeet to the same large quantities near roved to be ar dan, Itpetre there ie no doubt, th losion there was the mort anmistakeablo- ence Steamship Crmnoxer will leave thie port to-day for Chagree, with passengers for California. Movements of Inaividaala, Mr th BM the enterprising pablinher, of Bos ton, will eail for Burope in’ the New World, temor. ro 1s visit ll the prineipal conmtrice of the old wor Rev. FE. fl. Chapin wii ONE Aa me companion this literary uploe will prom ao agrecabio as it will be neetal te both