The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1851, Page 2

Im BUROPE Our French Correspondence. Panis, Dec. 19, 1860. Political Pownis~- Anniversary of the Burial of Bo- saparic’s Kemaims— Reduction of Tax om Meat —htellectual Food mm Apothecary Shops—-News- papers—Foreign News-—French Minister at Washington, §c., Fc. in the National Assembly there has been noth- ‘mg very interesting during the past week. Several | days have been employed in discussing the law on wsury, mortgage, etc., and the debate is not yet closed. Several representatives have asked the Minister of the Interior why he allowed the name of the government to be employed by various lot- teries now selling tickets under the patronage of the government. Among these French Peter | Funke, the *ouery of the Gold Bars” was prin- eipally named, and it has been decided to take up the subject again on Saturday next. | The demand of three additional millions of | francs for the President is daily on the fapis in the | columns of the Elyseean papers. One may see, without any difficulty, th.t the intention of the Elysée is to bring forth this demand to try to have the gauntlet picked up by some of the leading pa- pers, inorder to find the propitious moment to pre- sent the project tothe Chambers. Till now, the occasion hes not been favorable; but, I think, ina yery short time, we shall see the proposition made. The chest of the Presiden: tor the last three mouths has been empty, and no one can tell what would be the consequeace if Louis Napoleon were ebliged, fur another mouth, to borrow money as he is now doing. Ananniversary massin commemor ion of the re- warn of Napoleon’s remains, was celebrated in the | ‘Chapel of the lavalids, on Sunday last, at nalfpast Mr. Lumley, ot the Italian Opera, who was complimented by the President upoo his wonderful ente: Count d’Orsay, the ta- lented sculptor of Washington’s statue. dull during the explain it Pro- The theatres have been very week. I must say, all at once, to dulness, that the success of the “ | digue,”’ at the Grand Opera, ia so great that the managers of the other places of amuse afraid of the competition, and, 20 doubt, of aflairs will remaia for about the two next weeks. The new opera of Messrs. Sembe and Auber is nightly received with the utmest approbation, and po onl applause. The siagers are also called out after the end of each act, and I am sure that the “ Enfant Prodigue”’ will have a rua equal to that of ** Robert le Diable,” or ** La Muette de Porti The luxury of scenery, costumes, and properties, would be sufficient to insure its success if the music was not a gem ef itself. At the L:alian Opera House, D nizetti’s “* Lucre- zia Borgia” was performed on Tuesday last, for the first time this season, and produced the on | est sensation. Lablache was the Borgia; |vannotf, Gennarro; Mme. Fiorentini, Lucrezia; and Mme. Ida Bertrand, Orsini. The cast, as you see, was powerful, and the publie were highly satisfied. lvannoff was principally sppeanisee and recalled at the end of the opera. Mme. Ida Bertrend sang with much feeling and expression. In short, Mr. Lumley has obtained another success, and thus enlarged the feeling of the public for duration of his fashionable enterprise. There is no doubt that this season of 1850 and 1851 will be one of the Duprez and his most brilliant ever seen in Paris. | daugh’ers will appear at the end of the month. | At the Comic (pera House, the new work of | Messrs. Scribe and Halevy, ‘the (Queen of Spades,” (ia Dame de Pique,) is daily rehearsed, and will | appear ou Monday next. | have heard a part of it, and I am satisfied that Mr. Perrin, the manager, will meet with a reward. The Gymmase theatre closed on the 15th inst. it will be re-opened on Saturday, the 28th; aud it is said that, during the interval, this gloomy theatre will be changed into a4 fairy palace, whica will eleven o'clock. The ceremony was impesing, and She eigh! of this large hall, adorned with ail the fleys taken from the enemies of France, and filled With the remnent of the livin: roesof Napoleon’s wary, produced a great efiect upon Lue munds of all the strangers preseut. The President aud his uncle Jerome were seated ia froat of the choir, aud oli the mivisiers and leadiag eaerale sure rounded the Napoleon family The Pretect of Polwe is on the « an ordiounce, Which will be 2b: ve of publishing ead Wah much ln terest by the working clesses of Paris. You must know that the sale of meat is not free here, as itis an the United States. The butchers are limited, apd they pay foru license tothe government. This mate of tnings renders the price of meat immensely | dear, and a pound of beef is generally sold here for from eevenicen to twenty-two and twenty-five cents. The working classes are not able to pay gach an enormous price tor meat, and, if they eat any, itis of so bad quality that itis altogether in- yurious. Mr. Carlter had several meetuags with the Common Council and economists of Paris, and, in @ short time, the tax upon the animals will be ciminished, and the price of meat will, of courze, become lower. While Mr. Carlier is providing for the animal food of the people, he prevents their being injured by their wtellectual food. A great number of apothecary shops have been instituted since the re- volution of +: bruary, the proprietors of which sell discriminate ly, either remedies or socialist books. These venders, « /a Rusparl, have received orders to shut (heir stores, aud force wil be givea to the daw if deemed necessary. The evening newspapers, La Patrie, L’ Estafetse, Vegénement, Le Momteur du Sow, La Gazette de France, and Le Pouvotr, are on the eve of receiv- ing a deadly blow. The Monteur Universal, | anderstand, has been authorized to appear in the evening; and, if this is put into execution—if this ne Wspaper is only sold for three ceats, as the others, be persuaded that we shall soon be called to assiat | at the burial of the six above named jouraals. [a fact, we have too many newspapers in Paris, and the disappearance of many of them woald be con- sidered as a great benefit to the country at large, ud the capita) in particular. In Piedmont. where Mazzini is now at work, the reconciliation between the government and the Pope is not yet settied. M.de Butteuval, ing to Turin to take the place of M. Ferdinand rrot, is said to have been charged to arrange the affair. But, in the meantime, instead of making conceesions to the Holy Father, Mr. Siccardi is preparing a law, by which certificates of marriage will no more be delivered by the clergy, but by tne mayors. This will, no doubt, occasion another shock in the country. At Rome, the agent of the Rothschilds has re- quesied Cardinal Antonelli to grant him the pro- mise he had made in favor of his [lebrew brethren. Cardinal Antonelli has refused to do anything else, but to place the Jews in the same condinon as other citizens in presence of the courte. The Count of Chambord (Henry the Vth,) left Frohadort on the 1st inst., on nie way to Venice, where he is going to spend the winter. funcerstand that M. Sain de Bois le Comte, Minister of France to the United States, is on the eve of tarsing hints and that M. de Bourboulon will be left in Washington in his place. This is but & momentary decision, end perhaps there will be a change in the embassy of France. | will tell you more anos. One of the most prominent men of Frare+, who has been Minister of Public Instruction for a long tame, died last week m Paris. His funeral was attended by all the leading people of the capital, and the President of the French republic sent his carriage to follow the remains of the illustrious statesman B THR GOSSIP OF PARTS Panis, December 19, 180. Storm— arth yuake— Telegraphic Concert—Ball at the President’ s— Theatres and Operas— New Gas for the Unite! States—Experwments, §&e., § Pather Boreas has been raging, for the last three daye, over our city, and we have been visited by the most violent gales ever witnessed. (n Sunday night the rain, hail, snow, and wind were so vio. dent that it was quite dangerous to venture into the Streets of Paris. Slates, bricks, signs, and stones, | were wandering about in the air, and many heads and many limbs were bruised by these flying Weapons. /t is said, and lieve it, that all the national flags waving above the public buildings , and aris has been de- national colors. The ‘Turieries and the Champs e@ offered the most painful eight; every alley was covered with the remains of strony branches torn hom the tines; trees. No doubt that disasters have been na- merous in the Channel, and we shall hear soon of many shipwrecks. While the storm was raging over Paris, a very violent earthquake was felt at Tarber and Lourder, im the department of the Basses Pyré This ghock was felt et ten o'clock in the eveuing, and it Was #0 severe thal @ mountain split inte three ~pieces tnd fell into 4 valley, destroying much enrious phenomenon was remarked here tempest. You remember | told you, a ti aphic wires had bee Major Poussin, over nal Assembly to the Elysee under the ¢ Paris, from the > the M » end the thirteen city walle of the enty he briige of Jena righteen wires have Deen placed, communicating from the ) the Interior to the abo the last three days an aL named place | concert has taken lnce on the biiag tilettant: of Paris ave deserted th ench italian Operas to 4isten to this celestial music. The wind, whieh passes between these mammoth strings, produces the most beautiful sounds, amd the sensation felt by the hearers it is impossi!ie to deseribe. | went to the spot, attracted by the rumor, and I de- clare | w lighted with th provised orato- rio. The ticket of admission was “free,” of course, and you ay be cerain th be audience wae pumerous The merry bells of the winter s¢ason are, at last, One bh them whilet passing, between ck, through the fashionable streets of the cay: The miluners, dpeesmakers, jewellers, etc., are are engagea from morning to night in fulfilling the orders they have reerived, ‘ana the articles delivered by them are the ne plus uitra of taste and refinement The last bail at the Liysee—the second of the season—was one of the most brilliant ever given there. From nine o’clock at might, till three io the apacious saloons of the palace were searcely sufficient to receive the guests of Lows Napoleon. Tolbecque and hia brilliant orchestra dinesee.and they performed all the new- of the season. |t was both satisfactor to the eyes and to the heart to examine in detail | the recherche of the totl which were most bril- | hhantand expensive. ever have | seen euch @ uantity of diamonds exhibitedanywhere. Madame fe Princesse Mathilde | emidoril was covered, & la lettre, with studs of diamonds. | was told that she wore upon her person more than one hundred thousand dollars worth of these precious stones Lous yey was ee | along the par- and | saw him speaking with many persona of rank, and several strangers who had be re. wented to him. Ile retired at half-past twelve Americans were in number under the roof of the presidential house. Ail these whom | have previously named had returned thither, and seve: new were also nt marked two of the be whose beauty wes much admired fy Among them I re- port and Seratoge, be gellent who is | become oae of the prettiest places of amusement | of the great metropolis. | Atthe Salle Moutausier, a new farce, entitled | “ Les extases de M. Hochenez,” by M Maro Mi- chel, was received with bursts of laughter. The actors, Sasuville and Hyacinthe, developed their best histrionic talents, and were hailed with much applause. | Sefore leaving the theatrical gossip, I must speak | of the new orduance ot police, by which the bills | of the theatres are regulated in size, leagth, and You must know that certain spots are the | contents. selected on the wails of the capital, to receiv | daily bills of all the theatres, which are not to be posted upon a piece of paper larger than a foot | and @ half square. Several theatres having, since | ashort time, tied to escape the law, M. Carlier has enforced it, aud the managers will be obliged to stick to it, under the threateniag of fines of all sorts. An experiment, of the greatest interest, took | place, on Monday night, at the gas factory of M. Gillard. You remember well, thatin one of my | last letters | spoke to you of the discovery he had made of a hydrogen gas, burning without the aid of carbon, Which was replaced by a wick made of plating. The patent tor this discovery has been taken out in the United States, and a genitlemin from Philadelphia is on the eve of going trom Paris to New York to establish a factory of this gas, aud also to make coatracts with the largest estab- lishments of ai! kinds, in the principal cities of the Union. A large number of American gentlemen had been invited by the inventor and hia new agent. | Mr. Rives, our American Minister, had beer re- quested to be present, but, owing to indisposition, he was replaced by Mr. Shelton Sanford, the Se- cretary of the United States Legation. Mr. Breed- _ love, ex-Coilector of New Orleans, who first intro- | duced the into his native city, was also pre- | onge by il cone from aan present. Neverthe- ese, the assemblage was large enough to appreciate the merits of Mr. inrdadiecevert= There is no | humbug aboatit. The gas is made with coal and | and water, and its Zame, when lighted alone, with- outthe platina wick, is blue; but as soon as the metallic wick is applied, the ‘light becomes so in- tense that no eye can look at it without being hurt. The most elegant part of the discovery is, that wood or coal are no longer required to mentsorto cook. We saw, ment, two mutton chope cook the fineetflavor. the gas light, | with much au point. They had and proved excellent. Inheating the | apartment, a sort ot flute pipe with innumerable holes, is fixed ide of @ chimney, which has no draft, and as soon as the gas is lighted, you feel the most agreeable beat, which cannot be10jurious tothe heaith, since it contains the dampness of steam. I have ne doubt that the discovery of Mr. Gillard will create a revolution in the gas manu- factories ot Europe, and in the New World. Mr. Laforest, tormerly French Consul General in New York, has now retired to a chateau in | Hormgnar. which he found when he was en route jor 3 AMERICANS IN PARIS. Cam. Petrie, New York, D.J.T. Jenkina. N.Y. Pivera 8. Jurga, do Hamilton M. Cail, N. ¥., E. Thorne, do., J.8 Davenport, Oswego, 30. Kellogg, do. Miss Davenport, Brooklyn, ©. Untick, Capt. ship Mag. C. H. Martin, Mobile, , J.P. Labarre, Mobile, D. D. King. Newport, H. Clapp, Mase., Dr. 8. W Mite! Phils. Fisher iiavard, Phila William Birney. Cin., T. F. Plunkett, Mass. John Perkins. Orlean AM. Kiehardson, Phils J. W. Harper, New York, Pearsall do N. Kalm do, u © smith, P.tteburgh. Miscellaneous Paragraphs from Kuropean Papers. _ Marriscr mx Hien Loe in Evrorr.—It is af- firmed that negociations for a marriage between the Emperor of Austria and the l’riacess Sidonia, of Saxony, have been brought to a conclusion, and that the marriage will be celebrated next May, with great splendor. The princess is only 17, and very beautiful. Her father, the Prince John, brother A rum punch wasalso made upon | The I¥ Our Washington ‘Wasuinoton, Jan. 7, 1851. Congress and the Cabinet--A Stand Still mw Le- Nothing doing. House debating about a con- tested election, and Senate discussing the proscrip- tions of Taylor’s cabinet. Both a waste of time, and both unnecessarily exciting a great deal of Cheap postages, rivers and harbors, and the tariff are the three most prominent general subjects to be acted upon. But the tariff men and the river and harbor men seem to be working against each other—the Northweet against Pennsylvania—each determined to keep the other back. We presume, however, that some log-roiling arrangement will yet be effected, by which both measures may be paseed through the House, on the principle that John Wentworth will go for the tariff, provided Mr. Wilmot will go for large appropriations to the but end of Lake Michigan ; but, upon the whole, if we ge: the New York branch mint, a small reduc- tion of postages, some few appropriations to rivers and harbors, a tew private bills, and the regular appropriations, it will be about as much as we ought perhaps to expect. Political parties are in such @ snarl that they cannot work well. We must have some sort of re-organization of parties before we can do anything ona grand scale in le- gislation. We do not know which is most insup- portable, the present confusion of parties, or the contingent stagnation in our political circles. Scarcely @ man of any clique of either of the two old parties has the courage to make a move, either forward, backward, or to the right or left; because there is no telling what the present quiet reyoluuon may bring up to the top. And hence, all hands are standing utterly confounded. They are allio the dark; ail on the watch; but all afraid to move. Mr. Clay is an exception; he is always ready to move. He did not hesitate to plunge himself into the breach on the slavery question; nor shrink to stand there until the battle was over. He has been trying to do something in behalf of the tariff people of the North—that large and industrious class, who, to live, must be supported by bounties col- lected from other claeses of the commuaity. But we very much apprehend that Mr. Clay, with all the countenance ot the President and the Secretary of the Treasury, and all the encouragement of the Republic, will bot be able to get up, for the Pennsy!- venians of the House, any important plan of relief. The measure being for raising revenue, must origi- nete in the House; otherwise we should have had a bill from Mr. Clay before the Senate some weeks ago. All he can do, is to advise and suggest to the tariff men of the House what to do, how they are to do it, and when. It ig very likely, however, that not a solitary thing—not the first c! e of a tingle table of the tariff of “46 will be touched or changed this session. The session is short, the subject is large; and parties, though heads and tails upon most other questions, remain pretty dis- tinetly divided upon this. Our diplomatic relations seem to be also ata stand still. Austria, aye, and even Portugal, isin status guo--Nicaragua wn nubibus—Hayt dark as Ethiopia--in fact, our relations with all the world and the rest of mankind, except the court of Vienna and the empire of Japan, have become rusty and merry, and snoringly peaceable. Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, we suspect, is so agreeable to Mr. Webster, that our able and patriotic Seore- tary cannot find it in his heart to quarre! with him concerning those ad impudent proceedings of certain fledglings of John Bull at Greytown or San Juan. It —_ that Mr. Webster is waiting for the report of his special agent ; but we cannot sup pose for a moment that oar Secretary of State has any notion of abandoning the Monroe doctrine, for the sake of his personal friendship for the amiable, gentlemanly, and accomplished British ter; but we are somehow or other afraid that Mr. Bulwer will succeed in putting the matter off by “a wise ae soemerty inactivity,” until the game is in his ands. What we suffer, then, is, stagnation in legisla- tion, palitics ana diplomacy ; and what we want is, business, action, excitement, activity upon the measures before the two houses, a new organiza- tion of political parties, some positive, potential diplomatic work—anything rather than the heavy, heat apart- | sleepy atmosphere of a general stagnation. Wasnineton, Jan. 9, 1861. Yorld’s Exhtbition—Appontment for New Mexico. The Central Committee decided to-day, to issue certificates to the following persons, in addition to those heretofore reported. The time for receiving articles expires to-morrow:— RHODE ISLAND. Miriam de Bonneville, collecticn of sutummnal leaves. 4 NeW MaMrsniny §.G. Brett, shoe pegs. . ©. 71, Read, model falling sas. Chas. Ross, portable mille. . Ambler and Avery, dentistry. J. Disturnel, LT ae man Brown, 5 Thos, Godwin, mechanical invemtionr. ‘lah liiler, stair rods, a rivets, &c. ‘T Armstrong, India rubber pontcone. Jas. Alcock, dentistry januel Lyon, magnetic roach and insect exter- inator. z Breoks, Jackson's bell telegraph jarrison, cameras. ‘M. Thompson, pee venteee stampe. ° ery. 100. 101. 102. work. C. D. Barton, iron ore. 103. ease, lithograph epgra vin, 104. Lyman C. my epee miniature steam engine 106. John Genin, hate and caps. I understand thet Mr. Ferdinand Moulton, « member of the Boston bar, has been nominated for of the reigning king, is, soon Be “e latter having | the office of district attorney of New Mexico. The Bh no oflepring, next heir to the As the prin- cess is a Catholic, the alliance will give great satis- faction to the Pope, while it must, on the other hand, be disagreeable to Prussia, from the addi- tional weight likely to be derived by Austria and Germany Axotimr Bio Brogenaas --Feargue ©'Connor has appealed to the people of Iingiand to subseribe forum, as he is “ruined with expenses” in the case of O'Connor vs. Bi aw. ile declares that he advanced 1,000 cu his associates; that whe the profits of the! Northern Star averaged more then £15,000 a year, he freely gave all to the cause of liberty, and quotes the precedents of ©'Connel!’s begging-box, and Mr Cobden’s £50,000 tribute. Pret Casteutan ano tug Bagerr.—In a letter trom !.yons, an anecdote ot an amusing kind is related of General Castelian, which any one ac- uainted with the bold and somewhat eccentric character of that dis much difficulty in believing. A few days since a barber and hairdresser of that city—well known for his socialist opinions—was in the act of ra- tipg ona “frend and brother.” While holding between his thumb end forefinger the neal orgar of his socmlist © over his ch. e« out. © Ww r , | two hy sive mp tmy be) vielen) ph Seek O Caen tone Tcliows Ilall, and the dissolving views of the stellen, a8 1 have poor? [ochestt con theral | twe houses of Congress. Wehave ee, be Sanne” id nome ant yee but they are costly, and always made up of the to the oi, « ve came old set of elderly | in all the glaring whe site be seen bet’ moe nee of dress.” We have the Pi dent's 5 “a el: rt a oy ~ Bs, ~ od | by mounted orderly. The general neve ‘é . c years butin full dress, and decorated with all his | © treadmill task to go up to the White House dere; and this isso invariably the case that the story wes told of him when he cornmanded in Per- ignan, that was related of the laird of Dumbie- dikes and his laced cocked hat that he goes to bed with them. Be that ae it may, the general discounted from his horse, entered the shop, and t down in the cheir set apart for customers, “{ understand, my good friend,’’ said he to the gaping at you have expreseed a wish to have heed between your hande. Be so good as to me.” The affright of the artiste and the sang frowd of the general may be more easily con- ceived than described. He said aot a word, but set himeelf mechanically to prepare his imple- ments. The general remained fixed like a statue, though the trembling of the barber's hand might have unwittingly executed the patriotic threat he had uttered the day before. The general, howe- ver, escaped without accident. He washed and dried his face; puta five frank piece into the hand of the dismayed and epeechiess seraper of chins, and looking him straight in the face said“ Von cre , | Was anxious to prove to you that | am not the man to be frightened with threata of any kind Be 80 good as to be convinced of the fret, and to mention the same with my compl menta to your friecds. Bom jowr'’ The general then bowed very politely, quitted the shop, and remounted hia ree. Dataware Lrotstatrne.—The Delaware Leg- islature assembled at Dover,on the 7h ina’ , on organi by electing in Senate, H. B. Fidd Speaker, W. G. Whiteley, Cletk, nad Levgemtns Collins, Sergeant-at-arms. In the House, Samuel Jefier ker; Wm. B. Tinker, Clerk, and TsO Nathaniel P. Covington, Sergeant-at-arme.’ The Governor sent in his message at the same time He says that, owing to the cessation of extraordi- nary accessions to the public funds, there was a small deficiency at the close of the year, and the State is without reliable sources adequate for fu- ture expenditur The Governor discusses at | lagth we a ons of Go Seumera Conven- on in Nashville, proposing a Southern Congress. le their spirit and necessity; says contravene the constitution of the He depicta the advantages result- Vnion, and deprecates the evils | eve from disunion. ing from the which weuld en nguished officer will not find | We are now, from the enterprise and liberality of | appointment is an excellent one. Wasuineton, Jan. 9, 1851 Washingtom Pastimes—- Organization of a Weekly Hop at the National Hotel—A Specimen Num- ber, Ge The federal city is slack of amusements. We have neither the capital nor the population to sus- to defend Frost and | tainthem. We havea very small theatre, drawing very small houses, although the performances de- serve a better support. We have parties now and then by the members of the cabinet, by an occa sional M. C. or two, and by diplomatic corps; but they are few and far between, and cannot accou- modate more than a few. We are indebted to | Barnum, Reeside, and Willard, for Jenny Lind. | the Lord of Iranistan, indebted for the presence of Tom Thumb. Some other public benefactor has added the further attraction of a full grown hog with six legs, having the distinct tail extremities of We have aleo the dissolving views at and walk the ludicrous round and round of that | poorly equipped Room. Something more ix wanted to break the monotony of these winter | pights—something that will be elegant, select and | cheap withal. Jenny Lind, at fitty cents, might have remained here a month: but at five dollars, two nights was the ultimatum of our enthusiasm. A circus would answer all the purposes; but we have no circus ur floeting and local population are | passionately fond of the circus and the jokes of the | clown; but we have not got them, and something | elae been wanted Mr. Culvert « ptain Black, of the National Hotel, have volu: pm phy be liberal towards the relief of their guest«, an strangers sojourn: town, for the winter, or for a night's lodging. They have organized a weekly hop im the new ball room recemly added to their large establishment. These hops are under the supervision of twenty gentle- men managers, and twelve lady patronesses = In- vitations are limited, end all visiters must be en- dorsed by some one of these two committees. At the firet hop, a week of. the President and cabinet — attended, and the diplomatic corps, the Supreme ot were largely represented. At (the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans) some four hundred persons were present, including a full moiety of that sex whose | disputed sovereignty is inthe ball room. Mr. Clay, as usual, however, was the waiversal favorite more fascinating than beauty dressed up to kill, and more charming te beauty itsel/, than the youngest and most dashing military dandy. The cabinet and the Supreme Court were represented by Mr. Cor- win end Judge Woodbury; and the two houses hada proportion of members in the dance We had | intended a description of some of the belles and fashions of the evening; but the task is a delicate one, which we reserve to some othe: occasion. New York and Pennsylvania were ad- ined in thie department; and the Ci d the far West came beautifully up to t maintenance of their respective sections. At ele- ven o'clock the corapany paseed in to the long room. here they dikcuseed with great unanimity and ity a bountiful collation, at the expense of the houre— the wines being the single and solitary item of expense tothe company. And | regret to say that the doctrine of total abstinence prevailed with a _ the command of the spoils resting upon the | side democrats, whose patriotism is rather green, | tion, and is t jamentably overwhe! ma) It was left to their sense of Reoey y, and one water was ia demand; whereas, if champe been ‘we suspect there would have Geen quite a ‘fio. ent result. We hope, however, that thie peeu- liar metitution of a weekly hop, will go on, al- though a weekly supper at two or three hundred dollars is a cosily enterprise, if the guests fore- swear champagne. Wasuineton, Jan. 10, 1851. The Columbia River—Widow of Captain Grays tts Discoverer. Mr. Winthrop, on the 9th inst,, from the Com- mittee on Public Lands, reported a bill to the Se- nate granting a towaship of iaad in Oregon to Mra. Marthe Gray, widow of Capt. Robert Gray, who discovered and entered the mouth of Columbia River, Uth May, 1792. This is a just though tardy remuneration to the aged widow of that bold navi- gator, through whose perseverance and daring such great benefits have resulted to our country, and millions of acres have been added to our domain. From this discovery our government has ever founde: claim to the possession of the North- west coast, and it is one of our few maratime dis- coveries the honor,and credit of which have never been disputed. Captain Cook passed by the mouth without notice. Vancouver, who had been sent out by the British Admiralty, with orders to survey the shores of the Pacitic, positively asserted that there was no such river as Gray claimed to have discovered ; that if any inlet or river should be found, it must be a very intricate one, and in- accessable, owing to the reefs, broken water, &e. Yet this New Eagned captain, with an energy and resolution seldom surpassed, and at the extreme risk of his ship, his fortune, and his life, braved the peril of the reefa, broken water, &c., and in eleven days actually entered the mouth of the river he claimed to have before discovered, sailed up its waters fourteen miles, landed upon its shores, buried a bottle, and planted the American flag. Says Captam Wilkes, (vol. 4, p. 313,) ** mere description can give little idea of the terrors of the bar of the Columbia. All who have seen it have spoken of the wildness of the scene, the incessant roar of the waters—representing it as one of the most fearful sights that can possibly meet the eye of asailor.” ‘Truly, it required a man of more than ordinary spirit to be the first in that then lone coast to brave the perils from which the more re- nowned navigators, fitted out and sustained by royal treasuries, shrunk back with dread and dix may. Captain Gray died in 1806, leaving a widow and four female children, who have supported them- selves by their own industry and exertions. The widow is now advanced to more than three score ears, and can no longer labor for her support. he asks for a sma!l provision for her last days, on account of the services of the husband of her early yeurs in the naval service of the United States during the revolution, and, more pparucninay, on account of this great discovery. 'e hope the bill will pass. ‘Wasuineton, Jan. 11, 1951. Abolishment of Flogging wm the Navy—United States Stock Isswed—The Census of Vermont. The Secretary of the Navy, in his report to the Senate, upon the operations ef the law abolishing flsgging in the navy, takes the ground that some mode of punishment must be substituted, to take its place, or it will have to be reinstated in the code. The evidence which the Secretary briags forward to support his position, is of the eleares; kind, and takes the ground that if some aetion is not taken by Congress, it will be impossible to pre- serve discipline in the navy. It is suggested that branding and expulsion be introduced, for the most incorrigible—but the renting who shudders ata hardened culprit receiving a dozen,will scarcely consent that, for the same offence, he should have a hot iron plunged into his flesh. It is most unfortunate that Congress should have legislated so procigitately in this matter. How- ever repulsive tlogging may be, it must be remem- bered that some mode of punishment must be had recourse to, and that mode should have been adopted before the former was abandoned. The cretary urges immediate action upon the sug- gestions in his report, as absolutely called for un order to preserve the efficiency of the navy. The following amount of United States stock was issued on foreign account from the 3d to the 10th January, inclusiv Loan of 1842. $2,557 05 Do. 1847. Total..... Ly co sees $147,557 05 The foliowing return has been made of the State of Vermont, showing the number of inhabi- eee DIA, B22 s+» 291,894 Inerease in ten years. . - 23,488 Mortality..... 3,096 No. of farme.. 938 Dwelling house: 56,692 Wasuinoton, Jan. 11, 1851. Movements for the Presidency— The Proposed Union Convention and Union Organ—A Webster Pa- per, and a Scott Paper, §c. §. The Presidency is now the game. Now and henceforward, to Nevember, 1952, the White House and the spoils ($50,000,000 a year) will be the ultimatum, the desideratum, the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, of all the move- ments of all the parties, and party cliques and fac- tions of the day ; of all the fragments and of all the combinations from the old dislocated parties of 1848. The great object—the great attrac- tion, the power potential of these fifty mil- hons a year, is predominant, paramount, and at once the grand secret of the inherent susan and compactness of the federal Union. It is strong because it is a Union; but itis stronger epee as os fae ig ALG Harpe bh _ ° patronage joaves and fishes, t treasury pap, exclave of the perquisites, and the pickings ‘and the stealin; Or pap ex- clusive of all these, of fifty millions a yea The first and the last ob ject being the avaties sad tion of the President, it i# of some importance to know whet is doing in that line—whnat are the ph the organizations, the — the policy, — prospects of the various aspirants for the residency And first of all, we understand that there will yet be a Union Convention in Washington on the 22d February. And we have every reason to believe that it will be mainly composed of whiga, conserva- tive whige, North and South, roping in a tew out- and whose fears of disunion are full of horrible fancies. They will be roped in, and when the con- vention is over, and Mr. Farnum's Union paper is established, they will discover that the | nion Con- vention was a Webster convention ; and that the Union new t will be a Websterian organ. Ver aged. hat next ? . Karnum’s paper is to be called the Comati/w- n stand up for the Unien, and the Union party, if it stands up at all. We had a paper here once before, called the Constitution, but it was bought off and suppressed by two second or third rate oflices—one of them secretary of legation to France, the other a clerkship in the Treasury Department. in the event of euch & concurrent chain of circumstances as would elect Mr. Web- ster, it is likely that the bookbinding of the House of Kepresentatives, and the appointment of city - master would satisfy all the claims ef the Union pel Mr. Farnum. It isa bold move—it may re is riek in it; but if it does succeed. Farnum ought to be, and has @ right te ex; be, Mberally indemnified for al! his risks in ings forthe Union. In any other practical view this proposed | nion organ, we should pronounce it a humbug, a transparent imposition upon the cre- dulity of the honest yeomanry of the country—a = entch noodles—a regular Yazoo or morus multicaniis operation. So much for the Union convention an: the Union organ. Now for an y i opposi- tion papers having charged that Mr. Webster's letter to Chevalier Ilulsemann was intended to capital for the Presidency, ai Dr itor of the Buffalo Commercial, having y repelled the idea that Mr. Webster has tions “ for that high oflice,” would you believe it, that Mr. Webster is not over well pleased with the disclaimer. Yet such, we are credibly informed, is the case. Mr. Webster does not like the summary pony by which J'r. Foote ecratches off his name from the Nottingham list. If not in the field, Mr. Webster does not desire it to be understood that he is inaccessible. His view of the Presidency is like that of old Col. Dick John- son “if itisnot to be sought for, itis not to be declined,” especially when the Union is in danger. Asfor the prospect of putting Mr. Webster hope- fully forward by a Union organ at Washington, and Union convention on the 224 February, that is eltogether another aflair. He deserves some great reward by his country, for his great services in her cause; and very few lovers of the Union would regret his election in 1862. . ‘We understand that another paper is to be es- tablished in Washington—a penny paper—to begin forthwith, or as soon As ible, to promulgate and advocate the claims of General Scott to the Presidency. Governor Seward, Mr. Ewing, and that eort of people are supooeed to be commitied to Scott; but how he can expect to succeed with the > appe: ‘Thus far, then, we have some points tor trian- tion. What course, what movement. or what avization ia tobe gotton up for Mr. Qlay, Mr Fillmore, Mr. Crittenden, and other distiaguished whigs is not disclosed, is not apparent, aad is very doubtful The orthodox democracy have repudiated the Rerpeeed Union couvention, They see Meaars. ‘combs and Stephens, of Georgia, at the bottom of it, and Mr. Webster and Gen Foote at the top. They don’t like it, it has tue look of a Trojan horee, and they prefer an open field to such a self- sacrificing amalgamatic The oaly detfiaite indi- cations are on the whig side, to» wit, a Union paper favorable to the claims of Mr. Webster, and a Scott paper in favor of the hero of Mexico against the field. It will be some months, how- ever, before anything at all is conclusively defiaed or understood. Let us watch the game. Affairs at the State Capital. OUR ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE Auuany, January 10, 1850. The Legislative Proceedings are Beginning to be Interesting—The Topics of Slavery—Anti-Rent- tsm-—Taxmg Ratlroads—The School Laws Amending,the Constitution, Sc. &c. The discussions in both branches of the Legis- leture will shortly assume an interesting aspect. Various topics have already been introduced, upon which much contrariety of opinion exists, and upon whose merits and demerits the whole talent embraced in the two houses will be displayed. Among other matters, I merely refer to the Fugi_ gitive Slave law, the anti-rent difficulty, the impri- sonment for costs, the School laws, canal tolls, railroad tolls, amending the constitution for the purpose of borrowing money, the report of the Commissioners of the Code, &c. &e. &e. Upon an introduction of a bill this morning, in the Senate, by Senator Johnson, of Schenectady, to “equalize tolls,” as alleged, by compelling the Erie railroad and the Ogdensburgh road to pay the same amount of tolls as is exacted from the Albany and Buflalo roads, quite a spicy debate arose between the friends of the canal and central line of road and those living near the routes ef tne northern and southern roads. The friends of ** toll- ing” ali the roads, asked that the bill might be referred to a select committee, for a report upon its merits; whereas, its opponents strongly advocated the reference to oue of two standing committees, either the Railroad Committee or the Funaace Committee. After a sharp and somewhat personal debate, for an heur, the bill was referred to a se- lect committee, by a large vote, as at first proposed by Mr. Johnson. This question will attract the strongest lobby to the capitol which has visited the parliens of the capitol since the memorab’ ave of Gov. Marcy and bank legislation, im 1336-7. As I remarked 10 a letter, a few days since, it now behoves the Ernie road interest, in the city of New York and in the southern line, to arouse from their lethargy in the protection of the rights guaranteed to them in their act of incorporation; there is no tume to be lost--the special committee will soon report, and then action commences. See to it. r. Senator Morgan, who has aseumed the lead- ership in the Senate, on account of hia commercial ability, made a report on the Governor’s message, assigning the various subjects therein contained to committees; and, among others, he placed Mesers. Schoonm: , Johnson, Carroll, Snyder and Car- ties upon the manor land portion’ of it. These five Senators all reside in what is known the “in- fected district” of anti-rentism, and a report from them will, matter of course, be strongly favor- able to the interests of the tenants; but they will not endorse Gov. Huat’s recommendation to have the State purchase the manor lands for the purpose of re-sale to the tenantry. The reagtion which has taken place within the year, among the tenants, has, undoubtedly, induced the Senate to allow a committee of their own selection, in their present condition, to make as’ strong and as cordial a report as poseible, only to be discarded and deteated when the time comes for placing their votes on record. The gentleman from Lewis, in the House, Mr. Caleb Lyon, has introduced a resolution, request- ing the attendance of four State delegates to the orld’s Fair; but upon their own expense. It is very doubtful whether four individuals can be found in the State, possessing such an ardent de- sire, as to proceed in that manner upon that mission. ‘The New York Volunteers have an advocate in this Legislature, in the person of Mi ory, @ representative from ihe city of New York. le wishes the House to send him and others, composing a committee, to the city, in search of facts and documents, by which an appropriation for the benetit of the volunteers can ‘be obtained. The seme kind of snuff was thrown into the eyes of the Legislature at the last session, when a com- mittee member for the same alleged purpose, plac- po ag the head, visited the city, remained a ol came back to yy atan expense of some six hundred dollars. v4 Ww. Axpany, Jan. 11, 1851. An Anti-Fugitiwe Slave Bill Introduced imto the Legislature—The War about commencing. ‘Phe excitement in relation to the Fugitive Slave bill has fairly commenced in the Legislature, Yesterday, a Mr. Coffin, signalizing himself as being a kind of politica! anomaly, an “independent democrat,” awarded a seat in’ the House by the voters of a portion of Otsego county, introduced a bill entitled Law for the Protection of Citizens of New York.” When its title was announced, Mr. Thompson, from New York, objected to the reception of the bill, on the ground that he under- stood it had reference to the Fugitive Slave law This was a bold objection, and it involved the principle, as some imagined, of interfering with the right of petition. Mr. Orlando Allen, of Buffalo, was of Mr. Thompson's opini: and desired to state some of his opinions, but the House Trefused to hear him, as he would have an op- portunity when the bill came up for discus sion, and then, by a vote of four to one, de cided that the bill might be introduced. The bill assumes 2° Esa the arrest or removal of free citizens of this State, as expressed in ite titie ; but in one of its section: . Wm. 8. Gre- it declares any slave to be a freeman, who shall have resided in the State for one year, Suppose this bill had been a law when Long's case waa under consideration by Judge Judson, in the city of New York, and the testimony and investigation conducted in accord- ance with the law ef Congress, could a law of this State be interposed and set up, and could he have been discharged, after having been identitied and proved to be a slave, because he had resided ia the State a yer) Which authority would the United States Judge have most regarded! No doubt can be entertained on the subject for a single moment. very officer of the United States gov- ernment, Whether judicial, ministerial, or legisla- tive, ig sworn to support the laws and constitution; and it is not possible that any State can enact lawa, preventing its citizens, who are oflicers under the general governme: performiag all duties en- joined upon them, and among others, the arrest of | runaway negroes. What right has thia State, or any other, in the face of the explicit terms of the United States constitution, to declare a slave to be afree man, after having resided inthe State a single year’ So long as a negro is a slave, his master has a right to his eervices, should he ab- | scond and remain in a free Seate ity years or more. All the laws which the abolitionists could place upon the State statute books, cannot vitiate the title to him ‘The bill provides, that any person who shall ar- feet, or attempt to arrest, or aid in arresting, any person who shall thus have lived in the State for one year, shall be deemed guilty of kidnapping, and, on conviction, shall be punished by imprison- ment in the State prison for ten years, and also be liable in a civil action to the party arrested, &c. Now, imagine in what a@ predicament Mr. Mar- shal Tallmadge would have been in, had such a law been in operation when Long was arrested, the Marshal being an United States officer, under bende to an immense arnount to perform the duties of hisstation. Among thove duties was the arrest of Long, by virtue ofa werrant issued under the high authority of the ited States of America ; then, imagine Mr. Tallmadg rrest by Mr. She+ riff Carley, by virtue of a warrant issued by Jus tice Osborne, for kidnapping one, violation of an express enactment of law by the Legisiature of the State of New York. The Marshal being com- Afrest the fugitive, ay by his oath of office, ut by ro doing, he violates a law of his own State. ‘Will the United States government permit the in- carceration of the Marshal within the walle of Sing Sing, or allow his property to be sold by the Shent!. under an execution obtained in a civil action under these circumstances? Never, never. The laws of Congrees over those of this State coming in direct conflict with each other, it being impossible to execute both, then will come the important trial which of the two will be sustained When this bill comes up for discussion, which will be probably in the course of ten or twelve days, it is hoped that the friends of order and the constitution will take this matter into serious and deliberate consideration. By their wisdom and de- termination this dangerous act may be prevented from passing, and consequences averted of incal- culable importance. The bill is hereto appended, in order that the readers of the Herald may know what their servants are about at the capital As net tor THR REMOVAL OF FREE crninens oh citi rem beyond the jurisdiction of this State, or who move. or aid, direotly er indirectly. in removing any such citizen ageinet his will beyoud the Surlediction of this State, wh: deomed guilty of kidnapping, and on convietion be punished by imprison- ent in the State prison for a term not exceeding ten ars, apd shall also be liable in a civil action to the P ed arrested, cr attempted to be arrested or removed: aforesaid, for the damage sustained by reason of such arrest, or removal. or attempted arrest or remo- val as atoreraid. Bec. 2 Any person whe shall have openly and pub- licly resided in this Btate tor one your preceding such arrest or removal, or attempted arrest or as all in all courts aad pla free citizen of this State. withia t intent and meaning of the act, until the contrary proved as provided in the next tection. Beo. 8. On the trial of any indictment found uader this act. or of any civil action given by this act, the defendant may prove that the prr-on charged to have been arrested or removed as atoresuid. was not, in tact, freeman entitled to come and reside in this State ; 4 if the jury shall be ratisfied thereof. they shall ac~ quit the defendant ; but no warrant, order, process, or d or made by any court or offier, and no sponte affidavit, deposition or record shall be re~ cel or admitted in evidence to establish the right to arrest or remove the person charged to have beem arrested or removed. or to prove that such person war not @ free citizen of this State, within the true ‘atent and meaning of this act. Bec. 4. Indictments may be found under this act im the county where the offence shall have been com- mitted. or in any county into or thro which any tree citizen so arrested as aforesaid, shail have beer taken or carried. Beco. 5. This ace shall not apply to the case of per- sons arrested or attempted to be arrested or removed from beyond the juriedistion ot thic State, on a charge of treason, felony, or other crime, or to cases of tl arrest or removal of persons belonging to or employed in the army or navy of the United states. ue is Military Asylum. The following is a copy of the bill providing for a Military Asylum, introduced by Mr. Jetlerson Davis, Chairman in the Senate of the Com nittee on Miltary Aflairs:— A Bite 10 FounD 4 Mititamy Asyiom FoR THY KeLine AND SUPPORY OF INVALID AND DISABLU- BOLDIERS OF TILE Anmy or tHe Univen Staves. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- tatives of the United States of America im Congress assembled, That all soldiers of the army of the United Btates, and all soldiers who bave been. or may hereafter be, of th: of the United States, whether regulars or voluntes d who have contriput after contribute, according to section sevenof this act, tothe shall. low, Bec, 2. And be it further enacted. That, for the goo” government and attain: t of the objects proposed by the inetitation aforesaid, the General in-Chief com- nding the army, the Generals commanding the astern and Western geographical military divisions, the Quarter master General. the Commissary (ieneral Of Subsistence, the Paymaster General, the Sargecn General, and the Adjutant General. shall be, ¢r afficio, Commissioners of the same, constituting a Board of Commissioners, a majority of whom shall have power to establish, from time to time regulations for the general and internal direction of the iustitution, to be submitted to the Becretary ot War for approval; and. may do any other act or acts uec-ssary for the go- yernment and interests of the sacte, as authorized 1 be taken trom the army, and ap- moved, from time to time, as the inter- titution may require, by the Seoretary of ‘wer, ‘on the recommendation of the Board of Commis mers. Bee. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following persons, members of the army asylum, according to section one, shall be entitled tothe rights and benetite herein conferred, and no others, viz: every soldier of the army of the United Stat-s who shall have served or may serve honestiy and faithtaliy twenty years in the same, and every scldier and every discharged sol- dier, whether regular or voluuteer. who shall have suf- fered by reason of disease or wounds incurred in the service and in the line of his duty, rendering him in- capable of further military service, if such disability has not been occasioned by bis own misconduct - Provided, That no deserter, mutineer, or hi hall be received without such evi: ot conduct aod reformation of u tlea to all the benefits herein provided, upon trans- ferring his pension to said asylum. for and during the that be may volunteriiy contiaue to receire such benerits. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the provi- sions of the foregoing sections skall not be extended to any soldier ‘the regular or volunteer service whe shall have been convicted of felony. or other disgrace. ful or infamous eri of vil mature, since he shall deem admitted into the service of the Uaited tes. Bec. 7. And be it further enacted. That for th: of the said inrtitution the tollowi: set apart, and the same are hereby apy unexpenced balance of the app Mareh 2, 1847, now remaining jury. for denen of discharged soldiers dirabled by wounds; the sum of one hundred and eighteen thousand. sevem hundred and ninety. dol and nineteen cents, risa ty te yoy neral of the army of the United States in Mexico, during the war with that re- ablic, for the benefit of the soldiers of the United army. regulars and volunteers. engaged in that war, but taken possession of as funds of the United Btates, and placed in the treasury; all fines ad) inst soldiers by sentence of courte martial, over and above any amount that may be due for the reimbursement of government. or #! indi- viduals; al! forfeitures om account of desertio sioned officer, musician, artiticer, army of the United Btates, the cents per month, whieh #um so deducted, shall pay department of the army, be passed to th: dit of the commissioners of the army asylum, who are no} oy sce semaciaed te receive all donations ot mo y mai ol yerson or persons for the of Se institution ad hold the fame for ite sole a use: Vrevided. That the deduction of twenty-tive cen’ jomth from the pay of non- comm! ed cilicers, muriciams, artificers, and pri. vates of regiments regiments, raised for # limited period. or for rar, or pur; * eball 7 —hanlgualendia tempo- ade with places. a site or sites tor ti id if the neces: of Recess, to eoonomy, a as, with most accommodate the persons prov to auc cost. wil act Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the commis- sioners, with the approval of the Secretary of War Prepare the necessary rules aud regulations for the ernment of said institutt: tted and furnished for the thore persons provided for in Secretary ot report upon duty, at the ner! sersion of Congr Traoicat. Avrair is ny a Wor ALatawa =A Man Suor —We learn trom the Marion ( Ala.) h, that, on the night of the 2ich vast., aman by the name of R J. Moree was shot and instantly killed by Mra. Sarah Ana Stillmen, the wife of John A. Stillman, who is by tradea pa. ater. Morse was a carpenter, and leaves « wife aad four children. Mr. Suliman resided ina small house near the walls of the new Female Seminary building, now im the couree of erection in Marion. Morse haa been at work on the new building. Mr. Stillman wesab- sent, attending, we are intormed, a meeting of the Odd Feliows’ Lodge, while bia wife and three small children wi {tat home by themselves. The re- port of the gun aroused the neighbore—who, upon re. pairing to the spot, found the gun of Mr. Stillman ing on the floor, with one barrel empty,a hole through @ pane of glaes and Morse on the outside dead, with a shocking wound over the right eye, his face blaek- ened with powder and brains literally ** blown out ’* A jury wae instantly organized by the Intendent of the town, who, atier caretally investigating the circumstances, came unanimously to the coaclu- sion that the deceased came to his death by a gun- shot wound from a double-barreled gun, fired by « Mra. Stillman. Subsequently, however, the regu- lar coroner ved, summoned another jury, had Stillman and bi wife arrested, and was yoing into a second investigation. It is tral us deeply to record it. Mrs Still- man we know well, She isa small and very delicate female, and we are sure that she must have be- lieved her honor, and perhaps her life,in great peril, before ehe could have been induced to take a gun even into her hands. So fearfully alarmed was she, that she fled from the house in her night dress, after firing the gun, leaving her children where they were tound, and conveyed to her at the neighbor's, where she had taken refuge. We learn from a private source, that great excitement apa the next dey, and that public opinion lly justified Mrs. Stillman.— Wobile Advertiser, Dee 3h Wm. Magher, the indi D attempted im Boston, was kille ine recontie witha Mr Ko companion in (he Berton ex @ tragical af- who, ae agent of Robert . fugitive u