The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1851, Page 3

— were: Our Albany Correspondence. Axuany, April 19, 1851. Hasty Cegihation-~The Lightning Speed of the Cina | Bill—Who Arreste! the Wheels of the State Govern ment? I propose to give your readers a succinct his- tory of the famous Canal bill, from its inception to | final arrest in the Legislature. It will be recol- fected that his excellency Governor Hunt, in his» amessago, dwelt very elaborately upon the subject | ‘of completing the unfinished canals of this State, Dut suggested no other method as being feasible for @ more speedy completion than such as the con- stitution provides, that of submitting the question i to the poople. Had a bill been introduced for that | hy spesial Conk bill. necessity. Mann, the vote ther with then Canal disposed of, st purpose, all parties would have been willing that such a law might have been enacted; and if a ma- jority wero willing that nine or twenty amillions should be employed in the immediate completion of ‘those public works, the opposition to that pro- ‘position would cheerfully have submitted. But none ‘of his excellency’s friends in the Legislature thought proper to offer such a proposition, aud the sequel shows conclusively that they were afraid and unwilling that the people sheuid have this great smatter.in their own hands. 2 By an-understanding, and for the purpose of re- ‘@uciug the minority of the Legislature into the support of some speedy measure, the opening of the Sellers eumigued’ to Giles M. Surroughs, © quasi democrat of the House, representing a whig county. On the first day of Mareh, nearly two mouths after Governor Hunt brought the subject before the Le- gislature for consideration, and without any propo- sition coming from the majority side of either branch of tho Legislature, this maa, Burcou, parades himself iz the public prints—pubiisues the Dill which he proposes to introduce in the House, entided “An act to provide for the enlargement of the irie Ca- nal, and the completion ot the black river and Genesee {Valley Canals.” Jt may not be inapro- priate, in connexion, to remark, that when this bill was published, the Aloany Argus, the leading or- an of one section of the democrats, stated—**lt 1s n0 loubt a well ¢ to contemplate the only mode in which the comple- tion of the public works can be expected, under the provisions of the constitution.” 5 On the 10th of March a Buifulo paper ¢ mtained @ very learned and elaborate legal oprmion from the pen of Johu C. Spencer, liviug in Albany, Phis fact shows that a trap was to be set. Why did that opinion appear in a Buffalo paper, when Mr. Allen, the person te whom it purports to be given, was in the Legislature at Albany—Burroughs, also at the Capital, and Mr. Speneyr himself living within three minutes’ walk of both those members of the House? It was only inteaded to produce an effect in the western part of the State, evidently to forestall public opinion amoug the people fiving on the line of the proposed spending of the nine inil- lions. On the 13th of March, O. Allen, a member from Buffalo, oduced sunal bill, backed by Mr. Spencer's opinion, besed upon Burroughs’ ‘propu- nsidered measure, and may be said ; 1 that himself Brandreth and Mr. Crook) were anxious to remain and close up the legitimate business of the session, Mr. Crook offered an additional section to the bi submitting it to the Supreme Court or Court of als, for a de Pr whieh elle business in a Thursda; toring, seearnias, was the third re: y r. nding sent up the resi eleven of his co! a protest against the then took place until twelve o’elock, noon. On re-assembling, there were twent, present, and answered to their names. e and offered a resolution to postpone the ill until othe: propositions and amerdments — wero tly voted down. ig of t [ann offered a resolution post; ing its consideration to an indefinite period, Rodent ness—| a) fortance ant focal bills a3 required action, and were of pressi This motion was also lost; to the transaction of other busi- jation and other bills of publio im ¢ consideration of sueh private and en Mr. the majority were determined to ion of Eumonl, | ope ues, ACCOIN] witl Seanad of the bil Focess Senators Ir. Carrotl portant business should be ating that a constitutional quorum of | Senators yet remained, capable of acting upon all ap- peupristian and olber bile: f requiri and his two a ieal’ friends (Me. cision upon its constitutionality—a Mr. Carroll then left the Bao chamber; the bill was again read; » quorum not being pres: ble. Mr. Babi tions for sessio ent, the bill was again laid on the tu- cock then offered his preamble and an adjournment, and thus ended the The above is a conciso and impartial review of “the Canal bill, in the Senat the reported proceedings in the spay ven, that the majority in the [ will be from its conception to its final defeat gathered the facts from papers. It louse refused the slightest alteration or’ amondmeut—not the crossing of at nor the dotting vemoniously cut off, tion—that infamous was un ous qu of an 45 that debate y applying the previ- ag rules whigh do- prives mivorities of all their rights and privilege of webat spur, sent to t ken up and pas hat it was forced through under whip and he Senate, and then immediately ta- ssed to a third reading—over-riding a large number of other bills. Why did the majority refuse to adopt the fair proposition offered by Mr. Le Koy, in the Houso, to ubmit that b ill, involving questions of such i1m- use magnitude, directly to the people, as required by the coustitution?. Why refuse discussion in com- mittee, as proposed by Mr. Elderkin’? Why object iv apply the revenue ag the constitution provides, as propo! those certificn’ by Mr. Mann? Why refuse to sel tes to tho highest bidder? Why re- fuse to insert a section declaring that nothing con- iained in the a ct shall be 80 construed as to impair or aflect any of the provisions of the constitution? And, last of all, why was all other business over- rode, disregarded, suspended, and arrested, to give place to this bill? We find that inthe Senate there were thirty Senate bills and one hundred and forty- seven House bi third reading. bills referredt te; fifty- which had pas ills on the clerk’s desk, ready for a There were thirty-eight Assembl; ‘o the Committee of the Whole in the ht in the hands of committees of g) the Senate, not reported upon; and thirty-one bills sed the Assembly, but had not reach- ed the Senate—making in the aggregate, three hun- dred and four bills, embracing every’ variety of sition to pledge in'advanco the eanal revenue, and | publie, t to use the certificates for banking purposes. “This | which the maj private, and local interest in the State, ority took the re ponsibility of throw- was only three days after Mr. Spencers argument | ing aside, after being mostly matured, for the pur- was published. On the 23th of March, the bill | came up for discussion in the House, and met with the opposition of the minority on account of its unconstitutional features. Mr. Le Key, a member ga, submitted a substitute for the bill, a loan of $8,000,000 by instalments of r for four years—and laying a tax ay ment of the interest, and the reimburse- P tho prineipal—the act to be submitted to provided by the constitution. The ready to vote it down, the propo- sition w Hered to lie over until the next day, when it was rejected bya party vote. Onthat day, the 19th Ma while the bill was again under dis- cussion, Mr. Liderkin, of St. Lawrence, offered a section to the bill, submitting it to the people for their approval or reje This was also decided in the negative. Tho next morning the question ceme up ia the House, agrecing to the bill as re i trom the committee, when a Mr. Briggs, ef chester, sprung the previous question, which ; thus shutting off all amendments and . Aud the bill was run through the House, with only a few hours’ discuss But itseems its friends fore through with teo much hot haste to suit them: During the night they discovered various material errors; and in the morning, at the opening of the session, Mr. Allen moved to recommit the bill to the Canal Com- mittee, with instructions to amend the bill as fol- lows :— In the 24 section, to strike out the first seven lines, providing that the furplus revenues shall be applied in ihe first instaree to the payment of the interest on the certificates of deposit, during the years ‘OL “64, ond the residue to the completion of t ment snd the Genesee Valley and Black River io insert words to the eilect, that the surplus revenw aceruing in the 18, shall be applied directly to the completion c works. 8t ert words, making the payment tifleates on the premiums received thereon. strike out the few last lines, « payable out of the it payable out of the sales of sand the premiums nd the futerest accraing on the deposit of ment o! the people, unnjority Mr. Elderkin moyed torecommit the bill to the Commitiee of the Whole, whore an opportunity amendments; but Mr. Speaker Raymond ruled the motion out of order, and the bill was referred back tothe Canal Committee to insert the above Propositions. : i The next morning, April 2d, as soon as the Houze was to order, Mr. Allen reported the amended b Mr. LeRe then moved to re- commit, w instruct o insert the proposition offered by Lim in committce, to submit the question to the people. This proposition produced a lengthy debate, but was y a party vote, and the ques- tion taken upon Mr. Allen’s amendments, which wore adopted. The bill was then read a third time, d, and transmitted to the Senate. in that body onthe 4th of April, Mr, Stanton objected to its se- cond reading on that day, as be understood it was one of great magnitude and importance, which he had never seen or heard read, and he apprehended it might be erowded through without a proper exam- ination. ‘The uext morning, on having its second reading, Mr. Mann moved to refer the bill to the Comin on Banks and Insurance Companies; as it pro «da new system of banking, he thought it would be the proper reference. This was opposed by the majority, who desired that the Canal Com- Ake the bill in charge. Mr. Mann motion, so as to refer that ng to the Bank Judiciary Co: ality, the finan- mance, and the remainder to the This proposi- tion was rejected, «finally referrod to the € 1 Committ h a request that the ary Committee would report upon its con- vality. t morning, April 6th, Mr. Mann offered a orney General for ‘This was ge upon the to ity constitationality. by inserting a clause that he ‘That report was received on the anand Mr. Kobinson, mittes, on the 13th, nd Mr. Skinner made for the 1th. ond, Mr. Mann , by striking out ne years as the cates and interest, which fixes twent payment of the cert aad provides that it shall be paid out of the revenues of the canals at the close of cach fiseal year, after the completion of the erlargement and the Genesee Vo ond Black River canals. y made no — to this by de- ted it down. Mr. Mann then proposed cramendment to the same f the canal itution. his was ale ed to strike out the second line in the third se tion, which applies the revenues of 51, °52, "33 a m¢ of forcing through the nine million act! These rete are now before the people, and if they permit ‘such unrighte’ ous legislation to continue, they must have become wofully corrupt since they adopted their constitution. Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, April 19, 1851. The End of the Atmospheric Storm—Approach of a Political Storm—Altempts to Crush Mr. Webster— The Seward Whigs—Democratic Movements, §c. The storm has not so far driven everything else out of our thoughts that we do not talk alittle about the refusal of our Board of Aldermen to allow Mr. Webster to make a seditions speech in Fancuil Hall. The tr uth is, they made a mistake in re- fusing the place to highly respectable men on the other side; and, with a sort of logic very proper in a Board of Aldermen, they have come to the con- clusion that two wrongs do make aright. The impression, however, which our papers seck to con- vey—that opinion in this matter is all on one side—is by no means t of salt. There Mr. Webster, be taken without a very large pinch has been a feeling of hostility toward in this city, for some years past, of which every advantage has been taken by the Seward-Scott of it that emb ing men, and portion of the whig party—a portion odies the great majority of the fight- not a little of its wealth. But for the existence of this enmity, Mr. Webster might have made forty 7th of March speeches, and have called the habeas corpus and the trial by jury twin hum- bugs, and the whole Boston world would have laughed at the jest; but the ant charge on the avails of | was too important not to be nursed and made use of tor the purpos ver with which to straw whether the slaves « like a sort of mora slavery “dodge” e of pooner dem great man. It seemed lub sent by Providence, brains. Not caring a all whipped to death or beat out not, the leaders of our abolition whigs affect a great deal of zeal in their welfare, for the purpose of in- juring their own principal enemy. = es of ae between the A hoe Mao Bag hed i “4 | Whigs and the Seward whigs are getting to be more would be given to discuss the merits of the proposed | Whigs and the Sewur totes ery a eveh is gained to the whigs by the contemptible blunder- ing of the booby coalition government, is lost by their own dissensions. You must be prepared to see more remarkable developements here by and by. By no possibility can the two (or rather half score: sections of the whig party support the same cand dates for Stat conditionally e officers, unless one section shall un- surrender to the other. And what chance, do you rag ( ape’ there is of that, with Daniel Webster on t on the other, ide, and Horace Mann This je ONE @ to animate the combatants? quarrel would be pronounced at once, were it not for the Senatorial question, the necessity of attend- ng to which, causes the whigs to refrain from openly fight their quarrel broken out 5 of e Hut this very question will make the more bitter when it shall have for the Senatorship will be a new bone ontention between them, supposing the present islature shall make no choiee of a Senator, and the general opinion is, that it will not. ‘That ques- tion will then go over into the next contest, and will rest peace man in oy that I feel highly ing other people and purpose to it. Being myself very ight, though a perfect own practice, I need hardly say pleased at the agreeable prospect that is near us. Were it not for this chance of the whigs pitching into each oth of the eoalit day against th tain itself aga --not, however, without The declarati up didates. crats that the well again, troyed by his wishy-washy, shilly-shally course. would not be worth while spea ‘s prospects. It would not stand he united whig party ; but it can main- inst the whig party if that party breaks King a change in can- n is daily made by demo- ey will never support ( rnor Bout- confidence in him! having been des- if I felt at liberty to give what I bear in private con- vereation with many of his Excellency’s former taunchest sur ever since he tonish his E g one ot ventured upon man by man, who have aad usted Fig dingested tie democrats by’ givin ¢ people herenbouts. Hency is eithet a most sublime foc pporters—men who have stood by him commenced public life—it we ‘The truth the deepest ga: rty by he has managed anything to do with his « the i es that ever pol ction by section, the cold shoulder, in the same document, to all the State re- form measures—so much so, that the whigs have | made great use f his [xcellency’s expressive silence to put down the feeling that was originally s» strong in favor of those measures All individuals who were attached to him, he has alienated vy his cold indifference to their fortu in high office, applications fe itis lucky for place “64 to the completion, &e., and ur, that the uld be applied as the constitution di- until these canals ehould be completed. Va- rious other ameudments were proposed by Mr. Mann, decla i should not he taken a hall be sold to the highest hat nothing inthe act should be construcd to impair or affect the right of the le gislatu ar to year, 86 to arrange and re- gulate the can Y,in ite judg. secure th t amount of any way to conflict with the provi- sstitution—ali and one of whieh i hy the unyielding ‘majority. So the as run through to a third reading, with the ved ns throngh the Ilouse. On Wednesday morning, the 1th, Mr. Babeock moved that the bill be read a third and last time. Mr. Mann desired a few hours delay, ne he wished to address a few remarks to the Senate before the fioal passage, but was not then prepared to do so. Other Henators asked for delay only until four o'clock the came afternoon; but the majority were ine orablo, aud deterwained to proceed with the final passage of the bill forthwith. Mr. Stanton then moved to were voted do recommit the bill for amendment, and proceed- ed to address the Senat pied some five hours in his «perch, He” was followed by Mr. i Maun, who occupied abont Curtis, about two hours—s} egaiuet the bill.” ‘Phe debate ceased about ten o'clock at night, tbo feionde f the bill not undertaking to defend it. Whun, opon taking the question, it was fownd that a comsti- a ree hours, and by Ge, or n of the f no importance to them. Few, very few, men have eve en #0 little annoyed by or office, by his immediate frie them that such is their position that The hunker democrats are offended by the neg- ject of Mr. Hallett, and other of their leaders, of which the Governor has been vieers being uilty, his legal ad- among the most bitter and uncom. promising whigs in Massachusetts, the créme dela, come of the old whig party. Like Logan, his Ex: cellency stands alone; but, unlike Logan, his friends have fallen by ere of the nineteen ce Herod, b husband kills with wry, hangma: ; Wi tl spend mueh ti Alrendy have of halfa done mined efforts Vc utwell with hisown hands. Such another massa- nocents has not taken place for almost ¢ Governor is a perfect Kin, difference, that whereas this of Mariamne killed by proxy, our Herod n royal hands. He is king, judge, and all. here there isso much discontent, men do not me in the selection of new loaders, there been brought forward the names n persons, from among whom detor- will be made to provide Governor & successor. ‘The most prominent of there are, Frederick Rebinson, of Exsex, now a member ef the Senate; and Henry W. Cashman, of Franklin, these gentlemen are able, dete: ogy om who, 0 give © manner that d and comfe now Lieutenant are. ne ogetic their friends ‘say, would not be Tieely to the whigs, adter the now prevails. There will be fun in the next democratic convention, as weld as in that of the whiga. of this, and he he 0 ably 99 pose Asaocantos, is nothing to be hopod for after this year, Governor Boutwell cannot complain ing to the,report af thore who are is in the habit of saying to get through his term as peace- a mighty wosolfish notign, gor- action, and |: th the resignati toeratie ideas, perhape none the 1 am told, all the tastes of a things for which Mr. Phillips is most co: are A abuse of the cheap newspaper he took in defendtn; entleman was a candi which that was formed: in thi democrats of Norfolk A Boutwell did not get the peet of the electio: next, than there wi made. Some people, e t | quiet that has prevailed of late on the sul a Mr. Sumner will be clected, they reg: | that quiet as merely that ii ; it, the le oem bestowed upon 5. H governor. He ii . Ss oe aapeiale’ for man of talent, but of very aris- lens ‘scoopsatbie 40 the governor on that account, his Excellency having, parvenu. “The two icuous, preaa, from tite New York Herald downward, and the effective Mr. Rantoul when ite for the Massachu- setts Senate ia 1449, on the first coalition ticket that State; in return for which, the defeated Charles Francis ms, so that the coalition then failed, and Mr. sprersorsip he a twelve- : month after he expected it. ‘Yo all outward appearance there is no more pros- of a Senator on Wednesday jest before the last trial was , however, infer, from th rt “The torrent’s smoothness ere it dash below.’” Couonna. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasuinaton, April 19, 1851. The Case of the Collector of Philadelphia—The Re cent Treasury Circular—U, 8. Stocks—The Lon- den Exhibition, §c. Senator Cooper, of Pennsylvania, is here at pre- sent, very much dissatisfied with the President's cecition upon Collector Lewis’s case. I cannot help thinking that the violent hostility which has been manifested towards Mr. Lewis, has gone a little be- yond the mark. All the charges which could be got together, were laid before the Senate, in order io induce that body to reject his nomination; and yet, after a full examination into them, the Senate confirmed the nomination by a large vote in its favor. The Secretary of the Treasury has since then examined into the matter, and so has the Pre- sident; and yet they also decide that the charges are not proven. Now, lam no friend of Mr. Lewis; 1 only know him by reputation, and would just as svon see him removed as not tempt, in the face of the de: ut certainly this at- n of the Senate and the Executive to the contrary, to convince the pub- lic that he is guilty of certain’ mal-practices, looks a ttle like perseeution, and is well calculated to enlist the sympathy of the unprejudiced portion of the communiiy in his favor. itis, after all, appa- rently merely u question of patronage—a fight over the spoils—with which the interests of the public have nothing to do. The Union, of this morning, has made the dis- covery in reiution to the Treasury Circular recently issued to Collectors and others, with reference to gauging and measuring, that it isin direct opposi- on to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, at the last term, which declared that in all cases where duties are refunded, a writ- ten protest must have been made at the time the duties were paid. The circular in question declares ‘hat upon application merely to the Collector now, he is authorized to issue his certificate for the re- funding of any charges which have heretofere been improperly paid for weighing, &c. Cannot the Unwm sce the difference of refunding “ charges” and refunding “ duties?” The circular saysnot one word as to refunding duties, and, therefore, the Une Walker’s instructions on the subject. contrary. It is intende: $ point turns out to be no intatall. Again, the circular is intended to set aside Mr. Quite the « to re-establish them. Mr. Meredith, in consequence of the measures of Con- gress, which, the year he was in office, sm: voted too an amount for the collection of the revenue, devised the plan, impropely as its appears, of ma- king importers, in every case, measuring, gauging, &c. the expense of Since then, Congress has granted alurger amount, and Mr. Corwin has at once hastened to terpretation, and ive the law of 1846 its true in- rected the refunding of all moneys improperly paid by way of charges not con- y templated The followii stock issued to for Total..ssscrscsssessescoses The Lupress hus denied’ that N Sargent, Ksq., is the amount of United States ners during the week ending 900 has received an appointment as a temporary clerk in the Treasury Department. It is nevertheless true. Mr. Sargent has received a temporary clerk- ship, and is paid one dollar a hundre coupons of the Texas stock certificates. The agents of the United Si London I-xhibition, are, it appe themselves. Mr. Stansbury Riddle of extravagance, &c. friends retaliate upon Mr. 1 charge. fighti whole exhibition will turn out a humbug. ny interest in the matter, hose persons who have sted, believing ment for them; the United States feeling it is useless Le agg it. sent goods there may feel in that it will attract as an adverti: cused by Mr. and Mr. Stansbu Riddle, and deny the ‘The indications are rather strong that the for signing to the greag among As to but beyond that this country docs not care a but- ton about i what use How can it be of service to ust it? And lastly, under any cireum- Of stances, is it reasonable to suppose John Bull will allow any country to carry off the palm from him- self? Our Philadelphia Correspondence. Puiwavecrnia, April 20, 1851. Incendiarism and the Rowdy Firenen—An Unier- taker Attempting Swicide—Descent of Philadel- phians vpon New York—Fatal Aciedent. ‘The incendiaries were about last ight in South- wark, and chose their time to fire a carpenter shop in Wesley street, while the firemen were all at- tracted to the city by a fire in Market stroet, above Fifth, ‘Two workshops were entirely destroyed, and seven dwellings in the vicinity much da- maged by the flames. ly owned by; tained considerable loss in their furniture, broken by the hast ‘The dwellings were most- their oceupants, who have houses removal. The design of the fire in Southwark, it is said, was to attract the Moy ensing Hose down into ‘that quarter, in order to give their ancient antagonists, the Shifllers, an opportunity to renew hostilities. It failed, as the Moyamensing boys know they are on their good behavior, and that Judge Parsons is watching his opportunity to order them out of ser- ain. working for an_undertak: this morning to fit himself fora he had been in the habit of makin, ith a razor, while laborin len wound rum may make it enongh to end him ‘ge Willard, aged forty-five, a cabinctmaker ade a desperat effort Ox, such as by cutting his under the ellecte resulting from a week's dissipation. jot mortal in its character, though the The ‘There will be an irruption of Philadelphians in Go- tham to-morrow, to embark on the steamship La- fayette for the excursion around to this city. the bar, and even the pulpit, will be strongly represented, if all parti A chi worthy, a stone ¢ and die pate that are the son of I flerwards. Our Canadian Correspondence. # jammed between two street railroad, yesterday, yRONTO, April 16, 1851. Election of Macken ic— Movements of George Thomp- som— Theatricals—Socity— The Crops, §c. The one absorbing topie of conversation, just now, is the election of W. L. Mackenzie, the quan- dam rebel, as Parliamentary Representative of the county of Haldimand. Mackenzie had three opponents— rank tory, radical, and a rial candidate ; yet notwithstanding the division of the liberal ranks, and all the trieks and corruption which government agents employed against him, he has beon enabled to gain the top of the poll by a considerable majority. ‘The fact has a two-fold significance. It is signifi- cant, in the first place, with regard to Mackenzie himeelf, who was but the other day permitted to return to the eolony, and who is, to this hour, up- braided by the tory press ns * “the murderer. of Mood he great anhanged,” sof 90 forth. z It is more significant, however, un account of the unan- swerable evidence it affords of the disgust that is everywhere entertained towards the ministry, who and re: have ben pene I iples whic! pledges and prince’ stones to power. will be disputed on the atedly violated the formed their ste; It is said’ that Mackenzie's sent round that he rendered eed himself ineligible by abjuring allegiance to British sovereignty on the occ: the States) Whatever be the worth of the objection, the damaging effeot of his election, so far as the Ministry are concerned, will llis election is their condemnation. George Thompson's star set more dimly here than was enitable to his taste. He was resent at a soiree given by the members of the Mechanics’ In- stitut nd went out of his way to assail a city jour- nal, whose editor had ventured to question the puri- ty of the agitator’s motives. Thompson stam d with rage while noticing the imputat oa—ealied it 8 lie—and loudly puffe In the next wamber of his Paper the attack, with interest. He hom * career in Great Britain, ai conclusively thas Re bas invariably been a d his own disinterestedness 0 editor recapitulated ulrling their c! mat , lastly, that he has crossed the At- lantie on “spec,” toeseape competition with pro- fessional orators of, r talent, by whom his bread is perilled. e#e facts are not known, I think, so ally, as they ought to be, in the Union, ‘ir publication here had » ical effoct in opening men’s eyee to the humbug of the man who proved himself # most skilful extractor of “Yorkers” from other poonles pockets. Although in the town then—and for a day or twe afterwi ‘Thompson made ne attempt to reply to'the damaging exposé. Before returniug to his nigger friends at Syra- cuse, Thompson has accepted sn engagement, which he is now fulfilling, to lecture to t! Bopeg wood choppers of the North, oofonaibiy 06 railways genorally, but really in favor of the Ontario, Sim coe, and Huron railway—Mr. Capreol's wondrous project. Poor fellow! ‘ of actors and acting. T. B. Besnard is about to favor the Toronto: with what he is pleased to call Sasegelen theatrical season,” by ‘a sterling company” from the States. 4 T have called this a dull city. It is so, in spite of its commercial | browperity, and the rapid advances which it has m: in architectural beauty. The pureuit of dollars and cents is the sole duty of man everywhere; but, after getting should come spond- ing. Here, the getting only occupies attention, and the result is a dull uniformity, which robs life of more than half of its charms. “Apart from this, the entire character of colonial society tends to de- velope trumpery conceit und pride to an intolerable extent. The genus snob grows to perfection here. 1 am familiar with English, Scotch, and American society, but nowhere have | found such a preva- lence of genuine snobbishness as in ‘Toronto. yet it has a loyal, busy, pious popalation— leavened, however, with rather more than a fair share of full-grown rowdyism. Much of the wheat in this nei winter-killed. In the townships o! cousy, and ‘Trafilgar, farmers are holding heavy stocks of wheat, with a hope of higher prices than now prevail. Outs are far from being plentiful. Peas and timothy seed are at a premium; the latter chiefly in consequence of the demand from the States. Canadian farmers would certainly cut 1 very poor figure without the merchants from your side of the line. ‘They sneer at Brother Jonathan, now and then, but they can’t afford to quarrel with him. ‘They are “annexed” in interest, though not inlaw. That may come, by-nnd-by. ANGLO-AMERICAN. Toronto, Chingua- Movements of Jenny Lind. MADISON AGAINST THE WORLD—FIF TBE DOLLARS FOR A JENNY LIND TICKET. (From the New Albany (Ind.) Ledger, April 12.] Our good neighbors at Madison, as “all the world and the rest of mankind” know, claim for their city pre-eminence over all others in the Hoosier State. They delight in calling her the “Queen city,” the “onterprising city,” the “com- mercial emporium,” &c., &e., &c. Well, nothing would do but these enterprising citizens must have a concert from Jenny Lind. Agents were despatched to Barnum, and negotiations set on foot for a grand concert. “Madison! Madison!” quoth Barnum, “ where is Madison ?” and he pull art his pocket edition of the map of the United , and by the aid of his opera glass at length ied the locality of the aforesaid Queen ¢ Jt was represented to Barnum that were the divine Jenny to give a con- cert in Madison, his and her fortune would be made? he might retire to the peaceful shades of Iranistan, and she to her native city of Stockholm, with ample fortunes. But Barnum was not altogether satisticd; he said he thought he had looked over the census tables, and had * stuck a pin” in all the big cities, but he didn’t find any pin opposite Madison—in fact, he didn’t find Madison at all. Here was a predicament our neighbors at the foot of the deep iggings never dreamt of. Could it be possible that Barnum—the shrewd Barnum—the “woolly horse” Barnum—the world renowned num— could possibly be so ignorant, and so blind to_ his own interests, as to refuse to give a concert at Ma- dison? But they were not to be bafiled in this way. Ma had set their hearts on a concert from Jenny Lind, and a concert they would have. Barnum said that he was more than half convinced of the im- portance of Madison. He usually received from eight to ten thousand dollars for a concert, but as it would not detain him in the least, he would consent to give a concert if they would guarantee him five thousand and pay all expenses. ‘The matter was soon arranged. Bill: on, an enterprising Ma- disonian, without wife or babies, jumped at the chance. Dreams of wealth floated through his imagination and haunted his sleeping hours. A fortune made in a night! He would not take a cool five thousand for his bargain. The three daily papers at Madison were in danger of bursting their boilers with the amount of steam they carried—puff! puff! puff! of Jenny and Bar- num, and Wilson, were heard, morning, noon, and night. Free tickets were sent to the editors of all the village papers along the railroad line, from Vernon to Indiauapolis inclusive. Puff! paff! was the response. The day of the concert—the da; wegnant with big events to Madison and to the vil- lige editors approached. Each train was loaded with the wondering natives from the interior. More than this, extra trains were put on, and all, all, were filled to overflowing with the eager, gazing crowd. The hall in which the grand concert was to be held, it was computed, would hold at least twenty-five hundred persons. It had held that number of dressed hogs in pork killing time, and surely a man or woman Would not occupy more space than a dressed hog. Things went on swimmingly —an auction of tickets was held, and Capt. White bid off the first at eighty dollars. Glorious! A second sale took place, but somehow the tickets were not taken so freely, or at such prices as was expected. But it was attributed to the fact that the good people from Dupont, Edinburgh, In- dianapolix, Scipio, Elizabethtown, &e., | ived. A third sale was had, but still folks were cautious in bidding premiums,and at the close of the sale some thousand or fifteen hundred tickets remained unsold. The day (yesterday) wore away, and evening came. The Madison wharf boat crowded with an excited multitude, each indivi- dual macy hed eyes in anxious anticipation of the arrival of the magnifloent Ben Franklin, with Jonny and Barnum on board. At length she came, hobbling along on one wheel, having broken her pitman strap. ‘The good people from the intoric ad never seen a steamboat, were highly elate he steamer approached, caps were thro’ high in the air, some of which unfortunately fell in the river. The boat landed, and Miss Jonny for the first time put foot on Hoo Iter recep- tion was such as Cleopatra might have been proad of. She was followed to her hotel, aya from her hotel to the pork houso—we beg pardon, concert hall. Hundreds poured into the hall, but seats had been provided for thousands. What was to be done? Tickets were offere five dollars— and a half,—but still there were hundreds of va seats—as Vacant as poor Billy Wilson's face. first overture was over: tickets were offered for four doNars—three dollar fty cents, but it was no go. Mr, Wilson's ticket cost him some fifteen hundred dollars. lie takes the wind out of Genin’s, Koss’s, or Koot's sails. His name should be heralded throughout the Union, on the wings of lightning, as the individual who paid fifteen hundred dollars for a Jenny Lind ticket. After her first and last grand concert in Mai last night, Miss Lind proceeded on her way to cinnati, and this morning, we presume, the cars were crowded with th lagers who had come hear the Nightengale—fally persuaded that they had got their fifty cents or dchar's worth, as the case may be We hope that the next time our Madison}friends undertake to get up a Jenny bind concert, they will let us know, so that we may be on hand. JENNY LIND AT THE MAMMOTH CAVE. The Nashville Whig statesjon the authority of an informant, that Mons. Belle of the Jenny Lind troupe, received a drubbing at the Mammoth Cave at the hands of “some Kentuckians,” for reeeating their eflorts to make thomselves agreeable to Jonny. HUNDRED Wan merwern Sparx axp Sooo Istaxo.—The Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 18th inst., rays :—We have been favored with an extract of a letter dated ‘ Manilla, January 23,’ which embodies the follow- ing important intelligenee— We are h state of excitement bere, as war has been di by the Spanish government against our piratical neighbor, the Sultan of Sooloo, An expedition, consisting of three Steamers, a corvette, a brig, with trane- ports, and 5,000 regular troops, will soon be ready to invade Sooloo. "The island has always been a nest of pirates, and as they fired upon one of the steamers sent to demand satisfaction for sundry in- sults, besides ill treating the bearer of tho flag of truce, government will now teach them a lesson which they will not soon forget. The foree which oes down is a sufficient for the purpose. You have no idea the ernelty and audacity of the Seoloo people. The liveliest enthusiasm prev among the men and officers who are to form the ex- pedition.” Break tN THE Canat..—We learn that thore was a break in the canal at Brockport yesterday. About twenty feet of the new embankment formed by tho enlargement of the canal through that village the paet winter, and which had not become thoroughly settled and compacted, was carried away, About 4 o'clock P.M., the water had been d, but it would take tome time yet to complete the requisite repairs. Onthe north side there is a considerable embankment, now composed ia part of sand and lumps of froren earth, protected only by sheet piling, where there should hare been a substantial wall, 2 he oe “tte accidents de not ceour there in course of the scaeon. State . 6 be oz mountain and in every and po will be buried, bi valley? and the again stand forth a united and victorious part, ‘any one doubt the fulfilment of such » little does he know of the warm sym, attachmente glowing in the hearts of the le toward the great chieftain. The outgushings ic feeling can no longer be restrained, and we already 1 of the fircs on the distant the West, at the capital of the old key-stone State, and but poworfully, it is sweeping along the Atlan- Ue count, carrying dismay into the u patiots, but electrifying the true friends of the country. Efforts may be made corrupt partisanYenders and disunionists to stop or turn aside the current of public fecling, but the attempt will signally fail—the people have willed that Gene field Scott shall be our next President. will is our will—let their will be done, (From the N. Y. ‘Tribune Cincinnati Correspondence} © great place; at least Gen, Scott he crackling gradually, iticians and sham Well, Cincinnati in thinks so. The boat he fore its usual time, and the receive him, #o he got into a fact. ful yet plearant that war, this is in otic al fi neither victory nor ren: Tean say, gentlemen, f and in the war with 3 did their whole duty, and ous maine, GEN. SCOTT'S LETTER DECLINING A DINNER AT CIN- dinner, to be given on son This dirtin, hed mn: singe my arrival among you, duty and gratitude to. the Quee most wonderful creation of modern times, and came on arrived two hours be- military were not ready to @ dirty hack, which was at once covered with men trying to chake hands with th (id hero, The driver tried to knock them off. and at La took the butt of his whip and laid them flat with brui: hends, when a stone from the crowd sent him to keep them company sans ceremonie. Then commenced a gene- ral fight, and stones and dray plus were the weapons, and more thap one head was prepared for the surgeon's care, At last a drayman whipped his horse through the erowd, ran over two or three and made # passage. the General was put through to the Burnet House in the fast line, doubtless thinking the people loved him, was the reception; the papers did not publish it, for they take good care not to hear of such things; but it is One stone hit the carriage or the General, it was uncertain whieh—it came from behind. *S SPEECH AT PITTSBURGH, our presence fills me with pain- i ot Y aun ot mas. ur kindness and respect to my countfy, has met with favor, and I ain gr: ra of the volui w > meet a large number of my coun- ‘n of Cineinuati, whem you r as they deserved, a glori- (Tremendous cheers.) has renewed my - Does atest eaten ries of of the ‘bald ith joy by Win- The people's and Such ou surviving soldi t. But many of your their day of bustle al, rs and regulars in 1812, this day be recorded art,that in that war, unteers of Pittsburgh innati, April 9, 1851 onor, at your hands, to » at a public tty of the which no American can behold withoot feeling a beight- ened glow of patriotism, Gentlemen, I must beg of you to allow me to decline the honor of a public dinner whieh you have so hand- somely tendered. uccept a consideration, GEN. SCOTT'S NATIVK “AMERICAN Thave not accepted an. i the kind ina great many yeurs, aud shall her, but Lam not the less, with ritation of we | never the highest Your grateful and vbedient serv't., WINFIELD Sourt. TE: or 184). Wasnixeton, November 10, 1841 Dran Sin :—I bave the honor to acknowledge your let- ter of the Sth instant, written, as you are pleased to add, in behalf of several hundred native American republicans ot Philadelphia, Not confidentially, but not for publication, ready replied to a letter from David M. Stone, Keq our city, on the same subject. ike manner, and in haste, This i: Thaveal- of Iwill write to you in he month when the ‘ure of official business is the heaviest with me— Yr leaving scarcely time for necessary sleep und exercise, I must not, however, wholly Should xny considerable sign me, or desire to give the public, shall take ti were chosen in New York. methodize any the great question you have proposed. their origin in the stormy elections in the and were confirmed in the week that the Ha On both oceans lect your communication, her of my countrym prominent position before Those views hud that city, and heard in the streets the cry, © Down with the natives!” forcigners day after th never precisely kn Pro pub my two friends, bly the election of before natural: a republican, or whig, wh Democratic Ame thing, native citizens devoted to our country ne election, I set out for the South, and have n why ourappeal was not published ie it nder Whom in youth I commenced life, always been called, 1 have ever professed myself, simply ch with me, was the same ns It was heard in almost every group of the signal for rallying wad outrage. with indignation, two friends sat te parlor, at the Astor House, (November, 1840.) to draw up an address—designed to ral * Fired wn with me in my American party larrison rendered its ation at that time ungccessary in the opinion of hesitate between extending the period of resi- on, and a total rej of all acts would include all good its institu tions ; would not drive from us naturalized citizens, who, by long residence, have become identified with ue in feeling ond interest 1am happy to see, by the Philadelphia National Ame- that. religi neh Prot and God, except in ant as Tan other patriote have bappil y set high respect. your fellow citizen is to be excluded as # party clement both by birth and convie- to a party or State rel mingled up with either t entirely between each individual he way of reason and genile per- uuasion ; as in families, churches, and other nce (after years of discretion) or re- n It ccsions of to the great work which you and on foot, I remain with WINFIELD corr fo Groner Wasiuncron Reno, Esq., and others, Phila. delphia, Newspapers and Parties. (From the Tri April 21.) The New York Globe, the only paper publishedin our sity in the interest of the ‘*National,” “ Union,” very democracy, after many convulsive tortions gave up the ghost some wee and has thus far slept quietly, despite some rumors Hereupon we hoar many of its early resurrection. sage comments on the forlorn state of the thus left without an organ, and of the want of Ted by s Now, in the first place, * th or of intelligence impl means so destitute as hns the practical and ¢ Herald and Jour these Micient al of Commerc party spirit | veh dostitution, party , three dail of very wide circulation, which,though they sometimes speak kindly of a whig candidate, neve oti portunity for th toco vrinciple and decries pro sympathy with th Mate or Natio policy of internal improveme: 3 and *0 on every question wh tniss an op- joa of loco es free trade his fellow 8 involving the great princi y and national policy two great parties confront hos- | tility \to free the Journal Pp estab journals of ¥ s ily zt and tire independence of p cost the party nothing commend its views ev called, like the Glole tributions and ne cause they have he wor very d to the party's that the Tammany k wise thing in letting th a very stupid regular p of itself, it may do the just as it happens to be conducted; but a which is merely partisan—which uniform| what is done by “the aay re +€ exert but a feeble inf and enervates its powe sake of their party; in long tot right vot trust, increasing. near! i the blind thralls of par and vote against its eat reason for so doing, and they keep their « open in order that they the Meni il belonging to the Union. ery great daily circ ot wholly among thos rine I k of ing ta hittle e Gi one if they ever reeuseita ty paper should spring up party “the party” and condemn: what a us or. ve led to secure the more effi economic discharge of certain public di roportion of our citizens who can truly be eaid to is or that party is sensibly dixain the number who regard as imperative i at elections, and makin exertions to induce others to do likewise These, of necessity for acting usually with this or that whose gencral tendencies and purposes seem to coincide with their own; 3 they res all politicians have done t and movements, | © quite up to the | ather below it; but tently m. ained the take care ¢ zed on free | ere, then, a lation which are arry it 3 While atly calling « party any good, be. lation and that ly immorally har- ¢ think, therefore, al mn lobe go down, ard will do | it. Ma} ul take root | od and it may not, | inal pproves the nature of things, Its ser yy Tunes Ww men | for the greater number just in order to live, ‘ard parties but a ut liable to great jent and The ishing, duties reasonable we f course, perc they its dicta idates when thoy see good furction of organs” and t ally di ing out. Onl few ot F places whic! in W still ¢ wide And thus the see. ma hele potency are gradu- ashington eity anda ling to the fashions of the last age, is there any remaining vocation for “organs. And parties can do quite as little for * organs,” ‘as “* organs” ean do for with a large command of official advertising, rtie *. A party in power, print- ing, &e., ean do something toward sustaining a newspa) ment —| amounts to little. it can 7 aid of ite party. If it Laer, Se r—can even enrinch an inland establish- geet commercial cities, the cost of publishing # daily jourwal has that all that can be done for it in the “ own so great, organ” way It must be strongly rooted in apart from politics, or oreven live by the ite comequeace from useful to its pte apramged it pnp A ie r the reall » should trut! speak as plain! The Case of Commodore Jones, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. A Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, under date March 16th, holds the follo language in reference to Commodore Jones’ ay to the President, inst the hasty action of the Secretary of the Nev vy in his case:— Commodore Jones” (saya the letter-writer) “knows that the law gives the porer of approving or disay the sentence of the court, When it does not ext to a dismissal from the serviee to the Secretary of the Navy, and that the President hae nothing te do with it.” Will the correspondent of the Herald, or any other defender of tabam, cite the book, chapter, and page of the which confers power on the Secretary of the Navy or War, to approve and execute sentences of naval and mili- tary ts martial, whether within or beyond the jurisdiction of the United States? No such lawful authority oxists. Art. 35th of the Naval Law em- powers the President of the United States, the Seo- retary of the Navy, and the Commander in Chief of the Fleet or the Commander of @ ‘Squadron, while acting out of the United States to convene naval courts martial. Articles 41 and 42 of the same law, empower the President of the United States, or when the trial takes place outof the Uni- ted States, the Commander in Chief of the Fleet * or officer ordering the court,” i. e., the commande er of a squadron who may be detached from the fleet on special service, to confirm proceedings of courts miartial, approve sentences, pardon, miti- gute or commute punishments after conviction, &o., &e.: but newhere on the statute book, can the Seeretury of the Navy find, unless by forved aud unnattval inference, ‘any authority for confitmaing sentences of courts martial praert ie order of the President. The idea is absurd. power to enforce presence of the sovereign, without subordinate having any power to ate sentences or punishment, and 8 cign master, by whose breath he is acting, having any power to set aside or annal hi+ minister's decisions, however monstrous they may be, weuld bo « mockery of justice, and an out- rage upon the rights and liberty of all'subjected te such irresponsible and uncertain influences. The law confers no such power, and it has not beon be fore claimed or insisted on by any Secretary of the Navy. The practice ofthe government is against it, or, at any rate, was eo to the close of Gen. jel auministiation. 3 respondent of the Mervid is again at fault in ay * By the way, there israther a singular circumstance inthe life of Commodore Jones, which presents a striking coincidence in all but the com clusion to the presentcase. Some years ago, @ pur- serof the navy was tried by a court taartial, of which Commodore Jones was the presiding officer. ‘The court found the prisoner guilty of the charges; but he, not approving of it, came out in a letter commenting upon the proceedings of the court. Commodore Jones complained that this was a re- flection upon the honor of its members, and at his instance the purser was broken for it.” This allu- siong ie doubtless to a court martia! at which Com- modore ‘Thomns ap ©. Jones presided, in Baltimore; about fifteen years since, tor the trial of Purser A ministerial officer clothed wi sentences in UL in the Zantzinger. Purser Zantzinger was fully acquitted of sll the charges and specifications; but the ac cuser and prosecutor, (an officer of thenavy,) was dis- satisfied with the pags» and findings of the court, and attacked it through the columns of a newspaper. For this he was subsoquently tried by a court martial which sat in Washington, wi which Commodore Jones had little to do, for, ak though summoned by the na Department as @ witness, he was never examinedin the case. The officer was sentenced to be dismissed from the navy, and Com. Jones bad the gratification of ret good for evil, for when the friends of the dismi officer inte , and urged a remission of the sen- tence, the ral Jackson positively fused to ply, unless Commodore Jones wou! it. The officer referred to is now a Post VY. Ket. Groner: Puanoan, Tar Meurperer or Muse Suareress.—Recent demonstrations show that Pha- ronh has his mind fully bent upon —— rison. When persons have visited his cell, his y manner and suspicious eyeing of the door and corners, even inthe midst of the gravest conver- sation, have not failed to create an apprehension that he would resort to the snost desperate measure, if noed be, to free himself from prison. It has often been observed in the jail of Chester county, as well as in other prisons, that the prisoners have conversed with each other pening the little window which ‘hits the cell and acimits the air, and raising their go that one may be beard by th t ad- ing prisoner, who may be waiting at his window to hear him. But this a a violation of the rules, and is always punished by a short allowancs of isions. It is only done at a late hour 0! night, when all is qvict, and it is supposed that th keeper and watch are asleep. Pharoah has repeat edly resorted tothis means of keeping up his inter- course with the world. He dovs not seem ambi- tious, however, of being known as George Pharoah. Upon one occasion he was overheard in conversa. tion, late at night, with his ave hisname as George Gar heen canvioted of a trifling offence, to cight months’ imprisonment—but that ho would soon be out, and then his proseeutors would have to look out! Upon one night last wock, a man was pet on gnard to watch the pritovers, During the night, Pharoah got into conversation with the ed. jomning prisoner. He stated that if it ‘and very cold, the cast iron pipes of his cell which pass through the wall could easily be broken, and then he could escape through the wall into the yard. He then asked if the man had a knife. He said he had. George said he wanted to borrow the nife, and told him to tie a string to the knife, pat his arm through the window, and throw it toward his window, and be, Pharoah, ‘would eatch it, Thia conversation was overheard by the watch, and was communicated to the keeper, or his d . Phe kcepor, after u time, proceeding to the cell of the *haroah held tho cooversation, man with whom I found him with a Barlow pocket knife, with astring » i: about thirty feet long. The string wae manufactured fi © cotton yarn which he had ah also evi whieates with been epoolir pris knocking on the wall whicl wore winter, surnment; pre- nt all the members. jemental memorial in the case of A. inst pard came to an opinion the: upplemental memorial bo not receive then proceeded go the consideration of the momo- rial of William S. Parrott, with the accompanying pcuments and proof, claiming indemnity for losses reeulting from a forced loan and illegal f i Mexican tribunals, and also for the amount of exchange drawn by General Herrera on General in, fi hed to the Moxican pa pon the Board came to an in, te triote in Ist opinion th two first itoms claimed in the said memorial are valid ag xican govern- ment, and are accordingly allowed; the amount te be awarded subject the future action @ the Roard; ond the third ite is not and is di wed noce reeced hearing ber 10, 1850, avking to b awarded to hor under the decision of 3th . When the oard, after a ro-oxamin ation of the evidence, in connection with the ments of counsel, eame to an opinion that interes should be allowed former decision of the the claim for interest, is reversed that the claim is valid, and ie rd, allowed accordingty vor 1851 —The quantity sent this week by railrosd, is D4.179 0S—by canal, 12.192 08—tee week. 46.312 08 Increase by rnilroad, thie week, 56 07 —by canal, 1,001 06—total increase for the week, § The corresponding shipments Inst year, were, y railroad, 25,022 15 tons—by canal, 16.728 0} tons go long es the shipments of coal continue to increase. it ie all folly to expeet any reduction from the rates establiabe ec by the traneporting companies Shippers, will have to conform themselves to the present cirewm: stances in such manner as secineth best to themselves. If the prices received will not pay, the best plan will be to close up their coleries, and purchase from those whe can afford tosell at lower fates. ‘The canal ia evidently not receiving het portion of the trade. With an aben- dant Fupply of ears and beats, to carry to market $00,008 tone a season, and a her expenses are the same whether rhe carries 400 oF 800.000 tons of coal to market, a deter. mined effort ought to be made to secure hor share of the Ti Cons Tr trade. The rates of steam towage on the Delaware and bo Canal been reduced as folk wa, until Aw gust bi From Fairmount to New York From Richmond to New York After August Ist, the rates ton. In consequence of thik reduction, the rates of freight from this Togion to New York, have been reduced frem $1 70 to $1 6. Thie reduction will aid the camal. We understand that the demand for coal is fair at pre cont—ond that white ach is selloig at $5 25 per ton, om hoard, at Richmond. on the ueal time, Some inferior qualitics are sold as low as $3, for cash. ty one oF we houses. Prime red ash readily brings $3 50 on board. ‘The canal, we lenre, has eustained no damage from the rise in the Bebuytkill —Dorterilde (Pa) Miners’ Journal, Apri 19, There were 87 deaths im Docton during the week end fing tive 10th inst,