The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1853, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7878. MORNING EDITION----FRIDAY, JANUARY 14; 1853. DOUBL NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. THE NEW STEAMER ARABIA AT HALIFAX, SHORT OF COAL. ‘THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Political and General Intelligence. DEATH OF KOSSUTH’S MOTHER. Decline in Cotton---Breadstull; Quiet, &e., &e., &e. Haurax, Jan. 13—5 P, M, ‘The royal mail steamship Arabia, Captain Judking, from Liverpool, the Ist inst., for New York, has just put inhere short of coal, having experienced very heavy weather. Bhe brings forty-cight passengers. Owing to the occurrence of the Christmas holidays, she Of course brings but little news. THE NEW BRITISH MINISTRY, BTC. Several appointments by the new Aberdeen Ministry ‘re published. Amongst them are the names of — Viumra, for Judge Advocate. : Mr. Havre, Secretary of the Treasury. Sir W. Pasx Woon, Vice Chancellor. Admiral Barwtzy, one of the Lords of the Admiralty. Lord Drums.annic, Comptroiler of the Household. * Mr. Monseti,, Clerk of the Ordinance. The report that Queen Victoria is again in an intorest- ing situation, is confirmed. FRANCE. There is no news from the French empire of any ‘moment. SPAIN. It is reported that Mr. Barringer will slertly resign his appointment of American Minister at the court of Madrid. The Count Villanueva, long a Cuban intendente, and the richest man ia Spain, is dead. PORTUGAL An unexpected decree has been issued, converting all the Portuguese debts into three per cents TURKEY. After a battle in Montenegro, an armistice had been agreed upon until the Sultan’s decision could be known. INDIA. The Caleutta mails to the 24th November, and Bombay to the d December, had reached England. The news was quite unimportant. The commercial accounts show but little change, ‘Money was abundant. MUTINY O¥ CHINESE ON BOARD THE SHIP GERTRUDE —SEVENTEEN PERSONS SHOT. ‘A mutiny by the Chinese on board the ship Gertrude, Bound from Amoy to Havana, had occurred. Soventeen vof them were shot, and the vessel put into Singapore. DEATH OF KOSSUTH’S MOTHER. Kossuth’s mother died at Belgium on the 28th Dec. ‘The Belgian government refused Kossuth permission to visit her. LOLA MONTES’ HUSBAND DROWNED. Mr. Hield, the husband of Lola Montes was drowned at Lisbon by the upsetting of a yacht. Commercial Affairs. THE LONDON MONEY MARKET. Diseounts were unchanged. Money was in demand. Con- wols for account, 100 3¢, ex-dividend. Baring Brothers & Go., say the demand for American Federal Bonds and in- scriptions continued. ‘There was no change in others. Eagles were worth 76s. 5d. per ounce. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. The cotton market has been dull all the week, and price Suvored buyers, but quotations were but partially lower- -e4, to the extent of a sixteenth of a penny on American Aescriptions. The sales, of the 31st ult., were 4,000 bales sand for the week they footed up 35,700, including 1,400 on speculation. and 450 biles for export. At ihe close of the ar an error of 46,500 biles in exeess upon the stock on nd, had been discovered. The stock smounied to 577, 820 bales. The following were the authorized quotations: — Fair Orleans, 6:1. i upland: Tres ordinaire Qule%ns, $5 franes ; Ba: LIVERPOOL CORN MARK ‘The breadstuffs market had been quic he ruling figures:—Wheat, 7s. ved; flour, 285, 6d. a 203. fe Is. 3A. fe Baltimore. PRODUCE MARKE Rick was rather duil. MoLasses—No sales were reported. Svuear was in fair demand for refining. Cormme.—Sales, St. Domingo, 44s.; Bahia, 41s Tra would be rather slack till the holidays w Gvaxo.—1,000 tous guano brought better DyEwoons.—There had been so change with fair sales. = Quercrrron Bank. Nava Stonss.—s} bbls. rosin, ASHE. , 2 Provisions were unc: Larp was nominally higher. TALLOW was quoted at 46s. 6d Fraoias were unchanged. THE LONDON MARKETS Coffee Is. dearer. Breadstufls were ba Cotton bas declined one-e in dyewoods, Baltimore is quoted at Se its turpentine, 59s. Sales of © sales of turpentine oy tar, 1,000 maintained. ‘air business was doing in Passengers per Arabia, ler Sirben Ben, lady and servant Allan Me- Nab, lady and servant, Mr Waller, lady and daugiy Henry, lady and three chil Mr Hill and lady, Mrs Art Weeks, Dun tey, Van Blo Barnes, Osbs Halber, fin, Pete’ o ard, Blanchard, Lucas, Will Shipping Intelligence Arriyed from Baltimove—27th, brig 4 Clyde; bark Acadia, (Br) at Plymouth From Virginia—26th, bark Finma, (Iv From Charleston—19th, Maria, at W From Savenaah—29th, Trenton, and Howard, at Liver pool. From Mobil hh, Carlo Mauran. From New Orleans—zsth, Na Sea Nymph, in the Clyd ven; 30th, Charles Chalvo land, at Liverpool: 31st Ramagate. in the sior do. and We: 28th, Rebece The Pennsylvania Kidnapping Case, &e. Baro! n, 18, 1 ‘The ease of Rachel Parker, the pe dom, she haying been kidnapped i nisylvania, was de E SHEET. ~ ARFAIRS IN. WASHINGTON CITY, THE BUSINESS IN CONGRESS. Good Prospect for the Pacific Railroad in the Senate. | Debate in the House on the Treasury Frauds, PROCEEDINGS IN THE N. Y. LEGISLATURE. | THE SLAVE TRANSIT BILL. Miscellaneous Political Items. Railroad Aceldents---Marine Disasters, ke, &e., &e. From Washington City. MR. KING'S NEALTH—THE NEXT CABINET—AN INDIA RUBBER OPERATION—OVPOSITION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE BADGER, ETC. Wasuincrox, Jan. 13, 1853. Mr. King seems better to-day; the courteous treatment | of the Senate bas revived him. Sidney Webster, who will probably be General Pierce's private secretary, is still here, making arrangements pre- paratory to the General's removal to Washington. It is rumored that fourteen democratic Senators are opposed to John A. Dix for a seat in the cabinet. Secretary Everett will deliver the address at the annual meeting of the American Colonization Society, in Wash- ington, on Tuesday next. Much feeling exists among members relative to ramored efforts made by some of the India rubber manufacturers to smuggle through Congress special legislation for their benefit. A son of a Judge of New York, a clerk of his father’s court, is reported to be involved in it. It is un- derstood that the Houston Senate Committee are about to make investigation concerning his connection with the cases before his father. It is understood that the nomination of Mr. Badger will be called up in executive session to-morrow. Whig Senators to-day express the hope of confirming the ap- pointment. Meanwhile, the following despatches have been received by a member of Congress from reliable par- ties in Mobile; _< Mone, Jan. 11.—The papers express the strongest disapprobation of the nomination for Judge of the Supreme Court, as disparaging to the bar and bench of the circuit, because the President falsified the principle on which he excluded Messrs. Crittenden, Hopkins, and Marshall—ond, because it is regarded as a corrupt effort to seduce the independence of the Senate by the kindly sentiments that exist in that body for one of their members. ‘Most, Jan. 12.—The bar of Mobile, without dis- tinetion of party, will send a remonstrance against the confirmation of Badger’s appointment.” And from another source— ‘Mosug, Jan. 12.—The nomination of Mr. Badger meets with oppodition at Mobile, because he lives out of the cir- cuit—he is a federalist in'politics—his nomination is con- trary to the principles on which the President rejected Hopkins and Marshall—to his age. residence, and qualifi- cations—and because it is believed that it is an appeal to the partiality of the Senate towards its own members to secure a seat in the Supreme Court to the whig party.”” THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. Senate. Wasuincron, Jan. 13, 1853. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. The Chair laid before the Senate a communication from the War Department, with a statement of the expenditure of that department for 1852. THE CHLOROFORM CONTROVERSY. Mr. SxnmH presented a memorial of one thousand citi- , setting forth the claims of Doctor Wells as the discoverer of the anwsthetic agent. THE REVENUE @FFICERS, Mr. MALLory presented a memorial of officers of the revenue service, asking for an increase of pay. INDIAN AGGRESSIONS IV NEW MEXICO. Mr. Sewani™ ia, directing inquiry whether any action of Congress be necessary to the pro- tection of New Mexico frow incursions of hostile Indians. Adopted. REMAINS OF TIE LATE Mr. Bucur submitted ar ion, which was adopted directing the payment to the executors of Senator Whit- comb of $175 the expenses of the remoyal of his remains from New York to Indiana. v WIRES TREATY CALLED FOR. Mr. Cass’ resoluiton, calling for the correspondence re- lative to Squier’s treaty with Nicaragua, and other mat- | ters, was taken up and adopted. | THU CHARTER OF WASHINGTON erry. Mr. Strenps moved to take up the bill amending the | charter of the city of Washington, by conferring upon the corporation additional police powers. Agreed to. VHE CONDUCT OF THE LATE COM. MORGAN WHIL COMMAND ENATOR WHITOOMD, The resolution r N ating to Com. Morgan’s conduct while | in the Mediterrans a n was taken up. resented a letter, which he asked might be read, from Lieut, Nelson, vindicating the character and conduct of Com. Morgan. Mr. Haus, (free soil) of N. H., ovjecti of the paper; and pending the question wi be read or not, th ject was postponed to Monday. THE PRC AILROAD TO THE PACHIC. then took up, Mr. Gwin’s bill proposing the n of a rai ai from the Mississippi to the Pa- cific, with various branches. Mr. Gwiy, (dem.) Cal., addressed th written specch for more than an hour in sup | bill, and in pointing out its feasibility and benefits. Messrs. Hamlin, Miller, and Dayis, all followed, expressing them-elves strongly In favor of ‘the bill, but sugyesting that time should be given to consider and de termine th i ‘o the reading ther it should Yow York, urged action on .in any shape it might as- No subject of equal impor: He was glad to see a re of Co: s. After the de- thought Congress should be re- called to the ¢ ation of the inter improvements | of the nation. He hoped the bill would be passed, and | not snffered to remain unacted on any longe: Mr, Cass, (dem.) of Mich., was in favor of a road, bat thought the vexed questions of the termini should be left to be settled by the cutive, after the proper surveys and explorations. Mr. Bute He was for at all times. te. sume, now a tance could oe: m.) of $C. was opposed to the bill. » ought to be proper explorations and surveys. Mr; Resk followed, in support of the bill. After further debate, Messrs. Hamlin and Rusk sub: | mitted counter projects for the road, and all of them were | » printe ot was postponed till Monday, and the Senate adjc a. adjourne | | House of Representatives. Wasi Jan. 13, 1958 MONE LAND WANTED FO , Mr. Danny, (whig) of Mo., pre ing a grant of land on the western bank of th river, to aid in the constr Orleans to Minnesota ction of a railroad from } Referred to Committee on Public | cided in her favor yesterday, the respondent abandoning | Lands, the ease. | Te MILTARY CoMBHTTEE CHAREED WITT INATTEN TION TO The citisens of Chester county, Pennsylvania, offer a | BUSINESS ‘ 1 | Mr. Witcox, (dem.) of rove to what he believed sreward of $1.000 for the apprehension of the murderers | of 1. Miller, who Lin the capture of Rachel, | t° be question of privilege, and asked to be discharged eat pea ahootly s : nthe | from service as a member of the Committee on Military afterwards found dead in the woods, The occurrence took place nea supposed at the time that Mille: ‘and was short! Stemmer’s It y of My. Rink in Philadelphia, Pmnrapeurma, Jan. 13, 1 ‘The Coroner is eng&zed this morning in inv Ahe murder of Joseph Rink. A number of 7 examined, who saw the man ran the The Musee gating sons were e, and last fw man answering the description was & evening, but discharged, not being indentified. The snurder a t five feet ten inches } describe’ stout, with black hair, wearing a goat moustache, An old pocket-book belong ed, in which he usual yt his no} nd missing, Zhe present supposition is that robbery was comunitted Additional from Mexico. Bavrito an, 13, 1853. The mail is through from New Orle The papers pontain the details of the news received from Tampico, to athe 27th ultimo. Among the leading officers of the regular Me ‘who had pronounced in favor of the reve Cols. Casanova, Cruz, and Tenorio, ‘The papers are filled with accounts of pronunciamen Zos, andthe" El Tamaulipero contidently pronounces the government of Arista doome Juan Jose de la Garza, provi ax, publishes an address in w ution. Cols. Mej within ns ican army nists, were nor of Tamauli h he justities the revo and Vega had joimed the revolutionists, and days a force of 1,500 men would be orga the ‘command of ‘these chiefs, which wo apy San Luis and other States of the inte Death of Ex-Governor Cabell. Rrcreonn. Ex Governor Cabell, of Virginia, father ©. Cabell, boride, lic here this morning Affairs. ‘The reason for this request was, he had been summoned by the chairman to attend the sittings of the lay and Fr of each we suance of t ented him larly at every meeting. Up to the present time ther not assembled a quorum for the transacti He felt. unwilling that the public sponsible for the busi Committee on T mmons, he had pre ion of bus ould hold him re cted with which it t the co-ope ant matters y of Mexico, and Ore nate, had been fact, the table of the comni weight of business. The re erri y other: matters In aning with the t will be, the important red to that committee. was ult of thi neg i s of the How will not be attended to, and will, virtually, be repudiated. ‘The next committee will look ov ourn finding the matters not acted upon, will€ake it for granted the preceding committee have re pudiated the business, He did not wish the opprobrium attached to him for the neg Mr. STanty, (whig) of N. C.—I object, for the reason the gentleman has shown bh f to be a very attentive member, and we cannot do better by substituting another member xactly, (whig) of N. ¥.—L hope the request of my colleague on the committce will not be g for with out his aid, and that of two or three ott be a ) 4 M RMAN, (dem.) of Iowa—It is due to # known to the country that Mr. Bissell, the Chairman, is confined to his “bed by « grievous aiiction. and Mr. Gentry, by severe Indisposition, cannot be there. nor has he by any tine during the session. There is a majority without them, Ihave beon there almost every di ion commenced. As there are some gentlemen who never go to the committee, if I had achance [should move to cut them of, and keep my y it is | in any way a friend on the committee. Mr. Frewmas, (dem.) of Miss. —f suggest to my col league it would be very wrong to drive off an active mem- ber of the committee, and it struck him if this should be done there would be no work performed. Mr. SreveNs (whig) of Pa.—I hope the gentleman from Mississippi will withdraw the application. I have the honor to be on the committee on account of my great military services. (Laughter.) For four mornings I have been atthe committee room three-fourths of an hour before the time, and I have always found the gen- tleman there alone. Mr. Witcox—I insist on my request to be discharged. Mr. Frorence, (dem.) of Pa.—I desire my colleague to answer me a question. He says the Speaker appointed him on the committee because he desired to vindieate the frat of history. Now, in what war was my colleague engaged? Mire Srevexs—He placed me on the committee on ac- count of my examination of fortifications, circumvalla- tions, gradations, and other things, the terms of which the gentleman knows at Christiana. | (Laughter.) [It may be stated that Mr. Florence was the foreman of the Grand Jury who examined into the Christiana riots.) ae question was taken, and Mr. Wilcox was not ex- cused. FRAUDS ON THE TREASURY —THE CASE OF MESSRS, GARDINER AND CORWIN. The House resumed the consideration of the bill to pre- vent frauds on the Treasury of the United States. Mr. Srernens, of Ga., was free to state he thdught the investigation by the select committee into the Gardiner claim fully and completely exonerated the Secretary of ths ‘Treagury from ‘an improper connection with it. He then replied to the re- marks of Mr. Johnson, of Tenn., and controverted the re- marks of the last named gentleman, that it is malumin re—wrong in itself—for members of Congress to appear before any tribunal in the prosecution of claims. Phey had always done so, and he had never heard of any impu- tation cast upon their character for doing so. ‘He had been informed that Col. Benton appeared before the Mexi- can Board; also, Daniel Webster and Senators Soulé and Bright; and members of the House, Messrs. Howard, Phelps, and Ewing, the last not nowa member. He did not make this assertion to cast any imputation, for there is no law against any such thing. Mr. Purtps, (dem.) of Mo., said he merely handed in papers to the Board for a constituent, got no compensa- tion for it, and did not appear as counsel. Ql? Howann, (dem.) of Texas, made a ion. Mr. Stavron, (dem.) of Tenn., said he appeared before the Board for a constituent, who employed him aa counsel, and paid him for it. He had attended to thou- sands of cases for his constituents, and never received compensation, although he had been offered it. '. STEPHENS replied that the explanations amount to this:—The gentlemen did not charge their constituents; but, if money had been offered it would not have been considered improper to take it, any more than for prose- cuting cases betore the Supreme Court. His point was this—up to this time in our history such connection has never been deemed improper. ‘There is no Inw against it. In the course of his remarks he alluded to the Galphin claim, giving its history, and insisting it was an honest nd, in conclusion, he would yote for the bill as an inal proposition, and not with reference to past tran- sactio ilar explana- . STANTON, of Tenn., did not see anything improper in appearing before a tribunal ostablished by Congress for the adjudication of claims; but if Congress chose to establish this rule, and say a member of Congress shall not thus engage, he would be content. * Mr. Jounson, of Tenn., asked his colleague whether he would justify Secretary Corwin in retaining the money, if it was established, beyond controversy, that the Gar- diner claim was allowed on forged papers, supported by erjury’ Pile, Sraxtow thought, if such was the ease, the money ought to be refunded. He had been told that Secretary Corwin pledged himself torefund the money if the fact of fraud is proved. Mr. Jounson, of Tenn.—I had no doubt that such an answer would be made by my colleague, for such was the opinion of every honest man. Mr. Orr, (dem.) of 8. C., briefi tion of Waddy counsel, Mr. Howarp, in his remarks, said there was no eyvi- dence before the committee that Corwin or Thompson knew the claim was a fraud. Preston Kine, (dem.) of N.Y., briefly explained the provisions of the bill, and the circumstances under which it was framed, when the House agreed to the several amendments pending, and the Mill now presents the fol- lowing features :—First, all trdnsfers and assignments hereafter made, of any claim upon the United States, or any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and all powers of attorney, or. ders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or any part or share thereof, shall be abso- lutely null and yoid, unless the same shall be freely made and ¢xecuted in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such claim, theascertain- ment of the amount, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof. Second—Any officer of the United States, or person holding any place of trust or profit, or discharg- ing any official function under or in connection with an; executive department of the government of the United States, or under the Senate og House of » who, after the Da%4age of this act, shull receiy against the United States, shall i or by any means, otherwise than i proper official duties, aid or assist in the prosecution or support of any such claim or claims, shall be liable to in- ictment as for a misdemeanor in any court of the United States having jurisdiction for the trial of crimes and mis demeanors, and on conviction, shall pay a fine not exceed. ing twice the amount of gratuity fee or compensation re the person s¢ convicted, gr suifer imprisonment itentiary not exceeding one year, or both, as the court, in is discretion, shall adjuge. ‘Third—Any Senator or Representative who shall receive any yratuity from any claimant certain or contingent, as procecuting agent, or ing, shall’ be liable to indictinent for misdémeanor, and on conviction pay a fine not exceeding theamount of the gratuity or compensation re by him, or suffer imprisonment in the penitentiary ceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the Persons having claims by inheritance, bequest, or marriage.are exempt from the above penalties. Fourth— Any person taking away, with intent to steal, records of a court of justice, shall be indicted for lareeny, and conviction shall be subject to a fine of $2,000, or suffer impri he penitentiary three years, or both. Fitth—Any officer having custody of official papers, who shall destroy them, shall receive the same punis defended the connec- fhompson with the Gardiner claim, as the above, and shall forfeit his ofice and be forever dis. qualified from holding office under the government of the United States. Sixth—For the prevention of bribes, any of the above named offenders on conviction, » fined not exceceding thice times the amount 50 promised or given, and imprisonment ina penitenti not exceeding three years, and the meraber, officer or person convicted of so ing the same, cr any part thereof, » and ) nor, trust or proiit ..” Seventh—The bill applies to all claims against the United States. ‘The question was stated on the bill Mr, Swaersrr, (dem.) of Ohio, moved table, which was negatived, by ul were. i shnson son, Polk, Stanton, (Ky.) Strother (i it lay on the tha nays 143. pending the mr Lousiana Elect Iking at New Orlea New Orveans, Jan The majority for Hebert, dem.) for whole State, is over 2,000, and the i Ballot, will give a democratic majority of probably T. Butler The or, iu the on joint twenty-six. The Hor San Franciseo, artiy ship Philadelphia 1. Butler King, late Collector of Customs at 4 here f n Califor He is going on to Wa ia in the steam shington. The Recent Rallroad Accident..Death of Another Victim. Concorn, Jan, 13, 1853. Samuel Newell, a victim of the late disaster, ported as died last Tuesday, at the residence of his sqn The wife of the de ral John Stark. Stark Railvoad Accident—Passeagers Injured. Frenoyt, Odo, Jan. 13, 1853 A passenger train from Toledo, this morning, ran off the track eight miles west of this place. ‘The baggage, express, and two passenger cars, were badly smashed, Two men were seriously, and several others slightly, injured; but no lives were lost. It ix thought, however, that one man will not recover engine, Another Railroad Accident. Ciwersatt, Jan, 13, 1853. ‘The train from Cleveland to Columbus, last night ran a tree at Lagrange, precipitating the locomotive and on two passenger cars intoa diteh, and doing them much damage. No person was injured. ‘The train was delayed twelve hours. The Baltimore and Ohio Raliroad, Witeking, Jan. 13, 1853. The exeursionists return to-morrow—about eigh them haye gone on to Cincinnati. y of Marine Disasters. BautiMone, Jan. 1853. ‘The British bark Sophia, from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, went ashore near Charleston on Monday last, and, after getting off, sunk in soven fathoms of water, The vessel and cargo proved a total loss, but the passengers and crew were saved. Lewes, Jan, 13, 185 The schooner J. W. Concklin, from New York, for ¥ ginia, came in collision with a Philadelphia schooner, and sustained some damage. She subsequently went ashore The Steamship Cherokee, New OnLeANS, Jan. 12, 185 The steamship Cherokee, from New York vin Ha which arrived here on the 10th inst o'clock, this morning, on hey return. ana sailed again at 8 Affairs in Albany. LEGISLATIVE DOINGS—THE COLONIAL HISTORY— THE SLAVERY QUESTION—TEMPRRANCE AND WO- MAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTIONS—THE ROBBER, ETC. tga ea SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aumany, Jan. 13—8 P.M, Mr. Pierce introducod a bill in the Senate this morning, to abandon the publication of the work called ‘he Colo. nial History of the State.’’ Two persons have been em- ployed, at an expense of $337,680, in copying old Dutch, French and English manuscripts, in the office of the See. retary of State. One volume has been printed. Some twelve hundred pages, and matter sufficient for two more, are inthe hands of the translators. Mr. Pierce deserves much credit for making the attempt to stop a leak in the Treasury. Nothing of importance was transacted in the Senate. The Pacific Railroad bill was not taken up. In the Assembly Mr. Taylor pres¢hted his slave transit Dill. Here is a copy:—“Any person not being"an inhabi- tant of this State, who shall be travelling to or from, or passing through this State, may bring with him any per- son lawfully held by him in slavery, and may take such person with him from this State; but the person so held in slavery, shall not reside or continue in this State more than thirty days; and if such residence be continued be- yond that time, such person shall be free.”? Mr. Taylor said he did not desire to discuss the merits of this bill at this time. He merely wished to say that it is a copy verbatim, except as tp the time of residence, which was nine months, and which fy reduced by this bill to thirty days, of an act in the revised statute of 1830, which was copied from a law of 1817, The same provision is con- tained in the revised laws of 1801, and was re-enacted in 1813. It was therefore enforced for forty years, under Governors George Clinton, Morgan Lewis, Daniel D. Tompkins, De Witt Clinton, Joseph C. Yates, Martin Van Buren, Enos, Throop, and. William I Marey, and was repeuled in 1841, under William H. Seward. ~ When the Taw passed the Senate in 1817 member of that body, and y referred to the Committee on the Judicia motion. What is the matter with the First military fund? Mr. St. John, the hardshell chairman of the city delegation, presented to-day «resolution, which was adopted, calling upon the Major General to report the amount of tines and couimutation received by him, how expended, &e. There appeared to be rebellion in the camp. Send up the Gene- ral by the next train. A vote wastaken in the House upon the question of permitting the temperance gathering to occupy the As- sembly chamber next week. It was carried, by 72 to 41— the Speaker and Mr. Shaw voting in the negative. ‘The Women’s Stzte Temperance Convention also made DN ris for the use of the chamber on the 21st inst. All the Bloomers and ** woman’s rights’? diseiplos are ex- pected. The members will hardly dare to be so uncour- teous as to refuse the application of the dear creatures. Madamo Rumor, that ever active eavesdropper, states that Anthony Blanchard, a lawyer of th ity, is about being commissioned as Inspector Ger in Gov. Sey- mour’s military staf. He certainly will make a fine ap- pearance in uniform. Mr. Preston appears in the papers in vindication of his conduct in taking possession of the theatre a few morn- ings since. He publishes au article of agreement between Madame de Margucrittes and himself, under which he claims the copartnership. He accuses the lady of a breach of good faith in notdi 4g the surplus funds weekly, and preventing him from entering the premises. The sego Bank robber, has finally theatre is doing a good busin The case of Leonard, the been disposed of. The Court of Appeals has affirmed the judgment of the court below, and the convict has been doomed to the State prison, notwithstending the extraor- dinary efforts made and the large sums of money spent to save him. ¥. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Aupany, Jan. 13, 1853. RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION. Mr. Barri, from the majority of the Railway Com- mittee, reported a bill to authorize the consolidation of railway companiés. Mr. Bartlett dissents from the re- port. ‘TEACHKRS? INSTITUTE. Mr. Concer introduced a bill repealing the act establish ing a Teachers’ Institute, CROGRAPIOCAL AND STATISTICAL socIsTY. Mz, Concen reported & bill to incorporate the America Gcogeephioal and Statiotieal Coclety. ‘TWe HARLEM RAILROAD, Mr. Moran gave notice of a bill to’ amend the act of 1862 relative to the Harlem Railroad Company. SAVINGS BANKS. ‘The Senate went into Committee on the bill relative to savings banks and savings institutions. Rose and re- ported progiess, Assembly. Aipany, Jan. 13, 1853. HIS REPORTED TO THE HOUSE. The general orders were taken up,and the following bills veported by the Committee of the Whole to the House:— To extend the time to collect taxes in Suffolk, Yates, Richmond, Dnichess, and Niagara counties. ‘To amend the cha f Buitalo cit, ME CANAL QUESTION. Mr. Cooly’s concurrent resolutions in regard to the canals, were received from the Senate, and laid over. THE NEW YORK SEAMEN’S FUND. notice of a bill relative to the Sea: w York. BILIS INTRODUCED. ‘To repeal the Marriage Registry uct. To incorporate societies for mental improvement To amend the uct relative to harbor masters in New York. To authorize t Sacketts Harbor and Ellisburgh Rail road Company to Mr. O'FK) men’s Fun N ue preferred stock. The Massac! chosen Seere Jacob Loud, (whig) Treasurer nen. also, nine whig cour Char! Thurber (whig) was chosen Senator from Wore in place of Mr. Knowlton, (coalitionist) ve Gov. Clifford will be inaugurated temorrow, and will deliver his annual m p cotton 3 a Ge, for midtlin to-dn stock of cotton ot this port ix 300,000 bales. ‘The increase in the receipts al all the Southern ports, over th: year, is 460,000 bales. 600 bbls. insp: sold at #18. y is firm, Prime mol Ohio flour is dull at $5. Sterling exchange is dull sper cent. Freights are firmer, Cotton is taken for Liverpool at Sod n is quiet, but firm: Cotto f bia, ‘The sales thi ne A Ciwerwatt, Jan 12, 1855. rket to $430 2 $4 Viour has deelined in our m a pats are dull at 6 me to $liin 8! tor shoulders, and 7 The Henry Clay aud Reindeer Steamboat Dis astexs—Motion to Quash the Indictment De= nied. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT Before Hon. Judge Betts. Jax. 13.—Judge Betts delivered an elaborate opinion, of which the following are the points, in re ng to quash the indictment: irst.—It is in the diseretion of the Court to quash an indictments when shown to be defective, or to pnt the defendants toa motion in arrest of judgment. ‘That. diseretion should be cautiously used in deteat- ing the indictment in this case, inasmuch as ¢ particular now alleged to defeat it was appa z the defendants when the indictment was first pre- ferred, and this Court we ept open, and a jury cmapannelled, and numerous witnesses cailed here for this week, at the Instance of both parties, when this motion might | n made in October term last, and with the advantage of having it heard and deter- ed by both judges. Second.—The act of Congress of July, 1838, valid, and confers on this Court jurisdiction ¢ matters charged in these indictments. [5 and 12.] ‘third.—There is no in joining the several a is he lL in ndants, being on board the same boat, in one indictment, for although palpable — error they are not charged with ‘jointly’? commit ing’ the offence imputed to them, it is alleged that each was guilty of misconduct, negligence, or inat- tention in his particular duty at the same time, there- by causing the death and deaths mentioned; and that is prima facie a sufficient ‘‘concurvence” of the ac- ed in producing the death to justify uniting them in one indictment: and the averments of the indict- ment are distributed so as to subject each defendant to the consequences of his own acts alone. Fourth—It is, also, at first impression, a sufficient specification of the crime charged to set it forth upon the indictment in the words by which it is designated or described in the statute. On these grounds the motion was denied. After some conversation between counsel, the case of the Reindeer was set down for Friday morning, Mr. Noyes intimating that he would move for separate trials for the accused parties, | 1 | | impeded by her coll | vemain, NEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Intelligence from Chill, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Our thanks are due to Captain Pederson, who came @ passenger in the IMlinois, for the latest news from the South Pacific. The dates are Valparaiso Dee. 1. Lambayaq) ‘Dee. 5. Callao . {Dee. 12; Lobos 1 “Dec. 14, Payta, “Dee. 15. We are also indebted to Mr. 8. Hubbard, another passenger, for late and interesting intelligence. It is stated by a passenger by the British steamer Bogota, that Flores was again engaged in getting up another expedition against Eenador. It is said that his army this time is to consist of Americans entirely, enlisted in California, a large number of whom have already enrolled themselves in the ranks. We further learn that two steamers have been purchased tor the expedition. he President has published a decree, ordering the new law relative to the duties on the exportation of ailver and copper ores to come into operation on the 15th Senuary, The duty is five per cent on silver and copper in bar or ingots, and five cent on silver ores, called “ frios,"" and crushed ores in proportion to the per centage of metal contained. ‘The following is a summary of the trade between Liverpool and South America during the first nine months of the present yea Valparaiso, Lima £627.39 or $3,136,695 545,911 © 2) Arica . 219,412 + the Mexican steamer Guerraro, late Commodore Stockton, has been rechristened the Caupolican, and is intended to ran between Valparaiso and Valdivia. Several changes are likely to take place in the Chilian diplomatic corps. A small steamer of forty-six tons, called the Phos- phoro, arrived at Valparaiso on the 15th November, in one hundred and twenty days from Liverpool, of which her sailing time was only forty-eight days; she is intended for the navigation of the river Maule. Sundry improvements are projected in Valparaiso, and the railway progresses with much spirit. ‘There is no political news from Chili. The harvest will be abundant. A few slight shocks of earthquake have been felt. The markets are generally dull; considerable ship- ments of tlour have been made to Califor , is in demand lifornia is also in demand, at 10 reals months credit. Freights to California had risen, and for barley and beans vary from $22 to $25 per ton. Freight to England had also improved; current rate £3 10s. to Liverpool. We notice in the Correo del Istmo that it has been informed “ that the Peruvian government had disap- proved the arrangements made by Sr. ‘Tavara, their minister at Bogota, and that in consequence he has been recalled.” The Correo further states “ that the Lima papers mention Don José Gregorio Paz Soldan as his successor.” ° OUR CHILIAN CORRESPONDENCE. VALPAnalso, Noy. 30, 135: State of Trade-—Local Affuirs—Loss of the Bark Trenton, §c., Fe. Business is improving here, freights high, and ves- selsin great dimand. Flour is firm at $8, at six months; barley, $3, cash; beans, $4 2; coal the same as at last advices. The lite accident to the City of Pittsburg, however, together with the vexatious law- suits in which most of the holders of the Coronel mines are involved, have been prejudicial to that spe- cies of coal. Lately, mines have been discavered in the neighborhood of ‘Tomé and Talcahuano, and some specimens of the coal that I have seen are scarcely inferior to the best qualities of Scotch or English. Freights have advanced; one bark has been taken up for San Francisco at $25 per ton, and the current rate now is $20 for Chilian, and $22 a $23 for foreign vessels. To the United States, $16 aud upwards; to Huxope, about £3 5s. Vessela are very scarce here. Many are expected daily from the United States and Europe, some of which are out more thau one hundred and twenty-iive days. This appears te have been a very bad season for making a passage round Cape Horn. The short- est passage that has been made since August was by the Crusader, Capt. Eaton, formerly in the well-known clipper Witch of the Wave. i have little local news of interest to send you by this SoporHinty, The editor of the Mercurro, the liberal paper here, has been compelled to resign his post, aud the Jesuits now have full swing. The police pursue the old system of extortion. The lower class of nitives are quiet; and of the foreign residents, some ave making OnE and other who are not, keep up th its with brandy. ‘The policy of the gov t is to keep the peons constantly occupied, and -for that reason a public work, which might be finished in six month: pies two years, as, instead of using proper mn ry, everything is done by mannal labor. in erecting’ the new custom house buildings, the materials, instead of being transported proper- ly, are carried on the backs of jackasses, which, being five or six abreast, through a narrow street, of course add very much to the comfort and convenience of foot passenge The railroad from here to Santiago is rapidly progressing; two or three stones have been knocked off ani pral shovels full of earth thrown out. According to present appear- s, the work will Le completed ime before crack of doom,” if not sooner. The Chilinos oceu- chine- been informed), intend taking the manage- ment of the railroad between Caldera and Copiapo into their own hands; in case they should, it is caleu- lated by a very accomplished mathematician that the first trains would bring up in about thirty fathoms of water. It has also been asserted by an observing in- dividual, that one thousand natives are daily occupied in atching the telegraphic wires between here and itiago, in order to see the letters piss; but this J onsider to be a gross slander upon the Chilian nation. The Lobos question having been amicably settled, the United States have nothing at present to appre: hend from Chili; but Jonathan has had a narrow es- cape from utter annihilation. “ Our army swore ter- Flanders,” aud the denunciations of the sinst the American government were a locomotive turn te ounce the total loss of the American and; she went down about three hundred miles to the westward of this port, and the captain and crew saved themselves in the ship's boat. ing here this morning. ‘the American barks Sumter and Sarah Snow ar- rived to-<¢ i s of one hundred and ed and thirty days. 1 wish ge of the Crusac is much ision with the Raduga, off Rio, in |: damage. will find you in good health, I YANKEE, , Noy, 30.] which she suffered Trusting that thi [From the V. Of political news we lable to r wither than the changes in the diplomatic officers ¢ the republic, already stated in another part of our sion, and the commutation of the punishment h, to which various persons convicted of politi- cal offences were condemned, to that of transporta- It is with the t satisfaction we mention s latter evidence, ut the same time of the lenity of government, and of their strength. We also have to note the appointment, by govern- nent, of two your, as assistants in the Astronomical Ohser tingo, so long un- Gillis, an officer of the United States ‘The applieation of funds to the advancement of science, by this young republic, is also creditable as well to th vho snggested as to the government which h: srried it out. the advancement of science, by this young republic, 0 creditable as well. to those who suggested as to the government which has carried it out. ‘The harvest will be abundant throughout the re- public, and doubtless when got in will prove no sinall stimulus to business, which has hitherto been so dull, especially as the prices of all articles of our preduee in jornia are encouraging. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt on Sat turday morning at quarter to 4 A. M. At Lima, the shock of an earthquake was also felt on the 27th Nov. ‘The British steamer Phosphorus, of 45 tons, and drawing 24 fect of water, arrived at Valparaiso in 120 days from Liverpool. coriaro, F The mines of the district continue daily increasir and this steamer brings #200,000 thence. CUADOR. r The Legislative Chambers have closed the' D and the President has retired to his country seat for the benefit of his health, leaving the charge of the government with the Vice-President. Ji is stated tha in every place where the Jesnits had established themeclves agitation and discord had followed their steps. ince their expulsion was decreed by the conven- tion, the party favorable to them here are in contin- ual ferment; bot in Quito an emewé had actually taken place, which was only quelled by the prudence © superintendence of M navy. PRICE TWO CENTS. of the called out for the purpose, and by the efforts of Archbishop, which are stated to have been really Christian. The ship of war Seis de Marzo, with fourteen po- litical offenders, under sentence of wes lost on the Bank of Guascama, wirach ts about six miles from the coast, and sixty-@ight persons al- together are supposed to have periahed. Ai the number are two officers, Valverde and Ollarvide. PERU. Peru continues its onward march in Wherality and P , the government continues to apply its Pinole energies to material improvements, and there is very little doubt that she will advance still farther, having long since enacted that there shwaldbe the fullest toleration for religious{worship. 1 this re- spect this republic has taken the lead of Chili, we re- gret to say. BOLIVIA. There is nothing new here. The decree prohibit- ing the export of hard dolJars continues in force, and the natural consequence is that trade ix paralyzed. We do not at present perceive the objectof Fala ment; its effect, however, will soon be feit as well as here. The bark trade, being also in the ex clusive control of government, adds to the stagnaj tion of business. . MARKETS. Varparaiso, Noy..30, 1862. Very little alteration in our market sinee- our lwat re- port. " Sales to a small extent have been affected for the coast, but our large home dealers have not yet appeared in the market, from causes for which we refer our read- ers to our last number. Still, some trifling improvement in the market may be noted, some few arrivals of pur- chasers from Chilian ports have already taken place, and others are looked for. Inquiry for local consumption has this month been in a great degree confined toa few articles, such as fa- {uelas, shirting prints, and othors of which the marketis re. ‘ ‘The expected animation in business for the Arger provinces has as yet only been realized to a very trifling extent; the sales for these provinces do not exceed. 100, 000 dollars up to this date, but a more lively trade: is an- ticipated during the next two months. For Bolivia, nothing whatsoever has been done. In Fnglish manufactured goods, as may be ex; from our introductory remarks, as well as from: the late. ness of the period at which dealers balance their ac- counts, and from their indisposition to increase their stocks, the transactions have been limited, and little al- terations in priees can be expected or noted. ‘The importations from the United Kingdom since last mail have been Jenny Jones, £38,723 Delwain, » 28,106 Meg Merrilies, of Glasgo on 14,717 Total... sens cess ee RBI, 546 above arrivals, the Sovereign, of Glasgow, Simpson, from London, touched a& this port, with cargoes for California. Of American goods we have had no arrivals; the five vessels from the States which arrived here proceed with their cargoes to California. Some sales have been made for consumption, but there isno speculative demand; narrow browm domestics are scarce, and obtain full prices. Of French goods, the Madras has arrived from Havre, with a cargo for this port, besides three vessels bound for California, and one for Callao. The market is overstocked with all kinds of German goods pe of the late arrivals very few sales have been eflected A private correspondent, writing under date of Valpa- raiso, Dee. Ist, states that business was improving there. Freights were high and vessels ia great demand. One bark had been taken up at $25 per ton for San Francisco —the current rate being $23. To Hurope the rate is £8 5s., and to the United States $16 and upwards. Flour was at $8; barley $3,and beans $4 25 1s were firm at last qnotations. Intelligence from Cuba, [From the Kingston (Ja.) Despatch, Dec. 30.] We have been furnished with the following addi- tional facts in relation to the island of Cuba, and the flourishing condition of the slave trade there. It will be seen that while our produce has been sensir bly declining year after year, the slaveholder, by hia great advantages, has been moe most enor- moua crops. These facts are especially submitted for the consideration of the Anti-Slavery Society and the people of England ; and when they contrast the state of the Cuban planter with that of the im- poverished colonial agriculturist, and the rising and rich pintitations of Cuba with the statistics of thrown- up and dismantled estates in Jamaica, they will see the injustice of the mother country in its naked de- formity, and unite in their endeavors to see justice meted out to us, The subjoined facts we can vouch for :— In the district of Cienfuegos, in the island of Cuba, the sugar crop of 1846 was 12,673 tons, with 1,667,600 gallons of molasses. The crop of 15 has been 27,243 tons, with 2,300,000 gallons of molasses ! Will it be said that there was no increase to the slave population of the district during the interven- ing seven years? If there was, whence was it de- rived, as we are well assured it was not from natural increase? The actual net realized profits of one estate in Cienfuegos, owned by an American (absen- tee) gentleman, last year (crop of 1862), was up- wards of $116,000, about £24,000 sterling, drawn from the labor of 420 people, young and old. Will | any man show us how to make free labor as pro- ductive ? Interesting from o1 “ of the Arctic Expedi- tlon, {From the Panama Herald, Dec. 25. From a letter received in this city, we have been kindly furvished with the following interesting infor- mation relative to one of the expeditions sent im search of Sir John Franklin, for the safety of which considerable anxiety was beginning to be felt, as no intelligence had been received of it for a considera- ble time:— ‘The friends of t Collinson, of H. B. M. ship Enter- prise, will be delighted to hear that he has been seen some American whalers. This ofiicer, it will be recollect- ed, went in search of Sir Jobn Franklin and bis party, and was supposed to have been lost, as he had not been heawd of for nearly two y There were one hundred whalers at Honolulu, of which only one was English. The almost entire mo- nopoly of the whaling business by the United States, the spirit, energy, and enterprive with which it is car- don, is a just source of pride to her citizens. Police Intelligence. In the Motter against Policemen Kennedy and Smith.— The investigation respecting the charge of burglary yending against policemen Kennedy aud Smith, of the Fifth ward, i yesterday afternoon, im ze, counsel for the ima dj ding : Osborn accordingly ad- until Seturday morning at 10 Kilbourne, that policeman me, and will not be able to ‘over, for at least the next three se over learn from Dr Smith remains about the be removed, should he r weeks . ‘eduction Under a Prem ixth ward police, y Brian Flemond, on of Mavriage.—Officer Neatia, terday arrested an Irishman, charge of seducing a young oft Irish girl, named dmond, residingat 99 Orange street. ‘The young woman set forth in her affidavit, that Flemend induced her to accompany him to a boarding House.and there under the promise of making her bie Wife by marriage, efleeted her seduction. ‘The prisoner, when brought before Justice Osborn, exhibited a very and endeavored to put on ® exclaiming, before the magistrate in- For what am I brought 1 never abnsed the independen look of inn formed him of the c for? know and if che swee rs Mugistrate.—You before Lhaye told you what it is. This young woman, (jointing to the complainant) charges you with seducing her, under the promise of marriage, Frisoner, (laughing.)—In faith, if she says that, she says more than I did. Lam not the only one—— jainant, (much exeited.)—Oh, Judge, does he say pve my character e good ; all I want to marry mé, and make me an honest woman lagistrate.—-Well, suppose he did marry you, he wou? no doubt leave you the next day. 1 think you ‘are bette off without him Complainant.—I don’t want to live with him; all I war is to be ma n honest woman, and then he can go. wouldnt live with him Prisoner, (again laughing, and turning round to a com- panion, who ca into court with him.)— re ap here Jimmy, and make her an honest woman, Why the devil a you ceme up? istrate, (nddr know about this case? sing this Jimmy.)—What do you Do you knew this young woman? Jiminy.—Yes, I have slept in the same bed with her. Magistrate.—Here, come up here, and be sworn, The magistrate then asked him lat he knew about the com- nant's character. interrupted, and éxelaimed —Oh, his own sister and myself were in bed, and he only laid on the outside, Make him , is that so* ¥ \innmy.—Yes Mapisirate —dust now you tried to make me believe that od an improper intimacy with this young woman. Tdidn’t «wear I had—Ididn’t swear to any- thing. Migistrate.—No; but you tried to injure her character by what you suid, There, you leave the Court immedi- wicly: L believe you are both bad fellows. Here, officer, take the prisoner down stairs; and you, girl, come here to-morrow morning ‘The prisoner was taken toa cell in the Tombs, and the airl went off, believing that in all probability the Court would compel the prisoner to marry her, and thug re- store her character, and make her an honest woman, TO THE EDITOK OF THE HERALD. ‘The unfortunate affair which occurred in Weat street on Wednesday morning, # statement of whieh appeared in your paper of yesterday morning, charging me with the crfive of burglary, (think, when fully investigated, will substantiate any finoeence in the matter. Thope, there fore, that public opinion to my prejudice may be suspend ed until {he whole facts are legally examined before the mingistrate, Wo a