The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1853, Page 4

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Before the question was put ta the vote, the Preal- dent row: and congratulated the members on having manifested a new spirit, and giving proof of their determination to sift, in fatare, all public matters, and exercise a care that nothing shall pass without being examined, so that the public shall not be needlessly burthened. He recommended that in thie instance the report be laia on the table, without being printed. Alderman Ring acquiesced, and the motion was car- ried. When all the business was ended, the Board adjourned to this evening, at six o’cloek. The Board of Aldermen adjourned from yesterday until this afternoon, for want of a quorum. A German, named Peter Bail, aged seventy-three years, was run over by a horse and wagon, at the corner of Houston street and Second avenue, on Tuesday morning, and eventually died from the inju- ries, A Coroner's inquest was held yesterday, when the jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. Mr. Berkely, of No.8 North Moore street, was taken ill in a porter house last Tuesday night, and -> conveyed to the Seventeenth ward station honse, were he died yesterday morning. ‘A Coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from serous apoplexy. The whale ship Jefferson spoke on the 24th De- cember, in latitude 29 27 8., longitude 34 37 W., the British ship Three Bells, bound to London from Port Phillip, Australia, with 100,000 ounces of gold WATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham strect—O'Neal ™ | Gust on freight, and 20,000 ounces in the hands of @emar—Loan oF 4 Lover. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Lapy ov Lyoxs— ‘Sue Ruview. passengers. Our inside pages to-day contain the Broadsides of the Opposing Factions, relative to the Troubles in AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Daxciyg Barser— | Tammany Hall; The Act of Incorporation of the Ramercx Boy. Evening—Op Fors at Homx. CHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Ennorus Mxxopms py Cunisty’s Orzra TROUFR, ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood’s Musical Hall, 444 Broad- ‘way—Ermorias MINSTRELSY. CIRCUS, 37 Bowery—Equrstaian ENTERTAINMENTS. GFORAMA, 586 Brosdway—Baxvary’s PANORAMA ov mms Howy Lann. HELLER’S SOIRFE’S MYSTERIEUSES, 539 Broadway. New York, Thursday, February 10, 1553, ‘The News. Decidedly the most important feature of to-day’s ii New Orleans, pletely revolutionized. The new President, Ce- wales, having apparently caught the spirit of the people, put a final quietus to the imbecile Con- gress by routing the members at the point of the bayonet. This coup d'état was undoubtedly neces- | ported gary, in order to prevent the overthrow of Cevalos himeelf. The citizens had declared in favor of the evolutionists, and there was no other alternative. Cevalos immediately issned a pronunciamento, call- ing for a National Convention, to reform the consti- tation, elect a President, and legislate for the benefit ef the people. He also ordered a cessation of hos- tilities on the part of the troops against the revolu- tionists. The crisis has at length arrived, and we shall shortly ascertain whether poor Mexico is to ence more rise or be entirely blotted out from the list @f republics. The decisive and vigorous movement of Cevalos may possibly save the confederacy. A despatch from New Orleans announces the ar- zival of the steamship Philadelphia, with advices from California to the 15th ult—two weeks later. The news from the gold regions is still very un- ever, as well as several others, had receded in price in the San Francisco market. The New York steam- ers Ohio and Uncle Sam were left at Aspinwall. by the Georgia, two weeks ago. The decrease is, of eourse, accounted for by the floods. the Hall of the House, for the purpose of counting fhe electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States from the 4th of March next. ‘The tellers having performed their duty, the Presi- dent of the Senate rose, and officially declated that Franklin Pierce and William R. King were duly elected, after which the two bodies separated. Sena- tor Hunter, of Virginia, and Hon. Messrs. Jones, of Tennessee, and Hibbard, of New Hampshire, were appointed a joint committee to wait on Genernl Pierce and notify him of his clection, and the Presi- dent of the Senate was authorized tg zive a like no- tification to Hon. W. R. King. An interesting arti- cle, descriptive of the different Presidential! elections, will be found in a subsequent column. In the early part of the day an unsuccessful attempt was made in the House to have the somewhat ridiculous procesd- ings of the night previous erased from the journal. Probably, for fear of a repetition of the performance, that body resolved to wind ap the day's business without holding an evening session. A memorial from the New York Chamber of Commerce, recommend- ing certain amendments to the Warehouse bill, was appropriately referred. According to the last advices from Cubs, Hon. W. B. King had been invited by Captain-General Canedo to reside at the palace during his sojourn in Cuba. Little in the shape of business was done in the New York Legiclature yesterday. The Senate very properly avoided troubling the O’Snllivan memorial, thongh it is understood it will be brought up again today. A warm deba‘e sprung up, and lasted thronghout the day, on the Railway Consolidation bill—the point at issue being the proposition to re- @uce the rate of fare for way passengers to the same tatio as is charged to through passengers. The As- sembly discussed the resolutions making provision for the temporary improvement of the canals. The members of the two houses appear to have cooled off considerably lutely, with regard to this question. We may therefore expect that they will soon devise some method whereby the canals can be legally completed, and the dispute put to rest for ever. Curious to relate, Kossuth was the cause of mach excitement in the State Agricultural Society, which eonyened at Albany yesterday, The executive ad- dress, in which the Magyar was highly eul was read by its author, Secretary Johnson. ixrelevant and extraordinary movement seer greatly astonish the majority of those present, sev of whom expressed their disapproval in the most de cided terms, Senator Monroe, of this cit, ing the lead. After a epirited controversy, the Kossath fea- tare of the address was repudiated by the Society in the most decided manner. Hon, Lewis G. Morris, of Westchester, was elected President for the ensuing year, and it wos resolved to hold the next State Pair at Saratoga. The United States Coart, in Philadelphia, yester day sentenced five counterfeiters, one of them a fe male, to imprisonment in the Penitentiary. The receipts of cotton at the different Southern ports are reported to be five hundred and seventeen year. The foreign news brought by the Atlantic imparted considerable firmness to the New Orleans market yesterday, without producing any change in prices. The Virginia Legislature has rejected the propo tion to make an annual appropriation of five hnndred thousand doliara, for six years, for the construction of a railroad to the Ohio river. The freshets throughout the East are gradually subsiding. Those in Pennaylyania have canwed but Rttle damage. The Board of Assistant Aldermen met, per journment, yesterday evening, and transacted a good deal of official business, The only interesting fea- ‘ture of the meeting wasa short conversation that arose’ between Messrs. Ring and McGown, relative fo report which the lattor gentleman presented from the Committee on Ronds concerning the open- ing of 130th street, from Tenth ‘avenue tothe Hud- son river. Alderman Ring desired to see the report lay on the table and be printed, so that the Board might be the Leper coo! led ip judge of the wmatter, yy ¢ Tammany Society; Report from the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps; Investigation of the Charge of Smuggling against Capt. Fitch, of the steamship Washington; Commercial Reports; Court Proceed-, ings, &c. Opening of the British Parliament—Policy of the New Administration—The Cuban Slave ‘Trade. The British Parliament meets today. At the time these lines are being read, the Queen’s speech, if she delivers one, will have been de- livered in the House of Lords, and the Com- mons will be in a fever of excitement to see the new ministry open the campaign. The leaders will be anxiously scanning their forces, and the “whippers-in” scouring the lobbies, or add- ing up on their tablets the estimates of their adherents. Ata rough guess, we are inclined to think the administration will find itself sup- When the in last year, the most sanguine of Lord Derby’s friends con- tained more than three hundred members by a election returns were sent large majority. did not consider that the House on whose vote, he could implicitly rely ; and since then. many of these—some from spite others from conviclion—have transferred their allegiance to his adversaries. The new cabinet is syre of the support of the whigs, who will never abandon Lord Jolin Russell and Lord Palmerston ; and these constituting at least one-half the whole complement of members. will be reinforced by the party led by Sir James Even the radicals will be reluctant to fly into open opposition favorable—the miners were deterred from prose- | WNiil the new cabinet has had a fair trial ; and. eating their labors by the freshets—the roads were | gticvous though the sacrifice may be to him, generally impassable, and in many places flour | we may indulge the hope that Mr. John Bright Brought one dollar per pound. This article, how- } will, for once, show ihat he has lucid intervals, and suffer the business of the House to proceed Graham and Mr. Gladstone. in peace. The session will be an important one. After the failure of Lord Derby’s attempt to restore protection, Lord Aberdeen ‘will probably deem it his duty to re-affirm the principle of unre- stricted competilion, by proceeding with the re- ‘A joint session of Congress was yesterday held in | oval ofthe duties which are still levied on foreign produce. Free trade is now recognized fundamental basis of Great Britain’s it will be carried out to the fullest extent that is compatible with the exi- gencies of the revenne. Six years have made a wonderful change in the condition of the poor of England; but there yet remains something to be done in order that none of the necessaries of as the commercial policy; life which they require shall be taxed to support an exiravagant court or anidle military estal- lishment. This Lord Aberdeen will accomplis! Nor will the intellectual and political we fare of the people be forgotten while their ma- terial prosperity is occupying the attention of the government. Measures will be introduced for the purpose of extending and improving the educational system of Great Britain; and, if well digested, they will enable the Eng. lish to boast, a few years hence, that the stand- ard of popular education is not lower in their At the same time, the great scheme for the extension of the electoral » will be introduced into Parliament, with the sincere approbation of all good men, country than in ours. and to the utter confusion of Blackwood and the tories. If it is carried—as we trust it will be-an end will be put to such disgracefal scenea as the recent investiga- tions into the elections at St. Albansand Derby have brought to light. The masses will begin to wield substantial power, and judicious con- me will disarm the chartists of whatever real grievances the present state of things in- We are somewhat in the dark as to the other measures of domestic policy which Lord Aberdeen may think fit to introduce. A rm of the Court of Chancery may, however, volver, he confidently expected, and possibly, now that Lord St. Leonard’s preponderating influence will be withdrawn from the opposite s¢ effective steps will be taken for the eatabli ment of a g Bot of this, and 4 we shall know more io ister. To us Gre days the at Britain possesses more poin Her relati of notice. as Americuns foreign potiey of of interest ally worthy shonld say that an outbres s with Spain are espe tw Spanish ¢ duet, in 1 uage mor steamers are about to be despatched to the coast of Cuba, with orders to suppress the traffic at all | hazards, While these measures are being taken in London, and the press is at a loss for expres” Spanish corruption and dishonesty, the home- ward bound steamers sre bearing to Sontha mp- ton the news of the forcible violation of the domicile of a British enbject. and hia imprison- ment and expulsion from San Jago de Cuba, ~ | without the smallest pretence, or the merest formality of a trial, The British public will learn with amazement that these high-handed outrages have received the full sanction and approval of the Captain-General; and that Mr. Boylan, driven from his home, and put to great expense, if not ruined, by the tyranny of the officials, has no recourse left but to call on his country for vengeance, They ‘ wil} bear, mt the came time, thas the Spauich untries might possibly be ex- © capable of quarreling with iJohu Russell bas conveyed vernment his opinion of their energetic than oplimentary, and wilh the vigor which nsn- wily characterises him, bas been unwilling that his brief tenure of the seals of the foreign office should elapse without a practical attempt to en- thousand bales more than up to the same period last | fproe py spect for the slave treaty, Several swift | sions strong enough to convey its sense of niards, it may occur to more than one enlight- ened senator that the earliest, speediest, and most economical mode of realizing the cherished project of Great Britain, would be to bring about the separation of Cuba from Spain, and its admission into the American Union. Of less immediate, though not less contingent interest, will be Great Britain’s policy towards France. Though the great organs of public opinion have ceased to pour a stream of vituperation on the head of the Emperor, the dread of his ambition has not been dispelled ; and there are many who see in his marriage latent seeds of personal ambition which may not improbably lead to a rupture with one of the European powers. We are inclined to ac- cept the pledge given by Louis Napoleon, in the words, d’Empire c’est la paiz, as sincere. But whether the French army can be preserved from sedition without a foreign war, is a question which time alone can answer. Meanwhile, Lord Palmerston will prosecute the“ enrolment of the citizens into an able militia, with vigor, and the Foreign Secretary will doubtless do his best to avert the terrible calamity of a war with France. Circumstances are favorable— not a pretext for a quarrel is on the tapis: with the least possible management it would secm that the most friendly relations might be maintained. We sincerely hope they may. Wouen’s Ricuts axp Trerorarisd.—We have published a report of the proceedings of the women at Metropolitan Hall, on Monday even- ing, who, having hitherto distinguished them- selves as actors at the Women’s Rights Con” ventions at Worcester and Syracuse, now come forward in the Empire City, to enlighten its denizens apon the subject of temperance. It is singular what an affinity there is between all the isms—abolitionism, freesoilism, agrarian- ism, animal magnetism, socialism, spiritualism, bloomerism and teetotalism. Birds of a feather flock together, and the advocates and friends of any one of these isms are generally found at the gatheringe of all the others, giving them aid and comfort, and countenance. The T'ridune is the organ of them all, and would be, were there ten times as many as there are. Horace Greeley was present, as usual, and made a speech. This is the first time that these strong-minded or strong winded ladies have made their ap- pearance in a body before a New York audience, though we have had lectures from individual orators upon several occasions; one, for in- stance, holding ap Cleopatra as a model wo- man for all time. They are becoming gradu- ally bolder and bolder; and we should not be surprised if they hold their next convention in the Empire City. We think the women are perfectly right in insisting upon their husbands being temperate, but we are not aware that the ladies in ques- tion have any husbands at all. Some few of them, perhaps, have for spouses old women in breeches; but, as a general rule, it will be found that they have either not yet caught a victim, or have discarded their “worse half” as un- suitable to thelr tastes, according to the ap- proved doctrines of Fourierism. Ladies of this class have, for the most part, a desperate enm!- ty ogainst the masculine gender in general, and denounce their injustice, cruelty and despot- ism. From neglect of the other sex, and from the withholding of their rights, the minds of the Amazons dwell so much upon one idea that they become half crazy, and sometimes say very strange things under the influence of this mono- mania. With such women reasoning is perfect- ly useless—the doctor, or a husband and a baby, is what they want tocure them of their mental malady. We think every young lady has a right to o temperate as well as to a spirited husband, and they ought to all sing—*A sober spouse is the spouse for me.” But temperance is many-rided, and there is temperance In eating as well as in drinking—temperance ({n opposition to extrava- gance) in the cut of a lady’s garment; and there is 9 temperance of the tongue, which is of great importance to a woman who wants to get a good, sober husband, and when she bas got him to keep him so, Bat womnen who are busy- bodies, and not keepers-at-home, and who des- pise all the maxims and advice of St. Paul as “oid ism,” are very likely to make drunk- vrd= of their husbands, if they should have any: and if they should not, are likely never to get hold of one in his sober senses, especially if they talk as plainly as they did at Syracnse about the organs that distinguixh one ex from auother, TeLrotant ro Tn Pacuie--We are Ukely to have one, and that very soon, if our legis- lating friends at Washington do not disappoint Mr. Weller, from the Committee on Terri- tories, reported, in the Senate, on Tuesday, in favor of the Alden and Eddy scheme, and offered a bill, embodying the points of their memorial with a motion that it be made the special order = s00n as printed. We have on several occa- sions alluded very fully to the plan of Messrs, Alden and HWddy, as set forth in their memorial. We consider it the only feasible one, looking to the nature of the ground through which the line must pass, and the innumerable difficulties an air line would have to encounter on such a route, not only from the reckleas inroads of the needy emigraut and the wild savage, but from the fatal stampede of the buffalo, against which lat- ter evil a cordon of soldiers of ten times the strength proposed for the safety of the poles io the O'Reilly echeme would farnish no protec- tion whatever. Buffaloca know as little about the mysteries of the magnetic wires as the wild Camanches, and would probably show as little regard as they for the eanctity of the telegraphic pole, The underground telegraph, therefore, is the only feasible, safe, reliable plan, and that we must have, us. members of the Slave Court at Havana have | Tux Ivrenwatiowat Coryniont, ¢gzary—Wuat thrown off all disguise, and, preferring the cynicism of the confessed villain to the dissimila- tion of the secret knave, have rendered it almost impossible for their Englieh colleagues to sit on the same bench with them. Under snch auspices, it will fall to the lot of Lord Claren- don to regulate the future relations of Great Britain with Spain. That he will recede from the position assumed by his predecessors, no one who knows him will expect; on the contrary, his antecedents afford ample grounds for believing that he will not only crush the recent attempt to revive the slave trade in Brazil, but that he will effectually eradicate it from Cuba, even though the operation were to cost Spain the possession of the island. Not many days will elapse before the conduct of Canedo, the corruption of his subordinates, and the wrongs of Mr. Boylan are proclaimed with fit comment in the British House of Commons; and with ample proof before them of the enormous diffi- culty and expense of suppressing the traffic by force, and of the utter faithlessness of Spa- 18 THE Marrent—We ventured to congratulate our readers. a few days ‘Jfnce. on the prospect of a speedy ratification. of the important treaty made between Meters, Webster and Crampton. on behalf of ther respective governments, for the reciprocal protection of the works of Eng- lich and American authors on either side of the Atlantic; and we ventured to anticipate the immediate conclusion and ratification of this literary treaty by the Senate of the United States, not having any idea that any unneces- sary impediments or obstacles would be volunta- rily thrown in the way by those whose official duty it is to forward it to completion. But in this we have somewhat erred ; delays and obstructions, it would seem. have been cast in the way, and prevented, up to the present time, the ratification of the treaty. Ithas not yet received the signatures of the two contracting parties to it, and consequently it has not been re- referred to the consideration of the Senate, with- out whose sanction and concurrence it cannot, of courge, become law. We are puzzled to find out where lies the fault, and what can be the interests which are thus powerful to intercept and delay the ratification of a treaty which is so perempto” rily demanded by the necessities of the age ; which the greatest intellects in England and America have recognized as fair, just and requi- site, as between nation and nation, and which is sanctioned by the universal sentiment of the American people. Is the delay attributable to the neglect of the British Minister? Is it Mr. Crampton who has hitherto declined to place his signature to the treaty? We hope that Mr. Crampton has too high a sense of the obedience he owes to his government, and of the respect due tothe mani- fest desires of the reading English people, to per~ mit any negligence of his to interfere with the consummation of a matter ofso much interest and importance; and if he negotiated the treaty with Mr. Webster, why does he hesitate?— why dont he complete his part of the business? Or is it with Mr. Everett or the President that this delay originates? Is it to their opposing influence that the non-completion of this inter- national treaty is owing? It is to be hoped that they will not be influenced by unoficial outside persons, and be unwilling to aid and assist in forwarding a measure which will be so beneficial in its results. We would seriously and definitely ask the reason why the completion of this treaty has been thus retarded? Why the signatures of the contracting parties have not been appended to it, while it has been sanctioned by the cabinet; and why such a length of time has heen nced- lessly permitted to elapse without this docu- ment having been submitted for the considera- tion and ratification of the Senate at Wash- ington? To all these quesiions we respectfully “pause for a reply.” Tue Harp SHELLS anp THe Sortr—Two Titoy- pERBOLTS Or Wan.—-We have already published the hard shell protest, signed by Thomas Barr, against the actiqn of the sachems, and the eoft shell rep'y to th's, signed by L. B. Shepard, Jacob F. Oakley, and Thomas H. Faron. We publish to-day two other documents, which are veritabie thunderbolts of war—one the pro- nunciamento of the sachems of Tammany Hall in favor of tho softs, and signed by all of the Council except one member—the other, a bomb- shell from the harda, signed by three niembers, inthe name of all the rest. What the effect of these explosive missiles will be remains to be seen. But if the public, with four such tre- mendous documents on the merits of the contro- versy. cannot arrive at a satisfactory conclu- sion, they ought to be left in a state of happy ignorance. For our part, we must confess that after the perusal of them all, we are about as wire as we were at the first. With this contro- versy between the hards and softs, and the flare up between “young America,” headed by Geo. Sanders, and “the old fogies,” represented by Gen. Cass, the democracy seem to have quite a hot time of it, while the whige coolly look on, ebuckling with delight, und shrewdly cal- culating that, if this internecine war continues, they will have an easy victory In the Presi- dential election of 1856. We have great con- fidence however in General Pierce that he will soon bring both bards and softs to their senses, holding them in hand with a tight rein. Clear the trock. Musteal. Tax Orera at NiBLo’s—SwounG Derectsp.—For some time, a sort of speculators, who purchased one dollar ticket: to the opera at Niblo’s, have been in the habit of welling them outs'de the doom for two dollar tickets, to pertors who came unprovided with tickets. Hitherto the speculators escaped. Last evening, however, two of them were caught in the act, and conveyed to the station house by the } o¥ce, Several persons complained of being deceived in t! ia way. This, however, is their own fault; for if they purchased their tickets at the right place, this could m¢ happen. The house was crowded, the per. formance be'ng “Don Pasquale.” To-morrow night tbe opera will b> ‘Sonnambula.'’ Marine Affair.: Deraictew oF si AYRICA—The Cunard steamship Africa, Capt. Harrison, left at three o'clock yesterday afternoon for Liverpool, with thirty-three passengers, Tar, Lancrer Canco ve have received a communica- tion signed “‘An American,” stating that the cargo of the steamship Atlantic, on her late trip, comprising 900 tons, was not the | ever brought here, the Cunard steam er Arabia having brought 1,080 tons, which was 100 tons more than the Atlantic, Drant or A Verenan Sepmastar.—Captain Freeman Gibbs, master of b aklin, a regular trader between this port ond Tr Cap . died very suddenly at that be wasa native of Sandwich, . seven years of age. He had sailed in Mr. Benjamin Iurgoes’s employ since 1816, and had performed over 110 voyages to the West Indies, He was mnuch esteemed hy sll wlis knew bim.—Boston Jour nol, Fb. 7. " < ve Francisco. She left San Francisco Sept. 26, and passed by Honoluly in eight daya eight and a ball hours, believ. ed to be the quickest run ever made,—Hoston Advertiser. THe SiCKNB ON BOARD THE Sine ANTAROTIC.—-A slip from the Norfolk Herald, dated Tih instant, «the following y s regarding the awful moriality on Woard this vessel:— On arriving off the Capes the ship was spoken hy the Baltimore pilot boat Boston, Watts, magter, wlio went on board himself, on learning her condition, and ordered the boat to accompany ber. Mr. Watts found the eap- tain and the first and third mates ill of the fever; the se cond mate had died previously; the first mate died the following day, and was buried on Old Point. On the shipa coming to anchor in the Ronds, a boat was sent on shore, near Hampton for medical aid, and Dr. Hope went off in it tothe ship. No communication wae held be tween the pilot boat and the ship, the former keeping some distance off; but after the ship had anchored, a boat from her came alongside, and put the ship’s doctor on board, with instructions for her from Mr. Watts, the pilot, to proceed up to Norfolk to obtain a snpply of hater, and (clegraph the arrival and distress of the ahi to her owners, in New York, which being accomplished, he returned innpediately to the ship. When he left her on Saturday, the captain was not expected to survive till the next day. By this evening's steamboat from the Roads, we learn that the captain is better, and will probably re- cover. There have been no deaths on board sinee the ship came into the Roads. The Case of Clarke and Sullivan, Feb. 5, 1863, Dan S1r,—I reeetved your letter about the cases of Clarke and Sullivan yesterday. I cannot commute the punishment in the ease of Clarke. I may send Sullivan to State Prison for life. I have seen Mr. Morris, who war counsel for these ners, and who has interested him- self in their behalf. The limita of this note will not allow me to give my reasons for my decision.,] wish you would let Clarke know what my decision,ia, it he has not al- ready been I will write to you again abont the ease of Sullivan, vor ed &, _ BoRaTid fEYMOYR, , Mr. Wleetion of President and Vico Preatdent—Hie- | the first ballot. The toted stood—For Adame, 1g ) States; for Jackson, 7 States; and for Orawford, 4 terieal Sketeh of the various Bilections since 1789. The declaration of the election of President and Vice President of the United States by Congress, after counting the votes of the Electoral Colleges of the several States, is an event which is considered so ser much a matter of course, that it has long since failed to attract public attention or interest. The election of the electoral colleges, by the people, in November, | Andrew Jackson. is the great point of interest upon which public atten- = tion is concentrated; and when the result of the votes of the people is known, the great question is considered a8 eettled—no one doubting that the Pre- il M. Vi sidential Electors will carry out the will of the 3 Vee Daren, people. It may be interesting, however, immediately after the counting of the electoral votes by Congress, which ceremony took place yesterday, to notice briefly the various elections of President and Vice President, as they have been declared by Congress, since the adop- tion of the constitution, to the present time. The Congress of the Confederation, on the 13 September, 1788, having ascertained that the con- stitution had been adopted by the requisite number of States, took measures to carry the same into effect, by resolving that the first Wed- nesday in January, 1789, should be the day for appointing electors in the several States; that first Wednesday in February should be the day for the electors to vote for President; and that the first Wednesday in March be the time, and the (then) present seat of Congress (New York) the place for commencing the proceedings under the constitution. Wisin fs Elections having been held in the several States | Winfeld Scott.. for Presidential Electors and members of Congress, proceedings commenced, under the constitution, on Wednesday, the 4th of March, 1789, by the meeting of Congress at New York on that day; but a qaorum | Peter Bail, who died from injuries not being present in either house, the Honse of Rep- resentatives adjourned from day to day until of Flouston street and Secor Wednesday, the Ist of April, when a quoram, con- sisting of a majority of the members elect, appear ing, they elected a Speaker and Clerk, and proceeded to business. The Senate, in like manner, adjourned from day to day until Monday, the 6th of April, when, a quorum of Senators appearing, the Senate | jpg, proceeded, by ballot, to the choice of a President of | meat; between ten and eleven o’clock the young that body, for the sole purpose of opening and count- ing the votes for President of the United States. The electoral votes were accordingly opened and counted on the 6th of April, 1789, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives. The whole number of electoral votes given by ten of the thirteen, States, (New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island not voting,) was 69—which number George | rendered a verdict of—Death from injuries Washington received, and was declared unanimously elected President. John Adams was elected Vice President, Having received 34 votes, and 35 votes were divided among ten different persons. The con- stitution, as originally framed, required a majority of the electoral votes for President, and the next highest person voted for was to be Vice Presidént, without regard tothe question of a majority. Four Presi- dential elections were held on this plan; but after the fourth election, in 1801, the constitution was amended, agreeably “to its present form, requiring the Presidential Electors to vote separately for Vice President: By an act of Congress passed in March, 1792, the first Wednesday in December was fixed as the day for the meeting of the Electoral Colleges in the sey- eral States, and the second Wednesday in February succeeding every meeting of electors was the day appointed for the opening and counting of the votes for President and Vice President, in Congress, and the persons who were to fill those offices ascertained and declared, agreeably to the constitution. The votes of the Presidential Electors being always ascertained previous to the day fixed by law for counting the votes in Congress, that ceremony has only been regarded with attention by the public on three several occasions, viz :—First, in 1797, on the election of John Adams, by a close vote, over Thomas Jefferson, there being up to the last moment, some degree of uncertainty as to the final result ; second, the election of 1801, when Jefferson and Barr re- ceived an equal vote for President and Vice Presi- dent, and the House of Representatives was called upon to decide the question between them; and third, the election of 1825, when there was no choice by the Electoral Colleges, and the House of Repre- sentatives was required to decide between the three highest candidates, Jackson, Adams, and Crawford. Since the first Prosidential election in 1789, the electoral votes have been counted in Congress on the second Wednesday in February after the election, in conformity with the act of Congress of March, 1792 The following is a statement of the electoral votes given at each election since 1789, as counted and de- clared in Congress. By the constitution, originally, each elector voted for two persons, without designating which he pre- ferred for President: — Finst Fixction—1799—No. of Electors, 00. George Washington...,. 69 Samuel Hunti Goeeatese cr Ss ae JobaMitonscterr. John Jay.. 9 Jas. Armstrong 1 R. H. Harri 6 Edward Telfair. 1] John Rutled 6 Benj. Lincoln, 1 John Hancock 4 = George Clint BS SON ei cieaty ss «es 6 George Washington elected President, and was inaugurated April 30, 1789. John Adams elected Vice President ; took his seat as President of the Senate, April 21, 1789; and his oath of office, Jane 3, 1789. Seconp ELecT1IoN—1798—No. of Flectora, 132. on, 3 . George Washingt 132° Aaron Burr....... 1 John Adams, 7 — George Clinton. 50 Total... 1sz Thos. Jefferson, ‘ Washington and Adams re elected. ‘Tum Exxcrios—1707—Number of Eleetors, 198, John Adams + TL James Iredell..... 6 ‘fashingt re Wi George Clinton , John Jay ..... 2 John Adams elected President, and Thomas Jef- ferson Vice-President. Fourm Exrcriox—1801—Number of Flectors, 188. Thomas Jefterson + Ti Charles C, Pinekney Aaron Durr 2 TB SMM IAY oi... .cscesere 1 Jobn Adams 6 The electoral votes being equal between Jefferson and Bnrr, no choice was effected by the Electoral Colleges; and the result being declared in Congress, the House of Representatives proceeded, on Wednes- day, Feb. 11, 1801, to the choice of a President. The balloting continued until Tuesday, 17th February, when, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Thomas Jefferson having received the votes of ten of the sixteen States, was declared elected President, and was inau- gurated March 4, 1551. Aaron Barr, as Vice Presi- dent, took the oath of office and his seat in the Senate the same day, Yarn: ELncrion~1806—Electoral votes, 176. President. Vice President Thos, Jefferson, 162 George Clinton Chas. C. Mnekney, 4 Rufus King Snemn Erer0n—1309--F etoral votes, President. Vice Pre 122 @MBrge Clinton MI ufus King... 7 . 6 Jamen Madison, 3 Jarwes Monroo. 3 John Langdon f) ovr Fuxcion—1813-—Keetors, ; Vice Pr 128. FIbridy Vice President. +..183) Daniel D. Tompkins .» OF John PB. Howard James Ross... John Marshall Robert G. Harper. Nuvra Execrion—1821—Flectors, 232. President. Vice-President, James Monroe... . 231 Dank. D. Tompkins... Jobn Q. Adaras, { Richard Stockton Daniel Rodney, Robert G. Harp Richard Rash... Tenn Fincrioy—1826—Electors, 261 President. Vice. President, Andrew Jackson, 99 John ©. Calhoun, Jobn Q, Adams 84 Nathan Sanford, Wm. H. Crawfor¢ 41 Nathaniel Macon Rufus King, Henry Clay...... ++ 87 Andrew Jackson. Martin Van Buren, 9 Henry Clay...... os § No choice of President having becn made by the | James K. Polk. States. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice President by the Electoral Colleges, President. Jackson, Adams, William Smit ‘TwELTH enmtnantine ee President. Vice 219 Martin Van Buren. ry Clay.. 49 John Sergeant. . hn Floyd i William Wilkina William Wirt.... 1 denry Lee... Amor Ellmaker.. TamreenTa E1EcTiOx—1837—Electors, 204. President. Vice President. - 170 Richard M. Johnson... Neither of the candidates for Vice President hay- ing received a majority of the electoral votes, the Senate elected Richard M. Johnson, according to tha provisions of the constitution, by 38 votes, against 1G th | for Francis Granger. FourtexyTa ELscrion—1841—] 904. President. par + 170 George M. Dallas, Henry Clay.... . 105 ‘T. Frelinghaysen Srxreentu Execrion—1849—Electors, President. Vie Taylor, Zachai Lewis Coroners’ Inquests. Corgser. Gasstlocwas ented upon yostenaay aa er Gamble.was y an inquest upon the body. of an OM map, which Tuesday morning, by being knocked down relongig take Willen Cress ee nd avenue. “ auae Bail, ihe of Shie.daceaeed, sworn, Rope hes er husband out for groceries at nine 0’e! the morning; ne nor them, and was on his way home, when he received the injury; I went to where he lay, and a policeman and another man were im up; was taken home and attended to by doctors, he died at a quarter past four o'clock in the at oon, William Graham, sworn—Yesterday y) morn< I sent my young man out to serve my 6 with: i came back, and told me that when he was serving Mr. McClay, between Third and Fourth ai in Second, avenue, something started the horse, and that he had Tun over a man. Witness here detailed his tothe ce, Paying all attention to the a and how ng he had ion, Charles Graham, sworn, testified 9 his having driven, the horse, the fright of the animal, and the it. Dr. David Uhl made an external ‘examination of the ody. Witness described the injuries whieh the sustained. After the charge from the Coroner, the jury scaldenisily received by being run over by a horse and cart, upon the 8th inst. ‘The deceased wasa native of Germany, and | seventy-three years of age. SuppEN Dratu OF Mz. BERKLEY OF NORTH MOORS #TREST.<4 Coroner Hilton held an inquest, yeeetey evening, at upon the the seventeenth ward station house, body of a man—then unknown—who was given in gharge fea Kissell, of No. Police at ten o'clock. Tuesday night, by Mr. 80 Avenue A, brought to the: station + and died there about one o'clock, yesterday morning. The will be more fully understood from the f mony, taken at the investigation:— Nicholas Kissell, being duly sworn, deposed—] [ and keep a porter house at No. 139 Avenue A; the dey ceased came into my place and ning. o’clock last Tuesday night, he sat down upon a rank half, and then went to sleep; he sat about an hour and a half; I awoke him, and, asked him where he lived, and advised’ him to go home; this was after ten o'clock; I called upon the pollee and they removed him to’ the station house; 1 do not know him; Idon’t thirk I ever saw him before. sevent ward. with other officers, at Mr. Kissell’s, and man to the station house. He seemed stupid; he twice; he sald, **Ob, my father and mother,” we ra his head; he said, ‘That's right, rub on’; we brought him Saetites tal 2 ti paares IER anes o’ 3. we found on person a pair S paleic® ‘silver Spectacles, sine oon in 5 rubber tobacco ich, @ pawn ticket for a wateh, a Fibs of Weis dy the wateh eas paren Monday rans 2-14; 1 wat was on tween nine and ten o'clock, u? rf between eight ¥ the name of Mr. Buckley, of North Moore street; he had om a brown overcoat, strij Diack hat; T should thi ; Dr. was sent “or. B. L Budd—Atiended aa family, and was about to spring, in ‘order to share the Peoperty. Police Intelligence. Caution to Hack Drivers.—Peter Burley, Chtarged’ witht violatlng the "ordina Te ting the nance, ofa gentloman more fare than allowed by law, added which was a considerable amount of abusive language The Mayor, on the evidence, found the hack driver guil- ty, and impored a fine of $10. Burley refused to pay the ine, and in default thereof the Mayor committed him to the Toombs for ten days. Reckless Shooting.—The police of the Nineteenth eh ape aera a bargin; ay peed with arge oO} ly disc i a pistol, wit szoall chet, wounting = Mr. Thomas Finn, and a child named Kearns. It seems that Goodwin was Finn, and when opposite the house, Goodwin discharged the pistol, as alleged, at a dog, but, missing the dog, the contents of the [need took effect on the person of Mr. Finn and the child of Mr. Thomas Kearns. The police took Goodwin before Justice McGrath, who detai: hint in ei ee seal ith a Slung Shot.—A young man named Clements Klein, was yeaterda: eereted, tar a charge of violently assaulting George Faber with a slung shot. Or | searching the person of the accused the slung shot waa found, and officer Fulmer conveyed him before Justion McGrath, who committed him to prison for trial. A Dishonest Mate of a Vessel.—Ofticer Furlong, of the | Fourth ward, on Tuesday arrested a man named Thomas | Rockliff, formely second mate of the ship Independence, | ona charge of stealing two pieces of broadcloth, valn at $144 82, and two boxes of Chinese vermilion valued at hundred and thirty-four dollars—in all valued at $278 82— street. the property of James Foster, No. 78 South On the arrest of the prisoner he acknow! te the policeman that about three months sinee, when he | was soon ate of thn said ship, he carried off from the | yosel. while a East river, the two pieces of broad cloth and the yermilion; and further, that twenty- five yards of the-cloth he sold to Aaron Chichester, No. | 98 Bowery, for $25 cash and 820 in ready made clot: | ‘The vermillion he sold to Henry Waldron, corner of Bur- | ling slip and Water street, for $25. Upon these facta | being shown to Justice Bogart, Rocklift waa committed to | prison for trial, | Charge of Ldtel.—OMicer Burley yesterday arrested 0 German, named Winchestans Kubats, on a warrant is- sued by Justice Bogart, wherein he stands charged with: | sonding varions anonymous letters tomerchants, defami the charaeter of Antone de Leyer, a brewer, doing buns ness at 101 Twenty-sixth street.’ It appears that Mr. | Abram Halsey, Jr., "No. 65 Warren street, received letters opt the like nature, cautioning him to beware of Mr. de Leyer, as something was wrong in his business, afiécting the interest of Mr. Halsey. These anonymous letters were | tent only to merchants to whom the complainant was in- | debted and with whom he was doing business, evidently | intending toinjure the credit of Mr. de Leyer in their esti- | mation, The hand-writing was identified to he that of Kubata, and the magistrate held the accused to bail | in the sum of $500, to answer the charge, in default of which he was committed to the Tomba. Maliciousous Driving +n Broadway—Arrest of a Stage Drier.—Officer Wildey, of the & Court, on Monday arrested John ', driver of stage 828, of the Fourteenth street and Broadway line, ona charge of wilfully running his stage, on the 18th day of Decomber last, into the cart of James McGuire, while im Broadway, thereby throwing MeGuire fromm the cart in & mort violent manner, injuring his person severely. Jus- tice McGrath held the accused to bsil to answer the charge, in default of which he was committed to prison. Charge of False Pretences.—Officers Dowling and Lord, of the Sixth ward police arrested, on Sunday afternoon, a man named Charles Lewis, alias Garey, ona charge of obtaining $55 in money, from Mr. Gordon Bradley, mer- chant, No. 124 Water street, by false and fraudulent rep- resentations. It appears that Lewis called at the store of Mr. Bradley, on the 28th of January, and represented that he had forty-five barrels of beans and twenty-one barrels of dried apples on their way to this city, on the Hudson River Pailroad, valued at near $400, and exhibit. ed a freight receipt, as follows:— Sr, Annays, Vermont, Jan. 24, 1858. Received in good order from Charles Lewis, by the Vermont Central Railroad Company, forty-five barrels of beans and@wenty-one barrels of dried apples. J.D. FOSTE! Fre .D. Kt ht Agent, The receipt appeared to be penne’ and it, adloy believed the representations, and advanced $66 on the property, and received tho freight receipt, in order te secure the property when it arrived. ently tt was ascertained that the representations were false und fraudulent, and that Lewis was about leaving the city, having engaged himsclf as teward on board the ahip Fagle, hound for Australia, on which vessel the offieers found him on Sunday, took him into enstody, and brought him before the magistrate, who committed him. to prison to await a further heaving. Charge Dismizeed against Captain Close,—In the matter ending against Captain Close and his mate, Robt. Sann- 4, of the bark Loretto Fish, charged with embezzling & portion of the cargo, fthe case was, on Monday, bronght up before Justice Bogart on a hearing, and for the want of legal jurisdittion, the magistrate dismissed the.charge—the evidence showing that the sugar em- bezaled from the hogshead was done while at sea, and therofore not within the jurisdiction of this State. Stealing Sails from a Vessel.—Ofiicer Dwyer, of the First ward, on Tuesday night arrested a black maw named Vincent Van Bergen, and a white man called Theodore Becker, whom the officer caught in the act of stealing, from Pict No. 11, two large nails, Belonging to the ship New York, valued at $50, the propert or at. Baxter. @ larceny was clearly proven, and Tostice Electors, the Honge of Representatives,on Wednesday, February 9th, 1$26, elected Jobp Quincy Adams on fart committed (he accused Parties to the Tombs fog ‘ and asked for a glase of beer; an India | Eanatae q along Fifty seventh street, near the dwelling house of Mi J { t |