The New York Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1854, Page 2

AFFAIRS AT THE STATE CAPITAL, Curious Political Movements. Interesting Legislative Proceedings, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Senate, Auuany, Jan, 19, 1854 PEITIONS—THE RAN FRANCIECO KRICURRS, BIO Nifygrqus petitions were r relist. Also, 2 petition requesting the Legislature to provide asente for farnishing'’ medals to the rescuers of the pas- pengers of the San carry — So rr CHARTER, otice was given of a bi#\to “prevent the ples of usury pertain cases. ~ falso, a bill toamend the aHirter of the city of New me SPW YORK WATER BOO ‘resolution was a¢optad requi-ing all maps of the ter line of New York in the Seorstary of State's oflice aud with the State Engineer, to be handed over to the Benate. INQUIRY BRLATIVE TO CORPORATIONS IN NEW YORK, Mr. Sravom offered the following, which was adopta the Commitice on Finsnco be directod to petesetereaaeias cnererationy ace keeping ofices and a sacking business in the city of Now York, which wore artered, or represented to be chartered, by’ States o Shan the State of New York; snd t> ascertain as be, the amount of capital omployed by them ert upon the expediency of taxing the capital of 4 THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF MOUNT VERNON, The Mount Vernon resolution was taken up, whea 4 Brooks took strong ground in oppo meniient of Mr Munroe After the conclusion of the debate, th aid on the table, by 17 !0 12, and the Se Assembly. ALuanr, Jam. 19, 1864 CONTENTED SHAT. The House refused to appoiat a committee to go to Jefferson county to take testimony in relation to the con ‘Tested reat from the Second (istrict of that county. SIXPENNY SAVING BANK The general orders were then taken up, anda bill to obarter the Rochester City Si:penny Savings Bank elicited much discussion on a proposition to make it # general law. The proposition was voted down. MLS INT Mr. Horcnrson introduced a on Comaace imtroduced a bill to charter the Rose Hill Bavings Bank. THR NINBTEENTH WARD PARK Mr Ware moved to reconsider the vote ordering the fans of the report of the Committes on the Nineteenth ‘ard Park, repealing the bill. Carried. Mr. Baxrow then moved to strike out that part which ordered the printing. Agreed to The report and bill were then laid on the taole. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION AT RLECTIONS: Mr. Patwrn moved that the bribery constitutional amendment, be taken from the table end teferred to (he Committee of the Whole, Carried THR GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE, The House then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr, Littlejohm in the chair, and took up the Governor's message. Witbout taking any question, the committee Tove, reported progress, and the House adjourned, D. 11 enlarging the powers Our Albany Correspondence. ayy, Jan. 16, 1854 “The Project of the Canal Beard for Public Lands to Comple! the Canals= No Nevessuly for it—Diference wewwn Old States and New Ones and Territories—The Later should be Assisted —The Former reyuires no Ail from the Generak Government, he., ke. The fifty thousand dally readers of the Hsratn saw in Saturday’s issue a copy of a preamble and resolution adopt- @d by the present Caral Board, and sent to both branches Of the Legislature for concurrence. The proposition wal introduced im the Board by Mr.Spau'ding, State Treasurer, and adopted with only one lissenting vote, that of the Liea- tenant-Governor, and its purpose is to obtain a grant of Public lands to aid in the enlargement of the Erie Oanal ’ As this is one of the firrt instalments of whig principle ia- troduced by the new men, snd which will undoubtedly ba succeeded by others of a like character, it might not bs vonsidered improper or injudicious to look a lit | the matter Before a shovelfull of earth was removed in the con- Wruction of that great work—the Erie Canal—the Legis imture of the State relici’ed the aid of Congress, by means wm the credit of the general government, on the direct a; propriation of funds, or by agiftof pubdlis lands, Prompt refusal to render such assistacce, stimulated Own Legislature and our own citizens of enterprise and eapital, to proceed on so'e)y with the eork. relying apoa the resourees of the State in erecting that mighty monu Meat of skill and energy, devoted for al! agec to the commereial interests of the State and nation The plans originally contemplated were ina short space of time fully consummated, and this great wffor’ of New York aloae, at once reorived the admiration of the nation and the world, Itwas soon discovered that the capacity of Of the Erie Canal wor in afew years be ini ufficient to Secommodate the inozeasing growth of the mighty Western Wrates, and that an enlarg ment of its dimensioas was indispensable. Twenty years since that work was coin- menced, but lamentabie to state, the political demagogues Of all parties, who have alternately wielded power, have retarced the enlargement, and protracted its cempletion, and spent millions of money for the p arpcses of political streogth, recardiess of the lest respect for the in‘eresta of the people or public ecoromy. Suffielent has been y fquandered to bave enlarged the Erie, amd to have eomple ed all the lateral canals, had honest men been permitted, as in the cons Champlain originally, to bare hed charge work. The people, on the second Wednestay of February, will make ce provision, by ceufirming the aimeat of the tution, for a perfeet com pletion of all those un- constitution, the course of three or four years will be finished, ard they themrelves furnish ‘the means for the repayment of the expense thereof, without calling upon the State or the people for assiat- ance. The amount appropriated in the ameadmert, to- gee with the million now authorized to be borrowed, amply enfiicient, if not equandered by cemagogues. Thea, where the necessity of askiog aid from the gene- ral goveroment’ Why Crop down upon oar bended knees before the United States Treasury. and implore its aid in ‘the completion of public works which have ample means ded for? Why place New York insuch a rt sting position? Why represent her ia a penniless pauper ition as a State, while her psople are boasting of her boundless resources, and her uncsunted millions of wealth ? af say this whig Canal Board (and the whig Legisla- will say the same thing,) ‘ grants of public lands for railroads, canals, and other public purposes, have ade by Congress to the Western States and Territo- amount,’ therefore, ‘the Erie Canal en ent,” also, ‘in an object worthy of consideration any such distribution.” With half an eye, any one can nally discover the object and scope of this spplicatioa. fis mothing less than a revival of the whig exploded doo voting of a ibution among the several States of the of the sales of pubdtic lnods.’’ It is amothe: - ympt to form a combivation of States by means of bers of Congress, to deplete the public treasury, by mak- annual distribut ons ef those avails from lan! sales. If New York is to receive a donation, )ennsyly: having also an abundance of unficixhed public works, will be equally entitled to her share, aad so on with every State fa the Union. There must be no discrimination, no par. no preference given, for all must reovive alike in to their pretended wants and feigned necess! But how does Mr. Treasurer Spaulding intend to dis- of this general goverr ment rtipend’ It seems from Eat carly movement of the Cana) rd, that they do pot a; that the ten millions gurantied by the ameadment of the ocnstitution under the Vanderbilt will be sufficient. It serms, also, that the board to be placed in their hands aa unlimited sum, to be spent in ac dition to the above a What is to be done with it? It must be et upon the public worka, whether reeced or not. the amount received ty this State some fi'teen years rince, known as the Uolted States ite fand—deposited among the States, but ® ma- jority will mever be found hereafter in Congrens to recall s ated, or the interest of it, to the eda ren of the State, where it is used for » tiopadle whether Mr, ability, could spend a legitimately, upon our public works, for the reason that ample prevision is being made by the Logialatare ‘aod people therefor. Suppose the Western States and Territories are receiv. ing small portions of publie lands lying within their borders, to sasist aed encourage their — in pene- twa’ ‘their wildernesses with railroads and canals, why New York complain? Several of those States were mot organized, when New York reoeived her quote of three or four millions of the proceeds from the sales of pobdlic lands, which was cistributed by « thongh the law was signed by « Gemocratic President. Avi sow, ® aid is grated to Iowa, Texas, Oalifornia, cr to New Mexico, Utah, or Nebrasks, why shoula Ne: to er encourage Stator g & helping band to t territories. Besides, by granting government is not only assisting the ‘wally benefitting iteel!; for, by ope he pablie lands, tier deco Kcomigranta, and will b ‘ jardy Uller of the soil the merc meshanie, the Therefore it there is some in assisting the poor plonsers 4 wil lernass, ing pudlie lands to the Canal Board of the State of York, to be squan dered upon the Erie and other canals, when the people are about placing ample means in their hands for thac ar pose. 4 Bat the preamble and reso)utions comeosted by the Ca- pal Board will apes ily be adopted by a Logisiatare of like oharsoter, They will be forwarded to Senacor Seward for resentation to #s, laid on the table if not called up, at if they are driven toa vote, will be rejected by am overwhelming majority, Congress will tender its respects New York, acconipa- to a majority of the Legislature nied with the comp sion bas already | nicn uptil the minority woul! spe ks without foreign ai Aupayy, Jan. 16, 1854 ui Albany—The Democratic and Whig | in Anti Renter in the Custom House Con wey and Redfield~The People Discontent Parties in Embryo—Look out for Squalls at the ner, | each honorable gew | were both passed, as also the >: | passed the Senate, x 1 take the liberty of askiog the editor of the Herat for the privilege of inserting » few thoughts which suggest themrelves to my mind, and arise in consequence of the entangling state of politi I golici\ it for two reasons, one beause no paper of in fluence in this city possesses independence sufiiciest to publish the truth for fear of being rep imanded; and second, because I think the facts which J shall allude to ought to be spread before the people in the columns of the paper having the largert cireulation, which I believe to be the New York Hera, It is much easier for a political party to obtain = vic- tory than longto retain an ascendancy. Were prisciple the guiding star alone, such would not be the result, be- cause the people very seldom lose sight of » good princi- ple, though poltical leaders care very littleaboatany, It is the distribution of oftice which is the mightylever which, in theee degenerate days, controls, maintains, sustains or In this city the truth is more appa rent than perhaps in any other place in the State or na tion, becausé a majority of the voters are politicisur, and a large number make it s business or trade. The election of l’resident Pierce and Governor Say- the ofticeseekers high hopes. very soon discovered that the latter had abandoned his former friends and thrown himself into the arms of the -peapies of the cansla, and the power vested igghis hands was uniformly conferred upon those who were ori barnburners, or thoee who abandoned hui known as free roiliam ttention to the White House at Wash- ington, and upon the appointment of Judge Bronson to Dustome, they felt certain of gz in this city. | | tion, The motion wi demolishes a party. embraced what ‘o.k, aud as only three city, considerable ac- tivity occurred among the seekers after those pla Bronson being @ hunker, these of thi tion, it seems, were only regarded with favor; when finally {t became pretty generally conceded that Joseph Courtaey (through the influense of Daniel 5, Diekinsom) Colleetor of the Port, and Harris l’arr and John McCardell ‘Tris was finally arranged in September, acd Judge Broveom was ready to seni these names to Washington ‘or consideration; but two oertain inciviia. als, of musbroom growth, assuming to bear upon their 8 the destivy of the party, prevailed upon the withhold thes¢ names uoti) after the eles ion. His removal from office before the election thwarted the object, and the then disappointed aspirants ard expsct- ante have only to look to the two assumed leacers for their failure in not being appointed {n Septem ber. election over, in the Custom House, the tables pact for the barnburners was number entered the field for the three a after six woeks controversy, it was finally t Mr, Redfield shoulé send on to Mr. Secretary Guthrie the ticket agreed upon by Governor Sey nour, Comptrovler Wright and Treasurer Walch were James M. French, for Colector, anda Denola B Gail ney and Jamen M’Quace, for Inspectors being coprulted, he stated that Freneh should be batter rov.ded for ip the Pevsion Office, as he could induee Vleott The names were accorctngly returned to Mr. with the outside report, which nobody believed, that Marcy objected to there rames. Thus ma! ed for several days, when the list was again agread upon, but was vot to be publicly Civvlged uatili: became certain that Mr. RedGeld would not be rejected. firmation was rendered certain them the lucky names Galfaey, Collector; ade for ont of the Inspectors and Ntcholas Sigsbee Not being familiar with the name o! of (he Jatter person, | have taken some pains tc asoer- tain who he is, and J learn that he iv an anti reater. What cces Governor Mar:y mean reepraridle govern f ns in this communi Secretary Marcy were announced, M by bestowing bighly y, this Is the very last be selected by the general government yernor Marcy and Collector the gross outrages which he = anti-renters advised that in reve: ised bance of thes veral yeare—that they 1 Eousties of this State orzen.- peradoes have Sxisted for Ceclared themselved im f ali Jaw in the payment ot their debte—t! tempted to parform thei rately mardered, others when officers of the law bave duty, they have been de: maimed aud badly weunded, and others tarred, feathered. . pers, Those two high ell kuow, if Secretary Guthrie does not, thatthe New York has been ir a atate cf turmoil for many ; that i' authorities have /requentl the strong arm of ite 1: he civil authority in enforcing the renters; and it is mort astonishing, and almost beyond aman who has cone more probably than any other persom in fomenting and continuing this acti rent excitement, should be preferred over law abid- ing and order loving citisens in the execution of the reve- nue laws of thiaeountry This mar Sigsbee is the editor and prop ietor of the leading anti-rent paper in exist tacos. whose columns ate daily filled with exciting arti cles, caleulated to inflame the passions of his snd insite them to resistanee te the laws of the State; he general government has con‘erred an oflice upen him, by means of whith he will be able still further ‘o circulate bis nefarious sheet, and to @ greater extent encourage bis antirent readers in resisting the laws, and electing judges, sheriffs, and district aitorneys who will wink at and seen their crimes, and ailow murders, assaulte and robberies to be committed with impunity. And this man reseived the countenance of th @ Secre:ary of the Treasury over auch highly respect- able oltizens ar Ira Porter, Cornelius Glen, Henry C. South- wick and several others who can be camed, who were ap 88 will be presented directly to Presi- Pierce who cannot do otherwise than order the 3¢- eretary and Collector to dismina this man, Sigsbee, forth- It it is not done, then will a demonstra- tion be made here which will teach those in pewer, that the voice of the peeple when thus uttered wil not be in comprebension, thi with from office. In & minor point of view, the appoiatmects m: new whig Common Council of this city ai Giecreditable, and unpopular in « party view. T! City Clerk has hardly gainc! # residence in this city, being only ® few months from the New York Castom House, He is not known as aa Al banian, end there is very great wonder that he should succeed over such well known working whi; pored tobim. So with the Oity Attorney. wany of the Aldermen are ultra temperance fanati * ill & majority of the board have electes a man of tha! faction over such consistent, working true whigs as pgsley, Sturtevant, Weed and others. report presented in the course of a day or two, and there fore he desired the Howe to mske mo expression of opi . He intends to intro- duce some amendments to ths preseatlew. The delegation porseas very conil cling views ia relation to both pro pore parks The bills allowing th rty dollars, instead n for stationery, ew York alttin, persons in the city of 1g the time—third Wednesday of Febrosry—for voting npoa the covstitutional amend ments, Upon this bill the vote as unanimous, with the es ception of Serauel F. Miller, of Delaware, a free soiler. Even Herkimer and St Lawrence both yoted for the bill, Some three or fo Jaye since, » resolution was laid on the teble by Mr ex M. Monroe, free soil abolitiontst, of Osondaga, requestirg the Sezate to return the reola tion introduced by Mr. Savage, which unsnimourly passed the House st an early day, requesting Congress to purchas* Mount Vernon. To-day he called it up, ani made an sbolition speech, and was supported by Mess: D P, Wood, Joy, Sterling, api epe or two others, Th object undoubdtecly was to introduce the slavery probibi reetsted by Mr, Savage and Mr. Aitken, of New York, aad the vote finally being taken, resulted ina refusal by fifty majority The strength of the abolitionistsin the Heuse has been declared by this vote to be exactly twenty-nine. The numberio the Se- nate will be known upon the vete which is to be taken, probably to morrow, om Senater Monroe’s proposition, pending in that eg Ove of the New York Celegation, believed to be Mr. Ward, offered s resolution referring to the Temperance Committee, the propriety of inserting tobacco in the Maine law bill. An excellent spggestion. The question of closing the cana's om Sundays is again to be brought before the Legislature. A proposition has been introduced directing the closing the locks from six o’clock in the morning natil eight o’clock in the evening on those days. Efortsof the same kind have frequent! heretofore been made, but no Legislature ever felt itself justified im compelling merchants and forwarders to ie idle upon expense for one-seventh of the season of ns vigation, Whig merchants having the greatest interest io capal navigation, will undou attend to this matter im ceaeon to prerenh. Aslip of the pen or an error of the somponsitor in the Hxratp of yesterday, requires correction Ia the con- cluding portion of the ph, relating 'o the ten gov- ernors, i Wags the honorable Mr. Ait! these words oceur in print :— "The member believed t duet bad been pure and correct, and he also k: some of the charges would be sustained.” The ia ineopsistent, and doubtless has been correctly co astr: by many readers; still 1n justice to the hovorable geatle man, and ino der that be may be Deel rightly before Lis constituents it should be that he ‘knew that seme of the charges could not bi ‘tained.’? Jobn M. Mott, Marsbalof the United States for the northern district of New York, has come out a free soller, Some two months since, he removed two deputies on ac count of their hare propensities. His present positioa has been a theme of a:gument and dispute with the two harmonious democratic papers in this city for severa! days, and to setile the question, Mr. Mott comes out iv one of the papers and states that he voted for the Ver- plank ticket, and has no regrets to indulge over it. This renders bim safe in office during the term of the present administration Previously to his cbtaining the office he was one of tne hardest shells in Rensselaer county, ALBasy, Jan. 17, 1854, A Dull, Quiet Day—Dividing the Sixth Judicial Distrid— A Law to Promote Medical Practice—Thirty Dollars for Station ery— Aliens te be Naturalized in the Marine Court —The Law holding the Constitutional Election, passed. This was avery quiet acd orderly day among all the various departments of the State government; neither hie excellenoy, nor either of the responsible heads of the de. partments signal'zed themselves by act worthy of note, Both branches of the Legis'ature sat out their hour in peaceably discussing matters mostly of local aud minor importance, though afew bills were passed of general interest. In the Senate the bill div ding theSixth judicial district in the city of New York, without ameadment or avy opposition. In order that aspirauts for ths offices to be created by the bil! may understand ite exact provisions, thought well to give a cop AN ACT TO DIVIDE THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YOR The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact ax follows : ~ Section 1. The Sixth Judicial district of the city of New York, now composed of the Twelfth, Sixtoenth, Bighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty second wards of said city, is hereby divided bys line running through the centre of Forticth street, from the Hudson river to the Eset river. Seo. 2, The ssid Twelfth, Ninetoonth, and Twenty-second ball hereatter ocnstitute and be known as the h Judicial district of the city of New York; and tho Sixteenth, Eighteenth, and Twentieth wards shall remain and constitute the Sixth Judicial district of the city of New ork. A civil justice and a police jnetice shall be elected cople in and for the Seventh Judicial district thus at the annual election in November n on the duties of their respective offic éay of January. one thousand eight hundred and fifty snd rhall hold their offices until the first day of Janus che theusend eight hundred aud fifty-eight; and their rue: hall be elested at the exme time and for the same is now provided by law for the election of jus- olice justices in she city of Now York. i be the duty of the Cemmon Conangil to Ace cr places where the justice he Seventh Judicial district sh ir courts, and they shall also appoiw beir courts in the same manner that the clerki ‘pointed for the district and police courts im said city, and be clerks oo appointed shell hold their offices for the same ‘ime as that for which the justices shall be elected, Axother bill of s general character, relating to the medica! ard eurgical profession, was also passed by th, Senate This bill bas beem Ddefore the Legislature many sessions, and heretofore has wet with sush formidable opposition as to prevent its passage; but to-day, the Senators fresh from the people, enacted it into # law, £0 far as that bocy is concerned, without a word of disssent against it. Indeed there was no dedate on either side. The bill will meet some oppositicn in the House, but will finally succeed. Its importance is so general that the readers of the Hzratp will no doubt be pleased to sees copy. Here it is:— The P. rs ACT TO ee ee on Leary rig the Stati ” represente te and Aceenbiy de enact as fellowes mr Seo, 1, It shall de the duty of par creen, superintendent, governor, commissioner of the almshouse departi oF other officer having harge any of the prisons, penitentia- ries or almshouse departments in the Stat tirely at public exp tion exceeds thirty thousand regularly chartered medical on application from the truste purposes of medical or surgi any person dying im any of the afo their charge: pro’ th ions a ic said remains shall not have interment by any relative oF wenty four hours after all not be so delivered, ry af oeel a be delivered re of such as ma; elivere to the medicel schools and colleges. as afereoaid, shall be used for the parposes described in this act, in this State only, and whoever shall remove such remains beyond the limite of this § 1, on conviction, be a¢judged guilty of a erital- hall be imprisoned in ono cf the State pri- recent resident of’ @ country town, and overroie eome cozen citizens in the caucus, The Postmaster is aio @ relection that giver muoh dissatisfactin. The plecipg of Baswell in the Comptroller's office, Kane aiso there, is discredited of the worst selections he could have made in the city for clerks, They are « eouple of old nags, who have ally rode the whig party during the Isat dozen ye: Thos, it will be pergelved, that the leading o both the whig and democratic parti appointments to office as must, actronus to them both There is the g Gissativfaction, and the result will be that party lines will be cbliterated at the next eiry, if not State election, and an entire diferent order of men taken up for publie ppoiatment on all sides is becoming uni- rtizans who sever harmonized before, are proclaiming with ome voice against the con- has been recently exhibited. This feeling is not confined to politicians merely, but is extending itself among mechanies, merchants, and all others who have ne ticular politieal preferenee, or friends serkin rom the public crib. to Mr. Cook, and are t vo warily, prove dis- reatest reason for Anny, Jan. 18, 1854. Official Reports Made—Seoret Executive Session - Testimonial to Captains Criyhton, Lowe, and Stouffer Jone’ Park to be Repealedee Election Day Fized—Anti Slavery in both Honsea—Teaaco to be Included Among the Things Intem- peralemClosing the Canals om Sunday—Correction, dc. Several reporta were made to the Legislature this morn- ing, smong them that of the Regents of the the Adjutant-General, the Inspector-General, and the committee which has made an examination of the finan- cial affairs of the State officers. The latter is quite vo luminous, and the public will find, upon its being printed, ® great mass of interesting matter. Senator Clark Mesere. O'Keefe and Sprague, of the last house, have mace a close and scrutinizing investigation. An hour was spent in secret exeou'ive session by the Senate, which, of course, hid from public view the de- bates in relation to the fitness, qualifications, and poli tical honesty and integrity of the nominees, as there were none but notaries before the Senate, there have been much tearing or After the doors were opened, Senator Spencer seat ap the following joint reeolution, whieh, by the rales, lies over a day, but will be unanimously adopted to-morrow: — if the Assembly concur.) T in C 0 nited States, of the heroi e ers and crew of the steam: lows exporure om the aby, Then the reeolution for the purchase of Mount which paseed the Houre a week or two henfthe Hon, Ja M. Monroe, of Onondaga, read pport of his motion houll ‘t basome the At his conclusioa, td leng by and weil wri.ten address i to exclude slavery from the Mo: cperty of the general government, + Brooks desired to say # word, but Mr. Crosby wi *5 immediate adjoursment, bat nally yielded, after Mr Breoks asrured him that he had po inte fyeech, but only correct @ single sese M B, then stated that he did not write bis *peech which appeared in the New York zprest, but that {t was copied from the Albany Argus and Jeyieer, Toe Senate then a jonrned. In the House, Mr. Frederick A. Co the Thirteenth New York city Aseem| Whig leader of the city delegation Jonas’ Woods Park motter, and ing the bill passed by the of the Fifth distri fon of mating a om made by Mr. last Legislature, Mr Barrow lor @ term not Jers than one y inconsistent with this act are hereby re vented. Pec. a. This act ehall take effect immediately. In the House, three quarters of an hcur was spent very delightfuliy im discussing the question whether members of the Legislature, reporters for the press, officers, &c., should be allowed for the se:tion twenty dollara worth of stationery, new: papers, &o., or whether the amount should be thirty dollars. The | Legislature, aiter appropristing to themselves about fifiy dollars worth each, just om th of a¢journment, when they well knew their services never would be required for the public again, passed a law allowing only twenty dol lars to thelr successors. Mr. Peters thought, as a politi- cal piece of economy, it were beiter to aliow matters te stand as their democratic predecetsors bad placed them. He had not taken s peeBnife this sestion, fearing that b taking ene at twenty abil ings, his twenty dollars would rup short. Mr. Scett, who is chairman of executive ex- pencitures, said that the business of his committee was fo large that he would require as much paper as any mem- ber, still he was certain toat twenty doliars worth was en- tirely sufficient. Mr. Joy, on Indian affairs, desired also ‘s large amount of etationery, but he eatirically remarked that a definite rum thould be fixed, in order that po temptation might be held cut to members, The bill al- Jowing the smount of thirty doilars, was fiaaily atoptec, ae it wilh the Senate. It was intimated during the debate that former members of the Logi:lsture hai cad. daged Jarge amounts of stationery. it Daniel W. Clark, who bas not yielded his seat to Dill giving power and au: thority to the Matine Couit of Ne} York, to va Papers of naturalization to aliens, This is sapporet to ba a huaker movement, and there seems to be some game being play- & barnburner to present the bill which passed the Senate yesterday, making provision for boldirg the election to decice upon the con. stitutions] amendments, was passed the houses, nem com, this mornirg. r TELEGRAPHIC, ANTI SLAVERY IN THB SENATE—HIGALY INTEREST ING DEBATE—SPRECH OF SENATOK BROOKS—NEW YORK COMMON COUNCIL RESOLFTIONS—wWaTER LIX OF NEW YOKK HAABOK, BTC, SPPGAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SAW YORK HERAI.D, Aupayy, Jan. 19, 1954 The subject of the resolution for the purchase of Mount Vernon, produced inthe Seaate the richest treat thas fer during the session, It wil be recollested that some e'ght or tem days since, the House of Assembly nnant. Bously adopted a resolution requesting Congress to pur. chase the es known a# Mount Vernon When the stion was about Ming taken ia the senate, and it was eupposed that no Cissenting vots would be sgainet it, Mr. Senator Mutrce offered an amendment to the etfest that ir case the purchase was made, the soil should not be cultivated by slave labor. The whole subject was then Jaid upon the table but Mr, Broeka, on two or three o0- casions eubsequently, endeavored to call it up for a vote, but failed in each case. Yesterday, hows hey were © osidered, and Mr, Munroe read bis epsech, The reason was then discovered why such ® lergthy postporement was required, and why they could wot dé taken ap This morning the discussion wae r 1, Senator Whitney took the door in opposition to the amendment. He oeonpied the attention of the Senate for half an hour upon the slavery question, endeavoring to impress apoa the minds of Senators the fact that the amesdment in relation to slavery had no connection with the original re sclation, He declared himself ao abolitionist, and thought the subject was thrown in for political efect. The quee- tiom would be carried imto the ntxt presidential election, | and would be the only issue, as both whigs and demo- tition to the agitators and abolitionists, His remarks were well received When he concluded, there was a momentary allence, Mr. Putpam roseand remarked that ‘or Dickinson Cesired to submit afew remarks to tabing the question, but was not now in his seat, having been called over to the Canal Board Mr. Brooks arore and sisted, that if no other Senater cerised to spesk, he withed to otter a few seati menta in reply to the paper read by Seaator Munree yesterday. That gentleman bad hoped to a9 ween the remarks of the Seastor from the Tweaty secon (Mr. Munroe ) in the papers of the morning, but wa appointed. There were only a few points to which he al- uced coptained io the written remarke of yesterday—~ and among them were “doughfece” and “ bigher law.”” His elucidation of these terms were fall an} comprehen- sive. He hoped when he came to the Senate that tha alay- ery question would not be broached, and that he wouli not be compelled to stand up in detence of State righ he constitation, &c., in resisting abolition movements. His remarks occupied three-fourths of an hour, and were woet attentively listened to by a full Semate and the most crowded lobby of the session. A large number of ladies were also in attendance, who took great interest in Mr. Brooks’ speech. We bi for years been in the habit of lil in the Senate, the attacks, re- we listened to more searcting, witheriog, cutting refutation and rebuke, than that adc iciste: this morning by Senator Brooks upon his whig brother, Senator Munroe, for having intredaced the slavery fire- braniin the Legislature, hought no other Sanator would bave been so im Daring the entire time Mr. B, was engaged in delivering his vloquent remarks, lence p-evatled inthe Senate cham- ber, though it was crowded to its utmost capacity, ereey spectator remaining perfectly still and unmoved in post mm, fearing that some tion of the delightfal enter- tainment would be lost, if the least confusion or noise was permitted. He acquitted himself most credibly, thoagh e 8 spec poke impromptu, and without # single note, The imen he gave day, has been sufficient to give warn- Ser hia it ability to defend the ailver grey priaci- le Mr. Munroe spoke a dosen words in reply, when Mr. Bishop made a few remarks, Speecatiy the introducticn of the slavery amendments, but said, if compelled, must vote for it, He did not relish the term ‘woolly head,” used by Senator Whitney, thinking there was a degree of personality about it. It was thought the w! would have the floor all to themrelves in this quarlel, but it was not so, for Senator Danforth made his maiden speech, declaring himself op- pored to the amendment, it having no appropriate bear: tpg upon the resolution, and that be wee a national de- mocrat, @ party whose members never allude to the slave- Ty question, unless driven toit by their adversaries, His speech was short. Senator Robinson also made hia first speech. Repre- senting as he did a Iccallty which bore sconspionous psrt in the revolution, and a county which Washington made his headquarters for s ahert period—and whos» soll had been iatened by the blood of the patriots of those times—and where had been captured—he felt willing to purchsse Mount Vernon at any pros, but not With the amerdment attached to euch purol pow un- der consideration The Senator's remarks were delivered in good style, and very favorably recs!724. At this stage of the probeedings Senator Richards moved to lay the subject om the table, which was opposed by ur. 8, who called the ayes and noes, and resulted in the affirmative, as follows:—For ‘eying on the table— Messrs. Bishop, Bracford, Butta, M. H. Clark, W. Clark, Z. Clark, Dickinson, Douanee, Hitehoock, Hopkins, Lan: sing, Munroe, Pratt, Richards, Walker, Williams, Yost— Wt. jost—Merara Barnard, Barr, Brooks, ' Crosby, Danforth, Halsey, Hutchins, Pataem, ertaon, Spencer, Watkins, Whitmey—12. 'Mesarr, ely, Sherrill, whigs, absent All who voted to lay on the table are whigs, except Z. Clark, Hitchoock, and Lansing. The ‘two latter heretofore classed among the hard shells, The democrats who voted no are Barr, Danforth, Hauey, Hutchins, Spencer; the latter suppored to be fre» sil, So it is easy to be perceived that it was no test question upon the subject of slavery, The whigs deairsd a port- ponemext for a day or so, tn order that Senator Muproe masy be induced to withdraw bis amenament. They have sire to meet the issue and if it can be avoided the leaders of the party will heartily rejoice, But it is very questionable whether M>. Munroe will yield and with- craw. If he does, it will be the frat time that he has svilered himself to be overruled siace he has occupied a seat in the Senate, now the ‘hire session. The resolutions adopted by the New York Common Council, relating to the fees of the Counsel of the Corpora- tion, were received this morning, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary in the Senate, which has t! act in charge Senatcr Barr gave aotice of s bill, which he intends t introduce in the early paitof next week, to reor the various departments puder the city fovernwent, by placing the duties to be performed under fewer and more appropriate heads, A copy will be rent as soon as per- fected, Senator Hutchins sent up a resolatior aesting the Surveyor General to furnish copi nd surveys in his cflice relating to the water live from the Battery to the feet of Grand street, on the East river, Red Hook point, on the Brooklyn shore, to’ th Yard. This ie wanted by the eommirsioners who a: establish a permanent lite, to prevent farther encroach- mente en the barbor, The city is filled and overrun with applicants for canal appointments to be mace to-morrow.’ The Capitol, State Hall, ali the public houses, and streets are crowded with candi¢ates for those places. A more voracious set of vultures were never collected. They importure mem- bers from tie'r locality to an unheard of degree, each man consicering bimielf as baricg dove more than any body else to obtain the whig victory. New York city is wail represented. by aspirants for the three or four cana! bfficea there ceated. The whig portion of the canal board held two recret sessicrs to-day, preparing to make the ap- pointments to-morrow, There will be more disappointed patziote by one hundred per cent, than lucky officials, jut as these ai@ all the political and party patronage of any consequen @ to dispense, the more deaperate are the applicants. © will be sweasing in the course of twenty four hours safficient to tear the raling power in ters. Govervor Seymour being at Utiea, the bill to carry out the amendment to the o ution relative to the canals, has been sent there for his approval, and is expected back to merrow evening anpual York State T+mperance Alliance Con- vention was advertised to meet here to day, but the body is not ia session. 0 8 3 Appointments Confirmed by the Senate. = P. Davis, of Ill, Register of Land Office, Deaville, Joo, G. Reardon, Recelver of Public Moneys, Newmans- Franklin Forrey, of Mass., U. S. Consul, Carrara, Italy. Wo. P. Chandler, 0! Del., U. 8. Consul, city amd kipg- dom of Tunis, rane Behp, of Ky , U. 8. Consul, port of Messina, Ieland o iy. Henry Y. Hanocek, Collector of Customs and Inspector, District of Washington, N.C, Gideon Bradford, Collector of Customs, Providenoe, R, I. Geo. H. Reynolds, Collecto:, Bristol and Warren, R. }. Jobn Lynch. Collector, Richmond, Va. George Turner, Cojlector, port R. I. Benry Hobart, Collector, New Londen, Conn. James ue Collector anc Inspector, Presque Island, Pa. weed |. Barzeza, Oollector and Inspector, Yorktown, me Ebos W. Allen, Collector, Nantucket, Masa, William Bartoll, Collector, Marblehead, Mass. W. 8. Pomeroy, Collector and Inspector. Fairfield, Conn. Semuel 8. Say , Collector, Norfolk, Va. Hogh Archer, Coliector and Inspector, St. Marks, Fa. Kara Chesborough, Collector and Inspector, Stonington, Conn. ¥ John 3, Parker, Collector and Inspector, Cherrystone, (y John A. Shenand, Collector, Burlington, N. J. Julius A. Baratle, Collector and Inspeetor, St. Mary’s, Ga. Robert N. McMillan, Collector, Teoke, and Inepeotor for the port of Franklin, La, Le; Intelligence. Scrrewe Court maint Unirap Sratm—Jao. 17 —Alex- ander Gratihe, Esq., of Louisiana, was admitted an attor- pey and counsellor of this court. No. 12. The United Btates va. J. M. Ducros et al. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for Eastern Louisiana. Mr. Justice Grier delivered the opinion of the court, reversing the decree of the District Court, sod remanding the cause, with directions to diamiss the petition of the claimante, No. 28, Thomas C, Rockhill et al. vs. Robert Hanns eta), Ona certificate of division in opinion from the Circait Court of the United States for Indians. Mr. Justice Grier delivered the opinion of the court, answer- ing the two first qurstions negatively, and the third sffirm- sively. No. 6, The Uni-ed States vs. Jean A, 3. Daute- rieves’ heirs. Ap from the District Court of the Upited States for ‘tern Louisiana. Mr. Justice Nelson delivered the opipion of the oourt, reveraing the decree of the District Court, and remanding the cause, with direc- toms to cismiss the petition of the claimants . James Adaws, plaintiff in error, vs. Philip Otterbsck. ‘This cause was argued by Mr. Lawrence for the piaintif in error, and submitted on a printed brief by Mr. Bradley for the cefendant in error. No. 55. William Livingston etal, appellant, vs William Woodsworth’s administra: tor etal. The a:gament of this case was commenced by Mr. Sehvey for the appellamte, and continued by Mr, Cur- Us for the appellees, Adjourned Jancary 18 —James N, Platt, Feq, of New York, was admitted an attorney and counsellor of this court. No. 44 — William Livingston eal., appeliants, va. William W. Weodworth ¢al The argument ip this cause was con tinued by Mr. Curtis for the appellees, and concluded by Mr. Schley for the appellants. No. 46 —Thomas Kearney etal, appellants, ys. John J. Tayloretai. TI of thi# cause was commenced by Mr. Com ypellants, Adjourned till to-morrow, 11 0’ Cocet of Arrnalis—Jay. 17,—Argument in 240, con eluded. JAN. 18.—No. 18, struck off. No, 220, 63, submitted No, 66, on argument, Dodge agt. Wilbar. Mr. Henry W. Tayler, counsel for plaintit; Mr. William M. Eearts, counsel for ;eepondent. Not concladed at 5}4 o'clock: Naval Intelligence. Extract from a leiter from on beard the Caited States stearser Powhat Hoyo Kora, October, 1853, Well, [am bappy to ay the Powhatan ies splendid snip, abd her machinery has done its duty well, and is eull able to doso. The engines hays been in operation Cighteen cays at» time, without being unhooked. We osm steam 4,100 miles with proper management, aad when we want to go fast we can Coit. We have every thing “ret to musts,” aud are ready for any rervice. Tie engines of the Powhatan ware built under the super: intendence of Mr. Charles H. Haswell. Tho Usited States eurveying schoonor Crawfonl ls now }yimg at the Navy Yar’, Gosport, to eail in two woeks for Tampa Bay, op ® coast eurvey expedition. The following ica tet of ‘ofleers:-—Lieat, 0. H. Berryman, Comman fog; Master, Eucl Koglish; Midshipmen, J. G. Maxwell, W, Ji. Ward, and Beary Erbea, Jr. The Cnited States steamer Maseachuretts, store ship, is },ing at the Gorport Navy Yard, to sail shortly for the Mediterrapess. The United States schooner Jackson, attached to the torveying squadron, eas taker into the dry dook yester cay. —Norfolk Herald, Jan, 17, United States frigate Savannah, Captain Mercer, (dag ip of Commodore Salter,) sailed from Rio Janeiro Des. erat, of the truly mational «taitp, wovh! mall in oppo | f, for River of Platt Bayard Taylor on the Arabs, Bayard Taylor, Esq, delivered @ lecture last evening upor “The Arabs,” before the members of the Mechanica? Scelety and alarge auiienos. He spoke in substance as follews:—Those who hare only stsociated with their own race have but » little keowledg® of human character. The human race is capable of great varieties, Tho man who lives amoog mountains bass native freedem ta his air, The brine of ccean sticks to the mario So in- evitably does man parteke of his native climate, that we ask whether it is poseible to judge all mes by the same moral stan’ard. This should teach us cbarity to all. No people have euffered more than the Arabs from one- sided judgment, We have deen taught to consider them ‘as an outcast race, whose handy are against every man ‘and every man’s hand against them. The Arad of our schoolboy days is s fierce being, with a seimeter in his hand, ever ready to do the work of death. Burchart and Layard claig our respect,{as the only travel- lers who asscc.ated and fraternized with this pes- ple. In their steps I followed, and never treated them ss enemies. I learned to love them, and desired to be their advocate, To know the Arabs one must know the East, The intensity of the sunshine is reproguced in the Arab eye—the simoon is » terrible symbol of those gusts of wrath which cesolate the human soul. Luxury and indolence are their charac teristicn as well as flery tempers, and we are ata loss to reconcile the one with other. Our aky, bright asit is, is not to be compared with that of the Fast, After fifty days of desert travel l left it fascinated by the variety of its ecenes. In its solitude it resembles the oon but it is sweet and refreshing. Providence leaves none of the desert places of the earth without some atoning g quality. God has breathed u; the desert this sweet and clean- sing breath. loould pcint out man: its of resemblance between the ssilor and the Bedouifl. Each are free and roving in their tastes. Among either you will rarely dnd scowa:d. I prefer here speaking of the wandering Arab asthe type of the race, The Arab dislect in which the Koran is written is Rarer in ite pristine purity in f honor and chivalry among the Saracens at the time of the crusades, The law of protection is held in as much respect smong the Arabs as is the Koran. The pride of the Arab is bis birthright, and digtity is his natural manner, The Arab is generous, and hespitality is upiversal— the guest confers an honor upon his host, and the name of stranger is ascred. The records of generosity among the earlier A:abs seem almost fabulous to those who are unacquainted with the race. Mahomet is » fair example. Mr. Taylor related here several anecdotes cf the gene. rovity of the Arabs. He proceeded to say that the de- cline of Eastern commerce Bae on) from the went wealth it once poscesred, and though instances of msg pantmous generosi| were difficult to find now, yet the spirit still remained. Though fierce by matare and re- Yengeful, the Arab is not cruel or blodthirsty. As a simple y he is chivalrous and humane, but as an aver ger he isterrible in the last degree. The meaner crime of stealing is rare smorg the Arabs, id thongh 1: is allowed among somie fribes, yet de- tection is always followed by puvishmént, Their ‘tent frailties are cheating and lying; but they seem to Eee these as an amusement. As this propensity is one of the first to strike a stranger, many travellers go home under very erroneous impressions of the people. They lie generally through malice, carelessness, and the uatural tendency to ex ‘ation which is characteristic ofthe Arab tongue—and this latter is almost universal. Te is guage of roots, and abounds in bola sud bril- lisnt imager. The Arab torgue belongs to the ohlidhdoa of the world. When I commenced to cozverse in Arabic I found the habit of exaggeration growing fast upon me; but Ibappy to say that with the loss of the language the power of veracity has returned, now strictly speaking thetroth. It would requir arate lecture to treat upon the literature ef the Arabs. I would only say & few words onthis branch of my eubject. The ear of the Arab is ¢elicately sensitive to che rythm and melody of poetry, which with us is only appreciated by highly’ cultivated minds, The works Bees poets display darirg flights of imagination, The sowgsiof the Arabs are wild and full of monotonous cadences, The boatn en of the Nile even isugh in unton—their songs are Jike the notes of the nightingale. Paintiog and soulp- tore aye unknown, but the architecture of the Saracenscan Gisplay as glorious remnants as those of Greek or Roman art, Likeall imaginative people, the Arabs are supersti- tious, All occurrences out of the ordinary course of na- ture are ascribed to the gevil. Many of the simpler peo- ple believe that an echo is the voice of a fiend mocking them. They believe that the spirita of murdered people haunt the places where they lived, Finally, [ must al to the most prominent trait in the Arad character— vo'ion to God, and in his unbounded faith ia Provi Religion is a vital power with him, which leaves its imprese on big whole spiritual being. There is moch sincere religions feeling among this people, as a race, as amorg Christiane. Tbe Arabs are not intolerant, Amorg the Turks there is much less tolerance, The lat. far below the former in morality and hospitality. The subjection of the Arabs to the Divine will is not fatal- ism: it is the resigsation which controils after the blow ig struck. Patience and resignation are the great lesson of the East, ard we might stuoy and benefit by it. Court of General Sessions.* Before Judge Beebe. SBNTENCED. Forgery in the Second Megree.—A German named James Fuiler war—on pleading guilty to forgery 1n the sesond de- gree, he having passed two bark bills altered from ones © twentiee—sentenced to five years imprisonment in he State prison. Grand Larceny.—Joha Mediz was convicted of stealing $54 worth of patent leather gaiters from the store of iy Oo., of Pine street. From the evidence it appeared that the goods were found in his pos! 12 GT eens he! the Third ward, who arrested in Church street, going aa rapidly as possible up town with ‘ne booty. The Court sentenced him to two years con: finement in the State prison. CONVICTED. Keeping a Disorderly Houe.—Adem Heuke was then placec at the bar, charged with keeping « disorderly owe in the Eleventh ward, and with also keeping his tore open on Sunday evenings. The jury convicted the cefendant of the charge, and he was remanded for sen- Grand ; with stealing $36 from a namesake of his, was acquitted of the charge. Keeping a Disorderly House.—James Klauson, who was indicted for keeping a disorderly house in Houston street, pear avenue C, was acquitted of tne ) there being Bo proof whatever to substantiate the facts contained in ‘the indictment, Inebriate Asylum. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Duar Sir :—I noticed in per that @ bill has been recently brought before the slature of our State, for incorporating and establishing in the city of New Yorx = 5 nee ee ae the To ‘tates or gio juin, ay ur formi 8 poor ona Gostitute inebriate. i ed ag i Judging from the name alone, I understand that this inetitution is to be national in its character and univer- salin ite charity, receiving within ite walls not only inebriates of our ewn city and State, but likewise ex- tending ita mission to this clase of unfortunates throug! out the Union. Whoever bas reflected for a moment on the desolatiag effects of rum—whoever has witnessed its effecta in our Soa aa exemplified in the noonday tippler, or = midnight bachanal—whoever bas trod the aify halls our tenant houses, and stood by the drunkard’s death- daily cast the crime convinced, (however skeptical before, already come for » special effort to masses of re and to none more so than the phy- ily called to witness misfortune in every grace of society. Our city is proverbial for its charity. Benevolent institutions are yearly increasing im our midst, but as pie mr not an itution for the reformation of briates, where the mora! and physical condition of this class wi | be cared for, and efforts put forth te restore our friends te sobriety and usefulness. Whether a probibitory law should exist or not in re- ference to the traffic in intoxicating drinks in this city or State, inebristes will be foundin our midst and through- out the land, slike deserving the attention of the philan- thropist and the Christian; and it is to be hoped that all will see the necessity of this great and g20d work of ae refuge for those who might be resisimed. (Signed, 4 FRIEND TO T4E INEBRIATE. Mee yf the Governor of Mississippi. This message was sent to the Mississippi Legislature on the 9¢ of Javaary. It is a commonly exesnted pamphlet of twenty. one pages, In the first Governor Foote informs the people of Mississippi that is about to de- wert that State and remove to Califorsis. [m the second be recommends—1, Prompt and efficient arrangements for the restoration of public credit, and for its future maintenance. 2. The establishment of a liberal and ex- tended system of ‘public education, 3. The granting of ail pre per facilities for the laying of railways ae the State, 4 The thorough reformation of the system of criminal jurisprudeace, now so crude acd imperfect. 5. The suppreseion, through the iastramentality of wh con. 4 comstitational legislation, of the great growing evil of intemperance. 6. Some competeot vision for the definite settlement of the delicate and per- plexing question of State indebtedness, by submittiog question to @ popular vote. 7. The insrease of certaia cficial salaries, evidently at this time wholly inadequate to recompense the public service expected to be rendered by those to whcm there salaries are paid. In the third page Governor Foote treate of the swamp lands ceded to the State by act of Congress in 1852, fhe msiving elgh' pages are devoted to & commonplace dissertation upon the Cempromize, and the general poiiti- al prospects of the country. Tar Correst Orxeatioys oF THE Tasasvay Deraxtaext.—Oo the 17th of Januery, there were of treasury warrants entered on the books ot the depart- ment:— adem ption of stock: $37,461 31 Treacury Department 5,819 89 For the Castom + 8,708 16 Covered into t + 416,047 03 Covered into trearury, + 80,854 67 For the War Department... ~ 604) 00 For the [oterior Department seeee 1,818 01 Dexarrct RaiLaoaD Accipeyt aT Nawark.—As the six ‘clock train from New York wae entering the Marke} street depot Inst evening, Henry Piercy, keeper of ® crockery store at 4(6 Broad street, came out of the Washington House and attempted to cross the track. He wee struck by the cowcateher, throwa upom the track, snd crushed and mangled so that he could scarcely be ecognized. The ecidi wes so sudden and hocking in its character as to excite the greatest in- terest in the elty last evening. An xamination was heid by Coroner win, and the facta as above narrated were shown. Newark Mercury, Jan. 18. Gavazzi, Bedini and the Cruander. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Yors, Jag, 10, 1854, Dear Se—As you have given place ia your journa! the 10th inet. to @ loog letter which ks against me and the excellent Father Gavazzi, the principal contriba- tor to my journal the Crusader—I request you to insert the present anawor, It issxemarkable that the writer withholds his name, be- ing ashamed, doubtless, of the pr be bestows on Mon- tigmor Bedici. None but anonymous writers have under- taken the defence of that man, No gentleman, Catholic or Protestant, is ever willing to pat his name publicly to a defence of Bedinl; because he—indepencently of the re- ligion to which he profeeses to belong—is — mau too un- favorably known in Europe, and now, fortunately, in America also, The accusation is certainly unjust which fs mace against us, of having calumniated him by telling the history of Bedini, We cannot regard erimea 8s virtues, although unpanished and prosperous, as some do, It is mot true that the sccusations made against Be- éini ar dc aleagren4 Lili Racing Ge coe al- thongh t yy iteelf wor ve great it. The very is one of facts which took place before the face of al Italy, ard have now passed into the domain of his- tory. I: was not the lectures of Gavyazzi, nor the ka Phalia, wor the Crusader, which rendered Bediai inte. moos, but his own atrocious deeds, regietered in the jour- pals of all Italy, France, and Germany; and notia the libe- 1a] journals only, but in ail these of the moderate party, ‘and especially in the most mederate and semi-ofiicial jouroals of Piedmont, as the Ktsorgimento, the Moneore, Dei Comum Italiani, and the Parlamento; and those deeds, so certaim and #0 grave, that when the present foreiga predominance sball cease, and any just and regular gov- ernment whatever shall be established in Italy, Bedint, if taken, will pot be able to escape condemnation by « regu- lar tribunal, or being hanged—not in effigy, but ia pro- perwna. Without mentioning his ding {mmoral conduct, it faa fao that Bodinl introdnoed hingsolt into Bol Ld Spy, and endeavored to bribe the soldiers of the brilliant man republic with offers of money and pleaary iadul- This fact, with accompanying documents, msy in the history of Frecerick Torre, print- in Turin lest year; and the death of Bast, too certain in itself, must be attribute1 to Bedini, as hes been many times proved with evidence; and Bedini himself boasted of it bis court, in order to obtain his reward. The fable about the Austrian General was heard fo: the first time in America, and the Turin journal, Ji Parlamendo, in ita number of August 31. 1863, in confirming what lysriese'g Gavaszi and the Ho of thatstory. That rpal, printed within « ata occurred, claima high authority—and that murde; was indeed « brutal one—because— 1, Basel was a chaplain, and not a soldier, 2. He had beem captured and acknowledged as a pri- soner of war, 8. He was a priest, and therefore could mot be putte death un er the canon laws in vigor in Bologna. Besides, Bassi was ® man truly great in ‘alenta and virtues. His end was an event painful gel ana Gavarzi had no need to add to what said that Bedini had the head of Bassi served up at his table to his guests. This addition is one of the {lsshoods of the writer, and the proof of its being a falsehood is found in the collection of Gavazzi’s leotursa recently published. lie Aud ‘not only the death of Hssui, iut alec that of a gut many more honest men, must be imputed to Bedini ‘uring the time of his cruel domination in Bologaa, and tneit Ceaths, also, were registe-ed in the official journals, ‘And who know that abominable butcher—ought we to respect hidi because he appeared here like pious map, charged with @ mission? No, It was the duty of Italians t> expose the wolf who had crept im ia eheep’s clothing, and that Gavazzi has done, and done well. But the Italians have never wished to soil their Lands with Bedini’s blood. The pretence of # conspiracy, waid to have been reyealed by Sassi, is an obvious calumny, If the anonymous writer were a gentleman he would not have brought so heavy am accusation against awhole body of persons unknown to him, without ad- ducing the smallest proof, The death of Bassi still re- mains involved in mystery, in spite of the investigations nd the large reward promised for discovery, I believe that the onlumny referred to wae invented for the purpose of civertivg attention from other subjects of a very cifierent cature. The anonymous writer glories that the calumny agains: the lialians and the saxe praises of Bedini were published ia the New York Courier and Enquirer; but that writer should know that reply ‘was adaressec to the Courier and Enquirer, which denied the ealumnies published sgainst the Italians, and the praises lavished upon the defamed Bedini, and that reply was not anonymous, but was signed by sigoor Gugliedena Gojani, a respectable Italiaa, and a member of the late Roman republic; and the editor of that joar- nal, after retaining it s jong time, returned it to a refusing to publish it because it spoke of calarauies, en | ‘a5 & condition, that such expressions be omitted. The cefenders of Bedini corcesl themselves by remain- ing ancnymous; and, not context with praising & man #0 in‘amous throughout Europe, utter calamnies against the poor enc oppressed Italian exiles; throw the store, yet cover the Land. But Gavazzi, the Eo d’lalia and der aver, attacked Bedini openly, with truth and facta, and ali Italians, and macy respectable Americans who re witnesses of pastevents in Italy, have applauded; nd from ‘ledmont has come an echo to these plaudits, Locanmot give all the names of the magy and much re- Bpected persons who are ready to bear witmess to the truth of the facts which we have published. Find, if you can, an Italism, mot a priest, twho would not be sabamed to be called a friend of Brdini. But, to accord it that calamay, which perhaps might t Bedini to cooeal » lie, he publiehed a declaration mace by @ priest of his, who pretended to have heard the auricular confession of Sassi, the man stabbed ia Nev York, together with a letter of his own, which the anony- mous writer says is fuil of piety. But no ouecen discover that that letter bas apy Kebab thet of keeping the attention of the police turned to the Italians alone. And the letter of Bedini is the best proof of his very bad char- acter. He~a cruel, bloody and revengeful man—not having here the Austrign or French arms to reach his fary, affects gentleness, and speaks as if he were the innocent oppressed. But all know that the Italians, of whom he Hap with great diffi escaped from the perseou- which he had pre; for them, and with which he their brethren. This imposture, which, with of an acousation, he aifesta to pi Cy truly dingustizg. To warn American, then, to be on their guard agaimt such & man, was not the commission of a calumay, but a duty of honest men towards their adopted country; and the demonstrations made by native Americans ani free Germans against Bedini, wili ever remain a: ould asi ment of justice is not lost everywhere. And such de- monstrations are entirely legal, while Bedimi acted here as the Nanefo of the Pope, publicly, which is not 1a as this republic bas no concordate with the Pope Rome; and in fact the Pope has feigoed sending him es Nuneio to Brazil, to introduce bim here at the time when he was sending another to Brazil, vis. : Monsignor Ma- rini; and he, while visiting the Crystal Palace, whem in ted by in the presence of others, whether Bedini would go to Brazil, lauj hed at our dullness in mot having understood that his mission was to the United States. The authorities of the American Union, there- fore, insteéd of billing in the streets free citizens, who wished to make a simple demonstration against the ille- ips. TA bapa Ni sie aai tae office of uncio sgainst the laws of this republic, oa In conelasion, the Crusader has the support of facts; and insult is not suffici fute facts, known and certain, but shows the anger of one pd A reply; -* of that blind anger the writer present B clear when, falsifying the truth, he says that the Orimader is organ ef Italian secret sosiet! it being well known that I have always advocated, in Eco os the ocastitutional government 0; Piedmont; and Gat ba always preached inthe same manner, we are un- favorably regarded by the Italian secret societies, who are all averte to that Cae GF. CHI DE CASALI, Editor of the Crusader, and of L’ Eco d’ halia. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New York, Jan. 16, 1864, In your paper of yesterday (January 15) [ notice an ar- tickle upon Gavaszi and Bedini, signed ‘A Lover of Truth and Justice’? Although there are, to my knowledge, several gross misrepresentations in its colamns, I shall leave them to be refuted by several who know the facts asserted by Gavazei to be true with regard to Bedini’s character, and the part he took in the execution of Ugo Bassi. There are too many actors in the bloody Italian drama of '48 now in this country, who can bear witness to the events of that period, not to render futile the po- ey of the ‘Lover of Trath and Justice,” in deferring his secusstions until Gavassi was far away on the bosom of the broad Atlantic. Bat it isto the question in your editorial that I wish to reply, ‘Does anybody believe that davazzi did any to ‘tiem, to republicaniam, or to demo- cracy?’ Yes, 1 know that he has. He has converted many a benighted Catholic. He has baptised five chil- dren whose parents were, before his ar: ivi commupion. I myself was present at the baptism of one Jena Raga father was one of his first converts from Ro- manism. Many Protestants who were lukewarm before they beard him were then convinced that the Catholic religion was, is, and always will be, same, and that the danger which was imminent ia the fifteenth century (as you mention that one particularly, eI as great im the Bineteenth. And, moreover, Gavazzi done another gocd work, which might io some measure reply to your question whether he benefitted republicanism or de~ moeracy. He has awakened in the American heart an interest and a sympathy for his beautifal but oppressed hich bk cheer bee eS onal Lhe inat their religious and military oppressor; and may, trust, enable them, at oo distant day, to choose in peace and sa! their own religion, and their own government, without forced to accept the one or the ether at the point of Austrian muskets or French rl paged in reality, too great ‘as lover of truth and jus- te give sides @ place in your paver; and hoping that truth, snd trath slone, will prevail. 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