The New York Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1854, Page 8

AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. DIICES FROM ALL SORTS OF AUTHORITIES, tter of Senator Dixon on the Nebraska Question, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, KeltIng Debate im the House on the Erie Ballroad Blots at Erie, kk, &, ds. t A Our Washington Correspondence. Wasuuvaton, Jan 32, 1854 opored Repeal of the Ocean Steam Mail Contracts—In- @ Compensation to Deputy Posimasters of small Towns d Villages—A Plan to Quickin the Speed of the Ourriers pf the Mail between New Orleans and San Francisco, dc. Hon, Edson B, Olds, Chairman of the House Com- ittee on Post Offices and Post Roads, has, at the request his committee, framed a bill, to be reported to the House ¢ iret day the standing com mi:tees are called on for re- M which abrogates the extra compensation granted the Collins line from and after the lit day of Septem Pr next, and makes provision for annulling at the same the contract between the government and the com- 'y Of the Collins line altogether, witha o!ause authoriz the purchase of the ocean steamships of the company a fair valuation, The bill also provides for the repeal the other ateam mail comtracts between the government d Law, Aspinwall, and others, and for the purchase by gevernment of the steamships of said lines at such a pensation as may be deemed just by judges selected the parties te the contracts. The bill further provides the letting of the cosam steam mail contracts by th itmaster General upom the same principles observed ia @ letting of contracts for the land service. ) Chairman Olds has also framed a bill, which hi Pmmittee have adopted, for increasing the compensation § Postmasters of towns and villages some twen'y pa, more or leas, onthe amouot they are now receiving— is, those wto receive but small compensation hav pay insreased more than tweety per cent, whilst ose who receive « larger oom; eneation, not amounting more than $2,400, have an increase of a less per cen- a, of course. fr. Churchwell, of Tennessee, introduce’ « bill in the puse to-cay, authorizing the Postmaster General to con ct for carrying tbe mail between San Francisco and w Orleans upon the principle of paying the highest hount of compen sation for the quiskest schedule of poe to ke made. The contractors. #ho new get some n or tight hundred thousand doliars per annam on route is question, make the time in about twenty fire ys. Mr. Churchwell’s bill allows only $100 000 for nty five days; for twenty-three days, $200,000; for $300,000; for nineteen cays, $500,000; $350 000; for fifteen days, $1,000,000; $2'500,000, ‘and refereace to the > will be in the full ‘of successful operation. I ddged the schedule, hich sets @ price for each from twe aty five days kw toten days. Tue bill is an importe»t one, and 1s the approbation of some of the ablest men in both ares of Congress, AMERICANUS. The Record of 1848. Wasnincron, Jan. 29, 1854. ome of the present members of Congress have been mmored with the address of the members of ths Legis jure of the State of New York for the year 1518, Hached to the address, with others, is tho name of mes V. Peck, and might reem to conflict with his state- top the floor cf Congress, that he wae not s sup- ler of the Buflalo platform, or a free sciler in 1848, referring to the record it wi!l be seen that this address written previous to the Baffslo organization. The name fiee soiler was applied to thore who bolted je Baltimore nominations, and went to Builaio subse jent to the issue of this address. Mr. Peck, it is believed, acted with that portion of the mocratic Laat A own as barnbursers previous to the pffalo Convention, but there is nothing om record to low coe gave the Buffalo movement his countenance support Correspondence of Other Papers. tbe ny oad of the Courier ot ee fAsHinGTOm, Taesday Evening, Jan. romana nascent Snes esa 8, CO) revenue cers, m_the colleetor at Buffalo, and lar, Brodhead, the Na- Officer for New York. [Georg Sanders’ momination, which was received and ferred to the Committee on Commerce, on Tassday last Rot yet been acted upon. final decision of the Cabinet in regard to the Gads- treaty is expected to-morrow. Ths select committee em the Pacific Railroad have ‘reed upon & Eat siring piternate soctlind of land twen- -five miles each aide of the road, for the three following ites o— ‘ist. From 8t. Louis through the Great Basin, over the be explored by Fremont and Beale, called the central te. 2d By way of Memphis, Arkansas and Albuquerque in Mexico. Ss By way of Austia ia Texas, E! Paso, Me ills Valley In the House, Mr. Dean and Mr. Egerton, administra- b repudiated the bill as reported from the mmnittee om Territories, and proposed substitutes re- ining the Missouri compromise. If the softs are not king for higher wages, the bill is lost. O sponcenoe of the Philadelphia North American. ] Wasutscrox, Jan. 28, 1854 |The Garay Company are mach cispleased with the new ty, which gives them mo security It refers m to the Board of Commissioxers, with other claim ts. The President would, probably, ba ele ‘enongh to tee them @ million or two of dol |, by way of hrehasing their interest with the Senate, if he could trol the commissiesers, bat, ss they will be jadisial Hicers, that arrangemi nt, though dicated by the most nt }@ssons of State, will be hardly practica pjsot has been debated at three several sitti»; and there is, at this present writiag an even ‘that it will be determined on Monday next, to id General Gad: to Moxioo, with instrustions to ptain the pesinsula of Lower Oalifornia, now occupied the filibusters, and a more desirable port on the Galf, wuts doe bth soteeee {ui pouidelis aince thi tit does not recogaise ul ince the open of the filibuster war. This would give us the pe- ule, ‘That it stipulates for the payment of too much money ‘an obje it of uncertais value. That the land obtained is worthle*s, and the reports ita mineral wealth indefimte or fallacious and fvally, ‘eat the Ailibusters, if left’ alone, will conquer more 4 betier lands, and assign it to us without monsy and ithout price. The Tehuentepes pee y, nenphistes by Mr. Conkling be modified befo ing submitted to the Senate, fy the elimination of the cla prohibiting the use of b f troops and munitions of . Io that shape it will ratified by the Senate, but :ejected by Mexico. Dr. Olds, chairman of the Committee Post n tinkering with the present law on i Tether cochetes letters of balf ied barbs aon gehen eran os ae Gs 1s, BD rt of all letter. is mie meveniaie ta tas reread system. A single letter b Lpety Sod onh whhpedl Be It ougat to be 4 not less five cents. The privilege of sending eT Cae ee ee jamerous class of correspon ‘en’ though it occa- the gcverpment some trouble ani expense, ought o: to be aboliahed. The’ present raleof charging? un- d letters with almost caper ie cole is quite it revent any great abure of privilege. Governor of Texas has advertised that he will keep pen the pro; to contractors for building the Pacific tal'road until the first of May. The conditions are, that t hundred thousand dollars shall be de sosited ia the te treasury, a8 a*curity for the performasce of tie tract, and thet fifty miles of the road shall be finish d thin eighteen mont The Avantis, Missiasippt ad Railroad Company, organised uader the auspice of bert J. Walker, have sent an ageat to Austin to depo it security and take the contract. Mz. McAlpine, the celebrate’ New York engineer, has farpisbed and estimate cf the road from m will suffice for the construction of the rosd, and } sarplas of 610,000,000 for conti . ee by thie route to San Franciico is said to two thousand miles, auc the estimated oost pr le is $30.000. The report is said to be a very ble"Cosument. It may be to remind the reader phat the route proposed to be purrued by this company at of the Rio Grande lies through the territory acqui ed yy the Gadsden treaty. (Correspondence of the Buffalo Advertiver | Wassixero, Jan, 27, 1864, witn Great Britaia, negotiated winter, has been before the Senate, and ezcites a jp interest; for it contemplates very important ee in the literary relations of the two coustries, oukseliera engaged in the republication of British ooks aod periocicals have had their agate here ia force lobby sgaivat the conventicu, and they have been so successful that an amendm: has been introduced ting British copyright in this country to such orks &s are actually reprinted here. Under this limite ge oniy those works can be copyrighted for which the a ia so extensive as to require a whole edition to ipply it. Ite effeei is to make American publishers pay authors of the works they reprint at some stipulated c@, and to add that sam to the cost of the work to the there ta only a small To @ footiog an be ‘ors. But (do not believe the treaty pass whe thio ment, and if it does I doubt very much whetier it be ratified by the British government (Correspondence of the Detroit Free Press. } Wasuincron, Jan. 23, 1864, Senor Geicouria, a prominent member of the Cabin junta, is cow in thisolty om business coanseted with the by which the delivery of Cubs {s anticipated, ine is a shrewd and inte! it men well fitted to pro- sn enterpri:s as that in which he is engaged, debate om Cuban affsira, which is expected to take in a fow days, will throw much light oa she sub: connected with that islan; The copyright treat 4. ‘The correspondence of A. Dudley Mann, when In Aus- tria as agent of the United Sta‘er, which bas been called for, will undoubtedly develope matters of mush interast. ence of the the Winnsboro’, (3 C.,) Register } Wasuincrow, Jan’ 21, 1864 tevening suirés of the President was elven thia 48 usual, there was a jem waodarquerzs Bat tuch a collecitom ever wea cong egated withia the walls of one house Ladies, with extraordinary low necked verses, exoorted by mustached pomatum candies, edged their way through the crowd; Misses, who have jast laid aside +hort frocks and pacts, banging to the arms of boys who apec me in dress, and exceeded them in the leugth of their standing collers and fanty colored cravats; old | maids, whose wrink’ad faces were made smooth by Freveh chalk, and colored by rouge—oli bachelors with jet biack’ hair, and whiskers of dingy red or dappled gray; lebiane, c’erks, and mea snd women; whose virtus hung [oesrly around their shoulders, were uilxed up with secre: taries, foreigm mintaters, and foreign apes, each palling, pushing. avd squeez'ng themselvesin and out, to and fro, | ‘own the rpacious halle. Would I bad the pen of ft or the pencil of a Bosarth, in order that I might place on paper or canvass a fac simile of a soir “ White House,’ and present it to your read (Correspondence of the New Orleans Pi Wasainctow, Jam. 15, 1954 A powerful effort is to be made soon to procure the esteblishment of a California mail route via Nicara; ‘as, & bill for which purpose has already been introduced by Senator Weiler. Postmaster-Genoral Campbell is com- mitted in favor of the project, and in favor of buying up the steamers of the mail contractors via Pamama, and 20 discontinuing the contract altogether, according to the terms of the law authorizing said contract. Joseph L, White, of New York is here now to “ the passage of the law making the comtract with the Nissragua Oompaay, and bad an interview with Mr. Campbell eaterdey, in which the latter deolared himself irrevocably op; to the Remaey oe via Vera Cruz and Aeapulc: If Mr. Campbell has taken apy auch as that, he will find ita severe task to maintain 1es Com. Van derbilt, of Sa has watisfied himself tha’ across Mex: shortest, quickest, most and healthy, and is determined wot Pe bane of fai ing in enter ) an arrangement. and Garrison, Frits & Co., of Gependent line of steamers between lew York and Cali- fort composed of Yi steam-yach; North Star, on the Atlan' le Sam end Yackeo Blade on the Pacific. ill go imto operation sext month, rupnin, Aspiewall and Panams; but whenever it shall be id advisable, of course he will 7 fer the vessels so as to conmest with the Ramsey [From the Star, Jan. 28.] THE PAY OF A SUSPENDED NAVY OFFICER. A avy officer within the United States was, fora mill- tary offenee, sentenced by a Court Martial to be dismissed, but the sentence was Taltigated by the proper suthourity to a year’s suspension without pay. rhea it half the ‘erm of his suspension had Crea he received orders from the Seeretary of the Navy for temporary duty as a witress. ‘The offlcer obeyed, and then claimed his pay for the whole time, after compliance with the erder, on the ground that after performing that duty, he did not relapse into a sus but that, like «furlough, the suspension wan totally termieate! by the order and service under it. It waa held that tne officer was entitled to pay while actually on duty by order of the Secretary; but that the 42d artiele of the act of April 23, 1800, for the better government of the Navy, had placed thi pardon and remission of the balaoce of th the hands of the Presic AN OFFICER'S PAY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. Tt is held ia the Treasury Department that an officer of the army or navy who i taken sick on his journey, in compiiance with orders to attend a court martial, is titled to his per diem allowance for the time he is detain- ed by sickness, COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS IN THE U. S. REVENUE MARINE, BTO. On the recommendation of the Secretary of ths Trea- sury, the Committee on Commeree, of the House, have de- termined to report a bill, hereafter acc orcing to Osptains in the revenue marise on the Atlantic coast (at the Charleston, S.C, station excepted) $1,500 per annum. To those stationed on the Gulf and on the Caarleston, 8. C., station $1,800 per annum; and co those on the weet coast $2,100 per annum—tne of the subordinate officers to be increased pro rata on each of these three divisions of stations, Tne bill is farther to eontain a clause providing that hereafter no person shall be pointed to any rank in the U.S. reveaue ma: service who shall not have previously served a year before the wast somewhere, anc be thoroughly competent from his knowledge of navigation an seamanship. NEW CUTTERS. We leara that the House Oommittee on Commerse have agreed to report « bill for the constraction of four new revenue cutters. It is well understood that their services are requisite—pressingly requisite. There can be little doubt that the committee’s bili to that end will become a law ere the session ends, THE BEVISION OF THE TARIFF. The Committee of Waysand Means have not yet ap- proached this important subject. It is expected that they will take {t up, however, in about a week. So thos interested will please take netice. THE CURRENT OPERATIONS OF THE TRSASURY DEPARTMENT. On the 27th of January, there were of Treasury Wi yants entered on the books of the Department— For the redemption of stock a5 ve05 5 0869,489 40 eof atocks. 70 678 62 + 9,448 ai Ver the War Deyartme $20,917 31 {or re-paying for the War Department + 8,614 93 For the Navy Department 2 6,959 65 For the Interior Department ‘64199 Yor re paying in the Interior Departmen + 7a6t (From the Washigton Star Jan. 31 4 PENSIONER TO BE PalD THOUGH OowmnG Tt‘ It ia roled to the Treasury Depsrimest thataat ra mest thataaier © provisions ef the act of May 20, 1886, (Statutes a vol. 6, p. 81,) the payment of a pension grante1() tary services by apy of the laws of Congress cannot be witbheld from the sioner, even though he be a de- taulter to the government to any amount in the settle- mont of his accounts. CHANGES IN THE UNIFORMS OF UNITED STATES TROOPS. Sone following order has been issued by the War Depart- ment :— Grwsrat Oxpers, No. 1. War Drraxtuent, ADJCDAYT omen Ovrice, Wasningtow, Jan. By direction of the Sesretary of War the following changes are made in the uniform for evlisted men, pre- scribed by “General Orders ” No. 81. of July 12, 1861: 1. Sky blue will be substituted for “Saxony blue” for all trimmings for the infantry. 2, Metallic scales will be issued to all arms in lien of epaulettes. 8. A cord or welt of cribed color will be substi- tuted for the cap band: coat facings mow used. 4. Cord on the trowsers will be disposed with. 5, The same button will be used for all corps, to wit:— = Cad used for the infantry, omitting the I in the 6. A jacket, according to pattern in the o bureau, will be substituted for the frock coat, for all mounted men. 7. Letters and numbers on the ho:se eq uipmenta will be dispensed with. By order, 8. COOPER, Atjutant Genoral, WHO DETERMINES TO WHOM PENSIONS ABE PAYABLE. Under the rules prevailling in the Departments in Washington, the accousting officers have no authority to.decide to whom a pension shall be granted; that be longs to the Commissioner of Pensions, acting under the d'rections of the Secretary of the Iateris bd eT he designation of hei adm enaion, ad tl ion rm, Oxi ra, adi: H rators and guardians to whom payment should be ade, is regarded as final. THE PACIFIC RAILOAD. The House Pacific Railroad held two meetings—the last yesterday morning. Thi bave not yet taken any proposition for formal con: tion, but sre awaiting the astion of the Senat especial committee raised for the same purpose. They have before them, by resolution, the scheme of Mr, MeDou the House, only Aw this committee is po: tortously exceedingly strong i»tellectually and io busi- ness it of view, we expect from them in the end action Pst as important to the country at large as that which Jooked for from the committee raised in the other end of the Capitol. INDIAN APFAIRS IN NEW MEXICO. be mation of treaties with the Indiana of tha’ region, fixing motes and boundsto their reservations, Uatil that may be done it bids fair to be impossible to prevent indiscrim- inate snd pernicious trade between them and the whi es, and also to prevent the letter from wantonly destroying the buffalo, which it is the policy of the government to pre: erve 08 far ae possible for the sole use of the Indians TKR NOT ENTITLED TO ARREARAGES OF PaY A cay or two ‘an appeal was taken from of the third auditor of the treasury, raliog that © no legal claim on ths qov him at the time he deserted, The seoreary of the Treasury overruled the appeal, thus confirming the auditor's decision. A NEW SWISS CONSUL RECOGNIZED. Tie President bas ised adrier Iselia ae Vice Oon- sul of the Swirn ‘edoration at New York, COMMIS?I0NS ALLOWED TO NAVY AGENTS, We learn, ou inquiry at the proper barra in Washing ‘on, that vocer thé provisions of the act of March 3, 1869, (Statutes at large, vol 2, p 636,) and May 16, 1820, (Statutes at large, vol. 3, p. 682,) navy agents are enti: tied to charge one per cent commission on their actual disburremenis on accoont of the government—such cam- mission not to exceed two thousand dollars ® year; but the transfer of money bys navy agent to bims-if as soting porrer, when the latter duty has also been assigned to him. {s not considered a disbursement, nor will # com- mission be allowed upon it. THE CURBENT OPERATIONS OF THE TREASURY DE- PARTMENT. On the 38th of January there were of tressury war- rants entered on the books of the departmeat— For the recempti: n of stooke. oe $15,297 17 For the customs......,.... seves 28,602 41 Covered into the Treasury from miscellaneous wovret sevepesece «+ 10 684 24 For the WaPo ” - 80,291 (9 For the Inte "acer + ++ 18,9 lonpay, Jan. 30, ares For the recemption of stooks................ $14,859 16 For the Treasury Department, exclusive of 26,482 81 7'327 60 4007 67 3,430 95 | self. \Whe Hon. Presiecy Ewing, of Kentucky, Wsuincron, Jan 29, 1854, Dean Sin—I did pot know whether, in en editoris! of yesterday’s paper, in which you #sy Mr. Smith, of Va., had contrived to insult two of his brother members, you referred tome as one of those two or not, But remem- bering that your brief telegraphic report of the debate had mace Mr. Smith say the gentlemen from Keatucky had committed an impropriety, when his declaration was that I had commitied no impropriety, I eupposed it quite probable your editorial was founded upon that mistake, T usually prefer to let these unavoidable errors go un- corrected, ever when somewhat annoying, rather than betray an over-sensitiveners about them. But while! never voluntarily insult ® member om the floor, Iam equally unwilting that my constituents shonld be made to believe that I bave tamely submiited to an insult my- I leave to your own sense of jastice the reparation of théinvoluntary wrong. if the proper correction could be made without the publication of this note I should Prefer it, for | confess my reluctance to appear before the public in the attitude of afcard-writer or self adver. tiser om such emoccasion. I send you the cflicial and correct report of the cebate. I was made by the telegraphic reporter of ithe Cebates for the associated press, on a former occasion, to sey that when parties were arrayed I should de feund om toe side of the administration. Though that statement might be very unimportant to ‘the administration or the public, it was so im; t to me that I could not have rested uader the misre presentation had I not felt assured that those who knew me would deem it incredible. Perheps ere taste may require me to say, that while I am perfectly aware that it is quite unimportant to the public whether I am miareported, or re; that pubiic, ard [ could not complain if no notice were taken of saything I m'ght say or do, yet you must allow that oormsmon justice requires trat if amreported at all 1 should be :eported correctly, amd the more especially ia a matter #0 parely personal and so delicate as the ene re. feredto above. Very respectfully, your ob’t servi Lat all, to PRESLEY KE VIVG THE OORRECT REPORT. Mr. Camrunti—I rise to @ point of order, andit tah ir The compromise measures of 1859 wera passed lutions were subsequently adopted by this dou: ip pality it agitation. The'two political ps met at Baltimore in 1852, and there adopted piat(» against agitation u} the sabject of slavery an} I mss the point of order that now the gentleman from Virgi «1+ (de. Smith) is agitating this very thing, and it agt.:-- me. Mr Surra—I do not understani his purpose. I de-pis- pellet Adem teal pets hithicd geo lewen get up toa point rr, rely state propari which involve ne point of order, or sre utterly iasig oid cant, I cannot bat express my surprise that they sh aid 80 far forget themselves—— Mr. CamPpmi—Mr. Chairman——. The Cuaikman—The gentleman from Ohio is out of order, unless he bas the floor by the consent of the gen tleman from Virginia (Mr. Smith). Mr. Camrneii—If the gentleman does not yield, of course I cannot reply. Mr. SurrH—If the gentleman wants to see me he can find me when the House adjourns. These interraptions necesrarily agitate me, and disturb the carrent of my thevghts, But I willproceed. With these various inter- A sea U perhaps snail perpetrate'some repetition—— , EwisG—I appeal to the gentleman tokaow whether it was not with his conremt that I made an interruption in his speech by askivg him a qaestion? It is castom- ary for gentlemen here to mak b interraptions——. Mer. SmitH—The gentleman from Keatucky has acted with entire propriety in this matter. I adverted to the gentleman from Ohio only, I am very happy to be iater- rupted whenever the isteriuption has any pertiaensy to the question; but I bave no idea of being interrap‘ed at unworthy acvantage, or whenever the thing is out of e House, or ont ef the discussion. 'The Missourl Compromise. 4A LETTER FHOM BENATOR DIXON, OF KENTUCKY, WASHINGTON, Jan, 28, 1354. To Tus Eprror oF THE LOUISVILLE TIMES ;— In an article headed ‘ The Nebessks Bil” hich ap- red in your paper of the 25th inst., in speaking of my Souniel ou the’ iesetiods ituvelved’ is te, ‘you use this lan, E Te seams that the bill is to moot with somo opposition in Congress, ovtsidejof tho ranks of the fre soilers and abolitio inte. Mr. Dix K o! of slavery to Nothivg by Mr. Dix wil ard she own questionably blight the fruit compromise. For the unmanly purpose of embarrassing the national administra. tion, Mr. Dixon is willing again to raise that whirlwiad of eect! jiem which had well Swept away our inetito- will the whig party of Kentucky? ate be six peetarors! 1 . Olay is assaultit of his life—is stempting to mar the proudest monument of his men editors, and las! re} ntimente of she party that elected him. Now, sir, as 1 take it for gracted that you would not intentionally misrepresent either my motives or my ac tions upon & subject so important vo the country as tae Dill ao the Seaate to organize the [erritury 0° Nebraska, I have thought it due to myself, to you, and to trath, to call your atteution to the principles ia tre bill embracing the subject of slavery, as reported by su Douglas, the chairman of the mittee on Terris» ie the amendment of the bill offered by me, and the >.« quent sdop'ion of the substance of that amendme.. » be committee. The first rection of the bill, after defining the bounds :1¢2 Of the Territory, declares ‘‘ That the,same alall b created into a temporary government, by mame of th- Terri of Nebraska; and, when admitted asa State or States: t said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admirsioa ’ ination Agitation will The Zist section provides ‘ that all questions pertain ing to alay in the Territories and in the new States to be formed efrom are to be left to of the people residing therein, through their appropriate repre- sentatives.” It will be recollested that the whole of the territory embraced within the provisioas of the bill lies north of 86 80 nerth latitude, and that slavery in it is forever prohibited by the eighth section af the act commonly Known as the Missouri compromise a:t, which declares “that in all that territory oeded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisians, which lies north of 36 30 north latitude, slavery and involuntary servitade, otherwise than in the punishment of criaes whereof ths parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be forever prohibited.’ It will at onco be perceived that so long as this ast ra- mainein force slavery must be excluded from the pro posed Territories, The bill, as reported by the commit Pp within the limiw of ites an may be formed said Tercitories to have or not to bave slavery, as may prescribe at the time of their sd ro co of exteu iting to the people living within the limits of raid territories before organized into States, the like privilege. From the provisions in the bill above alluded to, it will sppear mec i‘es: that, unless the eighth rection of the Missouri compromise act is saled, no citizen li withio a slaveLoidiog State can emigrate to 10, repeals it to the extent only of allowing the Livin, h Sta said Terri aod carry along with him his slaves until after ie people living withim the same shall. have met together, an throogh their appropriate repre-entatives, decided whether slavery sball’ exist or not, Under this state of the case, no could doubt that the decision would be against the slaveholder; for as the laws up to this point would exclude all sixveholders from the Tecri- tories, whilst i: would admit abclitionists, free soilers, foreigners, and all others opposed to slavery, the righ! te decide the question would be corficed alone to the op- ponents of slavery and to those oppored to its coming into the Territories. That this would rencer the provirfens of the bill as re- ported by the committee wuo!ly inopsrative, so far as ‘Ubey were intended to ben: fit the poopie living within the limits of the slavebolding States, there oan be ne shadow of doubt, and amount to the leaving of the whole ques tion, s0 far as any practical result is to be attained, E& oi as it mow existe under the provisions of the Mis- souri ccmpromise act. It promises the sul G secures the shadow, to the people of the 8 uth. 6 keeps the weed of promise to the ear and bresks it te the br pe,” whilat all that is res) and velaable is left to be spprepriated by the people living within the mite of the States in which mo +lavery existe he obj-etions taken by me to the bill were entertained by every Svutaorn man, 0 far as | can learn, ia both boemaes Ooverer whether whig or Cemosrat; and to remove theee | offe the smendment which seems to have given so much of- fence to you, ard which, as I bave before ssid, was sub- sequently in substance adopted by the commi;tee, and incorporated into the bill. That amencment repeals ro much of the Missouri com. promise act as ‘‘forever p:ohibits slavery north of thir:y- six degrees thirty minutes north lativuce,”’ by declaring “that it shall not be so conatrued as tompply to the Terri tory ortempl ed y this set, or ty any other Terri- tory of the Untied Sates; but tha! the citizens of the seversl States or ferrit.sies siell beat liverty to take and hold their rlaves within acy of the ferritories of the U. ited States, or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the ssid act entile1 as aforesaid ani approved as aforeesid bad never been parsed’ Thi sm sm mont does nothing more nor less than repeal the Missouri conpro. mite act, 80 far as # avery is concerned, and leaves the whole euestiin as to the right of the citizens of the slaveboldirg States to carry their s)aves into said Terii- tory, just as it would have peer if the restriction con- tained im the Missouri compromise aot nad never been created by Corg:ers, or, in other words, it ceoleres Con- * jst of ala very, oth in the Sates ai the United States, secu. es to the citizens of the slave holding Sta‘es an I right with the citizens of the non slaveholding to move into sald Territory, and when thers to be feovre in their pettone acd property, whetheir their yroperty conristes in slaves or in anything else. ‘Now, the amendment agreed upon by the committee, and abovt which I was consulie) before it was offered, not only received my entire approbation, but, as I before remarked. was in substence that previously off-red by me. It declares that ‘the constitution, all the laws of the United Siates which are not locally inapplicable, shall bave the asme force and effect within the ssid Tor: ritory of Nebraska as elrewhere within the United Siates, exorpt the eighth section of the act preparatory 10 the ad: mirrion of Missouri into the Union, spproved March 6th, 1820, which wan superseded by the principles of the legis- lation of 1850, commonly called the C+mprom|se measures, and 16 hereby declare inoperative. Yon will not devy that the amendment offered by me, end this amendmen) afterwards agreed upon by the eom- mittee, are in rubstance the rame. be | both alike re- peol the Misseurt compromire act; and if the ae is cal culated to sgitate ws of slavery, the otner cam- not be less liesiy to be so. Ane yet, beoctne L opposed the bill as originally report. ed by the committee, and pro) to remedy Its defects », ring an amendmeut w! ia approved of by the hots Southern delegation in both houses of 4, you have pot only denounced me as an agitator, and call- @d upon ell the edito:n of the State to ‘lash me tato a prorer respect for the sentiments of the party that elest- ed me,” but sharged me with ‘“sssooisting myself with Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, (whom you style ‘ebolitionist,) for the unmauly g the poblest achievement of Mr Clay aad attempting tc mar the mejestis proportions of ths proudest monument of bis greetwews.”” You will eurely, Mr. E’itor, parceive that if I hive at- tempted to embarrass the I aomiuistration, Judge Deugias, and the committee at the head of whish he pre- rides, have attempted to do the same thieg, by incorporat- ing into their bib the ameadment which prop ses to do precissly what mine did; and that if Iam an agitator, he and those with whom he is assoc'ated caanot bs coasider- 0 lest so. And, unless Iam greatly m sinfirme), tas President apd his Oabinet are agitators also; for is id every- where here raid by bis friends that he and they are io favor of a totel repeal of the Missouri compro nike #>t, and that they give their hearty approval to the auiendment agreed upon by the com miitee, ‘So far as regards the charge that I an ‘ aseaulting the noblest achievem=nt of Mr. Ulay,”’ [ can ouly aay that, whilst I venorate the memory of tha: graat maa, and would fo Qs faras any maa living to protest his feme and his great reputstion for patriotism and devo- tion to his sountry against every assault, yet, when I consider the circumstances ui bizh the Missouri compromise act was passed, t ee eity which drove him to propose aud urge upon Congress its the best he could do for thi holder et H I farther consider the ivjustice it does to the olti- sere of all the slaveholding States in depriving them of be ay privileges with the citizens of ths other States, to wit, of emigrating to the Terri'orias of the United Sia? and carrying with them their propsrty, ae there of being rhield-d by the broad mant t 9. ral constitution, which throws its mzis slike arouad the cit zane of all thie great republic, whether in the States or Territories, apd protects thea both in their persons and property; and when I further consider thet the grast principle settled in the eompromtre of 1850 was that of Congress ona! ncn-interfererce with the subject of sls. very, both in the States aud Territories, and the: Me Clay ‘himself was the au’ber of ibis principle, I “sel taat I am doing no injustice to his memory cr to his fame whea Lurge its application to the Territories in quastion. You will now unterstand that my objsci was not to egitate or to emdérrass the national admiaistration, but 10 carry outs principle settled by the compromise mea- vores of 1850 by applying it to the Territories lying vorth of £6 cegrees 20 minutes of north latitude. at che bill as ing for reported by the eommitwe did ot ully do thie, is evidere-d not only in the fast that 1: war vot approved by the memopers from the slaveholding States, but that the committee themselves afterwards amended it by incorposating into it the principles of the amendment cffeed by me, The Southern members saw, as all others must Fee, whilst the bill, as reported by the committee, wed to wustain the rights of the South, it was in feots betrayal of them ands covert sur- rencer of every slaveholder to be sacrificed at the feet of his mo: ‘and cunning Northera oppenent. If to ar. reat such @ jolicy as this—if to save the slaveholders of Kentucky, and cf the other slaveholding States, from before Congress, if he could be satisfied. How con- sistent Mr. Day's fear that I wauld not ‘converse with him,” as he expressed it to Mr. Clemens, before he called on me, is with the statements im his letter of the 23d, let others deside. How probable it is, that when Day came fro Washington with the in- tention of offering something to me, it all at once bappened that the case was reversed, and I offered something to him, 1 should be willing to submit to Day himself, But enough of this—here are the letters: — Wasrunctox, Jan 28, 1854 Dear Sim—In reply to your inquiry, I have to say het some time since a friend calied upom ma to inquire it 1 Colt’s connate); and upoe my reslying be remwa.ked that Horase H. Day was © of opporing # bil’ then pensing for the extension of Cults patect, but thar if | woul ree him be belisved @ rentonabie com promise might be eifect- 0. Ireplied that 1 had no authority from sl, Colt to mabe arrsngemunts of any sor'—tuas be rei ed apon the Justice of bis case, amd expected nothing from me than to see that it was fairly presested, and guarded agsinat interested mirrepresevtations from infriugers or others. Finally, however, I consemted to converss with Mr. Day if he would call upon me for tbat purpors. Sub sequently Mr Day did call npom me; I remarked to him that I anders’ he cesired to converse with me upon the subject of Colt’s patemt—that I understood he had no opporiticm to Col. Colt, butt,that he feared if his bill should pass it might aff-ct others ia which he (Dav) was interestod— thet 1 bad also beom told shat his objvet in wing 20 interview with me was to effect an amicable cow promise. He replied, ‘‘You have the whole story.” I then raid, I muat krow what you want, and what you expect from me, before I can give you any answer a3 to the probabilities ot making euch » compromise ”” He sald ‘that be bed been prevented from seeing me as coun as he denired— tbat he bad aa engagement at that hour, and could not get through with all he had to ssy in time to keep it—adding that he was going to York that night, but would call again before he started I told him that you were in New York, and that he hed better tee you. He expressed fears that you vould not converse with bim. I told bim that if he had apy ressouable pro: positions to make, he might dismiss such appreveasions; bui, to make things certain, I would write to advise you tonee bim. He said he should ask mothiog unreasunable, anc when he had rtated his case, you would yourself bs of tbat opinion, He added a gcod deal about his tofa er the House of Representatives, loiter writers, ti you in New at the time he had appointed. learned that he oslied about bait an hour later; bat, hav fog another gagement, I did not wait for him, and did not im. When I did learn the exact nature of Mr. Day’s propo- sitions. Lat cnce agreed with you that it would be dis- graceful and cihor erable to accede to them. Very truly your friend, JERE CLEMENS, New York, Jan. 28, 1854, This attempt on the part of those who profess to be the 1 of the administration, to bind them hand and fcot aud give them over to the tender mercies of North ern free rollers and Northern fanatics and aboliticnists, in an unmanly attempt on my part to embarrass the na: tionaladsBinistration, and » determination to disregard the known will of my constituents, why let it be so; I plead guilty to the cherge and take the responibiti'y. With the hope that you will do me the jastice to pub h this in your next paper, I remain. respso'fully. &o., ARCHIBALD DIXON, Colt’s Patent Extension. TO THE EDITOR OF THR NEW YORK HERALD. Sim—In the Happ of the 23d inst., a letter in reference to Colt’s extension appears, signed ‘by Horace H.Day, in which that individual endeavors to avert the consequences of my exposure of his at- tempt to “ levy black mail’ upon @ol. Colt. * To so much of that letter as attacks me personally or professionally, I have of course no reply to make. It is a painful, but a necessary incident to the other- wise agreeable profession of which I am a member, to incur the hatred and vengeance of those violators of the law whose offences have brought down upon them its punishment ; and if I should descend toa personal controversy with every convicted law-break- er to whom I have applied the “scourge of justice,” I should Sind but little time for any other pursuits. Mr. Day, however, gravely asserts it to be his opinion that the fact that I am one of the “principal counsel”’ of Mr. Goodyear, is answer enough to make to me, and that if it were not for his desire to injure Col. Colt’s extension, he should make no other reply. His motive is certainly an amiable one, especially as Mr. Day assures you that “he has no personal in- terest in tue matter,” except such as may arise from the fact that Iam counsel for Goodyear. It is true, however, as atated, that I have devoted a very con siderable attention and time to protecting Mr. Good: year’s property from Mr. Day's piracies, aud Mr Goodyear's fame from his slanders, and with a suc- cess which Mr. Day’s complaints show to be coi plete. These effurts, too, have been made in asso ciation with some of the ablest lawyers of the coun try, and I can well bear the reproach of being found in such company, and in such a cause. Moreover when I find Mr. Day publishing such a letter as that of the 17th, (and, teast it might pass unnoticed, re calling public attention to it, and reaffirming it im his letier of the 23d,) in which he informs the country, with the air of an injured and despairing patriot, that there are ‘‘no honest men in the Cabinet’'—that the adwinistration is engaged to “back up the swindles”’ —that gentlemen of the character and station of the Secretary ot War, Geo. Armstrong, Major Harris, aud the tike, are a“ band of pirates and robbers’’— Ishould suspect myself of some crime, or fear that others would suspect me, unless similar epithets were applied to me by the same person whenever he should speak of me. I pass, there’ore, this part of the case, with the sincere hope that I may never se con- duct my own or my clients affairs, eituer personally or professionally, as to incur the ofprooriam of Horace H. Day’s praise. ‘The extension of Col. Colt’s patent is the object I have to attain. Mr. Day concludes bis letter by an attack upon the application, which, like all the other attacks he has made, is devoid of any resemblance to trath. Finding, as he says, that the statements in my letter were likely to “ aid me in my extension project,” he tries to find some one of them which is capable of being contradicted, and he choses the first—which was that Col. Colt was not applying to Congress to extend a patent already rejected by the Commissioner, but another one for a different sub- ject, and he arraigns that statement with the air of @ man about to refute it. “Let us see,” says Mr. Day, “whether that is is so.” When I read so far I began to fear that I had myself made 4 mistake, and ah did not know what Colonel Colt was asking for; but in the next four lines the falsity of the torme®charges made against Col. Colt is admitted; and I am advised that it would have been much better for me to have joined with those who uttered it aud carried out the de- ception than to have corrected it—that is ¢o say, that he was told, after all, to help Colt, and now, against the advice of his friend Day, he is ruining its most excellent effect by contradicting it. However, it would be ungratetul in me not to thank Day for his advice, and to assure him that nothing but that par- tiality for truth which hasfor years prevented me from following any of his counsels could now hinder from taking it. Having thas failed to sustain any of the four false statements deliberately published to the couatry, Mr. Day “ sticks his knife” with the fury of despair. He has got one charge now which he is determined shall be true. He says that, in applying to the Commissioner to exten: patent of b) Col. Colt charged it “ with expense: attributed “all his profits to the patent of 1836,” and that now he “attempts to apply his expenses to the patent of 1836, and his prefits to the patent of ol Lets pete man of Bi ote end untruths, it is perbaps unnecessary to say anyt! more in regard to his fifth statement, than that ff consistency in mendacity forbids his reader ts believe that, at this late moment, he will begin to tell the truth ; but lest the character of the opposition to Col. Colt's application may be unknown to some in- nocent reader of this last charge, I feel bound to re- fute it, as I huve all the others Now it is not true that, in bis application to the Commissioner for the extention of his patent of 1839, that patent was “ charged with all the expenses.” On the contrary, the whole expenres shown on that applicat on, as any one may see who will read the account which he law requires to be filed in the Patent Office,were $250,000, and the patent of 1839 was only charged with $60,000, or less than a quarter of them. And it is not true that in the present application to Con- gress Col. Colt attempts to apply bis profits “ to the patent of 1539;” but, on the coat, it is freely ad- mitted that every dollar which has been realized is attributed to the very patent which he now seeks to exter d, although it cost Col. Oolt seventeen years of hard labor, and fortunes in money, to extract profits from it. This is the fifth deliberate false charge made by Mr. Dey and his “ knife-sticking” friend in Wash- ton againet Col. Colt, and not one word of truth has yet appeared fromthem. My only fear mow is, that if they should begin to state the facts as they are, it would so discredit them that no one would believe the truth. No one can form a correct idea of what mendacity is till he has has read ‘ Day on Colt’s Patent,” ond I commend that ingenious per‘orm- ance to the careful atteution of the curious in the ait ot ‘knife sticking;” i; can be found in a series of letters from Washington and various be wspapers, commencing the Cay after the “ black mail’ experi- meu failed, aud ending (including the attack on the administration generally,) on the 23d inst. with the letter in the Hsnavp of that date. Finally, in order to demolish every pretence in Mr. Day's letter, I now publish the letters of Hon. Jeremiah Clemens, Mr. Weller, and Mr Judson oa this snbject. Mr. Day forgot that before he ever made his proposition to me, he tried his experi nents on twoof there gentlemen, and upon several others, whote testimony could be given if Day's own ac- count of the matter were not felo di These geu- tlemen all referred bim to me, and finally be came. He did not inform these lemen what his terms were, bat he to procure the extensions of allthe patents which he supposed were p»nding Epwarp N. Dickxreon, Esq , New Yore:— LKAR Sik—In apswer to’ your request I have to sta’ that when in Wishingtom, either in the latter part of De- cm ber or early part of the present month, i Horace H Day entered into conversation with me, at the Na- tiors) Hotel, on the subject of the extension of the Golt anc other patents by Congress. In the course of his marke! understood him to v; that if an arrangement had bren, or should be, made to protect his interests in = poet ls ‘he would aid, and could aatis'y parties proper he could insure the extension by Cuaaraal of all these patente As no intimation of secrecy was t, om the contrary, presuming that the parties interested in the applications to Copgreas should be made acquainied with bis views and the influences he could comtrol—I did mot hesitate in communicating to you the purgort of his re- marks on that subject. I cannot pretend to give Mr Dsy’s remarks {n full, not having avy personal or professional couneosion with any application of the kind before Congress to induce epscial interest, but lam very sure as to the general tenor of his remarks, and I feel sure that I have not overstated them. Yours, truly, & , CdAS. M. KELLER, New Yore, Jan. 24, 1854, Fpwp. N. Dickmrsoy, Esq — Dxak S—In reply to your inquiry whether the state meats of H H. Day's letter, in the Hanan of the 234 so fe as they relate \ me, are true, I have to say they are only conversations which I have ever held with Horace H Day on the subject of the extension of the Hayward or sulphur patent, followed propo sions by bim to procure t! f tent Durirg the last six montbs Ds magy appli. cations to me for release of the jadgmeat of the aoart against him for infriogement of Goodyear patents, based upon the proposition to join with Heyward in procuria the extension of his patent, and to be admitted ari owner of an interest therein, These fasts I should not have {rit jastified im thus disclosing, unless Day had opened them by his statements in the letter attacking you. but I+hould be dog tojustice to the parties coa- cerned 10 withhold them. The Inst communication which Day wrote to me was sbcut th a ct December, when his clerk @ailed upon me with @ telegraph from Day, from Washiogton, se questing me at once to go to Washington, the object of which war Kot stated. In regard to the denial published in the Union of the th inst., I have to say that its pudjication was auiho- aed by me in reply tos written request from you. It is proper to add, by way of explanation, that Mr. Goodyear owzed the first term of Hayward’s sulphur pa- tent, but has no interest in its ¢xtension. The extension of Goodyear’s patent bar never at avy time been the subject of ciscursion at all oetweea me and Day. That patent is mill in its fret term, and has some years to run. Mr. Goodyear is in Karope, and I have no knowlsdgs of his vie va or intentions in regard to ite ex:ensi Yours troly. WILL'AM JUD3ON, Having thus refuted every charge which has been wade from beginning to end, I trust that hereafter, when any objection is to be made to Col. Colt’s a ite it will at least bear some distant resem- lance to truth, and be supported by some reason, which is better than'‘black mail.” Your obdt., Eow’p N. Dickerson. 57 Chambers street, New York, Jan 27, 1854. American Genius. List of Patents issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending January 31, 1854—eaeh bearing that date:— Henry T. Anthony, of New York, N. ¥ —For improve ment in presses for making miniature caves. Philander H Benecict, of Syracuse, N. Y —Forim proved caguerreotype plate holder Enos Boughton, of East Bioomfeld, N. Y —lor improve- ment im cultivators William Boyd, of Garretteville, Oblo—For improved mode of fixing likenesres in monumen‘s William Cleveland, of Orangs, N. Y.—For improvement in rep William 0. Davis. of Pittebarg, Pa.—Fer improvement in presen for moulding glass, Somuel L. Deoxy, of Christians, Pa,—For improvement in divided railroad axles. y, of North Linsolm, M+ —For improvement iearsr W. Jobnson of Perth Amboy, N, J ~For im provement in fa wills Harvey Leach, of Roston, Mars,—For improvement in Longking, of Brooklyn N.Y.—For i nproved *pparatos for clearing and oufliing daguerreotype plaer. ©. Cutler, of Jersty City, N. J —Fur improvement ia quar « crushers Harvey Lull, of South Coventry, Conn , aselgnor to Her- Luli and Richard Porter, of Wheeling, Va.—For im provement in epatter hinges. Aate dated Jaa. 2 1884, Jewes McCarty, of Reading, Pa—For improvement 12 rollrra for sonrfing the edger of the skelpe for lapwelied tober, John L L Morris, of Reading, Pa.—Fer improvement in team hammers Charles G. Page, of Washington, D. C.~ For improve- ment in elestro magaetic engines, Patented in Eagland, May 3, 1861. Wm. Palmer, of New York N. ¥—For improvements io water geuger for steam boilers, Ebeneser G. Pomeroy, of Pittsburg, Pa.—For improve: ment in manafee! ure of sbeet iro Benjamin Underwood, of Brooklyp, N.Y —For improve- ment in the construc:ion of printing blerks, Frederick J. Thring, of New York, N. Y.—For improve- ment in oar pet begs. Edward Tows, of Jersey City, N. J—For improved ocks. of Reading, Pa.—For {provement in steam hammers. ac L Dickineon, of Richmond, Ind.—For improve meat in barns Ie Roy 8. White, of Tbicopee, Masa.—For improvement in for piture castors. Pax scx —Samuel G. Dugdale, of Rishmond, Iad.— For apparatos {-r opening and closing gates, Patented Oot. 1, 1868 1 De icns.—Wm. Resor, of Cincinnati, Obio, Wm. and R cas non ate Conrad Herris and Paul W. Zoiner, asaignora to Alexan. der Bradley, of Pittsburg, Pa.—For design for cooking eve. Peter Seibert. of Pittsburg, Pa., assignor to Alexander Praéley of same place—For cesign for ¢ x king stove. saigeor to . Resor & Oo,, of same place—For design for Rivers and Harbors. [From the Washington Inte! oer Jam 31 | F ght weeks of th» secsion of ress having passed ‘and. no bill reported for priations for the imp: ve- ment of rivers and harbors, solicitude is express‘ to verious quarters as to the probabilities of action dariac the prevent session, and rome inquiries have been addresend bject which we should be giad ‘0 axwe 1 yj+ot elieited some remarks in the Sans Thursésy Inst, in reply to ao irquiry by Mr Bell wh the Oc mpittee on Commerce ia that body m in that branch; theugh there he pometines been, Mr. H. said, bills reported ia favor of ‘¢ppropristions for such works as the Minis. ippi river aot othe sof s general eharacter, Mr Beli referred t» the waste which celeys uced im works @ommenerd sai keft unfinisbed for want of mesos, aad urged the import ance of early legislation. But the tnqtiry and conversa tion thereon resulied in no svsurance tha: a general bill ‘wc uld be reported to the Senate. Kerly fp the session ® mo’ion wen made in the House of Representatives to have a bill reported maving appropri a\ions for the completion of works authorized by the leat Congress and now in Progress of constrnetion: bat tha war Coferied, and the whole rubj ot is before the Ou mittee on Commerce, esid to be favorab'a to improve menis ofa national character. The report islyked for wi h po amall degree of interest The table given below will rbow the agerozate amonnt spnually sppropriated during @ prriod of thirty aioe yeers, the pub ication of whieh may be acceptable to our readers at thin time puary, 1847, by @ renolution of the Senate « ovil was mace upon the Secretary of War for ‘+a #ta t of all the appropriations made tor the construction aud 1+ fr of al) rosds fortifications an! hersors, aad provement ef rivers, Perlod ct ecch uppeopriation aad supensivare tS” expeasitare.”” wi ‘with this cali, @ statement was prevare! ol JJ Abert, oble? of 4a rs) To cagh.cel ete of east Engineers, exhibi' fecnertante covariation in tion }, os fares IPwiat Stator the expenditarea have bean w ex] rea have A statement of the smoun's since appropriated would be of interest to the publis at this moment. AMOUNTS APPROPRIATRD IN BACH YAR, a.» 116 112 -——-103, 482 Administration 284 268 Adams’ . 120 TE. '608'560 —2, 311,416 Jaakson's Adminisration. sve 672,606 . 926,31 1,236 008 212159,451 A 641,621 362. 7,520 168, 718—10, 583,878 Mr, Van Buren's Administration, Mr. Tyler's Administration. 1842, $100,000 1848 230,000 ded 698,500 1945. 60,000-—— 1,076,690 Total... Maike....cseses New Hampehire.. Manraohusetts . Vermont... Rhoce Island . ‘ onvecticut. Se oe . brit New Jersey . . Pennaylvania, : 207,98 Pernaylvania and Delaware . - 38,48 !elaware .....66 sesseeee + 2,038,866 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia 1,901,298 Merylane 55 008 26,008 270,000 243,068 287,718 204 907 46 600 Louisiana, ‘717,200 ‘Tennessee, 11,930 156,000 488 065 AS 100,000 A 75,008 gh whic! ‘estern river (Ohio, Mississippi, Missourl aud Arkansas,)... 1,698,000 Indiana, 1,270,788 993,601 2,617,668 Michigan, 615,728 Wisooprin Territory . lows Territory... Totaly... scores csvaisoeccscecece aeee «$17,198,418 * The million ef this sum was for the Chesapeake and Ohio Cas {The appropriation Iaw of 1838 cirected that but @ yortion (not excee*ing one halt) of am ounta appropriated +hould be expended in that year, { Fractions of dollars are omitted in there sums. (The sums expenced for fortifications were embraced im & Beparate report. | The Segar Trade. TO ALL INTERESTED IN THE S8GAR MANUFACTURING BUSINESS. We, the undersigned, in common with the trade at ing the neserrity of some astion having for ite t a check to the now heavy an¢ consiantly increasing importation of foreign sezars, and with the advice of some of the best minds in the trade, do bereby call » convem- t on of the whol r manufacturing interest of this and the adjoining St including segar leaf growers, dealers, manfae! ures: r makers, and egar box manufactu: t> be held at Aibauy, Thareday, Febraary 16, 1854, at o'clock A. M. When it is ovmsitered that in those German cities whiom are now flooding this country wita regers, the price of boxes is $6 per hucdred, an¢ not, a1 with us, $12 and $14 —of boxing 123, cents prr thousand, instead 0° 60 cents avd 7 cents—of stripping, per weok. 373, cents, im place of $1 oD ano $2—and that the price of makirg :e,are is $2 ver thourasd tmstead of $6, together with the fact that the Spauish tobscoces are admitted duty free, we have me cocasicn of surprise when told that, after paying the irflimg duty now imposed, they are able to offer thelr s-yare at @ price s0 low as to preainds the hope of a sue cerw(al com petition by the American manufacturer. Again: In view of the fact tunt those cities have long and successfully prosecuted commerce and manufacture, and thereby evirced to the world their ability of adapt- ing themse ves to tha wants and habits of their cus emers, we thoult not wonder, but the rather be pared to believe, when told that they have studied our style of manufacturing segars #0 successfully a1 to rea- der it almort impossible to distinguish theirs from ours. With such facts before us, it will be an easy matter for every cne to perceive the ultimate fate cf the segar maa- ufacturing interest of this country, un’ess something is done to change the present course of things. The utility of = convertion of the trade, it is thor wil be apparent to all, by reason of the fact that it ts difficult to arouse to vigoroas and united action any class of men without some public demonstration. t revision cf the tariff Curing the presemt hes Congrers is the only thing that the time specified in this circular If io the tariff, more fevorable to our bi time to move in the matter. As th settles the duties on imports, so, without doubt, will they remain during the term of the exiatiog administrs- tion ; word, we must strike now, or suiler four years longer, and that, too. in ® mauner spd to an extent of which the present is but tix Leet some should look on & move of this kind as pro- mining but little from the fact that a few years since petition waa circulated and forwartsd to Congress in re- ference to this same subject, and failed to induce thet body to take action ia the matter, it may not be amise to state, first that eignatures to that petition were #0- Heited from those in the trade only; whereas, it is thevght, if the nama of allin the trade, together with their irieods, were secured, thik would swell a petition toa sizethat would command rerpect. Second, that ition was sentin at a time when the tariff was not revired, snd it could hardly bs expscted that Congress would Citurb the rate of duties for ons interess only. While i: would be improper for us to anticipate the ae- tion of the convention, yet we may be allowed to remark that plans of procedure have bern suggested which, the absence of better ones,) if carrie1 out, it is thought Would secure to the trade the protection It 0 much needs It will bs observed that the only rubject proposed for consideration at this conven iom ia the evil resalting to the trade from the heavy importation of sega; ite remedy, ‘The f} ation for ali to ask themsctves is not, “Will we certainly secure an increase of duty on foreign segars by attercipg this convention /” but, ‘Will we surrender up ‘the regar ti it of this couatry to foreign nations, without a ati jet”? Believing that something shovld be done, and that ave issued this call, sc mething oan be done, we trusting » of all, and elielt o that it will meet with the v: full and hearty response. (Signed by nearly two hundred segar manufactarers.) TELEGRAPHIC, THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Benate. Wasiiscrom, Feb. 1, 1654. ANTI SLAVERY PETITION FROM PENNSYLVANIA, Mr. Sumnme, (free soil) of Mass, presented a petition from Lancaster county, Pa., prayiug that Congress would prevent the introduction of slavery into territories mow ree and lying north ef 3620 Laid on the table. PROPOSED REMOVAL OF HEORESY ON THR FINAL ACTION ON PREMe DENTIAL NOMINATIONS Mr, Stintit., (dem.) of La., offered a resolution direst- ing the Committee on Judiciary to inquire into the expe diency of amending the rules of the Senate 90 as to re meve the injunction of secresy upon final action upon all rowinations, retaining that secresy upon all debates and proceedings on such oominations. Mr. Simtt said experience had shown that the rale of cbse ving sesresy as to the final result of the Senate’s action onnominations, was impracticable A recent ease bad attracted much attention, and next morning the public wes aare how each Senator bad voted. Mr. Cisyron (whig) of Del, eaid be cid not think there war apyilicg in the rules which prohibicved a Seastor fecm Oscloeing the results at whicn the Senate had ag- rived On Lominattons, such as that it was rejsoted or com- fined. Such matters had never berm supposed to be always supposed ® Seoster oconld state ted himrelf, ee not how others had voted. Mr. Wauiew, (dem ,) of Cal, wae to favor of amendiag the rules by allo sing aworn reporters to be preroot dariag be -xecurive seesion, in order that the debates mig’ pebirhed as wellas the votes whea the ivjaaction of eroreey was retooved. ¥ poy A Banork, Sure, Boerum and Cayo, mede further rem. rke, after whieh the resolu ion was amended co $6 to direct an inquiry as to whether the rules required any amendment, aug, if'so, what, aud thea the rivolution Wale acop ed PROINITION FOR A NATIONAL, YOUNDRY AP PMTLADILPINA Mir Bane, (em ,) of Cffered & resolution, étrecting inquiry aw te the propriety of wuthorising the Secrecy of War to construct # uational foundry in Peam- syivacte. TH AOCKOKY TRANG COMPANY Mr Paws, (dem) of Ma; from the Committee om Cr mmeror, reported » Lill vomnthorize the insue of Ameri~ can registers to the venselt ovned by the Accessory Tram- vit Company, sod weed fa the transporte of passen- gers aod treigut between ports on the Atlantic and Peenfic ‘THE CINVENSIIP OF CHILDREN HORN AROAD, RTO, Mr Boriek, (Gem ) of 8 O., reported back'the Hour bil! to recure the right of citizenship to children of United Staten eit born out of the liaits thereat, reo R mending tha: there words bs strack out:—"Thas 17 woran warried, or who shall be marrie’ to » olt sea Unitec Ststes, shell be Ceemed mad taken to be a oitire Many petitions and reports were then presented, ‘THE CASE OF MI PAELPS, THM VERMONT SRN’ was then taken up, and Mi. Wiviams, (dem ‘yet x. B, supported the views of the majorisy of the committes, that the limitation in the constitution applied anty rq Bae US i deecae che Cnr cidinn Manan CAO IOe Kune umes