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Ws BY TELEGRAPH. AWFUL CATASTROPHE. errr L Burned, and Forty or Fifty Lives Lest. . CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE. New England Preachers’ Remonstranee Against the Nebraska Bill. itimg and Protracted Debate. WITHERING REBUKE TO THE PARSONS. ~ IN THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. ‘AL OF THE OUTRAGES AGAINST THE RAILROAD AT ERIE, { &e., éen, de. |. SHIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate. ‘Wastineron, March 14, 1854. MAMMOTH MEMORIAL AGAINST THE NEBRASKA BILL. . Evarart, (whig) of Mass., presented the mammoth from Massachusetts, signed by three thousand , sgainst the passage of the Nebraska bill. ‘BALTIMONE HARBOR. Puanoe, (Whig) of Md., and Prarr, (whig) of |, both presented memorials, praying for the improve- 1t of the harbor of Baltimore and the approaches \ . PRarr moved their referenoé to a select committee. josers. Warame and Apams thought they pught to go ‘THR MEMORIAL AGAIN. Dowaras, (dem.) of Ill., called for the reading of mammoth memerial presented by Mr. Everett. He it was not respectful to the Senate, and he desired aud House of Represen atives of snlend Reet fet same etn Afmiguny Sol cad test against tl of sietahclC itt oPany repeat ot ad ohibitions slay in to We ‘breach of of the com- mal engage- Poa Ze Bertcay this Int ay of March, A. D. 1854. - DovGLas—My only object is to call the attention of Senate to the memorial. It is presented after the on of the'Senste, as s protest against our action, the action in which certainly two-thirds of this ly concurred. It pretests against our action as being | ch of faith, as involving a moral wrong, as destrac- |p dall confidence, and as subjecting us to the righte- ty. It is ited, too, ’ sotemont Oe Shnigry- Gee arate | gospel. It has been demonstrated in debate that is not a particle of truth in the tion of a ‘of faith oF breach of confidence. It lias been de that there is no excuse for any £0 scanty who believes it any longer. Yet ot Berm caval which was ting it here now, than simply to afford capital for Sereet eecdonsl: party, end tr to draw of the Gospel into ft. that men to be able to rely upon argument, and upon truth, ‘upon reason, ‘anted of eserting to these things for purpose of slimalating excitement for political ends. upon a Baw nothing oo eonstreea in the memorial. The bill was don the of March the 4th, and the memo- hi was dated on the It therefore waa ag and subject was sage. fe ‘ was not the proper way to ‘ialized and against ein meeeitie eo Jen —— If before the country, the proper mode to pursue Tefeired to.a committee, 10 have facts, and then leave the intel- Bintes, with the whole facts themselves. Whether the Ne- & question = which i na | God—his vicegerents, as the of our fat! and it had been the universal desire of the people M keep all the ministers of the Gospel, as suck, and the government, as wide apart as and the windcen of. inet pele we gy greene pty: Shes the now lying on the table. world {al shown the evils of WS Hi yey Ae of the any partof government. In all coun- tries and in all times, when vested with power, they proved to be the most arrogant of all others. On ‘occasion protest will be treated not come here as citizens : tI Hee regents, ‘as he probably meant—and as servants of their Divine Master, and in his name protest fy great moral wrong, which they, as ministers of the Gos- pel, declare to be committed by an act of this body. He ache b ee iat et as shabonibetn: 6, and profe: spe any such authority. Without any fy to the meaneglailots 4 any disrespect for the cloth, which, to say the least, they do not , he moved, as the proper course, that the memorial be not received. Mr, Doveias—it has already been received. s Mr. Bumizr, (dem.) of 8. C., said he had always entér- tained the highest respect for the ministers of the Gospel. His respect was so high that he would almost submit to their rebuke for an act performed in his official capacity. But that respect was for them in their appropriate and sacred calling ; and when they abandoned (heir dut descended from their high’ position—when they’ for- got the religion of the Lamb, and mingled with the waters of the turbit pool of political strife, his respect no longer continued. ‘These memorialists have quitted the pulpit, and bave taken their place in the political arena, and they speak as viceregents of God on earth, and pre- sume in His name solemnly to pronounce ‘upon. the Senate the judgment of the Alm ighty. He could no longer respect hem, when they themselves abandoned their sacred duties. ' When they had abandoned the re- ligion which they professed—the religion which was typi- fied by the meek and lowly Lamb, and took up the charac- ter of the political lion, going round, seeking whom they might devour, they do violence to the gospel and the re- ign of the Saviour. He knew not what more was to be done than that Senators should express their condemna- tion of this proceeding. He thought they deserved the censure of the Senate. Mr. Apams, (dem.) of Miss., said the South had, for over thirty years, re1 under an unjust and op- sive act, and .if its an led to agitation, ey who had originally done the injustice were respon: sible for the agitation. He would treat this memorial as he would treat all others. It professed to be the act of ministers of the Gospel, but it was so different from the acts of the = ee that it lost all the yer and char- acter which its signers supposed their c! iter and posi- tion would give to it. Mr. Houston said there was no invocation in the memo- rial, of the ver of the s Almighty ‘on the Senate, at was a respectful protest against a measure Senate at the time it was ed. It vas rep itful protest in the name of Almighty God against that mea- sure. (Laughter.) . nee Serna (dem.) of Cal.—Who authorized them to lo ‘Mr. Hovsrox said that when he sgid these gentlemen were vicegerents of the Almighty on earth, he did not expect that the use of these words, of vice-regents would have been commented upon. Whathe méant was that they were the harbingers of peace on earth. Ifthe min- isters of the Gospel were not recognized by the constitu- tion, they were recognized in the moral constitution of society, and were recognized in the great constitution of man’s salvation, which was the foundation of all moral and religious organization. He repeated his views of the equalit of the political rights of ministers of the Gospel that the measure calling for this would and had slready produced agitation and excitement ; the bill down, but works badly—it works like phytic, yy Mr. Evenerr said that it was due to thé Senate lain with the petition. He quested by a tak end to it to the Senate. The who ble gentleman of th saiten pecieielon tant gene 4 nen ie ; pemmerars him to fit to “the Senaie. “AS the me: terial was voluntnons, he called one of the Senate's at- Secretary’ 6 that time, nor did he read it until he with the Senator from Illinois, He th nation of his connection with it ought to memerial was considered offensive by the Senator from IMlinois and others in the Senate. He believed the memo- rial was in fact signed by all the gentlemen whose names wore attached to It, before the date of the of the Nebraska bill, and — ae at eee © be regarded a3 e expression 0 seni signers respect- @ measure before the Senate. He not agreed as to ex) of ‘subjects which it as had continued might do particular! bill a returned to the Senate. He did re these thousand clergymen of New rn Go slip from the appropriate line of their duty into ‘the po- Titleal arena. Among them there were doubtless men of all political parties. memorial was signed by men who looked tpon the menaars purely ino moral plat ot wr—looking upon expressed Tels sentiments upon it; suck bad bern clergymen in that section ‘of country, were a very respec- table body of men; no other body of men in the country, of the same number, were more , religious, moral and intellectual thant they. | They devoted to the cause of religion an ity—the most of them with very little reward or expectation in the way of the goods of this world. He f er eulogized the charac! of the memorialists. He regretted it this memorial had elicited any feeling. The Senator from New York had presented the memorial of the Bishop a: New York, and it had been received without o 4, Ths, memorial ought to be recetved as all .. It was wrong to ascril signers angry or unworthy feelings, or motives. Mr. Perr, (dem.) of Is., said ho was in favor of the largest liberty to petition, provided they were respect- ful. His first on to the memorial was, that it was out of time afd too late to affect any action on that Dill, which had passed the Senate, in all probability never to return. The Senate bad done the deed, and now de- served the righteous judgment of heaven. {t would seem that this righteous judgment meant pains, torments, and punishments; but he expected {t would be one’ full of approval for the deed. The Senator from South Carolina said he had great respect for £0 eo; as their robes were unspot- ted, and they did not dabble in polluted waters or the pool of politics. He would agree with the Senator if he thought the pool of politics was any more polluted than the siagnant waters of contradictory theology in which these clergymen lived. He believed the pool of politics far more pellucid, clear, healthy and beneficial 4 fed the st — waters Wer Lipper lay a. iictory creeds and dogmas of these men, no two of whom could upon any particular point of theology. The Senate had an officer chosen for his ability and informa- tion, who was a brother clergyman, whose duty it was to expound divine law to the Senate, and he would there- fore, if motion be in order, move to refer this memorial to the Rev. Henry Slicer, Chaplain of instructions to inquire and report to the Nebraska bill was a violation of the law of God, and whether the Senate was in danger of having invoked the judgment and condemnation of Heaven in it. (Loud laughter.) If Mr. Slicer decided in the aftrmative, ¢ would be willing to revoke his action, and would use his endeavors to induce the House to send the bill back fires: eeureesheetieate members of Congress called wy q ~ tera f iho Gospel to rise and rebuke thia bill asa violation of plighted faith, ke. and now clergymen, in obedience to that call, were en, in getting up protests fou: upon the false statements contained in that address. e memorialists say—‘‘We, in the name of the Al- mighty God, protest,” &c. What was this assumption 0. the name and the power of the Almighty, but an attemp to establish in this country the doctrine that the cle: have the supreme bi to determine and npg will cf God on all subjects: and particularly in. relation to the political action of Congress? It was an attempt to the | language wv set up a theocracy. It was an attempt to put the legislation of the country in the and un- der the controlof the Church. No bolder attempt than this was ever made by any church in the most poo ated countries or in the darkest ages of the world, to enforce the doctrine that it was the privilege of the Church to tell the people that, not only on religious subjects, but also ‘upan sll political ones, they must receive as the divine will whatever they received from the Church. If this. of the be now eat all nestions must be referred to the clergy for approval be- fore Congress shallact. The meniorial purports to 6] in the name of the Almighty, and in that name ist the bill. It tells Congress plainly that the gates hat tg hg gnc we ol ey pcm bi abolitionists, He had great respect for clergymen, an: for their calling. He had no doubt but these memorial- ists were men of learning, Rw pd and Cg ene but he was sure that there could net be found through- out the country any other body of men of equal num! who had more ignorance upon this one subject upon which they now protested. How many of them had ever read the history of the act of 18207 Not one. How many of them had ever read the ney oe the votes of | the Northern States repudiating at the time of the adop- tion of that very act? Not onc. How many of them had | ever read the votes and proceedings of the acts of 1850 | Not one. Yet they profess to speak the will of God upon | asubjectin relation to which they are professionally | fgnorant.. They speak of the sanctity of national engage- | ments. Did any one of these three thousand preachers tell their je in 1 resisted Ge that it was thelr duty to obey It on the ground that it was a national engagement of the oon- stitution of the United States? Not one. Did they tell cir people that the Senate did right in passing that act, and in carrying out @ national mtY Not ‘one, If it was part of the duty of these tl thousand to speak about the sanctity of national en ‘ments, where were they in 1850,,w! in Boston the Was openly resisted by force? 850, when the fugitive slave law wan j ‘They were a. MORNIN G EDITION~WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1854. 5 = NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. emf. But now, at the tion juata in a the Senate of il come when not a — ; ever was opposed greet American princi; reramens, “a ir. Houston again . Mr. Sewagp, borg ayer N. Y., said he to be drawn into any discussion now on the: but he had afew words to say jue’ leading to this discussion. The motion not to receive petition was out of order, because the (ages had received. The other motion, to refer the matter to Chaplain, was not seriously meant. Mr. Penr—If the rules will allow it, I will insist— ‘Mr. Suwaxp said that it seemed to be assumed tl rules admitted no such motion; therefore it would not nett pepeard ee Bees a eir sentiment ve 10 morial to the table, which is what the petit desire, though he did not believe this was the right wis 7 ee and protests from as others had expressed their Cer) he asked to do the same. ‘tion of this memorial ¥ z 5 Ey k did not it Nebraska i ik althte ete a Ae i sal will see no censure can justly be cast upon the memo- rialists in rdto time. It been the habitual prac. tice of the Senate to receive memorials upon subjects not yet before the body for action, and which might never be. Of such character were the memorials upon the subject of liberty of conscience to American citizens in foreign countries, which have been received without question. This matter was a subject of legitimate ration for the Senate, Although the Senate had acted, its ac- tion is yet inchoate and liable to be reviewed. en the bill shall pass the other House, if ever it does, it proba. bly will come back with amendments. Even if this were not so, the Senate might be convinced by the arguments of memorialists or otherwise, that they had acted un- wirely and injuriously. If so, itis not too late to re- seind our action. We can take measures to repeal the act if it shall pass. Was there anything wrong in res eet to the character of the persons who have presented his memorial It is said they are clergymen; but they are, nevertheless, American citizens, and the broader jualification of citizenship covers over the lesser and in- fevior character and description of clergymen. Every man who is a citizen of the United States, and, according to my theory, even every man who, although not a citizen, yet is a subject of the United States government, has a right to petition the Cor 88 of the United States upon any subject of national interest, or which can be legitimately a subject of legislation. ’Is there then any well grounded objections to the fact that they describe themselves as clergymen? Certainly not. It is the right ofa citizen if he can petition, to do so in his own way. If he thinks there is anything in his character or position which entitles his opinion to higher consideration, or which leads to the be! hat he understands thé subject more thoroughly than others. It is right to describe himeelf by the appellation which designates his profes- sion, his character, or his office. It is only on this prin- oe ey Spend Legislatures of States bed their Awd nown to Congress, eribing themselves as - tures of States: They come ete with thelr resolttions in character of petitions or remonstrances, under that provision of the constitution which guarantees the right of patos, and upon no other ground of constitutional right whatever. Is there any wel objection to the language or the time of the memorial? I think not. ‘While on the one hand it is such a memorialas a secular n like myself would not be apt to dictate or sign, use there is a hog of tone, seriousness and re- ligious consideration, which secular men do not indulge or affect; yet, on the other hand it is professional and natural on the part of the memor . It fa popes perry vied make e ne said th ee ces. speal and ju and pleasure eiotaad: Fetes ee ein ead aetioae do not understand them as assuming to speak any such thing. I understand them as saying in substance as follows:—“ We citizens x the United States, sul ourselves as clergymen, ighty Gon and in his name, address the the of the United States.” What is wrong or unusual in this? You do not commence your here on any day during the session without acknowledg- i resence of and decla: that you are begun in the presence and inthe fog with an invocation of Almighty God. Mr. Masox—If the Senator will look at the memorial he will find that the signers carefully exclude their charac- ter of citizens. They speak of themselves as clergymen, in the name of Almighty God, and in his presence make the protest. - Mr. Sewarp—I may as tothe fact that they do not state their citizenship, but I believe there is no dis- vate of the fact that they are citizens of the United Mr. Masox—Non constat. Mr. Sswarp—I say that itis practically known to us that the clergy of this country are persons invested with the rights of citizens. ene 4 ‘came here declaring that they came in the presence of Almighty God. It is that. universal and Eternal Presence in which we are all every. day and hour of our lives, and from which we can never, for a moment escape. It is be oar to because their address is in name of Almighty God. What is that but # mode of attent ‘to their earnest remonstrance and prayer, while there are occasions which we never suffer ourselves to forget we are responsible to the Al y it is eqn true that all our actions in the name of ipreme . We may put off or lay aside the thoughts of tha ral pi luring our secular labors, and during a life of care, con- fusion, and turmoil, but when we come to close our upon the world we cannot shut them without the that we are even here in the sight of the Judge of all men. man when he writes his will or instructions for those to come after him recites that it is done ‘‘in the name of God.”” I should not adopt this mode of address- ing the Senate or Congress. It is not my habit to do so; but I know it is the habit, it isin the character of those who have this memorial. I see no objection to it. Is it disrespectful to the Senate of ted States that men éhould say they speak to in the name of God and in His pre- be because we it must it is immoral in its nature, and that among its consequences it will draw down upon us—not w the Senate, but upon the nation—the judgments of ity God. ‘the great measure proposed is either or immoral. ere is no ner between morality and immorality. We may conscientiously differ in ascertain- ing which is the moral yy nevertheless, it is moral or immoral. These think it {s of one character— others think differently. ~~ our right kek Pata ell us think what they will. is their their opinion, a uw and be- lieve. By the judgments of God I understand this— that every human act of any magnitude is connected with preceding canses and ‘subsequent effects, that a right act is connected with usefulness, happiness and all the blessings of just rules, and to those acta which, whether we deer them moral or whether in- tentionally wrong or not, or unwise, there are connected consequences of error, danger, at unhappiness, and ruin. This, inmy judgment, is: renrag oe means. ‘Mr. Burrgr—I ask the Senator whether in his opinion, from’ an inspection of the paper, the clergymen who signed it had the paper before them at the time they signed it? It pa ted to have been signed on the lst of March, and the bill passed the Senate on the 34. Will he tell me whether they did or did not sign their names blindly without seeing the memorial ? Mr. Sewanpd—The Senator will excuse me from answer- bs tes question, for I have not gone nearer to the paper to look at it than I now am, when I stand at my 5 say they never saw the me- 6 it. Mr. Botixx—I venture to morial—they could not have Mr. SewaRD—I was saying men—being devoted to the care of souls—ha and that in this they have embodied their inions of a secular qi and init there is nothing ich by juat construction ought to give offence. I come now to the close of what I have to say, which is, that I eg this asa question of no idle importance. Th right of petition is a constitutional right, an invaluabl one, and I aball never be found criticising of petitioners to see whether I have cause for cavil or re jection. Petitioners may say precisely what they please and what they think, in whatever tone or language they be cai ay A bw A bw! for hs Bian epithe: they please—they may invoke on my any aazoen they bleane—atil, wiin @ conscience void of offenc> again and man, I can go on here performing my dutles, precisely as if what Bray mld had boon im lane guage of courtesy, compliment praise. For reason I have risen to vindieate the memorial, and to do those persons being clergy- the service God ant e of their own, justice to those whont it has come. Mr. Bancrr, ) of 'N. C., contended that ite the special ing of the Senator from New York, the im did assume to speak in the name of the Al- mighty. He thought these memorialists were of the character given b; a Somer ee s/ otis alack! he 2 good man enon sh, but over: ” After speaking some time he fo lay the subject on the table, which was agreed to. Mr. Brix, (whig of Tenn. oftered lution Ir. wi nN. a resolut for the between the American ben Smyrna and the Amer‘. «7 Minister at Constantinople, re- specting the Koazta “Adopted. THE PI%I;8% CONTRACT, BIO. Mr. Hamu, (dem.) oi Me., reported back to the Senate for action e body on propositions by the and by Mr. Nicholson of the tym Ned take the given up by Mr. Armstrong for publishing the Senate de- ites. Several unimportant resolutions of inquiry wore adopted. \iter an executive session the Senate adjourned, House of Representatives. ‘Wasninarox, March 14, 1854, | REMONSTRANCE AGAINST THR REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COM: PROMISE. The Rev. H. M. Dexter, of Boston, having brought hither ® remamatrance against the repeal of the Missouri compromis’s, two hundred feet long, and signed by over three theusand clergymen, &e., of New Ehgland, paced the *a7,e in the hands of Mr. Arrixrox, (whig,) of Mass., | who, upon the opening of the House this morr,ing, asked Venve to present it. Mr. Bores, (dem.) of 8. C., objected. ‘Mr, Bavis, (dem.) of B. I.—Is it in onder to ask Sor the reading of the remonstrance? ‘The Sruaxen—It ts not. The presentatiow having ben objected to, the matter cannot come before the House. Mr, Davis—Does it require unanimous consent? is the rule. Davis—It is an exceeding}; just 5 eas Ta) ee ope 3 (wi a to at and expose frauds on ‘the Pension Oflee, by, advertising pames ferred to t! Committee on ai Mr. Pmname, (dem F of Ae ‘resolutions from the I rawr an hears v 5 pension of all duties and restriction on the iron for roads now in course of z as that, coumittes of aine be ap: who shall report on ‘ihex ae ote duty, or extending credit tor tos duty. Objec- yy to remedy the of cadets, caused by the tricting of the several States, was TO MILITARY Mr. (dem.) of Pa.,' presented a memorial pnt two be egperen apd tae. ding ean men, pray pass a law for! au- yerintendence over civil works. iy ‘THR WISCONSIN LAND BILL KILLED. ‘The etary! ane ia! Drees of the bill granting lands to Wisconsin for railroad purposes. Mr. Dean, (dem.) of N. Y., moved the previous ques- tion, Thereupon the question on referring the bill to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, was ordered to be put, by yeas 107, nays 70. (dem.) of Ohio, said that if the bill was committed, it would be fatal to it.. ‘The Houre refused to commit the bill to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, by 86 against 95. Mr. Curnna, (dem.) of N. Y., proposed an amendment, Providing that no title to land shall vest in said State, nor patent issue therefor, until twenty continuous miles of the road shall have been completed. Mr. Diawxr was willing to adopt ae panne, ond the House, by unanimous consent, . After farther preceedi , the ‘bill was ordered to be and was read a th rd time, by a majority ot three. n taking another question by yeas and nays— Mr, Lerourr (dem.) of Va., vies Mr. Macys name was called. objected to that gentleman’s eg: | on the ground that he was personally interested in this bill, being a id company. nest of several gentlemen, the rule was read, a t no member shall vote on any question in the event of which he is immediately and. particularly in- rested. Mr. Bwexit (dem.) of Ml., said he knew of no railroad company, as yet, to be benefitted by this bill. Mr. det.) of Wis., to sntiaty the gentleman from vi that he was ‘not a stockholder in the road, ha out his interest before he took his seat here. Mr. remarked that he received his information from those who seemed to know the facts. Mr. Macy then voted. Mr. J dem;) of Tenn., moved that the bill be laid on the table, which was agreed to by yeas 97, mays 94. X" motion ‘was mow made to adjourn, but voted down. Mr. Drewzy—I wish to say, once for all, I have no dis- ou use, merely for to it the Hot rely for the cons: time. It is a reasonable request, however, House, so far as this Wisconsin bill is concerned, “ered till to-morrow, in order to take a night to Cnume—‘‘Order,”’ “Order.” Mr. Diswey—Iif there is inveterate hostility—(The re- mainder of the sentence was lost in the vociferous calls to “Order.”) ‘The Srmaxmr—The gentleman from Ohio is not in Mr. Duonr—The gentleman from Ohio is perfectly aware of that. The itleman from Ohio will be sea‘ed. Sa a sce gue a Oa tion on the table, which was agreed to, by yeas 93, bill was rejected, and to lay that mo- bee 4 86. motion, the House adjourned. ‘THE DIFFICULTY BETWEXN MESSRS. HUNT AND LANE. The breach between Messrs. Hunt and Lane seems to be growing wider, but their friends are exerting their influence to heal the difficulty. nantibaacink NEW YOKK STATE LEGISLATURE. Senate. Asay, March 14, 1854. REPORTED. Kings county. nh coneurred in the amendment to thd bill to Judicial district of New York. ithorize the Gece patted and the Rutland and Wesh- i | i ‘ ‘THE CONTESTED SEAT. The contested election case of Messrs. Storey and Blakely was taken up. It was finally disposed of Dy the resignation of Mr. Blakely, Mr. Storing was then admitted to the seat, and duly sworn, Adjourned. Assembly. ALBany, March 14, 1854. SACKETT’S HARBOR AND SARATOGA RAILROAD. ‘The bill amending the charter of the Sackett’s Harbor and Sarat Rajlway was taken up in committee, and de- bated until the recess. AFTERNOON SESSION. NEW YORK SUPERVISORS. Mr. Warp introduced a bill to confirm certain acts of the Supervisors of New York. THE STOCKBRIDGE INDIANS. br. J. B Wuzie, from the minority of the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported s bill authorizing the Stock- bridge Indians to have thelr claims to certain manor lands THE SACKETI’S BARBOR RAILROAD. The debate on the Sackett’s Harbor Railroad bill was resumed, when, on the motion of Mr. it was re- ferred to a select committee, and ordered to be reported complete, by ayes 61, nays 23. ‘BILLS REPORTED. Mr. D. P. Woon reported complete the bill to inquire into the causes of fires. ast? Riz Mr. MaLiory by Sia complete the bill regulating the office of District Attorney of Putnam county. Adjourned. Destruction of the Steamer Caroline on White River—Fifty Lives Lost, dc. Loumviix, March 14, 1854. The Memphis and White river steam packet Caroline was destroyed by fire on Sunday, 6th inst., on White river, about twenty miles above the mouth, and from forty to fifty Hwes were lost. The vessel took fire between 2 and 8 o'clock in the afternoon, and the flames spread so ra- pidly that it was with difficulty any person escaped. As goon as the fire was discovered the pilot steered the boat for a bank, and ran her out about twenty feet. ‘The scene that followed is indescribable. Fifteen per- sons took possession of the yawl, but she sank, and every one of them perished. The captain, Creighton, jumped into the river and was drowned. John Trice, the pilot, perished at the wheel. The boat burned to the water’s edge, when ahe slid off ‘and sunk, proving, with her cargo, a total loss. Only two cabin bra were lost, the remaindor be- ing deck passengers and hands on the boat. ‘The Railroad Riots at Erie Re-commenced— The Track again Torn Up. Borraro, March 14, 1864. A mob at ighey’ up the ae ick again dee day afternoon, in consequence of the company runn' their trains through on the connected tracks. ‘The Sheriff made his a) rance and exHorted the people to desist, but they hustled him away. Several of the promi- nent leaders in the former riots also tried to dissuade the mob from violence, but were not heeded. A break. . abont half a mile has been made through Erie. ALBANY, March 14, 1854. ‘course, to the ground rent. This note of Stratten’s was Adespatch from ©, C. Dennis, Superintendent of the Bittslo bud State Line’ Railroad, dated to-day at Buffalo, says:—‘‘ There are no rails torn up to interrupt the trains at all.’ PurLaperpara, March 14, 1854. Governor Bigler, who is in thin city, has received a tch from Erie informing him that it'was only a side switch flat the mob of Erie removed, and that travel is not inturupted to the slightest extent. ‘The Liquor Law in Massachusetts. Bosrox, March 14, 1854. There is much exhileration to-day among a numerous class of our citizens, caused by the decision of the State Supreme Court, making null that section of the Liquor law ing seizure ond confiscation. At an early hour this morning a salute of 865 guns was fired on the Com- mon, during which @ premature Keer od one of the vans took off the thumb of aman named yaghlin, and ‘nflicted other injuries, not, however, fatal. Ex-President Fillmore. Lovrmemax, March 14, 1854.. Fx-President Fillmore is to have a public reception here on his return from Ashland. ‘The Martha Washington Consptrators. Crvcinxati, March 14, 1854. ‘The preliminary examinatiog of the Martha Washing- ton conspirators was progressing at [elena at last advices. ' Navigation on Lake Ontario, Ataany, March 14, 1854. | _ The steamer St. Nicholas arrived at Oswega yesterday, ' frem Toronto, with 8,500 bbls. of doug, Our Washington Correspondence: Wasmumoros, Maroh 13, 1864. ew Hampshire the Test Disclosures in the Gardner Case, and other Mexican Claime—The Report of the Senate Commitico—Land Policy of Gen. Pieroo— Schedule of Railroad Land—Jobbing Speculations En- doreed by the House Committee, dc., dc. P As goes New Hampshire, 40 goos Nebraska. That ap- Pears to be the prevailing idea here among the inquir- ing politicians. It is expected, also, as Nebraska is sot aside and denied, in behalf of the New Hampshire demo- «tats, as the party test, that they will carry the election by ® pretty stiff majority, as necessary to vindicate, on gevwral grounds, our Now Hampshire administration. ‘The State being thus carried by the democracy, the result will be considered conclusive for the Nebraska bill in the House, snd it will probably be passed by a very decided majority. But if, contrary to the geseral expectation, the New Himmpshire democracy should go by the board on the Nebraska issue, in spite of the efforte of the Cabinet organs to stave it off, then the bill in the House will be swamped by order’of the administration, an#withont the slightest compunctions of conscionce. John Cochrane has bad his conversations with the‘Kitchen Cabinet, and throagh his and Joha Van Buren’s infaence and sepresen- tations of the troubié shead, the Netraska bill has been held back to await the result in New Hampshire, the Cabinet being satistied that the democraey, with the am- nesty decreed in their favor, will stick t the administra- tion and the unity of the party. We understand that theSenate committee on the Gard- ner claim, and other Mexican claims, appointed some three years ago, Mr. Soulé chairman, will, ina few days, through ‘Mr. Brodhead, make their report to the Senate. ' The evi dence upon which Gardner was convicted was obtainet by this committee, and their. commission to Mexico, of which My. Henry May was the chief. They have Hell back their report, awaiting the issue of the late trial. learn, also, thet this committee examined some time ago verious persons implicated in this Gardner claim, or in the distribution of the spoils accruing from it. Mr. Cor- coran, the banker, waa examined; Mr. Thomas Corwin, Gen. Waddy Thompson, Major Lally, and others. Mr. Corcoran proved that he merely advanced money to the | Parties interested upon the collateral security of the claim. Mr. Thomas Corwin attested his ignorance of the frand. Gen. Waddy Thompson, notwithstanding his pre. vious knowledge of Dr. Gardner as a dentist in thecity of | Mexico, swore himself out of all criminal complicity in the case from beginning to end. His fee was $75,000. Major Lally testitied that he was the son-in-law of George Evans, President of the board adjudicating these Mexican claims; that he, the Major, was not a professionallawyer, | but that bis fees, nevertheless, as ‘a legal adviser and | agent”’ of Gardner and other claimants against Mexico, | amounted to $00,000. The testimony taken. will appear in the report of the committee in a few days. It is said that the honest claims of our citizens Mexico in 1848, at the close of the: war, could all have been covered by the sum of eight or nine hundred thousand doll }, and yet three millions and a quarter were set apart in tho treaty and disposed of by the board to satisfy these claimants, in- cluding over half a million in the two out-and-out for- 8 of Gardner and Mears. Notwithstanding, however, Teyarches of the Senate Committee, the’ Judiclary Committee of the House have determined to sift the whole business from the top to the bottom, and in this they will doubtless be very’ much. aided by the explora- tions of the Senate Committee. Mr. Brodhend’s report, as I am informed, will embrace a resolution looking to the reeovery of the whole amount of the money of the Gard- ner award, as far as it can be reached by the government upon the principles of justice or equity. In the end we expect some highly interesting disclosures of the ex- te ramifications of the gold and silver diggings of the spoilsmen at Washington, not only upon the Gardner case, but upon various other cases. Tue Land Committee of the House, (Mr. Disney, chair. | ch will man,) are Preraring, itis understood, a report w lay down the policy of the administration concerning the public domain. It will be very apt to make some sensa- tion among the homestead party and the land distribu- tion party, for it contemplates a revenue to the treasury from the public lands, and the present suspension of the system of gratuities, which, if followed up according to the programme laid down, will absorb every cre of the available public lands during the present session of Con- gress. In the face, however, of this beautiful syatem proposed, I understand that the Land Committee of the House have ‘approved and passed a list of railroad schemes, which Ww ow up an ‘te of at least ten millions of acres of the public domain, worth to the railroad s) = Intors, say five dollars an acre—so that these land jobbin schemes, already approved by the committee, will b3 equal to fifty millions of dollars of the spoils, if passed by the House. Within a few days, I expect to be able to disclose a large amount of the plans and operations and estimates of the spoilamen in the capital. CATO. Police Intelligence. AN ALLEGED CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCEE—$14,000 INVOLVED IN THE AF FAIR. Yesterday officers Gallagher and Kearney, of the So- cond district Police Court, arrested two men of genteel appearance, named Charles “A. Haskins and William Stratten, the latter a reqident of , where he for- merly ‘a dry store, charged with obtal fourteen of —— with houses thereon, valued at 3 hoor 000, situated in the ity Tanpner me he iy mu eron, at present res! at Clifton, Staten Island. Tho warrant of arrest is based upon an affidavit made by Mr. Cameron, in which he alleges that in December last past he was owner of seventeen lots of land in Phila- delphia, situated on the south side of Pine street, between Willow and Ashton streets, about fifteen to sixteen feet front by seventy-five feet deep each lot. On these lots were three story brick houses, held under a and lease, su to an annual rent of $76; e property was purchased and paid for by complainant, but conveyed to A. B. Capwell, of New York, to secure certain moneys to him due, with the understanding that when said moneys were paid he was to convey the pro- perty back to deponent, or to any person he might desig- nate, The claim held by Mr. Capwell was in the form of a mortgage. In December last, Mr. Haskins called on Mr. Cameron, in Philadelphia, and offered to purchase one of the lots and building thereon, situated on the corner of Beach and Pine streets. This property, however, was not sub- ject to any claim held by Mr. Capwell. For this purchase ir. Haskins offered to — & promissory note at four | months, made by Wi Stratten, of No. 212 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. ¥., for the sum of $1,000, that being the amount asked for each lot and building, ’subject, of represented by Haskins to be perfectiy good, on which the money could be procured almost any- where, and, to use the words of Haskins, ‘as good as wheat.’’ Upon these representatons the offer | of Mr. Haskins was acceded to, a deed was made and the note taken. After this transaction Mr. Haskins pro posed to Mr. Cameron to act as his agent in the sellin of the balance of the houses, amounting to fourteen, an for such services he offered to take two of the houses and Jots as s commission for making the sale GAs ition we ed upon, and Mr. Ins was appoint- Ea agent for that especial purpose, Mr, Cameron re- marking at the time that he had boen deceived often by persons in New York; when Mr. Haskins replied that he would act faithfully towards him. Subsequently Mr. Haskins .proy to sell the lots and houses to Mr. Stratten at the fixed price of $1,000 for each. Soon after | this proposition Mr. Cameron was informed by Mr. Has- kins that he had sold the property to Mr. Straten, and agreed to take his (Stratten’s) promissory notes at four, five, six, seven, and eight montlis, and represented Mr. Stratten as a man amply responsible. Mr. Straten himself asserted that he was for the amount, and that he was worth a great deal more, over | and above all his debts and liabilities, and that the notes would be paid at maturity. It was further repre- | Harkins that the notes could be cashed proba- ays before maturity. ‘Upon all these representations the property was deeded to Mr. Stratten, and four of the notes were endorsed by | Charles €. Crowell, d torekeeper in the Bowery, | who, in addition to Mr. ins’, representations, also allegedthat the four notes endorsed by him was business | paper, and would be paid at maturity. On the conclu: | sion of this sale, Mr. Cameron made over to Mr. Haskin: | the two lots and houses, in payment for making the sale. | It now appears that in about a month or less after th | sale was effected, Mr. Stratten made an assignment of ali his stock of dry goods and effects, including the Phila delphia property, to his brother, ‘and also to Mr. Has- kins, and some preferred creditors. Upon these alleged | false re} tations, Justice Stuart required them to | find bail in the eum of $7,000 each, for their appearance at court for trial. Hr. Haaking gave the required bail; | Mr. Stephen A. Tower, of No. 786 Greenwich street, be- | came security, setting forth that he owned a farm of | one hundred acres in Niagara county, worth $10,000. | Mr. Stratten did not procure the bail, and was therefore detained in custody. Affray between Two Lawyers, in Chambers street. About four o’elock yesterday afternoon John D. McGr or, the Assistant Corporation Attorney, and Lewis lover, also an attorney, came into personal en- counter, in consequence of some alleged insult growing out of a suit pending before the Almshouse Governors in reference to acase of bastardy; and as Mr. McGregor felt himself the: -ved party, he made a personal attack on Mr. Glover. Subsequently Mr. Glover appeared before Jutices Stuart and made oath to the assault upon him, and | accused Kdwin M. Robinson, Egbert Farnham, and Wm. F. Haskins as parties concerned, aiding and abetting in the outrage. These latter persons, it seoms, were friends of MeGregor, who prevented any from in- terfering in behalf of Mr. Gtover during tho perpetration of the assault, The rate ‘a warrant for the arrest of all the acout parties. Officer Moore has the warrant. bly six Jersey City Intelligence, Boaxe or Epvcation.—A meeting of the Jersey City Board of Education was held at the City Clerk's Office Jarcevening. A report was made and ited in favor of inereaning the salaries of the teachers and officers of the phic: is twelve-and ‘if per cent. A resolution 6 adopted aut! organization immediately of anormal class for the ction of the junior teach- NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS. aA TX'E ELECTION IN THE STATE YESTERDAY. AAA THE TELEGRAPHIC RETURNS, TERRIBLY: BLOW TO THE ADMIMSTRATION, &., 0, &, — Our Concord Correspondence. Coxoomp, N. ML, March 11, 1854, As the election approaches adl parties are eretualiy’ approximating the ideas laid down in the Huratp wh to the reafissue. The Patriot, and te rest of the ten: mere, carmot blimd the people in regard to the great ‘(aot that the Nebraske billie the main questiesto be votes “Bpon; snd sl the State offtees, Maine Liqust laws and’ everything else, which might otherwise be considered important, siuk inte nothingness by ite side. Im previous communications I have drawn »# oliart of the campaign, and I have marked out tie peal tiorrs of the lewlers as nearly ae they could be” de- fined. It is very difficult to fimt a New Hampehire politictan when any important question is to be con- sidered, and the sdministration party have held’ ne'’ meetings, for the very good reason’ that their leaders ' are afraid to go before the people om the Nebraska * question: The abolitionists hel a meeting at Dever (a whig place) last evening, the subject under diveussion being the Nebrasia bill. The speeches were made by Ames Tuck, and Greeley, of the Tribune. The Town Hall was well filled, but there was not am immense amount of on- thusiasm. The speeches were re-hashed editions of these recently made in New York. There is considerable ‘ dia- affection” in this part of the State, and I am‘inelined to the opinion that the administration will lose twenty or thirty members of the House. It seems that! thé hard- working democrats of Portsmouth—the men whe expected the inspectorships in the Custom House—were-alh ‘‘shely- | ed,’’ and the appointments were given to people from the interior, some of whom had never seen.a seaport. ‘The indignant, disappointed individuals thereupon refused to work at allin this election, The Nebraske matter mag work them up, but it is more than doubtful, ‘Thedisaf- fection was so:widely spread at onetime: that the com- mittees refused to call any caucuses or to nominate ang candidates. The leading men here, supported by Mr. Pierce, are playing the same game with the Nebraska bill that they have played with all important questions where slaves was anclement for the last sixteen years. The ong white spot im Mr. Pierce’s history—and a great deal of capita) has been made out of that—was his action in the matter of Atwood. The facts about the matter never were correctly stated in print. In the election. of 1868, Jobn Atwood received the democratic nomination for governor. He was catechised by the abolitionists as to hie: opinion upon the Fugitive Slave Act. He wrote a mild let- ter, in which he refused to acknowledge the justice of the act. Some of the democratic leaders got news of this movement, and they succeeded in inducing him to reoallt the letter. But a copy of it had been taken, and it was published in one of the Manchester papers. The Pieros clique became very much frightened, and Atwood wae sent for to Concord. He was talked at for several dayag but the abolitionists got hold of him again, and he wrote the very strong letter against the law which caused hie overthrow. Thus it will be seen that Mr. Pierce would willingly have pardoned Atwood’s first departure from the faith, but the second was altogether too flagrant. General Pierce was almost as deep in the mire of abell- tionism as Mr. Atwood. He favored the Wilmot and went-beyond some of the abolition orators in ite support. ‘The best informed people here seem to agree in the opinion that the House will be very close. The coalitiem. between the whigs and abolitionists being perfect, they will elect in many towns which have before been close, and where, generally, nobody had a majority on the fest trial, and by union they can defeat electors in mang towns where the democrats are sure. One or two ‘‘dig- affected’’ anti-Pierce men, and one or two anti-Nebraske. men in a town might turn the whole election. The ad- ministration party, however, is hopeful; they say that if all the ordinary indications are to be depended upon, there is every reason to believe that the sun will ge down next Tuesday after a battle fairly fought and woe. Ww. TELEGRAPHIC. Election Returns. Coxcorp, N. H., March 14, 1854, The State election to-day has been strongly contested in this city. The Sixth ward elects two coalition repre- sentatives. Last year it electedtwo democrats. This ie indicative of a large gain in the State for the whigs and freesoilers. Patnior Orrick, Coxcornp, March 14—10 P. M. The returns received up to this hour, indicate the elec- tion of Nathaniel B. Baker, democrat, as Governor, by decisive majority. No definite returns are received to decide the complea- ion of the State. Sufficient returns are in to indicate that there will be a working democratic majority in the House of Repre- sentatives. All the large towns, where it was expected the coalition of whigs and free soilers would gain, are received, and if the towns to be heart from do as well as last year, the democratic majority will be thirty-five. Concord has chosen six coalitionists and two democrats as representa- tives, leaving one to be chosen in the Fourth ward ama another in the Fifth ward to-morrow. Baker’s majority in the city is ninety over all othees. ‘The liquor question was the principal ingredient in the municipal contest. Concorp, March 14—11 P.M. The vote, so far as received, is smaller than last year. ‘The whigs have not done so wellin some of their large | towns ax they expected. Dover elects but one whig, though entitled to six, Manchester has elected fourteen coalition represem~ tatives. In the small towns thero is but little change of repr - sentati\ es from last year. The vote for Governor was as follows, in the places named:— Baker, dem. Bell, whig. Perkins, F-8. Concord ..6e cece vere odo 587 63 Manchester......... 408 795 106 Portsmouth + 670 453 a2 THE LATEST. Concorp, March 15—8 A. M. So far as heard from we have elected 101 democrate and 108 coalitionists to the House. The érme towns last year elected 116 democrats and 77 opposition. ‘The deme. cratir macority then was 89.1 if the remaining towns come in as last "year the deme- crate will Lave forty-five majority. They are mostly de- moeratic towns and cannot reduce the majority below twenty-five. Itis thought the democrats lave chosen eight owt of the twelve senators. Baker’s majority in the State will be about 3,000 over all others. A majotity of democrats axe elected to the Counsel, Sporting Intelligence. Pepestriantsm.—A foot race for $1,000 came off om Monday afternoon, betweca Wm. Barlow and Hiram Hor~ ton, over the Union Course. The affair was witnessed by about two thousand persons. Horton was the favorite, and just before the start one a wae him, without. takers. be nleety, Barlow taking the lead, er turn like er ds beyond s eats page eG tee oak fell down, and gave up the race. found that Horton bj stopped, ran | rate of |, and came to { and ae eee bige gferton A second race came tween & | and another e“ailed Dorcy, for $100, » sans a mile, teal era of the public schools; hee 2 Ree tages moa nt of the Principal of the schools. Iu pubile schools of Jerse: eet Monda} next, oad continue the week Br, | the Intter to ‘have nix yards start. | Time not taken. vy Naval In' ee Ths U.S. steamer Vixen verre from Ponsacole on ona ¥ ed hy te arts <s }; Chas. are:—famuel Swe h mn i ting HL Van Zandt, Passed W. Ady, Acting Master, Wont Assiatant Fagiveer; : T Pune Third do.: JF, Lamden, do