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WHOLE NO. 6419. MORNING EDITION-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1854, TELEGRAPH, NEWS BY HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON, | ‘ACTION ON THE NEBRANKA BILL IN THE HOUSE DEFEAT OF THE MEASURE. ‘Speech of Mr. Cutting, of New York. Great Rejolcing Among the Opposition, INTERESTING FROM THE STATE CAPITAL, k&, &, & Important from Washington. THE FATE OF THE NEBRASKA BJLL SEALED—DEFEAT | OF THE ADMINISTRATION—-TRERIBLE BREAKING UP _ —A PERFECT SPRING FRESHET—MIKE WALSH S PO- SITION, ETO. Waxsunoron, March 21, 1854. The reference of the Nebraska vill to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union is considered equiv- ‘alent to its crucifixtion. It takes its place on the calendar behind two or three hundred other bills, which must be | disposed of or set aside, one by one, in their order, be- | fore the Nebraska bill can be taken up, except by a sus pension of the rules under a vote of two thirds. The plan of the administration party was to refer the dill to the Territorial Committee, where it could be reach- ed at apy time. Mr. Richardson made this motion the “test; yet with a democratic majority of seventy, and with ‘the Southern-whigs on the side of the administration, the | motion failed by fifteen votes. This shows that the ad- ‘ministration and the party are shattered to pieces. It is a revyolution—the beginning of new order of things. Mr. Cutting Jed the hostile forces to-day. Mr. Wheeler, however, originated this expedient, asa hard movement. Henceall the bards except Mike Walsh voted for Mr. Cutting’s motion. It was a preconeérted thing, including » canvass of the House. Mike says he will not abandon a principle because Pierce supports it. He isa Tate convert, and is inflexible. Messrs. Dean, Rowe, and Walker, New York soft shells, were absent, and sick, perhaps of Nebraska. The agi- tation is lively. The administration is perplexed, but will persevere in another effort or two, if deemed ad- visable by the friends in both houses. There will be a caucus or two and a Cabinet conference or two, but the ‘Dill will sleep on. The New Hampshire election has fixed it. ‘TEE NEBRASKA BILL—EQUIVOCAL POSITION OF MR. | CUTTING, ETC. Although the action of the House to-day on the Ne- ‘braska bill must be regarded as fatal to its speedy pas- sage, yet many members voted to send to the Committee of the Whole who are known to be in favor of the bill, ‘but who at the same time desire that it should be fully and freely debated. The vote against sending it to the committee was larger than we expected. The discussion will now probably last till the dog-days. Mr. Cutting, not satisfied with moving the reference of the bill to the Committee of the Whole, also made a apeech, in which he urged vatious reasons why he was opposed to it in its present shape. His speech was re- garded as ill-timed, and his arguments frivolous. His opposition to the Badger amendment, for instance, might with propriety have come from a Southern man, but it is not usual to find a Northern man opposing a measure be- cause it does not go further for the South than Southern- ora themselves ask. P Mr. Richardson’s declaration that the sending the bill to the committee was equivalent to killing it, was made in the excitement of the moment, and had no weight either way. The whole time of the Senate in executive session to- day was consumed in reading the correspondence be- ween General Gadsden and the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations. I is said to be unique in style, andy «aste quantity, about as long a the moral law. THIRTY-THIED CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Senate. Wasursarox, March 21, 1854. NAVAL, SCHOOLS. Mr. Fut, (whig) of N. ¥., presented the memorial of ‘the Chamber of Commerce of New York, praying for the establishment of naval schools for the preparation of youths as seamen, THR NBGRASKA BILL. Messrs. Swann, (free soil,) of N. ¥., and Sumer (free soil,) of Mass., presented petitions against the Ne- braska bill. SHIP CANAL AT NIAGARA. Mr. Sareps, (dem.) of IlL., presented resolutions of the Legislature of Ilinois in favor of granty of land for a ship canal around the falls of Niagara—and also for re- stricting the duties on sugar, molasses, and railroad iron, INTERNATIONAL COINAGE, Mr. Pratt, (whig) of Tidiana, presented the mento- rials of the Maryland Mechanical Institute atid the Phila- <delphia Philosophical Society, praying that arrange- mente be made with (reat Britain for an international coinage upon the decimal ptinsrple of the United States. OF THE UNTVERSAT DEMOQCRATIO SOCIETY. Mr. Frsn presented a mentorial from the Society of Universal Democratic Republicans, preying the tnter- svention of Congress to reilress the wrongs and injuries sustained by Frederick Wierchel, imprisoned by the au- thortties of Saxony and Bremen, and to remedy the evil dane to the cause of republicanism by the wavering poli- @y of the Seeretary of state, and thus prove practically the soundness of the republican system in which the representatives of the people can remedy the faults of the Ministers, WEST POINT ACADEMY. The House resolution, explanatory of and regulating “the appointment of cadets to West Point, was taken up. Mr. , (dem.) of IM, urged its pasange. Tt was necessary, in order that the new districts established by the last apportionmentact might make their appoint- ments. Mr. Baposr, (whig) of N. C., hoped the bill would be referred. He hod tiughé for a long time that the laws regulating appointments to West Point ought to be amended, #0 as to give Senators as well as members of the House the right the select cadets for appointments. Mr. Smreups said he had another bill which provided for that. ‘After some further remarks, the resolution was re- ferred. MAIL CONTRACT. The joint resolution continuing an existing contract for carrying the mail from Montgomery, Ala., was taken up and passed. NAVY DEPARTMENT CONTRACTR. The joint resolution from the neato ee the Navy 0 Depariment power to reject certain bids for supplying Provisions. clothing, and small stores for the use of the navy, was taken up. fr) Gwrx, (dem.) of Cal., hoped it would now be yaased. Mr. Fien objected. He said it was a resolution pre- sared at the Navy Department, and sent down to the fouse yesterday and passed there, and was now expected to be here, without being printed or examined by any committee. 1¢ resolution was referred. ‘THE DERIRS OF COT. MORGAN. ‘The bill for the relief of the heirs of Col. Alexander G. Morgan was passed. REPORT ON AMERICAN SECURITIES HELD ABROAD. Mr, Bropmxap, (dem.) of Pa., offered a resolntion, which waa adopted, for printing 8,000 extra copies of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of American seou- rities of all kinds held abroad, 1 Ty of Va. introduced a bill to red . Hunter, (dem.) of Va., introduced a nee MM, 5 Fo ii us ioe of the public lands; also a bill to Gell certain portions of the public lands to'the States in Mileh they lie, for the purpose of constructing roada and al . PAY OF THR ARMY—WEST POINT ACADEMY. The bill inoreasing the pay of the rank and file of the army, was taken up. The ninth section gives Sonators the same of nominating cadets to West Point as is now held by the members of the House. Mr. Cass, (dem.) of Mich., sald this would Increase the number of and also the namber of supernumera- ry officers, ‘The bill also provided, he was glad to sea, for the promotion of non-commissioned officers to super: numerary lieutenants. He thought the number of of- ficers thus annually appointed would be more than the wants of the army required. Mr. Sniacns said he did not think there would be too many if bd pee by which the army was to be re- Neved of dis and superannuated offi . These ap- pointments would infuse young blood into the army. Mr. Cass said that West Point now furnished annually fifty officers to the army. He could not see the use of increasing the number. — (dem.) of In., moved to strike out the ninth per Je Mr. Dopar, (dem.) of Iowa, supported the motion, q ‘Sineips, Rsk and SewARn 0} it. The bill was then House of Representatives, Wasiinaroy, March, 21, 1854. ‘THE PATENT OFFICE REPORT. One hundred thousand copies of the agrioultural part of the Patent Office report were ordered to be printed for the use of the members of the House, and ten thousand | copies for the use of the Commissioner of Patents. This , will give four hundred copies tu each member. | r ppored BC tt a PUBLIO LANDS, Mr. Conn, (dem.) of Ala., reported from the Committee | on Public Lands a bill authorizing Alabama, ant other States having public lands therein, remaining unsold and unappropriated for twenty years, to sell the same for educational purposes and internal improvements. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the Stato | of the Union. He likewise reported a bill explanatory of the bounty land acts of 1850 and 1852, designed to secure the rights ; of the widows and minors and heirs of decoased soldiers. Similarly referred. Mr. Warrgy, (dem.) of Ark., from the same com. mittee, reported a bill authorizing the settlers on lands granted for railroad purposes, to preempt others in lieu at the minimum price. Pending the consideration of the Dill the morning hour expired. THF NERRASKA RILI—SPERCH OF MR. CUTTING. Mr. Ricwarvsoy, (dem.) of Tl, moved the House go into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, his object being, as he stated, to reach the Nebraska and Lea | dill, ‘heretofore reported by him, as soon as prasible. Mr. Bocock, (iem.) of Va., inquired whether the Ne- braska bill could be taken up without laying aside all other bills preceding it, among others that for construc ing six steam frigates, ‘The Srkaker replied it would not be competent to move to fake up any but goneral appropriation bills, which have precedence; before reaching any particular bill all others would have to be acted on in their calendar order. Mr. Currine, (dem.) of N. Y., wished to make a s.g- gestion to Mr. Richardson, but general consent was not given. ‘The question on Mr. Richardson’s motion was then taken and decided in the negative—yeas 84, nays 108. Mr. Wimxrgr, (dem.) of N. Y., and others, all at once moved to proceed to business on the Speaker's table. Several small bills having been taken up and referred, the Senate Nebraska and Kansas bill next came by its title. Much feeling was manifested on the subject, and every one seemed to regard this as a trying time. Mr. Ricwarpson and Mr. Curmna rose at about the same time. The one moved to refer the bill to the Com- mittee on Territories, the latter to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. ‘The SPEAKER recognized Mr. Richardson. Mr. Curnc raised a point of order, and asked whether his motion shonld not first be put. ‘The Sreaxxe replied it would, but the gentleman could not take the floor from the gentleman of Illinois. Mr. RicHARDeoN desired to have the bill referred to the Committee on Territories, for the purpose of amending it in some particulars; and said that {o refor the bill to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union would kili it by indiroction. It was useless to deny it, and gen- tlemen need not pretend to him they are favorable to the bill while they wish to place it in such a position. But he had no respect for those who profess to be for the bill, while they are using every effort by indirection to destroy and Kil it, 1f gentlemen do not desire to rote for the bill, let them vote against it, and meet the issue fairly. Now, what are the facts relative to this bill? What is the amount of business which already has pre | cedence of this bill on the calendar? Nearly everything brought forward by the standing committees, from the beginning of the session to the present time, in Com- mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union; and many of the bills will not be reached at. all before the close of the session. By referring this bill to the Committee on Territories it will be reported as amended, and if there shall be a majority in favor of the principle they can vote on it, and either pass or defeat it, or they can go into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and there discuss the amendments. r. CUTTING now moved that the bill be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. In #0 doing he said ho was animated by no sense of disre- spect towards the chairman of the Qommittee on Terri- tories, (Richardson,) nor to any of the honorable mem- bers associated with him. It was, be believed, a matter distinctly understood that the committee had already diecussed and elaborated the subject, and so far_as re- spected any views of theirs, they could be offered in Com- mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union with as much facility as by going through the circuitous mode of referring the bill to them, and of again having it on the Speaker's table, precisely in the position it had been to- day. With regard to the motives insinuated by the flenian from Illinois, they were probably directed against him, who had made the motion to refer the bill to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. He Frost posit of sirens tie peoeinatienmey ergata grew ple of allowing the people of e community or Territory to form for Xhemselves the laws under which they are to live. aud which are to operate on their condition of life from the outset, from 1847 to this éay. He denied there was any gentleman on this floor, coming from any quarter of the Union, who was more sincerely and devotedly attached to the prin- i than he was. It was a principle of plain pragtical sense, that the people of Orogon or of any remote province, are more capable of framing the laws under which they are to live and prosper, than the peo- ple of New York or New Hampshire, through their Le- girlatures or Congress, can possibly frame for them. His luctrine wes to leave to the intelligent occupiers of Ore- gen and Washington, and other remote districts, the right to mould their own institutions in such a manner as their experience and knowledge of the country, and their own requirements and neccssities demand, and there can be no reasonable doubts as to the propriety of this, except with the few fanatics and political agitators. ‘This mensure of the Senate commended itself to him for another reason. It was supposed to embody and assert the great cardinal principle that the subject of logisla- tion over the institution of slavery should be removed from the hands of Congress. In this aspect of the case, it is an important bill, and therefore merits the mor rious consideration. He had only seen this bill in tached portions, as they appeared in the reports of the Senate’s proceedings, but it appeared to him there are provisions in it which requiro to be changed or altered, to be worthy of the House, He alluded to that part which restrains the tof wif¥age; Which takes Fou the people that which the people of Mlinois, Indl- Wisconsin, have deemed advisable, namely, to allow aliens who have declared their intentions to become citizens, and taken the oath to -2nport the nrovisions ‘of the law—the s!-"* to which they are entitled, not onfy to acquire land, but to parti- cipate inthe councils of the now-born territory. He prestimed the people of the free States would insist on of the bill. Is it the this asa sine qua non, before the Who are to take the brant of this contest? ple of the South, where all are united? or Le free States to go before the people and justify vote in favor of the bill? If we are to stem the current of fanaticism, are we not entitled to a full opportunity to present our views before them, through the medium of ihe Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union? ‘When we assert this great principle found in the bill, are we not bound to investigate it? Besides, there are doubts whether a provision of this bill does not repudiate the eat principle of non-intervention. But if there are ifferent opinions on the subject, does it not want a close, severe and thorough examination? Look at the question. Here is a bill, with a multitude of words, with fentence after sentence, explanatory, with provisos in the bargain. Plain men, who are not astute lawyers, will become bewildered in this din of words and expres- | sions; they will say, when the Territory was ceded to us there were laws supposed to exist, and regulations and customs, originating with the former owners—the Span- ish and French—hy which slavery was recognized and protected, and they will find, when the bill shull pass, that the laws which existed when the Territory came into the possession of the United States, are, by the amendment of Mr. Badger, rendered inoperative and effete. The simple, plain’ minded man may be be- wildered. The people of the North understand but little of this. We have had innumerable petitions, some from clergymen, who have separated from their fellow-citizene, as a class, denouncing this bill; but I venture to say that not one of those gentlemen, most respectable in their proper sphere and calling, has ever read the bill. Isay to the people of the North, if they will throw aside fanaticism and prejudice, and give up, for a moment, political agitation. and bestow upon the Dilla fairexamination, they will find that there never was a measure fo beneficial to the North as this, or one 80 well calculated to restrict the principle of ‘slavery. It is a bill eminently favorable to the North, and a. fall discussion will prove it to beso. For this reason we ce: | sire it to be discussed. ‘The gentloman says if it goos to | the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, | it can never be reached, when, if a majority choose, they can lay anide other bill: ly, if there is not strength enough to lay her ‘to reach this, it | is in vain to discuss the matter. Since the introduction | of the bill there has been a sort of civil insurrection in the North on the subject of slavery. We should avoid | parlismentary tactics, They donot belong to a question of this kind, They give rise to suspicion, and we | have had enough of that already. We must have full, frank, and manly discussion. We must bri down this bill to the proper form, and gentlemen ascertain whether Mr. Badger’s amendment involves tho | principle of Congressional intervention. The more Ire ect on it, the more it appears to me the amendment does intervene to annul or destroy the laws which exist- ed at the time the Territory came into possession of the United States. If so, then is the principle of interven- tiem on the face of the bil : te ir. RichaRDson, (interrnpting)—The gentleman can get the bill made a ejecta ore x4 so Mr. Curtixrg—I take the 1 ation, but does not m; friend know that in order to change the order of busi- ness for such « purpose, a two-third vote is necessary— but if I move, and succeed in havin, mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union, it needs simply the vote of a majorit « to take it up. ir. Richarpson—The gent should be met pr ae manly, and there should be no parliamentary tactics. In that I agree with him. I ask the gentleman whether he would not have had a fair op- beets y 0A for full discussion, if he and his friends had yoted this morning to go into committee and take up the Nebraska bill reputed by the House Committee on tories? Mr. Corriva—To say that I would not have had a fair mit} Dagens pore words, If had in’ committee, would not t! 0 Benate's till till ve slept on the table? Wou)1it not have been extraordi- | | it sent to the Com- | says thie matter | replaced in ee | if the two THE NEW YORK HERALD, any that a bill so Se tker’s table ull reported from the House Committee on Territories is», ?s#tially the same as the one on the table, Wrist Cries of ‘ 20," “no?—not quite, Y * ong shot. Mr. Ccrmxc—Whether this is so oF me) Overy gentle. man ean judge for himeelf, ‘It would, {ae be strange MMs were substantially the sani®, cenms amendwents and all. Tean say there ix = vané didgr- epee of opinion between the gentleman and aryself, £8 to the construction he places on these two bills. Let ya meet the question manfully, and when the yeés and nays are called, see who are for giving the people in the organized territories the right (o frame the laws under which they live there is thé principle this must be extirpated, if it can be Fouth shall not receive what the Greeks of oli left at the gates of Troy, and that when they strike it they shall ascertain whether it is hollow or not, or whether it con- ceals armed men or principles destructive of those which they advocate on this floor. I move the previous ques- tion. (Demands for the question.) Mr. FLoxence (dem,) of Pa., was anxious for a call of the House, and half s dozen other gi m'lemen had some: thing to propose, but the House preferred to socond the | demand for the previous question. Ayes—one hundred and thirteen ; nves not counted. Several questions were asked amid the confusion, and answered so far as we could judge. There was, however, little to be heard | distinctly. ‘The trying time had now come, the roll was called, and the result announced. Yeas, 110; nays 95, as flows » Yuas—Vensrs. A Benson, Benton, i Chamteriain, Chandler, Cortis, Cutting, Davis, of RL! DeWitt. Dick, Eastmon Eddy, Edgerton, Edmonds, Elliso Everhart, Farley, Fenton, Flagler, Frankli bie, Gids ings, Goadrich, Gi in, of Lilly Mevcham, Middleswarth, Mi Me. Norton, Oliver, of Pennington, Berki Ritchie, of P: Banks, Belcher, Bennett, Campbell, Carponter, joker, Cnilom, a ok. of N. Y.; Pratt,’ Pringle, Puryear, to, of Odio; Runsail, Satin Sage, Soy tN. Y.: Stanton, of Ky.; o; Taylor, of W Tracy, Tront, Upham, Vai y, Washburne, of Til urn ‘Wentworth, of Ill; Wentworth, of Mass. Weatbrook, wler, Witte, Yates—110. Naye—Abercrombie, Aiken, James Allen, Willis All Bocock, Boyce, Breck: tain, Churchw Abhe, Bayly, of Va.; Barkedal ridge, Brooks, Caruthers, C: natn Clingman. Cobb, Colquitt, Cox, Craize, Davis, of Dawson, Dent, Disney, Dowdell, Dunbar, Elliott, Englis Ewing, Flaukner, Florence, Goode, Greenwood Gre: milton, Harris, of Als., Harris, of Miss,; Hondricks, Hibbard, Hill, 1 Te Waibridge, Well je-spreading os this should sleep on for I repeat, under tae mass of words | congressional intervention, and | 1 mean that the | ae = > ed on the enlargement or completion of the canals,'* { oven ke. This provisi i | Mallory, tee eat tas Particularly obnoxious to Mr THE LATE JACOB ALBER, OY BALTIMORE. from Rochester, aud Mr, Baker, from | Mery, both silver gray whigs, They wiahed to wri ‘ite | Cut of the bill, and believed that no such restrictions ought to be imposed upon any class of persons. The | friends of this provision alluded to the large number of the members of the Legislature who became contractors = the act of 1851, and that the people viewed that { action with great jealousy and suspicion. They wanted { no such suspicion to attach to the present Legisiature or bor inh Fog boa ia ge Mas Paceairges mn. Mr. Savage, whose Mount Vernon resolutjon ! rem#ns in the Ser beyond redemption, has th vs | proper to revive th exciting question of distributing poetic school moneys. A bi House, contains this section :—‘‘No school connected with any of the public or private asylums or societies, of a sectarian or denominational character, in this State, and no school under the charge of any religious sect or denomination, or wherein any particular tenet or doc- trine peculiar to any sect, denomination or church, shall be taught, shall receive any portion of the public | moneys appropriated or to be appropriated for the sup- port of common achools.’? The Senate bill relativ: to taxes, assessments, and water rents, in New York city, was reported complete by Mr. Savage, who has added a very Tesportant amend- ig as follows :-— 2, The ownor, or his logal represontati ‘which hereafter’ be sold. for Fe & a < H ES z Hy H bi eright to redee: sam Ris heirs, adwinistrators or assigns, at any tl twenty years from the day ofsale, after one year’ writing of bis intention s0 to do, by paying the amo, which the property was sold and ten per cent inte: th ‘on from the date of sal il the time of rode also for tho improv valuation, The value of such impro mined, if ot agreed npon between the persons, to be a) in bes the Superior Seo. 3. The rete of ed " by throe ‘ourt of said city. erost on unpaid taxes and assoss- in said city, shall hereafter be nt {per annum, to commence thirty after the same has become due ot been confirmed. 4. All other Iaws heretofore passed, inconsisten with this law, are hereby repealed. Important Week in the House- The following are "the special orders in the Assembly or this State for the current week:— y aprienday, 2ist—Town Insurance Vill. In Committee of Wednesday, 22d—Sackett’s Harbor and Saratoga Rail- road B. immediately after the reading of the journal. [On its third readin, Also the bill for the suppression of intemperance, 12 o'clock af. [On its third reading. ‘Also the Ill to. amend ‘Stauton county jury. district Milleon, Olds, Oli . 5 : Phillips, Powell, Preston, Roady, Reese, Richardson, Rid dell, Robbins, Rogers, Rufin, Seward, Shannon, Shaw, Shower, Singleton, Smith, of Tenn.; Smith, Smith, of Ala’; Smyth, of Texas; Stanton, of T ‘Vansant Wola Warren, Wright, of Miss.; Wright, of Pa.; Zollicof- fe Mr. Tavtor, (whig) of Ohio, in vain appealed to Mr. Cutting to withdraw tho motion. Mr. Stanrox, (dem.) of Tenn., was anxious that the two bills should be placed in a condition to be considered at the same time. Mr. Ewina, (whig) of Ky., moved that the House re- solve itself into committee of the whole on the state of the Union. Mr. PRESTON, Cae of Ky., wished to know whether it would be in order to postpone the consideration of the question till to-morrow. The SPRAKER replied that if the House should refuse to sustain the demand for the previous question, the pend- ing motion must,now be disposed of. . BRECKENRIDGE, (dem.) of Ky.—I ask the gentleman from New York to withdraw his motion. (Cries of ‘No, no,” ‘Hold on,” “Question!” ‘Question ! Marked sensation.) Mr. Curmmxg—I have been appealed to by a great num- ber of gentlemen to withdraw my motion. | (Renewed cries of ‘‘ Hold on,”’ ‘Question |” “‘ Question!) I have in other instances refused, and as it is not my intention to make a distinction between gentleman on this floor, I cannot withdraw my motion. (Cries of ‘That's right,” and impatience. So the Senate Nebraska bill waa sent to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union. The joy of the enemies of the bill, and the chagrin of its friends, may be imagined. To clinch ihe vote, Mr. CurrixG moved to reconsider it, and lay the motion on the table. This prevailed—yeas, 110; nays, 96. Mr. Caupuxii—I move the House adjourn. Mr. Hovstox—Oh no; let’s clear the Speaker’s table. ‘The House then adjourned. Affairs in Albany. LAZY LEGISLATORS — HARBOR ENCROACHMENTS CRYSTAL PALACE —DICTIONARIES— CANAL I PROVEMENTS —EUBLIC SCHOOL ¥UND— WATER RENTS IN NEW YORK CITY. SPRORAM. CORRESPONDENCE OF THR NEW YORK WERALD. Atmany, March 21, 1854: Yesterday was a regular “blue Monday” in the Legis- lature. A quorum being scarcely present in either house, no business except of an ordinary character was under- taken. Both houses being well filled this morning, more acti- vity prevailed. Various, important matters were takem up and discussed, and in the Sonate tho bill relating to the Troy ferry occupied most of the time. It appears that certain parties have enjoyed the monopoly of that ferry undisturbed for three quarters of a century, from the fact that they possessed the title in the soil on either side of the river. Of late years the travel has become immense, and those persons having control of the ferry neglect to provide suitable accommodations for the pub- lic. They have defied the authorities of Troy or Albany to interfere, and to-day a bill has passed the Senate, under which a competing ferry, so long needed, will be established. Mr. Brooks introduced and read the following letter from Major Frazer, in relation to the harbor encroach- ments:—+ | Unirep Srares Exarreen’s Orricr, March 20, 1854. 3 Ew Y Dear Sir—A friond of mino infor: the course of th: the Sen inting commisei ir. Hutchins, of Brookl: when Major Frasor was t of donatrnating the on the Brookl: clined giving ate in at Mr. that I tingly t to nay, was moment to state w ever intended to be What lI S have not a correct chart Ido not know the precise position of the nestion. I bave no data respecting tho exact | Chi norant of present toll. And why! Becaui of tho harbor. iors in pt that many of the elemonte requi 01 wantin, id it was this knowled, me to express myself in 0 guarded & manner. I am per Fonent willing to believe that the honorable Senator m Brooklyn misunderstood me, and am equally certain that when 80 informed he will be the first to mako the amendo honorable. Lam, ac calacn TP Pre can law, immediately after the Maine law is disposod‘of. [On its third reading. of ettaay, 284—New York Police bill, [In Committee Friday, 24th—General Appropriation bill, immediate ly after the reading of the journal, [In Cominltteo of the NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Aupaxy, March 21, 1854. BILLS REPORTED. A pill was reported to authorize the rebuilding of the locke of the Chemung canal. ‘The Brooklyn, Armory bill was reported complete. The Senate concurred in the amendments of the House to the bill respecting additional notaries in New York. Mr. BRoons, (whig,) oN. ¥.; gave notice of a Dill t fr. BROOKS, (whig,) of N. ¥., gave notice of a bill to amend the charter ofthe Ccystal Palace Company. SALARIES OF STATE PRISON INSP'RCTORS. The bill for the improvement of the government of State prisons was discussed at length, mainly on a propo- sition to increase the salary of the inspectors. No ques- tion was taken. APTERNOON SEaSION. BULLS PASSED. To incorporate the Rochester City Sixpenny Savings To authorize the Seventh. Regiment of Militia to hold land for an armory. Taxing non-residents in New York. ‘The bill to increase the capital of the Buffalo, Cornin and New York City Railroad, was ordered to third read: ing. Brogross was reported on the Lottery Trafle bill. Adjourned. Assembly. ALBANY, March 21, 1854. THE CANAI. KMENT. ‘The Canal Enlargement ‘bill was reported back to tho House and taken up in committee, where it was discuss- ed, and reported to the House without material amend- ment. Also the bill for the management of the canals, ‘The bill for the formation of town insurance companies wan debated in committee. ‘The question on ing to the report of the commit- tee on the Canal En! ment bill, was laid on the table. AFTERNOON SESSION. BILIS ORDERED TO A THIRD READING. Incorporating Inland Navigation Companies. Toamend ine Sharter of fhe New Yoek Fire Depart. ment. Regulating tho assessment and collection of Croton water rents. For the relief of the Erie and New York city railroad. ‘The Temperance bill was taken up and debated, but without taking any action the House adjourned. From Baltimore. EX-PRESIDENT FILLMORE—NEWS FROM RIO GRANDE —ALLEGHD FORGERIES. Baurimorg, March 21, 1854. Fx-President Fillmore declines a public reception at New Orleans. He goes from that city to Havana. Advices from the Rio Grande state that General Woll was concentrating Mexican troops at Camargo, witha view of establishing his headquarters there. The Richmond Enquirer says that a well known mer- chant of that city ta been detected in forgeries to the amount of several thousand dollars, and has gone to parts unknown. The Knoxville at Savannah. SaVANNAN, March 18, 1854. The new steamship Knoxville, Capt. Ludlow, from New York, arrived here early this (Saturday) morning, having experienced head winds all the way. ahiness Arrival of the Steamship Charity land. Portianp, Me., March 21, 1854. The acrew steamship Charity, from Greenock on the 22d ult., arrived here this afternoon, having been hemmed in b3 © for nine days. The Hog Trade of the West. 1, March 21, 1854. The Price Current publishes its final report of the hogs packed in the West, showing a net increase in the num- ber, of 383,000, being equal to 15 per cent over last year. The report embraces 260 points, and is the fullest ever published, Non=Arrival of the Pacific. SANDY Hook, March 22—2 A. M. The steamship Pacific has not yet reported herself. She is now in her fourteenth day. Markets. New ORLEANS, March 20—P. M. The sales of cotton to-day were barely 1,500 bales, at 4ge. decline, under the influence of the Arabia’s news. Middling ix quoted at 9c. Sterling exchange inat 844 per cent premium. Sugar has declined ‘c., with sales of fair at 834c. Molasses is at 17. k Brevet Maj. Enzincors. Hon. James Brooxs, N. Y. Sensi | Mr. Hutchins rore, and replied that he was not aware | of what Major Frazer intended to testify, but he held in his hand his statement pefore the committee, which he | read. The Major said the exclusion of tidewater injure | the navigation materially, diminishing the volume of water flowing and reflowing overdars, amd tends to in crease bars at the mouth of harbors. If entirely ob. | structed, the flow would be so gentle as to fail to wash out the channel. The piers of London bridge have an effect upon the current, and the tides are not a0 strong | as formerly, on secount of the piers. The depth of water | on bars is mainiained by ebb tides. The tide in deep | rivers runs faster than in shallow waters. One of the New York Senators gave notice that he in- tended to introduce a billextending the charter of the Crystal Palace Association. ‘The direction and _manage- ment being now in other hands, it is asserted that an effort will be made to re-galvanize it into public notice during the coming searon. The State will eventually be compelled to foot the bill rs large number of Webster's unabridged dictionaries, urnished to the common schools under a law of 1861. ‘That act provides that the trustees of school libraries may purchase copies of the work at four dol- lars each. Another provision makes it imperative upon town superintendents to retain out of li- brary moneys two dollars in the year 1852, and the same amount in 1864, making the four dollara, to pay for these hooks. This was demanded of them by the law. A large number. of these dictionaries were thus ordered from Messrs. G. & C. Merriam, of Springfield, Mass., who held the copyright, and now, after three years, it is dis- closed that the amount of $3,130 is due those publishers. A bill is now under consideration providing for the pay- ment of this sum, directly from the income of the Tnited States Deposite fund, and directs that towa su- perintendents shall retain sufficient sum from the Tibrary fund of 1864, to pay the amount, delivered to the State Treasury, and rerhaced in the deposite fund thus advanced. This never will be done ; the superintendents who have refused to retain the sum of four dollars out of the fund for three years, will not be any more likely to disgorge it under the law which the Leyislature are about enacting. Iam happy to learn that the publishers of the dictionary are soon to have their monoy, but there in little faith in the expectation that it will ever be Why not authorize the Superintendent of Common Schools to withhold these ‘amounts from euch districts as have refused to pay’ ‘The bill by Mr. Littlejohn, Chairman of the Canal Committee of the House, providing for expending five millions of the amount on the canals, and redeeming the scrip issued under the law of 1851, was taken up in in committee without any mate- the Houre, Hal eltersiion. “tnd eleventh section of the bill provides that“ no ee the mo member of Sireety or indieoty, ta any r, sball be intereste:, ly or indireetly, in any contract or job to be per- | are not quotably Cuaniestox, Mareh 21, 1854. Sales of cotton to-day, 1,600 bales, at prices’ ranging from 73. to 1010. ‘The market is stiffer but the rates her. The Fine Arts. EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OY DESIGN. The twenty-ninth annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design will open this day, at the Acadomy’s Galleries, Brondway, near Bond street. As the building occupied at present by the Academy has been sold, and is soon to be removed, the exhibition of this year will not be open for as long a period as usual. The exhibition will positively close on the 25th of April, and amateurs and artists, at home and abroad, will bear this fact in mind, The want of timo also pre- cluded the possibility of the usual pleasant reunion of the Council and their friends on the eve of the exhibi- tion. Yesterday the gallery was open for the convenience of artists who desired to varnish their pictures. We hada peep at the exhibition, and it seems to be more yaried and attractive than the average of the previous displays. A prominent feature of the exhibition is Huntington's “Good Samaritan.” The appearance of this celebrated picture at this time will be highly. gratifying to all per- sons interested in art matters. ‘There are also pes by Durand, Cropsey, Church, Richards, Kensett, Gifford, Gignaux, Hart, Coleman, and other favorite artists. Out landscape painters are favorably known in Europe, and the works of Kensett, Doughiy, Boutelle and Crouch are as highly esteemed in Lonion as in New York. American acenery affords a fino field for native artists, and we are glad to neo that our painters are taking ad- vantage of it. ere are some fine portraits at the exhibition, the work of Elliott, Baker, Cafferty. Hicks, and others.’ We trust the exhibition will receive the sipatronage it de: serves, and that its gallery will be filled during the next four wecks with the beauty and gallantry of New York. ht | he passed hi ear.y days u. on his father’s farm which he introduced in | | oa nig children how reside, Professtonai business brought ‘This eminent merchant died at his e#idence in the city of Lellimore on: unday, March 5, in th °®7th year of his age; avd the is so much interest afore “! bY his ca. reer in life that it may not be without a a “ft! moral to recount his disting ished success in business, i¥ in fluence in pi \blic, and b « exemplary character. He was born on the 28th day of August, 1787, at 8 | paternal residen¥e in Adams county, Pennsylvania, where But io his boyhood, at the’age of fourteen years, he manifested | so strong a predelictsn for mercantile pursuits | father was induced to ¢ratify this inctination of his son's | mind, and send him, fo * that purpose, to Carlisle, in the | adjoining county of CumiPerland. Here his native char- acteristics soon began to clevelope; he was in his element. | Devoted to the interests of Jhis employers, he readily ao- | quired those habits of patient Industry and assiduous ap- plication which were among #-chief caures of his gre- markable success. In the year 1805, at the age of only eighteen, he re- | Moved to Baltimore. With a small eapital which his fa- | ther furnished, he here entered into-the hardware trade. | His prompt and faithful manner of transacting business | soon won for him customers and friends. And he saga- | ciously availed himself of every occasion: fairly offered | to increase his revenues. Whea the war with Great Britain became inevitable, in 1811, he anticipated the ef- fects of non-intercourse upon manufactures in his parti- cular department; for England, at that period, supp ied vs with nearly all our hardware. He accordingly | rcyaired to the neighboring towns and villages, and pur- t his | | land divines PRICE TWO CENTS. The New Haven Riot. OUR NEW HAVEN CORRESPONDENOE. Naw Haven, March 20, 1854 The late riot in t’ is city 1s still the all-engrbssing topic of thought and conversat on. The facts thus far elicited before the Coroner's jury, tend to exculpate entirely the | student. from any participation in the affray, except as | they acted in self-defence. It seems that O’Neil, the } man who was fatally stabbed, had been the ringleader of | the rowdies in the affray of the night previous, and was | x rrested by he po ce at that time, but soon discharged. ‘Th other persons wounded by the pistol shots were not so my'Ch ideutified with the mob, and the injury which they received is a madter of ntmch regret. One of the | etudents h ad bietace very badly cut by a stone, causing a wound of #evers* inches in length, which was sewed up | by Dr. Hooker, of {84a city, soon after the occurrence, | and the youny man is aow doing well. Many other Yale Boys were knegked down by the missiles thrown, but | most of then dusplayed a coplness and couragy, which, un- | der the circumstances, is vory praisewerthy. After reach- ing the college, tly proceetted to berricade the build { ing nearest the street, and the tence ‘s deneribed by those who witnessed it ae rea’mbling the fortidestion of « towm | expecting siege. Fiewarnis were dkaributed among the | ditterent rooms, the shboring pawements were torn up and carried into te building, an#ail conducted with a system and order feuly astonishings When the mob uge n approached with the cannon, it was supgosed that many would be killed, bat poeta man ed. The quea- ton may suggest itself, where were the peice? Wherever they were they proved Shemselves impetent, and ‘the Jand of sobrieiy and steady babits’'—asemr New Eng cpheased fo call. this section of the Union— mest bear the odium of adrwiting that onv of gheir chie cities is without the protection to life aad wopees which every respectable city should chased from country merchants, including some of his «wn customers, their hardware stock, at their own retai | prices, and awaited what he argued would be the necesaa | rv effect of war. His sagacity in this instance, enabled | him to reap a golden harvest; which even surpacsed his very sanguine expecta And when peaen re- turned’ with its cheering smiles, and the bewilder- | ing influence of a general prosperity resulted in the | desolating storm of commercial distress that swept | over our country in the year 1820, involving thousands of our merchants in bankruptey, and almost every one of them in serious embarrassment, Mr. Albert, interpreting | long beforehand the signs of the times, was fully pre pared for the Stee ching monotary crisis. When it ar- rived, he had already secured a large amount of debts, in | anticipation of the gencral disaster. The eminent auccess of this judicions mercantiie expedient, marked one of the prominent epochs of his career. | It was at this period that he turned his attention to the purchase of real estate. In the year 1824, he erectod the first four-story warchouse on Baltimore street. His friends opposed this, deeming the fourth story quite un- | necessary; but his sanguine anticipations of hi city’s future, he lived to see realized, to hi Joy, as one of her most zealous and devoted friends. Th several of the banking and other institutions of Bal- timore he took a prominent and active part. In 1834 he was one among those enterprising citizens who establish- ed the Merchants’ Bank. In the same year he was elect- | ed president of the Commercial and Farmers’ Bank, over the affairs of which he presided with eminent ability for thirteen years, embracing a period of great financial em- barratsment and two suspensions of specie About the same time, he became a direelor of more and Ohio Railroad Company, and he was a promi nent member of its Finance Committee, in originating | and perfecting the policy of issuing railroad notes, re- deemable in city stock, Which supplied the means of ex- tending the road as far as Cumberland. | His total loss of sight in the year 1846, compelled him | to withdraw from several posts of public duty; but he | consented to retain his place among the directors of the | Commercial and Farmers’ Bank, with whom he had been | associated for nearly thirty years. He was for twenty-five years a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and for several years he performed, with great acceptance, the duty of Treasurer of the Episccpal Fund of the diocess of Maryland. The deep affliction caused by his total blindness he bore with Christian resignation; and throughout the period of | his protracted illness he was tranquil and submissive. | Fully conscious of his spproaching dissolution, and | soothed by the tender a and affectionate minis- trations of one of the mos of wives, he breathed his last while surrounded by all the members of hig family, and commended to God by the prayers of the church. For almost half a century he exhibited to his fellow-citizens a pattern of unblemished integity, and scrupulous honesty i his transactions, having, throughout his life, a comffentious regard to all the mo rals of honcrable imereantile trade, His uprightnes. was never impeached; his integrity was without a blem ish. Although, ty his comprehensive views of publi affeirs, and by his xbiliity as a fincncier, he had amaased about ‘two millions of dollars, it was’ his underiating rule never to take more than six per cent per annum And it is a fact worthy of record, and as if a reward fo his punetillious regurd for the laws against usury, that in his extensive operations in loans of money, he neve tor thirty years lost single dollar. ‘He Was a useful citizen, a devoted friend, and an affec tionato husband and father; and asa Christian, he de | voted his last thoughts not only to the enjoyment of th | con:olations of our holy faith, but to acts of aospe charity to several institutions for orphans, who will long have reason while they share his liberal bounties, to pro- nounce his name with bencdictions, and will rise up at the last day and call him blessed. | Governor Wituuam P. Duvat, of Texas, aged about 70 | years, died in Washington city on the 19th instant. | Governor Duval was a native of Virginia, went to Ken- | tucky in his boshood, located in Rardstown, where he studied law and entered an the practice of the profossion, and attained considerable eminence in early life. In 1812 he was elected member to Congress from the Bardstown district, and served as such during the sessions of 1813- 114; wasan energetic and influential member in the pro- | secution of the war then being carried on, In 1822 he | payment. | he Balti- was appointed Governor of Florida by President Monroe, a appointed by Mr. Adams sind Generaljlackson, By his administrative acts in that Territory he gave entire satisfaction to those to whom he was oificially reapon- sible at Washington, and tothe people whose interests | were confided to his managemént. In 1848 he removed | to and settled in Austin, in the State of Texas, of which he was a citizen at the time of his death, and where most him to Washington some months ago, and it has been the will of Providence that his mortal career should ter- minate at a distance from his home; but yet not among strangers, for in this city and in Congress he had friends, whose kindness and attentions during his illness sooth his sufferings and tranguillized him in his dying moments. His illnest he bore with uncomplaiiing fortitude, and | encountered death with calmness and resignation. 'Gov- | ernor Duval, whilst distinguished in publiclife, wasmuch | esteemed and beloved for his virtues and estimable quali- ties in pri He was « man of cheerful, equable tem- | per, kind, sociable, sincere, and in all tho ‘accidents and exigencies of life reliable and true; and those who best knew him are those who will most deplore his loss. Henry Yams, Fsq., well known as the brother of the late Governor Yates, John B. Yates and Professor Yates, of Union College—and as State Senator from the Old Mid dle district,from 1812 to 1820—expired at his residence in Albany on the 20th inst., in the 84th year of his age. | Marine Affairs. | Tar Loss or Tun Scuoonkr Rosse.1—Furrier Parric- Lars.—On Fri at 3P. M., the packet schooner Russell left this port for Plymouth, with a moderate southeast wind, and during the severe westerly gale of Saturda morning, a schooner supposed to be her, without any sail | set, was secn to pass the Gurnet, but could not get into | Flymouth harbor. strike upon the ‘On that day a schooner was seen to | ‘hoal ground,” off Wellfleet, and go to | ices. Subsequ ame on shore marked ‘Jas. | D, Churehill,”” Ply nd other Plymouth marks. | These circumstances make it almost certain that the | Russell was lost with allon board. ‘There were four pas- sengers, all of Plymouth—Messrs. Elkanah Barnes, paint- er and’ glazier, Hi ymond, Henry Weston and | Penjamin Grifiin, ing men. Messrs. Barnes and | Raymond have left families: the others were unmarried. Capt. Wm. D, Simmons, master and owner of the Russell, wasa very worthy man, much respected and esteemed. He bas {eft a wife and five children. His crew were Ichabod Rogers and Erastus Torrence, seamen, and Al- rheus Richmond, cook, Mr. Torrence has loft a wife and child; the others were single men. A Mr. Burgess had engaged passage in the Russell, but being detained to make a visit toa son in East Boston, had taken out his bogzage anil remained. We have since received a letter from the office of the Yar mouth Iegister, which states that when the schooner was teen on the “Shoal ground,” three mon wore seen to lash | themselves in the rigging, and shortly after the vessel, | and it was supposed all hands, were lost. A keg of but: | ter marked ‘I. Brewster,” and several other articles, had | been picked up on the shore, which led tothe belief that | the vessel was the Plymouth and Boston packet. j Aslip from the Plymouth Rock states that Mr. Ray- mond had a son with him; that the Russell was owned by Messrs. N. Russell & Co., Capt. Simmons and others, and is probably not insured.—Boston Advertiser, March 21 The Cryst: TO THE BORE G York, March 21, 1854. | Probably before this note reaches you the rumor that an Injanetion has been granted on my complaint against the directors of the Crystal Palace Association has | reached you; and lest you may misunderstand the true | object of this order from the court, 1 beg to make the | following explanation:— : ‘This injunction ia not intended to interfere with the | exhibition at all, by closing its doors, or by restraining the action of ite present directors, any further than to | Tor River at ALBany.—Ice has formed rapidly | prevent the Leong of debts illegally contracted, or iol in the river since Saturday morning. At that tine very little was to be seen, Yesterday morning, the river was full of it—forming, however, no serious obstacle to navi- gation. The westerly wind threw the immense mass upon fhe east shore, rendering it diffeult for ferry bonte alb the river to make their connections with the railron trains, On Saturday last, we learn that the Catskill ferry was the only one kept’ open during the afternoon, between this city and Poughkeepsic.—Albany Argus, | hibitors, and last, if not lenst, the unfortunate stock: | March 21. holders. = Shasetenteslinen cet It is expected that all moneys heretofore paid in dis- Tar Brack Warrior Dirricunty at Mostne—- | cha: ‘debts contracted in violation of the statute An {ndignetion meeting was called to be held at Mob | granting certain privileges to the sesociation, will be re- on the 16th inat., to ex opinions in regarite 9 for the benefit of the 4vockholders. wl polnure of tbe ntesaper Black Wasrior at ‘Bayoon gvedient servant, 0D, . otherwire violating the charter under which the a*so- ciation was organized. it is far from the wish of the complainant to place obstacles in the way of the usefulness of the exhibition, or to hasten its close; and the injunction prayed for will in no way, it is believed, detract from the usefulness or result of the enterprise; but on the contrary, it is be- lieved it will promote the interests of the city, the ex | of Yale on all possible ovcasions. L have | and Miss Thayer, | nesee; Hon. Isreal T. | Pinki | Chase and son, © Day, | dence, ‘corner of Secon pum Weer emphatically the mercy of sny mol ie occasio may excite, Unless, as the students de, we arsa ourselve and shoot down our assailants in their tracks The auilorities are employing every posable means to discover the author of the stabbing, and probably will suceeed, although it is much doubted whither the otienee could be made an indictable ove. The fact is (1 speakfrom my own abservatiqn) that there are a body of men ix our mist who reom desirous to provoke an encounter with the students myself scom young men of the latter clas insulted in the most dia- | graceful manner, when passing quietly down tlm prinei- pal street of the city, without retaliation on thnir and I can hardly help sympathizing with them in the late isturba: The verdict of the inquest will probably not be made public for some days, as there are still many Witnesses to Le examined. A repetition of the attack en the ool- lege is threatened, but it ia hoped that the police force, now much increased, will be sufficient to preserve order. You shall receive the verdict as soon as it transpires, and a the friends of the studemts are scattered ¢ Q where throughout the country, it will be looked for with much interest, and certainly no paper ix 40 generally seen and read as the New Youre HERALD “Wiw Haves, March 20, 1864, T have been a constant reader of your valuable pa- per for the last ten years, and seeing an article in refer- | ence to the New Haven riot, I take the liberty to give you the particulars, which are as follows:—On Thursday | evening there were two students attended the theatre, and were standing in front of the audience, with their hats on, when they were politely requested to take them off, which they refused to do; they were then requested to be seated, which request they still refused to comply: with. At thix stage of proceedings some one in the gal- lery spoke and said, “put them out,’” but by this time the students had changed their qnarters, and things moved on quietly until the close of the moral drama; but on going out of the hall the student inquired who it waa that cried “put him out,’” and O'Neil said that it wae him. One of the students then knocked him down; there were then a few stones thrown, which ended the war of the evening. But on Friday evening it was different; the students went prepared, as it afterwards proved. ‘There was a ~ delegation from Yale on hand at the theatre, and they took occasion to make remarks not pleasant to a good share of the audience. Some o! their remarks were similar to this, that it feirly “stunk of mechunics;”” but things moved on quietly till the close of the play, when the members of Yale College staried ina body, took the middle of the sidewalk, and turned out for no one, male or female. Soon after out of the hall the report of a pistol wa this time the paving stones and bricks commenced mev- ing, and when about half way from the thoatre to the College chapel, O'Neil was seen to fall; he was immediate- ly taken up aud carried back to the watchhouse, follow- ed by the town boys, (not mostly Irish, as your inform- ant stated.) When it was ascertained ‘that he was dead, they in a body proceeded immediately and procured the cannon, and if they had Sot paid respect to our highly esteemed Mayor there would have been oue charge put through old South College. I have it from one of the police and from other reliable sources, that there were but three Irishmen that had anything -to do with the cannon. Ty giving this a poe in your valuable journal you will much oblige a large portion of the citizens, whe think that the manufacturing interest of this city is of more advantage than the College. Personal Intell! Extract from a Paria letter say our new Minister, has taken a house permancntly at No. 26 Avenue Gabriel, ' facing the Champs Elysees, It is the most beautiful spot for a residence in Parts, and is also com- venient of access for business. Mr. Mason has employed a tall colored man, of the true Virginia type, who was brought out here fifteen or twenty yoars ago by an Ame- rican minister, and who has remained in Europe ever since in the employ of American Ministers, either here, in St. Peteraburg, or in Germany. He speaks Fre Russian, and German, and ts as polite as a well a Virginia servant united to a Frencl Cee: master. His honest black face in the anti-charaber of Mr. Mason does ‘one good to see, and looks more like home than anything T have seen this side of the water.” Ex-Governor Edward Kent, of Bangor, it is said, will be tendered a seat on the bench of the’ Suj of Maine, rendered vacant by the resignation of Judge Wells. ‘The President's next and last levee will be on Friday, March 31, instead of Friday evening next. Hon. Edward Everett is in Boston, on a visit to bis family. The Hon. Charles A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, formee Postmaster General, is on a visit to the seat of govern- meut. J. H. Andrews, South Carolina; A. 8. N sippi; L. Clinch, Hartford; and i. E. Champion, Col arrived yesterday at the Prescott General M. Alsua, Guayaquil; Colonel H. P. Adams, Syracuse; William’ Walcott, Utica; Vernon Brown, Boston; F. Gordon Dexter, Boston; Frank Giles, London; Peter Monteith, Albany; Hi. Paimpelly, do; General Suares, Mexico; Colonel Butterfield, do.; ex-Gov F. Thomas, Maryland; W. Adair, Virginia, C. J. Beirne, do.; and W. H. Ayres, do., arrived at the St. Nicholas yesterdi Mr. Ciafling and lady, Illinois; Mr. Abernethy and Indy, Connecticut; Mr. Slater and lady, Connecticut; 3. Henry Morris and lady, Philadelphia; 1. Hollingsworth, lady, isaippi; James G. Webb Indy and servant, Santa le; Miss k. Webb, do.; G. RB. Hernandes, do.; G. Cocke, &e., Virginia, were among the arrivals the Astor House yesterday. Hon. T. Butler King, Georgia; Hon E. 0. Perrin, Ten- ich; = “¥ ag G3 Memphis; D. V. MeLane, ‘ iy be Wolf, Rivode Inland; ong the arrivals yesterday at the Miseia- jumbus, phis; Dr. J. kowiks ‘astenideo, Havai vans, Obio, were jetropolitan Hotel. From & HEC . J Paulk, W Barrett, Geo Robertsom, Jr, & coin and lady, Dy A Ball and lady, J M Tallapaugh and li dono K Perry. HA Phetps, J Hatin, Capt Dorinar, Wim Hollies, FC Bulkley, Jaques, CB Robinsee, J Colgate and lady, H Furnese—and 50 in the steerage. DEPARTURES. For | ad, Potersburg and Richmond. in ib ep - iwathmey, JF Halle, arlen Hi Wee y, t W Pon! Orrel Moi TF Preones, JR Smith, I w 21 seamen, . wi agen va! Swriovs AcctpgNt.—Retween seven a1 ht o'clock | Inst evening, Mr. Albert Scicrant, "commun _ | chant in New York, met with @ accident at the ) Peck slip ferry, on the New York side. He attem, te | (top on board the ferry boat Oneota before it was | ed to the bridge, but failing, his foot went down between | the boat and bridge, and before he coald withdraw it the | peat came up with such force as to crush the ankle ina very serious manner, On reaching this side, Miner procured ® and conveyed hin to his street and Division avenue, where medical aid was called in. ReaTeNTxG Lie —Yerterday, a man named Josepla Macon was bi bt before Ju Boswell, ons charge of threatening the life of Johu Ford. Aecaved was re- quired to give bonds to keep the peace. . ‘Tam Arson Cac®—-MR. FLANDERS DISCHARGED. — Venter. day afternoon the examination of Mr. A. C. Flanders, who was arrested on Saturday last on suspicion of hay set fire to hisstore, No. 86 South Seventh street, Tiace before Justice Boswell, and resulted in his dia- charge, there being no evidence to warrant ing him. ‘Anumber of business men in New York, and others, tes~ tified to his good character. SrorEn Goops RecovEenxy.—Capt. Donevan aad officer Sherman, of the First ward, i afternoon founda quantity of goods which had of Mr, ‘Moore, No. i ik | No. 44North Fifth street. The | Margaret Gunn, together with the sereent girl in the employ of Mr. Moore, named Mary iv, were ar. | rested, charged with being the (hievg y Wore coma mitted for examination