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“WHOLE NO, 6422, NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.| TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA, Great Prosperity of the Miners. “BATEST FROM THE SONORA FILIBUSTERS. REPORTED FAILURE OF THE EXPEDITION. 4 tia ‘Highly Interesting from Mexico. ALLEGED SUPPRESSION OF THE ACAPULCO REVOLUTION. AAR ener AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON CITY. The Nebraska-Kansas Question, CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS, Final Agreement Upon the Liquor Bill, ‘The Law to Go Into Effect in December. EXECUTION AT PITTSBURG, be., de, die. News from California. @RRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP UNITED STATES AT NEW ORLEANS—A FORTNIGHT LATER FROM CALI- FORNIA. j New Orveans, March 23, 1854. ‘The steamship United States, from Aspinwall on the | ° 48th inst., bas arrived at the Balize, after a passage of | four days and « half, and will reach this city about 9 » o'clock this evening. She brings California news to the 1st inst.—a fortnight _ Tater than previous advices—brought down to Panama by the steamship John L. Stephens. ‘The steamship Ohio was at Aspinwall, and would sail * Tor New York on the 20th inst., with about $1,000,000 in ‘treasure, 200 passengers, and the California mails of the + Jet March. ‘The California news presents no features of importance, - Jooal topics occupying mostly the public attention. ‘The acconnts from Walker’s Sonora expedition are to the 15th February. The steamship Columbia and the | Wnited Staten sloop of war Portsmouth, arrived at Eense- «mada on the 14th. Walker had spiked his guns and started for St. Tomas, ‘with a force of one hundred and forty men and one field piece, leaving behind six or seven sick and wounded Many of his followers had deserted, and those remaining ‘were quite despondent, having abandoned all hopes of | mucegas. ‘The San Francisco markets continued excessively de- Pressed and stagnant. ‘Superfine Gallego and Haxall flour was at $8 50 a $9. Clear pork sold at $19; and mess at $16. ‘The mining accounts are excecdingly favorable. Owing to copious rains, large quantities of gold had been dug— *morethan for many previous months—and the miners ppear to be all prospering. Among the passengers from California is Thomas F FROM PANAMA. An Indian from the interior had come into Panama, snd stated that Lieut. Strain’s surveying party had been ‘killed by wild beasts. The story was not believed, it “being supposea that the party had been killed by the Indians. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arr at San Francisco Feb 16, le, from New York Spithre, Boston; 21 few York; 23d, Sam! wrence, Boi ADDITIONAL CONCERNING THE SONORA FILIBUSTERS. A despatch to the Philadelphia Bulletin says:— President Walker broke up his camp at Encenada on ‘the 11th of February. He marched to the southward ‘with 150 men, leaving behind a large number of sick and wounded. The force of 300 men sent by the nt of Mexico to oppose him, were within ninety miles of ‘Walker and his party. It was the general impression that the Mexican troops would be defeated by Walker and his men. Col. Watkins and Capt. Davidson had been arrested at San Francisco, charged being treasonably con- nected with Walker, and were held to bail in the sum of $10,000 each. Warrants have been issued against Major Baird; who vis also charged with treason. Interesting from Mexico. END OF THE ACAPULCO REVOLUTION—ALVAREZ DE- SERTED-—INDIAN RAVAGES—GREAT BATTLE— TROOPS FOR LOWER CALIFORNIA—THE GADSDEN TREATY, ETC. New Orveans, March 23, 1854, By the brig John Williams we have dates from the city of Mexico to the 9th inst., being a week later. The pa- pers are prineipally occupied with two tdpics—the robel- lion of Alvarer and the Gadsden treaty. ‘Alvarez had been deprived of all his decorations and honors, and the garrison and people at Acapulco had de- | serted him, declaring allegiance to the government. The _Tebellion was considered entirely crushed. Ampudia had been created # Lieutenant-General. Purango and Zacatecas were still ravaged hy Indians. 2A great battle had been fought and many Indians billed. Thereis nothing important from Walker: expedition. Goneri® Mameaza bod gone to Lower California with seven hundred men. The Mexican papers announce that the government had accepted a modification of the Gadsden treaty. Execution of David Jewell at Pitsburg. ZARGE AND EXCITING CROWD — DYING DECLARA- TION, ETC. Prrrspura, March 24, 1854. David Jewell was ¢xeeuted in this city at two o'clock “this afternoon. Large crowds thronged the streets from an early hour, ‘and at times it was difficult to suppress disorder. About four hundred persons were assembled within the jail yard to witness the execution. or During the entire night and this morning the prisoner was the clergy and joined with them in prayer. ‘At one o’elock this afternoon the Sheriff informed the that the time had arrived, and the executioner, ed stranger, knocked off his rong and pintoned The if then cscorted him to the place of prisoner stepped forward and thanked the Sheriff tor ‘ila kindness, begging that he would not be the exe- ‘cutioner: He then read « dying declaration, review the of the court whlch convicted him, and 5 premeditated murder. le never known ainTing Hore he went out with a friend to redress that .. Heated with drink and maddened iy bh he hed. no recollection of events until after ‘the fatal attributed to him. He concluded by ad- sdret his young friends, ut them to avoid the in- ‘toxic rdially forgiving all, and hoping to be erga Ga fait confident of the mercy and forgiveness f God. ‘The cl n then offered up prayer, the prisoner 1 _Jolaing when the ly. hangman proceeded to adjust the ro ‘aLoner Toraested ‘a prayer from the aheritt "which was ‘at once to. commenced praying, during which the austin gave the signal, the tenga touched the lever, ‘and the unfortunate man swung in the air, his neck be- broken immediately. “i ‘about half an ‘Bour the body was cut down and placed in a coffin, to be buried on Sunday. Jewell displayed much firmness and sesignation throughout. BBR ETSY Murder Troms, March 24, 1854. rder at Hawkit trial of Betzold for the murder af eaiet of “Not In the in this, county, the jury brought in | ©The Simmons trial has gone over to the June term. tor Douglas Hi in at Aubarn. co ane ‘Comumy, March 24, 1854. of Senator was found suspended win the words:—"Stephen ‘arnold Gocglan, i ng tor am 'p! , hur toegeon,”” attached to it, From Philadelphia. THE WEATHER—GOODS DAMAGED BY FIRE, ETC. March 24—6 P.M. Although the morning and of the afternoon were cloudy, ‘an occasional spitting of snow, at 4 P.M. it Cleared off, and wo now enjoy a pure atmogphere, with « pky a6 clear as amber. house of Mesars. Seckell & Hartman, successors of ‘and commission merchant nly totes ee ro rag Wy he alist Selig detnged fy the paying some twenty engines on ‘the mrt ignited. The Latest from Washington. DEATH OF EX-SENATOR WESTCCOTT’S DAUGHTER. Wasnrvaton, March 24, 1854. Ex-Senator Westcott’s daughter was buried to-day in the Congressional cemetery. Col. Benton, Attorney Gene- ral Cushing, Senators Rusk, Norton, Brown, Butler and Douglas, and Messrs. Seaton and Whittlesey acted as pall bearers. A large number of Senators, membera of the House and citizens, attended and testified their res- pect to Governor Westcott and faniii, by following the remains to the place of interment. MESERS. BRECKENRIDGE AND CUTTING—THE NEBRAS- KA WAR. Mr. Breckenridge’s speech and the Union article this morning against Mr. Cutting, are generally regarded as an administration movement to try and drive off the New York “hards,”’ and force them into a false position as regards the Nebraska bill. The fact that such a course ‘would probably defeat the bill, only shows that the ad- ministration at heart desire its death. Mr. Cutting, it is sald, will reply when opportunity offers, and tear off the mask from the ‘soft’ supporters of the bill, and show how hypocritical is the conduct of the peculiar friends of the Cabinet in this connection. GEORGE LAW'S OLD MUSKETS. The statement that George Sanders has effected a sale of George Law’s muskets is not true. A partial disposi- tion has been effected, but not through the aid of Mr. Sanders, nor in the direction indicated in the foolish story which has been telegraphed from here. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN SHAUMBURG—~ASSISTANT POSTMAS- TER GENERAL. ‘Tho second trial of Captain Shaumburg for assault and battery with intent to kill Edward H. Fuller, in the summer of 1852, was commenced to-day in the Criminal Court. {Ex-Senator Clemens appears as one of his counsel. Horatio King, of Maine, will receive the appointment of Assistant Postmaster General, vice Hobbie, deceased. THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate: Wasuinarox, March 24, 1864. TOE CLERK FOR THR COMMITTEE OF “AGRICULTURE. Mr. Waixr, (dem.) of Cal., moved to reconsider the vote authorizing the Committee on Agriculture to employ aclerk. Lost—yeas 18, nays 19. THE REGULAR BUSINESS.” Mr. Mason, (dem.) of Va., asked unanimous consent to make a miotion to proceed to consider executive business. He felt it to be his duty to make the motion. ‘Mr. Hunrer, (dem.) of Va., said the Deficiency bill was now ready for consideration. If the Senate would sit to- morrow, that bill could be considered without interfering with private bills or the treaty. Mr. Prarr, (whig) of Md., objected to Mr. Mason’s mo- tion, in order that the private calendar might be taken 7P) PRIVATE CALENDAR TAKEN UP—COMPENSATION FOR LOSGBS IN THE WAR OF 1812, Bill compensating Rodgers and Lonsdale, of Maryland for tobacco destroyed by the British during the late war, was taken up. ‘Mr. Pratt advocated the bill, and replied to Mr. Bayard, Tho spoke all day on Inet Friday against it. Mr. P. spoke till half-past two. Mr. Bayarp replied, and then the Senate adjouraed till Monday. House of Representatives, Wasninaton, March 24, 1854. ‘TBR PUBLIC DOMAIN. Mr. Luzy, (dem.) of N. J., presented joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to the public domain, and appropriations by Congress for the insane. PRIVATE BONDED WAREHOUAES. The Senate bill, extending the warehousing system by establishing private bonded warehouses, was amended and passed. EXTENSION OP PATENTS. The House then took up the Senate bilHor the relief of George Bishop and the legal representatives of John Ar- nold, deceased, to extend for fourtoen years the patent for making cloth without spinning, and weaving the raw materials. Mr. Hn, ,) of Keritucky, advocated the of the bill, Sn Oeacttes aerators bovis mee vorable ‘upon the subject. (dem.) of North Carolina, and Joxxs, e that the manufacturers, instead of profting, have actually lost by the invention, ‘as only un- til reeently the machinery has been perfected. By this invention the value of such cloth as has already been pro- duced has been considerabiy reduced in price. Mr. GuNGMAN moved to lay the Dillon the table, but the motion did not prevail. The bill was finally passed, by yeas 107, nays 53. ‘The House then went into Committee of the Whole, and took up THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BIL. During the debates which ensued on certain questions, Mr. Procnam, (dem.) of N. Y.1 said the gontleman from South Carolina (Mr. Orr) yesterday accused us of perpetrating gross, outrages dni wrongs on the Tndians; hat we have despoiled the Indians, not only in the Ter ritaries, but in the original States, and driven them from their homes and improvements. Now, he (Mr. Peckham) did not so understand the history of the case. This charge, coming from such a high source, is calculated to Produce an injurious effect oa onr character abroad. belief was that the action of our government towards the sons of the forest would compare favorably with that of any other government on earth, at least for half a century. We have endeavored to Christignize and civilize, and otherwise improve theis social @ondition. He did not believe it necessary, as a to indulge in such a course of rem: every man here was inclined to do j erally and kindly towards {hore peopie. 1 Mt, OnR “40-7 * o's. C., was obliged to the gentleman ‘or his lecture. He had intended to say Torritorial gov- ernment was established for Oregon in 1848, since which time emigrants have been settling there, when govern- ment has not extinguished the title to one foot of Indian territory. Was this right and fair? Mr. PEckHAM—Did not the gentlenian say the Indians who have changed their location did so with their own consent? Was there a single instance of wrong com- mitted on the Indians by the whites thero? Mr. Onk replied—The Governor of Oregon and the Indian agents have made promises of pay to the Indians for the surrender of their lands, but which have not been re- deemed. There were treaties, too, which the Senate haye | refused to ratify. ‘Mz. Proxoam inquired whether the gentleman knew they were réjecic:. . ORR replied—They have been laying on the table of the Senate for the last two years. Various amendments were adopted, including some for holding treaties with the Injians of Oregon, Utah, New Mexico and Washington, and for the grand council with the Blackfeet and other wild tribes. ‘The committee rose, and the Dill was reported to the House. Adjourned til! Monday. Affairs in Albany. ERIE CANAL CONTRACTS—-NEW YORK COMMISSIONERS OF RECORDS—TRE POLICE—THE TEMPERANCE BILL TO GO INTO EFFECT IN DECEMBER—THE ANTI-NE- BRASKA MERTING, ETC. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK RERALD. ALBANY, March 24, 1854. The discussion of a bill providing for letting out by contract three sections of the Erie Canal to be kept in repair occupied most of morning session of the Senate. ‘The expense of keeping the canals in repair—in condition for navigation—is increasing in such an alarming manner that the present authorities are determined to change the method, by having the work done hereafter by contract. The present bill is only intended as an experiment. If it fails, then the aystem of contracts will be abandoned ; if successful, then all the canals will be placed in the hands of contractors, for the purpose of being placed in a navigable position during the summer season. Senator Whitney has introduced this:— An act for the aj tment of Commissioners of Records for Tetley af 546 on! ada The people of the State of New York, in Sonate and As- D —are hereby appointed Commissioners of for tho city and county of New York, with full a ‘examine. igto the condition of th d indices in tho offices of th mapr, 4 8 te of said city and county, hi pied ana iprinted in such form, and {o such an ext may deem proper, and to do such further ac wervation of the same as the public interest may “doe. 2. The said Commissioners shall receive no compen- sation for their services, but nec urred tha the Supersivors thorized to taise b} . (The nam: Senator Barr sent up a bill to authorise the removal of the Bixpenny Savings Bank from its present location in the Sixth ward, to the corner of Great Jones street and Broadway, in the Fifteenth ward. ‘The Conference Committee on the part of the Senate .¢ time when the temperance bill shall take eet gm in favor of the first day of December, as tho Senate had previously very emphatically declared. The House agreod to the reports by 7 zeus to 27 nays. ‘A committee has been selected in both houses to whom all bills are to be referred, and who are to decide what ‘led to consideration and passage. inembere bare had such a committee for their TT f___________—~___, THE NEW YORK HER MORNING EDITION-SATURDAY, mARCH 25, 1854, A ——- conce saxpens a." KOSSUTH, > for several years, but this is the first similar committee has been raised in | ~ men of the House and eight of ‘tm,” lexislation of the whole State | use in the Houm instance in which a . the Senate, Thus nine @ Senate are hol in their hands. Bring your, "ts to the mill. As tha aftertioon ‘Oaibion ot the House yesterday, Mr. Cummings reported complete a ba. | Prohibiting the run- ning of locomotives on the Hudson h. Ver Railroad below 125th street in the city of New York. This is a matter of considerable importance both to the con:pany and to the meny thousands of passengers who are daily con- veyed over the road. ‘Tae police bill was again discussed in the afternoon. The city delegation disagreed as to the propriety of elect- ing the Chief of Police, though there appeared a decided disposition among the majority to dispense with the ser- vices of Mr. Matsell at the earliest practicable period. Mr. Barrow finally hit the nail on the head, by offering the following as a substitute for the entire bill Section 1. The Chief of Police the city and county of New York shall be appointed b; ‘Mayor of said city, by and with the Board of Commi consisting of the Mayor, Recorder and City Judge, and shall hold ‘tis office during pe pieareae of the Mayor Sec. 2. In case a vac errs First Letter of George N. Sand ‘T* 4P” His Rejection by the Senate. FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD. To My Counrrymxn at Hoy AND AnRoaD: In the absence of any instructions from the Depart- ment, either for or against my addressing the public upon such matters as I might think of interest to the people, I selected the New York Hxkaup as the medium of communication. Without any remonstrance from the Department, or any indication of disapproval from the administration in any form, I continued td write. The papers generally agree in these letters being the cause of my rejection. A correspondent of the Hxrap, however, gives, as addi- tional cause, that a Senator charged me, before the Se. nate, with having made an attack in the Democratic Re- view on the wife of a distinguished politician. The only instance at all in which a lady has been alluded to poli- tically in the Review was the following, which is, there. fore, I suppose, the case referred to; and, before discuss. ing my letters to the Hxnazp, I will disposo of it:— DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. ‘The Democratic Review of 1862 set itself decidedly, us among other pernicious heresies, against all disorganizing of what are misnamed women’s righ's, aud against the ill-judged intruston of women in public af fairs. In a biography of Lynn Boyd, Speaker of the House of Representatives, written by Judge Thomp:on, then member of Congress from the Wheeling district, Va., for the purpose of exhibiting Mr. Boyd’s pretensions to the Presidency, some relationship between his ancestors and Robert Burns, and several similar arguments, are ad- all ocour in the office of ng and Mr. opposition. Guire heartily supported the Propo offered by Mr. Barrow ina strong and ny °. There was a little squirming by Mr. Leigh in Mr Mca convincing speech, d a8 his opinion, that the citizens of New York would be perfectly satisfied with such a bill, After this gentleman had concluded his re- marks, the above was substituted with great unanimity, In this shape the bill will likely be adopted by both branches of the ture, So the friends of the Chief will please take notice andearly action if they wish to retain him im office. Mr. Barrow introduced a bill in the House incorporat- ing omnibus companies. The capital stock ia to be one tourand dollars per mile, with liberty to increase to any oxtent, and to run any distance. It iss very long bill, and drawn up with a perfect disregard to small stago owners. It wants looking into. ‘The Jong talked of ant -Nobraaks meeting wras bold in vanced, mong which are placed the merits of Mr. Boyd’s 1] evening. There was a toleral . the hall o Toe eras wre wife. ‘The Review of March, ie oritigising this rlatculous seh ee ce. Cred wee presided over by Wilt-<) | memoir, merely quotes ® “Zntence of the biography, Parmelli, addressed hy Amop Deamand P--"" ap wood, | (which 18 !*cei¢ the delinquent in bringing the lady’s the resolutions by Is8tc Edwards. The names of two or threo soft shells appeared in the proseedinge, the Te. name unbecomingly before thé public,) and laughs at the | terests of the United Sta es, and having likewise fre- | Quently witnessed both the satisfaction and the conf. | dence which he has found with his countrymen ing Dusiness here, and already succeeded in gaining, the above mentioned ac- ion on the part of the Senate, by its seeming incon- sisteney and groundlessness, naturally excited the utmost astonishment sanongs us. Yet I am too well accus- ome reepect the principle of non-intervention with the internal affaire of another country to permit myself to make the least remark on that | ®M4 Sunday humbu xt of this deplorable action which solely relat Yo the internal polition of the United States. The matter has, however, a much wider bearing. It extends its in- fluence ino the field of our own most sacred interests. I mean the freedom of the oppressed nations of Europe, and the future of republican principles on this continent. Kossuth then praises Mr. Sanders’ political and social characteristics, in high terms, and assumes that the despots of Europe will take his recall as » proof that they have nothing to fear from the government of America, ‘and that we, on the contrary, have nothing to hope from it.”” Death of a Miliionatre—His Pedigree and Long Descent—The Only Heir at Law Joseph A_ Scoville, of the New York Piek. Woopsory, Lircarm.n Co., Conngoricut. Mareh 22d, 1854. To Jas. G. Basnerr, Esq., Error o Tux Henan, New Yor Crrv:— Ihave read an article in your paper, about the late Nathan Preston. You are in error in stating that he died | in Litchfield. He died in this town, at Marshall's Hotel He died very suddenly, occasioned by bursting a blood | yebsel, although he had been ailing for soverat years, | ‘and was besides quite an old man. Mr. Preston has al- ways been independent, and lived upon his money. He used to reside at Hartford, but for some years had lived in this town, He was an old bachelor, very quiet and economical in hig habits, and he is generally supposed to have left a large quantity of real estate, bonds, mortgages, stocks and notes, valued at $150,000 %0 | and it i $200,000, fo which Joseph A. Scoville of your elty, ts the | rr}, ‘ the general respect which he has | } ters and dispersed. The OE — LD. PR TWO CEYTS. a: “rence. City Inte, saup GERMAN ANTI-TEMPERANCE TORCHL.. . ‘The Germans last night honored Cou, U2. Johm | Philips, of the Eleventh ward, with a toreblight , 0 { tien, in pursuance of the following call, published im Om? of the German papers:— ATTENTION !|—PRO ‘All the Germans of Now York opposed to the tomp aro hereby invited to attend fa great: if,and procession in Bonar of the de- champion of the anti-temporaace movement, Councilman Philips, of the Bi Friday, at 8 o'clock P.M ete’ heimer’s Brewery, No. 121 Pt is expectod. FRIEDRICH WIKS, WE Pinan” Repairing at the hour appointed to No. 121 Pitt street, we found there congregated about six hundred Germans, who were enjoying themselves over miga of lager bier, and discussing the merits of Councitman Philips. At about 10 o'clock the company formed into each carrying torehlights, and, preceded by a band of ma” sic, they marched through Pitt strect to Stanton, and up Stanton street to No. 170, the residence ot Mr. Philips. The procession numbered about six hundred, and the demonstration was anti-temperance. Arriving at the residence of Mr. Philips, he was serenaded by the band, and when he ap; an address in English was delivered to him by Mr. Goetz, President of the Eleventh Ward Anti-Temperance Society. Mr. Philips responded in a few brief remarks, thanklag the company Toe the compliment they paid him. few more airs wore played, when the company returned to their headquar- were oni avd Toudly cheered Councilman Philips, sehen ‘he ap? peared. They are violently opposed to the Maine laws Mrp-Lent.—We have now arrived at the middle of that period which is observed with peculiar devotion by the members of both the Catholic and Protestant churches throughout the workl. The season of lent was eat edfby the primitive Christians, -in commemoration of the forty days fast of our Saviour in the desert, and has continued to be observed, with more or leas strictness, down to tue present time. The Greek and Catholic churches are remarkably strict in the discipline of their members, among the most pious of whom it is a time of sting, abstinence, gare, and other mortifications of the flesh. It is one of the rules of the Catholic Church— also customary in the Protestant—for numbers the meet: fender of liberty, ent, Ci the re- spective bishops of each to address a pastoral letter to his flock at the advent or beginning of lent, only legal helr now living. His pame—that of Nathan Preston—was a 21 10", ‘Tnainder being whigs, (there are no seetiona; -hies on | Ssgestion—not the lady, whose merits are not in any wise tae neoree # ation.) ‘Those who attended ihe to—and at the idea of advocating @ man as 4 gathering pialé 1 ere in exact 4¢- | Presidential candidate on the ground that his wite is & at the Frooeetagt cordance with the transactions 1847-8, when the Wilmot proviso was the piatform of the same gentie- men. It was reported that Ogden Hoffman and B. F. Ella ts to make, etree but there is no account iven 16 pa) either were present. A portion of the musecing, azaused themselves by fring a parcel of straw in the park, calling it the effigy of Senator Doug- suitable persoa for the White House. Without touching * wg farther on the impropriety of such an introduction in political eampaign paper, I will remark, in passing, that the citizens of the United States have always happi- ly had a right to look with pride and respect to the wives of our Presidents, and that it would be the first time if any lady should now reach that high position wanting in the qualities which command the love and admiration of mankind. The estimable woman is in our coun- try the rule, the contrary the exception. The pages of the Review, under my direction, may be safely offered to scrutiny against the charge of the slightest indecorum towards any lady. If, however, woman shout clect for herself to enter the political azena, Iam very far from admitting that her tacties would not become a legitimate subject of discussion. In common discretion this matter should have re- mained among the past things of a political contest. But it seema that the same diseased judgment which NEW YORE LEGISLATURE. ‘Atsawr, March 24, 1854. BILIS REPORTED. For the withdrawal of the circulating notes of banks whose charters have expired. For the relief of William W. Niles. For a appropriation for the New York Bye and Ear REPORT. Against the bill - Pir ae incorporating the New York Coloniza- INSTRUCTION, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC ‘The Senate concurred in the House amendments to the bill creating the office of Superintendent of Public In- struction. pt. ‘BILLS INTRODUCED. ed Mr. Boyd’s aspiring and ill-advised biogray ‘has tough he construction of a feeder from Canandaigua lake | geen fit to bring the subject prominently before the pub- ‘Mr. Warren, (whig,) of N. ¥.—To organize « Board | Hein this sbsurd manner. As Mr. Boyd is evidently in- ot Hesord Co: mo anes fe capable of appreciating the generosity with which I have Bark, (dem.,) of N. Y.—To amend the charter | acted in his case, I will now let the public see how excep- ot thesiew oe ees eens eee tionable was the conduct of himself and friends. wt resitatlon ras adopted on the motion of Mr. Yue + About the time of the aes sae canvass, the of N.Y. practicabilit Washington city campaign biographies, advancing all oF edteatig dat mien ommon chal irs | #0rts of protensions to the Presidency, i tea OR by contract. nal repairs | | serious evil as needed a decided check. Heroes wore ‘THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. manufactured out of paper and ink, with such astound- reperteh at tier = Soha oclow lrsaty tl ing rapidity, and of such magnificont proportions, that it go into effect; after w & recess was taken. was impossible for the people to distinguish between the Jn the afternoon the debate on the Temperance bill | real merit and the fictitious. Against these ‘‘Lives” the was resumed. ; a Review stood forth as a firm and severeexecutioner. The Peele ee aa temtet sconring the Mil a¥'all events, | cx who la reported, an, bringing. dala, matter: before, Char said the rity dare not lot the 1 — bared ng the staat ea ak . Harsey believed political considerations alone led to the adoption of feed ava “3 Mr. Bisnor depicted the scene which would take the Senate to kill my nomination may possibly (it is a mere guess—I have no knowledge on the subject) be himself somewhat sensitive.on the biographical acore, as numerous carefully prepared ambitious memoirs b2came ‘‘antimely leaves” iu the ‘‘viting breath’ of the Xe- view. The mails, I have no doubt, were relieyved.some hundreds of tons by its action. I put such a brand upon e authors of: these publications were when the Senator from the Sixth district should am which ft the practice that ee nar geen getchbh oh bit nd to convert them into fuel before they should be Afton t fan: 6 those which had already appeared. : Fer anys sageet ioe Tehert of the Committee of | “Of the biography in question I will now, for the first ‘AY ishop, Bradford, Butts, W. Clark, Z. | time, give a brief rin et Clark, Danforth, Dickinson, Dorr: Halsey, Lan- | After the celebrated January number of the Reviewhad sing, Monroe, Robertson, Sherrill, Walker, Whitney, Wil- uae ite °p aoe, sad when the object ot the Be ‘Navs.—Mesers. Barnard, Barr, Brooks, M. H. Clark, C ea’ ail. thie -quouatany “eanminiee? Wie wy Aiticestehetas parr: Qe MP Clate Gio | Sade all the prominent” sundae” wha” ad rte a ee not strength enough, as I believed, under the Was reported to the Senate. sectional stripes, to cement the party, Pending the question on | thes existing agreeing to the report, the Senate adjourned. bots to bis 3 fon euaabers i Moe reales Pek tg . haa approving its course and admiring its ability, stating that he and his friends had a candidate to present who ex- ry ArBany, March 25, 1854. actly tilled the deseription inthe Review of the man re- quired by the time; and this was no less a person than the distinguished Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives—Lynn Boyd. The Judge said that he had prepared a biography of that gentleman, which he was very anxious to have appear in the March number, accompanied by the best possible en- graving, for which the Review could stipulate its own price. It was not then known that I had any connection | with the Review, or perhaps this letter would never have been written. I directed the publisher to answer Judgo Thompson politely that the pages of the Review were not open to purchase—that we selected our own subjects, and prepared the notices ourselves, pon this ignominious failure with the Review, the bio- graphy afterwards found a more convenient vehicle in the columns of the Richmond Enquirer. I let it paas till I found the country was about to be flooded with the re. markable deeds of this very astute stateaman, when, | withont exposure of the application to the Review, i merely caused the narrative to be touched with well de- seryed caustic. ‘There was, however, no mention of Mra. Boyd; and it wasan Sey aeay el ny in Mr. Boyd to have his wife’s pame brought before the Senate to excite feeling against the nomination of a purely political op- ponent. In finishing Mr. Boyd, I will only add that at the very time he was organizing for himself he allowed himself to be. proclaimed in Kentucky:as the supporter of Gen. Butler, and in Pennsylvania and elsewhere as tho fast friend of Mr. Buchanan. MY LETTERS TO THE HERALD. In accepting this office Idid not resign any of my rights or priviloges as 6m American citizen. I entered under obligations to attend to the commercial business of my country at this port, and nothing moro. The con- sul has no diplomatic powers, and is not presumed to be even consulted by the minister. I did not, however, write as consul ; my lettors were not even dated at the BILLS REPORTED. The Now York ‘Harbor encroachment bill was reported. Mr. Szanixo, (nat. dem.) of Queens, reported a bill amending the act relative to railways on Long Island. Mr. Monnis, (nat. dem.) of Kings, reported a bill for the relief of the Brooklyn Female Academy. Mr. SavAck, (whig) of New York, reported a bill eonso- lidating Brooklyn, Williamsburg and Bushwick. BILL INTRODUCED. Mr. Barrow, (whig) of N. Y., introduced a bill rela- tive to the formation of stage companies in New York. THE CANAL RBNLARGEMENT BILL Was taken up in committee, the pending question be- ing the motion of Mr. W. H. Wood to vary the appropria- tions to the lateral canals. The bill was ordered to a third reading, and passed. Also, the bills providing for the management of the canals, and for the repeal of the Canal act of 1861. INCENDIARISM. The bill for the suppression of incendiarism was fur- ther debated, on a motion to exempt New York from the provisions of the bill. Recess. AFTERNOON SESSION, THR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION Bint, Was taken up in Committee, and an amendment giving the New York Hospital $22,000 was agreed to. Also, an amendment giving $1,000 to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. A motion to strike out the appropriations for printing | the natural history of the State, was lost. Mr. McGwiax moved an increase in the appropriafions | for orphan asylums, from $25,000 to $80,000. Agreed to. To the Utica Orphan Asylum $600 was added. s Further appropriations being asked by New York mem- ers, Mr. Mosrry Hvtcareon said if New York grasped all or none, he would move to strike out all the city appropria- | tions. consulate. It is , however, that I should not write The amendment was withdrawn, and progress was re- | Sf all from this great metropolis, no odds how important ported. or valuable the information. But I did write—and, with- THE TEMPERANCE BILL was announced from the Senate. The House Conference Committee reported a resolution that they recede from their-amendment to the bill. A debate on agreeing to the report of the committe rid continued until eight o'clock, when th greed to, by ayes 77, nays 27, asfollows:— , R. J. Baldwit Baldwin out contrary instructions from the Department, shall con- tinue to write, as long as I may be here, such items as TI, shall judge of consequence to Americans. J call upon the Henaip to republish my letters, and I challenge Sonators to point out anything objectionable in thom. What I had to communicate was not of such a charac- tor as is called for ina despatch to the Department, but such as | judged to be of sufficient importance to be in- teresting to the people at large. Thave not acted upon the centralizing policy of send- ing everything to Washington and nothing to the people. Ifelt it to be my duty, as consul, to constantly report such facts to the people as I might think iinportant to thelr Interests. And in these days of ocean steamers and. tclographic wires, nothing is of consequence unless promptly published. Noone carea to pore over a diplo- matic correspomdence, if it be even but a few months old. Secret diplomacy is fast dying out here, and I hope it will H. Wood—77. Bostwick, Bur -eceive Vitality in America. Dawson, A. A. Dun not receive v! ly “ am, MoGuire, Morris GEN. CASS, hip Upon the nomination of Frank Pierce it was proclaimed by the press and from the stump that by-gones were to be by-gones. Inever heard it it I was to be made the only exception to the rule. Butas that issue has been maie I proudly and defiantly take it up, General Cass has acted only as ninety-nine men in ordinary hundreds would act, and I am glad that hedoes not now embarrass Departure of California Steamers from New Orleans, New Orteans, March 22, 1854. ‘The steamship Daniel Webster, for San Juan, and El | me by his vote. Dorado for Aspinwall, left this port to-day. ‘THE LONDON CONSULATE. Se Ee ‘This office is, all things considered, the most desirable The Maryland Coal \. in the gift of the President, for an active, Barr teh 24, 1854. ily (ORE, all the bc a There is a prospect of mining in the Cumberland coal ving his countrymen information region soon being resumed, many miners being willing to | on the many important interests centering here and recommence work if they are protected from violence. | ramifying to all parts of the world. Itt Tos cloverest fellow i Amarien will get ts, our Markets. 1 hope the el fel wi » Your New Onveans, March 21, 1854. fellow citizen, GEO. N. SANDERS. ‘The sales of cotton to-day, were 7,000 bales, at a decline — ( being quoted at 8c. a Ge. Sterling TELEGRAPHIC. of 440., middli Be, premium. New Onieans, March 22, 1854. Flour is selling at $687. Corn and wheat have consi- derably declined; the former is at 47 3gc. a 520. for mixed, and the Intter at $1 40 for Western Tea” ‘lo coffee: 3,000 bags sold at 10c, le, Moss pork is dull at $12 75. Gunny bags, 12%¢, Lard easier, but not quotably lower; barrels sell at Qe. Sight exchange on New York, icc. pre- mium. New Onceans, March 23, 1854. ‘The sales of cotton on Wednesday, reached about 9,000 t unchanged prices. Flour is dull at $6 25 a $6 50 for Ohio, Western el corn, at 58e. The Pacific's Kossuth’s Address to the Germans in the United States. Bostos, March 24, 1854. Kossuth has written a letter deprecating the recall of Mr, Sandors, late U. 8. Consul in London, which will appear in the Commonwealth of to-morrow morning. It is ap. parently intended to operate politically upon the German population. The letter bears dato London, March 2, 1854, and commences thus:— exchange is at ‘The last steamer from New York us the morti- ett cue oH i ae Seaananen ot We Gtorgs i saan, ta March 23, 1864. confirme . . an ‘The sales of cheney, ‘amounted to 1,400 bales, | Consul of the United States for London. week 9,000, at prices from 730. @ | the inf on gg he a he market ‘fan advance of 340. on the week. | Presidential in the brilliant tri ‘of the oe a hal actos el es | tare edema ta Sa 55760 baler 5 isplags in and promoting the ry And was asttited by the family from their teritorial possessions in Mid Lfttian, in the time of Malcolm, King of the Scots. The first upon record is Leolphus de | Preston, who lived in the time of William the Lion, | the attainment of | will be . | We trust that the friends o .. about 1040. His grand-son was Sir William de Preston, | who was one of the Scottish nobles summoned to Ber- wick by Edward the First, in the competition for’ the crown of Scotland, between Bruco and Baliol, it having been submitted to Edward for decision. After the death of King Alexander III. in 1201, this Sir William was succeeded by his son, Nicol de Preston, one of the Scot. tish Barons who swore fealty to King Edward I. He died in the beginning of the reign of David II. of Scot- land, son of Robert Bruce, and ‘was succeeded by his son, Sir Lawrence de Preston, who was succeed- ed by Richard de Preston, who was seated at Pres- ton Richard in Westmoreland, in the time of Henry IT, Sir Richard de Preston, the fifth in descent from the above Richard, represented the county of Westmoreland in Par- | lament in seventeen Edward Ill. His sou, Sir Richard, | was Knight of the Shire for Westmoreland in the same reign, and in the same year (1368) obtained alicense te impark five hundred acres, His heir was Sir John de | Preaton, of Preston Richard, and Preston Patrick was | member of Parliament for Westmoreland in the 36th, 30th and 46th years of Edward III. He left John, who was a Ju of the Court of Common Pleas in the reign of Henry IV. and VI., agd retired in consequence of his great age in 1427. He left John, a clergyman. His heir | was Richard. His son was William Robert Preston, in 1593. His son, George Preston, was created a Baron of Nova Scotia in 1627. His son William married s daughter | of Sir James Saunders, and he lived in the reigns of | Charles I. and II. His son William came to America in 1685. He came to Massachusetts with Mary his wife. ‘Thence he removed to, and settled in, New Haven, Conn. ‘where he signed the fundamental agreement of the 4th o January, 1689. He possessed at his death real estate in Yorkshire, England, which he inherited from his father. He had two sons, twins, born in New Haven in 1643; one was named Hackaliah and the other Eliasaph. Hackaliah settled in Woodbury in 1681. Hackaliah married Emma Fanchild, April 20,1676. He lefta son, the Honorable William, who in 1705 married Martha, daughter of John Judson.’ He died in 1754. He left a son, named Seth, who was born November 24, 1718. Seth ‘married Eliza: beth, a daughter of Lieut. Joseph Judson. He left ason, named Nathan, who was born April 20, 1756. He was Judge of Frobate from May 1706,'to May, 1805. Septem- ber 28, 1783, this Nathan Preston married Annenco Prin. dle, and the fo are the issue of that marriage:— Folly, born Nov. 18, 1783 ; died March 18, 1814—no is- DR. ABBOTT'S Monee or EorPtin Anniqom.—sAn the parties interested in the ratuable collection for ous Ate, adjourned meet ie st ote | this v: held tu, *7eBIng, tead of speeches, with money inst ‘this denirgble object. Pines sini ioe ti ide ‘The City Reform Meeting in the PO In consequence of the announcement made at the mee. ~ ing of the so-called city reformers in the Park, on Wed- nesday ovening, that another would be hel@last night at the same place, we despatched two reporters to take full notes of their proceedings. The reformers, however, di@ not keep their promise; and after waiting in vain for am audience, our reporters concluded to leave, satisfied that they, at least, had performed their duty to the publie, ‘There was, in fact, not the slightest indication that = meeting would be held; the temporary platform had been, removed, and the only reformera in the neighborhood were the Common Couneil, who, it is to be presumed, were reforming as hard as they could in the City Hall’ The probability is that the defeat of the clause in the police bill making the Chief elective, has caused this eva and sudden termination of the reform move- ment, Obituary. Mr. James Rayaonp died at his residence, Carmel, Put- nam county, New York, on Thursday, 23d inst., at three o’clock in the afternoon. His disease was paralysis. Mr. Raymond was well known as a manager of circuses and menageries. He originated the business thirty yearsago, and imported the first elephant over shown in America, A short time since he built and endowed a seminary for young Indies, situated near his residence, and offered te convey the property to the Statelof New York, to be held by it forever, in case the Legislature would pass an act remitting the taxes upon it. The Legislature neglected #0 to do, and the edifice, with the land, valued at $100,- 000, reverts to Mr. Raymon: eymond’e roperty will amount to $1,500,000; Broadway theatre, the Washington hotel, and other vala- dle real property in New York city. His legal heirs are his children—a son and three daughters, Died, in Washington, on the 23d inst., of Gcoreiaint, witieh tras loog aifected him, the flew, eam R. Honnr, the distinguished First Assistant Postmaster General. "His death is truly a national loss. He was born at Newburg, New York, on the 10th of March, 1797, and died at the age of Oifty-neven. At an early day he established himself at Delhi, Delaware county, in the Practice of the law, where he married the daughter of he distinguished General Root, with whom he was con- nected in ‘business. As an evidence that his talents and sue. Nancy, born Jan. 16, 1785; died April 8, 1819—noissue. | Nathan, born Oct., 1789, ‘and who died recently, was never married. Sylvia, born Oct. 1, 1786, married David Hitcheock, of New York. She died in May. 1827, but left a daughter, , pho married James Hoyt. ‘She ren. Caroline, born Feb. 27, 1788, married Oct, 10, 1813. She died Sept. $0, 1837, seph Alfred, who resides in New York. Asa legal matter of fact,the children of the two sisters of Mr. Preston are his nearest blood relatives; but the | Joseph Scoville leaving a son, Jo- standing were duly appreciated, he was early commis- sioned Dixtrict Attorney and Brigade Major an | in both of which capacities Deraegetier inimoelt ik with | distinguished ability and success. He was elected to Congress in the fall of 1826, while yet a young man. He was appointell Axsistant Postmaster Gonoral on the ac- fed, loaving two chil- | cession of General Jackson to the Presidency in 1829. To his skill, judgment, and Department owes much of twenty-five years. | omppstonen gy the Post Office ts success during the last His severe and unremitting labors im- i} Lah his health, and in 1860 he voluntarily retired from | office. Relaxation and quiet somewhat restored him, On President Pierce coming into office, he yielded to the father of the last Nathan Preston married a second time. | urgent request of friends, and consented to resume hin His second wife was Sally, widow of Rev. Phil. Perry. At | duties of First Assistant Postmaster General. the time of their marriage she had three children, who were adopted by the husband. One was Charles B. Perry; Henry Perry, who wasa colonel in Miner’s expedition, | and was killed by the Spaniards in 1817; Julia, who mar- ried John P. Marshall in 1812, and had four children— Henry, Frederick, Juliaand Walter. Nathan Preston had | by his second wife William Preston, born Aug. 16, 1801, who is an Episcopal clergyman at Columbus, Ohio, and is A half brother of the Nathan Preston recently deceased, It was generally supposed here that the Marshall family | would inherit the property of Mr. Preston, as he made | his home with them, and had discarded his nephew alto- | gether, owing to having lost a considerable amount of money by him some years ago, and his intemperate, dis- sipated habits. Lewis Judd, of this town, is an adminis- | trator of the late Mr. Preston; but as he made no will, the property of course will go to the legal heirs, who are his gister’s children or grandchildren. Idon’t know that you will publish this letter froma lace so little known as our quiet village; but, although | it is small, it has produced a good many great men in its day. We have had a book receuitly published, called ‘<Cotheren’s History of Ancient Woodbury.” Our town is not much known to strangers. There have been four | United States Senators of one name from this town— Perry Smith, Truman Smith, Nathaniel Smi 1 Na thyp Smith—who have represented Connecticut in Con- gréts. The town is situated in a beautiful valley, and Contains about two thousand people, about half and half, | litieally, democrats and whigs. There are two Preaby- | rian mectinghouses, one Episcopal church, and one | Methodist. The Presbyterians are mostly whigs, and the Fpiscopals ‘and Methodists are democrats. There are | two graveyards in the town : one isa very old one ; it | has tombstones in it of all the Prestons named in my let- ter, going back to 1685. The oldest tombstones were im- ported from England—some the common red stone of the neighborhood, and the modern ones are of marble, which came from New Preston, a village adjoining this | old town. The old Preston mansion is situated in the ‘Hollow,’ as it is called. It is in a very dilapidated con- dition, none of the family having lived in it for some thirty’ years. f 5 T must not close without confessing my indebtedness for the history of the Preston family to the work called ‘Ancient Woodbury, wlrieh Mr. W. Cotheren, of this town, has recently issued at a heavy loss to himself, and which | should be in the hands of every person who can lay claim | to being of the good old ancient Woodbury stock. If you publish this, will you please send a copy of the Heraco | to me? Your obedient servant, a. 8. A gation, The State Department at Washington has published | the following translation of a decree issued by the govern: | ment of Montevideo:— DEPARTMENT OF THR GovERNMENT, ) Montevinro, Oct. 10, 1853. ‘The provisional government of the republic, consider ing that the most effective means to secure the public | ce and the developement of the national resources— | considering that the foundation of the prosperity of country is the amplest liberty to trade, has resolved, and decreen Art. 1. The navigable rivers of the republic are opened to the vessels and to the commerce of all nations. Art. 2. Foreign vessels are subject, in regard to the | navigation of the rivers, to the same policy and custom | house regulations as national vessels. ‘Art. 8. Let this be promulgated, published, amd pro- registered. Lip TRV ALLESA, JUAN C. GOMEZ, TUVILLAGA, SANTIAGO SAYAGO. Naval Intelligence. OUR NAVAL CORRESPONDENCE. Hone Kono, Catwa, Jan. 11, 1864. The American squadron, under the command of Com- | modore M. C. Perry, have been preparing for several days for a second visit to Japan, and will leave immediately upon the errival and delivery of the next mail, which is now due. On the return of the Commodore to this place 1 will enlighten you in relation to the Japanose question. ‘The health of the squadron is good. The following is tho disposition of the vessels at the present time:— Steamers Susquehanna, Powhatan and Mississippi, also the store ships Southampton and Lexington, are in this | with parsing a counterfeit $20 bill His ond strength was unequal to the labors of the posit he soon sank under them. In his intercourse he waa easy, frank, and candid. These qualities, added to his extensive knowledge in matters of business, made him » most popular public officer. The Post Office Department, in testimony of respect to the decensed, was clad in the | habiliments of woe, and the officers, his late associates, held an“informal meeting, at which they resolved to pay the last sad offices of respect to the deceased. Police Intelligence. Seduction and Marriage of a Girt Under Fourteen Years of Age.—Justice Osborn yesterday issued his warrant ‘or the arrest of a Frenchman, named Alexander Delom, charged with the seduction and subsequent marriage of a girl thirteen years of age, named Eugenia Girod, daughter of Jacques Girod, residing at No. 28 Frankfort street. Itseems that the parties were married by the Rey. Mr. Parker, of No. 114 Bast Broadway, on the 9th of February last. ‘The father of the girl sets forth in his | affidavit that the accused eeduced his daughter from her home, and married her without the consent or approba- tion of her parents, in violation of law, which declares i¢ criminal offence, punishable in the penitentiary for one year, or State prison not to exceed three years. Officer Pazet arrested Delom on the charge, and conveyed him | before the magistrate issuing the warrant, who com- mitted him to prison for trial. Robbed by a Woman.—Officer Masterson, of the Chief’ office, on Thursday arrested a young woman named Kate Spencer, charged with stealing $51 from the person of Jumes Norris, a resident of Bennington, Vermont, while in the house No. 72 Duane street, having been induced to enter the premises by the solicitation of the girl, who, it appears, soon after relieved him of the money. On the arrest of the girl the officer found on her person a $5 | dillon the Market Bank of Troy. This bill was identified by Mr. Norris as a portion of the money stolen, The ac- cused was taken before Justice Osborne, who committed her to priton for trial. ‘Arrest of More Pasters of Counterfeit Money on tha | Cranston j Meret Maynard, of the Nineteenth ward, yesterday arrested » man named William Mulley, charged 5 on the Cranston Bank, Rhode Island, to Henry B. Wade, proprietor of a public house in the Third avenue, It ix said that two or three similar charges are yet to be made against him. The pris- oner was taken before Justice Stuart, who committed him to prison for examination. Tn adlition to the above arrest, Ann Blake, Ann Mag- row and Daniel Marrow were arrested, charged with y were | boing concerned in passing spurious money. | also committed to prison. Bridget Oats and Margaret Q'Reilly, previously arrested, | were yesterday discharged by the magistrate. Coroner’s Inquest. Dratu Cavskp BY INYRMPRRANCE.—Coroner Hilton yes- jay held an inquest at the Bellevue Hospital, on the Humbeck, ‘a native of Belgium, aged 41 years, whose death was produced by intemy . Te was shown in evidence before the Coroner that the de- ceased was employed in the distillery owned by Me: A Dilger, 208 East Twenty-sixth street, and for last month past he had been constantly intoxicated, and for the last three years he was known as an in! deen ver= ‘an, The medical evidence showed that death prodaced by intemperance, and the jury rendered Tiet to that effect. Personal Intelligence. General Tyson Maryland; Senator Dickinson; § Jackson, Philadelphia; Mr Cleveland, do.4 iat Town, j treet, U. army; Je Black y tandon: i J. Armold_snd London; Mr. P ‘Mr. We Taylor, do. ; ily ais, Colonel D. Hamilton, All @ arrivals Lena Js eg Astor House. ithmen: Captain A.T. Palmer, Strong, Albany, arrived yesterday at ‘iL, Browne, we ‘tren ra HotMfinee H North, Comms Providence; Judge Walton, Mite tio is will leave in ® day or two for the Laochoo ‘and vs ia and store ‘ay , are at Laochoos; the oo pee ts ea ? j