The New York Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1854, Page 1

HEN WHOLE NO. 6439. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, Annee INTERESTING CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Speech of Mr. Gwin on the Pacific Rail- read Bill. ° neers Resolations in the House Reasserting the Prin- | ciple that Free Ships make Free Goods, SPIRITED DEBATE ON THE NEBRASKA QUESTION. Poltieal, Maritime and Commercial Items, &. &,, &., From Wi IMPORTANT TREATY WITH EF! RIGHTS OF AMERICAN ETC. Wasuinaton, April 10, 1854. Mr. Dean’s resolutions to-day were presented by re- quest of the administration, so as to prepare the public for the fact that Mr. Buchanan has made a treaty with England securing for the United States the position as- sumed in the resolutions. ‘The treaty itself is expected by the next steamor; but the State Department has re- ceived all the prelimfnary correspondence connected with the negotiation. Ae THE GADSDEN TREATY. ‘The Senate in executive session to-day carried an amendment to the Gadsden treaty making the thirty- first parallel the boundary. This is mere play, however, ‘as the majority of the body have determined, no matter what amendments may be made, to kill the treaty when the vote on its passage is taken, is understood the Mexican Minister has assented to the amendments recommended by the President. They were inserted at the time the treaty was published. THE HOUSE CLERK AND THE,PRINTING, ETC. It is said that Forney is waiting to see if the House ‘will consent to the Senate’s amendment to the Deficiency bill, dividing all the printing between the Us Sentinel, before ho resigns his clerkship. If the House and agroe to this amendment, then Forney will try to hold to the Clerk’s office. If, however, they do not agree to the amendment, he will resign, and consent to grind the offl- cial organ for half the plunder. Meanti his desk in the House. THE MAIL LETTINGS—CLAIMS GROWING THE FREMONT EXPEDITION. ovr he is nearer or A large number of mail contractors and agents are here, awaiting the mail lettings for the Southern and ‘Western States. The lettings are the largest ever held, and much interest is attached from that fact. The Military Commission in session here for some time past, for settling certain claims growing out of Col. Fremont?s expedition to California, has adjourned sine die, after allowing only $135,000, out of claims prosented to the amount of $800,000. THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate. Wasnrncton, April 10, 1854. PETITIONS—OPPOSITION TO THE NEBRASKA BILL, ETO. Mr. Evenerr, (whig) of Mass., presented remon- strances from Massachusetts against the Nebraska bill. Mr. Foor, (whig) of Vt., also presented remonstranees from Vermont. Mr. Smita, (whig) of Conn., also presented yemon. strances from Connecticut. Mr. Sawarp, (free soil) of N. ¥., presented a memo rial in German, from New York, that the word “slavery,” wherever it occurs in the Nebraska bill, be stricken out. Also, that of one hundred and fifty citizens of Washing: ton county, Ne ‘slavery in all ferritories, especially Nebraska—the re- peal of the Fugitive Slave law—the prohibition of inter: state slave trade, and the abolition of slavery in the Dis trict of Columbia. from New York, against the repeal of the Missouri Com. York, praying for the prohibition of ‘Also, the following remonstrances promise:—From the citizens of Haverstraw—of forty- five ministers of the Gospel, of Rochester—of the church and congregation of the Congregational church of Lebanon—of the citizens of Charleston—of 350 citizens of Niagara county—also of 1672 citizens of Detroit, and of sixty citizens of Grand Rapids, Michi- gan—also of two hundred and eight men and women of Northern New Hampshire. Mr. Sewarp also presented two petitions from New York in favor of Hansen's proposed line of steamers be tween Brookiyn and Europe; three petitions in favor o f the Homestead bill ; two petitions in favor of religious freedom to American citizens in Europe, and others in favor of the reduction of ocean postage. INFORMATION WANTED RELATIVE TO ‘THR IMPRISONMENT OF AN AMERICAN, COUNTRIES. Mr. Fisn, (wl seeolution:— Resolved, That the President. of the United States te re quested to communicate to the Senat with the Barnard, late Minister of the United Stat the United States Consul at Bremen, relative to the case o! ‘ourad Schmidt, naturalized citizen of the United States, arrested at Bremen and detained there upon the roqui from the government of Hanover, claimin ject pf that Kingdom al of the ir. Barnard, while Minis King of Prussia, in October, 1852, on the gious toleratior nard to the Si eopies of the corres at Berlin with the tothe arrest ane, United Stat ‘till to morrow. CUSTOM HOUSE AND MARINE HOSPITAL AT DETROIT, Ere. ties of the upper peninsula of Michigan. FALIS. ne Ohio Falls. BXTENSION OF THE BALTIMORE AND ORIO RAILROAD. ashington. NOTARIES PUBLIC IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMMIA, Mr. Banoer, (whig) of N. C., introduced a bill extend cknowledgments in certain cases. CREDIT FOR DUTIB® ON RAILROAD IRON. o take wp the bill giving credit on duties on railroad ron. TUB PACIFIC RAILROAD—SYERCH OF MR. GWIN. ‘he Pacific was then taken up. ational importance in which there has been such unani mnecting the Atlantic and PadMic by means of railway. ‘e are left in no doubt as to the judgmont of the Ameri an people on this subject. The agricultural, commer: sial, mechanical and manufacturing interests; our states vuncils of the nation; our citizens in primary assemblies, ‘favor; and the press, in its power, in terms not to be mis: othing definite, thus far, has been done, although ap. 1s have again and again been made to the Congress o' sure. Upon what plea can we go before the tribunal o rience of all other nations, and happy in the quiet yet ive developement of thearta o! ¢ to the District of Columbia provisions of the act uthorizing notaries public to take and certify cathe and AND RELIGIOUS TOLBRATION IN FOREIGN ) of N. ¥., submitted the following if not incompatible public interest, copies of the correspondence of Mr. in Prussia, with f wed by. jerlin, to his Majesty the subject of reli- Bai inister of the Grand Duchy of Badgp at Borlin, in regard d maltreatmont of E. G. D: WW Dwight, and Dr. Ramecy, oltizons of the idelberg, in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Mr. Wetter, (dem,) of Cal.—Let the resolution lay over Mr. Cass, (dem.) of Mich., offered a resolution direct- ing inquiry as to the expediency of constructing a Cus- tom House and Marine Hospital at Detroit, Michigan. Also, as to the expediency of increasing the mail facili- JADVERSE REPORT TO A MARINE RAILWAY AROUND TICE OM Mr. Bricur, (dem.) of Ind., from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported adversely on the proposition ‘0 give the Ohio Falls Company three“ hundred thousand iollars to aid in constructing @ marine railway around Mr. Masow, (dem.) of Va., gave notice of a bill to autho- ise the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to extend heir road to the Potomac river, at or near the city of Mr. Bapour said to-morrow he would ask the Senate A The bill providing for the construction of a railroad to Mr. Gwis, (dem.) of California, said that the history of the country presents no instande of a measure of great ity of public sentiment in its favor as the project of en who held, and who now hold, high places in the iid Legislatures of sovereign States, have declared in its nderstood, has echoed and re-echoed public opinion in s support from one end of the Union tothe other, Yet if if it peace, without a of war threatening our horizon, what time more itious than the rate has 0 Magistra nt for us to act in this matter. upon fis by public sentiment, and el tinct roeoerncanee He said that the bill of Select Committee of land similar to ropestetiyconeeded fp she daye ot President { H, > a VW MORNING EDITION- TUESDAY, APRIL Il, 1854. ec an eS YORK HERALD. FRICE TWO CENTS. roe—thirty years ago—down, through every successive administration, to the present poriod, with'a reasonable compensation for carrying the United States mails. It establishes no eastern terminas. It gives no preference to any State in the great Valloy of the Miesissippi—no ad- vantage to any particular locality, except that given by nature herself; and assigns the contract, on ample secur- ity, to the best bidder, after full and fair competition The means are no more than adequate to secure the re- sult, and not a dollar is to be paid from the national trea- sury except for service performed. By this bill the mail will be carried daily, both ways, in less than a week, from our Atlantic and Pacific borders, for little more than it now costs fora semi-monthly mail, occupying nearly four weeks in the transit. Without the road, the lands are valueless; but with it, the alternate sections will bring millions of dollars into the treasury, whilst an enterpria- ing and industrious population will settle, cultivate, and rapidly fll up the country on either side of the route fromm the Mississippi to the Pacific. Is it not onr clear constitutional right to construct this great highway through the territory of the United States? Cou!d lan. guage be more explicit than the delegation of authority m the fourth article of ‘the xggnstitution, for Congress “to dispose of, and mak0“All needful ‘rules and re- gulations respecting the territory of the United States;” coupled with the power given in tho first article, “to, establian post offices and post roads,” sayibg’ nothing of those powers naturally flowing out of that instrument to carry out its great purposes! He proceeded to review the postal system of the United States from 1781 until the year 1789, when, on the 4th o. March, the first Congress met under the new constitution. ‘The power given in respect to the postal system resulted in the establishment of seventy-five post offices, with a total extent of mail route of 1,875 miles, at a ‘cost for mail transportation of $22,081. The efficacy of the new and enlarged delegation of power in the constitution ap pears in the fact that, in the ten years immediately pre- ceeding the beginning of the present century, a little over the period in which the postal system had existed unde the confederation, the number of post offices in the Union rose to 903, with an extent of post route of 20,817 milos, at a cost of mail transportation of $128,644. The succved ing ten years it increased to 2,200 post offices, with 35,405 wiles of post route, at a cost for mail service of $827,956 From that period it has been steadily advancing, unti in 1852, there were 20,901 post offices, 214.284 miles of post route, at» cost for mail transit of $4,225,311. For the past year (1853) we have 22,783 post officer, 218,748 miles of post route, and $4,989,758 paid by the people fot organizing, enlarging, and perfecting this mighty system, which, like the nerves of the human body, is designed to be extended over every part of our country, carrying intelligence from the centre to the | extremities of the republic. Is it not universally ad- mitted that intelligence is the vital principle of popular institutions, the current of life that is to sustain aad renew, in its regular flow, thein health and power? In connection with this vast department of the govern- ment, and its unmeasured usefulness, Mr. Gwin argued | | bill. the necessity of the Vacific Railroad, and recited various | acts granting lands for railroad purposes to show that | Congress has the conceded power to make the necessary | grants of lands and the right of way proposed in this | He next argued at great length the constitutional power of Congress upon the subject, going back to the days of Jefferson, and adducing his authority, and the authority of his democratic successers, in regular order, in support of the various acts of Congress resting upon the power granted in the constitution to lay out and establish post offices and post roads. In discussing this branch of his subject Mr. Gwin reviewed much of our litical history connected with the extension of our Pordors, from tie acquisition of Louisiana down to the present day. He next spoke of this great proposed work as a military road, and said that, as such, it should en- gage our attention as a means of protection to our citizens between the Mississippi and the Pacific. This portion of the confederacy. embraces nearly two millions of square miles, more than three-fifths of our territorial extent. The number of Indians within our limits is estimated by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in hig last annual report, at four hundred thousand, of which eighteen thousand six hundred are located east of the Mississippi; in Minnesota, and along the frontier of the Western States to Texas, Comprising mostly the enui. grated tribes, one hundred and ten thousand; on the plains and Rocky Mountains, and not within any of our, organized Territories, sixty-three thousand; in Texas, twenty-nine thousand: New Mexico, forty-five thousand; ¢ United States to take the initiative in this great mea- | ita) of the Bengal yablic opinion and excuse ourselves for longer delay? ‘ith an overflowing treasury, whose annual accumaula- ions are a source of embarrassment, reversing the ex- Utah, twelve thousand; Oregon and Washington, twen: ty-three thousand; and in California one hundred thou- | sand, The contemplated railway Would enable the go- | yernment to wield its military power with extraordinary rapidity and economy, and keep in check the dangerous and warlike tribes that roam along the foot of the Roc’ and Nevada Mountains; would reduce the public exp’ ditures for the transportation of troops and military sup- plies, diminish the number and cost of Indian and other agencies, and dispense with a host of officers which it is’ to be apprehended, when so far beyond the immediate surveillance of authority, would result in speculation, it net pectilation and corruption. Not only is it important in keeping tne Indians in check, and preventing tragic scenes like Gunnison’s and others, and affording that rotection which, as a government, we are bound to ex end to the settlers who are secking their way for homes in this great interior region, but, in case of foreign war, the subject is presented’ to u in such a form as, it seems to me, can leave n@@oubt or excuse for delay. He also urged the im. portance of the road for lities of the national defence of the Pacific coast, in view of the possible contingen- cies which may involve-us in the impending general European war. For our army, navy, and fortifications, we had, since the organization ‘of the government spent five hundred millions of dollars, and this road would do more for our national defence than army, navy, and fortifications otherwise combined. The learned and eloquent Senator next went into an elaborate commercial review im connection with this grand continental railroad enterprise, diseu: ig as he | advanced the at principles of international law which | have protected our commerce on the seas, and the high | commanding position which we now hold among the com- | mercial Powers of the earth. He said that during the | wars of Napoleon England exerted all. the powers of her empire to strike the most formidable blows against that system of the French emperor which shut her out from the | markets of the Continent. We have no such enemy inthe | field to intercept our pathway to commercial greatness | and power. We want the Pacific Railway as a great inland | communication, essential te our prosperity. Individual | enterprise, fostered by State legislation, has already con structed more than fifteen thousand miles of railroad all over the Atlantic coast and Mississippi valley, at a cost of more than five hundred millions of dollars. These run in almost every imaginable direction, radiating from every considerable point in the Union, and bending in such diversified directions as to make them susceptible of a junction with the great continental track ¢ontemplat- ed in this bill at whatever point it may be commenced. The importance and value of our home trade is estimat ed at over $50,000,000 ananally, and its prospective in- crease is beyond estimate. The population of the Union | is now twenty-five millions. It will be fifty millions in a | arter of a century, by the natural law of increase and eady flow of immigration. Within the limits of this immense region of public domain lying between the | Mississippi and the Pacitic, if this bill becomes a law, the greater portion of this increase of population in’ the twenty-five years that are to come will in all probability esiablish their homes. It willform a great base line of connection which, in time, will be intersected in every direction by individual enterprise and capital, resembling the railway web that now stretches far and wide over the Atlantic States. Citizens in remote parts of the | republic will no longer be aliens by reason of dis- | t and natural obstacles separating and di- | v them, and which we now seek to overcome, The Senator from California, with enthusiasm and very | minutely, discussed the great object of Columbus of a | direct Western route to the Kast Indies; and in this connec. | tion be traced the currents of the world’s commerce from the earliest ages, across the continents of Asia, Africa | and Enrope, and via the Mediterrangan and the Cape of | Good Ho; In this connection he necessarily embraced the British East Indies, and the vast commercial arrange- | ments of England in that quarter of the world. He said | —as shown by me in discussing this subject during the last session of Congress—and its imporiance justilies a repetition—she has established no less than three over- land routes to India; one from €outhampton down the English channel,across the Bay of Biscay, along the const of Portugal and Spain to Gibraltar, thence through the Mediterranean, along the northern coast of Africa to Al- giers, Malta, ‘and Alexandria, Cairo, and across the Isthmus of Suez, from which, descending the Red Sea and through its straits at the southern extremit lies across the Indian ocean to Point de Galle, in Ceylon, and from thence branching actos the Bay of Bengal down the Straits of Malacca to Singapore, and up the Chi- na sea to HongKong. From the same point in Cey thefe are steam communications on the western side of Hindostan, and along the Malabar coast to Bombay, whilst the eastern side there is a like communication to Mad- ras and Caleutta, There is, then, another route connect- ing with this, from London, by ‘the way of Folkstone, Boulogne, Paris, Marseilles, and Malta, to Alexandria. Then they have a German overland route connecting with the first by way of Elbe, Leipsic, Dresden, Vienna, Trieste, and down the Adriatic, by the Jonian Islands, to Alexan- dria. There is another and still shorter route, which has engaged attention, and is proposed, being the samo by which the troops of Alexander the Great retarned from the Indies, by the Persian Gulf and river Euphrates, to Bassorah, at the head of the Persian Gylf, upon which the passage from Bombay to the Mediterranean can be made in twelve days. She also prop to connect the British East India possessions by steam navigation from Ceylon or Singapore to tM Austra. lian settlements. But, as if not content with all these facilities, another stupendous scheme for a more direct and speedy commbnication with the Fast by railway has been contemplated, by which London and Calcutta, the capitals of the Western and Eastern worlds, will be brought within a week's soarney of each other. The propored route is from Calais to Ostend, thence to Co- ¢, through Augeburg, Lombardy, to Trieste on the Adriatic; thence alcng the valleys off European Turkey to Bassorah, on the Persian Gulf, passing along the north- orn shores of that gulf, through Persia and Beloochistan to the Indus, and thence to Calcutta, on the eastern coast of Hindostan. This route from London to the eap- Presidency would be about five thou- vai six hundred miles in Jength, and, it is supposed, can be constructed in fourteen years. Look at the mea- | sure before the Senate in contrast with what England has | done to further her commercial interests, and will any ; one say that our government is not as capable of extend- ing equal benefits to our le as Great Britain is to | hers? The beauty and ion of our institutions con- nist in their eminent capacity for good and ita general diffusion; and, under htened trol, this government cannot rected, nor remain quiewvent or int ou ‘iy aie van taka 0 conlaental ralyoed, uot ony for her own use, but for the benefit of all, yet appealing to you in virtue of the high claims she has upom you. Already she has moxe than doubled your metallic eapital, in pouring her golden treasures into the lap of the Union. Hold back for a single quaster of a year hor returns to the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and another commereia panic will involve you in .speedy bankruptcy. Your stocks will fall; property will decline in value; banks erish; industry, agriculture, navigation and manufac- ures will be prostrated, Go where you will, and your money, coined from her gold, will be found in every dwelling, the lowly cabin as welk as the lordly mansion, in all the States and Territories. Everywhero it has stimulated your industry, and given to labor increased employment and more ample reward. What has it done for the commerce of the countsy and your nationat treasury? It has doubled your experts, and nearly tripled ‘Your receipts, Look at results. Twenty-three milliona of revenue from duties in 1846—nearly sevent, millions from the same source in 1854. Who doubts that with the enlarged commorce growing out of a more liberal policy, this incredible, increase of revenue is mainly at- ributable to. the yearly supply of California gold !” No merchant, manufacturer, banker, or statesman of any party will controvert this. Your receipts from customs and the sale of your public lands are increased from this swell in the volume of currency. Forty millions in the aggregate increase of your annual revenue from lands and customs are the consequence. ‘Yot you hesitate about a reasonable appropriation—the effect of which will be to multiply a hundred fold your revenues and sources of wealth. ‘Is this wise, just or ex- pedient? California furnishes the clement of national prosperity in peace, and the sinews of war; yet for the want of this road you keep her in. distant and dangerous isolation, The people from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes and the St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexi- co, demand this measure. They look to Congress during this session to lay the foundation for its commencement. If we accomplish the object, it will be in vain for Great Britain, ix her efforts to maintain commercial supremacy, tocarry out her scheme of a great continental, railway from: Halifax through British ‘Territory to the Pacific, now 80 warmly advocated by many of her statesmen and engineers, or to undertake her Axiatic railway from the Mediterranean, by the Persian Gulf and India, to the ports o1 China. But if local jealousies or sectional juaices should defeat our present action, she will -arise with renewed vigor to the prosecution of these great works, and new avenues of trade will secure to her the undisputed command of the commerce of the world. It is a question between London and New York, between Calcutta and San Francisco, between England and Ameri- ca, by land and sea for the supremacy, ana we surrender it without an effort, to our great rival, if we now fail in the performante of duty, * . ¢ In 1820 we had a metallic currency in the Uni States, according to Mr. Gallatin’s report in that year. of thirty-two millions five hundred thousand dollars. The products of allthe mines in the Union, from that year until 1848, furnished an additional sum of twelvo mil- lions seven hundred and forty-one thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars, being an average annual yield of between four and five hundred thousand dollars, “Our net specie imports over our exports for that period were eighty-two millions eighty-six thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars; and immigrant supplies, at an ave- rage of a million year, gave us twenty-seven millions, making an aggregate of specie in the United States at the beginning of 1848, of $164,328,108. In that year the ag- egate products of the mines of Virginia, North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and New Mexico, fell below the general average I have stated, having only reached about two hundred thousand dol- lars, to which California, just then beginning to open her treasures, contributed an additional sum of more than one-fifth the product of all our mines at that time. She has since that period increased her product in almost a compound ratio, antil her annual contributions to the metallic currency are one hundred millions, being two and a half times greater than the aggregate annual yield between the years 1829 and 1848, of the Uralian, Mexi- can, Peruvian, Bolivian, Chilian, and, in fact, of all the mines in the world together! Look back at the commer- cial crises at different periods of our history,and especially those within our recollection, from 1887 to 1840, when we suffered from a drain of our then very limited supply of the precious metals, and reflect upon the disasters which pervaded the country in every department and businoss of life. What is it but the gold of California that has held in equipoise our commercial balance, and furnished us with a redurdant supply of bullion, notwithstanding the immense expansion of our trade and increased im- portations; whilst at the same time it has imparted Widespread prosperity over the faee of the whole coun: try, by which mendicity has virtually been extinguished within our borders? Did she clutch at and hold this massive treasure for her own benefit? No. She sent it back to your constituents; she dispensed it allover your territory. It reached your manufacturers of Now Eng- land; it found its way to your farmers of the Middle and Western Staies, and to the cotton, rice and sugar plant- grsof the South; it gave unexampled activity to your workshops in every nook and corner of the land; it in- creased empleyment in your dockyards, and gave new impetus to your shipping in yeuntil its stimu- lating influence was felt in the nerves of your whole industrial system. We now come before you asking Sn appropriation of your domain for the construction of this new means of interconmunication, indispensable not only to consolidate us at home, but to guard against the shoek of foreign war, and consequent danger of po- litical dismemberment. ‘The utmost stretch of your in terposition will not excced, under the bill before you, forty millions of acres for a line of two thousand miles, that will unite the Mississippi States with the Pacific. Its value doos not equal by one-half our annual supply of gold, and its concession will be more than reimbursed by the enhanced value imparted to the alternate residuum of your land. * * * * © Senators:—Our progress as s"nation has comparatively but begun; the immeasura- ble future lies before you. itis for us to do our parts as patriots and legislators, under the mandategof the Con- stitution, to devise those means which overcome geographical separation, and give unity to every part of this ocean-bound republic. By the natural law of in- crease, aided by a swell of immigration which the shock of European war and the reconstruction of nationalities will send to our shores, the new century that approaches, even though we are yet in the springtide of national ex- istence, will find within our limits, now greater in terri- torial extent than Imperial Rome, a population equal to what che possessed in the zenith of lag glory, after the growth of athousand years. Let the measure under consideration be consummated, and an act vital to the integrity of our territory and to the perpetuity of our undivided Union, will have been accomplished; and then, asa united people, who can predict our future destiny ? Mr. Gwin spoke until two o'clock, and then the bill was postponed. EXKOUTIVE SBSSION. ‘The Senate went into Executive § till four o'clock, Upon rising the body adjourned. House of Representatives. Wasninaron, April 10, 185 INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THR SITUATION ‘THIS COUNTRY IN THE COMING STRUGGLE. Mr. Dray, (dem.) of N. Y., desired to lay before the House, and asked unanimous consent for that purpose, a matter which at this time is of great importance to the commerce of the country. He had been instructed to offer the following by the Committee on Foreign Affairs: Resolved, That in the war which now seems impending in | Europe, it is the duty, as well as the manifest interest of the government of the United States, to observe and maintain ttrict neutrality between all the belligerents, and in the event of a war, the rights of our citizens and the security of our commerce demand tho maintenance of the, principle heretofore asserted and stronuously contended for by this overnment, but not hitherto admitted or established as the jaw of nations, that free ships, make froe goods, articles cloarly known as contraband of war, and ¢ neutral fing protects from unre: able sem the sbipe bearing it, and also that neutral property on board & vesse and confiscation. Resolved, That the President of the United States be ro quested, if in his opinion not incompatible with the public intercets, to communicate to this House wh: rospond n place, be of the governments of Edrope, to ostablish tine foregot principles as international law, and to protect the neutri commerce ofthe United States in tween any of the powers of Europe. tions. Mr. Deax moved @ suspension of the rules —yens 108, nays 41. r. DRAN said he did not intend to detain the House further than briefly to explain the object of the resolu- tions. Mr. Wastnivrss, (whig) of Il., inquifed whether they were now before the House, and whether, if a debate should arise, Shey would not go over? The SPEAKER replied—The rules which required them to go over had beeh suspende2, and they were now open for debate. Mr. DEAN said—When the gentleman from Ilinois in- terrupted him he was saying he did not desire to debate these resolutions, but to state to the House their con- tents and the principles they are intended to enuftciate. ‘The first resolution isa plain and distinct statement of our duty to maintain neutrality in the war between the different Powers of Europe. It then re-asserts the doc- trine that has been so often asserted by the people and the executive department of this government, but which the judiciary has failed to sustain. The executive branch of the government has, from its foundation, beginning with the Congress of the confederation, and from that time to the prosent, constantly, in its action and its diplomacy, contended that free “ships make free goods, and that the goods of neutrals on board the ships of belligerents are not liable to seizure and confiscation. The importance of this subject at the present erisis can- not be estimated or expressed. It has been recently dis- cussed in the British Parliament. The Ministry have been called upon to state what would be the action of that government, and they have not fully met or answered the question, though the; intimate that a liberal policy will be pursued, The second resolution calls for any arrangement or correspondence between our goverament and foreign Powers upon this subject, and I will state here, im- portant to be known, what I think will prove correct, that our government has for some months been enj in endeavoring to secure the admission and establish- ment of this principle as international law, and that our representative at the Court of St. James, in particular, has ably, and I believe successfully, accomplished it, #0 far as its recognition depends upon that government; and it is universally admitted that if Great Britain, whieh is the Power that has at all times prevented its adoption, agreos to it, not by treaty, but by proclamation and ac- tron, during this war, it will forever be placed on the m basis of » 28 well as national right and vuetice. T aminformed that, as the action of our govern- ° inteponted foel went io yakaowD, merobants apd othogs ssion, which lasted | | hand seizure, | of any of the belligereats, is not subject to seizure | event of war be- | Objections were made to the reception of the resola. | Agreed to | much anxiety. It is dae to them that they shoul have all the information in our possession, ard. also to know that Congress is determinod to carry ‘out this doctrine at allbavards. Ithink that the Excoutive and Cong.ress ought now to take their stand and say to the world iat this is our principle, that we will not be driven from it, that we will legislate to assort it, that we will negotiate to secure it, and, if neod be, we will fight to maintain it. And, sir, the day that’ we establish this principle will be one of the proudest in American history; and, in wy Judgment, the time of zetiow has now arrived. ir. Booock, dem.) of Va.—This is an exceedingly im- partant proposition, as it undertakes to define the posi. ion this government occupies in the pending war. If it means to do anything, it means to fix the position of this govermment in tho controversy. If this is tho design, it hit to have the samction of deliberate action. It’, indeed, to produce an effect on our own merchants, and on the’ actions of other countries; but this cannot be done simply by arosolution not requiring the joint ac- Hon of the two houses. He moved it be referred to the €ommittee on Foreign Affairs, that careful considera- tion be given to the subject, The motion was agroed to, ‘The House then went into committee on the GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL—THE NEBRASKA BILL—TERRIBLE DENUNCIATION OF THE ABOLITIONISTS BY A MAINE DEMOCRAT. Mr. MoDoxatp, (dem.) of Me., spoke on the Nebraska westion. He considered the resolutions of the Maine lature as not indicative of public opinion in that State, and pronounced their modest request to oppose the billas arrogant and impudent. Tho supporters of the bill are national’men, upholiers of the constitu- tion; while its natural opponents are abolitionists, under the lead of the New York ‘ribune, paper tainted with heresy and isms of every kind.— The principal editor of that journal does not beliove in future rewards and punishments, The hangman’s whip, the fear of hell, which keeps the wretch in order, has no terrors for him: ‘The natural tendency of their prineiples is that the people are not to-be trusted to govern them- selves, but must be governed. Ie spoke of abolitionists in the strongest terms of denunciation, includiag. Mra. Stowe, and in conclusion advocated the Nebraska #1 be- cause it asserted the great right of the people to govern themselves. Mr. FAULKNER, (dem.) of Va., complimented the gentle- man on his speech, and for his independence of character and soundness of intellect. He then argued at length in favor of the Senate's Nebraskn bill. The committee rose, and the House adjourned, The New York Legislature. | ALBANY, April 10, 1854. No quorum being present in either ‘House this even- ing, they adjourned till to-morrow. The French Demand on the Emperor Sou- louque. Boston, April 10, 1854. A letter received here states the result of the di mand by the French Admiral upon the Emperor Seu- louque somewhat differently to the report published last week. The demand was for payment of back indem- nity money—about $160,000—with a threat of bombard- ment if not paid. The writer states that the money was paid, and that the French Admiral saluted the Haytlen flag. The foreign Consuls did not side with the Emperor in the matter Interesting from Puerto Cabello. PHILADELYHIA, April 10, 1854. By the bark Paez we have dates from Puerto Cabello to | the 25th ult. Congress was in seasion, and considering the subject of the emancipation of the slaves at an early day. ‘This | ae was a favorite measure of the President, who oped by it to gain the greater influence with the masses, #0 as to enable him to retain power or confer it upon his brother, who was a candidate for the Presidency. Produce was coming in abundantly. Coffee quoted at 11 gc. a l4ce. Hides 154,¢ ‘ihe bark Kate was to sail in four days*for Baltimore, and the schr. Delphine, for do., next day. Southern Mall Items. INVITATION TO EX-PRESIPENT FILLMORE FROM SA- VANNAH—THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION. Bavtimorg, April 10, 1854. New Orleans papers of Tuesday last are received. The City Council of Savannah has extended an invita tion to ex-President Fillmore, to visit that city. Delegates to the Charleston convention were already arriving at that city, preparatory to the meeting on 10th inat. It was in contemplation to held the conv: tion throughout the whole week. Hartford Municipal Election. Harrorp, Ap A At our city election to-day, Henry ¢. Deming, whig lected M: 23 plurality. Last year, Hammers ly’s (dem.) phi was 151. The whigs have a majori- ty of eight in the Common Council—last year only two. Man Killed by Lightning. SPRINGFIELD, April 10, 1854. An Irishman, namé unknown, was killed by lightning | livered an original composition, we THE LEGISLATORS VESTRDAY, Visit to the Public Institutions. EXHIBITION AT THE DEAF AND DYMB ASYLUM. SPEECHES---FEASTING, he, ke, ke The legislators yosterday were occupied in making ex- aminations of our various public benevolent institutions. At Bo’clock in the morning twelve large omnibusses, of the Crystal Palace lige,.each drawn by four horses, drove up to the Astor House to receive the guests of the Ten Governors, Governor Piakney, on behalf of the Board, and Gen, Mather, on behalf of the Councilmen, were Presont to take charge of the visiters. The morning was unpropitious, anda few, fearing a wet and dismal day, declined the metropolitan excursion. The dark promises of the morning, however, were unfulfilled, and the day was spent by the lawgivers with much pleasure and satisfaction, It waa 9 o'clock before all the singes were filled and cleared from the Astor House, and the first stopping place was at tho FREE ACADEMY. Arriving here the company was received by Horace Webster, the Principal of the Academy, and by the Presi dent of the Board of Education, and shown throu institution from first floor to roof. Many of the classes were engaged with their books at the hour of the visit which gave an opportunity for a slight exhibition of their proficiency in the studies which occupied them. After a short time only being taken up here, the company were again in the stages and on their way to THE HOUSE OF REFUGE. The visiters were hare recoived by the Principals of this establishment, and shown through all its departments. The little urchins, engaged in their various trades, was truly an interesting sight, and they were much ques tioned by the members from. the rural districts this place had been thoroughly examined, the line was again in motion, and brougMt up at WARD SCHOOL NO. 30. It was not the expectation of the company to visit this | pace, but, passing it in their route to the Blind Asylum, it was decided to stop. «Each departnient of the school, the primary, the girs and boys, were in turn visited, A young lad in the boys’ el d for the entertainment of the visiters an original composition, entitled “Mother.” It was an eloquent production for one so young, and called forth much applause. In the primary Gepartment the children sang, and a pupil played artist- ically upon thé piano several juvenile airs. The next place reached was THR INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. The company arrived at the Institution for the Blind, on the Ninth avenue, at a little after 11 o'clock. Upon entering the institution they were welcomed by the offi- cers of the establishment with a band of musi¢ number. ing some twenty pieces, the performers being totally blind. The music was, nevertheless, excellent, and com ing from performers s0 afllicted, excited an interest which the more fortunate could not create. After going through the various workshops, and seeing those who never saw the light of day engaged in all the intricacies of manu- facturing, the company assembled in the school rooms. Miss FRANCIS, a blind rl, then came forward and de- ning the legisla- tors of the Empire State to the ly and their hoine- After this a letter wis read from Mr. Isaac Wood, the President of this institution, expressing his regret’ that sickness prevented him from being present to welcome the guests of the city in person. Pupils were then brought upon the platform, and the Gospel, with raised print, for tne blind, read by them with great rayfdity and facility, the audience calling out the chapter they should read. This performance, like the others, was loudly applauded. The boys and girls then together sang “Glory to God | in the Highest,” with a piano accompanying. Tt was a sad yet an interagting circumstance, to hear such sweet strains from those so deeply afflicted. of the condition of the es- pupils at present in the Asy- of years and education the pupils i to return home to their friends, or remain stitution, as they choose. They are here taught various trades, and come have been known to realise fo themselves $1,000 per year by their indwstry after sopa rating from the Asylum. ‘The pupils grow up here hi py and learned ay thelr Life in contents After and peace. When th's statement was finished, in obe dience to a general Senator Crospy said—Mr. Superintendent, 1 confess I oven a women couldn’ POH out words while in the highsat 4 f exciement. ’ od to wrhs & welcome to the Legislature vyon the blackboard, and iznmediately each wrote of their own ideas upon the subject, forming compositions deserving of great admiration for the purity of the thought, the beauty of imagery and elegauce of diction. Following this they were told to write upon the Maine law, and innmediately the blackboard was filled with ar- guments which the politicians present might stady with profit, and use when they get back to Albany—as, ne doubt, they will. ‘The pupils were generally opposed te the veto of Governor Seymour, and questioned his arga- rents in its behalf very forcibly and logically. Some vewy amusing pantomimic performances were enacted by a boy, representing a man loading and fring a gun, shaving himself, &e., which called forth peals of laugh- ter a Cater of sopanss.. Miss Mary Tors is the pride of this ertablishment, to the distinction of har ‘which her extraordinary geniue justly entitles her. She is a young lady of remarkable personal beauty, one is charmed-by her loveld~ ness, fullef sympathy for her afflictions, at the same time he is astonished at the power and brilliancy of hee intellect. She bas a lwege blue eye, features barely Tee Grecian, lips that are ambeahed behind’ honeycombs, long dark tresses, such as set Byron in extacies, entire Legislature yesterday did homage to this lady, whose countenance beams with amiability, gentleness and innocence, which only ceases to excite’ admiration when contrasted with the qualities of her mind. She is naturally deaf, and never was known to utter a not her countenance would indicate that a single regret her afflictions nev tered into her thoughts. 1@ class was called to write awelcome to,tho Lag- islature hers was as: — ‘But little more than one moon has waned since we were summon@§_hence as representatives of this institutions which b@ cherished and protected us throagh col years, in which we mpelled against the dark waters of ignorance, to stand up same halla where the tors of our sages State are wont to convene. We did not to be judged by the same criterion with Miss Rosey Miss Lucy Stone, and oth er distinguished oratresses; and we felt relieved and gr ote our thoughts, ited? when, after silent we saw the looks of sympathy beamed from the many stranger eyes before us. we could feelingly adopt the language of Moore— ‘Oh | there aro looks and Hibs which dart An instant sunshine fhrough the heart. To-day it is with proud and happy hearts that we wet- come these members of our State. Legislature 6 bu home, assuring them that the noble efforts which they have made to benefit our chorished Alma Matec slull ever call forth feelings of deep, though silent gratitude from us, humble sons and daughters.” When this was read loud and prolonged were the cheers for Miss Toles. But she heard it not ber ears were ever locked against the noity world. ‘The following linea, much admired yesterday, were'written by her impromplay a few days since, upon hearing of the death of ber LITTLE MA. Hore dash I dewn Still glittoring 4 Blest [=oh, how b A seraph' to the I aaw her,flike an angel child, Amid the sweetest flowers of earth, When her bird-like voice, and winson.e smile, Seemed tokens of a heavenly Wirth; And I knew by the tender beaming In her dark and lustrous eyes, ‘That heaven her soul waa winning ‘To a home beyond the skies. I saw a father on her gare With all a parent’s pride, And a gentle mother softly woo ‘The young dove to her side; And I doemed that such a treasure For oarth was all too fair, And I trembled lest the reaper Might leave his traces there. Months passed, and I had wandered far From little Emma’s side, And J wondered if her beauty yet Was as pure and undefiled ; But | learned ere long, oh nadly! ‘That to me it was not given * To gaze again on her cherub form This side the courts of heaven. He had come in his power, the frost-king Deat And nipped the folded bud, = But like perfume on the south wind’s breath, Her spirit passed to God. And that young mother bowed her head, ‘And though her heart was riven, That she had now no child on earth, She was blessed for the one in Heaven. It will be seen that, wanting the faculty of the rhyme is faulty im ene or two places, but this will te willingly overlooked e case of a girl deaf and unable to speul: After the exhibition of these mutes, the party ad- journed to the dining room of the establishment, wheres handsome collation was spread for the company. After fall justice had been done to the well spread tables, the visiters left for High Bridge, having spent over three hours in the Blind Asylum. yesterday, while walking upon the railroad track near this place. Marine Affairs. LOSS OF THE SHIP RUSSELL STURGIS, Bosrox, April 10, 1854. The packet ship Russell Sturgis, from Liverpool cb. 21 for Boston, was abandon at The captain and crew were taken off by the bark Rainbow, arrived at Newyport to-day. ship Russ The Sturgis was 1,000 tons burthen, built 50,000, She was insured here for Safety Co., and like amounts at the’ Neptune, , and’ Triton Companies. Her freight money is also insured here for $12,500. Her car- go, valued at's sured here and in Europe. | She had fifty SEIP secngers on board, ALLIANCE NEARLY BURNED. Baxrtwons, April 10, 1854. The ship Alliance, at Charleston, loaded with cotton | for Liverpool, took fire on Friday, but it was extinguish- | ed with but slight damage. | THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF MANCHESTER. PurADRLPHIA, April 10, 1854. ‘The steamship City of Manchester has floated off, and paseed Newcastle on her way up to this city, THE ALABAMA AT SAVANNAH. z SavaNNan, April 8, 1864. The steamship Alabama, Captain Schenck, arrived here from New York this morning. The Disaster to the Steamer America. Burraro, April 10, 1864. The steamer America, reported ashore last week on | Point au Pelee, is a complete wreck. SI an old boat, | and has been used for several seasons for cattle, ‘Toss covered by insurance + Markets, STOCK FLUCTUATIONS AT BOSTON. Bostoy, April 10, 1854. There was almost a panic in the Boston stock market to-day; 2,100 shares of the Vermont Centraliailroal were old, closing at 105. Ogdensburg soli as low as 10. At the second board 1,800 Central were sold at the same price. Barrrwore, April 10, 1854. Notwithstanding the advices by the Europa, our mar. ket for breadstuffs is firm. Sales were made this morn- ing of 1,500 bbls of flour, at $7 124 a $7 8745. Paiapgiema, April 10—5 P. M. Breadstulls are quiet; flour is quoted at $7 75; wheat, $1.75 a $185; rye, 93e., and corn 76c. Provisions and cotton are dull and drooping. Our harbor is {ull of ship- | ping, and activity and bustle is observable in the dis: | charging of valuable cargoes. Court of General Sessions. | Before His Henor Recorder Tillov ACQUITTED. Avrit 10.—Jteceiving Stolen Goods.—Joln Manix was | tried and acquitted of having, as it was | the receiver of five or six hundred stereotype plates, which were stolen from the building No.16 Spruce street during the month of March last, and which were the roperty of J. T. Redfield, publisher, of Nassau street. here being no evidence to show that the accused bought the goods knowing them to be stolen, the jury acquitted | him without leaving their seats. ARRESTS UPON BENCH WARRAN Forgery in the Third Degree.—Officers Spicer and Bar- ton arrested yesterday a man named George Tibb, on a bench warrant iasued from this cour arged with having forged a promisory note. Bail ing been procured, the defendant was set at liberty. | Burglary in the Third Degree.—Two mon, named Lewis Lambert and Edward Sherwood, were arrested on a bench warrant by officers Barton and Stoughton, ons of being concerned in the late burglary committe wemises of George N. Edwards, clothier, No. 48 avenue p. One of the parties was admitted to bail, but the other was committed to the Tombs for examination PLEA OF GUILTY Petit Larceny.—Adeline Edwards, alias “The Lady in Black,” who was indicted for picking a pocket book from the pockot of a lady while riding in one of the Broadway and Houston street stages, pleaded guilty to another in dictment, charging her with stealing a quantity of pillow covers from the millinery store of Madame Lecompton, where he stands | Presiden rire at the present time with most conflicting emotions indeed I may say truly I never sos speak than now. First, I haves dec ng pathy when I gee those around me who have b privéd of the light of day. Yot, again, when I witne these exhibitions I feel rejoiced that, although these pu pils are deprived of the light of the countenance, the orsess a light within which makes life eh sury of the State and I congratulate you th have so far suffered the hardships and perplex arth, and trust that a glorious reward awaits you in the world to come. (Loud applause.) Assemblyman Benedict was here call Mr. Brskprer said—Truly the wa: i of Providence inscrutable, or why so many here deprived of light while | others not so worthy enjoy the blessings of sight. York has become a proverb to me for her benevolent in stitutions. As regards our connection with these insti- tutions, | have only to say we are the servants of the people, and it belongs to ‘us to see that the treasury under our control finds ite way back to the people through the channel which will do the most good. It is needless for me to say that I have beon highly delighted with the performances of these children to-day; and I trust, as legislators of tLe State, wé shall always remember them. (Loud applause.) It was about quarter before 12 o'clock when the com pany ended their examinations of this institution, and from here they steered their course to the | CRYSTAL PALACE. j The stay here was short, on account of the other places which demanded attention before the departure of the guests to Albany. About half an hour was given to the country members to stroll through the long naves of the Crystal Palace. The best use was made of this short allowance of minutes, and a glimpse was obtained of most of the finest works of art now remaining in the Palace. | When the word was given to leave here, it was announced ‘| that the legislators of the State would next poy its res- | pects to the INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. The visit to this Asylum, sitkated in Fiftieth street near Third avenue, was the main performance of the | day. ‘The guests wore here received by the venerable | Harv P. Peet, the President and father of the institu. | tion, Who has spent a jong anil valuable life in the service | of the deaf and dumb. Prosper M. Wetmore, the Vice- | was also present, and did all in his power to | make the visit an agreeable one. The company were at | once conducted to the lecture room of the establishment, where wonderfal performances were enacted before them. The guests being seated in the middle of the room, the pupils were marshalled in on each side, the girls occu pying the left, and the boys the right, Order having been obtained, 1 Mir. Hi. P. Peer, the President, rose and said :—Gentle menof the Legisiature—I must apologise to you for the apparent want of orderin bringing our pupils into the rrom ihe programme y expected be- fore clock. a aving the arrange ments you have thrown us a little ont of order. On be. e no institution I tender to the gentlemen of the | who have honored sl welcome. ith their presence to- here assembled two vided into fifteen classes, of which is under the guidance of a teacher. I pro: , show you the extremes of our institution—both the little child who has just commenced the path to arning, and those most advanced in all the branches of education. The room in which we are assembled is our 1 for religious worship. And our method of wor s to write upon these large slates or blackboards the | cripture, and the comments, and the pupilreadily | Prayer is off in the same way. At he pupils all rise, and remain standing ffered. We haye no sectarianism here, Wut siaply explain all the duties of man to h our pupil, without reference to sectarian doctrines. have, as incidental in our system of education, the study | of trades and the useful arts. Gardening, the use of mathematical implements, and drawing besides. When | you go from here I should be bappy to have you ex- | amine our workshops, and see there the advance made in | all the industrial arts. I will now introduce to you « class of pupils who have been here only since last Decem- her, under the instruction of Mr. Concklin, a deaf mute in White strect. The prisoner was remanded. for sentence until Friday next. Forgery in the Second Degree.—Jacob Shuster was then placed at the bar, charged with having passed several counterfeit $5 bills on the Brandon Bank, Vermont. The evidence for the prosecution went to prove that on the 28d of February last, the defendant went to several stores in the upper part of the city, and while in there purchased goods, Rivingsfor them the sparious bills, and in all cases receiving good money in cbange. ‘The de- fendant was conne n the transaction, it was allege: with one Baker, Wi... was also shown, had passed sev- eral of there counterfeita, The Jur in this case retired to their room about 6 o'clock, P. i. and up toa tate hour Inst night did not agree upon a verdict. Obit . P. 1. HAMMERSKOLD died at Columbia, 5. ©. Mr on the 28th March. Her husband is a well known archi- tect, and is upon the new State capitol, at Co. lumbia. The South Carolinian says:—The death of this lady, £0 well and #0 favorably known in our State, and so generally beloved and esteemed wherever known, has created a void in many circles. As a musician she might have won her way tofame. Her reputation had already been known here before she came to reside in Columbia, and her talents, together with her gentle and amiable manners, and refined taste, had, even during her brief residence in our community, won many kind and appre: cisting friends. cotemporaries of Char! all moyro her joss.” teacher, (The venerable speaker was listened to with marked attention, and was loudly applauded when he had concluded his remarks.) A class of eight, four boys and four girls, were then brought upon the stand, between the ages of ten and twelve years. Under the direction of their teacher, Mr. Jeremiah W. Conklin, they wrote various sentences upon the blackboard, either as given out to them by signs, or as originated npon any word suggested to them, For in- stance, they were told to write npon the word apple. Fach turned to his board, and one wrote “I like a good apple,” another “I like a big swest pple” another “1 don’t much like apples," and xo on, These were new be- ginners in writing sentences, To see these, innocent, simple hearted little creatures, who never uttered a word or heard a sound, spreading out their ideas*upon the blackboard with a piece of chalk, was something | which must have created sympathy in the coldest bosom. Specimens of drawing were here circulated among the audience, the production of these scholars. Some of the specimens would have done credit to artists, even in possession of all the human faculties. The highest class of the establishment was then bronght forward ; this consisted of three lovely young ladies of about the age of twenty, Miss Mary Toles, Tacinda E. Hill, and Lucy Gilbert, and five young gentle- men of the same years. This class is under the direc tion of Prof, Edward Pest, the son of th ident of the Institution, was in appearance ox intelli- and its ‘to their Nd tI ‘wd enoh other With thet hoges at tapidly as Pt | with } | and Dumb Asylum, the cornersto | a littl nthe departure of the party for High Bridge, so ted had some of the legislators, been with Miss ‘Toles and her associates, that they resolved she and her ends should accompany them. After much solicita- tion the three young ladies mentioned above, together the facinating and pretty Miss Esther Eckersom, who did not take part in the exercises, accompanied the guaststo HIGH BRIDGE. » the party stopped their stages at the hotel on and all walked down to view that stupendous kofart, the High Bridge. 1 crossed over admil oon Were again in motion for FANWOOD, five o'clock when the company reached id the foundation of the new Deaf of which was placed on Teescay, Noy. 22, 1853, with imposing ceremonies. This building is to be one ot the largest and moat substantial in the city. The ground belonging to the in- stitution here comprises thirty-seven and a half act bounded by the Hudson river and Kingsbridge row: about nine miles from the City Hall, Here another feast was prepared to which the company did full justice. The great strife among the legislators now appeared to be who should most engross the attention of the mutes of @ the company, each of them being surrounded constantly by crowds of admirers. awe. THE DEPARTURE. “ata quarter before six o'clock thos bound for Al moved towards the river bank to hail the train going up. Arriving here about half an hour too soon, the time was taken up by speech-making in the open air on the rond. Senator Dickinson returned thanks for their kindness to the Ten Governors on behalf of the Logislature. Gov. Draper, in a short speech, acknowledged them on behalt ofthe Board, Gen. Mather returned thanks to all parties on tebalf of the Common Counell. Speeches were then made by Senators Brooks, Crosby, Ware, Barrow and others, When the whistle of the locomotive was he: after six o'clock. The members Albany bo jumyed on board, and thus ended their visit to the city fter t, where is 1 United States Marshal’s Office. crwarps, oF $3,000 OF SPURIOUS MONEY SEIZED— ARREST OF THE GANG OF COUNTERFEITERS—THE CONTEMPLATED MANUFACTURE OF $40,000. For nearly two months past the United States Marshal, Mr. Hillyer, and bis first deputy, Mr. Thompson, have been ‘ngaged in organizing a plan for the detection of a gang of counterfeiters, who have been dissominating base coih throughout tne country for some time. Ae- cordingly two of the Marshal’s deputies, De Angeles and Horton, were entrusted with the mission. On Saturday last Mr. Horton, having previously been put in possed- | sion of some of the workings of the counterfeiters, watched a man named James Bowers, and sin the after- noon arrested him at the Jersey City ing: arrested Bowers threw into the river a bundle which he then had in his possession. The Marshal immediately otjered a reward of $10 for the recovery of the bundle, ‘ond an enterprising boatman having fished it up, it was contain two hundred and fifty spurious silver ar pieces. Bowers was then taken to Eldridge yey the deputy marshals proceeded to Thirty- tween First and Second avenues, where | the aid of some of the jnded the house, whilst Mr. Horton en: welling y means of a skeleton key, and quantity of counterfeit gold dollars and im- } nts and materials used in the manufacture of coim, and arrested the occupants of the house—Edward C. Mor- | ton, Jobn (alias Joe) Brown, Charles Watson, and two young and genteel looking females, nanted Elmira Wat- kon and Amanda Hewitt. On the arrival of Deputy Mar- shal Horton at the house in Thirty fifth street, a letter arrived from Eldridge street jail, which he intercepted, and whieh was as follows :— Jo had beter keep out of way thay sre ate for him stuff, ho had better leave the city. to go for that ty pownne, JA! Tt appears that the Marshal, who was for some time fm ossession of private information, then proceeded to the residence of Mr. May, @ gilder, in Houston street, whe had orders from the counterisiters to gild coin to the amount of forty thousand dollars. Here the officers seized a large quantity of dollar pieces in various modes of process, and all were taken to the Marshal’s office in a grocers’ wagon. Amongst the articles seized were a large die press, & machine for moulding coin, lead, copper, brass, aoveral bottles of chemicals, books on electricity, galvanism, electrotype manipulation, and Elements of ‘Metal- orgy, upwards of $3,000 in well manufactured spt queen, two hundred and fifty eounterfeit titee bode dollars, sev Coc Tbullet moulds, and a pistol. “The are cfthia fang of counterfeiters is # biensing to the conwmunity at large, and particul oe, Oe shopkeey | amongst whom this base i and his deputies have watched the movements of the parties coneercel, ‘and the result which has crowned their efforts, are deserving of high —, We therefore hope that the perane eae—and there are ee that detection in gure to follow ¥ oir Pov 9 The accused, in the present care, My 4 i <= 4 county jail, the Marshall not having custody for a pacdgrw a — iv 5 onenn yA aie rami of spurious mints sre =~ ex, to be made. This gang, it is said, are with Roscoe, lye the United States Court. of this oty to the jate prison for o similar offence, mR.