The New York Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1855, Page 2

Pennsylvania Politics Harreurra, Jan. 3, 1855, Meeting of the Legislature--Demoratic and Ameri Cancuses—State Preasurér Bailey—Uniled Siates Sen- ator, de, dc. ‘ ‘Puesday, tho 2d, was the day fixed for the assembling ‘ef the Legislature of the State, but two working days Dave now passed, and but Little progress has been made fm the primary work of effecting an organization. Oo ‘Monday evening preceding “he day of meeting, the ‘caucuses of the parties have generally deen held, when ‘the nominations were made, and the work prepared for We houses to complete on the morrow. On last Monday evening two caucuses of Representatives appear to have Deen held, though but oue was publicly called. They were the democratic and American. Twenty-one mem- ders attended the former, and sixty-three the latter, Waving sixteen without a distinct party classification. @f the twenty-one ‘regular democrats’ who attended ‘*Me caucus, three were so far infected with American- jam as to refuse to support the ‘regular’ candidate for Speaker, who is an Irishman by birth. He received, Werefore, but eighteen votes, that being the Jean minority into which ‘“Sam’s’’ friends have beaten ‘the party which bas for so many years ruled, not merely the House of Reprosentatives of ihis State, but tha entire government of theState. The whig and Awerican can- @Mate, on the other band, received seventy-six votes, of whom, in round numbers, fifty-three were formerly whigs and twenty-three democrats. This result is one of the moot surprising in the political history of the State, and as struck the hunkers with dismay, It foretells the storm which is gathering to drive them trom all the placer in the gift of the people, which they ave now fill- ing. They hoped to control the clemonts, and anited day and night to keep men to the old allegiance; but nothing availed to prevent them from protesting against the monstrous evils which a wretched polisy had fastened ‘upon their party, and, through it, upon their country They cant aside those who have been long accustomed to eontrol, and behaved with the bolduess of men who did not fear to avow their principles and preferences. The House has not yet chosen any other officers, although ‘the entire control is with the Americans. The Senate bas not yet organized. [It has since erganized.—En, Hexatp.} That body is peculiarly con- stituted. But thirty-one members are present, one having recently-died, and another being absent from the country. Both these losses are on the democratic aide, reducing the actual state of parties to fifteen demo- ‘rats, fifteen whigs and one independent American, But two of the whigs do not consider themselves rega- lars—Mr, Darsio, of Allegheny, a Scotchman by birth,an oppenent of the American movement, and the recent whig candidate for €anal Commissioner of the State, who was so badly beaten by his democratic competitor, aud Mr. Price, of Philadelphia city, who was last year elected as an independent in opposition to the regu- Jar whig ticket. The whig caucus selected for Speaker Mr. Hendricks, of-Schuyikill, who is said tobe a Know Nothing, and whom Mr. Darsie and Mr. Price have stea- @iby refused to support. The ballotings, already over twenty in number, have been ineffectual, and have stood—14 for Hamlin, (democrat ) 13 for Hendricks, aud 4 eeattering—16 being necessary to a choice, What the result will be is in great doubt, although the probabilities s will drop Mr. Hea- dricks, and A wate the ent hig vote of the body, though such an arrangement may not be acceptable to the iudependea: America. (Mir. Frazier) without whose vote it canno’ be consummated. Most likely, the contest will have deen decided before this reacties yo: mation may make the result more {William D. H democrat, of lected on t h ballot, havi whig, had 11 votes; voted for Heister. P ‘Lhe American stre every other, and places at the dis offices of Stute Treasurer and States Senator, which are roon to be filled. Tuo present State Trea warer, elected last year, is Joseph Bailuy, of Perry coua- ty—s'democrat of the most decided stamp, ani gatil the Jast few cays a very bitter enemy o: the American movement. During to? campaign he made hinsel’ eagecial'y busy in denouncing the priaciples of that ‘ty—going so far as todeslare Know Nothings “a 2 of conspirators, of trailors to thi deserved to be hinged without the benefit of judge or jary.”” When the Pennsylvanian, afew days before ths @ctober election, published a pretended account of a meeting of Know Nothings in Philadelohia, which was 80 fremed as to affect the e » Aud contained & fond of falsehoods about the order, Mr. Treasurer Bailey kept the presses of two democratic offices in Har- rieburg rupning night and day to prepare a large momber of extras containing it, which were extensively @ietributed in Cumberland, er neighboring gounties. usion of light keep his adopted county, ratie Perry,” safe in ber moorings; but he miscalculated ag to the efficiency of his measures, Tis efforts were mucke4—-his anxieties for the good of the people were unacknowledged, and a sound American now represevte his county io the House. It will be recollected tft, very’ soon after the election, the Legislature eloct proved tw be strongly Know No- thing, (rhen Mr. Bailey’s tune was altered-—he vow ad mitted the nate the Irish were rior decided intimations that his rgcing a change, supposed to 5 votes, Skinuer, voter.” Dursio, Hei eral pa of that party, the , thus ving too much quarter, me relation to his interests, Time increased ti dliness of feel- ing, removed the film from his « gave him vision of political, an’ ‘partienlarly the question, and gcadua prepared) him for the final scene which was This war not exhibited on the theatre of his hostile exploits, but in the neighboring city of Lan- caster, whore, having previously «cranged (he details, he finally sxcceeded, about two weeks ago, in having imsetf initiated, irregularly, ino a Kuow Nothing Jodge—transformed in the twinkliaz of an eye into one ef those horritle plotters against the safety of te State, whose neck be thought pre-emineatly rope!—and all far the sake of bei surer by these obiigiag gentlem found fo obliging as he supposed next evening alter his initiation, as s Basa of it became known. They all de manner with the officers who had oversteppe dn consenting to the arrangement. So thi Mr. Bailey mow stands in a worse position than before, having lost the respect of all parties by this disgrace sul tr ization whose principles he professed to on whom he looked with tolerance only whva ho found they held his fate in the hollow of thoir hands. The story vas kept quiet for some time, bu at length become known, much to his chagrin and disappoint. ment. It js genorally thought he will be permitted, after the Ist of May next, to retire to the shales of private life, giving is place to ples and more honorable There are various appl of some honerand protit. The leading men. as far as T am informed, are George HJ. Hart, of Philadelphia, for several years a whig momber of the Legislature, ead an excellent business man; Amos 8. Henderson, of Lancas ter county, & silver gray Whig. whi in, I suspect, not ly ‘Sam’ sufficiently acquainted with ’? tocome in, aud John HL Wilson, of Harrisburg, who is pressed by twamerous and active friends. There are ethers in the feld, these are the leading candidates. al improbable that a new man will be selected. The United States Senator to retiie on the fourth of March next, is the Hon. James Cooper, a whig in poli- ties. His successor ix to be elected by this Legis! ture om the second Tuesday of Fobruary next. There ave nu- merous candidates for this post, among whom are ex- Governor Johnston, of Pittsburg, Ilon. of Lancaster, Hon. David M. Smyser, of Norristown, Hon. James Cooper, of Pottsville, General William Lari mer, Jr., of Pittsburg, and Hon. Simon Cameron, of the vicinity of Harrisburg. 1 will close this letter with a few words on this question. All of the above candi ‘are understood to be connected with the order, ad to be ready to pledge themselves to carry out American grieve. Govervor Johnaton is the mést popular man the whig party {n the State. He was Governor frow AMS to 1851, Intho last named year he was dof@ted for re election by Governor Bigler, having failed to re- esive the hearty support of the Webster and Fillmore branch of the nb towhom his sentiments on the ‘e6m promise were al to be obnoxious. He is a gen- Weman of considerable political experience, of decided views, of reliability of character, and of matured mind, to whom the Pa of Senator would furnish agreeable geployment for his active powers. He isa progressive ta feeling, 42d is up with the times on questi rent interest, @ Hon. Thaddeus Stevens is one of the ablest lawyers in the country, He is the best jury lawyer in the State, and can have ut few equals in the nation. He wat & member of Congress from 1849 to 1853, took an active in the proceedings. He is a gentleman of great ad- of brilliant talents ensive acquirements. Hie ban recently taken & decided stand in Lancaster eounty, in favor of the American y, and to his exer. ons of cur- tions is chiefly due the recent election from that district te a gentleman plelged to these principles. Mr. ser is at present Judge of the Bucks and Mont- He ent district, and an able anc accomplished man. was the whig candidate for Supreme Judge at the f met om but failed to be chosen, as he was not adoptet ‘by the America Mr. Cooper, the present Senator, had once “ strength in the whig party, but bis opposition to Johorton’s re-election in 1851, combined with ot! onuses, destroyed his influence in that party. He connected himself with the Americans, ont has not made deme, Some of his much rena in securing their confi enteortonta are not very American in teeir character, Dut as bis prospects for re-election a> deservedly oy, it is searcely necessary to recallthem. The oe in the Legislatnre understand anc wil! avoid the folly of assisting those to office who do not know low to be true or grateful. Gen, Lorimer is one of the leading citizens of Pitts burg, by whore influence he is chiefly being pressed. Hie liberality of character nas secured him many at tached friends. Gen, Cameron was in the United States Senate fr: 1846 to 1849, He was elected to {iil s vacancy, and t ran against the caucus nominee 0; the democratic party He has been in various political positions in the State, and bas been pulling wires for many years, He was & candidate for re-election in the winter of 150-1, when Mr. Brodhead was chosen; but having failed, «i friends to support Mr. B., who, though a cover of Mr. Buchanan, was nominated by his fr were ignorant of Mr. Brodheal’s real wards that gentleman. Since that peri Cameron bas been looking forward about to occur, hoping, somehow, to effect his retara ney Ww zation laws ought to be modified, that | ts for the post, which is one | days. Yet itis a fact that he owe | gress to the Goaeral, whose la) ors | country, who | on to be played. | | somethi:g | Club did the French Convention, if { may be allowed the fenate. € erat, and all pro: rose; but its im though he was at crush it, he soon aba p& Co, to nod the Order. Whilst ‘doing this secretly, he had bis orgen here, the Dem:cratic Union, moat vindictively assailing their purposes as into utirepublican, mischiev- ous, dangerous and treasonable, This paper was, with the Pennsyloanian, most perevering and calumuious in its opposition to Atuericantem, and wi = fluence it could control to retard and of the heresy. But all was useless. the paper has been silent, ewd week before laet itp inte of hands—it being now announced that General Cameron Know Nothing, and was not pleased with its course, and insisted upon a sale being made. Of course, this story is told for effect, as tho General is well known to have wished the regular democratic pomi- nation for Senator, anticipating a democratic majority, and hence to have approved the course of the papor, which is owned by his special friends, in taking the most ultra democratic administration ground. Ay the tables have been unexpectedly turned, a different story ivpow sought to be told, but it will not gain ) ic credence. : ‘To show that Gen. Cazeron’s position on the American uestion has not been consistent with His peosent. pre eesions, we have but to refer to the proceedings of the democratic county convention of Dauphin county, beld in Harrisburg, on Monday, the 4th of last Septemer, and to which Gen, Cameron was cno of tho delegates. He controlled the convention inthe most despotic man- ner. He Lad his friend, Geo. M. Loumian, nominated as the candidate of the county for Congress, and filled the ticket, from etem to stern, with.hia reliable friends. In addition, he hai a series of resolutions adopted, which were offered by his co-delegate, from Upper Swatara township, and are of the most positive character. The preamble states that the democracy of Dauphin county have not ceased to believe in’ the principles set forth in tho Declaration of Independence; aad the resolutions deciare ‘their confidence in the administra- tion of Gen. Pierce,” and their “hearty approbation of the able, fearless and democratie inistration of Gov. Bigler.”” I copy entire the two which aro suljoined :— solved, That the manly repudiation of Know No- thingism by Henry 8. Mott has won the respect of even his enemies, and will add largely to bis majority at the coming election. Regolved, That ws are opposed to the proscriptive and anti-republican order called Know Nothings, and shall deem it our duty as democrats, to oppose for ollice all persons known to have any connection with it. Such were simon Cameron’s words in the early part ef September last, upon which Americans siould ponder be- fore uending their eudorser, if not their author, to so re- sponsible a place as the Senate of the United States, ik JAQUEHANNA, Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, Jan. 5, 1855. Antrigues in Boston—Organization of the Legisla— ture—The Senatorial Question—Mr. Ely’s Plans and Labors—Mr. Banks ‘Constantly on Hind” —Councillor Elections— Cheatimg Rownd the Board”—Whig Interference Rebuked--The Vote Sor Mr. Parker-—Mr. Greeley’s Lecture, &c. Tf ever Boston was a hotbed of intrignes—and it is the popular opinion that it has been so more than once since the Rovolntion—it has been se all through the present week. All the intrigues of the whigs acd demecrats and coalitionists of the last generation, if thrown into a mass, would hardly equal the amount of the article that now is on hand. The orgauization of the Logisleture was not effected without a great deal of trouble; and though Mr. Benchley does well ia the Senate, Mr. Eddy is not so mach at home in the clisir of the House as he is in bis Lowell puipit. He got things regularly “smashed up” yesterday, snd the House was oiten in a state of confusion that caused it to appear very hke an excited towo meeting. The “genuine native raw inaterial” will be <riilod into shape as the | sion goes ou; but just now if is nok the most digui- tied body in the world—the House of Ropresen- tatives. Uniess sppeurances are more than nev- | ally deceptive, there is considerable good ; sinff in the House; but it needs digoi- phe arazingiy. The re-election of Mr. Stevans along; andthe appoin'meut of Mfr. Gifford to the assistant Clerkship will aid in the same direction. To retura to the intrigues. Tha; to which they oie principally directed is the United 8 sates Sena terial election, which is expected to take place next, eck. Itseems that Mr. Bly kasbeon at work most indefatigabiy, laying bia plans deep, and spreadiag bis nete wide. Heia not oaly# regular “ native” sud Kuow Nothing, bat be belongs to the order of United Americans, which is older than the Know Nothing party, 90d to the Sona of Ameiica, which order was organized Just summer. Tbese ty » or- ders have taken in a goodly ounber of politicians | Since the elec’ n—aill whigs-—who go stiongly for Mr. Ely, ané againsé ail other caudiaates for Seua- | | to tae offive of Sergeant-at-Arms will help the House | een eeelis. SAmSE A, So) Sxerabee,: the 15 tor—General Wilson, as the chief of them, being their especial aversion. Thsy have had agents scat | to the councils all over the 8 ate, who have worked | | strenuously tury Mr. Ely, and ag atrenuously egainst | Gen. Wilson. The basis of their operations has | been _natiovalisn. Trey have negailod Gens ral Wilson #8 an goolitionist, and argued that hi, elec.ion would prove ntterly destructive of the party's proapects in the Union. They had quite a Lay meeting & few days sin t Mr. Ely's office, in this city, where they conc: 1 méasures to ope- rate upon the Lewsiature. They constitute a sort of Jacobin Clab. and hope io coerce the Legislatuce a the fashion that the great Jucobiv to institote a comporleon between gree’ things and | smal ones. Toeir talk on slavery is ail affictation, | as most of them have been rampant abolition eis, | and will be so 0 if abolitionisma should once | more becouie the fasbiov. Among the principal workers in this plot, ts 2 Sir. Harrington, of Brigh- ton, who is arter the inspeetorsbip of fish, the best office in the ie. Mr. Stanley, of Melrose, who withes to be Warden of the S 1igon, is another; and s third iv a issex, who aceks to | be Sheriff of that ¢ is & Freemason, | and also an Odd Fellow. he has a large somber of influences at work in his support, and | cones @ trong position. and is uaderatood f fle used to support Gen. Wilson, but now he speaks very cootly on the | subject, andin such atone as to convince peor le thet he wouid have #4 jittie hesitation in takng ie in butchering that gentleman as he has exhi- ited in dispozing of invet of his '‘frieuds’’ in former seat in Con- one saved him rom political annitilation ie 1852, when a poction s = Es g Fe i 5 = e i=3 | of the demozracy, wuder che lead of the Pus/, was | working hard to prevent his election, but | It is, however, not at | Thaddeus Stevens | |b | cllors is the just act in che or At that very time he wae pursuing & course that was suro to canse the defeat of the General, who was a candi- date in the adjoining dictrict. He is considered the meat selfian of al! ovr politicians, and has used m for his own purposes more than all the rest of the combined, However, his day will bave an ead, His recent ative epecoh has og) a feeling of gereral Cisguat-—ito contend to | all bis previous aod a i The friends of #) Wy 1a » far tested th | yength asto defest cae nom! of M y | for Executive Cour «ior fre f k district. Mr | Thatcher was the ,entleman desi ¢d fox the o! | Gov. Gardser, b him, and effected th is one of their own ne. to be “a brick from Be) the new party within try tion, is composed. The postponement of the © next Monday carrie’ the dulive address over to that day, and w) may not get 0 even 80 800m a2 that. ‘tie evs ving in of she 9 izacion of ta gay érument, and then his Eace”>voy delivers his ad- dreas. The orgatization pro «ds as slowly as it | did urder the coalition, when \ » House was almost equally divided petweon parties a state of afla'rs ay | much unlike that which at pr vent exias as you could poratbly immagine. This vaat of vigor and in- | abjiity to work is altriouted to tho rawness of mst members; but I ventu:e to guess that it is | quite as much owing to ihe 4ifficnity of selecting Counc'llors aa to anything else. Rome of the whig Know Nothing, soem disposed tu cheat their less sophisticated bre Toe coan- ties of Hamp:bire and Franklin form a Coune!'lor district, and yesterday one of the Senators {r-m Hampshire got the members from that coanty ts gether end prevailed upon this snug little cau W selects Northampton jarson, whe w sald to | connected with him in bre: nocilior, they being so inexperienced as v that Frank- lin’s members were also ¢ t > vote in the se | lection of a cardidate. ‘ar object was to prevent the cle: rd, s leading free sciler. This 5 1 at | o'clock at night, o tre Ely ioterest rallied agaiast sion of De. Wes!, who nis uch was laten ed «9 show ot what 5 uff ow Notuing organ’ sa- neillor elections to of the Goveraor’s | i i} | vowed by ia these rapid yand #0 earnesily. » geutlomen work ee A ¢00d story Ia told of the way u which outside interlerence is taken by the Amer in perty. The | Sprirgfield whivo were anxious t. ive “ir, Stowe, Clerk of the last House, ree and the ofleced i Soringfeld Reprblican graciou ser | vices to the inside barbarians. 4} | the Republican, came d nees; aud oo Tuceday kentlecen hada ajee bit Hot], in bonor of Mr, Stowe» of the mail. While the birds ard cud part of Belthazzar and his seule ove of theic fileudy whig Koow Nohicg mes come in from the canvasa, Hoe Stowe geil” psked My Bolles, in » may hyget NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1855. _ and as if the number was the only point of conse- querce. “ Five!” seid Mr, R——*. “ What does that nean?” exclaimed the editor. “It rarass,” wee the reply, “ that Stowe is not a membes of tho or der, ard that tho Snringfle!d Republican advocated bis clection.” Br. B. a got up, and takiug R's arm, walked about the room with him, end asked Dim if he was n’t joking when he eald tho Repu’ hicon’s advocacy had by “ poor Stows’s chances; but Mr. @. assured him tbat he wae as gerious a3 & debtor with no funds, or @ sexton, or a whig ou the morning of the Mth of November, 1854. Mr. Bolles abould console himself wita the reflection that he is situated now es General Cxss was under the Pok administration, that veteran statesman then teliing lis friends that his recom- mendstions only fujured their chances with the President. Mr. Bolles is understood to free with his wdvice to Governor Gardner; avd if you should see any peculiar maxi- festations cf wisdom on the part of Govecnor, don’t fail to give tne credlt of i¢ to the Springtald gentleman, The whigs can’t rid of the izea that they are yet in power, the time that the coalition’ had possession of the government th used to call the administration party “ the opposl- tion.” They evidently think that they are rulera de jure now, but de facto they are not, tn most people’s opinions. vThe large yore received by Rev. Theodore Parker for chaplvin of the Hous:—122, not 172, as atatea ina morting paper- shows that the abolition ele- ment is quite strong in that body. Tnere waz a racy debate on the subject, and mea! bissed, acd stumped, und catled ont order!” In the moat ap- yoved style, Idon’t think they could huve doce Better if they bad oeen in the House for ten years, instead of two days. Mr. Greeley lectared, last evening, on “ Slavery ard Lsber,” being one of the gentlemen selevted to deliver the anti-slavery course. ae Courier of this morning cuts him up. Axaoma. Our North Carolti Correspondence, Newsern, Dec. 27, 1854. Meeting of the Legislature—Property Representa- tron—Reform and Internal Improvements Going Ahead, §c. Our Legislature is now in session, and as yat we have had nothing of general importance before tha collective wisdom of the “Old North State” save afew introductions of bills for internal improve ments, and the free suffrage one,fathored by the late whig candidate for the Vice Presidency, which Jat- ter is not, strictly speaking, a free suffrage one, for it contemplates leaving untouched the land qualiti- cations of the candidates for the Legislature, the pro- perty ditto of the Governor, and the distribation of the school fund according to the basis of represen: tation permitted in apportioning members of the Aesembly. Here, in North Carolina, we sano’ ua- derstand the fact that vrope-ty makes 1s neisner wiser nor fitter for enjoying the clestiv» iranchise cr for legielating Solonicaliy. We, or ruiaer those of us who do the public bu seo generally compored of men who mix very litle with the masses, and consequently are unsbie so comprehoud the will of the great majority of tne people,) must have our property represented. Tuis is a yreat fault in republican legislation, and shows a want of confidence iu the pripciple that “the people are ab'e to govern themeeives.”” As regards the laud qualification necessary to en- abe a man to represent Lis country in the Sonate have been ver; | or Honse, or the fifty acre freehold, which entisles av individusi to vote exclusively for tho members in the Senate, why, is it not starce? Hava we not men voting in the Sonste anongst us, waosa entire effects would not bring five dollars; waist there sre cthers who possess thousands of doliara worth of property, real axd personal, and who, from uot possessing real estate to the extout of Atty ace Bi) right of yuting in the Senate. again, we have piring young men, lawyers and others, who pur- chase the reqaived jand qualification for a conple of deilazs, perhape, and have acthing cise, wo rapre- sent usin both houses. Now, we see how easily the coustitution is rendered null and yoid; why, thea, live under a compact which is only effective in re- straining strictly conscientious men trom breaches | f it? I look upon this system of exclusive privitegs: for particular clasces of citizens as cuentas: and giving the tie direct to the principle, “shat all (fre white) men are born (politically) free and equal.” 1 is a system baxed upon the old baronial privileges that flourishei in the middle ages, ana tha’ Blace- store terms the “feudal system.” Jt, however, muet econ be dispelled by the sun of civiliz:.ion, warmed by the geuial glow so generaliy diffused hy our common achoole. No constiturioa—no lay, framed on such a basis—can long exist in the niid! of the nineteenth century. Education is too gene- rally diffored, lighting up, aa it were, the minds of the Jaw ehiding “Yourg America” of the “Oid North State,” at their ind chimuey corners, ouny meu of North Carolina no longer ars blinded yy the curt: their rigits and the gocd of their common movher-—the genuine, real “land of ster ie ’ Heree, wo woe proposed alterati >: in our constitution, and the present activity ia the furor for laternal improvements, vutil timid men and cid fogies are fearful we will overstep the bounds of discretioa, and involve the State too largely in debt, beyond tic means of our Jiquidation, particuisrly as our populaiion is rather sjarse. We expect to suffer some in that line; but we had better weer oui than rust from mpinencss. But we have some giaot buriness micds in our present Legislature —suflicient “leaven to leave the ol | whole lump,” and to restiain the youthful eatin: ; asm of “Young : America,” and to curb the eff from Pitt, to bind them down to “ Jefferson ficed sufficiently to the square aad compass, woen thew trareact their business so as to be understood, ped have bad a karmonious time “ dnricg meet ing. hike Serator fecm Orange, Mr. Giaham, evidently wishes to do away swith these aristocratic debris of ancient days. He posesses too nob's an intellect and ton gexerous a heart Lo} so sve the crying injus.ice toa large pcrtion of his iellow cit'zea3; restrained by too mach pradence, and is fearful of rousing the i ty of our farmers, why, as he thinks, are aaa becy in favor of the presey yonsti- tation, Let him pnglen freely with th. .a, aad he will find that a tures with fre . Livog apart fram the little trikeries of trate ard 1m body more feud of justice juity than any otho t w class of MED, aud rcasouab!y ask the question. ny sbontd one clits of citizeny have rigits that are da ried the rest? Ib is true tore are. ‘ re, indiviénsis who this differen iy; bat ve sre almori alwars uote shavers—men wh res arted from the izjaaction tha! man should hens forth cultivate the esrth for bis sudsist o>, ard ave not, etiietiy epoaking, farmers. present bas's of representation iat ‘are, to Egat will never suffice to bocisin o@ (© pay for tleir slaves, boch as prop come arie'vg from their Iabor) and «- ink, jasuiy, thet those who bear the burdea of government, ought t> share oyu pro rata it the means of governiag } , exes, Thigig an entirely diferent si tribution of “he “School Vand,” f r from the sale of which the fond aris by the biood ane teeaanee of wi te yy lars donct permit rovcoos to | dvith why this would be, io f ct, gi iga’a alana” to the sons and daugh' sts ot + m7 + vi the greatest number of slaves with’ in. ly seders, and which woud be reok iojutes to tom wl aos sessed no slaves, or only © sutli veros foumssiis purpeses. With thee iow nivte C #il close ; rowrwlng fat thee remarks w a fuurce time. Ta on es }oot OBSERVRR. Our Key West Correspondence, Key West, Dav. 26, 1855+ Absence of Shipping—Vesels Buthing— Cyaber of South Florida — Prospects for Vey West ia the Ship Buiding Line~ The Hemp Plant. A fortnight tas passed sires we last wrote you, Curing which time not a vessel has gone ganore unon the Florida reef, and but one arrived at this place in distress. At this scaron of the year, the absence of shippiog is nus al, and at no time for many yeers past have so © ~ vessels been in our har. tor as duting the pest month. Notwithstanding, buemmees is quite brisk; al. classes are employed ex- cept the commission mere’: Over a imadred oare at work up pper snow building in the sip yard of Bowne & Cony. This is the tirst vessel of ary size ever com: reed ia the S‘ate. £ constructed Ily of mahogany, live wg vood and vedar. fasting wood. Her fast 28 are copper, and as terial na ta She ia be wh ae nod she « wd wg {0 passed in the a hera used of ignorance, and have awakened to | 3 | Manuel” Mon uow-a days think they hive sacri- | et he is | rity of taem are in rap- | p, of 1,400 | d workmanship ate | |! for beams, Plackirg, snd for the decks, ad in donbtless the must oy tee theas , Surpoiee of all others. ‘The toresis of South Fio yemain in their native state ro axe hes pruned them, and no ruth’ess squater has girdled their truaks; they stecd forth in their semana sf ‘and grandeur, awaiting toe onward march of civilization. fuey are seg of un‘old eee, — will at no — eageriy sought for purposes 0! iP ey ding re ved oot tae Key wet which ze 64 & Golgotba for 8 erfect grave yard, where can be seen strewed Hpout in ali thei: hideous deformity tLe bones of unfortans‘e vessels—— atature big with tho bellying canvasa of hundreds of proud _leviathans of the ceep—conceived, brough$ fork sae launched, by her energetic aud skisfal abip- wrighte, @ ig another source of wealth amorg there sandy keys, which remains to bedeveiopad by future ert snd industry, and tor which our soil and elima‘e possexs peculiar advantages—we allude to the hital hemp, This plant waa intrcduced into South Fiorioa by the Iamented Dr. Perrine, a tew yeara reviousto his death. Had ha lived, its culture would ave been extended, aud its value batter knowa, Within a short time, however, eeveral of oar citizens have interested themselves ia its caltivatioa, und Many thousaud plants ace growing upon this ye ‘The sil of ali the isiandis es gee! rowth. It gathers nouishment from the salt air, and flovrishes with astonishing rapidity where no other plant will take root, Hvery foot of laud otherwise useless ond of no value, can be successfully appro priated to its productiua. Itis s vigorous, healtny plait, end spreading rapidly where planted insin- unies tis bay onet leaves umoag the useless weeds, and forces them to retrcat beforeit. It reqaires litle care, growing almost spontaneously, and in three ears arrives at perfeciion. Its size exceeds that of he origiaal plant as grown in Zscatan, anda the beauty and texture of the fibre cannot ve sarpasssd. That the truth of onc atatement may not be doubted, ' we gend by the Northern Light to your care, for the inspection of the incredulvus, a sample of this hemp. It'tne wealth of crazy bankers could be directed from the wiid apecnlationa of Wall atreet to the de- yelopement of thia valuable plant, some good would be done mankthd, even it they only raised suificient to snepend their S huylers and Swartwouter’s et om- nes genus. Our Vermont Correspendence. Norrarm.p, Vr., January 6, 1855. Mail Robber Arrested—Recovery of Money, Sc. Henry Raggles, Assistant Postmaster, was ar rested here on Friday night, for robbing the Post Office ia this town. Severa! money letters, within a year past, have been misx d, which were deposited in this office, one of which Mr. Bates, cashier of the Nor‘hfield Bark, posted on the 24+ Novembor last, addrossed to Messrs. Bairet and Danforth, Barnard, V+., and containing ¢100 in bills on the Northfiold Bank, amorg which were five one hundred dollar notes. ‘This letter failivg to reach the drm to whora ad- dreestd, the maiter w2s made k10vn to the Post Office Department at Washington, ad the case at once plaved inthe hands of Mr. Holbrovk, spacial agent. Osing to other engagements, Mr. HH. did not reach Northfield until last week, and thon he came incognito, aud after ao faterviow witi! the bark (ficers, proceeded to the investigation in a few days resulted in satisiying hia tia! Norihisld. Raogg'es was flaally temoted to taste the sweets of mouey letters onee more, and gota bite at & letter wiic! bo rapyeued to Kaow all shont, conte: v% fin.ing it in the Toail on toe care, a8 it should have been if hoaesily m » be telegraphed back to tue Nortitiad cashier, to keep a sharp look ous for all bavk notes precented that day, woen io! in walked Riggles into the hank after the despatch wes re ané chenged the ‘identiva which had been plac: | ed inthe letter. Mr. H. back ia the eveaing, | snd fully ideotifying the mouey, svoa waited on thy delinquent clerk, and after an hove’s interyisw with him, returned w the bank and s.resd uyoa she counter ihe identical $600 notes stolen from the Lote ter mailed on the 24ta November, wiica he had Kecreted in the Post Oflica, Raggles was formal'y arrested on Saturday miorn- | ing, end is now ix juil at Montpelier. | He ie & yovog men, about twonty-nne years of ‘age, without family, but enjoying the entire cond- Q:nce of the community. Toe principal charge of | the office fas devo'ved on lita fora year past, the | Postmaster, J. V. Randall, being 0 lawyer and hay- a, te Matters W etiend to. his Cetection wud sivest is considered a yery neat and successful job. ita author remarked to some cue that he ued rather investigate » dozen cases of the kind any where else tran up here among the cute snd cunning Vermonters. Tho cempiivent is ratner an equivdeal ong, to b> sure, but he probably allnded wthe bars climate, tae rough trovellyng, &e ived, Aleghany Coonty, Md.. Coal Statisttes. {From the Cayberland Telegraph, Jan, 4.] Duwing the vas: year shere us4 been more activi- ty lo mining operasions toan for any similar period | Of time since che commencement of the coa! bast- | nessio 1842. 4 is stown by the handsome in- orease Over former yours. Ip 1853 the total amount | # etia marke: was 633,079 tone, whilst tat of 1854 9 oom), showlug aa incesse 0: 114,320 98 acoomolished in the face of | serious beracle reatly retarding shipments, | ‘The following sole, exb'bitiog the amounts for. warde i from (8 54, inclusive, will not o@ wa | inferestng to t peliog aa interest ia the deve- | lopen ont of ¢ f ryland coal field, | | by W lea not 6 y, bat the whole | State, Westera- port. Tons. Total. 184 1 1s! | 184 | Isa brittibiil epeerere yer Total. 310 3,16 Wea receipt 1 Piecmont fo the last worract agereg'ie from the sSecnport region, t be added to trat comun, also to the colann ing tha ovcregete frou the entice region, The | calenlation abov>, however, will not be varied over | 156 tona by ita receipt | t , bo give | oi Canrdtan Ftems, man was stabbed in Torouto on Taesday | \? | evens the stveet, in St. John’s ward, by some | perror \nown, a ied inabout tweety minutes | } afterernss Th) deseased was named Samuet | R it 17 yeare of so He bad bear ue cetion that day, and his mur- to the ill will engendered in conse- | ia §*. John’s ward, Toronto, on ‘head, one of the aldermanic ca. ii- aulted and throyn upon a pile of sis wrist sv hadly oqt with a kaife as od to reach his residence, by the recent fire in Toronto was papers atnouce that the Hou Judge at present ina most precarious state of to William Sime, of tho al sappers and has been convicted at Ilalifex of the murder ¢ ade, named Richard Wilkinson, by shoot | wg Lim with bis carbine, owing to some retaarke made by the deceased about Sime’s trousers. He was @ Kingeton News snys:--“The weethor has nged irom mild and wet to frosty and Oar ticnble was nowhere else than at the starting point, | | arite of the 6:h of | by bis own mle of eviden e, The Guano Trade. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. i By repudiating hw “obligations to adopt Ligbiz,” whom he drat quoted oa qnestions in agricultaral chemistry, and by silence on the other eminen! au- | thorities, your correspondent “Ammonia” avowed!y aud tacitiy admits the irath of our prop sitions, establiehed in your paper of the Gih inst., to wit:s— 1, Ammonia ia a cocrosive poisoa to bot animal ard vegetabls life. 2. These statements avoat ammonia and its effects on vegetation, though true, and ably sustained by the highest authorities, do not announcea naw erain egricultural chemistry, becauce the authori. ties that sustain thess facts are as old as the acionca of agricultural chemistry iteelf. 8. Phosphate of ime, constituting less than one- fourth of the groes weight of Peruvian guano, is the only valuable manure contained in it. 4. Tre Mexican guaso, from the rainy districts, contains in round numbers three times as much phosp! ate of lime as the Peravian from the rainless Chincha Islands; hence, the Mexisan phosphatic ga- ano is worth three times as much asthe Peravian ammoniacal guano a9 an agricultural manure. After tacitly admitting the foregoing propositions, by silence on tho eminent authorities that sustain them, “Ammonia” makes a pathetic appeal to the credniity of your resdcrs when he asks, ‘Wh! does the reader think of the qaestion—will it be believed that in all forms, degrees and circumstances, ammo- nia is@ corrosive poison t2 animal and vegetable life? Because ammonia is injurious when applied alone and in excess, cap it be so when apglied in small quantities, and in whatever connection or cir- cumstances 2” Yee, certainly ; we can answer for the gentle read- er, All the authorities say yes. De. Ure says, “An animal piunged into it [aot a minute grain pluuged into the apims!) speedily dies.” All onr medical schools, speaking through the United S:ates Dis- pensatory, say “its effscrs are tose ofa corrosive poison.” And the same uuthority intimates that it cannot be taken alone, even in small quantities, when it says “it is irrespirable, the glott is closing spasmodically when the attempt ie made to breathe it?” Yoor correspondent is not very explicit in terms: we are left tv conje ture how much is meant by “small quactities.” A fy may drown ima pint of water, while a thirsty camel would deem that a very email quantity. We may approximate the meaning by supposing that iu agricultural manures, a foll may be @ smal! quantity. Aad although pert to adopt Liebiy’ opinien on this subject, we supose he will fee! wader obligations to admit the opinious and sayings of practices! farmers, veiling agents and certiiate writers, whom the Persviau Guavo Company cought and employed to procure and publish in pamobles form, “ hut dreds and thousands of unqueidec testimonials in favor of the great snperiority of Peruvian guan aad of ite extraordinary inerease.’’ Amorg those -ublished vartificates are some very seneibls, and, bearing directly on this point, of ser- tain deate to vegetation, ia appiyiog Pernv.an aa. moniscal guano ‘in smoli quantities, and in whatever connect! n or circumstance At page 46 of the “thouiard unqushéed te: oniale,”’ Me, Allen, a highly respecteble genvleroan, sags —“‘ Nover pat guane [Peraviey } in che hill with corn, no matter if covered two or turce inches deep. Bo sure 3 the roots touch the gaan», it wii! cersainly kill che corn.” Mr, Allen coca not state how small a quin- tty of the ammicviacal gnane is reqnired to kill vegetation, but from to s’stement we may infer that a single grain is death t) corn; and he adds, “the same with beass, pers, melon vines, and, in fact, most vegetable crops’? At page 90 of those ext aordivary testimonials is a letter from a very re- epectsb'e farmer o! Long Islan’, Seta Raynor, 3q., who says, “I Lave not fousd it [Peruvian guano) to kill the coil, a8 some cali it.” Well, nodody s: the ammoniacal guano we? more destrus:ive than areenic or fire. or rattiesnake bice, neither of which “kill the soil,” aa some call i. Bat Mr. Raynor fourd it very peisonens and destructive to vegeta- tion, ¢ven in very small quantities. On page 90 he says, one tablesp oaful [of Peraviax amimoniacal BUs40,] eppiicd in a hill, for corn, is quite exough, &rd that requires to be pub some aix iaches from the secd, other wae ir will kill it.” Thus, it appeara that a toblespoon nehes éistaot from cora or Keo.” Phe reader may sup- satistretory proof of its proper- for practical evidence,” is ar quintity fsa dead kon, S90 moi tor practical evideace » by systhesia we may inquire if 8 ull kills cons asd seed ab x inches, at what cistacce will a tea or saltspoonful kill corn or seeds? Or, it a tevlespoonfal of Peravian ammonia ot oane will kill a till of corn at six inches, at what distencs wi'la ten of Peruvian guaco kil! an | acre of corn? We may be snared come men‘al ef. fort &t syi thesis on the latter in‘erogatory, a3 we find “‘cbe interesting fact” mentioned by the candit aud gentiemaniy Mr Ray: who, on page 90 of those “cuqualified test: moatals,” says, some lave lost acres by potiiog tunis coraon that [:ablespoou- fu)] tittle quansicy.”” Now, hir. Editor, altuongo “A nmonia” repuJistes Liebig, the need cf agricultaral aciezce, and claims thathe is under “no obligatis to aioot Liebig, merely besanse I [Ammunia) qa him on a point of fact,” be is certainly under obligations to adooe or admit the evidence from his own “ atrong aad unqualified testimoniels which have been published” in the Peruvian ammoniaval company’s pamphiet, which anys 2 tablespoontul of ihe Peravian ammoni- cal guano will kil & bill or acre of com at six mches distarce, Teen, indepenleat of Liebig, Tur- ner wud other eminent authoriiies, cited i1 our Dacember, we hava, aod using his cwn words, chown that “beceuse awmon's is fetal to plants whea ‘eaed oa their roots, there- fore it fs £0 when vsed ninyte portions and not plseed on the roots,”’ aud, elso that “therefore tae e€ed, sill certainly po-e ‘ (hut the mo- ties, tothese who the distance eff ab shot on corp. | ammonia in Peruvian paano would be of no value.” For surely there rau se no commercial or agricul: tural value in an emmoaical guano that will kill corn and other seede at six aches distance; es.e cially when the best authorities say, “we canno’ inercase the fert lity of our tielis by a supply of nitrogenized manure, or by salts of ammonia.” Ard, (if we may be permitted to prune the gen- | tleman’s barren propagstions,) because ammoaia is fetal to planis when applied ia minote portions six inches distant, there ure it is fatal poison when heaped on the roots, And hence, if one spoonfi! of the impure nitrogenized, sandy, filthy ammoniaoal compound know» as I’-rovian guano, will kill a nill of corn at six inches distance, therefore a minute poition of pure ammonia is destructive to whole acres of graiv,anrd ia a corrosive poison ty hota snimal and vegetable life, as proved by pra’ iy by experts in agricu'ture, by the highest au' ties in science, and by the most faniliar truths in or- | gine and inorgenic chemistry, (Vide Henao, | ec. 6.) Now, all “these facts about the deadly influence of pnre ammonia,” or about the deadly influence of | pwe Peruvian guano, are not new, and constitute nonewera. We certainly stated all these facts in | your paper of the 221 Nov.; and again on the 6th ult., sustained by the highest anthorities, as old ai, | and co-eval with, the first dawn ot agricuitaral chemistry. It is not our fault if “Ammonia,” or the relect committee of the House at the last axe sicn, remained ignorant of these facts, when they attempted to regulate the guano trade, under the er- | roneous idea that the Pcrovian eas vie | of the rainlees Chincha Islands, was # valuable arbor is again fully open, the Leavy waAeimon sy night having broken up «nd cartied out all the . Tie Kingston News says that on Wedaesday night last, as Mr.Jobn Viilton was employed on Captain Bowen's wharf, at the bottom of a larga boiler, being constructed for the new steamer Ban- ohee, lately Jaunched from the ship yard at Porta | mouth, the Lf 4 at one side of the oiler su¢deuly gave way, oud the whcle weight of the bulky ina cine fell on Mr. Wilton, killing him iastantly. “are | sentenced to death, | | | | Scrrosep Derrcrion or Ta Missixo Rocutsrer | Ginn —about the let December, a young wo.wan | arrived in this city, and stopped at @ second claw | Lotel. A lady boarder at the house, who Lad been | needing the accounts of Emma Moore's disappoar- ence, was struck with the resemblance of this youn: wenian to the descriptioa given of the missiag girl. She farther learned that the person in — had come from Rochester, and observed that she had with ber just each clothing’sas| mins Moore waa rep | resented ‘to have had on when Iast seen in Roches | ter. This morning the Mayor considered himself | juctified in ordering the arrest of tie girl. She | Cenied being Frome Moore, stating that she came yom Davenport, New York, and had never been in | Recbeater, except when she passed thr ugh it on ber way West. Hor stety, however, was contra- tory in many respects, and this, with the facts hove mentic med, indaced the Mavor to keep her in custody antil word can be fram Rochester. S'e ia about the size and age of Emma Moore. Ste ne heen going almost conatantip since her first ar- val in this eity, having taken trips to Indianopolia acd other places, and stopping at different places every time ebe returned to the city.—Cincisnati T mes, Jon: manure. Our naturally gererous and forgiving disposition jasion t2 our | is not ot all Giurbed by the deli sate “ superior acientific Cog eth ph A fall are of man’s ye*rs fondly devoted to experiment, etady, | and disc in natural science, bave nerved us | sgainst such delicate from even far leas | questicnable sour ¢s. But wo are mortified to | acknowledge the force and effect of placing us in | the same sentence with the distin; debig | when “Ammonia” says, “ Neither Liebig nor I. tells us the results in country of manuring | with Peruvian guano.” We certainly told you that RS effect of manvring with Peravian guano, in this d all other countries, was a poisonous corrosion, and destructive of all vegetation. (Vide Hrrann | of Nov. 22, and Dec. 6.) Liebig tells you that by mavuring with the soluble a aate of ammonia, in the Peruvian guavo, the effec: is “the plant dies.” (Liebig in the Henao, | Dec. 6.) Liebig sleo telis that the crude | Peruvian guano has no value in agricnitoral mature; that those who asa it are foolishly wasting their time and money, because the only va- | luable manure in it is some twenty-three per cent of phosphate salt, while much toe largest part (itty-ihree per cent) ia nitrogenised matter and am- mon.acal salts, that are worse than worthless in ag: ricul ura! mapore, inasmuch as they are poiron and ceatroy, while “ we cannot increase the ferti- lity of our flelde BY a supply of nitrogenized ma ond by salts of ammonia.” — (Liebig, in Henaun, ©. 6.) Then, surely both Liebig end F. told you the la- wentebie results of manuring with Peruvian guano. Apicuitursl chemistry cannot tell or teach any otber result from manuring with the ammoniacal | ALG plbvesinded guano of the salaley Calta | cent of the crude mas: shovel or forkfull may be large, and that aspoon | “ Ammonia” repudistes “any obligation’ oa his | | mask ensigns from the windows and balconies of the Islands. In a rein'ess district, the digs: and decom: aitrogen of tne fish must, usite with the hydrogen of the ajscous particles, ard evavorate in the for: monia, unless i: can seize on ite equi carbonic acid, when the result ia a carbonate, or a's of ammonia, waoich, together with the sand, water of organ zation, and uvdeco! ised matter, umounting to soma seventy-seven per en umber sind extombs cha a salt, in the crodg remaining twenty-turee per cent of Seaouly valuable manure containe: ous mare. Pvextcan guano from the rainy districts containg , and sometimes a3 “ish as 70 per cent of the precioas phorphate of lime, +o ble and valua‘le in agriculture; not b.s2u9e of any difference in the tien or excrement of se\fow! that constitute all gvanos, but because the rain water, hay- ig very strong attraction for ammonis, has siezod acd carried it off om fast as it was formed. valuable phosphute of lime is thus washed and fied from all poison or other di mater, and is eminent); snereee for imediate use in fer- tilizing our ficids as (ood for planta, a3 the intl. pensabie and vsluadle element ia all g¢sia, all seoda and in all b:nes of men aad animals. Phosphate la indeed the gicat universal food for plants, and tae at back bone of vegetable and enimal lite. Witnoat phos, bate in the soil plants c:ul4 not bear reeds or giain. Without phosphate in their foddg| men and anims's could not bave bones. i The Mexican guano, so rich in phosptate of lime, contains only from four to six per cent of nitro- gevized matcer, mostly membrane aod gelatiaous, rtions of tbe fish that served as ford to the som ‘owl. This smal! amount of nitrogenized matter, thongh of no vaiue as an agricultural manure, fae plants (as was conclasively proved i: the HERALD of the 6th ult.) at all times deriving it ia profase and ample quastities from the atmoaphers in whisk they live, yet, being mild and harmless, ii may ald in ‘tegrating the phosphate, and thus compens sate the farmer for trifling cos: of transportae Mexican guano, so entirely free from ammonia or other poxivue poisunr, digested by birds, washed and cleacsed by ceuturies of rain, becomes = nently phosphati:. Wherever science can flourish, under the shining lights of agri-ultura! cepleye Mexican phosphatic no must be esteemed best and most valuable fertilizer known to man And while the present marke} price is continued, (forty dollars per touin allthe Atlantic cities,) it must supercede ail o:her manures in the commerce and fering trade of enlightened uatiuns, Liebig’s Toraer, occupying the front rank in aaeigl chemirtry, at page 1,313 says, ‘iet value of guano depends unionb‘ed!y on fue phosphates waich it contains.” And all science and all correct practice andoubtedly lead to the same conclusion; hence the inteliigeat tical farmer, kesowing that the Mexican contains some three times a3 mavb psospbato of iime as the Pern- vian, will readily perceive tre arent sugeriority and cheapness of the Mexican phospiatic guano over all other vari:ties, aud with strict regard to e | nomy would readily pay three times a3 much monep for aton of tie Mexican phosphatic guano as for ton of the Pernviae amuoniacal variety, bacause ha | would see that he was getting a mach vainable menore in cone ton of Mexi-an gusso as in three tons of Peruvian gusto; while at the sane time it would cost bim three times ag much to cart a ton of the mixed imvure phosphate in the Peruvian as it would cost to cart # tou of the pure, glean wash phosphate ja Mex'can guano, ’ Another -colowy im tbe Mexican phonptasic gua- no, cannot fail to reesive attention from the scicn- title or practical farmer. The Mexican baing free from ell poronens compounds, and c)ataiaing only the clean oure plos bate, tre backbone of vegstavle and animal jife, is rerdy to be svsorbed aad ssai ul- | Jated by the plants, end may atone be plavsed im | the hii with corn or thrown prod cast with the | seeds cver the ti-ld; while tae Pernvi | eequence of the ceadly crrrotive amu | tembs the phespbaie, must be plased six inc we from a live core or seed, or élae be based by tha Plough a foot deep, or be spread out for montha te allow eveyoration and drench'pg raing an oppor- tunity of car: ing off the poisonous ammont:, be- fore you could sefs'y put acorn inthe hi or sow feeds broad cast over tae fieid. If the ammonia has not been washed away or evaporated, the cora ond reeda will certain'y soff-r matiyrdom when the tender roots start on a pitimage in search of the incdicum of phosphate toat had beeu entombed and Pao with the ammonia six cold we i ‘ore. x The Immacalate nceptions Ad (Correspondence of the geese vertiner.} ate, Dec. 11 5 The immacuiate conception of tha oe a fixed tact— a sectieg dogina cf faith Catnolic Church. It was magistecislly proclaimed in the midst of tbe celebration of the fete of the Conception, io St. Peter's, on the 8th instant, by the authentic voice of the Supreme Pontiff. Thr ciicumstances were imvosing. Over two bundred full robed ecclesiastical diguitaries, inc) ding sixty cardinals and one bundred snd forty archdishopa and bishops, repressnting every part of the workd, besides innumerable lesser offive-bearer of the church, assisted in the ceremonies of the eminent cession. Perbaps vo remarkable sn assembly haa not beeu couveked in the metropolitan exthedral before, since the commen xemeut of the centary. The grand proc.ssion was formed at the Vaticatt at 84 o’cioc’ in the merning., It inciuled the Pope’s choir, the civil anthoities of the city, and the whole papal household, en costume, With the candles ard various otber insignia of featal occ sions, and moved in solemn stata to the cathed chantig tie piesc-ibed litany. A long lise of cials preceded tie rich baldeshin of the Poptiff. » po cortege could sesrcely be con- The spectacle in the churoh after the Pops mourt- ed the throne, surrounded by the greens enite, Was perbaps tov oriental to sult wes era notions of Teligious rites. But tae services we « naverthelsae performed with becoming dignity. After the chant- ing of the Evangelists in Latin gad in Greok, Cardi- “ nel Macchi, 9s coyen of the Sacred College, con- Jointly with the prelates present, incinding the bi- stops of the Greek and Armenian rites, preacnted atthe foot of the throne tition in Latin tongues, of which I subjoin a translation, viz.:~ ‘That which for o long time, 0 Most Holy Father, has been ardently d, and with full voie the Catholic Church, vias defer dee te the definitive decision, by your supreme and infallible judgment, of the Imuac.r’ jate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God, for augmenting her praise, hor glory ani hee Yeneration, we, in the name of the Sacred College of Cardinals, of the bishcps of the Catholic world and of all the faithful, humbly and urgently pray that in thie tolemnity of the Most Holy Virgin may be accomplishe? the common desire. For which end, in the midst of thie august sacrifice—~in this temple sacred to the rings of the Apostles, and in this solemn assembly of the most ample Senate of bishops and people, deign, U Most Holy Father, to © your apostolic voice and prono ance the dogmatic+ decree of the Iromaculate Conception of Mary, by which there will be joy in heaven and great rejoicing on earth. The Pope responded that he willingly received the petition, but added that it was see “4 to in yoke the aid of the Holy Spirit, in order to answer it. The “Veri Creator” was then chanted by the ckoir and t! ¢ whole assembly, after which, the sove- reign Pontiff read aloud, but with @ tremulous . yoice, in Latin, the following DECREE. It is a dogma of faith, that the Most Blessed Virgia in the first instant of Ker conception, by the singular privilege and grace of God, In virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, was preserved , exempt from all touch of original sin. The picnunciation of the decres apnounced to the world without by the cannon of the castle of St. Angelo, when all the veils of Rome forthwith commenced @ joyful chime, and the inha- bitants displayed t eir vari colored satin and da- city. The gloomy streets as the flower bordered 5) On the conclusion of the church ceremonies, withy ® hymn cf thavkegiving, in whicn the whole vast congregaticn joined, was and returned to the Vatican, the Pope being borne in @ pontifical cbair to the of Sixtus IV., Tekh Sera gt te fe in with a crown wi ph gems. Among the Sistloputshed “spestelare of the ceremcnies were the Queen of Ssxony, the d'plomatic corps and the chiet offi era of the French The entire city was illuminated in the ering. including the cupola of the Vatican, end the Frenc and Ita! bands made the air vocal with the choicest music for hours. Cardinal Wiseman alsa made a discourse on the occasion, in the Conserva- , to an ilinstrious audience. next morning the Pope held a Consistory in the Apostolic Palace, and made an sddress to the assembled prelates, thanking them for their aasist- ance in the sa:red functions of the cecasion, and ex- horting them to # fai hfal observance of daty in the ' case. Cardinal Bovald, of France, reaponded in bevalf of the assembly. A gold medal was then distribut- ed, bearing the image of the Virgin on one side, and the followng Latin erigraph on the other: —" Dei- i ine labe concept Pius LX. i Australia primitiis sibi oblatis cudi yussit IV. id dec. MDCCCLIV.” rapa has been adopted in bebalf of / the schiematic of the Greek church. The weather has been exceedingly dim» ani dis- agreeable fcr come weeks, though tne sun came out erfally on the day of the great celebration, mach ratification of all parties. General Dix and family bave just arrived from Florence, haviag bar- ried Bere on account of tre illness of the eldst son, , 1 am happy to hear, is likely to recover. Mr. Van Boren has been passing some time at Nice. He was received with appropriate honors, a few days age, on board the flag ship of the Medilerrancan -GhacrGRs to the <==