The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1855, Page 4

i Ee ae NEW YORK HERALD. | ENNET?, fron. § GORDON JANE RIEION AND PROF’ oF adway—CINDER STARA AMUSEMENTS § ae jac BOWERY TWEATRE, BoweFxourrsor Bive-Car wang lar Canscn, "| BURTON'S THEATAB, Chere atcaot—Bavance or Comronr—Txe Wen DERing PR EL--OuD ADAM—ONR Tuovusasd MiLLiNEKa, WALLACK’S THEATRE, we Lady Ane Grentiema: way—Niowe anv Morn: OPOLITAN TAHAT Brosdway--Equasteian Ps RMANCES—Siavew OAR—Ronenr Maca. + AMERICAN MUSEUM+-Adoou—Liws as Twe Pras Javine roo Fast. ByeninV suLace—Tae Santis. ‘WOOD'S MINSTREM®, M ioe? Well—472 Broadway. 5239 Brosdwoy—Bucx- BUCKLEY'S OPERA Ti berday afternoca, briogimix days later news from Europe. ‘The progrers of the sig of Sebsetopol continusd onmarked by any event{ moment. Toe gccounts from the C:imes, bower, are conflicting. Gon, Oanrebert writes thet assault would be made onthe 28th ult., while?rince Measchikoff states that up to the 26th hing of importance had taken place; and an authority does not anti- cipate any decided myment before the 15th of the present month, It hs highly probable, how- ever, that some importa: step woud speedily b2 taken by the allies, Accounts from Asia stg that the Rassian army had advanced to Tapsk K}ch, where it attacked a recoubt, but suffered a rey The conference at Vieng on the 28:h ult. made known the precise interprtation of the allies of she four pointe to Prince Gorfchakoff. He requested fourteen days delay to obfin instructions from St. Petereburg. It is stated hat the Russian interpre- ‘tation differs but little fran that of the allies; bat this is not regarded as \ffording apy chanse for Peace. Prussia is dispo¢d to join in new stipula- Mons of & pacific tenden/y, bot declines placing her | yerterday there were ail xorts ot absurd ramers wore doing; oll Smthen broug't 102.5 new 64 | Weed has clearly no right to authorwe yellow aad white, 1680. 9 Ito sold 6! 1400.5 and Jersyy do., for Tattliing, ve 193hs, Meal was 1240. per barrel hig’ Aotsiey ms Jover. A cargo of Pernambuco sugar, js bars, was seid At 625 dod part for exoo.t, at dc. ip, dood; New Orleare also ald pretty freely, for refuing, at Ake. & be. Pre ladies bol’ for the relief of the poor of the ely, held at the Academy of Music ‘eet evening, Wes & stupend ves affair. Some six thonsacd per sons were precons, and the profity, wil probably ch ten thonrand dollars. Everythieg passed off with the utmest harmony. Dariy.g the afternoon of North river ‘ys afloat of ev intouded riot, audit was stated that a regiment-of militia had beem placed under orders, and thata large police force had been detailed ia anticipetion of aa emergonsy. Those statement had the effect of keeping a large number of charitebly dispcsed persons away from the ball, but it was, notwithstanding, a successful affair. Ovr telegraphic” despatches mention the recent failoxe of three heavy banking hoases at St. Louis, & timiler estsblishmens at New Orleans, and a ficm engaged in the cotton trade at the same place, like- wise the suspension of a prominent commission house at Lonisvill e. The procesdiugs in the Legislature yesterisy were not of a particularly practical chara ster. The resolutions againet the appointment of foreigners to diplomatic staticns an d amending the naturaliza- tion laws were warmly debated, aud laid ou the table. Our correspondent gives a sk-tch of the ds- bate. A bill providing for taking the ceasas was introduced. It provides for taking the oensus dar- ing the present year, and every tenth year here- after. ‘The Meetings In the Park. Meetings have keen held in the Park almost daily for weeks; and so far as observers can judge have been attended by nearly the same au- dience. At first these meetings were peaceable in their character and moderate in their tone. ‘rojects of social and economical reform were mooted, none of which had any claim to grave consideration. Here and there some foolish protectionist advised an alteration of the tariff; or some stupid mob orator came out with an absurb panacea for the ilis of society. But as no harm was done, and none threatened, the public at large took no more notice of the meetings than of the scores of others which take place daily and weekly in New York. ermy upon 4 war footing. It is s'ated that a treaty bas been’ signed between Frauce and Austria, guarantying to Austria the possession of be: Italian provinces, Tee returns of the Board of Trade of Great B-i. fain show a decrease in the exports for the month ending the 5th ult,, amounting to £2,000,000 ster. Ming. In Russia additional revenue is to be raised enealtand tobacco, The governments of Prussia and Sritzeriand have prohibited their subjecta from enlistivg in foreign service. If the German Powers Solow this example their recent act of the Britian Parliament, for the enrolment of a foreiga force, will probably prove ineffective. There are sycop- tome of revolutionary movements in Italy. Carrara was decinred in a state of siege, in consequence of what is termed a “labor riot,” and the theatres had been closed and public assemblies crohibited in other citiee. ‘We refer to our telegraphic summary for mora de- tailed particulars of the nes, and the commercial ‘Wtelligence, By the arrival of the steamship Catawbs at this Port jast evonicg wo have savices rom Mavana to the 12th insiant. hey confirm the report pre- viously received of the recall of Captaiu Genera Ooncha. General Zolaba is mentioned as his sac cessor. There was no other news of interest at Hovera. The letter of our correspondent wud a Jate report of the condition of the marke*s may be found in another colawn. We have Ister news from Rio Janeiro respec'ing the movements in the coffe aud flour markste, which ‘s given io enother colamn. The question as to the advantages to a:erue to this country by the Opening of the navigation of the river Amazon was atillunder concideration. There was s rumor to the effet that the English and French squadroas ia- tended to interfere with the Brazilian expedition Sgainet Peragray, bat it wae deemed to be wilLoa: foundation. Tn the United States Senate yesterday (he bille granting increased compensation to Judges, and providing for a reconstruction of the jadiciary sys- ‘em, were generally discussed, but no deflaite ac- thon was bad on either subject. A dill providing for the ex'ension of ths General Post 0 3¢ Wotbing further of general interes? Tu the Hones of Ropreaentat! Rafas Choate’s res 92 69 one of the regents of the Smithzocian Institution vas reveived. Oa mo tion of Mr. Meacham, another of the reagents, th etter of resigcation was referred to 5 s2°25% mittee of five, who were directed to icyuire whe ther the Institution bas heen properly managed, and alse to make a thorough investigation into ite affaire generally. Thore lay always been mora o dees difflculty about this concern, and we hare 20 doubt but that an overhau'ing may possibly lead to the infasion of o fivtlo spiris into ite msaavement, ‘The remainder of the sitting way devoted tothe considerat'on of varions amea‘inents to Pasifis Railroad bill, oll of which were rej 4; aad pend- tog 8 motion Offered by Mr. Vh Fr, of this city. to strike out the enacticg clause, the House ai jouned. Jn another page of to day’s paper wil bs founda fall ard interesting accouat of the robbing of six thousand doliars worth of diamond jewelry from We store of Tiffany & Co., Broadway, aud ‘he mio ner in which the theit eag effected. The person who is alleged to have effected the adroit rubbery is known ic this city under the name of Cant. Venile, although he gives his own name as tha: of Alphonsa Boolard. Ho is o native ot 8% Louis, Mo, aad bh sailed out of this port on several o2casiogs a3 cap- tein of a ship. The prisoner was taksn to the Chief's office, where be confessed his guilt, and was committed to the Tombs for trial. Ta the Bos'd of Counciimen, Iset even’ og, 5 reso bation in favor of appropriating $500 for a metal to Commotere Per of:ring him the freedem of the city rough the Conmit'se of the Whole, wa to a third rasdiog, on finally passed. A report of the Con Almwehovuee Department is favor iP J “f $26,000 to the relief of tha poor, ww referred back to the commitiee, oa 1 iat there was no erdinance authorizing the aporovriation ia the man ner suggested. Ag application was made yesterday to J ige Roneveit, in the Si me Court, on boua’f of the stock \oldere cf the K r Brak, to wave 3 receiver app ealfsirs of curiously managed cor which will be fonnd tu very irons system of fie Jadae Will name the receiver pi Jadge Morris tas given @ decision deny’ application male by the Police Justices damus 0 compel the pay their claim for Sovdey sarrissa, Been allowed by the last Booed of Sapervigors. or am Hoo. Jobn G. Piifrey bas 2 aa the lates', and, perb Bs + of Gow. Wil eon, in the | eg siture, for the pos of United States 5 The co:ton mark haed firn yesterday, with fates of about ! 000 nales on the spot. 4 weraaias wade Jn \sansiiu, Su th ati'y did not tranepire, Mur coptinged to ral heavy for comma graies, while sale desorigtions were only t a mo Certs exiect:, Agsieo’ D rr] sepers’ 6 2u5 Very soon, however, a change took place. As woges fell, and distress became more general, the tone of the meetings of the unemployed workmen became harsher and more querulous Loud complaints were uttered against certain classes of society who were supposed to have had a share in producing the existing state of panic and confusion. The rich were threaten- ed, and the government was roundly rated for not stepping in, violating the law, and exceeding its own powers to provide cheap food and re- munerative work tothe noisy speakers.- Less attention was paid to this symptom than would otherwise have been the case, in consequence of the discovery that most of the orators who thus counselled violence were men of foreign birth. Intermin- gled with their abuse of the rich, and their re- proaches against the State, were waifs aud estrays of Fourrierite doctrine, crade notions of communism, and above all vehement attacks upon the order of the Know Nothinge, Rely- ing upon the capacity of the native citizens to defexd themselves from the violence of Ger- mans and Irish, the people of New York al- ‘owed these things to go on almost without no- tice, for mavy days. Recently, however, this peculiar characteristic of the Park meetingshas ceased to exist. It isno longer true that the men who assemble around the City Hall to dis- course of their want and take counsel fora remedy, ere foreigners, They count among them a large proportion of natives who, like the foreigners, have beendriven out of employ- ment by the hard times and are as resolute in their determination to find redress as the most ardent German or French socialist. It is not fit that the complaints of these mon should be treated with contumely or contempt, That they are euffering under very trying grievances, no one can doubt for an instant: many of them have wives and famil‘es who ob- tain the bare necessaries of life by begging. Clearly these men have a right to meet and ex- press in blunt straigutforward language their thoughis of the causes which have produced the present suffering, and their ideas of the remedy which is neeied. Unquestionably should they be heard; and if, in the occan of their sugges- tions, there be one little speck of soand judg- ment or tratb, let il be acted upon without de- jay. More than this, he is aruflian, who in the face of to mech misery, would assume to criti- cise the sayings and doings of that hangry crowd as he would those of an assembly of asa demivians. Sorrow and suffering have their tights; let us,as men, see them enforced. There is no necessity or prospect here of any such thing as mob rule. When the workmen forget the rights of other classes, and attempt to tyrannize, the sooner and the more vigor- | ously they are put down, the better. When the ‘lopgsboremes refuse to work for $1 50 a Gay and beat men who consent to that rate of wages, they deserve to suffer, and there can be bo question but they will, Oae dolar and a half a day will, on @ pinch, protect a family from starvation ; to refuse it, and to cry out against the hard times isto earn aright to | Sterve. Ti was wheo these ‘longshoremon | strock for higher wayes ; then they could live | | | om those they had ; thea the demand for Jabor | Was great, the supply small ; and accordingly, | they obtained what they asked. | is reverred, the supply execeds the demand, and wages must fall. By this time, we pre- | sume, the ‘longsboremen admit this; but they have damaged their cause by t ling to do so before. It seems a hard thing to tell men whom want pinches to have patience, and ase moderation. But undeniable it is that nothing can be done without these qualities. To blnster and threaten will only waste time, and stir up anzty fuel ings, the first sufferers from which will be the poorer c} 8, those who can hold oul the least during a stra rgle. A cn'm, firm temperate pressure wil} obtain the desired end sooner than any other means Every ong admits now that the thing needed is work for the unemployed clasees; and ni that wrk. We hope they will. We trast and | believe that at this moment the Mayor ant several of the Aldermen are honestly dovotin all their energies to the search of some mod which work can be found. But it mast be ro- membered that the search may be long. lawe cannos be broken every time a depression oceur®; the workmen themselvee who michy derive a temporary benefit to-day from thei: violation would be the very men to puffer tho fe $ hercalen g NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, J ANUARY 18, 1855. | . penditure of over $250 without coraplying with the provisions of the law. While therefore we most earnestly urge upon bim and his cosdju- tors to lose not a mement in hurrying forward any and every project which may legally sup- ply the present great desideratam—work—we call imperatively on the unemployed to render themselves worthy of the interest taken ia ihem by a moderate, peaceable, orderly ucanor. Por the mere present, there is no solute risk of starvation. Oar charities are placed on too comprehensive a seale to allow this to be possible. True, these cannot last, aod the prospect for the morrow is more gloomy than the prospect of to-day; but every hour, we trust, is being turned to agcount by those who have the workingmen’s welfare in charge; and with a little forbearance, the worst may be averted. Tue Squaps_es or THE CaBINET—Marcy OR Cusuiva—Wuicn Cxrique Goes Our?—The re- signation of Soulé brings the struggle be- tween the Marcy and Buchanan interest, and between a peace and a war policy, to a focus. The filibustering programme upon which Marcy was to have been thrown out of the Cabinet, and upon which the Buchanan league were to assume the reins of the administration, has signally failed. No Cuba—no foreign war. Marcy thus far triumphs; but the great ques- the ex- | talk abont the matter. The men who have safes in such positions as to endanger life in case of fire cannot he persuaded—they are too far gone for moral sucsion, They need the | strong arm of the law to coerce them. We trust that some member of the Assembly will | have common humanity enough to introduce a bill on this subject immediately. Tus Present Crisis—Dury or rue Mayor. — —It is now established beyond a doubt that | there are in this city at the present time a | large number of foreign convicts and escaped felons who are looking out for active employ-— ment in the present disturbed state of the working classes. Speeches delivered in the Park prove that a fair sprinkling of German | and native socialists are to be fuand in the | rapks of the unemployed workmen; and senti- ments have already been expressed which | Jeave no room for doubt what the aims of | these men would be should a riot break out. In foreign countiies the same class of indivi- duals have frequently availed themselves of political disturbances to indulge in robbery and the cognate crimes; should a famine lead to riots here, they would do the same in New York. Under other circumstan¢es their inten tions and even their threats might be despised, as we have a large population both native and adopted, who are quite able and willing to sup- tion still to be settled is, will Marcy now retire in disgust or be removed, or will the Jeff. Davis, Cushing and Forney conspiracy be turned adrift in disgrace ? The kitchen filibusters have been overruled. The resignation of Soulé is equivalent to their total defeat. This is the work of Marcy; but it has so far emboldened Mr. Pierce that he has resolved that John Cochrane shall compel Tam- many Hail to declare the President himself a candidate for the succession, Pierce thus ap- propriates the victory of Marcy over Buchanan to himself, after having been the pliant instru- Now the case | n rons ont | b bad | Of ten look to the Common Council to supply | Our | ment of Cushing and Forney in behalf of Buchanan, for the last six months. How are these squabbles to end? Is it likely that, after the discovery of the in- trigues and deep laid schemes of the Bachanaao league on both sides of the water, to coerce Mr. Pierce into a general filibastering war po- icy, and to drive Marcy igaominiously from the Cabinet, he will consent any longer to any official associations with such unscrapu- Jous enemies ae Davis, Cushing and Forney? Can he still consent, with a particle of self respect, that they shall continue to dispute with himself the confidence and management of the administration? It is doubtfal; but we shall see, There are rumors that Marcy will probably resign. A resignation or a reconstruction of the Cabinet to some extent is doubtless the question before him. Consistency and good faith on the part of Pierce require that Cushing and Jeff. Davis should be removed, and that another manager of the kitchen should be ap- Pointed in the place of Forney. But Pierce is mere nobody. If he bas succumbed to the peace policy of Marcy, it is because he lacked the courage, less than the witl, to “ assume the rerpouripliity’” OF adopting the programme of the filiousters, Soulé, Jeff. Davis, Cush- ing, and Forney, will still be acceptable as his favorite flatterers, while it is only fear that attaches him to Marcy. He loves Forney, and Forney hates Marcy and despises Gathrie. Such are the checks and balances employed by Pierce to make his Cabinet a unit. The quarrel has at length come to a crisis. The administration, asitis,canuotstaud. Tae Presidential conspiracy against Marcy still exists, theugh detected and defeated. Com mon decency requires that Mr. Pierce should now decide either for the filibusters in remov- ing, or against them, in retaining Marcy. No pany; but he is right in waiting the final deci- sion of Mr. Pierce. Is it Marcy or Cushioz? “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” “No man can serve two masters.” No man, except she veriest nincompoop, would loager tolerate such a set of treacherous masters as those of the Cushing and kitchen coalition. It is pretty evident that Cushing, Davis and Forney will hold on to their respective places till removed. They will lose the spoils, and have nothing to gain by a resignation. They coant now upon driving Marcy out of the Ua. binet in disgust. But let Marcy forbear, and wait a while, Things have come to a focus, and Mr, Pierce must soon devide for himself iv the choice of a master. Upon that decision depends the entire reconstruction of the Cabi- net, the diplomatic corps, and tho foreign poli- cy of the administration. Who is to be the future mastet?—Cushing or Marcy? Work ror tue Leaisnature—Inon Sarns iN Urrrr Sronims.—Almost every week we re- ceive communications from firemén and others poiotiog cut particular stores cr wareionses where heavy iron safes are plac:d in the npper stories, whereby great danger to life and limb may be iccurred in case of fire. We have hefore us one of these letters, written by a “lower district ficemaa”’ wherein is given an account of the recent moving of aa iron safe of great weight into the third story of a building in Broadway. Onr correspondent says that thie | bailding is one of the “modern browa store front man-traps; and incase of fire this safe would doubtless cauce loss of life.” It has been our daty to alluie to the nuai- sapce complained of by our correspondent, more than once. As he very traly says,, se- veral persons have lost their lives by means of the fulling of safes from the upper stories of buildings on fire, When one of these cases wes fresh in the public mind we pointed oat the very simple means which is used in the Eastern cities | long home and no attempts wore made to pre- | Vent future accidents of the same kind, Bab merchants and others shoald remember that so far as they are known, buildings contaiuing safeson the floors of the upper stories marked by the members of the department; a though brave sometimes to rashness, they ara not foolish enough to rash into the jaws of death for the purpose of saving a few doilirs of murder on their premises. The proper remedy fur the evil cymplataed of above must be applied by law, and it fs the duty of the Legislature to enact that whoo refes are placed in the upper stories of build- ings they shall be properly secured and sup- ported by solid masonry, a portion of, or con- nected with, the walls of the building. Thore | should be a heavy penalty for the violation of this Jaw, and then we can bave something defi- | Aewget | Lak ew Wem Pole Ab pretenb 16 ie wale Ww ad doubt Marcy is disgusted with his Cabinet com- | to prevent such accidents, | | But there it rested. The victim went to bis | worth of property for men who keep the means | press apy attempts of the kind. But at present, unfortunately, distress weighs so heavily on even the most worthy and steady o! the work- ing men tbat it is to be feared they may be led away by the insidious advice of there demagogues. Many are only too ready to listen to them, prepared as they are for their suggestions by the fatal influence of the Seward organs, whose socialism is now be- ginning to tell upon the masses. Taught by the journal which advocates temperance and so forth that eociety is wrongly constructed, that the rich have injured the poor, and that the working man is debarred from his rights, even the most respectable ef the unemployed opera- tives may be inclined to lend an ear to the counsels of those foreigners who offer him re- lief and food on their conditions, It istherefore the bounden duty of the Mayor to take the most energetic means ot providiag for every contingency which may occur. I’ is nonsenge to talkof alarmism; but it must be most without notice, and did much mischief, which a little forethought and preparation might have averted. Similar explosions have taken place as euddenly in foreign countries. Let Mr. Wood be prepared. Let him hold the militia companies in readiness to act at a mo- ment’s notice ; sbove all let it be distinctly ua- derstood, that, should trouble occur, no mercy will be shown to the disturbers of the peace. Prosrecrs or Concress—Tuk Lospy.—There is a heavy calendar of work before the two houses of Congress; but the session is slipping away in adjournments from Thursday to Mon- day in one House, and in buncomb speeches throughout the week in the otaer. The Pacific Railroad has been the hook upon which to hang these clao-trap speeches for some days past; and when they are tired of it, the bill will be laid apon the table. French spoliations, the tariff, internal improvements, or some other impracticable subject, will succeed, with another round of epeeches fur buncomb, and so on to the fag end of the session, Then the two houses will proceed to the business of the ap- Propriation bills and the lobby, and Forney and his assistents will no doubt see to it that | without leave. remembered that the flour riois broke out al- | Latest from the State Capital. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE—TH® GOVERNOR AND THE HARBOR MASTERS—THE RULES OF THE SENATE—MAYOR WOOD'S DOCUMENTS—OOMME&CE WITH VIKGINIA—IMPORTANT TO LAWYERS —THE M'CORMIC REAPER—THE KNOW NOTHINGS—SPEECi OF MB. O'KEEFE. Aunasy, Jan. 17, 1855. The attendance in both houses was respectably fall, though several of the leading members of the lower branch from the city, have been absent since Monday, Resolutions of enquiry will likely be of- fered to-morrow, if the Sage of Bloomingdale does not resume bis post early in the day. The Senate vas engaged in matters of minor impor- tance until twelve o’clock, when the doors were closed, and that body went into secret session, and in the consi- eration of the fitness of office-holders, whose names may have been sent in by the Governor. Thore was not youch businese to transact, as the doors were again thrown open in fifteen minutes. Captain Schultz and his friend Taylor, were on hand, as they are on every exeeutive day. ‘The fact has leaked out that Governor Clark hos decided not to present for confirmation the name of any person now hold- ing the position of Harbor Master. He says it will be unfair to select any of the present officers and reject others, Besides, he thinks that their holding over three years after the expiration of the regular term is quite sufficient for one set of men; and this is a very sensible determination of his Excellency. After the doors were opened, the Senate went into the consideration of the rules reported by Senator Williams for the government of that dignified body. Rules are considered as parliamentary guides for the government of the house, transaction of business in order, and the protection of minorities; but majorities, when they find rules standing in their way, frequently suspend them, or overleap them, with little regard for the minority. Very frequently during former sessions has this method ‘been practised, and very likely always will be. ‘The maj) this morning brought to the desks of the city members, each a package, nicely enveloped in white, containing a charge of ten cents postage. When opened, it appeared they were sent from the Mayor’s office of the city of New York, containing Fernando Wood’s docu. ment No. 5, which as Mayor he had transmitted to the Common Council. Several of the members paid the ten cents, before they wore aware of the contents of the package; but when it became known what the envelope contained, several refused to receive them. His honor the Mayor, should understand, that members of the Legislature, who honestly discharge their duties upoo three dollars a day and board themselves, can ily afford to pay portage upon printed dosuments. The Assemb y, ina spirit of decided liberality, voted to supply each member's desk with acopy of the Revised Statutes of the State, latestedition. Ifany bookseller is green enough to furnish the books, he must look to some other source than t ae Comptroller for their pay, as he will assuredly not recognise the payment under the authority of asimple resolution. Besides, the treasury is bank- rupt, and there would not be a dollar belonging to the eneral fund to pay members, were it not tor an accl- ental payment made w the Comptroller by the Auditor of the Canal ent. Mr. Jimmerson introduced a bill rag persons and vessels from detention at quarantine, trading un the coast Detmeen the city of New York and the ports of Virginia. Mr. Coleman brought in his promised bill, consolida- ting ail the court laws in ‘ity of New York into one act. The lawyers and judges will desire early copies. It | bas been sent to tue press. It is referred to the Judiciary | Committee, of which Hon, Mr. Baker, anti-Maine law, | from Montgomery, is the able chairman. ‘The joint resolution, which paseed unanimously in the Senate, remonstrating against the exteorion by Congress of the McCormick reaper patent, came up for considera- tion. it seems that Senator Seward, McCormick’s stand- ing counsel in the United States courts, obtausd the sage of a law throngh the Senate, with much dexter- hy, and without the knowledge of the agriculturatists who are interested. It is now pending in the House, and the advocates of iree le in reapers, fearing that time woula not permit a suflicient number of remon- strants to present the case to the House of Representatives think the better method now is, to remonstrate through | the Legislature of tho State Mr. Ambrose Stevens, advo- cated the passage of te resolutions with much abitity. | Having beeu the Know Nothing and democratic candidate for Speaker, and this being his maiten speech on the floor of ths House, he was listened to with marked at- tention. Mr. Headly followed against the McCormick patent, and Mr. Khodes in favor of allowing the patenteo further protection. The resolutions were adopted. A ‘tion was yesterday, authorizing a per- bra ed Peppa to distribute some of his writings jenomina’ ool Keports, in the common schools of the State, ‘Ibis morning the resslution was rescinded almost unanimously, Perhaps the members have ascer- tained that the individual has beens fixture upon the supply at the rate of several hundred dollars aanuaily; others may have learned that he was one of the most conspicuous amongst the abouitionists in the celebrated | Jerry rescue case at Syracuse, No reason, publiely, was given for vaking the back track on the resolution adopted } ete It would save much alter thought if men- | bera would scrutinize somewhat closely every resolu- tion offered, expecially if aecompanied with the gravity and sedateness of w statue of ionocence, Generally something will be found under the mask. the railroad land jobbers, in small doses of a ; hundred miles or two, Colt’s patent exten- Gardner claims, are slipped in somewhere. Bills, upon a pinch, may be altered to suit the purpose, as was done las! session, by authority sion yet for the lobby men to despair. The jast week of the session is the time for their harvest; and with Forney at their head, the spoils will be reached in spite of Gathrie. The prospects of business this session are small, bat the field is still open for the spoilsmen. Ovr Norrusrn Poor—Rewier rrom Sovru- ERN Siaves.—It appears, from a telegraphic Mobile, that a general subscription is going on and neighborhood for the relief of the sufferiag This proves two important faste: First, the | correctness of John Mitchel’s impression con- cerning the sieekness and fatness of the negroes of the Alabama cotton plantations. Sesondly, that they have something to spare for the des- titute ot the Nortb, who have neither work nor connection with thie be well for George T. Dowsing, in behalf of | the starving “free colored Americans” of this city, to open a correspondence for a share of the supplies? We see that he has terrapia ; Soup for eale convenicnt to Wall street ; but we hear of no soup from his establish went for the benefit of his soupless colored brethrea. | Why be mealy-mouthed about it? Why not | write on at once to the slaves of Mobile ior a | sudecription in bebalf of a free colored people's sonp house in New York? Tim Cona Masston.—Cornectioy.—One of our Washing: ton correspondents says that Captain G. T, M. Davis was nent by our government as an agent to Cuba, to comma- nicate with the annexation party in that interesting islagd. Such is not the fact been a resident of this city doting the past two yaara, and is engaged in active commercial business lore. The ambassador was another person of the name of Davis. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. WH, SOULE—WAR WITH THE INDIANS, Wasutxcros, Jan, 17, 1855. It is eaid in our diplomatis cirsles that Mr. Soulé was ebilled Into a resignation. In ail official intercourse at Madrid he encountered only the most marked though freezing politenoss, but socially both as to officials acd the leading fashtonab'e society, he and his family were | inolated in the centre of « gay and lively city. The Union of this morning says that Mr. Soulé was recalled from Spain at his owa request. Genoral Scott apprehends a very troibleroms, if not protracted, war with the Indians. There are symptoms of large com)iaations, and the Sioux particularly are \. posseesed with the idea that they caw hold the United | States army at bay; and this is the seoret of their nu- | merous depredations. eins | SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, } ‘Wasmwerox, Jan. 17, 1956. No. 43. Jobn Fishers, administrator, appellant, vs. Moses Wanrer, e al. Argument was eoatinued by | PBiMps for appellant, an? Reverdy Johnson and R Jobn- sion, and various interesting Galphin and | of the clerk. At all events, there is no occa- | despatch which we published yesterday, from | among the black slave population of that city | | poor of the North, and our seaboard cities | bread, nor anybody to provide for them, In | charitable movement | ; among the slaves of Alabams, would it not | Col. G. T. M. Davis has , | The Conemes is mow uiverigating the malver, i ‘The afverncon session of the House yesterday was in- teresting, spirited end entertaining. ‘The subject was | the joint retolution, previously offered by Mr. Headly, of Orange county, disapproving the action of the United States government in appointing resident Ministers | abroad, of foreign extraction. This was both a cut | direct at Pierce for sending such men as Soule and Dale | Owen, and also intended to place the Know Nothings on | record, This geotleman delivered a speech of half an hour, characterized with a fuloess of anti-Catholicisim and pational Americanism. He did not want @ French- man to represent this country in France, nor ® Spaniard | in Spain, nora hivor in Mordeco, nor ab Austrian any- | bab ‘aterbury, of Westchester, followed on the same | side, He reviewed with much force the charasters of | the foreigners now representing this republic abroad, | He regretted that our generai government should have | conferred those appointments upon persons of foreign birth, some of whom still retain their foreign prefer- | ences, | Mz, Mundy opened the debate in opposition. He de- | nounced the resviution, and considered it a mere Kaow | Nothing hobby, a new order of secret politicians, who bad become intoxicated with what they think was suc- | cess at the late election. Mr. Wooten, of vga, Maine law Seward whiz, | moved to amend to fect that no pereon o! birth should be appointed on any fureiga mise | cept he be of Hineco extraction, | (Wbis was introduced as a severe bit uj and sume uf the K. N’s tawled right out. Mr. O'Keefe rose, and in ao imprompta speech at- tracted the attention of the House and the lobvies. In Substance ke said, whilst I have listened with commen- | dable attention and patiouce to the cloqueat dramatic | readings of my friends from Orange (Mr. Eady) and Weatebester (Mr. Waterbury,) 1 must contesa { was | Somewhat astonished at tho over-sensitiveness of the | gevtleman onmy right (Mr. | romowl ashamed I suppose in the chaplain matter, ho was obliged to essay an ex- | planatiog. After the elaborate, prepared, aad tolerably Well read essays of the gentlemen fiom Leange and West- chester, how can J, the sen of & poor torvigaer, and whose ancestors did not fight ia the Revolutionary war, erther upon the side of the patriots or the tories, bs pre- sumed to answer them; and J feel perfectly overwhelm. ed ween I think of the audacity Tnow ianifest in ris- ing to Gebaie any question wth the author of ‘ Was ton and bis Generals,” (alluding to Mr, Headly,) to ing of those unfortunate foreigners. “+ Napoleon farshals.”’ 1 yield to no man in this Hous on of Americanism, in its true sense, for Lam ac an to the heart's core; and though my ancestors were not participants in the war of the Revolution, they were nut the lees able to sympathise, to lope, ant | to pray, for the ultimate suecess of the American aeuis, And from that day to this, let an American show bim self in the land ot Er'n, a thousand welcomes meet him at every step, his pata is strewed with flow rs, aad che vame of the country he hails from is a passport tot Dest aulections, and leads to @ hospitality and the exhit tion cf gratituce and generous impulse, keown to no other country on earth. his noble rave, pinched aud { cramped by misfortune as a nation, without parailel in the history of the world, trampled ‘upon by a superior | physical power, goaded and torn to pieces by a thousand times worse thau the Mackieyallan policy, by the Brit sl nt; following th nt faith of their fatners, ing by the glorious tradition of their nati land, with a fidelity worthy of the dogmas aad plea which that talth and those principles ‘ncule people whose sympathies and whose hearts are with whose beat blood has been freely po: a battic field in our defence—tuim the people, ani there the men, (among others,) which the revoiw now before us contemplates toexclude from a participa | Hon in that inheritance achieved by foreigners, (toe «il were foreigners then.) emt which belongs to them, thir heirs, direct and colla e.a), and their posterity, whee yer they may be founde on th» face of tois broad glove, for. tver and forcver We bave net spare time to give the whole of Me. O'Reefo's remarks, but by coded in this stran for upwords of an hour, and during the whole time com- joanéed the uoiversal attention of the house, nm sOweLOoly, red out upon many ALvaNy, Jan, 17, 1955, Gov. Clark has appointed George M. Pearey Police Jus- tice in New York, vive Sydney H. Stuart, elected (ivy Judge. Five and Lows of Lite in Patladelphia. PuraperPats, Jao. 17, 1956, A fire broke out early this méraing in the lower pact of a boarding house on Chestnut, near Broad street, and | as Mr, Alexander Bowman, of Hagerstown, Md, a stu | dent of medicine, was hurrying down stairs, he lost hie way, and was subsequently divcovered in the sasement so terribly burned that he died shortly afterwards at sve Hospital. Another youog man lesped from one of the ‘upper windows, but escaped with slight injury. ‘The boarding house was kept by » Mrs, Ea rards, now on a visit to New York, and wns set fire to before ou New Year’a night, It is supposed to have beon the work of an incendiary last night, also, and the servacte bave been orreated on suspicion, 5 VOL. XX. United States Senator In Massachusetts, Bostoy, Jan. 17, 1855, A Legislative eancus of the friends of Gen. Wilson was beld this afternoon, and the meeting turned out @ decidedly stormy one. A molicn made to nommata JIchn G, Palfrey im place of Geo. on, and the caucus broke up in confusion. The opponents of Gen. Wilsom also held a caucvs, which was largely attended, and the proceedings, 1t is reported, were marzed by great spirit and unanimity of feeling. * The Missourt United States Senatorship, Citcago, Jan, 17, 1855, The Legislature of Missouri, In joint session at Jeffer~ son city, on the 12th inst., again ballotted for a United States Senator, with the following reselt:—Doniphan, 605 Atchison, 58; Benton, 40; Scott, 1; Wilson, 1. They then adjourned to Thursday, the 25th inst. ‘The whigs in caucus determine! to stand by Co}. Doni- want {aks Business Failures at the South and West. FAILURES AT LOUISVILLE. AND NEW ORLEANS. Lovisvite, Jap. 17, 1855, A commission house of this city failed yesterday. The amount of thelr liabilities hes not been made public, Private advices from New Orleans report the failures of @ banking house and alo of a couple of cottom dealers. iT. LOUIS. NAT, Jan, 17, 1855. Private despatches from St. Louis convey to us the in- formation of the further faiure of three heavy baoking houses in that city. Eastern ex:hange has declined to one per cent premium, From New ans. ADJOURNMENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION LATER FROM TEXAS AND MEXICO. New Onreans, Jan. 16, 1855, The Southern Commercial Convention finally adjourned last night, subject to the call of the Committee of Are Tapgements. We are in receipt of Galveston dates to the 14th inst., by which we leern that the Texas Rangers were all mus- tered for tho service of the United States, A Mexican paper announces the organization of a 6li- bustering party in Texas, designedto operate against the Department of Coahuila. Preparations were making to resist them. Highway Robbery at Rochester. Rocnestsr, Jan. 17, 1855. Aman, named Philip Young, from Thorold, C. W.,was robbed this morning of eight hundred dollars, by two men who are thought to belong to the Canadian gang of robbers. One presented a pisto!, and the other relieved Mr. Y. of the money. HEAVY FAILURES IN a Movements of Steamships. DEPARTURE OF THE ASIA. Boston, Jan. 17, 1855. ‘The Cunard steamsbip Asia sailed at ten o’clock this morning, with ninety-four passengers for Liverpool, and nineteen for Halifax, but no specie. THE AUGUSTA AT SAVANNAH. Savannag, Jan, 16, 1855. The steamship Augusta has arrived here, in Ofty-six hours from New York, all well. Weather Reports. “f ono Jan. 17, 1855. Weather very pleasant; thermometer at zero: ‘f i Eastront, Jan. 17, 1855, Mild, but overcast; wind northwest. Bancor, Jan. 17, 1855, Cloudy and cold; wind northeast. PORTLAND, Jan. 17, 1855. Cloudy; wind northeast ; thermometer 14 degrees above zero, MoxtreEat, Jan. 1i—8 A.M. Weather cloudy, with indications of snow; two inches fell yesterday. OavensevnG, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1865. Cloudy; thermometer 13 above zero; some snow yes+ if Buruineron, Vt., Jam. 17, 1855. Thermometer 14 degress atove zero; snow to a depth of two inches here yesterday. Coxconn, N. H., Jan. 17, 1855. Cloudy; thermometer 21 degrees above zero; two _ inches of snow last night. Boston, Jan. 17, 1855. Snow to the depth of one inch fell last night, Tho chi recommenced to-day, and it is now snowing eavily. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Puivaputrma, Jan. 17, 1855. Stocke were dull at our first board this morain, the following quotations —Readivg Railroad, 36% ; rit , 1234; Long Island Railroad, 1434; Rai 4; sylvania State Fives, market is dull at previo: te EW Ortmans, Jan. 16, 1855. The rales of cotton to-day amounted to 10,000 bales, and the market was rather easier, although not quota: bly lower for qualities below mid iling; other deseriptiona being unshanged. tnow Nothing Items, The Stste Council of Know Nothings, which was ia session last week at Odd Fellows’ Hall, adjourned at £ o’clock on Saturday morning. There were about fifteen hundred delegates present. Considerable business waa transacted: — Ist. The test resolution of a previous State CounciP was re-affirmed almost unanimeusly, This resolution is to compel members to vote for ihe candidates of the or- der for any political office. 2d, The Simon Pure Know Nothings represented 10 this council were purged of all Seward or bogus mem- bers—leaving only two branches in the State—the Bar- ker or Simon Pures, with over a thousand large lodges or councils—and the Allen or Sewardites with between two aud three hundred small lodges or councils, It appears that when Allen was sent to the Nationa) Council at Cincinnati as a delegate, there was a ditference of opinion in regard to his section of the order. The matter was referred back to the State Council for inves- tigation. The result has been that the Barkerites and Allenites ssparated, and the latter joinel the Seward or Utiea faction, in the hopes of gaining the ascendancy if Seward is re elected to the Senate. ‘ihe Barserites now number 105,000 members in the State, | 3d. A delegate from a Legislative Council was presené who represented seventy-eight mombers of the Senate and Assembly. numbef is within two of one-half of all the members of both houses of the Lgi-lature. It was ascertained that six o\ber members were witl the seventy eight in opposition :o Seward’s re-election. 4th. The new ritual of the National Council, repndiat- ing ell isms, unanimously adopted—placing the or, Ger ou purely national grounds. ‘th, Several applications were goceived from lodged delenging to the Utica order, for admission. Political Intelligence. NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR. The Manchester Mirror says it falls to Governor Baker to appoint a successor to Mr. Norris, who will hold Lis seat until after the session of the Legislatare, in June, Among the persons spoken of as likely to bo appointed, are Ex-Governor Dinsmore, Hon. William C. Clarke, W, H. Duncan, of Hanover, ant Hin Guiney, of Rumney. Butit is rumored that t nation Hes between two— a \ at jor- Pennsylvania sg. The money tin not pr . Perhaps, t We hear that Dr, P, Woodbury, ef Bedford, aspires to it. The Richmond Penny Port says that the Know Nothings of Virginia mast succeed on the foorth Thurs- cay Of May vext—that Henry A. Wise, the embodiment of the pribcioles and the leader of the party opposed ta iormation anust be uisbed, or Ameri- a blow whieh will obable fore, P. ning is sure. Wise will or repcried io St. Louis that there will be no election i ssouri Legislature.fcr United States Senator is winter. The Benton, anti-Berton, and whig partiow ly be deveated. pretty equally divided ane onfisching., the nomi- ne fon of Governor Sterling Price led to indictive de- , and u, and ‘othings were defeated at Mayrrilie Ky., on Monday jest, in a contest for the elly council. Pvery tan clested is anti Know Noth rg. ‘The Nashville Union says there are no movements by the whige of Tennessee for a convention to nominate a caud.cate for Covernor, and the prospect is that Col. Gentry will ron “on his vn hook. We hat not ex- ected, until lately, that the whi ty ‘a one of the ih ur Biates whi bh’ voted for tt ould be willing to divband, and let amother party its me, yeceuch are the prevent indications, Col. Gentry will dout less be the Koaw ate, and there will bean aitemps to make ance candidate «lee The Farmville Journal med that a coanciloft Knew -othings was organ “andy River Chi red, Prince Edwaré county, Va ne 13th inst, The Citizens of Cinetnnat? versus the mor Council ane Jolin Mitenel. The Commen Council of Cin Paving pasred a resolution t reception in (bat city, a mee ceedings of (ie city fere)gp Loru, paren. com mojority of (heie covatituen , The meeticg van held in Geeenwood Hall, whieh waa crowerd to such An extent that large mambere were Behl te gate sAmmte ole, BEE ee Fes Oe Leh, eduemey ~ ie ’ eX