The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1855, Page 4

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Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New YOrx Hunaup will be received at the following places in Europe:— Lota -John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street, + Edwards, Sandford & Co., No. 17 Cornhill. Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catharine street. Panw....... Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place de la Bourse Phe contents of the Kuropean edition of the HERaL will embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at Mee office during the previous week, and to the hour of pedlication. The News. Cotton was active yesterday and firm, with sales of 6,000 bales, In transita. The offerings on the spot were light, and sales limited. We quote mid- @ing Uplands at 8}c.; do. Florida at 8gc.; Mobile m0 8jc.; Texas and New O:leans at 92.a 9jc. Flour was unchanged, with rather more doing. Wheat was without important transactions, and Indian orn uuchanged. Pork was firmer, with sales of old mess ad $12 37 8 $12 50; and 1,000 bbis. new mesa were reported sold, deliverable in May and Jane, at $15. Beef was steady, and lard ratber easier to buy at previous inside figures. Sales of American dress- ed hemp were made yesterday at $200 per ton; aud about 1,000 bales Manilla were reported sold, at about 10c. A vague feeling prevailed among deal ere in staple articles of produce that a peace might be at hand in Europe, which had a tendency to cheok speculative movements to some extent, and te keep down prices. In the United States Senate yesterday Messrs. Busted & Krochi’s petition, proposing to remove ‘the obstractions to navigation at Hell Gate, was referred to the Commitee on Commerce, Mr. Gcoper offered 9 resolution calling upon the State and Treasury Departments fir information relative $o pauper and convict emigration from foreigo evuntrics, and the agency those countries have in the transportation hither of said em'grants; also @irectirg inquiry as to what legislation is ne:easary to prevent foreign governments sending paupera ‘end convicts to this country, and likewise whether ¥ is necessary to prevent the voluntary emigration of thie class of emigrants. Mr. Brodhead’s substi- tate to the Bounty Lard bill was adopted. The Piattsburg volunwers were admitted to the benefits ‘of the provisions of the bill, and an amandment giv- ing one hundred and sixty acres of iand to the widow o! each soldier of the Revolution was agreed to. In the House yesterday Mr. Seward, of Georgia, allied attention to the remissness of the Naval Com. talitee in not reporting upona potition asking the establishment of s navy yard at Brunswick, Ga., and in ‘be course of his remarks roundly ra‘ed the standing committees generally for neglecting to re- port upon matters referred tothem. Monday, Tues- @ay and Wednesday of next week were assigned for the consideration of Territorial business. The pand ing motion to reconsider the vote by which the Pacific Railroad bill was referred to a select com- Mittee, and to lay that motion on the table, was @eoided in the affirmative by a majority of one. Ia Committee of the Whole the French Spoliation bill was taken up, and atter some debate as to the actual ‘amount of the claims, it was reported to the House, and pending a motion to close the debate in two hours the House adjourned. Mr. Bayly proposes to gubetitute the Senute bill, which appropriates $5,000,000 in full satisfaction of all claims arising out of the epoliations. The total amount of these @aims is variously estimated at from ten to foxty quillions of dollsrs, but the minimum amount is probably nearest the truth. Nothing of general iaterest transpired in the State Benate yeerterday. In the Assembly the Prohibitory Liquor bill came up for consideration, according to seugnment. The poist in dispute was the amount ef profits that should be allowed the auttwrized wenders of liquors. After much discussion, twenty- five per cent was the limis sgreed upon. We refer to the letier of our correspondent, under the tele- graphic head, fora sketch of the debate. Tue Con- mittee on Commerce have determined to visit this sity on Thursday nex, with the view of examining ‘the harbor for the purpose of ascertaining what en- eroachments have been made thereon, in order that ‘they msy be able to report understandingly on the Dill to prohibit said evcroachments, We have re. eeived a vopy of the registry act to prevent illegal voticg in this city, introduced in the Seaa’e and if % should ever become a law willlay it ‘before our readers. The report of the State Engineer is given on our inside pages. The United States Grand Jury yesterday pre. sented the conduct of Captain Thos. J. Hen-y, 0’ the ship New Era, as negligent of duty and want ing in vigilance on the occasion of the wreck of the New Era on Lovg Branch beach in October last. As there was no law suthorizing the Grand Inquest 0 indict Captain Henry for his culpable conduct on that occasion, they highly censured him for remain- ing in his berth, without the excuse of ill-health, ‘ghen the vessel was approaching the shore. ‘The proceedings in the case of the Empire City Bapk were resumed yesterday, and some further exposures of finatcial operations were made. The matter stands adjourned t) this day. Tho Venezuelan government ha: put into execu- tion its design of taking possession of the Bird Idanés, a cluster of guano-covered rocks im the Caribbean Gea. The invading force drove away ‘two American vessels that were taking in cargoes, ne of which has arrived at Boston. All the Amo- wicans on the islands embarked on board the vee- gels. The sloop-of-war Falmouth, at St. Thomas on the 6th inst., would sail ina few days to watch the movements of the Venezuelans. ‘The rioters on the Brantford (Canada) Railroad, ‘to the number of one hundred and fifty, fally armed, ‘were yesterday in undisputed pomession of the fwack at Caynga, and obliged the directors and a Jargo party that accompanied them, who designed travelling over the road, to beg permission to re- turn. The Sheriff of the county, ho vever, has de- ciied to employ a force of British soldiers against the rioters, and the trouble wil’, 29 dyabt, avva he NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1855. atanend. The laborere will then be patd off and discharged. The person accused of killing Weimple, the Buffalonian, has been committed to prison for wilful murder. We publish in another part of the paper a letter from Mrs. Sarah Young, who says she has been for the last three years the lawful wife of Brigham Young, ex Govervor of Utah territory. Mrs. Yeung promises shortly to visit Boston, in connection with Moss Eliza Williams, another Mormon retugee, who together, will deliver lectares oa the subject of Mormonism, in all the principal citics of the Union. They premise to expose Brigham and his Mormon tollowere, and to warn young iadies against the arte and falsehouds of the em‘s+aries of the Lutter Day Saints who are sent out from the City of the Great Salt Lake to entrap them. If this letter should prove genuine, we mey expect some rich disclosures from the lips of these ladies; but it bears e0 strongly the imprees of a boax that we are not icclined to place much reliance npon it. Brigham Youngshould send us a list of the namesof bis thirty-five wives, that ws may be onour guard sgaiast impostora, and be sble to wern tie public when they are likely te be humbugged. In the Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday, General Henry Wilson, fee soil Kaow Nothing, was elected to the United States Senate by a large majority over all competitors. Tne mat ter bow remains to be decided by the S:ate Senate. Tn anotber column we publish » letter written by Mr. Wileon, giving his viewa of the principles aud objects of the American pa'ty. Our report of the proceediugs of the Ten Go vernors yeste:day is very interesting. The special cecmmittee on emigrant paupers ave proparea for the consideration of the Legislutare amendments to the law now in force, which, if ena ted, will compel the Commissioners of Rmigration to take chargs of all toreign poupers wno bave beep in the county less than five years. The Governors also purpose to tuke into their hands the fall power of discharg ing criminals trom Blackwell’s Island. The United States brig Bauubridge, Com. Huater, of Alvarado celebrity, arrived yesterday from Rio Janeiro, via Barbadoes, where she put in for sup- plies and repairs. She experienced a very rough voyage, and narrowly escaped going on shore during the gale of Sunday vigat. Neal Dow, tve originator of she Maine liquor law, has presented wo the Legisiatare of his Siate an act stil more stringent in ie prohibitory provisions than the one now in force. A synopsis of it is giveu urder the telegraphic heaa L. M Booth, convicted some time since at Mil- waukie of aiding in the escape of a fagitive slave, has been sentenced to one month’s imprisonmzat and a fine of one thousand doilers. The boiler of the steam engine on board the ship Great Republic, now loaiing at Brooklyn, exploded yesterday, injaring severely the engineer and several of the laborers on board. With tue exception of some light damage to tse houses on deck, the snip sustained no injury. The chip carpenters of this city have agreed to accept the reduced rates of wages. They now work for twexty shillings a day, instead of three dollara, as formerly. An altercation occurred yesterday between t¥o men, named Wall and Mason, at a workshop in Maiden lane, during which tie la:ter shot theformer in the abdomen with « pistol. Aa account of the affair ie given elsewhere. As we anticipated, the recent storm proved an- usually disastrous, both on lani snd sea. On the first page may be found full acconats of the ship- wrecks on the Long Island and Jersey coasta, and slo of the damsge experienced throughout the country. Sweeping Progress of the Know Nothing Revolution—Shall Scward be Re-Eleeted. The Kuow Nothings, it appears to be well ascertained, can command, at least in the more popular branch of the Legislature, a majority against the re-election of W. H. Seward to the United States Senate. They will thus have the power of postponivg the election in the event of finding themselves unable to carry through their own candidate. Maoifestly, the next best thing to a conservative suc- cessor for Seward, is to throw over the election to the next Legislature ; but still the geaeral impression seems to be that the Kuow Nothings, failing upon a candidate of their own, will con- sent to Seward’s re-election. Against such a suicidal and ruinous course, on the part of the Know Nothings, let them be warned, Let them remember that W. H. Sew- and is the great stumbling stone to their future prospects as a national party, aud the great is- sue upon which their soundness upon the slavery question in this commonwealth is to be tested. Re-elect him, and all the work of the Know Nothings in New York, and the North, will have to be done over again; su- persede him, or postpone the election for a sea- ron, and all that has been achieved will hold good, and the field, North and South, will be open for the harmonious and uninterrupted progress of the new political revolution. The advances of this popular reaction, under cover of the Know Nothings, are rapidly ex- tending in every direction. In the South, par- ticularly, the progress of Kuow Nothingism is seattering to the winds thé finést estimates of the old party hucksters and politicians of the dey. In North Caroliua, the people, en masse, seem to be enrolling themselves among the mysterious Know Nothings. In Virginia the contagion has spread from the lowlands to the bills, and from the hills to the mountains and their valleys, until the whole State swarms with the invisible Know Nothings, There the reign of the Richmond Junta and the spoils de- mocracy is ended. Henry A. Wise bears their death-knell and bis own in the winds, whether they come from the Chesapeake or the Blue Ridge. He is fighting now, not for a victory, but to cover his retreat, while the Know No- things are multiplying inevery hole and corner of the State. In various other Southern States this strange and extraordinary popular revolution is as ra- pidly going on. The old fogy politicians see nothing, hear nothing; but they feel that great changes are working, like a groundswell, from the bottom of public opinion. George Sanders, upon his ar- rivalat New Orleans, discovers that Cubinet candidates for the succession, Ostend arrange- ments and Baltimore conventions are obsolete things—that there is an irresistible under- current at work all over the Union; and that as the rod of Aaron swallowed up all the rods of the Egyptian magicians, so are these Kaow Nothings swallowing up the old political par- ties of the country. This astonishing progress of Know Nothing- {sm in the South proves the satisfactory soundness of the national platform of the order upon the slavery question beyond a doubt. Reinforcements of whole regiments of slave- holders could not be secured to a doubtful cause. Southern men discover in this Kaow Nothing revolution the principles of their con- stitutional safety, and the extinguishment of Seward’s Northern anti-slavery coalition. The general movement has acquired a momentam which cannot be stayed. It must go on. It will culminate in the great campaign of 56, and in the establishment at Washington of a new eet of men and a pew order of things, in lieu of the spoilamen and party corruptions which im their progressive demoralization of the last twenty-tive years have brought our political affairs tu the crisie of this new revo- lation. The administration which, from its follies, bluvdere, corruptions ané imbecilities, has pre- cipitated this popular reaction upon itself, ap- preciates the hopeless position of Pierce and all concerned. The administration is broker in at the bows, like the Avetic, and rapidly sinking. Some of its faithlesserew are flying to the boats, and others, from the loose materials adrift, are patching up rafts upon which to re- gain the land—while the Cabiset organ, chained to its post, continues to fire the sigaal gun of distress, But the Know Nothings, mer- ciless as they seem, are submerging the wreck, and it must go down. The new revolution must rup its career, and rain all Congressional democratic resolutions, all Tammany Hall pro- nunciamentos, all Baitimore conventions and platforms this side of the elections of ’56. The people are resolved upon a change, compre- hepsive and complete, and it must-come. It is inevitable. In view of this “fixed fact,’ what is the true policy of every Know Nothing, nay, of every man in our Leyislature aspiring to a Political future? In any event, the future of the Seward party will end with campaiga of *56, and the politicians in any way associated with his fortunes will sink with him. We are well aware that individual temptations of the spoils in these hard times cansot, in all cases, be easily re- sisted. We are also informed of the spoils pressure that will be brougot against certain supposed accessible Know Nothings in our As- sembly, It appears that our harber musters, and the bulk of the offices attached to our State works, are being used as anodynes and per- suasives among the Kaow Nothings for a vote here and there for Seward; or, where nothing better can be expected, for an absentee or a trimmer on election day. But, let it be remem- bered, that the promises of the spoils, in all cases, far exceed the performances. Let the Know Nothings try the spoils system of exchanges with the Seward managers and they will be egregiously deceived. Re-elect Seward, and the fat offices expected by credu- lous silver grays and Know Nothings will vanish into thin air, and the deluded victims of this folly will be thrown out of any “ healthy organization” for the future. The man who thus betrays himself, like Daniel Webster when left alone with Captain Tyler, may ask, “Where om I to go?” but there will be no re- tpovse. He will be shelved, high and dry. The true policy, then, of the Know No- things, the silver grays, aud ofevery man in the Assembly aspiriug to a political future and the chances of political promotion, is to second this great conservative revolutionary move- ment of the people, and to cooperate in the overthrow of Seward and hia seditious pro- gramme, in every legitimate parliamentary ex- pedient calculated to “crush him out.” Let Lo map, whois not thoroughly 2 tool of the wily demagogue, be deluded by the bribery and corruption of the spoils. He may be be- trayed and turned adrift. In view of the na- tional prestige of the Know Nothing move- ment, it is incumbent upon every man of the order in our State Assembly, first, to super- sede W. H. Seward, if possible, by a conser- | vative Senator upon the slavery question; or, failing in this, the next duty is to throw over this Senatorial election to the next Legisla- ture. Thus we shall secure a fair trial before the people upon the merits of Seward and his anti- siavery disunion league for the Presidency, | unmixed with the late Nebraska furore and the Pierce administration. In the event of a failure this year to supersede the Auburn de- magogue, it is due to the conservative people of New York that they should have a vote upon the question of his re-election. Let the Know Nothings look to their man and their laurele. The triumph of Seward will be their defeat. ‘The Hierarchy and the Press. Bishop Potter of the Protestant Episcopal Church in thia diocess, declared to an audience herecently addressed in Montreal, Canaia, that “public seatiment in the United States must not be sought in the newspapers.” He advised the Canadians to “go to the educated men, to the clergy of the church, to those who stadied Shakspeare and Milton and Hooker, and they would find that they were heart and soul with England in the struggle, and daily offered their | prayers for her sugcess,’’ * We do not know what Bishop Potter's merits | may be, but if he knows no more of theologizal | science than he does of public sentiment, the Episcopalians are in a bad way. Priests have seldom made good politicians, or formed sound opinions on public affairs. They live mostly in @ little world of their own, with men of their own calling, and read the fa- thers, and the common prayer book, and) works of that deecription, until their minds ar- rive at a very extroordinary pitch of narrow- ness. Prisoners say that by practice it is pos- sible to contract the visual organ to such an extent that objects cannot be discerned ten paces off; the same phenomenon is witnessed daily in the mental world, in the case of men who by addicting themselves exclusively to one pursuit acquire proficiency therein at the total sacrifice of their general faculties. Par- sons are the most familiar examples of this, and really Bishop Potter appears to be the type ot his class. Else how could he have been un- aware of the fact that in one way or other all the talent and learning of the country is connected with the press? We speak not of the daily press alone, though this ob- viously commands a large proportion of both; but of the weekly and monthly, of periodi- cals and magazines, of all that vast mass of literature which can be properly classed under the generic title of the press. The bishop hints that the men who furnish these hage heaps of reading matter are “not educated,” and reserves this distinction to “the clergy of the church.’ All men are not agreed as to what constitutes “education.” If to know enough of Hebrew to read the first five chapters of Genesis with the aid of a dictionary, to be able to wade through a few pages of the Greek Testament, to be familiar with Origen’s views on the conception of the Virgin, and to be pre- pared to rehash Luther's arguments against the mass on the shortest notice—if this be education, it is likely that “the clergy of the church” are the most highly educated men in | the country. Certainly editors are not as a rule in the habit of studying the Hebrew lexi- oon oF indulging in Hooker's Egclesiastionl | business, and that his ideas are much more | ney General Polity, which Bishop Potter classes with Shakspeare and Milton, But if a practical | knowledge of the constitution and laws of the country; an acquaintance with domestic and foreign history, many branehes of science, aud most walks of art; o far cheser because a practi- cal study of Shekspeare, Milton aad the great Masters of letters than any priest can possibly pretend to; finally, a censtant and intimate in- tercourse with society of every kind, and ® habit ef interchanging iieas and ‘opinions with intellects of the highest or- der; if these be the preper attributes of the “educated man,” thea most assar- edly the press would -ocoupy a far higher place in the scaje than the church. There may be among us less black letter lore than amoag them, but there is more knowledge of men; less antiquarian research, but a clearer insight into the fuiure; less infermation about the world to come, dat a far better acquaintance with the world that is. Any one can decide which set of qualities is best calculated to enable its possessor to form a sound judgment on the war in Europe. We have no design however to sound the merits of our own calling. That can vindicate itself; and certainly needs no defence against such assailants as bishops It seems to have been the design of Providence to counteract the effects of churchmen’s blameless lives by en- dowing them with unsound judgment in tem- poral affairs, iest the rest.of mankind, won over by their amiable deportment aud many virtues, should fall into the error of worshipping them. Theocracies have invariably been the worst possible governments ; and, as arale, whenever the church has made an independent step, it has been on the wrong side. Every schoolboy knows whut a meas the Pope has always made of his dominious ; what ruin the Inquisition wrought in Spain, till Carlos III. drove out the Jesuits ; what mischief the old abbots inflicted on England; what follies and cruelties were committed by the theocratic government of New England; what havoc the priests are working at thishour in Ireland. Wherever the church—Protestant or Catholic—heathen or Christian—has got the upper hand, all history shows that temporal concerns have been badly ordered. Nor is there an in- stance in the annals of Europe or Ame- rica where the church came forward in opposition to any other body in order to sup- port the cause of civilization, truth or good government. On the contrary, from Saint Dunstan to the priests of Illinois in our day, the ciergy have invariably been found on the side of intolerance, misgovernment and ille- gality. The fact is, living as they do out of the world and among their books, they do not really belong to the age they tive in. We have no doubt but Bishop Potter is a very worthy map, but he belongs to the seventeenth not the nineteenth century. So Archbishop Hughes, who is a distinguished prelate in his way, ought to have lived in the fourteenth century. They are all the same. Who can doubt for an instant but Theodore Parker belongs of right to the twenty-first century of the Christian era? As to the question of public opinion here on the war in Kurope, we have said over and over again that the people of the United States have taken no side, and the press expressed no prejudice or prepossession in favor of one or other of the beiligerents. When Hugland, and the toudies of England in this country repre- sent the contest as one in which civilization is engaged against barbariem, we expose the fallacy, and correct the impression it might create. We point out that Russia is only tul- filling her destiny in expelling the Tarks as Spain fulfilled hers in expelling the Moors from Europe; and that Enogland’s cause for which according to Bishop Potter the “educated men and the clergy of the church offer up their prayers’ is in reality the cause of the mosque and the harems, the cause of immorality, bloodshed, tyranny, and vice. Far deeper than any stains left by Russian excesses is the blot left on Earope’s face by the loathsome corruption of the serag- lios, the ruthless despotiem of the Pachas, the stolid barbarism of the Mahomedan faith. When, therefore, England calls her defence of | these monstrositics a defence of civilization, we scout the imposture, and bid her champions speak truth. She will confess, sooner or later, what all men see, that she is fighting for a fan- ciful balance of power ; and then how ridicu- lous will they seem who have been trying to excite a feeling of sympatby for her efforts on this side of the Atlantic? We take no part with | Russia; feel no sympathy for the Czar; but the | task of praying for the success of the allies in | upholding the harems and the mosques and the powstrings of Turkey we leave altogether to Bishop Potter’s “educated men, and clergy of the church.” Senor ARRANGOIZ AND HIS Comaissston.—We have publiched, recently, several letters and extracts from our Mexican correspoudents and from the Mexican aud New Orleans journals relative to the final disbursement of the seven millions of dollars paid by our government to establish the reign of his Serene Highness An- tonio the First, Emperor of Mexico, Grand Master of the Order of Gaudalupe, and so forth. There is a little episode about the matter, and it is interesting enough for especial notice at | this time. The precise amount to be paid to Santa Anna was six millions eight hundred thousand dol- lars. His Serene Highnees directed Senor Ar- rapgoiz, Consul-General for Mexico at New York, to receive and disburse the money. Se- nor Arrangoiz obeyed the orders of the Em- peror, and, asit was purely @ business transac- tion, he deducted a commission of one per centum (sixty-eight thousand dollars) for his services. Great was the indignation of the hero of Vera Cruz and Buena Vista. He had previously appointed Senor Arrangoiz Eavoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Warhington, and had been graciously pleased | to decorate him with the order of Gaudalupe, thereby acknowledging that he was entitled to | some extra compensation for special services | rendered. But the Emperor has orders and offices to give only—he pays his debts with | ribbons, and eettles his accounts with a diplo- matic commission. Senor Arrangoiz preferred | the hard cash. The wrath of the Emperor descended upon him like a tornado. The order of Gaudalupe was withdrawn and he was re- moved from office. But he retains the sixty. | eight thousand dollars as a panacea for his | wounded dignity. It has been stated that | Senor Arrangoiz has gone to Earope. Such is | not the fact. He is stilt in the United States— practical than those of his countrymen gene- rally. He is an honest man, too, and so high was his reputation in this respect that even Santa Anna trusted him and directed him to receive the very large sum upon which he cbarged his moderate commission as above noted. The senor was once Finance Minister of Mexico—he had been Consul at New Orleans, aud Consul-General at New York, and he has always borne the reputatiun of a maa of honor and probity. It is not just that such a mau should be condemned without a further investi- gation, which will probably be had, as we un- derstand theta suit will be brought in this country against Senor Arrangoiz for the pur- pose of recovering the money. ‘The testimony taken in this cause, if it ever comes to trial, will be piquant, It must reveal interesting diplomatic secrets. And iastly, we opine, that it will resalt more to the credit of Senor Arrangoiz than to that of his sovereign, the illustrious Santa Anna. Foreron Convicrs.—We publish in another part of to day’s paper a letter from Mr. G. F. Sec- chi de Casali and several transiations from Italian papers on the forcible transportation to this country of some reventy emigrants by the Sardinian government. The articles will be read with interest at the present moment, when the fact is becoming more and more appurent to the American public that certain European governments are making the United States a place of exile for their most intractaole crimi- nale. The extracts which we give from Italian papers—some of them official organs—go far to strengthen the position we have taken in rela tion to the shipment of emigrants in the Sardi- vien frigate Des-Geneys. The Corriere Mer- cantile, of Genoa, says that when these indi- viduals reached that city, representations were made in their behalf; but the authorities an- swered that they were not transported for po- litical offences. That criminals are among their number, we think, is clearly proved. Enough at least is shown in the papers to which we refer to place our own authorities on their guard, and require a strict investigation to be made when the vessel arrives, Concent vor THE PooR.—The proceeds of the entertain. ment at Donaldson’s Opera House, 718 Broadway, on Saturday evening next, will be given to the poor of the city. There should be a full attendance, THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, PROCEEDINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE, - Debate on the Liquor Bill in the Assembly. Attempt to Sequestrate the Trinity Church Property. | THE RAILROAD RIOT IN CANADA THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATORSUIP, &., &e., &e. Latest trom the State Capitol. 4 SCENE IN THE 8SENATE—OLD TRINITY AND HER ENEMIES—FOREIGN PAUPERS AND CONVICTS—THE INFLUENCE OF INTEMPERANCR—THE CODE OF PRO- CEDURE--HARBOR ENCROACHMENTS AT NEW YORK —-DEBATE ON THE ANTI-LIQUOR BILL, ETC. Apany, Jan. 23, 1855, At the hour of seven Jast evening, at which time the Senate stood adjourned, Hugh J. Hastings, Esq., the efficient clerk of that body, called to order, and stated that the Lieutenant Governor was not present, (Mr. Raymond bas been confined for several days at his lodg- ings, Congress Hall, in consequence of illness,) acd it therefore became necessary fur the Senate to make choice of s president pro tem. Mr. Walker then offered are solution, designating the Hon. Josiah B. Williams as such presiding officer, which was unanimously adopted. ‘There were seventeen Senators, the necessary numoer fora quorum, Business went on very harmoniously for an bour, when of a sudden, Senator Crosby rose and remarked that a quorum of members was not present, consequently the Senate was incapable of transacting business. He moved a call of the Senate. Mr. Hopkins moved to adjourn, Mr. Crosby thought the motion to adjourn could not be entertained while a resolution for a call of the Senate was pending. ‘The President was appealed to, who decided that a « motion to adjourp was always in order.”’ Mr. Crosby promptly appealed from the decision of the Chair, (ouly an hour after the President pro tempore was appointed,) but, after a few moments’ colloquy across the circle, withdrew his appeal. The question then was taken upon adjournment, and lost, Another informal debate ensued, in the course of which Senator Brooks called to the recollection of Senators the call of the Senate in 1851, when Tom Carroll, then & member, ran away from the sof the Bath jopkins alluded to the united democra: VOL. XX, Farm,’’ provided the State to the statute in such ¢ made and provided, wing out of same, and to the faction of this board; provid however, that before such suit shall be commenced ‘thir State to the “Ki be indemnified proper evidence, showing ihe title of the State to said farm, should be shown to, and with the rovided also that said suit sh torney General; and not settled or discontinued without the con and sanction ofthis board. Resolved, also, That inthe event of @ recovery, t person or persons furnishing the evidence on whil fuch recovery #hall be had shall be entitled to su per centage on the amount recovered as is provided the Jaws cf this State, ‘The question being taken on the adoption of such solutions, Messrs. Leavenworth, Cook and Pfuyn vot in the affirmative, ané Mr. Clark in the negative. At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Land Ofid at the Secretary's office August 31, 1864, proseut J. Church, Lieutenant Governor; E. W. Leavenworth, § retary of State; James MM. Gook, Comptroller; EB. Spaulding, Treasurer; R. H, Pruyn, Speaker of the sembly — Rerolved, That the proceedings of the Board of Ju 10, 1864, in regard to tbe memorial of Rutger 8. Mill be so amended as to substitute for the secomd resol tion the following — Resolved, That, by virtue of the authority confer upen this Board by sections one and six, title four, ch ter nine, part tiret, of the Revised Statutes, in regi to lands of the state belonging to the Common Scho Fund, the person or persons furnishing the eviden| aid recovery shall be had thal be entitl to the per centage o! twenty-five per cent of the val of lands recovered, as heretofore allowed by the laws this State in cases’ of escheat Resolved, That the amount of the bond of indemni referred to in the first resolution of June 10, 1494, b and the same is hereby fixed at five thous«n® dolla with security tobe approved by the Com troiler, ay that the State will in no event be liable for counsel fo paid or increased on belalf ot the State in said litigatio The following was adopted, as offered by Mr. Brovis: Resolved, That the Comm ssioners of Emigration Tequested to communicate to the Senate, as early ructicable, any facts in their possession, as to the nun rand characier of foreign criminals aud paupers arri ing from time to time at the port of New York; w what rules and regulations are adopted by the Board, | any, as to this class of immigrants, and ll informatio a» to the countries from which they are seat, the agend of orcign governments in tueir transportation, and th Practical construction given to the State statutes making provision for the:r aupport and dixpoxal, Senator Butts offered the following, which was ad sent. (Messre, Hitchcock, % Clark and Spencer, all the other democratic Senators being absent, ) being in astate ot fusion and bappily united. To this Me. Hitchcock objected, and alleged that he was aa hard as ever, (though he yoted for Seymour at the late election,) which createa » hearty laugh around the circle aad in the lobbies. After several alternate attempts to ad- journ and obtain a call of the Senate, the latter vote finally prevailed. Mr. President Williams was about clearing the lobbies—the reporters keeping their seata, having before witnessed many farces of the like— when Sevators Wm. Clerk and Brooks interposed, by stating that the affair had proceeded to a sufficient length, avd hoped the further proceedings of the call would be dispensed with, Upon this « motion to ad- journ was made and carried. So the call of the Senate remained undisnosed of until Tuesday morning. Upon assembling this morning, the first basiness was to suspend the cail of the Senate, Amongst the orders lnid before the Senate last evening was a reply to a resolution of the Senate, by Ogdea Hoffman, Aetetney-cesteal It seems that a gentleman of Utica, Rutger B. Miller, induced the last Legislature to believe that he possessed in his bosom a profound se. cret, which, if revealed, would diapossess Trinity Church of millions, and throw it inte the comers ot she State, As the ct wan pretty good to replenish the empty treesary, the Commitalgners of the Land Office were au- thorized to confer with Mr. Bleecker, and stipulate terms upon which a suit of ejectment should be commenced and prosecuted. ‘The terms were, that Mr. Bleecker was to guarantee the State from all coxts and expenses of suit in the sum of five thousand dollars, and in case of curting the church from ‘* King’s Farm,” be was to be placed in jon of twenty-five; eent of tae roperty recovered. The reply of the Attorney-General, in auawer to the inquiry of the Senate, is here inserted, to the ease and comfort of Old Trinity — TRINITY CHURCH PROPERTY. The following resolution was adopted by the Senate, and sent to the Attorney-General:— |, That the Attorney-General be requested to inform the Senate whether be has, since the adjourn ment of the Legislature of 1854, commenced any suit ia behalf of the people of this State against the corporation of Trinity Church, and if any suit has been, or is, about ia be commenced, that he be requested to communicate 10 the Sevate bis authority or reason for such proceed ing. Fine Attorney-General, in reply, respectfully submits the following: — No such suit hae been commenced, The authority to | commence such suit is given by the resolutions of the Board ot Lana Commissioners, pi amended August 31, 1854, a copy of which is hervanto annexed, by reference to which it will be seen that such authority depends upon certain conditions to be perform- «don the part of the relator or memoriali+t, named in ‘he said resolutions. These conditions not having been complied with on his part, and as neither the evidence nor the bond required has been furnished to the gent General, ‘edings have been instituted by him ia pursnan the authority conferred by the resolation. Rerpecttully eubmitied ke. OGDI HOFFMAN, Attorney-General. At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Land Oslice, at the Secretary’s office, June 10, 1864, present BE. W. Leavenworth, Secretary of Stete, James M. Cook, Comp- troller, Kobert F. Prayn, Speaker of the Assembly, John T. Clark, State Engineer and Surveyor, ‘Ihe memorial of Rutger B. Miler, om bebalf of him- forth that they are im posession assed June 10, 1854, and self and others, settin, of evidence showit it the title of the 'y called the ‘King Farm,’’ in the city of New York, and claimed by Trinity chureh, is vested in the people of the State of New York, and offering to uarantee the State nat all expenditures of costa and expenditarcs of cuit, in case ‘he Attorney General should deem it expedient to xercire the power# conferred apon him by the act of 605” chapte probably in Washington. It appeare that Senor Arrangoiz is a man of | April 15, 3 r 280; the consideration of the varantee to be one quarter of the land received accord- to its valne, was read Thereupon, fiesoived, That in the opinion of this board, the Attor- abowid cepted:— Rerolved, That the select committee on so much/d the Governor’s message as relates to the subject of id temperance be authorized and requested to call upo the Mayors, Criefs of Police and Police Justices of ou cities and villages, and upen the wardens and keapers d Prisons, almshouses and other publie institutions, fa such information as they may be able to ecmmunica: showing the influence of intemperance in causing crith pauperism and taxation in this State. ‘The Speaker of the House appointed Messrs, Headle; Gates, Seymour, Boynton and L. B, Johnson the seled committer on the code of procedure. This report, mad} to the Legislature three or four years since by D. D Field, Esq., of New York, and A.” Loomis, Esq., of Hei kimet, commissioners of revision on couieation, 2 en treated very cordially by the various Legislatui ‘The code has rot been confirmed to this Shade cous quence of the strong and determined opposition of bulk of lawyers. Even Mr. Loomis himself, when member of the House in 1863, could not, with all th power at bis command, prosure the confirmation of th Teport M that Legislature. ‘There is not much reason expect that the code will meet with any better succ at the hands of the present Legislature. The House Committee on Commerce and Navigate) have concluded to visit the harbor of the city of Ne York the latter part of this week. The object. is to ob tein practical facta upon which to base action on th Harbor Encroachment bill before the Legislature, ‘This being the day assigned for commencing the dia] cussion upon the probibitory liquor law, a large—th most crowded audience of the session, was early in at tendance. After the reuding of the journal of yeste day, the Speaker celled the Hon. R. M. Blatchford, th ledaing member of the House, to premde over the d Liberations of the committee, General Sherman, th able Clerk, commenced reading the interesting docu ment. He proceeded some three minutes, when Mr, Leigh moved to dispense with the further reading, and that it be taken up by sections. Mr- O'Keefe orjected the suspension of reading. Ashe had not read it him self, he was desirous of hearing the whole bill through ‘he Clerk proceeded with the reading some two or th: minutes, when Mr. Leigh again sprang to his feet, an pointed out tome rule of the House whereby a’ mn jomty can decide whether papers shall be or not ‘The Chairman was about putting the qu tion when Messrs. O'Keefe, of New ors, and Rhodes, of Brooklyn, protested against the’ sus pension of the reading. They wanted the whole bi in all ita features, before the House, Mr. Leigh’s mo. tion was lost by a large vote. The Clerk then proceeded with the Tending. It was evident from the action of Mr leigh that he is desirous to pass the Maine law a an early day, that it might rot stand in the way of elect'on of Eenator on the 6th proximo. Having be reas through, Mr. Peck moved that the committee and report progrese, which was objected to, and the mo- ion withdrawn. The first secton was thea through. Mr. Baker, of Mon » Moved to owik out the worcs “for sacramental purposes.”? Mr. W » leading whig member from Ruftate: again moved to ri ind report, and hold an evening session to bill. The motion was lost. An amendment was proposed, declaring that the deal ers should not charge more than twenty-five per cen profit on their : anotver that only five per cent be allo: ir. Johnson, of Allegany, stated that he war # dealer in liquor, a druggist, nod he ‘neve sold a drop unless he made one huedred per cent profit. He was oppcsed to any restriction as to profit ‘The friends of the bill spent no time in discussion, Feverul apecchen were made in profit, varying from five, seven, ten, eighteen and three- quarters, and fifty per cent. Finally, the motion of Mr. Dichereon, restricting the profits of dealers to twenty-| five per cent, wAs deciared carried by @ vote of 54 to 36. This will not be reversed in either house. Severalof the New York delegation addressed the com- mittee, among whom were Messrs. Aitken, Munday, Maguire, Leigh and others. Not a single section wad| adopted. favor of various rates of From Washington. THE FRENCH SPOLIATION BILL—WILL THERE BE Al VETO?—PROCEEDINGS IN THE SUPREME COURT. Wasasaton, Jan. 23, 1855. Thero is a probability that the French Spoliation bill will pass the Honse, Opinions are equally divided as to whetber the President will veto the bill after its passage| in the House, The following cases were decided in the Supreme Court: Sebra M. Bogart, et al vs. the Steamboat John Jay. Ap- peal from the Circuit Court of the Southern District o New York. Justice Wayne delivered the opinion, af- firming the decree of the Circuit Court, with costs. No. 114, The heirs of Poydras vs. The State Treasurer of Lonisiana. Error to Supreme Court of Louisiana, Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion, overruling tho motion to dismiss the cause for want of jurisdic- tion. No. 126, Jokn G. Shields va. Ieaac Thomas, et al. ‘Ap- peal from the District Court of the Northern District ot Towa, Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion, over- ruling the motion to dismiss the cause for want of ju- risdiction. No. 47. The city of Boston, plaintiff in error, vs. Da- vid R. Lecraw. Argument continued by Mesars. Tilton and Durant for defendant. Stukely Ellsworth, Esq,, of New York, was admitted as an attorney and cou nsellor \ The Massachusetts Scnatorship. Boston, Jan. 23, 1855 The result of the ballot for United States Senator to day in the House war as follows:—The whole number of votes thrown were 364; necessary for a choice, 183. Henry Wilson, of Natick, received 234; Nahum F. Bry- ant, of Barre, $5; Julius A. Rockwell, of Pittsfield, 18; scattering, 37, of which Mr. Ely had 9. Mr. Wilson was then declared elected, and the matter now goes to the Senate. of Temperance. PROBIBITORY LAW IN N&W JERSEY. ‘Trexrox, Jan. 28, 1855. The prohibitory law has passed to a third reading, and the final vote will be takenon Thursday. The bill has deen so amended as to allow it toge to the people ata special election on the first Monday of October next. NEW LIQUOR LAW IN MAINE. Bostox, Jan. 23, 1955. Anew Liquor law has been laid before the Special Tem- perance Cmmittee of the Maine Legislature, by Neal Dow, which is more stringent in its action, if possible, than the existing Maine law. ‘The bill provides that, for telling liquor in violation of the provisions of the act, a fine of $50 and imprisonment in the county jail for four months, shall be inflicted for ths first offence; for the se- cond, @ fine of $50 and six months’ iimprisonment; and for the third, a fine of $100 and one year in the State prison Persons intoxicated are obliged to disclose whdse they obtained their liquor under penalty of going to the House of Correction, No action is to hold against any officer for reizing and destroying liquor where the warrant, is issued by @ competent court. Express men, aod rail- road and steamboat companicsa who convey liquor, ex- cept according to the law,are to be fined for the two first offences and imprisoned one month for the third. It uw thought the bill will be adopted by the Committee; but there is some doubt as to the action of the House. THE LIQUOR LAW IN ONTO, Ctverxxani, Jan. 22, 1855. The Sapreme Court of Ohio, on Saturday, decided that the liouor law passed by the last Legislature was consti- tutional. The law is of « stringent character, prohibit- ing the retailing of liquor, with the exception of native wines, beer and cider; the penalty for violations being a fine and imprisonment. Several coffee houses and hotel proprietors, who were arrested and found guilty of vio- lating the law some months ago, but on whom sentence was deferred by an appeal, to the Supreme Court, ‘will now be imprisoned for twenty days in the couaty \ commence & suit to tent Bhe title of | jail, Publi sentiment appears to Savor the law, aud io