The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1855, Page 1

VHOLE NO. 6730. FFAIRS IN ALBANY. ‘th Week of the Session of the Legislature. following is 3 summary of the proceedings of a pd general nature of the two Houses of the Legis- during the fourth week of the present session -— IN THE SENATE. DAY, JaN. 22--The Senate met at seven P. M. wence of the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. J. B. Wil- was elected president pro lem, tions Presented—To increase the capital of the At Mutual Insurance Company; against diversion o school moneys for sectarian purpotes; several, to {church property in hands of Trastees. aunual report of the Greenwich Savings Bank of ‘ork was received. bill relative to excuvations in New York and yn came back from the Assembly, amended ‘concurred, ply from the Attorney General was received in + toa resolution of the Senate relative to suit * t Trinity Church. Paased in Committee—To authorize Superin- it of the Banking Department to invest belonging to the bank fund; to autho- xe Surrogate of Chenango county to adopt a al; to pay Theodore Barton for work done on State ha \t Syracuse; to amend the act of 1851 for the more \l suppression of gambling. tis stage of the proceedings it was discovered that ‘aa not @ quorum present, when, after several in- attempts to autsorize a cail of the Seuate, it + adjourned, »Y, Jan, 23.—Petitions—To amend the charter of ‘ama Railroad Company; to incorporate the Bap- torical Society of New York; agaiast confirming aheeieenaenn to locate county buildings in er county. noual report of the State Engineer on railroais sived; also of the Bioo: Savings Bank, ‘Bavings of New York, (over seven millions on po) of the Mariuers’ Savings Hank, and South ; n Savings Bank. ) Paseed—For the payment of canal da to an Clark; also the same to Cyrus Waloridge; for of of John R. Pettis, Christosher Halshaven, iBank, and John J Culver, 4 jution of inquiry was adopted, calling upon the sioners of Emigration to report certain facts in to the arrival of foreign paupers, criminals, &c. ver was adopted, sol\viting-intormation from may- chiefs of police, &c., of cities, to procure iafor- relative to pauperisia and crime induced by in- nee. aken up in Committes—To amend the charter of sma Railroad Company. At the request of Mr. it was laid over for the day, in order to enable ‘to procure information. to sppoint commis- to locate the second State Lunatic Asylum— H. Moss, of Niagara; Daniel S. Dickinson, of ‘and D.8. Brown, of York, we: inted mmissioners. 1o sutnorize charitable institu- bind out children by adoption; for the support ‘la among the Shinecock tribe of indians. spar, Jan. 24—Fetitions preseated, of Super- law to establish tees of os liable tor the transactions of their agents; or eat to charter of Kochester. mmittee on Commerce made a report relative to ons in the navigation of the Hudson river; also, ion asking Congress to mave further appropria- mprovei ts navigation. \ relative to the tenure of church property was \ by the Select Committee. Its princi rO- te—Ist. The State should bave a uniforin policy n to the tenure of church property. 2d. That satration of the power which would be vested in 1, by allowing then to hold the title of conse- ounds, is antagonistical to the whole theory aud veroment. Sd. That it would tend to he rights of free worship and conscience. 4th, noula tena, by the acquisition of power in the the clergy, not legiumate to their office \ teachers, to some of the most flagran: ¢' from the union of church and State. 1 acquisition of real estate in the bands of the Jangerous to free instituti nd leads to all jefe which the English acts of mortmain have " ‘ies soughs to prevent. orts of several savings banks were presented. itation was received from the Ten Governors ve institutions ander their care im the city of announced as speedily forthcoming to incor oratio Potter and otbers Trustees of the fun: lief of widows and orphans of deceased clerg viseopal Church; a bill to provide fur the ap ‘ ® commission to visit lunatic asylumy 1, &c., and inquire into the treatment of th » authorize the Common Council of Brookly money for schoo) purposes; to provide for th ng of insane convicts. tion was offered requesting the Attorney Gene uounicate to the Senate his opinion as to th: our State to divert from its natural chann+ of a river flowing into another State. A pro scussion ensued, when the resolution was lost. tion was offered calling upon the Brooklyn Company for certain information. finder Of the seasion, was spent in, debating a calling for a report from a committee of the pointed at the last session, in relation to the id lands 1 to adjournment, the Hon. Zenas Clark, “om St. Lawrence district, rose to a ques- sivilege. He said that the Albaay correspon- » New York Hexaup stated that (itr, C.) td to vote for William H. Seward for United ator. He pronounced the assertion untrue, ed that he was pledged to no person. Y, Jan. 25.—Petitions presented for an t'to the Camden Bank charter; against con- + acts of commissioners for locating Schuyler ildings. roduced—Incorporating the trustees of the to enlarge the duties of commissioners of highw: laws authorizi colleges and other in old real estate in tra: concernit ropriating moneys to the Oneida Confereace in relation to building docks in the town of us, We ter county. sed—some thirty for canal damages: to amend ction of the Code; euthorizing the Surrogate 10 county to adopt a new seal, to extend the m of 1849 to the Ontario branch bank. don was introduced, making inquiry ito the eof money on the first section of the Erie sussion was had thereupon, which contioued > 4 + of the sesvion. Jan, 26,—Petitions Presented—To amend the the New York Col of Wha ; also, of rmacy ork Mutual and U: Mutual Insurance Com- wmend the charter of New York and Shawen- g Company; several against the use of school sectarian purposes; against restraining banks from acting as ravings institutions. rodueed—Concerning bank notes; to prevent discounting om their surplas capital; regu- ssuing of stock by joint stock com; ja taxes on non-revident lands; to authorize oklyn to purchase real estate from the gene- ment; to extend the time tor collection of mm of Chenango; extending the time for coi axes in the towns in te, naking jon for ing the census committee and discussed. 1, Jao. 27.—Petitions to prevent the distribu. vol moneys for sectarian purposes; communi- ‘tendent of eastern section of the ; to regulate the number of ballot boxes in ; to amend the act relative to the deposits e United States; in relation to the redemp. s sold for taxes; to incorporate the American storieal Association; for the protection of ig for 4 committee ce the cause of the resignation of Dr. Bene- @ State Lunatic Asylum. Laid on table tion from the House, asking Congress to ald of Le wan ted the psec of the Pauama Railroad « been | in committee and discunsed. comm #si0 x¢rs to locate the second State La struction of the Shinecock Indians. m was adopted, authorizing the Committe: + to visit New York on the Ist of Febraary. distribute school moneys to the Five Points hool was passed, also, the bill to enable the neil of New York to take testimony in cer IN THE ASSEMBLY. tions Presented—To reduc for trand convicts; for a {roe n creek, Tone Theat: agaist changing vf lyn; for @ Stat obstructions in ance Company ; sulative to the removal of ob. t Hurigate; for an appropriation to the ab luchteton; for scoange is toe erie \ report of the Cana) Commissioners was » the report of the State Kogineer on ca- tation from the New York Ten Governors to institutions wae received mnd laid on the need—For the betver security of stockhold- jorated companies; to prevent the sale of relative to the general sessions ia Queens cond the State militia laws; to amend the stea in sélation to the collection of demands and ; Pequiring the overseers of the o inty to give bonds. relative to the ‘ind women, toamend the Nevised Statutes ck jobbing, to coutinne the charter of the mutual Insurance Company. was laid on the table directing the Adja- report to the House whether any regt- ot company of militis cow organieed Io a was passed in committee; alvo the bill to | has beon 50 organized contrary to law, and if ao, to dia- oy 28.—The Speaker appointed Messrs. ule , Gates, Boynton, Seymour, Pony a= yap ee ee tuken up in committee, Mr, Blatchford in the chair, A discussion of two hours en- sued, and an amendment added to the declaring that the law shall receive profit on allesles. No other business Weonrspar, Jan. 24.—Petitions the assessment law; a bridge over Newtown creek; against al fees of County Judges and ; % legalize the ac eS LL crimes of mya ; for e appointment of county Superintendents of Common Schools; to extend the lective franchise to colored men; to extend the time for the Staten Island Railroad to com- mence work; several for church teaure law. Bills Presented . erect the towa of Tuscarora, Steuben county; toextend thecharter of the Vraaklia Mutual Insurance Company ; to provide for clearing out Black Rock harbor; to amend the New York lien law; to make the Register a salaried officer. A Sees, of the Governor of Mausacliusetts, ad- di Five Corners to this State, was received. annnal report of the Commissary General waa re- ovived. Purtber Bills—To epee of the Quarantine ; ; to build @ floating hospital, and to appoint s Quarantine health officer and is cian; to secure the purity of elections; for the incorpo- ration of the Tracey Female Lastitute ot Rochester. The resolution from the Senate providing for the elec- fom of United States Senator, on the 6th of February, ken up and adopted. ‘The resolution relative to the lands under water granted to Mr, Ruggles was adopted. ‘Lhe resolution directing the Adjutant General to dis- band all militery organizations not established according to law was adopted. The invitation of the Ten Governors was considered and debated for an hour, when the question was taken and it was accepted, In the afternoon session some pro; was made on the bill relative to the assessment and collection of ta: temperance bill was again taken up and discussed, but without much progress. ‘Tuurspay, Jan. 26.—Petitiona Prevented—To provide against unsafe buildi in the city of New York; to regulate the tenure of church pi y; fora free bridge over Newtown creek. ‘The bill to provide for the distribution of the revenues of the Literature and United States Deposit fuuds was assed. M, ‘The Committee of the Whole thea resumed the con- sideration of the temperance bill. Motions were made to amend in various particulars, to strike out the enacting clause, to rise and report progreas, but all declared lost. A reconsideration of the vote taken yesterday, by which a limit of twenty-five per cent was adopted, was obtain- ed, when, upon taking the question again upon that erry i it was lost. No turther progress was made mt 5 The committee passed the bills to amend the charter of the Syracuse Water Works Company; for the reliet of the Empire Face Brick Company of Richmond county; to provide for the construction #: a road trom Lake " sant to Long Lake. 'The bill to enlarge the powers of the Court of Sessions of Rensselaer county was passed; also, the bill to amend the cherter of the Newtown Bridge and Road Company; also, the dill to the Montgomery Farmers’ Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company. Frupay, Jan. 26.-—Petitions Presented—To euforce the statute relative to church property ; of the Hebrew Bene- won tlhe f po me Schools ei of County Su o mow ; to allow towns to take stock in the Albany and Susquehanoa Railroad Company ; to remove the quarantine; to repeal the law exempting $1,500 of c! wen’s property from ao to ‘appropriate the 'y tax to the poor fund. Bills Introduced—To complete the Idiot Asylum build- ings; to authorize the purchase of lands for the manu- facture of salt; to amend the act providing for a special county judge in Ulster; to authorize Westchester coun- ty to borrow money for building purposes; to provi tor the academies which taught common school teachers during 1864; to dispose of the Quarantine on Staten Island; to amend Kevised Statutes in relation to the lection of demands against ships and vessels; to preve1 the sale of unwholesome or impure milk; repealing the act prohibiting the circulation ot foreign bank nos under five dollars; to build a bridge over the Harlem river at Kingsbridge; to provide for certain expenses of the State government; in relation to the support of the poor. ‘The thirteenth annual report ot the New Yori Society for b+ Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents was re- ceived. Bills Passetl-— appropriating the proceeds of the lite cature fund to academies in which common school teachers have been taught in 1854; to ameud the charter of village of Norwich; to amend charter of Syracuse City Water Works Company; to facilitate the dissolation of the Empize Face Brick Company; to ameni the char- ter of the Newtown Rosai and Brid, brigoy, & Bills Introduced—To establish rts of Conciliation; to explain and amend tho Passenger act ef 1847; to amend the act requiring police justices in New York to file convictions for vagrancy to amend the charter of Brooklyn; to prevent the ulation of bills of the | banks ot other States, unleas secured by public stocks; to regulate the operation of foreign railroads owned by | out of this State; to provide for the election | Cicial officers of the city of New kon a | separate ballot; in relation to the Justices of the Ma- | rine and Justices’ Courts, and their Clerics, in the city of | New York. The joint resolution authori Legwlature to visit the criminal | York was called up and rejected. The resolution icquiring the amount on deposit im the banks of this State, and per centage paid on said de- posits, was adopted. [The object 1s to ascertain what security depositors in savings banks have. | ‘The afternoon session was taken up in discussing the | temperance biil, but 20 progress was made thereon. SATURDAY, Jan. 27.—Vetitions Presented—Several ia relation to tenure of church property; against the re- moval of the quarantine; to aliow certain plank roads to increase their tolls; to change the name of the town of Rien. Bills Introdace¢—Relative to the salary of Treasurer | of Kings county; relative so the militia of the first di- | vision; to amend the militia Jaws of the State; to re- | duce the several acts in relation to district courts of | New York into one aet; to provide a separate ballot for certain judicial officers in the city of New York; to explain and amend the New York Passen- a Committee of the “institutions” in New | ger act of 1847; to amend the charter of Brook- , lyn; 2 ee 2 Hamilton square, New York; to amen act incorpora companies to navi | lakes and rivers; to Selite te pilots of Hell chan- nel; to ii ‘ate the New York State Colonization So- ciety; to authorize the sale of began property; to re- duce all moneyed transactions to federal currency ; autho- rizing attorneys and counsellors of the Supreme Court to pr ee wi its; to amefid section 114 and section 356 Code ot - Mr. Petty offered a resolution in relation to the elec- tion of a United States Senator. Laid over. The House went into committee on the bill to amend the act in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes, Reported progress. The temperance bill was then taken up and discussed until the hour of adjournment. Personnel of the Members of the New York [From the Albany Journal, Jan. 27.) | _ There are fewer lawyers than usual in the Legis- | latare~-the only note-worthy tact we observein the Niet. The farmers inate. Tne law. 53:8 avd farmer, editor, lumber- sailor, naval architect, tailor, New Jersey Now Hampshire. France youngest. Intelligence from Texas. We have Galveston papers to the 18th inst. The Trinity river, at last advices, was low and failing. | The Galveston News says: The unsteadiness of the navi- gation thus far has not permitted mach of the cotton crop to be brought down, and steamers bave been in duced by the sudden changes in the stage of water to content themselves with it business they can do in the lower portion of the river. destined for the upper country have been stored at the lower landit | cease payer anys these steute 9008 - | mination in Texas this season to plant more corn than usual, in anticipation of # heavy emigration next winter. Several Western Texas papers are urging on their readers the importance of awe f ‘to the rail- road convention proposed to be id in Aostin, Ata meeting of the citizens of Travia county, held in Austin on the ith inst., it was resolved that thr railroad conven- tion be held at Lagrange, on the first Monday ia March | wext. A to Congress is being im Austin, re senate districts to be and two federal fedgen ‘appointed in Texas, and that the courts be | semi-annually, The object sought to be gained ix = = speedy settlements of suits against residents of te. J. P. Cleveland, |, has been elected Mayor of Aus- tia, "We understand inet the Know Nothings elected their entire ticket. The amount of cotton received at [avaca this season, | up to the 12th inst., was 6,600 bales. society been organized in Dallas £0 connate has | the bark Trinity, twelve days from Boston, arrivel at Galveston on the of the 18th. The News sayn— fo the State Penlten j ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE CITY. Three Days Later from Cuba—Safe Arrival of the Falcon at Havana, dic., dic. ‘The United States mail steamship Empire City, Capt. Windle, arrived yesterday from New Orleans and Ha- vana, in four days and eighteen hours from the latter port. The Empire City left New Orleans 20th inst., at 8 A. M., reached Havana on the morning of the 234, and, after transferring the California mails aud passengers left the snme day for New York, She met witha very heavy gale off Hatteras. ‘The steamship Falcon, from Aspinwall, was at Havana having arrived on the 2ist, and the steamship Kl Dorado, from New York, was entering the port as the Empire City left, The purser of the Empire City will accept our ac- knowledgements for late intelligence aud files of Havana Papers. ° OUK HAVANA CORRRSPONDENCE. Havana, Jai 1855. Mr, Montoro and Captain McCulloch still in Prison— Mr, Feliz to have a Hearing before the Military Com- mission—Geneval Review of the Military by Concha— ‘Phe Opera—Arrival of the Mexican Schooner Anita— New Municipal Ordinances—Religious Matters, dc. Mr. Montoro, citizen of New Orleans, remains in prison, but with the privilege of occasional interviews with his friends, The government despair of constructing a case against him for the murder of the vile denouncer, Casta- nedo, but have determined that he shall feel the power of suspicion. Captain McCulloch, also a citizen of New Orie: where he was bora, retains his residence in the Queen’s Royal prison, his mate bearing him company, without any immediate prospect of release from the aw- fal fangs of Spanish justice. Mr. Felix has been notified that he will havea hearing in public before the ‘‘Mili- tary Commission,’’ under the same rules a» were estab- lished by the case of Mr. Thrasher, but the worthy fixcal did not state the time when the consummation of the parade would be. This ceremony, in the case of Mr. Es- trampe, will not be necessary, und, therefore, probably dispensed with, as the words which drop from the lips of this agitator seem to travel far aad fast, with force upon Cubanintelligence, which st ould be avoided for preserva- tion of the public peace. The Captain (Lapworth) and a brother in-law, master Wm. Draper, of tho British nbip Isabella, lost om the south siae of Cuba, go to New York by this steamer on their way home. @n Sunday, the 22d, we had a grand parade inspection and review of the troops by Gen. Concha, ow the Paséo Isabel. The chief was surrounded by a brilliant staff, and the military appearance of the whole was imposing, minus the negroes, who were placed near the centre of | the line, in order to dispense their strength, to right or left, as might be most grteful or inviting to their com- patriots inarms. The lancers, lightartillery and infantry, with a squad of militia mounted men, made up the line—- about three thousand men all told were on parade, Concha seemed in good sptrits, and showed t> advantage, as he always does. The bull pens of Belascoain were de- serted for the parade, which was tho superior attraction. ‘The opera this season, however well it may have pleased the public taste, has not received the usual patronage, and the job or speculation will fall with loss upon the contractors. The esprit du corps has not been strong evough to prevent the irruption of petty jealousy and consequent ditcorda among the harmonious feminine stars. Steffenone, from longer place in oar affections, claims precedence over her new rival, who has person, figure and face yet, for admiration, while her intelligence is equally captivating. The #ignorina Féorenti has de- clined continuing in association with the compaay under its present organization, and will fly the orbit to shine by and for herself, as the case may be. On the 18th instant the Mexican schooner Anita, Bayo master, ar- rived with 105 of the Santa Anna captives, made in Yuca- tan by Lieutenant Colonel Jimenez, and contracted for, through the Pavarian Consul, for the house of Goicouvia Brothers, to whom they are consigned. How long this ame will be permitted, or whether any restraint will be frought to bear upon the iniquitous trafic, we sre carl. ous to learn, but it will be made apparent, probably, af ter the disposition of this cargo. If they do not go into the government deposit, the question ia settled in favor of the speculation, by the preparation of a batch of coa- tracts, with apparent signatures of the self-constituted slaves, They are now denominated colonists, or free emigrants, avd as such they will overcome the objection which has’ been intimated by the British Consui—Joseph T. Crawford. We have once more in port the Freach war steamer Acheron, Commander Bonachriati, arrived from Martinique on the 16th inst. Her Britannic Ma- Jesty's war schooner Scorpion, arrived sameday, with the officers and crew of the Spanish bark Primeva de Catalo- nia, wrecked on the Key Verde, bound from Barcelona to New Orleans in ballast. As the Scorpion left port ov tho morning of the 19th, the Spanish mon of war manne! es and rigging, in compliment forthe service ren In insues of the Diario dela Marina of the 19th ani | 20th you will ind extracts from the Government Gazette of our new municipal ordinances, which are intended as improvements upon past legislation. In many cases use- leve restrictions are omitted, but some objectionable features remain under the head termed “ religious duties.”’ For this age, it seems idie to require the crowd to kneel, if they chance to cross the path of a priest, ac companied by » half dozen negroes, Searing the Host or sacrament to be ministered to some dying creature, a the penalty of two to five dollars ‘tae for infrac- jon, knocked down with a musket in the hands of a soldier, as has been the case with s—stral rant of the requirements of the laws in this particular. It in better, too, than the enforcement to kneel to every image that is borne through the streets on the boly poe 8 of the church, as I bave seen im the city of [he proper observance of Sundays, by omission of personal labor, and the same for other holy days of the church, (if not too many,) are evidently for the re- Vigious advantage and culture ofthe community. The ordinances for pablic morals and health, if they can be enforced, will have a tendency to improve both. Other ordinances for preservation of property or ‘‘pub- lie safety’’—for ‘comfort and 7? in ase of streets, fountains, &c., and regulations for our markets, are in conformity with past laws, and necessary for the general bealth. These provisions have been submitted to the Hon. Aqantamiento and approved. Wi a few days of pleasant weather, but we now the fresh breathing of amother norther, bh will break in uponour comfort. You will find the files herewith, and reports of the past business ision made ity-four hour: age sight must faded that go e vessel within two hundred yard the light—pat it wasn thick day. The Empire City arrived from New Orleans at the same time, Since my notes of the morning we nothing new. A yours, D. Havana, Jan, 23, 1866, State of the Sugar Crop Suicide of Two Chinese Death of Mendoza— Difficulty with the Hospital Nurses—Sus pension of a Priest— Employment of Unemployed Work men—Erection of a New Fort—The Representative Sys tem to be Restored—New Municipal Regulations in Havana—Literary Intelligence—The Opera, de. I bad the pleasure of addressing you a few lines by the George Law on the 20th inst.; having but that hour re tarned from what ix here considered quite » journey, namely & trip to Matanzas and ( stance most plead my excuse for the brevity of the Biter. The planters were all complaining of the short yield of the canes, occasioned, a* I understand, by the dry weather that bad prevailed for a considerable period prior to the commencement of the crop. | confess T wax Gisappointed io the appearance of the cane fields, which tomy, perhaps unskilled, eye, did not seem to possess tha Juxuriance of growth which I had previously witnessed in some other of the West India Ish 1 heard the ashort time previous, on one estate, “Le Lu sitmated about two miles from the railway station of Conalfuleo, the property of Andrew King, Feq., brother, 1 believe, of Mr. Senator King, of Georgia, two Chinew had committeo muicite, They bad set a cane fleld on fire, and finding the preliminary examinations entered into by the authorities were likely to lead to their evn viction, amd that there was an understanding they were to be sent to this city for trial, they applied for their clothes, and baving attired themselves in their “ Sunday- go to meeting dress, ' ewung themselves off, face to face replace of the room in which they co fined. Beyond this circumstance | gleaned mothing dor ¢ my trip worthy of being recorded. Sunday week the mortal remains of the lieeve 0 This, however, is better than the liability to be | , and igno: | and Gonzales sbould suffer by the garote ! But now he is, if be meets his deserts, in hades, whilst Christo and the others are in the land of the living. Bince the Sisters of Charity have come to this island, | sighty Zmportant from at the different | a great ion of them are ¢ pe nurses, pra ta but from their being «> employed, the former cept a very small number, have been ¢i thera, who before received from $17 to $15 ‘were required to perform the same dui month. But this they objected to do; and ha: as. sembled in the grocery, opposite the bee, pha the owner of which the; no in the habit of kee i running account, they were suddenly arrested, and, with the owner of the , thrown into charge againat them the refusal to labor for the reduced wages offered them. Theowner of the grocery is charged with cc uspiring with the late nurses to induce ‘them not to accept the rate of offered them. not the foregoing 8 novel method of securing the ser vices of efficient, attentive nurses to attend the sick? ‘There are upwards of seven hundred applications for licenses to erect and repair buildings outs ‘the walls, which have been before the pro authority more than two months. The universal answer has been that the requisite permission cannot be given until the Royal Court of EKogineers has completed the plan of the city, outside the walls, which, at the hastened here, may possibly be by Large numbers of artisans were, ‘ept out of employment. They were without complaint, for should they have done otherwise, they would bave been liable to be punished e# rowdies (amotinadores), no complaint inst the orders of government bemg permitted here. lo T, the cries of distreas must have reached the the Captain-General, and oa: him to open bis heart. On the 17ch inst. a permission appeared in the Gaceta, authorizing the erection of buildings (without further license), but not within 120 varas (Spanish yards) of the city walle. A priest named Hermenjeldo Gomez, who the ebaplain to the regiment of Asturias, and who ran away from his regiment when the cholera broke out amongst it, has, by the orders of the Queen, been deprived of his gown and boly office, There is a report that the most raw table of the free mulattoes are ow great preparations for a grand ball and supper, at which the Captain-General and the geno- ral of marines are to A few days since” ptain-General went snd ex- amined the locality, nearly opposite the Benificencia, and on the succeeding day and sini workmen have been employed there rection of a new fort. this circumstance look as though Spain meant to sell Cuba’ Added to which [can assure you that a plan is in in understood to be favorably inclined, by which the pri- vilege of sending representatives to the Cortes is to be restored to Cuba. A few years since the Creoles would have been satisfied with this concession—now they pro- ounce it (trampantojo) humbug ! On the morning of the 16th inst., being on the wharf, the place where ‘merchants most do congregate,” | lieve—who had attempted to pick the pocket of a ‘ Yan- cit thie city in divided into two districts, each to be com. ined i miMnBry, & principal com: a deputy (celador); the city withia the walls is to com- pore, these two districts. There are to be three othor Hintricts outside the walls. ‘The first, district No. 3, is to have a principal commissary and eight celatlors; district No. 4 is divided into celador, and district No. 6 in divided into seven wards, the bay, is to be attached to district No. 1, and Regia, also across the bay, to district No. 2. Do you not think, with all then thin city ought speod ? there is little perbaps ined of, except perhaps with the one justly to be compl which compels all | under a penalty of from $2 to $5. This to persons not | Py the Roman Catholic faith may be esteemed as oppres- sive. An illustrated periodical is in the cor tion here—the adventares of “Creto Ganga’’—a negro of the Ganga nation. It is witty and ratirical; indeed, in the second number, published last week, { thiak | de ect asly hit at the Captain General, the foativities, upon whose arrival, forming the subject of one of the | wood cuts, Some children form a procession, following | alittle girl, who carries a likeness of ‘al Concha behind these comes men a | women, headed by tl pt of the Partido, who bes: a likeness much more resembling the Marquis ae la Peznela than General Concha. © This, however, is innocent, hereafter, or lam much deceived, the Captain General will be made to know what reigns. ‘The Italian opera troupe, on usual, have had « quarrel amongst themrelves. “Finentini’’ has separated hereelf from them, and I presume you will have an op- portunity of soon hearing her in New York Verdi’s ‘I Masnadieri”’ is the last novelty produced, but to far from crowded houses. Business in this city in extremely dull; although, | snppose, when the crop comes to market, we shall all be bury enough. The Gaceta xo seldom contains anything ia the shape of ecitorial observation, that one gets quite out of the habit of examining that portion of the paper. However, my attention baving been directed to the impression of large body of | rsona to kneel when the host passes, | MORNING EDITION—MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1855. the onty | | Interesting from the {National Capitol. Wasmwarton, Jam, 27, 1855. —The Administration in a Quandary—Gratifying In- the Engrossment—The French Spoliation Claim—Gen. Houston on our Indian Affairs— Exposure of Frauds, de., de. ‘The State Department, [ learn, is in possossion of im- portant advices trom Ha’ which report the greatest possible excitement over the whole Island, in conse” | quence of the late action of the Spanish Cortes im rela- 18 | tion to the saleof Cuba to the United States, While the great body of the inbabitants of the island were opposed to the late revolutionary demonstrations, they looked with anxiety and impatience to the period of Cuban an- nexation by peaceful negotiation. Now the last vestige of hope ia swept from them, and revelutionary meetings are being held by the very individuals who formerly op- posed them, and the news of open rebellion in daily ex- pected by the governmest here. This state of things seems to be perplexing to the administration, which is both pleased and worried at it—pleased, because tho revolution, if successful, may furnish it with « safe an. cborage from the storm.ol unpopularity which now beats #0 terrifically around the White House; wartiéd levee wit! not be able to hold in check the Glibustering spirit which an outbreak of the kind would engender a our country, The seizure of the steamship Massachisetts, the other day, by the United States government, while lying in your port, on the allegation that she was about suing with arms and ammunition for the Cuban pa triots, was the {beginning of Mr. Marcy's war upon fili- bustering, brought about by the late intelligence from Havana. ‘The President is also in possession of highly gratifying Intelligence from Utah, The Mormons are not only do- i | i course of formation im Spain, to which General Concha | | Cass and Bi witnessed the arrest of a young fellow—a Creole { be- | Kee skipper,”” and steal theretrom his watch, | The in General bas sent to the municipality a | new set crdinances for their revision. By these five wards (barrios); each district to be under | ol each ward to be ander a | ine wards oach, witha | each (of course) with a celador. Casa Blanca, across | cile, but are much pleased with their new Governor, whom they soon hope to convert to their retigious faith. Several of the officers under Colonel Steptoo have de- clared thelr approval of the Mormon custom relative to matrimony. ties behind them, or they will flod ita ‘hard road to travel over Jordon.” ‘The debate in the Senate yesterday on the bill for the relief of the claimants of the private armed brig General Armstrong was eloquent and able, and considerable ex- citement prevailed during ite, continuance lovaton apoke feelingly of the alla of Captain Reid and bis crew during the Mr. Clayton gave a full history ef the claim from its origin in 1814 to the present time, and showed the legal and equitable liability of the goverument of the United States. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, Mr, | Bayard, of Delaware, and Mr. Weller, of Calitornia, also delivered eloquent 4 ants. Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, Mr. Dawson, of Georgia, and Mr, Stuart, of Michigan, opposed the bill, and denied | the liability of this government. Mr Dawson laid it down as law that a neutral nation was only liable for damages resulting to a friendly power in her porta, when she was able to prevent the injury and failed to do no. This position was ridisuled by Mr. Clayton, who oon. tended that, when a people ventured to assume nation- | ality, they necessarily assumed all the liabilities of a | per we of publica- | it is tobe unpopular with the people over whom be | and quiet with our red brethren. | Sunday last, I discover some complimentary remarks | relative to the new municipal ordinances, and an offer of the use of ite columns for the aeeectage of any remarks, pointing out the manner in wi ceived likely to be prejudicial to the public interest. ‘Thin, certaiply, is a new era in Cuban legislation | But what man will dare to differ in opinion with #o mighty a persone ge as the Captain General? Or, if a difference of opinion sbould exist, who will be found possessing suf ficient boldness to give it expression ? On the 16th inet, th of war Scorpion again entered thie harbor, She brought the captain, twenty anilors and fourteen passengers, of the Spanish ship Primera de Cataluna, wrecked on the 10th inst. on Green Key, being on her passage from New Orleans to Barcelona. The French war steamer Acheron entered this barbor the same day nexpectedly, on the afternoon of Sunday inst, a grand review, The Captain General, ‘atten cally brilliant staff, and ap entire squadron of jan {dition to the ordinary life guards, eantered up | and'down the line, His Exceliency appeared to have | taken the hint contained in my letter, w: just after the previous review. He rode with looger had deci ely | far more of a militar, mail steamer Wye, pannag: re ‘norther’’ between that piace and oceasion of yales from the north be i this harbor, nd, is of very slight importance. rived here on the ata inst. She and the xchanged captains; the former proceed Jerr ert, the latter to Aspinwall. Sourt of Mixed Commission will, I learn, deliver ment shortly with respect to the I hope to be enabled to send you the t letter lhere have been two marriages solemnized at the U #. Consulate in thin city recenity, the ceremony on both occasions being performed by the Rev. J. Avery herd, late reetor of St, ws College, Jackson, M and « Presbyter of the Episcopal churah, under the bis op of that State. ‘The first took place on the 1th inat James Wilson, M. D., of New Hampshire, to Mrs. Mary Anna Mead Adams, of New York. Dr. Wilson is known to most of the captains of merchant vessels belonging to the United states who have visited this port for some years past The recond morriage took place on the 21st instent— Amos Honey to Mien Clementia Wilson, both citizens of the United States. Adios. POUGHKEEPSIE. Fi Derado ing to The Personal Intelligence. | Welearn from the Cincinnati papers of Friday last | that Mrs. Harrison wae still dangerously ill. It was thought that she could pot survive Tuesday night, but the lightly revived on Wednesday. | At the Metropotit tor te Now @ Reamment, Ieham, Calite h 8 , ruia; Vdward Kiddie, Bestow, Hon Wii Ken 2 ol, Obarleston; Alfred AW Eddy, US Army, 11 Ad in the steamehip Pmpir Joseph Wertoott, Mev Joueph NR James ‘all, W Neormas, K Ma! 1, is Corman 3 Derk 7 1 Commer be Anson Steger, Esq. Ohio: Rawin « * Mo. DR. Konner, Rey, New York vou Alban law Davie ip Dreedncnght—G Beckers, Joho in «ie Northumberiand—A Renolds Cree, Wm and Room Simelair Naval Intelligence. Comenrenion.—We are pleased to learn re of the Navy has issued order oder of this moble ship, the Old In vigate of upwards of sixteen hundret nliven ¢ ‘ Secretary for the compliment be has abores the Jon. ich any of them are con: | British three maated schooner | | and be tinmediatel: pation, without regard to ite boleg a weak or a strong r. In his decision upon the case, Louis Napoleon axqumed no tuch position as Mr. Dawson assumed for him, but decided ¢ # against our government, be- cause the testimony exhibited the fact that the Arm strong was the aggressor, thus of the Portugese nment in ease the friti had commenced the attack. mention the singular fact, that it was never alleged by that the Armstrong was the oF until the afternoon the teat vote ‘oyal umpire discovered th ment of the bill, which resulted as fol nays 1% he House of Representatives was engaged toda the French Spoliation claims, and various amen tm were submitted. Mr Faulkner's substitute will proba bly be adopted, authorising the Secretary of the Trea sury tirst to ascertain and report to Congress the amount | of these claima, leaving it for a future Comgress to pro vide for their payment. Gen, Houston he floor next, and will t into & full review of our present In- dian policy. He will maxe sume seatbing exposures of | frands in the Indian Bureau, and will show up the | specvlations of ow the Weate He co | are more effect nde that trath, jasties aod ha than military force in keeping ” Police Intelligence. | THE RFFECT OF CLOSING THE LIQUOR STOREY ON SUNDAYS. Ever «inee the ordinance forbidding the sale of intoxt cating liquors on Sunday has been enforced by his Honor | Mayor Wood the city hox assumed a quiet appearance, contrasting strangely with what we bave bad occasion ring the past few years to notice. The Police Court, usually crowded with drunken men and persons charged with assanit and battery, are dall noiseless . church almost. The police throughout the different dis triets complain of having nothing whatever to do on Bundays, for in many wards no arrests have been made at allon the Sabbath, while in the remainder of the dis tricts the arrests would not average more than three. At the Second District Police Court, (Jotferson Market), there was not one cane of arrest recorded on the books yeoterday, except thore conveyed there from the various station houses at ap early hour in the morn’ One prisoner was slone brought in by a Ninth offi ser, whose offence consisted in standing on & corner when the policeman ordered liim to be moving; this personage replying that he would stand there as long as he Hked, and at the rame time doubting the legal authority of the “star ‘to remove bim, firmly adhered to his declaration of remaining in statu que. This enraged the officer, who haa not made the shadow of an arrdst for weeks ‘past, made the man prisoner, and con veyed him before the magistrate, to show him how far his authority extended. The magistrate (Justice Bren | nan) of course dismissed the complaing, which seemed The intelligence {row | xt a New ame 4 ne “nd | 1684, 1008, Y281, 179, 981, % | ieee) ier to displease the officious policeman very muth, order of the Mayor, the reserved corps were or the purpose of ferreting out who still persist in disobey! ntire force, each squad wader Be iy thow the the purish the o extent of the law STADUING APFRAY SYTWHEN TWO #AILORS. On Saturday night a difficulty occurred between two sailors, oan Robert Brown and William Jacobs, board ing at 16 Hamilton street, which resulted In a desperate fight, in whieh Jacobs received two re stabs, one in the arm and another im the «ide, from which the bloot flowed freely. Some persons who were present during the affray interfered, and prevented Brown from doing any further injury. The wounded ma: taken to the howpital for medti¢al treatment. Brown was arrested by the seventh ward police, and conveyed before Justice Welsh, who locked the prisoner up for exatnination Brown says, in defence of his comduet, that be nulted by Jacobs, who threatened to damage his tenance before he went to sem again ORAND LARCENY. Oficer Jourdan, of the Sixth ward police, arrested « women named Mary Sullivan, on charg aving stolen $400 from aman mamed Michael Sullivas. From the ment of the complainant, it appeared that he li ret with the accused, that he had the shove amount of money, in gold, secretes in his trunk, which was broken open, be alleges, by the aceused, amd all the specie stolen therefrom. 1 accuned wae arrestet at the howee No 144 Anthony street, where $142 6# of the stolen money wae recovered. Mary wae taken before Justion Connally at the Lower Police Court, whe tied her for on amination OLEN PROTRETY RECOVERED. Om the parton of oe of the alleged thieves arrested on Saturday by officers ri and Jourdan, for seating « sewing machine. und © pawn ticket for a civil en neer's curveyiog instrament, valued at sbowt 6100, hich was pawned by one of these fellows for $3. The pooperty pd opr et at the instance of Mr. Johnson. the clerk of the Lower Police Court. The owner of the party can twee pylon to wBcer J ue sof such drinking shops to the ute CHARGE OF POROBKY. A young man pamed Jobn L. Coykendale was arrested om Patorday, charged with having forged the order of ( W. Merehell for eight thousand segare on Jacob Ti) ton, of 199 Weer street, re brother of Mr, Marshall hed sent bite there with tbe orter Mr Tilton suspecting that sll way mot right, de o detiver the property watll he he) some conver clipe eceed to Portemoath navy yard, in this stow in relation to the matter with Mr. Marshall, ant | tire oat ie Ot | probably, be teu culo inquiry of Mr. Marshall, be declared that be rier and prone: weed the ser astl wee taken Wetore J never bod gives am natore a forgery Vows: at the Lower Polke for €3 0 mination. Court Calendara/Pmte Dey 0 Detect Cocet. Nee. ee errr arent 1.ttes Gf, 4, 1178, 1908, beer Ouda— Revolutionary Movements telligence from Utah—Atlempt to Proselyte the new Governor—Interesting Debate in the Senate—The Brig Gen. Armstrong—Positions of the Parties—Vole on It in to be hoped they have left no family | hos in behali of the claim: | ft the Benate for Monday | venting at the time that a { Coart, who exmmittet bine | PRICE TWO CENTS. cny Ini id THE COMPLEVION OF THE PANAMA BAILNOAD—HE- CURSION OF THE STOCKHOLDERS TO CBLADEATS THE EVENT. ‘The steamer George Law, Captain Fox, will leave this port onthe Sth of February, with the stoekholders of the Panama Railroad on beard, who, togetL ver with their guests, will proceed to Chagres, and from Shence over the new railroad to Panama, where the —_ of a safe and convenient communieation between the A came Pacitic Oceans—an ove hoped for, and mow hap- pily realized~—will be cobebrated. Jt is ua lerstood that the cel cy be most inteworting. The memory of the late Jobn L, Stevens, the preiector of this great enterprise, under whose auspices 4 wae commenced, wil! be duly honored in the ceremonies that will take place. A STOKMY SUNDAY. On Saturday there was overy imdication that the weather would remain frosty for several days to come ami #0 keep the streets and avenues in good sleighing condition. But yesterday there camo a killimg froat— not to the streets, but to the hopes of those who in- dulged in the pleasing delusion that the cold weather the sre sephne co age Peat te gvaking to alate hour in the night. \Tho which before the storm, were to owe 1 Seay apps Te tun lpn ine te et passable as ever. It ine ct torture to per. | fons to venture out ou the ocean of mud that meets therr eye on every turn; and unless Mr bling acts with great energy in having the streets properly cleaned, be t the Mayor's Complaint Book to teem with ‘sinnt himself and the contractors w complaints his charge Acoieytat Daownina.—A watchman named Michaeé | Keating fell overboard on Saturday night, at the foot of | Pike street, and was drowned before the necessary as | wintanee could be rendered him. The body of tie de- ceaned was recovered yesterday morning, and the Coro- ner was notified to hold an inquest. Fine 0 Tax Tumo Avercy —At six o'clock in the eves. ing on Saturday, » fire broke out in the dry goods aloce ot D. P. Fogerty, in the Third avenue, near Forty first, street. It caught from the goods In the show window | being placed too near the gas light. Thin is the second fire that has occurred from this cause during the past | week. ‘The fire in this ease was soon extinguished with | a damage of abouteighty doliars, Fully insured. | DaNckKous SIDEWALKK.—-The ordinance compelling houscholders to keep their sidewalks well «sprinkled with | ashes or else thoroughly cleaned of snow and {o0, should | be enforced by the police captains daring the continu- We are continually hearing of wrious character arising from this many doybtless occur of which It wae bot the other day a maa killed by the fail night which did uot, fortu Thomas ly, result in so jeNulty, while walki in Third avenue, near Fe second street, eli Afellon the lee, breaking his | leg, and oth ng himself as taken to the City Hospital. A proper degree of the art of the police, would soon put oor con | Bition that would prevent the recurrense of accidents of this natore In future, Whilamsburg Intelligence. CONCENT MENEFIT YOR THR POON. A concert will be given at the large hall of the Oteon, in Fifth atreet, this (Monday) evening, the entire re- ceipts to be applied, through the Relief Department, for the benefit of thove now ina sullering condition, Two | Ared performers, vocal and instrumental, have vob | unteered their services free of expense, and the affair wilt be exceedingly attractive, and dechiedly the richest mu nical trent that has taken place in Williamsburg for some ears, The use of the hall has been generously tendered | ty the proprietor, Mr. ‘Theall. There are now about $00 | families, compriaion some 2,600 rouls, who are receiving aid through thia department, and the numbers are cow stantly increasing. ‘The funde of the treasury of the Re- lief Department are nearly exhausted, and unless oar | cltivens continue their liberality a few weeks longer, im mense suffering must ensue. Fine evening, in the basement of the two story house, 329 | Grand street, owned by Wm. Anderson, and occupied by Frederick Siffrend, ana remdéence and bakery, and by cigar store, The fire was soon liding about $200. Mr. Siffrend’s Mr. Baird's about 675, ol covered } | | | by insuranee ‘Tue Sexpay Law—The Hunday law regarding the sale of liquor and merebandise, appeared to be universally | observed Williamaburg during yeaterday, and, @ might be expected, the day passed off in quiet, Brooklyn City Intelligence. Dmrrnection oF 4 Preouasnocs Factony wy Fran —Oe Sunday morping, about one o'clock, # Gre broke out ine # wooden building om the corner of Smith and Ceatre streets, which was occupied for the manufacture of py rotigneous acid and calleo pri aud wtock . Jobe Barling t $2,009, The precise cause of the eeplosion ia nat | The vy Law.—The law requiring the elosi liquor selling places strictly observed yesterday, Khout the whole extent of the city. ‘The day eo sequently parsed off in « quiet and orderly manaer, } Jeremy City Intelligence. VaccinaTion.—The Common Council Committee oa Alms bas engaged the services of Dr. Reynolis to yaco nate for the kine por, all indigent persons in Jersey City, and it is hoped that all others (a need of vaceination wilt cause it to be done, in order to cheek the apread of the small pox, which has existed more or less in the city during the past year, but is now appareatly apon the increase, Dr, Reynolds will today visit the Catholia | school in Washington Hall, for the purpose of vacciaat the children Tn Frxearn —The bill relative to the firemen of Jer- rey City does not make the period of service ia the de- partment five yeors netead of ten, ax some bave aup- pored, but Oxes revem yours as the time, and allows oll years previews to mext May, served five years and over will by this act have but two years to serra, im onder ts become exempt tir. J. M, Cornetioon, of Jersey Oty, hae been womia- ated an a Judge of the Courtol Appeals by the Governor, and the nomination has been cvnfiraed by the State Henate in Executive Seesion Dock Tava —Depredations « iy are fre- quest on aus ebout the whacte. ft is evident that tho of thieve whar! rate’ are continually watebing fer we to teal. On Raterday after neon, » canal bost lying in the Morris canal basin, waa robbed during & bre! absence of those in charge, and clothing and other articles to the value of over dolare cab Aneme von Fare lnronert— Dering tee pro- gress of the Nqeor trialw in the Hedeow hye eae | ir. Rediocen, aqgat of the Carsom inegus, was on complaint of lem Davier, for aDaget perjury, amt war locked up im jail several hours until bell we pro ored. Mr, abineon Mr Pavier (w the charge of falee lnprinomment. | Superior Court, Before (diet Justion Onkley onda jury COLLYER AGAINST ATEINOON, CLARE AND WELOU, | This wes 20 action to recover « lt of land, No. 65 Hes | tor street, im the cocupation of the defendente, cod which they and thoee throwgh whom they deim heave | held for forty five yours. The bat in quetion fermerty belonged to F wilyer, oe be, by hie will made tm | 1806, devine! \t to his daughter Hive, whe married Johe | Provocet, Peter Collyer dled soon after making his will, | aod hie said daughter Eve aed ber boshamd sald the bet jn question lo LMC, The defeminots claige through that vale. The said Kre Provooet diet ie February, One. direction of 3 : ? E Se "6 Offer, thoull te seat to tre thelr fertiaation y tae