The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1855, Page 4

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By the wrivalresterday ofthe steamship AMan- tee, from &tverpcol, we have*seven days later tute: Tigence foni¥orope. Thenswa which she briogs fwom the reat cf war i more of a suggestive than of a ‘positive character, and wil!be found fally comment- ed upen'in dur editorial columns. The important’ anncencénient of Lord Jthn Rassell’s resigaatioa, and ‘the anticipated @issolutfon of the Eaglish! ministry; a’s0 receive their due share of cbszrvation. The‘debates inthe’ English Parliemen’ on - these’! latter events are giver at great length, ani will ‘ba read With interest, ae they expove im a clear lighi thecsunes of the failnres in the Crimea. Commer cialand monetary 6? airs in Great Bitsin were ia a very perturbed state. Szveral failares iv the: srip- Ding aud tallow trove are reported, and others weredaily apprehended. The mlaistetial changes et coosed a decline in consolscf three:quacters per cent ,and'the decrease in the ‘stock of buliioa eentinued. The limited stock of staple arti iss of #wérican prodace prevented aay decline io prig:s. Merchants; before "Change hours yesterday, had wearcely had time to receive acd read their letters ‘Srought by the Atlantic, As far-as‘cotton-and ‘bread. etnffs were concerned its effect was: not fut'y deve- doped. Tie sales of the former were confiusd to some 300 0-500 bales, and*the market, if any no- theable otange existed, was somewhat casier. Flour wav'fxm, with moderate-sales. Corn was held above the views of buyers. Provisions were in fair demand, and pork was-sold ab-better prices for old and new mess. Beef was also in fair de- mand, with sales of hams as high as.$18. The news from Sarope, with the blocked ep stata of the wharves and clips from~-snow and ice, interfered with the loading of vessels, and hence freight en- gagements were light,but rates were steady. M?. Breckenride, of Kentuck;, recently appriaied and confirmed as Minister to Madrid in placa of Mr- Soulé, yeeterdsy announced, in the House ot Repie” sentatives, that he had de:lined the honor. Oar Washington correspondent informs ua that Hoa. Agustus C. Dodge; of lowa, ba been appointed in his stead. As his turn in the Senate expirea on tho NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1955. offered by Mr. Ocleman and rele:red. Committee waa directed to make feasibility of purchasing the road. The original grant to the to the city the right of such cent advance Upon the first cost. The s2eclal com- mittee on the conterted election in ; Council district reported in favor of admitting By.r- rard Gafaey to his seat in the Board. The report wes eatepted. General Shields is spoken of asa candi?.ste for ‘the lower House of Congres trom the B&gh’h dis *rict of Iicois, A vazancy cocurs in ‘this district by the cboive ef the Congressman elo to the seat in the United States Semate to pe vacated by the Gereral on the 4th of March rext. ‘The Senate of Tlinsis and the H2use of Repressn- tatives of Tndiana both paesed prohibitery liquor Jaws yesterday. We give elsewhnre an interesting account of the proceediags of « mecting «at Tammany Hall last evening, to which the patticular attention of ear hard and soft eheil democratic readers ia directed. Blew-Up'm the Exglish Cabinet—Cacieus Disclosures, Whe resignation of Lord Joha Russell and the ‘proxinaato dissolutien of the Aberdeen ministry “are events which will come upon no ene with ‘surprise. The one announcement is a certain prelude of the other. As is is the imstinct of the r@) to desert @ crumbling house, so it is that of the most’ pliant and time-serving ef politi- cians to-abandon his colleagues just when they: have most need of his support. In the face ef asmotion of iaquiry into the cenduct of the war in the Commons, and of another for the impeachment of the ministry in the -Lords, the -brave hearted whig statesman thought it time to cry sauve qui peut. We question;kewever, whether his reputation for manliness, generosity of feeling or political honesty ‘will be much enhanced by the reasons which he-assigns for his defection. He should have taken this step sooner, er mot atall. The man who, with his eyes fully opened, as he ad- mits hisvere, to the disastrous resalts of the defective organization of tke ministry, and the marked incapacity of the statesman who was ‘more perticularly charged with the c ndact of the-war, could give his tacit sanction to such.a state-of things, by his continuance ia offize, seems‘to us infinitely more culpable than those who regarded the matter froma prejudiced, and consequently a narrower point of view. His conduct in any aspect of the case does not ex- hibit a very large share of moral courage. The disclosures to which this act of political perfidy has led, farnish, however, a ueeful meral. ‘They expose the baseness and selfishness inherent to #)1 forms of government io which aristocra- tic institutions prevail. Here, in the testimoay of-one of the members of the English Cabinet itself, we see with what heartless ani un- ecrupulous indifference the interests ef the masses are sacrificed to those of the privileged few. In the very crisis of Eagland’s agony, when she is expending her life blood in despe- rate and profitless efforts—profitless because of the lukewarmness and incapacity of these who sre placed at the bead of her couacils—we find the amour propre of ‘an individual allowed to preponderate in the scale against her most pre- 4th of March next, and as the Jowa Legislature has refased to re-elect him, there is no doubt bu’ he will accept the mission. In the United States fena'e yeatarday thir'y six Bemate and twenty four House privace bills were passed without objection being made. The motion to re-consider the vote ordering the exngrossmant of ‘the biil for tha relief of the claimants of the priva. teer Gen. Armstrong was taken up, debated, and adopted—24 to.17. Mr. Benjamin stated hia inton- tien of moving sundry amendments, but Mr. Clay moved to Jay the bill on the table, whish was carried +22 o'19. After an-exeeutive session the Senate @djcurned. In tte House, atter an explanation from Mr. ¥avdkser, of Vi.ginia,-of his vote against suspand- ing the rules to allow the introduction of acti-Kuow Nothing resolutions, during which he reprobated secret political aescciaticns, te bill remodeling the @plomatic snd consular system was taken up aad passed—143 t> 33. A bill was reported from the Nava! Committee, autuorizing the construction of weve sloope-of-war. It was referred to the Com- mittee of the Whole. In committee, the coaside:a- tion of the Cult Patent Extexsion bill was resumed. Mr. Edgerton gave a hietory of the charges of corruption, and advocated the extension. Mr. Ciingman opposed tue dill, saying that it violated all sound principle. ‘netead of Cul. Colt losing money by his invention, it was shown by the Com nie- sioner of Patents that he bad already mae a million doljarerdy it. As for the denial of outside efforts being made to control legislation on tais matter, he knew.of tex or twelve persons who had been em Ployed4or thst especial purpore. Mr. Eddy a'so oppoeed the bill, and stated that it was t:ue that Bot lese-than ten or fifteen thousand dollars had been expended ‘n efforts to prosure the ex'en:ion ofthe protest. A motion to strike ou‘ tae enacting Clase was agrecd to, in which the Houve afterwards conzurred by a vote of lll to68. Afr this sum- mary ejectment of the bitl, an adjournment touk place. Nothing of interest occurred in the New York S:- mate yesterday. The resdlu‘ion relative to tie Lem- men slave case was made the epovial order fo: Tues- day. In the Assemb!y,a rea>lation was presented accepting the invijation of the Ten Goveraois to visit the ins‘i‘utions of this elty on the 27¢h inst. An inquiry was ordered into tha action of the Har- lem Railroad Company charging extra fare on way parsengere, Everything is now arracged for the parsage of the prohibitory liquor law, at least #o far as the Assembly is concerned. Tte bill is now in the hands of the select committee, who are to report ecmplet-, and the final vote will be taken on Wednesday next. Both houses adjourned till Mon- aay evening. ‘The goveroment at Washington has remitted the order made by Judge [ogersoil, to condemn to the Upited States the British steamship Alps, for emug- gling. The penalty to which Capt. Nye, of the steamsbip Pacifi:, was rendered liable, in conse- quence of his steward b:ing convicted of smuggliog watches, has aleo bees remitted. Proceedings have been commenced agains! the Spanish Consul—demages laid at $10,000—for an aesiult and battery on the young Cabin, Hernan dez,in the late attempt to remove him from this country to Cuba. Carnobeli, the agent who acted in the affhir, has been arvested for the sane off;n09, and held to bail in the sam of $2,000. The united democratic societies of this city— French, Hungarian, Polish, Cuban and Haytiea — celebrated last evening, at the Tabernacle, the sixth am iverssry of the deposition of the Pope and the fcrmation of the Roman republic. A fall report is given in the paper, togetoer with « translation of the speech of Professor Forestt. A fire broke out in the dry goods store of Warner & Loop, No. 19 Barc'ay street, between threes and ficur o'clock yesterday moraing. The fice appears to bave originated from a disjointed amoke pips, leading from the furnice to the flue in the ander- cellar. The Fire Marshal bas the case under inves- ‘thgation. Last night, shortly before eleven o'clock, Mire was discovered in the frait store of Edward F. Qagedar, No. 24 Palton street, it was very soon ox- tinguished. A report of both fires will b> foand eleewture. In the Board of Coracilmen last evening, a reso- sppeppristing fivé bundred dollars to eas cious interests. To save the Duke of Newcas- tle the mortification of dismissal, the English nation are compelled to submit to the disgrace of checks which ere equivalent to disastroas military defeats, aud to the graduol and almost certain annihilation of an army which they have reared with difficulty, and which it will ake them years to replace. So strong are the ties of aristocratic and class interests that we finda mon like Lord John Russell, who pre- tends to the character of a patriot, tamely look- ing on at the consummation ot these calamities rather than wound the feelings of the Minister at Wer or disturb the consti- tution of Lord Aberdeen’s cabinet. He only resolves to fulfil what would be regacd- ed by another manas a stern act of duty, when a motion for inquiry threatens the exist- ence of the ministry. Such facts as these will go far to confirm the notion that is fast ob- taining bold of the public mind in Eagland, that a constitutional monarchy is but a politi- | cal delusion as regards the interests ot the masses, and that the only two governments worth living under are either a republic or a despotism. Of the result of Mr. Roebuck’s motion—-the first night’s debate on which will be fuund at length, in our columns—there can be but one opinion. The universal voice of the English people, as expressed through their journals, has pronounced the verdict beforehand. The mlois- try will be disgracefally beaten. No other issue seems to us possible. The nation will not now be satisfied with such a partial modifica- tion of the present ministerial organization as | that, the denial of which has led to Lord John Russell’s resignation. Out must go the whole | crew of Russian sy mpathisers, political trimmers and apprentice statesmen, who have managed | pretty nearly to wreck the vessel of State. For a great crisis strong minds and strong encrgies are neceseary, and, with one exception, these quslities are not to be found in the pre- sent Cabinet. In that one instance, if they had | been left to act uncontrolled in their propor sphere, much of the disasters and grief which Lave overwhelmed the public mind of Eagland would have been averted. With a pilot like chapter of English history might have been spared. Pro this man the English people naturally look with eagerness in their extremity. In the Aberdecn Cabinet he has never been regarded as a cordial or fitly placed element, and his rucden secession at one period was rightly in- terpreted into a disapproval of the influences that swayed it. His return to office was a con- cession, as is well know, made agaiast his feelings, and in compliance with solicitations from a high quarter. We would probably be correct in assuming that this sudden resigna- tion of Lord John Russell is occasioned by a secret understanding with the Home Secretary, although the latter, in his speech in Parliament, gently affects to chide it. The position of the two statesmen is one of peculiar delicacy as regards the sovereign, and it required some dexterons manwuvre to extricate them from it. Lord John Russell had continued too long in the ministry for the safety of his political reputa- tion, and Lord Palmerston was unwilling to re- tign, lest it should be said that he was endea- voring to profit by the te: 50 erally manifested in favor of his ca placed at the head of the government. By the resignation of the former, on the ground of Lord Aberdeen’s refusal to make: this change, Lord John en- deavored to cover his mistakes by a show of patriotiem, whilst Lord Palmerston was raved the necessity of uttering a nolo cpiscopari. These are probably the secret motives of a step | the Duke of Newoastle is in some degree as- Lord Palmerston at the helm, this mournfal | for on the grousds of necessity or personal | conservatism is ‘very strong im all European | late elections. Weare thus thrown into» new feeling, Peeing that but little credit will be Seward to its author for ime ulees. The next steamer will in all countries; an2 the Horse Guards have strong lightened men have urged the reform of system, the abolition of the plan of selling com political epoch, with the old parties broken to any very patriotic; | friendsinParNament. For years and years, en- | pieves, the administration down, the anti-slave- ry sentiment up, and the Kuow Nothings up- risigg here and there, like a ground swell, and ‘bring us the news of the resignation of the A’jerdeen | missions and promotions, and the adoption of | breaking upon the rock of anti-slavery, ministry en masse, and of the appo¥atment of Lord Palmerston to the Premiershiy, Without that office his tenure of the Miaistry of War would be next to useless in Wie present emer- gercy. To do anything more than his prede- cessor has accomp?ished, he must combine in his person the two offices, and thus obtain an abeclute control over ail departments connect- ed directly or incidentally with the war. It is ‘to the absence of thet power that the failure of ‘eribed—for he ‘is not without ability, and is becides a man of untiring industry. Of the members of the present Cabinet, we apprehend that but few will be found in the new adminis- tration. The people are tired of a coalition of talents which only serve to neutralize each other, and will prefer a ministry of legs brilliant parts but more earnest and patriotic purpose. Asio Lord Derby we do not see much proba- bility ot his serving under Lord Palmerston. He is'too proud and self-willed to do that, and he is besides more a man of words than of ac- tion. In re organizing the ministry it will pro- bably be nece:sary to admit a larger proportion of the democratic element than usual in it. The evil influence of the aristocratic system on the conduct of the war, and the shameful nepo- tism which has been exhibited in connection with it, will lead to a violent explosion unless ‘some effort is made by the new government to lop off or effectually neutralise those abuses. ‘We fear, however, that Lord Palmerston with all his energy, all his unquestionable ability and ali his thoroughly English feeling, will be una- ple in this respect to divest himself of the pre- judices of his class. The remedy must come from the people themselves. Until they sweep away the distinctions which oppose rauk to merit, and which place the prizes of an honor- able ambition only within the reach of a privi- leged few, they must ever expect to be the vic- tims of corruption and treachery. The Crimean Campaign. It is many months since we pointed out that the invasion of the Crimea was likely to termi- nate like the last invasion of Russia forty-two years ago; and that Sebastopol might bz to the British what Moscow was to the French. The analogy eeems just now to have been discover- ed in England. The London Times already remarks that those who want to know what is going on at Balaklava must read the accounts of the retreat from Moscow. There is no dread- ful conflagration bursting out on all sides and driving the foreigners inte the pitiless storm and drift; but in all other respects the position of the British army is as wretched as that of Napoleon’s in 1812. Out of 54,000 English soldiers who have been gent out ia the highest state of diccipline and equipments, only 14,000 remain. Of these, about 12,000 are barely fit for field duty, and only 2,000 are said to be in acondition to fight. One hundred men die daily. In spite of the outcry that has been raised, actually nothing has been done towards enabling the troope to withstand the rigor of the climute— nothing towards the making of roade; nothing towards the procuring cfcom- forts. lie rotting on the wharves at Balaklava, and capnot by apy process be carried to the heights above. Starvation and profusion are separated such anextreme that the whole history of war contains nothing so horrible as the sufferings of the army; and ships arriving from England with cargoes of the very things that are most wanted, are obliged to return back for want of | some authority at Balaklava to receive them. It is estimated by men apparently well able to jadge, that by the 15th of March the whole Bri- tish army will be destroyed; and many parties area'ready clamorous for the recall of the ex- pedition. Nothing lees than this would have convinced Great Britain of the utter folly and absurdity of the system on which the British army is conducted. it has long been usual for officers of the Britieh infantry and cavalry to buy their commissions, and to buy promotion from grade to grade afterward. The artillery and engineers pass asort of examination, and when a miu in these corps is really anxious to learn his pro- fession, some poor facilities are afforded him to | doso. But it is contrary to the practice of the service for officers of the line to interfere in euch matters. They are expected to be rich or noble—in every case to be gentlemen, bat notbing more. The consequence is that for many years Great Britain has not contaiaed a more thoroughly incompetent and useless set of men than the officers of her army. Perfect gentlemen in manners—when they do not fall into the habit of gambling, drinking, and so forth—they know positively nothing. Their lives are spent in the drawing room or at the mess table. Delightful companions and very popular with young ladies, as soldiers they are as worthless as the wooden target at which their men are taught to fire. Like that coua- terfeit, they never flinch from danger, but stand firmly to be shot : but like it, to expect counsel | from them would be ridiculous. Of the acience | of war, of the duties of an officer in the field, of the thousands of matters with which a sol- dier should be conversant, in order to make head against the enemy and protect the lives of his men, they are wholly, helplessly ignorant. ‘These are the men whom England sent out to command her brave soldiers. In their hands | the placed their lives, and the consequence is that after a campaign of a few weeks, forty thousand out of fifty-four thousand are under the rod or in the hospitals; and though three battles have been won, the failure of the campaign has come to be admitted on all sides and the expediency of the withdrawal of the troops openly debated. From day to day, ® fresh Inkermann may be expected, and though it is hard to say what may be the issue of a combat between the Rugsians and Frenah, no one can doubt what would be the effect of a bold soriie on the weak Englieh lines. Theroare doubtless other potats besides that one on which an attack might be. made. There are, indeed, many reasons for believing that the withdrawal of the force under Liprandi from the line formerly occupied in the valley of the Tchernays has been nothing bat a rusé intended to delude the besiegers into an extension of their ground. . Shiploads of clothing, food, and stores | come rales obliging officers to learn their busi- ness. But the aristocracy bas been too stroag for the reformers. The army was a convenient nureery for the stupidest of the ecions of no- bility; they would not give itup. So long as peace lasted the most ignorant lord’s son was competent to discharge the duties of an officer; avd the rulers of England thought it would be time enough to think of change when war broke out. They resisted reform, accordingly; rather increased than diminished the power of rank and wealth in the army; eold ensigncies, com- paviee, colonelcies; and now they find they have sold their army and their comutry’s honor into the bargain. We have no wish to draw invidious compari- tons, but contrasts will force themselves on the mind on such cccasions as these. It has long been a favorite a:swer of Englishmen, when questioned about their costly war establish- ment, to say that their position in Europe re- quired them to maintain a hundred thousand men in arms to detend their country, at an ex- pence of @ hundred millions a year or more, They have sneered at the insignificant army of the United States, and expressed uncommon curiosity to know what we should do if we be- came involved in war. It is not ten years since that contingency happened. On that oc- casion, the total available force of the United States was something like seven thousand men, Before a year was over, more than three hundred thourand had volunteered to serve; and we were enabled to make two invasions of the enemy’s country, to fight three battles in one, and six in the other, to storm three of the strongest forts in America and the world, and to seize the enemy’s capital. The country invaded was full as unhealthy as the Crimea. Indeed the cold of Balaklava is not nearly so deadly as the fevers of the Rio Grande or the vomito of Vera Cruz. Yet vot one disaster occurred to check the ardor of our troops; and the mor- tality from disease was not much greater than it would have been had they been quartered in barracks in the same latitudes. In com- paring this simple record with that of the Bri- tish corfpaign in the Crimea, the true secret of the difference is disclosed at once. Our offi- cers were mostly West Point men: theirs idle noblemen or the sons of rich merchants aud landholders, who know nothing of their trade. Ybis explains everytbing. Tue Inuois SenatoriaL ExEection—Ne- BRASKA AND THE ADMINISTATION.—The elec‘ion of Trumbull, anti-Nebrazka man, as the United States Senator from IHinois, in the place of Gen. Shields, follows close upon the heels of Wilron from Massachuesetts, Seward from New York, Harlan from Iowa, and Darkee from Wieconson, all anti Nebraska, anti-slavery men, tried and proved. Mlinois, under the whig and democratic dis- pensations, was good at almost any day for fif- teen or twenty thousand democratic majority. Judge Douglas, two years ago, could have car- ried the State by a popular vote of not less than twenty-five thousand. Why this dreadful fall- ing off? Why was General Shields so uncere- moniousty thrown overboard, even by his own | party? The avewer is plain. It was the spoils tion, which have have swept out the Pierce de- by a distance of about two miles. Bothare in | mocracy from New Hampshire to Missouri, not sparing even Illinois. The spoils policy of Mr. Pierce, sending out asour ministers abroad, such men as Belmont, the German Jew, Owen, the Englieh socialist, Soulé, the French refugee, and O’Sullivan, the Irish filibuster, and huck- stering in every possible way for the Irish Ca- tholic and foreign vote; it was this policy which roused up the Know Nothings against the administration. It was that desperate ex- pedient of the Nebraska bill tnat roused up all the anti-slavery people of the North, of all grades, agaicst Pierce, his Cabinet, his ad- ministfaticn and his partizans. It was the spontaneous combination of these two elements of hoetitity that hes resulted in the astounding disasters to the administration, its fivorites and its party throughout all the North. The spoils policy of poor Mr. Pierce was the be- ginning; but the end is not yet. When Pennsylvania is revolutionized by twenty thousand majority; when New Hamp- thire wheels to the right about; when Iadiana goes with the anti-slavery movement, azaiast all the power of the epoils, and all the force of demcecratic discipline; when Illinois turns against Judge Douglass upon the Nebraska question, and his twenty-five thousand majority is ewallowed up in an anti-Nebrasks Legisla- ture; when even Michigan is turned upside down, and General Cass is iastructed by the State Aesembly to take the back track against | the Nebraska bill, it cannot longer be denied © that the administration, in the attempt to save iteelf, has pretty thoroughly destroyed the de- | mocracy of the Northern States, F From this extraordinary popular Northera re- | elected upon the basis of the Union sentiment of | the whole country, has destroyed that senti- | ment, and rendered next to impozsivle any | national conservative party movement for the | approaching Presidential election. It is moni- | feet that we shall have a sectional campaign— anti-slavery in the North, pro-slavery in the South. The only hope is in the good senee of the independent masses of the people. The jate | anti-slavery elections express the paramount | sentiment excited in the North against the Ne- | braska bill. It is not abolitionism—it is not a spirit of interference with slavery in the States —it is opposition to the extension of Southern slavery, and to the introduction of slavery into | the Territories where it has not previously ex- | isted. The Nebraska bill was a constitutional | act, repealing an unconstitutional interdict. But the mearure was abrupt—the Missouri compro- mise had stood the test of thirty-four years of agitation, and the South had acquiesced. Mr. Pierce, who wished to clear himself of his free | soil affiliations to the satisfaction of the South, | was driven to this expedient of repeal. The results are before him. His qaly reliance now ie Henry A. Wise, an old whig, the deadliest | enemy of President Van Buren, turned demo- | erat to save Van Buren’s successor in office, Smail now are the cbances for Cuba, or ano- | ther slice of Mexico, or Dominica, or the Sand- That these things are well known and fully appreciated in England will be scen by the speeches republiehed elsewhere, and the Cabinet movements which have just taken place, Whetl er they will lead to the correction of the wich Islands, The rebound of the Nebraska | bill has knocked all these projected acquisi- tions out of the category of the administra. | tion. Its foreign policy is thus wholly revola. | tionized, and its high-flown pretensions have | Ietion macd taping 4 organinnd sejiel amociation vay | which scems to us otherwiee difficult to account | real eyll remains to be seen. The spirit of | vanished in the clonds of dust and pmoke of the | | policy and the Nebraska bill of the administra |, | Strictures mace against his particular friend ‘‘Sam.’’ The prospectyia a sectional campaiga—anti- slavery on one side, pro-slavery on the other. In this view, it is the best course for the South to provide for the chances of an election by the House of Representatives. The necessity of conciliation and compromise may restore har- mony tothe Uvion. Ascrubrace is the only chance. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. BON, AUGUSTUS C. DODGE NOMINATED MINISTER TO SPAIN. Wasunaroy, Feb. 9, 1855. Young Dodge, jnst defeated for re-election to the Senate from Iowa, was to-day nomisated as Minister to Spain. It is-the most extraordinary diplomatic appoint” ment yet made. HON. AUGUSTUS ©. DODGE CONFIRMED AS MINISTER TO SPAIN—APPOINTMENTS—CONFIRMATIONS BY THE SENATE, ETO. Wasurvnaton, Feb. 9, 1855. ‘The con‘inued illness of Mrs. Breckinridge, now un- well in this city, rendered it impossible for Mejor Breckinridge to leave for Spain, and he therefore yester- day resigned the commission which he bad accepted as Minister thereto; whereupon the President nominated Avgustus C. Dodge, U. 8. Senator from Iowa, for that position, and to-day Mr. Dodge was confirmed ia auch by the fenate. 8.8. Cox, editor of the Ohio Statesman, was nomi- nated as secretary of legation at L‘ma, Peru, vice Joho B. Miller, of New York, whose nomination was with- ‘tatement that General Cushing has any interes! jicaragua Transit Company is untrue. ‘The following confirmations were made by the Senate yesterdsy:—Benjamin 0, Pickett, Postmaster at Mays- ville, Ky., (not Marysville, Cal.); Samuel P. Collins, Pa., Consul for Morocco, vice George V. Brown recalled; George H. Ambrose and Nathan Olmey, of Oregon, Agents for Indians in Washington Territory; Charles H. Morri- son, Receiver of Public Moneys at Ouachita, La., vice Peyton G@, King resigned; Robert Benquerel, Register at Opelousas, La.; Robert D. Haden, Receiver at Columbus, Miss., (not in Ilinois, as reported yesterday) ; George K. Child, Chief Coiner of the Mint at Philadelphia, vice Peale removed; Philip Laney, Surveyor at Burlington, Towa, vice Carpenter resigned; Martin Russell, Sar- veyor at Troy, New York, vice Brownell resigned. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Wesnincton, Feb. 9, 1855. No. 67.—Joseph Jassige et al., plaintiffs in ersor, vs. James Brown et al. ,trastees, ete. Argument cont'naed by Merrion and Lord for defrndants, and concluded dy Bartlett for plaintifis. Latest from the State Capital. FRED DOUGLASS IN THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER—THE TEMPERANCE BILL—BXTRA FARES ON THE HAR- LEM RAILROAD—THE LEMMON SLAVE CASB—SEW- ARDITES BURNT IN EFFIGY, Ef , ETC. ALBANY, Feb. 9, 1855. The moment the House was called to order this morn- ing, it appeared evident that the majority had concocted some programme not laid down in the regular order of business. Motions were made, s.riatim, to lay all regu. lar orders on the table, down to motions and resolutions, and ail adopted. Before, however, the grand object was arrived at, Mr. O'Keefe rose and said he held in his hand a respectrul communication addressed to him, which he desired to present to the House. “Read for information,” ‘Let us know what you mean,’’ ‘‘We want to hear it read,’’ &c., resounded from all parts of the hall. Mr. O'Keefe said—Mr. Speaker, I will read the letter. He read as follows :— Dstavan Hovss, Friday, Feb. 9, 1865. To rue Hox. Davin O’Rxxrn, Member of Assembly:— Will you please as) e of the Atsembly chamber on We y evening; and, if engaged, on Friday, tor Frederick Douglasa to speak? Subject—“The Rights of Man.” And oclige your obedient servan’, STEPHEN MYERS. Mr. O'Keefe moved that the privilege be granted, which was seconded by Mr. Stevens. There is no reason why this privilege shall not be granted, He hoped it would | be done. Mr, Waterbury took the same view. talent, whether in black or white men. Mr. Magee objected to giving the use of the chamber. | A Member inquired which Douglass wanted the use of the chamber? A Voice—Freiterick Douglass. The House, durii | last ten days, has been filled with abolitionists, an | aay as well admit the most interested champion, ir. O'Keefe said that as the Temperance Society had o ‘the chamber, it should in justice be given to ugiaes. Finally, after half an hour speot in a colloquial man. ner, the request was unanimously granted. So on Fri- Coy evening of next week, this aboution Legislatare will | ave the satisfaction ef Viste: to a speech from Fred the most talented of them all. The unfinisbed busiress on the Temperance bili was | them taken wp. This was upon tating « vote whether | the bill should be referred to a select committee to re- | portoomplete, this was unexpected by its opponents, | us a large mumber left the city egteraay ‘afternoon, not expecting such amovement until Monday. Various pro- portions were submitted to stave off th jaestion—the eyes and noes were called on the most simple, which consumed an hour anda half of time. Finally, usder the stern operation of the previous question, the retolu- tion was ted. It amounts to this: that the prohiti- t law, ecient twenty-six sections, only sew of which have been before the Committee of the Whole, is referred to the Temperance Committee to ‘t com- Nete. This precludes any amendment whatever, ani members wilt be compelled to vo'e u 0a the entire bill, as originally introduced, and as published in the Hr- RALD at the time. Tbe committee are inatracted to re- port back tte billon Moncay next, and the final vote is to be taken upon it on Wednes:'a: ¢ 21st inst. The manner in which its fri day 18 convincing fact that t! will pass the House on the very day which they haveselected. Soft will be phe ey byrd bess — KA te will not have the lect efeat © prohibitory law, as many im- ined would be the case. Sie a cf ‘here is be an inquiry into the reasons why the Herlem Railroad Company charge extra prices sponen & wae ony et A large en of bills were in- luced, very tew of any general importance. The Senate held # short session, less than an hour. ‘here are to be more speeches on the Lemmon resola- tion; and it is understood that the new Senator, Mr. Goodwin, intends to take the floor in answer to some He admired the we action it is also manifest that the administration, | Co | sufficient force to repel If he Coes not — war into Africa, then his looks very much betray him. Beth houses very judiciously adjourned over to Monday next luring members in ster continues, ee orning Hon. Mr. Littlejohn and the Hon. Mr. Cole bea ony with such distinction ia Greenbush, opposite this city. Those are the constituents of the latter gentleman. * Sam’? bas er into the Young Men's Association of this city, and during the day yesterday, whilst the eloc tion for officers was pendi ed he would en- ver, mustered in ter “Sebastopol.” The the altack, and’ the intermed | dling, officiouw invader was compelled to retreat fora tvelvemonth, The reason why another respite of s week is to Phelps b; Governor, is for the reason tl os t his Fxcellency has been unable to examine the testimoay ia relation to his sanity. The Pennsylvania Senatorship. Harnisecra, Feb. 9, 1855. The Americans are holding & caucus this evening, to agree upon a candidate for Senator in place of Cooper, The candidates are so numerous that it will probably be late before the caucas will be able to make its se- Jection. Departure of General Wilson from Boston for Washington. Bostoy, Feb, 9, 1855, General Wilson, the new Senator elect from thia State, left here yesterday afternoon for Washington. He was enthusiastically cheered by a large number of bir friends who had gathered at the depot to take leave of him, At Worcester, « delegation of anti-slavery men greeted Rim, and a speech was made by W. W. Rice, faq., to which General Wilson briefly responded, saying he knew the principles which the people of Massschuset's cherished above all others, and that he should strive faithfully to upbold them, A Bank Cashier Missing. Cutcaco, Feb. 9, 1855. VOL. XX. Progress of PARBAGE OF TRE LIQUOR BILL IN THE ILLINOIS SENATE. a . Caroaao, Feb. 9, 1855. ‘The Senate to-day passed the Liquor bill by a vote of seventeen to seven. " PASSAGE OF THX LIQUOR BILL IN THE INDIANA HOUSE. Cincrxwats, Feb, 9, 1855. The Maine law passed the House at Indianapolis to day, and is now the law. Groat rejoicing at Indianapol!ns ‘nm consequence, PROSEOUTION OF LIQUOR DEALERS IN CINCINNATI: Crixcixxatt, Feb. 9, 1855, The Grand Jury tave found bills against twenty-five. liquor sellers, and are vot yet through. They have alao- indicted the managers of prize concerts. From © NOMINATION OF TSU HON, JAMES SHIZLDS5 FOR CON- GREEB-—111B RAILROADS, ETC. Curcado, (Il ,) Feb. 9, 1855. ‘The Hon. James *hields has been announced as the, democratic candidate for Congress, trom the Eighth Coa- gressional district, now vacant by the election of Ly mau Trumbull to the United States Senate, ‘The Chicago and Mississippi Railroad will probably be open to-day, The mails for St. Louls, and along the line ofthe road, have accumulated in a sufficient | vaatity to. load up one freigat train, They have been stored ia warehonses for the past three weeks, Over one hundred tons of mail matter were on hand for Springfeld and St. Louis, The Iinois Centra! Railroad will most probably be- open to-day also,"aui then all except the Military Tract: and Galena Air line will be in good order. Canadian Affairs, COLD WEATHER— AP’OINTMENTS—ELECTIONS—RIOTS- Toronto, Feb, 8, 1855. The weather here is very dull and cloudy. There wax a slight faillof snow to-day. The thermometer stands at fifteen degrees above zero. The {steamer Chief Justice ran aground on her way here from Niagara. Her passengers were landed safe by means of a rope from the vessel to the shore. Efforts are still making to lighten and get her off. Messrs. Henry Bulmer, J. P. Litchfield, M. D. Rich- ards and Louis Richards bave been appointed Judger from Lower Canada, for the selection of products from Upper Canada for the Paris Exhibition. Haarron, Feb, 8, 1856. It bas been snowing slightly here to day, with an east- erly wind. The thermometer stands at 20 degrees above zero. Yesterday, on the Great Western Railway, a brakeman, name unknown, was frozen to death while at his post: on the platform of acar. When the train stopped he fell from it dead. Montrzat, Feb. 9, 1855. Westher has greatly changed. The thermometer~ which has ranged for the last three days at more than 20 degrees below zero, now marks 22 degrees above... Snowing slightly. Business dull, Money market de- pressed. Quensc, Feb. 8, 1855. There was considerable voting at the municipal elec - tion to-day in the St. Peter and Champlain wards. Max~- ham, a defeated candidate, bas entered a yrotest against tne election, on account of threats of violence, &c. Several citisena were cruelly beaten with bludgeons. ‘The military were called out to restore order and quiet, but they did not act. Hearn, a man who was convicted of taking part im the Gavazzi riots, and who was fined £25 for doing #9, has been elected from the Champlain ward. A New Yorker's Baggage Robbed. ToxK00, Fev. 9, 1855. Williams, alias Harrison, was arrested to-day, charged with baving robbed the M. $8. Railroad baggage car of a. trunk, containing $4,000 worth of bank dra‘te, belonging: to8. M. Clark, of New York. The Bark Maryland Ashore.. Bosrox, Feb. 9, 3855. The bark Marylacd, from Palermo for Boston, with a. cargo of cranges, lemons, nuts and sumac, weat ashore yesterday on Ipswich Beach, and is now fall of water. Her crew were saved by life boats: Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PHILADELPHIA, Fed. 9, 1855. The money market is unchanged Stocks are da‘t. Reading 3834; Morris Canal 14%; Long Island Railroad 16; Pennsylvania Railroad 433,; Pennsylwania State Fives 8534. New Orteans, Feb. 7, 1855. Corrox—Prices unchanged; deman active at pre~ vious rates. Sales 11,000 bales. Coffee—no change im price, but business active; sales 7,000 bags. hts. to Liverpool 7-164. Fire Marshal’s Office. INVESTIGATION OF ARSON CASES—TWoO OF THE: AC~ CUSED PARTIES HELD TO ANSWER. » Before Justices Davidson and Connelly. Tae Case OF CuaRtes Ciaik.—On the morning of the Ist of February a fire took place in the dwelling apart- ment of Charles Clair, oa the fourth floor of the tenant house 619 Pearl street. The circumstances at the time were of @ very suspicious character, and the police ar rested Clair on suspicion of knowing something about. the arson. ~The accused was taken before Justice Com- nelly, who directed the Fire Marshal to mate a thorough investigation, and the evidence showed (which we give in substance} that Clair was insured for mach more han. his household goods were worth, an, independent of that, hae endeavored to procure an additional $500 insu- rance from another company. The carpenter the builcing testified thace vee two distlast tenieee the premises, One hole was burnt through the centre of the floor, and another hole was burnt through the floor in a closet, and the closet burnt to pieces. “These mato together with other circumstances of suspicion brough before the Justice, caused him to hold the accused for tke action of the Grand Jury. ‘Tae Case or Fraxcis MURPHY.—In this case the ac- cused kept a grocery store at the corner of Eightsent’ street and Seventh avenue. The evidence before Justice Davideon showed that Murphy, on last Sunday morning, at about one o'clock, was seen to come from the rear J ard of Lis store ana pass on his way home in Seventeenth strect, and in leas than ten minutes the sture was dis- covered on fire. The fire was also shown to have ¢ri- ginated in a very singular part of the store, in a jog be- tween the ihe «nd liquor counters, on some boxer some three feet from the it wae stown that Mr. Murpby bad an insurance of $700 on his rtock and fix- tures; he is also proprietor of another grocery store in Seventeenth street, over which he resides. Mr. Mur- pby, on his examination, admitted he was in the store on the in question; said he struck « light, anc and then went into the stable to feed his t orses, rn - ¢d back to the store, put out the light, and then lockes the door. The evidence for the defence showed that the horses had been fed twice that night. It was also showa y witness that Mr. er on other occasions had Visited the store afver it been Faturday might his clerk, after closing o'clock, went home with Mr. Murphy, and be (Murphy) returned alone to the store, was seen to leave —— irre | ety him at about 1 o'clock. Upor ether ot ces sworn before the tours, Justice Davidse belt ane accused ~¢ answer, and the whole matter will be laid before the Grand Jury. —$—_________. Brooklyn City Intelligence. Carrure ov 4 River Tuiey.—A person calling himself Jobn Jackson, but whose real name is supposed to bo- Sullivan or Mulligan, was captured fa Jay street, yester- tor micentag, ae three o'clock, by officer McConnell, of the Second district police, aie on suspicion fen 3 a bur glar. It aj that boarded the brig A. Sawer ben ee 8 oceupl M. Smith, who, being aroused, oolied 2 revolver, when the fellows rao out. He followed them on deck, but they had ‘tracted, when war bev atioe Smith, at the City was committed to jal to answer any indictment that be found by the Grand Jury, Naval Intelligence. The sloop of war Levant sailed from Malta Jan, 16 for the westward, . The frigate Constitution, Commander Rudd, was at Maieira January 6, to sail m two or toree days for Canary Islands, ‘Tee New Steam Feiaate NiaGana.—Th’s steamer, the largest of the six now in course of coustraction un ler the last appropriation of Congress, ie progressing ra- pidly at the Brooklyn Navy Yerd, unde: the manage- ment of Mr. Geo, Steers, her modeller. Her machinery in being built at the foundry of Mesers. Peace & Murphy, of the Fulton Iron Works, the contractors. The immense N.C, Roe, cashier of the Phenix Bank of this city, indicted for forge: an left for parts unknown. Fatal Accident at Baltimore, Bautimors, Feb. 9, 1365. Walter Giles, a bookbinder, about fifty years of ags, was ace'dentally shot this afternoon in « tavern, by a young man named Thomas J. Everett, who ccrelessly fred off an old musket, not knowing it was loaded. The thot took effect in the head, amd ft is thought mortally. boilers—four in nomber—will be ready to be taken from thelr works in abont six weess. They contain about 8,600 copper tabes, weighing alone about 66,000 Ibe. The engines are also in a state of forwardness, and the valves, sea linings, air pump pistons, junction pipes, piston rods, crank pin boxes, force pamps, ke., all of composition, are about completed. Toe condensor and frames are under way, and they expect to be all ready with ber entire machinery, for putturg up on this traly noble national vessel, in about eight months.