The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1855, Page 2

418 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1855. Board of Councilmen. Fun, 21,—The board met at 5 o'clock P, M., pursuant t0 adjournment—D. D, Conover, Eaq., President, in the chair, The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. PETITIONS REFERRED. Of various companies of the Seventh regiment Nations Guard for rooms for armories. Of owners of property on Eighty-fourth street, from ‘Third avenue to avenue B, against curbing, guttering or Sagging said street. Of trustees of insurance companies for the first and second stories of Marion street bell tower, as a station for a fire patrol. To grade and regulate Eleventh avenue, from Forty- eighth to Fifty nimth street, To prevent the peddling of wood in the streets of the ity. nt RESOLUTIONS. That the sidewalks between East Broadway and Madi- street, ia Montgomery street, be repaired under the Sune the Street Commissioner. Reterred. . ‘That tbe Comptroller be requested to inform the board why be has not ; as directed by the late Com- mon Council, a lot of ground suitable for a location for a hose company. Adopted. be ae invited to aubeait the samen Gite toe eonte: are aul wi \- par —— same, 5) tions, to of Repairs and Si if $bis board as soon as ible. ‘Adopted. By be Pic ore gy wren Hart, be directed report to this board, within ten by what autho- rity of law he continues in office Mr. Tiohard 4 Cham: ‘ders as CoUector of Arrears of Taxes; and also the num- ber of notices served upon taxpayers in arrears. Adopted, . That vacant lots in Thirtieth street, between Madison and Fifth avenues, be feaced. Referred. ‘That the of Repairs and Supplies be, and heishereby, directed to repair che furniture in the Gounci) chamber, to protect the sumbers from muti- REPORTS. Of the Finance Committee—In favor of appropriating $11,000 to the various ward relicf associations, to bo expended for the relief of the poor of the eity aad coun- of New York, Heferred to the Committee of tho Of the Committee on Cleaning Streets—Ia favor of can- celling the contracts with P. Paimer, ©. Zeigler, P. Coyle and John mec mm the Seventh, Eleventh, Thir- teenth, Seventeenth, Fourth, Bigntn, ‘Twentieth and Twenty-second wards of the city. Referred to the same. THE AMENDED CHARTER. A report of the Committee on the Law Department, to was referred the subject of amsndmenta to the city charter, submitting, also, a draft of an act for the same, was presented. ‘in their report the committee say:—‘‘As « matter of propriety and economy, there can scarcely be n doubt as to the wisdom of confining the ~ of originating finaacial measures to ons of the boards, or that such board should be the one near- est and most frequently accountable to the people for their stewardship. In regard to spring charter elestions, it appears a self-evident Proposition that local interests should be allowed their fuil and undisturbed influence at the election for munisipal officers; that the fitaess of all candidates should ba fairl; ted to the public, without the aid or influence of a State—or any other than acity—ticket.” Tne committees advocated that feature in the charter of 1863 which makes this board more numerous than the Board of Aldermen, and re- eommended that the system of representation dy wards in the Board of rmen be ed, ® plan substituted to conform to the principles of jual representation. The Committee also recom: for adoption the following resolution: ‘That a committee be appointed to prepare @ proper memorial to the State Legislature, now in ses- sion, to accompany the ropored amendments to the city chartex, and that the said committee proceed to Albany, and cause such memorial and amendments to be pre- eented to the Legislature, and request the Senators and Assemblymen from this city to urge the speedy enact- ment of such amendment.”” The report was made the special order for Friday evening. THE COMPTROLLER’S ANNUAL RKPORT, The Compsoliers report represented that the Bees fag and expenditures of the corporation during 1854, exclu- sive of the sinking fund set apart for the payment of the debt, have been as follows:— Expenditures from Jan. 1, 1854, to Dec. 31, $10,184,318 27 Received from all sources, except the siuk- ng fund... ...eeeeeee . 744,310 58 Expenditures more than receipts... $1,610,209 46 There wae, however, a balance in the treasury Jan. Ast, 1864. of $1,170,590 90, zest was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The Board then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole. The adoption of reveral bills was recommended, and they were subsequently ordered to a third reading. The Board then adjourned, ‘The Commissioners of Emigration. THR CASE OF TOM DUNLAP AND JAMES KELLY— SHOULD THE QUARINTINE BE REMOVED?—THE EMI- @RANT BILL BEFORE THE SENATs. A meeting of the Commissioners of Emigration was held Wednesday at 4P.M. Present—Commissioners Ver- planek, (in the chair,) Witthaus, Dunlap, Kennedy, Crab- tree, Kerrigan and England. After reading the minutes, the following was received:— “ In Senate, Feb. 13, 1855, Resclved, That the Commissioners of Emigration be requested to inform ithe Senate by what authority Thomse Dunlap and James Kelly have been, and are, re- cognized as members of their Board, and permitted to take part in its proceediags. HUGH J. Ha8TINGS, Clerk of the Senate. Upon this there was no debate. The President was directed to reply as follows:— ‘The Commissioners of Emigration respeetfully reply to the interrogatories of the Senate— That said James Kelly was on senesey 1852, ap- pointed by the Governor and Senate, and duly commis- gioned ss a Cor Emigration, #a\ given. That the sa.d Thomes Dan- of the Senate appointed and com- ” that ths Commissioners have not been informed that any person has been appointed or qualified asa successor in office te ccither of them, nor bas any person claimed to be such successor; thet the tenure of office of the Commissioners of Emigration is prescribed by the general provision of the clause of the Revised Statutes, which states, that * every officer duly appointed, than the Justice of ihe Supreme Court, who shall bave duly entered the duties of his offi ischarge ution thereof, althoug pired, until hie successor tn bs Under this belief the Commissioners have hitherto re- ognized the said James Kelly and Thomas Dunlap as members, and entitled toall the srivileges of the same. *A communication was received from Dr. I. M. Carao. ch an, Burgeon-in-Chief of the Emigrant Refuge Hospi- ‘tal wards, relative to the removal of Quarantine, as fellows :— ‘To THE PRESIDENT aND MempErs oF THE BoARp oF Com- MISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION :— gis han San now before the Legislature the dis) of the Quarantine property on Staten Inhaad, pow prog be removal of the Quarantiae, contem- es a very great change in the uses of the Stato rant Hospital on Ward’s Island, ani as you are the constituted guardians of the hospital and of the refuge, I beg leave to submit respectfully the follow- tions for your consideration :— fourth section it is provided that it shall be the duty of the emigrant physician to seni directly to Ward’s island such emigrants as shall be found sick @r unwell on board of vessels arriving tn the port of New York, and also all sick persons who may be ia tie jal at the time he enters upon the dis- uties. Now, the effect of this provision our hospital what it is not, gpver has been, ani never sbould be—an hospital for the trost- ment of diseases of a contagious charaater. The reasons for the permanent exclusion of thie claes of diseases aro Upon considerations of sanitary expediency and humanity, and aro as strong now as they have ever Ddeen—that is to ray contagious diseases are excluded on account of thy dangers to which the city would be expored by the very act of transportation by steamboat or otherwise, and by their treatment fm a Jocality which must necessarily remain acces- wible to the visits of the whole emigrant popula- tion; besides, Ward’s Island is a refuge for emigrants io health as well as emigrants affected with diseare, and #t cannot deliberately be made a receptacle of coatagion without deciding by implication t! @ healthy emi- grant is undeserving of legislative solicitude. Emigrants affected with contagious diseaso have hitherto been letained and treated at the Mariae Hospi tal on Staten Island. This institution fs abolished b; the Dill, and is 10 be replaced by a floating hospital, which, it is intended, shall be securely. anchored in the bay or cove north of Coney Island, where, it is intended, it shall be the receptacle not of ‘all cases of contagious dleeane, bat ot gach are found oa oard of vemels prone es | im port ween the fifteenth of June and the first day of November in each year, Tom euth of the southern bountry of Virginia. will remain no naulated hospital for the treatmer dagicn introduced from other parts of the world, Py of diseases is assigned to the Ward's Isiand Hos- which have hitherto been very properly exciuted it. Im faci, the fifth a 4 sixth sections are in- tended po ye solely against the introduction of yel- Jew oro! tropical fevers, as if these were the only diseases of # contagious character to which the city can bo exposed. But cholera, whether it originate north or south of Virginia; ship fever, #mallpox, ani many other diseases, are equally con! as or communicable, and ship fever especially is of more certain ani fre- quent occurrence in the port than any tropical fever, fine, gentlomen, I permit myrelf to hope that a bill which pro for the transportation of contagion through so crowded @ mart an the Kas} river, and for its reception and treatment in so unsuitable a locality as Ward’s Island, will not meet bo Kae support, but ‘that, on the contrary, yeu will take the necessary steps to protest against it as an wowite, and unjust fanovation. I have the hovor to . gentlemen, your obedient rervant, J. M’ CaRNOCHAN. Commissioner Wirrnavs offered the ol Resolved, That the Committee on Bills be hereby re- geertea to appeal at once to Congress, that the two ses provi for the duty on the part of vessels and furnish emigrants with well cooked provisions — ‘the passage, also that the owner of vessels shal weturn the passage monty of all who die during the rovage, be to any bill ia regard to the oarerag passengers which may be befors that Petia wos velerea This wee to » committes, consisting of Com- | t missioners Verplanck, Kennedy and Mr. Devlin. Tae Board soon after adjourned, WESELy Svkuany. Allien arrived to 21st inst, ++ 1h ‘To seme date ho snereneneneees oo 11, Decrease this years, 5,410 wee JOMTHrerevenerereeerrerersenney By Ward's Island Hospital, 1,810 Refuge cepartment 2)163 Due counties : Board ef Ten Governors. A meeting of the Board of Ten Governors was held om Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o’clock. Present Governors Townsend (in the chair), Tieman, Taylor, Henry, Degro, Smith, and West. Gov. Draper is absent from the city, and Goy. Herrick is at home dangerously ill ofa bronchial ever. After reading the usual requisitions, a communi- cation was received from Mayor Wood, enclosing a uum. ber of bills advertising certain gift enterprises, it being understood that the Board should prosecute the parties, with « view to confiscate the property for the benefit of the city charities. Gov. West was of opinion that this was a singular pro- ceeding on the part of the Mayor. It was impossible for the Board to know who the parties were that projected these swindling operations, and when his Honor sent those bills he sheuld have communicated with them some information on the subject, so that the Board might know who to prosecute. t Board was not bound bed pi police duties, amd spend its time in fer- reting ouf these a y mle ‘No doubt these days, would issue a me: ata! that he had before the and they had taken no according to law. conversation, Governor Wrst {hat his Honor the Mayor be, and hereby la, nespecttatiy [onor res} requested to furnish, ‘through police oficers pers xine, neceseary information to. enable this eet ment to prosecute the real parties conducting the lottery scheme referred to in the handbills sent by his Honor t> this Board.’’ A communication was received to certain ies $200 for destroying rats and mice‘on kewell’s Island, at. i rate, it was aS, of ‘ead for of rat aes i jave 1@ ntleman - draw his commanication cei ¥ Governor TaY1or offered a resolution conferring on Mr. Rutherford, clerk at the Lunatic Asylum, the powers of a warden, From the debate that ensued on this mo- tion it appears that a most deplorable state of thinzs ex- ists at the Luvatic Asylum, grow! out of difficull existing between the clerk and Dr. Ranpey, the, physician. The grounds are not bd in per » and, in the language of Governor Taylor, the condi ion of Rains junk in the nostrils bee one con- versant w! @ mismanagement prevailing there, grow- ing’ out of a misunderstanding ising fom the powers of the officers not being properly defined. Gov. 8TH animadverted with great severity on the conduct of Mr. Rutherford, whom he accused of negli- gence in the performance of his duties, &e. On metion of Gov. Duxs, the subject was laid over un- til next week. Gov. Wear moved the following: — Resolved, That the Wardens, Superintendents, Store- keepers and other officers having appointing power, re- port to this Board without delsy— lst. The names of their subordinate officers and others in their em) when appointed, the amount of com- pensation the duty discharged; whether the ser- vices of any such persons can be dispensed witb, and how, and in what numbers, 2d. Phat in the same report they designate the poli- tical party which said officer supports. Gov. TAYLOR moved as an amendment: ‘And where they were born, and whether they the United States.” Gov. West was opposed to the amendment, on the und that while he could see no reason why the na- vities should be inquired after, it was evident “Sam ’? ‘was at the bottom of the matter, and he did not feel dis- yond to gratify that mysterious individual with any in- formation whatever. A vote wus taken, and Governors West, Henry, Dugro and Tieman voted to strike out the inquiry into the ma- tivities of the officers, and Governers Taylor, Smith and Duke voted to retain. The last clause of the amend- ment was carried, asking for information as to whether the officers were citizens or no! vernors West und Henry alone voting in the negative. The Board soon after adjourned. NUMBER OF INMATES IN THE INSTITUTIONS UNDER CHARGE OF THE BOARD OF TEN GOVERNOKS. Bellevue Hospital, Lunatic Asylum are now citizens of Board of Education. A regular meeting of the Board of Education was held on Wednesday afternoon, at the Hall in Grand street, the President in the chair. After the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, the President ap- pointed the following commissioners as special visiters of the evening schools, in accordance with article 18, section 6 of the by-laws: « See. “ Williams, “ Underhill, Eighteenth ward. “ Smith, Twenty-second ward. . Shannon, ‘The following preamble and resolution was adopted:— Whereas, Itappears that Mr. Wm. H. Wood, principal of Ward School No. 14, has originated s historical map, designed to exhibit the localities of all the promine: events in the early history of the United States and in- delibly to impress these and the facts taemeelves upon the mind, capable by ite being also applied to genera: hist and very much to facilitate the teaching of this branch of know! oe in the schools, therefore, Resolved, That the Committee on the Course of Studies and School Books be requested to investigate its cla'ms te superior merit with a view to its iatroduction into the schools under the supervision of this Board, if deemed derirable, and report thereon, COMMUNICATIONS, APPLICATIONS, ETO. Communication from the school officers of the Fif- teenth ward, asking an appropriation of $20,580 for building a schcolhouse in Twelfth street, according to plans, ae. apprayed by the Board of Education, “Re- ferred to Finance Committee. Application of the school officers of the Seventh ward for an appropriation for raiving and putting class roo in Ward Eehool No. 2, Referred to Committe on Ke: rs, Application of the school officers of the Thirteonth ward for an appropriation to tit up and furnish Ward School No. 4. ferred to Finanee Committee. Nomination of George P. Nelson as Commissioner for the Ninth ward, in place of James W. Busb, resigned. Referred to Committee on Elections and Qualifications. Application of the school officers of the Ninetesnth ward for an appropriation of $22,990 for the erection of Ward School No. 18 in Fifty-first street, Nineteeato ward. Referred to Finance Committee, Application of the school offic for an apprep to Committee A report of of the Seventh ward ‘iation of $325 for a pianoforte, Referred School Books. Inspectors of Common Schools in the Twentieth ward, relative to the condition of the schools in that ward, the number of scholars, the accommoda. tions, &e., was ordored on file. A long ‘communication from the School Officers of the Twentieth ward, ia relation to the work dove to the schoo! house in Twenty-eighth street, near Ninth ave- nue, was on motion, referred to the Finance Committee. A’ remonstrance ‘was received from Edward Linnen, stating that the contract for the erection of a new school house in the Twenty-second ward, was awarded to other whowe bid higher than his. Referred to Committee on Sslaries and Offices. A communication from 8. D. Moulton, Trustee of the Nineteenth ward, in reation to the’ seiarios of the teachers in that ward, was referred to the Committee on Salaries and Offices A petition of John Finner, calling the attention of the Doard to ® new system of gas economics, whereby a greatly improved light is obtained at a redaced cost, was referred to the Committee on Repairs. The report of the City Superintendent for the month of January, was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Report of the Auditing Committee, submiting bills for sundry expenses, amounting to $1,425 75, of the Board, Adopted. Report of the Executive Committee on Normal Sshool relative to the more effective management, and »: mitting a resolution appointing Miss Susan Wright, V Principal of the Female Normal school, at a salary of $200 per annum. Adopted, Report of the Finance Committer—ia favor of an ap- Propriation of $2,600 for the shop of the Board of Eda. cation. Adopted, Report of the Finance Commit!es—Necommen diag | appropriation of $12,000 for ' Depository, with aa | amendment to the by-laws. Adopted The Board adjourned to the next stated mesting. Theatres and Exhibitions. BRoapwAY TuRaTre.—The favorite American 4 dian, Mr. Davenport, who ived every night with euthusiaem, appears this og ia the character of Rolla, assisted by Mr. Pe adawe Ponts and Mes. Abbott. The terminating pi ‘ll be the farce of ‘Phe | Happy Man,” Mr. Seymour yidy Murphy. Dowrny Timarne.—The t of Messrs Cony and Webb comes off to-night, w! ine bill of entertain- ment will be presented for the amasement of their Panos The drama of “ Napoleon, or the Deserter ant is Dog,’? ‘The Cattle Stealers,’ ‘Phe Cross of Death,” ‘and “Don Juan,” will be played. This bill will be sure to draw a large house. Burton's Tursree.—The selections for thie evening sre both well known by the frequenters of this house. The first is the comedy of the ' Seqious Family’ —Bur- ton, Jordan, Mies Paymond and Mra, Haghes in the lead- fab handed The laughable piece of ‘ Tue Toodles,’” with Burton as Timothy, concludes all. Wartacn’s Tieatee—-This place of amusement eon- tinves ip a prosperous career. The house ig every night : Sees reat edie oa . ins will AxEnicAN MusevM.—The selection ae afternoon ‘drama of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,”’ Besides this attraction the visiters can view the various curiosities of the establishment. Woon’s Mixsraxis.—The burlesque of ‘The Hotel phy > which is fs announced again for evening, with other novel features. Buoxuxy’s vocal and musical enter- tainmente which are given ‘at this place are wit- nessed with enthusiasm by ted audiences. ven on next, ai PayopaMA OF Evrore.—This exhibition is given t Panorama near Niblo’s. The Siege of Bel and otber beaut features can be seen. ‘The Alleged Slave Traffic in 1852. U. 8 COMMISSIONER’S COURT. Before George W. Morton, Esq. Fen, 22.—Jhe United States against L. Kraft alias Joseph Filletti.—Dectsion.—The prisoner is charged with having fitted out the schooner Advance, to be engaged in the slave trade, and an examination is instituted for the of determini: \° fi Apt ag elry ing whether he shall be com. ‘The charge originated with a man by the name of Ray- mond arate and depends mainly on his evidence for sui 5 Knowles is now twenty-three of age, and was one of the crew of the U.S. 9 Gacmantvwn, ant cooper to the ship, the Germantown beng one of the squadron under the command of Capt. La ite, on the coast of Africa, tor the su) of the slave trae. Octol 1862, seky oner Advance, com- manded 7 ee Rraft, was at anchor in Porto Brays, and came’ first uader particulsr notice of the com- manding officer of the squadron by driving from her moorings and going ashore. She was got off and re- paired, through the assistance of the cfficers and crew of the Germantown, and during which the nal know! of Capt. the master, relied uj mn for identifying the prisoner as that individual, is derived. Farly in November information was received, through ptain Lavalette, that Cay mR qe ly ai and 'a., for having been engaged in the slave trade. ‘nowles appears to have seen the person known as ptain Kraft bad somew! and, reaching. close, thought the pri. soner ca bis 8; on pe him in a maoner which was particular, ai lar to that which he recalled ta noticenble in Kraft when seoing him on board the vance. The Belaer was built for fast sailing, and adapted for, the slave trade; and having seen the prisoner severai times after this, and on board s vessel in the North river, which was under his command, witness lodgei the information which led to the arrest of the prisoner as Captain Kraft, of the Advance. Knowles had been employed by the prisoner to work for some days about the Balaer, building at Greenpoint and was discharged, says, because the finishing of the brig had been Jet out to Jumpers. Lieutenant Rogers, of the Germantown, was on doard the Advance for two or three ho the assist- ance required by her disaster, and the captain, but bad little if any conversation with him, Le Kratt, or De Kraft, an he was called, speaking hardly soy English, The witness had not seen Kraft since that time; his at- tention had been recently recalled for the purpose of identifying hit wi the prisorer. He had re: note from the Dist ttorney, and had convers: of the Advance was in bail r lodged int mation as to Kraft. pea lannter nant Rogers, on boing asked whether he coul i. nize Captain Kraft now, answered, ‘‘My impression that that is Captain Kraft.’ indicating, at the same e, the seat occupied by the pri The c f okie uae ren mander of iy ents, ke 8 held a somewhat prolo: Capt. Lavalette having understood him to be an old trader, took the occasion of making extended inquir es as to the winds, currents, an:borages and other matters impor- tant to the coast navigation, smd which Kraft respoaded to fully and freely in the cabin of the Germantown, and in close proximity with walette, ‘Aiterwards the Adva:ce fell under suspicion, and a pointed by Captain Lavalette re made investigations about 1, which brought Captain Kraft more fully under notice, and resulted in sending the Advance to the Unitea Stat for trial. Coptain Lavalette now in substance says, that some resemblance may be said to exist between Kraft and the prisoner, but that would not be recalled unless first led ‘wo it by some circumstances of suepicion or inferential inquiries like that of tee present: “That if this gentle- man bad been placed among twenty or thirty others in the same room, and was asked if of them bore a re- semblance to the vance, 1 would ssy this gentleman did;” that when in close proximity to Kraft he appeared paler, thinner, and that several other conspicuous personal peculiarities, now obvious im that gentleman, were not observed in Capt. Kraft, &e. Lieut. G. F. Sinclair. of the Germantowa, also saw Kraft in the ward room, and cts @ general resem- Dlance between Filletti and Kraft, but nogatives de- cidedly their identity. This constitutes, in substance, the ev’ @ offered by the United States for the purpose of identifying the isoner. . Some ten witnesses bave been mined on behalf of the prisoner to disprove his identity with Kraft. William E. Curtis, counsellor at law, was the profes- sional adviser of Captain Kraft during the proceedings against the Advance; accompanied him to Nor’olk, and necessarily. from frejueut professional icterviews, pos- sessed a knowledge of Kraft, as fully detailed by him, not necessary to be reiterated, and which thoroughly repudiates any possibilty of identity with the prisoner, and corroborates the conclusion to that. effect created by Captain Lavelette and Lieutenants .Sinclair and Ro- ert ‘The remaining witnesses, whose evidence has en carefi examined, but gate unnevess: to "] i ovt at length, show very clearly that the po hes , Joreph Filletti, who speaks English very fluently, and well known by them under his present mame, was, at the period referred to, in constant command of the brig Amphitrite, trading from New Orleans to more southern porte, and netantly met with and well known as to render hiaWaving been engaged upoa the African eoast, as criminally imputed, entirely incredi- He conversed with him in Franc! interview with him. ‘The case, upon a fall and careful ‘ject, is one of rerembiance onl; being entirely satisfied of thie fact, an ing for detaining Mr. Filletti to answ: , he is accordingly discharged Board of Supervisors. His Honor Mayor Wood in the chair. The minutes of the last mecting were read and approved. MISCELLANBOUS MATTERS, The report of the Committee on Annual Taxes, in favor of remittirg the taxes of several parties, was adopted. ‘The bill of William Dodge, ($135 60,) for examining and correcting indexes, was ordered to be pail. Several pe titions for the correction an’ remission of taxes were re- ceived and referred. A communication was rece! from the Counsel of the Oorporaslon, respecting tho lia- bility of the county to pay for maps im the Register’s office, and waa ordered to be entered on the m nutes. Adjourned to Monday next. r the ac- Ant LETTER OF Mt Massachusctts. RRIET BEECHER §TOWE—POLITICS, PRITICOATS, AND PORTRY. [From the Washington National Era, free soil.) Boston. Feb. 2, 1855. To THe Eprror or rae Nationa, Bea :— Our old city is unusually animiied this Gene aliy +0 respectadly stapid and slsepy, this winter started into an uawonted life. ‘Li: abound, and are crowded, and tie oers is aad never to bave deawn such fall and brilliaat houses. ‘The ccurse of anti slavery lectares ia the Tvamont Temple have been wonde:taty sucseasfai. Tickata have brev soli st a premium, aud tha hall, wb'ca sea's abon’ three thousand, has generally been as full ag it © uid be packed. Ts fu @ notiseable thing about these lectures, that alithe more decided, fy.rless, and out-sgeken ex reeeione of feeling, sach a8 once were called attra, ave been iistened to with the greatest enthasiasm. Never, sivce Kosauta was in Boston, have we seen & whole bouse surging wih a groater cotnusisam than dui ing some ot torte lectures, The lecturers do not 6v much reew to produce feeling, as to dev_io 16 tiat which existe, Ox this subject the whole air eeems to be charged with electricity, and a speaker ssems to be ovly tne conductor throaga wiom it flashes into expreesion, Is i# a rema kable and most roticesb'e fact, thet Wendell Phi lips, who in other days was couside ed a6 © Most beneath attention, as a disorganizer and a madmap, bas drawa one of the largest aad most enthusiaati: houses of any this winter, and tit, thongh the object ot his lecture was to pr ive the ab solute oecersity of the dissolation of the Union, he wae heard throughont witvont the sightes: intima tion of disapprobation, in tre most solemm and at- tentive silence, The papers endeavor to acovunt for this fact, by attrinuting to Mr. Philips a9 almost febulous maste-y of the magical arte of oratory. As iv the time of Luther, the Romtsh tractarians sought to cover up the mighty fact that of the aroused movement of society by ascribing to Lather rhoman gifts of person, tatelle't, voice, aad r; 80 DO +, many seek :o blind wiemselves to ds ar ane eloquence spent its wholly tn vain, and that mu han andiencs would ues have received such s communication as the Jews aid of old, bye zing out, aad wi their ears. Phe fact, per writers igaore, is, that the wiy, ag aad with resistless life it higher, What once universal belief; of the m’ looked foruitay. If fe trae 7 ae tees 4 vi the damaetion af tne Union bat thoy ciate scart fall, i sEtE eity F 5 tick, seems traly a nine days’ fall, and, accordingly, “confounded cbaes roars.” But what has done it? Who have done it? They manhood and womanhood, and human Petre ine ete dave captu'es, They have Wilson. bars “the diadem stole” from the head of old Boston, they i$ “ put it in their pocket!” They her ia own it, in the sight of all her sons and dau: ters; and the deep, het heart of the people sont enone insult, and this election is the Fe A burivess man of Boston, who haa hitherte ee £§ rit fi in ef flr Fi Fl if Hy H ; E i f & 5 bs fF BEE Hf sie F i Ht] EF; j i li i Ht E F : Iways bein the right place; and we predict that even his classical compatriot, Samaer, ‘will not merit better of the republic than he.”’ Onze of the principal sensations winter, bas been caused by the course of lestares on poetry, delivered by Russell Lowell, before the Low- ell Institute. Sach a rush has there been to them, that it has been extirely impossible to accommodate all wao aought ecmiseion; and Mr. Lowell hes re; them afternoons to equally hoases. The course ja upon English poetry, and comprises a his- yc of English pcetry and poets from the earliest mes. Every lectare has been a brilliant success—even, oa in the daily papers, are often more traly poe! cal than the poems ha reviews. Taess lec- ures, so full of thoug:t, reszarch, wit, hunor and fee)ing, are deaticed to make toeir mark in our li- ter history. Yet we trust the author will not for- ge the brilliance of his success, that it is the pret’s firat work to create, not to analyze. Let bim give more works for faturs historians te record. The brilliance of Loweil’a wit has #9 dazaled the ee nt mane that they have not till recently a; preciat@ the wide scope, the deep feeling, the exqi Severe painting, the true appreciatioa of natare, a i. There is a spirit and sprighth- ress about hie most careless sketsh, that ahowa the hand of a master. To those who have ¢elighted in a bin, merely as the gay and entertainiog companion. we would recommend @ study of his “Avision of Bir L+mfel,” or “Beaver Brook,” or almost any of the fugitive pieces in his two volimes of ms, and one ag find him rising befo,e t.eir miad ins new attitude. Cap America bave and cherish Peal Certainly. Does she rot? Is our hot, bat ky, news-mong- ering age, fevorable to the poet For one reason it is particularly ec, ‘The sensitive heart is wearlsd overworn with this bustling materiality, and longs for » contrast—for the unreal, the dreamy. In this re-active mood of our over-driven society liss ‘the post's hope and sphere. We long for him, just an city le long for green teessand juiet streams; apd year by yeer his sway over us will incresse— Witness the success of Whistier’s last beautiful idyl, Moud Mnuiler, which bas found its way, like a flash, from the Era into newspapers Magazines be lahat We have met it in the yarlor and the kitchen, everywhere a favorite. Pray ask him for anothe: ir. is eternal, aud the need of it con- stent, the poet can never cease out of bes aris FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MONEY MARKET. Tuurspay, Feb. 22—6 P. M. The stock market does not change much from day today. Priceshave become quitestagnant. Speca- lstora manage to keep up a show of active busiaess, bat it really amounts to very little. Tne few stocks sctuslly sold are to each other, and the uniformity im prices is regulated among themselves. At the firat board Virginia 6’s advanced 4 per cent; Pany mse 2d Bonds, 2; Illinois Ceutral Bonds, 3; New York Central Bonds, 3; S onington, 3. New York Central Railroad declined j percent; Hudson River Railroad, j. Railroad bonds and Sate bonds were told to-day in large lots and to a jarge amount. Thinots Central, Erie, 1875, and New York Central Bonas were freely off-red, and were sold prin- cipa ly for cask. Virginia mountiog to upwards of $40,000 were sold 2nd closed et an imp-ovement Tee large shipment of specie by the Atlaatic has checked all upward tendency in the fancies, and if the exportation coutinues at this rate, curren’ quo- tations cannot be sustained. The steamer tor South- ampt-n on Saturday will take out between seven and eight hundred thonsand dollara in specie , mak- ing the egcregate for the week upwards of tvo millions of dollars, a greater sum tan éver before shipped from thie port in the same tine. The banks con stand a drain of three or four miiliocs withoat weakening themselves mach, and it would bea great relief to have the bailion on hand reduce! to that extent. Aiter the adjournment of the Board, the following rales of stocks snd bosds were madi auction, by A. H. Nicolay:— $10,000 N.Y. and Harlem RR Ist mort, int. added. 883; 16,000 Great Western il. RR do 82 7,000 Central N. Jersey RR do, 2,000 Flashing RR ao. 16,000 Hudson River 3d mortgage 5,(00 Frie and Pa Caval sixes 2,000 La Cr 4 Milwautie RR 6's 5,000 Cleveland ané Toledo RR iacomes do. 5,0€0 Racine City Wisconsin 7's éo. 5,000 Acres land Cavnou Co., Tennessee... 50 shares Buffalo and State Line RR 100 do, Micbigae Southern RR . Hudson River iit Northern Indisna FrieRR........ . Cumberland Coal Co Pacifie Mail Steatnship Co, Farmer's Loan and Trust Co Humpbreysville Copper Co, At the second board there was a among cperators. Camberiand advanced j per cent; Tiiinois Central Bonds, 4; Nicaragua Transit, j. After the board Cumberland sold st 34}, cash. The Corp Exchange Fire and Ialand [Insurance Company have declared a semiannual dividend of #ix per cent, payable on end after the lst of March The gross earnings of the Harlem Raiiroad Com- pany for the six months ending Jacuary Set, 1855. srnounted to $566,009 67, agaiust $495,648 05 for the corresponding period the previous year, sho ving on increase of $70,361 6—2equal to sbout fourteen yer cent. The tracsactions st the Assistant Treasurer's of- fice to-day Dore ag follows :— Engineer of the State of Net the entire length ie 2,724 track and 803 miles double track. That the cost of the whole as reported to the government under oath is $128,- 649,645, and that the number of tons of freight car- ried or transported during the year 1854 amounts to 2,250,000 tons; while the Reading railrosd, which is only 93 miles long, and with all its wharves, warehouses, depots, machinery, cars, freight cars and double track, cost $18,464,114 68, and carried over the entire distance 2,134,655 tons, exclusive of passengere—just exactly 115,845 tons less than all the roads of the State of New York, costing $128," 649,645. ‘The Legiclature of Illinois has abolished the office of State Financial Agent at New York. Hereafter all indebtedness of the State, recking payment, must be filed in the office of the State Anditor, and warrants will be issued therefor. The chairman of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives has made a detailed report on the indebtedness of Mesars. Wadsworth & Sheldon, the late agents. Tne following is a statement of the aceousta:— Balance of interest in their hands on the lst day of July, 1864... ++ $51,109 72 Amount itted to psy July instalment 120,000 00 Amount remitted to 5,067 17 Whole amount of funds in their hands..,. $388,266 89 ‘This amount is subject to a deduction of $126,000, for interest paid last July, and also interest upon the liqui- dation bonds, which leaves in their hands the sum of $257,199 72. ‘The committee also find in their hands :— Pose which were purchased for cash for ft no of it ia now te hmonet’ siasied 23, session, $130, Fi error e three per cen’ in the possession of the firm, having been withdrawn by Goverror Matteson. The State has no security for so much of the land fund, surplus revenue fund and State bonds purchased, as may be in the bands of Messrs. Wadsworth & Sheldon, amounting to $105,416 53. The interest fund, however, amounting to $257,199 72, ia differently disposed of—receipts having been taken for this fund in name of Julius Wadsworth. So the State has recourse to the securities of Mr. Wadsworth for $257,199 75. The recapitulation is as follows: Balance of intere: tees Balasce of surplus revenue fund. Cash value of bonds in their band: Aggregate tunds in their hands. $362,615 25 The State Auditor of Illinois gives notice that under authority of an a:t which has passed the Legislature, he is authorized to exchauge the se- curities deposited by avy bark that has gone in‘o Nquidation for the circulation of such notes at par. The notes must be preseated at the Auditor's offi :e in sums of not ieas than one thousand doliars, with- in twenty days of the 14th of February. Arter the expiration of the said twenty days, the sscarities that may remain on band will be forwarded to the city of New York and sold, and the proceeds there- of will be applied to the redemption of the notes a3 proyided for by law. The Bcston Journal farnishes the following sum- mary of the annual report of the bank commiasion- ere of Massachusette, just issued from the proas:— ‘Were are now 172 banks incorporated in Massachu- setts. Five of the twenty banks chartered by the last Legislature, bad not comme! uriness at the time (Dec. 1) that the report was closed. Consequently, the humber of banhe in actual operation waa 167, of which 38 are in Boston. The total amount of bank’ capital ia Massachusetts actually paid in, wan $57,103,843. The Gi own Bank, which has had but a qualified existence for the last {bree years, its charter having expired September 20. 1861, has now but $347 of its bills in cireulation. The final dividend to the stockholders beyond the original capital paid in, was $10 58 per During the year £854, the commissioners examined 98 banks and 35 savings institutions. Of these banks 23 were in Boston, and to the Cochituate two visits were cod ‘The commissioners remark of these {ustitations, at in general they have been conducted without ha. xard to the public, and certainly with benefit to the stock. elders in the shape of large atvidends, hy spirit of ivalry which exi regard videi rom pts bank Zaicere to indulge in a course of basiness a a che: racter which will tend to impair, eventually, the profits from which alone dividends can be made. The commissioners, in their comments on the banks in Massachusetts in general, commend the bg by which banks are obliged to make frequent returns. The; mention the fact that some banks transcend the Ii! ovision made by the general banking law for each nk, if it wishes to hold such real estate ay be re- quisite for the convenient transaction of its business, not exceeding twelve per cent on the amount of its capi- tal. They give as their opinion that the law on t subject {s to be taken asa literal restriction, especiall oe liberal provision is made for what banks may ™ or execution, or as security for, or in pay- ment of , and deprecate the skiliul resorts some of the banks make to escape its o) tion. The commissioners allude to the ice prevalent among some banks of loaning to each other, and con- demn also the practice of loaning on paper maturing in othe dc ert ef that banks should endeavor, so far 8g posrible, id the neighborhood in which they are situ They remark—« It is plain that the bank capi- ta: of the State is, at the least, large enough, or, if not £0, any increase at present does cot promise much ben. efit to the business community, unless dispensed with a just dieerimination.”’ The increace of banks has excited a sharp competition; circolation has of necessity been subdivided, much to the dissatisfaction of the country banka, while in cities, the distribution of deposits aryong the increased num ber of banks, bas detracted from the earmings of each, The reeult has been, new channels of profit have been sought to keep up the dividends to the oli mark, and the rates of exchange charged are far from being alle- viated—rates which are often submitted to rather than acquiesced in. The commissioners give quite a lengthy history of the Jailure of the Cochituate Bank, attributiog the failure to ‘the large awount of foreign paper ia the loan, fortified by worthless collateral, and the failure of the President, £, M. Allen. They ailege that they watched the opera: tions of the ban all Vertes care, and regard it as unfortunate t holders failed to make regular end thorough examin: leaving it to the five direc- tors to ree that things kept straight, who in tarn entrusted the management of the bank vory much to | the President. Such a course on the part of the stock- holders and directors they regard as inconsistent with just policy and pruden: forethonght As a crumb of ‘comfort to those who were so unfortunate as to be cre ditors of the concern, they remark:—‘Toe failure of a bank is always to be regretted; but in this case the pab- be losers, if at all, to but a small amoant, The ot a little gratifying that ® failure of this kind before occurred in Massachusetts for many Stock Exchange. Tuunsvay, Fed, 22, 1858, 16000 U S 6’a, °67.,. 1173¢ 100shs Nic Trans..c 16% 1100 Ohio 6’, "60., 103 100 16% 11060 Ind State 5'a03 81 16s 5000 Virginia 68.53 96 3 ao a ancoo . F000 do, 1000 do. 2000 Har, lst 4000 Frie 20M 20L0 Erie ConBs, 2000 Erie Bas, *¢: 1€000 Erie Ba 10000 a 18000 a 1406 Pan Be, 24 10000 do. 03 95 3 | floor was at $6 25 6 bhde, were also made by S538: 3 E s88ss frst wnt the second n6q i ‘act limits by definition the broad prohi vitor; provision of universal. brome to corporations contain ed im the first has been that the legi prhitlag ph thurs at pear pithy ahi rations as banking Li of the iswreqeirn this li anda’ no other tha: nking corporations, strictly speak: ower It will be seen at once that there is to the least sition fo hamsng serporaions has, probably” Be ion cor| Ds iy taken by the coungel of the I Contral R road Company, who is now, as the counsel for New York amd New Have: the interposition of me, for the rake of the argumen' Firag Soe ot aad te oar ris aay er w does or manner fect, the ourious comtsact iteelf—it jy declares ‘the corporation shall not interpose the It is the remedy, not the contract, which the law und to deal with. Now, what says the law about uot statute — otes, ABsUFANces, conveyances. te OF seo! hiss ‘whatvorver, (exeopt bq ‘and oontracts,) and all whatsoever, wi or taken, or to greater sum or value, for ¢ loan or forbearance of any money, goods, or other ti tl is above seribed, (eeven dollars upon 0} hundred for one year,) shall be void. Now, I repeat what you said on Weduesday, that t! bonds of the Utinois Batra Railroad — st. tainted with usury, under this act, are void. pr hibitory law of 1850 in zelation to the remedy, in manner, expressly or by implication, exempts these b from operations of the general statute. lawyer whose opinion is anything, pretend that the law of 1850 allows r mol at usurio Yoad com; borrow rates of interest, to such co ¥ nm ry 1 Tespondentia posits of pees and otber things wh there shall be reserved, reserved or taken, er to or exempts the tracta from the punishment provi: by the law, of of $1,000 or fe Sigoeen ne for six months, or bot at the discretion of the court, for each offence, or in does anything more than prohibit the corporation faternosing e defence. it may be to defeat the collection or usurious contract,’is at perfect liberty to do so. Ni the statute provides in express terms for this very th 1 te Sec. 5 of Chapter 430, Laws of 1837;— ‘henever it shall satisfactorily appear by the admi: of the dofen proot, ‘vill nee, contract, iby, oF taken or received in violation of ry act,) the Court of Chi ¢ Court) shall declare the same to th nm, and order ancel ls us 080 ite bro: at, say for by ho.ders of th inst issue of $3,000,000 of bonds of Tilinois Central Railroad Company. This, I take nota very violent supposition (for how the holders 4 ever expect payment out of the security mo gee) wen my comprehension). If jud; is ob Hes Jou sud frachiors to secsly tase judgment 8 and franchises to sat ja 3. it im for the interest of every prio reel holder of the $17,000,000 bor to defeat this proc ing; and how ts it accomplis ‘The corporat no! the defence of usury. The nevertheless, absolutely void, and all that is bi the fact the knowledge of the Co either by the admissions of the defendant or by petent proof, that more seven per cent per num was en or ved, or reserved, or agreed or reserved, the for which the bonds were beco the duty of the court ‘to declare the bomds vold—to jn any prosecution thereon, and order the same red cancelled.” be taken or receiv the time comes, as it soon must come, for the oper of the eyes of all parties to the ex! ae} tion un¢er which they have heretofore regarded the necurition af the company, and tne contest is to d mine had, Courts, as they are now declared by the law, absoli vold.’ Iajanctiane must be isrued by the Courts, re:t cutions upon them, and orders must be by the Courts direc: Tfeel the most en’ fi u this view of the law. The question is one of the eat ‘pone in connection with our curities can be more in error, I shall readt tinue to declare that t! in law, not capable of being enforced court—tbe statute prohibiting the pony geg: ped defence of irees by the corporation itself to the eo ry notwith jing. i. CITY TRAOE REPORT. Tavrspay, Feb, 22—6 P. Asrrs.—Small sales of pota were made at $6 37 60, and of pearls at $6 62 a $6 75, BRRApsTUFFS.—Flour—The demand was less ac| and State, with Western brands, was some ‘The common to good choice Staj 62; Westerm at $8 75 a $9 9 12 for extra St. Louis; $9 25 a $9 87 for extra Mich! and $9 25 a $10 50 for extra Ohio; extra Genesee unchanged, Canadian was tolerably active, and 1,060 bbls. were sold at $9 37 a $10 12 for duty and that in bond was held at $8 75 a $8 87, Sou $9 1 8 $9 37 for fancy 7 26—the latter for o. If . and $9 Meal was nominal, —Sales of 3,100 mi 4 1,600 do. Southern 1d sales light, being confi come 15,000 a 20,000 bushels Southern white, at and at 95e, a 9e, for Southern and Jersey yellow. was steady, but without sales of moment. Barle ales of 100 bushels were made railroad 4 t $1. Oates were in good demand a changed Corrox —The sales were moderate, and included market closing frm cements were light steady, ed 600 a 800 bales of cotton, for compressed, avd 3-1 bales Sra Island do. at ie.; 0, Corn was at 5d. a 036 There wan nothing new to London or to the Conti] 1 steady at dtc. a 353. im fear éermans AY wan strady at 90c. 8 95c. Hors.—The market wss lower and only sm: use, at 20c. a 25c. included about 150 tons Seote! of 70 tons Spanish in bond, for expo} Motassra.. Jen of 300 a 400 bbls. New Orlenas| made at about 26c. ec Navat Stores —The market wan quit sales) Limite?, 100 bbls, epirits were sold at 40¢0. was Cull at 2. A sales ine including old mess at $13 8 $14 62, a f—Abvout 350 bbls. were oe et old prices, Cut meats were sten'ly, wit! tierces bama at 83¢c., and 80,000 Ibs. clenr baco at 9c. ; short middles of bacon werastored at Sc. an €o. at Re. abigc. asked 20072 300 bbls. st about 97%¢.. the market closed a 00 ‘ ICR, —A bout casks were at prices im from $3 bo S480 mer 100 Tee * rices.—50 begs ginger at Sc. and 10 cases putt cts, SvG4R.—The market was firmer and the sales €@ about £1,500 bhd: or New Orleans, at 4 and 150 do, Cuba, at 430.8 4%. ales $425 0 TALLOW was better, with sales of 4,000 Ibs. at 12 ‘Wuwksy was lower and dulk-Prison was at abd