The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1855, Page 4

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Chambers exrees Liv Paor— <recthe DeipeGsoom—Fisievs7 eR, WALLACE'S THRATEEL, Breneway— Te Suey Lov Rew foorman. #MERICAN MUSBUM—Aiterneen—Man svn Pose Tonavon's Cone = Beening-Urcix Toms Canin. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Weekesice’ Hall, #79 Brosdwey BUCKLES OFBRA HOUSE, 6% Broacway—Rvoom- weve Semeriaw Oraxe Tacves Too NG ———— New York, Sunday, February 25, 1655. ‘The News. in the United States Sonate yesterday, the Honse bi) providing for certain reforms inthe diplomatic wei comenlar service wes read. Mr. Macon ex- plained ite provisions, with which our readers are no doubt perfectly familiar, as they were given in whie paper while the enbject wav under discussion in ‘be House. The remsrks ot Messrs. Clayton and Badger, however, sre iuterestiog, ag showing the estimation in which tre foreige appolatments of the sdmnnzictration are held. The former teid, “We bave had some improper Ministersavrosd, and the sooner they return the better for the co07 try and for ne;” snd the latter observed: ‘ We da B01 bave 8 diplomstic system on aczount of the efit « the country, bot for the advastage of thoi who successively get intoths masions. Nodoly b> Meves that the system was designed for aay purpose than providing places for suck bene de! ue cecally get inte our foreign missions.” tbe force of satire, s6 applied to the foreign appoint eee of the Pierce Cabinet, can uo farther go. Exes utive messages relative to the Lobos Isiaad: affs'r, secommenting certain appropriations for the D.- partmcent of the Interior, and transmitting a ra; of the eurvey of the Fiorida Isthmns, were rece! mud referred. Toe Jodiciary bill was under 2x: on when the Scuste adjourned. ln the Houss the amendmen's to the Civil Dipiomstic Appropriation bul agreed upon ia con mire, were coactrred in, except that appropria ‘Mg ten thousand dollars for an hospital fer Ame: aD Besmen st Havens, woich was rsjested. emendqents recacicg the tariff rates were a2 by a vote of 126 to 82. Sudsequently, the bili was ordered to a third readicg, by s msjorcity of fity. By thie vil) the duties on all aricies imported iato ibe country, with some few exce.tione, are re euced twenty per con’. It je corions t2 observe wee sccoré rubsietiog between Maszachusette aud South Carolina cpon this enbjest. For the last wairty yeare the politicane ot Msssackueetts hare segarded the principle of protecuum as of par. amount importance,and have held to ths dic ayipe with a texecity only eqnalled by taat ex hibited by the s2 called nulifiere of Booth Caro. Sea in eupport of a strictly revenue tariff. Now bewever, swe ficd the represeantsiives of tie “ootton lorde” abandoning their old ground with sm amanimity ecarcely to be credited. By the ]'z: of yeas sod ways taken yesterday on the propesitioa 4 reduce the duties, we find that of theelevea re- presertatives from Massa:bosette nine voted i the affizm ,@even of whom are whige, and two in whe negative. Thas ic the once highly landed pro- tective system, which cae beretotore been regarded by ite advocater ae the grand pause cca for a!) eocial and financia) evile, permanentiy placed in the cate ory of obsolete idese. Severed important local matters were before tas Lagisisture yesterday, The revolution antto abe employment of additional connse) im the mon Mave case was settled by the appointm: Atorney Geneve] Orden Hoffmen, and ro ecunee] a8 the Governor ebal) ase rciate wits bh conduct the case. Bon. Jostua Mein, Acsemdlymsa from Lyme, Jefferson <cunty, « partizan of Wm. H. Sears, was yecerdly Burned ic efligy st Cape Vincent, Yester. @ay Mz Mundey gate notice in the Aysemb'y (bat he sbculd ebortly totzcduce a bill detlaring effigy turning trsor, sad punisbable ae mck. Ata weetio the Cacal Board at Albany on Friday it wae resolved thet the terme cf the off o9 of Bost Inepectore, and another rvagiat sbeir appointment to the collectors, sesciution wae presed neming the 15h of March as ube cay on which the Board would designate the bepke in which shal be dep B she enening year. Chasiee FE. Bi deal] has men appolnied a Julge of the Marie Court of thie vity in ple ‘fred A. Phillipe, resigned. r. Bi:deall is a whig,a vepbew of ex-Jolge Beebe, aod a residen’ of the Nioih ward. The general festuree of tue cotton market yee verday remained without change. Good aad upotr grades were quite firm, while inferior quslities were dull. The salee included sbout 500 & 600 bales. Fleur wee cnchenged. Prime white wkeat was scarce and norina!. A email jot goed Southern red weld at $2 14. Pork wae some firmer for mese, 03th eld and new, bus seies were moderate. Lard was firro. Tallow scid at 13c. per ib. Freignts were wteady, with rather more doing in provisions, naval wrores, Ac. A fire occurred last night at No. 1 Barcle io the more of J. L. Cocgran & Mickey, d Straw goods. lt wae discovere? just in time to pre vent an exteneive confiigra‘ion. From the official report of the City Inapector we \eern that the total rumber of deaths in this city éuring the past week was 521, viz.:—101 men, 97 women, 182 bays aod 14) girle, ehowing « eA of 20 om the mortallty of tbe previous week. [here bas been an 6 arming increave during the week of fetal cases cf diseaces of the throat, lungs,&c. For tie week ending 18:b inetant there were 107 desthe trem complainte of this character, while for the past week 185 are reported—an inc-ease of 78, o: -eixth of the tota) mortality. Toere were 9 deaths of bronchitle, 10 of congeetion of the langs, 73 of coseomption, 57 @f inflammstioa of the longs, 2 of dtietnee of the lenges, 13 of congestion of the brain,9 0° Gershon, 16 of dropsy in the bead, 9 of dysentery, ¢ of oyeipelas, 10 of typhus fever, 7 of typhoid fever, 10 of infiammetion of the beain, 5 of dissasa of whe heart, 12 of inflammation of the bowels, 3 of wrallpox, and 4 of pleoriey. Over fifty per ceat Of the deaths were children onder tea years of ag. Of these 46 died of convulsions, 14 of croup, 5 of debility, 19 of soariet fever, 5 of hoopiag coagh, 29 ef maraemve, and 6 of messtla. There were also 12 prematore birthe, apd 9 oases of stillborn repo.ted. ‘The following isthe clue’ ation of disease :— Bones, jointe, &c., 2: brain and nerves, 101; gener. tive organe, 6; heart and blood ves ll; Jonge, throat, &o., 185 ; old age, 4; eroptive fevers, skin, &>., 97; etuTborp and prewa‘ure birthe, 5); stom ané etber cigestive orgsta, 80: > woul wad genera. fevsk, 0, ebksows, 2. Lace « ten deaths from violent causes, and ninety five in ‘be pablic iustitutions. The nativity tabic gives 361 .etives cf the Usited Sta ee, 79 of Ireland, 49 of Convany, and 12 of Ergland. O} ver Lee, convicted ia ike Kings couaty Conrt of Oycrané Termizer of the murder of Wm. H. Harrizon, during tae election riots, wse yesterday sentenced to eighteen years imprisonmen’. Whe United S:ates Circuit Uourt of this district bes gtented a new trial in the case ef Cipt. James Brith, o Hanoversan by birth, who was foand guilty of being engaged im the slave trade, contrary to the statuce, aud thereby endject to the sentences of desta, whi: b is now of course deferred, and depends upon tie reevls of tte new trial. he argument on the application to discharge the Spunieh Consul and Carn sbelli from bail, for the al- « eseaali and bavtery upon young Hernaudez, in endeavoring to comvey bim back to bia fatoer in Ocha, waa concluded yesterday, and the cecisim of the Coust it reserved. The matter ef the alleged contem ot of the Marine Ocurs by the publishers of ise Times aavapaper wae ogais bionght up yesterday, aud after some diss cussion adjourned, in comsequence of the abseccn of Mr. Busteed, the counsel of Mr. Lee, the reporter of the obnexicua paragraph. No day was named by sre Const for the resumption of tne care. New triale have been moved for in the Sopreme Court, general term, in the case of Pevereliy, con- v) ted of aracp, and in the case of Wilkame, convict- ed principaliy upoa circomssartial evideuce of poi souing bie wife. In each case the decicion of tne Court ie reserved, Judge Roosevelt yesterday, on argument on hapsae corpna, discharged the Belg ay imuryrante from cus tody, theie being wo evidence to suctain the alirga. tion that they were criminals. Free Trade in Massachusettv<Great Revo~ Lotion. We had supposed that the late siwcep- ing political revolution in Massachusetts was limited to the coneervative Know Nothing re- action upon the slavery question ; bat the Know Nothing Senator from the O}d Bay State agsures us that euch is not the fact. He rays that “ the tendency of the public mind in Massachusetts is to free trade, and that she will he ready quite as soon as the other members of the confederacy to stand by herself, and con- tribate her quota to the expenses of the general government, even withont a Custom House with- in her borders.” In the same debate, Mr. But- Jer, of South Carolina, said that ‘ when the government shall come to be supported by di- rect taxation, there wili be more virtue amoog the people.” Here we find Massachusetts 22d South Caro- lina coming together again. When exch ex- iremes mee! there must be something in toe wind. The Seward organ of protective duties are clearly behind the age in attributing ali the financial and commercial embarrassments of the country to the absence of a bigh tarif. The Senator from Massachusetts, succeeding to the place of Mr. Webster, saye that that State, late the main stay of the protectionists, is inclin'‘ng to free trade, to the abolition of all Castom Houses, and to the policy of meeting the wants of the general government hy direct taxation. Mr. Batler says that this policy will reeult in extending the principles of honesty and virtue among the people. He may ba right. Direet taxation would compel every member of Congress to @ etrict economy of the public funds to the lowest necessities of the government. The vultures of the lobby would dicappear, and grasping schemes of millioaa're spoliations would no longer be heardo’ Under the tariff system the people seem to have no idea of the extent ta which they are fleced; hut briog it bome so many hard dollare di- Teotly out of the man’s pocket, to a living tax collecior, and the thing will be undzretooi to a sixpence, Mr. Calhoun was of the opinion that if no- ihivg else were operating to destroy our fede- ral geverament, “the cobesive power of the public plunder’? and the corruptions of the spoils would ultimately accomplish it. This wat before the epoch of Galpbin and Gardner claims, railroad land grants, pateat monopoly extentions, and Gadsden treaties, and fulian end other indemnities of the lat eight or tea yeurs. But direct taxation would miti- gate the evil very speedily; and if Mae. sachusetts is inclining in that direction, tide by site with South Carolina, we may just aswell prepare for abolition of Custom Houres, and the sobstitution of direct taxation, ae for anything elso. Possibly the general pacifization of Harope may be followed by # general rystem of free trade, {inclading the United State: in the arrangement. reciprocity treaty was ont the beginning the work. There ie something very sigsitisaat in the remarke of Senator Wilson. Free trade and direct taxation may form @ plank or s post in the Kuow Nothing platform of 1850. Who | knowe? We are entering upon a great ti. cal revolution, and whenever Soath Carolina and Massachusetts work together, there is something coming. Before ten years shall have pasted away, every Custom House in the | United States may be sold at suction, or changed to other purposes. Who koow:! Tue next Congress will moet probably be Know Nothing. at least in the House; and at the next session the tariff muet be modified. ap or down. Vill it be a strong movemest to free trade? | Massachusetts being ready, who can doubt it | The new revelation goes on Clear the way. Tar Sonnows or tHe Pinner Apvrnisrra- rioN.—1t appeare that the Cabinet are gciev- ously burt at Lord Elgin’s remark in Scotland that the people of this country, though they dis- | liked and despised Mr. Pierce and his admtnistra- tion beyond expression, were saddled with them for four years and could not get rid of thew as the English can of their ministriee when they fall into contempt. The fact is Lord Elgin was a shrewd man of sense. He travelled through this country and ta ked to people whonever he had sn opportunity; this was the way in which he acquired the accurate kaowledge he pos- teases of the public feeling. It is possible that the members of the Cabinet at Washington may not be aware of the manner in which they are spoken of in the Stat it is qaite certain that if any man io avy large city from Maine to Florida were asked at the present momeat what he thought of the present administration, he would at once Jaugh in his questioner's fase. Unpopularity we have seen ve‘ore. Odiom resulting from an unpopalar line of policy we have often witnessed. Bat the feeling with which the Pierce Cabinet ie regarded is not like either of these, It is sheer unmitigated contempt—a scorn so thorough that if Mr. Pierce were to do the most Outrageous thing at this moment, very few people would take the trouble to notice it, and po one bot a foreigner would speak of bim in the gentle language used by Lord Elgin. Por ourselves we have longatase Geaced to way anything of Lidl WG das ak ed Bb eka, The Cana- | NEW YORK HERALD, | Nicky put furth and published under such re- ‘ | man to manage each. The power of ¢ Moxe Lipers.—Merers. Greeley, M’E:rath, Fry and Company, have recently published in the Tribune a string of the most impuden Mbele against the editor of the New Yous Heraxp, covering no less than two columns of the first named journal, snd embodying a series of impudert inventions, expressed in the lowest and most degrading language that could be picked up in the vilest holes of the city. In this array of libels against ue, there is a distinct charge set forth and published, that we extorted the tum of thirteen thonsaud dol- lars from an unknown person who was in the bouse of a woman of the name of Townsend, in ‘Thomas sireet, on the night when a celebrated murder was committed. This story was ori- ginally a pore invention of the late Mordecai Manaeeeh Noah It was gotten up and ciron- lated by him out of jealousy, because we were successful in sewspaper businese, and he was not. Old Noa, with all his impudence and malignity, uever dared to publish this statement in his own poper, but circulated it secretly, and it Las never been printed until it appeared in the columns of the Tridune two days since. We are lad to find this statement thus pub- | spectable anepices, aud we shall immediately commence civil actions for libel agains! these persons, demanding at least fifty thousaad dol- Jars damages. We do not care for the money, but we are happy to have this opportunity to test the question, and to prove how false are the assaults that have been made on our charac- tex by the New York press daring the last twenty years. We intend alko to bring to ac- count James and Erastus Brooks-—they having republished, inthe Bapress, the most offensive parte of the original libel. In these trials we shall prove 2 character ut- terly beyond reproach, beginning in the year eighteen hundred and twenty, and coming down to the present time—a period of thirty- five years, The evidence addaced wil! com- prehend the history of the New York press | tince eighteen hundred and twenty, with all the changes, chances, circumstances, plots, combinations end conspiracies which hive hap- pened during that eventful period. Ia it will also be brought up, in order, ali the calumnies that our enemies have been casting upon us, | and it wil) be proved that our character has | been through all this time without the slight est reproach. ContixveD ExtRavaGanc Rents, it ap- pears, have nos fallen asa general thing thie February, contrary to general expectation. Storee and offices have fallen in the better quarters of the city, but dwelling houses have keen maintained. Provisions keep up also, and | the extravagance of living at hotels and in | private houses is not unabated. A few weeks of comparative ease in the money market have enfficed to dispel the terror of last year, and | the blind public is rushing on again as thouzh | the country was not a couple of hundred mil- | \ Vions poorer than it was in 1853, Private indi. viduale are launching out in their p: ! expenses. Landlords refuse to abate o dollar | in their rents, and houses are taken at rates which nothing but a miracle can enable the | tenants topay. Merchants are importing as if there had been no coatraction, no distree the diminution on the unexampled import of last year is almost ridieutous. Gold is of | couree going abrozd, our export from New | York up to this time, being actually equal to | that of last year to same date, notwithstanding | the low price of exchange. Where can all | these things lead? In Wall street, a few | trashy fancy stocks are being buoyed up by the | Leip of the banks, and the gambling of the | lrokers; bot the whole surface of our prosper- | ity never was hollower than at this moment. | if we had taken warning by the severe lesson | of Iset year—it we had reduced our expenses, curtailed our bueiness. shortened sail, in part, till the storm was past, we might bave weath- ered it without loss. Ag it is, an accident p # few millions more than usual into the New York bauke, they lend and discount treely, and | every one, from the steck brokers to the im- | porters and the private citizen, throws his hat | in the air and begins once more to plunge into | extravagance. Is it possible that this can have aught but one end’ A New Crar —The bili fora city | charter adopted on Friday by the Board of | Councilmen appears to be the best yet mg: | gesied. It Je based on the cameprinciple as the | Aldermen’s bill already mentioned, j namely, undivided responsibility in the heads of depart: | | Mente to the Mayor aud in the Nayor to the people. Each head of department will nane hie own subordinates who will be responsivie to him. All the various beads together will compose with the Mayor an Execative Council. | The legislative power Le entrusted te the + Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen. This Tact silmen, but will consist of the same T of members. In other reepects the bili bears @ strong resemblance to Mr. Stu yvesan serves all the guarantecs against corruption | co.tained in the present charter, Ac, The ap- propriations for the Almsbouse and Dtard of | Education are to be submitied to the Execative | Covncil. It would have been b-tter to make | both the Almshouse and the Board of Blue tion Departments of the City Ge to sathorize the Mayor to app prisoners ie preserved to the Alderisen bat they cannot bail prisoner committyd hy ano- ther magistrate. The city is not to vorrow money except in anticipa 3 revenue, Without a special act of the Legisla. tore. Thie amounts to the old plan of govern- | | | | ing the city at Albany, from which nothing but mischief can ensue. Otberqwiee, the new plan ie highly to be comme: Jed and deserves | | the careful attention of the committee of the Legielatare. | Clerendon on the © Two Mrastnes—Ae we understand it, the Lusinese of this present Legislature of ours was, in the outee!, limited to two important mea- turer—first, the reelection of Seward to the Senate; second, the passage of the Maice Liquor Jaw. The firet has been achieved, the second has been carried through the House wil aiup. Now, if the Senate were forthwith to second the action of the House, or to dispose of the liquor bill in some way, we might hope for an early adjournment. This Legislature and this Congrees ought to go ont together. Ivrontant Discoveny—That of the Rick mond Baquirer, tracing the origin of the Koow Nothings to the Hartford Convention. Periodi- cally those Hartford blue lights are tremkiog | out in a frieh place. Look ont for. the Virpinia Reed, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, , end thanked ae usual by the Court. The pre- | who keep andcontio) th | Pacw \1 | Th Over TROUBLES ar TAR Acapewy.—We uo | derstand that difficulties and differences, nego- Watione and counter-negotiations, projects and counter-projects, exist to a great extent among the managers of the Opera atthe Academy of Music. Outside all issmooth and harmonioas— inside all ig dark and troablous, Mr. Max Maretazck hae published 2 card, containing the important information that he is not reeponsi- ble for anything that ooeurs out of the range of his baton e@s chief of the orchesira. Ole | Ball has been taken very il! in consequence of | all this, and has two pbysicians in constant attendance upon him, and also the prayers of | balf adozen prima doanas, who are waiting | for him to finieh the new engagements, and iz the eventful night for their debuts. The Jatest rumor is that Jacobsobn, who has the new troupe lately engaged in Europe by Sigasor UNman, has opened new negotiations with James Phalen, the Magnus Apollo of fashionable society, and the great master spirit of the Operaat the Academy. As matters now stand, | it is diffigult to kay whether we shall have two Operas or one, or none at all The question cannot be definitely settied until the return of Signor Ullman trom bis European mission to engage artists, and cf Signor Sirakesch, who hag been employed in 2 similar manner. According to the graphic accounts which we have received from al) siles, the negotiations during the pact six months for the establish- ment of the opera in New York, and for the organization of fashionablle society ona firm and permanent basis, would make one of the moat piquant and exciting book: ever presented to the public; it would simoss beat the brochure Jately put forth by ihe Chevalier Wikoff, and be far superior to the vulgar trash of the Chevalier Barnum. Oan any one who has been bebind the curtwin give us the sketches? Through the dense folds of the dark cloud wk'ch now hangs over the prospects of the Italian Opera wecaa yet see throuzh a smal) opening few dim rays of the light of promise for the firm establichmen’ of fashionable so- ciety and the consequent improvement of musi- cal taste. If it is possible fer us to aid in this good work, we shal) cheerfully do so, for we, Lotwithstanding all that msy be said to the contrary, are in fect the truest friend—the most undoubted friend, and the most ardent ad- mirer of the “ codfish aristocrasy.” Tur Ostexp Conver The House of Re- presentatives having pasted the resolation call- ing upon the President for information, « if not incompatible with the public interests,”’ touching the objects, proceedinge and results | f the celelrated Ostend conference, we hope that Maroy will lose no time in a fall exoos'- tion of the whole affair, The Herarp my have anticipated him in all the material facts of the case, and in the objects and projects of Dudley Mann, Soulé & Company, in get- ting up thie conference; but there ure, no doubt, stme very interesting letters on file from Mann, Soulé and Mason, either at the White House or in the State Department, which would be useful for the enlightenment of Congress. We trust that now, since the plot has entirely exploded, Marcy wilil insist upon a full and immediate confession. We thould not be surprised, however, were the ewer to the resolution held cver till the first | Monday in December nest. We shell see. TrovrLy ww Newnatka.—The Bellevien (Ne- braska) Palladium publishee the proceedings | of the Territorial Legislature, which resulted in | locating the capital of the Territory at Omvha | city, where the Legisiature is now in sesston, The debate and the editorial leader of the Pa/- fadium are calculated to excite the suspicion that bribery, land speculators and corruptions | are not confined to the lobby and the Kitch- en Cabinet ot Washington. In fact, if our Ne- ratke cotemporary is to be relied upon, Gov- érnor Cuming hae proved that “squatter sove- reignty” is a humbig in thet Territory: We call the attention ef Judge Douglas to the sub- | ject, by request. Low Wrev's Revenayioxs.—Mr. Thurlow « startling the public by the publication of letters throwing ijght upon his proceedings asa wire-puller and politician in 1848 From | these nothing appears so clearly as that Mr. Weed attempted to betray the whig par'y at that time, and that Mr. Fillmore had a vast deal of trouble in preventing him from doing 80. Loiled by Mv. Fillmore’s honesty, the plaa was only postponed: the election of #54 with the aid of the Know Nothings achieved the ruin of the whig party end Thurlow Weed’s objet as securely as his traitorous plan of 1848 could have done. Jt was the monkey seizing the cat’s paw to draw the chestnuts out of the gre. | Ter Graxv Jury of this county have made | another of the stereotyped presentments to the Court of Sessions, avd have been diechirged sentmecnt contains sound moral sentiments, and some excellent remarks relative to | the illegality of gambling establishments. lot- tery and policy offices, boures of ill-fame, for- | tune-telling, gift enterprices, &ke., &e. bere the matter stops. Why do not the Grand Ja- Tore exerciee their power to indict the peraons | ese places; and when such indictments are found. why do not the Proper officers urge convictions with the same | zeal which they employ 'n other cases? The | fact ie, that the Grand Juries are very fond of | fring Off great meral matifestoes, unt there their virtuoue efforte cence, | A Cri. vrox Maney.—I Lord Clarendon are both now in the British Cabinet, and the two controlling members of it, Oar Cuba ond Centra! American embarrag:- | ments continue to perplex the adm/nistration. Acd yet the Chevalier Wikoff, the right band mon of Palmerston upon American affairs, and the Chevalier Webb, the left band man of | jon and the Ras- cw York. What ic | tian war, are Loth in N Marcy abont ‘ Latest prow Hany A. Wisr.—Onr latt ac- coants from Henry A. Wise represent him as | baving lately delivered a stump epecch of four hears duration at the Afriosn church, Rich- mond. Jie lengthens ar be goes. Cree ye oy THe Pesams RavnoaD—Tapre win tre | —In connection with the completion of the Pa rama ra'lrosd, we cndereten? @ steamehip will be der. ched {rem here for Aspinwall, carrying freight only. + fe the opening of a new trade, and will enable +b p- pers to-Celifernia to place thelr goode ‘ec San Fravet co) | im about thirty deye. Naval Intelligence. S.oor-o8- War Decoyen —A ceepatch st Paltimere. from the Washiogton ihe Decatur wae recepy 6 been Fete: ve) Enion, mating y heard frow ue ab the A Mao waitiog for ine well & Vartuckel Inquire rer Moreectore | foreigners shal) resile | this document, purport’ng to be ® commission | suborcinates are to observe the obedien 1855. THE LATEST NEWS BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Latest trom the State Capital. TRE LEMMON SLAVE CASE ANDTHE DEBATE IN TRE BENATE—THE 1 PAIRS OF THE, STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM—DIVISION OF THE TWELFTH WARD-— MOVEMENT TO CRUSH OUT THE KNOW NOTHINGS— LP. COL. O'REZFE’S COMMISSION, ETO. Aunany, Feb. 2, 1855. Atan early day im the session the House adopted a joint resolntion, authorizing the Governor to eppo'nt counsel to arsint the Attorney Ceneral in conducting the Lemoza0n appeal case, in the United States Court. it was rent to the Senate the next dey, and has been under dis. cussion between the silver graye anc Seward wool! ever since, It was during this debate whem the fac: relating tothe overthrow of General Taylor came out, together with lettere on the subject of that meetiag, from Vice President Filkmore and others, The slavery question furnished @ very froitful ani convenient theme for the abolition’sts, and they {eoproved the opportun'ty of rehearsing all the sections! negro melodies which the fanatics have bern singing acd bowling for a quarter of ® centary, : twas plainly visible that the Sewardites intended to pase this resolution, in order that some favorite abolition lawyer might find employment atthe expense of the State, to the amount ia fees of from five to ten thou- sand dollars, Perceiving this, @ Senator moved an amendment to the effect that the Governor should aot employ any such counsel unless by concent of the At- torney Genera}. This morning the resolution was again Drought up. The above amendment was rejected. Avother one was submitted, declaring the present At- torney General, whether re-elected or not, should defend the State in connection with euch other counsel as the Governor may select. Th's proposition was adopted, a very few Senators voted a, st Ogden Hoffman. As it now stande, Mr. Hoffman will be one, and likely prepare the case for argument, end the Governor will appoint Erastus D, Culver, the abolition Judge in Brooklyn, as associate, The case is not likely to be ready for argu- ment within two years, and the object of this early movement is to give a couple of awyers a job which will pay welland continue for a long period of time. There »» something behind the szemes of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. This moraing a reeolution was offered in the Louse directing the Committee on ‘Ways and Means to withhold al) farther appropriation toth's institution, umtila comm! tee, empowered to send for perrone and papers, shal) have made a full exam‘na- tion into ite Gnancial condition, The resolution wae adopted unanimously, which ladicates that an investi- gation is epensadie, renders it somewhat coubtful whether any large appropriation will be ob- tained this year. The people would be surprised to learn the aggregate amount which thiv asylam has already cost the State, Let the investigation be tho- rough; the people want no more U; College emother- ing, myetification or double entry r to the Legisla- ture, ‘A proposition is to be submitted to divide the Twelfth ward of the city of New York, Mr. Sewgrist having given notice of # bill for the purpose. The Know Nothings are to be visited with severe pe- nalties. One honorable gentleman gave notice that he intended to introduce a law making ita misdemeanor to belong to any secret political orgauization; and another wh is forthcoming declaring it unlawful, under severe penalty, to burn any person in effigy. Who has a copy of the od Connecticut blue lawe’ Send it up to the As- rembly chamber. At an early part of the session My. Rhodes offered an amendment to the constituti in effect, that all iwenty-one e years before they Tight of ge. This mora! the propos: up for ithout askiag leave, he commenced xeaiing irom @ pile of fools cap, which Mr. Maguire discovered, apd rose to a question cf order, inquiring whetber the gentisman conid be permitted, without the consent of tue House, to read any took orpaper/ The Speaker decided that the objections were well taken, and a vote of the House was had, and Mr. Rhodes was allowed to proceed. replied to very briefly by Mr. Meguire, who contended that this country was highly benefitted by emigration ‘tom the Old World, Mir. Munday, being highly edified, and perfectly con- vinced from the arguments of Mr. Kaodes, moved to table the resolutions, whith was cone. The Kn Nothings are altogether too weak in the present Leg’ lature to adopt any such measure, Mr. O'Ke:fe rose toa question of privilege. The re- porters looked askance. He beld, waving ia bis hand, a jarge eheet of paper: near the top was toe reprerenta- tion of the American Eagle, the remainder party filled by print, partly by pen. |‘ Mr. Speaker,” said he, “Tl have ibis moment received, throug! roa, rtalling me as lieutenant-Colone) in the Guard of ety. itreade as follows — Svan oy lanenty, Reveaner Wasmxeton, Neav-Gusnrens, New York, Febroary 22. Hox. Davin O'Krerr:— sir—Kpown ce a patriot and « rollier, to be true to Pont mative lard, you have been elected to the rank of jeutepant Coronel j 212th rogiment of the Orsec The Guard of Libert: all mecobere thereo! by commanded to regard this (reur) con rank. GEO. W. SMITH, Commander in Prien Srex Svirm, Adjutant-General, Jonm W. Breck, Military Secretary. Mr. O Keele had no knowledge whether the comm's- * genuine or rot, but ifit ie, ke would press it to b's heart as he would the goddess of lierty Both bouses have agrees to take @ resess from the 10th pe cf Merch. The Ten Governors have been #0 advired, APPOINTMENT OF A MANINE COURT JUDGE. Aipany, Feb, 24, 1855. Jadge of the Marine ©. F Birdsall kar Lee ap) Court, vice Phillips, resigned. Penntylvanta Politics. Purrenurs, Feb. 24, 1655. The county indignation meeting held here last night on the subject of the United States Sematorship waea | ferce and & failure. Three hundred pereons in all, prin- cipally whigs and Native Americane, aseembied. Revolutions favoring a Western candidate, but naming none, were read bot no! acted on. Mr. Smith, © representative in the Legislature, rove amidst loud calle and defended bimeself lustily for sup- yorting Mr. Cameron, During the speech be was fre- quently greeted with hisses, applause, taunte, &c. Subee ly, Mr. Foster, the editor of the Despatch, offered resolutions rin tenor to the pledges of Mr. Catherom to Mr. Kirkpatrick, but recommending a new man unisizted with poll These resolutions were adopted when the mee:'ng adjourned. The Monument Association Officers. Waemyoros, Feb. 24, 1855. There is a quarrel between the old and new Boant of Manageie of the National Monument Association. The 0}d boerd fay that their time does rot expire for a year, but the mew boar ten to go on. The superseded ‘efer the matter to Gen. Walter Jones, but the new board is not inclined to make the reference. Schooner Wm. P. Willtame Ashore. Saxpy Hoon, Feb, 23, 185 The «cheoser Wm. P. Williaws, atbore on the east site of the Hook, with corn, eince Saturday list, now lies with ber head off ehore, upon ber rtarboard si the rea washng over ber. Very little was Cone dey on accoust of a heavy eurf, which rendered it im- porsible to remain on board of her. Captaia Browa, the underwriters? agent, with bie eMcient crew, bave been Colng everything in their power, aided by a atzong for vnder the cirect!on of Biward Wardell, Feq , to veere) and cargo, but {here ie sligh! Lope et prerent of raving either entire, Only a small portion o! the core Farce yet been raved. The echooner is consitecably hegeed Rellecoad Diewetss in Motne. Portianp, Feb. 24, 1855. © afternoon, was going 0 coesest with the ran off the track, Noone else was While the Keanetec train out te the Cape Eluabeth ju: tren fer Roeton, the engine oo billing the engineer, Alfred ©, Gr fio bo other damave dove. Weather at Cleveland. LEYLAND, Feb. 24, 1855. This in the coldest day of the seanom. ‘The thermome- ter thie morning ranged from 14 to 19 degrees below | weve Arrival of the Marion. Cuaneston, Feb. 24, 1655. The United rail rteaxskip Marion, from New arrived bere thie mornicy Markets. ey is abundant. Merrie Canal Marine Affairs, Fon Ecnors —The U.%. mall steamship Washington | Capt. Covendy, sailed yertercay for Bremen, touching at Southampton, with fifty-four romes will be found eleewhere, New FORmGN iMPORIATION.—The Britith shi ne arrived at New Grieacs Jf.4 inet. from Trirfing 6 coer gn@ent, oe bale of coton VEE se Ved aed ed perl ie Sen Or eens, passengers, Their Drange: iw s VOL. XX. SERMONS. Rev, Jobm O. Chazies, D,D., of Newport, R. 1., will dcliver the seventeenth discourse before the Young Peo- ple’s Chritiam Aneociation of Calvary Baptist chureh, (Twenty-third street, estar Fifth avenue,) this even- ing, at 7); o’elock. Dr. Wadeworth, of Philadelphia, will deliver the twen- tleth discourse before the Young Men’s Association of the South Dutch church, Fifth aveaue, corner of Twene ty first street, this evening, at 734 o'clock, Rev. E. 8. Janes, D, D., one of the bishopsor the M. EF, chureb, will preach in the First Mariner's M E. chureh, ‘n Cherry street, near Clinton, this afternoon. Services to commence at 3 o'clock. Rey. Joseph P. Thompson will preach a discourse com- memorative,of the late Samuel Pitts, (formerly deacon in the Broadway Tabernacle church,) at the Tabernacle, at 1035 o’clock this morning. The Sabbath School attache’ to the Sixth Universalist Society, will repent its fourth aaaua) exhibition om Mone day evening, February 26, nt Knickerbocker Hell, corner of Eighth avenue and Twenty-third street, {0 commence at 7 o'clock. Rev. P, Melavghi Williansburg, will de poor of bin district, at the O’eon, Will evening of Tuesday, 27th nat, at 7 0’e: “The Celt as « toper, boxer and dancer.’” ORPINA TIONS. Rey, Oswald L. Wooaford was ordained as a mivsionary to the Cherokees, at West Avon, Conn., on the 7th. Rev. W, W. Sickels, late of Princeton, was orcained at Orleane, La., on the 80th uit, INVITATIONS. At a meet'ng of the memb«rs of the Court street Bap- tiet church, Yortemouth, Va., held on the 14th inst,, Rev. §. © Boston, of Maryland, was invited to take the pastoral charge of the church ‘cue we ticker bab a Mie eat! from ¢ Presbyterian church, Greenport I. The charch her added $100 to the salary. : Rey. Theron BH. ‘ks, late instructor in the Union Theological pecatnady 1s this city, has been called to the pastoral charge of the First Congregational church ig est Springfield, Mi Rey. James Hoyt, of Stamford, Conn., has been called ue colleague pastor of the Firet church in New J.ondan, ‘ona. Rey. Professor Jewett, of Amberst College, called to the Congregational shurch in Concord, Rey. Hiram Eddy has been called to the Congregational chureb in Derby, Conn, Rey, Tl. M. Painter, of Vicksburg, has been called to St. Joseph, Mo, . Re the Rev. Harrison Fairfield, late of the Bangor Seminary, wae inetalled over a new Congregational church in Bris: tol ills, Me., on the 30th ult, DEATHS IN THE MINISTRY. Died, on the 1th inat., Rev. Joseph M. Lybrand, Rector of St. Paul's Epiecopal Chureh in Camden, N. J.5 aged thirty-eight years. Intelligence has_been received of the death of Rev. T. F. Wyckoli, at St. Thomas, W I. on the 10th of Janu- ary last, aged thirty-five years, He was attacked with yellow fever, which terminated fatally after an illuess of tour duye. Rev. Robert Fulton, pastor of the church in Cumber- land, Ohio, died @ few days since, of typhoid fever. ‘The: English papers announce the demise of the Right Rev, Owen Emene Vitlal, the Bishop of Sierra Leone, who expired at sea, forty-eight hours before reaching’ that copy, Hiv grace wes only thirty-five years of age. NEW CHURCHES. Turing the late meeting of the Presbytery of Washte- naw, held at Stockbridge on Feb. 1*th and l4:h, a new, convenient and tasteful churc! liflce was dedicated to the worehip of Almighty God, The North Cambriige Meeting House, just exected by the Laptist Society in North Cambridge, Rass., was ted on the 15th inst. MISCELLANEOUS, The Brooklyn Tract Soclety, at its list aonua! meeting, reported that six missionaries were now «vpported, um- der whom were 474 viewers The num! f tracts dis. tributed last year was 372,529; of bibles 00. [he re- celpts emounted to $3,495. ‘The Unitarian Arsociction have resolved to establish @ xistion for India, to the Uniteziens in Madras and neigh- hoo@, and amorg the Mobammedans cf that country. ‘Tkey have also adopted Rev James ‘eruer, a native Chippeway, as a missionary among the Indians in Minne- note Territory. ‘Three of the commissioners on the part of the Metho- ditt Church South, ere in Cincianati, om business con- nected with the transfer of their a of the Sook Cin- cern, and funds allowed them under a decision of the Su- preme Court oj the United S:ates last year. A new Old School Presbytery has been forme in New Orleans, embracing the cborehes of the city and those ow the east side of the river, nearly up to Natchez. Rev. E Ed Hall has resigned the pastorate of the church in Guilford, Conn, al Rey. J. W. Ray, cn accourt of continued {t!-health, was dismissed from the pastoral care of Uhe Furs: gregations) church, Rockville, Conn, on the On i Rev. Prof. Green, of Princeton, has declined the call of the late Dr, Spencer's ebureb, in Brooklyn. Otmtnar, DEATH OF CHARLES M'DEVITY, JR. Now and themwe are called to record the death of old members of the typographical profession —mombers pastor of St Mary’s church, er a lecture for the benefit of the arg, on the ci. Sabject, bae beem H. INSTALLATIONS. joxeph Loring was installed at Pownall, Mo., on | who Lave closed up thelr lar: take of copy, and, wearied with the siruggle of mortelity, compose themselves for a peseage to the eternal world. The death of ench is ac cordant with the common fa*eof man, We beve now to receré—and we do inthe rinzerity of sorrow—the death of & young printer, Chatles McDevitt, Jr., eldest son of Mr, Cheries McDevitt, who is known, and esteemed by ali who know him, as one of the oldest and bert printers in thie city, baving done honor and service to the craft for ever forty five yea) nd whois also known as one of the founders, first members, and moet efficient fri of ike New York Typographiea) Society. Young Mr. McDevitt, whore decease we have to la- ment, was largely the inheritor of bis fether's cuarac+ ter and virtues, and was an honor to the craft, and am ornamert to the soc'al circle in which he moved. At the age of fourteen he enterei a newspaper office as « Joarner of the printing art, which be speetilly acqal, temperate, upright, courtecus and intelligent, and retained the respect of employers ani co-la- Dorers, and gave promise of filling the place and eus- taining the high reputation of his father whea the gray Linits of the latter should be Urought down to the grave. Like thousands of our brave and ardent spirited youth, ycung McDevitt early on jenthu:iastically attached him: self to the Fire Department, and was one of the foun- cera of the Irving Hose Company, named in honor of Washington Irving, who presented to tuem, in return for the compliment, a handsome library. Daricg his arduous javore as @ firemen, he caught the seeds of the jour dieeage, consumption, which has finally cloved #morts! career. His death took place yesterday morn- 1g, wt his fatker’s residence, No. 17 East Thirtieth street. It bad been expected Uy, his family and friends, and calmly expected by himself for a Jong time, though it is Dut a few days since he was able to riand at hiv composing desk. Impelled by the bope that « trip to Furope sight benefit him, he sailed for England last summer, returning again late in the autumn, convinced that neither chinate nor human remedy coal im long in thie world. During bis absence be furnished some highly interesting correspondence to the news- papers, which was much noticed. . DEATH OF A SISTER. Sister Furey cied at the Asylum in Prigce rtreet, in this city, on Saturday, February 17, in the seventieth S of her age. Sister Ellen, whose family nawe was Tamins, wan ® mative of Conawago, Pa. In i819, she community, then in its infansy, an} aban- er the’ world ergy cf ber soul, to shere in the noble works pi ed to the order. For the last thirty-four years she . — attendicg on the orphans ia the Priace street ylom, Brooklyn City genet. SeTevce oF Oren Li —Tbis prisoner, indicted for Moneleughter in firet degree, for being implicated im tbe death of Wm. H. Harrison, during the cle in Willlameburg, on the 7th of November ta: brought betere dadge Strong, of the Court of Oyer and ‘Term ner, yeeterday morning. and sentenced to the State prison for’ ff ’ age, and Lar Ixsayt.—J. N. T. Tucker, who was tried im the Court of Oyer and Terminer, tome months since, for the mur ler of his infant ron, and in shich case the jury could not agree, has Leen pronounced usane by Juige Moore, and im accordance with bis order will be rent to the Sate Lupetic Asylum. SxRIO0#8 ACCIDENT ON Tit Love IstaxD Rartroan.—VYes- tedey morning. & boy, age? about fifteen, named Abra- bam Eréguer, belonging to the ship Holland, of Hotter dam, ly'rg at per S North river, wae run over by the Long Inland Fi h care ta atlsnte sireel, bar Boerum. Bila right lez ond left foot were ent off, and one of kis arms was broken He was taken to the Brook- dyn City Hospital, A Corrage ox Ruswens—TRAVELLING TO THE Wret.— Laet Loe our attention was attracted to rather a age, looking vebiele for thie part of Wiseon. tin, in 1655, where railroads are about to interrert each other, Quite a fair-sized house was observed to be slow- ly moving through our streets, drawn by foor pair of heavy, rtoot oxen. It was, in fet, 8 pioneer’s 4 eelliag, with ite furcitere and of inmates, on a jonrne: ence—in tome secluded wild- y ether bumap habitation. A roof, out of which » volume f vevior was divi led into roome. Arocnd the fire acme halt a dozen ay heads were crowding, for it was pretty cold, while the wife wae dix. charging ber Comertic duties, apparently envaged in ting aimner. The stordy adventerour bead of Sc emigrant ented! hreent att to the out. decr business, walking beside bir pat’ eat le and weg am forward av fact ae povsible, seem ugly ap. that the we ghip bt tei) detore he inentind’ icy <* Weterioos, (Wie )Prmecra, rot eS ee A) ee eee 4 <<