The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1855, Page 4

460 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON PENVETS, PSOPRTOR 40D DITOR, DIVWT 4. We COREE OF Nale2U ANB ITUPON MIE “No. 58 LSEMENT Ay CHBAYSE Preedwer Tire Rayrriay— J Nrven @on F4x® Lavy Tows axp Country y ALUIBRE. ne mesh Jons Jonns Dive—Srivwine. R YETRATRR. we fiscs 2 AN~ WHERE Ta ace'Ss TREAT away—Tue Dusy Bopy— ws # Suconp #1 KMASICAN MUSE neta Due DRUNKARD— Beenisg Uncre Tom's Van WOOD'S WINSTRELS 9 eway avez soway—Boce- wepr’e Prece . sored, itax aad, refore, faily 5 on the aft, her ad- Mb peta between the parties was the joint convention adjon:ned ltt g tothe next © Soustorial question, ment of Mr. Cooper’s The Cameronians have lost all hope. in the ted Sta'es Senate yesterday co the orders given to the commander of the 1 eiooy ar Aloany, on her last cruise, were re. eeived from the Navy Dapartment, and n te printed. The Printing Commi:‘ee repor vereo to the printing of Prof. Espy’s fourth me‘eor legieal report. The House bill reducing exd mod Symp the rates of postage was debated and passed. he 1st of January, 1856, all letters must be by stamps inevery instance. A regiatration li letters containing money or drafts ia provided ort of the Conference Comm oa ng to ewarop and overflowed Jaads was ion abe bil) re: briefly dieoussed. The Mail Steamer Appropris’ ported by the Finance Commiitee, rv: > government the power to terminsz'e th the Colling steamers, as provided ow in force. This was debated from aid cf whica we have not Jearned, and pendiag speech from its author the Senate adjouraed. It will be remembered that the provision of the bill alloded io, paseed the House, made tae oor- twact wih the Colii permaneas, i \d- ing ‘the imer cing the period for which it was Aster the very ela borate discoesion, and the defeat on the amendment, Proposed, there ia no donbs bu’ the Senate will eoncur with the House, and thus secure to the Bcn the servicte of the Collins line. In the House the Navel and Fortification Aop priaticn bills, snd the bill providing for a circni ~eourt in California, were passed. The Naval bill gives $344,946 to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Indian Appropriation bill was discussed and laid saide. Ail the money bills are pushed’ ri ly for ward, in view of the approsching breaking up of Congrese. The bill granting bourty to old soldiers wae considered, but no detinite a akan. While in committee on the Army bi!) a memt vended in, al ont of breath, and anzeuncel? Col. Beaton’s residence wes on tire. A ere motion ensued, and % motion to tale a reces till sever o'clock wi dito. The everia was devoted Wo specc id debates. @eliversd an addrese oa our nev pending Raxropean war ai We give his remerke un Rafiin got op 6 brief wx. Hy» regarded the pubiic wud end of the organization, Naw York Henan e: u \ the progress of the O. any ottermin. la the present etate 0: Kaow Noting: m iv @ subject very wwdied, souseqasut- ly the subject was scon dropped, aad the A on that first snd lass resort for iness, the slavery qu romieg, F 16 wor cucomitants, wiading up witha sace Know Nothing's ew York Seua’ puniet, the fraudvlert issue wae patsed. The bill to Feros Railroad Compeny emexdig ie charter, was mg. The di] relative to the tenare of ¢ h pro perty was discussed by Mr. E.stop, 29 said he shoud vote for it, placing all relicious denomina- tere on fhe same epoben egeinet thks meacore, and sidered as certain. , The Ascemo atisilerivg the bil) providing for tae sale of the Qusrsviice pr moval of the Quarantine, ond the busdug of a floating hos advocesed by Mr. Raymond, of Staten ielaud metabers of the Legieisture from their Ten Governors of the Almshouse, The will te prohibit banks cf issue and deposit from eoug ad Bavings banks was ¢ op in committee, and an amencment to exempt country banks c'ested some diecuesion. The bill was laid je to allow Yawe for remorstrances t> be sentin. Teo bill to exiend the pre-emp*‘ion right of the Sackett’e Bar- bor and Seratoga lailrsad Company was debated until the adjourument. The Kuow Nothioge of Washington yes'erday re- elected the'y candidates for Mayor an4 Counc imen by lerge majorities. At Vrederick, Md., also, the Know Nothings elected their movicipal officers by a vote of tires to one. A nomerons)y attended demo ratic mee‘ing was held at Manchester, N.H., yesterdsy, at whish the pripciplee of the Know Nothiegs were denoanced m utmeasured terms as ungenerous ani uscon- etiretional. The conclodicg anti slsvery lectore of the season wee delivered Jast evooing in the Dabernas Wiiiam Lioyd Garrison, before a crowded aw & sketch of it is given in another Tre Democ atic Republican Soc ‘come in No. 80 Leonard etree’ last mirerting éisonavion took place on av address to ibe poopie on the land question. We give an ab erect cf the report, which still stamds fer cous’. tre oUL. The ¢ arrdiy from Hayana to the 24th feetant, "bere Wak, Lowever, no rews of importance. We presume the ‘riibuster excitement wae on the de «dpe. Gen. Houston i¢ctored on Texan lect evening be- fore the Mercantile library Assovistion. 45 au edence numbering between three and four thousand vw esttended. A ekeich of the lecture is piven w unoiher oc’ arn. 4 terrible cosualty occurred om ibe Munviseipo) ywer on Monése, The eseamtog Thomss M-Daniey, . i o 5 NEW ‘YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1855. 7 Kili g seven persons, and sever@y wounding eevers! others. The vessels in tew were but slighily domsgcd. The tug wag e@nplotely demolished hy the explosion. The Board cf Ten Governors, st their meetiag held yesterday, peeved a resolution removing trou the institutions under their care all offisers who are not naturalized citizece. There waa considera- ble excitement in the Board growisg on} of au al- leged attempt on the part of the democratic G>- yernors, who foucd themselves in a majority, to confer on one of the resident physicians on Black- wal’s Ietand the powerg of a warden, thereby en- suring the appointmect of @ number of under- cflicials of the democratic faith. Tais exvited the ire of Mersrs. Doke and Smith, who threatened to leave the Bosrd without a quorum {f the resolution wis not with¢rawn, which was at Jengti done. A fall report of the proceediags, which were of an interesting character, espsciaily to pol ang, will be found elsewhere. Mics Pyne, the vocalist, while performing ia Phil- a‘elpbia on Monday evening, tell upon the stage, and it is eaid, severely injured herspioe. She continued the performance, hovever, and appeared again last evening, from which circumstance it ia presumable her injurica were not 9s severe ag at first represented. The residence of Co). Benton, at Washingtoa, was yesterday totally destroyed by fire. The farniture and other contents were, however, rescaed, The cotiom market was active yesterday, and inctudlng lota not previously repo: the sales for two days reached about 6,000 bales, abou; one-third to one-half of which was iu transitu. A large por- tion of the remainder was taken by domesis manu- facturers, whcee previous stocks had become pretty well exhausted. The marke’ closed firm at the quotations given in another columa. Fiour and grain were without material change. Among the ssles of flour were 2,000 bbis. made for export to Portugal. - Wheat was scarce and high; a small lot of prime white Genesee was reported sold at $2 60. Pork continu:d firm, with an upward tendency ia prises. Beef and lard were also firm, with mode- rate transactions. Rebastopol—A Second Moscow. Another mail will probably bring us farther accounts of the diminution of the allied army before Sebastopol. Reinforcements have ceased to sail from England ; and as the British troops move from the trenches into hospital, their place is taken by Frenchmen. But though we hear less of the destruction of life among Can- robert’s army, the ravages ot disease have been hardly less extensive than among Lord Rag- lan’s. The French have been better officered and better cared for, it is true; but the snows of Chereon have told as severely upon them as apon their ailies. At Varna, it is said, their loss was the greatest. As to the Turks, they were disorganized and unfit for anything be- fore they lefi the banks of the Danube, and are pretty certain to be demolished before they reach Sebastopol. All things considered, the question ot success or failure seems now to be hardly debateable. That the expedition will prove @ failure, and that the Generels will be forced to return in disgrace, is now admitted by all leading authorities in England. Whe- ther another battle will be tought before dis- ease destroys the remuants of the army, or whether the Russians will content themselves with leaving the elements to do their work, re- mains of conrse to be seen; but whichever courge is adopted, the result must be practical- ly the same. Whet will next be done? There are many reasons for supposing that at Jeast an effort will be made to bring abort a peace. Indepen- dently of the negotiations in progress at Vienna, the party which adberes to the late Ministry— and they compriee a majority of the lords and a large proportion of the commons—are strong- ly in favor of peace. Very unequivocal hints io this effect were thrown out doring the late session of Parliament, and as, after all, Great Britain bas no army to replace the one that is perishing under the walls of Sebastopol, peace would seem to be the best thing for her that could happen. But, on the other hand, is it possible for great power like England to de- clare peace under the pressure of defeat? She sen! out an army, such as she never mustered bef Untold sums of money were lavished, and the recesses of science ransacked, 10 equip itas no army had ever been equipped. Her stateemen and ber newspapers boasted that the foat would accomplish would surpass any- thing recorded in history. The annals of con- quest were searched in vain for a parallel to the splendid achievements in anticipation of which the British people sang congs of triumph. Nor did the event at tirst give the lie to these Doastings. Sevarcely had the allies reached Tarkey than unwonted valor seemed to be in- fused into the Moslem ranks, and the Russians raised “the siege of Silistria. Then Austria signed the convention with the Saltan, and Gortschakoff, alarmed for his flank, was com- pelled to evacuate bis former lines. These ea- coureging accidents added fuel to the fire of English exultation. But the turning point had cen reached. he cholera was the first enemy, and for @ long period it was absolutely impos- sible to embark the troops in consequence of | the icereased virulence of the disease at sea. When they did embark, the want of transporta- tion, though they had seven hundred vessels, obliged them to leave much of their siege artil- lery and cavalry behind. The consequence was that the timid Lord Raglan bad a pretext for not taking advantage of the victory of Alma, and proceeding at leisure to Sebastopol. Then more battles and more disease ravaged the ravks; and now in the month of lebruary, the contest must be over—leaving the Russians triumphant on every point. Can Evgland make peace under such circum- stances? It does not seem possible. Por it is not in DPnrope that the consequences of so bn- miliating astep would be the most felt, though of course they would not be harmless even there; it is in Asia, from the frontier of China to the dominions of Dost Mahomed, that the defeat at Sebastopol will tell with most crash- ing effect. It will break the force of British ige throughout the Eastern Continent. It i) relieve the scores and scores of native tribes from the weight which has hitherto held them to the earth; and will disarm the British soldiers in India ot their most formidable arm, their reputation as invincible. Over and over gain the story will be told that Eogland gathered together all her legions, joined with France, and besieged a Russian city which they were unable to take; and the consequence will he that in every one of those Eastern Courts where English and Russian envoys are now con- tendirg for the mastery, the Englishman will fall, and the Ruseian rise in esteem. Can Eog- land afford to run the risk of thie? Oan she ventare, for the sake of peace, to place her whole Eastern empire and ber trade to Asia ip enon peri) as this? It does not seem porsible. Al) questions of public feeling apart—and there is a epirit abroad ‘nt nd which a peace Ministry would find ble that England can wantonly weaken herself #0 grievously as she would do by making peace, She has money left inabandance, She can fit out fleet after fleet, andarmy after army, £0 far as the paying for their equipment, com- miseariat and soldiers’ pay is concerned. She will probably endeavor, under the Foreign Enlistment bill, to raise a fresh army in ozufse of time, to replace the one she hes lost. Bat can this be done? Beyond the twenty thou- eand Piedmontese who are secured, where on the Continent can England hire mercenaries? Prussia will not give them, nor will Anstria. Switzerland has pronounced against the scheme. Spain cannot afford them. Thelesser States of Germany have sent us their raw ma- terial for armies. France of course requires all her sons at home, and Northern Europe without great folly could not part with theirs, Where, then, can England hire foreign soldiers? Turning homewards, the statesmen of Great Britain must see that the material for armies has lef the British Isles, The operation of the free trade measures—though just and necessery—has been to feed the factories at the expense of the farms, to build up the cities at the expense of the country. Anurban popala- tion never makes good soldiers. Townsmen are mostly weak, sickly and small, and the first campsign takes them off. Your solid armies are country born and country fed; and of these Great Britain has scarcely a handful left. A few years ago, Scotland and Ireland contained material for a splendid army; now that same materialis ploughing the earth or sowing corn in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and the two Canadas, Where, then, the problem recurs with increasing difficulty, where is Great Britain to find an army? What is to be done when the siege of Sebastopol is raised ? Hard Times, the Codfish Aristocracy and the Italian Opera, The winter, from which we are just escaping, has been one of unusual severity. The poor have suffered awfully, and all persons have more or less felt the pressure of the times. The distress of the lower classes residing about the Five Points and other haunts of poverty has been in some degree relieved by soup- houses, charitable subscriptions, calico balls, and other ecleemosynary shifts. The grievances of the middle classes arose from their not having money to mect their notes when they feil due, but this difficulty has been partially, and will soon be entirely removed by the liberality of the banks. There is a third class, bowever—a very interesting and sensitive one, which has of late been reduced to great distress, and whose sufferings have been entirely overlooked in the sympathetic and charitable movements that have distinguished our community. We allude to that select, refined, intellectual and highly ornate section of society which, in Bos- ton, goes by the title of the cotton, and in New York, by that of the codfi:h aristocracy. This emall but interesting division of human- ity is principally congregated in the Fifth avenue and other neighborhoods of stylish and luxurious aspect. Nevertheless, distress has pressed more heavily upon it of late, and has been more poignantly felt than even the misery of the poorer classes. It is true that it does not exactly arise from any deticiency of food or drink, or from the difficulty of procuring elegant apparel—those thinge the persons in question generally pos- sess in abundance. No, their affliction and des- pondeney proceed from another but equally regretable cause—the il] success that his hitherto attended their efforts to estadlisa upon @ prosperous and permanent basis that noble, intellectual and usefal institation, so neces- sary to the progress of Western civilization— the Italian Opera. For twenty-five years and more, strenuous efforts have been made, large sums of money squandered, and codfish sold by auction at al- most any price, to bring about the accomplish- ment of this great work. We have had artists from Europe of the highest, most varied, and most recherché order of talent, from Garcia to Grisi, and from Jenny Lind to Alboni. We have had all sorts of impressarios, too, such as, for instance, the elder Simpson, the unfortanate Palma, the never-to-be-furgotten Sanquirico, the unequalled Patti, the discousolate Fry, the industrious Maretzek, and now we have the indomitable Ole Bull struggling in a sort of Thermopyl# pass with the adverse circumstances and barbarous tastes of the times. All these brilliant talents, high Eu- ropean reputations and managerial abilities have lost themselves in abortive efforts to secure a permanent footing amongst ns for this branch of lyrical art. Asa matter of suc- cessful speculation, it stands precisely in the same position in which it did ten years ago. Even the present enterprise in Toorteenta street, radiant as it was with promise, has met with almost insuperable difficulties at its out- set. Ole Bull, Maretzek, Strakoseb, Uliman, and Jacobschn, are all up to their ears in a sea of annoyances and perplexities, brought upon them by their efforts in the service of the fash- jonables of New York. In spite of their energy, perseverance, and artistical experience, how- ever, nothing but gloom and despondency seem stil to hang over the prospects of Italian Opera. When the Italian Opera in London, Paris, or St. Petersburg, gets into dificulty, the Queea and the aristocracy in the one, and the Empe- rors and their courts in the other capitals, gen- erally come to its relief, and by subscriptions, subventiona, and other timely ail, secure at once the permanence of their own amusements, and the sustentation of the artists who are de- pendent upon them. We have neither Queen, nor Emperor, nor Napoleon, nor Ozar, for man- agers and artists to appeal to, under such cir. cumstances. We are all sovereigns here, it is true, but, unfortunately, eovercigns as we are, we seem to neglect this most useful and indiepensable element of modern civilization. And so the Tvalian Opera lingnishes out amongst us a sickly and spasmodic sort of ex- istence, We have not, in short, the same bow- els of compassion for the codfish aristocracy and jor embarrassed managers and starving ar- tists as for the suffering poor, the oppressed shilling seamstresses, and the unemployed mechavica who have lately had such a severe time of it, The distress of the codfish aristo- cracy, arising, as it does, from their ineffective efforts to accomplish so laudable and obviously essential an object as the establishment of an Italian Opera, has almost won out sympathy, and the public must not feel surprised if we should ome of these days turn round and en- deavor to esis them and their musical prote- ges, beginning with Ole Bull. The firet ten Gaye of the Opera in Irving place have been a Jamentabdle failere, but there isa promiee this | Feb = UCR eT EC CU Pomel) Gye Oi me EMRE BOW Gabe, Wined, ub ie) mille of sane remark, | hima ccamp. The result was that @ collision oscurre. expected, will enlist the attention, the sympa- thy, and the enthusiaam of all who, like us, feel compunctious visitings as to our neglect of that fashionable amusement. More or Mr, Preree’s Cuan DrpLomacy.— Our special Washington correspondent of this morning informs us of anew and interesting discovery which he has made in the Soulé and | Ostend diplomacy of the administration upon the Cuba queetion. It is thie, that the Spanish Cabinet, anxious to conciliate the United States, but having an unconquerable repug- nance to ‘reat with Soulé, proposed to Mr: | Pierce, not only once but twice, to transfer the | negotiations upon the Cuba question from Ma- Grid to Washington; and that Mr. Pierce de- clined to take the business from the hands of Soulé. The result is before the world. Soulé, Ostend and the filibustering policy of Dudley Mann have exploded. The adminisira- tion is farther back from a settlement than oa | the day of Mr. Pierce’s inauguration. Mr. Dodge goes out, with an interpreter, to patch up, if possible, the blunders of Soulé. The net re- sult to Dodge and Dimitry will probably be the same—their outfit, infit and salary, deducting expenses. Wecan expect no more. Mr. Pierce may get ten millions asa safeguard against the contingency of a rupture; bat we have nothing to fear on that score. His warlike proclivities were exhausted at Greytown, The ten mil- lions will be useful for the Cabinet spoilemen turned adrift by the Nebraska bili and the Know Nothings; but Cuba goes over to 1856. The Chevalier Wikoff is wanted at Washington. Tue Know Noraives—Sramrepe Aone tan Oxp Partms.—The Richmond Enquirer raises a prodigious hue and cry over a publication of some curious things purporting to be the rules, regulations, principles, oaths, pains and p2nal- ties, triangular bandbills, cypher, sigus, grips, and other cabalistic devices of this terrible or- ganization. Great, indeed, is the coalition against the Know Nothings. The Richmond Enquirer, the Washington Union, the Phila. delphia Pennsylvanian, the New York 7'ri- bune, Post and Times, the Albany Argus and Journal, Henry A. Wise, President Pierce, Judge Douglas, Forney, Seward, Greeley, Bry- ant, Thurlow Weed, Captain Rynders and Jobn Mitchel, all working might and main against the Know Nothings. But still this ter- rible new American party multiplies, and still the masses of the people are coming into it, convinced from the representations of all the old party hucksters and organs, that it must be the strongest side. Thus the tide rolls on, and will continue to rise until the great revolution at work is carried through in 1856. The Rich- mond Enquirer’s discoveries will vot stay the groundswell. What is to be done with the Know Nothings? We await the action of Tam- many Hal). | Tne Garpyer Cram Partianty Serreep.— | The United States Circuit Court at Washiag- ton bave adjudged that the Gardner claim was a fraud, and that consequently the money paid out of the Treasury to settle this claim is still the money of the United States, wherever it can be got hold of. The Court have accordingly decreed that the estate of George A. Gardner is indebted to the United States in the sam of $428,750, with interest thereon from 16th Muy, 1851, and that the $89,000 of this amount in the hands of Corcoran & Riggs must be handed over on the 4th of March. This is the beginning. But what becomes of the fat portions of this | award, of twenty, forty, eighty thousand dol- | THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from Ws THE OSTEND REVOLUTION—CUSA QUESTION—NEW PACTS IN MR. PIBRCH’S DIPLOMACY. ‘Wasmarax Feb. 27, 1855. ‘The resolution calling for the proceedings of the Ostend Convertion has been the subject of anxious debate be- tween the President and a small portion of his Cabinet. It has been thought advisable, both om the ground of ational policy and with a becoming regard for the re- putation of General Pierse, to comply with the demand of the House of Representatives only so far as ihe mat- ter presented shall not compromise the interests above mentioned to their disadvantage. ‘The opposition which this call originally had to en- counter from Mr, Bayly, House Chairman of Foreign Relations, will be remembered, and this geatleman’s de clared ignorance of the performances of the severa ecters who were principals in that Ostend Convention, Since then Mr. Bayly bas permitted the House to have its own way in the matter; and probably, from the late discoveries he has made, he will have nothing further whatever to do with it. A fall compliance with the eall of the House is no longer thought of by the Presi. dent, who bas determined to hold back all the particu lars that would likely prove of interest to the public at large. A clean breast would unfold secrets of too great importance, among which would be revealed the fact that under the late Spanish admiais- tration, their representative at Washington pre. sented a letter from the Spanish government to Gexeral Pierce, empowering him to open negotia- tions with the United States, with a view to a final settlement of the Cuban difliculties. Tie presenta- tion of this letter was made the subject of a verbal com. munication to the President, who informed the Minister that Mr, Soalé was fully empowered to treat upon the subject, A period of over six months was permitted to pass from the first interview until a second was asked for and granted. At this second meeting the subject was again brought forward, the Spanish Minister communicating to the Presi- dent the anxiety manifested by the Spanish government tobave the misunderstanding between the two nations brought to a close, the difliculties encountered in the ne- getiations with Mr. Soulé, and the reiteration of the first request for the subject to be negotiated at Washington. A second refusal followed this demand, and the subject from that date up to the present time, hae been confined principally to the Spanish government and Mr. Soule for settlement. It is not at ali probable that the President could wish to see, among others, these facts given to the public, but the tittle that may be revealed will be suffi- cient to show, that the blame of our difficulties remain- ing unsettled with Spain, bas its origin and continuance in our government at Washington. In a few houre I hope to be able to communicate further upon this subject, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. * WasutnGtoy, Feb, 27, 1855. No. 78. Wm. Judson, appellant, ys. Wm. W. Corcoran, bom bear was concluded by Mr. Lawrence for the ap- pellant. No. 79. United States Executor of the relations of Beverley Tucker, plaintiff in error, vs. A. G. Seaman, Superintendent of Public Pricting, Argument com- menced by Mr. Chilton for plaiutill, was continaed by the Attorney General ana Mr. Joh: The Senatorial Questio: HarrispenG, Feb, 27, 1855. The two houses met in joint convention this morning, and resumed balloting for United States Senator, with the following result :—Simon Cameron, 55; Buckalew, 28; scattering, 52—no choice. The above shows a slight falling off among Cameron’s friends, he having hid 59 votes at the previous trial. On the second ballotting, Camron had 54; Buckalew, 23; balance scattering. On the third bailot, Cameron had 65; Buckalew, 23. A motion to adjourn till to-morrow, at 11 o’clock, was lost, 63 to 66, A motion to adjourn to the first Tuesday in October next was then agreed to—yeas 66, nays 65. Latest from the State Capital. DULLNESS OF THE LEGISCATURE—THE PANAMA RAIL- ROAD—CHURCH TENURES—REMOVAL OF QUARAN- TINE—THE SACKETI’S HARBOR AND SARATOGA RAILROAD— SKETCH OF THE EBENEZER SOCIETY— RLOEPTION OF GEN. HOUSTON, ETC. ALBANY, Feb, 27, 1855. Legitimate legislation progresses about these days in the most respectful and deliberate manner. The €: + ment of the Senatorial question in the Legislature and the Temperance bill in the House having subsided, the members are engaged in matiers mostly of a local cha- Jars, and so on, suppesed to have fallen into the pockets of Mesers. Corwin, Gen. Waddy Thompson, and others? Why should the re- funding stop with the deposit of Corcoran & Riggs? Is the matter todrop here? Have the Congressional Committee and the Kitchen Ca- binet given it up? Who speaks for the balance outstanding of some tbree handred and thirty thousand dollars, and the interest thereon? racter, in which the mass of the people bave no particu- ‘arinterest. Still, on account of the dullness of the times, throwing large numbers out of employment, the galleries are daily filled with spectators. The bill amending the charter of the Panama Railroad Company, allowing an increase of capital of two millions, was up in the Senate. There was strong opposition against it, and several amendments were offered—one, restricting the company to a charge of thirty-five cents a mile on each passenger; another, compelling the com- pany to transport freight and passengers from or to- To Ovr OoncresstonaL Reporrers.—We | perceive that the two houses of Congress have | passed a bill for the reorganization of the | personnel of the Navy; but our Congressional | reporters have failed to tell us what it is. We | venture to suggest to them, in behalf of the | associated press, that we expect at least a state- ment of the substance of every important bill | as passed, with the report of its final | passage. Considering the pressure of business of the last two or three doys of the session, a | few words may soflice; but we desire at least some general explanation of the pith and sab- stance of every important bill as passed, in- eluding a sharp lock out for the amendments of the lobby. To our special reporters and cor- respondents we would also suggest that the tail-end of the session is like the tail of a pe- culiar breed of Arabian sheep—it collects more fat then all the rest of the animal. Keepa | sharp eye to the spoilymen and the drafts upon Guthrie. Conaness anp THe Lanp Joppers.—The lobby lately suffered » beavy drawback in their pa- tent extension echemes—followed by another on French spoliations. But, as with a turn of bad luck, “ it never rains but it pours,” these disasters were followed on Monday by the un- ceremonious shelving of half a dozen beautiful railroad land jobbing speculations. It is now manifest that Forney overdid the business in the amendment of the Wisconsin bill of last session, after it had passed the House. He | made a leap too high for the pony, and has | fallen on the other side. Look sharp. Marine Affairs. ‘Tne Sreamemp Nortiery Ligur sailed yesterday after- noon for San Juan, Nicaragua, with a large number of passengers for California, Tne Teamenr? Kwoxvittr, Ludlow, from Savanah, ar- rived yesterday morning, bringing us Southern papers abead of the mail Wittiamsburg City News. Tur Howard BENevoLent Association.—The ladies of the "Howard Penevolent Association, recently organized in the Kastern district, report that during the past two months they have assisted about seventy families. Ex- penditures—Money paid to poor women for sewing, $16 68; money loaned, $17; paid to redeem articles from pawnbrokers, $13 52; pald for rent, $18 50; provisions, ; shoes, $25; various pu , $34 80-—-Total, $152 ‘There have also been distributed 60 pairs of shoes; 110 new garments, iacluding dresses, shirts, under | clothes, sheets, and other articles, and 174 second hand garments, The operations of the soviety are extended to persons of all religions Contemrt or Covnt.—Yesterday a case was up for trial before Justice Boswell, in the course of which Counsellor O'Rourke said thet an action for perjury | ht hold a constable Gilroy. The individual | wierd to not rel the ”, by caling between the face of the officer and the fist of Counsellor O'Rourke, The parties were fined for contempt of court. Comriaist Boon.—€apt. Guischard, of the Fit - triet police, bas syane complai Pome 5 int book at his office, at the Fourteenth ward tation house in North Fifth street. A Quaxen Exrcran Mason Gevmnan—Io the Maine of pentativer, om the 23d inst., Eli Jone member of the peace loving Soriety of Friends, wor eleates Major General ¢° {pe Segind Givigicw of ibe \ | ton, woollen, grain and iron, producing every arti | children. £0 far as the public is advived, the | the rites and obligations of matrimony. They val! them- | selves the Ebenozer Society, and are all foreigners of the wards New York upon the sama terms as exacted from citizens of New Granata, Both propositions were lost and the bill was ordered to a third reading in ita original mhape. | _ The Ecclesiastical Tenure bill was farther discussed by Senator Bishop, who gave an interest.ng history of the early practice of the Catholic church in permitting pro- perty to be he.d in trust. As yet, r» Senator has spoken against the bill, and, as things now look, it will pasa by a Jarge majority. The House was ocupied some time upon the bill to re- move the Quarantine from its present location to Cone Inland bay. During the moraing, a telegraphic despatch was received from Governor Price, of New Jersey, tatin, his telief that the people of that State will never consent that the quarantine buildings shall be placed on any rtion of their territory. The bill cannot become a law. r, Coleman and Mr. Leigh made able speeches in favor of continuing the Quarantine where it 1s, and strongly opposed sendiag Pauper emigrants to Ward's Island, ‘ackett’s Harbor and Saratoga Jtailroad Company are again before the Legislature, In their original grant they agreed to run the road through certain couatiss, The Legislature granted them « large amount of public lands at a nominal price, provided a certain sim of | money was spent cn the route. The Commissioners of the Land Office grantea certain portions of land to pri- vate individuals, far from that route. The Compan: Consequently, changed their route, running throug near these private lands, and now ark the Lagislature to allow them to take these private lands. Suits ara pend- ing, and thie Company now modestly ask for the pre- emption right to these lanis. Nothing but the impu- dence of highwaymen woula ever induce this Company to approac the Legislature asting for such fayors. Though the bill has passed the Senate, it finds many honest men in the House who oppose it. A few days since, Mr. William W. Weed, a member of the House, from the county of Erie, introduced « reso- lution asking for a committee to inquire into the aff of a pretended religious “community of trae inspt tion.’” It appears that in April, 1846, the Lecislature on certain privileges to this community, investing heir trustees with power to purchase, hold and convey real estate, and to have charge of the personil effects and property belonging to the organization. They aze located five or six miles southeast of Ruff.lo, have now three villages, which are thriving manufactories of c necessary for their own wants, disposing of the sw totheir neighbors ‘The property they now posse: extimated by competent judges to be worth between five and six millions of dollars—their territory extenting ipto three towns. ‘They bs Mined ol on only three hundred thousand dollars. ey are beginu'ng to | mix in politics, and in those towns uoiformly vote as their interests mostly dictate. There are about five hundred persons, men, women and German Swissorder. Their chief or prophet claims spi- ritual equality with Jesus Chriet; they have some twelve or fourteen trustees or managers, who oversee ther temporal concerns. The remainder of the flock are the merest slaves, and kept in stronger bonds than any Southern slave. They arc governed by the sslf-styled ee, who directs them, as he says, aad as they be- lieve, from inspiration. Allexcept the trustees labor in several Mi le Ne are allowed thirty-seven ania half cents per 4 ir clothing and food is charged to them, and if, at the end of the year, the laborers ind a balance in their favor, that valance is placed in the com- mon treasury. The Ft mad has recently been inspired with the fact that the community must ‘dispore of their real estate. He alleges that the country avout them is becoming too corrupt for them, hence the necessity of removing to the West, and take up a new home from the en- roachments of rational religion and humane civilization. As this rociety is living under a law ofthe Legislature, Mr. Weed is perfectly justifiable in as) for a rigi scrutiny into their conduct, in order that the Legisla- ture may be put in possession of facts which may justify a repeal of that tive law. A few days since it was announced that General Hous+ ton would deliver a lecture before the Young Men’s As- sociation, in this city, on Monday (last) evening. It was determined upon to give him a A Rog cars from Rut! ad reception when ta ee ake nd. The, Con bin overcos?, Le rey his lecture. His subject ‘the Indians of but dealt Sen with those ‘idea tn Tee on the io Grande, acd ep ite frontiers, with whom he been personally famizar. £0 well is be versed in Indian history, that he needed no netes or references to assist him in his dis course, He contended that the worst vices which the red man ever manifested were those obtained from the whites, and that liquor, or fire-water, was the principal caure of producing their degradation. He alluded to the , slight as it was, which caused an expenditure of twenty riillions in thé Florida war, without cong the Ind . He deprecated the course now taken by the iether ba the a tion, in raising seven er e usand men Camapebes om the borders of Texas, and pram that the cause of the apprehended difiiculty wae a! owing to the officiousness of a government officer and drunsen interpreter. The General’s remarks were lis tened to with delight, and at the close he wae highly ap ded, iy Was 6x: that General Houston would visit the Legislature to day, and mase himself acqua'nted with some of our distinguished makers and executors of New York laws; but he left in the early train for New York, being in baste to be at the reat of government before he adjournment of Congress. The Know Nothings are ecstacies in consequence of the favorable impression the General made upon the people. New Hampzhive Politics. DEMOCRATIC MASS MHETING--DENUNCIATON OF THE KNOW NOTHINGS. Mancnrsten, N. H., Feb. 27, 1855, The democratic mass meeting took place in this city today. A procession four deep, and extenting half a mile, was formed and marched to the City Hall, which was soon filled to overflowing, and many were unable to: gain admittance, Ex-Governor Steele presided. Speeches were made denouncing the Know Nothing principles as ungenerous and unconstitutional, and the design of their promulgation was solely for the aggrandizement of an unscrupulous party—sefiish ambition being the basi« and incentive to action, The nomication of Relph calf for Governor was spoken of Uerisively, and the most confident predictions were made of the euccess of the democratic party at the coming election. Great enthu- siasm prevailed, Afternoon and evening meetings were held, the latter to a late hour. Munleipal Elections. ENOW KNOWING TRIUMPHS AT WASBINGTON AND FREDERICK, MD. WASHINGTON, Feb, 27, 1855, At the election for Mayor ani City Councilmen yester- day, the American ticket had a large majority, The present Mayor was re elected. At Frederick, Md., the Know Nothings elected their Councilmen yestercay by an average vote ef 3 to 1. Terrible Steamboat Explosion. SEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND TWO VESSELS INJURED, New Oruxans, Feb. 27, 1855, The steamtug Thomas McDaniel exploded her whole six bo! yesterday, below this city, killing seven per- fons and injuring others. Two vessels in tow of the McDaniel were somewhat damaged. The boat is a com. plete wreck. From New Orleans. LATER FROM BAVANA—HEAVY FAILURE. New Onneans, Feb. 27, 1855, The Crescent City is below, with Havane dates to tho 24th, News unimportant. T. O, Nelson & Co., cotton factors, have suspended, Liabilities $650,000 or $750,000. The asse's will pro- bably more than cover the amount. DESTRUCTION OF COLONEL BENTON’S RESIDENCE: WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 1855. Co}. Benton’s house was burned to-day; the furniture, however, and the adjoining houses, were saved. YIRES IN CLEVELAND AND MASSILLON. CLSVELAND, Feb, 27, 1855. Messrs. Pratt & Wilson's rendering house was burned this morning. It is eupponed to have been set on fire by anincendiary. Loss $5,000, Insurance $2,500. The Cross Keys Hotel at Massillon wae also on fire this morning. Loss between three and four thousand dollars, Which is fully covered by insurance in the Columbus Mutual and Portage Insurance Companies. FIRE AT CHICAGO. Omcago, Feb. 27, 1855, A fire broke out last night, at the corner of Van Buren and Wells streets, which consumed the furniture fastory of Ferris & Boyd, together with one or two mall build- ings, Lose about $25,000; partially insured, FIRE AT VICKSBURG, MISS. New ORirANs, Feb, 27, 1855. A large fire occurred at Vicksburg last night. Lose. $30,000. No business honses suflered by the confiagra tion. . The Weather, Coveama, §. C., Fe The weather in this locality is very coW, an yesterday visited with a snow storm. Cuicauo, Feb. 27, 1855. The weather continues cold; one degree above zero this morning. Al) the railroads are cle; 1856. we were WN, Feb, 27, 1855, The weather is still cold and windy, Thermo.neter 26 deg. ebure zero. Arrival of the Southerner. CBARLESTON, Feb, 27, 1855. The steamer Southerner arrived here at six o'clock this morning. Markets. New Onztays, I Our cottov market is firm at previous day 3,500 bales, Molasses eells at 18'/c.; bacon sides 7c, Sterling exchange 834 a 9 per cent premium. CHARLESTON, Feb. At our cotton market today sales were ma. bales, at prices ranging from 5 prevaile. PRILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PrmoLaverpst, Feo. 27, 1855. The money market {8 easy. Stocks are dv!) ~Readi: Railroad, 37%; Morris Canal, 15; Long Island Ral 17; Pennsylvania Railroad, 454); Penusyivan'n State Fives, 88. Fires tn New York. Fike ix Furry sxconp Strner.—On Tues lay yooraing, at near So’clock, @ fire broke out ina two story frame Vuilding, owned by George Kerner, situated im Fifty.see cond street, near the Sixth avenue, and the flames soon communicated to five adjoining frame bu'ldings, o:cupied by Germans They were all destroyed. The firemen were early at the scene, but for the want of water their efforts to arrest the flames were unava.ling. ‘he baild- ground from Mrs. Ann Stry- ¥ There was an insurance of $1,500 on the buildings in the St. Nichols insurance Company. The fie is sup- Posed to nave been the work of an incengiary. ‘Fine is Bueecker Srreer.—On Monday evening, be- tween 7 and § o’clock, a fre occurred in the bonnet framo manufactory of Witten ©. Redd, situated in the rear o} No 204 Bleecker street, (Cottage place.) The fre ie caused by the heat from a preseing machine. It wad soon extinguished. Damage about $10. No imeurance. Firg is Crosny Srreer.—Yesterday morning, between Send 4 o'clock, a fire took place in the dwelling house No. 22 Crosby street. It was very soon extinguished, vith but trilling damage. Uficer Hulick,ef the Four teenth ward, discovered the fire, Faier ALins.—The alarm of fire in the Eighth district Jast night, at 10 o'clock, was caused by the upsetting of & pan of fat on a stove in an upper room, corner of fi a be Greenwich streets. Jt was put out imme- iately. mee women became fri ed, nen fm ghtened, and gave the Tue Late Fine IN PROADWAY.~The firm of 8. Strabl- heim & Co,, No. 69 Broadway, whose premises were damaged by fire on last Sunday morning, lort on their stock, it is estimated, about $40,000, The tollowi list of the insurance on the stock :— a fo London & Liverpool Insurance Co lown by Water, of ‘the firm of Duncan & & goods dealers, on the first for, will amount, poet to $8,060 or $10,000, They ere fully covered ty inex. Trance. limites Woon Sawing 4 Wacnr.—Two citizens of Albany ere now engaged i af os of eagh, for Wager, gel in rawing forty cords of wood 2 Sa men’s Hats.—Spring Fashion fur 1855, just int Ni Pignent | bat that hee ever appeared in the field of fashion te New York. Spring Style of Hats, Just Introduced. ‘Those of our readers in want of a fashionscle bat can obtain one at HALL’S, 413 Broadway, who Is the ecknow- Ted leader of fashion in New York by public approba- tion. Corner of Liepenard street and Broadway. The high winds of March are keen cold of winter {* going, and the tite netting Cig? Mode mid the it World's Fair (. 00T, No. apbe are ro. R ae shovaprayhe' r ne ad 1 Tife ‘size fat wilderness of megnificent " or And Moses Gatth ured, the Gothamtt Go and get your daguerreo: +y wer, The people! for 26 centa at 289 Broad PIsee, BLE Were Mave gins Win suevess, went straighiaey to tug