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498 .] religions freedom in the wilds of the tten tee ‘Puritans who landed at Piymouth Rock—the Lutherans who settled on Msnhattan Yaland— the Catholics who soaght an asylum on the shores of the Chesapeake bay—-the fee who river, Virginia, and go oper po pg cect Carolina—were ali pilgrims forced by the same persecutions and revo- utions trom the Old Work, to seak a home in tze New, for the exercise and en- joyment of political rights aud freedom re by morality end religion, Ia leav- mated Old World apd their old homes, they Jefa the prejudices and peesions of that land, and Drought with them to this ney cae eae to whicl Bae dees aoe rate iste. "From thelr “iret Jutionary age gave birth. fanding a new apeiety and a new civilization took deep rcot in the land, and generated u the last tary, endiog in the ber pia Me ae it republ ic. We then bs- came a country and a polity of a new growth, whien may be fitly calied American in every sense of the “in consleadting the present constitation the fram- -ers of that great instrument, remembering the or- gin of their ancestors, left a memorial of their syi- pstby for all the oppressed in the Old Worl ‘uthorizing Congress to pias naturalization la a liberal and generous tendency. But while inaor’ ing such a generous provision in the coastitutioa as would admit, on brief periods of prelate the sed of other countries to privileges of this land, it was expected and believed all emigrants thereafter admitted would follow the example of the first pilgrims by sban- doning the preindions and ions of the Old World, and become merged in the co bady of the new American civilization. fbis great principle, with such an understanding, has been Fin ‘out for two centuries, and it io only of recent date, gogues have endeavored to corrupt men and mere dem:- faa aig id together citi. zens of foreign birth, according to their national Sacre it ‘xan lowi nol hg yy mixing with citizens, and Biendtog themselves with the manners and customs of the new dispensation. All religions and all sects of Christians are alike protected under the wzis of the American constitotion. But when the highas’ clergy of any eect attempts either to monopolize the political power of their flocks or the pecuniary means of their congregations, it is time for the pe> ple of this country to take waroiag by the tarriole examples such clerical usurpations have prodaced in other lands ard in other times. In this important point of reform, there have been stropg manifestations of late in different parte of the country. Ten years ago efforts began to be mate to correct the errors and purify the corruptions of the two old parties, and to give a high tone, Ameri- can and rational feeling to toe action of anew and energetic organization of the popular macses. Tho effort, originating in New York and Penosylvania and radiating to various States within the cirels of their ix fluen:e and exampe, was, after a brief strag- gle, overwhelmed by the corrupt politicians aud the concéntrated exertions of the two >pposing parties, But the evils of that ‘ime and the necoasity of yeform have grown with our wth and strengthened with our strength, until the Ame- rican heart can stand no longer in silence aad nee their cour try disorganized and disgraced by the corrupt and cemorali spoils system, entor ed by @ degenerate race of mon. Dai the last year the American people have bsen wal pe ton & deep sleep. They are bureting on all ds, and in every quarter ;he manacles with which noble intellects and free minds were tound, and no doubt seems to exist, from ‘he progress with which the new revolution oa acvsaced aioe it will end in as glo- rious a triumph as that set in motion by the Decla- ration of Independence itself. This great movement, has done my heart good, it will spread the same sentiment throug): out the country, to see the noble old State of Penn- sylvania taking one of the first ey steps towards ® consummation of that revolution to which Ameri- can eentiment and American patriotism point so clearly. In the old Revolution, your noble State, marching under the command of the immortal Washington, rallied under the motto of “ Virtue, Liberty and Independence.” Tne same sentiment, I have no doubt, will animate your pee atraggle, sour es of the of the Atlantic and until Victery is proclaimed from tl Susquehanna to the shores Ce Tew, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, GEORGE LAW. To the Honorabie ieeaior fer of the House of Re tat louse of resent ivi Rarraborss Pean. am As Crabedoin F m. '0l ‘erguson John W. Kellinger, Jonn Hendricks, | Senators. Geos King, 8 ByiterE | of the Hou 5 » 5. ‘ster, ol louse G. Waterhouse, Sa. THrepps, of Samuel B. Page, Representatives. And many others. Manifesto of William H. Soward, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 23, 1855, ou the Bill to Protect Officers of the United States. ‘Mr. Presipent:—The scene before me, and all its cir- eumstances{and incidents, admonish me that the time hay come when the Senate of the United States is about to grant another of those concessions, wdich have become habitual here, to the power of slavery in this Republic. For the second time, in a period of nearly threo months, ‘the brilliant chandelier above our heads is lighted up; ; all the ‘The mul- tifarious subjects, which have their rise in all parts of this extended country, are suddenly forgotten, in » con- ‘upon a single question of ntense Dators, foregoing their natural relaxation and refresh- in in their seats until midnight approach- the passages and galleries are densely crowd eustomary forms of legislation are laid aside. centration of f¢ interest. The spent without adjournment. ment, rem: es, Excitement breaks out in every part of the Cham ber. Criminations and recriminations, and denunc: tions of Senators individually, and of Senators b clas fe de- h. 8, equally of those who have participated in bate, and of those who have remained silent, grate ly upon the ear. heralded the passag. Buch as these attended the abrogation o Compromise in 1854. I k of constitutional liberty is former triumphs of slavery is under the eaves of the Capitol, ry. on ail former occasions of a like character. the controversy, thit the country may know who it is, and who it is not that disturbs tle public harmony, an dreaks the public ) those hal epon which I shail take my judgment which shall be rendered by the American poo For myself, there isa painfal association conn with the rise'of this deb demanded ‘o him. He announoed this bill, whi in its language, was, as we ‘all in each of the Chai ever ob knew, United Stal tive Slave law proposition, to be submitted to the Seaate, for the erec- Yion of » bronze monument, fifty feet high, in the city of Waobington, which should illustrate the life and death of American Independence. It was a new acknowlelg- ment which I w: sof te bout to ask from the Senate of the United States to the ro fact on which the liberties of this country aud all its coustitu men are created equal, honorable Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Toucey) ob: tained over me, when the floor was aseigned to him wan ominous, €reet no monument to the memory ot Jeiferson, who de ons reat—thac all clared, that, ia the unequal contest between slavery | and freedom, the Almighty had noattribute which could take part with the oppressor. Bat the Seaate will, on the other hand, promptly comply with the demand to raise another bulwark around the institution of slavery. Dir. President, as there is nothing new in the circum- stances of this transaction, so it has happened now, as on all similar oceasions heretofore, that everyth'ag’ fo reign from the question at issue bas been brought int > the debate. The introduction of there foreign matter: has, as heretofore, been attended with a profusion of re protches and calumnies and epithets, oecasion as they are inconsistent with the decorum and dignity of an august legislature. Those of us upon whom such denunciations, calumnies and epithets have been showered, have endured them loo; ene will deny that we have endured thom patiently, such Senators as have given utterance to their opinions im that form of argument, I make, for myself, ‘only reply—that that field of debate is relinquished exclanve ly to themselves. Now, as on similar occasions here tofore, the relations of political parties, and their ra ve merits and demeri dironssion. Sir, I shall forbear from ente: Nbat part of the debate for the reason that I am ‘tag not ™ expediency of the measure under consideratio » it can make no difference whether tl pp ed it or those who ocrata, or belon; men who mente are populariy ealled. Know Ni eased on such junds may have their some lne—onta this chamber, heTe—(jminting to eries)—but here. Inquisition has been mad and influences which ded elections of members, not only of this House, but of the Hoase of Representatives, for the urpoRe, an it neem, of avakening prjuicon agninet tone ene the of this bill. I give notice to honorable Sei et ge et rena perio it cousigwnt with y of Such as these were the incidents that w full well that the fall certain to follow these in. cident occurring noz, as it followed the like incidents ‘on the sad occasions to which I have referred. Aud, for sught I know, the teeming gun which proclaimed thore ready planted agaia elebrate another vic- My course on this occasion has been the sams as T have for- borae from engaging in the debate uatil near the ead of , by the agitation of slavery in ‘speak now, less in the form of an @ bill before us, than of a protest, stand, to abide the ultimate ated . I arose in my place at eleven o'clock this morning, simultaneously with the honorable Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Toacey), and | audience, which was assigned by | —next yoar—always. subject. ned for the protection of oflcers of the I recognize every Senator here as the exponent of the opinions and principles of the State frem which he comes, and I hear no voice from any State but that to which its representatives give utterance. Nevertheless, Mr, President, I sball not sbrink from such an exposition of my own opinions and sentiments on collateral issues as shall tend to disembarrass @ good cause, by relieving it frown unjust prejudices, directed against myself as its advecate. First, in regard to whst is called the Nebraska quee tion. I freely confess, that I regard the abrogation of the Missouri compromise by the Nebraska bill of the last session, a8 an unjust, nomecessary, dangerous, and revolutionary act. I voted against it as such, Let that vote stand against me, in the minds and in the hearts— if it must be so—of those Semators who regard it as a cause for reproach. Gertaialy, this is not the time to justify that vote. A time to do so,was when the vote was given, and its vindication was then duly made. There is probably amother time coming for the renewal of thst vindication—a time in the near future, when the westion of a restoration of freedom throughout the lerritories of the United Statcs will arise in the Senate. Then, if God shall bless me with continued life and health and strengt, 1 hope again to do my duty. ‘To that future time I adjourn the argament en the biil for the abrogation of the Missouri compromise, There is more of propriety in the discussions of the Fugitive Slave law, whieh have been re-opened durin this debate. Ihave no ne d, however, to speak on tha subject. 1 have fully debated it heretofore, on more occasions than one, in this place, Every word of what I then fa\d is recorded in the legislative bistory of the United States. There isnot a thought that I would wish not aword thatI am willing to ta ‘ull surely and quite rapidly enough r ition whether those were right who pro- just, and necessary ani constitutional act, full of healing to a wounded eountry, or whether the humble individual «rho now stands be- fore you was right when he admonished you that that law Was unnecessary, unwise, inhuman and derogatory from the constitution, and that it would never be exs- cuted without new and continued usurpations, Tho transaction of this night takes place, in order that the words of that prophecy may be tulfilied, 1 am not allowed, sir, to reach the merits of this ques- tion without alluding to @ body of men who sport in the public gaze under a name which I hardly know how to repeat in the presence of so grave and reverend an assemblage as this—the Know Nuthings. They are ssid to have contrived their disguise with so much ingenuity that one, who is nota novitiate, cannot deny a know- lege of their ceremonies and principles without implying- his communion and membership with them. Neverthe less, 1 must reply to the Senator from Illinois, (Mr. Douglas,) who charges me, among others, with such an affitation that I have no knowledge of that body of men other than what is.afforded me oy the publications of the day. Thus informed, I understand the Know Nothings to be s secret, society or order, consisting of twoor three grades,colleagued and mutually sworn to elect individuals of thein own order, or at least persons maintaining the principles which that order entertains, to all offices of trust and profit in the United States. These principles I understand to be in general, the same which, before the organization of the Know Nothings, passed under the name of Native American- ism. 1, sir, bave no connection with that order. I am unter no responsibility for ita doings, aad I have 10$ the least sympathy with its principles or senti- ments. I belong te cne voluntary association of msn, which bas to do with spiritual affairs. It is the Christian church—that branch of it, all imperfect though I think it is, which, according to my notions, most nearly re- tains, in their purity, the instructions of the Gospel. ‘That association is an open ons, which performs all its rites and gives all its instructions with publicl y, and invitey every-man, in the language of its Divine Founder, to come in and partake of tue privileges with which He invested it, and of the blessings which ue prom belong to one temporal society of men, and that political party which, according to my notions, most fully and most truly, although, I confe other case, very inadequately, the princip! Declaration of Independance and of the Constitution of the United States, This association, also, of which I have last spokem, is an open one. All’ its transactions are condueted in the broad daylight, and it invites all citizens, and all men who become subjects of thy pcwer of this government, of whatever clime or race or color they may be, to enter into its ranks, to partici- pate in its labors, and to co-operate in maintainin food government and in advauci the cause ol fluman nature, ‘These twoassociations, the one spirit. and the other temporal, are the ouly voluntary asso: tions to which 1 now belong, or ever have belonged since I became s man; and, unlegs Lam bereft of reason, they are the only associations of men to which I shall ever suffer myself to belong. Secres socisties, sir! Before I would place my right hand between the hands of other men, in a secret lodge, order, class, or council, and, bending my knee before them,’ enter into combination with them for any object, personal or political, good or bad, I would pray to God that that hand and that knee might be paralyzed, and that I might become an object of the pity and even of the mockery of my fellow m Swear, ir! I, a man, an American citizen, a Christian, swear to submit myself to the guidance and direction of other men, surrendering my own judgment to their judgments, and my own conss.ence to their keeping ! No, no, sir, I know quite well the fallibility of my own judgment, and my liability to fall into error and tempta- tion, But my life bas been spent in breaking tue boads of the slavery of other men, I, therefore, know too well the danger of confiding ‘power to ‘irresponai- ble bands, to make myself #. willing slave. Pro- reribe a man, sir,f,beoause he was not bora in the same town, or county, or Stute or country, in which I was born! Why,’sir, I do most earnestly and most af- fectionately advise all persons hereafter to be born, that they be born in the United States, and, if they can with- out inconvenieuce, to be bora in the State of New York, and thus avoid ‘great deal of trouble for themselves and for others, [Laughter.] Moreover, Ido most alfec- tionately enjoin upon all auch persons asare keroaftor tobe born, that they be born of fathers and of mothers, of grandfathers and of grandmothers, of pure American blood. Still more, sir, 1 do affectionately enjoin upon all who shall thus bave the wisdom to come into exis- tence ou this sice of the Atlantic, and of such pure and untainted ancestry, to be either in the Protestant faith, or to be converted as speedily as possible to that good and true Protestant Church, within whose pale I myself am accustomed to worship. lore than that, sir. Speaking froma full knowlede and conviction of the serious inconveniencies which absolute and eternal slavery entails upon man and w races of men, I do earnestly, Geese and affection- ately conjure all people every where, who are herea‘ter tobe born, to be bon white (Laughter.] Thus. be- ing bora ini this free and happy country, and being bora white they will be born free. Bat, Mr. President, this is the length and this is the breadth of my connection with the new and mysterious Order of Patriots. Ani, if there shall hereafter come amongst us persens who, be cause frem ignorance they may not be able to profit by my advice and counsel, shall be born in foreign lands; or, even if there shall be any who, in despite of my counsel, shall in being Loman ‘Catholics, or Jews, or Tarks, or C ; or if there shall be others who, disregarding my persuasion, shall insist upon coming into the world with blackened faces and twisted hair, all I can say in regard to them duty, and / shall not add a feathe ig abilities which they will incur by their presumption a perverseness. (Laughter. ) haa thought this wasagood otcasion to iavite us to consider the questisn of abulishing slavery in tho District of Colambia, and has thereoy incurred some censure. He certainly had a warraat ia the latitude | which the debate had already assumed, although | the subject was not very germain to the question before us. I have no hesitation to disclose my fanaticism in that direct'on Five yeara ago, I proposed in the Congress of the United States, thegemsneipation of ali the slaves in the District of Colurtbia, with tue consent of its citizens, to be exprosse through the cus- tomary forms of @ popular election, and with full com | pensation, to be paid out of the pudlic treasury, to the individuals who should suffer damage ia their fortunes by #0 great an act of national humanity and justice, I ain ready to go with my honorable friend that leagth now. I shall be ready to go the same leagth to morrow This ie enough, I trust, on that 1 who are engaged in executing the Pugi- Oa the other side, I held in my han) a jomas Jefferson, anid commemorate the im. | mortal names of the signers of the Declaration of | | Ihave no power to exere raholi air oe i | freely say, that if | were a member of such acommanity, Er, Sie snesees_ wale, tee | Lshoutd rec mmend to and urge upon my fellow eitizeas The Seaate of the United States will | eeuselpnony tempasihte oo £8 inapposite ty andl thiak ao To thie have entered ijargely into ring into idresa- iticians, but atatenmen. So far as the justice pone it are whigs | to nat new clase of ad others here, sir, ave denounced a+ abolitionists iu & broader sense, wad therefore as traitors. no hesitation in confoasing the whole truth on t point. I believe that Ido not know a haman beiag who maintains or supposes that the Goverament of the United States has lawful authority or right to abolish slavery in the States of this Union, Certainly, ia my opinion, that Goverment hax no such power or right, But, sir, [am a man, none the leas because I ama ed Ithough I very in a slavsholding Sta there, with patience which could endure until the neces sary reform could safely be obtained, soms measure of proapecnive with compensa- tion for damages, through the action of the State Lagis lature, upon the ascertained consent of the psople. I urther, to meet the requirements of those who © that « proposition of gradual emancipation to tates is either timely now, or soon lace in the national fap) | the slavebolding will be #0, that while T retain « | councils, any slaveholding State willing to adopt the | humane policy which has been already adopted by my ownState and by other States, shall have my vote for any 1, either in lands or money, from the federal govern- | ment, which the condition of the public treasury and of the national ¢omain will allow, in furtheraac of an object in which not only the slaveholiing States are interested, but which concerns the whole Union, and even human matare itself, Mr. President, | have made my way at last, through the intricate mazes of this discursion, to the actual question before the Senate. The bill before us is in these words: If s suit be commenced or pending in any State court, Against any officer of the United States or other perso: OF on account of any act done under any I State, or under color thereof of for ex on ne ri . authority, claim, 7 person defendant the p nder any law of th |, Mt the firet term 1. and the said ¢ rt of the United States the same manner as if t here, dignity aed boner, thet! | pelo ty remo vi a, the «1 a shalt } pridenes of any defenee Sir, my hon, friend from Conaecticut (Mr. Gillette) . | some of your Wall str | tion was NEW YORK» HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1865. ‘than that arising under s lawof the United States, as afore: ‘What is here is an innovation—s new thiag— & thing unknown in the laws of the country, since the Btates came into a federed Uniea. . . * repeat, sir, that there is we necessity for thie act. Ta e authority; and the State itself, with all’ its dignity and pride, falls humbled and abased at the foot of central and imperial power. 1 habitually contemplate eve thing connected with the development of the resources, and with the extension and aj zement and g ory of this my country, with an enthusissm which I am sure I do not always find burning in the hearths of all with whom it is my duty to act im her councils. But, air, I shudder when I think that this development, tuis ex- tension, this aggrandizement, and accumulation of glory, are going on firmly, steadily and crushingly, at the Sopreee of these noble in ndent States; that the majestic dome, while it spreads itself more widely, and erects itself higher and nigher, is prossing into cruiabling frag mente the pillara which coustitute its true and just support. sir, we bave had on this oceasion, as we always have on painful occasions of this kind, pathetic allusions to the safety of this Feteral Union. And these alluvions have been addressed to me, although I have hitherto ‘been content to be a silent listener to this debate. What do you think musi be the feelings of a map, himself a representative of three millions, one-eighth of your whole people—a representative of one sixth of all the freemen in the reputlic—a representative of even a larger proportion of the whole wealth of the country—a representative of your whole concentrated commerce— when be finds himself surrounded by men who think that a comununity go numerous and so intelligent, and enjoying such wealth and cherishing such interests, are 1 far habitually Viinded by passion as to bo disloyal to the Union on which all their safety depends? Sir, I al- most forget my customary toleration, when I see around me men who know bow the interests and affections of their own homes cluster and entwine themrelves with evel of their own hearts, and who yet seem to for- get .oue interests and atlections are the offspring of humanity itself, and therefore common io all men, and suppose that ‘it is treason against the country to protest against the oppression of any one of its many and various masses and races. I warn you, Senators, that you are saving this Union atafearful cost. This is a republican government—the first and only one that has ever ly and permas nently successful. Every man in this country, ever, man in Christendom, who knows anything of the phi- losophy of government, knows that this republic bas n thus uccesstul, only by reason of the stability, strength, ond greatness, of the individual States. You are saving the Union of those States by sapping and un- dermining the columns on which it rerta. You reply to all this, that there is a newly developed necessity for this of federal aggrandizement. ‘There is no such new necessity whatever. The courts of the several States bave exercised their concurrent jurisdiction over officers.and agents of t United States for a period of hixty years, in cases which involved lite, liberty, proper- ty, commerce, peace, and war, subject to supervision by the supreme tribunal of tke Union, and while individual rights have been maintained and the public peace everywhere preserved, and the public safety received # wound. During all that time, there has never been an agent or apologist of the federal power so appre- hensive for the public safety as to propose the measure which is now before us, ere has mever been a time when such a proposition would have been received with favor. There e indeed been discontents, but they have been Jocal and traasient. Such discontents are in- cident to free society everywhere, and they are inevita- i . It is through the working of such discontents + free communities, acting by constitutional means, and within constitutional restraints, work out the refor- wation of errors, the correction of abuses, and the ad- vancement of society. All that has heppened it » change of the ecene of these discontents, resulting from a change in the geographical direction which the action of the federal government takes. Heretofore, the mur- murs of discontent came from the South. Now, the breeze which bears them sets in from the North. When the wind blew from s Southern quarter, the rights of the citizen were not rafe without the interposition of the State tribunals. Now, when it comes from an op- posite point of the compass, a Senator from Connecticut (ir. Toucey) requires Congress to prohibit that inter- position, and to arm the federal government with new and portentous power, Mr. President, all this trouble arises out of the Fugi- tive Slave law. The transaction in which we are engaged is by no means the first actof anewdrama. You began here, in 1793, to extend into the free States, by the ex- ercise of the federal power, the war of, races—the war of the master against the slave. Thé Fugitive Slave law, which was then pased, became obsolete. Though no great inconvenience was sustained, the pride of tho slaveholding power was wounded. In 1850 you passed = new Fugitive Slave law, and connected it with measures designed to extend the territorial jurisdiction of the United States over new regions, withont inhibiting sla- very. You were told at that time, as distinctly as you are told to-night, that your new law could not be ex- ecuted, and would become obsolete for the same reasons that the old Jaw had become obsolete; that the failure of the old law had resulted, not from its want of strin- gency, ‘but from its too great stringency. You were Id then, as you are distinctly now told, that your new Jaw, with ail its terrors, would fail, because, like the old law, and more than the old law, it lncked the ele- ments to command the consent ani approval of the con- our protest that it was an act of Federal usurpation, that it virtually suspended the writ of habeas corpus, that it unconstitutionally denied a trial by jury, ani that it virtually commanded » judgment of perpstual slavery te be summarily rendered, upon er parte evi- dence, which the party accused was not allowed to re- fate in the due and ordinary course of the common law. You adopted new and oppressive penalties, in ani to al! these remonstrances; and under threats alarms for the safety of the Union, the Fugitive Slave vill received the sanction of the Congress of the United States, ard beca: That wa: @ second act. When’ murmurs and loud complaints arose, and remon- strances came from eve: ide, you resorted to an old and much abused expedient. You brought all the great polit'cal parties in the Urited States into « coali- tion aud league to maintain this law, and every word and letter of it, unimpaired, and to ng etuate it for- ever. All your other laws, although they right be ber ient, and human liberty, could be changed, but this one unconsti- tutional law, #0 derogatory from the rights of human nature, was singled out from among all the rest, and was to be, like the laws of the Medes and Persians, a decree ae hird act. And where are you now? It is only five y mnce the Fugitive law was passed. You have poured out treasure like water to se- cure its execution. ‘The public police, the revenue ser- vice, the army and the navy have been at your com- mand, and have all been vigorously employed to aid in enforcing it. And still the Fugitive Slaw is not executed, and is becoming obsolete. You demand a further and a more stringent law. The federal government must be armed with new powers, subversive of public liberty, to enforce the obnoxious statute. The bili before us sup: plies those new powers. This is the fourth act. It te easy to be seen that it cannot be the final one. , Llook with sorrow, but with no anxiety, upon h og in these things, They will have their end before | complete discomfture. I abide the time, and wait for theevent. I perform my duty, the oaly duty, which re- mains for me now, in protesting against the enactment of this law, and in expressing to you my conviction that you are travelling altogether in the wrong direction. If You wish to secure respect to the federal authorities—to cultivate harmony between the States—to secure uni- veral peace, and to create new bonds of perpetual uation, there is only one way before you. Instead of adding new penalties, employing new agencies, and inspiring new terrors, you must go back to the point where your mistaken policy began, and conform your federal laws tomagna charts, to the constitution and to the rights of man. - Our Mexican Correspondence. Mxxico, Feb 19, 1855. Manifesto of Santa Anna—Remarkavle Comparisons— Necessities of H. 8. H.mThe Holy Mother Church com- ing to the Resoue—The Spoils of the $5,000,090—Finan- cial Operations and Distinguished Financiers, Perbaps the most remarkable state paper of the day is & late manifesto of His Most Serene Highness, thanking the nation for the unanimity with which it has coufided to him the important and sacred trust of government. The Cocument rehearses his own virtues; enumerates the wonderful be nefits which he has conferred on the country; states what he intends todo hereafter, and sets forth what he might have dove but for Mr Alvarez, &c., &e., and is in short as pretty a specimen of the Lit: tle Johnny Horner style as one could wish to see. It heats the Monroe manifesto, Pierce’s inaugural and the Koszta papers all to pieces,’ atid it most unequivocally throws down the gauntlet to the herees of the Greytown | achievement. How H. 8 H hangs on sa mystery ¢: M1 here. Some ray the church Ik forking out, but ‘hat anatieas tion never willingly renders unto the thing for which all Cesare’ have ever hada keva appetite, the fact may be questioned. Bat get a ong somehow he certainly does. The troops at least are tolerably well aid, and #0 long as they shall be paid, just so long will rene Highmightiness prevail. There are those who assert that the cash now being nothing more or Jess then the produee of the famo 000,000 which H. S. H. has negotiated with the Salamancas of this eapital, submitting toa discount of about one third, Why don’t V ntry come out’ There's a fine here just and in fact the bankers ha lexico. Ra'ael Rafael (of who honorable men- wade in my bert) with certain Americans whom I will not mention at present, bad contracted, you know, to pat s bill through Congress at Washington for the immediate payment of this $5,000,000, The ‘Sin mancas advanced Bandeomely for expenses, and as there have been a great many good dinners eaten at their com’ not to mention small gratifications judiciously bestowed ere and there), it would really be a very hard case if they are not to have the cash Immediately, Wian they may get The entire Pacific coast down South has now pro- nounced in favor of the plan of Alvarez, which seems to consist simply in getting rid of His Serene Highness. Whether the scestey will be benefitted by th irom King Stork to King Log, remains to wee past does not justify any hopes, Dr. Bonills (the Premier) and old G: the same bed, and we hope from their joint offorte 7 thing portentous may speedily be brought forth. Let us have a new Gadsden treaty by ali means. James Guthrie in anxious to a rid of his mint drops, and His Serene Highness is still more desirous to get hold of a few wore of the same sort with the last, But he swears ‘no little $10,000,000 transaction all openin ruled sciences, the ympathies and the judgments of a free new Inw, however, was adopted, in defiance of rotective’ of human rights and of AFFAIRS IN ALBANY. A New Fugitive Slave Law. Mr. Boystown has introduced in ther Assembly bill to reguiste proceedings respecting persons held to labor or service in a State or Territory of the United States, and eecaping into this State, wnich provides as follows:— Sec, 1, When s person legally held to service or labor in actate or Territory of the United States escapes iato this, the person entitled to his services, or his agent duly authorized, may apply for a warrant to arrest the fugitive. ‘at. To the Supreme Court at a special term; 2d. To a Judge of the Supreme Court; 3a. to a Judge of the Superior Court, or Court of Com- mon Pleas of the city of New York. 4th. To a County Judge; Sth To the Recorder of a city, or 6th, To a City Judge. Sec. 2, No other officer of this State, than those mon- tioned in the last rection, can issue the warrant; and any other officer who does so, i# guilty of a mistemennor, and shall forreit five hundred dollars to the party oggrieved, recoverable in a civil action Sec. 3. ‘The person alleged to be entitled to the services of the perron claimed as a fugitive, shall be desigaated in all arising out of this act, as the claimant, and the alleged fugitive as the defendant. Fee. 4. The application shall be founded on proof by e affidavit setting. forth minutely and particularly the atounds of the claim to the services of the fugitire, the time of his or her escape, and where fugitive then is. Sec. 5. If the court or magistrate be thereupon satii fied of the existence of tho alleged facts, he shall issue a warrant to the sheriff of the ooanly where the defead- ant is, commanding him to take the defendant and bring him before the court or magistrate, issuing the warraut, at a specified time, to answer the claim, fec 6. The sheriff must thereupon execute the war- rent by arresting the defendant, and taking him accord- ing to ifs command, before the court or magistrate by whom it was issued. Sec. 7. The court or magistrate shall proceed to hear the allegations and proofs of the parte, and must, if required, allow @ reasonable time to citlier party, to pro- duce further necessary proof, and the defendant shall have the right to be tried by Ay, and on making de- mand for such jury, the court or magistrate shall issue a venire to the sheriff of the county, directing him to summon a jury for the purposethereof. Bec. 8. If time be allowed, as provided in the last nec- tion, the court or magistrate must commit the defeadant to the custody of the sheriff of the county tor safe Kone: ing, or may discharge himn from actual custody upon hi ving a written undertaking, executed by sufficient sure- ies, {0 the effect that the defendant will appear before the court or magistrate, at a epecified time and place, to abide the decision of the claim, or that the sureties wili y to the claimant the sum specified in the underta- Ri and which must bean amount deemed sufficient by lant one handred dollars, recoyerable in aeivil action ; the defendant may also recover in ction his or her costs and im, and the damages he or she tained, the claim be sustained, the court or magis trate must grant to the claimant a certificate stati that it satisfactorily appears trat the defendant, (de bing him by his manner, age, size, and personal ance,) owes service or labor to the claimant, ppear- ‘stating his name and place of residence,) and allowing the claimant, or bis agent named in the certificate, to take the defendant and convey him to the place of residence of the claimant. Sec, 11. No person claiming that he or another is enti- tied to the services of = person alleged to be held to labor or service in a State or tory of the United States, can take or remove, or-do any act towards taking or re- moving from this State, the person whose service or la bor in fo claimed, except as authorized by thin act. Sec. 12, A violation of this last section in deslared & felony, and the person guilty thereof shall be subject to imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding ten years, and toa penalty of five hundred dollars, recover- Able in s civil action by the party aggrieved. Sec. 13. No judge or other officer of this State shall rant or issue # certificate or other process for the ta- fide or removal from this State, of & person claimed as held to labor or service in a State or Territory of the United States, otherwise than in pursuance of the provi- sions of the act, and a violation of this se tion shall bo a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine not exceeding Ave hundred dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding ive years. . See 14. AU Jaws or paris of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. The New York Firemen. Mr. Drxon has introduced into the Assembly a bill for the better regulation of th: w York firemen:— It covtains twenty sections, and is the same as adopt- ed by the representatives of the Department, at a meet- ing held.on the Zlet of February last. It provides for the election of five Commissioners by the De ment, ‘on the second Tuesday in May of each year—those frat elected holding* their offices for the respective tegms ef five, four, three, two andone years. Incase of vacancy, be Department shall, within thirty days, elect a person to fill thesame for the unexpired ferm. In case of re- fusal or neglect to perform the duty assigned them, the Commissioners-may be removed by the Common Council; but only on petition of the Department. No person shall be eligible for Commissioner who is not an exempt fireman, and who bas not ceased to be a member of the Department fer at least three years prior to election. ‘The Commissioners shall nom‘nate a clerk, to be pointed by the Common Council, at a salary of not over $500. It sball be the duty of the Commissioners to in- vestigate all applications for the organization of yolun- teer Gremen, and no company shall be organized unless approved by them; but a vote of three-fourths of the Common Council, if given within thirty days, shall over- rule apy decision of the Commissioners. The Chief Engineer shall furnish the Commissioners with the names of all persons applying to be volunteer firemen, and of all persons expelled or resigned from the Depart- ment; and they shali investigate and act upon the same. They ‘shall alzo have cognizance of all complaints against volunteer firemen for riotous or disorderly conduct, and are empowered to suspend or re move persons guilty of tae same, subjest to the approval of the Common Council. They may make rules and re- gulations necessary for the performance of their duties, Administer oaths, examine and compel the attendance of witn swearing before them shall be pun- inbed as perjury. The bill also provides that a badge, to be designed by the Common Council, shall be worn’ by every fireman when on duty, in addition to the cap now in use, and by such exempt firemen as the Board of Commissioners may allow; and thet the Common Coun- cil shall such ordinances as will prev proach of persons not fremen or policemsn to the vicin- ity of fires, It imposes a fine of not less thaa $25, nor more than $260, and imprisonment for not less than ten days, nor more than three months, on any person false- ly representing any of the members of the fire depart- ment, or using or {mitating any of their signs, badges &e. The term ‘volunteer firemen” is to apply to all persous in the Fire Department of the city of New York, as at present organized The aet is to take effect on the second Tuesday of May next. Indemnity for Loss of Property by Mobs. Mr. Macvinx has introduced a bill in the Assembly, compensating parties whoxe property may be destroyed im consequence of mobs or riots. The Dill provides as follows :— Sec. 1. Whenover any building or other real or person: al property shall be destroyed or injured in consequence of any mob or riot, the city or county in which euch ituated, shall be liable to an action by, or in behalf of the party whore property was thus destroy- ed or injured, for the damages sustained by reason thereof. Sec, 2. Such action or actions may be brought and con- ducted in tne same manner that other actions may now be prosecuted by law, and the judgment may be appealed trom in the manner now provided for appeals in civil ac tions; and whenever any final judgment shall be re- covered against any such city or county in any euch action, the trearurer of said city or county shall, upon the production and filing in his office a certified copy of the judgment roll, pay the amount of such judgment to the party or parties entitled thereto, and charge the amount thus paid to said city or county Sec. 3 No person or corporation shall be entitled to recover in any such action, if it shall appear upon the trial thereof that such destruction ox injury of property was cccasioned, or in any manner aided, sanctioned or permitted by the carelessness or negligence of such per- #0n oF corporation, nor shall any person or corporation be entitled to recover any damages for any destruction or injury 0’ property as aforesaid, unless such party shall have used all reasonable diligence to prevent such damage, and shall have notified the Mayor of sush city or the Sheriff of such county, immediately after being apprised of any threat or attempt to destroy or in- jure hfe or their property, by any mob or riot, of the facts brought to his knowledge; and upon the receipt of such notice it sball be the duty of such officer to take all legal means to protect the property attacked or threat- ened; and any such ofiicer or ofticers shall refuse or neglect t» perform such duty shall b ile to the party apgrieved for such damages as said party may have #as- teined by reason thereof. led said party +hall elect to bring bis ation against such officer, instead of euch by A or hag oh? 1c. 4. Nothing in this act shall be constraed to pre- vent any person or corporation, whose property has been Ipjured or cestroyid by any mod er riot, from baving or taining an action against each and person en. geged, or in any macner participating in such riot or mob. c) fee. 5. No act on sball be mais sions of this act, unl the same shall be brought within three monthe after the loss or injury oceurred, To Prevent Cheating in Coal Dealing. Mr. Psrry introduced in the Assembly the following Dill to regulate the sale of anthracite, bituminous, or mineral coal — Sec. 1, All anthracite, bitumioous or mineral coal, when sold in greater quantities than 600 Ibs, exoept by the cargo, shall be sold by weight; and two thousand pounds avoirdupois sball be the standard of the ton, by which the same shall be weighed and sold. See 2 Any person who shall sell or deliver less than two thousend pounds for a ton, as above prescri be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be ined under the provi to imprisonment for not more than Oa ty orto a not lees than $25, nor more than $ both, ia discretion of the Judge of the court before which fine to go to the city or town mitted, to be used for the bene. A Check Upon Embezzlement by Carrizrs. Mr. Ricnxnrson has introduced in the Assembly the following bill:— Seo. 1. If any company, carrier, or other person to whom * cots, valuable ‘a 47,0r,eteeta oh wanens the a consent is or employer or employers, masoowsy with or secrete with intent to embezale, or shail VOL. XX. - . ’ eonvert to his or L4 Cs Fp bpderny cir od Courts ceeds from the sale of suc! d Bef : fects, he 1y shall be deemed guilty of em! fore Hom. Judge Morris. and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in the manner prescribed by law for feloaiously stealing property of the rs <iemdad the money, fine or proceeds arising from such sale. fee 2 provides that the proof of the delivery of such oo¢s to the carrier, and refusal or failure deliver em up, shall be prima facie evidence of their embez- alement. ‘See 3 provides that eagh and every member of a tral portation company shall be liable under the act. fee. 4 provides that vothing in this act contained shall be construed to prevent the retention of commission, charges, &c., by any carrier. The Manhattan Gas Company—A Call for Information. Mr, Wager offered the following resolution:— Resolved, That the President, Treasurer and Secretary of ihe Menhatten Gas Light Company report to this House the present amount of the capital stock of said compa: y, the Lia oa ed bel their gas, the amount, d receipts of the said company Seeiet ARS dblated, the cost of their wérks surplus profits on hand, if any. Law Prohibiting the Use of Camphene. ‘The following ordinance has been presented by the Mayor, tothe Common Council of Albany:— A law for the better preservation of life and property in the city of Albany. ‘The Mayor, Aldermen and commonalty of the city of Albany, in common council convened, do ordain as fol- lows ec. 1. It shall not be lawful fer any person or per- sons to ute or burn the gee known in trade as cam- hene, or any compound of the same ingredients, in any iow or other apparatus. constructed for the purpose of giving light, in any dwelling, store or shop, within the fire limite of the city of Albuoy. 2. A penalty of $25 for each violation of this law is hereby imposed, to be recovered by an action in the f the Chamberlain. t shall take effect on the first day of Our Pennsylvania Correspondence. Convusta, Pa., March 2, 1855. ‘The Election for U. 8. Senator—The Know Nothings— Tactics of their Opponents—A Practical Joke—Gov. Pollock and his Aids, dc. The election for U. 8. Senator to represent Pennsyl- vania bas resulted, as you informed the readers of the Heratp through my letter of a previous date. The friends of Cameron not being able to secure his triamph, the election has been postponed to the first Tuesday in October. The action of the Logislature has only de- ferred the time for the final result—not in the least de- creasing the interest felt init. The number of candi- dates for the post fully sustained the reputation of Penn- sylvania, which has never yet been wanting in patriots who were willing to serve their country. Of course, all of these, not even excepting the very reverend ones who are anxious to exchange the ‘Rev.’ for the ‘“ Hon.,’’ are pleased with the issue of last Tuesday’s ballotings. After seeing their own chances suddenly vanish, they are thankful for a little time to lure them back again, if possible. The whole pack are now hanging at straws, trusting te luck to keep above water, The reverend ones, itis reported, confide in Providence, but it would seem their hope bas abandoned them, following the example of Cxsar, who, when his favorite legions mutinied, de- serted them before they had a chance to run away from him, Well, what they are evil in now, cannot be said to be“ by a divine thrusting on,’ and it cam scarcely be auppored that they will ever wear the ‘ Hon.” by “heavenly compulsion.’? The general State elections, at which time be different districts elect representatives to tl Legislature, will not take pisce until the s0- cond = Tuesd: in October, the mem! taki their seats the January following. Thus, it the present Legislature acts in accordance with the postponement, the election will come before the same body. What chances there would then be for an election cannot be foretold—the whole matter depending upon the bargai mace in the interval. Some suppose, however, that thé postponement will prove equivalent to transferring the matter to the next Legislature, Should this supposition prove correct, the subject will be canvassed before the people, and may lead to some very singular revelations. Reports of large numbers withdrawing from the Know Nothings are actively circulated. It is said by members formerly belonging to the Order that upwards of 1,500 have recently withdrawn from different lodges or Coun- cils in the State. A novel mode bas lately been devised to curtail the Know Nothing forces; and it 1s quite com- mon to see petty politicians, who have nothing else to do, running from corner to corner with large lists of nemes of those who have declared their preference for the outeide barbarias What correctness there is in all these reports, it is generally difficult to discover. Should the organization suddenly explode, the old poli- tical hacks who have hunted popularity through it will be in rather an upphasant dilemma, for the bitterness of the ou‘siders cannot be easily a, ed. The know- ing ones, however, declare that a Know Nothing Presi- dent must first be elected before the Order can or proclaim ite princ'ples publicly. ‘A practical joke was played off upon a double Know Nothing who visited the Capitol on Tuesday last, to add to the outside pressure. A plausible fellow persuaded him tbat the hostility manifested towards the national administration had kindled the wrath of the valiant men who —o it, and that an expedition, a la Greytown, was on its way ‘o Harrisburg. Fearing the con quences, he hurriedly ‘packed up and vamosed,”’ di claring ‘that all the colonels created by the present aud late executives of the State could mot resist the orazy vslor which sometimes bursts into a blaze at Washing- ton, By the way, Gov. Pollock bas signified his deter- mination to revohe the commissions of all his aids who will not at once provide themselves with suitable uni- forms. Let all the lleutenapta put om the “rig; we shall have a State full of colonels. His Excellency, who ts a Koow Nothing, may be apprehensive of Irish shill labs ; therefore, let hi aids buckle on their armr, aud in time of peace prepare for war. CLEVELAND. Our New Orleans Correspondence. New Onveans, Feb. 24, 1855. Filituster Movements—The Ball in Motion—The Con- tinentals—Gov. Hebert. The day after Concha’s latest proclamation reached us, Quitman arrived here; was duly announced in the papers as being among us, and between two days—the very next evening—was on his way to the Florida coast, parsing through Mobile and Montgomery, Ala. To-day the expeditionists, who have been in rendezvous near this city, and whore numbers have much increased of late, were to leave to join their chief. Concha’s cal) for volunteers; the ready snd marvellous response of not merely the Spaniards, but the Cuban creoles themselves the excitement existing in the island, and the manife: alarm, and consequent preparation of the Captain-Gen- eral, have burried ona move, sure to have been made, but not to have teen made so soon. The descent of the filibusters will be sudden; their blows rapid and ef- fective; and each favorable tarn of affairs, the result of panic or indecision, seized and acted upon with avidity. A feothold will be made, albeit the shedding of much bieod; and cnce made, it will be maintained upul reinforcements arrive sufficieat to consum- wate the hazardons end. No men knows what a Gay may bring forth, and contrary to the ex- pretations of all, with very few exceptions, Consha’s pre- cautions Lave only precipitated » movement which somo Werks yetto come would have been required fully to mature. Hence, in writing thet it would not be done “tis week. nor the next, nor the next,’ I had arrived at that conclusion which seemed to possess the general body not the special head of theexpedition, An expe rienced army officer, in speaking of General Quitman, said, ‘He ano luck, are 6s uowitnous terms, better generals, more riled in the service of war, and with ecunder judgment may fuil, but Quitman’s lack hnows no such word as fail.’’ The soldiers he re. gord thie ns a truism, bence they will Sight, abnegating reverses end defeat, and must succeed The expedition is expected to embark from the Florida coast, and oam- ber between 5,00 and 4.000 men, and the blow will have been struck, unles t plaze be changed, ere this reaches yeu. The fact thet Cuda has been governed more by the m'li- tary and less by civil authorities for the last quarter of century, a# dependencies generaliy are, that the ereole ans themselves are forbio to bear arms or keep them , Whilst the Spaniards aud even the ot only allowed but encouraged to arm organize, drill, and be disciplined nds, and Snaliy that each pulsation of an patriotic heart, or one « despotic vigilance, would jon, end lead on the islanders to the whigs in the d own revolution dwelling in the midst of tories and the minions of King George, These men, finding pro- tectors m their midet, may prove themselves men worthy of liberty, and, fratermsing with the filibuaters, present and possibly attain their holy end oy OF gther reinforcements. Though crete now realty secret, and the best evidence of (he fact that the flibuster ball is jn motion is that mum's the word, and nobody knews ected of being connected left, are leaving, or are ready to move (p natant. The most apt anc beantifal feature in the celebration of Thureday—the snmversary of Wasbington’s birth- doy—was the firet appearance om parade of a new volun- infantry company, wearing the quaint costume of e men of 76, called the Continentals, The; about ‘orly musbets, were the cynosure of amar ngly with all classes of , and in time to ewe | to the sire of « battal Many of our oldest and best citizens, whose soldier days we thought had parred, put the left foot foremost in the ranks, as though rejuvenated and born to regimentals. Great en. thusiaem prevailed, everybody and their childrea were on the sireets—the big guns boomed out their thunder, apd publ institutions, places of business, &c,, were closed in honor of the day. weather was made for ‘the occasion, just enough of sun to chase extreme chilliness of the atmospbere—no rain, no mud, nodust. May we bave ber Car youthfal Goveroer Hebert, elevated to his press pesition by the democracy, came nigh bursting wi ambition, and quite collapsed as a democrat; when, al is be | Jobn Shiell was lected to the Ui States Senate by an almost unanimous yots. His Ex- is now manifesting bis spleen by appointing to on tee eyes "hid fair very many of bin late tical the whigs and Ko w* Nothings, and therein i equmee bo ou interesting ga political chess with our oratic Senate, which in determined t> check his hing moves. very pretty ee it stands. Ps. band Other _— | Oliver Lee, chargee with being teenth ward 3 Gates, w Fifteenth ward) police, on the charge of collecting bills ow was commi' wi wer! tribution of ing articles: —foup, bread, pork, ham, a liberal allowan © of sour krout, am will be #een that this affair has terminated in « smoke. Marcu 3.—Htram Anderston vs. Henry Willard and Harry Eytinge,—On the 30th of January, 1856, the at- torney for plaintiff presented to me an affidavit on the part of the plaintiff, with summon attached. The affi- davit ret forth that defendants owed plaintiff on notes of hand, also set forth that Gotendants had dis of property with the intention of defrauding creditors and other statements of defendants’ fraudulent conduct and intention; Upon this affidavit, I issued war- rants of arr ‘inst both defendants. On the 3lst of prraened woid ser- vice of the warrant ot st, upon which I issued an at- tachment, The authority for me to issue the attach- ment was both affidavits, and I consider that they sub- stantially comply with the Code, and are sufficient. That the defendants have subsequently submitted to is no objection to the issuing of the attachment. They may bave submitted to eat Only because the attach- ment was issued and to get rid of it, Defendant’s mo tion denied, but without coste to either party. « Marine Court—Spectal Term. Before Hon. Judge Thompson, MARRIED WOMEN’S RIGHTS. her next friend.—Cause submitted vpon demurrer to the complaint. The ground assigned is, that the complaint action. THomPson, J.—It is alleged in the complaint that the Dickenson, and that they were married in the year ‘1843; that from tke year 1853 down to the commence- neglected and deserted by her said husband; that during all that time she has carried on business a3 a boar use, making purchases and contraets for her own benefit by the permission and agreement of her said husbands as a femme sole, and hath so acquired a large nal ea- tate"0t the valde of $6,000, which she bolls‘as har own husband, who, plaintiff alleges, is insolvent; that Peter Murphy, at the city of New York, sold and de- request, at divers times during the years 1853 and 1854, merchandise to the amount of $800, to be used in and keeper, for the*benefit of her separate estate, and that the same was so used and applied; that the said Marga- chandire, $300, leaving a balance due the sail Mur; hy of $500, which the said Murphy hath duly sanign & fendant of said sum of five hundred do! 5 Upon the argument, counsel for the plaintiff claims ing grounds:— Fitat— Be use the husband having deserted or aban- doned bis rat ions. Second—Because she transacted business and mate contracts in her own name, by permission and agreement Third—Because the property she accumulated became her separate estate, not liable for the debts, or under the ‘The mere act of. desertion or abandonment cannot in any event change the legal disabilities resultiog from the be removed by some sort of a valid contract between the partigs. general rule, a married woman cannot Me: usband that the wife say de business and make contracts in her own name, can desertion, pon tl point it is quite unnecessary to enlarge. But there is 60 ing said about an agree- pa of the agreement are not disclosed in the complaint. I am ed 10 infer, however, from statements made by ever teen entered into between the parties, which would at all affect their relations as husband ana wife; or their which could be enforced by either a court of law or equity. A feeling of the bitterest hostility has for a lon ant and her husband—a state of feeling from which it would be extremely hazardous to infer that the husband she could derive any possible benefit. A contract evi- dently does not exist between these parties upon cide this case upon the equities involved, we should have no hesitation in giving a judgment for the amouat doubt that in this case the credit was given b; Fhe | to Mre. Dickenson as a femme sole. He did not Leow case murt be decided here upon well established rules of law. Property acquired by the wife she? coverture 1 securing {o herself « separate estate by her ewn labor. She can only obtain such an estate b: € bequest or The personal property now held by Mrs. Dic cut Pout Vea ber husband. If abe kept the is liable for ali the debts contracted by her while she was so engaged. The judgment of the cozrt, therefore, is ee 8.—Higginbolam agt. Dickenson, by Bogardus does not contain facts sufficient to constitute a cause of defendant, Margaret 0. Dickenson, is the wife of John ment of this action, she, the said Margaret, hath been house seeper— applying the profits thereof to her own that she hath, during all that time, in all respects ac separate Property, free from the control or debta of her livered to the raid Margaret, at her special instance and for the pu of her business as a boarding house ret bath paid at divers times on account of said mer- the plaintiff, who demands judgment against that be was enitled to recover upon either of the follow- nee ee oe obliged to maintain herself by of her buavand. control of her hi nd, relation of husband and wife. These disabilities can only herself perso i2:— ve no different bearing upon her legal disabilities than his ment between the: ties, The nature and character unsel upon the argument, that no valid contract has duties and obligations to third par:ies—no contract time existed, and still does exist, between the defend- would enter into any contract with bis wife from which which the court can act. If it werein our power to de-~ claimed in favor of the plaintiff. There is no room to she wes or ever had been a married woman. But the belongs absolutely to ber husband. She is incapable of revise. Her husband only is entitle tdci bearding house with his assent and ee alone hat the complaint be dismiseed. Court ot Common Pleas, Before Hon, Judges Ingraham, Woodruff and Daly. DECISIONS. , Edward Thomas vs. Edward Mills.—In an action for amages in consequence of not carryiag the plaintit( from New York to San Francisco, evidence that the de- fendant was interested in one of the steamers, and en- dorsed the tickets as good for the trip, and received pay therefor, was sufficient to render him liable in 4 failure of the steamers on the line to carry the plaintiff. The i must be reduced to $10, and affirmed, with erest. Stephen A, Main vs, H. R. ‘Stephens and Wife — Where two persons are sued as husband and wife, for wors, labor and materials furnished to the wife, she Foxe be examined asa witness. The husband is alone iable. Cromwell vs. Bloomer.—Judgment affirmed. Slack ts Heath and Coiton.—This was an action sgainst the Sheriff for the recovery of perronal property. Toe court heid that it is unnecersary, in iach a Chae, to aver the return of the property ‘88 s consideration for giving the undertabing. Tee giving of the undertaking leprived the plaintiff without action of the right to de- mand the property from the Coroner. Judge Woodruff dissented. A. Maniet vs. R. W. Roberts.—Where a note is sought to be recovered upon the ground that the payeo is a fictitious person, it must appear that the person to be charged thereon knew the fact when he signed the paper. ‘Wichact Rupp va. Lobach and Others.—A freighter is liable for demurrage in a foreign port where the delay is Produced by the laws of the country that did not allow an entry at that port, and the vessel was obliged to go Yo another port to enter before taking ber cargo. The master who signs a charter party, payable to himself, may correct or assign it in bis own mame, furzeldsimer vs. Heine.—A vender of goods who has agreed to sell the same, aud received a partial payment thereon, is nevertheless entitled to the possession there- of, and can maintem en action for the recovery and the wrong he bas sustained. . Leland. An innkeeper is liablo for money len from the trunk after it is packed for departure and he key of the room left with the landlord and informa- tion given, although a notice was put up requiring money to be placed in a safe during the stay of a guest at the hotel. Lane vt. Nathan.—Where » motion wax made in the Marine Court to adjourn a cause where the affidavit was defective in not stating the parties to the action, the motion was properly Cen\ John Hicks vs. Jacob Wich —An endorser of a note is not an assigner of a thing in action withla the meaning of the code. Where such endorser is examined ar a wit- pest, the defendant caniot Le examined in bis own half. Krintz vs Gosling.—In this case the return from the court below is so imperfect that no decision can be rendered, Williamsburg City News Rr-ARREST OF AN Evecrion Riorer.— Yesterday morn. ing, Officer Murphy of the Fourteenth Ward Police, re- turned from Savannah, (Ga.,) having in charge Jobo Reed, one of the persons charged with being engaged ia pe Fourteenth Ward election riot last fall, in which rrirom and Smith were killed, for by Supervisor Nolan, rity in the um of $1,(C0 for bis appe 4 for trial. About two weeks since, Reed left this port as car- nvr for the sbip Sardinia, under the name of John Holmon. ‘The vessel touched’ at Savannah, on her way to Liverpool, and Officer Murphy having arrived there Previous, arrested and brought him vack. SURRENDERED BY His Batt.—Robert Lee, brother of gaged in the Four- ction riot, was surrendered byfois bail om urday evening. He was committed to the county jail. Cnarce or Fwpe77LxMEST.—A young man named Adan» arrested on Saturday by officer Bell of the unt of $100, belonging to George Sanger, g been discharged from his employ. Accures ted to await examination. A Posie Ixerirotios Closry.—The soup house which estedlished in the Sixteenth ward, and has been un extensive business for ® number of Past, was closed yesterday afternoon, by a dis- ¢ the stores on band, consisting of the follow- fter bi each recipient one or more cigars, It Bovy oF an Inrant Fouxp.—On Saturday, some citisens of the Seventeenth ward, (Green Point,) discovered a box in a let, which, upon opening, was found to contain. the body of a young tafant. an inquest to-day. Coroner Hanford will hold Artemrrep Bugotany.—On Saturday, officer Sterrett arrested Joseph Wyman, on # warrant cbarging him with having, ou the 14th February, attempted to break into the grocery ef Martin Myer, No. 74 Marshall street. cused was locked up in the Fifth district station house. Ac. Precrpents AND GoveRNons. - F’ of # Presidents bad been Geverners ef Btates, st had been Governors of Territories, vious to thelr elevation to the Linge Jeflerso: and Tyler were Governors of Virginia; Van’ Baren of New York, and Polk of Tennessee, General Jackson waa torial Governor of Florida for « time, Harrison gained great applause doring the long term he was Governor o! the Territory of Indians,