The New York Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES paca ae BEP.On ¥. W. CORNER OF KASCAU AND FULTON OF8, Be a in adesnee Sion coun the Burepern Baltion 04 per auces Beer nares Great Briain ana 8 ‘any part of the Con- MOLUNTARY: CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor- samt nes, sliced from any euarter, of the wear id_4f axed i iberatly ” “ar Gun Ponurew CORREAPON: ARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL AOE AGES GET US. Le AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourtcenth street—RrcoLEr ro. pagepway THEATRE, Broadway—Haucst—Goon von Noruine. BOWBRY THEATRE, Bowery—Rosnanc—Avarancun WORTON’S THEATRE, Chambers street—Tus Szniove Dammy—Toovire. enscrs THEATRE, Broadway—Teacuan Tavont am OF Lire. AMER) Ml ‘Frurn—Icmanon’s @ous. po a Broruzns. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall—473 Broadway. Se a een et ye ores HOUSE, 3 Broad- MEPIRE BALL, 96 Broadway—Panon ama ov Bunors. gow Fork Saeriay, Barak 0, 1655 — ‘The News. No signe of the Cunard steamer Asia at Halifax wp & last evening. She is now in her thirteenth day out from Liverpool. The agent of the Asso- siatea Press informs us that “‘the line east of Sack- ‘wile, N. B., was cut Thursday afternoon, in a wtveich of sixty miles. Men were sent out to re- pair the wires, and the whole distance was tra- wersed cver in about three hours. The line was put im order; but in less than half an hour it was egain cut. Consequently we have no tidings from Halifax jater than seven o'clock Thursday evening.” Our news from Albany is exceedingly important. ‘Whe crude financial echemes of the adminisiration, ewpecially the project of reimposing tolls upon railroads, meet with strong opposition. The leaders of our State government are too weak to make headway against the powerful and compact forc2s of the railroad interest. Convinced of this, Gov- ewnor Clark’s helpers have held a caucus, and determined to submit the embarrassing questions ef financial policy to a committe, who wil eonsider and report upon the feasibility of textog railroads, or bavks and insurance eompanies, and the imposition of a direct tex. It appears also that, in view of the desveraie- ly straitened condition of the State Treasury, and ‘ms order to favor ulterior designs, Mr. Seward and Wharlow Weed, and the'r aidera aod absttora in plots and schemes, financial and political, have held secret meeting at Albany, and taken upon themeelves the task of relieving the administration of all further trouble with reference to measurea for supplying the deficiency in the revenue. Tho pia: prepored by the conclave of outside witepaliers issim, ply tc amend the constitution so as to withdraw the eapal revenues fromthe general faoud, and to im pose & direct tax of one and ahalf mill por dollar ei personal and real estate. This, of course, woald meet the views of the railroad men and the bank nd insurance men, and would leave the entire ca- mal fand open to rapacious and unscrupulous spoils men. The basis having been agreed upon, resola- téons to carry out these plans will be submitted to the Legitlature in a few dsys. In the moautime, ‘the bills providing fer toile on railroads and impos- ‘tmg a mill tex are under consideration, to be modi- fied es circumatances may suggest. ‘The New York Harbor Encroachment bill passed fhe asrombly yesterday, by a vote of 88 to 8. Nothing further of importance transpired iu either branch of the Legislature. Whe steamship Philadelphia arrived at this port ast night, with Havana dates to the 23d inst. The etter of our correspondent, containing the latest mews, is published in another colamm. Ramon Pimto, cilef of the conspirators, suffered death by the garrote on,the 22d. He protested his innocence te the last. Cadalzo and Pinelo it was supposed would be sentenced to ten years in the chain gang im Aftica. There is no other political news of im- pertance. Reports of great distress in all parta of the ieland, owing to the long-continued drought, were prevalent, acd business generally was ex twemely dull. Mayor Wood is advised of the shipmont of an- ether party of foreigners to this pori, who will, in all probability, on arriving, become a public charge. ‘They are Swiss, three hundred and twenty in nom- ber; and a Swiss newspaper isthe authority given, fm confirmation of the opinion of the American @onsu), for stating that they are of the poorest peeple in the commune from whence they come. ‘The correspondence relative to this matter is given im another column. The Mayor will no donbt take measures to prevent the introduction into our city of a class of persons #0 undesirable. The temperance men and their opponents, in New Jersey, have had a hard batt'e in the Logisla- tave of that State during its present session. Having ‘apparently exhausted the subject, the Senate has fimally postponed the further consideration of the prohibitory bill to the next session. In Wisconsin, ‘where the Governor recently stopped the enac'ment fa coercive law, by the interposition of the veto power, the Legislature have passed a bill of very stringent provisions by a two-thirds vote. The fizal vote on the Liquor bill inthe New York Senate, wil) be taken on Tuesday next. We understand ‘that extensive arrangements are being made at Meboken and Jersey City, to entertain the thirsty twavellers from New York, who may be induced to wielt those sguish localities after the first of May. ‘This, perhaps, accounts for the postponement of the Jersey law. ‘The market for cotion yesterday favored pur- ehasers, though holders were disposed to await the sevalt of the Asia’s news due at Halifax. The sa'es embraced about 800 to 1,000 bales. Flour continued fxm, with tree rales, especially in Southern and Ca nedien brands. Thetraneactions included some lote fer export to the British provinces, in parcels, to the oes] and Eastern trade. Fair quality Southern white wheat sold at $242. Corn was scarce and fam, while prices ranged from 97c.to$1. Pork was fivmer, and closed at $14 37 a $14 60 for old mess, and $16 25 9 $16 37 for new mess. (ther articles of provisions were in fair demand at steady prices. Preights to English and French ports were rather slack. 800 to 1,000 bales of cotton were taken for Liverpool at 5-324. and 3-164., and 20,000 bushels corn on private terms, together with small lote bacon, lard, and pork, the two former at 15s. per ton. Mayor Wood is carrying on his reformatory mea- wares with a strong and unsparing hand. Last night the police arrested but few abandoned women im the streets, the examples of the two previous evenings having served to keep them within doors. A poene of officers made a descent upon a gambling establishment in Broadway, and arrested the pro- prietor and half a dozen others, and also seized the implemente of the gamesters. dames T. Brady, Esq., delivered a lecture last ‘evening, on the “Influence of usefal inventions on necial life,” before the Mechanics’ Institute. Mayor David S. Manners, of Jersey City, was last evening nominated for re-election, by a numerously attended meeting of his fellow-citizens. From Kingston (Jamaica) we have files to the 8th ef March. The news is not important, ae the pa pers are filled with the ususl reports of ths destitu- tion of the Chinese immigrants, notices of the gene ral decline of the planting interests, and of petty Woea) equabbies ip the Jegislatore. Great excite i wat prevailed in King eton, owing to the eviction, Dy & decree of the Court of Chancery, o! the cor- gzegation of the East Queen street Baptivi chapel from their place of worship. The peopls resieled the execution of the writ, when the milliary and police were called out, who, after the riot ac! was read, charged the crowd and finally dispersed H. Reverend W. Carlisle had been clec‘ed Moderstor of the Presbyterian Synod. The Italian opera was closed. The liquor dealers of this city have determined to test the constitutionality of the ordinauce prohibis- img the traffic in ardent spirite on Sunday. The pointe of law upon which the defendants rely are fally stated in our report, pabliehed elsewhere, of the proceedings yesterday in the case of the pro- prietor ot French’s Hotel, before Justice Osborn. The Board of Aldermen met laet evening, but the proceedings present no feature of general interest. The nomixzation of Mr. John McLeod Morphy as eity surveyor, by the Commissioner of Streets, wae received and unanimously confirmed. A special meeting of the Central Dempcratic Union was held jast evening, in Tammany Hall. The President of the Union, John Cochrane, Esq., and « large number of delegates, were present. Resolutioze on the subject of our relations with Spain were unanimously pessed. They will be fourd, with other proceedings of the meeting, in another column. An Extra Session of Congress—Cabintt Con- sultations—True Policy of Mr. Plerce—The Necessities of the Crisis, Our advices from Washington todey in form us that there hae been a third Cabinet consultation upon the question of an extra session of Congress, in view of our critical re- lations with Spain; and that there is a strong probability that certain recent and very offen- sive transactions of the Cuban authorities will decide the wavering mind of the President in favor of this extra convocation of the two houses, We are giad to hear it. We hope that Mr. Pierce will act accordingly, and cut short this tangled gordian knot of the Cuban imbroglio, by an early call of Congress, and the submission of the whole matter to the representatives of the States and the people. Fresh from the people, they will be fully competent to act in accordance with the ends of justice, and the reasonable wishes and expectations of the country. The time is auspicious—the crisis demands action—the subject matter to be con- sidered has been tried in every shape and form, by the Executive department, through the me- dium of diplomacy, withont the slightest prac- tical result, except the indignant return of Mr. Soulé and the publication of his correspon- dence. This is a result, we admit, of some importance ; for it has served to enligten the public mind concerning the policy of Spain, the machinations of England and France, and “the manifest destiny” of Cuba, which, unless we ehall act promptly and decisively, will bea “manifest” European balance of power is the Gulf of Mexico. But the ghost of the Van Buren extra session of 1837, and the spectre of the Harrison extra session of 1841, here rise up and confwomt the administration. Mr. Pierce remembers the Cisastrous failure of the Van Buren experiment, and the still more rapidly ruinous consequences te the Harrison regime at Washington, and throughout the country, of the extra session of 1841, Yet we admonish our present adminis- tration that these precedents afford no occasion for alarm. Neither of them bears the slightest analogy to the exigencies and the present policy of Mr. Pierce. Let us briefly explain. . When Mr. Van Buren came into power in 1837, the financial policy of General Jackson, resulting from the downfall of the United States Bank, had brought upon the country a general revulsion. First,, the government deposits, some twenty-five or thirty millions, were taken from the United States Bank, under Old Hickory’s revolutionary system, and farmed out among the State banks, These banks were next, after the downfall of ‘the monster,”’ encouraged to supply its place, and to act upon these deposits as so much of a solid specie basis to their available means. And what were the results? The country was flooded with bank paper, and the wildest spe- culations ran riot over the land. Then an act was passed distributing the surplus revenue among the States. The p«t banks, called upon to disgorge the first instalment, began to shake in the knees. Bank paper became question- able stuff. Large purchases were then being made by settlers of the Western public lands. Government, to protect itself, required that all money in payment for lands and for duties should be specie. The effect was electrical. The explosion was universal. The banks throughout the country suspended, a general crazh of mercantile and business failures suc- ceeded; and thus Van Buren, two months from his inauguration, found himself in the midst of the great revulsion of '37. What was to be done? The country looked to government for relief, and inetant relief. The idea was preposterous; it was utterly out of the question; but the people were impatient, and something must be done. Among other applications, a numerous committee from the city of New York waited upon the President, and requested him to rescind the specie circu- lar, to defer suits upon unpaid bonds, and to call an extra session of Congress. They stated that the value of their real estate had, in six months, depreciated some forty millions of dollars; that within two months there had been two hundred and fifty large busi- ness failures in New York; that within the same limit their local stocks had de- clined twenty millions in value; that the mer- chandise in their warehouses had declined fall thirty per cent; that within a few weeks twenty thourand of our working people had been thrown out of employment; and that, in fact, “the errors of our rylers had produced a wider desolation than the pestilence (1832) which de- populated our streets, or the conflagration (1835) which laid them in ashes.” This was a sample of the numerous petitions from all quarters for an extra session, and the reeult was the extra session of September, 1837, A few palliative measures were passed; the sub-treasury passed the Senate, but was re- jected by the House. The people were disap- pointed. Congress had given them no positive relief; and though the administration rallied a little in 1838~'39, the President, his administra- tion, his Congrees, his party and his policy were all swept away by the tremendous popu- Jar reaction of 1840, Without that extra ses- sion the result would have been the same. The crash bad come, and the consequences were in- evitable. Nothing could have given immodiate relief, and nothing could have saved the ad- ministration, The extra session of General Harrison, of the 31st May, 1841, was the result of the con- tinnance of the evils of the financial explosion of ‘37. They were working out their own so- lation; but the whig party ‘bad promised a NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, "MARCH 30, 1855. speedier remedy, and they, too, were re- quired to act immediately. The whig Con- gzets met. Gen. Harricon in the meantime bad died, and thus John Tyler became President of the United States under the new whig regime. The party, in the canvass of 1840, had de- nounced o United States Bank as “an obsolete idea;” bat when brought up for action, they could devise no other expedients of relief than to pass @ bankrupt law, to repeal the Sub- Tressary, passed the year before, under Mr. Van Buren, and to establish another national bank. A general bankrupt law was passed, the Sub-Treasury was repealed; but upon the wain question, after a most exciting and hard fought battle between Mr. Clay and the Presi- dent, two experiments at a national bank were swamped by the inexorable Captain Tyler. There was a sudden and terrible party explo- sion. Captain Tyler was read out of the whig church—they had caught a Tartar and lost the government; and thus the great victorious car- nival of 1840 collapsed in the extra session of °41, But it wae not the extra session of ’37 that caused the downfall of Van Buren and the de- mocracy. It wae the explosion of Old Hickory’s financial system, under the man pledged to “follow in the footsteps of his illustrious pre- decessor.” Nor was it the call of an extra session which destroyed the whig administra- tion of °41, It was the death of Harrison, the treachery of the whig party in the canvass of 3840, on the bank question, and their folly in attempting to use Captain Tyler as a bank man, after having elected him as an anti-bank man, that broke them to pieces. We therefore repeat, that the disastrous pre- cedents of 1837 and 1841 suggest no cause of slerm in reference to an extra session in 1855. There is no analogy between- either of those cases and this or Mr. Pierce. His position, and all the circumstances of his position, are en- tirely different from either. He has no party to be sacrificed in Congress—none in the coun- try—they are already lost. He is not at the beginning, but is approaching the end of his term, and has nothing to lose; for surety, as matters now stand, he can ave no aspirations for the succession. Nor is he called upon to give relief against @ flaancial revulsion, the evils of which can only be remedied by time, eeonomy, and the fixed laws of trade. Van Buren and Harrison were required to attempt impossibilities, and of course they failed. We ore aware that a superficial and superstitious idea has prevailed among politicians from these precedents—that an extra session, like the be- ginning of a journey on Friday, is sure to be attended with bad lack—we are apprised that the feeble mind of Mr. Pierce may share in this ignorant feeling of superstition; but let the oc- casion justify it, and there is positive safety in the call of an extra session of Congress to a bold man in the position of Mr. Pierce. Look at it. It is eight months yet to the regular assembling of Congress. Within this interval there may possibly be peace in Europe, and such an attempted “ ba- lance of power” in the Gulf of Mexico as will drive us to war. Mr. Pierce can lose no- thing, for he has already lost everything. The Congress whieh he will call together is not of bis party. Neither he nor the democracy will be responsible for itsacts. Let him recommend the dashing policy of reprisals against Spain, and let this new opposition Congress reject it, if they dare. If they concur, they sustain the administration, and lift him at once on his feet. It they demur, he has an appeal to the people, and may depend upon it. The case is clear. The administration must consent to die out like a tallow candle, leaving nothing but an un- leasant stench and sputtering in the socket, or in adopting this bold American policy in- volved in an extra session, flame up at once in a brilliant and glorious illumination. Aswe must have an American balance of power in our own waters, sooner or later, peace or wer, we plead for the present crisis in the call of an extra session. Marcy is said to be with us. We call upon him, then, confidentially, to get up another Cabinet council, and then and there to read the inaugural, the Koszta letter, and this article,to Mr. Pierge, and urge him to stand his ground and electrify the coun- try. Now is the time. AMENDMENT TO THE BanxinG Law.—The bill now pending before the Legislature will, if it becomes a law, throw a great obstacle in tho way of the extension of banke. It provides that the Superintendent shall not take bonds and mortgages for over half their expressed value, and then issue notes upon them at the rate of eighty cents to the dollar. We do not know that this restriction can do any harm, as bonds and mortgages are always a fluctuating kind of property. But if the amendment has been sug- gested by the losses incurred by the banking department under the administration of St. John, it is a mistake. These were caused by the injudicious manner in which the mortgages were forced to rale, not by any decline in their real value. It would be possible, by trying vi- gorously to keep the sale secret, aud holding it in some desert place, to sell the Astor House at auction for half ite value; this is what St. John did with the mortgages. Deatn anv Burt or THE Recavrrine ScHeMe. From all accounts it appears that the scheme for recruiting the British army in this country has been a total failure. The recruiting offices in New York were killed dead as King David by « quiet visit from our reporter. In Boston we hear of fifty able-bodied men being shipped; but it is stated, probably with truth, that they are to be “navvies” not soldiers; and even if not, what can Great Britain do with fifty men ? In Philadelphia, a few batches of men, a dozen at a time, have been arrested as recruits, and the police of that city seem determined not to allow the business to go on there. Altogether we think it eafe to say that hitherto Great Bri, tain has failed. In this country a man is not mere food for powder and shot, And an able- bodied Briton or German who throws up his chances here, and goes to the Crimea to fight the battles of European monarchs, richly deserves to come back minus a leg or an arm. Sovrnern Untos.—The Charleston Mercury and other Southern papers are discussing the proposition of a union by the Southern States tor political purposes. They are late in the field. They ougtt to have moved in the mat- ter, as we admonished them, over a year ago. Now, the all-pervading and mysterious Know Nothings have made up their minds to provide for the South as well as the North. The old fogy party organs of the Sonth will, perhaps, @iscover this a day or two after the Virginia election. Two months grace yet. Don’t be warmed, Tax Two GueaT Mussvnme ar ALnany.—Tae two great and absorbing meagures before the Legislature are the Maine Liquor law and the bill to nullify the Fugitive Slave law and the constitution of the United States. The liquor question bas created an intense excitement among some of the leading temperance cham- pions about Albany, but there is @ prospect thet all sorts of grog will be stopped, search and seizure included, as a necessary experi- ment to satiefy the rural districts. The bill to nullity the Fugitive Slave law is kept in the back ground. Mr. Phelps may have been too fast in allowing his zeal to outrun his discre- tion. We euspect that Mr. Seward did not in- tend that an act of sedition and dieunion so bold as this should be brought forward for a year or two yet to come. Perhaps, however, the presence of the new American party may have driven him to desperation. For all that we know, thie nullification bill may be his bantling, of which Mr. Phelps is the godfather. We must wait a little. They are counting noses. If the bill is taken up, and an attempt is made to push it through, there is dauger in it. But if they keep it quiet, we may rely they have had a ccunt, and that the noses fall short. But what will our German fellow citizens think of constitutional liberty with an interdict upon their lager bier? Prepare for the worst. Tae Prorngcy or THE CzaR’s DuaTh.—As usual after great events, a prophet turns up who proves to the satisfaction of every one that he foretold the death of Nicholas of Rus- sia several years ago, and was right as to time. This seer is a Doctor Granville, tolerably well known to the travelling world as the an- thor of one or more works on the Spas of Ger- many, of a book on St. Petersburg, where he resided for some time, and of smaller contribu- tions to the field of letters. Thanks to his book on the Spas, Doctor Granville has achieved a reputation which his prediction of the Czur’s death will not materially increase. He is a man of mature years, and has a grown up family. His eldest daughter is Madame de Margue- ritee, a lady well known in the fashionable circles of New York, and in whose honor grand parties were given in Fifth avenue some three or four yearsago. It will be a satisfaction to those who did their little possible to honor the daughter, to know that the father may now be ranked among the prophets. Tue New Bounty Lanp Acr.—It appears from the Washington Union, that the following are the estimates of the public landg which will be atsorbed by the new bounty land bill:— Acres. 60,000 applications for 80 acres each.. 4,800,000 125,000 do. 120 do. ss... 15,000,000 Short eervice, (lees than one month and over fourteen 40,000 Nava) servic 30,000 ‘Wagon maste 20,000 Revolutionary All others... 100,000 At 160 acres each. + 16,000,000 « 35,800,000 Now, wil) the Commissioner of Pensions oblige us by an estimate of the probable amount of these bounties that will be absorbed by Washington spoilemen and speculators; of the amount of forgeries and bogus claims that may be expected; and what provisions are to be ap- plied against speculaters buying up millions of acres for a song, and locating them in a solid body to the prejudice of actual settlers? We suspect this new law wiH prove to be a public nnjsance in its operation. What says the Com- missioner of Pensions ? Great Rush to Kansas—Apouttion Hy- Pocrisy.—The Cincinnati Gazette says that they have seen nothing like the present large emigration to Kansas from “ Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, since the first grand stampede for California upon the discovery of the gold mines.” At this rate, Kansas may be knocking for admission into the Union before the close of the next Congress. Emigrants, too, are going in with theirslaves, And yet the Lloyd Garrisons, Parkers, Grecleys, and all that set, including the women’s rights women, continue to linger and lecture, and preach, and agitate in New York and Massachusetts. Were they true free soilers they would pack up and pack off at once to Kansas, and the country east of the Miesissippi would be relieved of them. We call upon them to practice what they preach, or their professions will be counted as nothing more than brazen hypocrisy. The Missourians and Kentuckians will not hurt them if they bebave themselves. Why don’t they emigrate to Kansas? Ovsa!—Herr! Herp!—The Cabinet organ at Washington, while insisting upon it that the Black Warrior affair is settled, says :— At the very moment when we are announcing with pleasure the settlement of one outrage, we are forced to announce the commission of two others—thus proving incontestably that Madrid is not the for securing that promptness of reparation which in essential asa - for the continuance of peaceful relations. ilst, therefore, we indulge the hope that the cases still pending at Madrid may be all ly and satisfac. but with mats loss prodpert of ‘hnving ext hopes reat” ized, that the late occurrences and the manner of treat- ing them by our goveroment will produce such mon pa im the policy of the Spanish government in regard the Cuban possessions as will remove effectually and for- ever all farther couse of disegreement between the two governments. The whole case looks cloudy. Doubtful how it will come out. Administration befogged— willing, but afraid to move. Calling for help, for advice, for encouragement. Why do not the democracy rally en masse to the rescue, and tell Mr. Pierce what to do? Caine up THE Reserves.—We see that Senators Mason and Hunter, of Virginia, have been engaged soon to take the field in support of Mr. Wise; and that Senator Douglas, of Tilinoie, has been stopped at Richmond to give a shot at the Know Nethings. Wonder why Capt. Rynders and John Van Buren don’t hurry to Virginia? Let the Sachems of old Tammany raise ® pony purse at once, and send them on. Time is precious. Nor Quire Deap—The Louisville Journal insists that the whig party “is not dead, but sleepeth.”” Or, perchanee, it is only frozen up, like the frogs in a swamp, and will be thawed out in the spring. We are positively assured that at least whig measures and principles are as expedient and full of energy asever. That's some comfort; but will they catch Baker? ‘Tre Pyse axp Harmison Trovre—We are happy to perceive by am advertisement in to-day’s paper, that Miss Louisa Pyne is #0 far recovered from her late severe indisposition as to beable to resume her professional engagements. She sings to-morrow night at Philadel- phia, and on Monday evening next her admirers in thia eity will have an opportamity of bearing her a‘ ad concert to be given by the troupe at Niblo’s, ew York public will, we have wo doubt, eagerly avail them: selves of this opportunity of tertifying the high ertima- tion im which thie charming singer aod amatie woman | ie beld by them, | tite THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Hali¢ax, ABRIVAL OF THB AFKICA—NON-ARRIVAL OF THE asl. Haurax, March 29—7 P. M. The steainsbip Africa, from Boston, is signalled out- side the karbor. The steamer Asia, now twelve anda hsif cays out from Liverpool, is not expected here before Fridsy or Saturday. Important Cabinet Movements, EXTRA SEBSION-- CABINET CONSULTATIONS—CRITICAL STATE OF APFAIRS—LATEST CUBAN OUTKAGES — CONSUL THOMYSON'S CASE--THE EL DORADO— LOOK OUT FOR A CALL OF CONGRESS —Mi. SOULE’S AFFAIRS, BTC, Wasntnaron, March 28, 1855, Cabinet meetings were held at the White House on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday the subject of an extra sepdion wae discussed for the third time since the adjournment oi Congress. Marcy was among the warm. est in ite favor. Cushing has availed himself of thir fa- vorable change, and appears in Tuesday’s Union in an elaborate war editorial, written by hima. Onur relations with Spain are of a more serious charac- ter than they bave before been, and should an extra session be determined upon, the President will be able to Place betore Congress, in bis mosrage, a history of griev- ances and wrongs done the United States, by Spain, that cannot fail of preducing a great sensation. He is in possession, it is said, of all the facts attending the late outrage upon our Consular Agent at Sagua la Geande ; the tearing down of our national coat-of-arms, which wae placed over the door cf the consular resi- dence ; the destruction of the same after its removal by Concha’s agents ; the forcible seizurn of the Ameri- can Consul ; his presentation to Concha, and the demand of wofficient securities for his appearance when called for by the Governor-General. All these facts are in the posnensicn of the President, and the only explanation for this outrage appears in the assertion that he was not recognized by Concha as American Consul, and had xo right to place the American coat-of-arms over his door. Thit, however, it is ascertained, had in reality, nothing to do with this summary act of despotism and insult, It is known that General Concha had for some time suspected that the residence of our agent, Mr. Thompson, was a secret rendezvous, where congre- gated certain suspicious characiers, who were known to be unfriendly to the Governor General. The spies of the Governor reported to thejr master the names and resi- dence of the individuals thus offending; and onr autho- rity further informs us, that out of the number thus re- ported, from twenty to thirty have been arrested and imprisoned, many of their families not knowing their fate or whereabouts, and the sufferers themsslyes kept in ignorance aa to the cause of their imprisonment, Mr. Thompson, who is represented as a very discreet and intelligent person, was reported as favoring the cause of the Cubans; and it was further stated that he was in correspondence with their leaders, as his letters would prove upon a search of his premises being made. This” search izomediately followed the arreat and departure of Mz. Thompeon for Yavana, but not a lettsror a paper could be found to justify the Governor’s suspicions. The” search wae privately undertaken, and could any proof have been found against Mr. Thompson ef a treasonable character, his incarceration and punishment mast have followed. It ie thus that Spanish tyranny trifles with the rights and privileges of the American citizen and representa- tive; and our redress for these abuses has hitherto been ® promise to examine into the subject, and report the result to our government when arrived at. But I have the gratification to inform you that Spain will no longer find & repetition of this leniency on the part of the United States, The El Dorado demand for redress is on its way to the commanders of our South American squadron, which, together with the late assault upon our represen- tative at La Grande, and the thousand othes wrongs so Jong complained of by the American government, inal probability will sbortly determine the President of the United States to call tne representatives of the people to- gether, and to place before them for their decisiov, the important question of war or immediate restitution. The evidences around: me distinctly point to the call of an extra seesion of Congress. On Monday evening Mr. Soulé had a private interview with the President, and on Tuescay met with the Cabi- net, It is reported here that an anti-Spanish meeting, to be held in your city, is in consideration, and if held, that Mr. Soulé may be induced to address it. That Mr. Soule bae been sounded upon this subject; I have reasons to believe, and that he has decline1 having anything to do with public meetings until bis affairs with government are settled, is also certain. When the particulars at- tending this settlement are given to the world, the dou- ble dealing and treacherous policies pursued by the Pre- sident and Marcy towards Soulé, will.be found to eustain ali that the Hxnarp has published upen this subject. A portion of the Perry letters are in Marcy’s hands, and claimed by hita as periona) property. It ia therefore presumable that Mr. Soulé may not know all that his “treacherous”? secretary has said about him; but he ie crowding bim close to the wall. Highly Important from Albany. BANERUPTOY OF THE STATE TAEASURY—CONSULTA- TION TO DEVISE MEASURES OF RELIRF~-SEWARD AND HIS PARTY PLOTTING IN SECRET—RAYMOND’S VOTE FOR DR. THOMPSON—CHURCH TENURES —THE TBMPERANCE BIL.L—THR OBSTRUCTIONS AT HBLL GATE, ETC., ETC. Aunany, March 29, 1855, No wan whose recollection extends back a quarter of & century, ever knew a atate of things so precarious, un- certain, undetermined as they are at the capital of the State thio moment, Never within that period of time has it been indispensable to call a gathering of the mighty men of a political party at headquarters, to con- sult upon measures to prevent a party from utter disso- lution and irretrievable ruin. The State Treasury is bankrupt, and did not the Comptroller take the respon- sibility of borrowing from other funds and placing means im the general fund, there would not be a dollar to pay the members of the Legislature their poor per diem, or the salaries of the State officers—in truth, the wheels of government would be compelled to halt. The Auditor compiled a message which was agreed to by all the members of the administration, which recom- mended the tolling of railroads. Governor Clark signed it. Being now in both houses, two members of the Com- mittee of Ways and Means introduced » bill, imposing these tolls. This, let it be understood, was the measure of the administration, The alarm quickly spread through the State. Railroad mem and forwarders on the roads, came hither in droves to protest against any such interference. The bill was sent back to the committee, and Jast night a caucus of the members of the two houses was heid in secret. At first, the friends of tolling the roads, were strongly in the majority. Debates of an animating ensued, in which both sides dealt heavy blows on each other. discuasion, it was aj to refer the bill, financial condition of the State Treasury, to a committee of insiders and outsiders, consisting of Mr. Com) Coon, Auditor Schoonmarer, Senators Dickinson Vins, and Assemblymen Blatchford, two the inferior lights, perha; win. This select committee are to take into considera- tion the tell bill, the plan to companies, and to levy « mill and a half direct tax. Besides this caucus, the at the Parliament House, in 5 Mores H. Weed, and a few saveictens were in attendance. The Feros haben cade geacr peop state nes, e of the party, were the matters under Gleceualon Phe lords labored anxiously, seriously, and until a very late hour. After viewing the entire ground, this au- gust bedy Onally that the constitution must ain be opened, It wae decided to instruct the Lagia- lature to t joint resolutions the conatitu- to compel the canal revenue to contribute fund, and that for the support of govern- mest moteeete Vine 0 comet Coe mt of the consti- le will be introduced, and whipped and spurred through houses. This is the edict The conduct of the Lieutenant Governor in voting for Dr, Thompson, thereby confirming his nomination, is Baten pene All'the Senators were present in se. cret except Wm. Clark—! thirty-one. One democratic Senator—Zenas Clark—'‘shot the pit,’ leav- ing thirty. The vote was taken, when fifteen were found on both sides—mx whigs voting to reject this country Coctor, The vote being a tie, Lieutenant Governor gave the casting vote in the affirmative, and so the Bowination was declared confirmed. This is the first instance on record, either on the journals of the secret seesions of this State, or of the Senate of the United J [vi officer a} man, have pon a nomination. The constitu . 4, 8eC, iSreaidene of have a casting vote therein.’’ preeume Mr. ymond ju hia vote upon that @entence; but whether it applies to questions in secret sension, has never been clearly defined. It is presumed ar to extend to giving hie casting vote on motions resolutions in open Se- nate. Do not confirmations require a majority of the votes of Senators? Now, it is audibly whis that a bargain was struck, benege § the name of Schoonmaker was to be withdrawn and Mr. St, Joha’s sent in, in con- sideration of the Lieutenent Governor's vote being given for Thompson. If such a was consammated, the members of the Senate soon will know; and if the feet thus appears, & majority wonld be perfertly jna pb rejecting St. Jobn. Ifuch a game has beeo | played, and that, 0, by the second officer of the govera- ment, he wil} not enjoy a very enviable ‘tion daring” the leet year of his ofiai career,” But weil walt a day er two. ) The Church Property Tenure bit! will pare the Heusett the same shape it came down from the Senate. The Cuthotiew it is a direct interference with their r+ — Nafous tenets, It was sppoed yesterday by Mr. 0’ Mr Maguire and Mr. Munday, with yreai ability, all propositions to amend ’ were proinptly voted. down the passage of this bill by the party ia power, will be the means of driviog every Catholic vote against th+m hereafter. They will now rather vote for olf Suen» himeelf, than for any Seward whig. ‘the final vote on the Prohibitory in the Senate, is to be taken on Tuesday next. The time is ret at four im the afternoon, but as there is yet much discussion to- be had, it is very doubtful whether a vote is arrived at. before twelve at night ‘The Renate have made three im- portant amendments—edopting the second section of last. moral character informer year, which allows every man of to sell—ntriking out the clause allowing toe half of the fines received—and postponing until the Fourth of July the time for putting it into effect. Neither- of these three prapesiticns: will be serene to by the Bouse. Forty eight hours since it was the universal be- het that the would pass, but there ie quite a different. sentiment prevailing now. A very and extremely important bill to the interents of the commercial community of New York is on the table of the House, introduced « day or two since by Mr. Coleman. It is cailed “ an act to incorpo- Tate the Hellgate Navigation Company.’’ Jt provider that one William Kent, James Horner, Thomas Hyatt and Charles A. Stetaor, shall be constituted a bedy poli- tia for the purpose of removing the recks obstructing the navigation of the East River at Heilgate, to ther depth of twenty feet beiow low water marx. After per- forming such work the Governor is to appoint an engi- neer to make an inspection; then every sailing vessel of over sixty tons passing through Hellgate shall pay for each and every passage the sum of two cents ton. Every steam vessel trom New York to an’ toreke > or to apy port south of Delaware Bay, om the coant of tho United States, rball pay two cents per ton for each pas- sage. All other steamboats of five hundred tons ope half @ cen! per ton for each passage. All such charges shail be a lien upon vessels hable to pay, to be collected by the company in the same-- manner as dues for wharfege, The capital of this pro-- pored company is put at $20,000, but may be increased to $600,000, An office is to be kept somewhere south of Tenth street and east of Broadway, where masters, oon signees or owners of vesselé passing through Hellgate, shall pay to the agent of the company the amounts spo~ cified in the foregoing synopsis of the bill. We have ne- rocm to sy more; let those directly interested take such action aa they may think proper. The bill being intro- duced by Mr. Coleman, and the nameof Mr. stetson being inserted as ope of the corporators, the prevailing balisf a the Astor House profits are t> be transferred to leligate. The name of Dr. Harris, which was sent.into executive session as Resident Physician in place of Dr. Vache, bar been withérawn. No other yet sent in What is the matter with Dr, Harris? Has he been sen in company” with Samy It is stated an a fact, that not a single naturalixed foreigner can get an appointment from the’Seward Canal Board, A secretary of a Hindoo lodge is i nown to have succeeded, What next? COURT OF APPEALS. ALBany, March 29, 1855, No, 6 under consideration. Casendar for the 30th inst.—Nos. 10, 195, 23, 14, 18 20, 24, 25, 30, 82, 33. Progress of Temperance. THE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW IN NEW JEBSBY. TRENTON, March 29, 1855. The Senate have postponed the consideration of the Probibitory Liquor bill until the next session, * PROHIBITORY L1QUUR LAW IN WISCONSIN. CuI0aGo, Merch 29, 1855. The Legislature of Wisconsin have pasved a new pro- hibitory Liquor law, leaving out what the Governor ob- jected to, by about a two-third Philadelphia ca. WHIG MEECING IN PHILADELPHIA - KNOW NOTHINGS: IN THE MAJORITY, PuiLaDELPaiA, March 20, 1866. ‘The whigs of this city called = meeting last night, at Spring Garden, in opposition to secret societies. The Know Nothings, however, were in the majority there. and passed a series of resolutions, and defeated the: whole object of the meeting. They then rejected the ori- ginal resolutions, and adjourned with three cheers for- Sam The New Jersey Legislature. Trenton, N. J., March 29, 1865. The Senate to-day passed the bill to charter the C.ty Bank at Newark, over the Governor's veto, by a vote of 13 to 7, The House psesed the same bill by a vete of 40 to 12, The House also passed the bill providing for the Farmers’ and Drovers’ Benk of Hudson, after having: once been defeated. The vote was 37 to 15. This is be~ Neved to be the lest Bank bill. ‘Two of the recharters--the Mount Holly and Cumber- land Bank—became laws by the lapse of time, the Governor having kept the bills over the tine required to be sent in. Know Nothing Nomination tn Portland. PortLanp, Me., March 29, 1855. A large and enthusiastic meeting of Nnow Nothiage and advocaves of temperance met here this evening, anc nominated Neal Dow for Mayor. The Canadian Parliament. QvxnKo, March 29, 1855. The tecond reading of a bill for introducing the elective principle into the second branch of the Legislature was carried in the Assembly last night, by s vote of Si against 4. The measure is generally regarded az a step. towards the election of the Governor of the Province, and. is consequently warmly supported by the annexation party. Destruction of the Penitentiary at Nashville. DEATH OF ONE OF THE CONVICTS—1.083 $100,000. Lovrsviti, March 29, 1855. The State Penitentiary at Nashville, Tennessee, is in ruins, The fire broke out at three o'clock this morning, in the cabinet department of the Penitemtiary, the flames. spreading with great rapidity. Ina short time the en tire portion of the building set aside for the different branches of trade, became a burning mass. The east wing of the main building then ceught fre, and it is so much damaged as to render it useless, The cells were all thrown open, and the prisoners conveyed to an enclosure inside the wails. One convict, named Conner. was smothered to death by the smoke. Not a single priecmer made an escape from the prison. All the tools in the different shops were destroyed, as well as all the work being manufactured. The loss is estimated at $100,000, Important Decision In a Slave Case. Crncinyant, March 29, 1866. A colored girl, by the neme of Rosetta, some time since was brought to this State from Kentucky, by am agent of ber master, and was declared free by a State: court st Columbus, and a guardian appointed for her. The gir) has since been arrested under the fugitife slave: Jaw, and to-day she was brought before Judge Parker, of this city, who decided that whenever a slave, by con- sent of the owner sets foot on Ohio soil, he or she beeame- in all respects free, He therefore declared the girl free. An attemp’ was afterwards made by the United States Marshal to arrest her, which caused a great deal of ox citement, and a riot was apprehended; but finally sho ‘was quietly conveyed to the Woodruff House, where she now remain. A Murdorer ‘Arrested. Puitapeuema, Mareh 28, 1655. Jchn Dillon bas been arrested and committed for trialon a charge of having murdered a celéred man, named Wm. Fields, some three years since, ia this city. He is also charged with the com mission of « murder at the New Orleans Coffee House. Large Fire in Wrent Man. Boston, 29, 1855. The straw geods manufactory of Mesers. Follett a Rand, in Wrentham Massachusetts, was destroyed by fire last night, Loss $30,000, fully covered by insurance. Death of the Hon. William 8. Archer, Battimong, Maren 29, 1855, The Hoo. Wm. 8. Archer, formerly Uni State Senator, died at Amelia county, Virginia, on Wednenday Death of an Eminent Politictan, Syracuse, March 29, 1855, John Ruger, an eminent lawyer and politician, 4 thir morning of Be tenia. "He was ate of the rixty-three years old. ——____., Rallroad Detention, SyRaccan, The cars which left Oswego at nih hap ps PS So here tilla quarter past seven even consequence of the immense whieh ia ome places waa almost above tbe tops of, tvs jain. He was about Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK ROARD, PurLapenraia, March 29, 1866, The money market is unchanged. Stocks are beary~ Inn ot Watlrond, 16% peanes iteais Rallreed, spent sland Ra: : 45; sylvania State orn, big, J de | pheoes BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. umm March 29, 1855 At our cattle market to-day, 675: head of best ‘cattle were offered; 160 head were driven eastward, and the balance sold at prices ranging from $4 25 to $6 25, an advance of 50c, & — Hoga have advanced. an 5 Sales at $7 75 per re " ‘ew ORURANS, March 29, 1865. The Atlantic's advices were made public this morning, but as yet have produce! no change in the eurrent rates at the close of business yesterda, Vs ¢--tnue our quotations at 646. a Gc, for middiir, a anles to thie time foot up 2,500 bales. Coffee bes advanoad quarter cemt per Ib. Sales to-day, 9,000 bags, at 100. 8 10)4¢. Molasses 23)4¢. per gall