The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. ———— AMES GORDON BENNETT, ? PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, ovrice x. W. CORNED OF NASBAU AND FULTON STS. aw Ww. comms 07 5 SS ‘AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street—Lvonzzia Bonors. BROADWAY THEATRE, Bronéway—Jacx Cave~Two Buzzanns. BOWERY THEATRE, @nwro—Two Grecorie BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Janzr Pare —More Buunpers THAN ONR. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Diary oF 4 YOunG Wire - Roap ro Rui. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoom and Evoning—Tas Pivine Durouway. iat WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall—472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Bucu- uuv's Brmorran Orena Trovrs. PERHAM’S BURLESQ! way—Ermiorran PERvo wery—Tue Count or Monts- QuEEN oF THE ApRUZzI. EMPIRE HALL, 596 Srosdway—Panonama ov Evnorz. ~~ New York, Wednesday, April 4, 1855. 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There was great excitement in Wail street this ‘morning upcn the announcement that the firm of Page & Bacon, at St. Louis, had again suspended payment. About six weeks since this house re- sumed, after a suspension of about four weeks, and it was hoped it would be able to goon and fully Teinsta‘e its credit. The difficulties in San Fran- cleco and the protra:ted suspension of Page, Bacon & Co., of that city, is the principal cause of the second failure of Page & Bacon of St. Louis. Tue large eurplus of the San Francisco house sent here to sustain the St. Lou's house has been exhausted in meeting d:afts drawn in California and not ba :‘ked up by shipments of gold since the panic in San Prancisoo commenced. Both honses will probably -elore up their affairs. The Temperance bil] passed the New York Senate yesterday by a vote of 21 yeas to 1l nays. It now remains for the Assembly to act upon the amend- ments of the Senate, and it is believed they will be concurred in. While the three Senators from this city were absent, and those present were dozing, Mr. Crosby quietly Imtroduced a bill amonad- ing the city charter. It embraces the provisions of the bill creating a board of partizan police commissioners, which is fopposed by nine-tenths of the voters of this city, the other tenth being com- posed of the unscrupulous adherents of Wm. H, Seward, for whose particular benefit i} appears this measure has been devised. In proof of this we reter to the proceedings last nignt of the whig com- mitiecs, who adopted resolutions in favor of the police bill, against the earnest protestations of those who regard the police force as constituted for other than political purposes. After considers? ble effort, the bill was referred toa standing com- mittee cf the Senate. There is yet time for our citi- zens to defest this s‘heme, if they choose. But it requires something more potent than resolations, letters, aud epeechcs. Our correspondent bas fur- nisbed atketch of the debate on this measure, which is given under the telegraphic bead. The elections throughout the country continue to result favorably to the Know Nothings. In Connec- tiont they have “swept the State,” as the phrase goce-—Btate cflices, the Legisiature, and foar mem- bers of Congress. With regard to the election of Wm. T. Mixer, candidate for Governor, by the pso- ple, there is a doubt; but the Legislatare will, of eourte, settle this question satisfactorily. In New York and Ohio, where town elections have been held, with but few exceptions, the Know Nothings have triamphed. Neil Dow, Know Noth'ng and temperance candidate for Mayor of Portland, his been elected by a handsome majority. We have re. turns from two towns in Iowa, in one of which the Know Nothing ticket was chosen. The prohibitory liquor Jaw in Iowa bas been sustained. The resolutions adopted at the meeting of the Young Men’s Democratic Republican Committee last evening, and which we give in suother colunn, are up tothe mark on the Cuban question. Tho closing recommendation to Gen. Pierce we commend to the consideration of the President and the Cabinet. The journeymen plumbers held a meoting last evening at No. 149 Fourth avenue, pursaantto a call of Mr. Wm. Fowler snd fifteen others. At eight o’clock there were about twenty five persons pre- sent, ard one of our reporters was informed that the press wasex.luded. We, consequently, cannot way what the journeymen plumbers were about. The argument on the motion to quash the indict- ment in the case of the Stanwix Hall tragedy, was continued yesterday in the Oourt of Oyer and Ter. tainer. A report is given in to-day’s paper. The regular monthly meetiag of the New York Historice! Society was held last evening. A paper on the historical notices sf Capernaum was read by Rev. Dr. Robineor. The celebrated race horse Lexington won the twenty thouand dollars match against time, on Monday, at New Orleans. He ran a four mile race in seven minutes and nineteen sec nda, the quickest time ever made by horseflesh. Our Brownsville (Texas corres;ondent, writing on the 21st olt., informs us that the Mexican Dicta tor had recently disgraced the officers who had the courage to accute General Don Adrian Woll, late Governor of Tamaufipas, to him, on the principlo that Woll was too ardent a sympathizer with Santa Anpa’s policy to be punished. The Mexican General Oronez, who last year sentenced Rufina Rodriguez to death, was commanding nine hundred soldiers ia Matamoras on the “ law and order” system. The public rejoicings ordered to celebrate the re-ele> tion of His Serene Highness completely failed, The people would not utter a viva either for love or fear. Trade was still dull at Matamoras, and all along the frontier line. The sales of cotton yesterday reached about 3,000 bales; 1,000 of which were in transitu. The market closed firm. Middling uplands were at 9). 940. Flour, with fair sales, was without farther change. A smail lot of Southern white wheat sold at $2.40. Indian crn was again better, with sales of sommon to good white at 1000.8 102¢., and good lean Jersey yellow at 10240, Rye was firm at $1 35 for North river. There was more cotton offering for Liverpool, and about 2,000 to 2,500 bales were 9D gaged at 5-324, » 36d. Other articles were with NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1855. out change, and epgagements were limited. Sugar was tolerably active, the sales having reached near 1,500 bhés., including a cargo of Porto Rico, in bond, for export. Some grades were sald to be jo. better. Coffee was steady, with moderate sales. Pork continued firm at $15 for old mess, and $17 a $17 50 for new. Beef and bacon were in good de- mand, at steady prices. The steamship Star of the West arrived at this port yesterday. We give this morning the de- tails of the news from California which was announced yesterday by telegraph. The events of the week do not show anything of ‘an important character. Toe euspended banks had not resumed, ard it was not known Cefinitely whe:her any of them would be enabled to commence operations again very scon. Adame & C>. had almost entirely disappeared; and their place in the express buai- ress had been supplied by another company. A number cf mercantile houses had failed since the Jaet news; among which were the houses of Chapia, Sawyer & Co., 8. B. Conrey, David Green, and J. P. Davie. A mob had broken into the vaults oc Adams & Co. at Sonora, and distributed about twenty-seven thousand dollars to the holders of certificates of deposit on that concern. Rain continued, and the prospects of the miners were every way encouraging. The excitement about the Kern river mines was still kept up, and large numbers of emigrants were flockirg to them. The steamer Black Warrior arrived yesterday with Havana dates to the 28th ult. Our correspon- dence contains important intelligence. It is stated that our Corsul bas notified the Captain-General, by direction of Secretary Marcy,“ thatif one drop of American blcod is spilled in the present crisis the government of the United States will not be answerable for the result.” Francisco Estrampes, under sentence of death, isan American citizen, and it remains to be seen whether Gen. Concka will commute his punishmen’, or accept the alternative presented. Arrests continue to be made. Castillo and Acazs, cazhier and real estate broker of the savings bank; F, V. Herrera, two brothers Bolino, Senor Aregon, two priests from the country, and some fifty others, have been imprisoned on suspi- cion of political disaffection Meantime victims are suffering by the fatal garrote in various parta of the island. Itis reported that the case of Pinelo and Cadalzo is to be revised, not with the view of miti- gating their sentence of ten years confinement in the chain gang, but to procure a conviction which will authorize their execution. The news from Mexico, though not very impor- tant, is interesting. Being received entirely through the journals of the capital, it is of courge ss one sided as usual. Santa Anna had returned to the cepital, where the illusion of his eupposed victories over Alvarez was celebrated with salvos of artillery ard other demonstrations of joy. The Diario na serta that the revolution is daily losing ground. The Goverror of Chihuahua has refased the proffer of Captein Henry and Mr. Work to fight tbe Indians in that department with their companies of Texan rangers. American offers of thia description aro geueraliy regarded with suspicion. One of the chiefs of the Jate Bou\bon expedition, Capt. Matthew Thomas, representing himself as an American citi. zen, was recently arrested and .has been sent to San Francisco. Bandits and highwaymen are said to ba committing frightful excesses, particularly ia the neighborhood of Tepic. #£Our correspondent in the city of Guatemala, writing on the 10th of February, furnishes us with some interesting facta relative to the legislative, commercial and political positien of that republi In the face of heavy government debts, the House of Assembly bad reeolved to increase the ealary of the President to $20,000 per annum; and in order to be able to cary out this cherishei ‘‘spils” scheme, members intended to raise the tariff duties on forsign importations, adding so much to the twexty- fur per cent already charged as would al- moat cowpletely antibilate all legitimate trade with other count:ies. Smuggling would, it was thought, Jargely increase. Hon. J. L. Marling, United States Minister, had arrived in Guatemala. In San Salva. dor the people were agitated with the discussion of a proper site for their new capital. Many property holders want to have the city rebuilt in its oid situ- ation, in deflance of former and expected earth- quakes. LegtsIative Esptonage in Massachusetts—Un- lawfal Descent Upon a Catholic School. We publish to-day all the material facts and testimony on both sides of the question, touch- ing the late inquisitorial visit of a special com- mittee of the Massachusetts Legislature to a little female school in one of the suburbs of Boston, kept by seven ladies of the Roman Catholic “Sisters of Charity.”’ These facts and this testimony, in our judgment, consti- tute the proofs of a despotic anti-American, unconstitutional outrage upon private rights by the Solons of the Massachusetts Legisla- ture. In the first place, a special legislative com- mittee of seven was appointed to examine and report upon the condition of the “ theological seminaries, boarding schools, academies, nun- neries and convents” of the Commonwealth, Secondly, it appears from the testimony of the committee themselves, that they proceeded to this examination, in the case ef the Roxbury school, as if fully satisfied that their appoint- ment by the Legislature gave them the undis- puted power of an unlimited search warrant there, or at any other place within the scope of their inquiries. Now this was cither the re. sult of a degree of ignorance among the mem- bers of the committee, discreditable to the common schools of Massachusetts, or it was an act of inquisitorial puritanical espionage, which we had :uppored had ceased to exist in the old Bay State since the last witch burning frolic at Salem. We had supposed that every member of the Massachusetts Legislature was aware’ of the fact that the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of Massachuretts, as of every other State and Territory of the Union; that all acts of any party or any Legislature inconsis. tent with the federal constitution are unlawful, null and void. Our ideas, however, of the wis- dom of the legislators of Massachusetts appear to have been somewhat extravagant. Those “wise men of the East” seem to have very little knowledge of, or very little respect for the supreme Jaw of the land. We are, there- fore, constrained to repeat for their information, that provision of this supreme law, which pro- claims that “the right of the people to be se- cure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or at- firmation, and partiowarly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be teized.”” In the face of this organic law of the Union and of Massachusetts, a committee of that Le- gislature proceed to the little school of the Sis- ters of Charity at Roxbury, and exhibit their authority from the Legislature to examine the premises, as if it were an edict from the Emperor of all the Russias. They certainly so consi- dered it, or they would not have made their first official notification to the establishment in that overbearing air of authority which car the sanctuary of the citizen, this disregard of that-saving principle of civilized society that “a man’s house is his castle.” Where was their warrent, their complaint, their “ probable caure,” their oaths or affirmations? They had none. They were guilty of an outrage upen private rights. This Catholic echool was a private institu- tion—an inquisitorial committee could only in- vade it under a complaint on affidavit, and a warrant, according to aw. But they say that they were freely admitted, and conducted in their examination, by the Lady Superior, throughout the house. That does not mend the matter, The offence is in the stupidity or cri- minal folly of the Legislature in authorizing this inquisitorial visit; and in the committee, in acting upen it as a full and sufficient warrant for their proceedings. The Legislature is al- most unanimously anti Catholic, if not entirely so, It was elected, te a very great extent, upon the anti-Cetholie feeling so preva- lent throughout the State; and, since the unwise movements of Archbishop Hughes on the church property and public school ques- tions, and the late miseion of Bedini, so preva: lent throughout the country. We can’t ima- gine, therefore, that those Catholic Sisters of Charity, in their little establishment at Rox- bury, opened their doors to this Legislative committee as to a deputation of friends, per- sonal, religious or political. No. They could only regard the committee as so many inquisi- -at Washington, through the insurance companies, tive enemies, And herein lies the weight of the outrage. In this light, the act of the Legislature ap- pointing this committee was a cruel, lawless act, and the visit of the committee under it was an outrage. With the antipathies existing be- tween the Legislature and the committee, on the one part, and this Catholic female school ‘on the other, had there been no offence, or nothing like persecution intended in this offi- cial visit, it might have been managed at least more courteously. In order to avoid all appearances of intimiCation, suppose a single member of the committee had first called at this school, and stated his case thus:—“I am one of @ legislative committee appointed to exsmine into the condition of the convents and nupneries of this State. Your establishment is private. We heve no authority over your religion or system of education, except where they may conflict with the laws, We have no complaint against you, no affidavit, no warrant. You may, therefore, exclude us, if you please. But if you think proper to admit us, we shall call here upon some appointed day, to look into your institution and ask you some questions. We are not Catholics; but we are not barba- tians.”” Had come such application as this been made at this Roxbury school by this com mittee, it would have been in better taste ; but acting as they did without law, they had no authority to act at all. In confounding pri- vate houses with public schools, the act of the Legislature appointing the committee was a Lullity, ef no more binding force than a simi- lar edict from Billy Bowlegs. Civil and religious liberty in these United States are tangible and: practical rights. We cannot disturb them with impunity. Wherever the church— any church—attempts to usurp the powers of the State; wherever the clergy at- tempt to monopolize the temporal property of their congregations ; wherever a religious or- der or society enters the field of politics as a balance of power in political affairs, Legisla- tures andparties may rightfully interpose to reeist them. But as neither Congress nor the State Legislatures have the power to abolish convents or nunneries, or to interfere in their internal eeonomy, so have they no authority for these Roxbury inquisitorial committees of inspection. We admonish the new party of the Massachu- setts Legislature to adbere to the constitution. There is no safety beyond it. Recrvirine iy New York ror tHe Crimea — We are of opinion that it isa pretty well set- tled fact that persons in the employment of the British government have recruited, or attempt- ed to recruit, men in New York to serve in the British army against Russia, a Power now frievdly to the United States. But the matter isinvolved in some mystery, and our govern- ment should clear it up. It was brought up in the Canadian Parliament on the 28th of March, in the shape cf an inquiry, by a Mr. Rhodes:— Whether any authentic or official information has reached bis Excellency the Governor General confirma. tory of the report, an published in the United States newspapers, that men for military Cana- da and Nova Scotia are to be the depots for these or- izations; and whetner the goverument are in pos- of any correspondence with the imperial govern. mena, or with the governments of the sister provinces, bearing on these subjects? In Halifax papers of about the same date, we find that the Nova Scotians were better in. formed, for the Journal, of that place, publishes official orders tor the providing of rations for five hundred recruits shortly expected to ar- rive from the United States—to be tranship- ped from Halifex, and finally to be set up as targets for the Russian sharpshooters before Sebastopol. The whole matter was brought before the public in the New York Heratp, and this publicity put an end to the patriotic efforts of her Britanic Majesty’s recruiting ser- geants in this city; but the offices had then been opened duribg several days, and it is important that we should know how many, if any, re- cruits were obtained—where they were sent to, what is to be done with them, who were the recruiting agents, and where did they get their authority. Mr. Crampton, the British Minister at Washington, is probably able to auswer some of these pertinent questions, Will the State Department ascertain the extent of his infopmation about the matter? or coer Arratrs.—We perceive, by recent advices from Mexico, that His Serene Highness the President has returned to the capital. The rumors of his baving left the country have been, therefore, premature. On his arrival the seme old farce was enacted in honor of his vic~ tories over Alvarez in the South. Bell ring- ing, cannon firing and bull fighting—designated by the Diario as the effervescence of the peo- ple’s exuberant joy--were kept up in stereo- typed style. Still the Mexican journals do not deign to give us the particulars of these alleged victories; they do not mention even the places at which the sanguinary battles were fought. How many braves were killed? How many desperately wounded? Quien sabe? Where is the rebel, General Moreno, whom it is sworn was take@® prisoner? Let the Diario | furnish us with a return of casualties (after the ferhion of Lord Raglan’s despatches), that acterized their visit. The committee not only went ina body, but they invited a number of their friends to accompany them and see the sport, Fine sport, truly; this breaking into we may ree, and if possible, believe. We fancy that H. 8. H. is too much engaged just aow in concocting plans for escape, to waste his time in Sighting battles with Alvarez, Treasury RETRENCHMENTS—BEGINNING AT tue Wrong Enp,—About two years ago the insurance fire patrol opportunely discovered a fire in the Bonded Warehouse, and were in- strumental in extinguishing it, thus preventing a very large destruction of property. This act of vigilance was represented to the government end a selection was made of four of the insurance watchmen as a night patrol in the warehouses in the pay of the general government. The underwriters having full confidence in these men of their own selection, took risks on mer- chandise in the bonded warehouses at a much lees rate than they had previously been in the habit of charging. Now, it appears that in consequence of the reduction of expenditure, directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Collector has discharged the insurance patrol from apy further duty. This summary dis- charge of the patrol watch has caused adistrust on the part of the underwriters, and merchants will now be obliged to pay higher for the in- surance of their goods. Such, we are informed, is the determination of the underwriters, uno- less a re-instatement of the patrol watchmen tekes place. The merchants have it in con- templation to forward a strong remonstrance to the Treasury on the subject. They are justified in complaining of these miserable cheese-par- ings, which only have the effect of injuring the public service, whilst the public money is lavished by wholesale on hungry spoilsmen and political jobbers to advance electioncering interests. Tur Forrest Crrrics —The merciless critic of the Tribune continues to excoriate Mr. For- Aupany, April 8, 1855. This day bas been one of the most exciting and inte- resting in the Senate of any during the session. The storm arose on account of the introduction of a bill by Mr. Crosby purporting to amend the charter of the city of New York. The bill was presented at a moment when neither Mr. Brooks, Mr. Barr, nor Mr. Whitney were in their seats, and Mr Spencer not listening very particu- Yarly, caught a word or two of the title. Mr. Crosby moved to refer the bill to select committee, and Mr, Spencer isetantly moved to amend by referring to the Committee of the Whole, thinking there wasa ‘‘niggor im the fence.’ Very soon the three absent Senators came in, and Mr. Brooks moved to recoosider the vote. Nobody knew what the purport of the bill was, the re porters and others desiring to see it were uniformly told that it could not be seen, The Clerk of the Seaate find- ing that it bad mystesiously slipped from his fingers, finally succeeded in recovering it. Mr. Brooke, after giancing over it, remarked that it was nearly identical with the police bill which is in the hands of the city delegation of the House, and who refused to report it. And now, without avy consultation with cither of the fenators representing the eity of New York, @ Senator a hundre and fifty miles from that city, iatro- duced it here, and moved it to a select committee. Mr. Brooks snd Mr. Whitney strongly condemned the con- duct of Mr, Crosby, for undertaking to crowd a bill through the & 2, which is in the bands of a select of the House, and against it there are thou. sande of remonatrants of all cred citaene, | Both of Senators eloquently in defence of other amon ‘they declared it was the object and intention of the party in power at Albany, to destroy the present police system, in order that another of a purely litical character might ke established. In corrobora- on of this, the fact come out, that on Saturday las ‘a political pasty from albany appeared in the city New York, for the purpose of inducing # of the eminent’ citizens. 0 petition for the passage of the tin Amorg others, . Justice Stuart oe in, but could not'be prevailed upon to assi roying the present police laws and arrangements. One of the Senators also visited the Judge om Sunday last, and was then told by him, that he was opposed to any change at present in the system, and that it ought to remain as it is another year. Senator Barr was in favor of some modifizstion of the rest. His last onslaught was on that gentle- man’s Macbeth, and if possible it was more fierce, more savagé, more rabid than the former ones. Some people, arguing that the.character of Macbeth as delineated by Shakspeare, is susceptible of half a dozen different interpreta- tions according to the personal peculiarities, habits, physique, &c., of the actor, all of which may be equally good, and true to Shakspeare, though they may please certain judges differ- ently : some people, we say, reasoning thus, are of opinion that Mr. Forrest should claim the protection of the Jaw against a persevering charter. It was ran through the Legislature of 1853, ‘under the requisition of what was then known as ‘‘re- formers,” at a time when the Board of Aldermen were stigmatized as being nothing better than a of thieves and robbers, sye, they were branded as the ‘*for- ty thieves.” He (Mr. B’) was a member of that Board, and had feaiviens invited an investigation of his con: duct. Instead of disappreving of his course in the Board of Aldermen, his constituents took him up and triamph- antly placed’ him in a seatin this honorable body—s body next to that of the Senate of the United States. He was sorry that an earlier movemeut had uot been made to amend the charter, as he believed it should be modi- fied in many essential particulars; but, if, as it is said, that tke bili proposes to interfere with Mayor Wood in his police matters, and to prevent him from carrying out the reforms he had so happily succeeded in thus far, he (Mr. B.) must oppose the present bill. Senator Spencer read the remonstrance so numerously signed against any change whatever in the police laws resen persecution, evidently calculated to injure his reputation as an actor. Those who speak thus have doubtless in their memory the Fry case. They think that as one editor was fined ten thousand dollars for criticising a manager, another editor might be fined a heavy sum for criticising an actor. This is a mistake. The Fry verdict will be reversed. The Tribune critic bas a right to speak as he chooses of For- rest, whether his language be brutal or not. Any attempt to stop him must fail. Tne Streer WALKERs.—A conflict of juris- diction or of opinion has arisen between the judicial and executive authorities of this city which promises to be the cause of a good deal of trouble. The Mayor desires to rid the city of these peste, the street walkers, and is trying all he can to accomplieh this end with the aid of the police. The Judges on the other hand in the discharge of their duty are prepared to grant their liberty to many who have been ar- rested, on technical and legal grounds. Alto- gether it appears that the law is ineufficient to reach the case. Would it not be proper for the Legislature to take note of the difficulty and to pass a law confining these women within their own houses, and forbidding them to ap- pear in public? Tar Bucwanan Parry.—Several mysterious advertisements have lately appeared in the pa- pers, requesting those in favor of Mr. Bucha- nan for the next Presidency, to meet at the “usual place” at halt past seven in the even- ing. One is published in the Heratp of this morning. Why not make these meetings pub- lic? Throw open your doors, gentlemen. A GrraT StaLk or Corroy.—Mr. D, Dickson, of Co. vington, Georgia, one of our numerous friends at the South, has sent us the finest specimen of the great sta- ple that we have ever seen, It was grown from the seed called Boyd’s extra prolific, which has produced 102 grown bolls ona stalk three feet high. It is claimed for this seed that it produced a crop of squares and bolls in about half the time of the ordinary cotton. The stalk before us in certainly a magnificent one, and the subject is worth the attention of planters, We acknowledge the receipt of it with pleasure. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Disastrous Effects of the Gale. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE- GLASS FACTORY BLOWN DOWN— MANY LIVES LOST. PHILaDELrmta, April 3, 1855. The new and extensive glass factory, at the town of Pregress, at the mouth.of the Rancocas creek, New Jer- fey, was blown down yesterday, during the gale, and twenty-five workmen engaged in the manufacture of glass, were buried beneath ‘nins, At the latest dates from the scene of the disaster eight dead bodies bad been taken from the ruine, and several others were se- riously injared. Among the killed was son of Alder- man Palmer, of this city, The property belonged to Julius Ketter, and was damaged to the extent of $15,000, 4 RAILROAD TORN UP. Eastox, Pa., April 3, 1855. A mont violent gale of wind has prevailed here during the past two days, doing considerable damage. The rails on the Centzai Railrosd were blown from the top of » high atone bri’ge, at Clifton, New Jersey, preventing the passage of the trains. From Boston. REPORTED FAILURE OF PAGE AND BACON, OF ST. LOUIB—WESTERN RAILROAD AFPAIRS—TRIAL OF TBE ALLEGED INSTIGATORS OF THE BURNS RIOT. Boston, April 3, 1855, A private despatch was received in this city this fore- noon, which reported the suspension, for the second time, of Messrs, Page & Bacon, of &t. Louis. The des- patch was addressed to a respectable house in this city; but we do not as yet hear of any positive evidence of the truth of the rumor. Ata meeting of the stockholders of the Western Rail- road, held to-day, the directors were authorised to ap- ply, if they deem it expedient for the credit of the State, for a million and a half of dotlars, to build a se. cond track from Springfield to Albany, ‘The trial of the alleged rioters in the Burns rendition case—Messrs, Theodore Parker, Wendell Phillipe, Higgin- son and others—came on to-day, before Judges Curtis and Sprague. They are defended by the Hon, John P. Hale, and other leading free soil lawyers. The defence moved that tke indictments be quashed on various grounds, cne of which was, that United States Marshal Freeman, who summoned the jury, was the party alleg- ed to have been areaulted, and was, therefore, not an in- different party in the trial. From Trenton, BANK BILLS VETORD BY THR GOVERNOR--FIRE IN THE weons. ‘Trenton, N. J, April 3, 1855, The Governor sent into the Senate to-day four vetoes of the following bank bills :—Freehold Bank, Perth Am- bey Bank, Woodbury Bank, and Hunterdon Bank, The Camden Bank bill has become # Jaw, without the Governor's signature. Ibis js a new charter. All tho recharters are suffered to go into effect without the a deeatene Dickinson and Crosby only supported the bill. It was evident, from the manner in which they treated it, that a whig caucus bad been held here sometime du- ring the last week, at which it was determined to rua the bill through’ the Legislature, nolens volens, Mr. Crosby informed J. W. Gerard, on Saturday last, that he intended to introduce it. Mr. Gerard being opposed to any interferference at present, gave the information that ube attempt would be made. ‘After apending the whole session, it was finally agreed to refer the bill io the standing oommittes on cities and villages, consisting of Mr. Spencer, democrat, and Messra, ‘Walker and Yost, whigs, One of the latter genuemen, whig though he is, will never consent to obey the behorta of Dickinson and Crosby. Had the bill not arest- ed by Senator Brooks, it would bave been order d to fhird reacin without any opportunity to examine or Cebate it. The citizens of New York have reason to commend their Senators in preventing such an a: ment to the police laws as was contemplated. exertions should st once be made to sustain th fenators, ard New York should speak to the whig ma. jority here in thunder tones, instantly. No time to be lost. What will the people now think of this whig adminis- tration? A week since o bill, emanating from all tts concentrated brains, was introduced by Mr. Blatchford, Solus, ih the House, imposing Peanalftolis on tho rail- roade of thi ‘Though no other man on the Com- mittee of Ways and Means endorsed the bill, still it nad the back bone of the leading whigs to sustain it. A day or two alter a screw was tound to be loose, and the Dil referred back, at the earnest request of | the railroad managers. Tae committee of State officers, members of the Senate and of the House, have been in consultation ever since. Their meetings have baen tur. Dulent and perplexing. For several days they could not approximate to any agreement, and it was not ua- 41 leet night that @ majority finally agreed to abandon the project of tolling the roads, It was agreed to im- pese'a direct tax upon all the real and personal property of the State, That bil is now in preparation, and wi probably put on @ milland a balf, as nothing leas will Telieve the treasury from its present bankruptcy. Such mple of financiering here at the capitol, one day pg one scheme, ax purely an admivistrative m: adop' sure, the next abandon it and institute something el What will be shadowed forth in the next move no can frm ap; hipk of this Ait icea, We repeat, what do the people tate administration ? ken and Stevens, @ minority of the ways port ready to be submitted. They . We have there will be no occasion for the presentation of this minority report. We may give the points hereafter. According to special order, the Senate proceeded towards taking the final vote,’ this afternoon, on the probiLitory law. COURT OF APPEALS. Aupayy, April 3, 1855. No, 81 cavcluded; No. 24 argued. be Calendar for April 4—Nos. 25, 27, 23, 15, 33, 37, 39, 13, 42, 44, Charter Biections in New York: KNOW NOTHING VICTORIES. Exaurra, April 3, 1355. Our charterelection to-day resulted in the success of the Know Nothing tisket by 50 majority. Scuxynctapy, April 3, 1855. At the municipal election held here to-day the whole Know Nothing ticket was elected by a heavy majority. The vote for Mayor stood as follows:—Abel Smith, K. N., 588; A. M. Vedder, 304; D. Cady Smith, dem., 326; Know Nothing plurality, 262. OaprNsnvra, April 3, 1855. At the charter election in this village, to-day, the American ticket was elected by 164 majority. Convmura, 8. C., April 3, 1855. The election for Mayor, in this city, resulted in the success of Arthur, claimed as a Know Nothing, by 130 majority. The Electiou and the Riots at Cincinnati, Civcinnati, April 3, 1855, The election is still undeciled. It is said that fraud has been discovered in the Twelfth ward, whieh gave Farren (democratic) 500 majority, and it is proposed to throw out the entire vote of the ward. If this is done, Taylor, the American, will have about 100 majority; but if the ward is counted, Farren will have from 400 to 600 majority. The Eleventh ward is supposed to have given about 700 msjority for the democratic candidate, but the ballot box@s were destroyed and the vote lost. There is but little doubt but the democratic ticket wouli have been entirely successful had not the disturdances oc- curred ‘There was xo more rioting last night. It is thought that ten or twelve persons have been killed or mortally wounded in the affrays of yesterday. Pistols were used indiscriminately, and the only wonder is that the de struction of life was not greater. It was, altogether, the most disgracetul election day ever experienced in Cine:n- nati. The following is the sequel to the election distarb- ances :—It was found that the ballot box im the Twelfth ward contained fifty-five more votes than there were names on the poll list. One of the judges insisted upon hrowing out the vote of the ward, but the others wouli not ogree. While the judges were counting the votes, a body of men entered the room, and, taking the box forcibly from them, burnt the ballots and the tally lists in the opi eets ; vhus the yetes of the Eleventh and Twelfth wards were disposed of, and the remaining wards give Taylor 477 majority, The American party contend that a large amount of illegal voting was done. tis reported that Mr. Taylor will not accept the office, under the cireumstances, Nivz O’cwock P.M. Our community continues intensely ex:\ted. The can- nom taken from the Germans yeaterday by the Ameri. cape was quietly conveyed from the pubiic landing tis afternoon by the former. An immense number of people h ermbled in Fifth street market plece. They have sent a committee for the cannon which had been taken to Freemaron’s Hall, and passed resolut ons that if it is not delivered forthwith, they will go and take it. This they appear determined to do, and a serious riot seems unavoidable. [We regret that owing to the lack of accommodationjoa the part of the national line, we are unable to obtain later accounts from Cincinnati to-night, as the ope rs, although requested to hold open the lane be tween Philadelpbia ané Cincinnati, persisted in ‘‘shut- ling off’ at about 10 o'clock.) Gcvernor’s signature. Quite an extensive fire was raging in the pines at South Amboy yesterday. Four or five houses were burned down at Crosswicks, and a barn near Hightstown, Know Nothing Victory to Annapolis. BALtimore, April 3, 1856, At the municipal clestion at Annapolis, yesterday, the Know Nothing ticket was elected by an average majo’ pity of OL ‘The Connceticut State Election: ‘TRIUMPH OF TEE KNOW NOTHING ‘New Haven, April 3, 1855. The result of the election in this State is the choice of four Know Nothing and whig Congressmen. Eighteen: of the twenty-one State Senators, and about two-thirds of the representatives, all of the same party. The eleventh, or Danbury Senatorial District, is in doubt, No choice for Governor has been made by the peeple, " the vote for the democratic and Know Fothing candi- dates being about even. ‘Ibirteen towns in Litchfield county send twenty. two Know Nothing and two whig representatives. The ms- jority for Welch in the above towns is 1,000. In the seventeenth district Wheaton, Know Nothing, is elected Etate Senator. ° Municipal Elections in Ohio. CLEVELAND, April 3, 1855, Enough returns from the city election have’ been re- ceived this morning to indicate the election of Castley, the candidate for Mayor on the people’s Know Nothing tcket, by a majority of about 500, over ex-Governor ‘Wood, (dem.) The Know Nothings were victorious in Columbus. Touuvo, April 3, 1855. At the election bere yesterday the aati-Kuow No- things elected all their candidates, Neil Dow Re-Elccted Mayor of Portland. PortLanD, Me., April 3, 1896. Neil Dow was elected Mayor to-day. The vote stood:—Dow, 1,904; McCobb, 1,830. The Know Nothing vote was thrown for Dow. Four Dow and three opposi- tion Aldermen are elected. The Council stands:—1 Dow, 9 opposition, 2 vacancier. ; The Etection in Iowa. . Borrauo, April 3, 1855, A few scattering returns of the election in Iowa \- cate the success of the prohibitory liquor law. chen. gives 300 democratic majority, Davenport 130 whig and Know Nothing majority. Election of State Censors in Vermont, , April 3, 1865, So faras returns have been received of the electiog for State Censors in Vermont, the Know Nothings are ahead about 1,700 votes. The vote, however, is small. In Montpelier there was a spirited fight between the Know Nothings and their opponents, which resulted in. the defeat of the former by 47 majority. Fifty more votes were polled than at the Gubernatorial election, In Northfield the anti-Know Nothings were successfa by one majority. ‘War on Democratic Know Nothings. PaiLapetpala, April 3, 1855. In the Democratic County Convention today those delegates suspected of Know Nothingism were examined under oath, and witnesses were also examined in rela- tion to the accusations against them, Those who re- fused to testify, or where the charge was proved against those accused, they were expelled. Among those ex- pelled was Wm. 8. Allen, democratic County Commis- sioner, and on his refusal to depart he was forcibly put out. From Washington. REPORTED FORGERY BY A GOVERNMFNT OFFICER. Wastixoton, April 3, 1855, Much excitement has been created to.day in conse- if a report that Colonel Lewis L. Taylor, formerly of Mississippi, and clerk in the office of the Firat Audi- tor, has forged the name of Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, to notes amounting to ten or twenty thousand dollars. ‘The notes are in the hands of brokers, money lenders, and personal friends of the forger. Taylor left the city on Sunday night. Mr. Davis was an intimate friend, but it is understood that the Secretary will not attempt to screen him from punishment if he is taken. The Hog Trade of the West, Ciwcinwatt, April 3, 1855, The Price Current publishes @ fall statement of the number of begs packed in the W st this year, which shows a failing off in the number, as comparsd with last year, of three bundred and forty nine thousand head, and in the number of pounds equal to four hundred and ixty three thourand. The cropis twenty per cent less than jast year, ani two and a balf pér cent heavier than that of the previous season, The Tompkins Blues at Easton. Faston, Pa., April 8, 1855. The Tompkins Blues, of New York, arrived to-day, and were received by National Guard of Easton, Capt, toneback. The reception was extremely cordial and gratify The Blues number eighty men, and are accompanied by Dodworth’s band. ‘They remain several days as guests of the Guard. Great Race against Time. New OruEans, April 2, 1855, The great race against time for $20,000 on the state- ment of the owner of Lecomte aud Lexington, that ina four mile race one of those horses would make the quickest time on record, came off to-day, and the purse ‘was won by Lexington in 7 minutes and 19 seconds. River and Canal Navigation. Prrmewura, April 3, 1855. River five feet eight inches, and falling, The wea- ther is pleasant, and the canal navigation in good order. The Southern Steamers, Savanwan, April 3, 1855, The steamer Knoxville arrived here to-day in sixty eight hours from New York. All on board well. CHARLESTON, April 3, 1855. The steamship James Adger, from New York, arrived at her wharf here, at six o'clock this morning, The Slave Case Settled, CixcrsnaTt, April'8, 1855, Commissioner Pindeny has decided Rosetta free, and she was immediately dehvered to her guardian, Tso Commismoner decided that having been brought here by her owner, she came under the operation of the Ohio law, and was not, therefore, a fugitive from slavery, The Weather in Ohio. Baurimore, April 3, 1855. Heavy rains had fallen throughout Georgia, causing much rejoicing, as they were greatly needed. Railroad Ubstructions. Syracuse, April 9, 1855. The cars which left Binghamton at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, did not reach this city till 7.30 this morning. They encountered snow drifts from twelve to fifteen feet deep. Markets. PHILADELPHIA MONEY MARKET. : Puttapenenia, Ap'il 3, 1855. exhibited no change, teady, at the following Reading Rail-oad, 42; Morris Canal, 143; Long I'land Railroad, 164; Penmtylvania State Fives, $5; Pennsylvania Railroad, 4434 Convstuta, 8. C., April 3, 1855, ip2oe males of cotton are 1,600 bales. Prices are ation. ing. Ovr money market this and stoc Supreme Court—Circult. Before Hon. Judge Mitchell. ACTION FOR LIBEL ON A SHIP'S CAPTAIN, Avert, 8.—Stlas Reynolds vs Chas, E Beber, John M. Hood, and thirty-two others —' plaintif in this case was the Captain of the steamer Island City, running be- tween New York and Flasbing, and iu September, 1853, the cetendants were passengers on board the Enoch I eesel on the same route. A collision took ce‘endants held an indignation meeting ch Lean, at which they passed a series ot ndemuing the conduct & the plaintift as deserving the severest reprobation and shment, and subsequently published the proceediogs of theit ting in the public papers. The case is still on, and ly 10 occupy tome t'me. ned bee tha f tive his attontion to sale of re, at auction, st the residence of families housekeeping vhis spring. Aces sriably on the following day afver th mired. —— The Knox Podka, ts the ttle of an exqul. rite piece of music composed by & lady of this city, and de- dicated to the founder of the Knox hat. Every knows Foiton street and B miversal passport to good sel fe epeaks divcreditably for the Jndgme ying claim to taste in matters of dress. Hie epring style is now ready Hatws.—What Hatter can say that his Hats Tecalves the sesurances t HALL, in fe treet? tie er ruperi thio, 413 Broadw: Géntn's Spring Styles of Gentlemen's Hats of th as GENES, 214 Broadway, opposite toh. Photograph Port: atts, fb, a un Pe t tiflly’ ex seople double acting cameras. lors, for §2, $3, conte; storeene led, with Motte’ seates- Tepot of art, 29 Broadway