The New York Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1855, Page 4

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Agents will please send in their orders an early-as possible. ‘The steammhip America, from ‘Liverpool for Hali faxand Boston, is now in her eleventh day out. * ‘She brings « week's later news. ‘We refer our readers to the report of the Legisla- tive proceedings yesterday, and the letter of our perrespondent, for the laest news from Albany. Both houses were in seesion at eleven o’clack last night, wb every prospect of continaing so unti) daylight. Toe Aesembly passed a bill levying a e@izect tax of one and a haif mild per dollars of real and personsi-estate. The Senate bill proposes a ‘tax of one mill only. Mr. Wells yesterday introdaced into the Aseem- bly s bill. amendatory of the temperance lav. ft proposes that there shall be less than three sellers of liquor in each elestion district, and that ons hal’ the penalty ivflictei for violations of the law shall be paid to the informer. Mr. O’Keefe has -intro- duced a repeal bill. The Senate did not meet ix executive ssasion yes- “terday. On Monday, George Woodman, Richard T. Emmett, snd Wyxooop Packard, were confirmed as Reta: ies public for this city. Yesterday the Canal SO Martinique. Tt was said the sdmiiral * ssenaeq visiting Barbadzes previous to returo’ o¢ ¢5 Bor. muda, The ship William, from Eo- ‘gland, had ar- rived with 300 convicts, who haz? ben gent ont t) be employed on the goverement’ orks ‘The officera | Buffulo, upon the question of the temporal and men of the British W? > schooner lately wreck:d on the 1° of, north side of Caicos, bad arrived 2 PLormada, —~ murder of police an day in the Cour’, of cv.dence 18 g* ven elsewhere. The trial of JohD B. Hotmes, charged with the Gourtay, was contimted yes'er- Seevions, A Tall report of the Judge Ce,wles rendered @ decision yesterday, de- nying 2» motion to quash the indictment found ‘eg*ecat James Inving, Lion, Hyler and Morcisiey, ‘aopflicated in the asunder <f Bill Poole. A motion teadmit the priseners to Dail will probably be made @ad argued on Thursday. ‘Terence Handli, alias‘Hammon4, tried in the Court of Oyer and Wermimer for the murder of his wife, was yestcrdsy found<zuilty of manslaughter im the second degree. ‘Whe Alleged Reprisws against Spain, A.goed deal of noise ie being made by the friends and orgavs of the administration in re- ference to the eupposed designs of the President ‘on the Spanish men-of-war which molest Ameri- can vessels, It is said that the Preeid-nt, roused by the continwed affronts offered to our Southern steamers,-has sent a squadron to sea with orders to eruise on the track of “these steamers, and, in case of a repetition ot the outrage, to fire into the aggreseor. We do not believe a word of it. ‘The administration are quite valiant when their foe is a petty mise- rable feeble city like Greytown: but they have not the pluck to beard the Spanish or-even the Cuban authorities. Until we hear that a Spa. nish man-of-war has been actually fired upon by an American ship, and that in purzuance of the President’s orders, we shall adhere to the ficm persuasion that, even were Spanish insults twice as grave, and the injuries inflicted on American eommerce twice as serious, neither the Presi- dent nor his adminisiration would venture to assume the responsibility of reteliating. Words are their trade,"not acts. There was a time, not many years ago, and not under one of our great Presidents either, when a different course would have been par- sued. When Mr. Polk heard that privateers were fitting out in Cuba to cruise against Ame- rican commerce, he sent a special-envoy to the Governor or Captain General of the island to | point out that such acts were in direct contra- Beard .appointed William J. Gernwall, Esq, of | Cayuga, Auditor, in place of Marius Schoonmaker. Mr. C. bas recently held the office of Canal Ap- raiser. ‘The one hundred days for which our Solons at Albany can receive pay terminate today; and, io view of the rapii manner in which legislative busi- vmens has been transacted for the past week orten @eys, we indulge in the hope that those pestileat fellows will adjou-n to-night, and cach and all of them sepeir forthwith to their several homes. And we ‘rust that they wiii henceforth devote their energies to useful occupations, however irksome the task, Jeaving politics and legislation to those better qua- ¢ lfled for such pursuits. It is possible, however, ‘that the session wili be continued until Friday, asa efficent number of mémbers to form a quorum can easily be found who have jobs unfiaiahed oa hand ‘that will readily net a “good day’s pay for a goud Aay's work.” ‘The temperance people had a grand glorification meeting at the Tabernacle Jast night, to exchange Helicitstions on the paisege ahd siguing by the Goverror of the p:chibitery Hquor bi'l. It was very largely attended. The meeting was orderly, and there was not the least exhibition of hostility evinced on the part of any of the audience, show- img that @here was no disposition on the part of ‘the liquor dealers to interfere with the prossed- fmge There was tke uenal diaplay of rhetoric, with a little more then the usual disregard of Rpopriety. We give a report of the procesii: In our police reports will be found an interesting account of the capture ef the alleged accomplice of Moll Hodges in the bate robbing of $3,000 from a German merc’ ant, in a house of ill fame, in Daane etree’, in this city. Also, a complaint made for an aBeged attempt to procure abortion on ths person ef's gis) named Aana Neason, by parties residing im Bleecker street. = Oaing to its having be:m packet day yesterday flor the Cunard steamer, to saii from Boston to-day, the cotton market was less animated. The sales embraced ab ut 1,000 baler, the market closing firm. Flour wae again firmer, especially for msdium grades of S'ate ard Southern Lrands, with 9 fair amount of sales. A moderate lot of g904 Southern wheat sold a) $2 65, for milling. Southern white and yellow corm eold at ¢1 07 a $1 08, and prime mixed do., ia store, wa: held at $110. Pork was yather easier for old mess, which sold at $15 37, and new do. at $17 75, Other provisions were fm. Notbirg definite setothe result of the municipal election yesterday in Jersey City cov'd be arrived at last night. The friends of Mr. Manners were confident that he was re-eleoted, and tLe supporters af Mr, Hill were equslly sanguine of the succeis of their candidate. ‘The chacter election in Hoboken yesterday passed off harmoniously. Mr. ©. V. Clickomer, and the a eimeoratic onndidates, were chown by emi} Pasjorities. 3 ‘The body of the Geriiei woman #o brutally mar- @ered in Philadelphia on Sanday morning, wae yeaterday identified by her husband,Jacob Schlegel. He was immediately placed under errest, to await the result of the judisial investigation. Our Correspondent at Laguna del Terminos, wri- thig on the 7th of March, states that ve-ses wore then rather scarce {n port, after an unexamp'ed aush at New Year's. Logwood was likely to expe hence a sudden fall in price. A valuable beach jot owned by the United States Consul had been seized m by the Governor. During his recent visit en route to Yacatan, General Ampudia had been re ceived with the most cringing servility by a'l class es. He takes with him into “honorable exile” Gen. Landers, the late accing Governor of Laguaa. An arsenal and several Catholic churches were lately barnt. His Serece Highness Santa Anns, was daily falling lower in the estimation of an overtaxed and ‘SI govern d people, In the case of D, B. Allen and others against the Nicaragua Transit Company, Judge Dasr yesterday decided to diesolve the injunction against the som pany snd deny the motion to appoint a receiver. Cosie were decreed to defendants. Our files fromjBermada are dated to the 28th of March. Rear Admiral Fanshawe, the Naval Com- mander-in-Chief on that station, in his flsg ebip, the Boscawen, had arrived at [Baglish Harbor, Aniigos, from Havana. On the Sth of March, HL M. steamer Motes, Captain Paillimore, arrived | theatre, or Forrest must be passed over of Bt Jobs, Ap‘igve, om Y uyars, and on the 91d vention of the treaties between Spain and this country. The Governor made answer that in his opinion the Spanish treaties were valid and binding on Spain, but not on the island of Cuba. To this the American Envoy replied that he was grateful to the Governor for placing him in possession of his views on the subject; but that the United States had their opinion, on which they would act whatever the Governor might think. They drew no distinc- tion between the mother country and the colo- nies; nor :had they, in so pressing an exi- genoy, any time to discuss the correctness of that view. All that he could say wes that if apy privateers sailed from Cuba, the United States-would deal with them as they thought fit. This made a wonderful change in the Governor’s mind. Jn twenty-four hours, the whole of the cruisers—it was said there were den—were ordered to take care of themselves. Now if Mr. Pierce had a spark of the spirit j which prompted this embassy to Cuba, our difficulties with Spain might very rapidly be arranged. There would be no need of more embassies or volumes of diplomatic correspon- dence. A single envoy, a frigate, and ten minutes’ conversation would bring the Spa- niards to their senses in no time, and wake up the Cuban authorities in a fashion they do not begin to conceive. When one thinks of the aseassination of Estrampes and Pinto—about whom it is also rumored that communications have passed between this government and the authorities of Spain—the deplorable imbecility and weakness of the Executive seem doubly afflicting. Tue New Oyster House Crrric at 1v AGAIN, took the Boseawen in tow, and stemedaw y tor) Ancupisop Hanes on Cururcit PaoPerty — ‘Our ve,rable Archbishop, John +, has come out i", a letter of two columns of twaddle and *excmem against one of his parishioners at property, the real estate, the spoilg of the church, and he walks into the subject with the unction of s genuine spoilsmanu, But in all thie long letter, he does not touch the real question at issue, but treats of little peccadil- loes and mistakes of his parishioner which, as @ gocd shepherd over his flock, the Archbishop |. should have forgiven, or declinefl to expose to the workd. We suspect that this manifesto is intended to operate upon the mind of Gov- ernor Clark in behalf of the veto. power ; but we are afraid that the Governor dare not go to that extremity, however anxious he mey be, in bebalf-of Mr. Seward, to conciliate the learned political prelate. The policy of this bill ap- plies to all churches, ard giving'the control of their property jointly to their clergy and lay- men is correct, A similar bill has just passed the Pennsylvania Legislature, and we doubt net the principle, in the end, will be established fbrougheut the country. According to the census returns of 1850, the property of the various churches of the United States amounts to something over eighty mil- lions of dofiars. Of this aggregate, th: Ca- tholic church temporalities amount to between eight and nine millions—say nine—of which three millions worth, perhaps, are located in this State. This is the amoant of spoils, therefore, which the Legislature proposes to take from the supreme custody of thé <Aelibisbop and the Pope, and to place copjointly in the hands of the clergy and the laity, Quite a revolution in the pub- lie min@ was effected on this subject during the late absence of the Archbishop.at Rome: Pity he staid there co long. Yet why should ‘he complain? Having gained the great cardi- nal declaration of the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin, heecan well afford to lore two or three millions of dollare. Why sbould ‘he lament this filthy lucre? Let him “lay up his treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves :do not break through and steal.” “Search the Scriptures.” ‘Drcuine or THE ANTI-SLAvERY SENTIMENT. — The anti-slavery newspaper published at Wash- ington complains of losing subscribers in conse- quence of the inroads made upen their list by the Koow Nothing movement. Other anti- slavery journals and interests have lately been beard to utter similar complaints. Indeed, the great anti-slavery movement, originated by Senator Seward after the passage of the Nebraska bill, seems to have reached its eulmi- nating point long ago, and to be receding fast. All the inflammable materiels for an anti- elavery organization have dinected their steps towards the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, There they bave been met by fierce hov-headed antagonists from the South, and the battle has begun. The rest of the Union happily rid of the agitators, they are welcome to fight it out in the Territories, np ® desperate battle once a year and pubM@i"regular lists of killed and wounded in ordef to excite the syfmpathy of either party. The anti-slavery excitement which grew out of the compromises of 1850, did not lest eighteen months; the Nebraska excitement is pot destined toa longer period of existence. Tae Massacuvsetts Nunnery ComMirrer.— According to the testimony of the Lady Supe- rior of the Roxbury Catholic School of the Sisters of Charity, the Massachusetts Legisla- tive Committee of Inspection have good cause to be heartily ashamed of their conduct at that inetitution, as they appear to be. Their in- quiry into the facts and the proofs thus obtain- ed show that this visiting committee acted neitber as gentlemen nor Christians. Their conduct was not only unlawful and unmapner- ly, but a violation of the principles of even common decency. The Know Nothings of -—The appearance of Mr. Forrest in the charac- | Massachusetts must do better than this or they ter of Richard the Third, the other evening, has | will be repudiated by their brethren in other brought down the oyster house critic of the Tribune in @ most terrific onslaught of fustian States, as bogus members of the Order. The Roxbury committee should be compelled to chop-logic, pedantic rigmarole, indignation and | finish their tour of convent and Catholic school disgust. For instance, this amiable critic, Henry, sage it was ‘a butcher-like operation,” executed with “a droll waggery, in order to work upon the passions of the audience,” and that upon returning and plunging his sword again into his prostrate victim, the actor ap- peared to be “slyly coquetting with his blade, just as a hangman would, to please the crowd who cheered his execution, draw the cord again round the neck of the strangulated man, and sport with it, to win another shoat.”’ The critic coolly winds up his review by pronounc- ing Mr. Forrest’s Richard as “but one more added to the glaring proofs he has given of his inability rigktly to conceive or personate the creations of Shakspeare’s genius,” Who is this terrible fellow that thus pertina- ciously insists in setting aside the verdict of the jury concerning Mr. Forrest’s Shakspearian representations? He is from the Macready side of the Atlantic. He has come over to finish up the unfinished work of Macready, in the expulsion of Forrest to the Bowery. We understand that this redoubtable critic is 4 younger son of g British noble fymily-_j)y¢ be bes gerved some sid years in Parlia- Ynent—that he has flourished in London as a lion at the West Ead; a sort of autocrat at the theatres and operas, and quite a@ much a critic of the fair sex, and a judge of real Madeira, fast horses and fox hounds. We are farther in- formed that he stands within but two or three removes from a place in the peerage, but that hfs aspirations lie in a different channel. His real bnsiness in the United States is said to be the study of the mysteries of American de. mocracy, so that in the event of popular re- yolt in England against kings, lords, commons and clergy, he may retura there and play the part of Mirabeau to his astonished countrymen. From the very fact that he has gone into the political college of the Tribune office to com- plete his democratic studies, and from the oc- casional confessions of his criticisms, it is evi- dent that this gentleman is an abolitioni socialist, and @ visionary cockney republican. As « theatrical critic, this writer has doubtless for his model the tame and dyepeptic Macready. Forrest is, therefore, too powerful, bold, manly and earnest for the nerves of this dainty gen- tleman from Belgravia. Give him an amiable Richerd, an inoffensive Macbeth, a dandy Othello, a cockney Hamlet, and we shall have peace. Otherwise, for the sake ot the nerves of this critic, he mast abstain from the Broadway the Dowery. inspections in petticoats and sun bonnets, In ' speaking cf the great actor’s killing of King | this way they would be less likely to frighten poor women and sick girls, with their coarse end mousing curiosity, than in the dress of bold and impudent men. Tae New Ponce Buu.—We have « very strong impression that this invasion of good government in thir city, which has recently been projected at Albany, will pass the Legislature in spite’of the remonstrances which have gone from here. Intimations have been thrown out in scme of the Seward organs that the bill has been abandoned, but these strike us as mere deceptions, intended to lull opposition and Temonstrance in this city. If the bijl shonld pass therefore, as we are inclined to believe it will, our indefatigable Mayor will have nothing to do but to resign, and leave the government of the city in the hands ofa police utterly in- competent and demoralized in its inception. Dramanic Festiva, Last Nicut.—The American Dra- matic Fund Association celebrated its seventh arn!ver- sary by a costume ball, at the Academy of Musis, lat | A¥ening. Brretofore 1¢ haa been customary to give a public dinner on this occasion, but the directozs mate a diversion from the plan, this deat, If order that all persons, ladies as well as gentieiuen, might have an op- portunity to join in the annivereary festivities, The #paciovs parquette and stege of the Academy were cov- ered for the dancing ficor, last evaning, and the building precented ® charming coup dail. Many of the moat popuiar artists in the city were present, and the attend- ance was large enough to make the ball quite a profita- ble affair, At a late hour a series of Shaksperian fad- Teaux were represented, after which the dancing was again resumed, and contieued until “night's candles ‘were burnt out.” THRATRICAL AND Musrcat.—Rossini’s “William Tell’ was @ complete triumph on Monday evening. It will be repeated to-night. At the Broadway theatre, Mr. EA- win Forrest appears as Hamlet, and the farce of ‘Good for Nothing” is to be played, Burton announces the new piece, "Janet Pride,’ and Al) the World is a Stage.” Mr. Eddy takes his benefit at the Bowery, for whieh anew drama, ‘‘Jeam Remy,” !s to be produced, with the two excellent farces of ‘Betsy Baker’? and ‘Hin Last Legs.” “The Gentleman from Ireiand’’ and “Paw Pry” will be performed at Wallack’ Museum, ‘‘Fiying Dutchman’ afternoon and evening; and at the various negro minstrels good performances will be given. Mr. Smith’s ‘Tour of Europe’’ is still ‘exhibiting ; and Prof. Acrean gives s magical enter- tainment at Stuyvesant Institute to-night. Cosrome Bart.—The pupils and friends of Professor Gilvert E, Wileon gave an elegant costume ball on Mon- day evening last, in compliment to that gentleman, at the Academy Rooms, corner of Clinton and Henry streets. ‘The affair was got up by & commiitee of subscribers, } and was admirably managed. At supper, Mr. Wilson's health was proposed, with some highly eompitmentary remarks, and wae responded to by that gentioman ing ery happily turned speech. The company did not sep- ' erate anid au advanced hour of the morning. ;NPREL 0, 1656: si ria ee De oar pai THE LATEST NEWG,! BY MPCNETIC AND PRINTING TELESRAPHS. Won-Arrival of the America at Hallfax. ig Haurax. Apri) 10-11 P. M. We have received up to thishour, no tidings of the steamér America, new due at this port from.Liverpool. ‘The weather fs very mild anddark and cloudy. Wind south, Latest from the State Capital. | SENATOR DICKINSON'S SPEBOH ON KNOW NOTHINGISY A FAILURB— NO EXROUTIVE SESSION—MORE TROU- BLE FOR TRINITY CHUROH—TAB ANNUAL SPOILS BILL—THE TAX BILL—PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ‘THE TAMPBRANOE LAW— CHURCH TRNUBES, BTC. Auuany, April 19, 1855. Senator Dickimson’s reply to Mr. Goodwin’s spse:h on the twenty ome years’ resolution and Mr, Whitney’s re- marks on emigrant paupers in the Senate, last evening, was one of the most decided failures of ths session. The coarsenere and indelicate language which he used was ¢ven more obecene than any which he ever utteyed in ‘that bedy. A Jarge crowd had collected to hear Dickin- | son fulminate against the Kaow Nothings. Many sap- pored he would entirely annihilate them, but all were disappointed, Even with the assistance of Senators | Bishop and Clark in arranging bis written foolscap he *could not succeed, ‘There wa- no executive session to day, and no time ret down for one, The vacant Harbor Master for New York should be filled, fenstor Wm. Clark, this morning, introduced the fol- lowing resclution, which was ordered printed, ant will pass the Senate:— «Whereas, The corporation now known as the Rector, Church Wardens vad Vestryimen of Trinity Charch, in ge city of New York, did, as originally created, and as for more than acentury it’ continued to exist, embrace as corpora tors all the inbsbitaute of the city of New York in commu- nd whereas, the larg corporation are claimed to gen granted to the anid corporation by corporate name of '* The Rector and inhabitants r Yorkin communion with the church of established, "and ave claimed to have been common benefit of the ivbabitants from time to time inbabiting and to inhabit within the raid city; and whereas, hy #n act of the Legislature of this State, tled, “An act to alter the nameo! the corporation of ty Church in New York, and for other purposes,’ pi Tanuary 25, 1814, without the approval of the couseil ot re Vition, many of tho original corporations were exeladed fr the snideorporation, and deprived of rights and privileges ax memvers thereof; 5 ration aud oll its privileges were by the ‘said. nob restricted and limited to the small number of the anid corpeeators com- Posing ¢be congregation of Trinity Church and dts chapele, 'y whom the powers of the eaid corporation bave since be exclusively exercited, and its large estat enjcyed to the great ‘detriment and inj ations so excluded, therefore. ived, That the Vortry of 'TrinityfChurch, in the eity w York, be, and they are hereby required to report to nate of this State, on or be enth day of n Sdmindstered gud uey .of the original January next, the number and nai ons entitled, under be saill act of 1814, to vote ual elections for chugch wardens and vestrymon for the present corpora who vote as vom- tion of ‘Irinity Chureb, municants, and those wh church, and the na ying th Piel aise wills in dee ce ntitled who did enc] tl annudl clectious held choive of church Wardens and vestrymen of the said eur- poration. Also, Resolved, That the said vestry be, and they are hereby directed to report to the Senate of this State, en or before the seventh day of January next, the amount of my ney expended by. »rporation in building or in aiding or assivting to build tree churches in the destitute porsious of the parish of Trinity Church, as originally constituted and declared, and tue names of such churebe¥, with the amount expended upon each; algo the number and names of ehurches ‘the eity of New York built in whole or id corporation within the Isst five a led on cach; the number an ft the Protestant jecopal churches situated in the city of New York, in fee- ble and necersitous circumstances (which have becn aided ‘and assisted by the eaid corporation within the last five years, and the amount ot such aid and assistance afforded annually or otherwise toeach; also, tho number. and nemes of the churches in the city of New York endowed by the ‘said corparation within the last five years, and the amount of each endowment in each case. Also Resolved, That the said vestry be and are heroby req rired to report, to the Senate of this State, on or before the seventh day of January next, whether any, and if any, what appropriations ade by then during the last three years to institutions of charity, benevolence or learning in the eity of New York, and the dmount to cach. Also Reselved, That the said’ vestry be, and they hereby directed to roport to the Seu the first week of January next, the lot and orporation in the ber city of, on. istry report to the Senate of this State, in the fir:t week of January next, n statement ff the number of lote belongiog to sald corporation, the leases of which have expired within the five years. ending on the frst of November, 1885, and whether said lots have deen relet or have been sold. ‘The Annual Supply bill was discussed in the House un- til four o’clock this morning. This is the basket that catches all the demsnis on the Treasury which cannot ‘be obtaixed upon their own merits in either house The Dill, as’ partially agreed upon, contains the largest amount of spoils ever known before. Every loater, bully, blackleg, mendicant attached to the party, in this city, and elsewhere, is more or less provided for in thia bill, The Jazy drones about the Capitol and State Honse, ball « tgplac hi moi oan under oe of pay for extra rervices. These beggars are as regularly supplied with extas allowances bs ieteratonte of each tension arrives. It is hoped the Senate will strike out all the extia appropriations which Blatchford put in the bill for political partisanship. ‘The Honse to-day passed a bill imposing a direct tax of one and a half mills. The democratic b yr op- 4 going beyond one believing that if economy used im Superintending the canals, and with better crops the ea season, that the necessi'y will not ¢2ist for the additional halt mill, The Senate have a ill for a mill only, and from present appearances is the standard thet will be adopted. Mr. Wells, a whig ultra temperance member of the House, has introduced a bill amending the temperance DDL which only three or four days since. Many of his amendments are quite trivial, but his whole ob- ject, and the main amendment, is to ‘restore to the in- former the one-half of the fines collected for violation of = Jaw. The House msy adopt it, but the Senate never The greatest excitement 1s im relation to the Church Tenure bill. The Governor has had it in his ease now six days; he is allowed four days more, which cither to sign or veto. The plan is, to prosure an adjournment previous to the expiration of the four days, and thus the bill will fail to become a law. Then stand from under the indignation of the people ! ns 80 cel of land owned TEMPERANCE JUBILEE—THE WELLAND CANAL. AtBayy, April 10, 1855, A large number of the members of the Legislature and | others, are celebrating to-night the passage of the Tem perance bill, by a collation at the Delavan House. The house is completeiy illumingted, flags are fi from tnd bands of musid are playlag and enlivenlag the 6 ai It in reported that the Welland Canal will be navigable on the 16th inst. COURT OF APPEALS. Nos. £2 and 66 were argued this aftervoon. Calander tor April 11.—Nos, 38, 59, 60, 67, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 28, 36, 40 71, From Washigton. - CUBA AND THS CABINET—-APPOINTMENTS, ETO. ‘Wasitixarox, Aptil 10, 1855. The cabinet is {holding sessions daily, but the mem- bers of it are not harmonious on the subject of Cubs. The Navy Department is very much chagrined that the destination of the Jamestown from the coast of Africa tothe Gulf leaked out. The outsiders got hold of it from the bungling manner of sending the mail bags in *Sienry Kondlg, of Penn Yan, New Y ‘endig, of in Yan, New York, and Solomon G. Heaten, of Vermont, have bom appoluted clerks in the Pension Office. The Know Nothings in Successfal. Convmara, 8, C., April 10, 1855. ing * Know Noth'ng qandidate tor Mayor fn yy e meje! and eleven of the twelve Councilmen are Kaow Notsings. New Jersey Town Eilcetions, DEFEAT OF THE KNOW NOTHINGE IN PATERSON. Paterson, April 10, 1865, At the muniespal election, held in this city yesterday, tke Know Nothings were defeated in four out of the five js. Van Blarcom, the union candidate for Mayor, bout 100 majority cver Inglis, Know Nothing. TRENTON MUNICIPAL BLECTION. Trentox, April 10, 1855. At our munielpal election, yesterday, John R. acker, independent, was elected Mayor; Wagner, indepenien: Varrhel; 1, City Metal? seven ity Marshal indepenien‘s and five demccrate. The ward tickets and rest of the city ticket were about equally divided, ‘he License Law tn Hanniseura, Pa., April 10, 1855. The bill repealing tavern licemses the Senate to- day by 16 to 14. It probibite the granting of licenses after the Ist of July, but does not interfere with the existing licenses. It bas to be returned to the House, im consequence of amendments. Massachusetts, THE MASSACHUSETTS LIQUOR BILL—THE VERMOBT AND MASSACHUSETTS RAILROAD COMPANY, , April 10, 1855, The Senate bas called back the liquor bill the Secretary of State’s office, where it bad been sent for engrossment, it having been discovered that the ohair- man of the committee on the subject and interlined certain of which Dearing, the a 4" Avanta, ? i 3 i 4 LARGE FIRE IN ST. LOUIS. Sr. Lovis, Apri! 10, 1555, A fire broke out here between 9 o'clock thi morning, in the hemp of Messrs. Doaglacs & ‘Beer, on Chouteau avenue, and it raged with such vio- in minutes the ‘became & mass of v0 The is estimated at $80,000, The ‘n@rance | about $43,500 The origin of the fire is unknown. FIRE AT UTICA. Unioa, N. ¥., April 10, 3) The bakery of Owen Risharde & Co., ln thie ty, was destroyed by fire thie morning, and t ‘ning dwell. were considerably damag:d. rte Yordaly oewred, 7 | portance wae trensact.d — The Pceping Tom of the Massachusetts r Rowwow, Aptil 16, 1555. The Legislative Spectal Committee, appotnte! to inves- tigate the charges against tre Nunnery Committee, held an adjourned meeting at the ftate House this moraing, At the opening of the meeting, the cha‘rman, Mr. Car- penter, of the Senate, stated that be was absent from Senate board at the time of his appeintment on the committee, and as he was a party directly interested im the investigation, be deemed it to be his duty to decline verving, which he should do on the opening of the Senate. He therefcre called upon Mr. Griffin, of Charlestown, of the House, to take the chair. The committee had aum- moned the ladies connested with the school at Roxbury, ope of whom, the Lady Superior, Mary Aloysia, was pre- ren! the opening of the meeting. ‘The Lady Superior was acsompanied by Samuel May, Eeq., who stated that she had with her a statement of the traneaction, signed by five ladies who preside over ‘the school, ‘The Sergeant at-Arms them administered an oath to the Lady Superior, after which the statoment was resd by the cliairman of the committee. The statement is mainly the tame as that published in the Advertiser. The committee then,proceeded to an examination of the Lady Superior, who testified as follo Tebould judge that the committee numbered about twenty individuals; 1 attenced them in their examina- tion of the house; ons of the committee, who gave his name as Mr. Evans, turned after the others had lett aad told me he was once # Catholic in St. Mary’s Church, Baltimore, and tha’ he desired to return to the chureb; he asked ine if I would give him permission to visit me, taying hy would like to have some pleneant coaversatioa with me; I declined giving him permlasioa; he aaked if ‘the bishop would object to bis visiting me; I tuld him be would not, though we received but few visitera; he shook hands with me twice avd appeared very familiar; 1 was much offended at nis condact then, an feel more indig- pant every time I think of it; I told the comm ttee when they entered the room thata lady was sick; when the members of the committee eatere 1 her chamber I was pre- sent; they bent so closely to her that sh has since stated that she felt their breath: [ had previously desired the pa- tient to remain quiet, as if asleep, if the eommittae enter- ed; while I was conduc:ing » part cf the committee, other members of it were going about the house by them selves, examining the closets, sinks, &c. 1 was not pro- sent when one of the gentlemen hala of the rosary. Upon being atked if she could describe the gentlemin who Cesired an interview with her, the witness replied ‘bat she could net well descrize Lim, but that she could recognize bim if she saw him, Mr. Evans, of the Senate, was then introluced, where- upon the witness gaid that he was not the gentlemin who requested the interview, and who gave his name, Subsequently, Mr. Hiss, of Boston, was introduced, when the witness sa‘d that was the gentleman who gave bis reme as Evans. The Lady Superior was then further questioned by Mr, Charles Hale, of the Advertiser, as to whether she had read the articles in the Advertiser, and whether she regarded the statements therein as correst The witness answered in the affirmative to these questions, Mr Dawley, of the Senate committee, then questioned the witness more particularly as to the conduct of the committee on visiting the chapel. She stated that the membersof the committee to the number of ten hal opened the door before she arrived. She had latended to dave opened the door andadmit the committee; but the door was opened before she had time to do so, aud there were #0 many gentlemen about the door that she could wot enter herself, While in the chapel, the geatlemen ‘were engaged in loud conversation, which slie considered very improper. The lady at her devotions in tne cnepei was startled when the gentlemen entered, and attempted to leave by a door which she found locked. One of the gentlemen asked her several questions, which she de- clined answering in the chapel. The gentlemen followed her oberg the chapel when the conversation was re- sumed, Samuel May thén interrogated the witness as to the acene in the chapel, but ber answers did not vary mate. ially from her previqus testimony. Several other gentlemen then put questions to the wit- ness, when the meeting was adjourned to meet to-mor- row morning, at half past nine o'clock, to hear the tes- timony from the other ladies of the institut ‘The Lady 8u, r was accom! to day b; ter of Bishop Fitzpatrick and by the Rev. Me. OvBri “News from Brazil. Baxrimong, April 10, 1855. By the bark Lapwing, a commercial house in this city has received Rio Janeiro letters to the 28th of February, which state that the stock of coffee was again down to 80,000 bage, almost entirely of the low grades. An ac- tive demand during the last few days led toa rapid ad- ‘vance, icularly in the better graces, the lower quali- ties not being so much affected. Good-firsts and pe. rior selections, 41/400 to 41460; superior, 41/600 to 4/600; tnd lots, 31050 10 44200. the Lapwing made the out in 26 days, and home in'85 cays, absent ‘14 days. Arrivals of Steamers, THE SOUTHERNER AT CHARLESTON. CHARLESTON, April 10, 1855. 3 ‘The steamship Southerner, Capt. Ewing, from . Thomas York, arrived here at 9 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning. THE AUGUSTA AT SAVANNAH. The steamship A poner Faye Pod f e steamship Augusta arrived here after a of sixty hours from New York, with all on board well” The Derelict Ship James Chester. Sautrmore, April 10, 1355. Capt. White, of the ship James Chester, has arrived in this city. He denies all knowledge of the auger holes, and says that the vessel was wate: when she.was abandoned. ‘The underwriters here received this afternoon from Wilinington a copy of the affidavit made by two of the cxew of the ship. It is alleged that the ir boles were bored by the ee cae ae and thet there was 0: poe tee yd Gd - nin; the y a the crew si @ captain’s when tl were offered by him a hundred dollars to do #0. rite The underwriters have Rig to the District Attor- ney for a writ to arrest Capt. White on the statement of one of the crew that there were but thirteen inches of water in the hold when she was abandoned. He also states that the fresh water on board of her was good, and that there was plenty, and that the crew were well. The log book hat there wero seven feet of water in before she was al her, and th was water logged a. doned. Capt. White denies all knowledge of the auger oles. Philadelphia Money Market, &c. PHILADELPHIA, April 10, 1855, Our money market has undergone no change, Stocks were dull at the first board at the following rates :— Reading Railroad, 43; Morris Canal, 143; Inland Railroad, 165; Pepnsylvania State b's, 863/. A despatch in yesterdsy’s Bulletin announced the death of Robert M. Riddie, of the Pittsburg Journal; but it wana mistake, his brother, Johm 8. Riddle, of this city, having died while on a visit to Pittsburg. Markets: NEw ORLEANS, April 9, 1855. ngs Peg d was received over jonal line, and published here on aturday at The advices in regard to cotton caused a firm in the market, and gave prices an upward ten- the sales before the publication of the news ited to 4,000 bales, The receipts at all the Sonth- ern ports up to this time, as compared with those of last year, fal) short 255,000 bales. Cnanteston, April 9, 1855. Our cotton market is firm, The sales tor last three sue foot up 6,750 bales, at prices ranging from 7c. a 1¢¢. Olly Intelligence. Tur Sack OF ASBLAND.—The anniversary of the birth- day of Henry Clay will be celebrated to-morrow evening, et the Metropolitan Hotel, by a banque! of more than ordinary splendor of attractions as to condiments, and of interest as to orations. The whig movements for the Presidential election of '66 will be partly developed by the speakers on the occasion, amongst whom will be ex-President Fillmore, Hom J. P. Kennedy, the Rey, Mevars, Osgood, Chapin, and others of the good “old Harry Clay ”’ fraternity. Saux ov Foxstrcre tT THe Brxvoort House —The re- ceiver’s sale, by Simeon Draper, of the elegant furniture (im one lyt) in the Brevoort House, corner of Tenth strect and Fifth avenue, was held yesterday. The first cont of the furniture was $100,000, The sale commsneed ‘ 5 z by Josey 8 Eaq., at $20,160, bs Ba Hage La nd tinued, solely eee tat Mowat te ‘A. T. Stewart, at $28,100, Tur Assoctariontsts—A Cornection.—In speaking, the other day, of the meeting of Axsociationista, or Fourier- iste, we inadvertently identified rd with the Leagae, repeaters bat? Svat ea up-town population are pre- paring for s great popalar demonstration in favor of erecting the new City Hall on Madison square, or some town locality, within reach of who ‘a and "ine should receive the beset of pty t, The Academy of Music i; Sort on of auilinaly 30 ve the place ¢f the proposed ‘nen City Politics. YOUNG MEN'S DEMOCRATIC HARD SELL. Commirren. The regular monthly meéting of this committee was held last evening, at No, 596 Broadway. Mr. James Parber occupied the chair, and John King and Arthur D. Creighton officiated aa secretaries. No business of im- Messrs. God’ray 0. Guather, Neil Hewson, Joun King, Ed. M. Robidson and Jonas M Phillipe were apyointea » committee to confer with a similar one appe'uted bythe Vid Men's General Com- mittee, to draft resoluticne with regard to the polisy of the adm'b stuaion, Adjourned to meet Apri! a, ~ ‘The General Ratlread ny The fret meeticg of the Railroad: Cop Othe ite ftw enitled “the “semerai Rasleoed- Ae-- seciution,” wae hell 19%, aie) in the Astor House. The object o: tnis body M8 nec for@in the axtaces of sath ciation, 1s the promotien of the interests uf the vailroaa corporations represented therein, by giving tocach the expressicn of all prepared and digested by the combined counsil of their representatives. The wwjects for ite consideration are stated to be as follews>— jen: BE sendeireeyntocpeanny 2. Discipline. economy, proper di of dat; and minul constant superintendence of covery ment of railroad business. & Adequate remuneration’ for railrosd servies, by # just sepneneation for trausportation of cumenzere aud 3 annitillation of all perquisites reosived by em- Plo) ¢, and all other abuses, ». Boor le GA eeueral retrenchment ond reform, thes railroads may as be instatuei “ane eting was walled to order by the Presideat, Mr. ame a Myre Spe hing va of - ay ‘. read and Transportation Gon} |. Blate! Enq,, Vico Prpaideat of the Herlata Rauirad, tial ¢: as secretary. There were avout tea Alter organizing the meeting, the the following remarts:— Cnaseembling under this sew organization, it is a sud— ject of sincere congratulation, that since our lass meetiaz, ‘the railroads in our connection have paseeil tugough the most inclement period of the year, and eve overcome the expotures and obstacks of the wimter, with the avoidence of serious accitenw, and swith nig- nal success in their operations. Leber a we wii it rew testimony to the ure fulaces of sai ‘s, and tacir active instrumentality in carzying on the of busi- iety at large; hence the moss perfect their mutual pation to the advancement ef each other, the preater will be the welfare of both; amd it is highly satirfactory to witness the closer coafacrailty to public convenience on the part of railroads, aod the* favorabie yegurés which are reciprocated will con- tinve to suggest improvements until our railroad sy. tem shall become su ictra woven with the movements of the [va a el form ae fer gored part of the machiner, uman action and progress, per. forming. ite werk with such certainty and talline. mity as to render its agency reliable smd miepenaadle, In tke prosecution of the great trast eommicte! to the members of this cohvenwon, av the executive monagers of the public works entruste? to our care, it wil) be our duty and pleasure to give etiigiency to our ra lvoad system, by introductog all such tmprovemente. as will eblarge its usefulness. Fromm @ur conjoint counsels snd communications, much benelit, it is be- Leved, will be derived, and each member wil coubtleas cheerfully impart any valusble knowlerge be may possess, and give the application of his time and talants in advancing the interets, and promoting the- facilities of the important depertmeat of busi- pers in which we are engaged. By reference - to & published pampblet of our proceeiings, and the aricies by which this agsociation ure governed, the general objects aud aims of this convention, will be keen. Pursuing the course heretofore adopted, the business committee, or any member of the convention, will present any subject deemed proper for considera ton Being now convened for this purpone, it will be- in order to introduce sny,matter apprupriate for: the action of this body. at the conclusign of the Pre- sident's remarks, Mr, Philo Hurd, ¥iee-President of the Hudron River Railroad, stated on bebalf of the ex. geutive committee, that they had ot present no report to mahe. z ‘A motion was made by mittee Le appointed to pres inventions brought to their notice, for the consideration of tke convention. The borer ‘was adopted, and the following gentlem:a t) _— q . C. McCallum, of New York and Mrie Railroad. Philo Hurd, of Hudeon River Railroad. J. Van Rensselaer, of Morrisand Essex Railroad. Jobn O, Stearns, of Central Ratiroad ef New Jersey. aut , of New Jersey Railroad aed Transpor‘a- ion Com) Martin f Lebanon Springs Railroad. bi . The following resolutions, presented by the President, were, on motion, adopted :- pred Resolved, That the Business Committee be ey to on present » detailed report at the next m subject of introda al and coke, am of rail- road engine fuel, with the progress already ma end. as i solved, Possessed om this subject by the members of t) tion be eomtountonted tortie iis C Vommittee, to aid thenpin the preparation of # full report. Letters of apology for non attendance were read from Jobn B Jervis, President of the Northern Indiana and Michigan Southern Railroad; Wm, 8. of the Bajtimore and Obio Raitroad; Samuel. L. Ho: a, President of the Hamilton and Dayton ; Wa. . Superintencent of the Navgatuck Railroad. ‘The last named was elected Assistant Secretary, and the first three Mecano of the association. € ‘The convention, aft & several inventions, adjourned to the 16th of May next, at 7 o'clock P. M. prtcchentvedFirras, Hach lied Marine Affairs, 5 Tux Grapssnor Siaursp —The British schooner Onris- topher, arrived here, reports seeing, om the 2ist March, in lat. 28 36, lon. 62 07, an American elipper bark, paint- ed all black outside, with no topgallant masts aloft, very light, and standing 8.8. E. From the description, and he direction she was sailing, the vessel was bably the Grapeehot, sent to the Canary Islands in uit of Baker, the principal in the late murdesous afay at Stanwix Hall. TheGrapeshot sailed on the morning of the 18th ult , and, if the vessel seen, had nade some thou- sand miles in about four days, which is 4 sail owehenY the frig] leabelle upped to Aho board the ouprie! Lavncu.—Mr. Eckford Webb will launch to-day, at 3 o’clock, from his yard at Greenpoint, the beautiful three masted schooner, built for Thos. Dunham, Esq., and named in honor of her builder, ‘“Eehford Webb.” She is considered one of the finest vessels of her class ever constructed. Her length between perpendiculars, is 136- feet; extreme breadth, 80 feet 9 inches; depth of hold, 12 reet 6 inches, .The frame is of the very best of white oak, is moulded 14 inches at keel, 11 inches at floor heads and 6 inches'at top height; floor side from 10 to 12 inches, futtichs 8 to 9 inches, tops § inches; keel sides 13. inches, moulded 15 inches, with a shoe of 4 inches on bot— tem of keel; kelson sides 15 inches, moulded 15 inches, are two tier in depth, with sister kelsons 12 inches. ceiling, on the fiat of the floor is 3 inch- ches thick of oak, the balance of celling yallow pine, 3 streaks of 8 inches thick, then 9 streaks of 7 Inches ze gt and - square, fastened with colts and treeaails. ceiling is square fastened with iron boits, and the plank- i fastened with treenails. The deck beams are 12 and 13 inches, moulded 10 at centre, 7 at ends, and are 6 feet from centres. ¢ beams sre all double kneed, with under each beam, Dechs are 8 inches The water ways are sided 12 inches, and moulded 12 a. with « plank 3 inches thick, 7 wide on the top o! water way, which extends the timbers above the fasten- ing in knees and water ways, and makes two more streaks of planking on the outside than usual. The lank shear is 21 ii f-om the top of deck; the rail is feet 2 inches above deck, and are each five inches thick. She bas a poop deck 82 feet long, to which is at- tached a house 12 feet by 14 feet for galley aad forecastie, well recured with knees, &c. The masts are all of equal length, 89 feet long, 26 inches diameter, with topmsart 52 feet long on fcre and mizen, ané 54 feet long on mats—12 inches in diameter. The {cre and main booms are 39 feet. ong; spanter 68 feet long: fore, i and spanker fee ef tte t long; bowsprit out board,.27 feet long; 20 feet long: fi tag. sioreom 14” feet long; pole 4 feet long. The Fomel is painted white, and is ornamented with @ headof an cagle for fi |, and hase small neat taffrail on the stern, with a likeness of the her namesake, in the centre. She is intended Southern business. Tux New Bataxce Dry Dock.—This immense flosting structure bas been taken to the pier adjoining the Tenth street ferry, at Greenpoint, L. I , where she is tempora- rily fastened, for the purpose of taking up the steamship Pacific, one of the Collins’ line of stenmners. Brooklyn City News Fata Carriage Accipeyt.—Mr, Henry Radford, aa aged and respectable citizen, was thrown from his waron, which he was driving through Sands street, on Monday afternoon, and was to seriously injured that he ‘ When BE or phi von ay aat tbe is = 2 ition another vehicle, causing the instant death of the animal attacbed thereto. Jersey Cit, SrR1008 acces’ Seventy. alterna, Mr. Richard Hemel, an importer doing business in F street, New 8 of another person. Court Calendar—This Dey. Usp Stamm Disrnior Court—Nos, 13, 19, 20, 22, 24 oie oe ees — ‘Nos, 1844, 2854, 1656, 599, EUPREME ren! fon. a 1162, 1785, 1786 to 1794. x Scrreae rea ee Term—Nos. 26, 80, 144, 110, 6,19, 38, 43, 44, 69, 0, 130, 136, Common Pizas—Part Ist—Nos, 244, 79, 467, 449, 170, 282, 414, 438, 469 to 414, 476. Part 24—Nos. 44, 378, 317, 982, 908, 990, 444, 440, 462, 404, 468, 46, 476, 202, the to rxni0n Court—Nor, 225, 280, 220, 330, ry 325, Bae ao” aa’ ite q, Sa san 352; 356 to 563, 366, 310 to'382, 29, 18, 18. — Peyeh A me si Indeed they could Tegance crowded both and The Smithsonian road will Feceytuon ifr se ihe "pegjon Weduevty ete 11, Rooms may be engaged on abe F torsa. ——E Keese, Auctioneer.Books Selling at en pee MENORTON'S sucthoe tale of boots for Ubrerien atj1 Chambers treet, commencivg at 4 P. M@ every day, vil concluded. an Artists and Others.For vtue, stock and 2 or oe Brooklyn, sow oi de koown by applying at Wd viten ptgeet, Begoklyn, ’