The New York Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNBTT, PROPRIBTOR AND EDITOR, ——————— @FrIcE H. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON S78. Wolume XX. ” No. 7.03 SMUSEVENTS THIS FY ENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Breadway—Ricaaun Ill. = Jnisu Turon, BOWERY THEATRE, Be Baxxg—Rowoen’s Wir BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers ctreet—Jawer Prive — Svirrine. WALLACK’S THEAT 28, Broadwey—Lasr Man ~Boup Dracoons AMERICAN MUS .yM—Aferneon and Evening—Puvine TOMMAR. ry—JeAN Rengy—Berany WOOD'S MINE’ ‘RELE—Mech: ’ Hall—472 Broadway, BUCKLEY'S ‘opERA HOUSE, 889 Broadwey—Bvox- wrv’s Eruioris » Opsaa TRoure. EMPIRE © aii, 606 Brondway—Paxonsus ov Evnora SED SinGE © p SxnAsTOPLE. PERHAY 13 BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, 663 Broad way—Erw opian Opera TROvPE. Ne w York, Saturday, April 14, 1855. The News. By the arrival of the America st Halifax we have received three days later intelligence trom rope. As was anticipate the interpreta. Won put upen the third point by the plenipo- “*entiaries of the allies lao proved too strong a ~ dose for the Russian envoy to swallow. Although the demolition of Sebastopol is said not te have been insisted upon by the Western Powers—their demands being confined to the reduction of tha na’ val forces of Russia in the Black Sea—Princa Gorts- ehakoff refused to accede to this modified condition, statipg that be must refer the matter to Si. Peters- burg. Nothing, of course, is positively known as to the precise nature of the divagreement, as the NEW. YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1855. truss the dr,¢y of receiving letters and packages of this kin@,, as the Post Office Department ‘is often Unjust sy blamed, and the clerks put to no little an- ROY ance by being suspeoted of purloining the “aissipg money. ‘The Legislature was sill in session at 12 o’clock last night. A resolution to adjourn at 12 to-day waa opposed in ths Senate, and a proposition to adjourn at 2 e’clock was presented in the Assembly, but no action was taken upon either. In the Senate the resolution amendatory of the constitution, so as to allow negroes to vote, was laidon the table. The ; bill smending the Temperance act was concusred iv. A number of other bills passed—none of them, however, of public interest. At the date of our last despatch the Supply bill was under consideration. In the Acgembly the bill to nullify the Fagitive Slave Jaw was promptly defeated by a vote of 58 to 39. The bills relating to the New York gas companies were parsed; also the bill providing for an inveati- gation of the clainas of the Rochester millers; ltke- wise bills converaing emigrant passengers arriving a} this port, and establishing a board of railroad commissioners. The Govergor has vetoed the bill to prevent illegal voting in the city of New York, upon constitutional grounds. George E. Boker, Esq., of Williameburg, has been appointed private eecretary to the Gsveraor ia place ot J. J. Chambers, promoted to a harbor maater- sbip. Nothing beyord routine business came up in the Board of Councilmen last evening. The first order of the evening was the third reading of bills, and among those passed was the report of the Commit- tee on Finance, in relation to advertising the pro- ceedings of the Common Council. The report of the Finance Committee on the Reynolds contract waa xeferred back to the Committee ot the Whole. It was, however, subsequently taken up, amended, end adopted in ccmmittee, discussions at the conferences are kept strictly se- cret, and, therefore, we must taka this statement with o qualification. Wa beliave that when the facts become known it wiil turn out that it is on this very question of the razing cf Sebastopol that the @ ference haz taken pisco. We are justified im this suggestion by the fest that tho Ecgiish acd French plenipotentiaries have bean obiged t refer back to their Coucts for instruc- * tions, snd shat immediately on the recsivt of the news, M. Diovyn de L’ days, the Freach Minis‘ez of Foreign Affaire, left Paris for London, where, ac- vempanied by Count Wallensteia, he bad an iuter- view of three hours duratioa with the leading mem- bere of the Bngiish Cabinet. Tais conference is ssated to have been of a moss importass character, it being then decided that M. Drouyn de L’Hays ebould proveed at once to Vienna, bearing the irra- vocable decision of the allieson the poiat ia dis- pute. He sccordingly lett for Paria the same right, on bie way to the Aust ian capital. From these facts it may be inferred that conditions more ha miliating than the mere numerical redaction of ths Rureian fleet in the’ Black See bad beer insisted open et the conference, Affsire in the Crimea remaiaed in pretiy nearly ‘the rame atate as at the da’e of our previous advices. The weather continued tine and the wo:ks were pro- eceding activelycn both sides without, however, spy freeh aivantages having beer gained by eitaer. ‘There was 6 report curzent cf the desth of Princa Mexeomkof® On the Asiatic coast the Britieh frigate Viper had -pusceeded in destroying the Martello towa: and bar- sacks of Djimitzi, The Roebuck c: Lttee was still pursuing its ia- vestigations. Louis Napoleon and his fair consort ere €xpeztsd in London about the middle of April. ‘The adrauced equadrozs of the Baltio flest, consist- 3ag of rine ehips of the line, left Deal on the 28ih Sor the scene of their future operations. The democratic party in Spaia are giving Eayar- ro rome trouble, Bis refaesl of the modifications sm toe ministry, demanded by it, led to some slight dixonere in Madrid, which hed, however, been quelled without any serious consequences. About 3,000 & 4,000 bales of cotton were eold seeterdsy, part after the receips of the America’s we. The msrket civsed firm. Middlisg uplands were st 94 cente. Flour wae ateacy, with a fair smovnt ofeales. A smaii lotof prime white Southern wheat sold at $270. Corn waa ficm, with on tie spct, at $1 07a $109, the latter for y: ¥, sud Westers mixed, to strive in Jane, at 90 cenis. Whiekey was firmer, and closed at 32}2. 8 332 The P. ometbeus has arrived at New Orleans with cers from California to the 24th ultimo. Welle, Fargod Co. k bad resamed payment, aud Page, Bacon od resuming on the 29in. With rea- that had fatled there were sgaln vecommencing business, 7 eof @)l kinds wasin ap extremely depressed state, but the prospects of the miners had improved, promised an sbundant yield. Capt. Co:tau, died at San Fraa- Crops C'ECO On bbe 23d. oCrescent City yesterday at ana It fo the 8ib dust at he claims todo r the Jast eight or years. Senor Yena- puticemsnt on board the pri ithe, by the garrote,of thee inguished gentiomen, whilet many more, regard to age, infirmicy or citcametacces, were crdezed into exile. The birthday of Gsneral Ccneta’e lady bad been duly observed, but very tew perecee, Lowever, atier ia the Piaza d’Armes in order to join in ings. Estramoes wroe femme very touching lines immediately before hii execuiicn, a translation of which is given siter fhe origics), #hich is io tho Castitisa tergue. An official exylasation of the reasons +xisding forthe reeent execntions was published. Several eitiz:ns of the United States were still in priscn in Cuba, aud every patrioic man fell a ed forbis own persousl anfety. The effusions of et versl Spanish cffivers, written both in bad poetry prose, ox the late outrage on our representative at Sqgvnla Grande, wer edingly Offensive, sad thowdbe animus which ac’ a the ruling power towards ue. The Issbel bas arrived at Con:lstten with Hevane dates to the 16sh instant, and we have received by telegraphs brief synopsia of her Much discontent provail © Lomter of sacnee'ns’ & lester to (he Charieat on © srles A. Peck, av Agerricas, anda dentis fere\on, whose family re i reetéd at Trinidad on th and weeced in i Goorlsy, ¢ Geli veration, with so voard 4 The Case of Consular Agent Thompson in Cuba, The government of Spain, some years ago, notified the President that they would re- ceive only four consuls in Cuba, viz.: at Ha- vana, Matanzas, Trinidad de Cuba, and St. Jago de Cuba, Under this notification the Department were obliged, of course, to prescribe the jurisdio- tious of the four consuls appointed. Thai of the Havana has Mariel alone as an outport; that of Matanzas has the port of Cardenas, and has heretofore exercised jurisdiction over San Juan de los Remedios, Sagua la Grand, &c. The office, for instance, at Cardenas, is exceed- ingly important, the number of American ves- sels arriving and departing during the year being little less than at Matanzas, and moze, itis believed, than at Rio de Janeiro. It is manifest, then, that there is an absolute necessity that our commercial affairs at Car- denas should be attended to by an agent of the consulate duly appointed by tae resident Consul at Matanzas. In this way the consulate at Matanzas assumes the char- acter, in fact, of a Consulate-General. The agent thus appointed is notified to the govern- ment at Washington and to the Captain General. His recognition by the last named functionary is neither demanded or expected. He is merely the agent of the Consul to do the public busi- ness of the United States within his jurisdictioa, and is provided with the arms und flag of the United States to signalize his position. He is in no way to interfere with the loval authorities, but must leave such busiuess to the Consul sppointing him. His acts are received at the Custom Houses in this country and by the department at Wasbington, with neither of which authorities, however, can he directly communicate. Iv is manifest, then, that whatever may be the restricted form of the Queen’s ex- equatur to the Consul, his agents have a legal Tight to exercise the fuections of the consulate within the sphere of their appointments. It isa right which has been uniformly conceded — a right not only necessary to the commerce et the United States, but the least dangerous and offensive form in which consular acts could be performed in the several small ports, By aggregating the consulates, the office is maie £0 much @a object of pro#t as generally to secore the services of enlightened and liberal men 4s incumbents ; and in this way the local governors of her Majeaty are spared the offen- sive intermeddling so often the result of dis- tribnting emall men at small incomes and places. Mr. Coasular Agent Thompson was then the agent of the Consul at Trinidad de Caba, Mr. McLean. He had a right to the position he occnpied—and to demand the removal of the arms of the United States, farnished him by the Department of State, and to imprison him for refasing to comply with s0 offensive a requisition, is an outrage pal, Mr. McLean, and the dignity of the Uuited States, which no apolozy can well palliate. If this aot was recorded alone upon the records of Cuban offences, it, might.be passed without notice, bat it must be remembered that Mr. Cross, the recognized Vice Consul at Matanzas | Some thirteen years ago, was arrested on the affidavit of a low and degraded woman, and imprisoned 147 days. The records of the State Department sre fali of these outrages; bat they have never, except.under Gen. Jackson, in the case.ef Mr. Shoemaker e+ Matanzas, been turned over so the navy for cerrection. If that arm of defence and security is now called into requisition it will be one of the first positive uses to which it has been put for many years. The case.of Mr.Thompson is susceptible of no explavation which will at all justify the au- thorities arresting him. His arrest is not alene ® personal affront; it isa national insult, which itis the duty of the President to see atoned for. Ti does not stand alene, and if the remedy ap- piled shall be singular in ite vigor and resola- tiow it will ke a subject of congratulation by. the American people. ‘Lousy, Goenvss, Cuerstiess.”—Such are tbe cpithets applied by the chivalrous and po- lite Mr. Wise, of Virginia, to all those who dis- agrce with bimself upon bis principles, qualif- nd party associations in the preseat ate canvass. He calls them a e, Christless set.” We porseive rginia Senators, Meeers. Mason and Honter, have joined Mr. Wise against these Jousy, Gudiess, Christless ’ fellows of the eyposition party ; while “ Extra Billy” Smith aod Mr. Boyly, of the other branch of Congress, 2 ling in with the ow Nothings, ‘ loasy, ough they are pro- he whoie, the “days of einid are evidently gone, y, Go Spollsmen. Ja this mond on Tae Ricut or Seanca—Wuar Is 3¢?—Some of our self-conceited old style jj are learnedly engaged just now in discussing the right of search at sea, and its imits and dimen- sions. We think that the exact merits of the whole question may be put into a nut shell. The general principle of the right of search, on land or sea, is practically the same thiog. A police officer may arrest a thief on Broadway, but such officer must abide by the consequences if by mistake he arrests and detains an honest man upon suspicion that he is a thief. So upon the ocean, a pirate or filibaster may be arrested, or brought to, with a shot or a broadside, if he attempts to escape. But if the cruiser in search of lawless vessels mistakes ‘an honest steamer for a pirate or filibuster, and treats it accordingly, the cruiser and the government to which it belongs are responsible for the outrage, and may justly be required to answer for it. The offended party may end out and seize the offender and bind him over to keep the peace. For a conclusive exposition of the maritime right of search or visit, for they are the same thing, we would refer our would-be learned but pettifoggimg cotemporaries to the unanswerable letter of Mr. Webster, of March 28, 1843, as Secretary of State, to Mr. Everett, then our Minister at London. It is the American doc- trine, upon which this country fought the war of 1812; upon which it refused to enter into the European quintuple alliance of a later pe- riod; upos which was negotiated the Ashbur- ton treaty, and which was proclaimed, at least temporarily, as the doctrine of England on the outbreak of this present Russian war. The deck of an American ship is American soil, and all unlawful trespassers should be treated ac- cordingly. Commopors McCauLzy aNd us InstTRUC- ‘rions.— Much noise is made in certain quarters about the sealed instructions which were de- livered to Commodore McCauley before he sailed. It issuppozed by some that they were of a highly belligerent character, and amount- ed at least to an order to the Commodore to sink any Spanish frigate which presumed to stop an American vessel. We donot believe it. We know what those instructions should have been. We can tell exactly what the honor of the country end the safety of our commerce re- quired. But we feel confident that anything but this would suit the temper of the Przstdent. With Franklin Pierce at the head of affairs and his present Cabinet around him, a belligerent or spirited policy cannot under any circum- stances be looked for. Those who expect to hear of a blow being struck will be disappoint- ed. Those who fear’a war with Spain may make themeelves easy. There will be nothiag of the kind—nothing but flourishes for ban- combe. against Mr. Thompeon personally, his princi- | At the same time, as it is quite clear tha! a single man of spirit might at this moment plunge us into hostilities with Spain, it is quite proper that we should examine the condition of the navy. There can be no question but the Navy Depariment of the United States is in the same condition as the British Army Depart- ment; in other words, that it is beyond deszrip- tion deplorable. The army is better. In fact, it is well organized: was put on a sound foot- ing after the war of 1812 by John C. Calhoun while Secretary of War, and has remained in a decent state of efficiency ever since. Whence the successful campaigns in Mexico. If war were to break out, it would be found servioea- ble. But, as sssuredly, the Navy Department would be found useless, The ships might do their duty; but the organization at headquar- ters would be found so absurd and so inefficient that the gravest disasters would be inevitable: There would be found to exist the same help- lets imbecility in superannuated chiefs, the fame absurd division of authority, the same blind devotion to routine which, as it appears, ruined the British’ army before Sebastopol. Let Mr. Dobbin look to it. Wuar is Mayor Woop to Do?—The frienés of the new cvercive liquor law count upon Mayor Wood es their efficient agent in en- forcing i! in this city. But how is he to de it? “Mzyor Wood has a police force of a thousand men; and we understand that he considers it impossible to enforce this law of pains and penalties ehort of a ferce of two thousand men. Give him, then, another thousand to ‘his present police corps, at an increesed taxation of half a million to the city and be-may do something. We are in favor of all Jaws being carried out,even unjust and uncon- stitutional laws, forthe sake of the greatsav- ing principle of obedience to the laws; and because the people, in regard to an unjust Jaw, hold the lawful reme@y of repeal im ‘their hards. We are informed, however, that a body of our fellow-citizens, representing property to the amount of fifty millions of dollars, ‘have resekved to raise a fand of a round million, if neceseary, for the purpose of testing this prohibitory act, in every legal form, and in every Court up to which it can be carsied. Whatever, therefore, may ‘be the moral reseits of this despotic Jaw, there is a fair prospect that it will give plenty of work to the Mayor, the Corporation, the police, the-lawyers acd the taxpayers. In view of the consequences of this act, and the terdencies.of the State Legislature at At bany against-the interests ef this metropolis, it.would perhaps.be well for the people of this island, in conjunction with the citizens of Long Island, Coney I«land and Staten Island, to consult upon the expediency of organizing themselves into an independent State, or upoo the policy of hitching on to the State of New Jersey. Why not? Why not, at least, have a public meeting upon the subject in che Park! Exams Your Gas Buys.—The singular anomalies presented by the bills of the gas companies at this season of the year render it desirable that a comparison should be estab- lished between them in order to srrive at some estimate of the principles on which tkeir charges are fuanded. We do not wish to ia- sinnate that the prices charged to consumers are rot barsd upon settled data, and that they do not present a proper and systematic dif ference between the cost of the article and the fair profit to which the companies are entitled; | but we connot shut ovr eyes and our ears to the fect that both in our own case and in that | of othere, whenever on economy of consump. @ singular circum change of season briv al redac tion in the amount of vas used, and necessarily in companies, a’) omy mo fapen. ttempts to | on | » fal man, by way of experiment—and we know of its being done in several instances—should con- tinue in April or May toburn exactly the same amount of gas that he consumed in January, he would, nevertheless, find his gas bills reduced in a seasonable proportion as if an actual eco- nomy had been effected. Wedo not pretend to explain the causes of these discrepancies. We know that gas pipes are leaky and that gas itself is of elastic properties, and therefore are ready to make all reasonable allowances for trifling inconsistences between consumption and charge. But we hear on all sides so many complaints of the serious extent to which these little accidents are pressing upon the pockets of consumers that we begin to think that the sub- ject merits some inquiry on the part of the public. We should be glad, therefore, if those who have suffered by this unaccountable elas- ticity in gas supply and gas charges would farnish us with the result of their observations in order that an effort may be made to arrive at some proximate guess at its causes. ArcusisHor Hugues anp THe Roman Carta. oxic OnuRcH Prorerty.—Mr. Putnam’s bill having become a law, the question now arises what will Archbishop Hughes do? He has declared his intention of defeating the law, or attempting to do so on some technical quibble. It will not be easy for him to accomplish this design unless the Catholics of his congregation are as devoutly submissive to his mandates os Catholics used to be to clerical magnates in the middle ages. The law imposes on them the duty of selecting trustees in whose name the property is to be vested ; and in default ot thelr doing so, the Attorney General will be bound forthwith to proceed against the tenants of the property with a view to its escheat to the State. If, therefore, they obey the Arch- bishop and not the law, it is not impossible but the State may find itself two or three millions richer one of these fine days—a consummation by no means to be despised at a time when canal mismanagement has reduced us to a state of quasi-bankruptcy. It is supposed that Arch- bishop Hughes holds titles to property belong- ing to the church and worth from 4 million to a million and a half: that the Bishop of Buffalo is the nominal owner of half a million worth, and that as much is held in the name of the Biehop of Albany. If the Roman Catholics do not take the measures prescribed by law for securipg this property, or if they allow the Archbishop to maké legal experiments with it, they may find, sooner than they expect, that the State has relieved them of the trouble of caring for it. Croton Water.—The rapid increase of our population calls for an increased supply of water; but the enforcement of the Maine Liquor Jaw will make an additional Croton re- servoir or two an immediate necessity. Five millions more for Croton water. Taxpayers, walk up and settle. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Another Caban Outrage. ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF DR. PECK. Caarueston, April 13, 1855. Aletter to the Courier, by the Isabel, states that another American citizen, Charles A. Peck, dentist, at Trinidad de Cuba, was arrested on the 8th, carried to Havana, and placed in the barracks. Mr. Peck de- clares himself totally ignorant as to the nature of the _| offence charged against him. His wife and mother live in New York. News from California. ARRIVAL OF THE PROMETHEUS AT NEW ORLEANS— WELLS, FARGO & CO. RESUMED PAYMENT —PAGE, BACON & CO. ABOUT TO DO SO—DEPRESSION IN BU- SINESS— FLATTERING PROSPECTS OF TSE MINSRS AND AGRIOCULTURISTS, ETO., BTC. New ORieANs, April 13, 1655. The steamer Prometheus has arrived with éates frem Sen Francisco to the 24th March. Business of every description is represented as being extremely dull. Drives bave very generally declined, and the sales are limited even at the reduction. The mining interest and the prospects of the mines had undergone an improvement in consequence of abundant rains, and the growing crops exhibited a promising ap pearance from the rame cause. The most important news by the Prometheus ie the announcement that Wells, Fargo & Co. had resumed payment, and that Page, Bacon & Co., would also re- sume en the 29th. The failures of Dr. Wright aad Adams & Co, are said to be very bad, and there are no hopes entertained that they will be abie to resume busi- the firm of Adame & Co., sre advertised for sale. Fx-bsnker Robinson, had been indicted for fraud, con nected with his business arrangements Capt. Cropper, of the stramehip Cortez, died at San Francisco on the 224 March. No errivels at San Francisco are reported by the Pro- metbeus. Antest trom the State Capital. NO ADJOURNMEST OF FUND, BTC. : Aunaxy, April 13, 1855. Both honses were in session uctil past midnight. Never did the members of a Legislatare comply with the | bebests of a more desperate lobby. Several atzermpts were made yeaterday, and also to-day, to adjoura sine die, but the moment such a resolution was introduce) So in both houses, and wow eight it was voted down o'clock, there is no indication of the precise time when this unexampled Legislature will leave the copital. Yeaterday the abolitionists of the House alopted, as the amiable Clerk announced, an amendment to te con stitution, allowing negroes to vote at clestions. 1: read in the Senaae this morning, and laid on the table. If the dictators undertake to run it through the Senate which they lictle anticipate. | ‘The House very justly defeated the bill condrming | they will find an opposi the location of the Schuyler county buildings. Tae | {> he courted. “We learn that werrce, H Supervisors will now go on, and locate and erect them | yesterday afternoon by Commirsioner Hanan for the ar- where people want them, regardless o/ CUuriew | rest of Captain Joseph L White, Peter Ohasco, first Cock, assisted by the central regency. mate, and J. Packwood, second mato of the James Chas. The House also by an emphatic vote defeated the bil! infamous one, calculated to nullify the lawe of Cs eepecially the Fugitive Slave law. The adolt ailed under the vote, whilst the white men abroad congratulations of joy. The bill appointing commissioners to locate coother State Lunatic Asylum came veara failure. Ibe Sena paceed the bil containing the names of five commis- siasers, among them Daniol 8. Dickinson. The House, as @ majority, determined that he should not be one of ‘the number, struck out all the names, and pl power of selecting the commissioners in one mav, aad that man Myron fl. Clark. The party sore on this morning im the venate, and the certaint; is, that the satitation will be located at Canandaigua, It’can karoly be completed by the first of January, 1837 ‘Tbereda likely to de three more Harbor Masters for New York, av a bill to zaake that increase bas passed | the House. A fine jod has heen given to a traveling commi the Senate, anthorizea to examine into thi the Chancery Furd at the time tuat abolished by tie conetitueic present. There will be about four hvairel and Gfiy liws passed not move thac twenty of which are of any publi: utility. 4 Ihe eejousnmens is ex pected to take place abou sight, we ERG, April 12, 1855 signed the bew Liquor law of has Governor Poteer thie State, 3, 18.5, to Loring, April 13 oy 3 tale nen NOD hereafter Noprination tor Captein Fama? Y fp porty fe in, The personal effects of J. C. Woods, one of THE LEGISLATURE—NEGRO VOTERS KILLED OFF—THE STATE LUNATIC ASY- LUM—MORE Hs+RBOR MASTERS--THE CHANCERY f | which wea insured a The Nannery Committee Inv Boston, April 13, 1855, The Committee of Inquiry into the doings of the Nua- nery Committee held its closing session Jast night, which was protracted toa late hour. Mr. Hise, a member of the Visiting Committee, generally negatived the charges against himself personally, but the other evidence was substantially the same as before. Speeches were made by several members of the Nunnery Committee, and the editors of the Advertiser put in a closing statemens in writing, The committee will repozt in a few days. Mr. Hies is also charged with having a woman with | him when the committee visited Lowell, whose bill, while stopping at the Washington Hctel all night, &e., was charged to the State. This matter will also be in- ver tigated. The New Orieans Races. ‘New Oruxans, April 12, 1855. The renowned race horse Lecomte, who is to ran egainst Lexington on Saturdey next, is in excellent condition, and the race will no doubt be the most exci ting one of the season. From Troy. SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY—SUICIDE. Troy, April 13, 1855. A Miss Jones, of South Carolina, a pupil in the Troy Female feminary, was founa dead in her bed this morning. The cause was disease of the heart. Mrs, Dickson, an aged lady, residing on Fifth street committed suicide by hanging heraclf last evening Cause unknown. From the South, LATER FROM TBXAS—BLOODY AND FATAL RENCON- TRE IN GEORGIA. Baxtiwore, April 13, 1865. New Orleans papers of Saturday are received. We have Galveston dates to the Sth. The F tain no news of interest; they complain o! hard cam the backwardness of the crops, and the want of mn ain. Intelligence from E] Paso reports all quiet among the Indians. ‘A fight occurred in Emmanuel county, Georgia, last week, in which three men were killed. ‘Testimonial to Lieut. Maury. Wasmmxctoy, April 13, 1855. The ba | of Prussia bas crdered a great medal for science and a golden cosmos medal to be presented to ‘Lieut. Maury for the wind and current charts. The Ohio River, PrrrsyorG, April 13, 1855, The water in the channel of the Onio River at this qa is seven feet five inches deep, end the water is falling. The weather is damp and cloudy. § The Steamship Asia Outward Bound. Haurax, April 13, 1855, ‘The Asia (from Boston) érrived here this morning at 5 o'clock, and sailed again at 7 for Liverpool. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PHILADELPHIA, Apri] 13, 1855. Money uhchanged. Stooksdull.. Reading, 427%; Mor- ris Canal 144; Long Island Railroad, 1634; Pennsylvania Railroad, 45%; Pennsylvania State b’s, 86%. New Onueans, April 12, 1855. ‘The cotton market is firm. The sales to-day amount to 3,000 bales, Fair sugar is eelling at 43gc. a 470. T Ib. ” New ORteays, April 13, 1855. The advices per the Washington were received last night over the National line, bat their effest has not yet been developed in our market, ‘At Columbus, Mies., there are now twelve feet of wa- ter in the Miseisnippi river. Suspictovs Vesset.—The brig Hope, Capt. Biddle, ar rived yetterdey morning, was boarded in a very singular manver when at cea. Capt B reporis inat on the 22 ult, Great Inagua bearing S. E. 7 miles, spose wrecking schooner Fear Not, of New Provis @, who boarded us for provisions, with which we supplied them. Capt. B. reports their actions ae very suspicious, as they boarded bim with a long boat mapned by eight men, who all came on board with the exception of one. They in- quired it there were any more vessels coming ? what his cargo was? and otber questions, before they made known their want of provisions. They had just got ucder way from the land, ani certa‘nly could not be short of provisions; in fact, all thei: movements were very mysterious, Hore, Capt. Biddle, arrived yesterday morning from Go- xaives, and has placed us in possession of advices from that place to March 20. ‘We learn from Capt. B. that there was considerable sichness among the shipping. ; The U.S. sloop of war Falmouth was in port, having a number of her crew sick with fever. Travian Oprra— William Tell”’ attracted another crowd ¢d boue to the Acadamy, Jast evening. The democratis element came out strongly aad packed the upper tiers while every scat below wae occup: Seats were sol! by epeculators in the street as high as three dollars each, and chairs amd camp stools coramended a premium Perrons who intend to visit the Academy on Moniay should secure seats to day. The op:ra improves ia pub- Lic estimation on each performance. | TkLEGRAPHING.—Ihe Kuropean news by the Wathing ton, at this pert on Thursday evening, was delivered to the Associated Press at New Orleaus, by the National | Line, within an hour or two of the adijvalo! the «teamer at her wherf in this city; and we Jearn tvat the Ameri- ca’s news was transwitted through by the seme line with equal promptness, and was issued simultantously at balf-past two o’clock yesterday afternoon 2 #)! poiats between Nova Seotiz and New Orleans. Naval Intelligence. The slocp of war Jamestown, from Nor‘olk, sapponed for Havana, was spoken 7th inst., In lat. 3524, on. 74.26, etecring KE. 8. E Marine Affairs. ATTEMIT TO ASSASBSINATE AN AMERICAN SHiPMAST&ER.— The Guicnne, of Bordeaux, states tha: Capt. George | Wescott, of the American sbip Adams, at that port, hed Leen stabbed fm front of the hotel Quatre Soeurs, where he bad just deen diving with three of his countrymen. The attack was made with adagger,causicg & deep wound 't side, a little above the heart, and it is feared penetrating the lungs. The ascassia’e nv. Thomas Kobinson, second mate of the American ship Otomoz0, who bad been arree‘ed. The reasons for the attack were pot known. | Tar Sup James Crretoy~Areest or Tar Orricers, &o.—We yesterday putlehed wha’ purported to be ths ‘log book” of the ship James Chestow, or at least that which was presented by Captain White to (ne ownors and underwriters as the veritable “Jog”? of her voyage, up to the hour ot ber abandonment to the mercy o? the waves. It haviog been intimated by one of the crew that the Jag book was written after tte abandonment of the Ches- ton, whilst on ‘the Two Friends, an exem‘nation was yeatercay made of the book, which was the sare that was ended to the captain on the eve of his depariure—a new, wel! kound book. ‘his examination cloarly showed that a bolf quire Lad been torn oat of the first part of the book, and the whole log, with the ex:eption of the first ‘our days, which was commenced on the cover of be book, apparently re-writien, to ni be fioel resnls of the voyage, with its supposed cetastrophe and do- 4 been tozn and the motive for expunging what it contained iv too apparent struetion of the vesse). That a portion bh | tom, om the charge of barratry. The warranis were | placed in the hands of tbe United States marshal, Major Wath'oe, who immediately etarted with his offi in arch of the eccured, when Messrs. Chason wood were arrested ‘and held to bail to answer at a further examioation this morning. Captaia White was doubtless aleo arrested last evening, bat se- c1et proceedings of late im government oases, pre- | yent as from speaking positively in relation to the mit- ter The sailors from Savaonah and Wiimington areex- jected to arrive here this morning, and we Jearn t there is alzeady tome legal testimony in the city wal bas warranted the arreste, and will, it is thought, pr euffictent to boll the accused for a thorough legal invi | gation, The amount of salvage claimed by the six Engl railors who succeeded in taking her into port is aboat $100,000, Such portion of this amount as msy be al- lowed by the courts, as well as the extent of damage to | tie cargo, which letters from England state to be very light, will fall on che insurance compan ally in Toad for $210,000, will be taxed with a large pa: | vage money, and the balence will fall on | ¢ficea in which the ebip was i been $80,000 to $85,000, upon w insurance in the following offices :— i Tasoral Company, New York, $20,000; New York Mutual yanee Ceropany, New York, $20,009; Me ° ; lneurance Com pany, New York Insurance Company, New Your, $5 | Incurance Compazy, Ph.latelpt toa} Insurance Compan: a ‘otal of $80,000 Thy pe taben charge of t Capt. Bryan, recently of te # nthe Asia yesterday, from I her at Liverpool— Bi Police ence, ARREST ON SUSPICION OF MANSLAUGHTER. Some months ago @ man was run over in Hudson, Spring street, by ® butcher’s waggn, driven by a bo; about seventeen years of age, and was killed from be obtained by the Coroner to the perpet deed, and although a reward of $500 was offered for the apprehension of the lad, stil no trace of bim could be found. Yesterday, Sergeant Mansfield, of the Lower Fallee arrested 8 you Gemae, aamed Wa. Wis jes, on suspicion of having been m Wl the butchepls wogo: nate occasion, ‘The. evidence against Winjes is his own confession as to ha- ving knocked down a son in Greeawich strées come months ago. It seems that this Wiojes drove a butcher’ s wagon, apout eight months ago, for @ butcher doing business in William street. it he knocked dowa a ae Greenwich street on that occsaon, but did not injure him pursued bya policeman, in the —— i 08 Jaoob Lang, . ta in almost with the witness that appears against of 265 William s' e told the circumstance street. eet, to whom of his having knocked the boy down in Greenwich As the deceased was a married man, was killed about two month id at a very early hour in the morn- ing, and tho accident having liappered in Hadeon street, there is not much probability of Winjes being the per- 600 who drove the butcher's wagcn over the deceased. fe, however, committed Winjes to prison CHARGE OF BURGLARY. Ofticer Knapp, of the Ninth ward police, arrested a young man named Henry Price on Thursday night, charged with having, in eompany with two other per- sons not yet arrested, burglariously entered the dwell- ing-house of Elvina Bertholf, at No. 387 Hudson street, and stealing therefrom household furniture aad gro- ceries valued at $28. The complainant alleges saw the accused in the hallway msking their fupposing them to be thieves, called for the the three ran off, Oficer Knapp in arresting Price, who on bein; Brennan, at the Second District Police Court, Jefferson Market, committed him to prison for examination. None of the stolen property was foundin the possession of the prisoner, CHARGE OF SELLING LOTTERY POLICIES. Henry Hart, the alleged proprietor of a lottery office at No, 398 Water street, was arrested yesterday, by offi- cer Sweeny, of the Lower Police Court, charged with hav- te! sold a Regt Spee: to Daniel Gilmore, of No. 97 Oliver jt accused was taken before Justice Bo- gart, at Lower Police Court, who held the accused to answer in the sum of $300 bail. COMPLAINT DISMISSED. ‘The complaint in the case of Daniel (Carroll, charged with einbezzling money from his brother, James L. Car- roll, of No. 224 Mulberry street, was dismissed by Jus- tice Welsh, on an examination’be‘ore that miugistrate. The amount alleged to bave been embezzled was not $100, as we stated, but $25. Coroner's Inquests, Fata, Raitgoap AccivENt.—Coroner Gamble beld an inquest yesterday at the Sixteenth ward station house, upon the body of the boy, John Carr, whose déath was caused, as we announced in yesterday's paper, by being run over by car No. 28, on the Sixth avenue Railroad. ‘The eyidence going to show that the matter was purely accidental, the jury rendered a verdict of accidental death, The deceased lived with his parents at No. 189 West Twentieth street. E ‘Tux Late Svicie 1x Wooster Streer.—Coroner Gamble held an inquest upon the body of Eliza Coughian, who committed suicide on Thursday by taking a dose of prussic acid, at her residence, No. 132 Woonter street. The deceased waa, as it was shown on the inquest, in low spirits for days previous to the commission of the rash act, brought about by a quarrel with her sister. Musa Coughlan was a native of Massachw: , and was about twenty two years of age, The jury rendered a verdict of death by suicide. Brooktyn City News, Sroven PRrorerty RECOVERKD—A CAPTAIN OF POLICB Commirrep vor Contzapt.—Some days since the eafe in the brewery of Messrs. Fitzpatrick & Quinn was dex- terously opened and robbed of $300, consisting of gold, silver and bills. Suspicion fell upon a lad employed about the establishment, named James McKee, and he was thereupon tak¢n into custody by officer Stewart of. the Fourth District police. By working upon his fears the boy at length acknowledged that he had teken the mo nl placed it under a stone in an open lot in t! vicinity. The officer «ith of the firm, accompanis the boy to pot d--izaated, and found the mone; Yesterday morning the accuced was taken before Justii Curtis, by Mr. Call, the tain of the Fourth District police, for examination on the charge against him. On tabing the lad into court, the Captain stated the case, but the Justice, for some reason unexplained, refused receive the complaint from him. to go out, remarl should lay the matter after he returned to the court room ing use of the above expression, ani him to the County Jail for six hours. reg A Jury anp CoxsTABLE ARRAIGNED FOR ConTeMrT oF Courr.—Yesterdsy morning Ikaac Thompson, censtable of the Seventeenth ward, and John Mead snd eleven others composing the jury empanuelled to try an action brought by Horatio D. Jones against Engletect Lott Sheriff of Kings county, were arraigned before Judge Colver of the City Court, to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt. It appears that on Mon- day last, the 9th inst., the jury retired to deliberate up- on & verdict in the above case, and no having 2greed at the adjouroment of the Court, were in charge of the constable for the night. Eatables were furnished. them by order of the court, in the early part of the even- ing. On returning from the room in whish they were confized, the conetable locked the door and proseeded to the Common Council chamber, (the Board being then in session,) for the purpose of ‘ending word to hia family by some of the Aldermen, that he would be unable to get away be'ore morving. During his absence the or of the jury room was pried open, and one of the jury- men went ont and brought in a bottle of liquor, of which several of the others imbibed, On the return of the constable he found the door broxen open, aud that the en moe had bern indulging in spirituous liquors, and finding that they were unable to agree, and believ- ing that a verdict found under the circumstances would not be recived by the Lourt, he took apon self the responsibility of discharging them. This plain statement of the case, as given in the affidavit of the constable, who was represented by counsel. Mead was likewise represented by counsel, Frosa the state- “| mente of the jurymen themselves it coutd not be deter- mained wko drank of the liquor, and each of them dis- avowing any intentional cisresyect to the Coart, they were (with the exception of Meal) excused, after a re primand. In consideration of the fact thas Toompeon ‘was a new officer, and not fully juainted with hie du- tien, he waa also excured; and in the case of Mead, the Judge concluded to postpone his decision until Monday - neat, in consequence of some clerical errcra in the comt plaint end sfiidavit. The usual business of the cour was then proceeded with, eentel Scxye oy Excrrament on tHe Hopsox.—Doriog the Prevalence of the dense fog on Thursday night, the §th inst., the steamer Splendid, which runs between Kiageton and New York, struck violently upon a dangerous lege of rocks, known as the “Two Brothers, near Cold Spring, A ecene of terror and confusion ensued; the affrighted passengers, numbering near sixty, ran wildly to and fro, uttering frantic erles, and it was with great diffionity that some were restrained from leapiog overboard. The con- duct of the officers and crew in this trying emergency was dererying of all praise. Not 2 men “fhached from Captain Van Wart, who bas followed the river for more than twenty-five years, exFibited @ noble example of total disregaré for pelf. clerk, Mr. Wal- ter Soott, displayed an admirabl) presence of mind—he went about encouraging the fear stricken end dicectin, the efforte of the crew. Tne lifeboat was lauched ‘and filled with ladicr, who were cunveyed safely to the chora, Four boat loads of males were also ied without accident. The citizens of Cold Spring re a the wet, exhausted unfortunates with opon aris, and i-lieved their necessities. It was now four o'clock in the worn ing, and yet the Splendid had not sunk, Hes bow Jay high ard'dry. while her stern was deeply submerge! in water that was over fifty feet in depth. She was kept free of water by vigorous bailing. For more then forty- cight hours she remained in her perilous situation. Oo Sunday morning, however. during a high tide, the steam. er Eméraid and propeller Marshal Nye, together with the woop Kate. Van Taseal, succeeded in dragging har of e Splenoid has si iooee her eat Het ince been repaired, and now continace. ¢ Great Srona In M "aphid —tIhe St, im that place was visited by a frightful st f mow on the previous Eunlay evening, (ike goin) he She é Tas Susraxsiox Darnur of the 29th tle. says which considerable Gamage was tended to St. Anthony, and we regret to learnt suepension bridge connecting that place wi Beapolis was destroyed. Both cables broke nen: the centre, leaving about 150 feet on each ide hang.ng to the towers, Espenschetd’s Hats—The Great Bem: from the most fashional at large, for his ey riog eason. Sold for ¥, stamps it a9 the favorite o: Nasean street, Spring Styles of Hats, Light and G just the thing for spring ard summer w 4 SFB NGheep all the leading ay lee. nin’s Spring Styles wily, nt GENI atham, and corner 0! Gentlemen's i 2 Brontwey, opp David's Spring fre all the rage ‘Thore whe should Ury one. Salesroom 3 Duane etivet, phere all lemen's Hate brand t tet