The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1855, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON B2KNET, PROPRIETOR AND ED) OR, saepennnnpre sre Te mond. Pork was easitr, ‘WerIOS H.W. GoRNEE OF RASEAU AP FULTON BTS | ae, About 1,000 bales of cotton were taken for Liverpool at 3:16d.8 jd. Offeriogs in ovher artisies ‘were light. Vt ie stated that the Seeretary of the Navy hes de- ‘termiped upon the Ist of June next as tie time for the meeting of the Board of ‘officers authorized by the law to promote the efficiency of the navy, though the necestary orders will nos be issusd until the 20th of Mey. The telegraph yesterday brought accounts of the prevalence of unusually werm weather at all points. Wolume XX. ‘AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broaivar—MicrerTn. THEATRE, Bewery—C anon arp Preuss - Moen oF THE Sr4—Mi.vER OF Wurrsroye. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambere etreet Dus teniove Yaun.y—Toopies. WALLACE'S THEATRE, wnom Inetann - Bory Daacoors Bresdway—A Gesrimwen SisvmR Kare. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternccn- Maw ann THe eax Bvenmy—Fivixe Oorcumay. ‘woors MINSTRELS, Mechanion’ ‘Wall—473 Brewtway. BUCK: " PERA ROUSE, 9 Bro: ~Brox- Wave Reuoran Orcha FRourl sere BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, #69 Brosa- .s PeRrORMANOCES. SPIRE Hall, 096 Srosdway—Panonsuaey Bvnors OL. Wew Yort:, Prideg, April 20, T8855. Mails for the Pacific. WEE NEW YORK BERAUD-CALIFORNIA EDITION. ‘The United States mai) steamship lIltnois will leave “Whis port this afternoon et two »ciock, for Aspinwall. ‘The wails for California and other parts of the Pacific, ‘will close at one 0’ clock. The New Yoru Weeaiy Hunsuy—Celifornia edition— <pemtaining the latest intelligence from al) parts of the “world, will be published at eleven o’elock this morning. ‘Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, sixpence. ‘Agente will please rand in their orders as early ae pos- ‘wile. Notice to Advertisers, Our’ advertising patrons are-prrticularly desired te ‘eomdense their advertisements into as few words as pos- wible, the great pressure on our eolumns compelling us 0 make this request, Advertisers will find this of ad- in language is economy in adver- ‘The steamship Nasbville, now in her thirteenth Gay cut from Liverpool, had not made her appear ance off Sandy Hook at twelve o’clock last nizht. ‘The soft shell General Committee pasied series ‘of resolutions Jast night endorsing the administra. ‘ then, denouncing the Know Nothings and the Pro. hibitory Liqucr law, abusing the whigs, and threat- exing the Spaniards. The-meeting was a large one, and all the big gupsof the party were present, though several of them went off before the vote was taxen. John Van Buren urged the Cuban resolu- tions strongly. The administwa‘ion, it is said, ‘hss endorsed these resolutions, and they may be consi- dered the official platform for the Presidential caa- ‘vans cf 1856. The liquor dealers are energetically organizing ‘Weir forces and arrangivg their plans to defeat the probibitory liquor law. We publish elsewhere an opinion of “(A Magistrate”: relative to the con- stroction-of an important point in the law, to which ‘we direct particular attention. The brewers met fact evening and resolved to co-operate in the move- «ment to test the law; and alarge meeting of Gsr- means oppored to coercion assembled at Williams- arg las: night to express their views on the sub- ject. A meeting of Albany liquor dealers was held on Wednesday evening, at which it was regolved to ‘test the validity of the liquor law recently passed" ‘They have taken initiatory steps already by the exeployment of eminent counsel-¢o test the question. Meantime the sale of liquor is unpreceden'ed. ‘The Board-of Aldermen were ia session Iss: eve. dmg, when on exciting debate took place upon the pending. investigation as to the nativity «f the police foree in general, and that of Chief Matsell in parti- cular, with the solution of the intrisate and im:ar stent problem of the disposition ot the fanerai cto‘! aaa side issue, Alderman Briggs, <he head investi gator, wanted extended powers in pursaiag his in- .quinies, but the Board refused to grant them Indeed, the opinion seemed to prevail that the whole affair was a disgraceful kumouz. Bat it is evident the Aldermen do not appreciate Mr. -Brigge’ exertions—they do not properly esti- matethe importance of his pertioacity in striving ‘to elucidate the question whether Mr. Matsell was born or not, or what cnderstrapper abut ths City Hall bad a coat made of cloth used absat Henry ©ley’s coffin on its journey from Now York to Ash- lend. The investigation, however, is to go on. Mr. Briggs will distinguish himsclf hereafter as he das heretofore. Give him a chance. A special meeting of the Board of Councilmen ‘was held last evening to take into considera‘ion the report of the Committee on R-pairs and Supplies, sabmitting plaus and specifications for anew City Hell. The Board, in Committee of the Whole, mended the resolution in the report, so 2s to read **vhat the plans presented by Messra. Gilbert, Jack- gon & Stuart be, and the same are hereby approved and adopted, and the Commissioner of Repairs and Bap plies is instructed to advertise for proposals for he erection of the said building, according to law, aud send the same te the Common Council fer co2- Grmation, said building to be erected in the Park, edjoiming the City Hall.” The resolution, as amended, was adopted by the Committee of the Whole. The specifica‘ions submitted by the arcni- tects were then taken up in sections, and adopted with some amendments. By a letter from our Honolulu correspondent, it wili be seen that our countrymen in the Pacific are slready hastening to avail themselves of the opsn ings offered to our commerce by the treaty with Japan, by establishing trading firms in the free ports weserved to cur use. Our correspondent encloses 8 sopy of the business card of the firs; American house which has been started in Hakodadi since the ratification of the treaty, which we insert as one of ‘the greatest curiosities as ye: received from this hitherto exclusive ewpire. We publich to-day an exhibit of the shipbuilding im progress at the New York yaris. It will be seen that the amount of the work on hand is of an extremely limited character for this region, and is an index of the inactivity that pervades most Branches of industry at the the preseat time. The umber of vessels on the stocks at all the yards is but 16, mostly of small tonnage, and nearly haif of which will be launched in a few deys, with no new ‘contrects to replace them. Morriesey and Hyler, indicted for particioating im the Stanwix Hall tragedy, were .yesterday re- Jeane from custody, bail in tem thousand each hav- img been entered for their appearance at the tims eftrisl. In th. case of Van Pelt and Linn the amount of bail required wae reduced from twenty ‘to ten thoussnd dollars, bat their friends have not yet come forward to their assistance. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday Mee trie) of Moses Meyer, charged with arson, was Sonn till Monday, and the case of William fenburg, indicted for homicide, was deferred M0 Wednesday next. The trialof Peter M. Law- som, for the murder of O'Neul, was concluded, and the jary rendered & verdi.t of guilty of manslaagh er im the fourth degree. The cav of Joseph Hall , harged with the maricr of Wm. O'B:ien, was \, treusferred > the Oourt of Bessions for trial 4, ie will be the first capital case tried before tha; nut. < "e have dates from Porto Cabello to the 30%) ult, . Nothiog new in politics had happened siace previm * Sivices, Business contioued very active. In th’ Sapreme Court yesterday the jary ren- deeds ve Wich of $15,234 56 against P. T. Barnum, eeing theo, ™*t4ct price of two bundred and twenty abree dsrese { Coystel Palace stovk, bought of Or- vou D. Muon am 2 time Mv. B. assamed the peenideccy of ta °° The co.ton mar."¢) jeilerday was rather quiet. Tee sales embraced » 1921.00 dalec, chiefly taken wp apinners, withcct Chauge “8 prices, Deatere were Gipoad to wot for ieter non due by the In this city it was also very warm, sud ia the even- ing we were fevored with a refreshing rais. Tae imagtmationa ef country editors heve beea wender- fully excited by the haflstones that fell durieg the thunderstorm which eccurred on Wednesday. Some of these stones are represented a3 having been of the:sizeof Shanghae hen’s eggs. As may readily be conceived, these misailes caused a great destruc- tion of window glass, and it is affirmed tast up about Rochester, poultry, kambs, and even calves, werekilled by the failing bail. ‘The renowned sea serpent, after an absonce of several years, yesterday turned up off the Capes of the’Delaware. His arrival was ‘immediately tele graphed to his admirera ‘at Pniladelpbia, ~who of. fered a reward of one thousand dollara for hia cap- ‘sure. ‘His enskeship is reported to be one hundred feet in length now, somewhat less than his dimen sions when enjoying himself off Nahant, half a ~dozen years ago. fo The schooner Surprise, arrived last night from City Point, Va., reports on the 9th inst.; the chief mate, Peter Nelson, a Swede, was attacked ty three sesmen of the Britisn bark Eagle, and so-severely injured that he expired in nine hours after. Two of the party had been arrested and committed to prison. Msyor Wocd hascaused to be manufactered, at his own expense, a silver medal, with apprepriate inscriptions thereon, to be preaented to policemen who may, by the faithfal performance of their du- ties, render themselves worthy of such a distinctive mark of merit. By the annual report of the Chief Engineer it ap. pears that property to the amount of .$2,600,000 was destroyed by fire daring the past-year in Jersey City. ‘Timber for Presidents. The nomination of George Law for the Presidency by the Legislature of Pennsyl- vania, and that ot Commodore Vanderbilt by that of New Jersey, may be considered good jokes for a day, but they will be- come serious matters by and by. .No doubt of that. Since the first Presidential elec- tion, the country has had fourteen Presi- dents, eleven of whom have been -Jawyers, and three soldiers; or, if Jackson be class- ed according to his best known calling, and not his original profession, ten lawyers and four soldiers. But of the regular army Presi- dents, one—the first—was by his character, his services, and the circumstances in which he was placed, wholly beyond all possibility of compari- son: and his being a eoldier cannot be.used as any argument in a debate on the fitness of sol- diers for the first office in the State. It is. doing no injury to their memory to say that the two ethers—Harrison and Taylor—were not men fitted to shed lustre on the rank of President. General Harrison’s Jarge vote was a negative one : a vote against.Van Buren’s financial mea- cures, not in his favor. Had his life been spared to discharge the duties of his office, this might have been more ap- parent. Death came to General Taylor’s -re- lief, also, and released him from entangle ments in which the deficiencies of the brave old .man were becoming painfully apparent. soldier- Presidents does not tell in favor of the army. Of the eleven lawyers who have filled the Presidential chair, very few-will be ranked here- after as great men. Theelder Adams had great qualities; but his was not an.original mind: he loved to rely on precedent rather than right: revered old usages because they were old; and threr’ away much of his natural sense by in- dulging hisoverweening vanity. The younger Adams, an amiable, highly accomplished man, who would have been admirable as the head of a university, never gave evidence of great ad- ministrative or executive faculties. Madison and Monroe, both eminent men in inferior ste- tions, the one a lawyer of remarkable astute- neas, the other a politician of more than ave- Tage ability, both shrunk into very moderate proportions in the Presidential chair. Van Bu- rep, a schemer before his elevation, was some- thing worse in office, and however honest per- sonally, left a name which will always be con- nected with official corruption. Polk was weaker than Monroe; a mere creature of cir- cumstance; fortune made him President, but could not make him # statesman, Tyler wasa trickster. Indeed, the closer we approach to our own times, the more rapidly do the Presidents seem to descend in the moral and intellectual scale. Of a respectable nullity like Mr. Fillmore, or an impostor like Mr. Pierce, it were needless to speak. Lock- ing back, in short, upon the whole line of the Presidents of the United States, there are but two, (Washington is, of course, out of line,) upon whom the mind dwells with any pleasure. With all their faults, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jeckson are the only men whom the Presidency does not seem to have displaced. Differing in every respect one from the other, born, brought up, living in circumstances en- tirely different, they bore, notwithstanding, a striking resemblance toeach other in many conspicuous traits of character, Both were men, ina word. Both had large minds, sue- ceptible of large sensations and large concep- tions, and capable of executing large plans. Both aimed at originality and attained it as often as great men have usually done. Both bad the courage of their opinions. But both, it is quite worth noticing, though bred to the bar, had spent most of their active life in other and foreign pursuits: agriculture, soldiering, letters, statesmanship. Looking, therefore, at these past Presidente, and summing up the net gain to the country accruing from the inveterate habit of choosing the Chief Ruler fromthe bar or the camp, the people of the United States may well take s little serious thought at this time, and pause before they decide on this or that man’s candi- dature, according to the routine of principles. Lonp Raciay oy THe WeatTHen.—Who has not read and been edified with the reports of our fellow citizen Professor E. Meriam, from time to time, on the weather—with his “heated terms,” his “cold terms,” and his electrical and subterranean perturbations? Who that has read the despatches of Lord Raglan has rot discovered that they have in his lordship another Professor Meriam st Sebastopo] ? Where je Professor Bepy ? The lesson taught by the. nation’s experience of Kansas anp Tue Free Sortrs—Guear Tai- BuLaTioN.—The Jeremiads of the New York Tribune, snd other anti-slavery organs, upon the astonishing results of the recent elections in the Territory of Kansas, are certainly very painfel; bat they are also very ridiculous and old womanish. The case is exceedingly simple, and there is only one remedy for it, and that is for the free soilers to beat the Southeraers, if they can, im the number of emigrants to, and settlers in, the Territory, or consent to be beaten. When the Kansae-Nebraska bill was passed, a prodigious hue end cry was raised through. out the North, thet these new territories must and would be instantly seized by the anti-cla- very societies, od appropriated by them to the immediate and permanent exclusion of slavery. Meetings were held, joint stock associations were formed, free coil emigrants were collected by twenties, fifties and hundreds, and sent out to squat upon the fat lands of Kansas. Thus far the contest appeared to be like the handle of a jug, all on ove side. The Southerners were so very quiet that it was supposed they would permit the battle ground to be occupied by theis Northern enemies without resistance. Butwhen the elections came on, lo! and be- hold, the Southern men are on hand two to one. They were working and comiog in, while the free soilers and abolitionists were blustering, and agitating, and boasting and threatening. The last Kansas election, it is charged, was carried by temporary emigrants from Missouri, who returned across the line next morning. But we admonish our free soil friends that this is a poor excuse. We rather suspect that in the late election there was a Southern majority of bona fide squatters, and from all appearances the South intend to possess the Territory, or try for it, according to the popular test pro- vided by Congress. One or our Kansas ex- changes says :— 8 veon of the peo; souri, and briog hogs, &c., &ic, Over one hundred fami- lies crossed last week. What say our New York and Massachusetts free soil societies? Can they muster a hundred families a week? hese Missourians are against them. It is idle to say that if, upou the organiza- tion of Kansas into a State government, there shall be a majority of ‘her electors declaring in favor of the recognition of slavery, the State shall not be admitted into the Union. No fear of that, Having admitted the doctrine of po- pular sovereignty, Congress must abide by it, slavery or anti-slavery. It is too ‘late now to think of shifting the iesue from Kansas to Con- grees. The question is to be settled in Kansas, and by the people of Kansas; and when the free soilers give up the battle there, the South will be fairly entitled to the victory. These lamentations and tribulations of our Seward and other abolition organs over the recent defeat of their brethren in Kansas, are, therefore, extremely mawkish, puerile and ridi- culous. Let the Seward agitators and theif whole tribe of Jeremiahs.pack up and pack off, and thus help to fill up the free soil ranks in Kansas, if they would have it a permanent anti-slavery. colony. Every little helps; but it is useless to be whining, and scolding, and swearing over their bad Juok. ‘Let them either abandon the field or fight it out. Slavery.or anti-slavery in Kansas must be determined by the people of the Territory, and their decision will be conclusive. It isthe: law—it is the con- stitution—there is no help for. it. Tae Nunyery Coumirres Waitrwasnep.— The concluding report of the Massachusetts legislative committee on the conduct of the famous Nunnery Committee, is published in the Boston papers. It is rather long, but it is-very amusing. The committee premise that the-searching of the school house was an out- Tage upon the law of the State—that the “king’s press was misused damnably,” in making the excursion a carouse, to which Persons not members of the House were in- vited; and that the drinking of champagne at the committee dinner was not precisely in accord- ance with the principles professed by the same wine-bibbers under the shadow of the Speaker’s chair. After all this, they arrive at the con- clusion, that the committee cannot be cen- sured, either collectively or severally, and that the only person to biame in the matter is the member from Boston, whose name has al- ready become a hissing and a byword, o2 account of his Don Juan like adventures in the rural districts. Truly a most lame and impo- tent conclusion. One poor fellow’s shoulders have to bear two omnibus loads of sin. The report is very smartly written, and is full of quotations from Shakspeare’s plays, generally apposite, but not always correct. We think that the following remarks of Isabel, in “Mea- sure for Measure,” would round off one of the periods handsomely:— O, but man, ad man! Drest in a Kittle, brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assured, His glassy essence—like an a Plage auch fantastic tricks betor high heaven, angels weep. As make the War Prerry Certarx.—The Richmond (Va.) Enquirer, a cabinet organ, sore pressed by the Know Nothings, in a desperate effort at a coun- ter-excitement, saye:— From all quarters we hear the note of preparation to protect our commerce the insults and of 8) cruisers. ordered to hoist his broad with to the Cuban coast. the Jamestown, sud de- fellowed by the Gyase, Siratoge,’ Susquehenna ant oder voortla ‘There seems to be no doubt that we shall soon have a formidable force om the coast of Cuba. In view of these preparations, we are further advised from the same organ that:— The chances of collision, bloodshed and means inconsiderable. They are greatly ta bd circumstances. The scene operations is pov Oe with our crow ‘semi-hostile squadrons, prim a ing duties of on both, sides. will bo. necessary The first gun fired will slip the dogs stead we shall atreas fri lege es wi umnumbered. In such a cause, stand for the freedom of the seas. fought England on her favorite right of shall not quail before Spain in our manhood, Who fires “ the first gun?” We shall soon know, only let Wall street hold in for a few days, until our gallant Commodore brings up a Spanish cruiser to Norfolk. The Virginia ad- ministration democracy demand it; and some- thing of the sort must be done to save the State. The weather looks cloudy—look out for thunder and lightning and wind. Tae Liquor Law.—Mr. A. Oakey Hall is of the opinion that from this time till the Fourth of Jaly everybody has the privilege to sell liquor, every day in the week, Sundays inclad- ed. Why not? Our Legislature, before they passed their law, had their spree at Blackwell’s Island—why not, then, extend the same privi- lege % the people before reducing them to ginger pop and cold water? Mr. Hall muet be right, Fancrg or THe Miixz Liqvon Law.— Whether the treaty of 1631, with France, which was only to remain in force for te years, has any epplication to the subject or not, itis quite clear that the general commercial understand- ing existing between the United States and the foreign countries with which trade is carried ‘on, is wholly inconsistent with the Prohibitory Liquor law just enacted in this State. The government of France is-entitled to object that the exclusion of the chief commodity imported from France to this country from the chief State of the Union is violation of that under- standing. The government of Spain may make asimilar complaint with justice, and so may the British government, referring to the large quantities of malt liquors and manufactured wines imported from thence. And as the United States have commercial conventions— expressed or implied—with all these nations, by which each-agrees to receive the products and merchandise of the other, and asitis but na- tural to expect that allliquor producing coun- tries will retaliate for the recent law by ex- cluding from their shores the products of the United States—we think it quite certain that the United States courts, acting on the clause of the act referring to the point, will declare the prohibition wholly unconstitutional, This opinion is now 60 generally received that the approach of the time fer carrying the Dill into effect creates lees and less alarm, People begin to think that it will never be carried into effect. Even temperance men admit that errors have been committed which they promise themselves to repeal at the first opportunity—that istosay, at the next ses- sion of the Legislature. They may do 60, of course ; it is impossible to sey what may not turn up in the course of ayear. But the chances are great that the Prohibitory fever will have subsided by the time the next Legislature meets. A twelve- months reflection, with a nullified Prohibitory law banging over people’s heads, will probably convince every one that ‘the experiment is a failure and must be finally abandoned. Buack Laws iv Massacnuserts—That re- markable body, the Massachusetts Legislature, has been legislating pretty nearly all the pre- sent session for the benefit of the blacks. They have adopted an addrees to the Governor, re- questing the removal of a Judge for acting as United States Commissioner in a fugitive slave case; .a law disqualifying all persons who assist in the execution of the Fugitive slave act from holding office under the State constitution, has passed the House, we believe, and alaw placing negro children on the same footing in the pub- lic schools as white, has also been enasted. Now the blood of the Winthrops, the Otisses, the Lymane, the Endicotts and the Eliots is ia a fair way tobe amalgamated with the Sambos, the Catosand the Pompeys. The negroes have several .times forced their children into the public schools, and been sustained, in one or two instances, by the Supreme Court of the State, but the present law settles the matter, The woolliest head and the thickest lips had an equal chance for education previous to this time with the whitest skin and the strongest Saxon peculiarities; but now the niggers are really just.as good as white folks... The North isto be Africanized. Amalgamation has com” menced. New England heads the column. God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Brooxs ArTer THE Factre.—Our sagacious Archbishop Hughes having challenged Mr. Eras tus Brooks to:produce the facts upon certain charges concerning the amount of the Arch- bishop’s temporalities, the said. Brooks has un- ertaken the task, and to substantiate his alle. gation of five millions, he produces the recorded evidence of various items of preperty deeded to + John Hughes, .amounting in all to about $175,000. Pretty good, this, for the Brookses —only some four millions and three-quarters short of the mark. It was cruel in the Arch- bishap to call for the factd where they were concerned ; but their folly in attempting to prove their assertions by facts is inconceivable. It seems to be a fact, however, that the Arch- bishop is a considerable speculator in real es- tate. Can’t he give us an estimate of his pro- bable losses under the new liquor law ? Hackett anp Barnum.—Mr. Hackett has caused to be printed along statement of his affairs, pecuniary and otherwise, with Grisi end Mario, from which it appears that he netted thesum of eighteen thousand dollars by his late musical speculation. His losses, then, were considerable, as he expected to clear as much as Barnum did with Jenny Lind. Bar- num pockets two hundred thousand dollars— Hackett bags eighteen thousand; consequently Hackett is a loser to the amount of one huno- dred andeighty-two thousand dollars, which he ought to have made and didn’t. Sale of Corporation Property. A sale of real estate, by A. J. Bleecker, belonging to the Corporation of the city of New York, took place yes- terday, at auction, in the Merchanta’ Exchange. As the Property was of « very desirable charaster, much inter- est was manifested im the sale, and the bidding was unusually spirited. According to announcement, the auction commenced at twelve o’clock, and the real os- tate disposed of consisted of ten buildings and lots on Fulton and Water streets, Brooklyn, and eights lots lo- cated at Manhattanville, The terms under which these ‘were sold were that ten per cent of the purchase money and the expences of the sale were to be paid by the pur- chaser, thirty per cent on the 2d of May next, when the deeds will be ready for delivery; sixty per cent, if de- sirable, to remain on bond and mortgage for five years from the first of May, 1855, at the rate of six per cont brisk, and wi frat bid was $750, and fr this tt wae run up by & was of, other lots were put up at ee, they brought. hich they were sold, and for wi aners:— "No. al Fulton Jot and four story tat ia'Hlemcs, Volontine & Bergen, for $0,030, 0 onic 2h by Ab Tour slaty ‘Brick store and dwell. vot and livery sta and dwelling fron ‘Water ‘Lot ahd brick building, now used as a livery stebte, fronting Water street, ning the abore duantion- Let’ ied, stable and old frame dwelling, tront- Inf sin ce Tee a haces hie’ cometies ent kings, feos torte tel, 64.11 by 49.9, to ‘Bit years, at per year. Lot and three story frame building, for five years, for $225 per ‘to David Allen. eer aig ee oe Pe eno years, to James Bayley. The fol are the eight lots at Manhattanville :-— No.1, avenue, 24.11 by 12434, for $1,500, to Wm. Dusni 118.734, for $1000, to same person. )% , for $1,100, to same, 2%, for $1,) ~ Rly 100, to same. in to Wm. Dancan. THE LATEST NEWS. —_—— Affaics in Washington. SLAVERY IN OUBA- BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS—AR- RIVAL OF THE SI. LAWRENOE AT NORFOLK. Wasuinaron, April 19, 1855. The Star of this evening says, that immediately alte™ the delivery of the recent speech by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Perry applied for an authentic | copy to forward to our government, and Mr. Luzuriaga promptly furnished it—expressing a pledge that Spain would protect and cherish slavery in Cuba, ‘We learn that the clerks in the departments are issu- ing proposals to look up bounty land claims, and trans- acting such busmess generally durieg their regular office hours, ‘The Un'ted States frigate St. Lawrence, Commodore Delaney, bas arrived at Norfolk with all on board well. The Massachusetts es THB NUNNERY OOMMITTEEB—BEMOVAL OF JUDGE LOBING—THE CASE OF M&. HIBS. Boston, April 19, 1855. The House to-day voted to reconsider the vote whereby it accepted the: report of the Nunnery Investigation committee, and then laid the report upon the table, on account of the absence of Mr. Griffin, the chairman. The debate on the matt+r was quite lively and personal. ‘The report and address in relation to the removal of Judge Loring was further discussed in the Senate, and ‘Wednesday next assigned for taking the question. "The special committee on the charges against Joseph Hiss, a member of the Nunnery Visiting Committeo, at Lowell, reported to the House this afternoon. The re- port says tbat no specific act or criminality has been proved against him. It omits mentioning whether Mrs. Patterson’s bill, at the Washington House, was paid by the State, The report was accepted. A Sea Serpent on the Coast. PumLapxtpmia, April 19, 1855. A despatch received here from Cape May, says that a sea serpent, one hundred feet long, was seen there yes- terday. An expedition has gone in purauit of him. A reward of one thousand dollars has been offered for his capture. Navigation and the Weather at Pittsburg. , Prrmspura, April 19, 1855, The river at this point measures ten feet in the chan- ne), and isfalling. The weather is extremely warm, and yesterday afternoon the thermometer in the shade mark- ed 88 degrees, The Tide of Western Travel. Cutcaco, April 19, 1856. A train of thirty-five cars fall of passengers arrived here this morning over the Michigan Southern railroad. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOOK BOARD. Mc hanged. siete sendy *ebdng, 42; Mor- foney unc! steady. , 42; ris Canal, 18%; Long Island 13) ; Pennsylvania Railrosa, a3; 3 Pensaylvania State 6's, % . BALTIMORE ie he MARKET. offered, 30 of which were 40 left over and the balance soldat $:! hoot. He at $7.0$7 75 per hundred, a 8 8 were in fair supply, and sales were made were scarce and in demand at $475 a $6 26 per hundred. Shipbuilding in New York. The following is an ascount of the whole of the work in progress at all the shipyards along the rivers. The small number of vessels on hand contrasts strikingly with our previous quarterly statements, and there is put little prospect, in the opinion of the builders, of things wearing a much better aspect for several months perbaps not until next spring. There are-but eleven builders employed on new work, comprising three ateamers and eleven sailing vessels, of @ total of 11,180 tons, TRE NEW YORK YARDS. Mr, T, Ersxins, foot of Seventeenth street, has a scheoner in frame, of about 250 tons, for parties un- known. The will be launched in about a fortnight. Mr. W. H. Waps has nearly completed a beautifully modelled propeller for Mr. B, C. Sanders, of San Francis. 00, destined for the Pacific, She tons about .500, is 160 feet long, 2434 wide, and 1234 deep. Will be ready in about two weeks. He das alao just commenced a bark for Messrs, Wake- man, Dimon & Co., of about 600 tons. She will be 18234 feet long, 30 feet wide and 14 deep. Destined for the Texas trade. Messrs. Sura & Diwon have recommen:ed work on the steamship they have had on their stocks for the last two or three years, She was originally owned by Messra. Aspinwail, and intended for the Pacific trade, but is now destined for the New York and Havre line, as a consort to the new steamer Arago, having been purchased by the Havre company. The hullis undergoing some alte- rations to qualify her for the Atlantic trade, She will be five tect deeper than her original draught, and have anextra bottom, lixe moat of the English steamers, and be strengthened by several large extra kelsons. The ‘work on her, it is expected, will be finished by next December. Messrs. Smith & Dimon have no other work in hand. Messrs. Jacon A, WesTsrvutt’s Sons & Co. have two vessels in frame. Oneisa ship ef 1,600 tons, for Mr. Wm. Tyson, te be 200 foet long on deck, 40 wide and 29 deep. The cther isa 2¢0 tom schooner for themselves, Dimensions: Length, 92 feet; breadth, 2434; depth, 7. Mr. A. C. Butz is building a schooner for Scranton & Tallman, of 400 tons (carpenter’s measurement.) She is 120 feet long, 29 wide and 123, deep, THE GREEEPOINT YARDS. Mr, J. Smovsoy has just laid the keel of « large steam- ship for Commodore Vanderbilt, to run in his European lime just established. She will be some 500 tons larger than the Collins steamers. Her intended dimen- sions are as follow:—Length, 325 feet; breadth, 45; depth, 82. she will be fitted with two beam engines from the Allaire Works, with eylinders 82 inches in dia- meter; stroke of pistem 15 fost, The vessel will be ready for launching jmabeut seven months, Mr. Ecxrorp Wns tas just commenced a three-masted schooner of 500 tons for Mr. Thomas Dunham, which ‘will be a fac-simile of the Eckford Webb, laumehed by him on the 10th instant, for the same party. ‘Mr. Jom: Broomrretp has nearly ready « large lighter of 80 tons, for Capt. Perry. Messrs. Hatsawax & Bioomrmip havea ‘ighter for Mr. W. Thompeon, of 70 tons, ready to launch, and have just commenced another of 80 tons on their own account. Mr. Lorton has nearly completed the bark of 800 tons for Messrs. Funeh & Meincke, previously noticed. She is not yet named. Mr. Wa, Coxtysr is building a schooner of about 100 tons for Messrs. Nason & Oo., to be launched about the 16th April. THE WILLIAMSBURG YARDS Are all idle, THE HOBOKEN YARDS. Mosars. Carns & Aruisow have nothing in hand. Messrs, Isaac C. Surra & Son are also doing nothing Total. 11,180 Five of these, comprising 4,950 tons, on the stocks previous to January, leaving but nine vessels or 6,240 tons tor the'new work of 1858. ‘We heard of but one new contract, not yet matured. Several of the builders have in addition, some repair- ing and alterations inhand. Among them Mr. T. Collyer hase great job in rebuilding the steamboat New World, of the People’s. Line of Albany boats. She is to have twelve feet added to her beam, which will increase her capacity for carrying about one third, making her ex- treme breadth eighty-three feet, exceeding by many feet any steamer afioat. She will aleo have two additional tiers of state rooms, very greatly augmenting her passen- ger accommodations. Political Intelligence. KNOW NOTHING STRENGTH. ‘The New Orleans Creole says:—From sources of infor- mation upon which we may rely, we are induced to be. Keve that the strength of the American party in Maine is above 20,000; New Hampshire, 17,000; Massachusetts, ; Vermont, 15,000; i. et ee recat eet eet Pe Jamis, 000; Bart Virginia, 06,000; Went Virginia, 20,- JONN P.. BALE. The Ne Herald =‘‘John P, Hale is of ibe navy Nothing tad ts to be one of the next ‘United States Senators from New pahire.’? Several new of Ohio have hoisted the name of Saimgn P. Chae er Governor of that State. “’ ony * ‘Valerie's Manual or Tae Counc, or Naw ‘Youu.—The edition of this most useful, interesting, and now standard, work for the year 1855, has been just is- sue@ from the press. It is brought eut in ite usual style: of mechanical supenority, whilst tho indefatigable author, instead of relaxing ia his arduous Isbor of compilation, has extended the book by some hunireis of ‘The ‘‘Manual’’ now pub! is an intallible mirror, im which can be seen, ata , What the city and county of New York wes, and what it no# is, whist Sry A count it nite a sat v wi in future be.’ The rndex cf contents of the work alone extends over eight pages, and by reference to it the Teacér can at once tnd out the particulars Gopuested with every Cepartment of our cit; oment, both ex- oxeutive, judicial, te, pre and educational. tistics of population are very accurate. Our police, fre, water supply, and election districts are easily understood after reading the and at the same time the atranger is made acquainted with the mort-di- rect routes ef ingress and is to and from the im- mense city. The omnibus ‘Sot tian fares, with the lunes of travel through New York are shown ata, ce. Mr. Volentine bas embeliished the Mamual with over ent large lithographs, ceseriptive of olden time, and a smaller one is prefixed . tory of most of our educations! and clfriteble institu- tions, public libraries, &c A Ane print, facing the title page, represents the ‘Park and its Viciaity in 1827,” andupon this Herry B. Cawson, Esq., furnishes « his. tory of New York, from its earliest settlement, which is invaluable to either the descendant: of the old Knicker- bockers or those of our adopted citizens. An exact copy of a “Petition of the Protestants of New York to Kin; William the Third,” defending themselves from unjust aeper‘ions ana assuring the monarch of their fealty, is acuricusand valuable paper. Copies of all the ebarters, grants, immunities, and borough rolls eity from its foundation, wil be found in ‘‘Valentine’s Manual,” a copy of which should be in every library. Annuat Rerort or Tae BLACKWELL'S IsLaND Hosrirais. —tThe report of the Blackwell’s Island Hospitals for the- past year, has just been published. Among the various institutions supperted by public charity, they are par- ticularly deserving of notice, From this document we- learn that during the year 1854, the total number of foreigners admitted to the Penitentiary 3, Tad the ratio of mortality on the baer ae sl being big ane oe B Br, et resident phymeian, m. W. Sanger, in report, Calla particular sitention to the fast that 4 patients who are under five fire who should consequently be m missioners of Emigration, Se gE », for b: ‘ and that the aggregate cost of their support the- Jia cmoerans, ‘to $7,! 50, In the Peatentar joa- 8 prison patient 1 ag ‘was 210, showing an excess of 42 over previous. The ratio of m: cent. Of the whole number of ‘treat 853g per cent were caused by debauch and delirium. tremens, and 33 per cent were syphilitic. Of the two- vices, saya the report, the latter is by far the greater evil, more dangerous and far- ig in its effects. Very fey Pern of basa met pecarted 60 the x owing promptness wi cases of diar- rho-s were treated. Every inmate was r watched: and remedies were administered immediately on the first appearance of the disease. Turnove Pappie Waskis.—On Wednesday, 11th inst., a trial trip, with a new paddle wheel, was madein the doat Lizzie, Captain Tupper. Several eminent scientific gentlemen were on board, and there was bat one opinion as to the nuecess of the new paddle, The rocking, jarr- ing motion, so unp'easant in steamboats, was not no- ticed. It will no dopbt in time be adopted The steam ¢ been DRILL OF THE SkvENTH Rvcrment Nationa, Gtamp.— ‘The city Arsenal was densely crowded last night to wit- Duryea, In order to allow the ladies an opportunity to overlook the regiment while manoeuvring, they were forested elevated benches formed, an extrenely been ado " giment. Her father was can war, but, in adverse has been educa' aby the National Guard. tered four hundred’ strong, and alter going the manual of arms ins sllicsctny mcnaats tae witha: uaket, it being the first they since the old flintlock bas tebe ts yin ereelinztiy ‘iat; and Featined at ff reput eon 'aoonygl and reflected no little credit a jant. it would be an almost impossible, had was F 5 E i é i i was the anniversary of the battle of called ti connected with the interests of the trade as may come- before it, and for the cultivation of social intercourse among the trade. The name of the society is the New York Book Publishers? under the con- fo catities te toeaterkin "Aine en cece ee joe ad ; oe ope bat in to the and Bee mucoid eben eee sa ‘z Ss bs A Es ea RT Ex 1 yanton Govene 308 HS 6, 88, en b4b id 60} bo TOO Me; Ba 4d, Espencheid Hat for the ot 1858, saan aw men ia eh ae at 118 Nessau street. 06 ig Sate Bae & sold at the umal low: are the wipleaorrtatttea hae dts fe eee