The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1855, Page 4

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GHINESE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 539 Broadway—Pano- mama or Europe an Simce or SxmasToron. The News. From Washington we learn that Dudley Mann has et last positively resigned the office of Assistant Beoretary of State. Chief Clerk Hunter takes his place. Geo. P. Scarborough, a professor in William and Mary College, has been appointed to the Judge. ship in the Court of Claims declined by Judge Lawpkin. Sheuld he accept, the Court will pro. + gved to business. Te sloop of war St. Louis, commanded by the gailent Ingraham, of Koezta celebrity, arrived at Philadelphia from the Mediterranean yesterday. Senstor Wilson, or Massachusetts, delivered last evening, at the Metropolitan theatre, before the New ‘York Anti-Siavery Society, a lecture, entitled “ Anti- Blavery in 1835 and 1855 Contrasted.”” The lecture ‘was rich in facts, pungent in satire, and highly sag- geative as to tne aims and onjects of the auti-sia- very party, and will be read with much interest in all parts of the country. The American Female Guardian Society cele- brated itatwenty-first anniversary yesterday. This society finds employment for adult females, and homes by adoption for destitute children. The an- ‘wual report shows that the managers have been vary @uccesstul in carryirg out the objects of the organi- zation. The receipts from May 1, 1854, to Dec. 1, 1855, were $10,869 60, The treasurer’s s‘atement shows a surplus of $232, exhibiting a healthy finan- cial condition. The American and Foreign AntiSlavery Society met yesterday. We publish an abstract from the apnual report. A more vigorous agitation of the fanatical doctrines of abolitioniem is strongly urged, in default of which but little is expected by the society frem the present generation of sinners. The American and Foreign Christian Union as- sembled yesterday in the Broadway Tabernacle. Te check the growth and spread of Romaniam sppears to be the main object of this society. The report of the directors refers to the action of the Sardinian, Spanish, Brazilian and other South American governments, and to that of the Legislatures of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, with refer ence to monastic institutions and the question of the tenure of church property, as indicating the pro- gress of the principles of the Christian Union, Interesting statistics of the Roman Catholic Charch im the United States are given. The number of Papists in this conntry is estimated at 3,250,000. The society bas expended $66,361 69 daring the past year, exceeding by about $3,500 its receipte. The American and Foreign Bible Society cele- brated its anniversary yesterday, in the First Bap- tist church, Brooklyn, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Welch. Three sessions were held during the day, and most interesting reports given of the pre- grees of the body in the United States, Canads, China, France, Germany, Central and South Ameri- ea, and other countries. The interests of our colored population were advocated by Mr. Lane, of ‘Massaobusetta. ~The auniverssries of the various Suaday schools were held throughout the city in the different churches ret spart for the interesting oczasion. The day,thongh very unfavorable, was daly csle- brated. A large attendance of children added to the interes’ of the celebration. Suitable addresses were de ivered in each church by select speakers. The exerciees comprised singing by the pupils, ad Gresses and prayers. In the evening a large au dience assembled in the Tabernacle, aud were elo- quently addressed by Rev. Messrs. Baker, Suader- land and Tyng, in behalf of the Sunday Sciool Union. A convention of colored people met yesterday in Dr. Penpingtcn’s church. A full report of the pro- ceedings is given elsewhere. The Massachusetts State Temperance Conven- tion, held at Boston yesterday, was largely attended. A quartette of Governors from New York, Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, drew an audiease ef two thousand persons. Gov. Clark hoped the prohibitory liquor law would be enforced. Speak: ing of the liquor law—the licenses in this State ex- pired by limitation yesterday. Henceforts, ascord- ing to the statute, liquor is a nuisance, wheo Tegarded as a beverage. A case of selling without Beense has already been brought before the courts in this city. In Brooklyn the Excise Commissioners attempted to exercise their fanctions, but the Mayor would not recognise their authority. In Kings county the liquor dealers will have a trying time. Read Mr. Gerard’s opinion of the law, published to- day, and take comfort. The fact tnat disreputable women are employed as attendants at Randall’s Island, was again the subject of di:cussion in the Beard of Ten Governors yesterday. The majority of the Board seem to be decidedly averse to any investigation into the mat- ter, and maniiest » disposition to hush it up, if pos sible. Dr. Sanger, Resident Physician of the Pent- ‘tentiary Hospital, made along report on the affairs of that institution, in which he recommends & change of mame, as, in his opinion, it would then become filled witn pay boarders, who would help to pay the @urrent expenses, An abstract of hia report wili be found elsewhere. Previous to the adjournment of the Pennsylvania Legislatare yesterday, a resolution approving the course of Gov. Reeder in Kansas was unanimously adopted by the House of Representatives. The new election ordered in the Territory by the Governor takes place on the 23d instant. We shall, therefore, soon learn in what estimstion his conduct is held by those best entitled to paes judgment upon it. ‘The committee of the Maseachusetts Legtslatare, appointed to investigate the cendact of Mr. Hiss, made a report yesterday. He is exonerated from blame in the nunnery affair, bu} for his Patterson peccadilloes expulsion from the Houre is recom- mended. A list of the Marshals appointed by the Secretary of State to take the census in this city is published in snother column. These cfficers enter upon thtir duties on the first of June. The powder mills of J. Connolly & Oo., near Ro. chester, exploded last evening. Five workmen were instantly killed, and the buildings were blown te atoms. This is the fourth explosion at this mill five years. “qnap” which has prevailed for a day or two bas led to serious apprehensions for the budding fruit trees and early vegetables. A des patch from Cin:innati states that a frost has been experienced in that region, anda total destraction of fruit and vegetables is feared. The grape vines have suffered severely. The money stolen from the Peninsular Bank of Detroit, amounting to between six and seven thou- sand dollars, was afterwards found in the yard of the cashier’s residence. The sales of cotton yesterday reached 2,000 a 2,500 bales. The market closed at one-eighth of a cent advance, especially on the better grades. Common to good brands of State flour advanced 124 cents per barrel. Other descripiions were firm, without material change in quotations. White Michigan wheat sold at $2 60. Indian corn was firm, and yellow advanced one cent per bushel. Pork advanced 124 cents per barrel, while all other Provisions were firm, with a tendency to higher rates. Quba molasses advanced half a cent per gallon. Freights for England were more active, and among the shipments were about 22,000 bushels ot corn, in begs and bulk, at about 2d. a 24d., and considerable lots of naval stores. There was, also, @ fair emovnt of engagements made for the Conti- nent. The first canal boat through from lake Oo- tarie reached the city day before yesterday, but brought no great cargo. The receipts of flour for the dey by the river and railroads, only amounted to about 11,000 barrels, which did not amount to much more than the aggregate sales for the day. The French Emperor’s Anti-Slavery Speech. The closer Napoleon’s speech to the Lord Mayor of London is considered, the more em- barrassing and equivocal does it appear. This will best be seen from a careful perusal of the whole, Omitting the mere phrases of compli- ment, it rans as follows:— Flattering as are your praises, I accept them, because they are adgrensed souch more to France than t0 myeelf; they are addressed more to a nation whose interests are to-day everywhere icentical with your own. (4 (Appia a8.) ‘They are addressed to an army and navy united to yours by an heroic companionship in danger andin glory. (Re- newed applause.) They are addressed to thee polioy of the two governments, which is based on fat, - mo- deration, and on justice. = * one ‘and France are naturally united oma the re ‘politics and of human that agitate the ‘world, erg ae the Fovek fre the Atlantic a those of the Mediterranean—from the Baltic to jerdiragen the desire to abolish slavery, me eorhepaioe the ameliora. tion of all the countries of Hurope—I see in the moral as én the political world, mee two nations but one course and oneend, (Applause.) It is then only by unworthy con- siderations ro pitiful rivalries that our union could be dissevered. If we follow the dictates of common sense alcne, we ease be sure of the future. (Loud applause.) You ze right io interpreting my presence among you as a fresh aot convincing proof of my energetic co-operation tn the prosecution of the war, if we fail in obtaining an honoraple peace. (Applause) Should we so fail, al- though our difficulties may be great, we may surely count ona successful result; for not only areour soldiers and sailors of tried vaior—not only do our two countries possers within themselves unrivalled resources, but ‘above all—and here lies their superiority—it is pecause they are in the van of all generous and enlightened ideas. The eyes of all who suffer instinctively turn to the West. Thus our two nations are even more powerful from the opinions they rep tt than by the armies ie a they have at command, (Great ap- une. It is possible that the words “from the desire to abolish slavery” have reference ouly to Europe. But the context furnishes very many arguments sgainst this construction. The in- timate union in which the Emperor glorifies extends to “all the great questions of politics and of human progress that agitate the world;” among which the slavery question in the United States must of necessity be included. We know how this question is viewed by the British aristocracy; if Napoleon is united with them thereon, it must be in “a desire to abolish slavery.” Again, the sentence followiog, con- sidered grammatically, contains three antitheses: In the first, “the shores of the Atlantic” are opposed to “‘those of the Mediterranean.” In the second ‘the Baltic” is opposed to “the Black sea.” The grammatical inference would be that the third member ot the sentence was constructed on the same plan, and that ‘‘the hopes for the amelioration of all the countries of Europe” were opposed to “a desire to abol- ish slavery;” the latter consummation being naturally viewed by a European abolitionist as equivalent to “an amelioration of the. United States of America.” If the “stavery/’Msought to be abolished was European, the phrase would be faulty ina grammatical point of view, and the antithesis clumsy and incorrect. There ean be very little doubt but the Emps- ror’s address to the Lord Mayor was the joint production of Napoleon and his faithfal coadju- tor and elly, Lord Palmerston. The consam- mate skill with which it is drawa; its compre- hensiveness, and at the same time the exquisite tact with which everything offensive is avoid- ed; its apparent candor and confident tone, certainly entitle it to the very first rank in co- temporary political literature, and render it quite worthy of the Emperor’s sagacity and Palmerston’s experience. Even if the credit of the performance were wholly dae to the for- mer, it would still be safe to say that its con- tents were known to Lord Palmerston before- hand, and approved by him. At so critical a moment as the present, neither of the allies would take any important step witnout the knowledge and approval of the other; above all, astep on which the duration of the alliance might hinge. An unguarded expression in the Emperor’s speech might have roused all the old British enmity against his race and his nation : policy must certainly have rendered it impera- tive that a speech of such vital consequence should be submitted beforehand to those best calculated to judge of its effect. Altogether, the circumstantial evidence may be consi- dered conclusive in favor of Lord Palmer- ston’s associate authorship and responsibili- ty. And Lord Palmerston as is well knows, is perhaps the biterest enemy this country ever had: an uncompromising abolition- ist, fierce for war upon slavery to the knife, and eervile insurrections; an ardent monarchist, deeply imbued with a hatred of republicanism and popular power; cloaking under a liberal disguise, a tory mind filled with respect for ail oligarchies and titles and trappings; a man, besides, whose age and rank are complete guar- antees for his conservatism and for his thorough horror of revolution. It would not be at all surprising that Lord Palmerston should laanch a shaft at the United States; or that he should use his friend Napoleon asashield. Of course, there always remains to be ex- plained the object which the Emperor could have had in view in uttering so unprovoked a threat. And this, the closer it is looked at, appears the more inscrutable. The United States have no quarrel with France, and seek none. The Powers were never on better terms. To make an enemy of this country could do the allies no good. But f certainly would in- flict immeasurable injury on their cause, by necessitating the recall of their fleets from the Baltic and the Black Sea to protect their ships and trade. In every point of view a raptare with the United States would be perilous and might be fatal to their best hopes. It has been suggested that Napoleon’s speech was the programme of Western policy during the alliance; and that the allusion to slavery was inserted as a gentle hint to this country that it had better remain neutral. We have on one or two reeent occasions noticed allusions in the London Times to the current of popular opinion in the United States oa the subject of xEW Y Se ee ae the war, based on « belief that the American | be too sure of that. Everything dependsupn| THE LATEST NEWS. people were as & rule ‘n favor of Russia and against the allies. It has been our task more than once to controvert this belief, and to show that the position occupied by the American people is purely one of watchful neutrality, leaning neither to the one side nor to the other. We have not, it seems, convinced our London cotemporary. If Napoleon or Lord Palmerston are as incredulous, it is possible that an appre- hension of American hostility may have led to the utterance of the threat which in their opinion was likely to be most effectual in re_ straining the expected enemy, However this may be, the fact is there, and the abolitionists of the United States who, it may be observed, have all along made them- ‘elves conspicuous by their rancorous hatred of Napoleon, will of course take comfort from it. In the course of his appeals to the discontented class in each nation, the Emperor has made special reference to them, and they are sure to be grateful for being noticed. The people at large, as we said, take a different view. In all friendship and civility, they desire that his Majesty would explain what he has said, and would declare, with that frankness which he has been the first of Emperors to practice, whe- ther or no he intended to refer to the institu- tions of the Southern States, when he “ desired to abolich slavery.” This explanation might be made spontaneously with good grace. If not, it might and ought to be solicited, with or with- out formality, by Mr. Mason. A demand for ex- planation, couched in courteous terms, would not be contrary to diplomatic usage. Mr. Web- ster denied the right of a foreign government to demand an explanation of messages pass- ing between the several branches of the State; but the Lord Mayor of London is not a branch of the French government, and communica- tions to bim are not of a private nature, but are plainly intended for the world at large. With a little energy and tact, the whole affair may be arranged speedily and satisfactorily; if it be not, it may lead to the gravest trouble. Gzoros Law anp OLp Foey Journatisa— The newspaper organs of the old broken down parties all over the country, continue to be very facetious, very solemn, very violent, or very much puzzled and bothered concerning the nomination of “ Live Oak George” for the Presidency, by the new American party of the Pennsylvania Legislature. It is a hoax, a “live hoax,” an imposition, a trick, a joke, an insult to the American people, and an outrage upon the dignity of the office, if these old fogy wise- acres are to be believed. We have frequently referred to this sensa- tion, this panic, this merriment and indigoa- tion which the name and fame of “ Live Oak George” have excited among our old party co- temporaries. The Albany A¢/as, the special organ of Marcy, affects to consider him a good standing joke—the Evening Post, still adhering to Martin Van Baren, gravely turns up its dainty nose at “‘ Live Oak George,” and passes on. The Washington Sentinel, in the special interest of Senator Hunter, of Va., for the suc- cession, argues the unfitness of George Law for the White House with the gravity of a codfich aristocrat of the true Richmond Junta school; the Boston Atlas, with the solemnity of a ve- teran Puritan, mourns over the degeneracy of our people in these latter days as a bad symp- tom; while the Richmond Examiner is per- fectly furious at the bare idea of George Law becoming a candidate for the succession. It thinks that this mighty and glorious republic ‘8 approaching the condition of the Roman Em- pire, and that our next step after the election of “Live Oak George” will be to put up a horse for Emperor. Such are the varied opin- ions evoked from our old party journals ia re- ference to the runving of George Law for the high and responsible office of President of the United States. Still, the question recurs, how are we to satisfy the people?. With the administration of John Quincy Adams they seem to have had enough of the old statesmen of the country; for they repeatedly refused to elect Henry Clay and Webster; Cass and others have been tried either one way or another, and have been found unavailable. So, too, with our stock of generals, since the great and glorious General Jackson. The people tried General Harrison, but it was no go; they tried Gen. Caylor, but they found that good old man out of his ele- ment at Washington; they declined Gen. Cass; and in 1852 they had become so surfeited with generals that they refused Geo. Scott, the greatest living general of the age, and elected over him a small provincial lawyer and politi- cian of New Hampshire. Now, the trial ot Mr. Pierce proves that pettifogging lawyers and intriguing politicians are not the thing. The people, therefore, want something else, and they are beginning to look in a new direction for their man. Of statesmen, such ag they are in these times, of generals, petti- fogging lawyers and peddling politicians, they have had enough fur a season. How natural, then, that the people, the sove. reign people, should turn their attention to the great, substantial, practical, honest, go- abead mechanical and commercial classes, and the bone and sinew of the country! And as “Live Oak George” belongs to the commercia) and mechanical classes, and as he lacks neither bone nor sinew. there is nothing, after all, so very astonishing in his nomination by the domi- nant party of the Pennsylvania Legislature for the honors of the Presidency. Let this, aleo, be remembered: Thirty years ago, when the statesmen and politicians of that Gay were all in a stew upon the subject of the succession, the sagacious Pennsylvanians brought out Old Hickory, who very soon cleared the track of the whole tribe. So again, finding that our generals, like our statesmen, (such as they are,) and Jawyers and politicians, have become # drug in the market, Pennsy)vania strikes out for a new man from a new political clacs—the great solid mechanical, commercial and business class of the country. Further- more, if this class have the will, have they not the power to elect their man? Rely upon it, there is something more than a “live hoax” in this popular movement for George Law. The old party organs see it, and cannot disguise their alarm. But when the solid people take the field, political organs, cliques, caucuses, juntas and conventions of huckstering spoils- men must give way. Consequently, we must again declare that it won’t do to call Mr. Law “Live Hoax George.” He is no hoax, but a solid reality. It is said that the New Yorx Herap is using him a8 a bait for gudgeons and other silly fish float- ing about in the dirty waters of party politics; and that we will cut the line and let him dowa the stecam with arup, ome of these days, Don’t the spontaneous will of the people, and just now it seems to be centering, to a prodigious extent, upon “ Live Oak George.” ‘The Liquor Campaign. Mr. Gerard’s opinion on the Prohibitory Li- quor law, which we publish elsewhere, will be read with the respect due to the character and learning of its author. Mr. Gerard is positive that the law is unconstitutional, null and void, and that no legal consequences can flow from it. Thus another great lawyer is added to the already formidable list of anti-probibitory counsel : a list now numbering nine of the first names at the bar of this State, including Messrs. Hill, Dillon and Hall. No two of these gentle- men, as we believe, bave argued the nullity of the act on the same grounds ; and it is eafe to assume that, when the law comes to be tested by the courts, grounds of objection will not be wanting. On the other hand, the Carson peo- ple have published the opinions of ex-Chief Justice Savage and Mr. Capron in favor of the constitutionality and soundness of the law Their opivions are entitled to weight, and it is reasonable to suppose that they will in course of time be tollowed by others, equally pointed in their approval ot the legislative act, and de- serving of careful consideration. The more the better. The warhas begun; and the more fiercely it is waged, the more minds that are brought to bear, and the keener the analysis to which the law is subjected, the more whole- some will be the conclusion reached in the end. In the meantime the Carson League meet to- night to organize a system of espionage or de. tective police for the purpose of enforcing the law. Incredible exertions have been made to spread the organization throughout the State; and in the country parts they have been attend- ed with some success. It is natural to suppose that money will not be wanting to realize their schemes. The party is known to be wealthy, But the temperance police will not be aided much by the law, beeause there are no penal- ties for the benefit of the informer. To meet these movements, the liquor dealers will need to put forth all their energy and to act with concert and decision. They are pre- pared, as we understand, to pursue their busi- ness after the 4th of July just as if no law had been passed. Fortified by the opinions counsel we have named, they are pre resist from the beginning all attempt ut soever nature or coming from wiis\soever source to impose on them or on their trade penalties inconsistent with the law of the land and the rights of the citizen. If any choose to take the responsibility of execating or attempt- ing to execute the Prohibitory law, let themdo 80: on them will the duty rest of proving that law to be sound. For if it be not—and there is good reason for believing that the Court of Ap- peals will concur with Nicholas Hill in his view —those who trespassed upon their neighbor’s property and molested his business must answer for the offence criminally as well as civilly. A few weeks imprisonment would be avery fit punishment for the magistrate or policeman—years would be too short for the spy—who undertook to serve their party by executing a bad law: and though there might be cases in which the retribution would seem toinvolve hardship, the precedent would on the whole be a good one, and would serve as a fine warning to future legislators not to inter- fere with the civil and personal liberties of the people of New York. ‘The contest is passing the bounds of a local question. It is becoming cosmopolitan. Free- men throughout the world are on the watch to see how New York will act, and whether it be true, as monarchists so constantly allege, that democracies are after all the most tyrannical of tyrants, If this law is enforced, and the Car. son League with its machinery of spies, and in- formers, ruin the liquor dealers and prohibit the sale of spirits or wine in this State, the leas we talk about foreign despotisme the better, ‘There ia no despotism on the face of the carth in which the ruling class prescribes for the ruled what they shall eat and what they shall drink, Toe Aupany ARGUS oN THE NEWSPAPER Press—The Albany Argus is entitled to the credit of an able and sensible article on the up- ward and onward progress of the American newepaper press during the last twenty years. It truly suggests that the commanding public influence which Congress possessed some fifteen or twenty years ago, has been gradually shift- ing to the third estate, until the power of the public press is without controversy in the as- cendant. Our contemporary might have gone further, and said with equal force, that the power of Cabinet organs, party juntas, and cliques, and caucuses has passed away. Where, for exemple, is the old Albany Regency, and the ancient prestige of the Argus and Tamma ny Hall? Compare, too, the Washington Globe of Gen. Jackson’s time with the Union of the present day. The word of the Globe was the law to Congress, to newspapers, to statesmen: to the universal democracy. The Union, oa the other hand, is the mere recipient of the spoils, Janghed at in Congress, kicked out of Tammany Hall. and scarcely read except by the office-holders at Washington and its news- paper exchanges. The Argus, too, has failed to notice the fact that this upward and onward movement of American journalism began with the establish- ment of the independent press in this city. The pioneer in this movement was the New York Heratp; for it was the first newspaper estab- lished im the country upon the broad and com- prehensive basis of & full and free discussion of administrations, Cabinets, parties, politicians, politics, and all questions of public import, without regard to parties or party platforms, or party cliques, or organs, or the spoils of office; but simply on the broad platform of the Union and the contitution, the great interests of the country and the people, perfectly inde- pendent of all parties and party machinery. From this beginning the American indepen dent newspaper press has advanced to its pre- sent commanding position, and the continued and still increasing success of the New York Henao is pretty good proof that it has kept pace with this most marked of the progressive movements of the age. Let us stick te the trath of history. Fins Arts.—Mesers. Heine and Brown, the artists of tha Japan expedition, are about to publish » series of six chromo-lithographs, representing the more remark. able incidents of the expedition. Two of the subjects, entitled +‘ Passing the Rubicon,” and “ First Landing of Americans in Japan,’’ have been sent to us, and pro- pent all the evidences of local fidelity. They are care fally and characteristically drawn, and from their siz: avd the brilliancy of their coloring will make attrac tiveand highly ornamental pictures. The New York agent of the artists is Mr. E, Brown, Jr., of 142 Falton sireet. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Additional Intelligence by the Asta. Haumax, N. S., May 8, 1855, ITALY. A difficulty has atisen between Sardinia and Naples re- specting a suit at exequatur, Napoleon’s Consulate st Genoa is withdrawn. PASSENGERS. Mr Taylor and Indy, Miss Forsythe, Miss Ryau, Miss Mies Baker, Kingstord innie and lady, Mr Morrison Mensrs Vou Ruth, Goodridge Stellowell Bi a Ps? ina, Cot e 4 Chainteriain, Head, "alt ¢ th G uses bef) Mac! Petra eo oe a i =a in rian: Treedman, Keyer My a Bren Ere aa Meg Rtle™ gee Dashed, Brown, SHIPPING IN TBLLIGENCE. New York April 23, Orient, at Liverpool; 24th, ae a Galw: h, Union, at Cowes, and proceed: Do yew Orleans 2th, Jaco! Balle Woody 20th. Sld for Boston 24th, Kinma, ote im. Liver and George Washing beh mL ‘Suaei hy Macken. Fro the Clyde. om, from and Mi foe eat Mackinaw, lary Adeline, From Wi JUDGE OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS—RESIGNATION OF DUDLEY MANN—KANBSAS APPAIRS, ETO. ‘Wasuincton, May 8, 1855, George P. Scarborough, Esq., principal Professor of William and Mary College, Virgima, has been appointed Judge of the Court of Claims, vice Lumpkin, declined. ‘The appointee has always eschewed politics. A. Dudley Mann has resigned the Assistant Secretary- ship of State, and Wm. Hunter, chief Clerk, will provi- sionally officiate in his place, Sidney Webster, the President’s Private Secretary, Jeft this afternoon on a tour to the West. Secretary Dobbin has been absent two weeks, His health is improving, and he will return about the 20th. There are no dissensions in the Cabinet. Neither Reeder’s case nor the Kansas affairs have been before that body. The Legislature. ENDORSEMENT OF GOVERNOR REBDER’S CONDUCT IN KANSAS. Harrispurs, May 8, 1855. ‘The Legislature of this State adjourned sine die this morning. The House passed unanimously a resolution thanking Governor Reeder, of Kansas, for his faithful adherence to the old land marks of republican liberty, in defending the purity of the ballot boxes against lawless mobs of Missourians, and bidding him a most hearty welceme home to his family and friends. Prior to the adjournment of the Senate, Speaker Heister resigned his seat; and on the ninth ballot, to fill the vacancy, Wm, Pratt was elected, the contest termi- nating by Piatt voting for himself, Massachusetts State Temperance Convention. Boston, May 8, 1855. The State Temperance Convention assembled at the Tremont Temple to-day, and less than five hundred persons were present at the opening. Governor Gardner was choten President, and in accepting the office made a brief speech, , During the afternoon and evening, reports from the Central Committee and Treasurer were read, exhibiting highly encouraging aspect of affairs. Resolutions were acopted embodying the principles and objects of the meeting, and urging the thorough enforcemeat of the Maine law. Between two and three thousand persons were present in the evening. Among the speakers were Gov. Clark, the Rev. E. H. Chapin, and the Rev. Mr. Whiting. Gov. Clark evidently labored under a severe cold, and spoke briefly, endorsing the Maine law, and expressing bis hope that its provisions would be sus- tained and enforced. Explosion of Powder Mills. FIVE MEN ANNIBILATED, Roonesrer, May 8, 1855. ‘The powder mills situated about Ave miles from this city, exploded at sx o’clock this evening, killing five men, The shocks, three in number, were distinctly felt here. Thisis the fourth time these mills have been blown up in five years. The buildings around them were blown to atoms. The property was owned by Messrs, J. Connolly & Co, Arrival of the Stoop.of- War St, Louis. PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 1855, The United States sloop-of-war St. Louis, from the Mediterranean, is coming up the river. ‘The Hiss Investigating Committee. Bostox, May 8, 1855. The Hiss Investigating Committee made a lengthy re- port to-day. They find nothing in the conduct of Mr. Hies at Roxbury or Wooster deserving of censure, but are quite severe on his eonduet with Mrs. Patterson at Lowell, and recommend his expulsion from the House, ‘The report was accepted, and will be acted upon to" morrow. From Boston. STEAMER VICTORIA IN DISTRESS—THE LOSS OF THE SHIP LIVING AGE. Bossom, May 8, 1855. ‘The steamer Victoria, connected with the New York and Newfoundland Telegraph Company, put into this port this morning in distress, with some derangement of her machinery. She was on her way from New York to st. Johns, N.F., with operatives engaged to complete the telegraph line in that province, which, it is expected, will be joined te the Nova Scotia lines at Cape Breton, by means of a submarine cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, early in July. The ship Living Age, reported by the Asia to have been lost in the China Seas—supposing her to be the American ship of that name, bound from Shanghae to New York—was owned by Wm. Appleton & Co., of this city, and is insured here, with her freight money, for $55,000. Her cargo of teas alone is valued at about $820,000, the priecipal insurances on which in this city are as follows:—China Mutasl Company, $40,000; Alli- ance, $20,000: Triton, $11,000; Equitable, $1,100. The Sun, Atlas and Atlantic offices in New York have about $1(0,000 insurance on her cargo. Boston. Weenly Bank Statement, Bostox, May 8, 1855. Capital stock.. $32,710,000 Leaps and is 601,058 Specie in ban! 8,021,489 Specie due from other bankt Siazzdi0 Specie due to other bank 6,863,000 Deporiter, 15, 141,185 Circulation 1 61 6, 106 allroad Collision. Coxumsus, Pa, May 8. 1855, The early emigrant train for the West was run into by the recond train, whilst standing upon the track in Front street, this morning. Three cars belonging to the se- cond train were badiy broken, One passenger was seri- ously injured, and several others slightly 0, The Peninsular Bank Robbery. Dernorr, (Mich.,) May 8, 1856. ‘The six thousand five hundred dollars stolen from the Peninsular Bank, in this city, has been recovered, with the exception of six hundred dollars, The money was found in the yard of the Cashier’s residence, where it had been thrown by the robber. The Weather. Oincmrnatr, May 8, 1855. The weather turned very cold last night, and a smert frost han greatly injured early vegetables and fruit. Un- less a change takes place this afternoon, we may look for a clean sweep of all kinds of fruit. May 8—8 P. M. ‘The weather still continues very cold, with » strong north wind, but very cloudy, and this may protect the fruit, Mr. Buchaosn, the proprietor of an extensive vine- yard at Clinton, reports that one-half of his grapes are destroyed. Marine Disasters. Care Istann, N. J, May 8, 1855, Schooner Manchester, from Richmond for New York, ‘went ashore this morning on Hereford Bar. Has nine feet of water in her hold. Her cargo consisted of flour; tobacco, &e. Bovra1o, May 8, 1865, Weather extremely stormy. Propeller Ogenter is ar Sandusky. The steamer Michigan has gone istance. Fire at Sandy Hook. Sanpy Hoox, May 8, 1856. The government house on Sandy Hook, known as the Cove House, and occupied by T. Martin and others, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Academy of Music—“ The Barber of Seville.” ‘The first night of the now opera The house was eminently feshionable, also, and we doubt whether a more select audience has ever been seen in our magnificent Opera House than was congre- gated there last evening. Our readers are aware of” the facts that this company was first engaged in Europe for Niblo’s Garden, and that, previous to ite appearance there, an arrangement was made by which it was transferred to the Academy of Music. The enthu- siasm manifested last night leads us to suppose that the enterprise of the committee of management will not go unrewarded. The opera was Rossini’s, “Tl Barbiere di Siviglia,” and it has rarely been better represen'ed than on this occa- sion, Every one is familiar with the slight plot, multi- farious incidents and comi: situations of this opera. It is, musically considered, the master-p'ece of the com- poser, and yet itis not an attractive opera in this coun- try, chiefly, we presume, because it has no dramatic interest. Every one is perfectly well aware of the fact that Bartolo is to be bamboozled and that Almaviva will marry Rosina. The music, however, is light, pleas- ing and elaborate at the same time. This naturally brings us to the Rosina of lastnight, Mad. de Lagrange. Ber biography informs us that she is thirty years of age—that she is French by birth—that she attracted attention en amateur by ner wonderful vocal powers and her rare touch as s pianiste—that, afterwards, she studied the art in Italy, and that her engagements since her débit at Venice have been series of triumphs. She has a pleasing and expressive face, and gave a fair impersona- tion of the character of Rosina, as far as acting goes. We should be ata loss if we attemp-ed to define her’ register of voice, which runs through méarly three oc- taves from A below the line to F in alt. She is there- fore equal in range to Jenny Lind; her lower and middle notes are superior to those of Sontag when she sung in New York; in mechanical execution and the art of pro- ducing extraordiaary vocal effects she is superior to- Madame Laberde. The only fault that we notice about her voice is that it is not quite so voluminous as one: would expect it to be from its remarkable flexibility and compass. Its quality is therefore light, but not thin, and generally pleasing. It may be easily seen what an artiste of this calibre (in some respects the most singer that has yet visited us,) would do with the florid, elaborate, and ornate score of Rosina. In the Una voce. she gave us a taste of her quality in some well executed runs and a spleadid trill, which brought down the house in three rounds of applause. But her great triumph was in the singing lesson of the second act. Her transitions and vocal flights were exquisitely executed. Her voice floated in the upper register like that of a bird, and whatever it is possible to do with a delicious voice in. the highest state of cultivation, she did. The intro- duced music in this act—a Hungarian melody and a grand valse di bravura—was distinguished for the most. brilliant execution. The audience was aroused to a pitch of enthusiasm never before sten in this house. Mme. de Lagrange’s débat may therefore be considered @ success, in the fullest sense of the word. Signor Morelli, the Figaro of the night, made a most favorable impression. He bas a baritone voice, full, round and rich in quality. He sings artistically and without apparent effort. He1s a clever actor, and the best Figaro since De Begnis. Signor Marini, as Basilio, received a hearty welcome, and sang as well as ever. Sfknor Rovere gave an animated rendering of Bartolo. Signor” Lorini’s Almaviva was respectable. ‘This company will appear on Thursday, in ‘‘Lucia df Lammermoor,’’ when the tenor, Signor Mirate, will make his débat. This evening -‘II Trovatore’”’ will be given for the last time. No admirer of the lyric drama should fail to see it. Politica) Inte! Hon. John Cadwallader, esti ct Wecg ssi ciste from pcb beara gr eritten @ letter to the okmeond he ventures the opinion, based on the Sect reonit of ‘oertata tor’ clectiens; that the ‘the Know ing party will soon become extinct. Mr. Cadwal- inder eave with confi: ence to the result of the Virginia, election, and thinks in October next the democrats will carry Pennsylvania, and ensure the election of s United States Senator. ‘The Chicago Devons, ote hy tie bee..s ee a icags ex: Member of Con, Illinois, has Tho neines of Somoel (mecnlag Sem Houston of Teens, Wisconsin, fer ‘meaning for President, and Henry Dooge, Presicent DAiit William C. Scott, of Richmond city, has been nomi- nated by the American barty to represent the Third district of Virginia in Congress. Robert Anderson, of Yorktown, of whom it is said thet be ‘never surrenders,”? announces that he is a candi- date of the American party for election to the House of Wee in the First Congressional district of Governor Johnson, dem., and Meredith P. SB! yhig, val ‘candidates for "the next t Governors p ot lepnessee, are now canvas: pexnenrind ddlivering’ speeches from the same piatioea. thelr opening 8) 8 were delivered at Murfreesboro’ on the ‘1st inst. was particularly severe on the Know Nothings, and contended that new tion was nothing more nor less than the revival of an- cient federalism, with an additional desire to forma union of Church and State. The Boston Chronicle mentions a rumor that a large ee of ae most cota Regione Prodi the Know are about give ir baie Giscard esneny, bold ating openly. and net Is othee people. The Know N nominated James Y. Cenvention of Providence have ith for Mayor. Who Was Right t TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘The following are the tacts as to the late movement among some members of shis city: — typographical profession v2 roof the pe be mast winter, the oe s note fro itr. ‘aso. H. andrews, ( prictogs of the above named stating Ruenee cl the great depression cf business, cele the Pyene age compontion in eg ae office conte pet 1,000 ems, (sni Boum of from $80 to $1 S year to one titers then addressed to d vert to the old in business would warrant it; and Ne ‘aid farther what he should need. ‘no prompting; {a5 to the restoration of the standard price,}. ‘when the proper time came ” ‘The compositors, many of them havi re families to to oalget rt, during that time of great m = Mg submit to his prices, but they did net forge his his Preven the Gourier and Enguirer took possession of thei new office in P Andrews said, in his cone asus onder, Ake the ofice was ins mosh presparses ‘and enjoying an extensive patronage, or words to compositors, jud, from the bs neve iat ore ee in re tan ler, Place 0 pom etvon ‘on an honorable f ft in the city, determined to ercuntty to ‘to fulfil his is promise pea: roan tettng im the thirt; standard price of the Printers’ and ti] ler ‘ribune, News). teal they received an answer from Mr. An- drews, shose ompositors who mae sbes consent ti renlatn as they: ‘two cents would be retained gompositors who thirty. but that for that d ets ere ight, would receive thirty-five cents YJ fall ,% The com tors, being a8, OB salon, with he steamer’s news for the eae (ogg were whiol thirts office, fecling tl ould no longer five case is in Rematios of the pul ‘The Espenscheia Rat is most celebrated in the city. It bears in dorign and skill In manufacture. Ss 5; 2s Co, 156 hate, extra ne and light, ‘Their hate and for gent ‘d complete, aed and comprises every cars of Felt Hata—Thme Felt forms, qualities and textures, said to tan dard article of costume it Tate country. Ite iaptedness to oa ae reeqa onase ‘of Portraits at 230 The Blazing Broadway have C4 re “ee on nan Cg 4 ty Sent ie he durry. Dagwerresty pes at 28 and 0 eeute, as usu Great Music end Planotorte Bye *iioctns Gust ‘spacious wares SBevatoet eatensive te remdut gf Hanae ad melodeons to pe found in the city, ste 7 mean tea as = Bae Mesere Carhart and N ry p vole