The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1856, Page 4

3 “EW YORK HERALD. - JAMES GORDON BENNETY, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFFICE X. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 8r6. Velume XX!... Ne. 11 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVZNING, ADWAY THEATRE, Browdviay—Kina Omamwuno— P. P.,om THe Man amp Tee Traks, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—1 Larirre—A Kiss iN THE Danx—Bquestuianism. BUBTON’S THEATRE, Chambers street—Poor Guntiz- Max—Bunton’s New Youu Dingctony ror 1856, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—AWKWARD ARRIVAL —Pe-caBos-tas—Ocr rox 4 Houpar, LAURA KEENE’S VARIETIES, Brosdway—Tus Lirtix ‘Smeasvae—P. Pon Tus Man axp cue Tica, ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway—Ermorus Per- jous—Sauno’s Duzam, « So eee Sew York, Saturday, January 12, 1856. Mails for Europe. NEW YORK HERALD—EDITION FOR EUROPE. The mail steamship Arago, Capt. Lines, will leave this port to-day, at noon, for Southampton and Havre. The European mails will close in this city at balt-past ten o’clcck this morning. ‘The Hun (printed in English and French) will be Published at nine o’clock in the morning. Single copies, tm wrappers, sixpence. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of (@e New York Hera will be received at the following places in Europe:— es Se Bevearoo1— do. do. 7 Rumford street. Eavenroo1—John Hunter, 12 Exchange street, Enat. ‘The contents of the Buropean edition of the Heratp ‘will embrace the news received by mat) and telegraph at he office during the previous week, and to the hour of pablication. The steamship Atlantic, from Liverpool, had not made her appearance off this port at one o’clock this morning. She is now in her fourteenth day out. The United States Senate was not in session yes- terday. In the House, after voting once for Speak- er, Mr. Zollikoffer offered a resolution, which was adopted, designed to elicit certain opiniox’s from Mr. Richardson on the slavery question. One of our cor- respondents states that Mr. Clingman will to-day move the adoption of the plurality rule, and that he will be supported by a number of leading demo- erate. Should this statement prove correct, we shall no doubt announce the election of Mr. Banks in to-morrow’s paper. In the New York Senate, yesterday, Mr. Petty's bill, amending the naturalization laws, was referred to the Judiciary Gommittee. In the Assembly, the voting for Speaker was continued until the adjourn- ment. On the last ballot, Odell received 45 votes, Pendergrast 34, and Bailey ‘There is no symp- tom of a surrender ou either side. The soft shells closed up their business at Syra- euse yesterday afternoon, We give in another cojimn a report of their proceedings, including the resolutions adopted anda list of the delegates se- lected to attend the Cincinnati Convention. In or- der that our readers may see at a glance whom the hards and softs have respectively deputed to repre- sent them in the National Convention, we present below, in parallel columns, the names of the dele- gates appointed. Here they are :— HARD Sir Sort suits. Appointed Aug. Appointed Jan. M1, 1888. AT LARGE. AT LARGE. DELEGATES, DELEG ATS. GC sronson H Sevmour © O'Conor N Hill, Jr S Beardsley v1 D Richmond @ W Wiinton HS R Kelly Dist. DISTRICT DELEO DISTRICT DELS ATRS. IL G Capers H Ludiow J Vanderosit HF Jones 2-H € Murphy 8 E Jobnston 3B Buichine Thos G Tallmadge 3-J Blackburn ‘Thomas Bowers 3G Hudson A bert Smith 4+ FJ allen John Kelley IMM George H Purser 5-2 W Alen 8 H Feeks GF Alden Wilson Snail 6-WA McIntire Isaac V Fowler A Dugro Jobn Cochrane 7—K Ward Wm D Keunedy JS Libby Wm J Peck 8-8 F Buvterworth J LB Shepard A P stephens \ F Freeman SW W Sanger DB Taylor 3-8 Fowler Jo A ¢ Niven DE c N—W F Ru-eell Y R Westorook WE Leeie DK Olner 12-H Siaais JB Beekman Wi Wilron ‘Gilvert Dean B—J Pierson Wiiltam A Beach ‘DL Seymour Charles L Me arthur 14D Hamilton VL Prova JH Reyrolds J McKnight B—J W ihompson 1 W Bishop O Clarke SM Todd w—W C Watson Hovie WH Payne August's © Hand U—G C Gray J Russell i: Dod WC Craia 1S—E BM iene Jobn C Wright Mu erm Elias Brown 19-Greene More 88 Browre ‘20—D Waerer N loore 2-8 G Hathaway Osborn Birdsall EBSmith m G Sands 22-8 French P B Haven D de Woit Josep Tor %-LH Browne Ell West Win Gariisie —_Brasius Hale more ? Ross vin Foster r AJ MeCail Wm C Hawley B—J A Vanderlip Fk Erwin 9 JB Crosby E D Smith 7.0 Patterson 20—C T Chamberlin Wm Bingham J A Smith 4G Shepard 1, P Weatherby 31—A ovum TT Marray Wm Vandevoort HGordrich HN Hughes © Tonsiev 22—W Williams J. G Mather Israel T Batch HW Rogers Foster at Murphy. 3O—-B Walworth P Wilcox Samuel $ Jenks D Judd TJ Parker Hiram Sackett Ex-Governor Bigler was yesterday nominated for the United States Senate by a caucus of the demo- cratic members of the Pennsylvania Legislature. By the arrival of the steamship Prometheus at New Orleans, on Thursday, from San Juan, we have a fortnight’s later news from San Francisco, Oregon and Nicaragua. The intelligence from California is of no general importance. There were reports of an extensive filibustering expedition having landed in Lower California. The San Fran- cisco markets were dull. From Oregon we learn that the Indians had been very troublesome. Seve- ral sanguinary battles bad }een fought. Near Walla Walla river, Capt. Bennett, Lieut. Barrow and three privates were killed, and fourteen wounded. At Pnoget’s Sound Lieut. Slaughter and several others had been killed. Gen. Wool, however, was making arrangements for a vigoros campaign against the savages. Everything was qniet in Nicaragna. The highly important news respecting a revolution in Nicaragua and the defeat of Walker, which was published in a Washington paper early in the week, turns out to have been a fabrication. The Northern Light left San Juan on the 4th instant, for this port, with $600,000 in treasure. She will probably arrive on Sunday. We give elsewhere a full report of the testimony taken before the Coroner's inqnest on the victims of the recent railroad catastrophe near Poughkeepsie, together with the verdict of the jury in the case of Mrs. Hurlbut and Mr. James Gordon. The case of Mrs. Greene has yet to be passed upon. In the Board of Councilmen, last night, resol :tions were adopted constituting a committee of five to report upon and present to the Bourd a copy of a new City Charter to seenre to the citizens of New York a good, economical government. The Board of Aldermen were invited to co-operate with the Councilmen in this work. The l'inance Committee of the Board was announced last uight, and the other committees for the year ensning promised hy the President to be made public at an early day. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 400 2900 bales. The general tone of the market was firm, while small sales were made, including some Jote on the wharf, at irregular prices, and in some cases at slightly easier rates. Flour was in fair de- mand at $757.0 6 for common to good brands of State. Wheat was quiet. Corn was in moderate re- quest, with sales at /1c.a 9c. for old Western mxed, Pork was firmer, and sales of mess were made at $15 87, and at the clove there were no sellers under 916; and 500 bbls. prime to arrive soon were gold at REW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1856. _——— $14. Beef was dull, while lard was firm. Sugars were quiet. Sales of coffee were confined to small lots of Java and Jamaica, at nes stated elsewhere. Freighta were steady for English ports, and pretty free engagements of flour and grain were made for Liverpool at fall rates. To the Continent engage ments were moderate. The mails of the Canada reached this city, from Boston, last evening. Our European files and letters are filled with speculations on the probabilities of peace as likely to result from the mission of Count Esterhazy to St. Petersburg. The precise nature of the instructions given to that diplomat, nor the tenor of the propositions offered to Russia, were not known, but it was conceded by all parties that the Czar would reject any which were humiliating. Indeed, his organ, published in Brussels, boldly as- serta that if Austria has forwarded such an ultimatum as that heretofore reported, peace would be further off than ever. A joint pro- tectorate of the Danubian Principalities by the great powers, Russia included, is likely to result from the negotiations which will probably ensue. It is asserted by a portion of the London press that some of our State officials were well aware of the British enlistment scheme, and for a time connived atit. The Portuguese had forcibly seized on Am- briz, an important portion of the Territory of Western Africa. We publish the treaty concluded between the allied Wester Powers and Sweden in full. An American ship, lying off Copenhagen, had caused some anxiety, as it was said she was loaded with arms for Russia. From Bermuda we have papers up to the 25th ult. Advices received there from Antigua state that immediately after the late outrage, committed by Governor Hamilton, in forcibly taking away a colored seaman from the American bark Loango, under pretence that he was a slave, the United States sloop of war Cyane arrived in the harbor and took up a very menacing position towards the forts when demanding reparation. The British sloop of war Medea, however, was on the spot, and manceuyred s0 as to get inside of the Cyane, when aconference took place between the commanders. The result was not known,"but it was acknowledged by the English authorities that the black man was not a slave. We continue elsewhere the publication of the tes- timony taken at Cincinnati in the case of the parties arrested upon the charge of designing to violate the neutrality laws. It will be found highly interesting. One John Barbour, a witness, gives a very elaborate history of the movements and designs of the organi- zation, whose aim it is to overthrow the British go- vernment in Ireland. He was told by one of the delegates to the Astor House Convention that a Ca- tholic priest was at the head of the enterprise, and that thirty other priests were members of the Order. Another delegate said one thousand men had al- ready left New York for Ireland. The Astor House meeting resolved to raise a million of dollars to aid in carrying out the scheme. If Barbour’s evidence is to be credited, there isa filibustering league or- ganized, with branches extending all over the United States and Canada, which completely eclipses all previously devised plans. Apropos—Attorney- General Cushing has instructed District Attorney McKeon to keep a sharp look out for these plotters+ The Recall ot Mr. Cramptoa—Another Chap- ter in the Foreign Affatrs cf the Adminis- tration, Itis reported that the administration has tent out to the London Cabinet a positive de- mand for the recall of Mr. Crampton, the Bri- tirh Ambassador at Washington, and declares its purpose, in the event of a non-compliance with its exactions, promptly to withdraw the exequaturs of Mr. Crampton, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Mathew and Mr. Rowcroft, implicated in the violation of our neutrality lawe, in enlistments for the British army in the Crimea. There can be no question about the fact that Mr. Crampton and the three British Consuls named were engaged in enlisting men for the amny of the Crimea, aad in violations of the laws of the United Siates. It is equally clear that it was the duty of our government, on learning the complicity of those functionaries in violating our laws, and in forfeiting their honor, in submitting to be the illegal agents of the London etin so doing, promptly io demand satisfaction, If ihat Cabinet as- sumed the responsibility of the acts of their agents, and underiook to screen them by de- claring their proceedings to have been the re- sult of official instructions, it occurs to us that such assumption clearly relieved the agents, and transferred the matter in controversy to the two governments, The Palmerston Cabinet went farther than this: it apologized for the effort at enlist- mevt, and signified to the government at Wash- ington that it had issued instractions to its agents wholly to abstain from any further proceedings of the kind. , The Hertz trial, at Philadelphia, in Septem- ber last, tnlly disclosed the complicity of the several functionaries named in violations of our laws. The case, then, stands thas:—Mr, Crampton, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Mathew and Mr. Rowcroft were the agents of the government of Great Britain, and as such agents, undertook an elaborate system of enlistments for their prin- cipals, in violation of the laws of the United States. On the strength of protests from our government against such acts, her Majesty’s Secretary offered an apology and promised fu- ture good behavior. Now, let us survey this question thus brought before us in a practical shape. About eleven months ago the alleged wrongs were commit- ted, and a day or two since we were advised of a diplomatic dinner given by the President, at which Mr. Crampton aud Senor Marcoleta were guests! It would seem impossible in view of these radical extremes, that there can be pending the serious eruption between the two governments suggested at the commence- ment of this notice. Ifthe integrity of our laws bave been invaded and the honor of our government tarnished by acts of deliberate and wanton and selfish prostitution by her Majes- ty’s agente in thiscountry, we would say that the redress should be as prompt as were the crimes committed. If we, in fact, by the coa- nivance of British functionaries, have been made parties to the war against Russia, in op- position to our obligations of neutrality, it ie clear that it is the duty of our government to exact a redress at once,s0 prompt and decided as to leave no question of our purpose to be a faithful and honest neutral, and to vindicate the outraged laws of our country. It is not material to consider the views of our people upon the naked queetion of enlistment, nor to consult the manitest indifference that exists in the public mind about the mere matter of re- eruiting soldiers for a foreign State. The question is one of law, and it involves the honor and the faith of the American govern- ment. What, then, on thie statement, is the judg- ment of round reflecting men? If we werein the right—as we certainly were—have we so conducted onr affairs as to maintain our van- tage ground? Nearly « whol has elapsed since the wrong was commilted. All the coants in the Philade)phia indictm: ut charge the body of the offence as an occurrence of February, 1255, Did it require eleven months to vindicate the outraged honor of our laws? When her Ma- jesty’s government assumed the responsibility ot the acts of her agents, was it not the duty of the Pierce Cabinet either to have promptly dismissed the offending officials, or, retaining them, to have exacted at once an apology from the London Cabinet ; and in the event of a re- fusa), in whole or in part, to have suspended all intercourse with that government? We hold it to be in the last degree a most undigni- fied and wholly reprehensible course to fall back upon the officials after receiving an in- sufficient apology from their principals. It thus becomes a mere personal controversy—putting down our government from its position asa nation to that of a snapping, snarling change- ling. Meanwhile, the President entertains Mr. Crampton with an official dinner, and extends to the other officials all the courtesies and rights of British agents. Within the eleven months in which they stand charged and have been morally convicted of violating our laws, they have not failed to receive all the conside- ration which has been extended to Ministers and Consuls of the most favored nations. If it was intended to fall back upon them, was it wise to wait till the statute of limitations had covered their offence with constructive oblivi- ousness? If they, and not the government of Great Britain, are to be considered the otf- fenders, does it comport with our dignity asa nation to hold official intercourse with them long after judicial inquiry had settled the question of their guilt? Can they be re- garded as offenders against our laws when mapy months after their complicity in this violation was officially determined, the President of the United States is extending to them not only the civilities of life, but all the righte, honors and exemptions of legal agents of the British government? In truth, this affair of enlistments has grown into a national farce, in which the President is playing the mountebank. He is degrading our government by his halting, time-serving, cameleon policy. Affairs of honor have been made to assume @ new phase, and are conduct- ed certainly ina new way. We commenced as the insulted, wronged and violated party. We found the offenders, charged them with the offence, convicted them, and when they pleaded that they were servants, we appealed to their masters, which was all very well. Having ex- hausted our efforts at indemnification and apology with the latter, and finding ourselves unable to procure the needful explanations, our Cabinet sneaks away from its real antago- nist and burries its stiletto in the hearts of the four officials named. All this is quite in keeping with the domes- tic and foreign policy of the administration. The inaugural was a grand pronunciamento under which we are made to understand that our government maintained armies and navies for the defence and security of the citizen; that he could go abroad beneath its flag and carry over all the earth a national character imparted to him by his government. Spain has been an aggressor, and Spain was to be brought to prompt account and retribution. It is quite needless to go farther than to refer to the re- sulte of this scheme of decisive action at Wasb- ington, to show how the word of honor has been broken. Then, again, we have the Walker govern- ment of Nicaragua, On its establishment a despatch was sent Mr. Marcy relieving Mar coleta from his position of Minister of that re- public. Mr. Marcy, as the lawyers say, served Marcoleta with a copy. It was done evenso hastily as illy toconceal the joy of the sd- winistration that Central America had at length become pregnant with Anglo-American enterprise. But like the inaugural, this joy was destined to be buried beneath a second thought. Marcoleta was called back and dined at the White House. French was ordered out of the country, citizens were prevented from going to Nicaragua. Now look over this case. Crampton violates our laws, and there is no doubt about it; he is charged and convicted, and refers the case to his government. Palmerston takes it up, acknowledges the wrong, and avows that we shall have no further cause of complaint. Mr. Buchanan says this is all right--all satisfac- tory. The Hertz trial takes place, the facts come out, the Pierce Cabinet gets spunky, transfers the case back to Crampton and his associates, and threatens their dismissal. The Greytown offence was incivility to our Minis- ter; Greytown was demolished. The offence and the remedy were neighbors. The enlist. ment and its redress are another matter. What will be the next -scene in the farce? Another dinner to Crampton, French received, Marcoleta proscribed, Walker a patriot, Cen- tral America the card, total backing down on the enlistment, the administration trium- phant. For particulars see the delegates to the Cincinnati Convention. Tue Cvstom House Democracy at Syraccse —Enporsine anp Droprinc THE ADMINISTRA- Ti0N.--Relieved of Prince John Van Buren, and left wholly to the management of our Surveyor of the Port, Mr. John Cochrane, that experienced disciplinarian in the “heavy ba- siness” of party dodges, the softs at their State convention for the appointment of dele- gates to Cincinnati, appear to have whipped round the sharp corners of the Nebraska bill without the slightest apparent damage to the crockery. They, of course, endorse the adminis- tration of Mr. Pierce; but they can’t endorse him far enough to recommend him for another term. This is equivalent to a notification to the President that even Mr. Cochrane has “carried him in his arms” long enough, and that the best that can be done for him now is to let ‘Wim down as easily as possible. What a pity that Marcy didn’t bring the Mosqiito ques- tion and the Danish Sound dues to the fight- ing point a year ago! Now he comes too late; for, if the sages of the New York Custom House, in State convention, cannot find a man in the Cabinet, from the President to the At torney-General, qualified for the succession, it is manifest that they are casting about for their man in other quarters. Next let us hear from the hard shells. Surely, with the ad- ministration overboard there can be no difli. culty to a re-union. Tue Littte Farce av Aupayy.—They still keep up the little quadrangular farce at Al- bany, in emulation of the triangular squabble at Washington upon the Speakership. Perhaps the late soft transactions at Syracuse will ope- rate to thaw the democratic factions in the As. versbly intoa reconciliation. If not, we @ no objection to their keeping up the little farce a few days longer. We don't expect much from Albany. Tue Huvson Rrver RarRoap Accrpent.—It very rarely happens that lives are lost by rail- way accidents without grave fault or misman- agement some where. From the period of ‘he Norwalk accidentwe have no recollection of any similar disaster that might not have been prevented by proper caution. But we are bound to say that, after a careful perusal of the evidence taken at the inquests at Pough- keepsie, and of the various accounts given by the passengers, the Hudson River Railway Company does not appear fairly chargeable with any blame for the accident of Wednes- day. It is open to censure for employing one flagman eo tar gone in his dotage that he can- not give intelligible evidence, and another who cannot read the time table; but it does not ap- pear that the dotage of the one or the igno- rance of the other had any share in causing the accident. It may be said, also, that ten minutes are too short a period of time to elapse between the starting of two trains on the same track from the same point : it would undoubtedly be well to let a quarter of an hour or more intervene; but the ten minutes rule might be used for years with safety. Blame falls upon Henry Camp, the conductor of the Poughkeepsie train, who, it is alleged, lett Poughkeepsie before bis time, in defiance of the rules of the company. There is a discrepancy be- tween his evidence and that of the ticket agent and passengers as to the precise moment of time at which he started; he says eight minutes elaps- ed between the two trains—they say from four to six. But on his own showing he started two minutes too soon, and it appears very likely that those two minutes might have been time enough to enable the signal men to stop bis trai. But even this cannot be unqualifiedly asserted. Fancy a train stopped in asnow-storm by the re- moval of a rail: another train, running thirty miles an hour over iced rails as smooth as glass, coming after it, with only some five minutes be- tween the two : the signal men running through the snow and ice to warn off the latter, but in- visible at a hundred yards distance: the con- ductor and more wary of the passengers, fore- ceeing the danger, giving the alarm, and leap- ing off the train—all this has a look of lament- able fatality. Pity is better bestowed than censure. It is the first fatal accident that ever hap- pened on the Hudson River Railroad. Of all the roads in the country, this is the one which was expected to be the first on the murder list. For many miles the road runs along the river side, and any accident would precipitate the passengers into the water. It was said before the road was opened that we should have repe- titions of the Norwalk disaster every six months. No road in the country has sharper or more frequent curves ; we were warned that collisions would be frequent, and that cars would run off the track once a month at least. It is, all things considered, one of the tastest roads in the country; superior in average speed to any American road out of Canada. Yet this is the first fatal accident that has marked its history. The reason is that, from the first, an army of signal men have been em- ployed by the company. It has cost heavy sums to keep so many employed, and the line has paid no dividends; but life has been safe on the road. Add to this that it has generally been managéd well, by practical men—that the rules have been framed as much for the safety of the passengers as the profits of the stockholders ; and it will be seen at once why and wherein it differs from such lines as the New York and New Haven, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Camden and Amboy. Tue Porice Investigation CommrrrEE—AN Unsexrectep Resvir.—In another column will be found an important legal opinion of Mr. Dillon, Counsel to the Corporation, on a ques- tion submitted to him, “ As to the liability of the Corporation for the payment of the bills of Meesrs, Nash and Noyes, who were appointed under a resolution of the Police Investigation Committee to act as counsel before them.” The bills of these gentlemen, amounting re- spectively to $681 and $625 for services ren- dered in the course of the investigation, have been sent in, and if Mr. Dillon’s view be cor- rect, they will have to look for payment to the individual members of the committee. Mr. Dillon states that the amended charter of 1849 created an executive department called the Law Department, and prescribed that it should have the charge of and conduct of all the law business of the Corporation and of the depart- ments thereof. The Counsel to the Corpora- tion being the chief officer of the department, and attendance upon committees charged with legal investigations being a portion of his du- ties prescribed by the charter, it is incompe- tent, according to him, for the Common Coun- cil to relieve him from or delegate any portion of those duties to others without his consent, or to throw upon the public treasury the pay- ment of counsel acting independently of him, and not appointed by the people This view is confirmed by a recent decision in the Court of Common Pleas, in which it was held that an architect who had been employed by a com- mittee of the Board of Aldermen to prepare plans for a new Washington Market, although bis designs had been used and adopted by both Boards, could not recover from the Cor- poration for the value of his services, because his retainer was a violation of the ninth rao. tion of the amended charter, which prescribes that neither the Common Council nor any member thereof shall perform any executive business whatever. Two Governors 1x Nepraska—A Mone. ProcnaMaTIoN.—In the same number of the Nebraskian newspaper, we have the annual mes- sage of the regular Territorial Governor, Izard, and a special proclamation from the Gover- nor of the squatters of Nebraska, which is as follows:-— PROCLAMATION. Executive Camper, N. T., Dec. 19, 1855. I, BENJAMIN P. RANKIN, Governor of the squatters of Nebraska, in accordance with an honored usage, do oy this my PROCLAMATION order and decree that the Squat- tersof this Territory assemble at the State House, in Omaha City, on Monday Evening, the 24th, for the pur- of enactiog such laws and adopting such regulations aa the safety, the progress and the Glory of the ferritory may feem to require, Squatters, attend—fail not, the eyes of the world are upon us and millions of hearts throb With the hopes of your glorious accomplishinents, Gop AND Squatten’s kicrs | B. P. RANKIN, Governor of Squatters. This will do. With such a Governor as Ran- kin, the squatters of Nebraska will prosper. We hope their good examples of law and order will have a wholesome effect among the belli- gerent abolitionist and “border ruffians” of Kansas. Success to the squatters of Nebraska! IuvorTant ie Trek.—Our venerable cotem- porary of the Courier, who has heen long enough at Washington to know, says present Congress has the power to Miseouri Compromise, if it pleage: likely. Tae Late Democratic DeMoneTRATION AT ‘Wasuincrox—Sians OF THE Times.—We pub- lished yesterday, from our accomplished spe- cial reporter at Washington, a full report of the democratic speeches ai the party celebra- tion there, of the eighth of January. A peru- eal of these speeches will satisfy the reader that the democrats in Congress calculate upon an easy and brilliant victory in the Presidential election of November. And it may be so. Everything essential to the success of an oppo- sition party depends upon an early, practical and radical reconstruction, out and out, of the conservative anti-administration elements of the country. The National Business Council of the American party meets in Philadelphia on the 18th February, and their Nominating Coun- cil on the 22d. We shall await the result of their deliberations with some interest; and also the proceedings of the approaching pre- liminary general convention of the abolition alliance at Pittsburg. Will the American par- ty enlarge their sphere of action, or be re- duced to tho mere bush fighters of the cam- paign? That’s the all-important question to them. Wuat’s roe Opps ?—At the general term of the Supreme Court for the Fourth district, lately held at Ballston Spa—present, Justices Allen, James and Rockes—Judge James de- livered a lengthened opinion affirming the con- stitutionality of our Liquor law. Very well. What’s the odds? Is not the law universally and in every essential feature defunct ’—s0 emphatically dead that there is no necessity for @ repeal? Such are the mummeries of Sewardism. THE LATES BY ELECTRIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS. A FORTNIGHT LATER FROM CALIFORNIA, Arrival of the Prometheus at New Orleans, NEWS The Northern Light en route for New York with $600,000. DESPERATE BATTLES WITH THE INDIANS. Filtbustering in Lower California, &e., &e., &e. New Orteass, Jan. 10, 1856. ‘The steamship Prometheus arrived here to-day, from San Juan del Norte, with San Francisco dates to the 20th of December, brought down on the Pacific side by the steamship Cortez. ‘The steamship Northern Light was to leave San Juan on the 4th instant, for New York, with six hundced thousand dollars in treasure. Affairs in Nicaragua were progressing favorably. ‘The California news is unimportant, but from Oregon there is interesting intelligence concerning the troubles with the Indians. Another filibustering expedition, said to be five hun- dred strong, 1s reported to bave landed in Lower Cali- fornia. Tn the San Francisco markets there was but little doing. Breadstufia are dull. Mess pork was quoted at $35. ‘The arrivals curing the fertnight, from Atlantic ports, comprised the clipper ships Ocean Telegraph, from New York, and Keystone, from Boston. ; Several battles had been fought between the whites and Indians, and numbers had been killed om both sides. Inan encounter near Walla Walla river, Capt. Ben- nett, Lieut. Barrow and three privates were killed, and fourteen others wounded. In another battle, at Puget’s Sound, Lieut. Slaughter and several others were killed. General Wool was arranging preliminaries for a vigor- ous campaign against the Indians at an early day. Interesting from the State Capitol. SEVERAL MORE TRIALS—NO NEARER A SPEAKER THAN EVER—THE THREE PARTIES STANDING OUT UPON THEIR MUSCLE—VARIOUS ATTEMPTS MADE BY THE KNOW NOTHINGS TO GET MR. ODELL IN THE CHAIR INDIRECTLY—MEMBERS REFUSED TO IT UNTIL A SPEAKER SHALL BE CHOSEN, ETC. Atsany, Jan. 11, 1856. ‘The voting for Speaker continues—result the same as the last ten days. Ouly two trials this morning and no variation. Several efforts were made to adopt resolu- tions whereby a Speaker might be chosen. The first was by Mr. Prescott, K.N., declaring that upon the second vote’ the person having the plurality of votes be declared elected. This gentleman accused the black Sewardites with acting very inconsistently, because at Washington they are strenuous for a plurality vote, whilst at Albany, they are preventing it. The gentleman’s proposition was rejected. Mr.G.A. Dudley, K. N., proposed that no per diem should be paid members so long as the House was without a Speaker. This would’nt go down, Mr. Duganne wanted four more trials, and the member receiving the nighest vote oneach trial should be de- clared temper Speaxer. a S Hyde, Kc Ne, wanted to contine mecibers to vote for the three highest candidates, but his desire was tabled, near- ly two to one, though several scattering democrats "the Hon Wim, (Coon, a Know Nothin; the est district of Tom ing county, free eslaon expelling all re; 8 e press who report in their epers ac all the ueeinn of ecole Gee every question when the ayes and noes are taken. And his resolution actually received thirty-four votes, Mr. Carpenter (Sewardive) sent up a resolution, de- claring that the Know Nothing party, being in a'piurality, are responsible for the dificulty’ of aot electing & From what was exhibited to-day it is evident that, at- ter w trial of two weeks, the members of the House are no nearer an organivation than they were on the first day. There is an unyielding spirit prevading each gec- tion, each branch as determined as can be to stand upon their i penpihel ona What the result will actually be {t is absolutely impossible for any one to conceive. The Know Nothings have thus far concen- trated the hi umber of votes upon a single candi- date for S . All the Sewardites remain firm and united. The democrats are so far spent, that out of forty-seven votes there has been unity of only twenty- eight. They will never unite upon a single candidate. ‘The hards and softe are as bitter against each other as they possibly can be. ¢ Houee held a session in the afternoon, when a resolution was defeated declaring a continuous session till a Speaker shall be chosen. The majority were not ready to confine themselves, aa petit jurors are com- peiled to be, to agree or starve. They took afew more votes of the ‘‘same sort,’ and then adjourned. United States Scnator from Pennsylvania. HarrisevrG, Jan. 11, 1856, The democratic Senatorial caucus met this evening, and voted for their candidate for United States Senator as fol- lows:—Robbins, 15 ; Foster, 13 ; Buckaloo, 6 ; Porter, 7 : Jones, 8; McCaulles, 6. Scattering, 9. Whole number of votes, 82. Necessary to a choice, 42. Ten other bal- lots, with a nearly similar result, were had. The eleventh ballot stood—Bigler, 26; Buckaloo, 14; Robbins, 12; Foster, 10; Jobnaon, 8. Scattering, 12. The caucus is still in session. Mr. Bigler received the nomination for United States Sepator on the sixteenth ballot. Wisconsin Affairs. ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATORE—CONTEST FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP. Mmwavrte, Jan. 11, 1866, The Wisconsin Legislature organized yesterday. In the Senate Lieuterant Governor McArthur acted as Pre- sident, and Byron Paine, republican, was clectod clerk. In the House, Mr. Hall, democrat, was elected Spenker, and Judge Armstrong, democrat, elerk. Mr. Bashford to-day demanded possession of the executive office from overnor Barstow. The latter declined to give it up, wnd the care is now before the Supreme Court. United States Supreme Court. Wasnxeroy, Jan, 11, 1856, No, 1.—United States, va. Pearson B, Redding, Judge Wayne delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming the decision of the District court for the Northern district of California. United States, appellants, ve. John ©. Fremont, A motion was made by Mr. Bibb to docket and diemies the case which was supported by Hon. J. J. Critvendon, and A by Attorney General Cusbing, Jana. M. wr, v. Knooh ©, Roberte, Angas ) for defendant, and by Mr. Vinton NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Benate. Aunany, Jan. 11, 1856. THE NATURALIZATION LAWS. Mr. Petty’s bill, amending the Naturalization laws, was referred to the Judiciary Committee, consisting of Messrs. Noxon, Sickles and Wadsworth. BILLS INTRODUCED, BTC. Mr. Srencer introduced a bill for the relief of St. Luke’s ‘Hospital, New York. ) Mr. Braprorp introduced a bill appointing Abijah Moss, D. &. Dickinson and D. 8. Reveoe as commissioners to locate a second State Lunatic Asyium Mr. Brooxs gave totice of a bill to amend the charter of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; also a dill to amend the act of amt 1849, for the incorporation of’ insurance companies. ‘Mr. Lut offergd a resolution, (which was adopted,) ree uiring all claimants to present full details in writing of ther ‘claims, ip items, and verified by aflidavits. ‘The following select committee was appointed on the ¢ subject of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the State, and the apportionment of Senators and representa- tives:—Mexers. Upham, Lee and Kelly. Mr. Brooxs intr: duced a rea:lution directing the Com~ mittee on Library to report as to the expediency of pro- curing the records of the Senate of the State of New Yurk, recently found ina farm house near Kingston, em>ody- ing manurcript journals, messages of Governor Clinton, &e. Adopted. Adjourned till Monday. Assempi embly. Avnany, Jan. 11, 1856. THE SPERAKERSIUP. Two ballots were had for Speaker, without a choice, Mr, Odell had 44, Mr. Pendergast 35, and Mr. Bailey 29, ‘The Americans sgain introduced the plurality resolu tion, but it was postponed indefinitely, on the motion of Mr. Woods, of New York, by 73 to 51, Messrs. Bancus, Tremble and Wright, democrats, and Deshler, Fowler and Lafever, whiga, voting with the Americans, Mr. G. A. Dupiey moved that, afier the 11th iust., no per diem allowance be received by members until a Speak- | or is elected. Laid on the table, by 64 to 58. Mr. Ducane moved that four ballots be taken, the votes being confined to the four highest candidates, and that the candidate on the last ballot receiving a plurality be elected Speaker. Postponed indefinitely. Various other attempts were made to organize by the Americans, but were all defeated. ‘Mr. Canrenter (republican) offered a resolution that the Americans have no right to ask or expest an organi- zation ot the House, not having a majority of the votes, and pending a motion thereon the House adjourned ti half‘past 3 P. M. AFTERNOON S¥SSION. ‘The Asrembly met at 334 P. M., and took six unsuc- cessful balots ‘or Speaker, as follows:—Odell, 45 ; Pen- dergrast, 34; Bailey, 26. , Mr. E '?. Woops moved to protract the session till a Speaker is elected. ‘The motion was lost. Mr. DUGANSE moved the fellowing preamble and resolu. tion:— Whereas, the Americans are desirous of organizing be House in crder fo proceed wilh the business of legiaauwn; jerefore— Tesolved, That Heary A, Pendergrast be declared Speaker, ard Jobn 8: Nefew Clerk, and that the doorkeepsr be given 10 the straight whigs, andthe assistant doorkeeper to the Cusm puse Rotts, ‘Taid on the table, and the House aéjourned, Rejection of the Texas Debt Bull, de. Baxtewore, Jan, 11, 1856. We have dates from Galveston to the 29th ult, fhe Texas Debt bill had been rejected in the Legislature by six majority. A motion to reconsider the vote was postponed to the 15th of February. Christinas day was the coldest ever known in Texas, Great damage was done to fruit trees by the ice, Unitea States Agricultural Society. WastuxGtox, Jan. 10, 1858. There was ® full atten¢ance this morntng. Many papers were read and ordered to be published. A list of officers was reported, with an expression of regret at the declination of Mojor Poore, ef Massachusetts. M. P. Wilder was unanimously elected President, and one Vico President was chosen from each State, including Simon Brown, of Marsachusetts; J. P. Beekman, of New York; Isaac Newton, of Pennsylvania; Anthony Kimmell, of Maryland; andG, W. P, Custis, of Virginia. The following is the Executive Committee:—John A. King, of New York; A. L. Elwyn, of Pennsylvania; D. J. Br f the District of Columcia; John Jones, of De- . W. Dean, of Wiseonsin; Richard P. Waters, of chusetis; W. S. King, Secretary; and B, B, French, Treasurer. Geo, W. P. Custis made an cloquent valedictory address, when the meeting adjourned sinc dic, ‘The next annual exhibition of the Association takes place in Philadelphia next fall. } Fatal Railroad Accident. ‘ALzox, Ill, Jan. 11, 1856. A freight train on the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad ran off the track, yesterday miorsiag,, sod fre parsons were ki! namely:—Mr. King, the r; Wei Davis, fireman; Jobn Morrison, of Dunkirk, and Moura, Bates and Doake, of Decatur, Iinois. Destructive Fire at Charleston, 8. C. Barrmore, Jan. 11, 1856. A fire on Sunday {0 that city destroyed the warehouse of Mazzek & Son, containing 500 bales ef cotton, and a con- sicerable quantity of rice. The loss is estimated at 75,000, The property was on storage belonging to dif- ferent owners, and is mostly insured, Fire at New Rochelle. New Rocnt, Jan. 11, 1856. ‘The barn cf David Harrison and the stock therein was destroyed by fire to-day. ) Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PUILAvELPHiA, Jan. 11, 1856. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania State 5’, 823¢; 4034; Long Island, Mase; ‘Morris Canal, 13; Pounsylvants y 4254. PHILADELPHIA IRON MARKET. Purtapenenia, Jan, 10, 1856, Frtensive inquiries are being made for pig iron for fu- ture delivery, but no new sales. A ra sale of 6,000 tons is not credited. Retail sales of 220 tons,'at $28, 825 and $24 for Nos, 1, 2 and 3.f0ther deseriptions quiet bat rm, Novet Cexsus Rervrns.—A census taker in’ Adams county, Ilinois, makes the following return from one of his townships:—Mrs. Naoma Thomas is the oldest fady in the township; she is 87 years old. The old mep are scarce in that township, but three men over 70 years. old. There are fifteen live widows in the township, and some seven California widows. I would like to see the township that could turn out @ better looking set of , widows than Columbus. I should think Columbus ia the place for widowers to get their money back. There are some girls there too—Miss Maria weighs two hundred and sixty pounds, and Miss Raugh two hundred and twenty-five pounds. There are three old ladies that weigh two hundred and fifty pounds each. 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