The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1856. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIBTUR AND BOITOR. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broatwaj—fra or Icx—Dow't Jupes ey Aremakances. eae. Broadway—Tes Seceet Mimatace— BOWERY THEATRE, Bewery—Love's Sacuirice—Dom TRE, Chambers street—Lexo Mz Five SEE Tan ewes ia ans Sew Your Y FoR 1856. Jawugee THEATRE, Breedway—Awkw4np ARRIVAL nen-Tae—OUT vor 4 Houssy. ‘Dagans ee Se ee ae ceeeeeN@e ME ) ‘Mee Cunard mail steamship Canada, Capt. Lang, will Jenve Boston, on Wedneniay, at noon, fer Liverpool. ‘Zhe European mails will elore in this city at a quarter te two o’clock this afternoon. ‘She Huu (printed in English and French) will be Paished at nine o'clock in the morning. Single copies, te wrappers, vixpence. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of (@e New Yoru Huns will be received at the following ginees in Murope:— Exvmroor— do. do, 7 Ramford street. Sevmroci—John Hunter, 12 Exchange street, Kast. ‘The contents of the Europesn edition of the Huai ‘will embrace the news received by mas} and telegraph at ‘the efiiee during the previous week, and to the hour of publication. The News. Im the House of Representatives, yesterday, three allotings were held for Speaker. Gen. Richard- eon’s aseertion of the opinion that the Wilmot proviso ‘was constitutional, gave rise to symptoms of a bolt. Indeed, several of the South Carolina delegation actually mutinied, and the defection at one time seemed to be growing wider and deeper. At the eal) of Gen. Quitman and four others, a democratic caucus was held in the evening, and it is said to have been at one time a very inharmonious meeting. Gen. Richardson again offered to withdraw. Aftera review of the field, and the application of proper stimulants to the faint-hearted, the caucus resolved to stand by their platform and candidate, “sink or swim—survive or perish.” The Senate met, but transacted no business. The absence of a number of democratic Senators prevented any action upon the erder of the day—the election of a printer. The New York Assembly yesterday virtdllly adopted the plurality rule, and we may, therefore, Jook for the election of a Speaker and the promul- gation of the Governor’s message to-day. Caucuses were held last night by the Americans and black re- publicans, but their proceedings were not allowed to transpire. The democrats called a meeting, but did mot get together. It is probable that Odell, the re- publican candidate, will be chosen Speaker. The Senate met last evening, and adjourned, no quorum being present. Ex-Governor Bigler was yesterday elected to the United States Senate by the Legislaf™e of Penn- sylvania. We publish this morning an account of another accident on the Hudson River Railroad. It occurred at Spuyten Duyvel Creek, and was caused by large masees of ice striking against the piles of the bridge, forcing them from under the cross beams, and weak- ezing the whole structure to such an extent, that it broke down under the weight of a train. The acci- dent cccurred yesterday morning at 1 o'clock, and resulted in the loss of two lives and eerious injury to a fireman and engineer. Several of the passengers were injured, but none of them severely. The per sone killed were Howard Root, a fireman, and George Parrieen. About a hundred feet of the bridge was broken down, and one locomotive, one baggage and two passenger cars destroyed. We again devote a large portion of our space to accounts of the shipwrecks which have recently eccurred upon the coast. The past ten days have been productiveof more disasters at sea than any period within a number of years. A vast amount of property has been destroyed, and our nmrine in- eurance companies will be great sufferers. Con- sidering the large number of vessels whieh have been cast away, and the rigor of the season, it is surprising that the loss of human life has been so ight. The telegraph informs us of the prevalence of heavy snow storms at the West. We may, therefore, prepare for accounts of the stoppage of railroad travel in that region, with its annoying delays, so vexatious to forwarders and passengers. The steamship Empire City arrived yesterday morning from Aspinwall, with the California mails to the 20th ult., a full complement of passengers, and $1,189,000 in treasure on freight. Her ad- vices from California have been anticipated by the Northern Light, which reached this port on Satur- day evening. From New Granada we have papers dated Panama 3d, and Aspinwall 4th inst. The Se- cond division of the Ninth regiment of United States infantry had sailed for San Francisco, after crossing the Isthmus in safety, and with the men in exceilent health and spirits. Three new steamers were daily expected from England for the service of the Steam Navigation Company. A gov- ernment census of the population of the Isthmus was about to be taken. European merchandise of every description was pouring into Panama and eell- ing at a profit. The United States consulate had not renewed its communication with the authorities at Panama since the suspension of official inter- course in September last, and great inconvenience was felt by American traders and travel- Jers. The steamer Columbus was about to commence to run in the Central American trade. Water had been very scarce on the Isthmus, but the people were relieved by timely rains. Gen. Mosquera had published a pamphlet adverse to the action of the government of New Granada in grant- ing large tracts of umoccupicd lands to the agent of a society for French colonization. The (General de- nies the right of the executive to alienate any por- tion of the public domain for such purpose. Senor Roca, a member of the National Convention of Pera, had submitted some interesting statistics to that thody relative to the guano trade, when making his motion for the sale of the Chincha islands, which we publish to-day, together with later news relative to establishment by government of the German colony in the region of thé Amazon and its tributaries. We give elsewhere, from Nicaragua, a letter from Col. John H. Wheeler, our Minister to that repub lic, in which he explains his position, and cites high authority to his support. He makes several impor- tont points, and the letter will be read with much interest. We also learn that the Ramon Rivas in- surreetion, about which our Washington cotempora- ries made so much disturbance, was crushed with-, out a blow being struck on either side. Our corres-: pondents give additional details respecting the yiel& of the Chontales gold mines, which are very en> couraging. The hotels in Granada are described as being well served and cheap in their charges. In- teresting ruins had been discovered in various parts of Nicaragua. The steamship Granada arrived below yesterday from Havana, with advices to the 8th inst. The letters of oar correspondents, which may be found in ano- ther part of to-day’s paper, contain all the news. Among our police intelligence is given the parti- colars of a fiendish assault on Sunday night by a party of ruffians upon two young men named Cohen, jost as they were upon the threshhold of their re- ridence, in Congress street. One of them died inp firmed. No other business of general interest was transacted. The Board of Councilmen have not yet got under headway. Up to this time they have transacted no ‘business ot importance. Last night the President announced to the Board the standing committees for the ensuing year, all of which are published in another cclamn. The argument in the Forrest divorce case, for a new trial, was resumed yesterday on the part of the respondent. A motion is pending in the special term of the Superior Court, on the part of the re- spondent, to amend the amendment to the plaintiff’s exceptions. The trial of M. Echeveris for fitting out the schooner Mary Jane Peck as an alleged slaver, is still before the United States District Court. The Atlantic’s news produced no quotable change yesterday in cotton. The sales embraced about 700 or 800 bales, including middling uplands, at about 94c. Flour closed at about 6jc. a 12j¢. per barrel below the highest quotations of Saturday. There was little done in wheat beyond a sale of Canadian white at $2 05 per bushel. Corn was easier, with small eales of Western mixed at 90c. a 92c. Pork was again higher, and mess sold at $16 25 a $16 374, closing with an upward tendency. Sagars were quiet, while a moderate business was done in coffee. Room to Liverpool was somewhat scarce, and load- ing, on account of the ice, was difficult; hence rates closed with a tendency to higher rates. They were also firm for London, while to Havre they were inactive and unchanged. ‘The Speakership—Mr, Banks Occlares Him. sels the Abolition Candidate. The resolution of Mr. Zollikofler, of Tennes- see, instituting a rigid examination into the party principles of the several candidates be fore Congresa for the responsible office of Speaker of the House, has at least resulted in removing the last vestige of a doubt concern- ing the position of Mr. Banks. Elected from Maseachusetts as a Know Nothing, his precise party relations as a candidate for the Speaker’s chair were heretofore, to some extent, an open question. He bad not declared whether he was most attached to the Seward abolition league or the American brotherhood, and his ultimate choice, until the other day, was not definitely understood. But now, we bave it distinctly declared by Mr. Banks that hostility to Southern slavery, as laid down in the Seward programme, is his platform, and that Seward and his abolition confederates of the North are his party. Mr. Banks, in @ word, appears to have courted the support of the American party, like General Wilson, for the purpose of betraying it into the hands of Seward and his allies; for the coolness with which the former repudiates his obligations to the Know Nothings is only equalled by the audacity of the latter in his declaration to crush the party to which he owes his place in the Senate into ten thousand ” fragments. Opposed to the election of Mr. Banks as Speaker there is a clean majority of the House ; and this mejority is opposed to him on the single issue of the slavery question. Nor is there any probability that during the existence of this Congress this anti-Seward majority can be overcome under the majority tule. But this majority against Banks is in it- self divided between the democratic and con- servative American parties; and as the demo- crate have repudiated the American and the Seward platform in the same resolution, the chagm between the twelfth section Kuow Nothings and the democrata is scarcely less an obstruction to a coalition than the Wilmot pro- viso of Mr. Banks. Regarding the question of slavery, however, asthe paramount aad only vital iseue of the day, we regard the defeat of Mr. Banks as the first duty of ali the conser- yatives ot Congress, of all parties opposed to his election. Yet the question recurs, how can the nation. al Know Nothings co-operate with the demo- cratic party? The solution, we think, lies with the Fuller party as between a choice of evils, and upon the oid alternative of the prophet— that if “the mountain will not come to Maho met, Mahomet must go to the mountain.” Mr. Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, in a late letter to the Louisville Journal, declared that if reduced to the alternative of a vote be- tween Richardson and Banks, he should choose the former. We presume that many of the col- leagues of Mr. Marshall are prepared to take the same course, in the event of a simple issue between the black republican and democratic candidates. We believe that Mr. Banks cannot be elected by a majority of the House, bat that a conservative on the slavery question can and ought to be. We also undertake to say that the country is thoroughly disgusted with this useless repetition of the same old farce from day to day, and from week to week, us carried on between Benks, Richardson, Fuller, and others. The plurality rule would prova- bly result in the election of Banks, for it would hardly leave the Fuller men the privilege of deserting their candidate. What, then, is the expedient by which this Gordian knot caa be cut in twain? Itissimpleenough. It may be done by a resolution dropping the lowest man voted for; and every man having less than two votes, with every ballot henceforth taken, thein- dividual so dropped to be considered ineligible for the future ballotings, By this process the anti-abolition anti-Banks majority of the House would soon be brought to the direct issue of his election or defeat: and from the declaration of Mr. Humpbrey Marshall we suspect that with the conservatives of the House reduced to this extremity, Banks would quickly go by the board. A compromise with the abolition league is, on all hands, consider- ed impossible; but to defeat the Seward al- liance there must be a compromise or a coali- tion among its enemiea. If there is an alternative to be reached at which demograts and conservative Americans can unite to defeat Banks, they should naite to bring about that alternative. The continu- ance of the present game is worse than ridica- lous; it is the next thing to the continuance of @ fraud upon the public treasury, and the pock- eting the Congressional per diem upon false pretences. We can begin to realize now some- thing of the provocations of Cromwell for the dissolution of the Long Parliament, This squabble for the Speakership has become, in fact, ® public nuisance. ‘The Propesed Hely Alliance in Burepe. | defined. Perhaps the arrival there of Gen. A pamphlet bas appeared in Paris recom- menting the belligerent Powers to refer their dispute to the arbitrament of a European Con™ gress, to be composed o all the sovereigns in Europe. It has attracted great attention from the general impression that it was written by the Emperor of the French and expresses his views. In France, it seems to meet with a pretty general approval. In Germany, too, itisliked well enough. But the London Times assails it with the utmost fury, and declares that so far as England is concerned, she will never sabmit her cause to “a congress in which Russia would be omnipotent by the votes of her vassals and her mercenaries.” Ascuming that the sentiments contained in this pamphiet are rightly ascribed to the Em- peror, it looks very much as though he were tired of the war, and anxious to wind it up like the last Exropean war, by aconfederacy of sovereigns, of which he would be himself the leading spirit. If the idea were adopted, of couree, the Congress would deal not only with the pacification but wih the government of Europe. Not only with the settlement of the Black Sea and the Principalities, but with the control of the people of Germany, Russia, Spain and France. Not only with the extin- guichment of Russian designs on Turkey, but with the annihilation of democratic move- ments all over Europe. At least this is the fair inference from history, our experience of the character of the French Emperor, and our knowledge of his wants and those of his co- sovereigns. The world moves in a circle, and events ceaselessly repeat themselves. For many years, people have been reading of the Con- grecses of Aix-la-Chapelie and Carlsbad and Troppau, and Verona, and Layback, and scarcely believed that such enormities as were practised by the allied sovereigns a: these places within the lifetime of graybaired men were real. Some have felt inclined to distraste the historian—to suspect that he was such a red hot democrat thai he couldn't speak of a king without abusiag dim. People would not believe that men like the Emperors of Austria and Russia, the Kings of France and Prussia, Metternich, Castle- reagh, Nesselrode and Talleyrand actually met together in the face of day to cheat every one who did not belong to their privileged clasa. They could not recencile to their notions of probability that these sovereigns and states- men could have had the unspeakeable folly to declare, as they did at Layback, that they would unitedly make war on any country where the democratic principle was asserted. Gener- ation of unbelievers! While we write, perhaps, the orders have gone forth for other congresses, and we shall again hear perhaps that the Emperor Napoleon and his friend Persigny, and the other Emps- ror Alexander and his man Nesselrode, and the other Emperor Francis Joseph and hismano Metternich, and King Frederick William and his man Manteuff:!, and no end of small Ger man Counts and Prinses, each with his man Friday—and verbaps some great English Duke or Lord, but this is not certain—have met in some quiet little city, and settled the affairs of Europe over Johannisvurger, and decided what men shall think and how they shall speak, and wherewithal they shall be humbugged for the next twenty years to come. One thing is certain. The diplomats and sovereigns of the year of our Lord 1856 cannot rely upon precedent for everything. On one point, at all events, they will find no help in the :ecords of their prototypes, and that point is the Hulseman letter. In the face of that letter—immortal memorial of 2 giant mind—it will be nard, one would think, for the assembled statesmen acd sovereigns to write down that republicanism is rank rebellion against God and man, to be put down with the strong hand. If they should—if, on the strength of this great war of theirs, and their tremendous armies—six hundred thousand to one, @ million to another, anda half « million to a third—they should re-enact the Layback statute and outlaw the people of the United States, we take it that America could bear it. But European rentes would be bad stock after that. It will be very curious to note the course of England. When Napoleon the elder was ove thrown, the government of Great Britain was in the hands of the most odious oligarchy that ever cursed the civilized world. It sided with the wretched dynasties of the Continent, and for six or seven years was heart and hand with them in their Congresses. When the Holy Al- liance resolved to force Ferdinand VII. on Spsin in spite of the Spanish people, this infa- my was too much for the people of England, who had reluctantly submitted to the aristo- cracy, partly from fear, partly from innate conservatism. They now rose, and forced the government to separate from the European dynasties. Now the question arises, can they doso again? There is no doubt but the court party and the aristocracy would willingly join Napoleon in his holy alliance, and help keep down the European democrats with a fine relish, But the thunder of the Londan Times shows how sucha proposal would be = ceived by the people. It will be a tight pull between them. When it comes to a fight, the people win; but for one thousand years, or thereabouts, the oligarchy have cheated the people, and really, one does not see why they should not do so still. CenrraL AMERICAN Arrairs—Prooress or Gey. WatkeR—Position or Con. WHEBLER.— We publishin another part of this paper a very interesting batch of news concerning the movements, prospects and progress of Gener. ] Walker in Nicaragua. He holds his own--he goes on “from conquering to conquer.” Co:3 spiracies hatched against him fall to pieces at bis approach. The last insurrectionary move ment, under Ramon Rivas, # son of General Walker's own President Rivas, was a very sorry experiment. The next grand move of Walker, as appears in one of the letters which we pnblish, ad- dressed to Mr. White, of the Transit Com- pany, was to be upon Greytown itself, and for the especial purpose of ejecting Colonel Kin- ney frem his Mosquito purchase of thirty mil- lions of veresa. This hostile step against the Colonel is uatural enough, as there can’t be two head lions in the same bush, any more than there can be two suns to the same solar sya tem. One orthe other must be put out. Bat it is a pity that between the military invader and the agricultural squatter there can be no compromise, The purposes of the two British ships of war stationed at Greytown, and of the Americas frigate Potomac, seem to be not very clearly the bombardment by Capt. Hollins, From the policy laid down by Mr. Pierce in his message, and from the late affair of the Northern Light, it would not astonish us to learn by the next arrival from Greytown tliat the British and the American naval force there had combined to drive Gen. Walker from the village. Con- sidering the warlike ultimatum of our admin- istration to the British government on Central American affairs, this joint bombardment of Gen. Walker would be a curious incident in the controversy; but we are prepared for al- most any absardity in our foreign affairs, under the peculiar diplomacy of Mr. Pierce and his wise men, Marcy and Cushing. Meantime Gen. Walker has become a fixed fact in Nicaragua, and the probabilities are that nothing but the danger of the climate is likely to cut short his programme in Central America for some time yet to come. Emi- grants to Nicaragua cannot very well be pre- vented from going out there; and should they conclude, after getting there, to join the army of Walker, it is their affair and not ours. Our Minister, Col. Wheeler, according to his own plain and apparently truthful statements of his official position, and his official and indi- vidual acts in Nicaragua, has done as well, under the circumstances, as could possibly have been expected. Tobe sure, Gen. Walker seems to have dealt with some of his own ene- mies in the most terrible and summary manner; bat we think Col. Wheeler presents a good de- fence against any complicity with Walker in these transactions. It will beseen that Wheeler was saluted by the Potomac as our Minister, from which it appears that he is not to be re- ealled for recognising Walker’s government. On the contrary, we are informed that he is instructed to wait a little longer. When the Crampton Gifficulty shall have been settled, per- haps Walker’s government may be duly recog- nised by our administration. Gen. Walker is doubtless advised of this, and ia content to wait. But we are anxious concerning Colone) Kinney. Funoy state of things down yonder in Nigaragua—very. Nothing like “ manifest destiny” —nothing—nothing. The Two Englands of the Day—England in Politics ana England tn Trade. There are two Englands—two great interests somewhat in conflict—two distinct foreiga and domestic policies—Manchester and trale on the one side, and Londoa and the court, or aristocracy, with the old German policy, on the other. A tew years ago the world was startled by the projects of Sir Robert Peel concerning the revenue and navigation inter- ests of England. It was obvious at once that Sir Robert, more sagacious than the mass of the aristocracy, had discovered, at length, the force of this second estate of the realm—great central, menufacturing, liberal trading Eng- land. He foresaw that another power had risen to that point where it must exercise its just influence in the government. The aris- tocracy was the proprietor of the landed estates, and had ever been the object of pro- tection, Free trade to them was equivalent to throwing the productions of the soil into com- petition with the cheap lands and cheap pro- duce of the United States, It was nothing that Manchester and trade and navigation had veen hampered for the benefit of thirty-five thousand families; it was notiing that the millions were starving under the high prices secured by laws excluding agricultural pro- cuets, and that manufactures and the general industry of the country were texed for the benefit of the aristocracy. Protection was to the latter a part of their estatee—it entered into the value of their lands, and constituted &@ permanent eource of their profits. Free trade in England signifies the rising of another power--the inauguration of another policy—and the recognition of an interest in opposition to the court and the aristocracy. It needs no argument to prove that the popular mind of the kingdom finds its expression at Manchester, and that commerce and manufac- tures and all liberal men, including the masses, of whatevrr pursuit, not only sympathise with this new element—this great progressive move- ment—but believe that it constitutes the heart and soul of British prosperity. The existing government holds its place by sufferance; the governing power is in the trale interests—in the people of England—a people who not only embrace the majority, but from whom has sprang every project of reform for the last fifty years. That they have come to exercise their just influence in public affairs, no one will pretend; but events now in*§ cate an occasion which will be likely to stir up the very foundations of the existing popular elements, and put to the test the long assumed exclusive exercise of .uthority by the aristo- racy. The court policy has recently been changed by Lord Palmerston from Germany to France in the present alliance; but in this exclusively political movement, looking solely to the strengthening the aristocracy by its consolids- tion with the absolutism of the Continent, the commercial interest of Eogiand has not becn recognized. The war with Russia which fol- lowed has exercised but a limited influence upon commerce and trade, which have beea successfully prosecuted with almost every na- tion, in spite of it. There was, too, a bit of advantage to be gained by the strictly ship- ping interests, by so prompt aud successful a destruction of Russian commerce, snd an in- terdict against its future revival. These facts undoubtedly exerted a strong influence in in- ducing the great interests of trade in England to submit to the new order of things. But the age of transition hus come. The Franco-Britieh policy, looking to the prepon- derance of England on the sea, and to the ex- tension of her empire in the East andin the West—the cardinal points of the Palmerston programme—cannot be carried out without bringing it in direct conflict with the great trade and manufacturing interests of that na- tion, And when we say this, we mean that the people of England will sooner or later put an interdiction upon their government against the execution of the pigggs suggested. The Central America® Gentroversy with this country we regard as likely to bring up this question for decision, and to test the power of the Palmerston Cabinet to enforce its political and territorial pelicy over the prostrate inte- rests of trade and commerce. It is the last effort of the aristocracy to regain power in England; and perbaps it is fortunate for the peopfe of that country that they will be bronght into alliance with the United States in their struggle with their own rulers, The Central American controversy is not brought up by the London Cabinet, and urged, on the wholly untenable grounds put forward by Lord Clarendon from any settled purpose of making permanent conquests on this continent; it is a convenient means of forcing am issue with this government on the long mooted and oft-repeated dogma of the Monroe doctrine, in view of the present alliance with France. It is the new combina- tion looking to the dominion of the Western alliance in Europe and America, and to its power to compel the government of the United States to withdraw from its imperial preten- sions on this side of the water; and having succeeded in this, to take the next step—to dis- pose of Mexico, Cuba and Central America, either by establishing some issue of royal loins in those countries, or to bring them under the direct protectorate of the Holy Alliance. This is the meaning of the Palmerston movement from Germany to France. When it is attempted to enforce the programme upon this country, the issue will have been fairly made between great central, industrial, trad- ing, commercial and moneyed England on the one side, and the court or aristocracy, aided by the East India Company and the present anti-Russian, anti-American alliance and po- licy, on the other. The waysof Providence are inscratable. It would not be very strange if in this Central American controversy we are entering upon a movement which shall result in a revolution in England. For fifty years the popular mind of that country has been active in rooting out the weeds of aristocracy and sowing the seeds of republicanism. The fruits are seen in the freedom of the press, the extension of manu- factures, the improvement of industry, and in the enlargement of the elective franchise. These great interests are thoroughly identified with the United States, and they have the power, if not to keep the pedce at all hazards, to assert their right to control, in a little time, the British government, And they will do it. THE LATTES NEWS BY ELECTRIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, interesting from Washington. SYMPTOMS OF A BRE&K IN THE DEMOCBATIO RANKS— 4 CAUCUS AXD A NEW START. Wasmoros, Jan. 14, 1858. Great excitement prevails in the democratic ranks, ow- ing tothe bolting to-day of Messrs. Boyce, Keitt and MeQueen, of South Carolina. General Quitman also re- fused to vote again until a caucus should be held, unless his vote should be necessary to prevent the election of Banks, in which case he would throw away his vote. It was feared that the Mississippi delegation would do like- wise, The ¢ifficulty was, Mr. Richardson’s saying he be- Meved the Wilmot proviso constitutional. At the call of General Quitman and four others, a democratic caucus was held to-night, in the Representa- tive Hall. Forty-nine members were present. Hon. G. W. Jones occupied the chair. ‘This caucus ia regarded as the most important for the na‘ional democracy of any ever held. Dissolution seemed to threaten them here at the moment the party is ac- quiring a healthy tone throughout the Union. Mr. Richardson, for the third time, requested to with- draw, and spoke handsomely of his position and his em- barrassments. General Quitman followed in an eloquent speech on State rights and squatter sovereignty, and urged the im- possibility of his supporting any man who endorsed the constitutionality of the Wilmot proviso. Mr. Orr urged that to desert either their candidate or their platform under the fire of the enemy would prove disastrous to the party. Gen. Quitman, before the adjournment, admitted that many of the difficulties, to his mind, had been removed. ‘The vote for Col. Richardson he now regarded as only complimentary, and he was unwilling to endorse his views of the Wilmot proviso, even as an abstract propo- sition, unless, indeed, by his.vote he could then secure Richardson’s election. Could he accomplish this, he was willing to waive his objections, and still vote for him. ‘After speeches from Cobb of Alabama, Cobb of Geor- gia, Stephens, Harris, Dowdell, Bocock, McMullen, Fuller of Maine, and several others, the caucus unanimously agreed to stand by their candidate and preserve the unity and consistency of the national democracy. E. THE SPEAKERSHIP—THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS—WHO WILL BE THE SENAT!’S PRINTER? Wasutxctox, Jan. 14, 1856, Members evinced a better feeling to-day than at any previous time. Mr. Clingman was only prevented from moving the plurality rule by urgent appeals from the éemocratic side, They wished to have another consulta- tion before making any move. ‘The democratis caucus now in session in the hall of the House is largely attended. Their action will be final and conclusive. This was the day set apart for the election of Senate printer. No move, however, was made, owing to the absence of a number of democratic Senators. There is a rumor this evening that Mr. Hunter and Mr. Mason have agreed to vote for the Union editors, a compromise having deen effected sutisfactory to them. D. THE BRITISH ENLISTMENT CASE—PRESENT POSITION OF THE SUBJECT—THREATENING ASPECT OF AF- FAIRS. ‘Wasmxcrox, Jan. 14, 1856. ‘The President has not repeated his original demand for the removal of Mr. Crampton. Tho British government having assumed the responsibility of explaining away the conduct of their Minister in the enlistment case, and our government having accepted thelr offer, the settlement of the affair is no longer with Mr. Crampton, who still continues his official relations with the United States; but, with the English government, Lord Palmerston insists that sufficient explanation and apology has already been given to the United States, and our government, with equal pertinacity, insists to the contrary. On the disa- greement of this point, all further correspondence be- tween the two governments has closed. The special message which the President has in roadi- ness for Congress will be found to sustain this statement. Nothing short of the immediate removal of Mr. Cramp- ton by the British government.can prevent the affairs of the United Stotes and England from assuming » more important and threatening attitude. 0. P,Q GREAT PRITAIN AND THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUES- TION, BTC. Wasuincton, Jan. 14, 1856. It ‘s reported here, with an air of truth, that Eogland, rather than engage in a war with the United States on the Central American question, will recede from the as- sumed protectorate over the Bay Islands and the Mosqui- to kingdom. It was incorrectly reported here that the last des- patches sent to Fogland were through Mr, Crampton. if any have been sent fecently, they went through the regular chapnel. Despatehes by the Canada todicate nothing of partisn- Jar importance. The difliculty between Messrs. Rarksdale and Kennett, mentioned in the report of the proceedings in the House on Saturday, has been amicably adjusted by mutual ex- planations. Election of Gov. Bigler to the United States Senate. Hannisevre, Jan. 14, 1856, Fx-Governor Bigler was to-day elected United States Senator—receiving eighty-two votes, The balance scat- tering. Travel Between New York and Boston, Bostoy, Jan. 13, 1856, ‘The New York train, vin Stonington, due yesterday morning, arriv.d here this morning at 4 o'clock, The Fall River steamboat train arrived, at 1 P.M. The morn: ing express train from New York vis New Haven arrived at 8P. M, ‘The steamer Worcostar put into New Haven on Saturday night, Passengers repreyent the storm on the Sound on Saturday night to have been tremendous. The snow which fell on Saturday night in badly frozen, and the railroads are almost impassable. It was snowing here steadily again this morning. ‘The morning express train, hence for Now York, had not proceeded over five milesup to noom to-day. The track is covered with lee, THIRTY-FOURTS CONGRESS. FIRST BESSION. Senate. Wasmscron, Jan, 14, 1856. The Senate merely held a formal meeting and adjourned till Thursd sy. House of Representatives. ‘Wastinctoy, Jan. 14, 1856. TER EPRAKEREEIY, Mr. Trarrox, (black rep.) of Mass., corrected a mistake: into which Mr, Campbell, of Ohio, hed inadvertantly fallen on Saturday, in stating that there was no copy of the Bible in the Congressional library. On the contrary, there are many editions of that holy book there. The House then rerumed voting for a Speaker, with the following result:— ONB HUNDRED AND NINTU BALLOT, . 95 Pennington. 8 - 96 Seattering.. 8 Necessary to's choice, 106. ‘The House voted twice more, the last as follows>— ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH BALLOT. 95 Richaréson 38 Scattering. 1 Necessary for NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Senate. AuBany, Jan, 14, 1856. The Senate convened at 734 o’clock, but adjourned tor- want of a quorum, Aseembly. AuBaNy, Jan, 14, 1856. THY SPEAKERSHIP—PROSPECT OF AN ORGANIZATION. Mr. Foot’s resolution to elect by plurality was called up, and along debate ensued. The democrats opposed: its passage, and offered various counter propositions and. amendments, all of which were rejected; and finally, after an unsuccessful attempt to adjourn, the resolution was adopted, under the order o1 the previous question, at 23g o'clock P. M. ‘The resolution declares that on Tuesday morning, im- mediately after the reading of the journal, the House shall proceed to vote three times for Speaker, and that the person receiving the largest number of votes on the third ballot shall be the Speaker of the House. ‘The syes and nays on the adoption of the resolution are as follows:— ‘Yras.—Mesere. Abbott, Aleur, T. D. Bailey, Bau- crite cents, alan meme ey Clark, Cobh, Cole, Coon, Crocker, Vennelston, Deshler, wey, Dimoek, , G.'& adler, Duganne.’ Fenn, Floyd, Foot, Gage, Gon d, ‘Gray, Green, ‘G axes, Hompton. Haxtun, Hobbs, Hoyte, Hovatradt, H. Hyde, R. H. 8. Hyde, Jenkin, Johnson, Jutland, King, Kingman, Lewis, Lo Lorelt, Mason, Main, Matiice, Mallory, Maltby, Méssey, Mead. lt, Paine, 'Ferker, Pock, i GP. Mills, Morgen,” Northrop. Powers, Pendergrant. Prescott 1) Rol Schoopmaker, Scott, Sitnons, 6. Simth, W.8. Smith, Snedixer, Snow, Spibola, § : man, Nays—Mensrs, Antnon, i. J.B. ‘Bayes, Mil. ier Ad , Kelly, . Whitbeck, jer. A. J. Mills, Reeves, Kelly, White, Whitse, . Bailey, Bradner, Brady, Clark, Curtis, Dawron, Dixon, Glover, Goodrick, United States Supreme Court. WasuinaTon, Jan, 14, 1856. No. 25. The United States vs. James Mackey, et all vs. Richard J. Coxe. Justice McLean delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming the judgment of the Cir- cuit Court for the District of Columbia, with costs. ‘No. 38, Jas. M. Cooper vs, Enoch C, Roberts.—Angu- ment concluded by Mr. Vinton for plaintiff. No, 39. Schr. Freeman, &c., Charles Hickox, claim- ant, vs. Alvah Buckingham, et al. Argumeat com- menced by Mr. Haven for appellant. Condition of the Reading Ratiroad Company.. Puiaperui, Jan. 14, 1856. ‘The total receipts of the Reading Railroad, as per the anual report of the Treasurer of the Company, have been $4,321,739, which, after deductions of interest, expenses, &c., leaves a dividend fund of $1,940,405. The declared semi-annual dividend is 4 per cent on the preferred and common stock, payable in cash, clear of State tax; also, & divicend in common stocks, on preferred and common stocks, of 4 per cent, payable the 4th of February. The floating debt of the company is about $1,000,000. The dividends declared for the past year are§ per cent in cash and 4 per cent in stock, equal to about 11% per eemt cash. The stock dividend made to-day, should the whole be issued, will add about 8,000 shares to the pre sent capital of thecompsny. Jehn Tucker was re-elected President. All the other cflicers of the company. were also re-elected. In the North” Pennsylvania Railroad Company, it is supporod Miller, the contractors’ candidate, has beer. chosen President over Fernon , the present President. Conflugrations. DISASTROUS FIRE AT UTICA. Unica, Jan. 14, 1856. At seven o’clock this morning a fire broke out in the store No, 56 Genesee street, in this city, whieh, with its contents, were wholly corsumed. The flames communi- cated to Thurber & Seward’s bookstore, C. A. Yates’ wholesale clothing store, Wescott & Hammond’s hat and far store, and an adjoining builéing known as the New York store, A large amount of go>ds was saved, but the aggregate loss cannot be loss than $75,000. Tne store: where the fire broke out was filied with the stock of P. V. Keilogg & Co., wholerale clothing cealers, and goods of W. C. Wilcox, dry goods merchant, whien firms had just taken pessersion of the building, only a few hours before the fire broke out. Mr, Wilecx’s less is about $25,000. All the property destroyed was insured, but to what ex- tent is not yet known. DESTRUCTIVE FIBE AT BUFFALO. Burvaro, Jan, 13, 1866. The store on Main street, occupied by Mr. Butts, dealer in Daguerrian materials, and Meeers. Pratt & Allen, hard ware merchants, together with the store adjoining, oocu- pied by Mesers. Marvin, Clark & Co., wholesale dry goods merchants, were consumed by fire this morning. Mr. Butts’ loss is about $12,000, insured for $8,000; loss of” Messrs. Pratt & Allen, $22,000—insured for $15,000; Marvin, Clark & Co., loss $70,000—insurance $50,000. The shoe store cf Ramsdell & Co., in the vicinity, was. damaged to the extent of about $5,000, Snow Storm at the South. Conwmnta, 8.C., Jan. 14, 1856. Another severe sterm of sleet and snow commenced here on Friday, and lasted through Saturday. The telegraph lines axe greatly damaged. The weather con tinues cold. Heavy Snow Storm in the West. Burraro, Jan. 14, 1856. A violent snow storm has raged here since Saturday night, and still continues. The snow lies at an avernge- depth of about two feet six inches, The roads, as far ax heard from, are passeble. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jon. 14, 1866. Snow to the depth of twelve inches hae falien here since Saturday night. The railroads are yet in working: order. Snow Storm at the East. Boeron, Jan. 14, 1856, At Halifax there was a heavy snow storm last night, and {! 1s raining to-day. The same is the case xt Sack-- ville and St. John, New Brunswick. ‘The Case of Coburn and Dalton. Boston, Jan. 14, 1856. The Grand Jury have indicted Messrs, Coburn and. Dalton for manslaughter in causing the death of young. Sumner. ; The Southern Mail, Bartiwors, Jan. 6, 1856. We have no mall south of Wasuington to-night. Our harbor was opened to-day, and arrangements have becm made to prevent, if possible, its closing agaim. Markets. oe STOCK BOARD. MILADELPHIA, Jan, 14, 1856. patos are dull, We giuote Pennayivinta Fives at 823, feuding ; Long Islan 33g; Mi v 1234; Penneylwonia Railroad, 4334) ene ee Election in Kansas, To-day the election for Slate officers, under the free: State constitution, will take place in Kansas. The fol- lowing are the nominations for the various ofiices:-— For Governor, {Charles Robinson, (rep. For Lieut. G Roberta, (oid line Vor Ce a dem. For Congress Delahay, (old line tor For Secretary huyler, (rep.) For Auditor, A. Cutler, (rep.) For State Treasure: A. Waketiola, (ep.) 2 Katia, (nat, dem.) M. f. ay & Morris Hu . Floyd. (dem) bso ston, of Manhatta les Moore, (nat. ANS sg Speer, (rep.) For Olerk Suprema Court For Reporter of Court: For Attorney Gener: For Pubhe Printer % Bevaroe jCorrmR Service.—Second Lieutenant ohn Quin, Jr. has been ordered to joia the revenue gutter Caleb Cushing, stationed at Portland, Maine. Second Lieutenant J. A. Claridge hi hoonordered to join diag cutter Jackson, stationed at Kastport,