The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1856. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMBS GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. QerwE X. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS Webume XXI......... steeeses te eeteeee ese Oe BT —— SUCKLEY'g BURLESQUE OPERA, HOUSE, i 63 Broadway —Panonamc Prcronm HALL, 7 4 AND JAPAN. Meow Youk, Monday, January 28, 2656. NBW YORK HERALD—EDITION POR BUROPS. ‘Hho Cunard mail steamship America, Capt. Little, will Imawe Boston, om Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. ‘The European mails wilt close in this city sta quarter te two o'clock to-morrow afternoon. ‘The Henin (printed in English and French) will be geBitebed at nine o'clock in the morning. Single copies, ta wrappers, sixpence. and advertisements for any edition of She Nuw Yorx Harry will be received at the following places in Europe:— @he News. are laid up, and it is only the powerful steamtugsand strongly built ferry boata that keep open communi- eation with the ocean and the shores of Long Island and New Jersey. And even these are frequently, at certain stages of the tide, subjected to long delays in making their trips to aud fro. The condition of the ivers, combined with the wretched state of our streets, has a very depressing effect upon business. Whe Atlantic docks, at Brooklyn, our principal breadstuffs depot, are so frozen in as to make delivery of merchandise from them in a measure impossible; and as large quantities of grain and flour are held @ere on storage, sales for speedy shipment are impracticable. Vessels arriving with cargoes from Southern ports find it very difficult and expensive to discharge them. The receipts by the railroads, though light, must be carted to ves- sels, if moved at all,at a heavy expense, as the streets, from the debris of the late snow storm, are rendered almost impassable, and as high as two cents per bushel has been paid for carting grain from the Erie and Hudson River railroad depots across the town from the North to the East river. From this state of things, to say nothing of the dangers attending pedestrian exercise over our ice covered pavements, we pray for a deliverance as speedy as the economy and capriciousness of Nature in this latitude will permit. We have news from the Rio Grande. Our cor- respondent at Matamoros, writing on the 9th inst., states that the opposition of the clergy, through their bishops, to the late law for regulating the ad- ministration of justice, was likely to prodace very serious trouble. The Bishop of Monterey had uttered a strong protest. The President was evi- dently puzzled as to what to do. The new statute for the better rule of Tamaulipas was published in Matamoros, but the people on the frontier were de- termined to uphold the democratic form of govern- ment. Vidaurri’s official conduct was approved of. ‘The weather was cold, and navigation off the Brazos bar dangerous. There was no local news stirring. The Texas invasion furore had subsided. We published yesterday a debate in the Board of Aldermen of Chicago, on the subject of paying for gold headed canes, which a majority of the mem- bers had voted for themselves at a cost of forty dol- Jars each. It will be observed that the Board con- sisted of fifteen members, nine only of whom it had been decided could make a proper use of tle aforesaid gold headed canes. An aualysis of the vote, as published yesterday, may be somewhat curious, although it will not be denied that it was perfectly natural. A majority and minority re. port from the committee were presented on the question of payment, the former being in favor of cancelling the bill and the latter adverse to sach an expenditure of the people’s money. The vote was as tollows:— For, Against. Minority report 6 9 Majori:y :eport 9 6 Fins poyment 9 6 The jury in the case of Joseph E. Ebling, Com- missioner of Streets and Lamps, whose trial on the charge of bribery occupied the attention of the Court of General Sessions during Friday and Saturday, came into Court yesterday afternoon, after delibe- rating twenty hours, and for the third time stated that it was impossible for them to agree upon a verdict. They were accordingly discharged. It is understood that the jury were equally divided as to the guilt or innocence of the accused. Alderman Mosher is the public functionary who will next appear for trial. He is said to be very ill at present. The value of foreign goods imported at the port of Boston during the week ending 26th inst , amount- ed to $1,029,748. On Saturday the sales of cotton embraced about 600 bales, without change in prices. Flour was also without change. There continued to be a good domestic demand for medium extra brands of Southern and Western, and among the gales were 1,000 barrels St. Louis Bay State Mills, at $9 12. Wheat was firm for prime lots; red ‘Tennessee sold at $1 95, and Missouri white at $212 2 $215. Corn was steady, with light transactions. Pork was heavy; sales of meas were inade at $16 25 and at the close there were sellers at $16 124, with- out takers. Prime cold at $14. Sugars and coffee were steady, without change in prices. Freights were inactive; engagements moderate, owing to the difficulties of loading from the present condition of the docks and hart AyoTuer Int psxt Letrer From Live Oax Georce—He 1s not to be Brep—We cheerfully make room in our columns to-day for a very characteristic sort of » letter from “Live Oak George Law,” on the important subject of bleeding for his party. It will be seen that, apart from the contingent expenses of councils, pamphlets, banners, &c., &c,, Live Oak George is not to be bled-—that if he knows how to make money, he knows how and when to spend it, and when to take care of it, In fact, those active members of the American party who have beon counting upon fleecing whe great contractor out of hundreds and thousands, “for the good of the cause,” are completely dished. George Law taiks pretty much, upon tle subject, in the vein of old General Taylor, He is neither to be bought nor cold; but if elected to the Presidency he will endeavor to discharge bis duty. That's fair. Let him stick to that, and let the vam- pyres who would bleed Nim “for the cause,” yead bis letter and beware’ of attempting it. Bead bis letter and beware! he Proceedings in Congress on Suturday on the Slavery Question Not Very Bad for a Beginning. On Saturday last the preposterous, weari- some and monotonous farce of voting over and over again for a Speaker, with the sme tri- angular division of the House as avon the first Monday in December, was super eded by a series of resolutions testing the sense of the body upon the slavery agitation, the Mis souri compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska bill. These resolutions, with the vote upon each, we published yesterday in our regular tele- graphic Congressional report; but for the more general and particular information of our readers, and from the importance and the sig- nificant character of the proceedings in ques- tion, we embody them in this article, with a few pessing remarks, First, Mr. Duna, a black republican of In- @iana, offered three resolutions, the firet of which is as follows:—— ‘That, the pol iitiaal_ complexion ef the Eseniment of a iarge major eae ea py ia realy 2 Poet a Kiosss and Nobrack cenpepetien ot 1820, ne =e es with that fentimentse or who will Of thas be fo oxert himeolf earnestly for r che restoration striction in terms or in substance. This resolution was rejected by one vote, to wit :-— » BI |, Co 5 in, Cumdack, Damreli, 1 ¥ Dairs,” Day. Dean, De Wit, Diek, Diel Lodd, Dunn, Durfee, Edie, ‘Giddings, Gilbert, Gran’ ger, Grow, Rovert B. Hall Hepa. Harrison Holloway, Tho tas R. Horton, Valentine B. Horton, Howard, Kelsey, King, Knapp, Knigbl, Knowlton, Knox Konkel, Leiter, Mace, Mat Mevarty. “Mere Moore, Mor Mi Mow, Murray. Nichois, Norton, mane Uliver, inner, Sia Su Te s timon, Spinner, anion, rons, pag fa apinagions Washburre ve Wconsin, Washburae of Miinols, Washburn uae Weich, Wood, Woodruff, and Woodworth — Nays—Mesars. Aiken, Allen, Barclay, Barksdale, Beil, Hendley 8. Bennett, Bocock, Bowie, Zoyce. Branch, Broome, Burned, Cadwallader, John’ P, Campbell, Osriie, Carusers Saxe. 0! nue Howell Cobb, Miamnson. R. W. Codd, Cox, Cullen, Davidson, Dowdell, Yémundson. Biliott, English, Hitéridge, Kuss, Evans, aulkner, Youer Henry M. Fullor . D. Fuller, Goode, Greshwood, Augustus Hall, Pcl Sampaon W. Harris, M. arr, Haven, Herbert, Hotluun, Housion Jewett, Geo. W. Jones, J, tiianey Jones, Kelly, Kennett, Kidwoi, Lake, fetcber, Lindley. Lumpkin, Humphre sil, Saniuel 8." Marshall, Marwali, MeMullen. MelJueen,-®mfth Miller, Millson. Mill” ward, Mordecai, Oliver, Orr, 'Pecker, Paine, Peok, Phelps, Porter, Powell, Puryear, Quitman, Reade, Ready, Ricaud, Richasdaon, Rufin, “A. Rust, sandidge, Savage, Wamuel A Smith, Win, Smith, ‘Wim. K Smith, Sneed, Stephens, Stewarl, Swope, Taibou, ‘Ta; aglor, Trippe, Underwood, Valk, Walker, Waruer, Watkins, Welle, Wheeler, Whitney, Wittams, Wins: ow, Bi Daniel B, Wright, John B. Wright, and Zolilcoifer—To- The second resolution is as follows :— Resolved, That said restriction ought to be restored, as an ‘act of justice to all the people of the United States, as a’ proper vindication of the jom, patriotism and jplighted honor of the great statestoon who imposed it, aad av & nesessary and certain means of reviving that concord and harmony among the States of the American Urion whieD are essen'tal to the weltare of our peaple and the perpetully of our instita- ne, —Which was adopted by one vote, upon the following division of the House—101 to 100— viz :-— Yes: _— m fee Guamsaoa! éol rell, ‘Timoth sents Dur win. Lyuriee, Balle, i, Magan, Harrison, Holloway; Tumse Re Hor: iar "Haren: Vegas! Be Bastia, Hower, Kesey. ier Knipp, Knight, Wpowlion, Knox, Knnkel, Lester, Mace, Mat Metaty, Meachan', Killian Milter, Milward. Moore, Morgan, Mori Mott, uray. Nichols, Norton, andrew ll ver, Parker, Pelion, Penningion, Perry, Petit, Pike, Pringle, Purviance, Kitchie.” Roveris, Sabin, Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simca, Dplaner, Santen, siranaten, Toppan, Thoringion; tburs‘on, ‘Todd, Wakeman. Walbridge, Waldron, Washburné of Wisconsin, Was: bur ne of Til'nois, Washb' uruofMteine, Welch, ‘Wood, Woodruit, Wheeler, and Woodworth—Total, Nays—Meesrs. Aiken, Aller, Barclay, Berkatale Bell, Hendiey 8, Bennett, Bocock., Bowie, Boyce, Branch, Brow’ Burned, Cadwallader; Jonn P. Campveil, Carlile, Caruthers, Caskie,” Clingman, Howell Cobb, Williamson R. W. Co Cox, Cullen, Davis, Davidson, Dowdell, Kémundson, sion? English, Etheridge, Busts, tvans, Faulkner, Foster, Henry M Fuller, Thomas J. D Fuller, Goede, Greenwood, Augustus Malt d Morrion Hazrie Sampson W. Harris, Thomas M. Barris, Herbert, Hoffman, fou:ten, Jeveett ie W. Jones, it, Allison, Bail, Banks, Burlingame, Campbell! of Uso,Chat- . Covode, Crogin, Cumack, Dar- v. Dean. De Witt, Vick, Dickson, Dodd, , Giddings, Gilvert, GrangerGrow, Barbcur, ulin, McQueen, Sinus Miler, Oliver, Orr, Packer. Paine, Peck, Powel Furyear. Quitman, Reade, Ready, "Ric uf,’ a Rus, Gandidge, Savage: ‘SamaslA~ Saal, Wm Smith, Win, te Amith, Sneed, Stephens Stewart, Swope, Tabor, Taylor, Triope. Underwood, Vaik, Waiker. Warner, Watrins, Whiney, Williams, ytrinalow, “Daniel B. Wrignt, Joun B. Wright, oilicotfer—Te And this is the third of Mr, Dann’s sche- dule :— Resolved, ‘That ca useless and factious agitation of the slavery question, nor out of Congress, is unwise, unjust toa portion of the American people, and to’ some extent injurious Jo every sectien of our couusry, it therefore saould not be countenanced; et not] the Missouri restricting of 18%) shail have been rest in fact or in substance, to the wald ferrito- ne-ol Kaneas aod Nebraska, fully and’ completely, to that extent and for that purpose it {sour solemn duty to the past, the present urd ihe fuiure steadily and irmiy w persiet in our effor —Which was rejected, 100 to 103, as will ap- pear from the vote in detail, viz:-- Yras—Merrrs. Albright, Allison, Hall, Banks, Barbour, Henry Sennett. Benson, Batunghurs. Zinghac, Bishop, iiss, nw Brenion, Huflington, Buritgame, Caimpbelt of Obio, Chaitee, Clawson, oxin. Cumbacic je'e. Diexson, Dodd, Gilbert, Granger, jolioway, Thomas, , Howard, Kelsey, King, Knapp, Kaowl- Ko ster, Mace Matteson, McCarty, Mew cham, Killian re. Morgan, Morrill, Mott Murray, Nichols, Norte liver, Parker, Pelion, Pennington, Perry. "Pett, biker "Pringle, Purviance. “Ritchie, Hoobins, Robert, Sabin, t, Sherman, Simon, Spinner, Stan ton, Stransbao, Thurston, Todd, Ws ‘ak ‘aghivurne ot Wiscans Wasbborne of Il!inoig, Waahbura of Maine, Watson, Wel Wood, Woodruil aud Woodworth —Totai, 100 cid ley, Lumpkin, Hamphre Mar. stall well, McMullen, McQueen, fenith Miller, Mi ssom, Muted, Sor Pare, Peck. Phelps, Porter, Po Reace, Ready, Miesid. Richards \. Olver, Orr, Packer, Wheeler, Whitey, ‘WEliacos, Wisnow, Soha B Wright, bs cofler—Totai, 105. Now let us look into these resolutions and votes respectively, for, prima facie, their mean- ing is not fully ex The firet resolv - show that th braska sentiment of the Houce is = ger than Mr. Banks; and the vote proves it. Greeley has charged that Mr. Dann is suffering from the delusion that Indiana could furnish a better anti-Nebraska candidate for Speaker than the gentleman from Mi chusetts, and this resolation may have bee tended to show our Fourierite philoso there was something in it. The majority of the House, however, though only one, is still a majority of one against the principle of elect- ing a Speaker pledged to exert himself for the expulsion of slavery from Kansae by act of Cong second resolution, which declares th the Mi rdict egainst slavery should ouri be restored other hand, by one vote, and that vote wae che vote of Joho Wheeler, by whose vote, leo, the first resolu- tion wae rc Mr. Whe ¢ @ democrat to the last Con, off with the hard shells. As a hard he opposed, all the way through, the Kansss-Nebraska bil} as an ad- Toinistration measure ; and in our elections > the present Congresa, as a natural result, he was dropped by both softs and bardse—by the first, because of his hostility to Mr. Pierce: by the second, because of his opposition to the bill of squatter soversignty. Mr. Wi however, was not thus to be set aside, and fo he ran as an independent candidate: and being supported by the Sewardites on th: Nebraska question, be was re- The Sewardites since the meeting of this Congress have been abusing him right and left for bis failare to support Mr. Banks. We hope, now, that they will be satisfied that, in the abstract the motto of General James Watson Webb and John Wheeler is the same—Princt. ples, not men.” Mr. Wheeler adheres to the | priaciple, bus the mau is no} satisfactory, He prefers some other man to Mr. Banks Thet’s all. It is certainly very remarkable that Mr. Wheeler's vote should decide the sentiment of the House to be against the election of a Speaker upon the test of the Missouri restric- tion, and that, on the other hand, Mr. Wheel- er’s vote should decide the judgment of the House (a mighty nice distinction) to be ia ta- vor of the restoration of this Missouri inter- dict. Thus, it appears that Mr. Wheeler’s party is neither the democratic, black republican or Know Nothing party, of any faction or of any section. It ia the Wheeler party. The third of Mr. Dann’s resolutions, declar- ing, substantially—Firet, that the agitation of the slavery question is fuli of mischief, and second, that it ehould be persisted in until slavery shall have been expelled from Kansas and Nebraska by act of Congress, was ost, 100 t© 103. Here we find Messrs. Haven (of the hard shell whig Ksow No- thing law firm of Fillmore, Haven & Co.) and Wheeler, of New York, and Knight aad Millward, anti-Nebraska men trom Peausylva- nia—who voted for the resolution deciaricg that the Missouri interdict should be restored— had not the stomach to swallow this senseless, stultifying third resolution, and that accord- ingly by their votes it was rejected. Mr. Fuller (Know Nothing conservative, of Pennsylvania,) offered a fourth resolutivn, de- claring ‘That any agitation of the ausstion of slavery, in or ont of ‘unwise, unjust of the American poeple. it 10, eae a to every ecto our acacia and there- fore, should not be counieuunced. Adopted by two majority, as follows:— Yeas—Messrs. Aiken, Alien. m, Barclay. Barksdale, me a 8. Bennet of Miss., Bowie, B'C 6 Burnett, Oadwalader, Campbell of Garlic: taruiners, Caskie, ‘Ciingman, Gobbat'Ga., Cobb ot Ala, Cox Cutlen, Davidroo, Davis of Md.. Dowdell, Kdmundeon, 6. Eng: Tay Wiherdge, Beatin, Je. evans, Faukner, Postar, Puller of Pa., Fuller of Me., Goode, Green' ‘all, Harris of Md., Harrigaf 40, Harris or U.. Havens of N. ¥., Holman, fous Jewett, ‘Jones of Tennesser, Jones of Pennsylvania, Relist New York, Kenneu, Kidwell, Lake, Lester, Leica Lumokin, Husapbrey merabali of Keatucky, i aaraba see aswel, MeMullgn. MeQueen, Miter Oliver ot Mo., Orr, Phelps’ Porter, vitmen Reads, Rests, Bice owell. Pursesr QQ nd. Richardson, Ruifing Rust, Bapdidge, Savage, Sih al Va., Smith of Ala, Sneed, rephoae, , Siowrart, Swope, Taloor:, Taso, Trippe, Underwood, Valk, Waiker, Warner, Wheelcr, Winslow, Wrightot Miss, Wright of Teun., Bad Zollicotters rota, 101. Navs- Messrs. Aibright, Al Bali, Banks, Jr., Sarbour, — feck gerne nae “ot Me., Blilinghurat, Blog: Blas Bredehaw, Brenton, Butting'on. Hurling. sue Gone ell ot Oni. Chaffee, Clawson, Colisx, Comins Uo vode. oh Jumback, Damreil, Davis of Mass.. Day, Jexa, Dew jek, Dickson,’ Dodd, Lua pune izdie, ‘Emrie, Guibert. Granger, Grow, Harlan, tarrison, Holo ama Horton of N_¥., Horton of "Ohio Howard, Kelsey. King, eet nigh, Enéwiton Kuox, Kunkel, ang 7 Mat tenor ecu Meacham, Miller of N. ¥., Moore, Morgan, Morrill, Met Murra Nichols, Norvin, Oliver, Parker. Pelton, Pennington, ng erry, ‘Petit, Bike, Pelagia, Parviance, Rob: bine, Koberts, Bava . Scott, Shaman, Simmons, ft ner.’ Stanton, Ta} prington, Thurston, ‘odd, W: Wakeman, Walbriage, 6, Waldron, Wastburae ot Wine Wack’ burne of 1i1., Washhurn of Me., Watson, Weich, Wood, Wood- ruff, Woodworth—Total, Mr. Meacham, (black republican,) of Ver- mont, offered a resolution ‘That in the opini.n of this House the repeal of the Missouri gompromise of 1:0, prolublting slavery, nord: of laliuds 35 rees 30 minutes, was en examole of uselesa and factious ery the slavery question, unwise and unjust to the Ame- Flean people. Adopted by 108 against 93, as follows:-- Yuss—Mesera. Albright, Allison, Ball, Banks, Jr.. Barbour, Benne tot sew York, Benson, Bulinghurst, Bing am. Bishop. Bliss, rndehay, Brenton, Broom. Bailngton. Burlingame pbell of Ohid, Chatlee. Clark, Jr., Clawson, Colfax, ‘ovode. Crogin, Cumback, ‘Damrell, Davis of Massichu- ay, Dean, De Witt, Dick,’Disksom, Dodd, Unun, Our. Emrie, Etheridge, ‘Giddings, Gllvert, Granger. ial, Harlin, Harrison, Haven, foloway,’ Horio of Horton of Ohio, Howard. Kelsey. K'ng, Roope. Holey sezgiton, iors Kunkel, teron, Mev ‘Miller ‘ot New York ‘Miliward, Mocrd of Unley Morgan of’ NY. Morrill Moy Murray Nt; cholis, Norton, Oliver of N. ¥., Parker, Pelton, Peanington, Perry, Petit, Pike, Pringle, Purviance, Robbins, Roberts, $8 din, bop. Boot Sherman, Simmans, Spinner. Stanton, Shas. ban, Tappan. Thorington, Iharston, Todd, Wade, Wakenan, Welbridge, Waldron; Washburne ot Wis,” Washburne of Ii, Washburn, Jr. ot Me, Wateon, Welsh, Wells, Jr., Wheeler, ‘Whitney, Wood, Woodruil, and’ Woodworth—Total, 108. Nays—Mesers. Aiken, Alien, Barclay, Barkedale, Bell Ben- nett of Missistp i, Bocock. Bowie, Boyes, Branch, Burnett, Coutle Ctugmany Gobo of Georgia, Cobb oral ae, e] uy fobb of ol Jabama, x of Kentucky, roe of Louisiana, Davis of Indians, Domael Edmundson, Esiott, English, Kustis, Jr., ni Fler ot Maize, wor lant rris of Alabama, Harris of Hoffaan, in, ‘Humphre; Marshall of Ky 8 3 a ‘McMullin’ McQueen, Miller, ous Orr, Packer, Paine, Peck, Phel = pear Fo yuiiman. Ready. Ricaud. Richardron, Ru Sova e, Smith of Va, Smithot Ala. Sneed” wope, Talbott. Taylor. Trippe. ‘eit noone va Walk or," Warner, ‘Watkinss Williams, Wiasow, Wright of Miss, Wright of Temn., and Zolicoffer—Tota!, 93, By comparing the affirmative vote upon this with the aflirmative vote upon the secoad of Mr. Dunn’s resolutions, our readers will detect the few scattering members who, while they believe the repeal of the Missouri compro- mise “an example for useless and factious agitation,” &c., are still opposed to its resto- ration. Taking the vote upon the second resotution on the Missouri question as the exact test of the sentiment of the House, the body stands divided— restoration of the interdict. +101 MAO 3 bs te 6ay iedds ses stdicelvoed sis cttivdee ce TA A fall bonse comprises....... Voting upoa second resoiulion, Short of # fall house, These ibirty-three absentees from vote may be divided as follows:— v-Nznnaskas Jacob Brown, Pas Buse, Obie; Conn. + X35 Childs. Campbell, Pa.: Dare, Stare: Kawa Ti Pugin, No way, Ohio; ughaten, N. 3: Beare Pa; Kodbing, N. Pat bison Mass.: Tyson, Pa; ‘Trumbail, Ul; Wat! som bho; Walle, Onto; Wella, Winat Total members voting that the Missouri Compromise should be restored, on second resolution... ++ 101 Absentees, or not voting (anti-Nebraeka men, oo 8 Total...... Total opposed to Misecun restoration, voters and absentees inelusive nm Full House, free soil majority Yet with this majority of ten, in a fall house, in favor of the restoration of the Missouri line, the abolition fusionists have been vainly strug- gling, intriguing, plotting and pipe-laying, promising and threatening, for two months, for a bare majority of one for Mr. Banks upon the Seward plattorm of a sectional party—a sec- tional agitation and campaign for the Presi- dency—at the hazard of the disruption of the Union, ‘The meaning and substance of the foregoing votes may be briefly summed up. Grant that there is a lean majority of the Honse in tavor of the sbstraction of the restoration of th Missouri compromise, if you reduce it + ard’s plan of a disunion agitation, 1 majority against him. We feel confide that when the experiment shall come +o be tried in the House, of the repeal of the Kansas- Nebraska bill, it will fall through—that it will be decisively rejected by the Houve, in some decisive shape or other. To-day, por- haps, we may get the plurality rule and Mr. Perhaps. Banks for Speaker. Ov TSIDE PRESSURE ON THE CouNcrL, or Fre- —The Senate of the United States has lately received several petitious, remon- strances and memorials from distinguished tims of the Navy Retiring Board. Theag documents are exceedingly interesting, and we regret that we cannot publish them in cxtenso, We have, however, extracted thoge parts which bear upon the lives and ger- vices of the gallant officers, and they are given in this paper. The Council of Fifteen has done a great deal of harm, but it haa also dug its own in the opinion of the public, and grave given the American people an opportunity to | of the country which would not otherwise have been brought to the light of day, The memo- rial of Lieutenant Maury is an able and for- cible paper— precisely such a document as we should have expected from that gallant officer and illustrious savan. The account of the ser- vices of Commodore Jones will also be found exceedingly interesting. After reading these accounts, we think that the acts of the Council ot Fifteen will be unanimously condemned by the Grand Council of Twenty-five Millions of American People; and that is the real tribunal in the matter after all. At this time we particularly need the ser- vices of faithful and well-tried officers, Our navy, as managed by the present administra- tion, is a pitiful burlesque, and its turbulent and disorganized condition is in painfal con- trast with the efficient fleet managed by Great Britain. Whe Safety, Destiny and Rights ef the White and Black Races in this Ceuntry. There are times when the law of self pre- servation repeals all others, reducing forms and discipline at once to anarchy, and officers and ceamen, generals, coldiers and camp fol- jJowers to a common level, and subjecting them alone to their own individaal means of salvation. Inthe pursuit of this object homi- cide ceases to be a crime, selfishness is justi- fied, cruelty defended, and all the obligations of friendship and affection overlooked, A: with persons, so toa great extent it is with nations. The latter have their perils and disasters as well as the former. There are conditions appended to the existence of States as well as individuals. There are laws of ne- cessity and self-preservation with the one as with the other. Abstractly considered, it would be easy to fix the crime of murder upon the mariner who, in the midst of the storm and the wreck, by the force of his superior strength hurled his companion into eternity in order to save himself; and still the peril of his own life justified the severity of the means employed to save it. What, then; is the political liberty or the utter rain of the three millions ot the African race in this country to the safety, peace aad prosperity of the twenty-three miilions of the white race? All experience has demonstrated the inferiority of the former and the vast su- periority of the latter. It requires no argu- ment to show that, as members of the same political family they cannot subsist together on any condition other than such as their ca- pacities impose. There are inequalities enough in our own race; and these are made visible io the various spheres into which society is divided. To think of adding to these a dis. tinctive African caste, inferior to all the others, and incapable of amalgamation without shocking both moral and physical sensibilities, is one of those cruel and inhuman projects sustained by men from whom we may expect plans of infusing social and political re- forms in the world by some grand scheme of international guavanism. We must no longer trust to natural lawa. We have grown too wise to submit to what is inevitable. We must deny to the superior its right of control; we must guarantee to the in- ferior an equality, and this must be done by a State composed of individuals as various in inteNect as in form! When the fifth day’s work of material crea- tion had been satistactorily completed; when the heavens and the earth, the sun and the moon, the fishes of the sea, and the birds and animals of the land had been brought into being, then man was formed and endowed, and was given “dominion” over all these things, and of the earth, which he was commanded to replenish and subdue. The authority thus delegated to the human family, in connection with the obligations im- posed upon it, signify as well the true charac- ter which the Creator intended to establish in the race, as an obvious design to reward the superior for its nearer approach to the Divine attributes and image. This principle is main- tained throughout the whole range of rational, irrational and material existence. It is a law to civilization, to barbarism, and “to every- thing that moveth upon the earth.” It is bound to no conditions which paralyse its ac- tion or impede its progress. Its dominion and ita power to subdue indicate its superiority, and that superiority has the right to impose the conditions of its own safety and success. It need not be laid under this sweeping hy- pothesis--that tyranny stands justified by its might—because the remedy for every species of injustice and oppression will be placed in the hands of the oppressed precisely when they have the senee to execute and enforce it. Be- sides, intelligence is conservative, magnani- mous and philanthropic. It is humane and generous, and there is no higher proof of this than is to be found in the history of the feder- al Union, including its slavery. Slavery, indeed, is the only means of saving from utter annihilation the three millions of blacks who inhabit this country. It is the only condition by which their acknowledged suneri- orsin numbers, intelligence and enterprise—the white race—can endure their existence. The freedom of the negro would be the signal of his decline, and finally of his utter ruin. The laws creating slavery may be repealed; but the laws regulating the intercourse of two such opposite races cannot be. The slaves may be freed from the shackles of bondage, but not from the conditions of their natures and minds. They are doubly a race of dependents fh this instance: as inferiors, and as co-iahabitants with the whites, whose safety will not permit their freedom. Their release, then, while it would insure their ruin, would go far towards effecting the same result with their masters, who would find relief only in their death or removal. The extension of slavery to the North, in- stead of strengthening and perpetuating that institution, would weaken it. Wherever it ex- ists on coils and in climates adapted to its pro- ductions, itis made doubly strong. It has no chance there of removal. Whereas, its exten- sion into latitudes where its labor cannot be employed to profit, while the original supply must come from the Sowth, itis liable at any time to be abolished, and more or leas of the slaves set at liberty. This is seen in the ex- tinction of slavery in the North—-a result to be attributed not to benevolence and humani- ty, but to the fact that it had ceased to be of interest to its proprietors. This latter condi- tion forced Northern slaves into the South, and having thus narrowed down the sacrifice, the proprietors were ready for abolition. Slavery is a moral obligation to take care ot the blacks, guaranteed alike by the penal- ties implied in their freedom, and by the pecu- obtoin some iapts relative to the aval uisiory | njary interests of the slaveholder. Jy there were no other proofs of this than are to be found in our intercourse with the Indians, they would be sufficient to establish the truth of the averment. We have not only treated the lat- ter ag freemen, but recognized their nationali- ties; and yet our contact with them has re- duced them from millions to a few thousands; and while we have advanced in all the arts of civilization, and have taken them under our national protection, they have become every year more helpless, immoral and degraded. All this shows clearly enough that something besides mere frigid national guardianship is necessary to save an inferior race co-existing with their superiors. The present Congress has occupied eight weeks without effecting an organisation. A large party of its members has struggled to convert it into an insane asylum, with one of the craziest of political lunatics for chief doc- tor, and it is yet to be shown that their oppo- nents do not require the advantages of such institution to bring them to their right minds, This very matter of slavery is the bone of contention. It has made its opponenta luna- tics as men, traitors as citizens, criminals as legislators, neglectful and dishonest as agents. Each one of them has a mission to perform— to take care of the negroes, The peace and harmony of the Union, the glory of the nation, the prosperity and happiness of its white peo- ple, their great commerce, manufactures, agri- culture, and general industry count as no- thing compared with the Utopian schemes of abolition which these purblind devotees of an- archy seek to substitute for the federal consti- tution. The News from Japan—Another Test of the Vaiue of Commodore Perry’s Treaty. When the value of our recent treaty with Japan received such a curious exemplification in the case of the Messrs. Doty & Co., we were told that the treaty was not a commercial one, and that we were entitled to no trading privi- -leges under it. Recent advices from Nagasa- ki, published in the Friend of China, under date of Nov. 12, state that a tleet of twelve sail of American whalers, which visited Simoda in the hope of receiving supplies, were treated in the most uncourteous manner, and the supplies re- fused. The crews, indignant at such conduct, helped themselves by force to what they want- ed, paying in hard cash, and on the terms stipulated by the treaty, for whatever they took. In the resistance made to them some of the Japanese were shot—a result to be de- plored, but which, nevertheless, implies no cen- sure on our countrymen. If there isany value in the Perry treaty at all, they visited Simoda in the clear exercise of a right, and the Japa- nese have themselves alone to blame for the consequences of their bad faith. It will not be asserted, we presume, that the treaty is to be regarded entirely as a dead letter. If so, all we can say is that a great cry has been made about an exceedingly small amount of wool, Notwithstanding the evident intention of the Japanese government to give as narrow an in- terpretation as possible to their compact with us, we have yet gained much in other respects by this effort to break down their jealous sys- tem of exclusivences. This singular empire is no longer a sealed book to us. If the great guns of Commodore Perry’s expedition have not secured us all the commercial advantages that we anticipated, the literary aids whom he tock out with him have compensated in some degree for their short-comings. We have been interested and instructed by their letters, their books, and their social narratives of what they have seen, and we have touched and in- spected the curiosities which they brought home. In addition to this, Commander John Rogers has surveyed much of the Japanese coasts, his intercourse and correspondence with their population exhibiting all the character- istic tact and discretion of that able officer. With all these lights before us, (and to which Commodore Perry’s forthcoming book can add but little that is new,) it will be asked, what, in a political and commercial sense, has been effeoted by the expedition? We answer by @ paradox—nothing, and yet much. Commodore Perry told the Japanese “that he had been ordered to go to Jeddo, and go there he would.” Yet he did not go there. We were informed that two ports, and ten miles around them, were open to all Americans, and that ships in distress and shipwrecked Ameri- can seamen would be kindly treated and re- turned to their countrymen, wherever found in the dominions of the Emperor of Japan. That there had been no treaty of commerce with Japan, we all know; but we trade with many nations without such a treaty; and when Capt. Adams, U.S. N., exchanged the ratifica- tion of the treaty, the great anxiety of the Japanese was to know “when the merchant and trading vessels would arrive,” so anxious were the people to commence traffic. The pioneer vessel of American commerce—the Ca- roline E. Foote—arrived at Simoda very soon after, laden with ship chandlery for our whal- ing fleet employed in thoee seas; but it met with a most unfriendly reception—Mesers. Doty & Co., with their families and merchandise, be- ing expelled both from Simoda and Hakadoda, Since then American whalers and American merchant vessels have been to the same ports in numbers, and all have met with the some treatment. The loss sustained by the owners of the cargo of the Caroline E. Foote ought clearly to be paid by our government; the lat- ter looking for compensation to Japan. All this might have been anticipated. From Col. Spalding’s book, we learn that some officers of Com. Perry's squadron, who returned to Simo- da, late at night, from a pedestrian excursion, were not permitted to sleep on the floor of a temple, and that the Japanese officials, who were urging them to go on board ship, only de- sisted under the potent influence of “a revol- ver.” And this occurred after the treaty of Kanagawa bad been signed, and in the pre- sence of Com. Perry’s powerful fleet. Again: a retrograde move was made by Com. Perry on his second visit to Simoda, when, in his “ additional articles,” he stipulated that all goods purchased from the Japanese must have the price marked on them, and the payment made to a government officer; and that no American should enter any house or building without permission! Could any other means more effectually exclude us from trade or from the people? Had a little more energy and foresight been exercised in the management of this treaty, American influence might have been usefully employed for others, as well as ourselves. We deeply regret the fate of those two clever and enterprising Japanese etudents—Isagi Kooda and Kivaneu Manji~who came on board the Micsiselppi, a night, in the harbor of Simoda ; coming from Jeddo, and begging permission to remain, that they might visit “the five con tinenta.” Their letter, as given by Col. Spald: ing, is exceedingly touching ; and although: Com. Perry could not possibly take them on board his ship, yet it is to be lamented that he did not interfere im their behalf with their government, and save their lives. When last seen by Dr. Wilson, U.S. N., they were in iron cages, om their way back to Jeddo; and they no doubt. paid with their lives for their temerity. Whem the Russian frigate Diana was wrecked in the harbor of Simoda, in February last, the despot- ism of the government was exhibited in a new way. Hundreds of the people who were carried out into the bay by the dreadfal earthquake, in the receding waters which swept away the town, refused to avail themselves of ropes and plauks thrown to them to save their lives, knowing that, if saved by forecigners,they would: be executed on landing, agreeably to their laws. Could a greater honor or a greater glory be reserved for the American flag than to be the instrament of breaking down such a miser- able system of despotism ? It is obvious that the people of Japan are anxious to trade with us, and to receive us kindly. It is the government only that is op~ posed to us. Let us “ ask tor nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong,’” and we will answer for it that we will accom- plish al] that we have in view. Of all Easterm travellers, no one understood the Asiatics so well as M. Huc ; and it is to be regretted that. our naval officers had not adopted, toa greater extent, his cool and determined, yet, in the end, kind policy. On the occasion of the per- sonal insult to Com. Biddle, instant and ample retaliation should have followed, and tne Ja- panese have been compelled to sign a treaty, under the guns of the Columbus, drawn up im the spirit and character of Decatur’s treaty with Tripoli. A different policy was adopted—one of courtesy, politeness, servile attention and valu- able presents. For this we have been repaid with treachery, duplicity and deceit. The treaty of Kanagawa turns out of no avail, either for pro- tection or for commerce. Neither Simoda nor Hekadcda are safe or available ports, and Jeddo has not yet been visited. Osaka, a city of 1,000,000 of inhabitants, and a good port, easy of access, could, we doubt not, be opened to foreign commerce. Let new efforts be made; let us profit by past experience and past errors, and let firmness and justice take the place of servility and over-delicacy. It is only by con- duct of this kind that a favorable impression can be made upon the feevle and vacillating minds of a people like the Japanese. They must be taught to respect and fear us before we can hope to make friends of them. Centrat AMERICAN Po.itics.—We give, this morning, a clear and concise compendium of the political history of Central America, from the fertile pen ot Mr. E.G. Squier, author of several capital works on the present condition of that region, now so much talked about. This compendium comes to us in Spanish from Paris, and we have put it in plain Eoglish for the edification of our readers, particularly Congressmen. Read, mark, and inwardly digest. CENTRAL Park.—Judge Roosevelt having at last discovered that he was disqualified from sitting in this case, we have the satisfaction ta announce that Judge Denio, the Chief Justica of the Court of Appeals, has assigned Mr. Justice Harris, of Albany, to hear it. All parties will be satisfied with this selection, Judge Harris isa man of large and compre- hensive mind, and one of the ablest and most enlightened jurists of the State. The case will be heard at 11 o’clock to-morrow morn- ing. THA LATAST NSws. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS. From Washington. THE UNION AND TIE SPHAKERSHIP—GREELEY GO+ ING TO COVENTRY—MR. BUCHANAN’S SUCCESSOR. Wasuincton, Jan. 27, 1856. To-day’s Union contains an article making a strong bid for the South Americans, and asking:—“‘Why cannot the one hundred national men who voted against fDunn’s re- solution unite and cast a solid vote?” It then proceeds to urge the South Americans to nominate, but at the same time jre-affirm their own platform, and thereby show, im entering into a union, that they, like the democrats, make no concessions. Ninety republicans in the House have signed a letter dencuncing the attack made by Greeley, in Friday’s Zri~ bune, on Brenton’s course. Great indignation was mani- tested by Banks’ triends. Mr. Buchanan’s successor causes a vast deal of trouble about the White House. Each member of the Cabinet hag his msn, and the Kitchen Cabinet also have their man. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, will be a formidable eom- petitor. D PROPOSED COMPROMISE BETWBEN THE DEMOCRATS AND KNOW NOTHINGS—PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. ‘Wasurnoton, Jan. 27, 1856. The Union proposes a union of democrats and Ame- ricans, on the following principles:—That the democrat return Mr. Orr as the candidate on their own platiorm, and that the Americans also nominate him, at the same time re affirming their own platform—it being understood that neither make any concession of principle while voting for the one candidate. It may not, perhaps, be generally known that during the present unorganized condition of the House of Repre- sentatives, no money can be drawn from the United Statea Treasury for the payment of members of that branch of Congress. In this condition of affairs, A. J. Glossbren- ner, Eaq., Sergeant-at-Arms of the last House, and wha is still acting in that capasity, having been applied to by members of Congress for money to meet their pressing ne- cersities, procured fands from some ct the Pennaylvania, banks on his own responsibility, and paid it out to mem- bers, taking therefor their receipts. The bankers of Wash- ington, individually, have not loaned to Mr. Glossbrenner one dollar, but the banks have liberally. This course of tho Sergeant-at-Arms has had the effect of depriving some of the brokers on the avenue of many a good fat shave, and eauses much complaint among them, There # now due to members, on account of per diem and milage, about $200,000, of which it is sald Mr. Glossbren- ner has paid to them about $80,000, The Accident on the Delaware River. Pui.apetema, Jan, 27, 1856. Mrs. Albright, who was drowned yesterday, in conse- quence of the ice in the Delaware giving way, was the widow of Col, Peter Albright. Hor only daughter, twon- ty-three years of age, was also drowned. The body of the latter has not yet been recovered. ‘Weather Reports. Wastincton, Jan, 27—8:45 P. M. Two inches of snow fell here this morning, For the remainder of the day it rained hard. It t now freostag. Navigation is completely closed here. The ice extends down the bay, and in some places it is frozen, so that horses and sleighs have cressed over it, Pumapeurma, Jan, 27845 P.M. Bnow to the depth of aninch has fallen here, It hae stopped falling, and there are now indications of rain. Boston, Jan, 27, 1856. The weather has greatly moderated to-day. It is cloudy this evening, with indications of rain, Markets. Provipencr, Jan, 26, 1856. Cotton without change in prices, with a steady demand from spinners. Wool active, with an advance of one to two cents. Sales of the week, 113,100 pounds, Pri clotha—sales of the week, 49,300 pieces, she