The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1856, Page 4

a NEW YORK HERALD. Ae ft Bante “sRGB GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, Urheme XXI......... seegeeeerers AMUBEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. BAOsNWAY THEATRE, Broadway ~Love's Sacnicice— Pua ov Tox. NL GARDEN, Broadway Scxoo:xasten—Katey— vouso ver BOWERY TRE, Bowery—Hxaxe tax HUNTER, OB PHEATRE, Chambers stro Tine rmse Gini awn Parcs ix Fuaxce—Soxtox’s New Yous Dimac- ‘vou FoR —Doxe He 4 pRALLACE® THEATRE, ee ee VARIETIES, Broadway—Sitan 19 Lavra Eeexre ‘AY VARIETIE, 472 Broadway—Tac Naisp Se ares or Tae Ruan, ‘woor’s Broa¢way—Brmorus AGADEMY (op Cama axD eee Sew Yer, Sunday, Scbruary 3, 1656. The News. ‘Congress is orgamized. Laue Deo! After two months struggle, Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., of Maasa- ebusetts, has been elected Speaker of the House ‘ef Representatives for the thirty-fourth Congress. @ne handred and thirty-three ballots were taken Ye achieve this result—a result that could have een obtained on the first ballot on the first day of ‘the session as easily as on the sixtieth day. Our readers will find the details of yesterday's proceedings on the first pige; but, without going into the particulars of the mutations that have sig- malized this extraordinary partisan battle, a brief history of the contest, as exhibited by the votes given at various periods of its pregress, may not be out of place:— BALLOTINGS. ‘lst. 90th, = 100rh. Dec, 3. Dee, 13. Jan. W. Ja - 2 106 97 76 83 a) B é - ~ 8 4 ae a) ae = im at 18 as _ - - 100 ~ ~ - 1 THE VOTES UNDER THE PLURALITY RULE. February 2, 185. Ly 24. Bd, ath, 192-102 1083 3° 92100 Vuiler, oy SO 6 Wells, cem 2 2 1 1. D, Campbell, black rep. 4 4 4 Reeessary toachoice..... 108 108 107 101 On the last ballot 214 members voted, leaving 19 absentees, allowing for the vacancy in the Eighth iinois district. The following is en analysis of the vote :-+— . Barbour, ot in: Bennett, of N. ¥. Penson, ef bag sebingbourst, of Wis. Bingham, of Ohio. MeCarty, of Meackam, of Miller, of N. of N. ¥. Morrill, of Ve Mo%t, of Ohio. Murray, cf 9. Y. Nichols, of Ohio. Norton, of Hl. Oliver, of N. Parker, Pearee, o —— cfN. ise a enniag“on, of N. J. Perry, of Me. Petzt, of Ind. Pike, of N. H. Pringle, of N. Y. Puryiance, of Pa. Ritehie, cf Pa. Robins, of N. J. Roverte, of Sherman, of Ohio. Simmons, of N.Y. Spinner, of per, of N. Y. Galloway, of Ohio. Giddings, of Ohio. Gilbert, of Obie, Tappan, of N. a. Thorington, of Iowa. Thurston, of B, 1. Todd, of Pa. ‘Trapton, of Mass. F Tyson, of Pa. Harlaw, of Obio. ‘ade, of Ohio. Holloway, of Ind. Waiaridge, of Mich. Horton, of N. Y. Waldron, of Mich. Howard, of hich. Washburne, of Wis. Keleey, of N. Y. Washburne, of 1. Riog, of. ¥. Wash 2urn, of Me. Knapp, of Mass. Wateon, of Oaio. Knight, cf Pa. Welsh, of Conn. Knowlton, of Me. Wood, of Me. Kaox, of f1. Woodruff, of Conn. Kunkel, of Pa. Weodworth, of Ni, Know Nothing. Base, of Pennsylvania. THE VOTE FOR MR. AIKEN. Caruthers, of Mo. Olver, of Mo. Cochise, of Ve. 0 fe ee Gingmen. eck, of Mish. Cobb, ef Sa. Theipe, of Mo. God>, of Ale, Powell, of Mo. Crawiord, of Ga. Quitman, of Miss, Davidson, of L Ruin, of N. C. Denver, of Cal. Ras, of Ack. Dowdell, of Ala. Sandidge, of La. Eémondson, of Vo. Savage, of Tenn. Wihott, of ky. Shorter, of Ala. English, of Ind. Sotth, of T Evans, of Texas Hmith, of Va. Faulkner, of Va. Stephens, of Ge Florence, of Pa. Stewart, of Ma. Puller, of He. Talbott, of Ky. Goode, of Va. Vail, of N. J Greenwood, of Ark- Warner, of Ga, Hall, of Jows Waceins, of Tenn. Harris, of Ala, Harris, of Il. Wheeler, of N. Y. Hecbert, of Cal. Williams, of N. ¥. Hearwn, of Ala. Winslow, of N.C, Jewett, of Ky. Wright, of Miss, Jones, of Tenn. Wright, of Tenn. Jones, of Pa. e Knuny Nothinos. Campbell, of Ky Porter, of Mo, Carlisle, of Va. Paryear, ot N.C. Oox, of Ky. Reade, of N. ©. Etheridge, of Tenn. Ready, of Tenn. Eustis, of Ala, Ricaud, of Ma. Foster, of Rivers, of Temp, Harrie, of Md. Smith, of Ala. Hoffman, of Mi. Sneed, of Tenn. Kennett. of Mo. Swope, of Ky. Lake, of Mian. Telppe, of Ge. Lindley, of Mo. Underwood, of Ky Marshall, A. K., of Ky. Walker, of Als. Marshall, Hof Ry. ‘Zollicoffer, of Tenn , of N. ©. ‘THE VOTE FOR MR. FULLER. . of Pa, Ot NO, ot ma Brown, + vie, of Ma. Glark, of N. Y. Millward, of Pa. Cullen, of Del. Whitney, of N. Y. ‘THE VOTE FOR MR. CAMPRELL. Black cane: Dann, of Indians. Moore, of Obio, "| Know Nothing. Harrison, of Ohio. Scott, of Indiana. THE VOTE FOR MR. WELLS. Hickman, Joba, o! Pa. ABSENTEE? . of Pa Richardsom, of It. Barcis: som, ' Bayly, ot Va. Seward, of Ga. Graige, of NC. ‘Taylor, of La, Black Republicans. Childs, of N.Y. aon, 2s. ¥ Penge Y. Haven, of N. Y. Ramrie, of Ohio. Packer, of Pa. Horton, of Ohio. Wakeman, of N. ¥. Know Nothing. Valk, of N.Y. NOT VOTING. diken, oe ©. (as) ) Benke, Ie rep. Faller, of Ps. (Know Nothing.) Gabsequent to the declaration of the result and the announcement by the tei'ers that Mr, Banke wae 63 Broadway —Puronan Picrowss * NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1856. gemerul merite stande precisely as ft stood | of demagoguism is freely thrust into the ears | trede begin to bear upon them, and with no chosen Speaker, objections were started by the Know Nothings as to the legality of the whole pro- ceeding, whereupon & resolution, endorsing the action of the House, was offered and adopted, OFPIOW'R. W. CORNER OF NASEAU AND FULTON 67S \ thirty-nine members dissenting. Mr. Banks was com 33 | ducted to the chair by his competitors, Mesys, “=== | \ixen, Fuller and Campbell; the oath of office, was administered by Mr. Giddings, and the newly- elected Speaker delivered a well-conceived. inaugu- ratory speech, The exultation of the black repub- Heans was boundless, and they manifested it by the ‘most extravagant demonstrations. ‘The steamship Arabia, frem Liverpeo), arrived at Boston, at eleven o'clock yesterdey. Her mails for this city were despatched ‘by the afternoon train, but owing to some obstruction on the railroad they had not reached here at halt past three o'clock thie mornizg. Some interesting additional news breaght hy her: may be found under the telegraphic head. ‘We refer to our despatches for the proceedings of the Legislature yesterday. ‘% will be observed that a favorable report has been made upon the bill to legalice the action of the Board of Supervisors of his city. We have mews from Gepe Haytien up to the 10th ult, It ‘wes reported ‘that Soulougue had re-ap- peared, an4 was busily’engaged in making prepara- tions for another expedition against the Dominicans, ‘The steamship Black Warrior arrived at this port yesterday. from ‘Havana, 26th ul, There was no political mews. ‘The stock of sugar on hand was unusually light. The frigate Potomac and steamer Fulton left for‘ Key West on the 28th ult. Their offi- cers were received with marked attention at Havana. Malle. Rachel arrived in the Black Warrior. She is still in very delicate health, and will leave for Europe without delay. According to the official report of the City In- spector there were 335 deaths in the city last week, namely, 44 men, 69 women, 118 boys and 104 girls, showing a falling off of 40 as compared with the mortality of the week preceding. There were 6 deaths of apoplexy, 5 of bronchitis, 9 of congestion of the Inngs, 45 of consumption, 22 of inflammation of the lungs, 6 of congestion of the brain, 13 of dropsy in the head, 5 of inflammation of the brain, 8 of inflammation of the bowels, 4 of smallpox, 4 of pleuriey, 4 of typhoid fever, 29 of convulsions (in- fantile), 19 of scarlet fever, 13 of croup, 6 of hoop- ing cough, 4 of lockjaw (infantile), and 17 of ma- rasmus. There were also 6 premature births, 32 cases of stil!vorn, and 5 deaths from vivient causes. In other respects the report presents no unusual feature. The followiug is the classification of dis- eases:—Bones, joints, &c., 2; brain and nerves, 70; generative organs, 4; heart and blood vessels, 8; lungs, throat, &c., 111; skin, &c., and eruptive fevers, 27; stillborn and premature births, 35; sto- mach, bowels and other digestive organs, 46; un- certain seat and general fevers, 24; old age, 4; un- known, 1. The nativity table gives 251 natives of the United States, 52 of Ireland, 23 of Germany, 4 of Scotland, and the balance of various foreign countries. The investigation of the case of the Chief of Po- lice was resumed yesterday betoze the Police Com- missioners. The evidence for the prosecution was brought toa close, and several witnesses were ex- amined for the defence. The proceedings, a report of which we give, are very interesting. The Coroner's inquisition into the recent fatal af- fray at the Barker House, Brooklyn, was continued, but- not concluded yesterday. George W. Barker, the bartender at the hotel where the fight took place, is in eustody,on suspicion of having caused the death of McLaughlin. The steamship Union, from Havre, left Halifax, where she had put in for a supply of coal, yesterday afternéen, for this port. The market for cotton yesterday continued firm, atthe advance previously noticed, consequent on the receipt of the Arabia's news. Flour continued dull, but without further decline in prices, and at the close receivers were less willing to meet sellers at the reduction. Wheat was inactive, and the market Was from 5c. a 6c. per bushel lower. The only sale of moment reported was Canadian white, at $2 06. Indian corn, was 2c.a 4c. per bushel lower, with limited transactions. Rye was scarce: sold at $1 20a #151. Pork sold to a fair extent, at 16 125 a $16 25 for mess, and $1412} a $14 25 for prime. Sugars were firm, with limited sales. There was more doing in coffee without change in prices, which were steady. Freight engagements were light, as shippers were waiting the receipt of the Arabia's lettera, Rates, however, were without change of moment in quotations. Gen. Css ana William H. Seward on the Centraa American Question—Rwsising the War Smoke. We published the other day, in extenso, the war speech lately delivered in the United States Senate by W. H. Seward on the Central American controversy; and this morning we spread before oar readers the elaborate effort of Gen. Cass on the ame subject. We feel well tatisfied that, from the warlike aspect which this dispute bas at length aseumed, this Sena- torial discussion of the subject will command the deliberate attention of all classes of our readers. When an overland exploring company, or a band of emigrants across the inhospitable de- terts of Utah or New Mexico, discover a smoke rising from a neighboring hill or mountain, followed up by other smokes from the hills and peaks surrounding them, they understand these signals to be a call to arms on the part of the Indians against the enemy in their midst. ‘The adventurous whites, thus beleagured, put themselvee promptly in a posture of defence; for though not a solitary Indian may be visi- ble, they have the proof, in these clouds of smoke, that hundreds of bloody Camanches or Apaches are within striking distance. And so General Cass, rising in the Senate, calls our attention to the clouds of smoke which Jobn Bull has been raising on the surrounding eminences, and summons us to arms. His speech breathes, though in a eubdued tone of voice, more warmly the atmozphere of battle than any of his preceding efforts upon the subject. He is with the administration, he upholds the administration, and believes that England has been indalged long enough in her disreputable Central American policy of bad faith, equivocation and double-dealing. We think so, too. We goeven farther in our think- ing than Gen. Casshimself; for we think that the administration has falsified its pledges to the country in deferring thie Central American settlement with England to the last year of its term of office. Put off thus to the eleventh hour, it Is difficult to avoid the inference that Mr. Pierce comes up at length to vindicate the promises of his inaugural and the just expecta- tions of the country, more as an expedient for making capital for Buncombe than with any seridus determination of compelling John Bull to withdraw from Central America or abide the perile of war. Englend’s violations of the Clayton-Balwer treaty called as loudly for reparation in 1953 @ in 1856, LUpon the heels of the inaugural addrees there was a debate in the Senate covering the whole ground of the recent discus. sions in that body, except the late suggestions of the President of a possible necessity of an appeal to arms to right our wrongs, Apd yet, as the controversy upon ity im 1853, the suspicion recure thet in ‘Wer to divert the current of public opinion to the duty of sustaining an administration which by common consent has been abandoned asa failure, our Executive has resorted to the “happy expedient of the expulsion of John Bull, nolens volens, trom his ehameless usarps- tions of colonies and protectorates in and about Central America. Be itso. Better late than mever. We had no right, in the firet instance, to expect the promptitude of General Jackson from General Pierce. Marcy, too, is heavy, lumbering, plod- ding and slow. It has, no doubt, required of him tbree years of research, study and diplo- matic correspondence to comprezend the sa- lient points of this caee and the impregnable grounds of justice we occupy. Old Hickory would have understood all this well enough for an ultimatum in six months; but Old Hickory is off the stage. Young Hickory holds the helm, and we have had to wait his conve- nience. It ie a matter, therefore, rather of congratulation, than otherwise, that this Cen- tral American imbroglio has not been entirely set aside, as a matter too complex and trouble- some for a prompt and conclusive settlement. We concur, then, with General Cass, that it is ovr duty to sustain the administration in this exigency, upon the naked 7nerits of the ques tion; and that having the right upon our side, and the strength to maintain it, there is little to fear ef the altimate issue, peace or war. We are not, on the other hand, like Gon. Coss, particularly solicitous that the Englisb Palmerston and Clarendon Ministry shall be turned adrift. Clarendon, we know, has said something sbout “a balance of power” io both hemispheres; but Gen. James Watson Webb, trom a dinner table conversation with his lordship, bes assured us that there was no thing in it. So, taking our position, we are content to leave the alternative of peace or war even to ny Lord Clarendon. The speech of W. H. Seward out H-rod’s Herod, cutting under the President’s message, and its able expounder, Gen. Cass. Seward appears to be firmly resolved that neither the President nor the democratic party shall have the monopoly of the war with England, if war it isto be. The arch-agitator accordingly leads off the black republican party upon the same tack, proposes o twelve months’ notice to Eug- lend to quit her unlawful colonies in Central America or to fight, and points his abolition legions to the Canadas, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as the anti-slavery acquisitions that would result to us from another brash with our ancient enemy. The speech ef Seward, as an argument, is cool, ingenious, ingenuous, technically precise, calm and pacific. He rea- sons for peace—he pleads for peace, and he proposes his twelve months’ notice for peace. Yet it is manifest that with the British North American anti-slavery provinces in prospect seone of the first resulte of war, he is ready even for that alternative; for with the addition of the said provinces to the Northern States, sooner or later, he dreams, perhaps, of demo- lishing Southern slavery at a single blow. Thus we find General Cass, the veteran di- plomat and statesman of the democratic party, and W. Hi. Seward, the leader of the Northern abolition league against the South, contesting for the popularity of decisive measurts with England—peace or war. Mr. Mason, of Vir- ginia, Chairman of the Senate Committee oa Foreign Relations, takes, as far as he has spoken, a more cautious survey of the field; but not until he and the other leading demo- cratic Senators of the South shall have de- livercd at large their views upon the question, shall we be qualified for a definite conclusion in the premises. Our impression is that the South, which is,in every important exigency, the conservative element in our government, will in this matter interpose its wisdom and its influence, so as to vindicate the honor ot the country, and our demands under treaty stigu- lations, without disturbing our existing rela- tions of peace. At all events, until Wall street shows some symptoms of alarm we shall lean to the opin- ion of Governor Wise, that there is no imme- diate danger of war. We stick to the antece- dents of the adminiztration. Where is Cuba? The American Bench and Bar. “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” somebody has wisely said. If thie sentiment had been uttered with special reference to the lawyers of thie country, it would be difficult to sec how a better criticism could have been found. No people in the world depend less upon the opinions of lawyers than our own— none other so little respect the position and character of the legal profession; and in this respect the eagacity of the popular judgment is clearly discernible, as the legal classes evince little more knowledge of their own pro fession than the common people, and oftea much less of the general interests of society. Something more than two or three years study of elementary and technical books is required to make a lawyer. The mind must have an elaborate preparation; historical, social and civil events should be carefully studied. The basis of legal success must be laid in the ac- quisition of general knowledge, and the stu- dent should be taught to reflect upon the structure of society, upon the variety of its conditions and wants, upon its nature and its personal necessities. It ie the province of the lawyer to adjust the conflicting claims of indi- viduals by the standard of right. His profes- sion, properly considered, is equal in dignity to and requiring more knowledge than that of the Judge. “Law,” says a learned jurist, “js the perfection of reason;” and that is precise- ly what it is. The mere technicalities of the profession constitute no pert of the true law- yer. Technicality is the drop curtain t> the theatre--the surplice to the clergy. Often lawyers are made entirely of this ingredient, as clergymen are of the gown; aod it is not rare that the art of the picture far surpasses the genius of the acting. Aside from the question of qualifications, American lawyers have one or two radical faults. There is no longer any courtesy tn the profession. They have become coarse, insolent, impudent and overbearing. -As a corollary of this statement, we may add they have become ignorant and offensive. True knowledge in the lawyer is sure to be accompanied by a high degree of courtesy and generosity, as in every other department of life. In the absence of these qualities, to fill up the vacuum, and to impose upon the mass of uninitiated lookers on, a counterfeit of the original, menace and bluster are convenient substitutes, It ig often the case in this country of open political high- ways, that the forum is converted into a hos Pital for popular vegeiuation, where the virus of the audience. Perhaps the plan we have thought proper to adopt, ufider which lawyers and judges like candles, and at about tse forbids all hope of suc- cessitl reformation. If this is so we should at once throw away the old English cloak which covers the profession and perpetuates, to some extent, the popular belief in itssuperior know- ledge and wisdom. The legal mind of the United States ie in no way elevated above any of the other respect- able classes of our citizens; and yet it unques- tionably enjoys a kind of monopoly where ser- vices are required which have the remotest reference to the laws of the country. This state of things has arisen from the estimates formed in the past of the character and aoc- quirements of the profession. It must have been observed by every.old in- babitant of this city, and, indeed, throughout the country, how strikingly the legal fraternity has degenerated in the last thirty years. As they say of railroad stock, in these speculative times, it has been water2d—reduced to a mere mass of insolence, stupidity and igaorance. The requirements of study, the exactions on admission to the bar; professional comity, in- tegrity and standing, have been exchanged for unseemly presumption and bold assertion; the tricks of small minds and weak men, who con- trive to pass off this species of legal fungus for the genuine scholarchip, acquirements and cha- racter of high toned professionalability. The evil has grown into a national disgrace, inso- much that to be a lawyer now is to occupy an equivocal position in society; to be a promoter of litigation, an originator of disputes, a kind of blower to all the fires of human passion and avarice. Like every evil example, the boisterous and contentious spirit of the bar has inoculated the ministry, until these professions have en- tered the political arens at the same door, and go through our election controversies with something like pandemonian fury. When the ofticers of the law descend to low abuse, and assume the manners of the rowdy, what hope is there that justice will be administered by the jury thus brought under such influences? When the fountain is poisoned, does the stream promise purity and health? Does it lead to that calmness of mind, that patience of invee- figetion, that Srmness of decision, which are so neceseary in the judicial tribunals to ensure the ends of impartial justice? There may be too many forms and too much mere court ceremony in England; but if there is an inatitution of government which, more than any other, will justify excessive formulas, it is that of the judiciary. It is in its very nature the most rigid and anti-repudlican feature of the public administration; and yet is is unquestionably, in this country, the least courteous and gen- tlemanly in its management and routine of all our institutions. That such a fact, in itself, is an impeachment of the profession for igno- rance, it requires no argument to prove. The decline of public morale in such a condition of things may be counted on as a certain con- sequence. If the judiciary—the very strongest arm of the government-—is unable to maintain its own dignity and enforce in its administra- tion the comities of life, what hope is there that justice will not be dethroned by the in- vading spirit of faction, which even now holds the balance of power at the bar? The Dry Goods Jobbing Business in New York. The dry goods jobbing business of New York is, as the Indian said of the white man, “pighty unsartaic.” Houses of the best repu- tation, in tight times may be the first to fall, to the surprise of gaping and astonished credit- ors, who find when too late that not their goods, but themselves, are sold. Failures of thischaras- ter have created no little excitement in the mer- cantile community, and have given rise to the oft repeated question: What is the cause of the failure of our first firms? How, indeed, is business carried on at all? How is the machinery managed that carries a firm, on & mere representative capital, into the first circles of business, entitling it to the con- fidence and credit of business men? And, finally, when this machinery becomes rusty and will work no longer, the house fails and en- ables the breken firm to fill its own pockets at the the expense of the duped and defrauded creditors. We look around ue and see men ap- parently successful im business; they are living in princely style—pay cxor- bitent rents for capacious stores and dashing houses upon the avenue, give large salaries to the numerous clerks necessarily required to conduct a business involving the purchase and sale of from halt a million to one million and & half of dollars annually, jobbed out in small parcels all over the Union, and seem safe against every turn of the wheel of fortune. Yet when we reflect that from eight to ten per cent is the average gross profits made upon | the above amount of goods sold uhder the ex isting competition of trade, and consider the daily depreciation in value of the stock of goods that must be kept constantly on hand, and often carried over from year to year, and the risks incurred in the way of bad debts at- tending sales made at six and eight montis credit to men of small meaus in other States, and above all, upon inquiry, find that the ac- tual capital invested in the concern is but a mere fraction in proportion to the business done, we are not surprised that the house at length falls under the weight of its engage ments. No firm can bear up under this load un lees it has the real backbone in the way of capital to sustain it. Investigation iato the affairs of nine-teaths of the houses that go down will prove that they have not got this cepital, and never had it. From the day of their opening to their fail- ure, they have done business and obtained goods under faise pretences. Jones and Smith are two “busted merchants,” who unite and rep. resent that they have put into their firm one hundred thousand dollars, when in reality they have not put in as many cents. Upon this false representation they go into the mar- ket and select some good house to purchase of, which house they pay promptly, that it may be a recommendation for them to purchase else- where. Jones and Smith sell to everybody that comes along, no mgtter whether the cus- tomer is good or bad. The only object of this firm is to make large sales and get up a good eredit; it is from their creditors, and not from their customers, that they expect eventually to make their money. Ina short time Jones and Smith, upon a nominal capital, find themselves selling @ million @ year, and have crodit un- limited. They ficurish extensively perhaps for years, but at last the natural burdens of the real capital to resist them, a crash arrives, and Jones and Smith figure, asa matter of course, in the catalogue of bankrupt merchants. A compromise with the creditors follows; the latter receive a small per centage of their just dues, and whatever is left after this “smart management” Jones and Smith complacently povket between themselves, and retire to the springs to recuperate their energies for another undertaking of the fame sort. What is the remedy for the evils attendant ‘upon this uncertain mode of condacting go im- portant a line of business, involving, as it docs, the immense wealth of our imported ond do- mestic fabrics? Every season brings with it ite attendant failures, revealing liabilities of from two hundred to five hundred thousand dollars, and upwards, involving compromises of twenty, thirty and fifty cents on the dollar, apd compulsory assignments paying much less to the surprised and frightened creditors. The only remedy is to pasa # law giving the credi- tor power to institute in time a thorough and rigid examination of the books aud transac- tions of the suspended house, that it may be known whether the capital reported by the firm was actually put in and lost in the legiti- mate course of business transactions. Letit be known in the first moments of suspicion of weakness whether the firm obtained its goods under false pretences; and if it did, the law al- ready gives a sufficient power of punishment. As matters are now, the alarmed oreditors, through fear of losing their whole claims, their notes or legal representative of their debts not being yet matured, and having nothing but the oath of fraud to protect them, and without any compulsory law through which they can get at the books, are forced to accept a small dividend and give a full discharge of their just claims, without reference to the amount the bankrupt may ultimately make out of the as- sets by euch compromises. This etate of things certainly calls for prompt action on the part of our law makers, and if they are not adequate to the task, let our leading merchants meet together and ad- vise such a law as will at least enable creditors to ascertain to whom they have been trusting their hard earned gains, And we are assured that in all instances where fair dealing and honesty are proved on the part of the bank- rupt, he will meet with the sympatby and friendship of his business friends. The cre- Gitors will obtain tor their claim a just propor- tion of the assets, and the fraudulent bank- rupt will meet with such an exposure as will go far to abate the evils consequent upon the present mode of doing business upon a ficti- tious capital. Tue Massacuusetts Anti-SLavery Sociery —Twenry-Tainp ANNUAL MestING.—We pub- lish this morning, at length, the official report of the proceedings of the twenty-third annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery So- ciety at Boston. It will be seen that they make no secrét of their seditious designs against the federal constitution and the Union, but glory in their treason and their shame. In their most pro- minent resolution they declare that “ the one great issue before the country is the dissolution of the Union, in comparison with which all other izsues with the slave power are as dust in the balance.” And in another resolve they declare that “a constitution which legalizes slave hunting and slave catching on every inch of American soil, is to be trodden under foot and pronounced accursed.” It will also be observed that these and other kindred resolu- tions were unanimously adopted, with the ad- vice or coneent of such officers of the society as Francis Jackson, Edmund Quincy, Adin Ballou, Joshua T. Everett, Henry J. Bowditch, James Russell Lowell (the poet), and others, of whom better things mi.ht have been ex- pected. Women’s rights and African equality are, of course, maintained by the society. Mra Maria Weston Chapman, Abby Kelly Foster, and other white women, meet upon the same common platform of abolition philan- thropy and amalgamation with Box Brown, the elcquent humbugging fugitive slave, “Mies Frances E. Watkins, a young colored woman of Baltimore,” and those hoary old in- fidel sinners, Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, “Mipgle—mingle—mingle!” What a sweet and attractive batch of social and poli- tical sainte is this! And yet between the de. fiant, open-mouthed treason of this Lloyd Gar- rison asylum and the smooth-faced hypocritical pretences of Seward and his allies, driving at the same objects, the former is less pernicious and lese dangerous to the Union and to society than the latter, in the exact degree to which the open enemy is preferable to the insidious and plotting traitor. Garrison and his gang are in the open field; Seward and his set are buth-fighters, infesting the skirts of the high- way. We may stoop to pity theingane ravings of the Garrison fanatics, but the stealthy movements of the Seward alliance require in- cessant watching and active resistance at every point. Read this anti-slavery report, and mark how naturally thece disgusting doctrines of our in- fidel woman’s rights and white and black amal- gamation philosophers end in blathering luna- cy and impotent sedition. Another visit or two from Mr. Toombs, and these unhappy creatures at Boston will probably become a charge upon the State. THE LATHST NEWS. News from Hayti. BOULOUQUE STILL ON THE WAR PATH. Horus’ Hote, Feb. 2, 1856, Captain Mathews, of.the schooner Maria L. Davis, from Cape Haytien 10th ult., reports that the Emperor Faustin the First, had turned up ana was busy recruit- ing an army for another attack on the Dominicans, The M. L. D. left at Cape Haytion the brig R. W. Packer, Pool, for New York next day. Southern Commercial Convention, Ricamonn, Va., Feb. 1, 1866, The Convention adopted # rerolution declaring a first class line of steamers from Liverpool to some Southern port to be highly important, and recommending Southern Legislatures to aid in the establishment of such a line, as focn as practicable. A resolution ceclaring that Congress should aid a Southern line of ocean mail steamers, aa well as a North- ern line, was pending at the adjournment. The dinner this afternoon was a splendid affair. Gov. ‘Wise made a strong internal improvement speech. Serious Mines of Hon, Samuel Brevoort. ° — Aunany, Fob, 2, 1856. Samuel Brevoort, of New York, has been absent from the House all the week, in consequence of the severe in- Juries he received by being thrown out of @ cutter last Monday, feverai of hiv rida were broken by the acci- dent, Arrival of the Arabia at Boston. ADDITIONAL NEWS FROM EUROPE. Bostox, Feb. 2, 1866. ‘The Royal Mail steamship Arabia, Capt. Stone, arrived ‘at her dock about 11 o’clock to-day. Her mails for the South will be dispatched in the afternoon train, due in New York about midnight. The following is the laceat news trom Europe :— The London Zimes psints ont to Russia, and other pow- ors, the fallacy of supporing that the readiness of the English nation to mate peace is at all proportioned vo its unwillingness to commence the war. ‘ We have,” it aye, ‘got cver the first shock, aud are begianing to make our element of that which, a little while ago, we regarded with the mest genuine horror and syer- sion, There is « strong sentiment which repines at the termination of hostilities before we have had the opportunity of putting forth our whole strength, and in- dicating in a new field and sgaixst a new enemy oar an- cient renown. We mention these things for the very sake of the peace, the preliminaries of which heve, aa it appears, been signed be.ween Count Va'entine Psterhazy ‘and Count Nesselrode; fer, in the present temper of the public mind in England, avy attempt, however slight, to renew the diplomatic manceuvres of last April, would re sult in an immediate explosion of popular feeling which might render it imporaible to proceed further ina pacific direction.” ‘The 2imes’ city article, dated Friday eyeniag, Jan. 18, FAYB— ‘The operations in the English funds, to-day, have been ccmparatively of » steaay character, and they seem for the present to have settied at the Ln of you~ terday. In the Stoex Fxeharge there was full employ- ment for money, and. short loans on t securi- ties were in requert at tul:y five per cent. No fresh news: transpired to intluence the coarse of business, but an im- preesion that the giver: ment, while they are resol not to relapse their preperation, are disposed to believe that the negotiationn commenced will go on toa rapid and tatisfactory cone'ution, tended to give ge sta. dility to the appearance of the market, PARLIAMENT AND THE PEACE QUESTION. Loxpon, Jan. 19, 1656. It is not unlikely that thé proximate session of Parila- ment will find the House civided into three parties—those who see sufficient grounds for an immediate cessation of honti'ities, those who advocate the further prosezation of the war, not thinking the terms at present accepted suf- ficient, and thoee who take the intermediate course and hold themse.ves open to “he voice of peace, but who will not Iay down their arms un‘ii peace is secured us on terma of abléing obligation. It now remains for the governments of France and England to be firm and cau- tious in negotiations, fcr Austria to keep her engagements honorable, for Ruesia to see her true interest, for the British naticn warmly to uphold the Executive governe ment, ard for the British Parliament to support tue mip. istry with firmness, whie the:e all important negotiations are in process of arrangement. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. ALPANY, Fed. 2, 1866. Several peti‘ione were presented for and against the bridge at Albavy; for tke relief of the soldiers of the war of 1812; and against the erection of Highland county. REPORTS. By Mr. Nrxox—Favorably on the bills creating a com- wission to equalize the State tax. To amend the act concerning the election of justices of the peace. To regulate sheriffs’ certificates on the sale of real estate.” Mr. Urnam ted favorably on the bill raiative to the regulation of the canai, letting of works by contract, abolishing the cffice of superintendent, Xo, ‘Mr. Brice dissented from the report. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Nrxoy, to amend the reveral acts for the collec tion of taxes. Mr. Brooxs, to incorporate the New York and Phi-- bas hs Steam Kavigation Company. . Rel to tue Board of Supervisors of New York. By Mr. Wapsworts, making an appropriation for the: Executive mansion, By Mr. BraDroxD, to annex Poulteney and Yates: counties. ppropriste ‘the avails of the State tax forthe uss To a] of acho! By Mr. Harsrzap, for the relief of Genensee College. BILLS PASSED, For the better regalation of the firemen of New York. he Provide for the preparation of the State census of To enable executive officers in New York to obtata evi~ dence. Assembly. Atnany, Feb. 2, 1856, Petitions were presented trom the colored citizens of the State for the right of suffrege. REPORTS. Favorably on the bill for the reife? of the Lumberman’s Bridge Association, Unfavorably for extra compensation to the New York Census Marshals, Favorably to incorporate the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Favorab'y to aménd the act authorizing the luan of money ceponited with the State for safe keeping. A long debate took place on the matter of the reference ofthe bill for the bricge over the Hudson river at Atbany . Under a motion for the previous question, it waa even- tually referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Dixow introduced ‘solution calling for informa. tion as to the amount for print Jaat year, Mr. Nontarvr int: ed a resolution inquicing as to contracts for building canal wails at Cohoes, Mr. Srrvora introcuced bills for the better regulation. ofthe Brooklyn Fire Department. Adjourned. Affairs in Kansas. Sr. Lovis, Feb. 2, 1856. No intelligence of the al'eged new difficulties in Kansas has been received here, and the papers of the Territory make ro mention of any fresh disturbances of moment. tae aes The Cumberland Coal and Iron Company. Baurmmore, Feb. 2, 1856. The Cumberland Coal and Iron Company have applied to the Maryland Legislature tor a law authorizing it to buy snd retire twenty-five thousand sbares, one-half of ite capital stock. ——$$_$___—.. The baa ccomaiteg! i oare gg \LPAX, Feb, 2, Ped ee rs hag ef York at tbe ereloek thks afternoon. The wea' is cl i afternoon, Th lear, with a light wind from. Mornets. Sn ee BOARD. ILADELPHIA, Feb. 2, 1856, Stocks are firm; quotations as tollows :—Pennsylyanta fives, 843;; Reading Railroad, 4036; Jong Island, 18%; Morris Canal, 143; Pennsylvania Reilcoad, 44. TRE ARABIA'S NEWS IN NEW ORLEANS. NEw OniEeaxs, Feb. 1, 1856, The news by the Arabia has caused much exciiement in our cottcn market. Prices have gone up yc. & 4c. per Ye., avd holders demand a still farther sivance, Great acliviy bas prevailed, und the day's business foots up . Buy ce C5 i ad relled Jard, 10%0 alee nade hes CuaRieston, Feb. 1, 1856. The advices by the Arabia have completely unsettied our cotton market, and prices are very irregular. Quo- tations are advanced Je. 24e.. The sales to-day Toot up Meade Brothers’ Photographs Faken at un- Precedented low prices, to suit the times. The pablic are in- id lo examine specimens, miniature and life size, colored in Hise ee ee, rp oarion ink; algo without colors. 8 at r cent leas than lar Broadway, fourdoorsabove Astor Houses eee Prom 3 Anson’s Bize 30 cena and oqual those shad ade elsewhe le el “ANBON'S, of Broadwny, opponite Wetnnoeas Hote, cto fas eon Removal —White the Hatter has Remo: to 148 Fulton street, between Broadway and pny phe He wien rng of ta cea ecto style uarda, int Waite, Hatter, 148 Futon saree at Wholesale. 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