The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. ure, @ORDON B 7 AMMO SrRISTOR AND EDITOR, ‘apres &. W. CORNER OF KACSAU AND FULTON OTs. 7 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ‘Broadwav— Herat rus BUNTss OA ERE eer ae IBLO’S GARDEN. Broadway—Scuoormssren—Teerst ro Bowery. Ls ‘Tuuvee— THEATRE, —PEMALE Forty c= Bunres, on xa Denon Homarus. WURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers strect—A Wire's San KEEWE'S VARIETIES, Broadway—Mucn ¥.p0 eee ene Novaizy. sLUACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Wexrsrine—Po-ca- rer CarteaL Mutou. ‘9 BROADWAY ‘Breedway—Tus Naud Quuns, By THE a ‘wooD’s 444 Breadwar— ponmances—| ‘Max, On TREATY WITH ee BURLESQUE OPERA WOUBER, 0) Broad BALL, 63 Broadway—Panogumnc Picronms 3 awn Jaran. —— ne, Fare Se ‘The News. ‘We have again’to announce the non-arzival of the Atlantic. She is now in her seventeenth day out. "The Presidential campaign opened in earnest at Philadelphia and Pittsburg yesterday. At Phi- Jadelphia the Know Nothing Convention called nominate candidates for President and Vice President, commenced its sessions. Everything ‘went on smoothly enough until a majority of the @rodential Committee reported in favor of ad- aaitting the Edie, : or anti-twelfth section delegates fiom Pennsylvania. Then began an uproar, the Bike of which is said never to have been exceeded 4m Old ‘Tammany, even in its happiest moments After a-debate, protracted until two o’clock in the morning, the vote was taken, and the Bdie delega- tion was admitted. This action may be regarded as the forerunner of the dissolution of the party as @ national organization. The Scuthern men will andoubtedly -belt, and organize an independent eenvention. Last night the preliminary steps were taken te. meet the contingency, end to-day they will probably be completed. ‘There are lively times abead. The nigger worshippers met in Pittsburg yester- @ay, but beyond effecting an organization and ap- peinting committees to prepare a platform, &c., no real business was transacted. There were speeches in plenty, full of sound and fury. Several of the orators-evinced an alarming desire to kill somebody im Kansas with Sharp's rifies. It is a good puff for My. Sharp, and he will, doubtless, be duly grateful for the compliments so liberally bestowed upon the preduct-of his mechanical skill. The steamship Etna, from Liverpool 5th inst. for this port, put into Halifax yesterday tor a supply of coal. The advices by her are three days later than Shoee brought by the Canada. There is no news of the Pacific. Unfortunately she brought no English papers, aud we are, therefore, without a word of commercial or monetary intelligence. The only item of political news that we have received is the report that Russia had. demanded of the Allies that Prussia should be admitied to take part in the peace conferences. The proposition had been re- ferred to the several governments, but it was ramor- ed that the demand would not be acceded to. Ras- win’s aceeptance of the overtures of peace had caused great excitement in Turkey. A military conspiracy had been.discovered at Madrid. George Washington’s birthday—the one hundred and twenty-fourth anniversary—was celebrated in this city with great éclat yesterday, and the money ap- propriated by the Common Conncil—two thonsand @ollars—to defray expenses, judiciously.and wisely expended. The morning was delightfully mild, and the day was ushered in by the firing of a mational-salute on the Battery, amidst the thunder ef which the flags of the United States and State of New ‘York were hoisted on the City Hall. Imme- @iately after this all the public buildings in the city, all the shipping in the rivers, and the majority of the private houses, were decorated with the stars and stripes. Mayor Wood, attended by.the mem- bers of the Common Council, reviewed the.veterans ef the war of 1812, in the Park, at noon, and in short time after a gorgeous military and civic procession marched before them, when thirty- one guns were fired in honor of the day. Enter- ing Broadway, the line of march was taken up and continued to Fourteenth street, to the great admiration of the thousands of oar citizens who poured out en masse to witness the scene. Entering the Academy of Music, the immense audience Iistened to an eloquent oration delivered by Mr. Daniel Ullman. When the troops were dismissed they retired to take a little rest and prepare forthe @isplays, dinners and speeches of the evening. ‘These were most numerous. The friends of ‘ civil and religious liberty” had a grand dinner, given to a select party, at the Astor House, where Mr. James T. Brady made a magnificent oratorical display in responding to the toast of “ Washington.” Tam- many Hall was in a blaze of glory. The house was illuminated, and the outside rendered gay with transparencies, banners and most appropriate mot- tos, selected from the Farewell Address of the Father of his Country. The Young Men’s Democratic Union Chub had an enthusiastic mass meeting there. A fall Jength transparency of Washington ornamented the ferent of the City Hall, which was illuminated; whilst on the sides of the building, in elevated places, were illuminated inscriptions bearing the names of all the battles fought by the victorious General. These attractions brought crowds of peo- ple to the Park, most of whom remained until a late hour. Nearly all the Orders and Chapters of the civic societies had public dinners, as had most of the regiments of our city militia. All the city ‘theatres were overflowing in the evening; and the metropolis was jubilant during the greater part of the night with songs, patriotic toasts, speeches and dancing. We have not heard of any accident occur- ring to mar the public happiness. The day was duly observed in the cities of Brook- lyn (both districts), Jersey City, and all the neigh- boring towns, where a programme nearly similar to that followed out in New York was in order. Full reports of all the proceedings appear in our paper this morning. We have dates from Havana to the 17th inst. ‘They contain nothing new. ‘There were 13,6 paying visiters to the British steamship Persia she lay at her dock at Jersey City on Monday and Tresday last. The amount col- Jected from these visiters, as appears from the fol lowing statement, was $1,709, which was disposed of as follows:— Bo the Rev. Wm. Verr 3 el Woop & Mansa ‘Grmoras Pax- Japan. der, for the poor of Jersey GOty..... $500 To permarent fund for Houre of Industry to be estadushed in Jersey City... Secccescesven TOO Mo Treasurer of Society tor the relief of destitute children of seamen.. 500 Total... $1,709 Bowne Gi ARD. > z The cotton market was some less excited yester. day, owing to the reduction in stock and the delay in the receipt of later foreign news. The sales em- braced abowt 2,000 bales, closing at steady prices. Flour was in fair demand, without change of mo- ment in quotations. Wheat was heavy; a small lot of Tennessee red sold at $182}. Corn was also easier, with sales of prime Southern white at 77c., and of good Southern mixed at 75c. Rye sold, on the spot, at $1 20, and to arrive at $117. Pork was tolerably brisk at easier rates, mess having sold at $15 75 a $15 874. Sngare were firm, with sales of 800 a 900 bhds,, including 339 Molado, for refining, at about 6c.; the remainder was Cuba at 7fc.a 8ge., and New Orleans at se. a Sjc. Coffee was firm, with rales at full prices. Freights were firmer for English ports, with increased activity; to the Con- tinent there was no citange of moment to notice, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1856. ‘The New Platform of the American Party— Frary Leases—Tus StaTen Isiaxo Feary. | 2 ‘What's the Presp<ct Newt The new national platform adopted by the —In the report of the committee recently ap- pointed to investigate the condition of the late American Special National Council is | Staten Island ferry it was stated that the Ferry quite an improved effair in eome respects upon the Philadelphia platform of June last. It ‘holds, however, tenaciously to these fixed prin- siples:-— 1. The monopety of all the offices and ali the public plunder ¥y native ‘born American citi- | zens. 2. The exciesion of all Roman Catholics, native er foreign born, from public office, whe believe in the temporal or spiritual supremacy of the Pope. 3. A twenty-one years’ nateralization law. The improvements we hawe spoken of are:— 1, The-maintenance and enforcement of all laws constitutionally enacted, until said laws shell be repealed, or shall be declared null and void*»y competent judicial authority. 2. Phe authority to each State Council to an- nul their several constitutions, so as to abolish the several degrees, including “ the third de- gree,”-and to substitute a pledge of honor in- stead of other obligations, for fellowship and admission into the party. The first of these two requisitions, prima Faei:, would seem to exact obedience to the | Fugitive Slave law, and, therefore, if thus honestly adopted asa principle of the Know Nethings of the Northern States, it will be a great improvement upon their recent affiaities and affiliations with free soilers and aboili- tionists. The second, in granting autho- rity to the State Councils to abolish their dark lanterns, midnight conclaves and hard ewearing, is certainly a step towards a posi- tive and wholesome reform. Proved that the dark lantern and proscriptive oath-bound organization of this party, as originally estab- lished, is not the thing, it is about time that a more rational and American system of tactics were adopted. In exchange, however, for the repudiation of the “ twelith section” of the old Philadelphia platform, the new one gives us three new planks on the everlasting “nigger question,” to wit: 1. Non-intervention. 2. Adhesion to the constitutional doctrine of squatter sovereignty and the Kanaas-Ne- braska bill, excepting always that clause of it granting certain unusual privileges of suffrage to alien equatters in the Territories, which is repudiated. 3. An enforcement of the principle that no State or Territory ought to admit others (other squatters) than of the United States to the right oi suffrage or of holding politi- cal office. This is much better than we had any right to expect, though we confess that, from first to last, we have little faith in these hambugging caucus or convention platforms of this or any other party. They have become more and more the instrumentalities of double-dealing, thimble-rigging and equivocating politiciaos for cheating the people. Tor example, we dare say that this Danenhover platform— smooth, plain and plausible as it may appear upon the nigger question—will be found easily susceptible of two distinct interpretations, constitutionally as different in substance and complexion as Humphrey Marshall and Fred Douglass. After all, then, the last hope for the nation- alization of the Know Nothings, as the nu- cleus of a powerful and homogeneous na- tional, conservative and practical party, in op- position to the democratic party, is in a pro- percandidate for the Presidency. A man is wanted whose character, history, antecedents, principles and associations are known, fixed and universally popular—a man who will in spire confidence and win support, with or with- out a platform—a sensible, matter-of-fact con- servative practical go-ahead man. The Con- vention at Philadelphia have this important problem now before them; and they have to determine first, shall we make a nomination now or defer it to some future day? Secondly, who shall be the man? They may possibly postpone the nomination to May or June or July next, in which event the party will probably be frittered away be- fore they make their selection; or they may make a nomination and choose some old broken down politician—in which case they will be sure to find out their mistake before November. Satisfied that whether this, that or any other party rises or falls to pieces the country is safe under the guardianship of the sensible, solid constitutional masses of the American people, native and adopted, we await the final delivery of this Philadelphia Council with perfect complacency. Tur Crerk oF THE Hovsr Catiep To Ac- count.—Mr. Cullom, of Tennessee, was adopt- ed by the Nigcrr Worsuirrers as their candi- date for Clerk of the House, upon the “fixed fact” that he was entitled to it from havi voted in Congress against the Kansas-Nebr rg bill, which resulted in defeating him of a@ 1e- election from his Tennessee constituency. But it seems, although he was regarded as o “ twelfth section” Know Nothing, the South- ern Know Nothings charge him with foul play in distributing the subordinate clerkshi,3 of the House, inasmuch as the Nicuer Worsuw- vers are said to have carried off the lion’s share of the spoils, Among other explana- tions for this strange conduct, a Washing- ton correspondent of the Richmond Whiy says:— Another solution offMr. Cullom’s late conduct has been sugges\ed in various quarters, which possibly is not altogether without {cundation. It is believed that he is strennously working to procure the nomination of ~ens- tor Bell for the T'residerey, and in that event, to sesure his election it becomes highly important to coneiliate the nigger worshipper vote of the North. What more lik: ly to win over the fo f Greeley and Banks thar a jul istribution o spoils?” In mentioning this rumor, Tmay porstbly be doing some injustise both to Mr. Cullom and Mr. 4 if 0, I will gladly maks reparation; but the appcistments of the former were so unexpected and so different from what the national Ame- rican party hada right to expect, that very naturally they bave given rive to a great variety of speculatioas and copjéstures, The “Nascour Worsnrrrer vote of the North!’ We suppose the gentleman means the free soil Know Nothings of the Philadelphia National Council; and we suspect that to them Mr. Banks, Governor Gardner cr Governor John- eton will be quite as satisfactory as John Bell, of Tenneesee. We think, too, that Mr. Cul. low’s appointment of the Niccer Worsmrrrrs complained of, may be readily solved upon tho eound old maxim of “you tickle me, I'll tickle you.” The Niacen Worsuiprers gave him a responsible, honorable and fat office of $3,000 a year ealary, with an indefaite amount of perquisites and pickings, and he has simply given them in return a few of his subordinate clerkehips. “To the victors belong the spoila,”’ Mercy was right. What has the “twelfth seo- tion” to do with it? Gammon. Company eleded the provisions of the United ‘Seates statute subjecting steamboats to inspec- tion by pleading that ferries were beyond the purvien of thet act. Assuming this preten- gion to ve well founded, the public fall back on the Corporation for protection. No pro- tection is afforded at present, in consequence of the refusal of the present Ferry Com- pany to be bound by the terms of their purchase, te sign the ferry lease and provide sureties, But as it is quite plain that matters cannot remain-on their present footing, and that it will shortly devolve upon the Comptroller to fix the conditions by which a new ferry to Staten Island shall be controlled, it is well to look to the law of the case. The city claims, and exercises, complete control over the ferries plying from it to the suburbs from which it is separated by water. Tt asserts, and enjoys undisputedly the right of fixing the number of boats to be used; the character, size, and build of those boats; the times at which they shall run; the character of their crews; and the rate of ferriage they shall charge. This is not a sta- tute right; it exists at common law. We have before us the volume of ferry leases, showing how invariably and unsparingly it has been exercised. ‘| In the case of the Catherine street ferry to Brook)yn for instance, among other stipula- tions the lessee is bound “at his own proper cost.and expense to furnish and navigate upon said ferry three good and substantial single keel steam ferry boats to be approved by the Com- mittees on Ferries.” In a subsequent lease ot the same ferry, these three boats are required to be “ef the same size and power, and equal in all respects to those used upon the Fulton ferry.” In the lease of the Grand street ferry, the boats are required to be “new, swiit, good and substantial single keeled steamboats.” On the Peck slip ferry, they “shall not be less than 130 feet in length, and of corresponding dimensions.” And all these boats “shall be fin- ished ina style equal to that of the boat styled the ‘Wyandank.’” All ferry leases stipulate that no more than a fixed sum shall be charged for ferriage. With regard to the times of run- ning, some of the leases contain the vague and toolish provision that the boats shall run at “pro- per times;” but most of them specify the times — as for instance, on the Peck slip ferry, where the boats are bound to run “once in every ten minutes, from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset, and one every half hour from one hour after sunset to 12 o’clock P. M.;” on the Jersey City ferry, where the boats are bound to make “regular fifteen minute trips to one hour after sunset in the winter and two hours after sunset in summer, and haif hourly trips ut night till 12 P. M.;” and on the Fulton, Southand Hamilton avenue fer ries, on which the ‘‘ time of departure of the boats, the time of starting the same on the morning of each day, or laying up the same at night, or of ranning the same during the night,” are reserved for the regulation of the Committees on Ferries, Many of these leases specially stipulate that the company shall hire “sober, honest, skilful and able-bodied men” to manage the boats. Some go so far as to covenant that “in case any of the agents em- ployed on said ferry shall at any time con- duct themselves improperly in their official ca- pacity and in such manner as to give offence to the public for whose convenience this lease is granted, the lessees shall discharge such agent.” It appears then that hitherto the city has exercised as full control over these ferries as could well be imagined. Circumstances no doubt unavoidable have prevented the exten- sion of this control to the Staten Island ferry. The lease made out last May in favor of Jacob L. Smith (which the present company refuse to execute, as being too stringent,) contains but two clauses which impose obligations on the lessees; the one requiring them to farnish safe boats, the other to build and keep in repair suitable ferry houses. As it happened, it did not suit their means or their convenience to furnish either safe boats or ferry houses; and even these poor paltry covenants for the public safety and interest were evaded. What course they would have pursued had the corporation exerted its right of specifying the hours at which boats should run, and the size and man- ner in which they should be built, cannot rea- dily be conjectured. That such covenants ought to have been inserted in the lease may be inferred from the fact that last week the most serviceable boat on the Staten Island ferry was taken off the route in order to carry hay to the city on freight. Tue Comprroiier’s Report appeared in the Heratp yesterday, and commends itself to public attention, inasmuch as it shows the sux required to be raised by taxes this year to be no less than $6,932,357 43, or about $10 per head on the population of the city. This enormous eum is of course a great increase on the tax levy of late years. So late as 1850, some three millions and # half were more than the city required: in 1830, the population were taxed at about $2 50 per head. Under the economical administration of Mr. Comp- troller Flagg, and the absurd system of di- vided responsibility and increased expense which now prevails, the taxes increage at the rate of half a million a year and more, and the city is woree cared for than ever. Incumbents of city offices make fortunes during their two years tenure of office; but the streets are choked with filth, robbery and violence are quite common, the city laws are grossly vio- lated day after day, jobs of the most netarious character are of frequent occurrence, and it is next to impossible to find who is responsible and who is to blame. A body of merchants, we hear, have peti- tioned the Legislature to strike out of the tax levy certain items of expense. The pre- sumption is against these gentlemen. It is not by cutting off an item here and an item there, or by saving a few hundred dollars on this or that object of expense, that the evil can be remedied; and with all their faults the parties who have prepared the tax levy know better what is wanted for the various city departments than a eet of mer- chants who only know that they object to pay- ing eo heavy taxes. The real evil must be met by radical measures of reform. The root of the mischief—the charter, with its divided authority and complex and nullifying machi- nery— mowt be struck et, if people want any real relief, zuaw BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, ARRIVAL OF THE ETNA AT HALIFAX. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. NO INTELLIGENCE OF THE PACIFIC. ae, &., &o. Haurax, Feb. 22, 1856. The Cunard screw steamship Etna, from Havre for New York, put into this port, this evening, short of coal, baving «xperienced very rough weather during the paseage. Her dates from Havre and Paris are to the Sth inst.— three doys later than thove received by the Canada. She brings no tidings of the steamst ip Pacific. ‘We have received no Exglish papers by this arrival, ‘and the French journals contain no news of importance. The acceptance by Rassia of the peace proposition had caused the greatest astonishment in Turkey, but at the tatest cates the intelligence had not reached the allied generals in the Crimea, owing to the sub marine cable in the Black Sea being broken. Prince Gortschakoff, when signing the protocol ac- cepting the Austrian proporitions, demanded that Prus- sia should be invited to take part in the conferences. Count Buol supported that demand, but M. Borquenay and Sir H. Seymour had asked to refer it to their govern- ments. It was still current at Paris, that Prussia would not be permitted to participate in the Peace Conference. Confidence in the favorable result of the Peace Confer- ence was daily increasing. In the absence of Englich papers we have not a particle of avy kind of news in regard to affairs in England, and no indication whatever as to the state of the monetary or commercial affairs there since the departure of the Canada. It was reported that a serious military conspiracy had been ditcovered at Madrid, with ramifications through the north ofSpain. The particulars were not given. Some disturbances had been created by Bashi Bazouks at Shumla. In the Havre markets breadstuffs were declining. Important from Washington. DESPATCHES FROM MR. BUCHANAN—THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION.—PROPOBITION OF LORD CLA- RENDON TO REFER THE MATTER TO A THIRD POWBR, ETC., ETC. ‘Wasnrxaton, Feb. 22, 1856. The despatches from Mr. Buchanan received by the Canada do not contain any reply to Mr. Marcy’s last despatch, distinctly requesting the recall of Mr. Cramp- Jon, Mr. Crampton, however, has received a copy of Mr. Marcy’s despatch, I suppose from lord Clarendon. So he has now learned that contrary to his conceived opi- nien, my despatches on the subject to the HERALD were correct. It is safe to predict asa matter of course that our government will afferd Great Britain further time to comply with its demands, cr st least to reply to them before proceediug to dismiss Mr. Crampton. You will observe that Lord Clarendon, in his resent speech in Parliament, referring to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, used the following language:—“ I lost no time ia offering to refer the whole question to arbitration of any third Power, both sides agreeing to be bound by the de- cision. That offer has not yet been accepted. It hag been renewed.” This first offer waa made a long time before the death of the Emperor Nicholas, and occurred in this wise : Lord Ularenden and Mr, Buchanan were im conversation, when Lord Clarendon said that if there was a difference of opinion in regard to the treaty, they would reter:t for arbitration to some third Power. Mr. Buchanan replied, ‘Well, refer it; but whom on God’s earth shall we refer it to? The only Power in the world to whom we could refer it, in whose integ:ity and independence we should have confidence, is the Emperor Nichclas. You have chosen to go to war with the only man to whoee arbitration the United States could safely entrust it; and now how can we sefer it??? If, as Lord Clarendon states, the offer to refer it to the arbitration of a third Power bas been renewed, I am quite sure our government has not been officially ad- vised of the fact. It may be conjectured that a despatch from Mr. Buchanan, covering such a [renewed offer was sent by the Pacifie; but this is only conjecture abouta mat‘er of which no more is known than there is of the fate of the ship. B INDEFINITE NATURE OF THE DESPATCHES BY THE CANADA—MR. CRAMPTON NOT TO BE RECALLED— THE NAVAL COMMITTEE, ETC. Wasuixcton, Feb. 22, 1856, The despatches brought by the Canada were over- hauled at the State Department today. They are very indefinite and undecided. With reference to the Cramp- ton difficulty, England informs our government that she has already given full and ample apology, and that she can dono more, As to Central Amerioa, she is willing to arbitrate that question. There is no intimation that Crampton will be recalled. It remains to be seen now whether cur government will diemiss him, Cushing says yes. What says Marcy? What says Pierce? A portion of the Naval Committee were closeted with Mr. Dobbin to-cay. I understand the President and Mr. Dobbin manifest a desire to back down from their posi- tion in carrying out the law of the last session. They find it an uphill business. DON. THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN—FRESH INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. CRAMPTON, ETC. Wasurntoy, Feb. 22, 1956. The Canada’s mails arrived this morning. The govern- ment dispatches from England contain nothing of a di- nite character; neither is there any prospect of an early settlement of the matters in dispute between that gov- ernment and the United States. The enlistment d'fliculty is ebsorbed in the Central American question. There is no information whatever to verify the rumor of the Lon- den Advertiser that angry words bad passed between Mr. Buchanan and Lord Clarendon. Mr. Crampten has re- ceived frerh instructions not to absent himself from Washington, as he heretofore contemplated, but to attend to the unfinished business of the State Department, News from Mexico and Texas, Battimorg, Feb. 22, 1866. New Orleans papers of Friday and Saturday last are re- ceived. They contain Mexican advices to the 11th inst. The main facts have been already stated. The garrison at Puebla returned to the capital when the city capitulaved. Some accounts represent the insurgents as likely to be son put down, Haro having 2,400 men. Others doubt the fidelity of the troops sent against him, At Austin, Texas, a great excitement ex:s'ed «nac- count of the trial of the persons charged witn burning the Auditor’s office. The court was attended by an .rmed guard. ‘he citizens were also arming, and a conflict was feared, News from Ravana. New Oneans, Feb. 21, 1866, The steamship Black Warrior, with Havana dates to the 17th inst., has arrived at this port. Her news 1s un- important, The weather was more favorable, but the su- gar crop would, undoubtedly, be short. The market was active, and a good speculative demand existed, about 15,- 000 boxes having been contracted for at $22 a $23 50. Molastes firm, Navigation at the East, Bristor, R, I, Feb, 22, 1866, The schooner Wonder, from New York via Sandy Hook, and which arrived at Newport on the 1éth, is still {1 the ice two miles below Bristol. Two propellers, with { eplovghs, are about six miles from Providence endea- vouing to reach that city. Mount Hope bay is open, Two steamers came from Fall River to-day, one of them re- turning, and the other, tho Bay State, pasaing on, bound for New York wia Sandy Hook. Provivence, Feb. 22, 1856, Navigation {s open to Fall River. The steamer Bay State, of the Boston and New York Fall River Line, parsed Newport about three o’clock this afternoon. She will go outside of Long Island, expecting to reach New PHILADELPHIA 8TOOK BOARD. Pui.apeirita, Feb, 22, 1856, Stocks dull, Pensylvania State fives, 863;; Roading , 4524; Long Island Railroad, 1732; Morris Canal yonvylvania Railroad, 4434. i PHILADELPHIA IRON MARKET. PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 2! . Sales of iron during the week, 1,900 tons; one half to go West. Susquehanna, No. 1, $26 No. 2, $25; No. 3, $24, | Reils are in good demand; prices improving’ Bara are in improving demand. — New ORLEANS, Fed, 21, 1866, Cotton easier, but not quotably lower, Salos to-da: 6,500 bales; Molasses, 2430. Fretghts to Liverpool 19-32d. CiaRteston, Feb, 21, 1866, Cotton sales during the week, 12,000 ‘bales, at an ad- vance of ie. on Jeet Thursday's quotetions, ling, 976¢. @ 10¢., stock on bpnd, 36,000 bales, chy Boave Evrnors or Tus Day Newararens—ARREST OF Orn ov rus Newspove.—The tricks played by newsboys with bogus editions of the daily papers have become a regular nuisance. The anxiety created by the mon-arrival of one of the European steamers withia its usual time generally affords these young scamps a field for the exer- cise of their ingenuity. People eagerly catch at the an- neuncement o1 news of the missing vessel, given out with skilfal equivoeation of voice, and sometimes lying as- surancer, at the corners of the streets. But as, by fre- quent repetition, these devices become stale, new ones must be resorted to. The public, put on their guard, re- quire to lock at the dates and captions of the papers be- fore they will buy. For this excessive caution the news. boy has provided an expedient. He gets hold of papers containing an account ef the previous arrival of the expected vessel, and, cutting the dates from the papers of the morning, he pastes them neatly on to the former, #0 that it requires a close examination to detect the cheat. ‘The object, of course, is to cell the extras thus manufac tured at extravagant prices. One of the boys who ha cistinguished himself by his nuit; in this way he got into serious trouble by it. ES amie a play off the trick yesterday on Mr. Haughwout, of 661 Broad- way, the latter at once diseovered it, and, seizing the ourg rogue, lodged him in the Kighth ward station house, We trust that this will prove a wi to the other newsboys who are concerred in palming off spuri- ous extras upon the rhe Mr. Hanghwout deserve; credit for the trouble that he has taken in trying to put ‘a stop to these dirgraceful practices. Were bis exampl: generally followed, we have no doubt that they would be effectually checked. ‘Tar GrameRcy Park Hovse.—H. S. Crocker, Esq., late- ly ecnnected with the Brevoort House, has become the proprietor of the Gramercy Park House, and will place that ccmmodious and delightfully situated hotel ona footing with the best estal ents in the city. AccipeNtT on THE Exiz RaitR0aD.—We learn that a pas- senger train, gorng West,was thrown from the track near Belvidere, on Thursday evening, by & broken rat), The cars were badiy broken, and several passengers were bruised or cut, but none very seriously. Naval Intelligence. Purser Debree has been erdered to relieve Purser Tat- nall, of the sloop-of-war Germantown, on the coast of Brazil, and will take passage in the store ship Relief, to sail {rom this port in a few days. Lavncn or tue U.S, Steam Fricats NiaGara.—The U. S. steam frigate Niagara will be launched this (Satur- day) morning, at eleven o’clock, from the Navy Yard, Breoklyn, The event will probably draw outan immense concourse of people to witness it. Lavra Kxenr’s Benzrir.—This excellent actress and en- terprising managerees, if we may use the term, takes her Denefit to-night. The oceasion will, no doubt, be taken advantage of by her numerous admirers to show the es- teem ia which she is held in both there capacities. The ‘Varieties’ has decidedly become one of the most popu- lar of our theatres, and will continue to be so as long as it is directed by the spirit and energy of Miss Keene. Our Boston Correspondence. Bosron, Feb. 15, 1856. Population of Massachusetts—Orthodox Sabbath Schools—Railroad Passengers—Death of Mayor Seaver—Washington’s Birthday—Baptist Sab- bath Schools—The Legislature—Know Nothing Festivals—New Hampshire—The Davis Insti- tute, &c. An abstract of the census of 1856 has been pub lished, by order of the Senate, showing our popula- tion to be 1,133,123—an increase of 138,716 in five years. All the Congressional districts have in- creased their numbers, but Mr. Banks’ most of all. That district—the Seventh—had 91,510 in 1850, and 117,854 in 1855. This you can put down among the “irregular coincidences.” No other district comes within 9,000 of this number, the next largest being No.5, which contains 108,669 people. Mr. Banks’ town, too, has largely increased in population, rising from 4,464 to 6,049, or thirty-five per cent. The va- luation of the property in that town shows an in- crease of about a million and a quarter of dollars from 1850 to 1856. All the counties have added to their populations except Nantucket, which has lost 115. Middlesex has increased nearly 39,000; Essex, 24,000; Suffolk, 26,000; Worcester, 23,000; Norfolk, 17,000; Bristol, 13,000; Plymouth, 7,000. The increase in the other counties is but small. I have made the comparison with the population of 1850, as printed in Senate document No. 18, 1852, which makes the population returns of 1850 more than 20,000 less than that under which the Congres- sional districts were made, they being based on the ast national census. The population of Boston is 160,508, of which number 18,221 belong to South Boston and Washington Village. Atthe annual meeting of the Sabbath schools connected with the Orthodox Congregational churches of Boston, held last Sunday evening, Mr. Williams, the Secretary, read a report, from which it appears that the number of such schools is now 16; of teachers, 457; of scholars, 3,598; average at- ee 2,467; conversions during the past year, ‘The seven railroads that enter this city brought in 8,111,030 passengers, or some 26,000 per day, not counting Sundays, during 1855. The number was not bo prem as that of 1454 by 650,780. Ex-Mayor Seaver died, at the residence of his son-in-law, at Roxbury, yesterday morning. He was long connected with the government of this city, ant reer 1852 and 63. He was about % years old. Washington’s birthday will be observed here by the Mercantile Library Association, before whom Mr. Everett will deliver an oration. Dr. Holmes has written an ode for the occasion, I cannot learn that anything else of importance will be done, unless you think highly of cannon firing. In Charlestown and Roxbury there will be something done. The Fare- well Address will be read in the Legislature, which will meet for that purpose in convention. On Wednesday, at Brookline, there was a conven- tion of the Sabbath schools connected with the Bos- ton South Baptist Association. There are 33 schools in this association, located in the counties of Suffolk, Middlesex, Norfolk and Plymouth. The number of scholars is 4,556; of teachers, 522; of classes re- ported, 534; ot library books, 14,984; increase of scholars, 254; number of conversions, 11l. A good deal of useful business was transacted, and addresses were made by several gentlemen. Mr. Hanscom, Clerk in the State Department, has been turned out of office by Secreta Witt, and his place has been given to Mr. Prince, of Essex, an old free soiler. Mr. Hanscom is also a free soiler, but is supposed to be obnoxious to Governor Gardiner on personal grounds. Increase Sumner, of Great Barrington, and Moses G. Cobb, of Charlestown, are spoken of for the iace on the Common Pleas Bench made vacant yy the death of Judge Byington. A movement has been made inthe Legislature to abolish the seventh justiceship, so that the vacancy shall be filled by nobody, who is an excellent lawyer, doin, nobody. Court reform is much talked of, but no- thing is done about it. Our legislative proceedings are not of a very re- markable character. Some amendments of the constitution have passed the Senate. One requires that voters shall know how to read and write ; another provides for a residence of twenty-one years before a foreigner shall become a citizen; a third abolishes imprisonment for debt. Their fate in the House is uncertain. The Know Nothings have been having festivals at Lowell and Worcester, and making merry thereat. Mr. De Witt, the old free soil member from the Wor- cester district, was present at the Worcester fes- tival, and spoke highly of Mr. Banks, whereupon the Speaker was cheered. Gov. Gardner also was present, and paid his respects to the republicans, in an over-the-left sense. Mr. Goodwin's nomination for Governor of New Hompshire by the whigs, I am assured by a gentle- man who is familiar with Granite State politics, is intended only to help the fusionista. If he had not been nominated, some hunker whig would have been, and eo the @emocrats have been helped. The susion will be at polls for representatives, Sena- tora, and so forth. “The Davis Institute” is the name of a new litc- rary association just formed here, and takes its title from Thomas Davis, the Irish patriot and poet. Lec- tures will be delivered before it by Mr. Meagher, John Brougham, bid Giles, John Savage and other gentlemen of talent and distinction, The first lecture will be given on Monday evening next. The object is to provide something of a better cha- racter for our foreign population than buocaneering meetin; It ought to succeed. The ublican State Committee have appointed an extensive list of delegates to the Pittsburg con- yention, embracing about all the leaders of the party, It is a wonderfully able body of men. ‘The weather has been very severe this week and changeable. The air is now full of snow; and if there should be as much change of temperéture in the warm direction for the next twelve hours as there has been in the last eighteen hours, we shall probably have a driver of astorm. Our streets are now in tolerable condition, after expending nearly $25,000 on cleaning them, The ice is very thick on them, and the walking is far more dangerous than when it was worse, which may be an Irishism, but is the truth for all that. ALGOMA. / i i f it Al HE 3 ti ? E he felle [ue ie § i ? The statement now submitted brace recapitulations exhibit the tollowing facte:— 1, Arrivai ot passengers in 1855. 2. Country where born. 8, Country where they mean to reside, and sex. 6. Died on the voyage. 7. Comparative statement showing the countries im. which wece born passengers arriviog in the United Statea- Jrom foreign countries, from December 31, 1852, to De- cember 31, 1855. 8. Comparative statement sh the and sex of passengers arriving in the United States from ¢ountries, from December 31, 1862, to December 31, 1855. 9, Comparative statement Pit the occupation of passengers arriving in the United States from { countries from December 31, 1862, to December 31, 10. Comparative statement of the number of arriving in the United Siates, by sea, from coune- tries, from September 30, 1843, to December 31, 5 Attention is ome rane ieee ‘to the fact tha: rad the act of Congress A ing immigration returns, Dassangere arriving Dy bem 4 po alone contemplated, acd that an amendment of that act, so as to embrace alsa thore Series by sent, eae to be a Ae mea: pos at- tenticn of eollectors at frontier cus’ Uses, espec! on the northern border, has been directed to such 4 gration by this department, and the result has been re- turns from the collector at Os , embracing the arri- uae 5,072 passengers, during last taree quarters: ‘the year. ‘Athough the returns of collectors of custome of the Tharecteriaed by greater precision during the past eur terized by greater pr past year than heretofore, there is still room tor improvement; . and the present statement will, jike its for the last two years, be transmitted to to aid them in cai their returns to conform t» the requirements of law. I have the honor to air, obedient servant, W. L. MARCY. Hen. N. P. Banks, Jr., Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives. NO. 1.—ARRIVALS OF PASSENGERS IN 1855 States. lat, 5 4th, Males. Fenv’ — 278 1,082 ear 2 2,147 849 2,996 13} — 4 Monenchusetis. 1,362 5,883 6,935 4,292 10,434 Island 13 51 19,517 59,516 46,774 40,755 101, ‘574 4,119 1448 1, ae r ge tsi ee ws Tou Leu Eye Sse 3 = a 8 ee pe ea ms wh mS TE. 4 2 1 2 ae $65 6.588 7d 7,647 90,588: as 1077 ble 986 200 1,064 385 4457-293 1,760 NO. Il—OOUNTRY WHERE BORN. Total. Countries. SE .BERE » 5 ie Not stated... le RSkneagun Total .... 290,476: Citizens of'the U8. 99,600 Altens + + 200,077 NO. IIl.—COUNTRY WHERE THEY MEAN TO RESIDE. United States, 205,217° Between Helio a and ween and 37,310 Between 20 years rane ¥ Between 25 years of age and 30.. Between 30 years cf age and 35. reap Hepl ft ge ae 18, years of age upwards, 9,281 155 Age not state 417 te 90,283 390,476: S.N.S. Total. — 14,750 - 14,997: - 1,166. = ange - 2% ~ AT. = oes _ 1,841 12 117,000 12 230,476 NO. VI-—DIED ON THE VOYAGE. MH. F. SNS. PH, Died on voyage to the portsof Mass. 3 6 —— s. Do, do, New York.182 150 — 9382 2 z - 9 x 5 ry ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES BY SEA FROM FORBIGN COUNTRISS, FROM SEPT. 30, 1854, TO DEC. 31, 1855. —— Years Brooklyn City News. ARREST OF A FvGITIVE YROM ENGLAND—ALLEGED Fase PRETENCES.—A man named Frederick William Lister wag arrested at his residence, in Eighth avenue, Fast Brook- lyn, on Saturday night, by Deputy Sheriffs Sparks and Quevedo, upon the charge of obtaining goods in England by salse representations, and after pawning them absconding to this country with the proceeds. He was arrested on an order of the United States Marshal, on # complaint made before the American Consul in London, by Benja- min Louis Meyer Rothsebild, of No. 10 Argyle street, Re- gent street, London, who charges Lister with ha’ ob- tained,six diamond brooches, valued at £275, in iy of last year, on the pretence that he could sell them on commission. It was subsequently ascertained that the brooches were pledged at a pawnshop and that Lister- had left the country, having also obtained ina similar masner several other articles to the value of some thou- sands of pounds. He was committed to it ther proceedings. ad eda The New York Weekly Herahi. NEWS FROM EUROPE, MEXICO, ETC.—PROCEEDINGS OF THE KNOW NOTHING AND NIGGER WORSHIPPERS” CONVENTIONS, ETO., ETO. ‘The Werxty Heraxp will be published at ten o’closk this morning. Ite contents will embrace the latest news from Rurope, Mexico, the West Indies, £0.; Proceedings of the Know Nothing and Nigger Worshippers’ National Conventions Congressional and Legislative News; Editorials; Financial, Commercial, Theatrical and Religious Intelligence; Latest News by Telegraph; together with a variety of loca) and nig cellaneous matter. Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, can be had at the counter. Price sixpence, Seaeety pe Lees ize, with Cases, Fi cents. The only place in this lly, where a large aca tA can be had for the above astouisiing low price fs. at SOBIOS ot dete i A boy wanted, who has worked in @ gallery. Bm ed teagan tadchad and Uns le of art, taken flered Cheap plan, 26 and 00 cents, with cases complete Rasen ie, the picture world. to au . Photographs for $3, une quailed, Depot 289 Broadway, foneReechsatehshe A Clothing ut Wholesale.—We form. Southern ant ‘Western merchanta ‘that our atec! by pene tae summer clothing, just manufactured, contains the largest Ya ety of choice styles for men rangidg from the low priced Wp to the, fies ectistes i trade. Ali got up in our usual ‘or 60.286, 268 and 260 Broadway, corns Woven gees & Freesat h hata F etice a Unineee Billiard Rooms.—The Pub- jo are respectfully informed vem Rooms have. Leen converted inte’ bilfard sakeos oom the most magniseent billiard establishments in, the The proprietors have spared no expense to make their place @ feature of New York, and reflect credit on the is, The rooms will be thrown open on Saturday evening, inst when gentlemen are invited to give them an inspection, Machines.—All ersons roy to sewing machines, can oflice tor copies of "I. M, Singer Binger’s Sewing “Ma who with for information fn abiain tk by applying at our a Da 4 Co.'s Gazette,” a yteet P| thine interests,’ Copies supplied geatian 2 ne Owe i'M. BINGE & CO., 899 Broadway.