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Eldridge, will eave this:port to-morrow, at noon, for Riverpool. ‘The Buropean mails will close in this city at nalf-past tem o'clock to-morrow morning. ®ve unary (printed in Knglish and Freneh) will be Rblsaed at ten o'clock in the morning. Single copies, $m wrappers, sixpence. Tae News. The important diplomatic correspondence between our government and that of Great Britain upon the enlistment.question occupies much of our space to- day, to the exclusion of many subjects of interest. ‘We shall, however, to-morrow give full details of all those matters which we have been compelled to hold over. The documents referred to coutain the des- patch wherein Mr. Buchanan is directed to request of the English government the recall of Mr. Cramp- ‘ton and the British consuls at New York, Philadel- phia and Cincinnati. Jn the United States Senate yesterday a resolo- tion was.adopted calling on the President for infor- mation relative to the reported offer of Great Britain to refer to some friendly Power tor arbitrament the misunderstanding growing out of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. No offer of the kind has been made, though it appears that Lord Clarendon directed Mr. Cramp- ton to read to our Secretary of State a portion of a despatch wherein a conversation, on the subject of arbitration, between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan,-was mentioned. The despatch alluded ‘to was received by Mr. Crampton some time last automn, and the part referring to arbitration was not communicated to Mr. Marcy until Wednesday evening last. The proposition, however, isregarded as-entirely inadmissable. The America, from Liverpool 16th inst., is now overdue at Halifax. The news by her is looked for with great impatience. Hon. George M. Dallas, our newly accredited Minister to England, arrived in this city last even- ‘ang en route for London. He will proceed by the Atlantic, which leaves for Liverpool on Satarday. Our advices from Nicaragua are important. The provisional government have annexed the Mosquito Territory and banished Colonel Kinney, he having been charged with entertaining treasonable designs against the State. Diplomatic relations have been opened with Costa Rica, with every prospect of Yeading to a good understandiag with the govern- ment of that country. Martial law has been sus- pended, and the laws are administered by the civil tribunals. General Cabanas was intrigaing against General Walker, but his efforts were not looked upon with the slightest alarm. Order reigned throughout Nicaragua, trade flourished, many local improve- ments were going on, the public health was excel- Jent, the weather delightful, and the influx of emi- grants from the United States rapidly American- izing the native population. We have intelligence from the seat of the Indian troubles in Florida. The savages had retreated to the everglades, and eluded every cffort of the sol- d@iers to reach them. There had been no new dis- turbance. It was stated in our issue of yesterday that the Commissioners of Emigration were at Albany, lob- bying through an appropriation from the Legisla- ture in aid of their depleted treasury. Such is not the case. The business that takes the Commission- ers to Albany relates ostensibly to the charges brought against the Board by the County Superin- tendents of the Poor, who allege that they have not been reimbursed properly for care of poor emigrants; to which the Commissioners respond that the bills drawn upon them were loosely drawn and exorbi- tant, and, moreover, that they are not now ina condition to honor them. The investigation into the difficulty is progressing at Albany, and Messrs. Morgan, Kennedy, Cummings and Carrigan are pre- sent to defend the action of the commission. The meeting of merchants in favor of establishing a standard for the inspection of flour different from the present mode was held yesterday, at No. 4 State street, and was duly organized at the hour appointed. We have only space to-day to say that resolutions were adopted approving of the object in view, and a committee was appointed to carry the plan into execution. It was also agreed that the measure should lie open for all persons disposed to do so to join it by affixing their signatures to the articles of agreement. In the Board of Aldermen last evening the report of the Council in favor of raising money to pay awards for the Central Park, was coreurred in. A yesolution was adopted remonstrating against the sale of the State Arsenal, npon the ground that it will mar the plan of the Park and impair our means for detence in case of war. Long Island Sound is now open, and the steamers are performing their regular trips. The rush of traffic between New York and the East is unprece- dented, and shippers have difficulty in forwarding goods, owing to the quantity of freight offering. Among the names of candidates admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court appears that of George W. Mateell, Chief of Police. One of the examiners on the occasion was the leading counsel of the Know Nothings in the investigation of the charge of alienage brought against Mr. Matsell. Does not his admission establish his citizenship beyond all dis- pute ? A dinner in honor of the election of Mr. Banks to the Speakership of the House of Representatives came off in Boston last evening. One hundred and eleven persons, including the leading abolitionists of Massachusetts, were present. Dr. Beale, the Philadelphia dentist, recently par- doned by the Governor of Pennsylvania, is ‘now in this city, and will be received by the members of the dental profession and other friends, at 59 Bond street, this evening. Secretary Guthrie has notified the creditors of Texas that he will pay such claims as are compre- hended in the act of Congress of Sept. 9, 1855, on and after the Ist of June, 1856, to holders of gei ine evidences of debt, the required forms having previously been complied with. Last night a fire broke out in No. 20 Exchange place and 65 Beaver street. Damage about $20,000. ‘The premises were occupied by Cleveland & Co., Cornelius Adler & Co., Kubn, Netler & Co., Isaac Meyer & Co., James Lowe & Co., and several other firms. The market for cotton yesterday, owing to light stock and the disposition to wait the receipt of later foreign news, was languid, while sales raced. in le hout 800 000 Dal peseeshe alt ig cowd nyt be dito} dower. 11 a: prices, , ‘portant frem Washingten—Our Kelations With Eugiend. We lay before our readers this morning near- ly ali the documents tranamitted to the Senate of the United States yesterday, by the Presi- dent, pertaining to the difficulty pending be- tween this country and Great Britain, on the eubject of the enlistment in the United States of soldiers for the British army. The legal portion of this correspondence we intended to have published exclusively this morning, but are compelled to leave it over one day in consequence of the great length of the diplo matic part. The correspondence and other documents are very voluminous; but they are 0 interesting and important, at this critical junction of affairs, that no one should be pre- vented from reading them. We present below a brief historical summary of the whole matter, with a running commen- tary upon the papers :— Immediately after the declaration of war by Great Britain against Russia, namely, on the 2ist of April, 1854, Mr. Crampton, the British Minister, writes to Mr. Marcy, the Secretary of State, that he has received orders from hia government to inform the American govern- ment that Great Britain will not for’ the pre- sent authorize the issue of letters of marque, and will in the interest of neutral nations re- strict within the narrowest limits the exercise of belligerent rights: for which reason Great Britain and France confidently trust that the neutral governments will sincerely exert every effort to enforce upon their subjects or citizens the necessity of observing the strictest neutrality; and that the United States especially will give orders that no privateer under Russian colors shall be equipped or victualed in the ports of the United States; and that the citi- zens of the United States shall vigorously ab- stain from taking part in armaments of this nature, or in any other measure opposed to the duties of a strict neutrality. To this Mr. Marcy replies, April 28th, 1854, and after commenting on the commercial ques- tions presented, he declares that the United States, while claiming the full enjoyment of their neutral rights, will strictly observe their neutral duties; that the laws of the couatry severely punish not only its own citizens, but all persons within its territory who shall equip privateers, or enlist men therein for the par- pose of taking part in aay foreign war; and that the President wil not fail to use his whole power to enforce those laws, and to maintain the neutral attitude of the United States, Bearing in mind the solemn and emphatic warning thus given to the British government, our readers will recal! to memory the fact that nine months afterwards, in December, 1854, an act of Parliament was passed for the express purpose of raising troops in foreign countries for the service of Great Britain, thus ne- cessarily violating herself that neutrality which in such lofty terms she had called oa the United States to observe towards Russia, On the 22d of March, 1855, Mr. McKeon, United States District Attorney for the South- ern district of New York, gave notice, by letter to Mr. Marcy, that handbills had been iseued in New York for recruits for a foreign egion, about to be organized by the British government in Nova Scotia, This communication, on the day of its re- ceipt, March 23d, was referred by Mr. Marcy to Mr. Attorney General Cushing, who, on the same day, by express direction of the Presi- dent, advised Mr. McKeon by letter that such enlistments were plainly contrary to the act of Congress; that if for service against Russia they were in violation of our neutrality; and, for whatever purpose intended, they were, at all events, in violation of the sovereign au- thority of the United States. Mr. McKeon was, therefore, disected to bring to punish- ment all persons engaged in such enlistments in his district. Three days afterwards, March 26th, the At- torney General, by direction of the President, enclosed a copy of the letter and instructions to Mr. McKeon, to Mr. Van Dyke, United States District Attorney for Eastern Pennsyl- vania, and requested him to proceed against all parties engaged in such enlistments within his district. All at once, about this time, this recruiting business sprang up in Cincinnati and Bosto § as well asin New York and Philadelphia; ana for a period of six months the United States District Attorneys and Marshals in all these cities were earnestly and laboriously employed in trying to put a stop to it, by public adver- tisements of warning, by personal notice to parties suspected, and by numerous crimi: J prosecutions. All this fully appears by the correspondence between the Attorney General and the District Attorneys, trom March to Oc- tober, 1855, inclusive, After this recruiting business had gone on for several months, in defiance of all the effurts made to suppress it, it being well known fra the beginning that Sir Gaspard Le Marchant was the ostensibie director of it, and facts ap- pearing which implicated certain British Con- suls in the United States, the necessity had plain}y arisen for making ita question between the two governments. Accordingly Mr. Marcy, by despatch of the 9th of June, 1855, to Mr. Buchanan, set’ forth the facts in tall. He points out the especial enormity of the commis sion of these acts, in behalf of Great Britain, in view of the circumstance that she had with ®o much severity and acrimony denounced the people of the United States on the false as- sumption of their disregard of neutral rights, embarking in private military enterprises, espe- cially as regards Cuba. In conclusion, he says that our government expects that the conduct of the officers engaged in this business will be disavowed by the British government; and that they will be visited with its marked dis- pleasure; and that decisive measures will be taken to put a stop to a procedure alike illega and disrespectful to the United States, On the 6th of July, 1855, Mr. Buchanan ad- dressed a letter to Lord Clarendon, based upon these instructions of Mr. Marcy. On the 15th of July, and of eourse before hearing from hisletter of June 9th, Mr. Marcy addressed another letter to Mr. Buchanan, Ag long previous as May, Mr. Crampton had com- municated a note from Lord Clarendon to him- ecif to Mr. Marcy. In this note he assumes the non-particiption of Mr. Crampton in the Wasi. nese, declares his approval of that, and gives assurance that the British government would on ) or d no account run any ik of infringing the laws of the United States, Jt seems that Mr. Marcy had placed some trust in this as- ce; but finding that, nevertheless, the re- uiting continucd with increased vigor and NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1856. Success, by the efficient aid of officers of the British government, Mr. Marcy very naturally grew more savage upon the subject, and called upon the British government to disavow these acts and to punish the offenders; he demanded that prompt and effective measures should be tuken to arrest the proceeding. He explicitly required the discharge from service of all per- eons who were enlisted in the United States or who left the United States for the purpose of enlistment. He says the United States will not permit any discussion of the question whether Great Britain shall employ officers and agents to recruit her military torces within our limits, in defiance of our laws and of our sovereign rights. It co bappened that on the very day follow- ing the date of this despatch—that is, on the 16th of July—Mr. Buchanan received a note from Lord Clarendon, in which he expresses the regret of his govewnment if the law of t'¢ United States had been in any way intringed by pereons acting with or without their autho- rity, and says that any such infringement was contrary to the wishes and to the express in- structions of the British govermment, He then procecds to state that the British govern- ment had received information that many sub- jects of the Queen in the United States, and also many foreigners, were anxious take part in the war; and that, therefore, a depot for their reception bad been established in Nova Scotia, but with stringent instructions not to violate the neutrality law of the United States. He admits that various persons had undertaken the recruiting business in the name of the British government, whose acts were, in many instances, undoubted violations of the law of the United States, but asserte that such persons had no authority whatever jrom any agent of Great Britain. He quotes at length, and comments upon an opinion given by Judge Kane, of the District Court of the United States for Eastern Pennsylvania, on the 22d ot May previous, in some prelimina- Ty proceedings in the case of three recruiting agents indicted in Philadelphia, viz——Buck- nell, Perkins and Herty—which opinion he erroneously supposes justifies the course of his government. He says that Mr. Crampton wae directed to issue strict orders to British Consuls in the United States to be careful not to violate the law. Finally, in conclusion, he says that the British government, having rea- son to think that no precautionary measures could effectually guard against some real or apparent infringement of the law, had deter- mined that all these enlistment proceedings should be put an end to, and had given orders to that effect before the reeeipt of Mr. Bu- chansn’s note. This determination of the British government to put a stop to the busi- nees was, about a fortnight afterwards, an- nounced in the British Parliament by Lord Palmerston. A About this time the enlistment business aseumed a graver aspect, in consequence of information communicated to our government which showed clearly the long continued per- sopal activity of Mr. Crampton in its superintendence. This appeared by reports from the United States District Attorneys in New York and Philadelphia to the Attor- ney General. After examination of these re- ports, ina letter dated August 6, 1855, the President required the opinion of the Attorney General whether or not the acts reported were in violation of the municipal Jaw, and of thé national sovereignty and neutrality, and espe- cially what legal responsibility, if any, those acts devolved on the British Minister and the British Consuls. On the 9th of August following Mr. At- torney General Cushing replied at length. This opinion we consider the ablest that Gen. Cushing bas produced. We will give it in to- motrow’s Henay. It is full of learning—clear, concise and conclusive. The legal profession of the United States—not one of whom should omit to read this paper-—will concur with us, we venture to predict, in the estimate which we put uponit. It consists, principally, of the citation of authorities; but they are all to the point, and leading one, step by step, inevita- bly to the conclusions set forth. He demon- strates:— On the first branch of the subject— J, That the acts of enlistment in question are contrary to the municipal law of the country. 2. That those acts, if permitted to one belli- gerent must be permitted to all, in observance of impartial neutrality. 3. That if undertaken by Great Britain as asa government, they are national violation of our territorial sovereignty. 4. That all agents of the British government participating in such acts are not only guilty of a criminal infraction of the statute, but also ot violating the sovercign rights of the United States, In the second branch of the subject he dis- cusses all the legal relations of the conduct o/ the British Minister and the British Consuls, and concludes that the Consuls are amenable to indictment, but that the British Minister is not. As to the latter, he explains, at length. all the responsibilities, legal and diplomatic, which attach to a foreign Minister charged with illegal acts or acts injurious to the sove- reignty of the United States. Next in the order of date comes a letter from Mr. Marcy to Mr. Crampton, September 5, 1855, communicating to Mr. Crampton the views of the United States govérnment on their becoming aware of the active instrumentality of himself and other officers of the British gov- ernment in thus violating the laws and out- ragivg the sovereign rights of the United Statee. Mr. Crampton replies on the 7th of the same month, promising to reply at length after communication with his government. It does not appear from the papers that he has yet made any such response, On the 27th of September, 1855, Lord Cla- rendon addressed a note to Mr. Buchanan, in which he whimpexs wofully over the imputed went of sympathy our people had for the allies in the war with Russia, and complains {that ammunition and warlike stores have been sold by our merchants for the service of Rus- 80. Mr. Marcy replies, October 13, 1855, in a pungent letter, ridiculing Lord Clarendon’s complaints that we have sold a little powder for the use of Russia, considering how much more we bave sold to Great Britain. He further dwells upon the large amount of Ame- rican tonnage employed in the transportation of troops and munitions of war to the Crimea, as evincing that if anybody has a right to complain it is not Great Britain, but Russia. There occur among the documents, from the capses an time to time, letters from Mr. Buchanan, giv- ing accounts of his various interviews with Lord Clarendon. One of them, in particular, is very curious. It communicatesLord Claren- don’s explanation of the great flurry about the bark Maury and the Irish invasion of Ireland, which constituted the cause or the pretext for the reinforcement of the British West India squadron, last October. It seems that Mr. Marcy’s very peremptory letter of the 15th of July, the contents of which were intended for Lord Clarendon, was not presented by Mr. Buchanan to Lord Clarendon until some time after ita receipt, when he had already received Mr. Marcy’s letter to Mr. Crampton, and that even then the most pointed paragraph was omitted. Lord Clarendon fast- ened upon Mr. Buchanan’s note of July 18, 1855, as if it were an expression of satisfaction with Lord Clarendon’s first letter of explana- ton. That is an exaggeration. It will be reen, by inspection of Mr. Buchanan’s letter, that he should have much satisfaction in trans- mitting Lord Clarendon’s letter to the Secr = tary of State. When Lord Ciarendon had got the whole case before him, he put forth, ina letter to Mr. Crampton, of Nov. 16, 1855, an elaborate justi- fication of the British gove nment, and of its officers in the United States, which is chiefly remarkable as an attempt, by ingenious special pleading on questions of law, to evade afford- ing any satisfaction whatever to the Unitea States, Mr. Marcy rejoins to this, under date of Dec. 28, 1855, in a despatch of great length, strong and positive in its character. He refutes Lord Clarendon’s arguments, and _ establishes the justice of the cause of our govern- ment in the matter in controversy. He says come satisfaction for the wrong done us was confidently expected, but nothing which can be regarded in that light has been offered, He concludes by instructing Mr. Buchanan, in peremptory terms, to ask the British government to recall Mr. Crampton; and also that he shall demand the removal of the three British Consuls —Mr. Rowe- croft. of Cincinnati; Mr. Matthew, of Philadelphia; and Mr. Barclay, of New York. This ends the correspondence thus far. We devote much space, as will be seen, to its pub- lication, but we think the public will read it with great interest. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Non-Arrival of the America, Huauwax, Feo, 28, 1858. There are still no indications cf the approach of the steamer America, now in her thicteenth day out. Important from the National Capital. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION—THE OFFER TO ARBITRATE—CURIOUS OMISSION OF THE BRITISH MINISTER, ETC., ETC. Wastincton, Feb. 28, 1856, Anew and extraordinary chapter in the dipiomacy upon the Central American question has opened. Las? evening Mr. Crampton addressed a hasty note to Mr. Marcy, enclosing a letter from Lora Clarendon to the Bei- tish Minister, dated so long ago as last autumn, in which Lord Clarendon loosely recites a conversation between himedf and Mr. Buchanan, on the subject of referring he Central American difficulty to a third Power for arbi- tratim. He requests Mr. Crampton to communt- cate his letter to the American government. My. Crampton’s apolegy to Mr. Marey for not hav- pg done so before is, that he overlooked the con- cluding paragraph containing that request. He now sends the original lerter, without stopping to make a copy, and requests that it may be copied and returned to him. He seems all at once to have got into » great hurry about the business. The letter of Lord Clarendon can hardly be called a downright offer to submit the mnaiter to arbitra- tion. It might more properly be characterized as an ef- fort to sound the Amecican government on the subject. Mr. Buchanan recentiy made a specific and emphatic demand upon Lord Clarendon as to what be meant by his declaration in rarliament that he bad recently renewed his offer to submit the Centrai American d:fliculty to the arbitration of a third Power. He told Lord Clarendon that nothing was known of such an ofler in London. Lord Giarendon at first talked about his previous conversations on the subjes: with Mr, Bucharan. These conversations hai been ot a suggestive, discursive and rather jocular character, and did not embrace any proposition which Mr. Bu- chanan had a right to consider definite and serious. After referring for some time, however, to these pre- vious ‘“‘talkg,” Lord Cisrendon told Mr. Buchanan that he had written to Mr. Crampton renewing the offer; that Mr. Crampton had communicated his views to Mr. Marcy, and that Mr. Marey had replied that the subject was in the han¢s of Mr. Buchanan. Now, you will note that, so far from this being true, Mr. Crampton bad made no communication on the su)- Jc ct to Mr, Marcy prior to yesterday, and that it may be deemed an exeggeration to call Lord Clarendon’s letter which he then sent an offer to arbitrate. 1 bave already contradicte1 the report that there had been @ personal quarrel between ford Clarendon and Mr, suckaran; but you may easily infer, from what I have stated above, that a most spirited conversation on public afiairs took place between them. If you add to this the inference that Ie:d Clarendon became very pettieh, and that Mr. Buchsnan was quite positive and dignified, both in larguage and manner, you will have nearly the whoie story. The letter of Lord Clarendon, communicated by Mc. Crampton yesterday, will probably be transmitted to the Senate to-morrow, in compliance with the resolution acopted to-day. Attorney General Cushing has not only written no letter to Mr. Cutting on Central American affairs, but he has written none to any one. He has often been con- four ed with Judge Cortiand Cushing, agent of the tran- sit Company in Nicaragua, in this’ Central American business. B MR. CRAMPTON’S DISMISSAL WITHHRLD—THE ARBI- TRATION OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION, ico Wasmyctox, Feb, 28, 1856, The President bas been induced to withhold the letter @iemissing Mr. Crampton (ill the arrival ot the steamer, now due, in the expestation thet he will be recalled 1y bis own government. Should that not be the ease, the eter will be immediately sent—at least, so Mr. Pierce says, Axumor was current today that Mr. Crampton had been recalled; but it could be traced to no reliable source, and is doubtless premature. The reply to Mr. Mason’s resolution of inquity of ta- day will show that the offer made by Lord Clarenton to refer the éifferences between this country and Europe won put ina shape which rendered it impossible for our government honorably to entertain it. Judge Douglas has publicly expressed his determiaa- tion of pressing bis claire foc the nomination in June, McQueen Mcintorh was to-day nominated aa t States Distriet Jucge of Florida. ESPIO! THE SPOILS—DEATH OF A JUDGE. Wasiatox, Feb. 28, 1866, Mr. Williams, of the Toledo Blade, elected binder of documents to the House of Representatives, hus disposed of his interest to Robert Farnham, of this city, Hon. Onslow Peters, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Ilinota, died here to-day of an attack of pleu- riay. SURTY-vOUNTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 1856, ‘THE NAVAL BOARD, ETC, Mr. Toomns, (nat.) of Ga., offered a rasolution (which lies over) calling on the Secretary of the Navy to furnish charges, specifically set forth by the Naval Board, for the removal or disrating of naval offi- cers. bess Mr. Weiter, (dem.) of Cal., reported a bill makiag appropriations for new fortifications, ‘THE ENLISTMENT CORRESPONDENCE, A meseage was received from the President, commu- nicating the official documents on the British ealistment co ‘Fix thousand extra copies were ordered to be a, M Up motion of Mr. Mason (dem.,) of Va., the resolution was sdopted reqnesting the President to inom tre Senate wheter an offyy Was taade by Great Britaig to this government to arbitrat pa treaty, apd to ees orreapon- any c dence tou the oxed arbitration. Suvow ‘remafiel that oa ade, but probably some sv; aa Been tarown ot inciden mister. ‘The government orgen, bas apnounced that aueb an offer hed been made, but not harirg been accepted, would be renewed. It was therefore important that the true state of the case should be mace known. KANSAS AFFAIRS, Mr. Hare and Mr. Tooxas criticized the policy of the Executive with t to the difficulties in Kansas, and at the conclusion of their remarks the Senate adjourned. means of some friend), Med of the ntatives. AsUixaroN, Fey. 28, 1856. Dills were introdi , and ® num! ston ‘adopted, inc introduced by Mr. Fk rence, instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to inquire into the expediency of making an immediate pro- vision for the construstion of ten sloops or other vessels of war. The deficieney in the appropriation bill was being con- sidered when the House ac journed to Monday. House of NEW YORE LEGISLATURE. Senate. ‘Aunany, Feb, 28, 1856. P.8: Of Heary Rug inst th rt By C.P. Surri—Of Heary Ruggier, agi e ropor of the Harbor Commissioners, depriving him of the right vw extend piers on his property in the neighborh of the Navy Yard. ‘Mr, S¥ENceR—From the New York Board of Education, praying vhe Legislature to enact a law by which the city ‘of New York may be authorized to expend all taxes raised therein for school purposes in educiition of the ity only. : Br, Brooxs—For amendments to the laws appli- cable to the First Division of the New York State Mi- litia, = REPORTS FAVORABLY. By Mr. Srencer—By bill, to appropriate $10,000 in aid of the Women’s Hospital, New York. BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. Brooxs—To increase the number of directors of the Jews’ Hospital at New York. Mr. Brooxs—fo compel insurance compacies, in- corporated under the laws of foreign States, to pay the required by law to the New York Fire De- nae , Which is §2 on each $100 of policies issued in ia State. By Mr. Brooxs—Yo amend the fire laws of New York, relative to keeping gunpowéer, &c., by exemptiag from duty vessels that receive such combustible articles as aa nee said veesel immediately thereafier leaves e By Mr. Srencer—For regulating the compensation of the ‘Assessors of the Street Lepartment, New York. ‘the act to prevent {iegal voting in New York city was Gircurred, and Mr. Brooks made a long aod able specch in favor of the bill. At the close of his remarks, progress ‘was reported. The bill to equalize the State taxes was then taken up and ciscussed. Gerrit Smith was in the Senate Chamber during the sessicn, Assembly. ‘ALBANY, Feb, 28, 1856, To-day being general order day, nothing of interest was done. Virginia Democratic State Convention. Ricaoyp, Feb. 28, 1856, The Democratic State Convention met at 120’clock, at Metropolitan Ha!l—Hoo. Sh-lton:F, Leake, ex-Lieuteuent Governor, President. Mr. Leake addressed the Conven- ticn on taking the chair: and in the course of his re- marks, which referred chiefly to the certainty of a demo- cratic triumph in the next Presiien'ial contest, spoke of the American ticket as one u.terly without harmony. Millard Fillmore is pledged, said he, to a protective tariff, and Ancrew Jackson Douelton is pledged against it. Mil- Jard Filmore 1s pledged toa dis ribution of the public lands, and Dore‘son 1s pledged agains; it. So with ra- gard to their respective political opintons, as ple iged eretofore. He wouid needjno other arguments to sesure Fillmore’s Ceteat then tore to be collected from the files ot the Washington Union, which emanated from the pen of Anarew Jackson Donelson himself, while editor of of that paper. He would not’ be surprised if there was a shaking among tho bones of Old Hickory when he came to know what was the course of his acopted son. They should rejoice at the nomination made at Philadelohia, for nothing can be more certain than the defeat of the nominees. To effect that it was but necessary to produce testimony of one against the other. He’ expressed full confidence in the eieetion of the democratic nominee, whoever he be; and that he will be one worthy of the position is certain, for none other would get it at the hands of democrats. He pledged himeelf that Virgipia would give 20,000 msjority fer the ¢emocratic candidate. Mesers, Ritchie, Hughes and other editors were appoint- ed Secretaries. ‘A committee of fifteen was appointed to perfect the organization of the Convention, On motion of Caasmse Waitt, Senator from Hanover district, a resolution was adopted that a commitzee of fifteen be appointed to prepare party organizattone, and also a committee ot fifteen on resolutions, and that the delegates trom each electoral district be a committee to 1ect Page electors, assistant electors, county elec- torr, Ke. ‘The Convention adjourned at 7 0’clock to-night. One hundred and thirteen counties were represeated. This orgapization 18 not regarded an ary expression of opinion with reference to the contending parties for the nomination. ‘Ihe delegates to Cincinnati are not elected by this Convention; they are chosen by conventions in each electoral district. Mz. Killmore’s Ratiticauon py the American ‘Members of the New York ucgislatare. Aunaxy, Feb, 28, 1858. The American members of the Legislature held a meet- 19g at the Capitol last evening. Nearly every member beicnging to the Order wes present, together with a majority of the Stace officers. Mr. Ucell presided, and speechen were made by Messrs, Odell. Northrup, Pres- cott ond others, all of whom ¢eclared that Mr. Fillmore was not their choice, but that they would give their hearty tupport to the nomination as the action of the American party. apd would work earnes:ly for the suc. cers of the candidates. Resolutions to that effect were signed by all the members, and a call is to be issued for a grand ratification meeting. Fitty-eight persons were present, and no dissenting voice, ‘The American Presidential Nominations. Boston, Feo, 28, 1856, The Fee, which is the organ of the American party, aod the cficial journal of the state, hoists the Fillmore and Denelson flag tbis morning. The Charlestown Advertiser does the same. The Journal speaks favorably of the nominations, Anany, Feb. 27, 1856, One hundred guns were fired here this afternoon in honor of the noninavion of Messrs. Fillmore and Donel- son. This evening bonfies are blazing all over the city. State Stroet Hill, is a perfest blaze of lignt. The offize of the Morning Frprees and other buidings, are illuminated. The effice of the State Register is in darkness, Tue Ameri- can members of the Senate and Assembly are holding a meeting to-night, to fix the time for a grand ratifization meeting at the capitol, ‘The Cincinnati uyitive Slave Case. Gwvcwxwatt, Feb. 27, 1856. The fugitive slave case, which has been pening betore ited States Commiasioner Pendry, was decided by him to-dsy in favor of the claimants and the slaves ordered into thcir custody. They are still held by the Sheriff, however, under an indictment for murder, It has been raining here all day. The river 1s open. Re Election of Senator Wade, Cincianani, Feb. 28, 1856, Hon. B. F. Wade, whose present term as United states Senator /rom Obio expires in March, 186% was to-day re- elected for a second term of six years, by @ vote of 100, agsinet 26 for Mr. Toda and 2 scattering. News from Rio Janeiro. Barrimone, Feb, 28, 1866. ‘The bark Clara Haxall arrived hero to-day, with dates from Rio de Janeiro, to the th of January. Favorable advices from the United States and Europe, had caused activity in the coffee market, and an advance in prices. —70,0007bags at 4|/800 a 5))200 for round lots, principally for the United states. The closing tranractions show an advance of fally |200, Navigation of the Ohio. Cixcrysatt, Feb. 28, 1856, Navigation is fully opened, and sieainery are running regularly, ‘The water in the channel this afternoon 18 2 feet in depth. Baitimore Harbor Open. BAurimors, Feb. 27, 1856. Our harbor is sgain open, and ® number ot’ vesvels, including steamers of the New York and Boston lines, came vp to-day. Several steamers also went out, Sow has fallen here freely all pee en Mauciovs ADVERTISEMENT.-~-An advertisement appeared in yesterday’s Hxratp, under the head of ‘‘ Sporting,”’ in which some malicious person, without our knew- ledge, used the name of Richard Busteed, Esq., as an ad- vertiter. The object of this anonymous maligner is, of course, unknown to us, If intended as practical joke, the jest is as atrocious as it is devoid of point, wit or meaning. If intended as an Insult to Mr. Busteed, it i at once contemptible and cowardly, below even the anger of any decent mind; and we have only to rogret that by the ingenuity of the libeller it was smuggled iato our columns. A Varied AND INTERESTING ENTERTAINMENT. —This even- ing a complimentary benefit will be given, at the City Assembly Rooms, to Mr. Gustave Naquet, who is well known to the public as the sub-manager of Mlle, Rachel's “roupe. News from Havana, ‘The steamship Empire City, Capt. Howes, arrived yes- terday morning from New Orleans via Havane, She left New Orleans at 8 A. M., Feb. 26, passed the bar at the Balize at 7P. M. On the 224, at 7 A. M., pasaed sloop-of- war Cyane, standing to thenorthward and westward, Ar- ext morn- ing at 11 A, M., and at the mouth of the harbor was hail- ed by ship Albert Gallatin, entering. Have experienced fine weather since leaving Havana. TELEGRAPHIC, HAREESTON, F. The steamer Ienbel has arrived hero from Havana on tho mosning of pho 25t0 inst, aud Key Woy, ou the Court Caicnder—Trnis Day. Covrt—General Term.— Adjourned to Thurs- March 6, at 11 c’cicck A. af., when No, 49, new reservoir. will be taken uj 1748, aa t.—No8, 1803, Jee0? 1508" 3292260, 1748, 1704 eh a 1885, 111 419, 1980, 1668. dhocpndepmenestne so seo Surzxion Court.—Nos, 803, 809, 815, 821, 889, 843, 844, 845, 846 to 875. EA OM, ORLA Gen wilt Issue his Spring Style of Gentle. tlemen’s bats for 1856 op Satusaay, March 1. GENIN, 214 Broadwoy, opposite St, Pauls Church. day next, matter of BUrKEME 2128, 1453, 706, 1895, The Harbinger of Spring. —fhe Knox for tbe spring season will be exb{bited at his popular esta>lish- ment, on the corner of Broadway and Fulton street, on Thurs. day merping, the 28th ines Noiwithsanding the expense of this beautiful fabric, he has determined the charge, as heretofore, +hail remain at four dollars, trusting that by'a largery pa'ronage to be remunerated for the heavy outlay he bas incurred in its production. Strangers visting the city, as well ux hie old pa rons, are inyited to make bim an early visit, at No. 212 Broadway, corner of Fulton st, Espenscheld Respectfuliy Gives Notice to his frienda and the public that he will issue the soring fashion tor gentemen’s hois for 1856 on haturday next. ‘The untversal celebrity which bis hats bave obtained from their itrinsie Deauty nd excellence throvy! the Union is the best gua antee that can be @:ven for thelr #vertority. tention to the peculiar eontour and distingue alr of this superb: prticle, with the tul.est covfideoce that it will rasver thin Jose by & comparison with any bal, irr ive of price, that has ever been preduced in New York. Notwithstanding the See et teereary crecrias old wre ot #860 tn wi vary from the ol mark 0: 5 ee N ESPENSCHIED, ‘Hat Mar ufacturer, 118 Nassau st. br | at Whoitssic.—We to Inform Southern and Western merchauts that our slock of spring and Tow priced vs to the finest articies te in our usual superior style 0.250" 28 and 200 roadwav, erner Warren 10,000 Ladies (Wanted (bat, don’t ny a J, B. Co" to buy one ot at orce) at J. B, Miller & Co's, excl 7 one past of Indl rubber boots or shoes. They are (Goody yt |. We have ali assortment, Widmeate and reads JB. MIL Catt & OO., 34 Canal st Wholerale and retail. ‘Window Shaces, White aca Buff Hollands, olicioth, tabie covers. picture cords, tapsalas $e. at manufac: turer’s prices, by WOODFORD & WEMPLE, 58 Catherine ttreet, Country merchants supplied at the lowest prices. Ph aphic Imp:ovements—Another Tri-: umpb.—HULMES, 289 Broadway. has just taken pictures of Mr. Harrison, the United states camera maker, upon an im- proved plan, copies ot which have been forwarded with appli- cation for a patent to Washington, the result of which will be made known, and licenses ofiered fo artists in afew aaya, The improved photographs bave been christ the phototype. Depot ot the double camera, 269 Brosdway, The Smithsonian Houxe—GBroudway, Cor- ser of Houston street, New York.—Single rooms 50 vents, 75 sentsard $1 per day. Puriors, with bedrooms, G150 to $3 per . Meals extra, ard as ordered. This new’ and large hotel ithe attention of travellers. © SIDNEY KOPMAN. Mat Binding Moacnines.—I, M, St ir & Co. aave ready for sale machines for binding straw hate and aii other kinds of hats. The machives do the work far be!ter and ‘ester than any others, (all and see them at No, 323 Broaa way The New Gridix eomplishes three deside dropping, into the fire. burning the outaide. 3. orhouee, Five sizes, 100 feet east of Broad wa, 1w0n’s Patent, Acs ves all the gravy, nore u rongh without v's any smoke in the kitcbo 83 cold 4179 Duane streets Merring’s Patent Crumpton Five and Diir- proof safe, with Hall’s atant powder root lock. Both ied prize inedain at thy World's Fair, Londen, 1861, and hice. New York, 1853-64. SILAS ©. HMREING #GO., 185, 137 and 180 Water Hill's Hair vye, Fuar Box, Black or brown—old at Hegeman. Clark & Co.'s, 273 Broad gry Haman tive and at the depot. No. 1 Burlay atzeet, . ¥.; 159 Atlantic street 175 and 247 Fulton street, Bronldlyn, Bid (et drug and fancy goods sores generally in the United Batchelor’s Hair Dye— Wigs and Toupees:.— the best in the world. This unrtvaiied und original dye is ap- in twelve private rooms, _Baiohelor’s wigs and tonpecs Rive improvetsonts over all ers, being chef dlavavres of cle ance and durability, peculiar to thisestahtishment. BATCHKLOK’S, 283 Broadway. Christadoro’s Har Dye, wags and Toapecs Siegant private a] een eee aaa are civ Helly rellablonricio of the tad” Wholesale dad retail ah CHRISTADORO’S, No. 6 Astor Bouse. ‘Whiskers or Moustaches oreed to Grew tu six weeks by my cone which Phage gene or injare the nent HAlt, Ses Hrondweey; Bayes Ws Walton eteeel, Brocklyny Zel way; Bays, a 3 Zale der, 44 Bouth Third street, Philadelphia. A Perfumed Breath —Wnat Lady or Gen- deman hp yg ip ny gy, herd prem piper when by using the * Balm of a Thoussud Flo asa den- twifice would not only render it sweet, nnt leave the teeth white As alabaster? Many persousde not know their breath ie bad, fad the subject In ay debate, ihelr trieads will never mention \ Pour a single drop of the * Baim’ on your bi and wash tbe teeth night aud morning. A filty cent bottle wi lasta year. For sale by FETRIDG& & OO., proprietors, all druggists. For Dyspepsin Use Aeimme & Banta’s Union tonte goblet ot wild cherry and quass a. For sale by druggista generally. Hall. buckle & Co.. 218 Greenwich street ; Leigh- ton & Iremonger. coruer of Eighth avenue and Thirty-ftth street, wholesale agents. Notice.—To those Truwbied. with Humor — Owing to, the. great demand frmpointinen's, for the cure of ja, in the city of New Yors I-shall be at No. 4 City Hotel, 429 Broadway, from 25th inst, to March}. All who are troubled with rcrofuious humor are respectfully invited to pall, Advice, in al) cases, gratis. DONALD KENNEDY. Proprietor of Kevnedy’s medical discovery, Roxbury, Mass, Baron Bpolusco, M. ., St. Nicholas Hotel:— Dear Sir—You have perfect y cared me of piles of thirteea ears’ duration, and aiter several medical geodemen had en- Wely tied to do so.. tou have since cared @ lady and: two gentlemen whom J recommended. GLORGK WASHINGTON JENKINS, N, Y. Holloway’s Pills and Otntment.—To Depiete tbe system by bleeding and violent purging ie to deprive lite’s machinery of its motive Dower. These g eat remedies disin- tect the blood and the secretions. and cure external and inter- pal complaints by destroying their seeds in the vital duids Sold at the manulactories, No. 80 Maiden lane, New York, and No. 244 dirand, London, ‘and by all druggists, at 2e., 6230. and $1 per box or pot. Toothache Cured in #ive Minutes—By Dr.. TOBIAS’ wonderfu! Venetian linament, or no pay; beadache in ba:f anbour. Sold by ali druggists and . De- ot, 60 Cordandt street.” mre Fevers, Agues, Griper, Indigest tion and diarrhos, &c. are immediately relieved and rapidly curea vy the celebrated cordia: cognac bivers. which have now vecome the favorite remedy in kurope for the avove complaints. Tne Diuters may be obtained in this ity of 8, STEINFELD, No. 70 el Hernia.—Onty Prize Medal Awarded to Moreh & Co., by the Industrial Exhibition of all_nations for their new t cure truss. Also the Fair of the warded the first premium to this trues in ees as to its superiority: - Professors Valent ne ‘Wilard Parker and John M. Carnochan. An extensive Ust of names. of mercantile and other gentlemen cured by this ruse, may be MARSH & 00.'5, No. 23¢ Maidea lane, lew York, hy len & & oO ‘est Fourth street ‘Cincinnati, O1 from 7 A.M, untii9 P.M. i Nassau stre On Wednerday evening, Fen. 27, by the Rev. Wm. C. Smith, Mr. Richaxn C, Hexprickson, of Freehold, N. J, to Mins bisas, adopted daughter of Chas. Halt, Bxq., of is city, ‘On Thursday, Feb. 28, by Rey, Dr. Mr. Journ C... Arpusarr to Mrs. Many Thon. a In Brooklyn, on Thursday morning, Feb. 28, by the Rey. Mr. Reid’ Mr. Samvzt M, Weems’ to Miss Appia G. daughter of Ckarles Parker, Esq., ail of Brooklyn. ‘eb. 27, of consumption, Mr. ANDOLPH, in the 45th year of his age. ives and friends of tne family, and those of Messrs, Wm. Jr. & Co., are invited to attend the it On Wegnesday morning, Sanz. F. ¢ jon. On Wednesday morning, Fel C. Tarmna, in the 31st year of his age. His relatives and friends, and the Washington Hussars, Fitth ba Company E, Third Regiment N. Y. 8. M., are reepectfully invited to attend the faneral, from his late residence, No. 14 Hameraly place, this afternoon, at one o’eiock. His remains will be taken to Greenwood Ceme- tery for interment, es Wednesday, Feb. 27, James Barker, in the 424 year is age. The tunersl services will take place at the Church of the Holy Apostles, Ninth avenue, corver of Twenty-eighth street, to-morrow morning, at ten o’slock. His remains will be taken to Kiye, Westchester county, for interment, by the cars which leave Canal street at 12M. The rela- tives ard friends of the family are reepectfully invited to attend without further notice. On Thursday night, Web, 28, Catianins LawReNer, re- lict of the late Natbaniel Lawrence, The relatives ard friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral rvices, in St. Luke’s Church, to- wae OW afternoon, at two o’elock, without further invi- tation. On Wednesday, Feb. 27, Hawn, relict of the late Jno. Gregory, in the 4th year of her age. The friends of the family invited to attend the fune- ral, from the residence of her son, Lewis, No. 121 West 27, Winuam Fourteenth street, to-morrow afternoon, at ene o'clock, ‘On Thursday morning, vere fiinors, monthe. Feb. 28, after @ short and se- fostrn Nowiit, Senr., aged 76 years and 16+ eral will take place from the Chureh of the Holy corner of ‘I'wenty-elghth street and Ninth ave- nue, to-morrow afternoon, at two o’clock. The friends of" the mph he affectionately invited to attend. On Wednesay. Feb. 27, after a short but sevore ills ness, Joun G. GILMaRTIN, in the 20th year of his age. ‘The friends and relstiven of the fumily are invited to attend the funeral, this afternoon, wt one 0’ No. 86 Mott street’ PP aigna seats: On Wednesday, Feb, 27, Isaac Baixo. ‘The friends, acquaintances and revatives of the family are rerpecttully invited to attend the funeral, this atter- noon, at two o'clock, from his late residence, No. 15 Bast Twelfth street. M On Wednesday, Fob. 27, Miss Mary Etiza Vixoxunrn, , aged 19 years, ‘Tne relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, this afternoon, at two o'clock, from the residence of her brother-in-law, No. 218 West Fifteenth streut, In Brooklyn, on Wednovday evening, Fe. 27, of eon- Lit Achy Jann, wife of Ouver Wille's, aged 61 yours and nye. Toy fyoerm) services will be held ai ber late rouldeacy