The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1856, Page 4

4 samunpe ‘eonpos BENEE?E, YROPRIBTOB 4ND EDITOR. ‘cen, te Buropaan edison, Sees Sano BT art te ree ete! roman gener fe sor weed wil be Fasetelanty Soccnrra vo Gpat 4 Lavrane amp Pacn- QDVRETIEDUENTS renewed ory day. AMUSEMENYS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THRATRE, Broadway—Tus Wanpsnine Miewrsc. Poa on aNd AxEmas. KEBLO’S GARDEN, Breadwag—Kin-ni—Tus Gasen wears. PALL ACK'S FRE, Broadwag—Lonpon ASSURANCE AEeiy Wire hosedwewour: KMENY’S VASIRTIES, Brosdweg—Tas Krs0's BoE bovusr.. oStEAL SEE G) Reger me Bee WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 44 Broadway—Ermioriuun Pus Pemmances—Harrs ian. AWHEN UU, 654 Broadway—Dinortic, Scairtumt, Has- Wemecat, Grocnaraical, Onatonical ExuIBITION. ‘MRSPIRE HALL, -596 Broadwey—Tovr or Eunore—Since en MunusroroL. Sew York, Wednesday, April 9, 1856. The News. The steamship-Cambria, which left Liverpool on the 29th ult., is. now fully due at Halifax, witha week's later news from Europe. In the United States Senate yesterday a bill re- mitting duties on merchandise destroyed by fire was paseed. Mr. Geyer concluded his speech on Kansas afairs. In the Houses.he debate on political ques ‘tions was continued. ‘The discussion is distinguished fer nothing but insufferable dullness. The announcement in the Legislature yesterday ef the death by smelipox of Hon. Isaac Wells, member of Assembly from Jefferson county, led ‘te the adjournment of both houses after the expira- tion of the morning sitting, and reniers the prolon- gation of the session unti! Saturday almost a cer- tainty. In the Senate the Police bill was debated. ‘Resolutions in favor of Cengress satisfying claims arising out of French spoiliations were adoptod. The bil] re-enacting last year’s prohibitory liquor Jaw, with the uncongtitutiona! clauses omitted, was erdered to a third reading. This is regarded astan- tamount to a defeatof all the liquor bills, of what- ever character, now before the Legislature. In the Assembly the New York tax bill was passed. The Governor sent ina message recommending an ap Propriatian of two hundred thousand dollars for the Commissioners of Emigation. The document may be found under the appropriate head. Isaac O. Hunt, Know Nothing, was yesterday elected a member of the Board of Councilmen, from the Twenty-fourth district, in place of Robert H. S. Dixon, deceased. Very little interest was taken im the contest by the voters of the district. The Know Nothings and nigger worshippers have earried both branches of the Connecticut Legislature. This, of course, insures the election of the fusion can. didates for State offices. Captain C. Carroll Hicks, of General Walker's army, John Kingsley and J.C. Hemmichs, were weized yesterday on board the steamship Orizaba, as Se was about sailing for San Juan, Nicaragua, charged with organizing a body of armed men to proceed to Nicaragua and there fight against the republic of Costa Rica, with which the government of the United States isnow at peace. The scene presented on the departure of the steamer was one of considerable excitement and interest, and a gra- phic account of it will be found elsewhere. The Hudson riveris clearfrom Albany down to ‘Coeymans, closed from that place to Baltimore, ‘open from the latter place to Stayvesant, closed from Stuyvesant to Coxsackie, open from the latter place o the Four Mile Point, and from Hudson down to Poughkeepsie it. is closed. The steamer South America is advertised to start this afternoon for Hudson. Such weather as we are now in the enjoy- ment of must soon break up the ice, and we may, therefore, look for the opening of navigation at any moment. Judge Capron delivered a very elaborate charge ‘to the Grand Jury in the Court of Sessions yester- day. The immorality of gambling and the action of the majority of the Court of Appeals in pro- mouncing against the constitutionality of the coer- cive liquor law, are the principal ingredients of the production. Fireman’s Hail, in ‘Mercer street, was formally opened last night, and the occasion called forth the filicitations of a large body of firemen, who were in attendance to witness it. Four fire wardens were voted for. George Brown, of Engine Company No. 29, and W. H. McDonaugh, of Hose Company No. 25 were elected. Up to the time our reporter left the meeting the others had not been chosen. The Board of Almshouse Governors met yester- @ay, but transacted no business of special im- portance. Cornelius V. Anderson appeared and ‘took his seat, in place of Wm. S. Duke, resigned. There are 6,335 persons under charge of the Governors, being a decrease of 75 since last week. We learn by telegraph that the authorities of Vir- ginia have seized the schooner Maryland, of this port. and imprisoned her officers and crew, for re- fusing to allow the vessel to be searched for slaves, in accordance with the law recently passed by the Virginia Legislatare. The seizure caused great ex- citement at Norfolk, as it was believed slaves were secreted on board the schooner. This is the first arrest under the law, and it should serve as a warn- ing to masters of vessels trading to ports in Vir ginia. We have advices from Monrovia, Liberia, to the 20th of February. The emigranta who left this port by the bark Lamartine, which sailed about the 20th of December last, arrived in good health, there being only one or two sickly. Dr. Roberts, John Marshall, (colored), Mr. J. D. Johnson and Mrs. Ar- net—passengers by the Lamartine—have each writ- ten to the Colonization Society in rather hopeful terms. A war convulsion had temporarily unsettled ‘the finances of the country. An overflow of emi- gration was dreaded. The supply should be regula- ted by the demand. John Marshall says: Every man must look out for himself here, and you must pay the Africans the highest price for what you want. By the arrival of the brig Peaquin, Capt. Wain- wright, from Bermuda, we have received files of 4papers to the 27th ult. Farther particulars of the Joss of the steamer Curlew, Capt. Hunter, are given, “but they contain no additional facts of importance. Seven of the nine mail bags on board worked their ‘way out of the state room in which they were de- posited, and were picked up some three miles from ‘the scene of the wreck. A bag of newspapers, and another bag containing British American letters and admiralty despatches, are all that were missing. ‘The Mayor and principal inhabitants of Hamilton had presented a letter of sympathy to Capt. Hunter, ‘The papers are filled with the details of the elec- tions of members of the Assembly and projects of legislative reform. The Governor General of Bar- badoes has proposed a convention of delegates from the Windward Islands to devise some means of releasing them from their present non-progres- sive state. The sales of cotton yesterday reached about 3,700 bales, based upon middling uplands at about 10}c. Included in the sales were considerable lota or tpinverp’ use, witb some parcels in tyansjtu ang NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1856. ED - a for export. Flour was dull, and cheaper for com- mon grades, while sales were moderate. Wheat Sold at $1 873 for Canada white, $185 for Southern white, and red Tennessee at $1 70. Corn was toler ably active, but at easier rates; salee of sound ranged from 62c.a6éc. for all kinds—the latter figure for prime Southern white. Rye was dall. Pork was heavy; mess sold at $16 50. Sugars were more active, without change of moment in quota- tions. Coffee was steady, with moderate transac- tions. To Liverpool grain was pretty freely taken in bulk and bags at 6d.a 63d. The following ves- sels were sold: the ship Planter, 1,900 tons, (sew), at $75,000; the Gazateer, of 1,000 tons, one anda half year old, seven eighths sold at $31,000; the Western Continent, 1,270 tons, sold for $42,500. The Condition ef Our Country. While the politicians are quarrelling about abstract iesues, in which the sober, industrious, intelligent, working part of the people of the country take no deep interest, it may be worth our while to look at the figures—to see how many there are of us, how much we are worth, and how we are prospering in the great race of nations, We are the better able to do this be- cause several of the States have had careful staticians at work at the census for the year 1855, and in the others by partial returns we can make a fair estimated of their present con- dition, The following table has been prepared, which gives a complete and compact view of the whole subject:. PorvLavion axp WBALTH OF THE UNITED StaTss 1v 1855. Se u Wealth. $279,233, 027 55,877,000 Total....sseee-seeeee 27,124,287 $8, 625,093,172 * Estimated—All others from census and assessments. Companativs oe te AND 1855. 1 . 1855. New England (6 States) 2,728,116 8,000,987 Midéle States (5)...... 6,578,501 7,839,047 8. Atlantic States is 3,952,837 $202,418 8. Western States (7 4,303, 522 5,045,761 Western States (7) 5,397,618 6,951,713 Pacific State (1 24/435 327,108 92)298 189)126 57,689 68,127 Total... 28,323,714 27,114,287 Comparative Weattn—1850 anv 1859. 1850, i New England States...$1,012,986,102 $1,178,098,747 Middle States, 593, 256. 2/387,491,021 South Atlant 804,128,824 1,639;126.449 1,926,515 811 56,982,320 19:750,000 23,000,000 Total.......... ++, .$6,024,666,886 $8,626,098,172 INCREASE ~1850 axp 1855. > ’n. Rel.inc. Wealth. Rel. Inc. New England., 272.871 10 p. ¢. $165,112,645 16.3 p.c. Midd’e States.. 765,746 11.6 794,234.02 49, Sith At. States 249,249 6.9 157,576,490 126 wth Wn States 742,259 17.2 _ 387,252,501 50.8 Western States.1.554,195 28.8 1,047'111,282 119.1 Pacific States., 191,673 45.7” 35.050'147 150.6 96,838 104.9 8,263, 864 6440 12.4 6.816,245 $2,001,426,286 43a There is matter for much thought in the above figures. Following out what seems to have been the destiny of the race, we see our population moving steadily towards the West. We find its fertile prairies enriched by Eastern enterprise—its primeval forests traversed by railroads laid down by Eastern capital, and the stillness of its great rivers broken by th> paddle wheels of countless steamboats sup- ported by Eastern money. We find the popn- lation of the West increasing twice as rapidly as that of New England, four times as rapidly as that of the South Atlantic States, and near- ly keeping up with that of California, which has the inducement of gold superadded toa fertile coil and a delicious climate. The Ter- ritorics run far ahead of California, and show an astonishing increase bO@h in wealth and po- pulation. This is another presf that agricul- ture is considered more profitable than min- ing,even where the latter pursuit brings a ready and ample return tor labor. Our corn is a surer source of prosperity to us than our gold. The latter may yet turn out t» be a curse, and ita bad effects are alread, visible in that inordinate appetite fo: luxuries and lavish display which seems i» pervade all classes of society. Experience— the best teacher— shows us that when a people become effeminate and luxurious, they are not far from ruin. We think, however, that in this country, with its constant infusion of i:es blood and new energy by immigration, there is no great danger at present. The returns above do not show it. They rather give usa Pleasant aseurance that we are avery rich and a very great nation. If all the assessed pro- perty in the United States was equally divi ic: 9 each man, woman and child would have three hundred and twenty dollars. As certainly two-thirds of the property escapes assessment, it will be fair to increase this eum to one thou- sand dollars. No other country in the world can ehow anything like this, Another curious fact appears by these figures. We would commend it to all the abolition agi- tators as @ good point for their speeches In the Middle and Western States, which are generally conservative, and where the peo ple generally attend to their own affairs, we have @ large increase in wealth and popala- ion. The Southern States on the Atlantic seaboard, and the New England States, which are noted for their fiery and radical Opinions, and for waging « continual war of words to no good end, show a comparatively small in- creaee. That negro slavery is not responsible for this is seen in the fact that the Southwest- ern tlaveholding States have increased in population and wealth nearly twice as rapidly as the New England States, which are contin- ually shrieking for freedom. The chief cause of the diminution of popu lation of both sections is emigration to the West. But this operates’more powerfully on the Southern Atlantic States than upon New Eng- lend. The planter in Virginia or the Caro- linas finds his land exhausted and migrates to another and more fertile district in Louisiana or Miesissippi; when he goes he takes from ten to an hundred slaves, who ip the population; byt ‘be’ New England tar 2 eee mer when he leaves for Jowa or Kansas, takes nothing with him but a Yankee girl,a fe@ “notions” to speculate upon and 9 smal ig voice of the Tract Society’s publieniiaas They both do well, however, in the several spheres of life to which they are called. There is matter in all this for serious reflec. tion, gentlemen of the Nicasr Worsuirrixa faction, It is gratifying to know that we get rich faster than we get populous, the relative in- crease of wealth being double that of pepula- tion in five years. Altogether, Young’ Ameri_ ca is doing pretty well. He has multiplied his population twenty-five times since he cut away from Mistress Beitannia’s apron strings, and he now competes with her on the seas, which she has ruled for a century and « half. He is ready to build steamships or clippers with her; to buy with her and sell with her, to eat, drink or fight with her—just as she pleases. Go ahead. Tue Progress or Naval ARCHITECTURE AND ComMERCIAL EnTERPRIsB.--The new steamship Adriatic, which was launched last Monday, is one of the most perfect specimens of naval architecture in the world. Her immense size, the admirable symmetry of her proportions, as well as the speed claimed for her, and which, it is said, will be greater than that of any ocean steamship now afloat—in all these res- pects she may be regarded as the most forci- Is illustration that ould be given of human ingenuity, the extension of commercial enter- prize, and our progress as a commercial nation. Two hundred years ago “ the ship Unrest” — the first vessel built in New York, or New Am- sterdam, as the great metropolis was then called—was launched on the East river. The Unrest, history informs us, was exactly 44) feet long, and 11; feet breadth of beam, and her launch was considered among our simple minded ancestors as an event of the greatest importance. In the two centuries that have elapsed since then, the little Dutch village uas grown to avast city, and the two rivers that form its boundaries are now crowded with an immense fleet of vessels from all parts of the world. The application of steam to machinery has given a new and powerful impulse to ship building and the progress of commerce. It was at first believed that steamers could only be used in making short pasaages, and that a voyage across the Atlantic, if not impossible, was at least highly improbable. The success that attended the first efforts of the Sirius and the Great Western, which crossed the Atlantic eighteen years ago—the former from Cork, Ireland, and the latter from Bristol, England— soon dispelled all doubts and skepticism on thatpoint. The Sirius arrived at this port on the 23d April, 1838, after a passage of eighteen days, and the Great Weatern on the same day, after a passage of fifteen days. The first was not built for long voyages, but the second was intended to run between England and the United States. Their arrival at this port was hailed with the greatest enthusiasm. When the news was spread throughout the city that the Sirius, which arrived first, was coming up the bay, nearly every one rushed to the Battery tosee her. It was a beautiful April day, just like that on which the launch of the Adriatic took place, and as she passed up to her dock in the East river, at the foot of Market street, the thousands that thronged the piers wel- comed her with shouts of delight. ‘The successful accomplishment of the pas- sage by both these vessels, and in such a com- paratively short time, showed what might be done by the aid of those improvements which greater experience in ocean steam navigation would suggest. With larger vessels it wascon- fidently predicted that it could be made in from ten to twelve days. The Great Western was 240 feet in length and registered 1,340 tons, while the Adriatic is 354 feet long and registers 5,888 tons, and it is expected will make the passage between New York and Liverpool iu about nine days. The clipper ship Great Re- public was 300 feet long, and measured 5,520 tons; the Atlantic is 287 feet in length and re- gisters 3,000 tons; and the Persia, the new iron steamship of the Cunard line, has a length of 390 feet and registers 5,600 tons. But all these gigantic vessels shrink into insignificance when compared with the mam- moth iron steamer which is now in process oi construction at London for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. Her length is 680 feet; her draft of water when loaded 28 feet; her register 28,000 tons, and she is to be pro- pelled by a gigantic screw, 23 feet in diame. ter, and by four paddles, besides the sails which she will carry, and for which she will have seven masts. With this motive power it is calculated that her average speed will be twenty-three knots an hour. Besidesa large number of life boate, she is to carry eight small screw steamers, each 110 feet long. These will be employed in taking on board and landing passengers and cargo, as it will be impossible for her to approach near the shore, in consequence of her great draft of water. Her accommodations will be ample enough for 600 first class passengers, 1,800 second class, and 10,000 troops, with all their field equipments. The estimated cost of this leviathan, which we understand is to be called the “Great Eastern,” is over one and a half million dollars. Who, in view of these facta, will venture to say there is @ limit to progress in human ingenuity, and particularly in that depart ment of it which relates to naval architectur.? Wuo Cieanep THe Strerts ?—Who was it? Was it the Commissioner, or was it the people? People who live in Fulton street have a recol- lection of having paid out sundry dollars and cents for cleaning that street. Residents of Breadway remember that they paid their indi- vidual quota for cleaning portions of that thoroughfare. Householders in other streets have similar recollections. Yet, according to Mayor Wood's message, Mr. Ebling, the Com- missioner of Streets, drew from the Treasury, during the first fortnight of March, $10,305 59 for cleaning Broadway, and during the last fort- night of February, for cleaning other streets, $15,619 68, making altogether $25,925 47, Will Mr. Ebling tell us where this money went? So far as we remember, there was little or no street cleaning done during this period—from 16th February to 17th Merch-—that was not paid for by individuals. Au. Riowt.—A writer in the Alexandria (Va.) Gert, supposed to be Mr. John A. Washington himeelf, says that he will sell Mount Vernon to the State of Virginia, but to no other purchaser. Very well. Let Old Vir- ginie do ber duty. ‘Tue Save or rHE CeNTRaL Park Fosp.— the federal and State stooke of New York sell in the market at trom 15 to 20 per cent premium, the six per cents issued on account of the Central Park did not command an average of par, and the five per cents did not find a purchaser. There are several reasons for this. In the first place, the extravagance and cor- ruption pervading the city government have in- jured the credit of the city, and indisposed capitalists to risk their funds in its securities. Then, the times are so prosperous that most men can do better with their money than buy- ing six per cent stocks. It must be’korne in mind that abnormal causes are at work to enhance the market value of the State and federal se- ourities. The banking act creates a demand for the former which the issue of city stock does not supply; hence a competition, which im- parts to the securities fictitious value. Our federal securities are the remnant of a much larger debt which has been gradually redeem- ed. The federal treasury offers 17 per cent pre- mium to all who will part with their United States stocks; but, what with the demand for them created by the existence of trusts, and what with the demand in Europe, the redemp- tion goes on but slowly. Hence, of course, the price is sure to rale over 117; and, considering the small amount which is in circulation—some forty millions or so—it is not surprising that the holders should still hold on, partly, per- haps, from confidence in the merit of the se curity, but more probably from legal inability to dispose of them, and from a general im- pression that the time will come when the United States will bid still higher for their re- demption. As to the five per cent stock—which could not be sold at par on Tuesday—its story is very simple. Five per cent is too little to offer for money in New York. The New York State five per cents, with a convenient term to run, and the bank demand to enhance their value, only command from 101 to 104; while the Massachusetts fives are only worth 98}, those of Indiana 84}, those ot Maryland 93, those of Tennessee 78, those of Pennsylvania 85, and the other States have none. No Ame- rican city but New York has negotiated paper at tive per cent; and the stocks of other cities, at six per cent, do not in any case command par. Again, the date which the stock has to run affects its value. The United States 6 per cent due this year, is worth 15 per. cent less than the same 6 per cent due in 1868; because the former has not a long enough term to run. Tn like manner stocks which have too long a term torun are depreciated in value in con- sequence, These Central Park fives had forty- two years of life before them; too long for any faith. The mere length of their date di- miniehed five per cent from their value; and the wonder is rather that they found so many bidders at par than that they were not entirely bought. Ges. Cass Suovep Asipe—Very Cortovs.—- The Richmond Enquirer, in a prominent editor- ia), thus shoves Gen. Cass off the democratic platform of Old Virginia. It says that General is aine but rovokit pettiot Bie teal in Selon of the iterests tod benor ot the country is so excessive that it overruns and defeats the object of his aspirations. His sensibility to national ineult is morbidly acute. He is swollen with a plethora of patriotism, and is always foaming from # chronic in- dignation. Unlike the Hibernian who was vexed because acy cpg adt ats einem Ps and must Aight to vindlente ita honor. Yesterday it was France, then Austria, and now it is Great Britain who tramples our toes #nd shakes a fist in our face. And he tng wil tiny meter apology operation nr tae sal —I A g ment ih arbitrator. More men than the irish ‘‘code of honor,” he demands, at least, a “‘danger- ous burt,” before he will consent to an amicable adjust- ment. This is bad enough; but our Richmond co- temporary, supposed to speak the echoes of the administration, continues his assault by charging that Gen. Cass has lost his reason. Says the Enquirer:-— While reasonable men would soothe the public mind resent controversy with Great Britain, Geueral itritating the sensitive prife of our people by iu- discriminate denunciation, exaggerated representa- tions of the national wrenge. The country is prepared f.r an equilable settlement of the dispats, but he is zea!- ously laboring to prevent # pacific adjustment, by ex. tionate demands and obstinate objections. Our Richmond cotemporary next contends that England’s offer of arbitration is a fair offer, and ought to be accepted; and hopes, “for the good of the country, that the Senate has no sympathy with Gen. Cass’s excessive re- sentment and absurd obstinacy.” What does all this mean? Has President Pierce or Marcy taken this round-about way to give the old General a punch in the stomach? Does the administration give up the project of a fuss with John Bull, since the suspension of the war with Russia, or what is the matter? in Our Mrxisrer at Mexico Hamperep.-~A Mexico correspondent of the Charleston Courier says that Our minister feels sensibly the responsibilities impoeed on his mission at this crisis, as in his essays to maintain the influence of American ideas in Mexico, he has had t» brave the opporition of every foreiga envoy, and has n + met with the expected support from ‘Washington. Indeed, it would seem that the Secre ary of State has representa- tives at this Court of higher authority than its legitimt, envoy; ard that American faterests have not only sut- fered, but have been made to yield to foreign and anta mistical designs. There is an influence and power Benina the curtain in Mexico which has been success- fally Nighi J (and under avowed authority from Wash- ) against the zealous and honest endeavors of our fer to uphold the example of Americanism in this land of the benighted Aztecs. Spies upon General Gadsden? Gen. Jeffer- son Davis should see to this, and call Marcy at once to an account, Just like Marcy—that Ostend Conference, for example. ‘Tne THeaTREs, &0.—By referring to the customary di- rectory at the head of the paper, it will be observed that the attractions offered for this evening at the diffe- rent p'aces of amusement, are of a very novel and di- versified character. om City Politics. SFEUIAL ELECTION IN THE TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL DISTRICT—ISAAC 0. HUNT THE SUCCESSFUL CAN- DIDATE. ‘The special election for Councilman to fill the vacaacy in the Twenty-fourth Council district, caused by the de ith of Robert H. S. Dixon, took place yesterday, The polis in the Sixth and Seventh election districts were open, a4 previously announced, from sunrise to sunset, but t a yoting did not lat altogether more than four hour | ‘There were only two candidates; and although the nur § ber of voters in the whole district is about 1,200, there wore only 304 votes cast. Isaac 0. Hunt was the nomi- the Know Nothings, and his opponent, Peter P, Ree clover, was supposed by’ some to represent the reform party,and by others the democratic fusionists, though none ‘wfemned'to have any very definite idea as to his po. sitieal oreed, There was no excitement about the polis, and for all the interest manifested no one would have supposed that an election was going on. In the Seventh Gitrlet Wendover received but very few votes, and in the Sixth district atill less, as may be seen trom the following returns:— 0, Hunt..... 82 oan 303 Peter B. Wendover a 70 91 08 201 304 pate for jover in both election dis- jets of the Twenty-fourth Council district, 212. Mr, will accordingly be sworn in immediately, and take Hy seat at the ne: eetin ig of the Board of Councilmen. United States Commissioner’s Court, Before Geo, W. Morton, Esq. THE BUDOKA IMOGENE MYSTERY. Avni 8.—The United States vs. Geo, Wilson.—The exa- mination in this case was continued for # short time, and farther adjourred. Nothing new elicited in the testi- pony Wo-tey. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEQRAPHG, BILT ON DECK AGAIN, ETC. ‘Wasninaton, April 8, 1966. Unlocked for results, and not wholly unimportant in their consequences, are working out of the Forney mani- festo that lately appeared in the Pennsylvanian newspa- per, purporting to be the views of Mr. Buchanan on the Nebraska question. It is a singular feature in this affair which of course turns out to be a miserable hoax— that it should have thrown every prominent politician off his guard, by their prompt and open committalism upon the subject of the next Psealiency. Let it end as it may, politically it has been the means, for the present, of creating hostile feelings between the three most prominent candidates for the Presidency, aad promises an interesting future. Pierce and Douglas can no far agree as to unite in any increment that promises defeat to Buchanan; while the latter will be left alone to fight single handed against bis two formidable rivals. ‘Thia indiscreet Forney effusion will prove a troublesome matter to Mr. Budbanan, and one which he wil! hardly be able to recover from in the South. Some ¢f the prominent Southern members of Congress are urging @ union of the democracy on Senater Fitz- patrick, of Alabama, for the democratic nomination for the Vice Presidency. Mr. Vanderbilt is here again, looking after his own in terests, This gentleman is rather uneasy, striving to ascertain in advance what will be the precise character of the papers which Mr. Marcy is preparing to send into Congress relative to the Walker imbroglio with the Tran- wit Company’s affairs. Another of the objects which he has in view in his present visit is, to secure to himself the mail patronage of the United States between the Uni- ted States and England, at the sacrifice of the Collins line. But here he will certainly be disappointed, for there are one hundred and thirty-one gen@emen in the popular branch of Congress who have openly and fre- quently expressed a determination to vote a further ex- tension of the patronage to the Collins enterprise. AssociatejJustice Burrill, of Kansas, is said to be in ‘Washington for the purpose of consulting the Executive authorities relative to the course to be pursued towards the officers of the Kansas free State government. THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate. ‘Wasuincton, April 8, 1856. DUTIES REMITTED IN CRRTAIN CASES, Mr. Pearcy, (nat.) of Md., reported a bill to remit and refund duties on goods, wares and merchandise destroyed by fire. Mr. Swann, of N. Y., said the bill was passed by the Senate last session, but failed in the House for want of Tt was passed. LIABILITIES OF SHIPOWNERS, Mr. Sumygr, of Mass., introduced a bill supplementary to the act to limit the liabilities of ship owners, VIRGINIA LAND WARRANTS, Mr. Mason, (dem.) of Va., introduced « bill to make farther provision for the satisfaction of Virginls land war- rani KANSAS AFFAIRS, Mr. GryEr (national) of Mo., resumed bis remarks on the Kansas question. and expressed the opinion that, had it not been for the Emigrant Aid societies, Kansas would be « free State, as it requires much more time for slave owners to emigrate with their propertygthan is ne- cessary for Northern men, who have no cumbersome ma- terial to carry with them; but the South, having beea stimulated i el attempt of the North to shape the des- tiny of that Territory, wou!d ia all probability maintain the present Southern ascendancy therein. He quoted from the Massachusetts Personal Liberty bill, unfavore- bly contrasting some of its provisions with the laws of the Kansas ture, a which so much has been said by Senators on the other side. Mr. Sewarp obtained the floor, amd the Senate ad- journed. louse of Representatives. Wasuincron, April 8, 1855. DEBATE ON POLITICAL QUESTIONS, ‘The Deficiency Appropriation bill pending, Mr. ZouucorreR, (K.N.) of Tenn., repiied to his col- league, Mr. Smith, in justification of his vote for a new American platform in the Philadelphia Convention. Mr. Hucuston, (nigger worshipper) of N.Y., argued against the extension of slavery. He thought the men who were seeking to enlarge the limits of involuntary ser- vitude more obnoxious to the charge of black democracy than thoee who seek to restrain it are to the appellation of black republicans. Mr. WapRon, (nigger ee of Mich., earnes condemned the violation of the Missouri restrictions, that the rights of the people of by invaders, and the govern- ment designed for their protection made an instrument for their oppression. Mr. Borce, (dem.) of 8.C., argued that Great Britain had violated our neutrality jaws in the enlistment case. We should insist by megotiation for reparation, which will be Ladgramtsg 8 wi ® future British administration attains power, for the present one cannot make reparation without condemning itself. He objected to Great Bri- tain’s | er to the Mosqui 0 Protectorate and occupa- tien of Ruatan. War was nota remedy for the settlement of the question, our policy being peace. Adjourned. The Connecticut State Election. New Havas, April 8—9 P. M. Returns for representatives from a} the towns in the Btate, except Hartland, give the democrats 99 members, and the fusionists 127. Fusion majority, 28, Ofthe 21 Senators, eleven fusionists are elected, not counting Mr: Cutler, who is probably chosen. Including Mr. Cutler, the Senate will be composed of 12 fusionista and 9 demo- crata. The democrats give up the State. Hartrorp, April 8, 1856. The returns of yesterday’s election thus far gives the democrats 84 representatives, and the opposition 104, leaving 44 to hear from. The House will probably have & mejority of 10 to 12 for the opposition. The Senate is expected to stand 12 opposition to 9 democrats, thus giving the Americans the State ticket on joint ballot. ‘The vote is one of the largest ever cast in the State. Municipal Elections, Carats, Me., April 8, 1855, At the municipal elestion held in this city yesterd:y» Mr. Wm. D. Lawrence, the nigger-worshipper candidate for Mayor, was elected by 200 majority over C. R. Whid- den, the democratic candidate. The nigger worshippers have elected their entire tickets in four of the five wards. Portianp, April 8, 1856, The democrats and straight whigs, united, have all the wards and every office in the city. Sr. Louis, April 7, 1856, Fiection returns indicate that Hewe, the democratic candidate for Mayor of this city, and the whole democra- tle ticket, is elected by 1,600 msjority. Both branches of the City Council are undoubtedly democratic. CigveLaxD, April 7, 1856. The city election yesterday resulted generally in favor of the democrats. Philadelpma Mayoralty Nomination, Pmtapawemia, April 8, 1856. ‘The democrats have nominated Richard Vaux as their candidate for Mayor. Seizure of a New York Vessel by the Authori- thes of Virginia. Norvoik, April 8, 1856. ‘The captain and crew of the schooner Maryland, of New York. have been seized, and the vessel brought from Hampton Roads, for refusing to submit to » search for slaves under the law recently passed. Upon the refusal of the captain to allow his vessel to be searched, a com, pany of military was fenton board. Great excitement exists, as it is believed there are slaves concealed in the vessel, The captain and crew have been consigned to prison. News from Texas. Bartimore, April 8, 1856. Texas dates to the 29th, The federal officers at Fort Mackintosh had interfered to prevent another invasion of Mexican territory from the American side, The Lipan Indians had attacked another mail rider, wounded some escorts and committed other depredations. Railroad Accident, &. Fuzanern, N. J, April 8, 1856. A gravel train om the New York Contral Railroad, a‘ Bound Brook, this morning, backed Imto the earriage of Mr. David Talmadge, of Somerville, injuring Mr, Tal- madge #0 seriously that his life is despaired of. A barn and corn house in this clty were fired by in. condiaries this morning, and totally destroyed. The pro- perty belonged to Mr. Enos Price. Two boys have been arrested on euspicion. United States Supreme Court, Wastixoros, April 8, 1866, No, 53, George ©. Dodge va. Jobn M. Woolsey.—Judge Wayne delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming the decree of the United States Cirealt Court for the district of Ohio, with eoste. Noa. 77 and 78.—Argument was continued by Mr. Gil- Jett in bebalf of the United Bates. Parliament. Tonowro, April 8, 1856, Anmtion ef wantof confidence im the Ministry lact evening was rejected—43 votes for to 67 against. Navigation ef the St. Lawrence, Quauzo, April 8, 1856. Twe schooners from below arrived here with market produce. They report the river free of ice Delow. The ferry boats slzo commenced running yes- terday. Mowrnmat, April 8, 1886, ‘The weather here is quite warm, and the iee opposite the city is giving indications of soon breaking up. The river is open from Three Rivers to Quebec; also above Prescott. Boston Weekly Bank Statement. Bostoy, April 8, 1866. The following are the footings of our bank statement of the present week, ending April 7, as compared with the previous week :— March 31. April? Capital atock...... - $31,960,000 $31,960,600 Loans and discounts. 61,897,000 464,500 Epecie......, 4,275,700 4,418,000 7,440,000 7,181,000 6,270,000 5,672,000 14,908,000 28,841,700 6,800,600 7,134 Scheoner Sidney Sunk. Norro.g, Va., April 8, 1856. ‘The steamship Roanoke, off the mouth of the Delaware om Saturday night, ran into and sunk the schooner Sid- ney, of Philadelpbis. The Roanoke was considerably damaged, One man on board the Sidney was drowned. Movements of the Southern Steamers. THE JAMES ADGER AT CHARLESTON. : Cuanrzstoy, April 8, 1856. ‘The United States mail steamship James Adger, Capt. 8, C. Turner, from New York, arrived here last (Monday) - evening. THE AUGUSTA AT BAY, He Sava apes 8, 11 The steamship Augusta ar:ived here this from New York. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Purean) Stocks steady. Pennsylvania State , 84; Railroad, 45%; Long lsiand, 1534; Morrie anal, 14%; Popasylvania sd, 4594. New ORLEANS, April 7, 1856, Cotton unchanged. There were sales of 9,000 bales. Sugar is selling for 73¢c.; molasses flour dull, with an advancing tendency; Ohio $7. Lard is quoted at 9c, 1030. Beet dull, nothing doing. Pork unchanged in price, with an active market. Freights 0 ° The Pith of Our Communications, The demands upon our space, occasioned by the pres- sure of our spring advertisements, compel us te omit many communications to which we would otherwise be glad to give insertion. In order, however, not te wholly disappoint our correspondents, we take the liberty of con- densing into a few lines the views and statements with which they have favored us. Mr. Charles A. Peck, referring to the attempted suicide of Senor Hecheverria, of Havana, states that there are at Present from fifteen to eighteen Cuban exiles in this city, who, although formerly men of large fortunes and high social position, are now in s state of the most complete destitution. Mr. Peck proposes that the Hmnaxp office should be made the depository of subscriptions for the relief of those gentlemen. To this the only objection we have to offer is the fact that, to our personal knowledge, many of the parties whom he specifies are, happily, far removed from the necossitous state in which he repre- sents them to be placed. Mr. E. Smith writes to contradict the statement that the telegraph line from Boston to Cape Cod, for which a charter was obtained in May, 1855, was built by New York capital. The only capital farnished by New York for the enterprise, he says, was one hundred dollars, sub- scribed in stock by a South street merchant. A Washington correspondemt complains of the tndus- trious efforts that have been made by certain journals in this city to misrepresent the facts connected with the operations of General Harney in the Sioux country. To show the real character of the so-called harmless and in- offensive Indians of that region, he quotes along lat of murders and outrages committed by them upon emigrants Previous to the Grattan massacre at Fort Laramie: Even in this latter affair, sapposing the troops were in the wrong, they were themselves the greatest sufferers by it, inasmuch as they lost twenty-three of their men to one Indian killed. The destruction of the party carrying the United States mail, subsequently to this occurreno’s, at length compelled government to take energetic steps to put # stop to these outrages, and with this view Gene- ral Harney was sent into the Indian territory. With re- gard to the affair at the Blue Water, which has been so much misrepresented, our correspondent states that the troops had already turned the rear of the Indians,@when the interview took place with the chief. At this meeting General Harney told the latter that he had been sent to” punish his people for the murders which they haa com- mitted, but that he might select his position, and that not single gun should be fired until he was ready. As tothe charge of the United States troops shooting fe- males, it ia true that some equaws had been killed, but this occurred from the impossibility of distinguishing them ate distance of several hundred yards, both men and women wearing alike long flowing hair. It is mot true, as stated, that the latter wore caps, by which they might be marked. To eontro} the Indian it is necessary to use force or to display it be- fore him. A moral lecture would be rather out ef place with a people like the Sioux. The proof of the activity and energy displayed by General Harney in carrying out the instructions of the government, was the fact that the entire Sioux nation, numbering over 9,000 warriors, are now suing for peace, and before many months a treaty will be concluded which will restore tranquility and se- curity to our extended Western frontiers. One of the “ border ruffians,” writing from Westport, Missouri, assures us that Kansas Territory is now per- fectly quiet, and that no excitement prevails amengst the settlers, except in some few localities amongst the abolitionists. No fear, whatever, is entertained of a Missouri mob Invading the Territory as represented in the circular of Robinson and Lane to the Governors of” the free States. A viler slander, he says, was never propagated than that put forth by these two men. The border ruffians have a much stronger motive to sus- tai the laws of the country, and to use their efforts to put down mobs, than a set of desperadoes who were. hired to go to Kansas to excite a strife amongst a kin- dred people, and embroil them, if possible, in « civil war. An Alabama correspondent referring to a late article in the Tritame, boasting of the increase of ite circula- tion in the slave States, writes indignantly to assure us that if any such phenomenon has occurred it is to be taken rather as a proof of the determination of the Southern people to watch and defeat the schemes of the party of which the fritune is the organ, than as an evi- dence of any increared sympathy with opinions which tend to the subversion of the Union. A circular from the American Geographical and Statis- tieal Society, informs us that they have resolved to send out an expedition to explore the Western section of the broad central belt of the African continent. The con- siderations which have induced them to take this step, are stated to be the remarkable success that has attended recent explorations on the continent of Afriea; the great advanteges that these explorations promise to the com- } merce of the world; the special commercial and political affinities of the republic of Liberia with the United States: the readiness of the Liberian government to co-operate in such an enterprise; and the proffer of the services of a gentleman long fawiliar with African affairs, and tho ronghly acclimated to tropical regions, The estimated cost of the expedition is eight thousand dollars, and it ‘will not sail until that sam has been raised. The Rev. Morris Pease, who will be associated with the expedition, is authorized to receive subscriptions, and remittances may also be made direct to Mr. Ridley Watts, No. 76. South street, Treasurer to the Geographical and Statis- teal Society. The Directors of the Massachusetts Charitable Me. chanics Institution have insued the programme of the. Eighth Exhibition of American Manufactures and tho Mechanical Arts, which is to commence on the 10th and end on the 27th of September next, at Faneuil and Quicey Halls, Boston. Articles in- tended for exhibition must be delivered at Fancuil Hat! om or before Saturday, the 6th September. All persons. proposing to contribute are requested to communioate to the Secretary @ specification of the article and of the space required previous to the 10th of Auguat. ‘We have received a communication from Counsellor ©, 8. Spencer, correeting an error in the report of the case of Levi va. Judge Capron, which was published in our paper, and which attributed the withdrawal of the suit for falre imprisonment against Judge Uapron to cer- tain threats held out by the latter on an interview with levi. Mr. Spencer states the facts to be simp'y these :-— About a fortnight since he was employed to de’end two. young men—Iersel V. and George Levi—agsinat two barges of assault and battery, whieh were preferred