The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1856, Page 4

4 | mnenced yesterday morning before Judge Boosevelt, | WEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GUADOS BENNETT, 3k. i ) AND FOLTON &TS | We. 149 BCUsTOS's VEGA TRB, CRandes suwet Tre Lire or ax ” jroadway—Emoes of THo Kecadwne= Jane #YRE we AEROS, (FS 172 trondwse— & Manse Jovew. WOODY MINGERELS 444 Brondway—frerory Mv wmerisy Pay Miscns vous Monkey MEPIRA FALL, 5 saamp Kaus TROTTED ~30. BIBL OG B Paras. way--Tamiraux py THe Ceue SeY Rad LOVekHEY, &6 SALOON, Bro Gsanvd Concent BY Mur rhe Vows York nd Cincinsati were oificially notified of sa] jast evening. The eub- ject will be to the notice of Congress to- y in a special message. He Will also, it is i mossage relative to the offer of ¢ tain to submit to arbitration ing the Central 4 bh the ate reg the pointy in d sieay misunderstanding, terpretation oF che Cl Bulwer t adhered (0. he steamship Africa, which left Liverpool on the morning of tne 17thi rived at this port west night, with three days }: he news i of littie int t. In E trade was inte: ravted by the ep, the teuntide bell, Gays. snd the Parliament was not in aession. The war in Nicaragua @ J only a soall amount of public attention, Lut of the London jouraal attempt: te cry down the Moaroe doc! plied to Ce \merica, The Past I ny at the sa moment rewards the great Anglo: Indian * ili wie, with a grant of ap annual ueand pounds, on the ground ¢! an eight years’ rule, “annexed” four rh kingduins, which prodace fo them an annua! revenue of four and a Ralf millions sterling. The Sordivcian Par Bament bad ps a vote of thanks to te plenipctent ic to Represent t nd another te the Cri Cavou icy wasin whe asc + the political condition of S erp Italy is represented as being still very & plan of compaign, which the had marked cut for himself in the command in the Crimea darin ef Sebastopol, is published, and will be ‘ound ad to 2 the siege resting. Ministers, couriers and diplomats of e grade were still flying from capital to capital al! ever Ewope. Denmark had ord with a force of ery, to St. Thomas, in anticipa- tion of a quarrel with our government on the Sound @ues question. It is again asserted that the Cabinet at Washington has concluded a commercial treaty with Persia, through ‘ood offices of Russia, and wome of the articles b pn pablished. Onr trade yeports show that the markets had undergone i) le thange from the Io finaacial affairs we notice an advance in consols and Ameri- are from Bue- Fi Rio de Janeiro, 45; Bahia, 19, ond Pernambuco, Letters from Buenos Ayres state that General Urquize was gain- img ground, but an aggessive war was not expected. News from Montevideo is discouraging, and matters are reported as very unsatisfactory. Oribe was in the es endant. A serious qnestion had arisen be- tween the government of Paraguay end the French onsu), respec the treatment o” @ colony of French settlers, and it was feared that some Wwouble would ensue with the Itailan colony of Pa- tagonas. We haye accounts from M. Our advices from South 4 nos Ayres, A yaguez (Porto Rico) to the 15th inst. The Spa war eer Isabella had sailed for Havana, with large qna:' ties of mili- tary stores on board. Severa! other Spas /sh vessels of war were cruising in the \ *inity, and it was re ported that they would shortly be employed in a de- Monstration against Vera Cruz. The crops the imland were extremely good. The exports of sugar ‘0 Earope and the United States exceeded 34,000 bogsheads, and 8.000 hogsheads of molasses had been ordered for the American market within the preceding three weeks. The United States Senate have disposed of the Sumner case. 80 far as the action of that body is eoncerned. The report of the investigating c mittee was prevented yesterday. It states that pr cedents are only to be found in the ac’ the House of Representatives, the Senate never buying beei called upon to pronounce jnigment in a sunilar ease. Several precedents are cited, and the commit- tee come to the conclusion, that although the aq sanjt was a violation of the privileges of the Senat:, it is not within their jurisdiction, and the offence ean only be punished the House of which Mr. Brooks is a member. This conclusion, the report continues, is in strict conformity with pariia- mentary jaw and the requirements of the cou- stitution: therefore, the committee recommend the Senate to make complaint to the House. With this report the committee submit a resolution that said report be accepted by the Senate, and a copy of the same, with the accompanying affidavits, be transmitted to the House of Representatives. The report and recommendation of the committee were agreed to with but one dissenting vote, Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, After a speech by Mr. Mason On the President’s veto of the bill prov-ding for the improvement of the month of the Missiasippi river, the Senate adjourned. In the House a bill granting ‘one million acres of land to Louisiana, for railroad purposes, was passed. Bills donating lands to Min- nesota, Kansas and Nebraska, and abolishing the Court of Claims, were introduced. A motion to ad _journ over in order to allow the democratic mem- bers an opportunity to attend the Cincinnati Con- sention was made, but the majority voted it down. The New York Nigger Worshippers’ State Con- ventign, called to appoint delegates to the Presi- dentielNominating National Convention, to be held fn Philadelphia on the 17th of June, met at Syra- cure yesterday. We give elsewhere a report of the proceedings, including o Ust of the delegates ap pointed and the series of resolutions adopted. The Nasional Convention of the abolitionists, white and colored, also,met at Syracuse yesterday. A full re- of their doings is likewise given. MiVard Fillmore will have a brilliant reception by our citizens when he arrives. The Common Counei! have voted a thousand dollars to welcome him, and last night delegates from ali the Fillmore clubs fn this city sad Brooklyn met and made ex- tensive preparations fer giving him an eathuviastic reception. Ome hundred guns sre to be fired at the Battery, and one hundred in the Park, and a great popular manifestation may be expected. The Presbyterian General Assembly, after an in- teresting scesion of eleven daya, yesterday concluded their labors aud adjourned. They disposed of alj the matters brought before them and uniform har mony and urbanity characterized their deliberations: ‘Waat of space compels us to lay over our report of their last day's proceedings. Proceedings for an injunction to restrain the Mayor, Comptroller, &c., of New York from signing, executing or delivering any deed or con- veyance of the Brick ( ‘burch property were com- in the Supreme Court, when affidavits were read on poth sides. They set forth the proceedings of the Common Council in relation to the sale of the pra- perty; the affidavit of Mr. Bleecker, the auctioncer, shows that the Brick Church was sold by him on the 14h of May for $270,000, that it had been previously duty advertised, and that he believed the sum for which it was sd was the highest that conid be obtained for it. The argument was then set down for hearing at Judge Roosevelt's house on Priday evening at half-pact five o'clock. The Commissioners of Emigration made an inf fectual attempt to hold a meeting yesterday; bat no quorum appearing, the Sumner affair was disenssed, aid a number of sige remarks were made about thet unhappy transaction. The weekly summcry-shows that 34,045 emigrants landed at this port wp to the 2sth inst., of which 6,758 a. d last week. Te same date last year, 108,044 emigrants landed. Phere are new 1,607 persons in the institutions uuder charge of the Commissioners. The indedt ness of the Commission to the Mechanics’ Baak is new $71,708 This shows a large fulling of since” the in¢reased emigration am! the d stste of the finances of the t month, due ecvently i een. The cotton market was quiet yesterday, a3 there was 2 dispositi the past of dealers to await the recel Y Inter ign news, due by the Alrica The sales were confined to about 500 a 690 bales. Flour was fim for the medium and higher grades, while inferior ommon qualities were hey, thongh quot 2 without change of import. ance. FP litivs of wheat were scarce, and or grades dull. Canadian, common », ranged trom $1 604 $1 85, and #1 common fair white, and #1 53 for Corn was steady, with mixed yellow at 60c. a 6! jc.; and ice North Carolina . Pork was lower, and 60 a $1 good Weste ce, & 602.5 red. Soe’ ern white at 3 : is reported at 6 i at $18 for mess. Lard vas higher, with sales at 10je.a Le. gars were steady, with sales of 1,000 bhds. Coba covado at full prices, and one lot of choice Porto Rico at 83c. Coffee was quiet owing to a public sale of Rio to come off teday. A lot of Java were steady, but pool flour was ts » in bulk and bags, at 5d. a 5]d. There was an improved dewand for beeves a oar arket yesterday, and prices were a t ith brisk sales. Tne highest price reat ents pey ponnd, and the ave: = In other stack there was no cb uitice. In Philadelphia yes ket was active for beef cattle, the sal thousand head, at $8) to 10) cents per pound, while a few prime lots sold at 1) cents. Sheep, bogs, and 3, found ready bu: t good prices. Cerd Pabnciston and Waredils Overturow and Peace. The Cismissal of an Envoy iraordinary and Minister Plenipoteatiary aaa three x sula of her Msjesty the Queen of & at of nocommonimport. T it remembered, was made on the alleged fact that they hed violated the nea- ivality laws of the Uniou, and had erciead of savereignty within our ju n. Tae offence, if ecemmitted, was a grave one; but the grounds upon which the proceeding was based beving been+ubmiticd in the form of com- plaint to Lord Palmerston’s government, that government totally disoredited the evidence, and returned only a disavowal of any inten- tion thus to infringe the legal and sovereign r.ghte of the republic. lt will not be forgotten that the Clayton treaty is a subject of radical dispate between the two Cabinets. We have also rovognized the Walker-Rivas government of Nicaragua, forniehed in fact men and means to sastaia General Walker in that direction, and we cencede are responsible in ® moral poiot of view for the secentency of the Ameri_aa erie in Nicaragua. Late news iadicates, too, thet the Nicaraguans under Walker have been triumphant over their enemies; sud this fact sufficiently foreshadows the permanent rale of American influence in ali the States of Central America. We must concede, too, in order to complete the actual history of the case, tus our people, as such, not only heartily symos thize with General Walker and his sasoviates, but have aided him by every means in their power. In proof of this we need only refer to the constant movement of population in that direction, ‘and to the uniform failure of the legal tribunals to convict persons charged oy the federal anthorities with violating the ncu- trality laws by siding the Nicaraguans. These are amongst the points of grave com- plication into which we have fallen with the London Cabinet. That on the facts we occu- py the vantege ground—that we are mataly tight--no candid man on either side of the water will question. But we bave to deal with Lord Palmerston, the most perfect personification of a political parasite in his relations to Louis Napoleon; ap aristocrat by birth, by associations, by inetinct and by ambition. His effort for two years has been to league her Majesty's govern- ment witb, and to control the despotic Powers of the Continent, especially that of Napoleon, His position is nominally that of adherence to the free eyetem of England, and an adjunct and controller of the constitutional fortunes of Italy and other Continental States. In this re- spect his attitude is that of alliance with Na poleon and of hostility to that potentate in his designs upon Italy. He is equally determined, for widely different reasons, to check the far- ther progress of democracy and civilization on this side of the water. In thie last movemant he has the concurrence of Napoleon. The arrival of Mr. Marcy’s dismissal des- patch will at once bring on the ministerial crisis in England, and all the influence of the two Cabinets of London and Paris will be brought to bear to sustain the administration. The Paris movement in reference to priva- teering was dictated by those Cabinets for the purpose of weakening us im that aggressive arm of our system. Our navy is called fourth rate: but if we consider those of the first and second, embracing more than all the othera combined, we ehall find comparatively that it ig not even ® tonth rate establishthent, It, in fact, is nothing. Asan arm of protection in time of peace, it is suflicient; but considered with reference to the great navies of England and France, itis unworthy of notice. These matters bear upon all our disturbed political relations with Eagland; and to prove this, let us reverse the parties, and imagine that ours is the vast overshadowing armament, aud Eag- land’s embraced ia her capacity to fit out and keep upon the seas a horde of privateers only. It will thus be seen that reliance would be placed upon our might to enforce our demands, however exorbitant. Then, too, let it be remembered that the vost naval power of the Allics, to which wo have referred, is at the disposal of Lord Pal. merston, If it is called into action against us, it is because we have the largest and the lenst protected commercia] merine in the world, Here isthe point of our weakness—the poiat of England's strength; and if privateering is proscribed by league of the leading govera- ments of the Old World, it is not difficult to se that we shall fied few neutral ports in which todispoze of our prizes. We thus place before the reader at an early @ay a view of our relations with Eagland, oar aetaal position, the motives which control the pohticians on the other side of the weter, thet they may judge of the probabilities of a peasetol termination of our controversies shert ef on abject submission on our part. ‘The truth is obwious enough that if Palmer- ston: is gustained, war with the United Staice would seem to be inevitable. It is in vain that we eay our interests and feelings and those of the peaple of England are for peace, I! is folly to srgue thus in the face of hard words between rowdies whe have the ring and are determined on war. The destinies of the two countrice bave been placed in tha hands of politiciuns sod ambitious demagogues, They cant on deeives for gocd fellowship; friewdly, rocial and industrial union; fair and honest pOtitical intercourse, and on the mutual bene- fiis.of peace; but these are manoeuvres for a positzon— diplomatic verbiage concealing the bittercet animosivies and the most fatal desizas of disturbing the peaceful relations of the two Unless, then, Lord Palmerston’s administia- ion shall be overthrown—-if Manchester and trede aud money chal/, as heretofore, adhere to the present Cabinet; if they shall build up sod fortity themselves on the atrength of Lord Cla- rendov’s letter to Mr. Marcy, deeming that Jesuitica? apologetic negation of the truth cf «l} the alleged grievances of our administra- tion in the matter of enlistment sufficient, 10w are we to avoid collision? The question of peace or war is to 0¢ tried in Parliamout on a resolution condemniog Palmerston and Cla- rendon in the manegement of the Crampton afair, and tae probable dismissal of Mr. D.ilas; 2nd it must be confessed that the Picrse-Marcy Oabinet bave wonderfully strengthened the cese ef the L@ndon managers in permiting them to flatly disavow all intention to vivlate our laws, and to profess friendship for usand ire for peate. Like profeasions on our sits, accompanied by the act of dismiwal, at to ecthing; because they are followec by ibe dismiess! itself, which it will be aleged docs cwsy with toe profession of frientship. oink We have thns \inndered along, having agood cause and ample justification, until that sani bas been nit » s-nme the character ofa de- fruce, being the injured party, we are made the aggie: From an honesteffort to vindicate our outraged laws and sovereign- ty, we bave been forced into the positoa of disregardixg the peace cf the two counties, Why were we called upon to accepta na- tional apology, and at the game time to jersiat in the act of dismiseal of her Majesty’s oflciale? Did it strengthen us to be thus compeled to act, instead of relying solely upon the fects of the case, and terminating the official re‘ations of the convicted parties on those facts aone? Presmpentisn Intricves--Wi.i1am L, Warcy IN TEE Firip.--Our readers will observe, by ene of our telegraphic despatches from Washington, that the game of the Cincin- nati jugglers, otherwise called the demo- cratic party, slias the political nigger dri- vers, is beginning to develope itself in a 2ew phase, cven before they have reached the scene oi their midnight orgies and other «pe- rations, It seems, from the developemmnts made by our correspondent at Washington, hat ali the fuss raised there by the newspajers concerning the claims and chances of Piece, Buchanan and Douglas, are merely the prelmi- pary movements for their fiaal extinguishmint, and the resuscitation of Marcy, of New Yuk, as the only practical candidate of the deno- cracy in the present crisis of their destiny. Tt will be in the recollection of our politinal antiquarics that but for the singularly happy presence and opposition of Mr. Dickinson, of New York, in the Baltimore Convention of 1852, Marcy would then have been the auc- cessful candidate, and Pierce would never hive been heard of as the cccupant of the White House and the wearer of patent leather boos. Daniel S. Dickinson no longer holds any positicn within the bosom of the debauched democray now assembling at Cincinnati to prevent tle culmination of Marcy’s aspirations for the put ple; and hence we are positively and authori: tatively aesured that the nomination of Marcy, following the strangulation of Bachanm, Pierce and Douglas by the same bowstring, ‘s the deliberate intention of all the old heads «f the Virginia demecracy and other similar hard sculls throughout the country, We have some faith in the triumph of this Marcy movement, from the information which reaches us from not merely the four, but from the forty points of the compass. Marcy has been the great balance-wheel of the rickety administration of Pierce, holding together its weak ribs like strong iron hoops around a barrel ot explosive materials, Franklin Pierce, Jeffereon Davis and Caleb Cushing would long since have split the administration into frag. ments but for the iron grasp and iron rale of old Marcy. His letter in reply to Lord Cla tendon, which was déspatched by yesterday’s steamer to England, will be brought outimme- diately in Washington, for the purpow of throwing in the shade all Mr. Buzhanan’s nego. tiations, a)l Pierce’s flounderings, and all Douglas's efforts. Pierce’s follies, his im- becilities, bis false promises, and still falser associates, have ruined him with his own party. He is now merely a dupe in their bands. Mr. Buchanan, a respectable old states- man and a polished gentleman, is behind the age, and has become the unfortunate victim of the same man Forney who ruined the fortunes of Forrest, the play actor. Mr. Douglas we are afraid is not yet ripe enough to pluck the fruit from the political tree; but if he wili allow his reputation to grow a little, and to sesume @ higher degree of polish, he may be able in 1860 to add six inches to his stature, and be a formidable and successful candidate at that future day—if, {ndeed, the republic chould last so long through the ferocious con- Hlicts of the nigger worshippers and the nigger drivers. We are afraid we shall not have a chance of applying the dissecting knife, in the approach- ing Presidential contest, to Pierce; we fear that our propored kindness to Mr. Bachanan will be entirely superceded, and that Senator Douglas will be Isid on the shelf untii 1960, Bat let W. L. Marcy prepare for the canvass, ag well as for a settlement of all his old scores with his former friends, as soon as he is brought forth as a candidate by the Cincinnati Juggling Convention. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1856. Ter Tarirr.—The Committee on Ways and Means in the House of Representatives have reported in favor of such modifizations of the tariff as will tend to a reduction of the reve- nue without interfering with say great losal interest, or changing the present system of levying and collecting duties. It is proposed to add to the “free list.” The Secretary of the Treasury suggested in his last annual ro- port the policy of adding to the free list sa2b articles of raw material as entered into geae- ral consumption for maunfacturing purg2*2s Articles of raw matepial which are mwnnfac- tured into fabrics within our own himits, cer- tain articles of drugs and dyes, and articles the production or manafaztare of which ia the country was an impossibility, were resom- mended for the free list; and the committee have done no more than coingide with the Secretary of the Treasury and endorse his cug- gestions, We have no idea that even thos: changes will be made. The agitation of the subject im Congress would open again the whole question, and revive again all local ia- terests, It would be difficult in any moditicow tion to steer clear of sectional prejadices, an: the simplest proposition would meet wita sari ous opposition. An increase of the free list by the addition of such articles as were abso utely required for general consumption, which do not come into competition with any home product, one would thiuk could not be objectionable; but we fear it cannot be easily accomplished, We have doue pretty well for the past ten years ander the tariff as it now stands, and it is at all times wise to let well enough alone. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Mr, Crampton and the Offending British Consuls Officially Dismissed. Report of the Senate Committee on (uz Sumner Affair. A DUEL a, ANTICIPATED, &o,, de, ae Importent from Washington: MR. ChAMPTON AND TRE BRITISH CONSULS OFF! CIALLY NOTIFIED OF THEIR DISMISSAL—TAE PRE- SIDENT REFUSES ARBITRATION ON THE CENTRAL AMERIVAN LISPUTE—POLITICAL SPECULATION— THE SUMNUR AFFAIR—EXPECTED DUZL—2EVISION OF THE TARIFF, BTC.,ETC. ‘Wasmncton, May 28, 1853. Mr. Crampton was this evening officially notiti-d of the discontinuance cf bis diplomatic relations as hiinia- ter from Great Britain rear this gcveroment, and was turniched with bis passports, Tae Consuls at New York Philadelphia ani Cinciomati wore Ukewise informed by letter of their cismissal. The notice of the revocation of their exequators will be announced to Congress to- morrow mornirg, when the President will communicate & mestage, Ccor panied by documents, setiiag forth the grounds for the ac:ion of the government on the recrui*- ment question, and dismisss) of Mir, Crampton and the Consuls. The President will also to-morrow transmit to Congress & mestage, with accompanying doenmente, relative to Central American affairs, amd particularly with regard tothe propositions cf Great Britain to arbitrate. I: is understood that the kxecutive proposes to arbitrate any quention of politfes! geography which by any possibi.ity may be raired under the Central American treaty, but declines any general arbitration as to the construction of the treaty. Tee reply of Seerstary Marey to Lord Clarendon, which goes out to Mr. Dallas, in the Asla, to-day, is to be the great card at the Cincionati Conreniton. According to the movements behind the scenes here and in New York, and other parts of the country, it is the intention to set Mesars. Douglas, Bachanan acd Pierce aside at Cincinnatf, and take up some oiber man considered by cer:ain politicians as safer and more syailuble in the spproashing crisis of the repute lic, It hae already been mentioned that Rusk, of Texas, or Meson, of Virginia, or some other man, would be tekem up; but I can tell you that neither Rusk nor Mason nor Brigat enter iato the present calculations, Marcy isthe man. The oomser- vatives briag up his course in Pierce’s Cabinet on ail the important and critical questions that have agitated the public mind during the last three or four years. They say that the country has been saved from war by nis etl oris— that he headed off the Ouban filibusters at the Osteni Conference—that be bas prevented a dozen ‘smash upa”” of the Cabinet, and that the impenting crisis cf the country, both at home and abroad, calls for the serv.cas of a tried man, such os they say Marcy bas proved himcelf tobe. I send you these points as curious just now. Watch the progress of affairs among the politicians here and at Cincinnati, and see whether or not Iam wrong. Leok to the proscedings of the great Sanhedria st Cincinnati, There is any amount of tittle-tattle floating about tue halls of Congress and barrooms, 1 send you # few speci- mens, indicating the sort of atmosphere we breathe. 1. In regard to the Cincinna!i Convention, the demo- cratic juggiers are becoming a little scared concerning the vote of the North, since the ‘ate Sumner affair and Kaneas disturbances; and the impression is that Bn- chanap, in consequence, iy stronger than he was two weeks ago among the jugglers, 2. The entente cordiale botwoen the Pierce and Douglas cliques bas become, notwithstanding, closer, with the {mprersion that if Plerce cannot bring the Northwest to himself, he is to surrender his interest in the South to Donglas, and that if they eannot carry two-thirds, they are to secure the balance required on some Vice Presiden- tial selection, such sa Cobb of Georgia, or Hunter of Vir- inia, or Johnson or Brown of Tennesseo. The danger is that the two parties will split upon their plans for thy plunder. That’s the danger. 3. The movement for the resussitation of the old whigs a8 a separate party, as propored to be done late'y, by calling a national c vention in Louisville on the 4*h of July, it is supposed, will operate at Cincinnati in fay vr of Buchanan—beeause the old Ciay and Webster silver grays are inclined to go that way. The Wational Intelligencer is actively stirring this matter, as an expedient for securing a balance of power in the election, anda finger in the Apoils. 4. It is thought that Gen. Cass made himself a little too busy with that late Nicaragua filibuster meeting fa New York. A Douglas man assures me that the old General is bead and tafl up for the nomination. 5, The New York har’s are reported as having sgreod upon the basis of a surrender to the softs, andit fa fur- ther alleged, by the way, that Marcy has an interest in ‘this movement, and is as much exercised in count!"g up the chances for the nomination as the President hiueel(, 6. Juégiag trom the numbers going fron this place, the outside lobby at Cincinnati, in the aggregate, wil probably be equal to five thousand mes, inclu jing free Nqnor dealers, short boys and gamblers, officeholders, sud cabinet and foreign ministers in expectancy. 7. Douglas congratulates himself that many of the same pack that crushed him in 1862 aie now just as hot for Buchanan. Thene seven pointe form the floatiog barroom gossip of this oily. Marcy’s friends listen to it, hear atl that iy said, wink to each other, avd continue to make their ar- rangements for Cincinnati. The speech of Mr. Buchanan, ia a secret session of the Senate on the Texas question, is regarded by Southern men here an destructive of hin chanoes for the nomina- tion. He oppoted the annexation of more slave territo ry while slavery is the great issue between the parties, The Hon, R. K. Mead and other ¢iatioguished Virginiang are here urging Mr. Buchanan on the Southern delegates an they pass through the city. ‘The Jate despatches {In the Hxraty on the corraptions of the rpoils at the capftal, break the crust of the sab- ject cnly. The extent of this ravcality exseeds, to honest outsiders, the bounds of belief. The ber, lobbyman or reporter here who bas not bis prize ia accounted a fool. Js it true that duriog the trip of the now sean frigate Merrimac from Norfolk to Asnapolis, her boilers became #0 badly injured that several new plates iad to be invert. ed? Ieft ave tre thet the Morrlaas war suffered to yup upoa 68 chi wreck im the Norfola harbor, by which a Jarge portion of her false keel was torn away? What say@ Mre Dobb'n? Mr. Sumner is mueb worse to-day, and complains greatly of his head. His physicians forbid admittance to him, His wounce heve ulcerated, and his case is considered critical. Tapprebend a mee ing between Mr. Brooks and Sena- tor Wilson, as the friends of the latier say he will fight, Mr, Wilson left yest: dey for Trenton belere Col. Lane Dore the chafle:ge but will return to-merrow. Coll’s revolvers ara in great demand, and none are to be had io the stores, The erate report on the Sumner difficulty does not ebsracterize the attack on Sumner as @ breach of tts privieges, nor does the resolution adopted convey any cersure oF utter avy complaint to the House, Is not the investigation, then, at an enc? Mr.Broeks baa been pre- sented by his constiments with cane, which ccst one hunerd dollars, and a marstve silver pitcher, muita vy evgraved, bearing dace the 224 of May—the day of the aseault, The letter of valier Webb relative to the Samuer afluir, ban been received. It ie believed that it will lead to more colliriona, Several of the South members look upon it as very insviting, while others langh at it. Inia said tha: Webb, aince his duel with Tom Marshall, 1s de- barred from accepting anvther challenge, Gov. Seward is hie bondsman, The rep'y cf Gen. Webd to Gen. Quitman, who bore Col. Brooks’ noie, has been erroneously stated. Gen, Webb said “he wae not the autoor of the objectionabie arti- cle, por dic he approve ef it. Had he been consulted, it would pot bive appeared. He had written a letter in which he had concemsed tho affair, bat had not penned 8 word de gat ry to Col, Brooks aaa brave man ania gentlemen.” Tha letter, ax published, in not regarded as objectiousble by Co!. Brooka or his friends, ‘The new Diploma io bili has been prepared with groat care by Mr. Faulkner, sesisted by the Secretary of State. Me. Perbins’ bill of last Congress was a clear infringe- ment of the constitutional prerogatives of the Executive. It directs what grade of minister the President shall ac- eredit to each country. This ism matter nessssarily within the ciscretion of the President, and depends ia a great mesure ou the grade of the minister accredited by the several gcveraments to this, Tne Committee of Ways and Moans of the House deter mined this morniog to recommend @ reduction of the tariff, by Increasing the “tree list” and adopting a home valuation A minority report will reeo:amend a general re- dusiion of dates. No details have as yet beon determined upon, Te idea of put all such arti in the ‘free list’? as are used by our manufacturies, and are not produced to any consider. able extent in this ccuntry, There is a powerful lobby pressure ip fevor of wool going on the “free list.’” Agents are actively employed in bringing this about. Senator James, of Rhode Island, is, I learn, to fil2 a cs vest with tho Commissioner preparatory to taking out ®& potent for the manufacture of laws, to enable the lobby to get all they want and more than they ever asked for. The War in Kansas. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ATTACK ON LAW- RENCE—THRBATENKD DESPRUCTION OF TOPEKA. Sr. Lovis, May 27, 1856, The Kansas correspondents of the 8t. Louis Republican and Democ at furnish the following additional items rela- tive to tho attack on Lawrence:— The Democrat correspondent says, stores and dwallings were indiscriminately broken open and robbed by the invecers. A Mr. Johnson had $2,000 in drafts, checks and Jand warrante taxen from him. Oolonel Topliffe, who ‘Was appointed a Colonel of the militis by Goveraor Shan- non last fall, was forcibly dispossessed of his commission, private papers, watcb, and money to the amount of $800, His trunk was also broken open and his clo:hing carried away. He hed no mesns of defence, and was obliged to subroit to see his property taken away. After destroy- ing the office of the Herald of Freedom, the forces under Jxos ret fire to the house and Hbrary of the editor, Mr. Brown; but the fire was extinguished by cliizons, some of Brown’s friends, Colonel Brewerton writes to the Rzpublican that 200 free State men had collected at Lawrence on the day the place waa éuiered by Jones, and it was thought that the gsrrison at Franklin, where the free State arms ad beea stored by Jcnes, would be attacked on the night of the 22d for the purpose of recovering them. He atso writes that it is understood that Governor Shaanon will order one hundred United States troops to be stationed at Lawrence, one hundred at Topeka, and one hundred st Orawatamie. 1! the latter place Juége Cato, of the Dis. trict Court, had been prevented from holding cour! in consequence of thrests of violencs to the Grand Jury whieh had been made by free State men. Judge Train had passed through Leavenworth on his way to Georgia, Sr Lovis, May 28, 1856. A correspondent of the Republican, writing from St. J.sephs, says that on the night of the 2lst inst. the house of Jacob Friend, four miles from St. Josephs, was burned, tcgether with himself, his wife and five children It {« supposed that they were murdered previous to the firing of the houre, but no reason is assigned for tae deed, Mr. Friend being a peaceable ard orderly man. Cicaco, May 28, 1856, The St. Lonis Democrat learns from passengers who arrived from Kansai in the Morning Star, that it is the intention of Sheriff Jones to proseed immediately to Topeks, which is also to be destroyed, or the inhabitants forced to submission. Toe Democrat also contains accounts of four alditional public murders of citizens of Kansas, the fasts consorn- ing which have just been made kno rn. The Westport (Mo.) Times of the 234, states that the Investigating Committee were still at Leavenworth. Gen. Schuyler writes that Mr. Conway and himself were set at liberty on the 20th. Mr. Brown is etil a prisoner at Lecompton, and Governor Robinson in a similer sitnation. No account bas been received of the movements of “the posse” since the attack on Lawrence on the 2lat. After the arma in Lawrence had beon delivered, Gover- nor Shannon was requested by the citizens to interfere and preveat the outrages threatened by the posse, but he declined. Mr. Schuyler then calied upon Mr. Oliver, to induce bim to use his influenee with Governor Shapnon. Mr. Sherman made a similar request, and Mr. Oliver promised an answer in fifteen minutes, but neglected to do so antil too late. Previous to the posse entering Lawrence Governor Shannon agzeed In writing that if the arms were delivered to Sumner only # sufli- cient number would be allowed to enter to make arrests. Bat he alterwards declared tha: the arms should be de- livered to the posse, and tifat the hotel, Herald office and breastworks should be des troyed. ‘The mod sbot an Indian near Lawrance, out of mere wantonners, and the Delaware tribe threaten to revenge his death, Ex-Gov. Reeder, and Mr. Fogg, Seeretary of the Kan- sas Inves'igating Committee, arrived here this afcer- noon, They eame through Missouri, barely escaping with their lives, Mr. Reeder{is at this moment (8 P. Mf.) addressing an tmmense concourse of citizens in front of the Briggs Hone, He Js to attend the Republican Convention at Bloomington, to-morrow, and will procesd from thence to Warhington. They confirm the reporta of the outrage at Lawrence. Interesting from Utah. MOVEMENT FOR THE FORMATION OF THE STATE OF DESERET. St. Lovis, May 28, 1866. The Salt Lake mat! hes arrived here, bringing dates to the 26th of Marsh. A convention for forming a State constitution met at the Counel] Houre om the 17th of March, and organized by the election of Hon. J. M. Grant, President, Commit- tees were appointed to draft a constitution. They hada conference on the 24th, and unanimously reported a con- stitution for the State of Deseret, Chief Jastice Kiauey dissented from the report, but only on one pont, viz :— That he preferred to have the Judges elected by the pes- ple rather than by the General Assembly, The Republican to-day publishes the comstitu'ton of the State of Deseret, recently formed and ratified by the people, in general convention, at Salt Lake City, April 6th, It ls exceedingly brief and p!ain, and says nothing about slaverys Itanmounces the free toleration of all re‘igiona and does not refer to polygamy. A memorial war adopted asking admission to the Union, and Geo, Sn'th and John Taylor were appointe! delegates fo prement ft to Congress, Weekly Bank Statement. Boston, May 28, 1856. The following are the footings of our bank statement ofthe present week, ending May 28, as compared with the previous week : May 19. May 28.) $31,960,000 62,379,500 Te from 0 Due to other ba. Depreita.... Cires WHIRTY-FUUATH OONGHRESS, Bviate. Wastinctox, May 28, 1856. REPORT OF THE DXVESTIGATING COMMITTER IN THRE SUMNER CASE, Mr, PEsRck, (nsiiona)) of Md., from the Select Oommit~ tee to investigate the facts attending the resent assaalt om Mr. Bumper, reported in writing aa follows:— That from the testimony taken by them ft appears that the Hon. Preston S. B-ocks, a member of the House of Representa(ives from South Carolinas, did, on the 22d day of the present month, afier the adjournment of the Se- nate, and while Mr. Sumner was seated at his desk in the Senate ebamoer, arsault him with considerable violence, striking bim numerous blows on and about his Read with # walking stick, whch cut his head and dimbdled him for the time be'ng irom attending to his duties in the Se- nate, ‘The cause of the arnault was certain language used by Mr, Samper in debate on the Monday and Tuesday pro- ediog, which Mr. Books considered libellous of the State cf South Caroling and slanderous of his kineman, Mr. Butler, a Senator from that State, who was absent froay the Senate end from the cily. The committee forbear to comment upon the varioug circumstances which piectced and attended this affsir, whether of aggravation or esxtenuastion, for reason@ which willbe sufficiently obvionsin the latter part of thereport. They hive examined the precedents for this action, which are co be found only in the proceedings of the House of Representatives, the Senate never having been cafled on to proucunce its judgment im a similar ‘ase. In the Houre ef Representatives, though different opinions bave at varions times been expressed by gentle- wen of eminence and a sility—smong whom may be men- tiones the ate President of the United States, Mr. Polk, the late Judgo Bsrbuur of tue Supreme Ocurt, and Mr. Beardsley of New Y 1k—yot the juégment of the House has always prono: dan 40 sken in devate to be a violation of the privileges oure, The ccmmi tee do not consider it necessa- the ques:ion at length, but proceed to state prececen, not conforming them, however, e azsaulis of the members, In March, 1796, Mr. Baldwin, a member of the House of Kepresentutiver, prevented to the House certain eor- respondence betw: #n bimseif and Goneral Guan, a Sena- tor from the State of Georgia, including a challenge ad- reseed tol:im by Geverai Gunn. These were reftrred to & committer, of which Mr. Madison was who reported by their chairmsn that the same was a breach of the priviieges of the House on the part of General Guvnand Mr. Fretinghoysen, « Senator from New Jersty, by whom the ebatlexge fise been borne. i In May, 1828, & personal assault heving been made by Mr. Rusrel) Jervis upeo Mr. John Adams, the private Secretary of the Prerident, just after his delivering @ message .0 ‘he House of Representatives, aad while on his way to the S+nave wih another message, the matter was, on compaint of the President, referred to a nelect committee, who, by Mr. McDuffie, of South Carolina, their Chairmen, reported that, upon a view of al} the circumstances, the comuaittes are of the opinion that the agewult committed by Mr. Jarvis upon the pr. Yate Secretary of the President, whatever may have been the cause of the provocation, was an act done in contempt of the authority and dignity of )>or Hone, In 1802, the House of Bed chapepae after a long trial ané thorovgh discussion of the question, voted that Gen, Houston, by making a persona! assault on Mr, Stanabury, a member or the House, for words spoken im debate, ‘wes guilty of contempt and a violation ef the privilegeq of the House. The committee acknowledge the force of these prece- denta, and adopt tke reasoning quoted from Mr. McDafiie’a report. But whue it is the opiulon of the committes that this assauic was a breath of the privileges of the Senate, they alro thi: k thet it is not within the jurisdtc- tion of the ferate snd can only be puvirhed by the House of Kepresenta*ives, of which Mr. Brooke is mem- ber. This op'nicn is in strict conformity with the reoog- nized parliameniary law. We see that. from the precedents above cited, neither of the houses cf Parliament can take upon themselves to redress any injury oF purhih st 5 breach of privi ege offered to, them by Say member of the Hrure, bul that in such esses the usu’ mode of procedure ist exsmine Lito the facts, and then to lay @etstement of that evidence before the house of which tha Perron complained of fs 8 member. (3 Hartiell, pp. 71) Mr, Jefforsen, in his “Manual of Parliamentary Prac- tice,”? prepared by him, lays cown the fol — Neliher Bowe can exercise ay authority over @ member of officer of the other. but shoud complaia to the House of which be fa a member, and leave the punishment to them. A brief examination of the constitutional privileges of Senators and Representatives will show the soundness of this rule of Parliamentary law, The constitution pro- vides, (Article first, Section sixth) :— That, & =» * * © — ButthaSenateis not acourt of crimicad judicature, empowered 10) ‘Theoxeepted offences. 18 cannot take cognizance of a breach of the peace as nach. ii Cannot ‘ake spy Doiice of 1 exeapt as 8 breaob of its privileges, and in the cases in which the privilege from arrest is excep! ‘The Senate, therefore, for a beach of ite privilege, cannot arrest a member of the House of Re} tives, and—a fortiori—it cannot try and punish him; that au- thority cevolves solsly upon the House cf which he is a member. It is the cpinion of the commit that the Senate cannot proseed further im Sho case than to make compisint to the House ofRepresen- tatives of the assault committed by one of itn members, Prestcn 8. Brooks, upon the Hon. Charles Samner, a Senator from Mssrachuse'ts. ‘The commitiee submit herewith certain affidavits takex by them in the case and the following reso'uti .n:— Rerolved, That the abo t be accepted, and that = 9 therect be iransniiied with ihe afldsvita ‘0 ihe Hoate of ver, fhe report was accepted and the resolution adopted, Senator Pocmbe, of Georgia, alone voting in the negative. ‘THE RIVER AND HARBOR VETOES. Mr. Mason, (dem.) of Va., defended the Presidents veto of the bil! for tae improvement of the mouth of the Mistiseippi. Adjourned. House of Representatives. Wasmincrox, May 28, 1856. MORE LAND BILIS—A MILLION ACRES GIVEN TO LOUISLANA. Mr, THORINGTON, of Iowa, introduced a dill giving leads to Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas, for rail: oads. Mr. Carvtners, of Mo., intr duced a bili ceding the public lands to the States in whtch they He. Mr, Besxrit, of N, Y., from the Committee on Pablic Lands, reported a bill to graat one miliim acres of laud to Louisiana, to aid in the construction of three railrosis in that State, Passed—62 against 58. ANOLINIOY OF THR COURT OF CLATMS Mr. Greenwoon, of Ark., introduced a Dill for the re- peal of the act establishing the Court of Claius. FROPOBITION TU ADJOURN DEVRATED. Mr. Fiorencs, of Pa., moved that when the House ad- seh it be till Saturday. He believed many gen’ ‘tend to leave this evening for Cincinnati The motion of Mr. Florence was negatived. TERRITORIAL BUSINESS, Mr. Grow, of Pa., proposed that the Committee on Ter- ritories be a'lowed to make reports, not, however, to be conaldered un‘i! afier the two approaching conven Mr. Jonys, of fenn., wiabei to know whether Mr. Grow desired to report @ bill to admit Kansas with the Topeks constitution. Mr. Grow replied in the affirmative. Mr. Jonxs objected. Adjourned. The Assnult Upon Senator Sumner Endorsed. Conumsvs, S. C., May 27, 1856, A large number of citizens convened here this evenicg, in pursuance of a call for a meeting to sustain Mr. Brooks, in view of his recent defence of the rights of the South. Several addresses wore made, and s‘rong resolu. tions in approval of the course of Mr. Brooks ware adopted. Canal Breaks. AlniNy, May 28, 1856. A despatch, dated Albion, this day, states that the em. benkment at Otter Creek has fallen away, and that it will take six deys to repair it. There isa bad break, also, in the canal, at Jackson’s culvert, two miles weet of Medina. Arrival ef the Alabama Savannah, Savannan, May 27, 1856 ‘The Untted States matl steamship Alabama, from New York, arrived here this (Tuesday) morning. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PurLaperrma, May 28, 1856. Stocks are looking up—Pennsylvania 5's, $3',; Read: fog Railroad, 447%; Island, é; Morris Uanal, 13%; Pennrylvanis Ratiroud, 4635. zw The Baltic’s news bas hed no the market. Cotton {s dull; sales to-day, 1,000 bales. Gay, 1260, Motaass 8 380,; re sn ag oe 88 pork, $16 87 8 $17. Tard. in verses, 1030. Freights of cotton to Liverpool, 11-32d., and dull. Sterling ex- change 9 per cent premium, Aunayy, May 28, 1856, Wheat—Sales 3,000 bushels White Camadian, at in, at $1 86, nd 4,000 boahels Red Southern Ohio, at $148, Malt ales 3,000 bushels for Pale Ale, at $160. Local Affairs. Arp ror tHe Carh DE VERDE I6tANvERs.—Last evening, n the Seventeenth ward, a meeting was called of sympa thizers for the suffering inhabitants of the Cape de Verde lands, Alderman Ely presided, and in the course of rome remarks toachirg the position and character of the islands, alluced to the famine prevailing in these tslands {a 1838, when aid was solicited, as at present, from New York city. Durirg the evening $106 waa pald by the persons present, only some thirty in number, and an ad- ditional amount subscribed. A committee of ten wae ap- pointed to receive subscriptions. ACCIDENT TO STRAMER OnsGoN.--On Tuesday night last the steamboat Oregon, Captain Peck, while on her way to Albany, and when opposite Conesask Isiand, near Bat- termilk Fails, carried away her rudder, and was oom- pelea to put back to this city. The rudder was broken In two, and one of the small boats was lashed to the stern port in the place of it and filled, and the rudder chains mate fav? to the stern of ft. She will bs sapped with a new rudder, so as probably to resume her trips iu a dey or two. Derention oy Eastern Traver.—The stearcer Connecti. cut did net arrive yesterday from Norwica watt! the hour of 27. M., having been detained at Allyu’s Point <4 ‘eee date lay y v EE