The New York Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1856, Page 4

oa NEW YORK HERALD. JAME! GORDON BENWETT, ¥ DITOR AND PROPRIETOR, riving from Canada, wh2reas five umes that aumbé would be mearer the tru’b; bat the large majority of Canadians reach this city overland, and so of the natives of other conntrie+ Our statistics of shipbuilding at this port durin z ‘the year are complete, and their importance to those engaged in that extensive branch of trade will be readily appreciated. The figures show a slight increase of the total tonnage of ships launched this year over those launched in 1855. The pros pecta for shipbuilding in 1857 are better than they were this year, and the business ‘dering this year has been better than é& was the year previous. The | document is worthy a careful examination by all parties interested in shipbuilding and commerce. The functions ef the Commen Council of 1856 cease today. The Soaré of Supervisors met yester- day, and after trausacting some unimportant busi- ness, and pessing the asual complimentary vote of thanks to the Chairman, Alderman Ely, adjourned ine die. The Beard of Aldermen adopted the contract or building Tompkins’ Market, notwitsanding the Mayor's veto, by a vote of seventven to two, and after disposing of several routine matters adjourned to meet at twoe'cloek today. The Board of Council- men met, and adjourned withoutdoing any business. The Board of Almshoise Governors met yeater- dsy. Resolutions requesting the Commissioners of Emigration to provide for their own lenatica, aud making a newdepartment of the Penitentiary and Smallpox Hospitals, to be styled the Island Hospi- tal, were adopted. At the conclasion of the busi- ness of the session, resolutions eulogistic of the President, Simeon Draper, who now retires from the public service, were adopted, to which the worthy Governor responded in fitting terms. Elsewhere we publish an exceedingly interesting letter frem Capt. Feyssoux, the intrepid commander of the Nicaraguan vessel of war that foaght a. @ sunk the Costa Rican brig on the 23d ult., in the harbor of San Juan del Sud. Capt. Fayssoux des- cribes the stirring events in which he played so dis- tinguished a part with moch minuteness, and with the modesty that usually charac erizes a truly brave man. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 2500 bales, the market closing firm at the quota- tions given in another column. Flour was again dull, and common grades were rather lower, while extra brands were without change of moment. Wheat sold only to a limited extent, withoat' change of moment in prices. Corn was in some better request, while prices exhibited no alteration of im- portance. ‘Pork was unchanged, with moderate saleg. Sugars were firm but quiet. Coffee was firmer, while sales of Rio embraced 600 bags, and one cargo of Rio, referred to in another colamn. The stock ot Rio was set down at.72,795 bags, and total packages of all kinds at 93,738. Freighta were firmer; corn in bulk tor Liverpool was engaged at 7d.; flour at 2s.a 2s.3d.; bacon and lard at 248.0 568-; and cotton at 3 16d. a.7-32d. The Incoming Administcation and the Cabi- net Makers. The Cabinet makers at Washington are getting on swimmingly. We have every reason to hope, considering the progress which they have made, that within another week or ten days they will have finished their work. Upon three men they pretty generally concur, to wit—Gen. Cass, Gov. Floyd of Va., and Gov. Cobb of Ga.—and with regard to the otber four, there is not half that confusion of cross-firing which prevailed for the first three weeks after the election. The processes adopted in the- manufacture of a new Cabinet for a new administration, as illus- trated thus far in the present instance, are very curious and remarkable. Mr. Buchanan, for ex ample, is at Wheatland, quietly eaavassing in his own mind the history, qualifications, claims, and availability of this and that man for this or that place in his administration, when he is informed that Gen. Cass, @ little sore from the crushing resulis of the Michigan’ election, has gone through to Washington without taking Lancas- ter in his way. The President elect soon learns that, to turn the tables upon the black re- publicans, rejoicing over the defeat of the olf General, and to soften his fall from grace io bis own State, it will be a capital hit to make him OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASHAU AND FULTON STS. THEME}, om in acdoance. THE PALEY HERALD, 2 vents per oo ty Y HER ALD, overy Mart $7 per annun. te Reseckeetiton Wh cor savant 9 - a, cat Bhligin, or ¥6 to way part of the Onitnanh, Os geen Bet « [RY CORRESPONDENCE, consisring cal Sted fina ea eae be eon ae ve sue, pare id for. Gun Fonmux Connmromoants : fogtaxie ReqUeors 10 Seas at Lagrrwns 4B 40x Seer 0s. : ese re tao of anoseywious eommnunicutions. We do 508 Vs pu, IPS renewed every day. 1G caecvted with meainesn, cheapness and dee =——. Wenmme WWE... 0... cee ee seen ceeees — AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BRO/ AyWAY THEATRE, broadway—Geruan Orera— Dar fF pnscnvt:. NIB SOB GARDEN, Broadway—Ewaien Oreas—Ls SONN peewee, BO MEKY THEATRE, Bowery—Kive Jonn—Barsr Bex mm. B <ettacms: THRATRE, Broadway—Ricurs axp Wrens MAN ~BiaWaTaa—' Twas 1. LAURA SEENE’S THEATRE. 634 Brosdway—I Dine Were My ‘Mornen—Makoin Rearrs, GHAMBE tS STREET THEATRE, (ite Burton's)--Tae @ummsum or Moscow ~Onios. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway—Afer- moce-Ompensiia. Hvening—Oinpr:nita—Linanicx Boy. @20. CHRISTY & WOOD'S MINSTREL, 444 Broadway— Mymorsan Punvorwavce—New Yuan Carts. BUGKLEY’S SERENADERS, 685 Broadway—Ermorian PRAPOR 4 aNCHS—OLNDBRELLS. Wew York, Wednesday, December 31, 1856. ——ooooooooooo The News. ‘The trial of Huntington, which has occupied the @ourt of Sessions for a period of thirteen days, was ‘brought to a conclusion yesterday by the jury ren- @ering a verdict of guilty, and judge Capron, with- oat unnecessary delay, sentenced the culprit to four years and ten months confinement in Sing Sing pri- son—the longest termailowed by law. Huntington maintained his self possession to the end. See our veport of the proceedings. ‘The steamship Edinburg, from Glasgow 13th imstant, arrived at this pert yesterday. She brings me news. The Niagara isnow due at Halifax, with advices tothe 20th—one week later than those re- eeived by the Europa at this port. ‘The steamship James Adger left this port yester- day for Norfolk, where she will take on board the passengers and supplies despatched to Nicaragua by the Tennessee. The James Adger carried from this port some fifty recruits. ' Intelligence reached Washington yesterday of the ve election by the Florida Legislature of Mr. Mallory to the United States Senate tor six years from the 4th of March next. Congress re-assembled yesterday. The Senate confirmed the nomination of General Persifer F. Smith to the Brigadiership created originally for General Shields. The House passed the Diplomatic ané Consular Appropriation bill, having previously struck out the item of twenty-five thousand dollars fer the education of consular pupils. We give in another column the exposé of another bogus stock company—the New Granada Canq aad Navigation Company. An examination has been geing on for some days before Justice Connolly, of the Police Court, in the case of Goulard vs. Requa. Xt has, for some years past, been the custom among a class of enterprising, but bogus financiers, to get up new stock companies for the purpose of mining for gold, copper, iron, <c., for the establishment of limes of steamers on the Amazon, the Magdalena, the Atrato, and other rivers, for opening and con- structing canals in Carthagena, Venezaela, Nicara- gua and other South and Centra! American countries, and for innumerable other purposes, all without money or means of any kind or description, and little or no credit. These financiers have deemed it necessary to mske a large and liberal appropriation ef the stock in the different companies to members of the press and other influential individuals, and bave taken the liberty of setting apart a number of shares, to certain persons, without the mosi | Secretary of State—“ good thing,” “coneerva. distant idea on the part of the party con- | tive,” “father of squatter sovereignty,” “ dfve cerned that he was the owner of such | peace to the conntry,” and all that. Upon tho a large interest in such thriving and prosperous corpoyations. In most instances the party to whom a quantity of stock is appropriated lives and dies im bappy ignorance of his wealth, or the extent of his possessions of this charactor, but occasionally an erposé of the affairs of a company of the kind referred t ia male, and certain prominent iadive duals wake up some fine morning, and upon open- ing the newspaper find themselves the owners of » large amount of stock in a company they never heard oz dreamed of. In this way meabers of the press are frequently identified with stock compa- nies they never had the most remote knowledge of. Such liberality ou the part of the originators and manggers ot corporations is more honored in the breach than in the observance; and we would recommend to the presidents and directors of all stock companies a more equite+le administration of their finances. Capital made by such appro- priations is an act of injustice t> the recipients, particularly when the personal liability clause ex ists in the charter, as it involves individuals in re- sponsibities, without their knowlege or consent. We continae to-day the publication of our care fa'ly prepared annual statisucs, including the basi- ness of the law courta of the city; the number of hives and amount of property destreyed by fires throughout the country, showing « loss of 183 of the former and 27,900,000 of the latter: the num- ber of the patriots of the Revolution that have passed away since the advent of 1856; the number of steam- boat and railroad accidents, and the destruction of tife caused thereby: together with a chronologicai history of the most important events which have transpired during tke year jnst drawing to a close. The chronological history is marked by numerous transactions that may cause joy or sorrow, as the case may be, in the bearta of many persons, upon their reverting to the record of scenes with which they or their friends were perhaps familiar. A large member of minor events have been excluded, partly from the want of space, and more particularly that the cecord of important transactions should not he come buried and lost in a mass of matter, the greater portion of which might be totally devoid of interest outside of cortain localities. Our chronology may be relied upon a¢ being accurate. The statistics of emigration ducing the past year will be found interesting to the general reader as well as to the statiatician. It will be seen that the ‘tide of emigration, which was checked very materi- ally during <he war with Russia, ie again setting steadily for ogr shoves, and next year, if present auguries are to be believed, the emigration will be wery keavy, and perhaps equal that of the year 1864, when it reached 319,223. fn 1866 it fell off to 196,233, and during the present year it hae run up to 141,916, two-thirds of which has come within the fast seven months. The debles showing the per cent increase of population by emigration, and by births, should be carefully ponder over by those who fear that forvigners will eveutaaily become too powerful hy reason of the mumber of aliens they add to our population. Jt will he sen that the inerease of population every ten years fs heels of this information, letters come pouring in from Washington; and a few days later a deluc: of letters from «ll parts of the Northwest, in vorof Gen. Cass for Premier, rushes down upoa Wheatland. it is public opinion manufactared by scheming politicians —it is the vox populi—itis the will of the people- the President elect must succumb--no help for it-in fact, he has been heard to declare that the popular sentiment of the country, as expressed in the numerous letters r- ceived in behalf of Gen. Cass, is really surprising. So with K. J. Walker, so with Cobb, so with Bright, so with Clifford, Hallett, Smith, Jones and Brown, on a smalier scale. A corps of claquers ot Washington begin the manufacture of public opinion in behalf of this or that hopefai aspirant, and keep up tacit hue and cry for him only as long as the newspapers encourage it. Thus, while a dozen names for the new Cabines still keep the field, at least tive times that numb have been dropped by the Cabinet makers as deat cocks in the pit. it was throagh similar appliances, cross par- poses, contileting cliques and conflicting promises and concessions, (hat poor l’ierce was prostrated in the very act of organizing his administration. The Cabinet makers had co entangled him in their meshes that th vas no escape for him; and if we would believe them, they have Mr, Buchanua already in the same uncomfortable position. We, however, do not believe it. On the contrary, we apprehend that Mr. Buchanan is still the master of his situation- that he has committed himse.! neither this way nor that way, to this clique oc that clique, but that he still holds his Cabinet, from first to last, at his discretion. We have no doubt that Gen. Cass has been pressed upon Mr. Buchanan for Secretary of State; we have no doubt that many interestd parties are desirous to secure the old Senator this situation; but it strikes us that ut his time of life past seventy, and a millionaire—instead of enter- ing the lists for Cabinet spoils and plunder, Gen. Cass would do better to follow the example of Col. Benton, and give us the autobiography of his thirty years in the Senate, Cabinet and diplo- matic service of the country. While thus en. gaged in posting up the books of a successful pil- grimage upon earth, he might also be most pro- fitably occupied iu “laying up treasures in the kingdom of heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt,” and where black republicans do not slip in and knock over the patriarchs of the de- mocratic perty. As for Mr. R. J. Walker, until we shall have ascertained whether he hails from Missiesippi, New York, or the Pacific Railroad, we presume his appointment to the Cabinet may be considered decidedly doubtful. According to the latest accounts from Wheat equal to from 93} to 40 per cent, of which only 7 jand and Washington, Mr. Bachanan per cent is due to emigration, and that only within wil probably leave the former for the tne Jnst sixteen years. The numbers given as ar | iiss piace aa carl , A iy a the first week riving trom other countries should be received with in February, and povsibly before the expi- some grains of allowance, as onr aggregates are ‘taken from the hooks of the Emigration Commis- son, who have to do ovly with bondable passengers arr'¥ing ig ships. Thgs, gixty-two pre given ag ar- ration of January. This will save the Washing- ton Cabinet makers a considerable amount io the way of postage, apd something in the matter of travelling expences, and it will enable the Presi- dent elect to tee a little more clearly the land laye among the various cliques, factions and sections of the hopeful democracy. We are still of the opinion, however, that ft is of but little coneequence whether Mr. Buchanan goes thus early to Washington, in view of the more ex- tended facilities there for a nicely calculited party Cabinet, or whether he goes there with his Cabinet already folded up ina sheet of foolscap in his breeches pocket, so that he gives us a fair and square conservative ministry, of seven white men, North and South, of respectable standiag and talents, and not too old fer active service. This is not the time of day at Washigton for an, administration elected upon progressive demo-' cratic principles, to fall back upon @ sleepy | privy council of superannuated politicians, or old togies, whe will bring with them tkeir old wrang- ling cliques and party squabbles to the prejudice of the President, the perty, the government and the country. We anticipate from Mr. Buchenan a practical, capable, united working Cabinet, and a pelicy of new appointments, if necessary, every six or eight weeks, until this desideratum of a team of seven horses that will pull all to- gether at the crack of the whip, shall have been secured. We anticipate, also, from the President elect, a.general policy of honesty aud conservatism, and yet of vigor, ability and pro- gress, in our foreign and domestic affairs, emi- nently satisfactory and advantageous to th: country. Already, too, as if in expectation of such things, we perceive that the Southera fire- eaters are cooling down, and that our Northern agitators are subsiding.into the sober affairs of every day lide. Kansas has ceased to be the field of ruffian govereignty, and Gov. Wise has ceased to howl over the price of niggers. Ina word, all the signs of the times are auspicious of @ new administration as firm and straightforward as that of Jackson, yet as conciliatory to all parties and sections as that of Monroe. Meral Insanity in Washington. It ise matter of serious pain and regret to all the rightminded citizens of the United States that the Huntingtonian form of moral insanity should prevail to such an alarming extent at Washing- ton. So far as the unchecked mania for wealth and the reckless disregard of the property of other people go, the Wall street gentleman whose trial has engaged the attention of this community for the last fortnight, is but a fair type of one or two hundred of our national rep- resentatives. The only difference is that where Huntington victimized sharpers like himself, those of the same kidney in Washington exercise their ingenuity in defrauding the public at large. They have a wider field, but more unresisting prey. Huntington's operations reached some half a million of dollars at a time. The opera- tions of our Congresemen, now on foot, are esti- mated in the aggregate at two hundred and ten millions of dollars, Therefore the Wall street swindler sinks into paltry insignificance when compared with the swindlers of Pennsylvania avenue; and therefore, also, the latter merit the deepest condemnation and the severest punish- ment that either criminal law or public opinion can visit upon such offenders. The system of public plunder which is now in its most flourishing phase in the national capital was only inaugurated within the period of the two last administrations, Under Mr. Polk’s ad- ministration it was anknown, or if it existed at all, it was in such a trivial, moderate form that it was unnoticed and uncared for. After the deain of ‘old Gen. Taylor, however, and the succession of Mr. Fillmore to the Presidency, the existence of that gangrene in the body politic was pretty clearly proved by the Galphin and Gardiner frauds, and other operations on a like scale of magnitude, It was during this epoch, too, we be- lieve, that the plan of voting away the public lands to stockjobbing speculators and railroad companies was introduced. And of the beauty of this class of schemes, the Illinois Central— which now advertises millions of acres of surplus land remaining after the building of the road— remains a shining and conspicuous example. ‘Tt was reserved, however, for the Pieres admi- nistration to give the spoils system its greatest im- petus and its highest developement. Within (10 last four years the evil has become so trem a- dously increased as to make men feel seriously aldtined for the honor and perpetuity of our go- vernment. If republics cannot flourish or co- exist with a low state of public virtue, then in- deed there is cause for alarm, particularly if we take our legislators at Washington as a faic sample of our public men. These legislators «e- prived the people of these United States at the last session of property to the amount of nearly fourteen millions of acres. For what purpose? To enrich railroad speculators, the lobby, and themeelves, at the expense of the public. For the sake of accuracy we will re-produce the esti- mates of the General Land Office as to the quan- tity of land required to give effect to the rail- road gran's of last session: Towa, tor 1,125 miler of road Porida, for 630 miles of roa: This alienation of the public lands is only one of the modes, he it remembered, in which the moral insanity of our Washington operators is exhibited. There is a great variety of other means by which they strive to enrich themselves, ‘There, for instance, are the Colt, Woodworth and McCormick patent extensions—claims for losses by contracts and French spoliations, private land claims, and # mass of innumerable minor schemes which cannot be put under any par- ticular head. One of our Washington correspondents gave us, some days ago, the following plunder pro- gramme for the present session :-— We have hopes that the spoliation mombers, the lobby, and the outside speculators, will not realize the whole of this splendid echeme of plunder. Still, there is euch a powerful army of landsharks around Washington just now, and there is such a vast amount of pressure brought to bear, especially on the Pacific Railroad swin- die-which forms three-fourths of the amount at issue—that the country will have much cause for congratulation if the schemers find themselves defeated and their well-laid plays thwarted. We trust that on the fourth of March next we may be able to our readers that, owing to the resolute, persevering honesty of a few Southera members, the country has been saved from mach of the vietimization intended to have been perpe- trated apon it. Wherce comes it that our representatives at Washington are so notoriously open to corrup- tion? Whence this “moral insanity” epidemic? It is one of the effects of great commercial pros- persty. History is unifoym in its teachings that in all ages, where there has been an excess of wealth and prosperity there has been the least public virtue; the lesson is trae as regards this country, The unexampled prosperity of our great commercial cities has led to extravagance aod dissipation. Speculation has invaded all classes of society, has induced recklessness and a teste for extravagant living, and has led directly toa want of relf-respect and a disregard for the virtues of morality. Hence the enormous freads, forgeries and peculations in commercial life, which the newspapers are daily called upon o chronicle. Hence, too, the corruptions at Washington which are bringing us into disgrace a3 a nation, and which we, as chroniclers of the times, are constantly holding up to public execration, The mea who are elected members of Congress are, for the most part, those who have sought the position for the purpose of bettering their for- tunes in life. They go there, impelied, not by the honorable motive of improving legislation, or commending themselves by the faithful perform- ance of their duties to the esteem and admiration of their fellow citizens, but rather by the mean and sordid desire of enriching themselves at the expense of the country and of their own honor. Generally speaking, they are poor men and come from comparatively poor con- stituencies; but when they arrive at Washington they find themselves exposed to all sorts of temptations, and compelled to move in circles where dissipation and extravagance pre- vail, even more than they do in the large cities It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that, elect- ed as they are, and impelled by such motives as actuate them, a large proportion of the members of Congress should succumb to the influences that surround them, and be found the easy tools of the Jews that are allowed to desecrate the two houses of Congress, in the shape of lobby agents, Still, we would not allow the plea of moral insa- nity to be set up in their behalf, but would visit them with condign punishment. We have said that this spoils system was inau- gurated under the Fillmore administration, and that it became intensified and received its highest developement under the puerile and cerrupt ad- ministration of poor Pierce. We have a firm hope, however, and an abiding faith, that if we can but ward off the evil for thenext two months, we will then see an end of it. We have confi- dence in Mr. Buchanan—a pure and honorable statesman of the old school, unsullied, as we hope, with the demoralizing influences of the new school'of corruption. He has not been ino- culated with the virus of the new-fangled moral insanity, and we hope and believe, that by the resolute exercise of the veto power, he will ren-' der harmless all future developemente of the dis- ease. We therefore cull upon the few honest members of Congress to exert all their powers to defeat the dishonest projects of this session. Let them not abate an iota of their watchfulness and resoluteness, animated by the conviction that, for the next four years, at least, a firm, upright and virtuous executive will annul all the plunder acts of the spoilsmen. Tax Army—Tue Pay or tH Orricers.— Should members of Congress ever get tired of discussing the everlasting nigger question, or discover that there are white men in the United States, of which at present we see no signs, it :s to be hoped that they will turn their attention 1» the legitimate affairs of legislation and attend to the business for which they were elected. Tho people are getting weary and tired of their pet.y squabbles, and the time has arrived when they must look after the interests of the country, or meet the just indignation of an outraged aad abused constituency. There are hundreds of bills awaiting their action, which will not be reached this session, now rapidly drawing to a close, unless members cease defining their posi- tion, of which nine hundred and ninety-nine out of a thousand of the people do not care a straw, and go to work. A it these bills the one brought forward by the Chairman of the Military Committee in the House for increasing the pay of the officers of the army requires prompt ac- tion, unless we wish to see our army virtually disbanded. The present pay, established some twenty-five or thirty years ago, was amply sufficient at that time to support our officers comfortably, but at present, owing to the greatly increased cost of living, it is nothing more than genteel beggary. Opposed as our people always have been, and justly 80 too, to large salaries, on the other haud they are equally opposed to the inadequate psy- ment for services rendered. The bill above re- ferred to slightly increases the pay, but is all ue army asks, and if granted will enable the office cs to live more as becomes their position, and re- lieve them from the constant anxiety to make both ends mect. As a body they are more poly than any class of men in the country. Most of the clerks in our stores receive better salarivs, besides being in the road to fortune. We educace our officers at West Point and then send them to the army, where they spend their lives alternatins between the cverglades of Florida and the West- era prairies, the wilds of Texas and the moun- tains of Oregon, devoting their best energies to their country, and receiving and expecting no- thing but their pay. Cut off from business, there is no road for them which leads to wealth, and the country should therefore sce that they have enough to live upon, which is all they ask. At present, an officer who has served from fif- teen to twenty years receives about $110 per month, including everything, pay and emolu- ments. This is supposing that he has reached a captaincy, which he generally does in this period; but if he is still lieutenant his pay is much lesa. This miserably small pittance is driv- ing the officers from the army in crowds, and unless the pay is increased we shall soon lose the majority of those that still remain. During the past ycar over eighty officers have thrown up their commissions and retired to private life, where a better opportunity offers for providing for thom- selves and families. The pay of ail the civil employés of the go- vernment has been increased, and we wait to see if Congress will do a like act of justice towards our gallant army. We hope that wo shall not be disappointed, and that it will not turn out that the members have exhausted their generosity in increasing their own pay, but will extend the same relief to their military brethren. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1656. : Tas Convicrion avo Sewrance or Huyrive- ‘ToN.--The Huntington trial terminated last even- ing, after occupying the court thirteen days. ‘The jury returaed a unanimous verdict of guilty, amd the prisoner was sent to four years and ‘ven months im) in the State prison—tL. full penalty of the law. ‘This case isone of the most extraordinary on record, developing as it does the peculiar mode of carrying on business in Wall street, and the various means taken to draw money from the unsuspecting and ignorant. Banke in the Dis- trict of Columbia, laundries on the Isthmus, ce- meteries in different localities—the most visionary and seemingly impossible schemes—prove that “all is fich which comes to net” in the vicinity of ‘Change. The testimony shows that gangs ot sabordinate individuals are there, ever ready fo employment by the highest bidder; and when the latter pays the penalty of his crimes, their services are soon again in requisition. But extraordinary as was the case, the defence was even more so, The magnitude of the ope- rations, the peculiar nature of the transactions, the long and successful career of villany, are ad- duced in extenuation of the crime, and moral insanity is offered as a plea in favor of the accused. On these grounds, Schuyler, Redpath, Monree Edwards, and hundreds of others, would have escaped their reward, and continued to operate ia Wali street; and crimi- nals the wide world over might flourish with im- punity on the profits of their crimes, The cases of Huntington and the Eaglish Red- path are counterparts of cach other. The same recklessness of consequences, the like gigantic and long successful schemes, the similarity of tools, the same dashing style of living, the like partiality for fast horses, gay women, objéts de vértu, and the various adornments which throw a species of romance about the most hardened vil- lains, characterized them both. It is cause of satisfaction to every right minded person that neither wealth nor the most brilliant legal de- fence has availed to shield these offenders from the just reward of their ill doings, and the imprieon- ment of Huntington and transportation of Red- path will stand as warnings to their confederates, that society is not forever to be exploited with impunity. Three indictments were selected by the Dis- trict Attorney on which to try the prisoner, and on the first one brought into court he was found guilty. It is improbable that the others will be proceeded with; bat at all events the ends of jus- tice are answered, and the public mind may now be at rest until the teeming womb of Wall street farnish a successor to Schuyler and Hunting- ton, THE LATEST NEWS. BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. PASSAGE OF THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR AP- PROPRIATION BILL IN HE HOUSEB—PROMOTION OF GEN. PERSIFER F. SMITH CONFIRMEBD—RE-ELEC- TION OF SENATOR MALLORY, ETC. Wasmnoton, Dec. 30, 1856. The two Houses of Congress met this morning, the members generally in good condition. The Senate re. Cetved several executive communications, but none of importance—one giving detailed information touching the Wooden dook at Pensacola. Several petitions were pre. sentei and referred. A resolution was adopted calling for all the items in Gen. Scott's claim to extra pay, toge- ther with the correspomdence in relation thereto. Tuo resolution previously passed only called for the pay ac- tually allowed under the present law. The Senate con- firmed the nomination of Persiier F. Smith as Brigadier General, the office created by Congress for the benetit of Gen. Shields, Inthe ono handred and fifty seven members answered to their names this morning. Several ‘om:ina- nications were received from the Executive departments. ‘The Postmaster Genoral asked an appropriation of five bundred and thirty.ve thousand dollars for tho foreign mail. Most of this service is paid for through the Navy Department. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Interior for pians aud estimates for bow building for his dopariment of the government. “ a@ Duilding uf preseut oocupied belongs to the pateatoes wi the country, having been built exclusively out of the Patent fund. Revolutions of the South Carolina Legisia ture were presented by Mr. Keitt, praying that Port Royal harbor might be fortified, and a naval depot established at Beaufort, These resolutions were reforréd to the Naval Commitieo, aad ordered to be printed. The Ilonse took up the Consiar and Diplomatic Appropriatioa bill, which ted to much debate, The item of twenty-five thousand dollars for conaular pupils wee stricken out. The Dili of last eerston lofi \t discretionary with the I’resident to ap- point twenty-live consular puptia, to act as clerks and be trained in consular duties, The idea of @ school killed tho provision. The bill was passed,and the toute ad- Journed. Mr. Field vistied the President and Secretaries to day, and exhibited to them a piece of the submarine t:legra- phic cable which ho brought with him from New York. They were highiy pleased, and manifested a good deal of Interest in the entorpriso. A number of Senators and mombers also callod to see it at Willard’s, where it le on exbibition. Seuator Matlory received a despatch to-day from Fio- rida, stating that be had been re-elected United States Senator for six years from the 4th of March. It appears from : communication to day transmitted to the Senate by the Secrotary of the Iuterior, in reply to a resolution of inquiry, that the Department has endeavored to have the entire land reservation in Kansas, heretofore set apart for the New York Indians, maintained aad guarded against encroachments by white settlers, until It ball bo determined, either by legislation or treaty, wnat rights, if any, therein remaindo such of these indians as have not removed west of the Mississippi (having aa un. Mmitted right to remain in New York), and ia what manner the interesia of those who emigrated shall be scared or definitely settied. ‘The Indian Department has reoctved information that about two hundred and eight thousand acres of the Dota- ‘ware Trost lands have been recently sold, yielding $450,000. Upwards of three hundred thousands acres, including Leavenworth City, belonging to the Delaware Indians, are yet to be sold, (One hundred thousand acres, opposite St. Joseph, Msgourt, and the same num- ber on the Ovage river—the former held for the lowas, ‘and the intior for the Weas, in trast—choice tracts—will 00 the oponing of spring be brought into market, and before any United States lands will be opened for sale in Kantae, Ovicial reports received at the Indian Office contradict and announced that It was strictly a business convention, to decide upon 4 plan of action for the future. The ox- Pression of the meeting was almost unanimous in favor of & reunion with the regular American party, on the ground that the leaders of the Kepubiican party of this ‘State are hostile to American reform, while the American Party expressed ite determination to onoupy the position laid down in the Binghamton platform. Tho afterncon fersion was spent in s discussion as to the practical method of forming a reunion. and eventaafly a commit- tee was appointed with authority to confer with aay sim- ilar committee that might be appointed by the Amert- oane, and to call « future convention of the North Ameri- cane, if deomoed expedient, Bostor, Deo, 30, 1886. o re y oct menor mtn i non Benate. Wassinaton, Deo, 30, 1856, motion of Mr. Wautmm, of On! the Oommitteson Ter- ritories wae directed-to imquire ‘o the éxpediency of Providing means for establishi:, «od settling the boun- dary between California and Uiab. ‘Ten thousand extra copies of the report of the Superin- tendent of the Coast Survey was then ordered to be ‘Om motion . Wetar, 3 resolution was sdoptet calling on the ‘Presigent 10 communicate ‘sate eat of all payments and allowacces which have been made., end of all claims disallowed General from the date he the army in Mexico to December, 1! ‘Roe on the subject. feqajourned tt Fridays House of Representatives. Wasuninctom, Dec. 30, 1856. The House resumed the consideration of the Preei- dent’s annual message, ‘Mr. Wasnncgye (rep.) of Ill, rose to make good hiv vent og Ploroe’s admi- istration; thus by this omission ating it. The Galena Courier and the Speingteld Dad admitted ton ey. did not publish resolution. per ° atic and Consular A) bit ‘Diplomatic an ppropriation pill being Mr. Havaw, of N.¥., moved to strike out she appro- Ppriation for salaries te twenty-five consular pupils; and consular sehoo! in which ani. They would, however, be trained to the business of consuls. Mr. Quitxay, of Miss., concurred with Mr. Haven. He had alwi toought it should be honest and mot that of deceit, which oxists tn Further debate debate ensued, involving the propriety ot io waa stricken out; and the Dil passed. Adjourned tit] x ‘The Albany Murder Cases. AvBayy, Deo. 30, 1886. In the case of McCann, who is sentenced to be hung on the 28th of January for the murder of his wife, a dill oi exceptions has been served by the prisoner’s counsel, and is now being settled by Judge Gould, after which a» stay ~ of execution will be granted im order to hear the argu: ‘ment to set aside the verdict. & motion was made to day, before Judge Gould, for a» ‘wew trial in the case of John Cumming, convicted of the murder of Frederick Stumpf. The motion wes denied, . Dut will be carried to the general term for further argn-. ment. Boston Weekly Bank Statement. Boeror, Deo. 30, 1866. ‘The following are the footings of ‘our bank statement for the past week compared with the exhibit of the week Dec. 23. Dec. 20. $31,960,000 $31,960,000 61,498,000 51,871,000 000 FX 16,910,000 7,288,000. Organtzation of the Missouri Legislature. Sr. Lovis, Dec. 80, 1856. Both branches of the Missouri Legislature effected a. Spay a aes Fire and Loss of Life at Baltimere. Barrimons, Dec. 30, 1866. ‘The shoe store of Simon Bass, in Broadway, was da- maged by fre early this morning. Two apprentice boys who siopt over the store, were smothered to death. The Broadway Railroad Case in the Court of Appeals. ALBanT, Dec. 80, 1866. It!s etated that the Court of Apprais deny the right to construct a railroad im Broadway, but grant the applicants ‘8 new trial, on the ground that the parties asking an in- Junction do not appear by the pleadings to by property wners on Broadway. United States Supreme Court. Wasurtxctox, Deo. 30, 1866, No, 224.James Ross et al. vs. Murray Hofman. Error to the Ciroult Court for the Weatern district of Penn- sylvania. On the motion of counsel for the cefendant the caso was dismissed with costs. Nos. 226 and 296.—Christoval Morel ve the Orleans Draining Co., and Nicholas Fitzsimmons vs. the same.— On motion of counsel for the defendant both ca-es were (iemissed with costs. No. 33.—Argament concluded for platatifs. No. 27,—Terence Cousin vs. Evariste Biane’s executors etal—Argued by Mr, Janin for plaintiff, and by Mr. Bevjamin for defendants. No, 34 —Wm. A. Shaffer ve. Jas. A. Soudday.—Argued by Mr. Benjamin for plaintiff, and by Mr. Taylor for de- fondant. Markets. Blocks steady. ‘ivania 5's, 84); Taland Ratiroad, 134; road. 4345 = Naw Sales to- 18; Pennsylvania uoted at 1iicoe 12 i that there has been any direct correspondence between bimeecif and Mr. Buchanan; most likely not, a the an- ie nite With whet earnestness certain men who say they the interests of Mr, Buchanan and the de- mocretic at heart, are Private schemes o° 1 | pagal cng aber REE There is an example of hate, who Is bringing all his in fluence to pear to crush his rivals athome. It ie aed eng * ag the late Joba 8, ', Of Virginia, used to him, will have an eye to windward for the-e It is possible he may be Sr Haris sy ea efor ta and that he the go" mean. of the entire democratic party, and not to promote ‘view or .observe personal ambition. diplomatic circles here is decidediy ‘‘con ° absence of an Engiish minister fal ‘lay for anreserved conversation and The a ae of attack observed by in an site Ua i to be seen near the quay at the time of the stexmer’s departure, and although a pretty large crowd was ae- sembied there was little enthasiam displayed. Faom CcrscoaBy the arrival of the bark Vonus, Captain Atkinson, from Ouracon, wo have received ad- ‘vies from that port to December 7. The health of the inland was good, The cholera still prevailed in Venezula, Salt worth 70 cents per barre!. Politign! affairs quiet iq Venezula. a ee ee eee | \ 4