The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1857, Page 6

4 NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, 1D.TOs AND PAOPRiET R, SFFICE §. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STs, Agr OUR FORBIGN Us linsrossies “ARE Y ReQUESTED TO SEAL Ald LETTERS AND PACK We de < heagnem anil ves Ne. 3 IDLO! GARDEN, Brosdway—Eeousa Oren.—Buive ey Laoulamgon ee weowRRY A ae ATRE, Bowery—Kixe 3ous—Gam, Bae ame Bravenaw tibiae | BURTON'S NEW THEATRE Broadway, opposite Bow! st. “Wrascmatioy La Maca re Sevme AL AGE)S thea UKH Bresdway-A Bacnsion 07 Hrawavea—Pine Batme. , UPA KPENES YHPATRE, 624 Broadway--Sroonn 5 Yous Maccnvs, |, Broadway Atter- Pie ike TeToR. GRO CURISTT 28D WOODS MINSTRELS, 444 Broad wey Rresorias Pmnrowrs cS NEW YEAR Catia, BUCKLP YS FERENADERS, 385 Broedway—Arasoruax Meseracisy La So Nam TRIS BY BUCKLEY BALL. 65 Bread for the Pueafic. - CALIFORNIA EDITION. Wh lew Sor Aspiv wall, The moils for California and other parts of the Pacific will close at one o'clock Tro New York Warkty Haaarn—California edition— ontaining the inten! jutelligence from all parte of tte \ be ponlished at yen o’cloc« ia the morning, copies, in wrappers, ready for muiling, alx- pence. Agents will picase rend in their orders as carly as porribie The News. We learn from Washington that considerab'e ex- ¢itement has been created among steamship owners, fm consequence of the House Commitee on Post Offices having come to the conclusion to recommend that contrects for carrying the mails in ocean steam- ers shall hereafter be given tothe lewest responsible bidders Following close upon the incarceration of the forg- er Huntington, the telegraph informs us of the eonviction yesterday, in Boston, of William 8. Tack- erman, the defaulting treasurer of the Eastern Rail- road Company of Massachusetts, whose aggregate veculations are believed to have reached the sam ot ene hundred and eighty thousand dollars. ‘The steamship Vigo, of the Franco-American line, Jef? Havre on the 10th ult. When two days out she was met by the Hermann, then puting back to Southampton disabled. The Vigo at tbis time was Jaboring fearfully, and sustained demage which obliged her to put in at Milford Haven. When the weather moderated she sailed for Liverpool to retit, reaching that port on the 17th ult. We understand from the Messrs. Poirrier, agente of the Franco- American Steamship Company, that the damage to the Vigo is comparatively trifling, and that her arri- va) at this port may be looked for in a few days. The City Inspector reports 429 deaths during the past week, an increase of 22 as compared with there turn of the week prev'ous. The scarlet fever con” tinues its ravages among children, vu’ the numberof fats] cases has not increased. In other respects the Inspec'or's repor presents no feature calling for Special remark. The following is a comparison of the number of death< during the past two weeks momen. Boys. Girls, Week encing Deo. 37 19s Werk rvoing Jan 3 st ibs 133 a9 Among the principal causes of death were the ywing— — Week ending Week outing Drvvaves bre 93 van Conromeen e rowions (infantile ” ation of the boweit 2 fever. “ ” ® Ww Covfantiie) is vv Jotismination oF the iucgs a1 at Brovry in the bead 9 1 Sma’ 7 it or ad i ere were also 10 deaths of browchitie, § of con- n of the brain, 7 of inflammation of the brain, sease of the heart, 5 of hooping cough, § of teething. 10 premature births, 27 stillborn, and 16 deaths from violent causes. Of the whole number 271 were onder ten years of age, and 4@ inmates of the public institations. The following is a classifica- tion of the diseases, and the total number of deaths im each class of disease, during the past two weeks:— Urn ary organe vere aor 4 The number of deaths, compared with the cerres- posding weeks of 3955 and 1850, was as follows: el evding Jan. 6, ativity table gives 323 77 of Ireland, 19 of ¢ Btatce 3 of Scotland, and 1 each of Franc and Weet Indes. The first unmistakable «now storm which bas this winter d about one o'clock rday morning cootinued without inte mission op to ten o'clock last evening, when the chouds dispersed, giving every indication of a fair weather sth, The aunexed table shows the temperatare of the atmospbere during the part week, the range of the barometer, the varia , Sweden, Bast Sab don of the wied currents, and the state of the weather at three periods during each day, viz: at A. M., ond 3 and ! o'clock P. Mo Perera Bw sea RAMARKR efverpeon 6 oar wh night rain. ernoon clear wilernoon clear judy; 8ternoon light enow. eivernoon clear, 12 at night ernoor clear sow the Board of od wreckers, tating that e harbor of it, bot that ted @ clea + NEW ‘YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1857. ‘@bite Hight for thered one, without giving any notice whatever that such change had been made or was ‘about to be made. The consequence is that ome ves” vel has already been wrecked near the entrance of the harbor, the captain, seeing a clear white light instead of a ved one, mistaking it for Sumbro light. Mariners bound to Halifax will hereefter be oa their guard. Elsewkere we putvish an exceedingly interesting report of a lecture recently delivered in this city by Mr. Geerge Sumner, on the past and present condi- tion and future prospects of Spain, ‘Phe subject is treated with marked ability. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 5,600 bales, about 2,000 of which were in transi‘n ‘The market closed at fall prices Flour was in fair demand with moderate sales, while prices were with- ont change of moment. Wheat was quiet. A lot of Southern white sold, deliverable on Monday, at $1 76- Corn was rather more active, with sales of Western mixed at 68c. from store, and at 70c. delivered. Rye was quiet ats8e.a 90c. Pork was steady, with sales of new mess at $20, and of oldat $16 75a $17. Su- ‘| gars were firmly held, but sales were limited. Cof- ‘ee was im fair request, and prices were steady. Freights weve taken to a fair-extent, including grain for Liverpool at 7d. a 7d. a 8d.; flour at 2s. 3d., ae bacon amd lard at 25s.,and cotton at 3-16d, a |. To London flour was-engaged at 28. 104d. a8. T- the Kansas Question—The Real Issue Settled by Mr ‘Buchanan’s Election. While some of our newspaper cotemporarics affect a good deal of surprise at the collapse of border rafianism in Kansas and the ascendancy of law and ender there within the last month or two, we mast confess that this change for the better, since the Presidential election, does not appear to usin the least degree astonishing or extraondinary. We regard the general result of the November elections as substantially a popu- jar verdict in favor of Kansas as a free State; we have no doubt that Mr. Buchanan so regards it; and from the back track which poor Pierce has taken with his border ruffians, since the meeting of Congress, we dare say that he too, through some enysterious channel or other, has been made to teet the public warning and to obey it. Let us in this connection, briefly examine the figures of the Presidential election. Here they are:— PRESIDENTIAL POPULAR VOTE—1856. IN THE RAR BTATES Fremont Buchanan, Fillmore, Total 84,036 B 100,7H2 71,139 “ala ou 20,636 1,67 2,615 12s 004 a4. Fremont and Fillmore IN THE SLAVE STATES. » Fillmore. Ay Carotioa est ti. Geor; Flori 1,187,738 Boobasas over Fulmere,.... ++ 140,243 Bochapan over Fremont and Flilmor 2 138,996 RECAPITULATION—FRER AND SLAVE. Free States. gre Sates. Teal. ow, bere it will be seen that Mr. Buchanan's ion is the consequence rather of a combin.- tion of happy accidents than anything else, aod that the genera) result upon the Kansas issue ¢ & most cmphatic popular condemnation of Pierce's ruffian policy in Kansas, Io three of the five states carried by Mr. Buchanan, New wad California, there is a decid- ed opposition popular ve gainst him; ia ane- ther one, Pennsylvania, his pop: - lar majority is only 626 out of an aggregate vo o of Where would he have been but for the dissensions and divisions mg the opposi- tuon ranks, iting from their turowing away the vania October election. Mr. Ba- cbanan is therefore elected, not from the strength of the ° party or the democratic pl: bur from the divisions of the opposition forces in the very States which decided the re- sult in his favor, notwithstanding their exis popular majoritics against nim. What was the position of Mr. Ba- chanan as a Presidential ilidate? Why was Mr. Douglas rejected at i Because he wos the father of the bili repealing the Mis- sourd compromise. Had the vote of tae Sout» been equal to wn election, Mr. Douglas would Ss own State, Penney Jemoc' form, Again : have answered; but forty-nine Northern eles toral votes were wanted, and of this number it was apparently impossible tbat Mr. Dougl 6 could have received the first electoral Northera vote. With poor Pierce the case was ev worse. To run ahead of Douglas for Southern capital at Cincinnati, he had transformed the popular severeignty policy of the Kansas Nebraska bill into the ruffian policy of making Kansas a slave State by fire Bat on this ground the democratic Sachems of the cinnati Convention--even of the South—lookin + to the spoils, saw that Pierce would never a and so they kicked him out as naceremoniously as in 18i4 they turned their backs upon Van Buren and Capt. Tyler. Mr. Buchanan was nominated because be wae innocent of the Kansas-Nebraska bill—because bi+ bands ually clear of the blood of Pie Kansas ruffianiem : and because he was univer- rally believed to be the only man of the demo- cratic party that could carry the State of Penn- sylvania. He was also run, to a great extent, in Pennsylvania and other free States, upon the Fremont platform of “free Kaueas ;” and yet, notwithstanding bis innocence in the matter of the Nebraska bill, and of Pierce's raffian policy in Kaneae; and notwithstanding that “Old Man of ,the Sea,” Millard Fillmore, that Fremont had to carryyupon bis back; and notwithstanding the double-dealing of the Cincinnati platform; and in epite of the dodge of “ Buchanan, Breckin- and free Kan-as,” the democratic nominee and sword. ridge is elected by the ekin of bis teeth, and in the face | o” op egeregate popular opposition majority of upwards of three hundred and sixty-nine thou. | and vote And why vas hie? Why these tremendous | m “ Fremont in most of the Northern | Stites. ard () s eneeessfo) run of Mr. Buchanan ; in Pennsyivan a? Because, in New York for ex. | ample, the people believed that his policy in K wews would |e Pierce's ruffian policy; while in the people were powerfully per- way. Thus Mr. Buchanan vwes « Penneylvania wee the oe both is nomination and his election to the hos- tility of the Americaa people to poor Pierce’s policy of making Kansas a slave State by fire and sword. Hence the reforms in that Territory since the election—the dismissal of Judge Jefiries Lecompte, the abdication of Marshal Donaldsen, the resignation of Sheriff Jones, the evacuation of the Territory by Atchison, Buford and otbers, and the departure of Cohone) Titus, with his one hundred bdor- derere, for Nicaragua, An honest administration of the law of popular sovereignty is thus rapidly displacing Pierce's bloody game of ruffianism in Kansas; and considering the parties and the govat issue of the Presidential election, and the general results of that election, we feel entirely assured that Mr. Buchanan will faithfully fulfil the popniar sovereignty doctrine in Kansas, and under the perfect conviction that it will result in making that Territory a free State and in setting the democratic party of the North upon its lege again. Tue Coast at Baryecat-—-WHY ARE NOT TRE Fisurrwen OnGANtzep BY GOVERNMENT ?—Sinee the article which appeared in the Henaxp of De- cember 24, on the insufficiency of means for saving life on the Jersey eoast, Senator Thomp- son has called the attention of Congress to the subject. We trust the motion will not be per- mitted to lie idle, inasmuch as casualties are weckiy occuring in the neighborhood of Barne- gat, and the tremendous weather which lately forced the America and Hermann to pat back, and retards the arrival of so many others, may short)y be felt on our own shores. The question of additional assistance for the saving of life from shipwreck, cannot be made a party one at Washington, and we trust that feelings of hu- manity will prompt our legislators to give im- mediate attention to this important matter. The Congress of 1853 and 1854 appropriated $20,000 tor the supply of houses, boats, life cars and mortars en this coast. The houses, which are merely for storing the boats, &c., offer no asylum to those requiring it, and the man ap- pointed by the government to take charge of the establishment, frequently lives at so great a dis- tance that hours elapse ere he can arrive at the point where his assistance is required. The greater part, in fact, nearly the entire appropria- tion, was experded in the purchase of metallic life beats, and these being constructed of iron, in- stead of copper, have become rusted, and are now worse than useless for the purpose in view. Such boats, in geod condition even, are unfit for this service; from twenty to thirty per- robs are necessary to launch them, whep, as is generally the case, there are but half a dozen men together at the spot where assist- ance is required. The Barnegat fishermen use a light cedar boat in their excursions, and such a craft, requiring as it does but four or five men to launch it, will be of infinitely greater service in moments of emergency than a boat weighing half ‘@ ton, The district of Mr. Jacob Morris, the govern- ment inspector, extends from Barnegat Inlet to Perth Amboy, a distance of over fifty miles. His assistant, Mr. Jobn S. Furman, has charge of the coast south of Squan Beach. The wreckmaster, Samue Wykoff, resides four miles from the coast. The duty of the inspector is to proceed to a wreck with all possible despatch, and to render every assistance in his power. If the vessel be foreign, or have a foreign cargo on board, he takes entire charge. The houses which the government has erected on the eoast, at an expense of $300 each, are five miles apart, and only a few of them are sup- plicd with mottare, life cars, and other necessary apparatus for sending a line to ships. The en- tire arrangements seem to have been allowed to rake care of themselves for two or three years past, and were it pot for the New York press calling attention to the subject, would doubtless continue so many years longer. As a proof of the dangerous character of this coast, we have bat to mention a few of the casualties which bave oceurred here since 1 from which it will be seen how compasatively useless are the ap plinnces afloided by the government, In I8°S, the Western World, Captain Moses, come ashore, and eventually went to pieces. The poxeengers, numbering 700, were all saved by means of the surf boats of the fishermen. The Channcey Jerome, from Liverpool, was wiecked on the January, 1854. She struck at 2 A M., and her crew, of twenty-six, and fifty- two passengers, were all landed within four hours by meane of the life car and mortar, The New Era, Capt. Thomas Henry, from Bre- men, come on there at Deal, November 13, 1854. ¢ bad on board a general assorted cargo, and S80 passengers, thirty-nine of whom died on the veyage. Only 115 were saved; the remaining 250 met a watery grave, She schooner Maria Jewett, Captain N. N. Perry, came ashore at Deal, February )5th, 18579 She was discharged and got off without any lives being lost. In the month of May, the same year, the bark Carolina, Captain Fox, struck at 2 A.M. She tad on board 400 Germans, all of whom, through the exertions of the fishermen, were safely landed on the beaeh, At the same time, the ship William Langton, Captain Carpenter, with 500 passengers, came ashore. Every soul was saved, and both vessels were eventually got off. To the above list we may now add the ship New York and the Britich bark Tasso. The noble and disinterested efforts of the Barnegat fisher- men, ard the melancholy death of Jobn Parker and John Jones, are fresh in the memory of our readers. During of March, 1854, the fishermen who thus nobly peril their lives in moments of danger, held a meet- ing, and strongly recommended Congress to supply cedar boats, instead of the iron affairs which have since proved so utterly useless, In tpite of thie recommendation the appropriation pasecd the following May, and the metallic boate were purchased. There baving now become worn ont, we trust that Congres will listen to the sng- gestions of the fishermen, ds they better than any othere, can tell what craft best suits their waters, Every paseenger ship must be compelled to carry © mortar, life car, tackle, &c., by which she may commupicate with the shore without having to wait several hours for assistance, Dr. Skinner bes lately submitted a peculiar shell to the Secretary of the Treasury, which seems rpe- cially adapted to this purpore. On leaving the mortar it opens, and when dragging the shore it acts ae a grapnel, co that a vesrel could land her por and crew without assistance. Such an apparatus, with the life car, ought to be on hoard every emigrant ship. The government force on the Jersey coast is evidently inefficient for the services required of them. Why are not the Barnegat fishermen em- rolled, end certain privileges awarded them for the month sengers the sstisiance which Gey Lave so long gratui- j biter. | tously rendered? Were it not for their courage and the hospitality of their wives and families, little hitherto would have beeneffected. Further and immediate aid i wanted, and these fisher- men offer the best thatean be obtained. Let them be immediately organized. Expcerive Ciemency py WuHorksare.—We had expected to be able to say that no one act ever became the official life of Governor Clark half so much as bis leaving it. That consola- tion is denied to us, Almost the last act of his life, as Governor of the State, was to set free nine- teen convicts to help us make merry during the holiday season. Here is the list of Governor Clark’s friends, and a precious set of fellows they must be:-— Morris Kingsbangh, alias Miller, convicted of larceny. Term, two years—served eight montus, Theodore Hudson, grand larceny. Term five years— served Fa months, 'W. H. Dalton, grand larceny. Term two years—served two months. Robert Caruthers, gal larceny. Term three years— served eighteen months. Thomas Porps, grand Jarceny. Term two years— served ejgtt monius. W.T Valentine, grand larceny. terved five months. A. Howard, grand larceny. year. “arree Kooper, burglary. Term three years—served sixteen months Uriah B. Low, burglary. Term ten years—served one Sere MeMatr, forgery. Term three years and four movtht—rerved cleven months. Patrick Hanney, rape. Term ten yoars—served twenty- four montbs. James Cole, rape. Term ten years and six monthe— served ore year. Barned Rooney, rape. Term ten yeare—eerved twen. ty-tix months. Stepben Hogan, manslaughter, Term two years— served eleven months. The Governor has also granted the following commutations:~- Jobn Hendrickeon, robbery. Term ten years—com- — a 2: four years asd two menths. Time expired ci ‘Wm. Hickey, grand larceny. Term commuted from - ears to two yearsand three months. Time expired mber. Russell Jobneon, grand . Term commuted trom five years to four. Time expires 7, 20, Forrester Young, eee. Term ten to five years. a September 11, 1857. Patrick Cox, agsault with intent to kill. Term com muted from three years six months to two years two months. Time expired January 1. Fourteen free pardons and five commutations in one week. Nineteen men duly convicted of manslaughter, rape, burglary, forgery, robbery, and almost every crime in the calendar, are re- leased at a time of the year when labor is ata dis- count and when the temptation to plunder is un- usually strong. Let Mr. Clark keep a close watch over bis hardware store in Canandaigua. Some of his Sing Sing friends may even forget the motto of the craft, “ honor among thieves.” We begin to be seriously of opinion that it would be as well to abolish the criminal code altogether, or else to ascertain distinctly the true intent of criminal law, which is to protect society, and to carry out that in- tent to the letter by allowing society the privilege of protecting itself by such methods as it may choose. What protection is there for life and property in this city at this time? The ream of justice is polluted at the fountain head. It is almost impossible to procure the conviction of arogue if he can command a few hundred dollars, no matter how patent his guilt may be. Astute advocates set up impudent and absurd theories, bully the bench, weary the jury, and em- ploy the most disreputable means to save a scoundrel from merited punishment. Take the Baker case, for example, and witness the unblush- ing effrontery of the defence in the Huntington matter. Happily, it was not successful in the Jast instance. After the rogue is convicted, sentenced and duly tbut np—what then? His friends bring all sorts of influences to bear upon a weak Governor for his pardon. Every man, said a great statesman, has bis price; and some queer prices, in singular currencies, have been peid, it is said, for pardons in this State. Sometimes the executive clemency is exercised for a political friend, who amuses himself between elections by a little bit of grand Jaiceny or a nocturnal foray for silver plate, » companied with a deadly assault upon the owa- er thereof. Sometimes the convict has a pretcy ess, Who fascinates some of the Governo:’s and sometimes the lobby will sell out its intinence with the executive for a round sum. It is not alleged that the Chief Magistrate is aware that the benevolent exertions of his advisers are altogether selfish, but his ignorance cannot be pleaded in excuse for the betrayal of the trust reported in him by the people. No matter how it is done, or who does it. The fact is that it is very hard to get a rogue convicted, and still harder to keep in prison, with an executive who yields to the most delicate outside pressure. The consequence is there is no protection for society, except in revolvers, which will immediately rise in value as each new batch of convicts is liberat- <d from Sing Sing. Ex-Governor Clark merits a statue from the fraternity of thieves, He has been their greatest patron and their firmest friend. Term two yeare— Term four years—serv- cemmuted from Disasters on THe Ockax.—The present win- ter bas so far been terribly prolific of disasters on the ocean, and we are almost daily called up- op to record in our news columns the loss or abandonment of vessels at sea. Nearly every vessel that arrives at this port reports the pre- valence of “heavy weather,” “hurricanes” and “severe gales’ during the passage, and each beurs evidence of the fact, not only on her log- book, but in the shattered condition of her but or rigging. This weather bas not been confined to porticuiar localities, bnt appears to have extended over the Atlantic, from the western shores of Eu- rope to the whole coust of the United States, lu the more northern latitudcs, however, the number of chipwrecke is larger, and the sufferings of the crews and passengers bave been greatly aug- mented by the intense cold. Many of those who have been rescued were badly frost-bitten, while some were frozen to death. ‘The ship Mary Glover, which arrived at this port on the Siet ult. from Calino September 1/§ experienced very heavy weather, during which the bad ber sails torn, her bulwarks stove and was leaking co badly that she was with difficulty kept afloat. On the 27th of December, in lati- tude 38 deg. 40 min., longitude 73 deg. 10 min; she spoke the ship Dirigo, bound to Glasgow, ‘The Dirigo bad lost her main, mizzen and foretop- gallont maste. It was blowing at the timea very heavy gale, and as there was a “tremen- dous” sea running, the Mary Glover could ren- der her no assistance, The ship Vision, of Farm. ingdale, Me., raw, Dec. 28, in latitude 38 deg., longitude 72 deg.,a brig, supposed to be the Whiteball, which bad lov her foremast and bow- eprit. The schooner Mary, of St. Georges, is re- ported by the sbip Nile, of Richmond, as having Leen found abandoned, December 20, latitude 42 deg. longitude 62 deg. 40 min. The bark Warren, cighteen daye from Havana, rescued the captain erd crew of the schooner Sophronia, of Tre. nont, Me. which was found in a sinking cor dition in latitude 36 deg., longitude 71 deg 20 min. Some of the crew were badly frost- The captain and six sewmen of the brig Louisa Cappen, from Boston, were taken aboard the schooner Alba, in latitude 36 deg. 45 min, longitude 71 deg. 09 min. At the time their vessel had both masts and rudder gone, and the sea was making a complete breach over her. The Alba herself was consider- ably damaged. Among the vessels abandoned are the schooner Williamsburg, of Virginia, the schooner Gandy, of New London, schooner Des- patch, of Wellfleet, and schooner Samuel Rankin, of Charleston. The bark Storm King, Moseley, from Muscat, of and for Salem, is reported as being in distress, short of provisions. She was blown off the coast four times,” She was, how- ever, afterwards supplied with provisions, extra men and a pilot, and proceeded on her course, The foregoing are but a few of the many dis- asters which will be found reported in our ship news columns in one day. In fact, at this par- ticular season this department of our paper pos- sesses a peculiar and sometimes melancholy in- terest for all who are awaiting the arrival of riends from sea, avd which only those who have been so circumstanced can fully appreciate. Fravps vrox Ewierants—A Hy to tue Le- GISLATURE.—For several years past this great commercial emporium of the Western World has been disgraced by the presence of a class of men called emigrant runners and bogus passage ticket office proprietors. It is, perhaps, useless for us torpeak of the beartlessness of these harpies. Our police reports from day to day speak too plain}y on that point. The perpetrators of these swindles bave now grown s0 hardened in the pursuit of their nefarious occupation, that they defy the Mayor ana police magistrates to arrest them in their course of life, and openly prose- cute their business as if it were both legal and honorable. We are not surprised at the audacity of these rascals when we consider that there is no law thi§ can in any way prevent them following their illegal profession. The law against false pre- tences does not offer the slightest obstacle to the svecessful pursuit of a business so criminal in the eyes of all honest men. The Grand Jury may find bills of indictment, term after term, but the parties are never brought to justice. On the contrary, they renew their frands upen poor emi- grants with increased vigor and less pity than ever. Now, we think emigrant ranners, baggage smashers and swindJing passage ticket office pro- prictors have bad their own way long enough ; and we would call the attention of the Legisla- ture, now about to convene, to the removal of this evil especially. ‘The fair fame of New York has been injured long enough by the existence and toleration of such disgraceful ffauds upon strangers. To such an extent have these frauds been practised that many business men are becoming alarmed lest the prosperity and welfare of our city should receive a blow from the effects of which it might never afterwards fully recover. Why, then, we ask, should such a state of things be permitted to exist? In no other city in the Union would such swindlers be tolerated. Then, why in New York? If we in. tend to retain the commerce and trade that has served to build up this great metropolis, we should immediately seek some remedy for the re- moval of an evil which is doing us an incal- culable injury. Should a good line of California steamers be started in Boston or Philadelphia to-morrow, we have no doubt that fully one-half of the emi- gration to the Pacific shores would be withdrawn rom New York, to the great advantage of her rivals in business and commerce. This blow to our prosperity would arise from no other cause than the shameful manner in which emi- grants are treated on their arrival in this city. Foremost, then, among matters that should oc- eupy the attention of the Legislature is the im- portant necessity of removing this blot from the escutcheon of the metropolis, by the passage of an act for the expres purpose of preventing any further continuance of such sbameful frauds. Let the Legislature take immediate action in this matter, and they will confer a lasting benefit upon the people of this city and State, and on all strangers who may have occasion to visit us. THE LATEST NEWS. BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. IMPORTANT MOVFMENT RELATIVE TO THE OCEAN POSTAL SERVICE THE CASE OF THE INDIAN AGEN? THOMPSON, Wasurxcros, Jen. 8, 1857. ‘The Hovse Committee on Post Offices are preparing @ ‘Dill, | understand, appropriating sevea milijons of doilars for ocean mail and other service, and which provides ‘that each route shall be advertised and Gnally given to the lowert responsible bidder, throwing the whole thing open to competition. This movement has caused great consternation among thowe whoare here expocting spe- ¢ alappropriations for new routes to be established. The House Committee on Territories have been usable, to far, to decide in reference to the bill giving a Territo- rial government to Arizonia 1; will be decided a} their next meeting, which is on Tuesday next. ‘This morning the Cirenlt Court of the United States for the Distriet of Columbia, governed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, refused the prayer of Richard W. Thomp- ton for a writ of mandamas to be directed to the Secro tary of the Treasury, commanding bim te comply with the act of Congress appropriating $40,600 for services rendered by him (Thompson) to the Mevominee Indians. Mr. Thompson charges in his memorial that Secretary Guthrie caused the case to be referred to the Attorney General on certain questions which did not constitution. ally and legitimately enter into the mattor; that the Pre sident had informed him (Thompson) tuat the money Gould not be paid without the consent of the Menominee Incisns waa freely given, and that the law of Congross ‘Was not in compliance with the memorial of those In diane. Tho reports that General Case is to be Secretary of State under Mr. Bochanan are untras. We learn from excellent authority that he bas been offered ihe position but dectined accepting it. From Albany. ALBANY, Jan. 3, 1867, The members of the Legislature are arriving slowly. Hevry A. Prondergast, RM. Sherman and others, who ave been named for the Speakership, are hero, President Ring, of Columbia College, a brothor of the Governor, and General Rutos King, of Milwaukie, & son of the Governor, are here. Various candidates for the clerkship are sito on hand. a Conviction of Tuckerman, the Eastern Ratl- road Defauiter, Boerow, Jam. 3, 1867. This afternoon, after about six hours deliberation, the Jory in the case of Wm. 8. Tackerman, charged with de- fre the Pastern Railroad Corporation, rendered a verdict of guilty, Hon. Rafus Choate, counsel for the defendant, immediately fled @ bill of exceptions on cer. tain pointe of the trial, whieh will be argued before the final disposition of the case, Tuckerman remaine at large on ball, The present verdict war for appropri ating $5,000, Numerous other indictments are ponding ‘ against him. stof a Suspected Forger In Boston, Borrow, Jan, 3, 1867, Jobn Ferris wae before the Police Court to day charget with obtaining nearly $4 000 from several Boston banws, \n October Inat, by forged checks, Mr. Ferris, who ne men, Dae been traveling in Enrope at oe he allege? erties and retorped in the Negara, whoo be was premplly arrested and commited to anawer, , Shocking Murder in Ohio. Gauion, O., Jan. 3, 1857, A gentleman by the name of Gaonhart was murdered’ on the 2d inst., near the edge of this town. Hoe had started to attend a party, and fifteen minutes after he had eft was discovered in the road dead, with two desperate wounds in bis head. Suspicion is fxed upon @ man by the name of Siarr. Jealousy is assigned as the cause for the commietion of the murder, Starr has fled, and five hundred dollars is offered for his arrest. It is euppored he will endeavor to make his way to California, peaeeeriaeen Dee eae The Weather, Aunayy, Jam, 3, 1867. A steady snow storm prevalis here, with the probabili- of a heavy fall. ty of a heavy TrHAcA, Jan, 3, 1857, Snow fell here to the depth of six inches last night, and Je still falling. * Bostow, Jan. 3, 1857, It has been snowing heavily here all day, with a svrong: gale from the northeast. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PaiLapecraia, Jan. 3, Books frm. Pesneytvanis S's, 88; FRallroad, 4436; Long Island Railroad, 133;; Morris Canal, 153° Pennsylvania Railroad, 48. ————_—_—_—— Political Movements. MassacuuserTs Lecistatcrs —The Massachusetts Lo- @slature will meet on Wednesday of next week. A call bas been issued for the Fremont members elect to assem- ble in the State House, Boston, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 6, 1857, at 7 o'clock, to transact the usual businces pre- liminary to organization. Execnoy iy Sausm.—The election for city officers wil} take place in Salem, Mars., on Monday next. Granp LigieLanve Baxqvet.—We learn from the Chicago Democratic Press of w rumor to the effect that ar- rangements are on foot to bring about a reunion of the Legislatures of Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois, in Chicago, during the present winter, Unitep Status Senator iv FLomipa —At our latest ac- counts from Tallahassee, the Legislature, now in session, bad not elected a United States Senator. The democrats bad held two caccuses, but could not agree upon a can- didate. Pawneyivania Democratic Convantion. —Tho Demesratic State Convention of Pennsylvania will meet in Hapris burg on the 2d of March next. Virginia Sraraexgn.—The Charlestown, Va., Spiril of Jeffersom pitches into some of the most pr¢ minent politi- cians of the Old Dominion for deserting the interests the State, and going after the spoils at Washington. mays — The great fault of ia statesmen of the present brat, is eagerness with which they desert the service for that of the confederacy. They seem toe Siete honors ow. as stepping stones to wi Eeoniver the higher honors of federal office. yr federal office is unworthy of ‘Virginians; con of talen from the councils of the bic is what has brought us to so low pe Ppresperity. There was a time woe Madison realg ned his Cy to take a seat in tay ta -gislature. penance te cobaaees ish the sons of the Old Dominion. A seat tn the Lagie- eS bas become to be a 80 insignificant e ne os vali for it out A eres wo spell any but the esewed ge nd ead Every State officer, even dow! toe rg rer ‘upon some important fasue of fed ‘The ignoring <f State ‘aoe ant pack estimate of honors, and greed for federal ie eaaee for the future of our aitorlees old Common- weath, are not democratic sentiments, but off- shoot « ‘of federalians, which would impair State sovereiga- Sito us to forget the duties we owe Virginie as Missouri Lacistatcrs.—The Legisiatare of Missouri met on the 29th ult, A correspondent of the St, Louie: the democratic members, over which Co). Miles Vernon, She cides mower of tin Lagie- lature, is understood to have presided. There wasa eo discunsion, and the report is that a resolution adopted Pledging the members of the caucus 10 abide the nomirations then made. Harrison, of Cooper, ft te given ovt was oe he aes Several mem, bers of of the ‘ites and Know Notbings on Col Switvler for Spean Ker. ‘A dozen od more ro ng he for Cnited States ators aro preee claims personal) through their frie: ty ods. : Am Inpsrenpan? Caxnipare —Mr. N. Ranney, of St. Louis, announces himself to the Legislature of Missour’: as ap independent no-party candidate for the United States. ‘The Fine Arts. ‘The Palmer marbles, now on exhibition in Broadway, Bear Prince street, are beginning to attract deserved at- tention. From these specimens cf nis work, the artist ‘must take at least one of the bighest places in his profes- tion Mr. Palmer, who places these beautiful creations before us, is & mechanic—entirely self taught—and what be bas achieved shows pot only the sense of beauty, but the skill to convey tt—which, we spprehend, {s the Alpha snd Omegs of art. The marbles are twelve in num- ber, and first among them we place two Iniantifo head—bloseome of humanity—well ramed “ Ceres’? and ‘Flora,’ though never before did their di. Vinities go sweetly wear the guise ef cbildbood. Nextto the child im pure sttractiveness is the maiden, and how her chaste promise and half cxuberant charms breathe from the bead of ‘Spring!’ And then comon heod wherein promise is merged in faith, a sa- dow of grief, a touch of discipline just mellowing ripe an glowing beauty into ihoughtful rereni y and sublime ps- Meno the © open brow, the back waving balr, the candid ind the lips on which prayer seema just to bare le of inefladie perce i oreaviing over this rories of ideal busts is a central Hgure in etrong contrast from its severe truth to nature. by no hes ad or liebe, Wut J ter er os the aborigines: ——————— tH olizt htfal gaze af a eecthr, just et he " awe of ‘chee. h Wanity in the Western Hem! axe. While tendor and “ awe-ttreck she loosens her bold of tho feathers in ber Jef band, and lifts with pious instinct the newly 4 memorial of a holy marty how Sieniticant tne atti. tude and expression and the tor: Trace the fioshiike surface, the perfect Iimbe, the exquisite bands and fe0o;— the conte aS ack and bower. Tke “Innocence, * “Morning,” ‘Evea- ‘A Dreem of the Spirit's Flight’ aad he a — iN excellent, and the latter is quite an fae the intellectual in woman Such, in by aro the constitute an era in the of American art: oe aad [a Tew enn toe eauty; Niaetrate the ject honor om the State. bt | ore at of pative genius; they reiie they remibe ® perp tor thorovghfere er appealing iresiatibly to what is “highest in men’s foul” againat what is lowest in bie dee- tiny, Lat it not be in vain, The Mormons, ARRIVAL OF MORMONS—FESTIVAL OF THR MORMONS IN BROOME STREET. The ship Columbia, Captain Hutobinson, of the Black Bail line of packeis, arrive: ai this port om Thorsday night from Liverpool, which place she left on the 18th of November lest, The ship had a stormy pasmage, but sustained no accident seide from the lone of her mizzon topeall yard and « portion of her bulwarks, which were carried away ji envy gale. Her passengers were for the most part Mormonr—a beey of two hundred aad twenty are of that peculiar sect— having loft their homes in the Old, World, and Influenced thelr religious inatraction are " Of the number ope hundred and fifty-nine are aduite see chilaren, Of the a/ulte there are more 1» They are mostiy from Bristol, Yorkshire “wales London —eighty two being trom Bristol and twenty ‘bree from Wales. Join Wiliams is ident ef the body. Among them were twenty- . At respecte meterial prosperity, the emigrasts ed in a iter condition than the onersl roe; nearly all bad or loss means, while bor few bad not sufficient to pa their expenses for roveral weeks. ‘Two of ibeir a were first acbin and sixty second cabin pare irth took piace on the beg) m 4 held three times a week, except ators her precinded, Most of the bumber ee Vaal others will stop at —— points whore lake ny ‘the re the Piaibe ear! “i tel way me Fults carly pring. and all look to that a as the new Jerusalem where they are nitimately to tind their rest. Thore Dight the Mormone held a fertival at Brookes’ Assembly ‘'n Broome street, near Bowery. Over four hundred of the Sawte were present, amoag whom were man: L~- 4 distinguished by their za) io Propegating their peculivr religion, and by tho leading lor refresh mente positions they ‘wore rerved. In the main balls congratulatory mee" iy wich Juage Appleby, of Bak Lake preniaee™ George X\ wi a ey. jako preside: A Smith, delegate om Utah, in the House of Representa- tives, P. Pratt, one of the Twolve, and John ‘Taylor, were prevent and made addronses, which with the nopge, dette and recitations occupied the time vati! 1a o'clock, when the aseembly dispersed, Der artore or THe Lascans prom Boston. The twenty-ix Lasears who arrived in this countr; months since in the ship .Josephice (rom Catoutta, and Apent their most of thme here in jail ac prisoners or with 4 poisoning cane, by some of tasir number, 4 oficers, and tho chargee of aveanit + J which followed —bave at iaat, rough anihe bye cg wh, the Uni od stator offi: cers and others, taken their departure for thelr nitive land. They were received an steorage pacnengors board steamebip Canada, which railed f-om thie port you. terday for Liverpool. frem whence they ca> easily cote Passage v0 their own couniry.— Buam 7 4.cller, Jar.