The New York Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, FDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, farther change in p" Aces. Flour wae dull at about the previous day's quotations, Wheat was im fair demand for expo st, with sales of Southern and Mie- fouri white, at,¢1 76a $1 78. Missouri red sold at $1 57, and T'ginois do, at $1 50. Western mixed corn was 'yeld at 68c. « 69c., and new Southern yel- BHPICE ¥. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON BTS. LG, cork in edvones, low, com*sined with mixed, sold at 69c. Pork was Tuk within! HER yi 7 every Buren ag ne ve steady, without change of moment in prices. Other ee er Ei ckt firtwatn, oF $8 lo any partof ihe Oominent, | XiNd®, of provisions were generally firm and in good = oo, CORRESPO csi nga devaand. Sugars were active, with sales of about from ony quart anol, willbe 1,200 bhds. and 800 boxes, at prices which showed PateerhD 10 Beat wn, Peete ion Pack, | 8M advance of fully jc. per lb., and in some grades de. was claimed. Interesting tables regarding the movements in sugar the past year will be found ia another colomn. Frieghts to English ports con- tinued Srm, with a fair amount of engagements. ‘The Morality of the Express. A contreverry has been going on for some days in reference to the morality of the Express news paper. It arose in the following manner:—A number of young men, having formed themeelves inte an association, which they cell, par excellence, the Young Men’s Christian Association, took a reom and subscribed to papers which tkey read there. Que of there papers was the Express; which paper certain parties connected with ‘the association, axl seemingly iv authority in its €i- rection, chose to denowmce and te exclude from the association rooms, ia consequence of its cearse during the late Presidential contest. Not con- tent with this measere—which ef course Was op- onal with the association as with any other sub- seriber to the Azpress—the same parties paraded * Weda 1B PRINTING coo Votomre ¥X......, ANUSMGNTS THIS EVENING, BROADWAY THEATRE, Brtadway-Gaaean Orrna— Yee Com AND Panes emK, ious WHA.O'R CARTON, Broattay—Eeeurs Orens—Baine 2 Lam xenmoon BOWERY MIEATRR, Bowery—Kiva Jona—Max or- Wars Nan ety Purvagrby. BU ATON 8 RWW TARATRA. Broadway, vppocie Band st, Gun Fue -Perrrarndt.—Tooorse. WALLACK'S TICFATRY broadway —Easwerres ~Mia warna—Wro's MY Henn LAURA EEE ARS THEATRE, 024 Broacwsy—8n0on Leve— Foene Pacctive. BARWUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Frondwey—After- Away Wire Wouexcnory—Limexica Boy. Syeaing— DENSLLA— "GOOD . On NoTsINA- ORC. CHB ASTY.AND WOOD'S MINGTRPLI, 444 Bread way — fren haw Paxronmaxcee—Sew Yexa Osu. BROKLIGYR FLRENADERS, 885 Broeéway—Ermorian Mawr ss VT aN A. Weav York, Friday, January 9, 1857. = ‘The News. Tbe steer:ship North American, which arrived lnct ~ evening # Portland, brings fewr days tater news, ‘without @.y material change in matters of im- ortance. The derpatch which we had by the iast mat in veference to the postponement of the conferences } © " x by the @Nerence between France an€ Esgland on | ions of his fomily--were disgraceful to their the Be)yrad question, is confirmed. The Cabinet | utterers and a scandal to the profession ef the-Zmperor, it is decidedly stated, differs from | and io the party whose organ the Express ‘eat of England on this important matter, and con } war, These outrages we denounced at the time, accornt of its immorality. Now, we have not the slightest wih to become the apologiets-ot the Expres, or of the Brothers Brwoks, its editors and proprietors. Their cource dezing the tate contest was offensive to every right minded man. Their gross and malictous ettacks on Col. Fremort’s religion—their asper- ‘Wonderfal to tell, however, all thie time “ar, Bu- chanan is canvassing the variouskinda’.nd quali- ties of democratic timber from which to build his ship of State, without having revealed ta Tom, Dick or Harry his intentio ss in regard to any member of his Cabinet. A, iew days hefore the fourth of March we dare vay he will sstenish all these epoils cliques with, the production from his breeches pocket of ® yood, solid, business, acting and honest Cabinet. of his own ¢hoosing. In this view of the cav.¢ the spodls democracy at Washington bave be en wasting two months of precious time in the Yaanufacture of spoils Cabi- nets, while the repo’ Jlicans hawe been attending to the bird in the hand, in ‘the shape of the various magnifice at lobby j@bs before the two houses. Let the Cabinet makers goon. They can de but litv’se harm, and are affording the pub- lic wome amwsement. But the lobby jobbers are a dierent #e+, and will riquire constant watching. Tie ‘ase op Saxakor ScuskR—The news- papers are still speculating upon this case, as a very hopeful one; and seme of our democratic cowemporuries arc stil) disposed to the suspicion that ~poor Sumner isim a better pligkt than his friends would havews understand him to be. On the contrary, we apprehend that his friends are heping against hepe; that his case is one which. ™ earthly remedy can reach—that he will never resume his seat in the Senate or in any-ether Weliberative public ‘ody—that he will be an We before the world the reasons ¢f their conduct, and | invalid while he ‘lives, and @ perfect wrec! proclaimed that they had exdladed the Zcpress on@ in mind as well as in body, before he dies. think, imdeed, that it would have been betier, infinitely better, for this unfortunate man had Master Brooks given him the few addi- tional blows required te finish his victim on the spot. The sufferings which he bas endured, is enduring, and werse than all, the ordeal through which he will yet most likely be called upon to pass, precent themselves to our mind as more fearful than the fate of tim who is barat at the stake, or the victim torn to pieces by an infariate mob. And this ferocious act, by murderous bar- Sequettly there is but little bepe ef a satisfact ry | gna we think no less barshly of them now. They | barity, took plece in the United States Senate yesult trom new conferences. The organ of the sadiec] party in England affirms positively that the @ifferonces between the wo ceurts are of the most * serious character. On the other hand, the French. papers, or rather these ameng them which are weually seppoved to be well informed, deny the atery of a dispute betweon the governments, and predict that the conference wil] mest at the time Bred. ‘The war in Persia appears to be growing s> un- popular in England that it is Likely the government will have to abandon it. It ie im reality.a anere fili- bostering expedition undertaken for the benefit of ‘the East India Company, and which is likely to end jm endangering the safety of the Westernmost por: sersions of Great Britain in the Bast. Preparations for war between Prassia and Swi'- zerland are being prosecuted with vigor. Capt. Hartetein and his officers contnned to re eeive marked attention. American produce had improved in demand. Cotton bed advanced one quarter of a penny, wheat two pence per bushel, and corn sixponce per quar- ter. Provisions were dell. The Chamber of Commerce met last night, and after a lengthy debate agreed upon the rates of commission to be charged by merchants in the ab- and their journal so low in public estimation that it will be long before people will tolerate them. At the same time, we have no hesitation in saying that the imputation cast upon the Hr- press hy the Young Men’s Christian Association, its form and tone duly considered, is one of the most coniemptible illustrations of priggish hypocrisy that has lately fallen under our notice. Who are these Christian young mon, that they as- sume to be:the judges of their neighbors’ worali- ty? Does anybedy know anything about their morality? We see in the controversy the name of a Mr. Edgar prominently put forward. We have no doubt that Mr. Edgar is a perfectly moral sod blameless man, who fulfils all his va- rious duties in life in an exemplary manner. Bat if the Evpress were to undertake to show up Mr. Edgar's morality, to make him aad his moral character the town talk, to give out that persons baving aught againet him would favor the Messrs. Brooke by communicating the same to the Expres, we have no doabt that Mr. Edgar would think himself a very ill used man, sence of any express agreement. The old rates and would want us all to take bis were contradi tory, aod few knew what they were. | parte against eo rotblees on assailant. For A memoria! praying the Legislature to revise the | our pert, we are inclined to think th. wrury laws so as to make them conformto the re-] it would serve some of these Coristian quirements of commerce wis adopted. The Harbor Commissioners’ proposed exterior hne the city was debated, and their recommendations with re- gard to dockmasters’ charges and the like were en- dorsed, Mr. Pelton’s bill respecting naval appren- Siew In the merchant rervice was also endorsed See the report. Already the republicans in the Legislatare have eommenced a warfare upon their democratic oppo- septs. President Pierce's message, and the Kanaas e@uirs ves are to be the basis of operations. Resolu ticn®” upon these subjects have been introduced in the Assembly. and in due time wil! come up for dis nor traffic is thus young men perfeetly right to lay them fora while on the dissecting table, and examiae what claim their past lives and their present character give them to the soperior morality of which they make +o touch parade. So far as moratity is concerned, the Bepress is no woree than its neighbors, Why don’t the very pious ei moral young men of the Christian As- sociation exclude the Tribune, because it publish d a letter when Pieree was nominatcd in almost a+ vile taste os anything the Evprees ever said abort Fremont? Why don’t they inquire into the eussicn. The question of the | ayo ? mora) cbaracter of other papers, and see whether early presented. The ultra-temparance leaders and epeeren gs oe . “ the financial operations of their owners are the iepoblicans have both brought forward their Set} } The pi ol 1 c propositions with regard to this anbject, | Strictly mora be pious and moral young We have not received copy of the pill men who compore this association are, we p » miroduced by the republicans, Wet have rea | sume, engaged for the most part in trade. We won to Lelleve that it provides stringent | will give them a piece of advice, which thoush Beonse system, w me sort of guarantee to the | it may not advance their Christian interests, w.ti eonmumers of epirite that they shall have a wholt | be likely to benefit their worldly ones. We ad- wome article, instead of the abomigable poisonous | yjicn them to mind thelr own business, and keep a stoff now wenerally old. A bill was introduced in sharp look out on their own morality, leaving the Senate yesterdey creating a board of canvass 1 ; ere of election returns for this city: alo # resolu- other people pst look st for theire. tion awarding s cold wedal w Com. Hartewin, of Tux War Auose Tuk Wasmixctos Canter the navy. Maxrrs—Trmmmin Toams.— As an indication of be ; ~~ 7 sores : ra “ey te yas the belligerent sp! which the Cabinet making at committee ou Patents hav ' ‘ : ecmmend a reorganisation of the Paten' Ofice- It | Cliques at Washington have stirred up among ix propored to place this important institution npon | tbemecives, read our Washington eorrespon- the sane footing, in all respects, asthe treasury and | Gence, in another part of this paper. This attack upon the Forney clique, charged with attempting to foiet upon Mr. Buchanan the Cabiact of Casa, . may come from a disinte- rested but indignant patriot —thea, again, it may he the production of some opposition clique With a Cabinet of its own te look after. What motives or objets of this pecuiiar other departments Ovr correspondent at Monterey, writing on Ist and iith ultimo, furvisbes some | ae to the progress of political events in that portion of Northern Mexico. Governor Garza, of Tamar- lipas, had marched a force through Monterey, eer to subdue, if possible, General Gautier Valdo- who had ts-ved a promunciemiento personally ever the beetle o Garza, whilst he acknowledged fealty to | letter. however, the reader must admit that it ix the sopreme government. General Landa had re- | '@tber a plausible argument against the Cabinet tired into the terior, and Rosas was beyond ted, and the clique charged with getting it San 1 Potosi with bis command. The news of «i a rather pungent specimen of the Cabinet the rat fLcation of the treaty of Los Muertos, between | bush fighting that is going on at Washington. President Coronfort and Vidsurri, bad reached ‘There is such a number aad euch a cross firiag Monterey and caused much popular joy. The | of the Cabinet making cliques of the hotels of ener spree Deum ia consequence. Vi- Penarylvania avenue as to render this Caliovt manera’ cpdmernedipedhen ottegomgnertone deh. n Siang game for the plunder very fierce, fauny aad ia friendly invitation frux the President. He bal eur . aE " rendered the civil guvesament of Neuvo Leon and teresting. The presumption is that the deift and Cowsuila, but comand of the troops, In | division of the public plunder will depend very | Hiveen days the people sould elect to the office | materially upon the composition of the Cabine of Gevernor, when Vidaure! wae certain of a reap. | Hence thes yus Cabinet making cliques and pointmert. General Canales vad been commissioned ¢ ferocions gucrrilin war that ae wil commander of Chiapas, on the Guate- smong them. For exataple—th ie frowtier, Tale was very active in acd arowad | are iwo Virginia cliques: the Governor W Monierey. Weather exceedingly cold. A large | clique and the Senator Hunter clique: two pmmber of forviguem, mosly .\mericans, had ar Penney)vania cliqnes : the Forney clique and the Thare have been but Se contested jury trials fa J. Glaney Je clique ; two or three Ob o the law courts cince the opening of the term on cliques 1¥0 or three fire-cating Southern cliqnes Monday iat. The Court of Commer Pleas and the | Of Aiffercnt degrees of temperature: two or threc Soperior Court have each mac ing €a’ed the calen Northwestern cliques: one for Case, one fur Doug dare through, hat ne cause kaa’ beewgrady. Chief | las, one for Bright, Wc. : and, if the New York Jesice Orkley expremed come sarpti@n yesterday | democracy were allowed a hearing at Washing- that the gentlemen of the bar were nt propared ty | ton, we should doubtless have two or three Ca proceed with the business on the ealendwe- On one | binet making cliques on band from the Empire cave being answered ready on the part of a’ Plain: | State, including, perhaps, a Dickinson clique and tif? only, the Judge asked the councel if he WOuld | 4 siy little clique in behalf of Joha Van Buren tke an inquest, but be said that as his oppor *Mt | ana his venerable governor at Lindenwold, might be engaged elsewhere, professional etiquet'e But, with or without New York, there are would provent him putting the party tothe costs | - cities cliques enough at work upon Mr. Bu- an inquest. The venerable Chief intimated that pro- mh ie pou Mr. Bu feasions! etiquette should not interfere with the busi- } Chanan’s Cabinet, and the war waxe: hotter nees of the Court and the time of the jarors; the case | a. 00ng them av the weather gets colder. Siace should therefore go down to the foot of the calendar. | the election we have had from thirty to fifiy In the Sopreme Court yesterday Judge Davies | posit ve membrr« of the new Cabinet telegraphed made an order in the case of Patten againat the Ac from Washington, and combinations from theae servory Transit Com) recting a sale forthwith | men amornting to at least fifty different Cabi @> the steomehips Northern Light, Prometheus, Star nets. Tt ie somewhat remarkable, too, that as or the Wat 4 Daniel Webster, and —— the interval to the fourth of March gets shorter | “Ae step rae ee apate f the decision of | nd shorter, the n.xjority of theee Cabinet cliques | the Const is publicbed t another column. Oeing to the nonairiv @ Of later foreign intelli gence, the cotton market w.'* lens active yesterday, are coming down (o & compromise upon Casa, Cobb, Floyd, Bright aod Clifford, as if they had end sales were conmwed to ivi FOV bees, Winmygs | UCREG AD Cilipiel Wiunyer or two trom Wheatland, | school of Furreet, why womyhimpe pul yu miys + cx ibs sub of Merck ne | ter of the slighte have, in our opinion, sunk the Brothers Brooks | chamber, and members of that body stood by during the exhibition, as if governed by pretty much the same feelings as “fancy men” over- Jooking @ bear-bait or a prize fight! We cannot recall thie frizhtfal spectacle and its consequences without classing it among those barbarous and revolting acts of bloody treache- ry, punishment and mutilation, amusement and revenge, which distinguished the ancient Ro- mans, which marked the French Reign of Ter- ror, and which are still practised occasionally upon the white prisoners of the savages ef New Mexico, when, for instance, they sealp and flay them alive. And what shall we say of the gob- lets, canes, &c., awarded to the champion of this frightful Ameriean Congressional atrocity? Per- haps, some years hence, the recipient of these ill- omened souvenirs may look upon them as Mac- beth upon the ghost of Banquo--“Hence! hor- rible sight |”? Mr. Grestey Nor Cosxectep wit the Lon- by.—-Our cotemporary, the Tribune, denies the charge of the Jowe Store Ciazette—that Mr. Grecley received $1,000 as lobby agent at Washing ton for the Des Moines River Navigation Com- peny; and announces that the said lows State Gezette will be forthwith prosecuted for libel for having made the charge. We are glad to hear it. At the same time, as Jibel suits are long, tedious and expensive affairs we think the editor of the Jowa State Gazette onght to preclude the necessity of prosecuting this ove toany length by surrendering the facts. He stated that he bad seen or bad a friend who had seen Mr, Greeley’s receipt for the money. Let him publish the receipt, or let him publish such other facts as will sabstantiate his original state- ment; if, as he says, the secret came out in the course of a public investigation, this can be easily done. If the /owa State Govette do not within a reasonable delay publish either the re- ceipt for the money, or some piece of evideace equally unauswera we shall be constrained to regard its clitor asa wilful, contemptible slan- derer, and we shali call apon every man with aoy self-rerpect in Iowa to treat him as so miserable acreature would deserve, Assuming, from the confident language of Me. Greeley, that the charge is unfounded, we pute it ae an instance of the recklesences with which the characters of prominent men are dealt with by the country papers. They would hardly ven- ture #0 far but for the encouragement they occa- sionally receive from higher and more responsi- ble prerses. It will doubtless occur to Mr. Greeley, in connection with the lows story, that, four and a half yearsago, when the © it coun- try papers were full of stories about the Herat being bought by Pierce for $50 000, the Tritmn- rather encouraged than denied the calumny; jast as at the late election, prominent democratic pa- pers, knowing the true state of the case, encou taged their ignorant country brethren and the country press in cireulating a report that the Henary bad received $250000 in Mariposa stock to support Fremont. Trash of thi k’nd receives circulation only from the apparent en- doreation of respectable papers; as Mr. Gre ley's recollections will enable him to certify Tue Burravors ox Axoraern Stawenoe Nor Exoven ov Steam. Our correspondent at Buf folo bas sent us a letter with some choice | extracts, and a copy of Mra MacMahon's | epeceh made on the last night of her enga gement in that elty. Our readers will remom ber that the lady w ssailed in th Talo pause bee p her husband did not accept the advice of ord of the hotel and the man of thy aire, and pay the journalists ove tundced dot Jare each, At any rate euch is the statement of the lady and her husband, aud they ought to be | pretty well informed about the matter. This statement having been repeated in the Hen wi. the Buffaloes have worked themevlves into a ter- | rible state of excitement; they tore up all kinds | of dirt with their horns, and rave and tear about | in the most awful manner. They are terrible fel Jows, these Buffaloes, when there is a herd of them together, and they do not like to be touched on the raw parts of their hides. As it is now the dull season in their fresh water seaport, they will bave plenty cf time to get up ae much indigna- tion as they like, and to cool off before nay ga. tion opens. With cegard to Mrs, McMahon, whether hor comparative failure in Baffalo was cansea by the hostility of che press clique or not, is not a mat t consequence. In Buffalo. as well as other Western cities, the people jike strong acting in é¢ragedy and broad farce fo comedy. For instanc:. when Mr. Wallack —por aps the moct fiviehed avtist of the day—acts in Buffalo, be often plays to empty benches, Thay is because be does not “put on the steam,” as the Buflaloes call it. They prefer an actor ef the | @ extraordinary amount of steam as to induce the belief that the prompter is sitting on the safety valve. They have mo perception of the nice, delicate, artistic touches so fully ap- preciated by the metropolitan audiences. Now, Mrs. MacMahon does not, we are told, “put ‘on the steam.” She bas been educated by Pro, fecsor Hows, who belongs to the old school, and who does not believe in patting on ay more steam than the law allows, To failix: Buffalo, therefore, is rather a good sign than otherwise, and we are not surprised that Mrs. McMahon is in good health and spirite, and that she intends shortly to appear before a New York audience. it is the daty of the Mayor—the head of the de- partment—to order them te do so, We have al. and enforce the ordioance. THE LATEST NEWS BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, Washington. From FICE, ETC. Wasnivoron, Jam. 8, 1856, Delore the committee shows that there are mot a thousan: write to organize a legisisture, ‘were issued yesterday. the Pacific division of the ari t his own successor bas not yct been determined. est. Hu lic treasury in the garb of pensioners. Perbaps 01 every Sfiy would be & proper object cf public charity. will be reported tn a few days, chacging the whole sys. tem of the Patent Departa: will undoubtedly meet the approbation of Congrere. sit afairs, The a Give them some troubie, dined w: recommend the app*opriation, ar was enld be wood. Owing to some difficully in the Cabinet. Wasnnatox, Jai 1867, oti Chamber of our City Balt. to order by Dr. Sutherland, of | hiadelphia, wwe I’real. dent. A commitice wi ppoiwid to Frepare reso!s tions, Gen. Leslie Combe being the chairman of the com: tofore. A series of resolutions was reported and noaal petsion jaw for ihe bevelit of soldiers war of 1812 end the widows of such as dic; taat \' Coa grees fail to do to, toe members of the Convention hemec!ves to brirg ihe scbject before the peopis ia ta ture elections. impartial »pirit. Corgrens le likewise thanked for comfy > ribg on Genera) So! the bighee! military ra thig country —bia rervioes compliment. General Combs made a apecch fratalatory of (he autpickus ciroamatances der which the Convention they were in their Deuring as vigorous boys, A bl far as be was concerned poritions by the Navy Retiring ) ard, and asking (10 ox ercise of executive power to that compliments of the Convention, and inform hb they will indiviceaily pay their reapests to ty and long life. weveral delegates, aod Mr. Custis of Ariiagton =A ressiu recommended the declaration of war in 1812. Tho Con. the next meeting to be fixed by the l’rerident of the Oon dollars. A pension: desire, is pending in the House frou inet Aag ast. Message of Gov. Hamlin, of Matne. Avacera, Jam. 8, 18 o'clock. and delivered hie mortage. length the issues involved therein {roe quection was cabstantiaily whether the advance ment of freedom paid coptione wo bee fundamen principle and s proeminen! object of oar matooa! gor ernment, whether the fine marked ovl by the opart! He disavows for the repu')iicanm any design of tn \orf with eiavery (n the States, but rays 0 every local way itt extension over the Territories, Ff tpenke of the seferings of oar fellow clunoms ia Kana’ urges upon the Lop welatore the es pediensy of © s0trib to their aid, #bou!t (he prowent state of things continue. election that the present liquor law rhoald not be ais turbed at (bie searom, fie recommends submision of the matier (0 the people. The Gov takes Cocasion to answer, \a the strongest torme, the ac Hon of the last legitiature, by which a Jodge of the 8. preme Court wae removed for ¢* prossing a0 op aion. Meeting of the Indi in Legh Liaxarons, Jam, 8, 1867 The Indiana Legiviatare met this morning ‘The Senate was oniled to order by Lieut Gor. Willard Mr, Burk, on motion, was appotated President pro fem but Mr. Willard refused to yieid the chair, Mr ihen took & #00) slongride. Toe republicnc 6 BOW dobaling the right of Mr, Wil will probably o-gan Me. Willard. They lard to hold bit went, a this afternoon, The Senate organized this afternoon by the election of J. 8. Harvey, republicas, prineip: tery, wed JB Tyner, The 4 Senlth, demcere!, Bpenker, and Mr I Howse, demoera, chief clerk Masenetinsedte ber jan 9%, 1867 In the Fowre to day Renjemin Movens waa re elected Sergeant eC arms The Flours then adopted ae row, Lt o'cloek, tor tor, in pines of Mr. Son*uer wider sppoiating to mor Cuxar THE Sipewarxs.—We call the attention of the Mayor to the fact that in contravention of the ordinance tha sidewalks in Broadway and elsewhere are gewerally covered with a coating of foe two or three inches in thickness, It is the datty of the peVice to see that the law is-enforced em that the occupant ofeach shop or dwelling causes his walk to be made safe for pedestrian, and if the-policemen do net perform their duty ready heard of some severe accidents caused by falls: upon the ice, and the matter is getting worse, because in many imstances water [3 throwa upon the sidewalk, and another coating of ice is added. If the ice is tee firmly encrusted to ad- mit the porsibility of removal, humanity euggests ashes. We believe, however, that the ive can be removed if the police will attend to their duty SOMETHING ABOUT THE GADSDEN PUROHASB—KE- CALL OF GEN. WOOL—WHAT THE OLD SOLDIERS ARE AFTER—REORGANIZATION OF THE PATENT OF The Committee on Territories bave dotermine? to re- port against ibe proposition to organize the new Territory of Arizonia, but will report in favor of a judizial district and Jand office fer the Gadeden purchase. Tho testimony Persons Ip the purchase, nor enough whe can read and Treasury warrants to the amount of one million dollars Gen, Wool will sooa be recalled trom the command of The Old Soldiers’ Convention i¢ vet siimiy attended. A desperate eilort will be made by them to got inio the pud- is The Commitice on Patonts bave prepared a bill, which making {ta distinct de- partment, and Oxing the salary tue same as ths other Secretaries, The bili ia of com iderabie importance, aud Mr. Garrison \s here, locking after the Nicaragua Tran- nistration, I understand, intend to Peter Cooper and W ison G. Hantare also here, looking Aner the interests of the gubmarize telegrapd. They the President to day. The President failed to Convention of the Veterans of the War I8t2. ‘The Convention of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 as- nem bled at ten o'clock this morning ia the Common Coun. The convention was called mittee. The number in attendance |s not as large as nere- movsly dopud. Among bem ts one deciariag that bob Justice and precedent require the passage of « genera! hore of the Congress is thanzed ‘or passing the late Bounty Land law, and the lresivent for execaiing |; jn an knows to ently meriting muck « wa had assemble?, aad complimented his old fellow soiviera by saying that a Veteran demurred to hie a'lusion to thoir bright eyes, 80 Mr Combs offered a reer’ a- {on, which was adopted, in favor of the restoration of s.sb officers of the bavy as wore unjast'y deprived of thelr Tae President returned an answer, wishing them poace, plea Speeches appropriate to the ocowsion were made by Mon was adopted appointing ® commitice to devise moans for the crection of a monument to James Madison, who Vettion adjourned sine dir, leaving the time and place ‘or vention One of the old soldiers bad bis pocket picked of thirty Jaw, snoh as the Conves.ion Gov. Hamiin took the oath of offices today, at 12 Be roters to the V'restdential election, and sivier at Ho declares tha; ta9 yy Will Oppose in conriders an imple pledge to hare been given inthe ‘ate who olf mate oor fork were were emorn in by Jodge Gookine and Une democrats by NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1857. AnU-Sdmly gation Convention la Connec- teat. New Haven, Conn., Jee. 8, 1857. TRO partion opposed to the national administration met here in convention to-day. Abijah Catlin, of EB aewinton, wes chorea President, A. H. ‘Holley, Mt Salisbury, was wéminsted for Governor; A. A. Burnbam, of Hampton, for Lieutenant Governor ; 0. B. Platt, of Meriden, for for Secretary; F. 8. Weldman, of Dewbory, for Treasurer, #x2 J.G, Lamb, of Norwich, for Comptroller. The tickes comprises members of ali the old parties, Toe Odtivention was generally harmo ‘Bicus. The Committee on Resolations, tt ia said, have agreed upor: thoce whids will not offend the republicans. Conconp, N, H., Jan, 8, 1856, ‘The Republienn State Convention, held here to-day, jomer. The Convention was fnily attended. The ‘National Kansas Comittee. Cuicago, Jan. 8, 1887. House, New York, on the 22d inst. in order to report ‘the doings of the Committee since ite organization. ‘The Rhode island Legisiature. Provipenca, Jan. 8, 1657. The repubiican members of the General Assembly held Ooogress. neoond ballot. The election will be made to morrow ‘morning, and the vote will be taken viva voce according Wo au act passed besore the noimaation was made, Message of the Governor of Michigan. Daraorr, Miob., Jan. 9, 1867. Governor Bingham delivered his mestage to the Michi- gan Legisisture to day. and a quarter millions; recommends memorializing Oon- great foran additional dona'ion to defray the expenses Of perfecting the Sault St. Marie oana!: aico recommends the adoption of measures for the reltef of Michigan emi- grante in Kansas, and the passage of resolutions of in- struction to Senators relative to slavery {iu the Territo- ries and the Fagitive Siave law. Meeting of the Canadian Parilament. ‘Toronto, €. W., Jan 8, i857, 26th of February. Libel Suit Between Horace Greeley and the Cleveland Plaindealer. " Crmvatasn, Jan, 8, 1867. horace Greeley has brovght a libel suit against J. W. published in that paper during and 8); paige. The damages claimed are $10,000. United States Supreme Court, Wasmxcron, Jac. 8, 1867. No. 40.—Argument for appelices concludes, No, 41.—Hors: defendant, Ftre at Danbury, conn. New Eaves, Jan, 8, 1857. The large pin factory of Messrs. Hurburt, Hoath & Oo., in Danbury, was destroyed by fire iusi night. Notuing weeasyed. The joes is $10,000 and the ineurance $5,000. Lous of the Schooner Milwaukie. Bustos, Jan 8, 1857. The steamer Wiliams Jenkins, Hallett, from Baltimcre, arrived here Inst nighi, reporis baviog exporicaced beavy northwest gales during the whole passage. Yos- ferday afternoon tell in with tho schooner Milwaukie, Coombs, from Bucksport, Me., for Bucksville, 8.0 , loaded with brick, and took of Capt. Coombs and the crew, eix fp number. The schooner was covered with ice, and leaking badiy when abandoned. Fatal Ritiroad Accident, Howtos, ©. W., Jan. 1, 1867. ‘The night express going Dest on toe Great Western Railwey, came in collision with « freight train this morning near thie place, and M £. Keeler, Overseer of the water department aud Mr. Everran, express mes- senger were kilicd. One of the engineers was dangeronsly scalled. None of the passengers wore burt Markets, PRLADULPUIA SPOCK BOARD. Prutapucraia, Jan, 8, 1857. Stocks stead: Penvsy!vana fiver, a 3 tym d Railroad 44), ; Long J-innd Railroad, 13» jorrig Oanal, 16 ; Pemneyivania Ratroad, 477, Naw Unveays, Jan. 8, 1857. Cottom market firm, This being a Doiidsy, the asles nly amounted to 6C0 bales, Molasnes, 61140." Corn de- chning Pore closed buoy iw 0. Lardia Sales to day, 1,600 om ootfee at kegs, Wyss. 48 lodge. chan ge on Lcudon, 7 per vent premiam. Chancevtos, Jan 8, 1867, Sales of cover 1@ day, 2.000 bales; of the wack, 14,000 oaies, An advance of ,c. Good mitdlings, 12 ——E Police Inteltigence. PAChOREN ARRESTED Av \rt.—Patrick Molaugh!! better known as Pausgeen, ove of the acoused parties in the Poole murder care, wae arrested io Wattt street at a Tate hour ina! might, charged with aseauiling different por- sone, The polloe were arsauited by him when makiog the arrett, and \\ took the ale of several polloomen to convey bim tothe station house, This mau, it will appoar, was obly Hberated on bal! « day or (wong. Cranun or Parwixe Covytarrart Monty —Jobo Lalterty ‘wan taken into custody by officer Virainard, of the Third ward police, on rge of being engaged in paseing counterfeit ‘fives’’ om tae York County Bank, of York Pena. It appears that on Monday iaet & man namei ‘Spear 1d one of theabove mentione’ counterfelis wpon Mr. goes Gardiner, of No, 460 Canal stract. Oa the Weancsaay following Lafferty, it is alleged, called at the saloon of Mrs. Gardiner and asked her if she know where Spear was, as he was an iatimate acqualntacce of bis, and be would like to know his whereabouts. Thie question on the part of toe prisoner excited tue mus Picion of the complainant, sod, thinking that some manner Copnected wit Spear, abe gave bim into cuntody of the officer. Ca ecarching the accused at the house, four of tbe counterfeit bills ware found . Lafierty was oom mitted to the Tombs by Jasiive Caborne. The counterfeit or one, aad is not well caloniated to d e of paper money, Fhenwat Ronwary Uroxy 4 WoxA—A man eps T. Sinclair wee taken into custody by the Twerty second ward police, on charge of having knocked down acd robbed Margaret Lodiow, a domestic in thy Wort Fory-0nb wirect. The complainant alleges that while sho wea tarn- ing the corner of Sixth averue and Forty fourth street, ind for ber employer, ahe was . et Dook con ‘ae criee of the of officers Smicn and ten, or whether itt powers shoult bo perverted to 1.6 | clair pourens: comed wae found the extension of slavery. Ho them reboarsee tne | stolen property. LT was taken before Justice 7 Brownell, of the Fourth District Police Court, where bo pelag of our fathers, looking at the ney was commiited for tr amo chewy te me gprs Pa te * 1 Cones Case oF ALLFGED Lancust AyD MAticrows Mie Oates the object of the com sromice 82 | car. —Jobn B. Holmes, an engineer and surveyor, was Brrested yentercay, and bought before Justice Fiantresd, atthe Joiertoo Market Pollos Coart, 09 two separate ebargen, one « 4 larceny and the other of malicious hief, The complainant in the first moutionet ca ¢, lizabeth McKee, of No 183 West Twenty fourth Lieges that the prigoner came into her prem sea, Fe MEDUOHEd pisoo, and carried Off some bed: clothing and other artictos, Farid at $50. Mise Fuca beth Koss, of 12) West Tweny-fourih street, rod A CDATge oO Malicious Misobef against ine a: it for baving, anit is nileged, Bicked in ber door wWihour any justification whatever, aud weed profa: 4 ineniiog sngoage (6 the inmater of (he house, The prisoner wa: commited ie default of bait ony moe. Fine mn Bros way — About bai! past 8 o'clock yontorday morning & Gre wae discovere! on ths rost of the st, fondway, corner of Eleventh streot. wae vom ‘ext agence. Damen o iecting About $20, fully Iueur a. Tee furniture of the hotel woe lightly damaged by water. Fine in Droapway —About 7 o'clock inst night an for the Fourth district, caneed by occurring around the gas motre, ia building No. 729 Broadway, corner of Waverley place, occupied by It appoars that the the 4 it ignited and set fire to the premises, batiy erning the porter, Jobn Hanon. The firomen soon ar rived, when the fre wae extinguished. The damege ty re Will probably amount to $60—no tnaurance ding is elighily camaged Piva iy Sreown ereeer —Retween & aod © O'clock [eet pight a fire ercurred at No 278 Seoond sirect, tn the wit lowware eiore wept by William Wol, Damage abou $26. for the third district t, Originated froma , Avew Tie of fi between ii and 12 0 “lock let DELGRO RCUIG Lh COMEDY EP MU CEL pest tee eA sca Paco New Fumpehire Republican State Conven- tion. nominated Willie Haile, of Hinsdale, for Governor; and Jemmy O. Nuts, of Farmington, for Railroad Commis- The Execttive of the Natiopal Kansas Committes have called a genera! meeting of the Committee at the Avior | carous thie noon for the nomination of « Senator to James F, Simmons was nominated on the He says the State debt is two The Canadian Parilerent will meet in this city on the Gray, editor of the Cleveland Plaindeal.y, for articles joe tue late cam- N. Elater va, Charles Encraon, The argoment for plaiptifi commenced, and wat continued for Crap AE ee 2 ‘Vayts 4xD TuR Comin Thamar Sor f nots approsching transit of V » aad -@nus over the sua 'n 1861, | with the additional {ufo sion that the darkness mca, | Moned by 1h Ob10” io8 or ne gun Wwoutd make theuse Of gas NEB RC seeary in our dwellings, AB an eviépnt taste for 2xbromy le growing up in thie country, which: containa “wyeady © considerable number of admisble Obscr val eters, the press, observant of this fact, abainde muo', more than formerly with descriptions of celutia! Wtmomens, The juxtaporition of the planets, the earth's’ | movements in the ecliptic, tne diferences of time ooca- sioned by ita daily motion, now de; sings. larly by the magno-eleotrictolezraph, have recently bees: much noticed. , ‘Thus solence is beginning to be popularized, ama ite: practical bearings on life coveloged by meane ¢ news- papere to an unusual extent, But it is to bo iegretied: that such absurdities as tha:, ‘: example, we brve men- tioned, should find in this rountry, scchextensty: carren CY, without correction, A coi» mporary has noticed it av ‘Washington, and another in [i>ston, but not as pyriieular. | ly am it should be. Inthe first place, the appearance of Venus when passing over ‘he son’s disc wii bethat of emati spot, and will cause no sensible diminutba of the light or heat of the sun's raya. Im the next pase, the looked for transit will not take place till theyear~ 1874. | The firetever observed was 5y M. Horrox, intéag, Another took place in 1761. aud the last to 1769. This: ‘was caretally observed tn ysrious quarters of the lobe, for the purpose of obtainiug the sun’s horizontal pasilax, or, in other words, ascertain iny by trigousmetrical tileu- lations the diameter of the eur, by which knowledgi we: learn big distance from the carih. The famous Gpt. Cook was sent by the British vovernmontin that yer to Otabelie to make observations, Other govern: sent astronomers to other elizible positions for the! purpose, and our own courtryman, David Rittenbuse, made his celebrated observations ia this countryander the direction of the American Philosophical Soclsy. It 4s recorded of this interesting nian that he was sosxcited when at the expected momen: Venus touobed thedge of the sun’s disc, according to his previous calclations, that he fainted away. There is # slight discrepancy among astppomere ‘as to the precise year at which the next transit will occur. One authority suys t: will take placiim i874 another says on the 6th of December, 1682—ovrlooking | that to occor at the previous date—and anctier ives tbe: year as 1876. The astronomers of Greenwih, bow- ever, state the socurate dates io be 184 and 1882. These transits whe plsce at intervis oc- curring only im the ascending and descendin; nodes. These inequalities tm the periods of the trans’, then, arise from the great difererocs in the distance o Venuy from the earth—at one tims boing about twent-scven milliocs of miles, at another one hundred and eisy three millions. ‘This beautiful planet has beon admired-in ail ges for ite Driltiancy—by the ancients atyled Vesper ad Hes- perus, when tho eventug, au! Phosporus as the morning star. It carries with it such a biaze of light—Itentensity Deing twice greater than that of our own—ths ite sur- face cannot be minutely observed through the tlescope, and its time of rotation on ite axis was only digovered accidentally by Schroeter’s percetving au elevatin on ite northern horn, when it» appearance aud re-apparance enabled him to calculate tbe length of its day. It may have been forgotien by some of ourreadere ‘bat the observations which are founded on themotions: of Venue are of the utmost importance in the beory of the whole planetary system This ts the dicim of the learned Hembol¢t, and is undisputed. The epedition. tent a few years since by tuo Unived States to Sntiago, im Chile, under the direction of Lieutenant Gilles, war undertaken at the suggestion of Professor Gellng, of Marburg, and bad particalar reference to further oservs- (ions of Venus. The Lientetiad: 9 report of higouracy bas been published, but we understand his calniationn ‘sre Bot yet tabulated and reduced to proper fora Aalilaicnininsaiilthecaeamsia Anniversary of the Battle of New Orbans. FESTIVAL OF THR TAMMANY SOCTETS The forty-cecoud avnivereury of the battl¢ of New Orleans was ce'ebrated iart evening by the kmmany Society in the old Wigwam A) previous celorations ‘Were trifiing in comparison with t? ie occasion. Phe sone of St. Tammany were jubilant at the aucces of their Standard bearer, aud turned ont tn splendid gle to do honor to the greatevent they assembled to cnmemo- rete, All the patriots of the party were there jagor for ‘oh opportunity to serve their country, and ii! ready: when the time comes to profer thelr seryises Tae old ballroom was gorgeously decorated, and ined more like ® plece of enchantmoni thau tho worlef bumao hands. Over the beade of the dancers. were uspeuded ‘the national colors in grace! testoons, whilaue walle Were cmbiszoned with the shields of in thirty- one States, altervsting with the flags end banners ofall nations, or at least 2 considerable umber of them, which ge means 129 samo thing. Consy’- uous Bt ore ebd of the room was the stadard of the Tammany Society , bearing (ue following inadiption — eeesecsescirneeteneece retenoes petbeth. TAMMANY SOCIETY, COLUMBLAN ORDER, eeeencerere N WASHINGTON, THE FATRER OF HIS COUNTRY N 3 4 __resmmcronaa ras ote coors qnigrey Specs as ape Et we aseuracce the eles woe integrity country OCR OO NOONE LOEE HBO Herb et THR UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVES DOM OLEANO TENA TOLO DOLE TELOLELED IDLE EE Jn front of the orchesira was tne following jaotanon from the Farewell Address of Washington: — ee cence bareoerereit re toees. renneneee re Thave warned you of tie di of a ja parties 02 geographical discriminations. QOL LEONE MELEE OLE TE TORTELOODDLE DONE ND EINE On either side of this were portraits of Mircy aad aane, and further op the onapeny wore aieemed OLOLELELELELOLELELELOLE TELE LLAELOLE LE LE OE bE ee RESISTANCE TO TYRANTS 18 ODEDILNER TO 44D. Drvcvercerececerecceneettecceetet eri eerererewentett Among the banners was an old rolic, whick is teser ving of particular meniion. Is was one of the flags which were | red at the reception of La‘ayotie, and bed quite» | Seon tp ea eee, ia the mids: of the briliiam decora ‘Wee eu) |. i } = rounded. Ii bore the following OOOO OUOOLELELOLL OE LOLOLE LEME OCUDLEDELE LE LOLEDE LEE LAPAYMTYEET” DWE, Tame 8 wy corsiar $ Jory 4, 176. < eeceserecees serererecsneoerret nerencenst ne recs rest Many ty the docora Ortven feet by ten, beg od Lm weed New Orieatr li re- Presrnted tho |! agiinb ip the act of being repuined, Di doaa acl make aay peotenmees ic ton Ofart, it is altogether quite Stable wae still another Painting, wi - 2 wen leo very ite way. li consisted of Liberty, C good iD , intended to represent pan | rye HO ae 4 ty surrounded by other Nis band a bauaer, imcribed the natae of a coustey. digit All the banners, all the fags, all the decorations shrank Bio wrigniboance compare! with the nace, bat wit would re at leat cight pages of the Meaaio, And & whole month to fo full jastice to them, and as Bow, moreover, ncar twelve o'clock, ast, how UDWiilingly, forego our ardent deetre ti some more Yoravle occasion. They were, joe it to say, ‘* boa {fal beyond ex prersion,"’ snd danced with a grace that Tammeny Iisll bas set seen equalled and never eur The ball was opened with @ oroceasion of tbe Temmns: Society, bended by the Grane Sachem, Daniel F Delavan, od he teren his piace at the beat of the room, | th FA. eed (he Sesembied daughtore of ibe forest , Pail the, ® 19 our ‘Shieh, forty.(wo years ago, € the immortal Jackson, drove bro« from our shor freced and detea'ed, tes, from the rigid North or from tne san: the granite pile and lovely valleys of the grea pravics o: toe mizhty West, ail, ali come. doort of oar groat wigwam are oar council fires “oy The water® 0 “he erent epring are reircshing, We smoke (he calumst ence and good will with ail the tribes of tbe vaet rounds of A meri geladay, Miliioar, Ly in the elevation, the Prerifensy. by our owe noble chieftain, triotic oly oF repeated Le jaune, Mr. for rach of the folle again — The day we celebrate. ’ ‘be President of the United States, our own dear Praoklia merce | Ube standard bearer of the democracy, James Buchanan ‘he chivalric and gallant won'nt Rentacky,John (, Areckins ridge ! ‘The ladies! God bless them! who har vn " made brillient our festivities with tnete propenter "8% oh. oot, the of tne and continvel at Ca conclude !, they 10 the (omste and apeecher of »: of lights of the demreratio verty end en oe Ph tete pallet iy Odilled they Ogee PIVCOULE Wo ay bet Call