The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1857, Page 6

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORBON BENNETT, DITOR AND PROPRIETOR, ne OF CBN. W. CORNER OF A4aSSAU AND FULTON STS Fee Gas tise o: " A ir Conta annum. THE WEERLY makaLy very Baredon, ot 6%, conte EA sepy, 0° 83 per ann; the IBoropedn edition ood, Site /Gr ctr ore ang pat of te Conn Sodude pesianss 'UTICE taken of anonymous communications. Wede 4D ER TISEMENTS reneced every dav renee erry « JOB PRINTING executed with newer, cheapness ard dee ————————— Pode AKU ........., pee eeeecereeecesseeeeN@e OT ————— AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BROADWAY THEATE.£, Broadway—La Betex P. prrrk—licet Bore Fesae—Gopmnrski, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—GonuaeeR OF Noscow— Owpine. BURTON'S NEW T’ ARATRE, Broadway, opposite Boud st, Voor avr Vintvr—B smace or Promise. WALLACE'S TE MATRE, Breadway—Camiiz—Dx, Dn- wouTs LAUBA KEEN PS THEATRE, 624 pestwey Danaus or BDesr0x5—haCH AEL, THE ReAPER--Youra Baccevs. SCADEMY OF MUSIC, Feurteemth st,—Irauias Orena— Lois bt Lanne mmoon, BANSTXS AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway—Afier- a Humans, Evening—Bean Howrers-Mx. axD es. WHITE. @h®). CHRISTY AND woon's MINSTRELS, 444 Broad- ata frm.0r4e PRaroeMances—NEW Year Cats. FUCKLEY'® GERENADERS, 685 Broadway—Ere ioruan Merwran sy -Dox-e Juss. Wew York, Wednesday, January 25, 1857. ‘The News. Mr. Buchanag arrived in Washington yesterday. Of course be was closely beset by crowds of states- men and sycophants, from the moment he stepped from the railroad cars till he retired for the night. During the day be visited the White House, and completed his arrangements for the fatare ovcu- pancy of that much coveted edifice. It was the President's reception day, and Mr. Bochanan was warmly welcomed by the company assembled. Nothing authentic with regard to the new Cabinet as transpired, Tce worldliness of Washington was startled by the annonn emont ef the sudden death of Hon. Preston ooks, of South Carolina, whose nane bas become familiar throughent the length and breadth of the iand in connection with an ocenr- rence to which it may now, peraaps, be uncharita- bie to slinde wore distinetly. He had beea ill of a eoid for a day or two, which confined him to his room: vat just es he was felicitating himself on his pecovery the disease became mere aggravated, as- wamed the form 6f croup, and terminated his ex- ietence, in the thirty seventh year of bis age. This ] event created e profound sensation at whic despatch trom Boston, which may be found on the first page of to-day’s paper, states that ‘he steamtag BR. B. Forbes arrived at Province- town on Monday evening, and repor’ed having seen Bhat day a large steamship near Sankaty Head, Cape Cod, probably on shore, with signals of distreas fiying. The tug could vo! approach her on account of the ice, which extended as far as the eye could veacb. The captain of the tug further reports that the steamer looked like the City of Maachester. It has been suggested in the Boston papers that the vesse!] migot be either the Constitution or meu. As neither of the last mentioned steamers ieft this port until Sunday last, no anxiety need be felt on their account. Jt is not reasonable to suppose that it was the of Manchester, as she was but in her twel!th day out frem Liverpool on Monday last, and ould bardly have reached Nantucket in that time. The steamships Tempest and New York, however, both from Glasgow, are overdue, the former having sailed on the 26th ult., and the latter on the Ist inst.; and if the despatch alluded to prove correct the steamship reporied by the Forbes is as likely to be one of them as the other. The tug was to leave Previncetown las night in search of the steamer. No mails from New Orieans have reached this eity for the past ten days. Those made up from the 12th to the 2)et inetant, inclusive, are now due, Mobile mails from the 14th to the 22d instant are also due. The delay is owing, not to @e recent spow storm, but to the unusually cold weather which has prevailed et the South. The cold has been so intense that the locomotives on the rail- roads have been unable to prowure a necessary sup ply ef water. A few years ago such a derangement ofthe mails would have been regarded as @ great pobiie calemity. Now, however, thanks to the Mogneric telegraph, the business of the country gee on without interraption, mails or no mails. The amended tariff bill was reported to the House of presentatives yesterday. A synopsis of its provisions is given in our special despatch. Nothing of importance transpired in the Senate. the Office Committee of the House have agreed to recommend the establiehment of lines of Mai) “earners betweeu Panama and Valparaiso, New York and the North of Europe, via Rotterdam, and New York and Para, via Savannah, St. Thomas, Bartades and Demarara. The General Ocean Steamer bill, the favorite scheme of some of the prominent steamsh\p operators, has been throwa out by a very decided vote Elsewhere we publish the report of the House Commitiee on Territories, with regard to the past and prospective condition of Kansas. In some re- spects it js an important document. It recapitulates the ficts contained in the volaminous report of the Svecial Committee, with which the public are toler- ably familier by this time; recommends the passage of a \ew avnulling all the enactments of the Terri- torial Legislatare of Kansas, and provides for a re- organization of the Legislative department, with ards against the interference of the border ruf- fiaus at the elections. The steamship Tennessee, which was expeeted to sai) on Monday, was delayed til! to-day, because of a broken shaft. She did not stay for the purpose of ebtaining more recraite for Walker, as has been seid, bot simply because the company who own her could not get her repaired and ready for sailing before. It is expected that she wili aail at 10 or 11 o'clock this morning, from the foot of Tenth street, East river. Commander Rowan, late of the brig Bainbridge, whore trial by court martial recently wok place at Philadelphia, has been officially notified that he is cashirred. We give elsewhere accounts of shipwrecks aud Gicasters to veesels upon our coast. They are, un- fortonately, too numerous ‘to particolarise in this department of the Henatp. Our readers, there fere, are referved to the details. Nothing of importance was done in the State Senate yesterday. The Assembly was occupied with the bill ceding to the general government Jurisdiction over the Brick Church and other pro- perty. The usual Janoary thaw is upon ns. It extends far to the West and South, and an overflow of the rivers and streams may be looked for, with the an- avoidable destruction of property upon their banks, The estimable and venerable widow of the late Willian Wirt died at Annapolis, Maryland, on Saturday last. Her remains were yesterday interred by the side of those of her illustrious husband, in the Congressional }urying ground. The cotton market wae less active yesterday, the sales being contined to about 1,500 bales, without change in prices. Flour was inactive, the sales being confined to the domestic trade, while the ex port demand was very limited. The transactions were light and prices unchanged. Wheat wae firm- ly heid, while sales were light. A smaii lot of Mis- soori white wae reported at $1 70. Corn was less booyant, with limited sales at 7340. for Jersey, from store. Western mixed, from the Atlantic Docks, grat at Tlc.a 72. Pork woebeld at higher satem NEW YORK FFRALD, WEDNESDAY, JANWARY 28, 1857.’ Sales of new mess were reported at $21. $21 123, and at the close holders were firm at $21 25. 1,700 bbis. prime pork sold on private terms, said to be at $18. Sngare were firm, with sales of about 500 hhds. and 370 boxes at rates given in another column, Coffee exhibited a firmer feeling. Of the 3,700 bags Rio advertised for public sale, 2,600 were offered and all sold at 2jc..a ll—average 10-46¢. ‘The sale was considered @ very geod one. Freights were unchanged, with moderate engagementa. To Liverpool corn in bulk was engaged at 74.; cotton at jd., and flour at 2e. 3a. The Dwttes of the District Attorncy—How Are ‘they Performed! For some time past the journals have beea filled with accounts of street robberies, burgla- ries and other crimes of the most heinous cha- racter, In a few instances the police have made arrests, and the guiKy persons have been Promptly brought before the bar of the Sessions, where summary justice has been dealt out to them by the City Judge, Mr. ‘Russell, who hes properly recognized the true theory of criminal law, which is to protect society by imposing severe exemplary puni=h- ments. Mr. Russeli closed his first term upon the bench with the good wishes and thanks ef every bonest man in the city, and in one month he bas made for himself a reputation as one of the mest honest, impartial and upright magistretes that ever assumed the judicial ermine. But the administration of criminal justice in New York does not rest altogether with the bench. The duty of the Judge is to hear, decide and determine the points of law, and if the pri- soner be convicted. to punish him according to the statute. Under some circumstances the duties of the prosecuting offiver for the peopie are far more important than those of the magistrate, the former having the power to arrest the course of justice by neglecting his daty, which is to initiate proceedings, to draw indict- ments, to make motions for the trial of cases, to compel the attendance ef witacsses— and finally to move for sentence upon the con- victed criminal. No sophistry can hide the fact ther an indictment once sanctioned by the Grand iuquest should be prosecuted to the issue, and that it is the duty of the District Attorney to de- vote bis entire energies to that end. The discre- tionary power given to him to hang up, file away, or nol, pros. indictments should only be u according to the original intention, in extreme cases. It is competent for us to inquire how far the person now holding the office of District Attorney bas performed his important duties. The District Attorney who preceded the pre- sent incumbent died suddenly, leaving a large amount of business unfinished. His successor had been his assistant, and, although young, was supposed to have sufficient experience for the pest to which he aspired. He found that during the last few years a great number of indictments had accumulated in the office, and he first displayed considerable zeal in the public se ». A short time afterwards several hundred indictments were found against keepers of gambling houses and other disreputa- ble establishments which were public nuisances. It was clearly the duty of the District Attorney to bring all these cases to prompt and speedy trial, but he did not do so. A tew of the offen- ders were tried, judgment was snspended, the prosecuting officer not pressing for sentences, the gamblers walked coolly out into Broadway, their amonds flashing and their broadcloth glistening in the summer sun: the old indictments were allowed to accumulate more dust in the Attor- ney’s office, and a fresh batch was placed in the same dignified retirement, to keep the veterans in countenance. It is our duty tostate the fact that the indictments were hung up, that the gamblers and courtesans laughed in their sleeves, «till plying their nefarious occupations, and that to them the law was only a ridiculous farce and a mockery. Without doubt there are hundreds of these in- dictments, levelled at the plague spots of the city, now filed away in the office of the District Avorney, while ‘hat officer is devoting his ener- gies to schemes os bly for the reformatio. of the system of administering criminal justice in this city. The public would be glad to kuow why the District Attorney does not reform his own office: before he attempts to cleanse the Augean stable he should remove the filth from his own stall. public is aware that the District Attorney ely sent to Albany the draft of a new po- il}, which abolishes the Court of Sessions, gives to three Commissioners, to be appointed by the Governor, the entire control of the police, the lower courts, the sireets and the elections— thus making an entire revolution in our municipal affairs, and placing the most important depart mente of the city government in the hands of three men who may be without the slignt est knowledge of the affairs of the me- tropolis. This bill has been cooked up in an obecure private parlor of a hotel by the Distri®@ Attorney, while criminals whom he should have prosecuted were walking about free as air, clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuourly every day. In addition to this, the District Attorney seeks to abolieh the office of the only magistrate who bas shown a disposition to check the avalanche of crime which has rolled over the city, by a prompt and fearless discharge of hie magisterial functions As we have said before, the bills hashed up by the lobby, which bas been driven from Washin,g- ton to New York, conceal a grand spoils scheme under the pretence of city reform. The proposed Police bill would make matters worre than they are now. Before the District Attorney attempts #© sweeping a change, the public have a right to demand that be shall reform the abuses said to exist in his own office, He was elected to per- form certain specific duties, Let him plack out the beam frem bis own eye before attempting to remore the mote from that of his neighbor. Frozey Ur Acaws.—The Philadelphia Penn- syleonian of yesterday says:— ‘The steamship Kangaroo, of the Liverpool line, is still detained in our port by ice and it is said she will be obliged to send the passengers, who intended di Bee a ane Wee hee secured inet betas ww York, Very well. Let them come along. We are near the sea, with an open readstead, whatever the intensity or duration of the cold. Philadel- phia, on the contrary, and Albany and Washing- ton, are fresh water seaporte, with regard to | Which certain protection ageinst a winter block- ade is absolutely impomible. The commercial and steamship aspirations of Philadelphia do not belong to her vocation. She isa manufacturing city, and to her numerous and various manufac- turing enterprises, and not her foreign commerce, she ower her present prosperity. Another win- ter or two, however, like this and the last, will persuade our “brotherly” neighbors that ocean sicamers are among the laxuries not adapted to ingeh water sepports, with the thermometer pear | or below zero’ r meny days in succession. The City of Manche er, now in her fourteenth day from Liverpool, is about due at Philadelphia. If she reaches her dock there before the inaugura- tion of Mr. Ba hanan we shall have a general thaw in the interval and perhaps afreshet. Pros- pect of a thaw very good. The State of the City and the Streets, ‘The thaw has now set in, and the streets are within an ace of being impassable. Streams of turbid liquid fiow with unkroken current into cellars, areas, and basements; the sidewalks are, in places, two or three inches deep in slush and water; to cross Broadway is well nigh impossi- ble. Skeighs with long strings of powerful horses struggle vainly to aseend Broadway through a conglomerate of snow, ice, slush, mud, and water; wheeled vehicles are out of the question. Which- ever turn the weather takes, we are sure of mise- ry, 80 far as the outside world is concerned. Shonld it rain, as it promises, we shall have the sodden snow steaming and emitting a putrid vapor. Should it freeze, the whole city will be sheeted with ice. It is impossible to witness the sufferings of the ladies in this pitiable weather without reflecting on our own folly in increasing our troubles, In this, as in everything connected with the city, we have ourselves to blame for three-fourths of the esnfferings we endure. If householders had only obeyed the law relative to the cleansing of ice from their sidewalks, they would now have a pleasant dry footpath to walk upon, and would have bad the further satisfaction of setting an example of obeying the law. But, come from meanness, some from carelessness, not a fourth of thoee who should have done this much for the public convenience troubled their heads upon the matter; and the consequences we see. Again, in many of the worst parts of the city, that is to say, the parts where there is most traffic and least room, merchants continue, as hereto- fcre, to monopolise the side path for their bales and boxes—in many instances as much to adver- tise their own consequence as from any other motive. Jn these localities at the present time, pedestrians can only pass by fording a poo) from three to sixinches deep. Yet we all suffer pa- tiently. Nobody tries to have the laws entorced. Nobody cries out against the unspeekable selfieb- ness of these people, who, to save a few dollars, inconvenience a whole community. It is forbidden to throw ashes and garbage into the street. Every small and poor street in the city reeks with the odor of garbage steaming in the snow; the side paths were strewn with ashes by houecholders who found that proceeding cheaper than having the ice removed; in the upper part of the city, where shame compels obe dience to this Jaw, the ashes carts have not been round for several weeks, and people are in great troubje for the want of them. A short while hence, when the great spring thaw comes, we shall have the old story, no doubt, in reference to dirty streets. The Com- missioner wil) pretend to be spending thousands, and to be working his fingers to the bone; but the streets will be no cleaner for all that, We shall have to wait till some public spirited man like Mr. Genin goes to work as street cleaner on the volunteer principle, or till the sun does the work by evaporating the moisture. We repeat, there is not a department, an of- fice or a point of view connected with the city avd its government that it is not a matter of -bame and sorrow. In another part of this paper we publish a statement which caps the climax of our municipal embarrassments, It fecms that Comptroller Flagg, for reasons of his own, refuses to pay any money under the regular tax levy passed by the Common Council and ap- proved by the Mayor. No persoa connected with the city government can thus expect to be paid unti) the Comptroller's resolution has been shaken ; and as he is an obstinate man, he may resist for months, We have often heard before of this or that department being starved out by the capricious Comptroller ; but this is, so far as we know, the first time he has ever undertaken to cut off the supplies from the whole govern- ment bodily, From top to bottom, in a word, our city ma- chine is demolished. It wants a new edifice altogether, on a new plan, with new systems, and a new spirit. Should the Legislature pass any of the bills we have recommended, assimila- ting the government of the city to that of the confederacy, there is every reason to hope that these novelties might be realized. But tie Seward whigs of Albany are so desperately beat on securing the pro-consulship of the city for some of their hungry friends in the rural dis tricts, that it is impossible to say what carn things may not take. Bank Notes—Their Counterfetts and Menus of Prevention, The immense losses sustained by the people through the constant circulation of counterfi it bank notes demand that some measures of pre- vention should be adopted by the Legislatn i ‘The subject has acquired new interest from t ¢ fact that a city bank, not long since, it is said received a considerable sam in counterfeit notes on its own institution, without detection, Again: the art of photography has, it is supposed, me- terially contributed to the trade of counterfeiters, An experiment was tried not long since to tet its efficiency in this line. Some gentlemen bad a check photographed on a bank, which. on presen- tation to the cashier, was promptly paid. Against the use of the photograph in counterfeit ing blue colored paper is a bar, which is reflected as a white color. A chemist of New Haven has invented a yellowish or orange colored dye, with Which the paper is stained, and which is said to be indelible, and to prevent all attempts at change or eradication ; and sever. J of the New England banks have employed his Process. But, after all, the only safeguard against counterfeits is in the manufacture of the paper intended to be used for jirinting the de- nomination of bills to be issued. The Bank of England places no reliance upon any sort of engraving which may appear on the face of a bill. If we examine one of ite notes, we shall find that ite denomination, &c., is ex- pressed on the face of it, in plain German text whieh, at the outside, would probably cost not over fifty dollars to engrave. But, if we examine the texture of the paper very closely, we shall find that it has been manufactured with the greatest care—the process being carefully con- ducted on the premises, and so produced ag to defy imitation. The pulp is prepared from fine linen rags, and, in passing off in narrow sheete, they are stamped on both sides with eccentric ruled or engraved plates, in waved lines, with letters expr¥asing the denomi- nation of the bill. This eccentric ruling is exe- ented on the plates by machinery, and the lines vary ip eugh an infinitely fnenese of divergence, that after one set of plazes are made and the tools destroyed, the bank i*self cannot reproduce it, or make a counterfeit of the plates. They provecd on the principle, tht what one man can engrave by hand another can copy; but what one tool produces on a plate by eccentric ruling, ope- rated on by machinery, no other tool can be made by the same raachine to produce similar lines, Hence note paper, thus prepared, and the tools destroyed with which the plates were engraved, not even the bank itself can produee others like them. Our banks have acted on the principle that the more expensive and elaborate the engraving is made to appear on the face of the bill, the greater the exemption from being counterfeited. The cost of engraving some of the showy bills of our banks, with vignettes of Indians, faces of bank presidents, Franklins, Washingtons, steam- boats, locomotives, ships, &c., is probably in many cases, from $500 to $1,000, and which are more or less worthless in preventing them from being counterfeited ; while Bank of England notes, printed with plates the text of which might probably be executed for $40 or $50, have no counterfeits except those so clumsily exe- cuted as to deceive no one except those who are grossly ignorant. The paper being strong pre- serves its integrity, and as the bank never issues a bill a second time they always look new and clean, In the United States the people lose in almost every form by paper money. The bills are easily torn and mutilated. The banks re-issue them as long as they hold together, thus causing their final loss or destruction to fall upon the people. All traders and dealers are compelled to take periodicals, known as Bank Note Reporters, is- sued by brokers who are the agents of country banks, and whose interest it is to puff banks which employ or pay them for the service, and run down others which refuse to do it; get up @ run on the same, and then buy up their bills at a large discount from the panic stricken people. These detectors or reporters also pro- fess to give notice of all new counterfeits, which amount to legions, but unfortunately their n - tices often appear after the people have alivady been swindled by the counterfeit rags. The remedy for all this imposition and heavy loss by the people, is for the Legislature to autho- rize the Superintendent of the Bank Depart- ment to have bank note paper manufactured similar to that employed by the Bank of England, and compel every bank in the State to obtain it and use it; and Jet them print vignettes on it or not, as they please, or use German text, like the Bank of England ; or the Secretary of the Trea- sury, at Washington, might be authorized by Congress to have the paper manufactured and furnished toall the banking institutions of the United States disposed to use it for the protec- tion of themeelves and of the public. The Legislature of this State should also com. pel the banks to cancel all bills when once re- deemed, and to issue new bills in place of them, which would prevent their loss by the wear and tear to which they are now exposed. THE LATEST NEWS. BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, IMPORTANT FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, From Washington. ARRIVAL OF MR. BUCHANAN—SBDDEN’ DEATH OF PRESTON §, BROOK8—THE DALLAS-CLAKENDON TREATY—PROSPROT OF ITS RATIFICATION—PRO- POSED OCEAN STEAMER MAIL LINRS—THE AMEND- ED TARIFF, BTC. Washinetoy, Jan, 27, 1867. Mr. Buchanan's room ie overrun by politicians, office seekers and citizens, who have called on him since his arrival to-day. Everybody is admitted, without distinc. tion. He informed me this evening that bis visit had a! ready been half accomplished. He called on the P-osi- dent today, to make arrangements with re ference to big taking possession of the Y ate House, The President told him that he would leave everything jcst as it was at present wati! six weeks after the 4th of March, which would give him (Mr. Ba ebanan) all the time he would require to make arrange: ments for his household, Mr Bucharan was accompanied to Washington from Lancaster by bis personal friend, Robert M. idagraw, Etq., @& Baltimore. Whem he paid bie respects to the Presidemt, itso bappened that it was public receptioc day at the White House, and the pertons present warm!y welocmed him. The President cordially greeted bim and tendered bim the compliment 0’ s dinner, with invited guesie, af did Jodge Dougias and others, but he bas de. ciimed them. Mr. Buchanan will remain here a week or ten days. Preston 8, Brooks, of South Carolina, bas jast died of croup. Be bad been unwell since Sunday, but only called in @ physician (Dr. Boyle) this morning. The Doctor cauterized his throat, and it wes supposed he was geiting botior. This evening bis symptoms became slightly worse, and Bootor Hali was called in. Justashearri¢ed Mr. Brooke gave & convulsive movement and breathed his last. His death was entirely unexpected. He leaves a and four children. His family are not here. He wa: “e married. He was only 87 yeare old, Judge Butler arriv 4 at bis room shortly after hie death, and was greatly avct ed. Mr. Keitt and Mr. Orr were present when be i». Mr. Brooks bad been in bed for a day or two, sudering from the effects of a severe cold. He was tolling be friende he hed passed the crisis of bis {lines and feit considerably improved in health, when he was selz:d with violent croup and died in about ten minutes afters wards, He expired in intense pain. The event, so eud- den, bag caused much surprise and ey mpathy thronghog the chy. 1 understand that the recommendation of the Commit- tee om Foreign Relations to the Senate in fayor 0” the ratifoation of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, ie having ite effect upon the timid and wavering. Some suppose that Mr. Bucbavan desires the adoption of this treaty, so that he may be relieved from any further trouble concerning these troublesome Central American embarrasementa; but Young America,” headed by Senator Dongias, is for ‘war againet it from first to last. The English policy of the secure Northwestern demooracy, is, in fect, always war, corn and pork, while that of the democracy of the expored Southern Atlantic States ie peace, cotton, ani the best of Folations with John Ball. Henoe Mason, of V Aisi Dovgias, of Illinois, stand a widely apert thie treaty ae Wise and Seward stand upon the migger question, Southern influence, however, and the presumption that the ratification of this treaty wiil be acoeptable to Mr. Buchanan, {t is thought, will secure tte confirmation. The outside prossure against it, how. ever, ie tremendous, and the result is by no moans certain. ‘The House Committee on Post Ufficen and Post foade had rather @ stormy time today. The General Ocean Steamer bill came up in committee, and was voted down by a vote of five to four, The committee then fook up the separate propositions to establish new lines of Meamers from various points, The Erat was to establiay a omi-monthly ma] between Panama and Valparaiso, at a sum of two hundred thousand dollars per agnum for ten years, the company to consist of Messrs. Bleecker. Ball, Wheelwright, and sssociates, which passed the committee by a vote of seven to two, The next was {0 estabiieb & rem! monjh'y ling for ube irantpertation of dollars. The hundred per cent schedule—spirits—ia brought down one half. Bugar, molasses, lead, salt, wool and hemp are put at ten per cent, reducing the revenues about seven millions of dollars. Trop, cotton, woollen and silk manufactures are re- tained as now. The old twenty, twenty-five and thirty per cent schedules are not materially changed; but some items in them arecarried to the free list. The direct redaction of the revenues annually will bo about $13,000,000, which, it is supposed, will be increased seme millions by the effects of the measure in substi- toting home manufactures for those imported. ‘The gentiemen now here connected with the Submariae ‘Telegraph Company were engaged yesterday and this morning explaining to members of Congress all matters connected with that {mportant subject. Thus, much mis- apprehension has been removed concerning it, and the Prospects are hourly improving for the passage of the Senate bitl by the House of Representatives. The Committee of Ways and Means reported the bill making sppropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses, with the Senate amendments therolo, with recommendations that said amendments be concurred im, Objection being made, they go over unt!! to-mor. row. The House resumed the consideration of the bill to re- gulate the disbursement of the contingent expenses of tho two houses of Copgress. Without coming to any de- Clsicn, it was postponed until to-morrow, when it will finally be disposed of. Nothing of importance transpired in the Senate, moet of their time being taken up in a dis cteston of the Indian Appropriation bill. Cornelius Wendell, Hon. E S. Edwards, a member of the House, Hon. Mr. Cook and Wm. Cost Johnson, ex- members, and Hugh Tyler, of Pennsylvania, were before estigating Committee to day. Affairs at Albany. THE POST OFFICE SITE—MORE TINKERING OF THE CONSTITUTION—PASSAGE OF AN INSURANCE BILL — THE ACTUAL VOTE ON PRESIDENT 1 #0 TEM. Awayy, van, 27, 1867. The attempt made by certain ex-State officers, in con- nection with outside speculators, to fich from the nation of Seneca Indians thousands of acres of their lands in the counties of Allegany and Cattaraugus, has most righteous ly failed, st is to be hoped. The Herat, a day or two since, contained the history of the affair; and had not the Department of the Interior at Wash- ington called =the atteation of the of this State to the glaring csse, there is no doubt the time would ha ‘Up the matter, and alread: to restore to tors undertook to d will pass before the let of An act to relieve the Seneca nation of Indians from certain Cat us reservations New York, represented in Se- Jud: taxes on the A lleghan; ‘The People of the suate of pate and Assembly, do enact aa follows:— Sec. 1. The title of every such jot er parcel reservation, and of every such lot or us reserwation, as bj fb said reservation. and very e107 ect taid Beneca Dat sweh redemption. and ma) county wherein such ian: cording of deeds. and the ans shall own said land in fee simple. fee. 4. No tax shall hereafier be evher of exid reservations or on at purposes whatever, so long as said reservati Property of the Seneca nation. and all acts of the Legislature section of this State conflicting with the provisions of this hereby repeal See. 5 This The simpie b of honest outaiders, Hundreds cbaracter are on the at bey propose insert the following — Section one, article two, to be amended #0 that ev cilizen of the age of twenty one yeara, who can nd shall have been s.citizen for ten daya, and State for one year next an Isat four months a renident Of the. uty lobby, rameed the receipt chese money. concocted le Rec. 2. The Treasurer of this Stata is hereby directed to pay wt of the treasury thereof, on theFarrant of the Compuzol- er, to every grantee, or to the p Been re n £0) om money paid on any # ercentper annum etber with the amount that sball hay in redemption of every such lat or aforesaid, and the expenses vat ands spall not be charge’ bul the eame bali be bora re otwih pee third reading. Houre. election. election in the election Ferdon, Baie, dw fs There were absent, Mesers. Ciark, Rameay, Richardson and Potty. ftate tbat Mr. Spencer voted for himself, but itis emphat- cally not so. & The Sepate this morning psased this important ingur- anc See. 1. The twentieth fo a8 to read as tollow or® eb the tranafer necewnary for the security of the company aavl ‘the cash Bee. 3. rovisions herein Op TG Reet py its which the | ty tbeat ot. Tha isthe pil eros been heretofore sold by the Comp- Woller for taxes, and bid ia by bim for the State, is hereb: leased by the State to the Seneca nations of Indians r the Comptroller is hereby directed to onvey the same to the said Seneca nation of Indiana in fee ®, the conridem le, Withthe*wddition of seven Yung of such sale, to- 3 for tke deed, ler to any town or county. rovided for in the last troller shal) give to igi of Indians a certis his bas sea). stating the “payment, the year in which the sale was made, and abow ingwarticularly what land auch payment is in led <and such certificate shall be evidence of uate, in the reaver suid Seneca I] take effect immediately. introduced to coafer United States ja- ried\otion over the ground occupied by the government stores on the Atlantic Dock, the OMee. Castor of bill of precise; the 8 ling and cooing, backing and filing occurred, was eh among the great me): mystery, When bag spoeared in the bern themset ai) became explained. the Post Office site pur. bers who had the inside track ‘ith certain lobby gen which Werley was to divulge what are partisans in the purchase and sale Chereb preperty. From cay w day he was strongly Preered to revesi the ercret, but he stood impregos- To day the consideration of the bill was resumed, prominent politicians of the Brick every effort 10 stave off action, it Committe of the Mouse and orderet ton No other business dove to day in the Ser ator Feadon |t not satisfied with the conatiation of the State as |t now stands, and whiist other honorable Fete wen Dave introdveed various otber measures which in the constitution, he wishes to i jebabitant of and { ler his vote, shall be entitied to vote Matrict of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all oflicers that are or bereafier may be elected by the be xe been for thirty day» pext preceding the election n resident of the district from whieh the offieer is to be chosen for whom be offers bis vote, There are so many contradictory statements in circulation im reference to the vote taken in the Senate for President pro tem tbat it ls best to pot the matter at rest by the public the actual vote as belioved to be givon. who voted for Mr. | pham are Mesers. Rell Lee, Huntington, Towne, Patterson, [ Rider, Noxon, Bradford and Mr. Spencer, are Menara. C. Kelly, Nichols, Harcourt, ‘cot, Wadew: people; but such eitizen ahall Ouyter, . Those voting for Hotohkias, smite, ‘A. Smita, Falatead, Some of the accounts ‘section of maid act ia hereby amen tad Sec, 0. No dividend shall ever be made by any com incorporajed ager thie act when ite vol i impeared, the making of such dividend would have the impairing \ts capital stock, mubject each of t capital stock is impaired, bers over and above ite ope! cash capital vested 80 provided. in and company maj capital and a p suich cash capiral, w! aba}! each be individ i the extent of his individual aubsert remiume and stock z 7 ig fr 2s i i s | | eh 3. et E i 8 net bal) take effect contained me NR RE ag Lanta mails from the port of New York to Clukstadt, op the continent of Burope, at $16,000 the round trip. The re- Port sets forth that this is one of the most important of Our Oceanic communications, The next is Dr. Rainey’s steamship line from New York to Para, in Brazil, touch- ing at Savanneb, St. Thomas, Bardadoes and Demarars. ‘The bill requires that the steamers toach at Savannah each way, to receive and deliver the Southern and Atlan- to mails, % Mr. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, stated that the Committee who at the last session made & Yeport upon the subject of the tariff, bad, pursuant to the notice gtven the House, prepared their bill, the wub- ‘tance of which the Hsnarp published yesterday. The bul, as reported, would change the system 20 as di- rectly to reduce the revenue about fourteen millions of dollars. The bill was then ordered to be printed. The tariff bill, modified, as reported by Mr. Campbell, Of Ohio, to-day, embraces the following features:— Schedules five, tem and fifteen per cent, of the act of 1846, with few excoptions, are absorbed by the free list. ‘The forty per cent sebedule, principally spices, is also, with the exception of a few items, carried to the free Ist, which reduces the revenues about six millions of THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SBOOND SESSION. Senate. Wassinctoy, Jam. 27, 1887. HVE SAVING APPARATUS ON THE COAST, Mr. Wisow presented the potition of the Committee of tbe Humane Society of Massachusetts, asking Congress 10 ‘grant $20,000 for establishing and supporting life boas ang w@rtar stations on the coast of that State. ‘Mr. Wi1s08 sald that this society was the oldest in thé country. have Hife boat, ‘ tha eYoral bulldlngn RAN subg Samer ato, men, ‘THE ORCOVERER OP SEE CUMLARIND 1 Mr. Bropunap. of Pa., prereated the tio Hubbell, of Penneylvanis, showing conjunction with Col. John B. Sherbi Presented to Con, ‘& paper shor Seer eres er pi Rg Jone un! as pi bis made sa member or di of ond As the subject has passed from the Senate, the ‘Was laid on the table. ‘THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL ‘Was taken up. There was a debate, and varioug amendments made to it. Adjourncd. Heuse of Representatives. Wasuineton, Jan, 27, 1867. ‘A NEW TARIFF BILL, Mr. Camrnxit, of Ohio, from the Committee of Waysand ‘Means, reported an amended tariff bill perfecting the former one, #0 far as a majority of the committee are con. cerned. He stated that it reduces the annual reven fourteen millions of dollars. ne THB CONGRESSIONAL CONTINGENT FUND®, The House discussed the bill giving to each branch of the entire control of its cont wii the revision of the accounting officers of the ' Mr. Joxas, of Tenn., saw no necessity for such alew, concelving it would be unconstitutional. Mr. Conn, of Ga, said the House has not sunk so low as to refuse toreview the action of the first Comptroller who had undertaken to jecture the House not only for in+ creasing tho salaries of their officers, but thelr own. Mr. Jovzs inquired whether Mr. Cobb ever heard of any case where the Comptroller refused to the vouchers of the Olerk of the House when certified by the 80 re- i Committee of Accounts. Mr. Cong replied that if the Cot }, the evidence is conclusive Accounts have discharged their duties, even to the satia- faction of the Com (Laughter. ) The further consideration of the bill was postponed til THE SUR-MARINE TELEGRAPH. The Senate Sub-marine Telegraph bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, ‘THE TARIFF. The House went into Committee of the Whole on thé State of the Union on the Tariff bill. machine igs ase Rema te jen message, 0 the A recess was then taken till 7 o'clock, the evening sea: stom being intended for purposes of debate only, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Arpany, Jan, 27, 1867. PREririons, For prohibiting the sale of liquor. For the abolishment of days of grace om commercial paper, REPORTS. Favorably to appropriate $150,000 to the soldiers of 1812. favorably on Mr. Kelly’s bill amen the genera} banking ew, me ‘BILLS NOTICED. By Mr. Srrxcua—To enforce tbe better observance of the Sabbath in New York and Brcoklyn, by reetrioting the sale of liquor on that day. Also, to amend the general insurance law, By Mr. Mappax—To organize an insurance bureau, and compelling ireurance companies to deposit « proportion of their securities in the Bank Department, for the better ae ree cae By ¥ MEBY—To amend the general railroad Mags WE © view to pertect the titles to lands beld by BILLA INTRODUCED. To extend the time for the completion of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad to three years. ‘BILLA PASSED, sca Cees Oe emtaretins Rew Tek Bate Agrioul- resolution to amend every male citizen of the age of twenty.one, who can read the English and has the other existing requirements, to » vote. ‘The bill amending the act of incorporation of Insurance Companies, 20,08 to provide fer an increase of their capl- was . "the vill to suiend the charter of the Brooklyn Water Works was ordered to a third reading. Adjourned. Avnayy, Jan. 27, 18987, ‘The following special committee, for the equalization of State assessments and taxes, was appointed ~ Messrs. Leavenworth, Jones, Miller, H. Banker, Hastings, Van Valkenburgh, George and Bell. ‘The bill ceding jurisdiction over the Brick church and ther property to the United States was then discussed ip Committee of the Whole. ‘The question pending i¢ ou the amendment reserving to the State of New York the right to serve criminal pro- Avother amendment, providing that joint jurisdiction vhall come teed ace Mylar? See eee A motion was thon carried that the committee rise and report the bill to the House and recommend ite coon afte punts tineece aed and the House adjourned ” ~ BVENING SE: . About » dozen memi wage seen . Score and Panny severally that they wished to review ). 97, 1867, ‘No. 44—Jobn Bell, plaintiff, ys, Columbue ©, Hoarne, etal.—Juation Campbell delivered the op'nien of the Court, reversing the judgment of the Supreme Court of Joutsiaze, with cosie, and remanding the cause for far- ther proceedings, in conformity with the opinion of this conrt. No, 43—Tho New York and Virginia Steamship Com- Pany, Owners of the steamer Roanoke, vs. Fara Calder- ‘wood, et a] —Justice Campbeli delivered the opicion of the Court, affirming the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern district of New York, with costs. . the opinion of ‘be Court reversing the judgmentof the Supreme Court of Louisiana with costs, and remanding the cevee for fur- Ei i : zg t g a + i 7 ——_—_ Boston Weekly Bank Statement. Fee poston, Jan, 27, 1987, a The following are the footings of our bank statemen? for the past week, compared with the exbidit of the week previous :— Jan. 19, Jan, 96. 91,006,000 $71 980,000 090,742 63, —_—_—_—_—_ The Nashville at Charleston. CuaRtaston, Jan. 27, 1867, The United States mail steamship Nash Captain. ), from Ni 5 Mon t) ave % “0g York, arrived here on Hominy nigh Markets. PRILADELPRIA STOCK BOARD. man bn my Jan. 27, i. rend, ali, Looe tamaad’ ‘Railroad 1934," Morris Gases, 6%! Pennsylvania em sintnian Cotton—Salon 10-day 1,000 bales, ‘The market ts do. Jersey City Intell a = reed te dereey Oy, wae man was ai on ing ten cans of milk from the New York and Railroad depot, on Monday morning. STARMING ArrRAY.—The olipper ship Comet, for San being unable to proceed to sea om Mon scoount of the ice, several of her men Ne