The New York Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1857. NEW YORK HERALD. 7aMEs GORDON B Re, RDPPOR AND PROPBIBTOR. ‘SPPICS &. +r. COMMS OF NASSAU AND FULTON Ors. ae airanee. 4 LD, 2 cents per copy, $7 per anawm. Be Pile BE cere cee eset ome Wedumm: KKMMs...... 000. -see eevee AMUGEMENTS THM BYENING. BROADWAY YHEATRE, Broadway—Tae Coxsonirr— Bows «np Parnzen—Rosgar Masarne, BYBLOS GARDEN. Broadway—Tiext Rore Frive— = arp Banreaxp—New Divenrissuent—irauaw P. Pe ws hy - Bowery—Watisce—Bimax Bus BURTON'S NEW THEA’ Broadway, eppesite Bond Gen Wire Desire Joux Jerks LOVE ERD MURDER.” CK's THEATRE, —Canmia—Winret walt Broadway. EEXE'S THRATR: avn. FE) 4 1B, 034 Breadway—Moxsy SOADEMY OF MUBIC, Fourteenth st.—Iravian Orena— Le Nenas BARKUM'S AMERICAN MUSBUM, Breadway—Afer- eee orc @vening— ‘Bam, O8 Dayuicsr snp Gasuest. @R0. CHRISTY &4 WOOD'S MINSTREL, 444 Breadway— Qrerortan Pamronmance—New Yap Cais. BUCKLEY'S SERENADERS, 665 Breadwsy—Ermoriax ‘Pemronnancrs—Luck rvs Boneis. si MECRANIOS’ HALL, 412 Sresdway—Nrose Muzopiss, Se. by Mempens oF ree Onrcrmat Cumusry’s Mineraeis. MINFSE HALL, 539 Breadway.—Srven Mite MIRROR OF fam OREAP LAKES AND Rivens. ~ RO. 327 BROADWAY, opposite Broadway Theatre—Anx Weey, THE KESKDED LyFANT. Mew York, Saturday, Feoruary 7, 1857. Malls for Eurepe. S36 NW FORK HERALD—EDITION POR EUROPE. Fee wail steamship Arago, Capt. Lines, will jeave this port to-cay, ( coon, for Southampton and Havre. Ye Buropean-matis will close in this city at balf-past Jes c’olock im tue morning. ‘The Evropean <dition of the Hxns:, prinied im French and English, will be published a tem o'clock in the morp- mg. Single copies, in wrappers, sixpence. Badecripiions ood acrertteement for any edition of the ye York Hexsw wil be received st the fellowing pisces to Furepe:— Sowrce—Am & Deropean Express Co., 61 King William st. Sua Do. do. 8 Piaoe de ia dourse. frvmroo:— lio do. ® Chapel strect. vmercoi—Johe Buster, 12 Exchange street, East. Asves—-smw. & Puropean Express Co., 21 Rue Corneilie. ‘The contents of the Ecropean edition of the Hmmatp Wi com >ine (be news received by mai! and telegraph at tee office Curing the previous week, and up to the hou: 28 podiicavon Cireulation ef the Herald. The following sfidevit, xing the daily cirguiation of ee Hwute at 80,640 copies, wae yesterday made by abe evperintencent of our printing department:— eunty of New Fork, as —A. 8 Aope, residing treet, Jersey Cuy, Detng duly aworn, eave— rk abd counter im the offics of tue Naw Four Henan, ® newspaper pudlithed in the city aad coony or New York; thas be, with hie alte, convied, cetwered to regular carriers, city egeute and #0'6 for eaab, by the actual avd bona jide sale and delivery Bercot te regular carriers and city agents, for acb ard readere thereof op the Gib aay of Febreary, my showsand sz hundred and forty (80,640) early edation of the Naw Yors Haran, and edition as pot iscreased by any gratuitous cir by @ reduction in the price below the ordinary ese unos) price of suck newspaper, nor pA any ober ox Weorcinary weens for the purpose, in whole or in part, Of mekivg this ailder. ASAPH S dork Sworn to before me, this sixth Cay ot February, 1857. Jaye ©. Have, Commissioner of Leeds. iy and Cvunty of New York, at —Joseph Eitio't. bei g Goly Pworn, sase— That he ie foremen in the office of tre New Yoos Haman, shat be bas read tbe foregoing alll t.- who A © Bepe, end Kpowe the contenta thereof, aid feet tbe rame ‘s troe, of bit own knowiodge. 0. sworn 1c before me, this sizth day of Februcry, 1681, Jane © Hays, Commiaioner of Deeds. Hi bas becnme necessary to place the amount of our éaiy creuiation beyond al! possibility of diepate, from Me mean and Gitbonest atiempte made by our profes mwvpal rivais to distort the statements contained in cer- wan siidavite recently deposited by us with the Post Marier. ln accordance with the provisions of the law reguiating tbe pubsication of the Post Cifice advertine- sents, we stated ihe daily circciation of our paper with ite of tbe clty—that a to say, south of a throvgh Fifty-fourth sireet—to be for the Sour weeks entirg January 5, 39,686 copies. @¢ anc {nir dealing contemporaries, with that generous epicn of rivairy which has always distinguieked thom. Rave seired vpon this forced legal limitation, aud, mup- presving the explanation that ite very terme suggest, have endeavored to prove from it that oar total daily circcistion has Cwindled dows to that amount, Auy owe rot having professional pique or jealousy to graiily womat see at once that fhe stalement of our Our cas- irewlation wrchen Die cuty Pos: (pice Witte must exclude a very large errown! of that we poness above thore Iinits on the island, te vay nothing of the still more extanvive circulation that we eee) th Brocklyn, Wilkameburg, New Jertey, Hoboken, fend oii the towne iiping within a few hours dianceof New Tork, ot well at Oirougnoud the ret of the Union and the The supprestio reri and the mggestio falri have ever bad & more etriking \llustration tban in this shabby Ane unecrepuions effort Lo pervert facts 80 notorious. ‘The (roth in, thet a1 the period these Port Office afida vile were made the daily average circulst! the Br.) wae upwarce of sixty thousand, and if we bad then porrerted the pecestary mechanical facilities it Would have been over 100,000. It ie note public fore larger creciavon that we want, Du! the physical means of werp:y log tke daily increasing demands for oar paper. To precere these we have recently expended « large amour of capital and made extensive alterations ip our belidieg. Within another month we shali bave at our command the larcest, most ingenious and expeditious privving machines in the world. With oar two now ten eyluircer presses, powerful engine aed improved suxili arier of every kind, we shall be able to meet the cond!- tous recuired of us by the public—an unlimited and early soppy Under here circamatances, we are not assuming too much when we anlicipabe that in three months from the present time, instead of the 60,000 copies of the Bis» wich we are now cireviating, weshal! be making 8 Gaby eaue Of af least 100 000 impressions mere The News. As will beseen by our report of the proceedings © the case of Miss Sallie Stafford against Brigham N. Barton, the plaintiff yesterday abandoned the suit, and the defendant was discharged, vounsel on ‘both sides and the Justice agreeing that the com- plaint was groundless. We learn that there was quite a seene at the in- stallation of the Rey. Mr. Irving as pastor of the St. Andrew church, Richmond, Staten Island. (ur re- port of the proceedings is erowded out. The Nicaragua filibuster case was continued yes- terday. See a tull report of the doings in another column. It is well worth reading. The Board of Councilmen last night made an mbortive attempt to direct that the streets be cleared of snow and ice. After considerable talk- ing, a resolution was passed, calling upon the Com- missioner of Streets and Lamps to report the rea- sons why the city ordinances in relation to clean sidewalks are not enforced. A proposition was anb- mitted to widen Pearl street, from Franklin square to Whitehall street. The Comptroller sent in a com- munication stating that the Gouverneur street ferry her boon ronning since January tast at the option of the Union Perry Company, there being no lease of that ferry now existing. Several morine disasters are reported in today’s peper, among them the wreck of the brig Eastern Belle, from Cadiz for New York, which went ashore at Long Beach on Wednesday morning last. The grew were with dificu'ty saved by the lifecar, The ship Zingara canght fire yesterday morning while lyimg at one of the Brooklyn docks, and was scuttled and sunk in twenty feet water. She was a new ves- sel, and insured for $18,000. ‘The Bond street murder is still the absorbing topic of the day with all classes of the people. Hach day's evidence increases in intensity the public wonder, and the revelations of each new w.tness adds te the interest of the terrible tragedy. In addition to the commlete report of the testimony given elsewhere, im the editorial columns may be found a brief sum mary of the strong points brough! out during yes- terday’s procecdings. It is under-tood that Mrs. Cunningham will be placed upon the witness’ stand this morning. ‘We have three days later news from Enrope, received by the Africa, which arrived at this port yesterday, from Liverpool the 24th ult. The intel- ligence is rather important. It had been announced in the Prussian Chambers that the King was fully sa- tisfied with the diplomatic arrangements made for the settlement of the difficulty with Switzerland. A conference of representatives of the Powers inter- ested would meet at London to decide upon the fu- tare of Neuchatel; and accounts from St. Peters- burg state that this conference will not confine itself tothe Neuchatel dispute, but will also deal with ‘the question of asylam granted by Switzerland to political refugees, and perhaps with the constitution of the Confederation itself. Italy was again unquict in some Provinces. We have reporta from Madrid to the effect that a new tariff arrangement would be made between Spain and the United States relative to the duties on Cuban sugar and American products im- ported into the island. With regard to the long pending Sound Dues question, it is said France ob- jects to the latest plan proposed for its settlement. The ship Confederation, of Philadelphia, was ashore in the Mersey, and badly damaged. Our advices from China are dated at Hongkong on 16th of December, and are important. At Can- ton Governor Yeh refused to yield to the demands or terms of the English, and his followers had set tire to the factories, and all the Honge were de- stroyed. The Oriental, Agra, and Mercantile Banks were on fire. ©. T. Lane, nephew of Sir John Bow- ring, was killed by the falling of 2 wall. It was said the city of Canton would no longer ve spared by the British, and that the discharge of rockets and shells had commenced when the news left. From Persia we Jearn that two Britiah steam fri- gates and forty boats had entered the Bashire roads, and thet the town would surrender. The Busbire fort was already taken, and a landing had been eftected on the island of Rassack by the British. The Russian navy was operating on the shores of the Caspian, and the flotilla had engaged and routed aswong fleet of Starpa pirates, and then landed. This was looked on as a movement in aidof the Shah. itis reported that the Emperor of China has made some important concessions as to trade facilities to the Cvar lately. We have news from Sierra Leone dated on the 20th of December. Affairs were quiet at Gambia. From the Leeward Coast and Cape Coast we learn things were quiet, but business was very dull. In Sierra Leone trade had been flat, the principal pre- duce offered being bides, and those but sparingly, even at high prices. We have news from Tampico to the 16th ult. The revolutionary forces under Garza —an old partisan of Sante Anna—were rapidly approaching the town, and the inhabitants were ia the greavest alarm, as the invader had evinced an intention of giving up the place to be plundered by the soldiery. Our countrymen, it seems, are greatly in need of the protection of a vessel of war. Bradtord R. Wood has been appointed a member of the New York Harbor Commission, in place of Preston King, resigned. But little of general interest happened in Con- grees yesterday, both houses being occupied with the private calendars. In the Assembly yesterday a bill was reported providing for the removal of Quarantine. It author- izes the Governor to appoint five Commissioners, who are to select a new location and erect proper buildings ; and it allows the Commissioners to se- lect Sandy Hook if deemed advisable, and the authorities of New Jersey concur. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars are appropriated towards carrying out the objects of the bill. The powers of the Health Officer and Emigration Commissiouers are not interfered with. Fire Marshal Baker has another remarkable case of an attempt at ar-on under investigation. A man named Patrick Garvin and another called Philip Corvin were arrested yesterday, by the Fifth ward police, charged with the offence. The liquor store No. 35 Worth street was to be fired with campbeue. A demijohn filled with that combustible fluid was found on the premises. One of the witmesses swore that the accused parties had endeavored to persuade him to wilfully fire the store, and procure this cam- phene for that ‘purpose; but instead of acceding to their wishes he informed the police. In the Board of Aldermen last evening a petition was presented from J.T. Mills, offering ten thoussnd dollars for the privilege of establishing a new stage route through Lexington avenue, &<. It was laid on the table. It is proposed to grant this privilege to other parties at the usual nominal license fees. The appointment of Thos. H. Wainwright as Clerk of the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps, in place of John Lyons, was confirmed. John Lyons was appointed Superintendent of Streets and Lamps, in the room of J. Dewey, deceased. ‘The kuropean news by the Baltic was considered mre favoravic (bap was expected for cotton, and the sale yesterday embraced about 2 000 bales, the market slowing rm. The Africa's news came to baad too late in the afernoon, yerterday, for ite effects to be developed. Floor was less buoyant, while sales were moderate and prices ratber casier. A Jot of handsome amber oolore1 Miseour! wheat sold at $1 8, and Kentucky red ai $1 56. Corn wold toe limited extent at 760. from store, and at 9c. dehvered. Pork was ise active and booyaat, with lig Dt eales of pew moss at $2i 60 « $21 76, and of oid do. at $20 86 0 $2050. Sugars were in fair demand, with sales of 360 bbde Cuba, 300 bile. and 70 Bhds. Demerara, anc in two days 1,100 bndée. Molado and 60 boxes Havana At prices given in another colamn. Coilee was quiet and ready. Freights were without change of moment, and epgagemente modorate. ‘The house in Baltimore referred to yesterday as having failed, was that of James ©. Wileon & Co, LICENTIOUSNESS OF THE Press— Brooks on Fau- Moxt-Straxoscu.—During the last Presidential canvass every one recollects the manner and siyle in which Mr. James Brooks and Mr. Erastus Brooks conducted the political controversy against Co\o- nel Fremont, both in the press and on the stamp Within the last hundred years the licentiousness of a free press never presented such odious fea- tures as their conduct and management of the prese under their control during that can- vaes, Colonel Fremont was the object of their attacks in away that utterly astounded even their own friends, and we have no doubt that if our vision could have pierced sufficiently high in the heavens we shonid have seen the angels covering their faces with the veil ot sorrow and oblivion. The religion of Col. Fremont, the family of Colonel Fremont, the buried mother of Colonel Fremont, and the nearest and dearest of Colonel Fremont’s connections and friends were torn to pieces, dug out of their graves, raviehed from his heart's recesses and presented to the country in all the odiousness and horror with which ca lumny could invest them. ‘The tastes acquired in that campaign must be fed with fresh victims, even during a period of calm. We have no political canvass now to fur- nish prey on which these vampires can feast, more productive than that of aquiet opera campaign and of a humble opera manager. Poor Strakosch takes cupied by heroic Fremont. Strakesch, like every other business man, has found it advantageous to advertise his operas in journals ef some circu- lation; but for good reasons of of his own he has overlooked the newspaper of the Brookses, which has little circulation and less influence or taste. Hence the onslaught on this poor opera man- ager—hence the attacks on his lineage, his race, his blood, his religien, his country, his character, his manners, his person, and whatever there is of soul and existence in the man. ‘These attacks, on « small scale, are as perfect epeeimens of the licentiousness of the Brookses, as those on Col. Fremont were on a large and stu- pendously arranged one. The only difference between them is in the positien of the quarry at which their venomous ehafts are aimed. It is needless to cay that such @ course, in the manage- ment of « press, cannot last long in a community composed of generous, intelligent and just minded individuals. Strakosch has @ better case against them than even the unfortunate Fry. Filibusteriem In the Senate. Two most important matters are or have been pending in the Senate and under secret discus- sion: the one the treaty concluded by Mr. Dal- las in reference to Central America, the other the appointment of Mr. Harrison as Judge Le- compte’s successor in Kansas. Both have termi- nated adversely to the motives which inspired their.tranefer to the Senate. The Dallas treaty has been referred for amendments to the Commit- tee on Foreign Relations; the appointment of Mr. Harrison bas not been confirmed. How pregnant with consequences these mea- sures are, the least reflection will satisfy any one. Whatever exception may have been taken to the British treaty, there is no question but it was framed with a view to obviate future trouble: between the two countries, and to secure, as far as in us lay, the peace and prosperity of Central America. This judicious spirit the Senate has violently repressed. By the large vote of thirty- three to eight, it has declared that it will not consent to meet England half way on terms of friendly negotiation to secure the tranquillity of Central America, and remove a troublesome bone of contention from the arena between us; but that, on the contrary, it will continue to leave the door open to filibustering enterprises on the one side, and the aggressions of British officials on the other. The consequences of this tacit declaration must be manifold. In the first place, filibusters will derive comfort and aid from it; they will prosecute their schemes more boldly than _ heretofore, and very likely we may have several Spanish American States invaded from the United States instead of one. Again, the Eaglish officers, one of whose performances we elsewhere chronicle this morning, will undoubtedly make the failure of the treaty the pretext for the adoption of a more rigid anti-filibustering character than any that has yet been pursued, involving a remarka- bly clear prospect of a collision in some way or other, with our people. Lastly, the rejection of the treaty can hardly fail to inspire the belief, in England, that our assurances of good will are not sincere, and that under the cover of the Re- solute politesse, we are endeavoring to gain an advantage over the British, or at least to shut the door to a fair and friendly settlement of our dis- putes. On every side, the measure seems calcu- lated to do mischief. On the other hand, the refusal to confirm the appointment of Judge Lecompte’s successor, im- plying an approval of the acts of that fanction- ary, cannot but tend to perpetuate and increase domestic irritation. Whatever Judge Lecompte’s character may have been, there is no question but he was, to a very large extent, the cause and author of the disturbances and anxieties which have impeded the due developement of Kansas Territory; and that his removal was a measure of very sound policy, and well calculated to restore harmony to an unsettled and feverish part of the Union. The Senate refuses to con- cur in that policy, and to aid in such restoration of harmony. The consequence will naturally be that the excitement and disturbance which it was hoped were at length ended by the removal of the more obnoxious partisan officials will revive with new force, and the peeple of the Territory will again obtain publie sympathy in rebelling against what will appear to be a usurpation and a stretch of tyranny en the part of the general government. In a word, these acts of the Senate, whoever may be responsible for them, are the very ones which, of all that could have been devised, ae the best calculated to promote trouble and difti- culty in our foreign relations and our domestic policy during the next four years. In examining them, it is impossible to lose sight of the fact that one-third at least of the members of the Senate are prospective Pree'- dents. At least twenty of the gentlemen wio are called upon to confirm treaties and Presiden- tial appointments have a duplicate interest 19 consult—their interest as Senators, in the welfare of the country, and their interest as Presidenti.! aspirants, in the manufacture of political capita’. It is the latter, we may say it boldly, which bas inspired the reference of the Dallas treaty, and the rejection of Lecompte’s euccessor. According to all appearances, we are going to have four years of a peaceful, tranquil adminis. tration of public affairs. If the programme which we may believe Mr. Buchanan has laid down for himeelf be carried out, the chance for an exciting contest in 1860 will be small, aad the Presidential candidates badly off for muni- tions of war. That is the contingency against which it appears to be the office of the Senate to guard. In order that the prospective Presidents may ride into the White House on the wave of a terrible political storm, our relations with Eag- Jand are to be complicated, our relations with Central America retained in confusion, and the slavery quarrel forbidden to rest. In order that these twenty gentlemen may feed their ambition, the Senate of the United States is made to play into the hands of Mr. Garrison, and the Wor- cester Convention of disunioniste on the one side, and into the hands of Mr. Toombs and the Southern disunionists on the other. Such is the office of the highest legislative body in the country at the most important crisis of our history. A Great Founerat.—The sexton of Grace Church says that at least five thousand persons visited that edifice Thursday on the occasion of the funeral ceremonies of the victim of the murder in Bond street. There were fifty carriages filled with mourners, and the cor/iye was | half a mile long. Broadway was crowded with lookers on. All this parade for the remains of a man who, had he died a natural death, would have had a plain funeral, half a dozen carriages, and mourners enough perbape to have filled up his parlors. After all, it seems that funeral honors depend more Wo the manner of a man’s fe. the place in their tagtige which waa formerly og- | death than that of his life. Tue Mvrpex w Boxy Srreer.—The evidence THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS taken in the case of Dr. Bardell yesterday, hae a strong bearing againet the parties immediately under snepicion. We have still farther proof of the bad feeling existing between Burdell and Mra. Cunningham. Mr. Alvah Blaisdell, who seems to have been a confidential friend of the deceased, swears that he saw the Doctor on the day preceding the murder—that he was then in mortal fear of Mrs. Cunningham, her eldest daughter, Mr. Eckel and Mr. Snodgrass—that they would go stealthily about the house, some- times coming to his apartments, opening the door softly, and then retiring when he turned to look at them—that he had had a fight the week previous, and desired witness to come and live with him. Three policemen made oath to a quarrel between Mra, Cunningham and Dr. Bur- dell, when he accused her of stealing his keys from his pocket while he slept. Mra Cunning- hem told these pelicemen that she was Bur- dell’s wife by every tie possible. One of the about ene hundred and fifty strong, were patch- ing up a sort of steamboat with which to aseend |’ the river to join Walker. No United States ves- sel of war at or near the scenes of these opera- tions, Supposed to be a trick of Marcy. ‘Thus, then, stands this Transit route war of the three Commodores—Commodore Vanderbilt, with his alleged loans to Costa Rica, has secured the services of an independent State and an able | back the General, who has been sweepieg the filibusters - from the lake and the river; Commodore Morgan bleeds freely for his General, Walker; Commodore George Law, it appears, has at last found a mar- ket for bis muskets and other munitions of war, and has chosen Henningsen as his General, with ‘an eye, perhaps, to the overriding of Walker and to the getting a new contract for the Nicaragua Toute. We can only say for the present, with Captain Sir Lucius O'Trigger, that this triangular war of the three Steamboat Commodores, “is 2 very pret- ty quarrel ae it stands, and it would be a pity to © be deem = SERRE OS Ben oo ‘Mr, Fisu, from the: r Soins Lpered en devel Affairs, more SEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Senate. Aunany, Feb, 6, 1867. PSTITIONS PRESENTED. ® By Mr. Bicxuzs—Against the employment of convict labor s0 as to compete with mechanics outside, and ask- men swears that she said ehe would have his | spoil it” Letthem fight itout. Is Mr. White | the auburn prison in this regard. (Burdell’s) “heart’s blood;” another, that in her | at home? ‘Mr. Brooxs introduced a bill authorizing the Second eshe struck the Doctor in the breast. Mise ‘asa ep gat Avenue Railroad totake up the track through Oliver Hibbard, « ocean of deceased, swears thathe| THE LATEST NEWS. piri he waphons toad desslbes Moy dmie el eo told her that Mra, Cunningham had threatened to a the Oounoel ‘of tha’ Corporation fo'aure suck ogel meee take his life in case he told the witness something BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, irene of Second avenue ss bave nod in relation to Miss Cunningham the elder; that Bal ue wi Mr. C. P, Surra gave notice fof a bill to amend the of Brookiyn, #0 as to aie Boe reduce the number of AFPAIRS IN CON@RESS—THE CENTRAL AMERICAN TREATY SHELVED—WILL MR. DALLAS RESIGN?— Mr. Uruix reported favora»ly on the bili to extend the Valley Canal to Mill Grove Pond, at = cost of MILITARY AND NAVAL MOVEMENTS—THE ‘I- $100,090. CA) jUA PILIBUSTERS AND THE PRESIDENT— By Mr. Sicxizs—For and altering the presen! law in relation to the New York District Courts, BURNING OF THE NATIONAL TAEATRE, ETC. Wasminaton, Feb. 6, 1857. pt ig he Li iy Mr. [To prevent bribery or th: intment of Py toy to office, ei To he did give witness the information referred to. It ie hardly necessary to say that much of this is not legal evidence, and that the threats of a jea- lous woman are more frequently the ebullitions of momentary passion than of a settled purpose; and that with an imperfeet chain of physical evi- This being private bill day but little of public interest tranepired im Congress. In the Senate, Mr. Fish reported dence, the mora] circumstantial proof must be \tnte for the joint resolution ate ae oe ——S feraceaen of the City Judge. stronger than this. Still it is a part, and a very | foere and seamen of Dr. Kane’s expedition the same pay the Atlantic Navigation y. To incorporate Company. allowed Lieut. De Haven’s expedition. Mr. Stuart re- | qZahuinorise the establishment of ineane, ssylome in Ported a bill to ascertain and settle private [and claims in To amend the charter of the Nursery for Poor Chil» New Mexico. It is copied from the California bili, with | ¢ren. meeb the same provisions, and provides for the appoint- ment of a Board of Commissioners. Mr. Wilson submitted & resolution, which was adopted, requiring the Commit- tee op Commerce to cousider the expediency of authoriz fog the Secretary of the Navy to expend not ex ceeding fifty thousand dellars for the further exploration of the La Piata and its tributaries. ‘The memorial of the citizens of Washington was pre sented by Mr. Brown, asking that Pennsylvania avenue be reiaid with the small block or ‘Belgian’ pavement. ‘Mr. Benjamin presented the momorial of Bowen & Bar- Bey, asking for « mai! contract for ten years in (rst class steamers trem New Orleans to Bordeaux via Havana and Fayal Among other private bills, the Senate to-day passed the Dill for the relief of Mary Reeside, granting one important part, of a chain which is daily becom- ing stronger. With reference to the alleged marriage, the Coroner has received information from Albany that Dr. Burdell was at Saratoga at the time the certificate is dated, and that affidavits to that effect will be forwarded to-day. The clergyman, Rev. Mr. Marvine, does not identify Mr. Eckel as the man that was married to Mrs. Cunningham, and that point, the direct bearing of which on the case we never could see, falls the ground. The motive to murder might have been just as strong, whether the marriage was a fraud or not. We have a point of interest in the testimony of the man who made Eckel’s wig, who identifies Mrs. Cunningham as the person Assembly. AtBany, Feb. 6, 2867. ‘The Senate and House disagreeing on the amendments to the bill authorizing the sale of the Brick Church and other property to the United States, a Commitiee of Con- ference was appointed on the part of the Assembly. Messrs. Foot, Baxer, Bowsn, Laavenworrs and Var- NUM presented « large number of petitions on genera) subjecte—among others for the removal of the Qoaran- time; and from merchants of New York asking the Privilege now conceded to banks to pay their notes at discount. Mr. Joun J. Ruy reported favorably on the bill suthorizing «further loan of one million four hundred’ and eighty thousand dollars for a New York reservoir. The bill to establish a National Vaccine institu:ton wac- P 7 i bundred and eighty thousand dollars, principal and fm direct evidenor ut along wih otber tt. | Mrs asim yar Hentai iwime wat |" "putes pnd 8 Wl provid or wr 4 sued by the government, and after an examination of mu- moval of the @ tine af % mony it shows Eckel’s complicity with Mrs. C. in many matters, great and small, and it is unfortunate that he should bave taken means to disguise his appearance so recenily. The theory that the act was committed from within the house, is strengthened by the testimony of the maker of the lock upon the street door; it wasa newly invented burglar preof lock, which cannot be picked, and with a key which cannot be counterfeited. If we take with this the testimony of Mr. Ross,” who saw a man supposed to be the Doctor go into the house at half.past ten, and also that of Mr. Brooks, who heard the cry of murder at the same hour, we have a series of remarkable coincidences which go strongly to tua) accounts the jury rendered a verdict against the government for $180,000, mail pay, which had been im- properly withheld by the Post Office Department. The no judgment against the government, as refused. This bill liquidates the debt, and interest from date of verdict. The House passed a large number of private bills. A resolution was adopted calling on the President for inior- mation toueh'pg the claim of Francis Denaise, late Consu! at Constantinople. It is generally believed that a shame- Jess conspiracy exists in the Department of State against Mr. D, and if #0, Congress has determined to expose it. The Dallas-Clarendon treaty has been rejected by s large vote, or, in other words, recommitted to the Cor § mittee on Foreign Relations, which sends the document | tion, ‘back to its originators for amendment. Several intimate Mr. Mane friends of Mr, Dallas say be will at once resign bie pos Von. ‘The Dill appropriates $150,000 for a purchase of a site for the bullding, and appoints commissioners to looate the: new Quarantine; authorizes the sale of the present site and buildings; appoints commissioners to locate new. Duildings, and return the from the 5 for extension of time for completing the- Frie, New York Cit; ‘ana Black River Railroads. To prevent e by railroad compaziee. ROTICES CF WILLS, the ac prove that no parties other than those witbin The Secretary of War bas determined to send a new | and Special in New York. the house could have done the murder. Add to | regiment to California early in the spring, a part to go ua tee Py? a aa iow, oot ‘ae eotbeat ee this the proof of enmity, and construe it as a | *ress the Plains for the protection of emigrants. postposed tll 12 o'clock v J learn that the Decatur has been ordered by the The House agreed sessions op Tues motive, and the case is a strong one. As we said before, much of this evidence will not stand the fire of crose-examination, more of it will never be admitted; but we are not trying the parties or laying accusations at their doors—we are simply Seoretary of the Navy from San Francisco to Panama, | “*J8 and that her officers are to be relieved. They will retern ¥ by the Isthmus route. 1 understand that Judge Morton, counsel for the filitbus- | _ 4 motion was then made to adjourm over api!) Monday ters, who ls pow bere, has notified the administration EVENING The Assembly re-sssembied endeavoring to get at the facts and natura) de- ans tieecsss tad cee rane Arwivarplinerymescyss not belng present, John J. Rally ever call of the uctions in the case. toseion, that President Pierce, his private secretary and | "me lobbies were cleared and the doors oloned. ‘The evidence of yesterday was chiefly confined | other effeers will be called to the stand by the defence, | Some excitement occurred during the cali is conse- to testimony on the quarrels of Mrs. Cunninghain oe expedition to Central America justified by their Siaen ts tae bres reas on on ate = and Dr. Burdell. To-day Mrs. Cunninghay and | "T.'corruption, Committee are making out their report, po nm ag Wrench of discipline was euSered to her daughters will be examined, and their testi- mony will be looked for with the greatest anxiety. and are in bopes to present it to the House on Monday next. Mr. Gree ey is expected here to night, having been sub- porpaed to appear before the Committee, Vudge Striker, of New York, testified before the Committee that Greeley received @ draft for a thousand doliars, and Reverdy Jobnscn one for fiftcen hundred, for services in the Des- moines Railroad affair. The New York Hote! filtbusters are working like beay- ers, and persist in representicg that R. J. Walker is going into the State Department. The National theatre was again burned down to day. It was burnt on the 6th of March, 1845, and rebuilt for Jenny Lind, The calmness of the atmosphere alone pre- vented the destruction of the whole equare. The engines wore on the ground, but had no water. Congress Winns wont at Skates scare ie proper F, and when a fire oocure and , ls at the mercy of the fiames. : It ie understood that the Chairman of Ways and Meane will call up the Submarine Telegraph ‘Dill 1m the Liouse again on Tuesday next. Affairs at Albany. THE SECRET OOMMITTEE—REMOVAL OF THE QUA- KRANTINE—NEW YORK STAGE COMPANY—RBGIS- TRY LAW—CITY JUDOE, ETC, ETC. Auuny, Feb, 6, 1867. InterestinG PROM NicanaGeua—Tae War ov THE Steampoat Commopores.—lInteresting in- formation bas been received from Nicaragua do va to the night of January 21st, but which, from the great pressure upon our columns, we are compelled to reduce to a brief summing up. It confirms our previous views of the objects and the parties concerned in this Nicaragua war. First, it appears that Walker still holds out at Rivas with from 450 to 500 effective men. Secondly, there is the proclamation of General Mora, of Costa Rica, (Commodore Vanderbilt's General) declaring that he will carry the war to & permanent peace, and giving the following as the results of twenty days in the field :— In of , Waversing desert ered with vipers. deuseat Toretis, oraases and <e. United States Supreme Court. ‘Wasurmreron, Feb. 6, 1867. No. 962.—Daniel A. J. Barker and Lewis M. . The Direote ‘The river is rising slowly. The Grace Dariing, whic ‘was sank (eo the river, was valued at $20,000, and insured for $15,000, Evaneviira, Feb. 6, 1867, ‘Three steamers have arrived up, and others are load- the fort Sao Lanny WY |, 10 Cannons, 8 howitzers, rifles, ard mouititudes of swords, ammuniuon of war, and py dng 160 enemies, who bave generously been set a Ad This looks bad enough for Walker; but next comes the following encouraging letter from his especial supporters, Commodore Morgan and son, who hold the last Walker contract for the Transit route mon»poly : at We tave shipped board ibe bark Ue Gopertor Hab- Clark report, sti eat Song the snore et ty fe on ari jovernor Hal "a administration. This 20 bard which sails to day for Punta areuas, of Nioas. os, | esq "cage the, ght, ‘will duclone the ae, | oowrred. The depin of the Oblo river a stationary’ st the ollowing —Nine cases with two portable capuw | even feet. two chains for the same. six a) a7 ‘pack saddice )« x | wounding fact that large sums of money were paid by ap- Wammuno, Feb. 6, 1867. boxes of ammunition, and 17 boxes with 200 bomb © pheants for harbor masters to certain brokers about (be The soe commenced 0 eee ae Arenas with insirvouoke to forward thesr Yo you at | outskirts of the exccutive chamber. In one instanee the | Te Wovs.” hols im the Aroaie while lying os ber wher be ea pi aes, aflame The ice is rt 4 * es moving rapidly in the river. The weather tre also to Mr. Boott. that ibere articles will arrive safely and be very useful, we are yours, &c., CHARLES MORGAN & SON. To General Wits Walken, President of Nicaragua. P. 8.—We sent you also a fle of newspapers. Walker is the General of Commodore Morgan, but Henningsen is no doubt the General of Com- modore George Law. Read:— Naw Youx, Nov, 26, 1866, (Cuanias Frapmmce Hansivosry Eyraamm Sin—I have sent on : | ‘Vory rexpectfally, (Ne } Next we have a letter from J. N. Scott, (Walker's agent) dated Punta Arenas, Deo. 18, and stating that the Governor Hubberd had arj rived, and that the “goods” would be sent up, and the recruits as fast as possible. Next, how- ever, comes the unexpected drawback of @ pro- clamation from Captain John B. Erskine, senior officer of the British fleet in those waters, offer- ing his protection to such British subjects as may be among the Walker emigrants, and threatening to enforce their rights “by euch measures as | may think best adapted to the purpose.” The filibusters at Ponta Arenas were highly indig. nant, and submitted with a protest, Some ten mon of them had gone over to British proteo- tion—the rest of the eble bodied smigrante, The Directors ¢ the Boston A electea Gener ‘wiohell, Pres Horace writen, Treacorer, apd Devid PHILADELPHIA, STOCK DOAND. KILADELYRIA, Fed. 6, 1887. Stocks firm, Reading Railroad, 48; Long island Rall br 19%; Morrie Canal, 163¢; Pennsylvania a . —_—_ ‘Tas Orena —The Favorite” wae ftvee last evening at the Academy, being the eighth performance under Mr “Norma” will be done thie Wiliam Niblo.—judgment ilo performance of ibe comtreah Jr, we. W. 1. Bowell.) Tor amount of rent demanded, wih Mf ‘aban Goodman. —Judgment for de-