The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW YORK | ERALD. WHOLE NO. 7483. ‘FOUR DAYS LAPER FROM EUROPE. ‘ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN AT PORTLAND. THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF ENGLAND. More Trouble About the Danubian Prin- cipalities. SLIGHT DECLINE IN BREBADSTUFFS. CONSOLS 93 a 9318 FOR MONEY, &o., &., &. {Br Anmnican Proving Txrecrarn Loews, 91 Watt 81.) Porrtanp, Fob. 24, 1857. ‘The screw steamship Indian arrived hore at eix o'clock ‘this morning, with four days iater news from Europe, She loft Liverpool at "1l A. M om the Ilth inst., and bas consequently made the passage in twelve days and nineteen hours. ‘The Canard steamship America, the departure of which from Boston was delayed more than a day on account of the foe, was telegraphed below Liverpool on the morning Of the Lith, and would arrive at her dook about noon on that day. GREAT BRITAIN. ‘The Parliament has published an accouut of the public income and expenditure for the year ending September 38, 1866, The total mmoome from all regular sources of Feyenue was £71,348,000, and the totel expenditure £88,807,000, being an excess of £16,960,000 sterling of expenditure over income. In Parliament the Chancellor of the Exchequer an- Bounced bis financial statement for Friday, Fob, 13, pre- ‘vious to which the navy and army estimates would be in ‘Mee hands of members. In the Lords a desultory discussion wat hold as to ‘whether the Chinese lorcha Arrow, which gave riso to ‘the present China war, wis or was not under the British fag. Lord Lyndhurst referred to.a reeest article in the Mo- riteur, intimating the probability of a union of the Danu- the question of the union, and whether that question waa to be discussed and decided upon by the representatives Of the great Powers. ‘The Earl of Clarendon replied that he had certain- the article in the Monitour with surprise, at the present moment be chould abstain from expressing any opinion upon the subjest. He would only cay that there was n0 bar whatever to the discus. ‘son of the question by the divaas, wader the firman of se Sultan, or by the repretentatives-of the great Powers. In the Commons Mr. Layard inquired whether Ferak ‘Khan, the Persian Ambassador to: the Emperor of the Freneh, was negotiating with Lord Cowley at Paris with the same full powers that he possessed when st Constan- Sinople. Mr. Vernon Smith. in the absence of Lord Pal- ‘Merston, eaid that he believed the powers to be precisely In reply to Mr, Roebuok, Sir 0, Wood sald that no fresh ArOlic expedision would be sent out without being pro- ‘vided for in the estimates. Considerabie debate tonk pisoc.on.the ortminal tickets @f leave, and Sir George Grey obtained heave to bring in @ Dill on tio subject. ‘Mr. Disrecil again repesic!, in the most positive terms, Ghat a treaty bed been made by France to guarantec to Austria ber possessions in Italy, Lord Palmerston re- plied that no such treaty existed, although he admitted dat Fracco, uring the Russian war, had agreed with Austria to repross insa rection sbouid i oocur tm Italy. ‘The Gazite contains the apprletment of C. H. Darling, ‘Bow Governor of Newfountiend, to be Governor of Ja- ‘malice, ond of Sir A. Bannerman, now Governor of the Babames, to be Governor of Newfoundiand. ‘The ebip Adriatic bad stranded in Dungarvon bay, with 000 tons of cargo. ’ Mr. Weguelia is elected go Partiamont from Southamp ton, and General Codringtonfrom Greeawich. In the London discount market, and at the Bank of ‘England there was increased activity, owing toa tem- porary demand for money to pay fer gold purchased for France. The Continental exchenges continued with -Imvorable appearances. At Hamurg the rate of discount had dectved to 3% per cent. £10,000 in gold bad been - taken from the Bank of Eng'and. Considerable gold had arrived from Austrelia, but the Bank of France takes halt + the arrival. ‘The Agra, from thanghao, was reported off the Western + Inlands with a cargo of 23,089 bales of ailk and 617,600 ) pounds of tea. ‘The Virginia bad arrived from Foo Chow Fou with tea. FRANCE. In Parts, on Mondsy, the funds closed st 68f. 100. for - money and 68f. 460. for sooonnt. ‘M. Fould bas gone to the south of Fraace one mission of inquiry respecting the scar sity #f provisions. ‘The Presse, in ita weekly commercial review, says:— * Business shows vo symptoms of revival, The calls for daily consumption suffice to keep some manufacturers at ‘work, and retail eales naterally go on to a certain exica, GREECE. had boon accepted. Also, that the King had promised to scemodel tis ministry on condition that the allies would withdraw thetr troops from Greece. To ships have al ‘ready loft Touton for the Perseus, to embark the French. TURKEY. ‘The Armans of convocations are sbout to be forwarded Austria bad officially notified the Porte that the evacus: ‘don of the P rinetpalities wit be completed on the 24th of March. The Turkish troops were to enter afterwards. PERSIA. The Oriental steamer Aden, with advioes from Bombay ‘to the 17th of January, arrived at Sue om the a5th of Janeary. |} _ There In nothing farther of importance trom the Per. van Gull, MORNING EDITION—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1857. PRICE TWO CENTS. General Outram and staff lef Bombay on the 16th of January. ‘The troops at Bashine were reported healthy. The Paris Presse d’ Orient, of the 29th, eays that Persia has made submission to Eogiand. CHIN 4. A letter from the Chinese dea, which was dated 16th Dec., and published in the French Moniicur of the Fleet, gives some new cotails of the /ate affair at Canton, show: ing that the damage suttained by the foreign merchaat was not so great as was at first stated. Of the thirteca European quarters of Chy San Hang, five wore destroyed; Of the eighty foreign taotories at Caton, twenty-one were burned down. There existed at Canton a floating Population of from twenty-five to thirty thousand vaga- bonds, refugees from all paris of China, and these men, as scon as the English ships commenced fring, rushed into Chy San Hang, and having first pillaged the European stores, set fre to them.. The British Admiral sent some shells amongst thom and caused them to fly in every direction, and @ number were lef dead. Tho French seamen in a great measure hed the fire. The Chinese town suflored horribly, as’ well by the fre from the English ships as by the native robbers. Of the twelve great factories belonging to the Hing merchants, pear the Tartar town, nine were destroyed by the first attack. A great number of merchants had emigrated to Shanghae, but the 600,000 inhabitants ef Canton could not 80 easily dispose of themselves. ‘The British Parliament: bas: published a voluminous blue book of correspondence, wherein the Kar! of Olaren- don expresses his full approval of all the acts of Admiral Seymour, Ministor Bowring and Consul Parkes. The King of the Corea bas opened all the ports of his ‘Territory voluntarily to the commerce of all nations. THE LATEST. BY TELEGRAPH FROM LOMDON (0 LIVERPOOL, Livmevoot, Feb. 1l—a. M. ‘The standing orders were complied with on the 0th be- fore Parliament, in the case of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. THE PERSIAN WAR. A despatch from Marsetlies, dated Tuesday, the kth inst., states that General Bubler bad been sent by the Persian government to the seat of war on the Persian Gulf, Panis, Fod. 9, 1857. The French Taree per Cents closed to-day as follo ws:— 68f, 850, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, LONDON MONEY MARKET. ‘The London money mark¢t was slightly easier. Consols for money 93 a 983¢, and for account 93%; a 033;. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Various circulars report cotton steady and generally unchanged, Sales for the three business days subse. quent to the departure of the Asia, 38,000 bales, including 90,000 on speculation an4 for export, prices closing steady. Middling Orleans, 75; ; m'ddting uplands, 7 7-16d.; middiing Mobile, 79164. Brazilian and Egyptian long stapled, aotive and considerably higher. LIVERPOOL BREADOTUFFS MARKET- Movers. Richardson, Sponce & Co.'s circular reports wheat inactive and quotations barely mainteined. Flour imactive; quotations nominal, and 64. 1s. lower, Corn quiet. Red wheat 8s. a 9s.; white, 0s. 34. «0s. 0d. Wost- ern canal flour, 30s. 64. a Sis. 6d.; Baltimore and Phila- delpbia, Sls. 83x.; Obio, 38s. 64. a 34s,; mixed corn, 83s. 9d. a 345.; yellow corn, 84s. 64.; white cora, 36s. & 05s. 64. - LIVERPOOL. PROVISION MARKET. Beef unchanged ; good new would bring fall raies, Pork dull apd unchanged. Bacon—Fair demand at former rates; long middies, rib in, 53s. 6d. a 64s. ; short middles, 64s. 0 66s. ; Cumberland, 62s. a 638. Lard offered at Tés., with buyers demanding « reduction, Tallow—A large specu- lative trqziry at London, at Liverpool the business ‘was small, at frm prices—Y ©. 66s. Queroltron bark (Philadelphia), Lis. 6d.; Baitimore, 108, 64. a 10s. 0d, MANCHESTER MARKET. Market quiet and prices stead: City Intelligence. Movexents oy mu: East River Fenny Sreamens,—The Harlem river shook of its toy mantie during the carly part of last week, and left navigation, which had boen closed in that direotion since the first week in January, as free and uaobstructed as {1 is in midsummer; but from some cause pot clearly explained the ferry bost Sylvan Blooming grove township, Pike county, Pa., ia conse- quence of the mysterious disappearance of a young men, 17 years of age, eon of Mr. James A. Waddell, chemist, of Commerce street, Brooklyn, vader most eurpicious cir- Young Waddell had been living omg farm of bie father’s stzce May last, situated about miles from the Lackawaxen station, on the New York and Erie Railroad, and it appears that he bas had culty with @ man in his employment, name , though | the dina; W4oc+ of wine’ belonging 1 om- og from the house, The for and read the letters be must be aware of Bim, fhe poopie in the victni young laa has beon foaily dealt some mae to lynch MoGurk. at present looks very # = Hw chased into the river by somo gnongh to drown bim t pus him outot INTERESTING FROM MEXICO; NICARAGUA AND SOUTH AMERICA, Affairs in Mexico—American Olaims—Manifesto of Gen, Alvares—Movements of Santa Anna— British Me in Nicaragua—Revolution in Peru~A Pacific Railroad in South America, &e., be. &e. ‘The great ecoumulation upen our files of valuable and interesting erticies, letters azd extracts, relative to Moxt- am and Spanish American affairs, compels us, in the crowded state of our colamns, to reduce much matter of {mterest to our readers to the concise form of « compen- dium, in order that we may Gnd space te insert it The following résemé qill give the gist of all the nows re- ceived from those countries, apd notalready published :— AFFAIRS IN MEXICO. Our correspondent writes from the City of Mexico :— ‘Mexioo tas nothing to far from foreiga countries, and T cannot see how the present :evolutionary party can hope to estebliah iteelf: the progreadive steps made 004! 4 et Casma on the Oth and driven out the govorament troops, and was marching on Trujitio. Tois movement, {t waa supposed, would give him possession of the entire Borth of that ropdblic en ent Unpopulartty of Gen. Castillo confirms me in tbe beitet that the movement which took p ace against him tn arequipa in September last mast Gaally resalt ta his overthrow most intelligent men fare bouna by that strorg ee te a ee monfors If he falls they will be the constent Cin § conservative government, and from the liberality of t' views would uot long be et work im getting ap a power- fal and successful revolotion. 1 consider the law tn ques tion by fare greater acquisition thae the Bationsl inde- pendence, for it unites ali its friends on one great point, + raga aa never can disagree—protection and inte- ‘Thi government sccs clearly, what e Seen must see, that Mexico mug: have other ipeo pie hece t ‘she would prosper. Immigration is. the great ory, and I lesrn that the government has given orders t» the Br'ra- ordinary, our journal tor the pubiloatton of all the laws relattve toimmigrants Several thousand copies of this pape: are to be cistributed throughout che United states, Evgians aod Ireland regularly, a ae of giving light to sirapgers op the resources of Mexts0—a most capital idea. Give us ten thoveand foreigners, @ large Portion from the United States to begia with, aad a fow years more wili see Mexico flourishing, Revolutions ‘wit be at ap cand—a now ora will begin. I mus! give you some credit for the clearness with whioh the Heesrp speaks on Mexican affairs. It ts ra Treshing to pick up an American paper that really knows what It is writing ebout. AMERICAN CLAIMS ON MEXICO. The Mexican Bztrcordinary of the 7th ult. eayw s— Amongst the complaints that are w before the Mexican government are those of @ months, they are sti'l kept here in aus} , Many of them tm a mort cistreased ana beg carly c: |. Ove court has judged them innocent, and before another court they bave nad a beeripg, and yet they remain in objects of charity. In comnection i 33 des these things the most brutal woatapent i 78 can credit informasion {rom very BOUroe, pe, ange ore it be was left immersed in a pile of human when be was @t and joored by the guards wh: wore placed over bim. MANIFESTO OF GEN. ALVAREZ Gen. Alvarez has lately tesued @ manifesto, deciaring the rumors of serious variance between himself a1 Pre aident Comonfert to be without foundation and gotten ap for evil purposes. The point of his manifesto is coa- {tained in the conclusion of it, whiok is as follows:— # In vain ¢isanite the democratic party, ‘tbey point their shafts at the administration which gov- ‘us, for 1 am resolved to defend it against all thore ‘whilst invoking retigion and fueros, aim oo 080 Ot sending, in three years. sufflinent to pay one hail year’s di 4, or appropriating to otbor purposes thet ‘which and legally belongs to the bondholders. B make amend: a to obtain mont is looged ‘here tn Ye Baat 0 dividend MOVEMENTS OF THE SANTANNISTS. Geveral Santa Anma's son and bis father-in-law, both of whom are now in Havana watching the course of a!- faire im Mexico, have addressed the Mexican public Varough the Havapa prees, devying the rumor that cawe from Spain te the effect that Santa Anna hed sent an emissary to Madrid offering to bring the ropublic again ‘under the Spanish crewn. The letters are full of high pounding professions of patriotiem, and that of the eon contains this paregraph — i z i 4 t it ith ut H F i ! i BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS IN NICARAGUA. ‘Wo Bave some time since alluded to the (act that Great Britatm was endeavoring to negotiate a treaty with the native government of Nicaragua. The Bolin Ofictal, of Leon, the organ of P;esident Rivas, of the 21th of Novem. ber last, has a long article in opposition to the treaty, as delng more unfavorable to Nicaragua than tnat proposed Jointly by the United States and England, through Mr. Webster and Mr. Crampton. It tates that in the new proposttions Great Britain en. deavors to place Nicaragua in the humiliating position of ‘a recipient of territory from the Mosquito Indians, when Nicaragua bas never recegnised any right of sovereignty in those Indians, nor their ponseesion of the territory in thus striving to obtain trom NI |. Hollins, the United States tain up to the present time has passed over thie fect in It seems Mr. Wycke, the Fnglish Chargé, took the post- tion that there was no established authority at San Joan to stop the entrance of parties of mem landing there to reinforce Waiker, if they covered themselves with the THE REVOLUTION IN PERU. Our well informed correspondent writes us trom [ims be wil) pey no one, nor arknowledgo bimaelt accouutable to either the Convention or the people ‘or the public tn- comes end expenditures Upon the whole, presume that both Vivanco and Castillo possces all the necossa: qualifications tore Peruvian President, from ex: pertepoe, we Bnow t0 bem hearty good will torob tne irea-ury, and valor to keep the joors shut against all Jealous 8nd epyions would-be Presidents Tne sum of $200,000, offered ia tha first instance to the paws ‘Or persons who would bring the vessols of wer to the orders of the goverament, havo risen to a dotivery or nilop, which now offered for destruction of the fleet. have pews from Panama Of the departure of an expedition to Peru, composed Of foreigners to retake the bas aud recover the re. ‘There is a par y of great strength, but entirely inde pendent of Vivanco, being organized for the overthrow of Castitlo and the support of the constivution In the event of Vivanco succeeding, the party will have as its Weeder ether Generals Yan Roman or Castillo ‘The Cosia Rica Diplomatic #gent reut here to sollott the loan for bis government of balf a of dollars, to carry om the war against Walser, has met come opoosi. tion fp the Convention, ana he ts beginuing to know the worth of a Peruvian promise. | undersiaad, however, that fs is very probable that he will be able fo retarn to nts country within a month, bearing the money with » PACIFIC RAILROAD ACROSS SOUTH AME- RICA. ‘The Cbill Ferro Carril of the 18th of January states that « project of a railroad from the Atlaatio to the Pa- cide is now. being discussed im that republic and in the western provinces of Buenos Ayres. The proposed ter. mint are the city of Rosario, on tho La Pista river, and Valparaiso, on the Pacific. The difference of longitude ts abous ten degrees, slong the J4th parallel of south lati. tude; but no pass bas yet been discovered for it through the Andes. RIVER NAVIGATION IN SOUTH AMERICA. The expedition of the United States exploring veescls, under Lieut. Page, up the Parans river and its tribute- ries, ecoms to have awakesed a epiris of alscovery in tbe western provimoes of the Argentine Confederation, and General Tabondo bas floated down the Salsdo river om an experimental trip, from Santiego del Estero to Santa Fe, a distance of about uine hundred miles by the course of the river, Speaking of this examination the Buenos ayres Packet of Besowmber 12 esys:— the bed: the river bas seven anda half du i ie = 4 5 5 E ag & Hat < st 5 £ F. » 5 * % 4 rT fi A i Z i & { td ti Bi a i j ef He fi i # E 3 eens TH 235 see i § 3 aH : : i i f iil # § j i z i i if Hi i g ef Hf f St i i te 8 8 5 of i i PS Ha RE Ugh is i i LH i 53 3 | ‘The Monster Land Swindle, ‘MASS MEBTING OF THE DKMOCKATIC WORKING MEN, The atiempt to force the passege of the vartons rail- road bills at present before Congress, has atjiast aroused the workipgmen of ‘nis city, and they have commenced @ movement with the view of defeating those measures— @ movemert which promises to be wide spread, and which, tf properly carried out, must eventually result ia their defeat. Last night the rst meeting of the work- ing men of this city was held at 163 Bowery, and it is, we unde'stand, merely preiiminary to those whioh wilt | continue to be held until the object for which they are called shell have been effected. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Charles McUarthy, and Mr. Joha Com- merford was a >pointed to preside. Mr.MoUarthy officiated as Seoretary, The President made the following re- marke:— =" led ‘her for the ear resalog our oplatga ia felation tothe exmoiun wack has been ln'ely made at Washington chy, of the dishonest doin, e ea, You port commendiog Bouse of Kepresen’ pt ofwhich they have been guilty ‘snot one of those trivis trax: 6 that sof daily aad hourly recurrence, neither in it one of that nature which has for its extenuation the too fre. quent excuse that its perpetration was by those circumstances which too frequently impel the destitute to the cemmiasion of sin Here are men who are liberally paid ‘or the services they perform. Unlike the tativen of some otber countries, they are nov req to leave thetr usual avocationa to legisiate without com penaation but when they take upon themselves the duty of representing their fel low citizens they are amply paid tor the investment of thelr time, In reurn for tis provinon, the governmest or the people, us % condition, damaod that auch delegate shall Qualify’ himeelf to render back to bis constituenta an equiva: lent in the way of an wise, and judicious course of action in the legisiaion which he ‘may be called upan to eet In order, too, that he may dis charge the dutes [cing te te high trust he bes be swears before the majesty and in the preseace’ of Maker. that he will com. scieniiousiy perform all the tions exacted by the copatitution ‘Thus then, we hold the nature of the exist icg reallon between the representative und conatituaat | Who c wi bere that way that a contract #0 eacredly entered into Could be wo finerantiy, base's and Diatphemoualy violated and Sel aside Yet so itis Allof usfeet that it isa national shame, From the acts of these men elvilized nations will gather the continuity of our freedom and destiny. The re ire which has been msde of the practice of certain ut the result of @ avstem of well matured plunder property of ie people —Kiver sines this country was Paced in the novel avd unusual position of having surplus revenue of some thirty tolilicn dollars which it had eel rid of by distribution among the btates, the eves of the bankers 6nd foan agen’s of turape have been atendily riveted uoen the revenue chest at Washington. In to the sanual bal 0 nary arbitrators of the iseount of ment beld arly oF 48 ‘unio wealth ia pub tar back ns Ls Torseelng that the holdin of these lands b b uctive of evil re- bo passed into the hands of the 3 ago a desperate ad- Whitney. conceived the project of wiroad, and to accomplish this pur pore he visited Losdon and made suitable arrange- ments with English capiialists. It is supposed conditions whieh they ¢xacted were that this man ‘a cure grant of land thirty miles wide on exab side of the road, along the eulire route, aud that he ahould get come a fnvest i share of the money necessary road. and then the English fand mong d fornish means to complete t's const Whiteey iabored aesiduonsly and obtained the ratifica- tien of the soundness policy. #0 of his scheme, by the rote of epproval of the legislative bocies of thirteen it stator. He also held meetings in ali the large cities of the Uniied t tater, and exch of these assetoblages approved oChis project, Untoriunately ‘or himself wad emniederates, he. visited thia city ard held & meeting at th tion be was met and oritically advantages whieh the people were to der compan to approprinie far thelr own purposes thousand square miles of the lands of the American people. ‘The majority of We meeting not being satisfied with the idea ef ferring so large © fic benefit of te Krthschil le at this convoce- ith respect to the crown who with the relia of keen appetites about to feast noon the richly festering carrion of the monthedc ignorance of thetr fellow cith- feos. The wen who there met op and frustrated the sebeme then contemplated. were poor men, men who had to toll dally for theirsubsistenee, And eeme few of thom were vinited with every kind of expostul bon and with attempts to make them turn recreant to the couree of honesty sné hovor. yet they spurned these 4 tious and proudly sto d forth for the preservation of « large tion u ative Mand the of the combined amen of hreaanendis and Wa few, Inia these mea'ware sept of honest virtue, rem ‘hie abort period thse within their own day, or within of tury of our nabonal existence—yes, at a time whon #01 the Inat of the men of the Bevolntion yet linger as it were on life’s Ubreaboid thet they may unwilitogly convey to tha aoisie of of their departed compatriots thew intelagence tbat cor testitotions are siready tottering towards the abye wherein lie the ruined fragmants of the republics which bave R us. Fince the Pacific otfor. we here hai Ibe subject of Cy of fe. Penetet Dill pet. Me Rress: BL OLE ReBHiOD it pasted thepreseates an the ale bad Cy 2 Advoraion Wits fow 2am our Dub mien appear to have forgdcen Ple still hope that it “hould become a ww, and ana conse- quence the agevts who are the aclve.iontrumenta of te apes: pty somes. Wa Toe ineoe wrelopecnenta a ear fillions of cree of nnd Even ow average of D1 ovo: twenty-five millions of dollars. or, in other words. these com- paules extract from actual erttlecs two hundred and six mil- lions of dotlars over the Cy price which goverament has ertevitaped. KmbolJened by ther success at that seein they have extended the apbere of 1 ope they have repewed the application made by Whitney. They do Det stand iu awe of the muruituae of the contemplated plun der, but they Doldly step into the Mongressional exoha ge shop, and present the terms upon which they will take upoa themselves the inborions Ibi! mI for such service what will be to them in a very thousand millions of dollary’ worth of ‘Thus, fellow citizens, are pudlic men endeavoring to establish, through the opera Sous of government the two phasce of society in this country which have been so disastrous to the ation of Hberty uo to this vi When shadows of 4 2238 by the injustios, mal niged to monopolize the Isada. with the enjoyment of a corfortal rapncity of the few who ma neo were not watinlied © nudalatence—no, Vinten entire colouies snd verritories were sppendyd to poasen- souk they bad bo ior opines ‘Tbat the nitimate fall of ancient Rome waa cansed by the fs oaifiention of svch indulcenes cf the base and rord:! propen- sitien of ite lanéed claes, even Gibbon reluctantly admin If euch has been the fate of the nadoos tast have Ureceded us, ia it not necessary, nay, is it not our duty, to make every be: recurrehes ‘ot such & course of beg Let it noe re stood without nevien, and permitted ‘he es ablishment of aa oversorendin arimorracy Of lansing mone mon the one mde, and thet A debased and dependent tenantry on the other. a Tead the folowing protest and resola- — We, the citizens of New York, belng alarmed at the action and combined 1 flnence go! the con’ederate ratiroad compa ties throughout our couniry, im the atiemot to ootain and spproprinte to themselves the lands of the government or penple for aelliish or speculative purposes, de hereby o to have the property of the vation thus squandered to for. ‘Word the inlererts of individuals of corporations We conceive it to be a public duty. from what hae already {rapepired. 10 take ovr positions as weatin menia of our Congress! to ne tee arenes taro \« * the py heritanee in the 16 action oC Congrems. We oby eh fonction of legietstion ie no €xistir g caURe 1 bi suspicious haste ia thue geitlog ref of (he publie iamde; neither is thin meeting avialed witn tho pretexia or the motives whieh have led Congress (0 usurp power of giving tee territory anffician' (6 este iment jest againet the hit be @xteD. present execntive a departments, ernment created to give such privileges as woul lead to the of, sari foster either Individual ar con ent fe remansirate, becivee if thie aysiem of stimulating aod snm‘aining these enterprises by the pub ie meane is conuinned. al! gaaranteas to the fil enjoyment of the ejnality and happiness of our eitivens is at an We pro- test, because if We acknowledge that, with the government reals the prerogative of exercising favorilen, in giving away the lazda (or the purpose of apeculat on wears thereby 0 build up in our midd a iapded intexont that will erumh 19 Ha carcer all individnal hope and appearance of manhood an | in de) nee. We protest ageinst the sophism that Congress consti itional/ yes ranting of it by ceding away Alternete sections for the purpose of securing @ double increased valine upon the Iands which it retains, We look apon this pretext as unsound and mischievour, inesmuch #9 capitalise will not invest thelr money for boriding ra roads valde be ® reliable intivetiom that Pepuiation is sore to move in the lirection where they whe my Fokoto expend 1 Tt le evident that the very fact of thie fos. epecuiasion neutralizes the @linct of the advantages which woud otherwige accrue to the actual seuler, beranee it enhances the price of the lands so aa to piace it bey:nd {).* means of the poorer class of settlers to pnrehase. Again, ft is manifest thet the apecniator in thin cece ance the rhmen’ aa bis instrument in causing it te bob! ap or remcera the enle of its lands until such time aa he, the privileged , res ntiatied that he bea teaured aa najiat and ex: iravagast price. Here, then, instead of Congress seeing that hea territories are open’ to ith citizens at the original pries, without eheck or hindrance, we behold govarament connest: Ine tte pow er wish tho Interest of the mownpolivar and aeaiett ai'the hirih of & formidable and heartless. progeny o¢ Ianted teri, ait | Blate yeithin the lowe reper regan! for those who 6 Ww Di those who are well ts for those who wil pe midicates country: and as it bas been ascertained that have logated within the precinets already bere, xe I hereafter arriv demanda thal something mare ‘han the choncen ot emp ovment agains’ destitution ‘irene from the i rt Of this aeeumaiating infiat of the masems of the able, roves! views of patriotien, " Resolved, That ae recemt exposition of the corrmption of the red of our eventatives in Congress whe Sv taaw eabaoed tee of gifts to the various ratt- Toad compenies, goes to stow that uhere \+ an, organized sed 0 r country who are linked epirators iiroughout oui a9 linked 00) r lor the purpose of 0” i ent is the case we Bin the of govern Posneenio: have only to look to the period when Whitney's Pacific project had passed the ‘Leeglatares of thirteen States. a oo. when ‘every city, except our own, wancloaed, (hie tempt ata moat atu; ya robbery. Since time the origyators of that 0 have chosen @ modified method ‘acquiring the possessions upon which they have fixed their expectations. In obedience to this, found ey are (brougb the instrumentality of State, ‘end ‘Territorial aed companien. Tewolved, That we look upon the esposure which hes takem place with regard wo the exindng corruption at Wash menifesting the interpomition of that Providence od the Seauny ofour beloved country. Int ‘a bitherto directe, he ge ne umiliating for eat mass of our eltizens te that while our Benetioent| ‘arher apreads out the almont ee oppressed, yet this re & 5S 3 y ees, edness ead stupidity those to’ whom power iad na Hove that en tiseupporer of the priscipiea o¢ Jefe ve that aa the supporter of the pi len of Jefferson, am fas the friend of andrew Jackson, we will fad’ him Out meanures that will secure the peop'e against being ‘ed and at the same time, in his action. we trust thet ‘Will not be operated upon, or made of agerem- dising power or be willingly used fur any purpos ‘save Unt of betng the meaium of protecting and securing the entire mass of his fellow citizens land was one of the most important which could be Drought befere the people, and he trasted that the work- ipgmen would baad togethor for the overthrow of the \voring to pass through » It as. bert that tbe ten woo wore in rf ad ato ; Scones nes’ rSe hate Seg mbes ee acministration of the laws, e1 Prevention of euch eesing the that a Fated «entirely from all of former movements of the kind. ‘Mr. Davis nextaddressed tno meeting, of the aiarm which ietea's g i i | | bes way an immense proporiion of the eld that, had it no; been for the public press, those who were would bave succeeded He, for one, editor of the Huraip for the manner in 8nd} cxpored this swindle, and but for which be kept on the movements of Public would bave remained to ali about it. It was the ratention of the tain members of Congress to force Copgreas without apy atsoursiop—end fucoerded bot for the timely expose wi made im the Hauarp Addresses were made also by Mr. Coaries Rioherdeon end Mr. Swackhemer. moved that a committee of one bo appothied frem organiec associations in all the wards of tats # if sasf rel 4 5 3 i 8 f il i iat wat ® sf Court of Spectal Sessions. Before Kecorder Smith. Fam. 24.—The Special Sessions court room was cramane® almost to suffocation this morning by citizens of all claspeng among them were some very propossessing young ladies, ‘who listened to the various stories of the prisosers wits Great interest. His Honor disposed of a very large em- ‘endar of cases, but the majority of them wote of the ‘usual stamp—petty thefts of all kinds, by old and young, male and femaie—aseault and battery charges by wives egainst husbands, and husbands against wives, 4c, &e. ‘MR. AND MRS, SHELLING. Recorder - [Do whip him? a Vor but once, your most worthy He Recorder—No doobi you served bim right, Mre. Ska ft ih CALIFORNIA YOUTHS. Jobn Backiey aud John peniientivy each ix monthe jor telio. Our reporter was toformed thal taese t men were expelled from *a0 Freactso Vignlence Commitee, and svon after Commenced to exercise ther combative i i i i | BOYS SENT WEST. M. Beale obtainea the permission of the Court to a large number of boys West This gentlemen hie ume exotusively to sbe youth, and hae in procurisg comfor ble places out of the city for li quite @ f inde, where thoy will be removed from the ing infinences of low city Ife and grow up te mbers of society. THE STRERT LEITURER AGAIN. Mr. Faulkner, the noted street oretor, ft will be remembered, preferred a of eapanit Lieutens nt was tried to term aad the this morning, of November 4 Greed ‘ne derentant rom snd wae re ered some time, {@ Consequesse: of the was bute Sucugied trad away broke lamps and other arti for the coave- Bience of the the compieinens 920, Several (he prosec:teem, who etmted Ba. Mr. Foulkner, acd that some of {fank, proposed inves cheers tat Vernende Weod. The ‘thas every son bade ~~ aS fe wee the law dye * calied to indignation at the of the chy. the witaceses for the prosecution confirmed the state- of Faulkner that Orr strock him. Recorder—It ie not so much matier about thet ae