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4 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1857. NEW YORK HERALD. JaMBS GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. een (OPVICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU BTS. ene cash in advance, aie HERALD. 2 conts © per annum. WEELKY HERALD, every Sa 0M cual pee Sy par 0f "Great Briiwin, or 9b ioany part 0/ the Continent, i 7 NCI taining im VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor, Sg NO NOTICE taken of anonymous communications, We do SOS PRINTING ceeculad toidh neatness, cheapness and dee- "ADVERTISEMENTS renewed evey day. Volume XXII........ cabhagh ih -sci estskses AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broaiway—Ricamizo—lnisa ‘Deron. BOWERY THEATRE, Bewery—Kanwet, rar Scout; or, ‘eee Rewei OF THE JERSE YS—BuiGawp's SoN—Girsey FakMER, BURTON'S NEW THEATRE, Broadway, oaite Bond st. ‘Pour Tres Aui—Cnaries Tek New CaMLie. - WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Caunic—Warnixe ‘vou Foxps. BAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, 624 Broadway— an Maxconrre—Love uv "76. s nit dud AMERICAN THEATRE, Onambers sireet—Cuaniry’s Bove—Live anv er Live. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth st.—Irauan Orena— ‘ha SoNNAMBULA. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway—After. meon—bicuTs axp Wrongs or Womes—Quite at Home. Brening—Rorn Oakiry. @EO0. CHRISTY AND WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broad- way—Erniorian PeRFORMANCES—MISCHIEVOUS MONKEY. BUCKLEY'S SERENADERS, 585 Broadway—Eruioriay Drmvowsaxces—SOmm 4 Mnvra. ‘ ° MECHANICS’ HALL, @e., Br Buvant’s Miner THIS EVENING : gaoanway THEATRE, Bros@way—Gnanp Sicnap ‘BY Tas Gaeuss Orwxs Taovrs. | Broadway—Necro Mrvopips, New York, Sunday, March 1, 1857. The News. News from Europe to the 14th ult., three days ater than that brought by the Indian, has been re- eeived by the arrival of the Niagara at Halifax yes- terday forenoon. Reports were in circulation in Kondon of the probable early termination of the Persian war. The Daily News asserts very confi- @ently that the negotiations in progress at Paris be- fween the Persian Ambassador and Lord Cowley ‘will result in the restoration of amicable relations between the English and Persian governments. The either to Persia or China. The article which ap- peared in the Paris Moniteur of the 9th gitimo (re-published in the Heaatp of Thurs- @ay last), developing the Emperor's views with wegard to the union of the Danubian Principalities, is condemned by the British press, and magnified imto another European difficulty. The Times says Eagiend should declare positively against any tewn- perizing with the integrity of the Turkish empire, and act with firmness in opposing the union of the Principa'ities. The London money market was easier. Consols are quoted at 93]a%4. The arri- val of the Persia at Liverpool on the morning of the 14th caused considerable excitement in the cotton market, and prices advanced three-sixteeaths of a penny. Breadstuffs were dull, and provisions re majned without material alteration. The Persia made the passage out ina little over nine days. She averaged 540 miles per day during the voyage. The screw steamship Edinburg, Captain Cam mings, from Glasgow 12th ult., arrived yesterday merning. In her list of passengers we observe the mawe of W. Robertson, United States Consul at ‘Pricste. The French screw steamer Cadiz, from Havre Sth and Liverpool 1ith ult., arrived at this port last evening. The C., it will be recollected, put into Biverpoo! for some slight repsirs ty her machinery The steamship Philadelphia arrived last night with Havana dates to the 23d inst. They contaia pe news of importance. We have news from Melbourne, Australia, to Dec, 1. The gold fields continued to yield abundautly. Oar files from the Bahamas are dated at Nassau, WN. P., 11th of Feorvary, bat the news is not mmportant. The suivage onthe cago of the ship Taniccot had been settled by mutual agreement be- tween the captain and the salyors. A sslvorage of fitty per cen’ had been awarded on the proceeds of ‘the cergo and vessel in the case of the schooner Bred. Wordivg. The quescdon of steam communica- tion with England, by way of New York, was agitatet im the papers. We have news from Turks Islands, dated on 27th of January. The demand tor salt was very limited ‘and one bundred and twenty thousand bushels re- mained on hard. Salt raking had commenced at Inagua. Both branches of Congress were hard a! work yesterday. In the Senate several important Terri torial bille were passed. The joint resolution in ereasing the pay of General Scott was discussed and laid aside till Monday. The Deficiency bl was passed, minus the provision donating $155,000 worth ef books to the members of the House. On the Jndi- @ialand Executive Appropriation bill coming up, an amendment providing for the proposed mission to Persia created considerable discussion, bat it eventually prevailed. The proposition to anoortion She offices of the Pepartments crested a humorous @ebate, and was finally rejected. The bill, as amended, was passed and sent to the House. The Senate will hold evening sessions till the final ad- Journment. In the House yesterday the corruption inquiry ‘was brought to a close by the resignation of Mr. Edwards, of New York, and the expulsion of Messrs. Simonton aud Triplett from reporters’ seata. ‘The bill reported by the Investigating Committee to protect the people against corrupt and secret infin- ences in matters of legislation was passed almost Without debate by a vote of 104 to 83. Bat the fickleness of our lawmakers was destined to reseive a marked illustration. Hardly was the vote passing the bill recorded when « motion to reconsider was made and adopted —56 to 125, and the bill was thee dnid on the table. The House, having thus purged Heelf, proceeded to the consideration of the tariff. ‘The Senate's amendments was pon-concurre: in, and the subject was referred to a conference committee Washington was yesterday the scene of another bloody affray, which resulted in the death of one of the parties engaged im it. The facts are given ander the telegraphic head. ‘The recent fight at Lecompton, Kansas, will. it is Seared, lead to a renewal of the bitter feelings be tween the free State and proalavery factions. The members of the Legislature have already taken sides im the controversy, the Coane’! condemning the outrage wpon the Governor by resolution, while the Honse sustains bis assailant. It is believed ‘there is a plot to assassinate Governor Geary, and be has sent for a detachment of troops to protect his person. The Legislature have passed an act de claring resistance to the Territorial laws rebellion and rebellion punishable with death. The House defeated the Council's hil! repealing the test oaths almost unanimously. Governor Floyd, of Virginia, has announced that be bas recewved his sppointment in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet. Mr. Jones, the Postmaster General elect, ‘thas arrived in Washington. {t i+ said that Mr. Led- yard, Gen. Cass’ son-in-law, will be the new As sivtant Secretary of State. Washington is rapidly Ming up with politicians and pickpockets making Uheir arrangements for public and private plunder. ‘The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmosphere in New York é@uring the past week, the range of the barometer, the variation of the wind currents, and the state of the weather at three periods durimg each day, viz.: at 9 A. ML, and 3 and kK P.M. The highest range of the thermo- meter wee op Wedve-dey afternoon, wheu it reached @1. The lowest was en Thursday night, when it marked 25 degrees above rero:— Thursday—Morni oudy; afternoon clo and blowing; at night cold. — toes f ing cloudy and cold; afternowm olear; ay ht snow. jay—Clear all day. The City Inspector reports 448 deaths during the past week—a decrease of two as compared with the return of the week previous. The following exhi- bite the number of deaths during the past two weeks among adults and children, distinguishing the sexes :— Woek ending Feb 2: Week ending Feb. . . Among the principal causes of death were the following :— Week mac “nty There were jeaths 0! mehitis, 5 of apo- plexy, 6 of congestion of the brain, 9 of disease of the heart, 12 of inflammation of the brain, 5 of hooping cough, 9 premature births, 39 stillborn, and 14 deaths from violent causes. The following is a classitieation of the diseases and the total number of deaths in each class of disease during the past two weeks:— The number of deaths, compared with the eorres- ponding weeks of 1855 and 1856, was as follows:— Week ending March 3, 18 Week ending March 1, 18 Week ending Feb. 28, 185 The nativity table gives 334 natives of the United States, 72 of Ireland, 30 of Gesmany, 7 of England, 2 of Scotland, 1 each of Belgium and France, and 1 unknown. The rales of cotton yesterday embraced about 3,000 baler. chiefly effected in the forenoon. As soon as it was known that the Niagara had reached Halifax, the sales were checked, and efter publication of the European news im the afternoon, bolders comanded an advance of Kc. per lb., which prevented farther transactions for the day. Operations in breadetufls were pretty well over be'ore the news became public. Flour opened with a better tone, and fair sales were made to the local trade, with some lots for export. Wheat was quiet, with small sales, Common Southern white at $1 70, and red at $1 ith sales of mixed at Tle, a 72c , new yellow do. at 73c., and old do, at 770., ‘with old white at 800, Pork was steady at $28 50 0 $23 60 for new mess, and $25 for old. Sugars were in fair request, aod prices quite steady, Ooffee was qulet Freights were without change of moment. Flour was taken to Liverpool at 1s. 6d., aud corm and wheat at 44. « 5344. ; and a small lot of flour to London at 1s. 9d., probably to fill up. Scheming In Congress—The Contiagent Fand and Book Appropriations. It might have been reasonably expected that the House of Representatives, resting under the opprobrium which now unfortunately attaches to that body, would have been careful to avoid fall- ing into deeper disgrace, until at least time had thrown some little oblivion over the develope- ments of the recent Investigating Committee: but, strange to say, that reasonable expectation has not been fulfilled. On the contrary, some acts of legislation have of late passed through the lower house of Congress which go to show that a majority of that body are not only pre- pared to brave public opinion but are lost to all sense of shame. ‘These acts have-been oversha- dowed and temporarily lost sight of in the midet of the exciting topics that have recently engaged public attention; bat our legislators in Washing- ton need not flatter themselves that the public eye is closed to their delinquencies, or the public ear dcaf to the proofs thereof Some three weeks siuce a bill was introduced, and after some discussion and opposition, passed in the House, giving the control of the contin- gent fund of the two houses respectively to the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, At present, and since the establishment of the government, it is necessary for those officers to draw on the Treasury for the various items that come under the general head of contingencies. The aggregate of these items is, for the House alone, over half a million of doliars for the ses tion. Remove the barrier which now exists to the passage of illegal and improper accounts that is the supervision of the Comptroller—and there is no check whatever to the commission o frauds in regard to the expenditure of this large amount. And yet that is the very thing which the Honse has done. It would be hard to conceive what adequate motive any legislative body could have for removing the restrictions and safeguards which the constitution places around the Treasury. But a twofold motive did actually exist—one, perhaps excusable; the otber selfish, corrupt and contemptible. As to the first motive, the bill had partly its origin in these facta: tince a bill was passed giving 20 per cent in- creased compensation to the clerks and other officers of both honses, with a provision that thereafter no extra compensation should be allowed to those who were entitled to benefit under the act. Notwithstanding this proviso, which wae worded in the most clear and specific manuer, th otlicers of the House was voted in one of the jon bills at the close of last session, 1 out of the contingent fund. The Comptroller, in view of the law, refused to sanction the payment of thie extra compensation. This refusal has given rise to the bill giving the ole control of the conti t fand to the Clerk of the He d this motive is of itself a sufficien ection to the bill But recent events have shown that there was still another motive belind and underlying thie attempt to make the Clerk of the Tidwse and Secretary of the Senate irresponsible disbursing | officers. To undestiand it, another brief reference must necessarily be made to the event of last session. Early in that session a resolution was introduced and passed, directing the Clerk of the Flowse to supply each of the new members with the una] quantity of books; and in ope of the Some two or three sessions | usual extra compensation to the | @ppropriation bille an item of $182,000, to en- | desire to further proceeding which would ble him to pay fer such books, was inserted.| be gratifying to the French government ‘The Senate struck the item out of the appropri- | has led it to perpetrate an act of gross injustice ation bill, and the House insisted on its being re- | and indeceney in a case in which the utmost eau- tained. Committees of conference of the two | tion and circumspection should have been exer- houses held meetings on the sabject. Each com- | cised. To what purpose serve treaties—to what mittee recommended its respective house to in- | purpose serve all the legal safeguards by which sist on its amendment. Pending the controversy | personal liberty is surrounded im this country—if the bill to increase the compensation of mem- | our government endeavors to substitute for them bers was introduced and passed. The bill con- | its own sovereign will and pleasure. But for the tained a clause providing that thereafter no more | efforte of the defendants’ counsel these poor books should be voted to or received by mem-| French prisoners would by this time have bers, unless they were paid for out of their own } croseed @ second time the Atlantie, to be again compensation. This bill being passed, the House | probably transported, either to the galleys or unanimously receded from its objection to the | Cayenne. Such an illegal and arbitrary exercise Senate amendment striking out the appropria- | of the powers of the Executive will, we trust, tion for books; and this corrupt measure was | not be allowed to pass in Congress without re- supposed to have been got rid of forever. ceiving its proper share of censure. It is occa- But not so. It has been revived in one of the | sionally necessary to remind government officials appropriation bills now pending. The chairman | here, as elsewhere, that they cannot override the of the Committee of Ways and Means reported | law or consult the dictates of their own inelina- the other day an amendment, makiug ao appro-{ tions without being brought to a severe account priation of $50,000 to reimburse the Clerk for | for it by those to whom they owe a responsi- expenses and responsibilities incurred in partly | bility. executing the book resolution alluded to. That amendment was amended bya proposition to strike out that item and insert an item of $182,000 for boos to new members, It was carried by an overwhelming majority in com mittee, where members are not required to vote by name. But when the question came before the House, and members were necessitated to re- cord their names as for or against the amend- ment, then there was a remarkable panic, Of all the friends of the dishonest scheme only twenty- six had the courage to vote for it. The reat either shirked the responsibility or voted against it , But another change quite as remarkable came over their minds within a few hours. A motion to reconsider was made, and the House adjourn- ed, leaving the question to come up again on Monday. Itcame up. The vote was reconsid- ered, and on the reconsideration a majority ac- tually voted in favor of the book amendment. What intluences were brought to bear upon the frightened members to strengthen their backbone and nerve them with courage to meet the con- demnation of the country it is hard to say. But certa‘nly it looked very much like a conspiracy. Pity that the Investigating Committee cannot look into the matter. We have said that this discreditable scheme was one of the underlying motives to the bill, taking from the Comptroller all right to super- vise the items of the contingent expenditure. It is well known that it would be useless for mem- bers to incur the ebloquy of voting for this book fraud, because, under the Compensation bill the Comptroller would refuse to certify such an item Hence the necessity of enacting the law giving the sole control of the contingent fund to the Clerk. Both these measures are before the Se- nate. As to the one in reference to the coatin- gent fund, we are satisfied that even if it pass the Senate, the President will pocket it, and so pre- vent its becoming a law. And as to the items for books in the Appropriation bill, the Senate will undoubtedly strike it out, and even should they let it pass for fear of endangering the bill itself, the Comptroller would refuse to certify for it on the same grounds that he refused to certify for the extra compensation of employés. But the action of the House in both these cases shows the necessity of a thorough expurgation of that body. Wehave confined ourselves to the simple relation of facts. They are too eloquent to need our saying anything further in regard to them. New Minine Orerations—Ricu Pracers Drs- COVERED at ALsany.—For many years a clique of corrapt politicians swarmed about the State capital greedily fastening upon the treasury, and artfully devising new schemes to plunder the people of the State. The interminable, always begun, never finished canals, formed the chief source from which they drew their spoila. The new constitution put an end to a great many of these schemes, and the things of the lobby flut- tered off to Washington to seek the fatter pas tures of Pennsylvania avenue. There they bat- tened for a time, but a great explosion has just ecattered them to the four winds of heaven. The Investigating Committee has wound up their Con- greseional work for the present, at least, and we find them again at Albany pressing for a new loan of four millions—always for the canals. To get this loan it will be necessary to ask the people of the State to give their consent at the polls. This has been previously done for a loan of ten mil- lions, and the precedent of re-opening the consti- tution every two or three years, or whenever a few spoilsmen at Albany want a dollar or two, is abad one. If there is any necessity for further work upon the canals, let the sum required be estimated and assessed upon the taxable property of the State; then levy a direct tax and finish the matter at once and forever. We must close up that placer immediately. Apvses or THE Law.—The circumstance of a recent commitment to prison of a respectable member of the bar for an alleged contempt of court, and the presentment of the Eldridge street prigon by a Grand Jury, have drawn pub- lic attention to the nature of the offences which are punishable in this Bastile. Although we have a statute forbidding imprisonment for debt, yet it remains with us in its worst and most oppree- sive forms. The whole power of eriminal law can still be wielded with impunity against any man whatever, at the pleasure of any pettifogyer who holds a brief against him. The process is follows: Obtain an order to show cause on the shortest notice, or make an affidavit, no matter how untrue, of false pretences in any business transaction, and in ten cases out of twelve before the defendant knowswhat he has to do he is ehut up in the Eldridge strect prison. In the one case a mere accidental default in appearance will authorize the issuing of an attachment for con- tempt; in the other case, it is a criminal proce- dure and a judgment in advance of any regular trial or hearing. In both cases it is the artifice of sharp practitioners, sanctioned by the rules of the Code and the fiat of an effete or juvenile Judge, who searcely ever reads the papers that in these cases are thrust under his nose, and signed almost asa matter of course. In most cases there is no contempt whatever; it is inad yertence, or the mistake of some poor practition- er who does not attend to his elient’s business. In others it is the method by which some lawyers make their living, and whe know ef no other re- medy for their clients. It is characteristic of the condition of the law end the course of trade at the present moment, that there is now scarcely left such a thing os the civil side of the courts. Every sale of goods made now a days, by a certain class of merchante, is with the expectation of making it a sale under false pretences, if the purchaser should fail in meeting his engagements. It is now an under- stood thing among a large clase of merchants, that they can put their debtors in prison if they do not pay. One single representation found to be untrue settles the affair at once. The mer- chant may sell chicory for coffee, sand for sugar, brandy made of whiskey, champagne of Newark cider and rock-candy; that is all fair enough—no false pretences there; but ifan unfortunate coun- try merchant says he is worth five hundred dol- lars, and verily believes he is, his mistake pro- vides him with a lodging in Eldridge street pri- son, though he live a bundred miles off. Now if this system is to prevail, it should be understood and explained by statute. Let the seller in all eases, if he intends to make these statements his security, ask in writing for an acconnt of the purchaser's condition and property. Let it be signed and witnessed, and then both parties will know what they are about. "yen, before an ar- rest and commitment aball tale/place, let a hear- ing be granted before a Judge or Commissioner, in order that the defendant have an opportunity of dieproving the charge. No man should be im- prisoned on any civil contract until « fraud shall be clearly proved upon him, for imprisonment and the loss of liberty, next to the loss of life, are the greatest misfortunes which can attend an innocent man. In the next place, should commitments tke place under thia, and continue under the present mode of proceedure, a place of detention of a very different description from that in Bkiridge street should be previded. In that miserable hole the man who bas innocently contemned the order of a Judge ia lodged with every other kind of criminal except a murderer. Slavers, robbers of the mails, stealors ef checks and defaulting ren- awaye sleep in the same room with hin, and dine at the same table, provided they are able to pay as much for their board a# is charged at the Astor House, With the liberty of the kitchen and a parlor ten feet square, the citizen in contempt, though a men of the highest character, may be thankful that he isnot abut ap im acell. If Dy the kindness of the keeper he is allowed to go out in the custody of an officer, he will find his pocket lighter by » number of dollars every time he goes ont, in the shape of dewceers for the privi- lege. These things are well known to exist, and they are a disgrace to any civilized community; yet they are the source and the foundation of one half the law business transacted by the lower class of attorneys in this city. If the presentment of the Grand Jary is laid before the Legislature, as we understand it is to be, it isto be hoped seme inmme@iate enforcement of the existing law wil) Tux New Expose iv Tae Frevew isso Fravps—Coxsterxation AMoncst Tay ddvERN- went OrriciaLs.—The scene which took place on Thursday last in the United States Commission- er’s Court, in connection with the alleged French railroad frauds, has created a good deal of excite- ment and discussion, not only amongst the legal profession, but amongst the public at large. The proceeding resorted to by Mr. Busteed, in forci- bly retaining possession of a letter of M. de Sar- tiges, produced by the opposite side, was of so un- usual a character as to justify the conclusion that the document in question was of a very impor- tont character, and that he must have had grave rearons for adopting the course that he did. His conduct was nevertheless severely censured at the imoment—prematurely, we think, as it could only be faitly judged of by reference to the pecu- liar circumstances in which he was placed. Were the court in which this transaction occurred a ju- dicial one, and governed by the strict rules which prescribe to counsel the precise limits which should restrain their action, this proceeding would unquestionably have been an in- fringement of legal propriety; but it as. sumes another character when we take into aceount that the Commissioner's Court ix a mere court of inquiry, and without the requisite powers to protect itself against any excess of zealon the part of the persons professionally employed before it. Mr. Busteed, actuated by a strong sense of duty towards his clients, availed himeelf of this latitude to gain an important point for them, and to designate bis retention of the paper of which he desired to obtain « copy asa theft, isa groes perversion of terms. Two of our cotemporaries—the 7yiun and the Cou, ier des Etats Unie—who adopted, in all its foree, the severe qualification applied to Mr. Busteed’s con- duct by Mr. Joachimseen, will in all probability have to pay heavily for their temerity, for we understand that that gentleman has already commenced proceedings against both papers for libel. When we come to examine the character of the documeat which forms the subject of all this controversy, we @an at once appreciate the ne- cessity of the course adopted by Mr. Busteed in regard to it. It is, in truth, a very important paper, considered not merely in reference to this particular case, but in relation to the conduct of our government officials generally. By referr- ing to our report of Friday's Proceedings, our readers will find that this letter from M. de Sar- tiges to M. de Montholon affords the clearest evi- | dence that the Executive at Washington had de | cided the case of these French prisonors before the latter had had apy hearing in the matter. The document is dated the Ist of October, and by a comparison of dates with the proceedings, it will | be seen that ix days after the arrest of the first | of the defendante, before the morite of the case were at all known, and contrary to all law, all justice—contrary even to the spirit of the extra- | dition treaty iteelf—the Executive, at the mere in- stance and representation of the French Minis. ter, bad decided the guilt and fate of these pri- soners. Well may Mr. Busteed be justified for departing somewhat from the usual professional course to obtain possession of this letter, and well may the United States officials shrink from the consequences of its accidental exposure, There will be but one opinion, we think, on the conduct of our Exceutive in thismatter, The | | | take place, to compel « separation ef prisonere for technical contempts of Court from those whe have violated the known laws of the land. One constant mistake seems to be at the bet- tom of our jurisprudence. It is that evsry un- fortunate debtor is te be parsued to the last ex- twemity of the law. The great Lord Mansfeld made this remarkable assertion—that for every fraudulent debtor he had known, he bad found a hundred fraudulent creditors. Ina late statistical report of the commercial failures which have o¢- eurred in the United States durirg the last year, amounting to more than twenty-twe hundred, but thirty-two debtors were suspected of feaudulent in- tentions; and yet every man of them, under our system, could have been sent to prison upon the simple affidavit of an interested party, whose evi- dence in a civil proceeding would not be adminsi- ble. The last thing # man in business will. part with is his credit. To sustain this he pays exces sive usury, stints his family, and groans in agony For this he gives up his last penny, and when utterly stripped, too often finds that his sacrifices have gone for nothing, and he is still liable te immediate imprisonment. Humanity revolts at each a state of things, but it exists. No profession should or does stand higher than that of the law when in honorable hands, The New York Bar may be proud of many of its membere— of men high in attainments, clean in hands, and pure of heart. But of that remorscless and mi- serable crew who, like vultures, descend upon every unfortunate who has « single feather left to be plucked, there cannot be language strong enough to portray their infamy. It is to be hoped that public opinion and publie justiee may be awakened to the consideration of the abuses we have here but faintly pointed out. —_——_ THE LATEST NEWS. BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, Passage of Appropriation Bills in the Senate. THE NEW MISSION TO PERSIA. FINALE OF THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. Resignation of Mr. Edwards, of New York. SINONTON AND TRIPLETT EXPELLED. FATAL PERSONAL RENCONTRE AT WASHINGTON, &e., &e., &e. Interesting from the National Capital INCREASE OP THE PAY OF NAVAL OFFICERS— THE TARIFF, THE TELEGRAPH AND PICKPOCKETS. ‘Wasuinctow, Feb. 28, 1857. J tearn this evening that the present administration bave decided not to take any action upon the new Mexi can treaty, but will leave it to be acted on by the ia. coming administration. consequently it will not be com. munioated to the Senate for the present. The Secretary Of State, and ip facts majority of the Cabinet, are de cidedly opposed to most of its provisions. ‘The Sepate bas become exceedingly industrious—bei ter late than never. They meet hereafter at ten o'clock, and hold night sessions. The appropriation bills have never been 20 much behind hand as they are now, and it ‘sapprehended that some of them may be lost The House bill prohibiting the importation cf obscene and in decent articles was passed in rathor an indeornt shapo to-day by tne Senate. The official claws of Cusiom House officers are allowed by the provisions of this Dill to be isid upen every Venus, Oupid or other work of art which may happon to be condemned as in. decent by these worthios, to be appropriated to their own private use. The Senate committee reported back the Legislative, Executive andJadicial Appropriation bill with numberiers amendments, Indeed, the bill as it it passed the House, was brt a skeleton; the Senate gives it life and substance. Such was the condition in which all the Ap- Propriation bills passed the House, and hence the labor thrown upon the Senate, Mr. Collamer reported a bill to provide fer carrylog the matis from Params to Valpareiso, in connection with the mail routes already established, or hereafter to be esta blighed, to New Orleans, New York and California. This bill will hardly be acted on for the want of time. ‘The Deficiency bill was discussed im the Senate, and a great variety of amendments adopted. The book clause, appropriating or stealiog one hundred and eighty thou wand dollars for private purposes, was stricken out. Mr. Benjamin pronounced it a stupendous fraud upon the country, ‘Tho House disagreed to the Bonate’s substitute for thelr tari bill, and appointed » commities’ of contoronce, Some think « compromiae of the House free het and the Seuate's schedules might become « law, but the better op!nion seems t> bo that notbing will be dene. Mr. Edwards closed the corruption dram. to day by resigning aod leaving the House in tears. Movers. Si- monton end Triplett were both expelled from the floor, as oorerspondents, by unanimous vote. The bill reported by the Corruption Commitice was tabled by a large vote. Gov, Fiogd telegraphs from Richmond that be has re- ceived bis appotxtment in the Cabinet. J, Gianey Jones returned here this evening, having almost entirely recovered from hie recent attack of sick- ness. Hetry Ledyard, of Detroit, Gon, Cars’ son in ato be Assistant Secretary of State, This ie decided on. Mr. L, was Secretary of the Legation to Paris under G: Cass. He speaks French ana Italian thoroughly. 1 bas spent eight years in Europe. He has been Mayor, ke., of Detroit. T understand that an amendment will be offered in the Senate, to be hitched on to one of the Appropriation bills, Imerearing the pay of officers of the Navy. The reason of this js that the Naval Committee were unable to report bill. which they have matured, similar to the Army Dill, Increasing officers’ pay. ‘The Secretary of the Navy will detail two ships, prior to his leaving (he Department, to arsist in inying the telegraphic cable between Newfoundland and the Coast of Ireland. ‘Tae House Committee on Military A{fairs have ‘8 bill giving to the hetrs of Paniding, Van Wort and Wi'- HIRTY-FOURTA CONGRESS SROOND SESSION. Senate, Wasminctox, Fob, 28, 1867. The Senate passed ihe House bill prohibiting the impor - tation of obscene prints, statuettes, Ao. Also thegHouse bill establishing @ port of delivery at Augusta, Goorgia, ‘and the House bill making appropriations for the comple. tion of military roads in \iregom. ORNERAL SOOTT'S rat. On motion of Mr. Ourrraynry, of Ky., the Sonate then to the consideration af the House joimt resolu. tion increasing the pay of Lieutenant General Soott, After & brief decugsion the subject was postpomed anti! Monday. THE DEMICIENCY BILL ‘Was then taken up, and the enete struck out the clause appropriating 186,600 for books for members of the ‘omse Sepators in the course of the debate upon it, said it wee nat dous fraud upon the country. ‘The bill was parsed. EW LAND OIRFRICTA. Three Houre bills, establishing three additional land dimriets (nm Nebraska, and three in Kanga, were also paced, RANOAS AFFAIBA, Om motion of Mr. Wrison, of Maes,, a resolution was adopted requesting the President to communicate to the correspondence Ronate ell the with Gov, Geary relative to aflnizs in Kaneas. ‘The Semate then took ® recess, EVENING ARSSION. ‘The Renate preceeded to the consideration of the le gisative, Executive and Judioial Apprepriation bills. A® amendment wae proposed by the Oommittes on Firanee to create « mission to Perein, i fie it £ 5 Ir z | HF, E i i it i ih itl 17 ri * E E aft ihe iy it E rj 3 3 & & 2 H. | i i i i z at Ey fp e33 i 3 i i i i Bay i i is Bs i i i fi if H li i ‘I & 2 2 ist I | the the present clerks, but to adopt a Virgwia bas now five ae tho otber States. Mr. Mason repudiated this idea i —_ which means office is ‘‘proper' enjoy: ing the tenure of an adweinistration. ing five times as many clerks as the never made an inquiry on that subject, i gs aE Many of fices are ministerial and menial, and are a trast for com- mon benefit, and not to be parcelled out among mere rtizans. It was wonstrous. Mr. Brown re that in selecting the rresident, esds Of departments and forelen this rule wae observed. — bad bad yh already. He had bond Of the higbialutin notions of Senator from Vir- Mr. Mason said he had never intimated » desire to any President that any man should be taken rom vi ia to fill & responsible office and he shoald think the had deecer ded trom his high position if he should inquire whether av appointment would be agreeable to nis Mr. Brown remarked that he did Vir now olaimed Cabinet member. She had more than her sbare of the good things. a: ‘Mississippi bas we reenee fortunate, and skeal ps her just eae Mr. Bicizr, of Pa., bad failed to discover an; founded reason in principle for this 5 ides, of equal distribution of the government patronage would Rot be carried out by the amendment, for clerkst!ps elso- where are as valoable as at Washington. Cierkehips 1a cvstom houses in large cities ought to be disiributed as well as those here tn order for equality. This thing was Utterly impracticable ard wrong tn principle. Mr. Pvcu, of Obio, favored the . He not wonder that Mr. Sigler was oppored to it, as his State ‘was gorged to the throat with am undue share of offices. (Lagbter.) The question war, should the government patronage be divided fairiy or unfairly? Mr. Ivuxson, of Ga. said that Mr. Mason objected to {his propesition because Virginia has a large |g goa of patronage, and Mr. Bigler opposed it because, if Penn- sylvania bas nears her fall share, she éxpeots to bave during the next four years, when it is expected Penzsyivania counsels will prevail, and the scramblers be taken care of. *Pase the au ndment, and five hundred \\ions would be filed from every State the day al. ter the joangsration. Mr. Suwaxp, of N. Y., was inclined te favor the amendment, because New York would be ontitied to Oue-elgbth of all 'he inferior officers of government. He knew the peopie of that State bave the ability, aad he migbt add the willingness and ‘ assume the lity. (Laughter. it, however, it ler: ry to bis State to be shammed off with ‘uships. She certainly 1s entiiled to Oabinet | a and failing in this the ee . n missions, (Laugh! al candidates ~epe tl ne REL, Aa Inauguration, he bad seen nose whose head | ed ‘with tbe halo of a foreign mission. — ag Mr. PvGu—Does the Senator say there are no candi- dates fron: New York? Mr. Sxwaxp—I said whose bead is surrounded with a halo. (Laughter. Mr. Pvcu—The Senator is different from anybody else if he has not seen them. Mr, Sewaxn—It is becanse the candidates are hepcless that I want to convert them into hopeful can: Mr. Wiison, of Mass., thought Mr. Brown’s proposition & joke. (laughter); but tt was regarded by the as ‘& serious jke, and the citizens of Yirgiaia, Maryiand aod the District of Columbia would i$ anyehing but that. (laughter.) Hefoould not vote for the »mendment ‘as it tends, How could it be carried out in Vermont? Texas— demoorata there? Mr. Brown— 4y t democrats. 5 he would not consider they beloaged ‘healthy organization,” and mentioned that wnea ad calle 5 tized very much ‘with the republican Sores vel wore obliged %, keep very quiet. Toey thought Col. Fremont would come in, d Mr. Wilson would use his influence for them. artificial city, where there wero more people cugbtto be. It was po wonder that wood bad to fiven away, shows got up, preaching else done © keep the poor from siarvation and cui Tree nah eave ee nee anes. He wanted no Ken- ‘uckian to come, for they had no business here. ‘The pmendment wan rejected by 19 against 27. ‘The bill as amenadd war then passed. Tho Senate agreed the Ta) iff bil, and ' Seward wero appointed to meet Mr. Campbell Mr. Letober and Mr. De Witt, of the House, ‘A¢journed, House ef Representat! Wasmxctos, ‘28, 1861. TRE CORRUPTION CARB! —RESIGHATION OF MR. EDWARDS. ‘The report of the selec! committee ju the case of Mr, Edwards, of New York, was taken wp. The following ‘are the Committee's r: rolutions:— Resolved, That Francis & Rdwards, a member of tbe House frem the Btate of New York. did, on the 23d day of December ast, attempt to induce kobert T. Paine, @ member of thin House from o Me jouse the Btate of North Carolina, to vote tbe dictates of hie judgment and conacience on |he bill iny arant of landg to aid in the ote Territory rf ah , holding out ® pecuniary conaide- tion 10 the gig ‘nine for bis supper of waid bill. ved. That th * 7 trem the ed. 1 eal Fra Rdwards be, and he le hereby, expelled this House. Mr. Fowanie remarked he could say boneily, ‘with « clear ccnscience, tbat he never gave any vote om ‘apy Dill which was not sanctioned by bis judgneat. Le bis intercourse with the members of this Houw he hid untversally sought to ve on terms of friendship with and if he hed ‘hem, giver offence to now asked ‘pardcn. HH Fastyt baled iil rhe tag Homann a ig aoe Ry., roe ter’s a ‘that be bad pot exerciser! the . Mr, Burwarr, (dem ) of Ky., said ae Mr. Simenton had pews eat hi ete Me! Triplett should have the oame ‘The amendment of Mr. Sage was to, and the relation expeling Mr Sioenion and sr, Tiplett, ae reporters from the adopted. Th Howe then took op the bill to protect tke people e against corrapt and secret influences in matters of La