The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1857. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, AND PROPRIETOR. NASSAU STS. TERMS. cash ix advance. THE DAILY HERALD. to conte per copy, THE KLY HERALD, every, Satua or Riper unmun, the European edit porto” treat Britain, or $9 to any pa ST per Bi per oy the Continent, both at four cents per Volame XX11. AMUSEMENTS THIS EV BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—RgrstRian, Zoo GAL AND HIPPODRAMATIC RNTRRTAINMENTS NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway—Ticut Rore Feats— Katy, TE VIVANDIERE—GREEN MONSTER, BOWERY THEATRE, Rowery—Kauestrian, Granastio wp Eueriantine PEs Decnarvanas. BURTON'S THEATRE, Broadway, opposite Bond street— Scwoot ror ScaNpaL—Patren vs. CLarren, eee THEATEE, Broadway—Tux Poor wy New ‘one. LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tue Corsican Baoruens -Takk Cane ov Down. BARNUWS AMERICAN MUSVUM, roadway —After- noo, LkisK LION—CAVALIERS AND RocNDHEADS. 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Am,-Buropean bxpress Co. ,8 llace de la Bourse, Leyxi0"00. | Am.-Furopeau Express Co, 9 Chape! street, R. Stuart, 10 Fxchange street, East. Mavee.....Am.-Buropeat: Express Co., 21 Rue Corneille, The News. The steamship Adriatic arrived at this port yes- terday morning, and the mails brought by the Canada reached usearly in the day from Boston, thus putting us in possession of full files of Euro. pean papers down to the 9th inst.,and a week's later news trom India. The intelligence is important. The London money market was buoyant, and loans ont securities were in demand at six per ort periods. Large quantities of gold were being sold to the Bank of England. American se- curities were more firm. Consols closed on the eve- ning of the 8th at 91f a 914 for money and 92] a 924 foraccount. After official hours they were strong at 1 a 91! ex-dividend, and 92 a 92f for the opening with di The reports from Hamburg are to the 6t nd are most discouraging. After a st Burghers rejected all the propositions of. the Senate for meeting the money crisis by the establishment of a temporary discount bank with a capital of 50,000,000 of marks banco, Another meeting was to Le held on the 7th inst. We have to report the following list of failaresand pensions which occurred up to 8th instant :— dent LONDON. Sewells & Neck Lichenstein & Co. A. Peliy & Co. D. Connaila & Co. ©. A. Jonas & Co. U. B Filler Hadlaas & Co. Krell & Coho. GLASGOW J.G. Adams. HAMBCKG AND ALTONA, D. Arnow P. A Milberg F.C Babre Muller & Keasier Barbeck & Wall Ottenstrom & Co. Barwasscr eW. P herger's Nachtolger. Nachfoiger. J. J. Riemenschue:der. B. Roosen, Jr. onemeyer. nswig & Co. 2. s Schmit, Son. t Fedsersen & Co Anton Schroeder C. M. Schroeder & Co. J.C. J. M.S. He Buber & Haupt Hugber Stobart & Co. Thi Ullberg & Cramer. Vogt & Schmidt Wagener & Enet. Conrad Warneke. 4. C. Wedekind. flog & Cordes. n Manke Nachfolger. nekler & Nagel. rho & Piper. Von Leosen & Co. J. Lomer & Co Vite & Kammel, L. F. Loreut ain Bude & Co, Zahn & Vivic PE. Meser The liabilities of Messrs. Sewell & Neck, Pelly & Co., U. B. Filley, Lichenstein & Co., Hadland & Co., and Adams & Co. were estimated at £10,500,000, or $57,500,000: whilst the losses in Hamburg, by one brndred failures, amounted to £3,000,000, or $40,- 000,000. An interesting discussion on the condition of ncial affairs had taken place in Parliament on ihe occasion of the introduction of the bill indemni- fying the Bank of England for its recent action. A report of it is given elsewhere. In the Liverpool market on the 9th inst. cotton ll, only nine thousand bales having been uring three days. Prices remained as quoted by Cat A severe depression existed in the the ada Manchester trade. Flour was neglected in Liver pool,at a decline of from sixpence to one shilling per barrel The national balance sheet of Great Britain for the year was issued. The gross income was £7 178,662, and the expenditure was less by a sum of 454,36. The army and navy took upwards of £25,000,000, and the Persion expedition is set dowa as baving cost £900,000. We have seven days later news from India. It is ted at Caloutta to the Ist of November. The ad. ces were telegraphed from Suez to London aft the arrival of the steamship Oriental at the former port. There had been very severe fighting at Lack- now, during which ral Outram was wounded. The garrison still held out, bat General Havelock Was surrounded by an immense force of sepoys, and bis u was acknowledged to be most critical. If his supplies of food should hold out until reinforce- ments arrived, he would be saved; but if the com- miissariat fa he must needs; it was feared, sur. render to an army vastly superior in numbers, and tupported Ly three bundred cannon. Sir Colin Campbell was on his march to Havelock’s relief. In Madrid the people were completely taken ap with presenting congrstulatory addresses to the Queen on the occasion of the birth of a prince royal. Queen Christina had sent a most affectionate des- patch to ber daughter on the bappyevent. The SpanishMexican dispute was, at latest dates, in a train of diplematic adjustment. From Ireland there are the most distressing re. ports of the condition of the people in the manufac turing districts. The marriage of the Princess Royal of England to Prince Frederick William of Prussia was fixed for the 25th of January next. The act (final) settling the frontiers of Russia and Turkey in Asia was signed at Constantinople on the | Ath instant At Bingapore, BE. 1.,on the 22d of October, gold dust rated: Malayan, $25 a $29, and Australian, $30 @ $30 50 per bunkel The New England Society celebrated the anni- versary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, by appropriate exercises, at Dr. Oxgood's Guurch lat evening. The oration was delivered by ny fitting of ten hours, the Assembly of | Rey. R. 8, Storms, of Brooklyn. The anniversary Will be further celebrated this evening by a dinner at the Astor House, when a number of distinguished guests are expected to be present. Iu the Senate yesterday Mr. Bigler delivered a speech in support of the President's position on the Kansas question, in the course of which he attacked the conduct of Mr. ‘The last named Senator responded. A report of the debate is given under the appropriate head. A joint resolution to adjourn from to-day till the 4th of January was adopted. A Lil was introduced to continue the improvement of the harbor of Newark, N.J. The House was en- gaged in discussing the Treasury Note bill. Mr. James M. Buchanan, of Baltimore, has been nominated Minister to Russia. ‘The proceedings of the Board of Aldermen last evening were unusually interesting. A resolution was introduced appropriating $10,000 to Mayor Wood to defray the expensesof contesting the Police law and the right of the Governor to appoint a Street Commissioner, The ordinance reorganizing the Finance Department was adopted. The report of the special committee on the location of the new Post Office in the Park was presented. A com- munication was received from the Mayor vetoing a resolution appropriating a sum of money to pay for advertising in one of the black republican jour- nals of this city. . The Board of Supervisors yesterday voted to in- crease the salaries of the Judges of the Marine Court from $3,000 ¢o°$4,000 per annum. Considerabie routine business was transacted in the Board of Councilmen last evening, the most im- portant matter being the adoption of an ordinance regniating the sale of bread by weight. The Corpo- ration Counsel was directed to report whether the Common Council have the power to sella portion of the Park to the govornment for a Post Office site. The Special Committee of the Board of Aldermen appointed to investigate certain allegations in a peti- tion of James O’Rielly te the Common Council that sheds or stands for the sale of produce had been erected on the ground opposite Washington Market and west.of West street, which were sold from sums ranging from $250 to $850 each, and implicating the City Inspector and members of the Common | Coune' acting in complicity in the matter, and priating to their own use the money thus ed—held their first meeting of inquiry yester- day afternoon, and elicited considerable testimony. ‘The inquiry is to be continued, and some interesting developements are looked for. The case of alleged complicity in the contract for the opening of the new Bowery was again called up yesterday before Judge Roosevelt, in the Supreme Court, when Mr. D. D. Field appeared as counsel for Mr. Devlin, the Street Commissioner. Mr. Field, who had been the opposing counsel against Mr. Devlin in his claim to be Street Commissioner, said there was nothing unusual in his appearing in his present position, and proceeded to argue for a post- ponement of the case. The Judge decided that it oe goon, and Mr. Field then commenced cross- in the case. Mr. Devlin was not examined, matter was adjourned. ‘The filibuster case in the Supreme Court, before Judge Duer, was abruptly terminated yesterday. Mr. Oaksmith, the plaintiff, testified that at the time he procured the policy of insurance on the Victory, for the loss of which vessel he seeks to recover $60,000, he was only interested to the amount of about $7,000 or $8,000. The Court ruled that such being the ease he could only recover to that amount. The case was dismissed—Judge Dean, for the plain- tiff, obtaining twenty days in which to make out a new Cure. The Board of Engineers and Firemen of the Fire Department held a speeial meeting last night and transacted much important business. Resolutions were passed reflecting upon the manner in which the Fire Commissioners performed their duties. It was charged that they were unwisely evere in their decisions affecting delinquent fire- men: end objection was also taken to the great powers the law conferred upon the Commission; and an applic tion will be made to the Legislature during the ensuing session to amend the law, by stripping them of much of the anthority they now exercise. The engineers and foremen also want the power to appoint bell ringers taken from the Mayor and given to themselves. A committee was appeinted to see what became of the firemen’s badges, of which some 900 have been lost or stolen. By means of these badges it is feared that thieves and the . was instructed to report on the best way to head these rogues off. ‘The business of the Court of General Sessions was delayed sometime yesterday, in consequence of the presence of Mayor Tiemann clect and Hon. John McKeon. Geoge H. Gerow, indicted for torgery in the second degree, pleaded guilty to the fourth grade of that crime, and was remanded for sentence. George Popiano and Dominic Davent, Italians, charged with an intent to rob, pleaded guilty to as- sault and battery. They will be sentenced on Thars- | day. Stewart Shepherd, brother of James Shepherd, | who is under sentence of death for arson, was charged with forgery and his trial set down for Thurs- day. Mary Downing, who was tried twice for for- gery in the second degree, was discharged, the jury failing to agree each time. The District Attorney ia plea of forgery in the fourth degree and ed for a suspension of judgment. RecorderSmith observed that the evidence of guilt was clear, and if she had not been a woman she would be in the State pr now. William Mannus was convicted of stealing nine live hogs, worth $120, on the 8th of December, the property of Joel Dalberg. He will be sentenced on Thursday. Hngh Hughes was tried and convicted of robbery in the first degree,in as- eaulting James J. Morrison on the Ist inst. and steal, a watch from his person. He was sent to the State prison for ten years and four months, his Honor re- marking that if he had been an old offender he would have sent him to Sing Sing for life. James Moran was acquitted of an attempt to rob James McCann. John White and John Sailivan, sailors, were convicted of highway robbery, having brutally assaulted a sailor named James Thomas,on Friday night last, in Water street, the particulars of which appeared in Sunday's Heratp. The Grand Jury found a true bill against them on Saturday, so that only forty-eight hours elapsed from their arrest till their conviction. They appeared to be notorious cha- racters. The Recorder sentenced them to the lowest term, which was ten years and three months each in the State prison. The jury who tried John Mur. ray for burglary in breaking into the store of Dennis O'Brien, Third avenue, were discharged, failing to agree upon a verdict. The Adriatic'’s news, received yesterday. had a depross ing influence on cotton and brearlstuif’. The sales of cot ton were confined to small lots, made to «pinners, at rates which afforded no correct criterion of the market. Flour was aleo unsettled and prices depressed: common grades of State and Western, in the face of a light demand, closed at a decline of about 100, per barrel, Wheat was in mo. erate request and prices favored purchasers. Prime white Michigan sold at $140: Milwaukie efib at $1; am- ber colored Tennessee at $1 20, and common white do. at $125. Corn was without change of moment; the sales embraced about 15,000 a 20,000 bushels new, at rates given tm another column. Pork was in moderate demand, with sales of mese at $15 76 0 $16, prime was at $13. $13 Sales of sugars were confined to about 200 @ 30 hog heads Cobe and Porto Rico, with I lot of boxes, at rates given in another place. Sales of coffee embraced £00 bags of Rio and 800 do, Maracaibo, at prices given where. Frekguts were rather easier to English ports and engagementa were light e Sta, Acrty The late Governor | of Kansas, Robert @@Valker, although he re- | signed his post, is still active and busy. He is now engaged in paying over the ten millions of dollars which he subscribed to the Pacific Rail- road. The money market ought to be quite eaey by and by, particularly among the lobby iu Washington. | | standing among the commercial nations of the | cognized centres of trade. Now, it would af get inside the police lines at fires, and the committee | | | way for Carthage, which, when it fell be- | ' ‘The Revulsion tn Earope—tts First Leason. The extracts from our files per Adriatic, given eleewhere, show that,the financial revulsion is reverberating with unprecedented fury trom | end to end of the continent of Europe. Simul- taneously with the failure of London merchants | and Liverpool shippers we hear of unprece- dented commercial embarraséments at St. Pe- | tersburg and throughout the Scandinavian | kingdoms ; the crisis at Madrid concurs ia point | of time with the suspension of banking houses in Italy; we discover, simultaneously, that Austria is all but bankrupt, and that Prassia is in danger of revolution in consequence of the discharge of workmen from the insolvent facto- | ries, One single calm spot—we are given to underetand—breaks the general prospect of tu- mult and storm: France—of all countries in | the world—is tranquil, prosperous and comfort- able while all around her is ruin and confusion; and the very moment when the Bank of Eagland actually contemplates further restrictions on discounts, when the banks of Prussia, Austria, Hamburg, and most of the great Continental cities tremble on the verge of bankruptcy, is the moment the Bank of France chooses to re- duce its rate of discount. = One need not stop to expose the utter absurdity of the reported news from Pa- ris, It is one of the conveniences of despotism to regulate newspapers and tele- graphs; that convenience has evidently been appreciated by§his Imperial Majesty within the past month. With no worse purpose, perhaps, than to prevent a dangerous panic, the Em- peror has obviously concealed the events of the day not only from his own people, but from the foreign world; we neither know what the mer- chants are doing, nor the bank. Report alleges that the bank is gaining specie under the re- duced rate of discount; so ridiculous a story needs only to be repeated in presence of com- mercial men to be exploded. The imperial idea seemingly is that, by concealing the truth from the public eye, the people and the com- merce of France may be gradually inured to the occasion, and trained to meet the revulsion with courage; in which case, of course, their losses would be less than if they—like the English and ourselves—were suddenly seized with a panic. However all this may be, it is clear that all Europe, from the Urai mountains to the pil- lars of Hercules, from Constantinople to the Hebrides, is thrilling and groaning under the effect of the revulsion which took its rise and received its impulse from the United States. There is not a country in Europe which has not mining the witnesses wno had already testifled*) been shaken to its very base by the effects of the crisis. High and low. traders and land- owners, the tenant of the castle and the tenant of the cottage have all felt it alike. We are not dealiag here with sentiments, but with facts; and the fact that a commercial re- vulsion arising here, and springing—so far as we can see—from local causes, hag sufficed to shake the commerce and financial standing of every nation of Europe, is a fact of astounding novelty and importance. Hitherto our com- mercial revulsions, severely as they have been felt here, have produced no more impression | upon Europe than the ripple of the rising tide produces on « granite rock. In 1837—the most severe we ever had before this year—the Bank of England quietly crushed out the Anglo-Ame- | rican houses, including those which had been | established to represent the United States Bank | in England; agd we all broke without even at- tracting a decent share of attention in Europe. Seemingly, the discovery of California and Aus- tralia—furnishing so much new capital for the enterprise of this country to use—has made a change of a very important character in our world, and effected some alteration in the re- pear, this isthe great centre of trade, which can- not experience a shock without causing a vibra- tion throughout the entire commercial sphere. Trade centres, we know, bave been end- lessly shifting. The pre-eminence of Tyre, Sidon, and the Phoenician cities, made fore the power of Rome, made room for Corinth, and a host of smaller ports on the Mediterra- nean; which yielded in their turn to Genoa, and subsequently Venice; which last ceded the commercial crown to Holand and the free cities, from which it was wrested by Anglo-Saxon en- ergy and secured to, Eagland. It looks now as though afresh change might be prefigured ia the late crisis. New Pan vor Serruine te Kansas Sqvan- uix.—The people are so sick of this Kansas popular sovereignty” squabble that they will be glad to hear of any plan or scheme which pro- mises a speedy and practical settlement. By our special advices from Washington it will be seen that the Southern conservatives there have hit upon a satisfactory plan for giving the quietus to this senseless Kansas agitation. With the presentation to Congress of the Lecompton constitution. it is proposed to attach a proviso to the instrument which will send it back to Kansas for a full and fair trial before the peo- ple, under such regulations by Congress as may be deemed expedient in behalf of “ popular sovereignty.” Thus the fighting factions of Kansas will be left to fight it out among them- selves: and thus this business will be settled, and Douglas and Walker will be settled; and the fire-eaters will be settled, and the adminis- tration and the country will have ao little rest : for there will be an end of “ bleeding Kansas. Frovemuine Conpition or tite APrRICAN Stave Trave.—Notwithstanding the general break down in the financial and commercial affairs of the civilized world, we perceive that there is one branch of business which continues in the most flourishing and prosperous condi- tion. We allude to the profitable traffic in nig- gers between the coast of Africa and the Island of Cuba. Vessel after vessel arrives at the “ever faithful island” with two, three four, five, six, or seven hundred nig- gers, “fresh from the sod," and they are land- ed and run off into the interior with- out the slightest difficulty. The Yankee captains and traders have pocketed in this way, no doubt, a sufficient quantity of specie from twelve months’ operations to enable all the banks of New England to resume specie pay- ments if the said traders would only invest their money for this ohjevt. But we presume that their slave trade grofits are appropriated for new clippers and new ventures for more nig- gore, and the Southern fire-eaters may make the most of it. The African Mave trade isa North- ern monopoly, excepting a little schooner now and then from Baltimore, and the Southern fire- eaters could'nt compete with the Yankees if they were to try, for the Puritans are old hands in the business, and know all the ins and outs of every barracoon along the Aftigan const. Talk of whale oil! why, ove vessel slipped into Cuba with five hundred niggers is worth a dozen whaling voyages. Wuas Causep rue Revetsipy ?—This problem appears to be as difficult of solution as the squaring of the circle. Some old fogies charge all the evils of the collapse upon the cruel beare of Wall street ; a vast number of newspapers on this side, and on the other side of the Atlantic, have charged it upon the terrible broadsides poured in among the Wall street financiers fora year or two past by the New York Hera.p; and there are yet other philoso- phers who think that the collapse was wholly due to the disgusting expansions of banks and crinolines, Hon. Nathan Appleton, however, one of the most profound financiers of Boston, thinks that the late general explosion and all its disasters are fairly chargeable to the Wall street banks, and their refusal to extend their accommoda- tions to hard up merchanta and stockjobbers. _ But in this view the profound Mr. Appleton dwindles into a mere Justice Shallow. How came our hard up merchants so deeply involved in debt as to need these saving charities from our banks to the extent of millions and millions of dollars? How did it happen that our rail- road companies, stockjobbers and speculators in wild Western lands, when called uppn to meet their current obligations were found so shock- ingly short? The truth is, Mr. Appleton, that our merchants had been buying too extensively on credit all sorts of foreign goods, foreign fashions and foreign flummery; our railroad compa- nies, and stockjobbers, and speculators, had been spreading themselves too largely upon their inflated paper bubble and their various kite-flying paper substitutes for money; so that when the Ohio Life and Trust was pushed to the wall all the mer- chants, stock-jobbers, financiers, railway specu- lators, and all others concerned in the same system of operations, came down with a run, carrying the banks with them into a general suspension. Talk of the New York banks pre- venting the catastrophe !—as if they, with all the available gold of California aud Australia in their vaults, could have made good a ficti- tious. fraudulent and reckless paper inflation exceeding our real assets by some three or four hundred millions of dollars! Try it again, Mr. Appleton. and answer us if it is not better, upon the whole. for a new start, that this fictitious excess of capital has been wiped out? When the air is thick and foul, and filled with noxious exhalations, a rattling thunder storm is a good thing. if it does knock over a man or two, fire a barn or so, and wash away a few bridges and mills. Sau. Poraro Porsrics.—Some of our small potato politicians are making a terrible fuss over the dismissal of some six or eight police clerks by Mayor Wood; and Mr. Busteed has been doing something very mysterious and very curious in the discharge of Mr. May, the late public administrator, endorsing him at the | Same time as an honorable and worthy man. Then, again, all the little cliques of spoilsmen and pipe-layers, inside and outside of Tammany Hail, are bustling and fussing about in all sorts of ridiculous tricks to make themselves captains and favorites in future elections. And such are the small potato politics which are among the results of our late election. Cast Vat.ce.—Chevalier Forney is very sen- sitive about being classed with the “black re- publicans.’” Then let him be considered a “mu- latto republican,” but not worth a Cabinet office yet—not even that of Senator. Laces Kanan'a Tuxaras.—Two pleces new to this house were produced last night, the Princess’ theatre version of “The Corsican Brothers’ and Mr. J. M. Morton's farce (lately produced at the Haymarket), “Take Care of Dowb——.”’ The first named play is quite familar to the public. It was played many nights at the Bowery and af- terwards at the Astor Place Opera House, under the direc- tion of Mr. G. V. Brooke. From the well settled reputa- tion of Miss Keene's theatre it was expected that the piece would have been much better aoue there than at the houses before mentioned. Such, however, was not the fact. The cast included but two of the principal members of the company, and the mise en scene was upt | equal to the prophecies of the bills. The acting was | not brilliant. Mr, Jordan is the best Chateau Renaud we have seev, but not the best Dei Franchi, The part is long, and, to use a famitiar | term, “talky.’’ Mr, Jordan is too slow in hie long sto. ries. For the rest, we can see nothing worth remark— except the excellent way in which Mr. G. W. Stoddart aot Mr. Peters played two small parts, They were ouses in the ceean of duloess. The scenery reflects no credit on the artist of tt» house—the Grand Opera House, Paris, scratchy. The mechanical effects worked smoothly, and were much applauded, At the (all of the curtain Mr, Jor- dan was called out We do not purpose to describe Mr. Morton's farce tis quite like all Mr. Morton's other farces—full of practical, | bustling fun and extravagant situations, which were de- veloped to the best advautage by Mr. Jefferson and Miss Josephine Manners, whose return to this house we are happy to chronicle. The farce was well received. Ma. aso Mes. Jas Stanx.—These distinguished ar. tists, the pioneers of the drama in California and Austra- \ia—which latter country they have twice visitet—arrived here yesterday morning from New Orleans, where they have just coucladed @ most successful engagement. Mr. Stark commences an engagement at the St. Louis theatre on the 2d of January, and from there will play through the whole Southeru couutry. Gov, Kuve axo tam Bor Mexornee, Roorrs —Gov, King, accompanied by his private secretary, arrived in this city on Saturday evening, with the intention of re- maining until Tuesday; but, no sooner was it known that he was in town, than he was beset with a crowd of peti tioners for the commutation of the sentence of Rogers, the murderer of Jolin Swanston. He was fairly run down by the friends and those who sympathized with the wretched boy, and bad to beat a retreat from the city early yester- day morning to escape their importunitics. The Governor listened to ali the representations made to him by the pe titioners with attention and politeness, but let no word escape by which his intentions could be ascertained Some of Rogers’ friends are, however, satisfled that the sentence of death will be commuted to impriconment for life. Rogers ts described as being a grossly ignorant lad with no idea of a future state or of the being of aGod. It is only at times that he can realize the awful fate that awaits him. Personal Intelligence. Commodore Mervine, United States Navy, ang fon. J. A. Stewart and family, of Maryland, are in Was! on Married, at Mexico, Oswego oounty,on the 16th inst., by the Rey. Thomas Gallaudet, rector of St. Ana's Church for Deaf Mutes, in New York city, Mr. Henry ©. Rider, of Florence, N. ¥., to Miss Helen A, Uhandier, of the former place, Both deaf mutes, ARRIVALS. From liverpoo!, tn, poymiie Adriatic Mr and Mea J Wat ter Wood and ebtid, Mes Little and child, Mra Wood, Dr JH £4 § Worthington, Capt F Buckley, deiphia: RS 38 Gilbe (iiss § Homer. Capt, David Win Armstrong, Phitip OF i Henry Collins (mate), le of bark bruce, of Wa lont ai ren October 29. From Hamburg in the steamship Roryssia—f1 Matlberger, Mathilde Mallberger, Emil Schurer, Hi Hezse, Mr Grossman, W Hedrer, Emma Sc H Wessel, Aususte Baeble, F Facble, Daniel Stahl, Julius Ericheon, Me Lean, Mr Raine, H Zimon—and 198 second cabin and steerage, hharleston in the steamship Cohimbia—R A DW Conner, B RM From ¢ ‘alch, Rei nin ah . Bostick, Mra Fostane, J Bacon—and 17 nting and lady Shumway. J Stutfbs, AP bi Mrs J foiingsworth, wieernge From Portsmouth, Ae. in the steamship Roanoke-—-Wm Percival lady and two children: J MeNamee, Geo W Morris, iss L Bebifie, V oH Nivers, David Davie, J Gasbell, HJ Auderson, M Murphy, C MeKeever—nnd 2i in the ateerage. nin Bishow, Arrivan or Srrcrm ix Naw Onueans.—The echooner Seadrift, Captain Robert D, Smith, fram Brazos Santiago the 2d instant, arrived ia New Orleaps ou the th With $144,719 ia epecie. | derers were easily | filet to the river, where they attempted to conceal the evi- THE LATEST NEWS. Affairs at the National Capital. A NEW COMPROMISE ON THE KANSAS QUESTION—THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION, WHEN PRESENTED TO CONGRESS, TO BE SENT BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS, WITH A PROVISO FOR A NEW SHUFFLE, CUT AND DEAL UPON “POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY’ — SHARP DEBATE IN THE SENATE ON KANSAS AF- FAIRS—PROPOSITION TO BXCLUDE THE DELEGATE FROM UTAH—THE TREASURY NOTE BILL, ETC. Wasiinaton, Dec. 21, 1857. An important movement is on foot which promises an easy settemont of the Kansas agitation. It is intended, when the Lecompton constitution comes on, to take it up by the friends of the administration, both as a party mea. sure and as a formal assertion of the democratic principle of popular sovereignty. The constitution will be passed, with a proviso that it shall be presented to the people of Kansas for final acceptance and ratification. It will not be thrown out or discussed, for the proviso of final submission to the people will sileuce the opposition. While it carries the great poiut aimed at by the administration, it localizes the Kan- sas imbroglio, and allows the Kansas people to treat the question as they may see fit. There will be no excuse thereafter for the further interference of Congress, and no agitators, in or out of Kansas, can re-bash it into an important national issue. To guard against such a possibility and to avoid overy excuse tor a’disruption of the democratic party, an ena- bling act will be incorporated in the new Dill a3 an alter- native, in cage the Lecompton Convention is rejected by the people of Kansas, This will provide a safe, direct and unimpeachable mode of framing such a coustitution as the people of Kansas desire, under the formal sanction of Congress, and surrounded with all possible constitu. tional and popular requirements. Tae movement is a Southern one. In the Senate to-day a large number of private bills, resolutions and memorials, were submitted and referred to the proper committees. Mr. Wilson, of Mass., intro- duced a bill to appropriate one million acres of public lands of the United States for the benefit of free school in the District of Columbia, The joint resolution for an adjournment of both Houses from the 23d inst. to tue 4th of January was taken up and passed. Senator Rigler then took the floor and deliveged au able and argumeatative speech in reply to Mr. Douglas on the Kansas question, His speech was a complete vindication of the President's message, and he made some telling points against the I1li nois Senator, which brought him to his feet. After con. siderable cross-firing and some pretty sharp talk the debate closed. The House Compensation bill was taken up, and after some loose talx and inetfectual attempts to amend it, was passed as it came from the House. The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, and resumed the consideration of the Treasury Note bili, An effort Was made to close the debate in two hours there- after, but the House refused it. A running dévate oc ourred, which lasted three hours, in which a number of Buncombe speeches were made. The comfflittce then rose. Mr. Warren, of Arkansas, submitted a resolution, | stating that whereas it appears from the President's Mes | eage that open rebeliion exists in the Territory of Utah, it | Was not an administration measure? Did he mean that is the duty of the House to examine into the facts and re port thereon, and seo by what right the'dolegate from that Territory holds hia seat; and that if the facts wore as stated he should be expelled from the floor of the House. The resolution caused cousiderable excitement. It had to lie over until to-morrow under the rules. An atiempt was made to take up the Senate resolution to adjourn over | for ten days, but it failed. The § wit! pass it le-morpow. The new printers to the House are making arrange. ments to establish an office to do their own work. They can make no satisfactory arrangement with Weidell. It is stated that one of the gentlemenewil! shortly start a paper here in opposition to the Uniyn. Judge Hail, of Iowa, who was in the last Congress, has been appointed Chief Justice for the Territory of Ne bracka. James M. Buchasan, of Minister to St. Petersburg. A delegation of Sac and Fox Latians are here, in attend- ance on the Indian Bureau. A delegation from the ’aw- nees is expected daily. It is rumored that the Tennessee delegation in Congress have unauimously resolved to reject the Lecomptou coa- stitution, Secretary Floyd has resolved not to ask for a volunteer force for the Ula service, lest it might defeat Lis wishes for an increase on the standing army. Lieut. Robert G. Wood, secona cavalry, has resigned, In Naval Court No. 1, today, documentary evidence was submitted, and Captain Rudd testified for govern- ment, in the case of exCaptain Lecompt. Before Court No. 2 the defence of Commander Johnson was read by bis counsel, Mr. Biount. Before Court No. 3 B. F. Butler, Exq., Continued reading the defence of ex-Captain Levy. Nothing of interest was received at the foreign lega- tions by thelast steamer. ‘The Sultan of Turkey has conferred on Francis Dainese, Faq., of this city, the Order of the Turkish Legion of Honor, called the ‘‘Nishan Medgedie,”’ in consideration of the high opinion entertained by bis Imperial Majesty of Mr. Dainese and bis faithful, devoted aud couragoeus ser- vices to his native country. The above Order, with its accompanyiug diploma, “baret,” couched im the most flattering terms, and bearing the Sultan's cypher in golden letters was presented to Mr. Dainese today by Baron ‘Stoeck!, to whom it was sent from Coustantinople for do- livery. Baltimore, will be appointed Senator Douglas Home. Cincago, Dec. 19, 1857. A large and eathusiastic meeting of the demooracy was | held here to night, and resolutions were passed endorsing the course of Senator Douglas. Morrtbic Murder in Rochester, Rocumrex, Dec. 21, 1857. Our city was yesterday morning thrown into a state of great excitement by the discovery of the mangled, mur- | dered body of Charles H. Little, a lawyer of this city, in is nothing like ft, and the forest glade is sketchy and | the Genesee river, a few rods below the Falls. From the pools of blood and other evidences of struggles the mur. ¥ traced from the place of the futal eoa- dences of their crime by sinking the body of their victim; The water being shallow the body did not float away from the shore, and was found at about seven o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning. The body was immedediately tiken to the police office and arrests made of his wife, her brother, and several other of his relatives. From the evidence, it appears that Little and his wife did not live happily together, and that A separation took place about a year ago, but for the past month or two they had lived together again. On the ground where were discovered blood and other evidences of a conflict, were found a piece of a victorine correspond. ing with one worn by Mrs. Little, a rosette matching one found in her possession, and a comb, a pair of speetacles said to belong to ber brother, Ira Stout, a young man aged about 23 years, and the arm of a qbair said to have been taken from the office where Little was employed. Mre, Little's teft wrist and her brother's left arm were found to be broken, showing that they had been engaged in some extraordinary conflict. The evidence go far seems strongly against the wife of the murdered man and hor brother, Ira Stout. The examination continued through all yesterday, and was adjourned from twelve o'clock Inst nigbt till nine o'clock this morning. The evidence taken yesterday occupies six columns of the Democrat of this morning Capture of Slavers on the Const of Africa, Norvotm, Dec. 21, 1857. The bark Wm. G. Lewis, thirty five days from the coast of Africa, arrived here today, She was captured asa waver in the Congo river by a boat expedition, com- manded by Lieutenants Walker and Ommins, from the United States sloop of war Dale. ‘The brig Windward, supposed to bea glaver, was also captured, and will be here in a few days. ‘The British steamer Elector had seized the bark Ciara DB. Williams, and an American schooner about the samo time. Many siavers are reported to be on the African coast. Twelve had beon captured after the arrival of the Date there, She was to leave soon for St. Helena. Her offi. cers and crew were all well. ————E, United States Supreme Court. ’ Wasnrxatos, Dec. 21, 1857. No. 17. J. Tempte Dodwetl vs. Karique de la Tanzo.— Arguments continued for both parties. The Southern Mati. Wasiniwoton, Deo. 21, 1867. The mail from all points South as late as dub isto hand, but brings no news of importance Markets “ ROAR anemia os a an Stocks dull. Ponnaylvania 6's, $45,, Read ’ ag Morin Canals 46, Log island Galton, 10%; Poan’ @ Ivania Baulggad, 38%. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Senate. Wasurn@tow, Deo. 21, 1367. IMPROVEMENT OF THE HARBOR OF NEWARK, N. J. Mr. Wiucerr, (adm.) ¢ N. J., introduced a bill to eoo- tinue the improvement of the harbor of Newark, New Jersey. The bill was referved to the Committee on Com- merce, ADJOURNMENT FOF THE HOLIDAYS. Mr. BicGs, (adm.) of N. ©., ssdmitted a joint resolution, which was adopted by a vote of 34 against 12, providing that when the two houses adjourtren Wednesday ownt the adjournment continue till the 4th of January. LAND GRANT FOR SCHOOLS IN THE DETRICT OF COLUMBLA. Mr. Wrsox, (opp.) of Mass., introduced a bill granting @ million of acres of land for the benetit of free putric schools in the District of Cotumbia. DEBATE ON THR KANSAS QUESTION, Mr. BIGLER, (adm.) of Pa., addressed tie Senate, vindt- cating the President's policy in the Kansas portion of his message. He said that no one regretted more than himself! to perceive that the discussion ou the Kansas policy of tae administration was to be precipitated upou the Seuate and the country. He preferred to avoid discussiou until the result of the election on the slavery clause bad transpired, and until Kansas should present herself for admission as a Stale. But the Seuator from Illinois (Mr. Douglas) made A different policy necessary and proper, and no alternative was left to the friends of the administration but to respond In his opinion the great speech of the Senator, with all due respect, was, atter all, a huge structure resting on @ very unsound and insufficient foundation; and what waa stili more extraordinary, it was sustained to no inconside- rable extent by the same authorities and ideas which, to hia (Mr. Bigier’s) understanding, had been used on former and similar eccasions against him by the enemies of the democratic party, He could not understand the Senator from Iilinois should have shown as much willing- nezs to weaken public confidence in the policy of the mew of his own party, whom he bad assisted to place in power, and who at this critical! moment wield the only functions of government capable of maintaining the public peace im Kansas. He could discover no purpose blic policy the attainment of which required the Senator to do these things, nor to deal in_ungenerous criticisias of the views. of the President. The allegation that that venerabie statesman had fallen into fundamental error as to the meauing of the Kansus and Nebraska bill, and the purposes of its autnors, because be was not ia the country at the time of its paseage, was not worthy of the Senator, though it may have served to incite momea- tary gratification on the other side of the Chamber; but on neither gide, nor in the couxtry, will the sextimeat meet even a respected response whien the influence of the hour shall have yielded to sober retlectiog. The honora- ble Senator was bot in the country when the Declaration of ludependence was enupeiated, nor when the constitu- ion was made. Yet he claims to understand both those instrumente and the purposes in view by their authors. Is the Kansas law more difficult of comprehension’? Per- haps itis. At all events it bas certainly required more explanation at the hands of its author; and it might seem that se loug as he finds it necessary to explain what be meant, every month in the year could af- ford to pardon the President for the commission of even “fundamental error.’’ But what would the Senator say respecting the views of the late President, who was not out of the country when the law passed, but partici- oy d in every step of the strurgie that gave it existence, le certainly understood the question, and he (Mr. Bigler) had sufficient authority for saying that he agreed with his successor on the Kansas policy, aud consequently differed with the Senator from Illinois. What did the Senator mean by assuming that the Kansas policy of the message ‘the Cabinet did not agree with the President? He (Mr. | Bigler) understood differently, Or did he mean that the administration having laid down its pemaery! raped will not hold that those who assail and denounce policy do not oppore the administration? Tbere was certainly no room for misunderstanding on that point. If he meant that ho coos not see clearly what that policy is, he (Mr. Bigler) could tell him, and on this cocasion he need not doubt the accuracy of the explanation. The administration having from the beginning maintained the Territorial laws of Kan- sax, having sanctioned the authority of the Territorial iegisiature to cail a convention of delegates, to be elected by the ie grad to make a constitution and State govern- ment, and having exercised all its powers to secure to the people a fair opportunity to make their domestic insti- tutions “‘in their own way’,” it would be improper to pre- judge and discard the doings of that Convention before it had been fully developed: aud further, that when Kansas shall have presented hereelf for admission into the Union, her constitution being republican, and the people having had @ fair opportunity of making 4 free or a slave State, as indicated in the organic act, and as required by the general understanding ot the whole country, it will not be. considered a sufficient reason to object to the admission of the State that the ordinary forms of the constitution, about which there was no dispute, and which may be changed at any time the people may desire, were not submitted to a popular vote. peopie Kan-as bad a right to do this in their own way. The way it bas been done is their own. But if in this or any other particular, the delegates lave acted ia bad faith or have abused the powers delegated to them, they are responsible to the people—not to Congress nor to the administration. Mr. Bigler said he had before him the bill reported by Mr. Douglas, on tho 7th March, 1856, roviding for the admission of Kansas into the Union as a te, the third section of which reads as follows:— That the foregoing propositions be, and the same are hereby offered to the said Convention of the people of Kansas when formed, for their acceptance or rejection, which, i adopted by the Convention and ratified We the rere. atthe election for the adeption of the constitution, shall be obli- gatory upon the United States and the said State of Kan- sas." ‘bill read in by the Senator from Georgia Qfr. Toombs) on the 1ith July, and referred to the Com- mittee on Territories, contained the same section, word for word. Both of these bills were under congideration at the conferenoe which had been referred to, but when the Sena- tor from [linois reported the Toombs bill to the Senate the ext morning, it did not contain so much of the third sec- tion as indicates to the Convention that the constitu!ion sl be approved by the people. The words “and rati- fied by the people at the el for the adoption of the constitution,’ bad been stricken out. Who struck these words out, or for what pur ‘was it done, were quea- tions which it was not for bim to anawer. Senator assumed the other day that whenover the law is sileat oa the subject, the inference is in favor of submission; bat @ futl examination of the that had shown him that sition had the weight of authority, and that wi be had taut down as the rule of prece- dent has never appeared in a single instance. Mr. Bigler proceeded to reply to other points in Douglas’ speech. He sustained the legality of the Le compton movement, and, in the course of his 5 said he could not foretell what his action would be on the Gave was not fully made up. A very lnego and dangerous ‘case was not fully up. A ver! an power was in the hands of those ‘who are to conduct the election on the slavery article, They may abuse it. If 80, the result could not be recognized. But if the election shall be fairly conducted, he should vote for the admis- sion of as as a State, with either a free or slave con stitution, bycause he thought that would settle the coutro- veray, and give peaee to kansas and the country. If the institutions should not suit the people, = could be al- tered more easily and satisfactorily with Kansas asa State than asa Territory. Mr. Dovenas, (opp) of TIL, replied, saying he had no fault to fad with the Senator trom Penueylvania for mak- ing a series of attacks on hts consistency, while omitting to answer bis arguments. Some persons had furnished him with the records of the votes of Senators on the Wil- ‘mot proviso, and e former speeches relative to Kansas matters. Ho kn but what had they to do with the question now presented? He did not understand the motives for re the peblic records and newspapers, 4 picking up every litle serap to see what Itis course had been for twelve years past onthe subject of slavery. Suppose it was true that in 1845 he was in favor of extending the Mis- souri compromise line to the Pacifle ocean, as recom- y Mr. Buchanan in his letter preceding, and suppose it true that in 1854 he introduc bill for the re peal of that compromise; of which the President says he bow appre All these things are not material to the argument. True, the issue was whether popular sovo- reignty, to which the President and himse!f were ph 5 should be violated in Kansas. He thought the Senator from Pennsylvania showed a waut of candor and fair- ness in quoting from his Springfield speech, and omitting to quete what he mid on the samo subject. the other day, which was ‘ect ly barmony with previously expressed opinions. He thought Gov. Waiker was authorized to say what he did in his inaugural address by the instructions of the Presitent and the Cabinet—to demand that the constite- tion should be submitted, and unless submitted that it should be regarded null and void. Ho was not aware that Gov. Walker bad interfered in the slightest degree, except in pursuance of these instructions. He never sup- posed that the agent was to be denounsed for obeying im- *structions and the principal applauded for giving them. He admired the manliness of the President in assuming the responsibility to give them, and only regretted that the President proposed, from motives of cy, to accept the constitution withont ratification by the Reape: although be admits it onght to be subsitted. i is right to submit let it be submitted. Let policy and expe- «ency take care of themselves, He complained that tho Senator from Pennsylvania seemed dieposed to put him in a false position. The true test is, the boo od endorsed by the popular will, and if not it must be re- only true way of ascertaining whether the is acceptable or not is to submit it to the . Browrn explained that he did not say Mr. Douglas majotained the ground that an enabling act was necessary in all cases, but that he had taken the ground that it wag necessary Inthe case of Kansas. The Senator has din Pornagett hag oe saying bp ye ways consistent, and that a wise man will always change bis’ views whenever he thinks himee! . The does not 80. Hed thority than that? qs cd , , he had made the deductions (rom the message, and from what he knew in addition. Se did. not aesert im terms that it was anadministration mea sure, but said the administration held the movemeat so far as it 5 make a recommendation prior to the resiit which he says in his message he is waiting for Mr. DovoLas repeated he should like to Kaow what F sources of information Mr, Bigter had, e: that Sean. that much advantage of him. Mr. BIGLER was not at liberty ora that this was an administration measare, and would allow Mr Dougias to — — it was, ted Ir. DoroLar again want to know what these of sources of information were which autharized the senate Bigler) to read him out of the party for not sustaining Mite, Prova denied that ho wad Mr. Bower deni said one word abo any man ov of the party. Did Mr. Doghe went © NO iseue w! Administration ? makes An fesuo cannot he toil what {tie — Mr. Dovorae—The Senator did not use the words, but he insinuated strongly to that effect. He seemed to be Garrying OW Whe system Whigh Lad Yew pursued by jected. constitution: of the vows