The New York Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1858, Page 4

4 k'W YORK HERALD. Jaa (ES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Orrion x, W- CORNKR OF FULTON AND NASSAU BTS, ett, John Clark and Isaac Edgar, arrested on BROA “RATRE. Baur ste eh, "mast, Lion, Tiaees, ke. Broad way—Kavrerntanram 4xp Gat Broadway——Grom asics — tt he Dit eARIOR OARDEW nocaos, Mule Kiaruast, ac, | keeping a disorderly house and was remanded for Tur Danx Ripeas orras | ‘¢2'eDCe. The Recorder said it was his intention to | Re nY THEATRE, BO Four Tureres. nid in breaking up these establishments, Matilda | —~ Stevens, a li aE a ae <oray, anposte Bend crest & little girl, was TON MeKar Wives or Woxpson—-%s “4 WALLACE’? THEATRE wey 'WA7—How 70 Grow Ricw —Riaurs axw Waoncs or Wore prsmcmnse LAURA KEENR’S THEATRE, & °¢W87—Warre Lins— Brectee Buwecxoon. BARNUN’S AMERIOAN MUSEUM! OMway—Afernoon not believe him, and she was discharged. ~—Buoxen Swoup, Mreuing : Promexz* R The receipts of beef cattle the past week were adway—Guorcs WOOD'S BUIDINGS, 561 and 563 tw ‘ONT Cnones = af Woon's Narimamis—Tis Tomy ECCKLEY'S SERENADERS, No. 44 Bitty ‘W87—Necro Mxvovins amy BURLEBQUER— Dor Abana — KEROHANIC'S HALL, 472 Broadway—Rrvasct ~Ernoriax Sones—Gawns ov Tar Cunaicu vx! moderate, and prices ranged from $25 to $65. > New York, Thursday, February 4,78 "+ >? MAILS FOR THR PACIFIC, have advanced jc. New York Herald—Caittorrta Edition» The United States mail steamoalp Moves Taylor, CPR. MoGowan, wil Ieave this port tomorrow afternoon, sf two e'clock for Aspinwall The maile for California and other parts of the Pacific Will close at no o'clock to-morrow «Rernoom. The New Yorx Werxry Hnnaro—atifornia edition— Containing the latest intelligence frora aH parte of the compared with the same period Inst year. The increas 60 bales. Flour displayed increased activity, wihout World, will be published at ten o'clock tx the morning. bd ie Mat Oe ee Singic copies, to wrappers, roady for matting, ox conte eéligied. Gen Sok Gamsesni ws 6 Ok Agcuts will pleaso send in their orders ae carly as pos- : rau atic. nd €8c. @ 7Cc. for yellow and white, according to Pork advanced about 25c. per barrel, with salonot'a (08S At SIS 60, while holders at the close de peendiel e s were firm, with some increase in th ie of New Orieana, contaiving parcels of prime The News, Ry the arrival of the steamship Edinkerg at this port yesterday, from Glasgow 17th ult., we'kave'one , . . of about £00 hbds. Ne! 5 wore Goy's later news from Europe. The newo1s-not of [ B00ds; setts e b Ww, ipeliveapendphas et mol ee nad at prises stm “ed eixewhere, We quote the estabiisned portance. urkets remai.sed as re- prices of eam Start for the refined goods in another ported by the Canada, with, however, rathoran um- colupa. Aben 700 bags Rio coffee were sold at Mo, @ Lie. proved aspect. Our latest accounts from the headquartecwof the army of Utah are to the 18th of December. At that time tbe troops were all in good condition, and as comfortable as circumstances would perinit. The Various bodies of military remained at the enomp- ments previously mentioned. Col. Johnston wuz ef opinion that active hostilities would commenoe ir | the spring. In connection with this news we pub--! lish a letter from Washington upon the subject of Dr, Bernhisel’s overtures to the President for 2 peaceable settlement of the dispute with the Mor- mons, together with some extracts from English and French papers, giving their views and opinions with reference to this momentous matter. The President's message on Kansas affairs appears Th ere is sometbisg t "uly magnificent in the to have bad the effect of somewhat allaying the @x- | earnestness with which Mr. Buchanan under- citement which bas existed upon that important | g,eg the tsk before him |. aud the style in which: subject. One of our correspondentsstates that there | ye ge hieves it is pesitively sublime. Fully is beyond doubt a majority of eight in the House of | aware of tho exigenotes ot” the erisis, andof the ta ae sta pooner coneay ' treme: idous contingencies invoked, he does not jon. Its pr e § aly | P 7 trueetioned’ and indeed much of the opposition that | eek t » evade or soften bir Veisnosreretdtenses 9 wos anticipated in that body has been neutralized | comes forwerd bravely and resolutely te the by the of the President. In the Senate yes: | work. Tie kmows that the altcrnative im the terday Mesers. Wilson, of Massachusetts, and Brown, | selutia a of this matter is lifeor dcath—Uniow or Of Mississippi, delivered speeches respectively in | disunic n—the contiuwed marclz cS the republic and in defence of the positions maintained | ty the ‘upwerd path of prosperity, power and ident on the Kansas question. Theap- giory, cur its: ewift deseent to desiruction: ama on bills for the payment of invalid und | \ 4 writes accordingly If we lcok, we sivall pensions was passed. i lock in vain. for any "message 01° any preceding: Senate in a rh apc -escoemre deal | Presider it, upon a great emerg™ more-re- D. Williamson, the contuma’ | ment ard indomitable resolution tha» this Faw 000 tariffinvestigation case. ; sas ultimatum of Mr. Guebanan. gaged toa fair extent to Liverpool, wit s to London aud other ports, while rates \ge of moment Freighis wero light ex jagenret® were without chim “wpne Prestaw "> Memage on Kansos—The Crenvaca Floal Contest Vpen Us. Our readers c# ll parties, in the specia} mes- sage of the Presb ent to Congréss upon Kansas affairs, ave-fally im, formed of bis rensons for ad- her ing to the Leean 'pton eonetitution, It is a great message, Wane generations to come it will stan d out inboldreie ‘fas cne of the mest promi- nent landmarise in.ohe * political histozy of these Unit ed States. } j | to-day to show cause why he will The unreasured violence with which is y sports were made by the Naval Com- jg. denounced by the opposition press, pon the action of Com. Paulding in capturing | especially of the: black = egmblicem, ‘The majority report regards hiscon” | shoo}, feamishes the most sadimfactors + a grave error, which calls for the disapproval.| -—iaonce in support of the position of the Prosé- gress. “ihe minority report states that the-|" aent as the policy of the democratic party. Gur nmodore acted within the spirit of bis eget | city. cotemppraries of Ms Desa GEEK hn nd that he deserves the approbation of the | Brie are vicot desde: th WGA Ine try. ‘The subject was referred to the Committes.| ®™P! poll : dpa ogarie Whole, ‘The Commaittee on Invalid Pensions.| guage, with its abundaat resources, is e reported & bill granting pensions to soldiers engaged) | for the expression of their terrible wrath. One im the last war with Great Britain and those who par ot them declares thas this meseage ‘ is noth ‘ng t 4 in the Indian wars of that period. The ¥il | more nor less than em incendisry pedlicaticny es an expenditure of many millions of dollars, | that “it caems to ave been studiomly calee- and @ stromg effort will be made to carry it through lated to put the whole country iato the in- jout referring it to the Committee of the Whoie. tensest heat of excitement, and to light up the » Committee on Elections reported adversaly to flames of civil wax in Kansas,” and that the cpap ye donner vi Nthest charge that the Topeka party are in a state of ’ ry ( pe pry geer oacineied rebellioa “ is an atrocious calumny,” Ancéber ana at agus sete and there is, there- | of our Seward organs declares thet the Presi- ery nice point to be decided. dent has become “a sectionul chieftain, tramp- ‘ { propositions were brought be-] ling under foot alike the dictates of patriotism yesterday, none of them, how- | and the control of common sense in the eurvice of sectional! jealousy and treaconeble fwnati- iu We refer to our in executive see + n cism. | appointments id not, chs t 7 * 6 ca aameia at the hese shrielss from the enemy pretty plainly touch the import nestic 7 indicate that this Kansas broadside fom the quietly re- | White House bas struck them between wind and eral iinportance. The Senate T hanks of d specie payt s oe bi water. But there is yet another of our Seward arrival at port yesterday we have im- | cotemporaries whose shrieks, from incessant ig news from Hayti. At Port au Prince pre- | practice, are a little sharper than all the rest. vious to the 18th business had somewhat im-| Jie gays, speaking of the manner in which the though native produce was lower in price, the American provi stocked with goods of all dee Busin Gonaives had not recovered from the commercial 4 by the failure of « prot at merchant affairs of Kansas are discussed by the Provident, that “from the gigantic falsehoods, by suppres- sion, with which he sets out, to the snuffling cant with which be concludes, all is systematic im- perversion and villany.” This eomes mn market was wel ms. se i oan d re another car the elegant style of argumentation mae valuable information with r peculiar to the Five Points; bus we suppose and suggestions respecting asus uch | that the libel, reduced to the exact terms of . with Hayti would do well to heed. that locality, would be that “James Buchanan teresting meeting of the Board of Education | is an infernal liar, @ perjured scoundrel and a was held last evening. A resolution to abolish the snuffling hypocrite.” A fair interpretation, as normal schools was introduced, and after a sharp | o.o0y reader will perceive. But what does this discusiou an amendment to refer the matter to the spitting of venom tignify when applied to the Committee ou Normal Schools prevailed. About + Simply that our black $60,000 were appropriated for different purposes. real merits of the case? Simply os tig Watt ‘The salary of the elerk was advanced from $2,500 to | Tepublican philosophers are ey e bet $2,800. Much discussion arose out of a motion to | and that, concerning “ bleeding ae on appoint a committer that would investigate the con- | President boldly proposes to robthem of dition of all the public schools to ascertain and report | stock in trade. to the Board whether they are properly arranged, so.as Let the democracy in Congress sustain the to guard against fire or accident incase of any alarm | megage of the President, and admit Kansas amongst the children, and it was finally agreed that | der thie Lecomptom constitution, and they « Committee of Ward Inspectors should be appointed will soon discover that they have adopted the ~~ valet Committee of the stoard of Aldermen | tue policy for the party, and for the peace of ot yesterday to overhaul the tax lovy for the year, | the country We dare a ae pes: bee and agreed to report in favor of reducing the sup- | months from the acceptance o' the ecompton plics te public officers from £20,000 to $15,000, and constitution, peace will be restored in Kansas- the appropriation for la places from $25,000 | that she will be a free State, out-and-out, and to £20,000. The sul es to members of | this Kansas agitation in Congress, and through the Common Coancil reduced, and the | oyt the Union, will be at an end. We believe, awording of them opposed by Alderman Gregory, said that the appropr' of money to pay bers of the Common ¢ would be an act of xx injustice to their constituents. The existing method of appointing cbeplains for the army and navy is defended by one of our Wash sorrespondents from the assaults of a certain too, that with the subsidence of the agitation, the odds and ends of the democratic party, North and South, will be hrought together aga and that upon new, practical and popular is they will be stroug « nough. not only to secure the Presidential succession in 1860, but for me Nes York morning paper, and @ palpable mistepre- | many years tocome. The Lecompton constitu: sentation of facts by that journal is thoroughly ex- | tion ix the legal product of the Kansas-Nebras- pone ka Will rewre in Kansas ten thousand The Grand Jury presented a nomber of indict | 4, ¢ thowand of her eoventeen Gheusad ente yesterday in the General Sessions, to which legal roters oy 4 to thle cvnetitation, 00 jeoners pleaded not guilty, and were remanded | much oles 0 greater the sanjority the Margaret Holden, the decoy used by John ‘ : ‘ : on th notorious Moll Hodges to perpetrate | more ree ly can the people aceomp e ah + of the panel game, pleaded | Very thing which they most desire— ‘the regu- « penitentiary for one year. | lation of their domestic institutions in their own The other defendants were convicted and gent to the State prison last month. Recorder Barnard granted 4 motion of ex-Recorder Smith to afford John Hack- charge of gambling, a preliminary examination. Wm. Petit, John Barker and Wm. Brown (youths), pleaded guilty to stealing ten firkins of butter, va- lued at $425, the property of Nicholas Phillips. His Hener sent each of them to the penitentiary fortwo years and ten months. John Smith, indicted with ethers, was discharged at the request of the istrict Attorney. Mary Waters pleaded guilty to Jointly indicted with her , father and sister for receiving stolen goods, The — Principal witness for the people was a lad who was | arrested for stealing ribbon from Mr. Reeder’s store, |‘!!! of peril as dirunion; but we must remem- in Canal street, and who swore that he was in the | Der that in addition to Kansas two other new habit of selling it to the prisoners; but the jury did again very light, and there was an active demand at the market yesterday; those offered were of a good average quality, and prices advanced $c. on last week's qnotations. The receipta of cows were Veal calves were in good demand. Sheep and lambs of good quality were in brisk request, and sell at good prices as fast as they arrive. The receipts of swine have been very heavy during the week, but prices ‘Tho cotton market continued firm yesterday, with sates of about 1,000 bales, based upon middlieg uplands at lage, The decrease in the receipts at the ports inca the first of September fast amounts to about 579,006 baics, 'p exports to Great Britain amounts to 11,000 bales; the crease to Frarce to 18,000, and to other foreign ports 000 bales—showing -~w total decrease of exports of the capacity of a sovereign State. ray ‘The only fixed opposition to the potiey a’ the administration comes from the anti~lavery 1" natice and demagogues of the North and the’ disunion ultras of the South. Both these fae- tions live upon the nigger agitation; but re- move Kansas from the arena of Congress, and their “occupation is gone.” On the other hand, the rejection of the Lecompton constitution re- opens the agitation in its most perilous shape, and that is upon the direct issue of the secession of the Southern States and the establishment of a | 1¢#tion’- Southern confederacy. An empty abstraction may be considered a ri- diculous pretext for a Southern movement so pol\cy in the conduct of Nicaraguan affairs, free States will soon be added to the political supremacy of the North. In this view, we must remember that there are may Southern men who sre ready for secession, with or without aepecial provocation; while there is in the background 4 formidable Southern party pre- pared to move out of the vion upon any plau- sible cause of offence. And why? Because of the political preponderance of the North at Washington; and because of the continually in- creasing pressure of the Northern anti-lavery movement against the “ pecuifar ii ions” of. the South with the pair Be Senpesarenal peat cosetionx losinaiem, eopnecee: vie balance of power. Thus it is: that Southem mahero cf ShlN soantay, on bess Ah = ray ne me consider this abstraction of slavery in the ane pecnely: Amerioay’ a “i ey. lnyoleys Lecempton constitution as a question to them of |‘ * ana eet Santon vital importance, inasmuch as it wilh determine bsg ipectesaietal tellin, danced aber whether the good old policy of concession or Lcemadeenobe hig J Lies eae Ne the despotic policy of coercion is hereafter to Lercemer Win ete Cel sar be the policy of the North, the case may be. For’ @ieir proper working The President bas pointed out the way of out they reqaire © Nigh @bjoee of diplomello peace to Kansas, peace to the country, and har- an ce pmemntlike Oey ous pared mony to the party. Let him be esstained, tional relotions must not Nercompromiant; be and the wisdom of bis course will soon be made | &7°t ee batigd apeanis dre manifest, Reject hie counsels, and political | “24d in every part of the world, must not be confusion, sectional parties, and the reek agita- placed in jeopardy; oud the tos merch of our much account in their consideration as is Dan Rice, who ridea the rhimoceros at a horse opera on Broadway; though anfike Dex Rice, the rhi- noceros he attempted to mount hes conrpletely. thrown him, Cuba, Mexico and’ Central America are three Kansas question, and taken to moaning over General Walker and the failure of his Nica- ragua schemes. They have been relieved from the difficulties attending the firet named by the President, and they turn round and carp at his The time has passed by when Walker and meh as he can settle the Central American He had one opportunity, and more thae one, during his sway in Nicaragua, to have opened a n cw phase of Américan progress; but through his’ utter want of capacity as a states- man, and his ignorance as a soldier, he not only let the opporta nity slip, but placed us as a na- tion in a far worse position in those countries than we had evar before occupied. The ques- tion which he clainns the right to manage has grown far beyond the ability of mutually jeal- ous petty leaders er equabbling steamboat cap- tains to maaage, amd Walker is of about as tion of disunion begi progress mst not be delayed »y au eawise treat- : aoe ment of either of these threo questions in its separate developement. The ighess powers of Tur Inrrepverios ov Camers posed. rior one. He was for many years Consul Gene- ra} of the United States in. Bgypt, and during hie varied observations of the customs of the East it occurred to him thet the camel—the grea’ carrier of the Eastern doserts—was emi. prairies and rugged: passes of the Western de- serts of the American continent. The patience of the camel under fatigue and suffering, his grea! power of endurance, his capacity for sus- taining life without food or water, his sure foot- edness and remarkable tractability—all these . were qualities which» seemed to Mr. McCauley v equally suited to Western America as to Egypt or Arabia. He consequently suggested the idea to the government, wherezpea a report was sent to Congress asking foran appropria- tion to oarry out the experiment. The commu- nications of Mr. McCauley on this subject are allon file in the arcbives of thoftate Depart- went, clearly showing that to him, and not to Mr. Gliddon, is due the credit of introducing this valuable animal into the service of the United States. of How well Mr. McCauley’s anticipations have been realized we can cee in the suseeseful result of Lieut. Beale’s late expedition. On that long and arduous journey be found the camels to ex- ceed his utmost expectations. For forty-eight days they continued their travel, bearing heavy burdens—feeding, as they went, othe roughest shruls—even the thorny cactus and prickly pear, which they cropped as they trotted along by extending their long necks ‘nto the brush- wood by the wayside; carrying abundance of water for the teams cad men, yetnot tasting a drog of it themselves for several days; journey- ing over sharp volceaic fragments without the least impediment; nay, even cwimming the rivers in their course, stoutly aad- without fear —® feat which the oamel was never supposed capalile of-—and beasing all the Labox, privation and fatigue with a patience and doebity unex- ampled in any other animal; it is ne wonder that Lieut. Beale s2euld declare thet he would rather have the mow indifferert camel for such a journey than four of the best mules. [e is evident thetmatare dec! gned@ this useful animal equally for the western os the eastern desrts, avd the country would be very ungrate- ful did it not acknowledgs tie benciit be stowed upon it hy the man ctwhose wise sug- gestion the camel was introd seed. fm this connestion we may observe that (he widow of Mr. MeCauley is now seeking from Congress a remuneration cf some fifteen or tweaty thousumd dollars ‘or services > er- formed by her, late hasband-while in Egypt, outside bis regular duties as Consul ; services accruing in part to the be: of the government, and in part % that of individual citizens ofthe United Statas She is now endeavoring to. ges ber claims timeagh Congyess. If the servioos thus rendeced should not be deemed to be teck- nically wittin the cognizance of government, we would saggest to Congpess that Mr. \SeGan- ley’s effoststo introduce the camel on cur west- ern prairies alone entithoiis family to some con- sideratiea at their hanés. Any other govern- ment im the world would basten to siawer re- wards agon the man wiio bad done sesigaal a service to his country. Let there be no question then about giving Mra McCauley the small eum claimed by her. Wwill be repaying but indifferently the imzaense benefits tet are likely to result from her kusband’s labora A Cuanity Coverrer anno Tres Paess.—We give a statement im another colamn of our re- porter in regard bo the discousteous treatment be received at the hands of one of those com mittees who profess charity and good will to all men, and who had charge of the arrange ments connected with the recent lectare given. by Hon. Edward Everett at the Academy of | Music. We cannot let this matter pass without condemning the impertinence and insoleace of some of those charity committecs towards the press. Such parties, previous to the bagging of their proceeds, run to all the daily papers beg- ging for all corts of charities, gratis advertise- mente, gratis notices, gratis puifs, gratis every- thing; and perhaps no journal Sas been more generous and liberal in these respects to all reepectable charitable movements than the Hx- natp, Yet, on many occasions, the conduct of these charity managere—as in tho present in- stance—is anything but courteous or gentle manly or charitable towards tho representatives of the press, when they appear on ench ogpasions INTO THE Unirep Srares.—We publish a communication mind must be brought to bearupom them, aud: in another column claiming that the merit of | not apon each alone, but upon the ‘eariag it introducing the camei inte the United States be- lengs to Mr. D S. McCauley, late Consul Cene- | and international qaestions. Tiey-are in msuy | rab at Egypt, ard not to Mk. Gliddon, as oap- things difierent from each otha. and a few nentiy suited as a Least of burthen for the wild» msy have upen the vast range of ous domestic more weh bungling pieces of workas Walker Mr. McCauley’s claim, we velieve, is the sxpe- | has made in. his Central American proceedings would set us back fifty years in the settlement of all cf them. The fve-eating journals that are co: ready to attack the Presidert because he takes a proper view of Waller, would deel! to con- sider the grounds of high nationsd policy that all of these questions rest upon, 2nd: not en- deavor, by-an ixaprudent advocacy: of their cause, to retard the progress of the country. There are high principles of imternational law involved jvhich mest: be respec ted, 2nd which can be respected without delaying ‘he exten- sion of ovr-influense southward! a single day. But our own domestio broils mus t bo settled be- fore these questions can be takin upwith that calmness cud- attention which thez. require ; and though -the Sowthern ultra fire-ceters may feel relieved from their pressur ¢ bythe Presi- den® assuring the brunt of the fray, they can de no good to theraselves by « uging the con- sideration of questions-whieh ane nod yet ripe. That of Cuba requives: mach ¢t :ill imits treat- ment with “pain. Mexico is not in svondition at this momont to carry on any | kind of diplo- matic negotiations; and in Cem tral America a favorable treaty aweits sonfir: nation, solely deeause of the disorder. recent; ; caused there by Walker. He is “played out, ” and we ad- vise the firseaters to reconsider ' their position iu regard to him, and to take ¢. meze truthful estimate both of men aud measur es. Nor Viyriemve—Ay Cumistia sy Dxaurte.— Mr. Booby Rrooka isin a very uncomfortable position. Ve begin to pity him. Duy after day he tells antruths: smd: falseh oods antil he is nearly blac*iin the faee. 1s thare no mode of eorrecting (his bad.bebit? Will. he sake no ad- vice? Mr. Beoby Brooke very coolly asserts that we have abandoned the re publican camp and gone over to the demecrac}/, in support of Mr. Buchanan, because, ao he says, the admin- fatration hea transferred the Port CMee adver- tising from: another paper to ov rs, What a con- fusion of izeas! The advertisements of the city Post Office were originally awarded to us by the administration of poor Pierce, and certainly the administration of poor Pierce had no great reason to be friendly to as, They were award- ed tio us because the award was strictly in a> cordance with law, snd because the government bal no cther alternative. Mr. Booby Brooks says that wo have absa- doned the republioaa for the de:aeratic party. We never belonged to either—we despised cad eechewed. both. In 1866 we nominated for the Presidency, on our own hook, Colonel Frem sat. He was our candidate, and was first: in the fief. A great many abandoned Mr. Booby Brooks and went in to the supnert of Freraont. A gress many abandoned Mr. Seward anry, fol- lowed their example. As to ourselves wa sup- ported Fremont on his own pladform and ‘or his own merits We repudiated all connec‘ton or affiliation with any party or faction whatseever, whether democrats, republicans, Amer!sans or Know. Nothings. We are in the same position still, We sapport Mr. Buchanants Kans: policy. because we believe that the interesof tho Union and public pinion, demand thes support fram every patriotic oad independeat joursal aad citizen. If Mz. Booby Brooks.can only menage to.be decent for once and acknowledge ‘hese traths we will be generous enough to order, our tailor | to present him with.a new suit of slothos, and }we may even be induced to invite him toa cruise in our yacht during the coming season. It will be necessary for him, however, in the meanwhile to take lessons in the manners and deporiment 6f a gentleman, in. order that he may not feel ow of place in the new pesition to which our benevolence may call, him, Tie Mayor ax THE Gawmune Hoeses.-The Mayor seems unfortunate in his crusade against the gambliag houses; by the time his police reach the seene of action, the birds are invaria bly fown The fact is that while our worthy Mayor fancies he is giving instructions in the most disereet and confidential manner for a de- scent upon thie or tha’ gambling house, the very policeman, perhaps, who receives bis orders is putting the gamblers on their guard, So it will be, we fear, throughout all time. A large por- tion of the police, both of the old and the now force, are in the pay of the gamblers and the keepers of gambling houses, who find it pays well to give these fellows money, and suppers andwine. If the Mayor wants to break up the to extend their labors and benefits towards | gambling houses in earnest, he will have to de them. vise come new plan. NEW YORK HERAL}. THURSDAY, FBBRUARY: 4, 1858. way’ power which they can oaily pewsed in | The Sonthern Fire-Eaters and Our National | — Tux Coxvictios or O'Connsia.—The jary in recommendation to mercy. We are net told of any gromnd apon which this recommendation rests. A culprit is usually recommended to mercy when he hee committed a crime under provoration which does not excuse though it may palliate the act. A homicide is } recommended t9 merey when the man: be kills | has wofully injured bim, insulted bis wife, or | beaten his father. A. thief is recommended to mercy when he bas been brought wy areong thieves and has known: no other society. An imeendiary is recommended to mercy when he aso young as net to know the whole conse qnences of setting fire tos house. In eases of thie kind, one can understand that a corseien- tions jury, in finding. verdtet of guilty, should ment which was not designed for cases like hie. But, on what grounda—we ask of the twelre mer who sat on O'Connell's trial—can that man ~-coavieted of the defberate commission of the two gravest crimes or the celendar—be recom mended te mercy’? If we are te show mercy to those who deliberately sommét rape and mur- show jurtiee t It is time that the orat and drivel about “merey” and “very young: offenders” and “hopes of reform” shoul tbe swept away, and at least ray of common sense let in upon our administration of criminal:law. It ishigh time thet the villanies which are daily perpetrated by young zuffians of whom Redgersand U'Con- nell are types should bo chesked y some wholesome examples of severity. We have tied. the merciful systems for some years, now; an@ very pretty ure its fruits. & very fine average crop of, murders, rapes; arsens, robberies and assaults bas it yieldedus. Itis time, if this city is to con- tinue to be a fit habitation for Christian people, that terroy should be struck into- the hearts of the villains who make a sport of every law, and rob.a store, fire a dwelling, insult a poor girl, or stab a guiet citizen with equal recklessness and out of sheer wickedness and-deviltry, Let us hear no more of especial favors to Rodgers and O'Connell on secount of their youth, Youth may be pleaded in mitigation of damages when it is doubtful whether the cul- prit knew the nature of his crime or its conse- quences, But itis an insult to our common sense to ak us to consider favorably the youth of a fellow who is old enough to-commit a rape, or strong enough to kill a grewn man with a single blow of a knife. All our bad characters have the misfortune of being-youths. Their youth should no more screen them from just ponishmwent than it helps those whem they in- jare. Tue C wrermen ap THE Newwrarers.—The usual farce was gone through in the Board of Gouncilwen on Tuesday night in-reference to the advertising of the proceedings of the Board. ‘The surs paid for the advertising of these pro- ceedings is $1,000, The last time we had them, we received $3,000, and refused to continue to publish them under $6,000; still, though only $1,000 are paid now, a Councilman gravely moved that the proceedings be given to the Hexa'» and two minor papers. Then a fight arose 2 to the substitution of ome little two- penny sheet for another twopenny sheet; and then somebody moved that they be given to all the papers. This of course was. the legitimate reductia ad absurdum, The whole thing is a farce, and was not meant seriously by any of the parties concern- ed. The Councilmen never meant to give the advertisements to the Hxraty or any such pa- per; they intend to keep them for an obscure 1 weekly sheet published we believe by ono of their honorable body; the allusion to the daily papers was in the hopes of making news- yaner capital and getting « paff. pe The Cuanrry Civico Bar is going for- ward with great snecess. It takes place this svening at the Academy of Music, and promises to be the event of the season. We learn that the ovnnmittee have had presented to them already, by the storekecpers of Broadway, nearly five" ensand yards of beoutiful calico patterns for “the use of the charity. Everything looks sue’ cessful. __ Ane We go Have « few Crry Baten consequence of the apathy evinced ty the Albany made Commissioners for erecting a new City Hall, wo understand that a step tn Another direction wil) shortly de taken by the Sheriif to furnieh Asuitable building for tho transaction of the busi- ness of the various law courts. Section 28 of the Code says “that the Snporvisors of the several counties shall Provida the courts appointed to be held therein with room, sitondants, fuel, lights and stationory, suitable and sufficient for,the transaction of their business. If the@uper ‘visors neglect, tho Court may order the Shoriff te do so) and the expense ineurrod by him in carrying the order in to eflect, when cortified by the Court, shall be a county harge.”’ Under the foregoing rection the courts, have ‘early the power to order the Sheriff to provide them ‘Guth suitable rooms for the transaction of their business, ead in conseqnence of the frequent prostration of some of our Judges, superinduced by sitting in the Hl-ventilazod, ow, dingy rooms situated over # fire engine house, now provided for them through the liberality of the Supervi- sors, we think they would be justified in. issuing an order Othe Sheriff to proceed forthwith in the erection of a commedious and spacious building on. the Fivo Points or in that immodiate vicinity. Wo protest, snd the whole bar and the judiciary will pro. teat, against the distribution of the Sourts amongat half a degen aifferent buildings, no matter how contignous to the Park. Tho taxpayers are tired of euch jobs, and they ‘Will no longer bo tolerated. We must kave one lnrce building—the focus of ali judivial proceedings. We ven. ture to say that there ix not a county in the State of New York where the court'roome are not in every fesprct far superior to thoes of this great city, and eo long as we are dependent upon black repablican Commissioners for aay relief, #0 long will we remain without decent court rooms. can withstand the edocts No constitution, rou pothet sth sh. ‘Judges of this olty are of the forti atmosphere which compelled to inhale, “ It retieeta no ored® upon our City Fathers that while they nro neglecting to provide their own State courts With suitable nconmmodations, they are able’ to rent out to the federa eroment the best rooms in the olty for the we of ¢ d States courts as such juries usually do; they brought ina verdict of guilty, with a strong reecommenda- tion to mercy. We have reason to believe that the jury at first stood seven or eight for convic- tion to five or four for acquittal; that when the cage was properly explained to the minority, most of them gave way and joined the majority; and that thus they stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal. These two did not appear to have any particular reason—unless a persoual one—for their opinions; the facts, which, Heaven knows, were plain enough, were explained to them over and over aguin without altering their views; it would seem that they counted upon coereing their colleagues by sheer endurance into returning a verdict of not guilty. Hap- pily for the ends of justice there were among the majerity several persons who declared that they wowld rather stay there six months than violate their oath by renderimg any other ver- dict than one of guiliy; and after a brief strug- gle, the two gave way, stipulating as a compro- mise that the verdict must be coupled with a stil! desire to ecreen the oflender from # pucish-- der, to whom, Gentlemen of the Jury, are we te + THE LATEST NEWS. INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Continuation of the Debate on the Kaneas Question. Pensions for the Soldiers of the Wars of 1812. &e, ke, &e, Interesting: from tho National Capital. THE VOTS ON TBE LRYCOMPTO® OONSTITUTION—IN~ CREASE OF THE ARMY—THE FORT SNELLING HOVER TIGATION—CORSELAK AND AUH? APYOLNTMINTS CONYIRMED, ETC. ’ Wasirno7ts, Feb, 3, 1858 Tt ts calculated, upea a close count of the House of Representatives, that there will be a majertty of eight tow the admineion of Kansae with the Lecompten constitution. A leading Souther: Kuow Nothing ember extpresses bie conviction that the Boutberm members of kts party will give a solid vote fH} Somthern Senators of ttle extreme school, who did pot recently look upon the airatotstracion ‘with too much favor, pow express themselves cordially in its support. The special message is producing » r’vokstion imsentiment. Mr. Dougias, in # caucus of (hs Lematers last night, showed evident signs of repentance. He was quite in a state of Depry acquiescence. ‘The Wasbipgton Siate is significoatly sileut on thy mos- age. It makes no comment. Mr. Willlameon was Yrought before the House tie morning, when the matter was postposed until to morrow atone o’ciock, He has made up his mind, ho gays, and is deterrnined to adhere te:M, and tbat ip, vot to testify or answer any question. Hv says that if they will allow bing to Ko back to the passage of she tariff bitls of 1842, 184% and 1852, he will make some'disclosurca that will startle the couztry, and that will oc unoleasant to some geatlo- men now occupying seats in Cangress. ‘The Fort Snelling Investigativg Committes met today and exsmined Joba C. Mutuer, ef New Yor. The oom- mittee desired him to stnte ali the facts within bis kuow- ledge rolativeto the sale of Mort Yelling. He stated that no government officer had the slightest interest, directiy or indirectly, in eaid purcbase. As to the price of the property, the sum pat’ was much higher than it would have trenght at public sale He instaaced the sae of the Fort Riley reservation, which was sold subsequsat- ly at auction at about fivecents peracre. Thus far ve- thing has beewelicited involving any one. The beltef is decomlng universal that the movers of this investigation were prompted Sy disappoinwment in net getting the pre- perty themselves: A petition is now before bots Sreate aud House Coca- mastiees On Military Affairs, enc’ under cousideration, from the officers composing the United States Dragoons and mounted Riflemen, asking that the said compauiss be merged with the cavalry, and the whole te coustituve one ‘corps. This is an important movement. ‘The House Military Committee will report in favor of raising the additional regicente asked for by the Secretary of War, instead of volunteers. ‘The Army Appropriation bill, reported. teday by ths Committee of Ways ard Means, amounts in the aggregate tovsix millions of dollars. The deficiency for the Quarter. master’s Department alone is nearly seven milllom of dollars. This is a separate bill ‘Tho following Consuls were corfirmod in exceutive ees- sion to-day :— J) Welsh, of La., at Monterey. Ceo, Vail, of N. J., at Glaagow: J48. Dancy, of N. C , at Dundee. 4+ Henderson, cf Pa., at Londonderry. if. R. Pollard, of Kansas, at Bangkok. B. B. Wiliams, of D. C , at Revel F/R. Sarmiento, at Venice, J. D. Diamati, of Ga, at Athens. 8. L. Roberts, of Pa., at Trinidad de Cubw JOB. Costa, of Texas, at Nice, Some forty or fifty army officers were aloe oonfir med. Tho clerk recently ia the ity Post Ofice, obarged with abetractiog money levers, bas confessed b's orime. Tea delegations of Iudivos congreyated to-day at ths Mount Vernon cane factory. Each Indiau took.e cane from the home of Washington THE GRNERAL NEW9PAPER DRSPATEUN Wasiuncron, Feb: 3, 1858. Tho Senate democratic caucus last ‘night was merely te Cetermine the order of business, It was agreed to refer the President's meseage in relation to Kansas, aud then take up the Army bill and dispose of it. The attendance was large. Mr, Dougias was present. Although the Kan- ‘Sas Bu dject was freely discussed, no attempt was made to bind the votes of senators in advance, as sueh would be outrary to the principies which usually charooterize sueb ecrot mestings of senators. The Douglas democrats are in council to night to con” tider what is their best policy or coaduct onthe Kansas question. The republicans have held several cavousos, and aro fully egreed to resist by all parliamentory means tho ad- tmuesion of Kansas uncer the | ecompton constitution. All parties are consolidating their strength for the struggie. There are ten or eleven separate Indiam delegations now here on Dasiness with the government The Senate in Executive Session to-day, confiymed J- Madison Cutts, as Second Comptroller of the Treneury. Mr, J, D, Williamson, who arrived here thia moruing in tho custody of the officers of the House, says that the rem won be declined coming to Washington was pole ly, because he was under heavy bonds not to leave New York, and that the offers of the House kidnapped him yesterday, nut allo wiug Litm tine or an opportunity to send for his lawyer, or take outs writ of habeas corpus. He throwe himself upou bis rights in that respect, and privately ovows his prosent determi nation to bo not to testify befor the Select Goramitiec to invest gate the charges agatast the members or officers of the last House, growing out of the disvursements by Messrs. Lawrence, Stone & Co. to influence the passage of the Tari act, on the ground that tle committee have ve Tight to question him concerning bis private wilairs. Summons to Lawrence, Libby. Bostox, Feb. 3, 1868. Me. Cole, an Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, has summoned J. W. Walcott, of the house of Lawrence, Stone & Co., and T. F. Holden, bookkeeper of the firm, to appear before the Congressional Curmmitese at Washing'en. This morn ing Me. Cole started for Binth, Me, to rummon Mr. Jarvia Slade, who has nearly recovered bis health, to appear defore the same commities. Mr. Joveph Libby, broker, who was. reported to have drowned Limself yesterday, was found alive inst evening, and conveyed to his home. LS Resumption of Specte Payuents in Phile~ deiphia, Patapmnowma, Fob. 3, 1858. Our banks resumed specie paymonts to-day. THIRTS-FIFTH CONGRESS, Renate. Wusuworon, Fob. 3, 1868 WRURP RIL. 2OR SOLDIER, Mr. Davis, (ndm.) of Mina., introduced a bill for the re- lief of the officers and soldiers of the army who wore aim- doned at Fort Kearny, Nebraska Torritory, peavions to March 1, 1853. Stane & Co.— fr. PENSION MILI PASSED, The following Houre billa wore passod:—To. alter the ‘ime for holding the United States Courts in South Care- ‘ipa, and for the, paytaent of invalid and other pon- jonas. WH KANSAS QUSTIONAUANOHEN OF MESUE WIGON AND Wie we x. The unflaished business of yesterday was then. reeumod. Mr. Wi .) Of Masa., offered no ameadment to the tmotion to 160 message of the President on Kan. tw dat wub> sas to the Committee on Territories, scalar mitted yestorday by Mr. Harris iu the House, Mr. ‘fovmmcu, (opp:) of TH., desired to cad up a quem jon of privilege, uamely, the report of the Committee om udiciwey on the contested seats of Messoe. Itright and Fitsh. Mr. Bavann, (adm.) of Del , objected. Mo thoughsthe Kansas question fur more important and ought first to be cttled, as i inVO.ved Considerations wiuch might, per- , atte’ the stability of the gnion. TRoMBULL Was of Opinion that the reason resigned by Mr. Bayard was the very Dest roaeoe in tae world for getling of the question of the right of these gentlemen to the seals they now ovcupy. If the Kansans question i# 80 tant ax that Senator sopreprosented it, the feat thing to be done is to determine who the right to settle the question, and it le so mach the more necessary tt ieshoald fettied by the Senate properly onetituted ‘This con- teated election hax been pending for nearly a jcar, and in order to have an understanding when it wonkd be uisposed: of be moved to make the subject the special erdor for morrow. Mr. Ravan rey ‘that if there wore any other gentle Beate, it would present a diffe figned credentials, which constitute prima farie eridene® that they were entitled to them. Inasmuch as they re- Present tho public sentiment of Indiana, they ought to ro