The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. ee JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS, cash in advanc THE DAILY HERALD teo conte per TUY WEEKLY HEKALD. every Saturd copy, oF $2 per annum; the Buropoan cition, $4 Great Brvtitn, ded part qf the . BT per amnaem. ‘at vie cents per Fegan tine! both rm NTARY CORRESPONDENCE, tetany tn impo wil ners solroited srom any quarter of the world. i w tie My pacicd for. SIHCIUM FORFIGN CORKYSPONDENT ARE PAR: wichianey RagcerrEn To Meas ats Lertens aNp Packaaes ameny epondence, We do not 1G exevuted with neatnens, cheapness and dea r ei Pet DVERTISEMENTS ry day: advert tawny Henstp, an sorted in the Werwny I Catyornia and Luropern Be Votume XXII. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVE BROADWAY THEATRE, adway—Ornegs any MENA, Oeurr—Gutirr ek AND THE Liniarotien POWRRY THEATRE Bowery—Onanca Gini oF Bawexarpa—Ovr Satite THRATRE, Broadway, opposite Bond street— ww abd SeauTY—NicnoLas Nicgursy, ACK § TAEATRE, Brosdway—Txe Tines—Crown A KEENE'S THRATRE. Broadway—Move. or 4 ¥ jek ALL THAT GLLETKKS io NOT Goro—Mx Neieapon’s ie. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Brondway—Afernoon PEMAUL or EvanTux Tavta’s a Lie, Eveaing—Fronren ‘ATRLOT. WOOD'S BUILDS, 66 Ounisty & Woov's Munste: ‘Laoruwes. 4 Sif Brondway—Gronox Toopiss, With CauDLs KS No. 444 Reoadway—Nrcko BUCKLEY'S SPRENADE Bem Hoon's Menacegie. Briones ann Bruceser: MECHANICS HAL. 472 Broatwar—Brrant’s Minsresis —Srmorian Sosce—Barayt’s Dae aw OF Snover ® day, February 4, 1558. q ‘The News. There were no signa of the steamship Niagara at Halifux at eleven o'clock last evening, at which time the weather was cloar and a light northwest wind blowing. The Niagara is now in her sixteenth Gay out from Liverpool. By the arrival «f the steamship Star of the West at this port yesterday from Aspinwall, we have geventeen days later news from California and Utah, and intelligence from the Sandwich Islands, Central America, New Granada, the South Pacific, and the Weat Indies. The Legislature of California assembled on the 4th of January, and received the !asi annual mes sage of Gov. Johnson. On the Sth Gov. Weller was installed in the executive chair, on which occasion he delivered a brief inaugural address. A bili has Jen introduced in the Legislature to reduce the salaries of al! the State officers, including the Governor, whose salary is to be brought down from ten thousand to six thoussnd dollars a year. This is looked upon as being a good move. The Supreme Court has come to the unanimons conclusion that the affirmative vote of the people at the last election legalized the State debt. The State finances were in a more prosperous condition than at any former period, there being nearly ha!f a million dollars in the troasury. The markets were very dull. The Btar of the West brought $1,548,507 in treasure. ‘The Mormon news is interesting, but, we must ; necessarily admit, is very unreliable. About a battle between the United States troops and the Saints had been revived, but was not believed. Fears were entertained in Oregon that the trouble with the Mormons “woula involve nearly if not all the Indian tribes in the melee, and force upon the peo- | ple of Oregon and Washington Territories another | war with the red mep. It was rumored that the Snake Indians intended to join t) & report that five American citize: by the Mormons. We learn from Nicaragua that the treaty pegotiated between Mr. Yriaarri ond our government had been ra- | tified, and also that the treaty bet ween Costa Rica and Nicaragua had been rejected by the first named re public. These events would, it was thought, lead to the renewal of hostilities joicings in Granada on the receipt of the news of he capture of General Walker by the United States naval forces. There is mc Granada. From Honolula, Sandwich Islands, we have news to thy 24th of December. It is of an unimportant character. The whaling fleet had almost entirely disappeared from port. The Sist of December was kept asa day ing and prayer throughout the Hawaiian Islands, in accordance with royal edict. The news from the South Pacific is important. commissioned by ex-President Eehi- nayy—had been arrested and thrown n in Valpa: on & charge of conspiring with Echinique and others to fit out a revolutionary force in the United States against the existing gov- ernment of Peru. It was thought that he would be news of importance from New ain Lomer. sot. His letters had been seized, and as far as pub- sho w that he bad been in necret ¢ corres- lished the of ing from the former a latter a large quantity of mupitions, The government + that they have copies of the ties. The revolu- and still, It was seid that Bolivia, was about ew ministry of Chile had resigned. z to the weekly report of the City In- aths in the cily duriag six as compared with ious. The following athe de jurpose he past nguish Women. Ban. Cirle, 1 16 is 1s 12 ’ & were also 4 deaths of apoplexy, § of con- gestion of the jung, 6 of diarrhoa of dysen- 7 of puerperal tever, 4 of disease of the heart. mallpox, ¢ premature births, 28 stillborn, and 2 from violent causes. The following is a classification of the discases, andthe number of deaths daring the week in each class of disease, miso fevers. ature Wirt 2 eostive orga ( 6. ~{ 8 33 ‘ 2 2 3 Tota. 437 443 The number of deaths, compared with the corres: pending weeks in 1656 and 1957, was as follows: v ving February 16, 1856 art ing February 14, 1457 Week ending February 6, 1866 Woek eading February 13, 1868. ‘The nativity table gives 307 natives ie ar 44 f the United State. Wf trelgod, 35 of Germany, 11 of Bagland, TofS ad, 6 cf Britiah America, of Italy and 2 onknown Tt) abe Cort of General Sessions yesterday the Beoo Jixposed of three notorious venders of coort it money. Fliza MeDermot, convicted of forgery in the second degree in passing $3 counter feit bills on the Johu Hauvock Bank, Was sent to The old story { Saints. We have | 3 had been killed | There were great re- | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 18658. : the State prison for five years and two months, | eaer eubetance, of their ill-gotten wealth and | tm Ymmorta) John Calhonn ana the Le } while hee reputed husband, James, McManus, was sent to the be. sna six years and three months fer a offence. Martia Dowd, in- dicted for the murder of Joba Dooley, pleaded not guilty and was remanded until Wednesday for trial. ‘The steamship North Star, which left Southamp- ton on the afternoon of the 27th ult., arrived at this port yesterday afternoon. Her advices have been anticipated by the arrival of the Indian at Portland and of the City of Baltimore at New York, Letters from our correspondents at London, Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg, published in today's paper, con- tain interesting information respecting the events transpiring at thoce capitals, The London Times says that in Canton Commissioner Yeh had refused the English ultimatum, Eight hundred English soldiers and one hundred marines had arrived at Hong-Kong from Calcutta. We bave Havana dates to the 10th inst. Sugar Was reported in good demand, while molasses, freights and exchagge were dull. The «!eam fri- gate Wabash sailed for New York on tho 9th. We learn from Washington that at a caucus of de- mocratic Senators held yesterday to arrange the order of busiuess of the Senate, it was agreed to dispose first of the bill providing for the increase of the army, and then to take ap the bill for the ad- mission of Minnesota iuto the Union. To the Min- nevota bill an amendment will be made providing for the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution, said constitution so amended as to drop the clause which prohibits the people of Kansas from altering it till 1864. There is no doubt of the rosult-of this plan of admitting a free and a slave State together. It will pass the Senate by six or eight inajority. Nothing of interest occurred in the State Senate yesterday. Inthe Assembly notice was given of bills abolishing the offices of City Judge and Corpo- ration Counsel of New York. Mr. J. G. Seeley, demo- crat, from the Fourth district of this city, is the mem- ber who seeks to legislate Judge Russell and Mr. Busteed out of office, Mr. Flagg was on the stand again yesterday, before the committce of the Coramon Council investigating the frauds in the Comptrolier’s office. Three new cases of juggling in the making of contracts for regulating Pifty-tifth and Fifty-sixth streets and Sixth avenue were before the committee, in all of which Mr. Farley is concerned. Mr. Flagg stated that many entries of a suspicious, if not a fraudu- lent character had been discovered in the contracts for 1857, but they had not been sufficiently examine: into to make any positive statement at present. H thought the new frauds would amonnt to about $15,000, but he expressed his opinion that the city | would lose nothing on the alleged $10,000 fraud of Chemung Smith, a# “we would undoubtedly recover it.” This investigation will probably be closed next Saturday. We give in another column a full and graphic ac- count of the bursing of the Hospital on Blackwell's Island. Though there were over five hundred in- mates, no lives were lost. We also give a report of a meeting of the Ten Governors, at which it was re- selved to build a new hospital forthwith. ‘The cotton market was steaty yesterday, with sales of about 1,000 bales, closing at about 1240. for middling uplands, though some parties reported sales at ‘yc. leas. 0 in the price of cotton has tended to increase eipts at the ports; and the decrease, compare t | with the same period Iwst year, atnounts now to about 608,000 bales. The eaics in this Ot, mince the receipt of the Indian's news, have embraced about 8,000 a 9,000 a considerable portion of whieh was sold in transit. ales for the week reached from 11,009 # 12,009 lesa portion of which was taken by speculation— some by spiuners and rome on + jon, There was more animation in ficur towards the close of the woek Op Friday ab 7,000 bbis. wore bought In the afternoen for export, leading to firmer views on the part of bol: Yesterday the market was leas ctive, end cales were moderate at the previou: day's Wheat was firmer, cspeciaily for good to ch Were searce. A parcel of Southern red Corn was steady, and prime scarce, (66, 9 680,, and 7c. for prime white, Pork with sales of mees at $16 121 a $1625, aud £ $1525. Sugars wore in fair demand, with tulee of about 700 4 860 bhde. at steady prices. Coffee cortinned firm, with sales of about 2,000 bags Rio, at 100, elie. Thestock in this market is ectimated at about 46,000 begs. In freights fair engagements were made for | Liverpool! and Lendon at eteady rates, while operations for ether ports were light. The Confict of Churct. and Seate Here and in Mexteo—A Public Reception for Camou- fort. ‘The arrival of President Comonfort in this country, seeking countenance and aid for the Jiberals of Mexico in their contict with the infi- del and atheistic Popish clergy of that repablic, isa curious and instructive evidence of the tendency of that great tide in popular opinions whieh ebbs and flows no maa knoweth from whence or whither, It is but afew months since three thousand of the atheistic and infide! Puritan clergy of New England. abandoning their sacred calling, | was firm | prime at 8 Cevoted themselves to the task of send. ing bullies, bravadocs and rascals to Kan- tae, ostensibly to shriek for freedom, lut really to help build up the theocra- tical power of the three thousand priests at home. Next in the field comes Brigham Young, claiming to be seer aud prey ha poly epensation. striving to build up a and State in the deserts of Utah, and cand rascals in Christen gamou chareh calling all ther dom to and and sustain him. Third ia this wic fet between the people and the pr i overthrowing | a ; eel ot imm a new government, W erity of the cecelc ivi power. Tse things are all indications of a great of vent pervading the mind+ met continent, and not of some under he b a whole pett ae. Inench ease the symp- toms exhibit a merked similarity. The infidel Puritan pricethood of New England sought the aid of the rascals of ti congregations, and vent them to Kansas: the polygamous pricet hood of Utuh invites the scoundrels of America | and Barope to their New Jernsalem; and the | atheistical Vopish priesthood of Mexico gathers the brigands ef that republic under their wings. | The reeulte of this kindred action are already ; partially secu. The advent of the Northern bullies in Kay sas called out the same class from the South, and they bullied and lied and tought | until sensible people were tired and disgusted with them, and the honest settlers there have invoked the «trong arm of the federal power to put down the priestly intrigue. In Utah it* called upon to the | seme thing, and to restore the supremacy of the civil over the ecclesiastical power. Now comes the constitutional President of a sister re- public to ask of our government to do the sume do thing for the people of Mexico that it is f to do for the people of this country—that is, to protect them from the despotism of a corrupt and unbelieving clerzy In this mission President Comoufort is one ¢ the reprosentative meu of the age, As Pre dent of Mexic hae fought a great @nd a good | Iie has battled manfally for the polit deas of the age. He has endeavored to deprive » selfish and corrupt temporal organi zation, w , under the holy name of religion, * weeks 10 euslay and cat ns oul i| prostituted power, and to bring them to the same level in the eye of the law with other men. Intrigue and spoils have driven him feom his government, and forced the representatives of the pecple of Mexico to congregace in a dir tant corner of that republic, and their consti- tional head and leader is force1 to appeal to our free citizens for sympathy and aid. When it was known that a Turkish Pasha was cominy bere, commissioned by his government to build wcbip or two by contract, there were not want- ing parties in Congrese, and in our municipal government, to advocate the giving him a pub- lic reception. Who will come forward now to receive Pre- sident Comonfort! Where are the men of manifest destinyt Where are the sturdy oppo- nents of priesteraft and ecclesiastical rule? Where are the true filibnsters, who houestly desire to extend the area of freedom? Where are the friends of popular government every- where, the men who are opposed to the tyranny of the church, inquisitions, blue laws, poly- gamous dispensations, fhe subjugation of the State to a theocracy, and the restoration of the Jesuits and the Puritans to power? Now is the time for them to act. President Comonfort is the representative of popular freedom, and the public exhibition of sympathy in his cause will do much towards rolling back the tide of atheistical and infidel Popish priestcraft in Mexico. The minds of all men are prepared, and the leaders will strike the true chords of the popular heart if they will receive him ss becomes a free people to receive the representa- tive of a struggling nation. Let President Comoafort have a public reeeption. Ratirication OF TAY Yrisarri Teeary.—By private advices from San Juan del Norte we learn that there had been great rojoicings at Granada on the reception there of the news of the capture of General Walker by Commodore Paulding, and that the treaty negotiated bySenor Yrisarri with our government had been ratified by Nicaragua. At the same time the treaty lately made between Costa Rica and Nicaragua been rejected by the latter, the two last es of it being particularly objectionable. was supposed that these events would lead to war between those two republics, as the feeling in Costa Rica was that she had been deceived and. outraged. REsvLTs oF THE ComMERCTAT, REVCLSION OF 1857.—We published in yeeterday’s Henan the circular of Messrs, Tappan & McKillop’s com- mercial agency, showing from their books the number of failures which have taken place throughout the United States and the British Provinces during the late financial revulsion, with the total amount of liabilities and assets. From this it appears that the whole number of failures reported to the agency during this pe- riod was 6,022, of which 741 were of a fraudu- lent character; while the liabilities amounted to $282,355,000, and the arseta to $10,000,000, or forty cents on the dollar. It will be remem- bered that on the 12th of January last we aleo pitiched the circular of Dougiass & Co.'s agency ; but, as may be seen from the following comparative table, they do not vary materially in their totals, except in the number of firms which are reported as having failed, and in which there is # difference of comewhst Jess than & thousand :— According ta According to Douglass d Co. Taypand MeKilio ioms on beoke of ea: 212,964 227.048 Failures rep'ted by «ach Bil28 6,022 Amount of Hiabiitie 20,801 009 $282,395,009 | ‘Amount of nests... |. 160,021,060 130,000,060. | The reantte presented in the foregoing table are doubtless the most accurate that could be | obtained. Both circulars show that the total amount of Hiabilities was about $00,000,000; | und if to this be #dded the bank failures, the railroad failures and the failures of other incor- porated companies, we will have « sum total of at least four hundred millions of dollars. The number of those reported in the circulars re- ferred to bears # proportion of about wo and 4 half per cent to the number of estublishments | or firms, while the assets may be eet down at forty cents on the dollar, Followisg out the calculation stil! further, and applying this per centage of assete—that is, forty cents on the | dollar to the whcle number of firms «tated—we have a grand tetal of #5,200,000,000, From the circular of Tappan & McKillop. which shows « larger sumber of firms, it ap- pesrs the total loss caused by failures during the past year was about $150,006,000. Correct ly epeaking, thie ix not a low in the actual wealth of the country. but simply a loss of eredit out- expansion anc sudden collapse of system. The aggregate amount of ng credit+ or liabilities of the commer mmmunity of the whole country, if estimated hy the liabilities etated in the table, will be found to amount to about thirteen thousand millions of dollars, of which during th ! terrible revulsion not more than three hundred millions turned out to be bad debts, and even » recen out of that amount they had about cae hun- | dred and thirty millions of doll that the actaal loss on the tot eredit was but one dollar and a fraction to the hundred, while of the total number of firme | bot more than one out of every forty failed to | meet their engagements, and even these show assets amounting to little lees than one-half their total lisbilities. Incredible ae it may seem, therefore, it is a fact particularly de- showing rmount of serving of consideration that the great revul- | sion and the terrible panic by which it was ac- companied were produced by the failure of one firm out of every forty to meet ite liabilities, and by the average loes to the ereditors of a little more than one dollar on every hundred. Resvnr ov THR Casco usury Bans.—We hear thet the managers of the recent Calico | Charity Bail at the Academy of Music have nearly concluded the settlement of their ac- counts, and will probably be ready to pablish their balance eheet in to-morrow’s papers In round numbers the net profits of the ball amount to four thousand five hundred dollars two thou- sand five hundred cush and two thousand dol lars’ worth of goods to be distrivuted among the poor. This is « grand success, as the Calico Ball was given at one-half the usual price of the | regular charity balls at the Academy. —two per- cons Weing admitted at the first named affair | upon one ticket. The proceeds of the ball will be distributed among the several benevolent societies mentioned in the original programme. Apart from the pecuniary result, the Calico Hall was a great success, as an experiment which had never before been tried bere or cleowhere. We see that this fact is commented upon by the journals throughout the country, and we presume that next year the Calico Charity Ball t the Academy w in this city, bat thr find its snecessors not only oughout the Unioa, credits to that amount, prodaced by an anduc | compton Constitution. ‘The newepaper correspondents at Washington in the intercet of the bluck republicans aod the Douglas democracy, are in condition of pain- ful anxiety as to the final decision of John Cal- houn in reference to the Kansus State Legista ture One man writes that Calhoun bas de clared that he has decided to give the said Le- vislaturé to the free State party, and that this decision will emooth the way to the passage of the Lecompton constitution; but another mau, with etill later news, telegraphs, ia a great hurry, that Calboun, eivce the appointment of the investigating committee, has made up his miid to give no decision whatever upon the Kaveas Stute Legislature until Congrecs shal! dave passed upon the Lecompton con- ttitution; aud this resolve on the part of Calboun, it sppears, chills the hopes of the Northern democracy. In fact, from these uewspeper representations, it would seem that the terrible Johu Calhoun carries the Gestiny ot Kansas, the fate of the administra tion and the decisicn of Congrees in hiv breeches pocket, aud will play the game to suit himself, reckies: of any other cocsequences. Still improving upon this idea, one of our black republican orgavs suggests that the ob- ject of the Lecompton constitution is to make Kaveat a permapent bona fide slave State—that if Congress pases it, the provision of suid con- stitution, which outs off any amendment till the year of grace 1864, will be sustained by the Supreme Court and backed up by the federal army, and that in the interval Kansas will be filled with niggers, even if they have to be emugeled in, atur Louis Napoleon's fashion, from the coast of Africa, ‘This is, indeed, s gloomy view of the subject; but all these reports of Cslhoun’s changing reeolutions in regard to the Kansas Legislature, and all these representations of the effects of the Lecompton constitution in reference to slavery, are all “weak inventions of the enemy” to frighten the tender footed Northern democrats of Congress. The latest news re- ported in relation to the Lecompton echedule fastening that coxstitution upon Kansas till the year 1864, is that a proviso will be appended by Congress, affirming the right of the peopie and the local authorities of Kansas at any time to proceed to amend, alter or abolieh this constitution; and this proviso, it is eaid, will be satisfactory to most of the Doug- Ias members of both houses. But, according to Governor Walker, Secretary Stanton, Governor Wise and Mr. Douglas, the sovereignty of the people overrides all deie- gated powers; and the sovereign right of the people at any time to amend their organic law cannot be taken away. Why, then, these special pleadings and technical hobgoblins* The sim- ple truth is that Kansas, i! admitted under the Lecompton constitution, will be only de jure a slave State, for, de facto, ehe will be a free State. But then we are told that Calhoun and Cato, two fraudulently elected pro-slavery border roflians, will be smuggled into the United States Senate. How sot Is it not the privilege and the duty of the Senate to inquire into all plausible charges of frauds in the election of its members, and to report upon the same, according to the law and the testimony? With this inquisition staring him in the face, is it not perfectly absurd to suppose that John Calhoun, if guilty of the | fraudulent tricks alleged against him, will have | the presumption thus to attempt to smuggle himself into the Senate? The truth of the whole matter is that the ad- ministration has accepted thie Lecompton con- | stitution as the legal solution of the Kansas- | Nebraska bill, and is anxious to have it passed, | as the rhortest possible method of settling the \ question. In this view, if John Calhoun to-day were to declare that the Legislature cf Kansas is pro-slavery or no slavery, it would not affect the question of the legality of the said constitu- | tion one iota. But here is still another objection. | told Uhat the passage of this constitution of Cal- | houn and bis Lecompton associates will produce ‘ a civil war in Kansas—an inevitable civil war. | In reply to this we would ask what greet lw iun | would follow if the graceless vagabonds, ruf- | flans and vagrant political emissaries of both | parties in Kaneas, that have kept the whole | country in a state of turmoil and agita- tion for the last four years, should set to aad shoot and hang each other, or cut eset other's throats, until both parties should be exterminated? Are not peace, law and order to our thirty millions of people outside of Kansas more desirable than peace among those thirty | thousand disorderly rowdies inside of Kansas? They went “popular sovereignty.” Let thom have it, and if they choose to employ their li- Verty in the amiable work of shooting and banging each other, let them fight it out. Poryran Soversianty iw tun Dewes.-The Rev. George Bancroft and the Rev. George B. Butler and company, as it appears, made a ead four pea the other evening in their attempt to hold their “ popular sovereignty” meeting in the Academy of Music. But they are deter mined to e w inceting, and that very soon. Very well. Go on, gentlemen, with your “ po- pular sovereignty.” But while yeu are about it, why limit your sympathy to the lawless vaga" bonds of Kansas? Why not extend the blessed ‘ principles of “ popular sovereignty” to those other vagrant: and rufians confined in our jails and State prisons’ Why make fish of one set of villains and rowdies, and flesh of another? Be consistent and gencrous with your dogma of “ popular sovereignty.” | Armen Ovrracr on an Awertcan Orrizey Uy tan Penevias Govenswent—We print in another part of to-day’s paper a lettor which we have received, purporting to come froin | Mr. C. M. Jefferson, an American citizen, com- manding the bark Teresa Terry. It contains | | | allegations of the commission of outrages which, if true, demand the prompt interference of our government. The story is, bricfly, that the writer went to Callao in October, 1856, in pursuit of bis ebip, with which he alleges his | crew had absconded from China; that the au- thoritics and the United States Ministers failed to render him the requisite ; Urat he was attacked in the public streets by an i mob, composed of his revolting crew and a number of Veruvian soldiers, throwa into Hrison at Callao castle without even having « hearing as to the charges made against him, and that he has becu imprisoned ever since, and treated in the most cruel manner about fifteen months, despite his appeals to the American Minister and the Peravian government for redress, The writer hopes, through the medium of the Ieraup, to bring his case to the notice ot the proper authorities, It is certainly to be phe any truth in these state assistance: We are | mente our goverpment will. take the proper: meane for affurdivg prompt relief to the in- jured party. Two MakriaGes—A Contrast.—Strange to say, within a day of each other the Henao has contained notices of two marriages in the very highest walks of life. The oue was the marriage of Prince Frederick William of Prus- tia to the Princess Royal of England; the other was that of ex-President Fillmore to Mra. Melniosb of this State. The bridegroom in the former oase was a possible heir to @ tarone; in the latter, the ex-incumbent 6f @ Presiden- tial chair, aud # possible candidate for a like henor in the future. Yet what a contrast ia the ceremonies! A page of the Heraxp did not wholly suffice to deseribe the splendors and the galas, and the pageantry and the “august display’’—the drums and trumpets, the heralds, the men-at- arms, the ladies and gentlemen of honor, the crush of titedom, of military, legal, ecclesias- tics] and political greatness, and the throng of pompous enobe, mule aud female, who monkey- ficd themselves on the occasion of the nuptials of the Princess Royal of England. For months all Europe has been on tiptoe to hear the least details of the “auspicious event.” Newsmon- gers have made smali fortunes by supplying the newspapers with choice items respecting the trousseau of the bride, the siyle of her veil, the “loveliness” of her shoes, the exquisite taste of her India shawls, the spurs and orders of the bridegroom, the shade of his monstachne, and the exact contour of his nose Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended in one way of another upon the performance; hun- dreds of families have subsisted for weeks upon the labor which the marriage devolved upon them. Mr. Fillmore, on the contrary, who was the peer of the Prussian bridegroom's grandfather —who bas descended from a rank to which Frederick William’sdearest hope is that he may arrive—Mr. Fillmore’s wedding was chronicled in four lines—the name of the clergyman, the place, the date, the names of the parties, and the act of matrimony. This was all the papers had to say about it. Nor did the ceremony call for more. At the time fixed the bride- groom joined his bride in a quiet sitting room and both shook hands quietly with the clergy- man. A very few select friends were present. After a little cozy conversation, the parties stood up, the clergyman asked the usual ques- tions, made the usual prayer, received (we pre- sume) the usual fee, and all was over. We hope both marriages may prove so happy that neither can ever be said to have been the happiest. As they say of hanging—hanged high or hanged low, it is much the same to the person hanged—so of marriages; married quietly in a country parlor, or married noisily with organ, drum, trumpet and pageantry in a royal chapel, it must be all the same, afier a day or two, to the persons married. Let us wish both | al ce tet Tux Lousy Paresr But. Berore Coneress —Scneves vor Patent Extenstons.—The pro- visions of the bill now before Congress for the amendment of the Patent laws fully illustrate our assertions regarding the corruption of these patent schemes. This bill isa fair sample of the efforts which for several years have been made to procure from Congress the extension of patents about expiring, or the renewal of those already expired. The aggregate value of these patents we have recently shown to be nearly fifty millions of dollars. Of course this vast moneyed interest, backed up by the lobby and corrupt members, oper*tes with immense power, and can only be effectually resisted by the fearless expositions of the independent press. There are znany minor defects of this mea- sure which we do not now propose to notice in deta. There are too many fat sinecures contemplated. The ninth section contains a clause, the practical operation of which will be to prevent the issuing of a patent where the Patent Office officials neglect an application for more than two years. ‘The sixteenth section provides that a court may render judgment for three times the amount of « verdict of damages for the infringement of a patent, and the loose manner in which the bill is drawn will afford numerous loopholes for violations of patents, and consequent endless litigation. Bat, o# we observed, these are comparatively minor defects; they serve merely to demon- strate that in the anxfety to secure the main ewindle of the bill, not even care has been taken to cover up all the tracks so as to present an apparently fair measure in other respects, The main object of this bill is contained in section 18, all the others being simply in- serted with the design of concealing the real | intent, and, if posible, distracting attention from one of the most villanons schemes ever concocted by a venal lobby, The section re- ferred to provides for the manner of extending patents, It isa mass of verbiage worse than useless, ‘There are provisions for the formula of making applications; for extensions; for the publication of notice ¢f all such applica- tions; for examinations of claims; for oppo- rents of the extension to show cause why the jp cent ehould not be extended, and for the ren- dering, by the patentee, of an account of the profits from the invention. But these do not affect the main question. [t is trae that the | statement of the inventor's profits may serve as a basis upon which to levy expenses of exten- sion: but, in the words of the bill, “the Com. missioner shall grant or refuse the extension of the patent,’ “which shall be final.” Here is the whole thing in a nutshell. The Commis sioner may, according to thie bill, grant patents and extensions just ashe plenses; and there is no appeal from his decision. ‘The salary is by no means large for so important a position, and the palpable intent of the meseure is to give | the Commissioner ample @pportunities for pay- ing bimeclf and his friends. If wo have road this bill correctly, it is proposed to give him a supreme power which, toa man not possessed of Godlike integrity, would be worth mil¥ous of dollars ine single year. | In the passage of this measure amendments will no doubt be proposed which will show the ob- ject of the bill more clearly, Bad asit is, it will be rendered worse in provortion to the amount ot port that can be secured for it. The ap- parently equitable character of one or two of tie clauses will be made to cover provisions caleniated to subeerve, in a more posifive man- ner, the particular interests which the bit is intended to promote, We therefore warn all those members who are new to theit posit'on, of whe desire to act honestly, t beware of this enoke in the grass. The older hands are by this time all bought of sold~-bone'\t with the mouey of monopelist fatent or sold by the other seductive influences brought to bear ga Eee them. Those who are not ambitious of falling under either of these euspicions, will wash their hands clean of this insidious measure. a ee THE LATEST NEWS. Non-Arttval of the Niagara, Hasarax, Feb. 1311 P.M. ‘There are aa yet no signs of the steamship Nisgua, pow over due at this port with three days later news from Furope, Weather clear; wind light, and blowing from the northwest. News from W: Me FROGRAMMK OF THE SENATE ON THR MINNESOTA AND KANSAS CONSTITUTIONS—CAUCUS OF THE MuMpaus OF THE HOUSE—THE POSITION OF AFFalus IN MEXICO, HTC. Wasuivoron, Feb. 13, 1858. ‘Tho caucus of democratic Senators held thia morning, being an adjourned meotiag from Thursday, resolod, first to dispose of the Army Dili, snd then to take up the bil for the admission of Minnesota, to which will be offer - od an amendment to admit Kansas ai the same time. - ‘The bili or amendment to the Minuesots bill for the ad- tiission of Kanaas will contain & provis'oa recognizing the right of the people of tha! State to change their constitu- tion at any time iney please. This proposed ciouse is in- tended to meet the objection raised against thet provision of the Lecompton constitution whica prohibits the change of the constitution till 1864. The Dill will pase the Sonate by & majority of eight or ten certwinly. It is expeoted the bill will be brought up on Tuesday, and nothing else wilt ‘be done till that is disposed of. A democratic caucus metin tho hall of tho House this evening at half past seven o'clock. Jolin Cochrane, of New York, was called to the Chair, and J. H. Reagan, of Texas, acted as Secretary. Mr. Stephons, of Georgia, stated the object of the meeting to be to effect if possible a concert of action in the democratic party relative to the business before Congress. It frequently happeved, he said, that the republicans were in a mujority, and the reason why it wasso was that they were always on the ground when the rol] was called; whereas the demoorata often absented themselves from the hall-after a certain hour in the day. He desired to remedy this in some manuer, He moved that a committee of five bo appoint- ed, with power to call meetings and attend to business generally. Speeches wore then mado by Messrs. Cip- mens, of Virginia; Taylor, of New York; Stewart, of Maryland; Caskie, of Virginia; Clark, of Mivsouri; Barksdale, of Misetssippi; Burnett, of Kentucky; Glan+y Jones, of Pennsylvania, and Savage, of Tennessee, in which considerable latitude of debate was indulged in. They discussed the Lecompton constitution, the Pacifio Railroad, the Army bill, and 1p fact almost every measure before Congress. Mr. Barksdale pitched into the Douglas democrats who were preseat. He thought uo person should be allowed in the caucus who does not intend to be bound by its action, This caused a little uneasiness on the part of Messrs. Marshall, of IDinois; Montgomery and Riley of Penna. ; Eoglish, of Indiana; McKibbia, of California, and Cox, of Ohio. Mr. Marshall desired to oxplain why ho was there, which he was permitted to do. Bt without coming to avy determination as to what the caucus intend to do in future relative to those gentiemen, after adopting Mr. Stephens’ proposition to appoint a committee, &c., the caucus adjourned. ‘Tiffre is an impression abroad that the motion of Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, to refer the message of the Presi- dent relative to Kansas to the Committee on Territories was lost by one vote, aa the ayes are reported 113, pays 114. But it will be seen by reference to the ayes and pays, that Mr. Speaker Orr did not vote. His vote would have made the ayes 114, nay# 114. By the rules of the House the Speaker does not vote unless the House be equally divided, or unles# his vote, if given to the mi- nority, will make the division equal, and in case of auch equal division the question shall be loat. As his voting would have made the vote equal and the motion would still have been lost, it appears the name of Mr. Speaker Orr was not called. This, therefore, clearly shows that the opposition to Mr. Stephens’ proposition had no vote of a majority to brag about. The honors were easy, aa they say in whist. Information has been received st the Mexican legation that Juarez had formed a ministry as well as Zoloaga, and that two regalarly organ'zed goveruments exist in Mexico, Three out of the four of Zulonga’s Cabinet are «pemies of Santa Anna. THR GRYERAL NEWSPAPRE DRSPATOH, Wasirvetos, Feb, 18, 1868, ‘The Hoard appointed by the War Department to oxa- mine Sharp's breech loading pistols, of a similar construc- tion to the breeck loading carbine, have made a report, the object being to ascertain how loug they could bo used without cleaning. After twenty-six shots with the cight- inch, aud thirteen with the ten-inch pistol, the moveadie or sliding breech became so foul as to work with di- culty and to render further experiment impracticable. Ten shots were fired in one minute. The Treasurcr’s statement for the week ending Moa- day Receipts, nearly six hundred and sixty four thou- sand collars; amount deposited im New York, upwards of one miljion and a half; subject to draft, four millions four hundred and thirty-nine thousand; drafts paid, one mil- lion one hundred and one thonsand. For the quarter ending with Becember:—Reccived into the treasury from all sources, sevon millions ninetytwo thousand six hundred and sixty-vo dollars, expenditures, seven- teen millions. News from Havana and Key West. Cinineron, Feb, 13, 1868. Tho steamship Isabel has arrived from Mavana aad Key Woet the 10th inst. There wps 20 political sows stirring at Havana. Sugars were in good demand, while molaasen, freights and exebanges were dull, with a de- clining tendency, The steam frigate Wabash lef Havana on the %b for New York. The Spanish Fleet In the Galf, Bostox, Feb. 13, 1858. Capt, Nickerson, ef the brig Holon Jano, from Traxitle on (he 18th ult., reporte paseing on the 90th, int. 24 9, lon. 80, a Spanish fleet of five sail, standing south— probably bound to Vera Cruz. News from New Mexico, THE MORMONS TAMPERING WITH THK INDIANS, RTC. Sr. Lovie, Feb. 13, 1868 The Santa Fe mail ia to hand with dates to the 16th of December. The place was bealthy,and business waa briak. The Logisistare bad adjonrne tothe 8th of January. Gold mines bad been discovered in the vicinity of Fort Fulmore. Thero had been no pudlic demonstration of hostility on the part of tho Utab Indians, but the Mormons wore evidently tampering with them. The agoute of the gor ernment had been instrneted to met with caution and Nbe rality towards the fodians, and to ase their utmost endem- Vors to prevent their alliance with the Mormons ‘The Santa be Gacette advocates the rais.og of a regimen’ of mounted riflemen ia that Territory for the Cuwh war, stating that a march could be made from that print to Sale Lake within fifteen days. The Gacette also recommends that roinforcements be went through New Mexico, desertt- ing the route as being much easier than the northern, and that with an abundance of provisions and forage, aud des- Uitute of cannon, it can be travelled quicker than via Fort Laramie. The Opera in Baltimore, Barsionr, Fob. 13, 1268. The arrival here of Herr Formes, Madame La Graage, and the rest of Ullman’s Italian Opera troupe, has rented great excitement in foshionable circles. All the desirable seats for the first four performances wore soli! soon after the ticket office opened to-day. ————— NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Aumany, Feb. 13, 1898, Sevorai petitions wore presented, includingoae by Mr. Wansworr, in favor of appropriating the proceeds of the Excige law to the Inobriate Asylum. RRPORTS, Mr. Deven (rep.) reported adversely to the bill to re. strict taxation within certain limits, Iaid on the table ANDRETI reported favorably te incorpe- saan Gommae® ‘ (Soohere of Meaicine. MILES NOTIOKD Ry Mr. Wanswort# (dem.)—To prevent disturbance of burial grownde. Three private Dilla were then paaged. 1H SUPREME COURT JUDO Mr. Sirrrm (dom.) moved a rerolution of mquiry whether any Judges of the Court have made aay charges against the State aside from their salary, and for what services. No other business of Interest was done. Amembly. Avnary, Fen, 13, 1868. Morers, Parsons (dem.) and Weiaxr (dom.) rose to questions of privilege, on the assertions in the public papers that their votes on the motion to grant the use of the Assembly Chamber to ex Secretary Stanton werea feat of their positions on jue Lecompton question, Mr