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RENADERS No. 444 Broadway—Neoao RLESQURS—TRAINSD ANIMALS. ‘The News. which left Liverpool for She will bring The steamship Baltic, this port on the 3d inst., is now due. three days later news. The news from Washington is interesting. The House Special Kansas Committee met again yester day. The republican members offered resolutions Gesigned to retard the action of the committee by extending the scope of their inquiries, but they were promptly voted down by the majority. A re- solution prepared by Mr. Adrain, republican, in- Structing the chairman of the committee to procure from the State Department the census and registry of votes taken in Kansas, with an amendment by Mr. Stephens, “in accordance with law,” was adopt- ed. The committee are determined to follow the course in ted at the previous meeting, and con- fine their investigation to the points really involved in the inquiry. Iu the Senate yesterday a call was made for fur- ther information relative to the difficulty with re- spect to the Avis Islands guano affair. Gen. Hous- ton’s Mexico and Central America protectorate resolution was taken up. Mr. Hale proposed to in- Clude the British North American provinces in the inquiry. Mr. Toombs was in favor of Gen. Hous- ton’s resolution, as the time for action was not far istant, and it had better be considered now. The resolution was finally laid on the table. The discus- sion of the bill increasing the army was then re- fumed. A substitute offered by Mr. Johnson was ac- cepted by Mr. Wilson, in lien of his amendment providing for raising four thousand volunteers for Tab. Pending the question on a motion to strike oct the tion of the original billgvhich changes the method of making promotions the Senate ad- journed. The Army bill now before the Senate can- not pass, but it is military force, limited to two years, to meet existing exigencies, will be agreed to by the majority. Quite a number of bills and reports of local impor- tance were presented in the Legislature yesterday. Propositions to remove the State capital to New York were made in both branches. In the Assem- bly a report was presented recommending the repeal of the Metropolitan Police law. An abstract of the Committee's report is given elsewhere. Notice was riven of a bill providing for the construction of @ railroad upon a line parallel with Broadway. The Renate in executive session had a lively time. The nomination of Mr. Leavenworth, republican, as Anditor of the Canals, in place of Mr. Benton, American, was sent in by Governor King. It so happened that several of the republican Senators were absent; whereupon the democrats and Ameri- u ned their forces, and, aided by Senator Stow, referred the nomination to a committee, with ictions to report on the Sth of July next. As session will have terminated long before that this trick secures Mr. Benton in his office for nother year, unleas the plicans devise some meaus of escaping from the dileaama in which they ted to be placed. am tag Huntress on her arrival yesterday aasing close by « fore and aft schooner of nty-five to eighty tons sunk about a mile from the beach abreast of the upper Tavern Houses, ' Branch. One of the government life boats had taken trom ber main topmmast erdsstrees the body of one of her crew, frozen to death. The re- mnainder of the erew doubtless perished. The ee lwoner Charles Colgate went ashore at Squan on Tuesday She was bound from Baltimore for New York with # cargo of corn, Her orew was of the Common r ish Reat Admi- are determined, notwith- f the Board of Aldermen, tion to that personage and his in the city. ray They held a con- at which Colonel er were present. before the commit- it was possible that his regi- eet the visiters on their eamer and escort them ready been provided ne Tarkish Admiral ay, he could regiment, be. salled before order that their sanction might ‘A mecting of the officers is to be call rning on the subject, and the Colonel has o use his influence in urging them to re- 4 escort the Pasha and his suite. The Ad 1, it is thought, is on hoard the Baltic, and if so probably arrive before the Seventh regiment } have time to take part in his reception. fhe Chamber of Commerce a special ng last evening, and, after a warm discussion, i the report in favor of the passage of a law ¢ Legislatore placing restrictions upon banks, the subject yest ithe Turkish in of having the ¢ ascertain if nt. the Seventh—we cers must mmended by the Governor in his annual meeage and the Bank Superintendent in his finial report. The sentiment of the Chamber Aji d to be or of free banking in its most cot ni The Committee appointed to Coa place for the permanent location ot the Chem) reported in favor of the room in t) ge formerly designed to e ort was referred back mmmittee devise means pay for the room which it was y, they having altogether neglected duty pat the « minal charge y red by the pst James B. Smith and Jobn Vitzpatrick, charging them with defrauding the city treasury of $10,000, was resumed yesterday bef be Recorder. Messrs. Dikeman, Purdy Va reexamined, a report of whose evidence will be f i in another colamn : Duyckinek, the young man who was shot ia the « Monday night, in a lager bier sa Joon in Canal street, by Constable Babenkoft, died last evening. Bubenknlf is in custody. The Brooklyn ¢ er's investigation into the cir Cumatances atter the death of Mr. Simonson on aturday last was con yesterday. The jary repdere? a ve t ng A rge Ma probable that an increase of the | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1858. gahey, Joseph J. Mellen and Patrick Lally, and they stand committed to await the action of the Grand The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday, | and had some conversation with regard to the me- morial they had sent on to Congress asking for a law to protect emigrant girls from the officers of the | passenger ships in which they come to this country. The Commissioners deny that they cast any retiec- tion upon the whole body of sea captains that sail from this port, but only wish the passenger law to be so amended that the guilty can be punished. The emigration up to the 17th inst. was 3,940, against i <e for the same period last year. ¢ statistics of emigration to all parts of the United States have recently been published in the Washington papers, under the authority of a clerk who adds up the returns received at the Custom Houses throughout the Union. The acouracy of these tables may be judged by the fact that the number of deaths at sea in passenger vessels for the whole United States during the year 1857 is put down at 424, when, according to the tables kept by the Com- missioners of Emigration, the deaths in veasels arriving at this port alone were 891, of which 11 were citizens. The referee case before John N. Whiting, Esq., as referee, in which Lola Montez was a witness, was to have been continued yesterday, but the plaintiff's counsel declined to proceed without the presence of Madame Lola for the purpose of cross-examination. After some discussion the case was postponed to a future day, when Lola will be prodaced. Mx. Jobson, the plaintiff, avers that he will bring out some atart- ling disclosures concerning her character and life. An extensive fire occurred last night at No. 5° Maiden lane. A six story building, extending through to 25 Liberty street, was pretty much de- stroyed, together with its contents. The first floor was occupied by Windle & Co., importers of house furnishing articles, and the whole of the upper stories by Charles Abrenfeldt, importer of toys and German goods. The total loss may be estimated ut about $200,000. This amount is suid to be covered by insurance in city companies. The Grand Jury of the Court of General Sessions made a presentment yesterday, previous to their dis- charge, relative to the condition of our public school buildings and the violation of the Sunday laws. The document wil! be found in our report of the proceed- in, The third regular meeting of the Board of Educa- tion for the present year took place last evening. The reports of the Ward Inspectors of seventeen different wards, as to the condition of the various public schools in these wands, were read. From these it appeared that all the schoolhouses, with the exception of a few of the more antiquated, are all that could be desired regarding the means of venti- lation and the mode of escape open to the children in case of acoident or alarm. They also represented the buildings as being well guarded and arranged in regard to fires. Several reports of committees and communications from school officers and others also occupied the attention of the Board, but none of them were of any importance or public interest. The receipts of beef cattle at the New York mar- kets during the past week amounted to 2,605 head, an increase of 505 head as compared with the re. ceipts of the week previous. In consequence of the increased supply prices declined about half a cent per pound; the reduction was, however, confined to first class beeves. The qnotatiens range from 8c. to 10}c., while premium cattle sold at Ilje. to 13c. Cows and calves, veal calves and sheep and lambs sold briskly, but without any material change in prices. There were no receipts of swine last week. This circumstance and the prevailing cold weather have had the effect of enhancing prices; 5jc. a 6c. may be said to be below the current rates. The cotton market yesterday, under the advices af the | Ningara’s private letters, was heavy, and closed at a de cline of about ic. per Ib, The sales em raced about 1,000 bales, on the basis of middling uplands at 11%0. « 12e, The decrease in the receipts at all the ports amounts to 607,000 bales compared with last year, and the total decreage in exports to foreign ports to about 113,000 bales. Fstimates regarding the yield of the crop for 1857.68 differ very widely, and in many cases probably rather exproes the wishes cf the calculators than of the merits of the question founded on reliable information. This may be seen from the fact that brokers’ circulars in this city differ in their estimates about 500,000 baler, some going up as high as 3,000,000, while another Axes the amount as low as 2,500,000 bales, which shows that there must be a good deal of guessing ou the subject. Like most extremes, the truth will probably turn up between the two. The figures of about 2, are supported by many persons in the trade both at the South and in this city. Flour opened under the advices of the Niagara’s letters with more bucyaucy aud activity, Dut closed rather tamely, without change of moment in prices. Wheat was firm, and sold in small way at $1 40 for prime Southern white. Corn was more active, with gales at 66c. a 69c., and 7,0€0 bushels common white sold ‘at 650. from store. Pork was firmer, with sales of mes= at $16 90 and prime at $13.0 $13 25. A tolegruph dos patch to a loading house in this city, dated Ciucinnati, Feb. 17, stated that 100 packing stations had beeu heard from, which showed an increase of about 175,000 hogs over the number slaughtered up to the same tite last year. The sales of sugars embraced about 400 a 500 hhda., chiefly new crop Cuba muscovados, and $00 boxes, at rates given in another column. Coffee advanced about ‘gc. per pound, with sales of ebout 2,000 bags of Kio at 10c. a1) ye. Freight engagements were moderate, and rates unc banged. Our Relations with Spain—Whaet our Gov- ernment Should Do. We are told from Washington that as soon as | one or two of the questions now pressing upou the attention of the government shal! have been dispored of, our relations with Spain and the | numerous claims of our citizens upon that Power will be taken up by Mr. Bachanan, and pressed to an immediate settlement. There is no subject in the entire list of our foreign relations that more urgently requires examination and action by our government The whole of our intercourse with the dominions of Spain is now carried on under the treaty of amity of 1795; and although several past ad- ministrations have endeavored to make @ new | one with the Spanish government, it has hither- | to sedulously refused to do so. As the existing treaty was made at a time when all the Spanish colonies were jealously closed to foreign com- merce, no mention is made of them in it, and ite provisions were not extended to those colo- nies. Since that time Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phillipine Islands have been thrown open to our trade, and with the two first named a com- merce has «prung up #0 great that they rank as third in the list of nations with whom we have trade, while our intercourse with Spain herself is still insignificant. The question whether the provisions of the treaty of 1795 extend to the Spanish colonies, has never been definitely set- tled, or even directly discussed, but the Spanish government acts wholly in the view that they do not. Through this strange interpretation, our vast trade with Cuba and Porto Rico is merely one of toleration by Spain, and the widely extended interests of our citizens in those islands exist merely by sufferance of the Spanish crown. @ur Consuls are sent there only by royal per- mission, and not in virtue of any right we pos- sess, and their presence is limited by a royal order to the four ports of Havana, Matanzas, Trinidad and St. Jago; while in the equally im portant ones of Cardenas, Cienfuegos, Sagua, Nuevitas, Gibara, Manzanillo and Ba of the valuable cargoes we import from knowle hy our government, hut ized in ang manner by the Spanish in Cuba. ee footing of our ships voices th | im the colonial ports is mot the same | we im thove of Spain. A distinct system of dif- ferential duties is exacted there upon goods im- | ported in American bottoms; and as a retalia- | tory meagure, Spanish vessels trom Cuba pay | higher duties in our ports (hau the same ‘vessels | would pay coming trom Spain. Tae provisions of the treaty defining how the causes of our citizens shall be tried in the Spaiuish courts, ere not admitted by the Spanish government in Cube avd Porto Rico, the very places where we most require them It is this incongruous state of affairs that has Jed to the existence of such « long catalogue of public and private claims against the Spanish government as is tiled in the State Department at Washington. Our government bas yet to obtain an apology from Spain for the refusal of the local authorities of St. Jago to recognise Mr, Sewall, a duly appointed Consul, and for their arbitrary denial to him of the archives of the Consulate, and their delivery of them to a person not authorized by our government, aud, in fact, against its direct orders; for the impri- sonment of Mr. Cross, the Consul at Matanzas; for the seizure and spoliation of Mr. West, our commercial agent at Sagua; for firing into the mail ship El Deorady and seve ot! d for numerous other acts of direct and studied insult to us asa nation. ‘Lo these we have to adda long list of private claims for illegal spoliation and injury of our citizens. Among these are that of Mr. Thrasher, who afew years since was tried for his life in Havana, and sentenced to eight ye labor and chains in Africa, without a shadow of proof of any kind egainst him; the seizure upon the high seas and confiscation. the Ame- rican vessels, the Georgiana and Susan Loud; other spoliations of Mr. West, at Sagua; the official robbery of Mr. Thompson at the same place; the claims of many merchants for duties illegally collected, the justice of which claims has been acknowledged by Spain, but payment bas been withheld; and a hundred others that have beeu urged in vain by the suf- ferere and by our government. It is long since time that this extended list of injuries to our citizens and insults to us ag a na- tion were redressed. Spanish diplomacy has beat our representatives off, under the most frivolous pretexts, and refused to accord justice. We hope, therefore, that the announcement we have had from Wash- ington that the government intends to take this subject very soon in hand and have it settled, is true. Spain has kept Punie faith with us long enough; and though it may be al- leged that she has done the same thing with other nations, and they have forborne, that is no reason why we should not have immediate justice and guarantees for her future behavior. Our immense trade and the widely extended in- terests of our citi with the Spauish colonies should no longer be 2 matter of mere tolerance and insult. Let Mi. Buchanan make up the ac- count of Spain from the ledger of the State De- partment, and present it for immediate scttle- ment. There is but one kind of diplomacy for such a court as that of Spain, and that is the ox used by General Jackson to France. fight,” said the old hero; and the matter was settled at once. aud we have been ever since the This is tue diplomacy that preh and the one which she has lately used in bringing Mexicoto a set- tlement of the paltry claim of $600,000, half of | which is well known to be fictitious. If she equivocates, as she constantly has done, or re- fuses to pay, Mr. General Scott, with ten thousand men and a small fleet, to Havana, and take possession of the island of Cuba until these and all subse- quent Claims are settled. With General Scott in Havana we could stand the delays of Spanish diplomacy: but in no other way can we permit them. The capture cf Havana some bright morning would torm an appropriate close to the list of Scott's services to hiscountry. We hope Mr. Buchanan has determined upon the pay or fight diplomacy with Spain; if he has done #0 we are sure al! will go well. Let us have the Spanish claims settled at ouce. Tux Hoy. Mr. Hoanp on Bumery anp Cor ruption. —One day week the Hon, Mr, Hoard, of this State, arose in Congress, and eaid that “rumors were afloat involving the rights and dignity of the House, and asked leave to offer « resolution for the appointment of a committee to investigate whether attempts have been made by persons connected with the Ex- ecutive Department, or — acting under influence the action -of the », directly or istirestly; by promis lust advice, to in- timidation, or the giving or withh« ng of pa- | tronage.”” &e | This motion, of course, fell to the ground, for it was an absurdity upon its face. Since the time of Gen. Jackson the r principle of all | our political parties has been, and is 1 ied in that comprehensive maxim of ’ “To the victors belong the spc Ia this view, the first duty ofevery President, of | every party, trom the r 1629, has been to | provide for his political * at the expense | of his enemies. It would be a very silly th too, for the President to supply the active mies of his administration with bread and but | ter, while he has so many poor democratic re- Jations who remain true to his cause. In these degenerate days, with Kings and Presidents, as with other people, “charity begins at home; aud as the party supporting the administration the outsiders cannot complain if they get the cold shoulder. My. Hoard’s singular no- tion, therefore, that the President, in providing for the friends of his administration, to the neg- ruption, will not hold water. Should the boot be placed upon the other leg in 1860, Mr. Hoard will be very apt to discover that the paramount duty of the administration is to take care of ite friends, and to turn loose its enemies to take care of themselves Tun Terkisn Apwirrat.—We see that the Senate of the United States has adopted the joint resalution which provides for an official reception for the Rear Admiral of the Turkish navy, Mohamed Pacha, whose arrival is daily expected. At the same time, a proposition to limit the expense of the reception to five thou- sand dollars has been rejected. This is well If we are to receive his Ottoman Excellency, let us do it properly. The Rear Admiral is the first Osmanli of exalted rank and oficial posi- tion that has ever visited us: and it is no more than ordinary courtesy to receive him with alt due ceremony. Besides all that, it is a good thing to have a show once in a while; and we have had nothing in the way of an official re. ception since Kosenth. Sc us gite Mohamed Pacha a!l the honors. Buchanan has only to send | | slide.”” | thus slacken their fire ? | slavery. Washington and Hamilton, | In nother column the reader will find a couple of articles, the ore » communicetion to the Boston Courier, the other a leader in the Richngovd Wiig, on the much vexed question of the authorship of Washington’s letters and papers, We have reason to know that the former is from the peu of a very distinguished statesman, a surviving member of the old fede- ral party, now residing in Philadelphia, who, from his recollections aud associations, was well qualified to forma judgment on the mat: ter in dispute, and whose opinions sre there- fore entitled to respect. It will be perceived that without denying that the wording of Washington's letters was Hamilton's, he takes the ground that the ideas were invariably Washington’s; that Hamiiton, in short, filled the station of a confidential secretary, who’ is en- trusted not merely with the calligraphy of his employer's office, but also with the conversion of his thoughts into words. The article in the Wig, without possessing equal claims te authority, or adding any new facts to those which are already under dis- cussion, may be presunied to express the gene- ral sentiment of Virginia, and, for that matter, of a large section of the whole country, in flat rejection of the claim set up for Alexander Hamilton by his son. The Richmond editor, who, by the way, in a subsequent arti- cle compares Washington with Timoleon, Brutus, and other heroes of antiquity, and sets him far above all of them, is indignantly severe upon the indiscreet partizanship which seeks, at thistate day, to exalt Hamilton at the expense of the man whom above all others the nation delights to honor. He even goes so far as to assert that Hamilton’s claims to a share of the authorship of the Farewell Address (which have been usually conceded by all parties) are uiterly unfounded and ridiculous. So the controversy goeson. Here a partisan of Washington, there a friend of Hamilton adds a fact or an argument; and it seems for a time as though all our historical reminiscences were going to be shaken. On reflection, however, it will soon be dis- cerned that this modern controversy, however curious and interesting, cannot well lead to any real or practical result. The character of Washington—whether real or uareal—is histo- rically fixed. He is canonized and uachange- able. He isa definite personage, with decided features, and perfectly well ascertained charac- teristics, in the mind of every person who has been educated in this country. We have all of us grown up with agleur aud positive impres- sion concerning him, just as we have concern- ing Alexander the Great, Cesar, and Napoleon Bonaparte. And it may well be questioned whether any, evidence however strong would suffice to alter that received impression con- cerning the one or concerning the others. There are certain opinions which people will not change. The ripest scholarship and the purest sin- cerity have, within the past few years, been enlisted in the task of vindicating the charac- ters of Nero and Bloody Queen Mary of Eng- land; but, however fuil the information of the vindicators, and however plausible their argu- ments, the public still continue to and will ever believe that Nero war a cruel ruffian, and Queen Mary a bloody minded fanatic. So it will be with the Washiagton-Hamilton controversy. Mr. John C. Hamilton may pile testimony upon testimony, and reascn upon reason, but the pub- lic will take no more notice of his witnesses and bis arguments than of the idle wind, and will go on believing in the conventional Washington just as if no such person as John C. Hamilton had ever cxisted, or as if he had never doue that dangerous thing—wrilten a book. As the severa! volumes of Mr. work appear, it Hamilton's is likely that the controversy will be periodics!ly revived, and that the ern- dite will be exercised atregular intervals. The question may possibly take rank permanently among those curious and interesting problems which serve to exercise the wits aud torture the intellects of juvenile debating societies, as for instance—whether Brutus did right in killing Cawsar? &c. But beyond helping the sale of the work, and proving a pecuniary godsend to the publishers, we know of no practical result which can fow from the publication of these new memoirs of Alexander Hamilton. Cer- tamly, if intended to lower Washington, they will fail in their aim. Lecompros—Tue Brace Repesticans Siack- ino Orv.—For the last few days there has been a remarkable +lacking off among our black re- publican cotemporarics in reference to the Le- compton constitution. The Chevalier Webb, of the Courier, has almost dropped the subject en- tirely—Massa Greeley gives Mr. Seward and the Army bill the precedence over “ bleeding Kansas’—the “little villains’’ of the Times treat Lecompton with comparative indifference as it comes to « focus, and the poets of the Evening Dost seem ty be half disposed to “ let it What can this mean? How does it happen that as the danger of the success of Lecompton thickens, its most inveterate enemi We think the mysiery admits of a ready solution. The anti-slavery party of Kansas permitted the Lecompton constitution to be adopted “with for purposes of political capital and agitation; and we may now look out for « simi- lar course on the part of the republicans of Congress. Mr. Seward has deliberately eon- | feseed that he beliewes that the adoption of the can furnish any quantity of oljects of charity, | lect of its enemies, is guilty of bribery and cor- | ' goon dfecover Buck” Lecomptm constitution will be the spcedicst means of breaking the administration and the democracy all to #mash. No doubt many others of the same party at Washington, here, and eleewhere, entertain the seme idea. Hence, we suspect, the slackening of the anti-Lecompton fire of our black republican organs in this quar- ter. The idea prevails among them that the aceage of the Lecompton constitution “with slavery” will give the finishing blew to the administration in the Northern States in the next fall elections. Accordingly, we should not be surprised if Lecompton were to slip through the House with comparative caso, and ly default, if necessary, of a republican vote or two. Very well. The proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof. Let it be tried; and we dare say that the political ewpital which our anti- slavery agitators will make out of the admis- sion of Kansas as a slave State will be worth as much as the stocks of some of our bogus min- ing companies of Wall street, or the paper of a Western wild cat bank. With Kansas removed from Congress, there will be peace, at least out ide of Kansas, upon that subject; and by next autumn a general Northern reaction will fol- low, most prol which will place “Old in a more powerful and independent Pave the bill, and we shall “Old Buck’ nly. position than ever that ~ THE Freeman's JovrnaL on Lecompron.— The most reverend und highly respectable Abbé MecMasters of the Freeman’s Journal—the papal and purgat: ong organ of Archbishop Hughes— has thought fit te dischurge an unusual quanti- ty of bile upon the head of the national ad- ministration, in conneetion with Mr. Buchanan’s efforts to settle the Kansas trouble. The most reverend and truly pious Abbé McMasters was unctuously jubilant over Mr. Bachanan’s first Kansas message, which he pronounced a master- piece of political writing, and a miracle of statesmanlike wisdom (the Abbeé’s forte is the superlative); and yet the last message is but an echo of the first, the first was the prelude to the last, both are identical in sentiment, tenor, view and doctrine. Whence this startling change of opinion in the devout and retiring Abbé? How comes he now to spit upon that which he so recently licked? The secret is very simple. Our austere and virtuous Abbé perceived some time since that he had a mission in this world, which was to represent the United States as Charge at the Court of Rome. His claims were strong un- doubtedly. The pure and truly Christian Abbé proved that, during the last Presidential can- vars he had published in his paper base for- geries about Mr. Fremont's religion, tending to divert from him the votes of bigoted Protes- tants—unhappily an abundant sect; and that (whether he forged the letters himself or got some one else to forge them) he had by their publication drawn down upon himself so huge a volume of public contempt, and ridicule, and loathing, that it was extremely desirable that he should leave the country. Hence the lovely and amiable Abbé entreated of the Presidentto send him to Rome. Instead of sending him to Rome, Mr. Bu- chanan ‘ent our poor Abbé to—Jericho; from which distant and lonely plice he now pens those doleful jeremiads about Kansas which sound like the disappointed croak of a carrion crow. Pity the miserable Abbé! Don’t think any the worse of him! Let him try ever so hard, be couldn't make himself more contempti- ble than he di last summer. Mr. Sewarp’s New PiarrorM For His Par- ty.—The Hon. William H. Seward is causing a good deal of unhappiness just now to a few mi- nor politicians of the party to which he belongs. They are considerably exercised by his vote in favor of the increase of the army; on which question, as the reports show, he took opposite ground to the other republican Senators and voted with the friends of the administration. They think he should have sacrificed everything to party, and voted as his friends did. The chances are that William H. Seward un- derstands his position better and is a better poli- tician and a deeper statesman than any of his cri- tics. Itis likely that he considers the Kansas game played out, and the prospect of rearing an oppo- sition party on the Mormon issue quite hopeless. A vote against the increase of the army is evi- dently—now that circumstances have proved that increase to be essential to the subjugation of the Mormons—a vote in favor of Brigham Young, and in favor of polygamy; and the re- publicans who voted against the increase of the army in order to distress the administration, simply gave the lie to their Philadelphia plat- form, and proffered their aid to the polygamists of Salt Lake City. Mr. Seward apparently does not consider that a Mormon alliance will pay; and, secing further into the future than jesters like Hale, or village politicians, he bold- ly cuts loose from his political associates, and sustains the Committee on Military Affairs. At the same time, Mr. Seward, who, as he has told us in one of his late speeches, considers the Kansas question practically settled, and refasesto take up the Mormon question, is not so thought- less as to leave his party without a platform. He has accordingly started the new scheme of al- tering the mode by which the Supreme Court of the United States is now constituted, and of trammelling the freedom of choice which the constitution concedes to the President in the se- lection of Judges. He proposes that the Judges shall be chosen sectionally, and distributed, like Congressional representatives, among the people ef the republic according to numbers, He wants each Judge, in other words, to be the fanatical and sectional representative of so many men from the North or from the South, This ingenious plan for converting the Su- preme Bench into a scene of endless strife and contention, and of lowering the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States to the level of small party politicians, is of eourse ill caleu- lated to command the reepect of a majority of either house of Congress. But it will do pretty well as a peg to bang the republican party on, as seen as the Kansas excitement has thorough- ly died out. This. oby . is Mr. Seward’s calculation. Reasouing from the jealousy and selfishness of human nature, Mr. Seward counts rousing the North by proving that the South happens to preponderate on the Bench; he calculates that the excitement which the Dred Scott cause lately aroused may thus be turned to some purpose It will be strange if time do not prove Mr. Seward a better politician than his colleagues | who are now enarling at him. The idea of fet- tering the President's choice in the selection of Judges of the Supreme Court ix of course ab- surd; but it is well caleulated to tickle the fancy and rouse the small spite of the little Northern villagers. Tur Orens.—The sale of subecription seats for the en- suing Opera season will be commenced today. The torms for subscribers are very favorable, as will be seen by the official announcement ia another column, wi » Vachtt THE YACHT WANDERER AT HAVANA--CAPTAIN JOIIN- SON AND THE CAPTAIN-GENERKAL. Havana, Fob. 10, 1858. Thad the pleasure of dtming co board of Mr, Johnson's beautiful yacht, the Wanderer, a day or two since. At five o'clock | found the Wanderer's gig waiting for me at the wharf, and getting into her was quickly rowed, in man-ot.war style, alongside, On stepping on hor dock I was delighted with her beautiful proportions, to obtain a better view of which Twas conducted to the heel of the Dowseprit. Thave been on beard cumersus eraft of all descriptions before, but I had never betore soon any with such beutifol limes of such exquisite proportions. There te Uterally no resistance to the wator until the midshins is nearly reached. I then examined the yacht below deck, ronstie; everything was ag jt shonld have been, “in apple pie order, Brigadier Rehavarria, political Governor of this city, and several other high officials, bac been on board im the roing, and bad expresset Weir a her fitting cut. inner wi again into the cabin I partook of a most sumptuous meal, with excellent wine, &c. Mr. Jehnson is a cour. tous gentleman He spoke’ in. the most fh uttering terms of Mr. James Gordon Brun Jr ,and of hie father and the entire editorial corpe of Henauo. ‘The Wanderer ts the only American yacht that has been in this harbor for many years. Mr. Joboson dined at the palace the previous Seartay, and General Concha made so many inquiries about yacht that Mr J., with t Ungniehed, offered to place Wharf so that his Excellency might visit her, which he could not otherwise do, as he is forbidden by law going into the stream on board any vessel, and I believe this is to be done, ‘The Wanderer sails shortly for New Orleans. Tong may che float, a erecit te her courteous owner and an honor to the THE LATEST NEWS. INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Meeting ef the Kansas Cemmittec—Another Defeat of the Republicans—Postponement of the Democratic Gaucus—The Doom of the Douglas Men in Offlce—The Fate of the Army Bull—Presidential Schemes of Vis- ginia Politiclans—Houston’s Central Amert- can Protectorate Defeated—The Proposed Amendments of the Patent Laws—Oficers Wasmwaron, Fob. 17, 1868. Tho special committee on tho admission of Kansas held their second meeting this evening, all the members present. The Chairman stated that he had not yet obtained from the State Department the official reoord called for at the last meeting. A string of resolutions were then presented by the black republicans. The first was that it was necessary to examine into the census of Kansas. Mr. Harris, of Illinois, considered it important to ascertain if there was a sufficient pop- ulntion for a State. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, ob- Jeoted on the ground that the inquiry was not called for by the resolution of the House, and that, however impoe~ tant it might have been under other circumstances 0 aa certain that there was a population equal to the appor- tionment of at least one member, all that had been waived in the case of Kansas long since. The resolution was tabled. ‘The second resolution was to inquire into the appor- ionment and registration of voters. ‘This was also tabled ag unneceesary, as the official facts would be procured from the State Popartment, Another resolution in effect called for an inquiry imto the legality of the returns of election of each member of the Legislature which formed the law authorizing the election of delegates to the Convention. This was opposed by the majority on the ground of its absurdity. What, for in- stance, would be thought of an inquiry into the election of each member of a Legislature which elected a Senator? A resolution to inquire whether or not s rebellion existed in Kansas was also tabled. A more detailed report of the meeting may, however, prove interesting. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted the following resolutions, and stated that he and his friends considered it @ test vote as to the action of the committees in allowing witnesses to be subpaned and testimony taken :— Resolved, That in order to comply with the order of the House under which this committee was organized, which required that wo should inquire into all tho facts connect- ed with the formation of said Lecompton constitution, and the laws under which the same was originated, and also whether the same is acceptable and satisfactory to a ma- jority of the legal voters of Kansas, the chairman be au- thorized to have eummoned to appear before the commit- s—viz. ; Governor Robt, Papers, votes and returns as have any relation to the elec: tion of ‘delegates to the Lecompton Constitutiona! Conven- bony any élection subsequently held in the Territory Mr. Winslow, of North Carolina, wished it distinctly understood that his vote on the above resolution, is not to beconsidered a test voto as to whether he will endorse the sentiments of said resolution. He wished first to have the documentary evidence that can be procured here be fore ho takes action relative to sending for witnesses. ‘This was concurred in by Mx, Stephens, of Georgia, Mr. Stephens moved the postponement of the vote on the resolution, to the next meeting of the committee. This was carried by a vote of eight to seven. Mr. Adrian, of Now Jersey, then submitted tho follow- ing resolutions :-— 1. Resolved, That the census of Kansas, taken underthe oo Legislature of February 18,1857, ad fact connected with the formation of the stitution into which this committee, Dy resolution of thelr , are directed to teeuuee, and thas they will \crefore inquire into the same. Mr. Winslow moved to lay the resolution on tho table. ‘This was agreed to by a vote of eight to seven. 2. Resolved, That the apportionment of delegates to the Convention at Lecompton, and whether the same is in con- formity with law, are facts connected with the formation of the Lecomp on constitution embraced in the resciution per appointment of the committee directed to inquire, and -y will therefore inquire into the same. gee was carried unanimously. 3. Resolved, That the legality of the election of the de- legates to the’ Convention whicn formed the Lacompten constitution is a fact connected with the formation of the Lecompton constitution, into which this committee, by the resolution of their appointment, are directed to make in- quiry, and that they will therefore inquire into the same. ‘This was Inid on the table—oight to seven. 4. Resolved, That names of the delegates clected wr ged qlee Race = constitution inty which this committee, by the resolution appouting it, are directed to inquire, and this committee will therefore ioquire into the same. ‘This was laid on the table—eight to seven. 5. Resolved, That it is en important fact haviog rele. admission of Kansas into tion to the propriety of the Union under the 1. constitution . nether ot as alarge of the people of Kansas have been ia rebel- Hon against the and such a fact as this com- governmeut, mittee are required by the resolution of the House di- reeting said committee to inquire into, oad the commities Will therefore inquire into the alleged fact. Laid on the table—eight to seven. ‘The committee adjourned till Wednesday next. It i# proper to state that this was done to accommodate several mombers of the committee who desire to be ab- sent on the 22d inst. The object of the black republicans and their ex-democratic allies is-cvidently to delay all ac- tion, and, by the opening of the whole question in all tte earings, complicate a settlement, This the majority of the committes will resist, The inquiry will be limited to an examination of the official papers, and the feienda of the administration will maintain that the election of the 21st of December closed the record. The ground taken by the Hxnaty on the sub- ject is endorsed by every national man, and the question will be settled upon the constitutional and legal basis which the President has presented in his message. Tho majority of the committee are harmonioua and united. The Army bill will be defeated in the Senate. The op~ position is principally sgainst the permaneot increase which is eonght to be made to the army. A bill providing for a small temporary increase, say for two years, will be ultimately decided upon. The squads of officers continu- ally about Washington ‘on leave,” warns Congress of the evil of permanently enlarging the evil. Gen. Houston's absurd resolutions, authorizing the President to extend a protectorate over Central America, were qietly tabled to-day. The President is determined not to countenance filibuaterism. He considers the spread of American institutions and principles can best be secured by peaceable colonization and the ratification of liberal treaties, such as bas just been made with Nica- gun. If thero is any filibusterism to be done it will be by the government itself, and not through the medium of adventurers, The democratic caucus of the House, which was to have met this evening, is indefinitely postponed, and till called by the chairman, Tn the removal of Mr. Miller, Postmaster of Columbus, Obio, and of Mr. Price, Postmaster of Chicago, both ap- pointed by the present Executive, and the nominations of Sam Medary to the first and of Mr. Cook to the latter, the Douglas faction of the democratic party may learn what more may be expected from @ firm and consistent Presi- deot I learn that it ie the intention of Gov. Floyd's friends— and they are numerous—to put bis name forward at the next national conyention as a compromise candidate, upon whom the friends of Wise and Hunter will unite. Neither of the two latter will be chosen, for the reason that the selection of one in preference to the other would pro- duce an irreconcileable split in the party in Virginia, which Will be avoided by all means. They have literally used each other up, so far as their chances for the Presidency are concerned. Mr. Garnett, the present member of Congress trom Wiso’s old district, and the nephew of Senator Hunter, will be in danger of losing his seat afer Wise’s term im the Governorship eball have expired, Wise will undoubt- edly seek the representation of that district again, should his aepirations for the Presidency be foiled. He will visit Garnett with that vengeance with which be ts now sorife, vecanse of the difficulty between him and Hunter, He would “ eat him ap” in a canvass, as the common saying 008. r An erroneous opinion appears to prevail regarding the several projects for amending the Patent laws. The Com- mitwee on Patents have not reported any bill. Mr. Taylor's and Chaffee’s bills are simply propositions which those gentlemen have drawn up, neither of them being on the committee, and whieh they desire the committes to adopt. The Patent Committes, however, do not favor either of them. They are opposed to the immense mass of regula tions and conditions with which these projects are crowd- ed, not understanding the necessity for them, and be- lieving that they would open a door to endless litigation, if not fraud. The committee, however, are preparing @ bill, after a full conference with the Commiasioner of Pas tents, and which will be presented at an early day. The bit! is similar to the one presented by Mr, Paine, from the Patent Committee, last year, but contains some additional