The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON SENNETT, SOLTOR AND PROPRIRTOR. OFFICE SN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. Tue Daley Wy {300 conte per copy, 81 por anmur ER gen at heen Syne Gro Brinn, o Boon porte te Bont oh em HERALD, every Wednesday, at four anna LUNTART CORRESPONDENCE, contain CULARLY Requastep To Sea: alt Latrens axD Packscns mT US "NO NOTICE taken of anonymons correspondence. We do not JOB PRINTING executed with neatness, chaopness and dee Weotramme WMT, ... 0... seer reese nese sees No. 56 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street—Tratiay Orrra —Roseat ic Dissia. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Cra0vs any Mena- Saaie—Srnctscis OF CINDERELLA. BOWERY THEATRE, Rowery—Macostu—Larttre—Tae Busomsmirn OF Guinn wean BURTON'S THEATRE, Broad: Panis Asp LONDON—RULES OF THR WALLACK’S THEATRE. Brosdway—Jassis Baows, o« cus Revie? oF Luckwow—Swiss Swaixs. LAURA KERNR'S THEATRE. Broadway--Mixp Your Own Businase—srectee Batprcroom. , oppoaite Bond atroet— BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Brohawap— Aor: ‘Tuy Rcancet Leeres, ow Tan Evris Cain, Evening: ormen Paraior. WOOD'S BUILDINGS, 561 aad 563 Brosdwa7—Gronce @unwrr & Woons Minerarrs—Warro, Tee SensisLe MONKEY BUCKLEY'S SERENADE! No. 444 Broadway—Necno ‘Macovina anv Bou.esqns—Tax Minvres at THE ACADEMY. — MECHANICS’ HALL, 472 Brosdway—Bavarr's Mrvsrreis ov BHOveL RY. —Rrmoriar Soxas—brrant's Dre. The News. The steamship America is now fully due at Hali- fax with European news to the 23d inat., three days later than the advices previously received. Mr. Hockaday, United States Attorney for Utah Territory, has arrived at St. Louis from Camp Scott. He left Camp Scott on the 5h ult. The weather was unusually mild, and the troops enjoyed good health. Brigham Young, Heber Kimball and other Mormon leaders, had been indicted for high treason by the United States Court, held at Camp Scott. News from Vera Cruz to the 21st inst., a fortnight later than previous accounts, is published under the telegraphic head. But little chayge had occurred in the position of affairs in Mexico. Zuloaga had issued a decree making duties on goods imported at Vera Cruz and Tampico payable only at the capital. Vera Cruz, Puebla, Oajaca and Yucatan were op- posed to Zuloaga’s government. The three first named States had senta large force against Zuloaga. We bave news from Laguayra, Venezuela, to the ‘24th ult. Our correspondent states that either com- plete social disorganization or an extreme popular convulsion awaited the unhappy citizens of that republic. President Monagas found himself so inse- cure in his position that his dwelling, with all the leading approaches to it, was guarded by military; and the assassination of both himself and his family was even recommended in handbilis circulated amongst the people. The foreign debts of the coun- try were covertly repudiated by the officials, and a dost of spoilsmen fattened on the re . There was slight chance of the settlement of the Aves {alands claims of our government, and the appoint- ment of a special Venezuelan Minister to Washington was regarded by many as a mere Executive ruse for the purpote of creating delay. We have news from Mayaguez, Porto Rico, to the ‘Tth of February. The provision market was very dull, and large quantities of flour remained without sale. Coffee was at $9 per quintal, with slow de- mand, and sugar rfted at from $3 a $3 75 per hondred pounds. Twenty-six vessels remained in port. Exchange rates were not quoted in market. The screw steamship City of Washington, Capt. Petrie, which left Liverpool st nine o’elock on the morning of the 10th inst., arrived here yesterday morning, but her advices had been anticipated by the Anglo-Saxon at Portland and the Arago at this In the Senate yesterday a call was made for in- formation relative to the condition of the navy,and also relative to captures of vessels and prize money during the last war with Great Britain. The cre- dentials of Mr. Shields, one of the Senators from the newly organized State of Minnesota, were presented by Mr. Crittenden. Some debate ensued as to whe- ther Minnesota had so far complied withthe termsof admission to the Union as to entitle her Senators to aeats, and finally the question was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The bill providing for an in- crease of the army was then taken up. The substi- tute authorizing the employment of 4,000 volunteers was amended by reducing the number to 5,000, and then rejected. Another substitute, offered by the chairman of the Military Committee, increasing the army by adding to it one regiment of dragoons and two of infantry, waa amended 60 aa to authorize the President to employ 3,000 volunteers. The question was then taken on the passage of the bill, wheo it was defeated by a vote of 16 against 35. A motion was made to reconsider the vote, but the question was not taken. Should the motion be de- feated, it will probably be the last attempt in the Senate, during the present session, to augment the military power of the Federal government. After some explanations by Mesers. Bell and Johnson, of an amicable character, the Senate adjourned till Mondsy In the House yesterday bills authorizing the or- ganization of a regiment of mounted volunteers for the defence of the frontiers of Texas, and also au- thorizing the President to call out, as occasion may require, four additional regiments of volunteers, were reported by the Committee on Military Affairs. They will be taken up for action on Wednesday next. ‘The resolutions in the case #f Mr. Matteson were dis- cussed at considerable length, and finally, by a vote of 93 to 87, referred to a select committee Reports adveree to and in favor of the repeal of the Metropolitan Police law were presented in the State Senate yesterday. A report in fa- vor" of repeal was also presented in the Assembly. These reports, together with the bill amending the act, will doubtless be fully discussed by the wise men at Albany ; but in the existing state of parties in the Legislatare it ix not likely that the law will be disturbed during the present session. Governor King has appointed Mark Spencer and George T. Trimble, of this city, commissiouers to expend money raised for certain charitable inatitu- tions, in place of Jonathan i. Coddington, deceased, and James Rowen, appointed Police Commissioner. A fall account of the Pacific Hote! catastrophe at St. Louis is given in another column. It is suspected that s horrible crime has been committed in connec tion with this affair. A man named Charles L. Tay- lor has been arrested at St. Louis, charged with murdering Ephraim Doane, one of the inmates of the hotel, and then firing the building to cover up the deed. The landlord and watchman of the hotel bave also been arrested. The United States Marshal and his assistants on Wednesday arrested Joseph Santos, Vincente Louis, and Andrew Dos Santos, who bad taken passage on board steam tug, with the design, as was supposed, of joining a vessel bound for the coast of Africa to engage in the slave trade. The prisoners were taken before a United States Commissioner and held to bail in $2,500 each. The Marshal also took posses: sion of several trunks found on board the tug, in which were charts of the coasts of Cuba and Guinea. The hearing of a number of lottery policy. cases which was to have taken place yesterday before the Recorder, was postponed till next Thursday The Beard of Trustees of the State Inebriate Asylom met at Albany yesterday. It was reported that subscriptions to the amount of fifty thousand dollars had been received, and that the Asylum would be located avd commenced in May next, A‘ NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1858. memorial was drawn up and signed, asking the Le- | gislature to appropriate for the use of the Asytem | half the money received for licenses to sell liquor. | Paul Hernandez, keeper of « beer cellar at the | comer of West Broadway and Leonard atreet, shot | his wife in the neck yesterday morning with pistol. | She was conveyed to the hospital, where she ex- pired. Hernandez was committed to prison to answer. A lecture was delivered last evening at Stuyvesant Institute by Mr. F. A. Conkling on the late financial revulsion and its causes and effects. The theme has been pretty thoroughly discussed by the preas, in the halls of legislation, and even in the pulpit: but Mr. Conkling’s views of the aubject, a report of which my be found elsewhere, may prove both entertaining and instructive to our readers. ‘The cotton market was firm yeeterday, with « good de- mand, and the sales embraced about 3,000 bales, based upon middling uplands, at 120, and Gulf do. at 125°. Flour was heavy, with moderate sales and without change of moment in prices. Wheat was quiet and prices nomi- pal. The views of holders were above those of pur- chasers and tended to check transactions. Corn was steady, with fair sales considering the supply, and prices ranged from 65e. a 670. for inferior to good Jersey yellow, to 68c. a 70c. for Southern good yellow and prime white. Pork was steady, with rather more doing, including mess, at $16 60 and prime ai $13 1244 8 $13 25. Beef was steady ‘at the recent advance. Cut meats and lard were also more buoyant. Sugars were in fair activity, with sales of about 1,000 a 1,200 hhda, New Orleana, chiefly at 6c. a Te. Coffee was steady, with sales of about 500 bags Rio and 600 do. Jamaica on terms atated elsewhere. Freights were without change of moment, while engagements con- tinued to be moderate. Agitation tn this Metropolis--Move- ments in Favor of the Administration. The difficulty which at’ this time attendsevery effort of any party to get up in this metropolis a political agitation of any sort is something very remarkable. Outside of the little knots and cliques of scheming and agitating politi- cians, the people of all parties here appear to be perfectly satisfied of the justice, honesty, good sense and success of Mr. Buchanan’s ad- ministration. In this connection we may traly say that if there be any general anxiety what- ever existing in this community in regard to Kansas, it is in favor of her earliest possible ad- mission as a State, in order that this bone of sectional agitation may cease to distract and embarrass the practical business affairs of the country. We have lately had a very satisfactory bit of testimony upon this subject in the troubles and embarrassments which attended the efforts of the Douglas-Walker clique in the matter of their late anti-Lecompton demonstration. The doors of the Academy of Music were shut in their faces. They could hardly get a place, of all the numerogs places in this city, in which to hold their meeting. At last that dark and contracted establishment known as the Chinese Assembly Rooms, heretofore devoted almost exclusively to negro minstrelsy, was secured. Here it was that Mr. ex-Secretary Stanton, of Kansas, made known his offfcial grievances to a gathering of some five or six hundred black republicans, Know Nothings and disappointed democratic office beggars—very much, no doubt, to the edi- fication of the Rev. George Bancroft, the dis- tinguirhed godfather of the movement. Meantime, be it remembered, that with all the shrieking and howling of our republican and Know Nothing newspapers over “the in- famous Lecompton swindle,” neither the re- publican party nor the Know Nothing faction of this city has dared upon its own account to try the experiment of a public anti-Lecompton demonstration, And why not? Because the republican and Know Nothing leaders here are well convinced that the masees of this commu- nity are sick and disgusted with this Kansas squabble, and entirely resigned to leave its so- lution to the action of Congress upon the Pre- sident's recommendations. But how stands the matter among our sub- lime democracy? They are cut up into various cliques and coteries, and a spirit of rivalry for the spoils and of jealousy, distrust and back- wardnese exists among their several leaders, utterly inexplicable; and yet there has been something done in Old Tammany for the Lecompton programme, and a great deal more may shortly be expected. Two or three general democratic committees are at work, each claiming to hold the front seat in the syna- gogue. The Independent Committee, as it calls itself, whose head is Mr. Witter, has had a con- sultation down in the Tammany’ coal hole, and hae resolved upon a grand public meeting in Mozart Hall, Broadway, near Bond street, next Tuesday evening. The celebrated Caleb Cush- ing is expected as the chiet orator on the occa- sion. Should he be present and make one of those splendid speeches which he can make, if he will, to the point and the purpose, we may, among other things, anticipate such a setting down of the great historian turned small poli- tician as the Rev. George Bancroft will remem- ber for the rest of his days. Another general committee of the Old Wig- wam, the head of which is Mr. Sweeney, and the tail Mr. Fowler, is also preparing to get up a sort of Lecompton meeting, and in the sanc- teem sanctorum of Old Tammany itself. To this end the necessary bill heads have been put in circulation for the «lgnatures of our down town merchants and traders,so as to make the call for this assemblage as imposing as possible. The committee concerned claim to be, par excellence, the General Democratic Committee, but this is the weak point in the movement; for the leaders thereof are among those pure and sanctimonious democrats who recently bolted the regular democratic city ticket and joined all the odds and ends of the opposition in the election of Mayor Tiemann. But still another committee, known as the Central Democratic Club, are preparing for a Lecompton manifestation—from all which it appears that, although divided into cliques and factions upon the spoils and plunder, there is a pretty general sentiment of co-operation among the several branches of the party here in sup- port of the Kansas policy of the adminiatration. Another fact is thus developed, to wit:—that Kansas is but a secondary question among these several democratic committees; for if it were the overruling issue between them, a common concurrence upon the Lecompton policy would be equivalent to a cordial reunion of these party cliques and factions. Of another thing, however, we are well assured, that the masses of the New York democracy here, of all factions, will bail with satisfaction and a sense of great relief the admission of Kansas under the Le- compton constitution, and without a why or wherefore. The great and most impressive fact of all, hewever, in this connection, remains unshaken—the fact that all the efforts of all sorts of politicians to get up « Kaneas agitation in this city have utterly failed. With the election of Mr. Buchanan the Kansas agitation went down to the freezing | point, and there it has remained among the | body of the people throughout the gountry to | this day. After the tremendous excitement of the Fremont campaign, the people required a resting epell from this nigger epidemic, and they have been taking it, and are otill resting from their exhausting fever of 1856. For example: at our last November election 150,000 voters remained at home, toasting their shing and trustingto luck in our State affairs, and satisfied that the new federal administra- tion was doing well enough, at all events, to be let alone. This sentiment, we believe, has been expanding until the popular mind is convinced of the stability, consistency, eagacity and honesty of Mr. Buchanan’s policy, and of his capability to make it good upon all essentials, great and small, including Kansas, “popular righte” and “popular sovereignty,” Central American affairs, and everything else. Let the Kansas shriekers, black republican fanatics, democratic Presidential demagogues and disappointed office beggars rail on while yet they may, for their time is short. The American people have settled down into the belief that the game of the Kansas agitators ig nearly “played out”—that her immediate sd- mission as a State wilt give peace to Kansas herself, and that the policy of “Old Buck’ is the true policy. The sentiment of the people of this metropolis is decidedly in favor of the admission of Kansas ay soon as possible—the sooner the better. Political demagogues and sectional agitators have beem using this Kansas difficulty, to the embarrassment of all our prac- tical business operations, long enough. Our people want this stumbling block removed out of the way, so that they may proceed again to reopen the channels of trade, to extend their gambling operations in stocks and speculative enterprises, and to enlarge their dealings in cotton, sugar, molasses, codfish, lumber, dry goods, railroads and ocean steamers. Pass the Lecompton constitution. The masses of this community, of all parties, and the masses of the American people, of all sections, have no fear of the consequences—none whatever; but they want this Kansas apple of discord out of the way, so that they may proceed to business, and so that Congress may proceed to some measures of practical legislation. The Kansas shriekers have done their worst, and the suc- cess of the Lecompton constitution will be but the beginning of an administration as success- ful as that of Gen. Jackson. Forsey at Favrr.—Forney is an unmitigated blockhead. The remarks in our columns on the first accounts of the Lecompton constitutiqn were perfectly correct at the time. These ac- counts came to us by the electric telegraph, and were misrepresentations of the nigger worship- pers in Kansas, who alone had ‘correspondents there at that time. When we received and read the constitution and the schedule, we found that the whole proceedings were in the ordinary course, and that all the talk about “Regent’’and “Dictator” were stuff and nonsense. Forney is an ase. When he gets wrong side up, he sticks to it with the stupidity of anoyster. When we “get wrong by trusting too much to false lights, we tack about ship immediately, spread out more sail, hoist canvass, and go dashing through the waves, rejoicing on our way. In such a case a blockhead like Forney would go slap on shore, with his keel up and a big hole in his bottom. That will be his fate, too, pretty soon, if he don’t follow the example of his leader, ex- Governor Walker, who has had the sense ¢o about ship, get out of the breakers, and let Douglas go to the bottom. What asad destiny Forney, the terrible bottleholder of poor Pierce for so long a time, turned out upon the wide ocean at last, and shipwrecked like a filibuster anda fool! Would it not have been better, after losing the Senatorship, to have taken the Liverpool Consulate and died decently ? | Pasic Amoxa tue Dovotas Democracy.— We refer our readers to an article from the Philadelphia Bulletin, one of the organs of the Douglas and Forney disorganizers. Ex-Gover- nor Walker, who raised the standard of rebel- lion and made poor Forney turn tail upon his party, has turned tail himself and abandoned the sinking ship. The political wreckers of the day had better look out and save some of the re- mains of Douglas, Wise, Forney and Stanton as memorials of the amasing Kansas hurricane. Cuariry THAT AMUSES AS WELL AS BLESSES.— The results of the late Calico Dress ball have been found so encouraging that they have given birth to another project in which charity and amusement will be combined in an equally at- tractive and rational form. Several members | of the managing committee of that brilliant | affair, who are also officers and trustees of the | Hunter Woodis Benevolent Society, are the pro- | moters of this scheme, which is to take the form ofa grand Fancy Dress and Military ball at the Crystal Palace. This project, based upon a be- nevolent design and the most popular of all | amusements, will, it is believed, enable the | society to realize in a short time a larger fund | than they could raise in any other way. The | necessity of some such auxiliary has been ren- | dered painfully evident by the fact that the | drain caused by the extensive demand for bread | tickets amongst the poor of the city threatens a speedy exhaustion of the means which the society derived from the proceeds of the Calico Dress ball. Should the projected entertain- | ment fulfil the anticipations formed of it, it will place such @ fund at the disposal | of the society as will enable it to meet all the calls that may be made upon it for relief.’ | That it will do this may reasonably be inferred | from the fact that the place fixed upon for the | ball—the Crystal Palace—is the largest in New York, holding upwards of ten thousand per- | sone; that the brilliancy of the coup d'cil in such a locality will attract immense numbers of | spectators who have no taste for dancing, and that the admirable manner in which the com- mittee of the society managed the late ball will ensure to the votaries of Terpeichore the most carefully elaborated arrangements for their amusement and comfort. The period fixed for this /éte—the latter end of April—will meet any objections that might be urged to the selection of this magnificent ballroom on the score of the weather. By that time the severi- ty of the season will be almost entirely abated; but should that not prove to be the case, the abundant use of stoves will raise the tempera- ture to any point that may be required. This colossal /éte, given under the auspices of the gentlemen who so triumphantly carried out the programme of the Calico Dress soirée, will wind up our New York ball season with more than usual ¢éelat. The combination of amusement and charity forms a new element in the efforts of philanthropy, and when properly directed will be found one of the most power- ful auxiliaries that our benevolent institutions can deviee, ' There was once a tribe of people who lived in Syria and Persia, near a thousand years ago, and had their chief and headquarters on Mount Lebanon; they were known by the Arabic name of /‘Acsassins,” and it is from them that we derive the word. The principle of their organization was very simple. They agreed mot to assassi- nate any prince or potentate who paid them for sparing his life; otherwise, if he would not pay, they asedssinated him at the first convenient opportunity. For a couple of hundred years the bulk of the princes of the neighborhood preferred paying the “Old Man of the Moun- tain,” as the chief of the Assassins was called, to ran the risk of being killed by his followers; and he was enabled to raise an army of over fifty thousand men, and to spread his fame and his power far and wide by the assassination of over a score of leading potentates, among whom were the great Marquis of Montserrat, Lewis of Bavaria, and no end of Oriental shieks. This lasted, as we said, over two hun- dred years, at the end of which time the Tar- ‘arsand Egyptians joined hands, cut off the ‘Old Man of the Mountain,” and put him and all his fellowers to the sword. It would seem as though some of the publi- cans of Europe had been reading this chap. ter of medieval history, and had resolved to revive the sect of Assassins at the pre- sent day. On no other hypothesis can the attempt of Orsini and Pierri, and the sympathy aroused for the assassins among cer- tain of the European republicans, be satisfac- torily explained. We had here, for instance, on Wednesday evening, an anniversary dinner of French republicans to celebrate the historical twenty-fourth of February. Several of the speakers alluded covertly but approvingly to the attempt in the Rue Lepelletier; and, at last, when the wine had circulated, and the guests’ feelings were aroused, a Monsieur Mont- faucon gave the toast, “Pierri and Orsini!— they are our brothers !”"—which execrable senti- ment was saluted, we are told, with tremendous applause. Of course we are to infer that the gentlemen who drank this toast and applauded it consider themselves colleagues and associates of assas- sins—that they give notice to the world that they are themselves assassins in embryo. We presume that no one of the Frenchmen who sat round the table in Leonard street, on Wednes- day evening, would desire to have it supposed that he is prepared to commit murder; yet such is the inevitable inference from the tone of their speeches and the character of their last toast. This is neither more nor less than democracy run mad; and if anything could ruin the high and holy cause of liberty in Europe, it would be precisely the wicked and insane ravings of such men as the abettors of Orsini and Pierri. Not many generations since, religion went mad in like manner, and persons, styling them- selves ministers of God, secretly if not openly advocated the assassination of their sectarian op- ponents. The Jesuits are commonly accused of having proclaimed the doctrine that it was law- ful to take life if “ the kingdom o/ God” (mean- ing the temporal benefit of the priesthood) could be thereby assisted. The belief, whether well or ill-founded, contributed largely to dis- credit the order and precipitate its downfall. It is asad thing to see the noisiest champions of European democracy borrowing from the priests the very worst and most scandalous of their vices. Assassins, gentlemen democrats, can never succeed in planting liberty anywhere! Strange to say, while the exiled republicans of France are bringing odium and contempt upon themselves by their murder conspiracies in England, and their wild ravings here, the Emperor of the French is sedulously engaged in repairing the damage done to the cause of European democracy. His recent measures for the suppression of nearly all the useful journals of France, and the further measures which have been laid before the legislative body with a view to arm the Emperor with still more power in view of the possibility of fresh attempts upon his person, are admirably calculated to de- feat the effect produced by the late attempt at assassination, and to keep alive the democratic sentiment in the minds of the people” The measures by which these have been followed— the appointment of General L’Espinasse, a mere soldier, to the ministry of the Interior, and the general concentration of the whole power, pa- tronage, and spoils of the State in the hands of a few military men—are sure to awaken a sen- timent which the republicans themselves could hardly have aroused. Things point but too plainly to a change of a startling character in Burope. Perhaps it may be precipitated by a quarrel between France and England; perhaps the French people, borne | to the earth by the load of despotism which they are carrying, may suddenly rebel against the last feather that may be laid upon them, and may strike down the tyrant as they have done thrice before. But however the outburst begins the signs of the times go to show that this gene- ration shall not pase away before a new revolu- tion bursts forth in Europe whieh shall scatter the Napoleon dynasty to the winds, and not leave a continental throne standiug except per- haps the Russian. Piety axp Srocks.—This devoted city is rapidly rushing into a whirl of excitement in etock gambling and religious revivals. Satan is busy all the morning in Wall street among the brokers, and all the afternoon and evening the churches are crowded with saints who gambled in the morning. So we go. Tue Reset of THe Stanpive Commrrree on Fravps.—The Standing Committee on Frauds, created by the Board of Aldermen for the purpose of investigating sundry frauds on the City Treasury alleged to have been die covered in the Street Department, brought their labors to a close yesterday. The result of their numerous sessions, which have been extended over several weeks, have proved to be precisely aa we foretold in the firet instance. They ad- journed yesterday with the declaration from the chairman that, after examining all the cases before them, they found it impossible to dis- cover anything, and should leave the whole concern to be finished by those who were paid for attending to it. We presume the Corpora- tion Counsel is the party here referred to; but if that functionary cannot succeed in eliciting anything more satisfactory concerning the frauds than the retiring committee have done, there is very little likelihood of any of the of- fenders being brought to justice. As we eaid from the period when this hum bug committee was instituted, nothing has been revealed through ite instrumentality except the agreeable fact that the city has been grosely defrauded. But by whom orion what depart- meat of the city government they have utterly failed to discover, as we knew they would. ‘The public will decide for itself whether the whole thing waa got up really to expose the evil doere or to only throw a cloak over them. We have before expressed an opinion in favor of the latter idea. The committee promises us a report in a short time It will, no doubt, be a very satisfactory document. Famore oF THE QUARANTINE Commission.— From the report of the first interview between the New York Commissioners tor the removal of Quarantine and the special committee of the New Jersey Legislature which was appointed to meet them, it is quite evident that the hopes which have se long been entertained of remov- ing our Quarantine to Sandy Hook must now be abandoned. Jersey is resolutely resolved not to permit us to occupy Sandy Hook; and while our Commissioners are merely losing breath in arguing against a foregone conclusion, they are placed in a ridiculous position by the presentation of memorials from New York mer- chants and New York insurance companies against the removal. The sooner we make up our minds to let the Quarantine stay where it is, the better; we can at all events save the expense of the three Com- missioners, who are now travelling to and fro, in a perfectly heipless and useless manner, at a severe cost to the State. The Mayor and Boards of Health can have some understanding about the anchorage of yellow fever vessels this eea- son; we take it that the greatest danger of ma- laria and contagion arises from the anchoring of vessels in such a position that bedding and other contaminated material, thrown overboard from them, floats to shore, and is picked up by poor persons and carried home. Nearly al! the yellow fever cases which have occurred on Staten Island of late years were traced to this cause. Let the ships be anchored far from shore in the lower bay; let their bedding, &c., be burnt, not thrown overboard; and then, let us make the best of the matter, and think no more of Sandy Hook. It would have been the best place for a Qua- rantine station; it could not have hurt the Jer- seys; but they are obstinate and there is no use wasting more time on the matter. Wuat ts To se Donet—The lottery gamblers of Georgia are inundating this region with handbills of lottery schemes sent through the mails, garThe Unitarian churches—a species of pious infidels—set their faces against all reli- gous revivals and religous enthusiasm. They say it makes people crazy—so does stock gam- bling in Wall street. THE LATEST NEWS. INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. DEFEAT OF THE ARMY BILL IN THE SENATE. Debate on the 0. B. Matteson Expulsion Case in the House A FORTNIGHT'S LATER NEWS PRON EXICO. PROCEEDINGS IN THE aceite gaelaeae: de, de. dc. THE UTAH EXPEDITION. Five Days Later News—Drighum Young, He- ber Kimball and Others Indicted for High ‘Treason. Sr. Lov, Feb. 25, 1858 E. G, Browne arrived hers last aight in company with United States Attorney Hockaday. They left Camp Scott January. The health ofthe army continued good, and the ‘weather was remarkably mild for the region. Vory tittle snow had fallen, and in the immediate viciaity of the camp the ground was aimost bare. ‘The United States District Court have indicted Srighar: Young, Heber Kimball and others for high treason. ‘The Mormon Legislature was stil] ia nessioo ‘The latest dates received from the States were to the 1st of October. ‘Much anxiety was felt to hear from the East, ia conse queace of the rumered money panic News from Mexico. Naw Oninans, Fob. 25, 1358. ‘The steamship Tennessee bas arrived hore, bringing Vora Cruz dates to the 21at inst. Little political change had yet occurrod, although the government was violently opposed by Geaoral Mejia, who was also committing terribe outrages upon tas peopie of Sierra Blancha. They bad applied to the consttutiogal government at Guanajuato, for aid agaloss him It was reported that the States of Vera Cruz, Ojeca and Puebla bad sext 8,600 mea anc forty pieces of aitillery against Gen, Zaloage. ‘The troubles ‘n Campeach7 bad been settled ‘The whole State of Yucatan was uaited aganst Zcioaga Zaloaga had iesved a cuceree making the duties on goods imported via Vera Cruz and Tampico payable in the capi. tal, and pay ment otherwise would aot be recogn'zed. El Pregrese comments vevereiy on the action of Mins. tor Forsyth and of the representatives of Suropean Vowers, ‘n recognizing the new authorities Non-Astival of the America. Hauswan, Feb 25—11P There are as yet 29 signs of the steamsh'p America, so* due at thie port with three days tater news from Europe. A light sooth » ad is blowing, and it is snowing Affairs in Washington. THE DEFEAT OF THR ARMY BILL—FURTHRR DEVEL OPEMENTS RESPRCTING THE $87,000 FRAUD, RTC. Wasmnatos, Feb. 25, 18¢8. ‘The defeat of the Army bill in the Senate to day is re @rotied even by ‘ta opponents, and Mr. Ilale’s motion to reconsider the vote, which is sow pending, [s ax ladica- tion of it. If Mr. Hale's motion to reconsider dees not that no bill of any kind regulars or volunteers—' pass that body ‘The House Committee on Military Affairs bave matured & Dill, and wil! report it a early ae possible, raising ive regiments of volunteers. This bil! adtedly pase the House, but it will never get through the Senate. Uninas the administration get the add'tiona. regimerte asked for insome shape—elther volunteers or otherwise—it wil! find itself very much embarraased, aod will Ge compelled to abandon the Utah expedition At least, so Tam informed on high authority The Tariff Investigating Committee ars on the track of some persons who figured oxtensively in tho lobby Iast seasion, and who received a portion of the eigaty seven thousand dollars. George Asumun, of Massachusetts, wili, if they can fad him, be brought before the committer, fend it ia thought he ear throw additional light on (hat subject. The deve!opemeante are gettirg ri Woiloctt threatens to make an exposé of the whole transaction, but thore who shared in the distribution of the money are urging him to hold out to the bitter end. THK GHVERAT SEWHPAPER pRRPATOR Wasnincrox, Feb. 26, 1968 The defeat of the Army bill in the Senate isnot consid- ered as Conclusive against an incramse of the army, a9 it is thought the bill pending in the House will, with slight amendments, be accepted by a majority of the Senate The House Committee on Elections have come to no on clusion respecting the Ohio contested case The Supreme Court will adjourn to-morrow watit the first of April next Tt ie not true that the House Committee on Territories have agreed to report a bill for the Territerial goverament of Sierra Nevada, They have merely dectited to consider the memorial on that subject. Hon. James B. Clay, of Kentucky, was io hls somt in the House to day, and received the congratu sions of his friends, Diner eusai0n. — Menate, Wasuixoron, Feb. 25, 1856. ‘THB CONDIHON OF THK NAVY—CAPTURMS @ND PRIZR MONEY information as to the condition of the nevy for many years Past; also, relative to captures of vessels and prize money during the last war. ‘THE CASK OF THK MINNESOTA SENATORS, ‘Mr. Onirrmven, (opp) of Ky., prosented a letter from ‘Mr. Shields, and moved that he take his seat as Senator from Minnesota. The letter argues that Minnosota ia a sovereign State and one of the members of the United States. It refers to several precedents for the guidance tbe Senate in the matter. # igd A rein Wine menee 9:t0 whether 8 vine & privileged juest 5 nr. PvaH, (adm.) of Ohio, thought it was, but E ed that Minnesota had nct so far complied with the terms of admiasion as to entitle her Senators to be sworn with- ‘out some action of Congress. Mr. Crrrreypkn sent up Mr. Shields’ credentials. CritrenpEN that the Mr. matter was @ question teat was As good es bis own, and urged the importa of as as his own, immediate action. - Mr. Jounson, (adm.) of Ari., moved to lay the subject cathe wie m Lost, by a vote of 26 to 22. Mr. Toons, (adm.) of Ga., said the whole was, “Is Minnesota a State?’ He submited a lution refer. ieee with ietructons to inquire whether Minnosts was & tru to inquire Btaie in the Union under the constitution. _ then taken up for cousiccration, The was then taken up for conside! sition was the substitute of Mr. Johngon, at reams hoe the employment of 4, volunteersy, was amended by recuciag the number to 8, @ Dit! yas then Seccmet at length, and the gut rejected i a Mr. Hunter, (adm.) of Va , proposed, as asubstitute for the original bill, to inerease the regular army by adding i one regiment of dragoons and two reginecle of in- try. Mr. Pucn, (a¢m ) of Ohio, moved to amend Mr. Hunter's substitete, by authorizing the President to accept of the services of volunteers, not exceeding 3,000, to serve as cavalry for infantry & two" years, unless sooner dis- cha: Tuo DIN fale form thon poperien Senate 4 was to the bay! La anon by Bt va 35, a8 er — den, Douglas, Green, ‘wits Houston Johnson Ci Ween: Pugh, Seward, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, NaYs—Messrs Bayard, Bigler, Brown, Chandler, Ulark. Clay, 'pisoa, Doolidis, Dutkeet Evans: Fee: senden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Hale, Fi Bi Har lan, Bunter, Iverson, Johnson ing, Maron. Polk, Sebastian, Simmons, Slidell, Sumner, Thomson of New Jersey, Trumbull, Wifon, Wright Yulee. BSENTERS—Mesars. right, mer, ‘ttz- patrick, Jones, Kennedy, Pearce, Reid, Wade, Henderson. ‘THE MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SENATORS BRILL AND JOHNEON. An amicable personal explanation took place betwoou Messrs. Bell and Johnson of Tennessee. Mr. Beit. remarked that he did oct say that he would disregard the instructions.of the Tennessee Legislature, but he would not obey them; nor did he say that he would Liew’ cod - soph ened under the Le- compton constitution. He was was inclined to go against it, but would await new developements. bi Mr. Skwarp begged leave to eres, ree, that he had paid attention to Mr. Bell's speech, and whes Mr. Johnson replied, he saw that Mr. Johnson hat musa] ded when he spoke as if Mr. Bell hac pled, himself to vote for the admission of Kansas un- der Lecom| constitution. Adjourned till Monday. House of Representatives: Wasuncton, Feb. 25, 1858. Mr. Quitman, (adm.) of Mias., from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill authorizing the orgaaiza tion of a regiment of mounted volunteers, for the defence of the frontiers of Texas; also authorizing the President to call out, as occasion may require, four additional regi- ments of volunteers. Mr. Quitman expressed his opinion that this was more indicative of public sentiment than aay yet presented. Action thereupon was postponed till Wed- neaday. e i ‘THR MATTESON REPULSION CASH. The following resolutions were thea taken up for con- s.deration:— Whereas, at the last session of Congress, a select com- mittee of this House reported the following resolutions, to wit “Resolved, That Orsamus B. Matteson, a member of this Honse from the State of Now York, did incite partice deeply interested in the passage of « joint resolution for | construing the Des Moines grant, to have here and to use a large eum of money and other valuable considerations corruptly , for the Lik oy eg the passage of sa:t Joint reeolution through this House. “Resolved, That Orsamus B. Matteson, in declaring that a lacge dumber of the members of this House had themselves together and pledged themseives, each to the other, not to vote for any law or resolution ranting hep or lands, unless they were paid for tt, has falsely and wilfully assailed and dlefanned the char the House, aud bas proved himself unworthy to bea member thereof. “ Resolved, That Orsamus B. Matteson, a member of this House from the State of New York, be, aad s hereby expelled therefrom. ”” And whereas, the first of said resoiutions was adopted by the House of tatives on the 27th of February last, by a vote of 146 yeas to 17 nays: and the said second resolution was ad the House on the same House, with the imputations the first two of the foregoing resol sone” still ay aad without having been subsequently indorsel b constituents : Recolved, That said committee take the aforesaid state of facts into cone: ‘fac report to this House, if aay, and if so, what may be necessary and proper to maintals and vindicate the character of this House. Mr. Hannu, (opp.) of Ill, expressed his firm belief that the Hours bad power and it was its duty to pass the resolution, and to do itatonce. All the facts ip the case were probably fam liar. Mr. Karr, (adm ) of S. C., said that on @ former occa- sion he had moved, aa an act of justice, Se qeeyenenens of the case, having been informed that Mrs. wes sick. He bad since then iearved that the fabricated. Some accounts say that she was sick, othors that she waa enjoying better health than read # statement from the faraily physician to that Mra. Matteson bad not seen @ well day months past, and during the inst few weeks had suffered more than ever. Mr eaten ee eee > ton could pot be ented. He voted for or of Mr. Matteson he thoug! * he woulc defend bis constitutional rights in the House. The Jag! Congress had exhausted ita constitutional power over the subject. Where is the law or the clause im the con = the people from e@lécting any maa they chose! STANTO?, (OFD.) of Ohio, contended that the Hous» L, rit of constitutional rules end punished twice for the same ir Matteson tried, convicted and punished. Tavion, (ndm.) of La., believed that Mattesce waa and that his conduct was Lagan Amer: Maiteson’s constituents doubtless would next November place the seal of condemnation upos bis cer duct. Fach constituency should have the right to deci¢e esentative. ‘teclf the character of {ts own Mr. (adm.) of Ind., was opposed to hasty ac moved the referonce of the resolutions y Committee ir. Surm, (aém.) of Va., contended that it wae the right and duty of the House to expel a member for !m fmf conduct; but theoght ite action sheald be coe trofled by good and sufficient reasons. It wae dueto Mr Mat:cson 3 constituents that the House should act, im or der to given them an opportun'ty to pass themselves upon his conduct. He favored the reference to @ select of other committee. Mr. Nrewors, opp ) of Ohio, would refer the matter to a the Committes diciary. He doubtet whether the House had the power to expel Mr, Mat- teson again He believed Mr. Matteson’s trial wae a fair one. Punishment follewed it, and yot Mr. Smith would punikh him again for the same offfnce, He tested in the name of justice such « He wanted the power of the House limited by legisiation 4 to the particular manner of dealing with such questions of privilege. a Mr. Jowns, (adm.) of Tenn., said that he would expel Mr. Matteson, not only a8 4 punisument, but for the purft of the House. He would favor hig expulsion ag g a4 he (Jones) should be member of the House, if Mr. Matteson's conatituents should re elect him. He eon kidered him morally disqualified for @ member of the “—. Gomee, tone.) of fown, considered Mr. Matteson an worthy of association with members, and their self respect red bis expulsion wir, Hanne, opp.) of Ti, defended the resolution. He said that a gross outrage bad Deen committed, and the House by the expulsion of Mr. Matteson had removed a joatheome excresence. They were not punisl him twice for the eame offence, bat only vindicating the char acter of the House. He would not be compelled to sit with fellows aud scoundrels if he could help himself. The country demanded Matteson's expulston Mr. Monwrit, (opp.) of Vt, aeked whether Matteson’s constituents bad demanded it, or whether there were any petitions for it? Mr Hanwis said that he had received batches of letters ‘and aewepapers, but didn't know or cate about petitions The Howse wae acting independently of Matteson’s ocx stituents, Mr. Grow, (opp.) of Pa., anid the letter on which the charges against Mettecon were based waa known to hia constitutenta at the time he was elected to Congress. The gentleman from [llinois had said he ‘wouldn't ait here with rogues and viliaine,"’ but, continued Mr. Grow, the people of the Congrensiensl districts choose our associates if members had this right—if they can say who aball is here—they could exercise the power of tyraata. Suppose