The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. 4JaNEB GOKDON BENNETT, EDITOR AN) PROPRIETOR wre K.-W. CORDES OF CTO AND WASHAU BT BRAS. css bo rdminen PRE PA! Y HERALD. yoo THE BRDALY dbKALD eopy of 88 peo anmnirn: the Ps ony pert of Great Britain, oF & io Tak SAMIET HERALD, eoory Wodnenlay, at for conte paw “Pole NPnT CORRESPOND: ere aolicsing Tom any ~ pectin: Wsaveres 10 Ses JOB PRINTING excenied worl PUD TRRTISEMRNTS reveinal ewery) dw: adneerisaenia ¥m- eerted én the W Henaty, Fame Hearn, and in the Onieorvsa fers choupneea ond dev BROADWAY THEATRE Broad — Af crnoon ant wg ~ *ersareias Fxeaciees Tae Newa Samia, ROWEAT THEATRE Bower)—?ir.ano—-Gouw Auateas —Koaszes OF THE KalaR. BURTOWR PERATRE. 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Cash aways on delivery « Sew York Herald—California Extttion. ‘Tho United States mail steamuliy Star of he West, Cant, Gray, will leave this port this allernoga, at two o'clock, for Aspinwall. ‘The mails for Calferniaand other parts of the Pacific will cicne a: one o'clock this Mornoon. ‘The New Yora Weeari Hexaio—California edition— geatainiag the latest intellige from ad parte of the worid, will be published at ter o'clock ip the mormug. Bingle copies, in wrappers ready for mailing, #ix cents Agents wii! picase gemd ie their ordert as early aa pos- tibie. ‘The News. The Senate yesterday adopted Mr. (iwin's resolu- tion directing inquiry as to what measures have been taken to punish the murderers of a party of one hundred and eighteen emigrauts while on sheir arney across the plains to California, The Kansis 1 was then discussed till the hoar of adjournment. The debate on this subject will be closed to-day. The Honse took up General Quitinan’s Armg bill. Av asimendment, substituting three regiments of reg « in place of four regiments of volunteers was defeated by # vote of 43 against 145. The bill finally passed 124 aguinst 7%. It provides for the organization of # regiment ef mounted men for the defence of the frontiers of Texas, and authorizes the President to employ four regiments of volunteers to queil distarbeaces in Utah, protect emigrant trains, and keep the Indians in the Northwest in order. It is very doubtful if the bill can pass the Senate; and it is believed that the government will not avail themselves of the volunteer force even should the Senate pass it. The Speaker anounced the Special Committee on the Penn+yivanie Bank purchase. It 1% compored of Messe. Florence, of Pa.; Gilman, of Me; Beales, of N.C.,and Waldron, of Mich. The Kanaaa question was then debated Ly Mr. Mont gomery, of Pa., in opposition, and by Mr. Reagan, of ‘Texas, in support of the Lecompton constitution. ‘The State Senate yesterday adopted, by # «trict party vote, resolations condemaing the Kansas policy of the séministration. In the Assembly 9 couple of apeeches were delivered on the Police bill, and the subject was made the apecia! order for Wednesday. “hsticld made a satisfactory apology for his condact in resisting the orders of the Speak ez, and was discharged from arrest and from cen- enre, and resumed his seat. The bill providing for the removal of obstructioas in Harlem river passed to a third reading. A legislative prayer meeting has been established in the capitol. There is no place where one was more needed. The abolitionists of Massachusetts have at last suc- ceeded in effecting the removal of ®dward Greeley Loring from the office of Judge of Probate of Snf- folk county, in that State. Judge Loring’s efence waa simply his decision, while United States Com- missioner, surrendering the fucitive slave Authony Burns to his owner. The sbolitionixta cackle amazing!y over this remit, cal it * ication of reignty of Maxswchusetis.” held opposite the vin the sove A prayer meeting is daily Tomt», and convenient to the Five Poiuts, in the Mission church, Centre street. The attendance yee terday comprised workingmen and several women. The Recorder was engaged yetterday ring lottery policy cases. Samuel Dickerson y was arrested on an affidavit of Marcus C. Stanley, for wing engaged in the policy business, waived at ex amination and gave bail in the sam of $500 to an ¢ action of the Grand Jury. Counsel for Marcus Cicero Stanley made several ineffectual 1 tions te secure au adjournment of his preliminary ¢xamination on @ similar charge preferred against him by ® man named Hotchkiss, after which the Re corder held him to bail in the sum of $1,000 to an ewer at the April term of the General Sessions, should aa indictment be found against him. In the Bupreme Court yesterday Judge Clerke reader) a decision in the case of Jaco H. Mott, who is charged with complicity with Brotherson ia the Union Bank defulcation, denying the motion to diecbarze Mott from arrest. ‘Tho Board of Aldermen last evening, by # unani moun vote, adopted a resolution which had been ve toed by the Mayor granting land between Forty- ninth and Fiftieth streets and Fourth and Lexing- ton avennes for a State Woman's Hospital. The Mayor sent ins communication opposing the vill now before the Legislature giving sathority to cer tain parties to lay & railroad track in Broadway. The report relative to wrooving the pavement of Broadway was discussed and finally made the «pe cial order for the next meeting. ComptrMer Fiagg sent in» long communication respecting the $9,000 overpayment to Heary Erben and other Street De partment matters, We give thie document in onr report of the proceedings of the Board The Aldermanic Cotumittee on Assessments me@ yeaterday and considered the propriety of firm ing the asewrnent list for Gifting the the foot of Thirty-first etreet. The Hudson River Railroad was present, and objected to the assesment onthe ground that the contractor had already been paid company, who had also an agreement the same con tractor for performing the same work, and filso becaure the survey made by the City Sar veyor represented the work that wae done as being moch larger than that made iy the surveyor employed by the railroad company. A motion to refer the matter to the Committees on Fraads wae lost, and another meeting for the oon rideration of the sabject is to be held next week by the committee, when some interesting develope ments are expected. The Councilmen's Committee on Lands and Places beld a meeting yesterday. A committce of ladies sppeared before them asking for & lot of ground between Forty-eighth and ty-ninth street. ond Lexington and Fourth avenues, for the purpose of building an orphan's home upon it. The committee promised to visit the institution Mefore they would repost, ‘The neighborhood of ibroad street wad the Custom House wax thrown into excitement yesterday in Consequence of certain summary proceedings on the part of Messm. Mestaver A Pergeline, liquor deaters, at 17 Broad street. It appears that the merchants mentioned were charged with evading the reveuue laws, and 9 pasty of Custom Honse officers took possession of the premises and contenta on Thurs day. The officiaia continued in possession till Fri- day morning, when they were, as it is alleged, forci- Diy ekectod by Mess. Mestayer & Pergeline and others, and the books, containing, it is apposed, evidence of the guilt of the accused, carried of. A reinforcement of officers, however, soon after ar rived, recaptured the store, and arrested Mestayer and Porgeline, who gave bonds for their appearance at the proper time. The goods in the store were pubeequentiy removed to the bonded warchouse. With the mild spring weather aud resumption of navigation on the Hudson, combined with continued ease in the money market and reduced supplies of goodsin the interior, increased animation bas been imparted to trade the prevent week, and tho general aspect of business in dry goods, dca has been more lively than at any period probably since last fall. The auction housts have made better sales, and at stronger prices. Importers and jobbers wear more pleasant faces, The jobbing houses in groceries have also done an increasing business the present week, and trado generally with the intertor shows a0 improved aspect. Owing to a light foreign de mand and increased supplies, present aad prospec- tive, flour and provisions were rather doll, but cotton and most other articles of produce sustained good prices. ‘There was but very little business transacted in the Court of General Sessions yesterday. Charles Brown was convicted of keeping a disorderiy honse at No. 707 Mroadway, and sentence was reserved uatil this moming. Philip Smith was acquitted of a charge of petit larceny, The Commissioners of ‘Taxes have given notice that the anscssment rolls will be open for inspection until the 20th ot April, after which no change can bemade in the rates. Al! who do notwish to be accounted too rich should apply at once. We have additional advices from Port au Prince, Mayti, to the 2st ult. Many articles of provisions had declined beavily in Bice owing to large ar- rivals from the United States. Shippers here are cautioned by our correspondent against indiscrim- inate exports to the Port au Prince market. Tho return of @ large number of unaccepted drafts from the United States had produced a money panic. Coffee was firm, with a small stock on hand. From Briti-h Guiana, under date of 17th ult., we have a copy of the government ordinance repealing the laws relating to usury in the colony, the opera- tion of which, our correspondent thinks, will do much to promote # free snd healthy trade, at the same time recommending the action of the execu- tive ae worthy of imitation by several of our State Legislatures. ; The aales cf cotton yesterday embraced about 7 ba'es, all from store, closing at about 117%c. a 12¢. for middling tostrict middling uplands. Flour was dull, and sales could not have been forced to any great exteat without a further conces#ice in prices of about 5c, per bb! , eape- clully on the commen and modinm grades, Wheat was irregular for common grades, and sales confined chiefly to damaged lows, whilo prime to choice qualities were scarce, ed held at full prect. Comm was easier, with free sales, including white at €ic. a 66!j¢., and good to prime yel: Jow at 68. & Oe. Pork was rather stilfer, with sales of mess at $165 « $16 60,and prime at $10 408 $15 50. Sagare were leas active, without change in prices; the eale# embraced abort TCO hhds. Coffee was firm, with ales of Itio at 10c. a 11 <c., and two cargoes of Lagwayra, in 4li 4 500 begs, were sold on private terms, and 800 do, were resold at Ie. a 1o'c. Whiskoy was active and higher; 1,000 bbis. soid at We., and 200 do, KE. and D., at Dike. Freghta were steaty: grain was taken for Liv- erjool atid. e 64¢d., im dule; bacon at le od, and cotton at 722d. To London engagements wers moto rato, including Uerce beef at ds., choess at On , compres- sed bales of hair at 256., and boxes tobacco at Us. 6d. To California rates were stenty at T¥c a.500. per foot mos surement. There were five vessels on for that port, two of which are nearly full A Constitutional Bankrupt Law Without tme Ald of the Lobby, ‘The President's recommendstion to Congress in favor of the passage of a Bankrupt law af- fecting railroad and banking corporations, and the rumored intention of Mr. Senator Toombs to introduce s general Lill on the subject, have at- tracted » good desl of attention. and it is pro- bable, if the details ean be agreed upon, that a uniform Bankrupt law may be established this session. But we think it will be very difficalt to either get a bill passed by ngress wt this time, or reecive the President's sanction, which will meet the wiehes of the lobby representing those speculators who, having already failed to meet their obligations, uow desire the passage of « whitewashing law. [n other words, we doubt very much if any retroactive law can be paseed, us well because of the door it would open to fraud, a of its doubtful constitutional- ity. We are in favor of a general Bankrapt law, properly guarded and altogether prospec tive in its character; but it will require a very strong state of fi the passage of any law which is to @perste as a and wipe out existing contracts. tsto induce as to advocate | ‘The debates which took place on the bank. | rupt question ja Congres during the session of 1540. "41 were very full. The objections to and argumenta in favor of enactment may be briefly stated. members were opposed to any bauhrupt system power of the States was concerned, but that it wae intended thowe very rights should be vio- lated by Congress. The Supreme Court of the United States has beld that ao) Jaw which prescribed or imposed conditions not expressed in the original con- tract Wae abconetitutional; avd aa elaboration of this decision carries with it the uncon- atitatiorality of a law which siters in any way the aature of w previously existing con- tract. Such a decision is fatal to any retvo- active action by a Bankrupt law which would release 8 debtor of hie liabilities by a process uaknown when the debt Wha created. Some of the interested advocates of a Bank- tupt law are already taking the ground that it would be useless unless it was made to biot ont ail existing debta; fer, they say, we do aot want 4 prospective law, a4 no Anterican mer chant commences business upon the eupposition he i« going to fail. These men, however, 2o not comprehend that s Bankrupt law is not reauired as a temporary expedient, by which all the lame ducks are to be provided with crutches, The establishment of s general Bankrupt law is cor- rectly urged, in order to place thé business com munity upon a proper sod safe basis in their future transactions, and to protect alike here- after the creditor and the honest'debtor. We require no spaemedic enactments, to remain on. the statute bock just long enough to enable echemere to chuffe of their debts and then be repealed. This plan has been tried already with regard to s Bankrupt law, and the experi- ment will searcely bear repetition. At all events, it will be sufficient, and much safer, for Congress to first pass a prospective Bankrupt taw, and if afterwards it is deemed advisable to extend its provisions to retrospec- tive cases, there will then be time to discuss the constitutionality and expediency of a retroactive law. Mons Pussmxntiar Caxoiparr DYES AND THEIR BaLane® oF Powrr.- . las, Mr. Crittenden, and Mr. Bell, of the Senate, have taken their position for the next Presi- dency in favor of the great Northern anti- slavery coalition. So here we have—one from the grgst Northwest and two from the South— three formidable rivals to Seward, Fremout end Banks, the three great guus of the republican party. These three new candidates for the suf- frages of the eame party-—Dougias, Crittenden and Bell—have each their peculiar claims for the front rank and the topmost post of honor. In one cseentisl each of them is admirably qualified for the White House—we mean the im- portant essential of a splendid hostess. Mrs. Douglas is « fine specimen of American beauty, refinement. grace and loveliness; Mra, Critten- den is ene of the most charming of the sex, and one of the very best of women in all the wide world: and Mrs. Beil is qualified to preside over the horpitalities of the White House with the afubility of a popular favorite and the dignity of an crmpress. In this. view of the subject, therefore, Messrs. Crittenden, Douglas and Bell enter each into this new movement for the Presidency under the mest favorable auspices. But then, on the other hand, ‘our Jessie” is a host in herself—a chip of the oid bleck—and yet no more like him than is the Hower of the magnolis to the majestic tree upon which it grows, Mrs Banks, too, has proved, from the prestige which she threw around the social re- unions of the late Speaker at Washington, ber eminent fitness for the position now so delight- fully filled by that beautifel Anglo-Saxon blonde who Goes the honors for Mr. Buchanan ; and lastly—not to be behind in the race—Mr. Fillmore haa lately secured a most flattering copertuership with a handsome wad irresistible widow of Albany. Here, then, we perceive that, to the ladies interested, this Kansas question has opencd a fine field for all the arte and machinery of feminine diplomacy. We may say, too, that in the event of the nomination and election of cither of the candidates indicated as the cham- pion of this new anti-Lecompton, anti-adminis- tration, anti-Southern coalition, it will be no small consideration that at least (he femiuvine departinent of the Presidential office will be discharged to the satisfaction of sil sections and parties of the American people. We think, too, that if # little more attention were paid to this subject, and 6 liltle leas to the rival pretensions of orators, lawyers. statesmen, pathfinders, politicians and demagogues, neither the people nor the country would be much the loser by it. Indeed, we are half inclined to sas- pect, from the fashionable letters of our Cheva- lier Jenkins, that but for the peace-making so- cial diversions of the Indies of the Cabinet, of the diplomatic corps, and of Congress this ses- tion, we ehould have realized, ere thie, in Wash- ington, the worst of the border raffian atrocities of Kacsas. Ando, in the campaign of 1860, against the excess of Northern or Southern politicians, we propose to bring the charms, the | grace, the tact, the eagacity and the patriotism the passage of some | Some of the on the ground of its leading to the creation of a | crowd of officeholders, and they preferred that the States should pass bankrupt snd imolvent lawa The decisions of the Supreme Court, however, show that State insolvent laws do not | answer (he purpore, ae they are limited in their | operations to the citizens of the respective States. The compulsory process of bankrupicy atthe instance of the creditor was urged by others a cesential to the eyetem, And that the provision should be extended ro as te include cor- porations. On the other hand, it was argued that the constitution contemplated giving Congress the power to paw # Bankrupt law, having in view the technical Tinglish legal meaning of the term, which applied only to individual traders, and not to corporations The law which wae framed in 141 did not apply to cor- porations, and was repealed the Sd of March, 1845. principally because of the numerous frauds which had been committed under the voluntary claure, and made it, in fact, a general insolvent lew. Although there have been decisions by the lower courts both for and ayainst the constitu i @ Bankrupt law applying to debts ite poraage. there is little doubt d but what the Supreme Court would decide against the constitutionality of any law which wae retrospective in its racter, Th constitution only prohibits the reveral States from passing aay law impsiring the ob of contracta; but itis abeurd to suppose that the omision was intended to give Congress the power to impair contracts. We must judge of the constitution upon principice of common tense, and it would be a violation of this rule to suppose that the rights of the public were protected by the constitution, m far ae tho ofthe Indies to the rescue of the Union How will that do? i Marreses to ne Wri wasnrp.—We nader- stand that the special commiitce of Congress in the case of Matteson have graciously resolved to whitewash bim, and make him ss pure as the cleanest white linén. Having gone through purgatory, he is to come out absolved, parified and snointed with the oil of righteousness, Whether he is or is not to continue as the head of the lobby gang of the forty thieves, we know not; but it is proleble that some sew competi- tor will supersede him, though not without a hard fight for it. Including Lecompton, the patent lobby and the baakrupt lobby, thore are lobby #poils to be looked after this session equal, perhaps, to fifty millions of dollars; and in this view we Sear it will be ae hard to keep Matte- son under his cont of whitewash as it isto keep an old toper from corner grocery by the mo- ral power of the pledge in his pocket. Is Attsor Isert The New York correspon- dent of » country poper states that the refugee Allsop arrived some time since in the city of New Vork and found w refuge in the home of some of the exiled French republicans now re sident here. He adds that @ squad of foreign detectives arrived here in a late steamer in search of him, and that the Metropolitan Pollce -who cannot catch our Yargiare—are laboring strenuously to aid them in their task. It aeeme, however, that (he French who have him in their keeping sve resolved that be «hall not be teken. Unwilliag to trust to the doubtful chances of a0 appeni to the courts, they have resolved to toke the law into their own bends ad to biow out the brains of the first police offcer who penetrates bis asylum and endeavors toarreet him He shall never, they sap, be kidnapped # long as Liey jive, So the ghory Korn. | especially in the nautical world. Comxe vnom Unpier Covan.—Mr, Weadell at 1 ¢ bea come cut as the owner and marager of the Washington Union. He is a remarkable mea—a shrewd lobby tactician from the high sehoo! at Albany, a keen politician, and a prac- tics! printer. He firet seoured the Congress printing some years ago as the lowest con- tractor; but under his contract the work was done so execrabiy, and his bill of deficiencies waa 60 heavy withal, as to disgum Congress with the contract system, and eo they sban- doned it. The old election system was restored, and under the late republican Congress Mr. Wendell, by a remarkable majority, inctudiag men of all parties, was made ‘'c House printer. Tlis terms, it is@ald, however, ‘were ten thou- rand dollars from soni bedy in behalf of the pla- rality rule which elected Speaker Banks, and ten thousand dollars, more or less, in sid of the mocrata in the Presidentisi campaign. > In late cleetion of Mouse printer, Mr. Wendeil waa defeated by a powerful combination of bun- y editors and loafers from Ohio, T'en- neveve and Virginia; but he has contrived to make even this defeat a eubrtantial success From his former savings he Les cstablished a splendid printing office, said to be werth $200,- 000, arid the partics that have supplanted him haying nothing of the sort, Save been edm- pelled to hire his office for their work > and we may rely upon it that he thas secures the lion’s eksre of the spoils. His local competitors for these public printing spoils are Wallach of the S/or, Heisa of the States, and Rives of the Globe, Wallach bas secured some comfortable sops from the Executive depart. ments; Heiss, as yet, has got Httle or wothing; but Rives always contrives, in the Congress re- ports, to get 9 good belly full. As the exclusive owner and manager of the Union, we shall coon know now what Mr. Wen- dell witi do with it aa the would-be special mouthpleceof the administration. The paper, eince its change of name (from the Goble, under the able editorial management of Blair and Ken- dail,) haa been @ sorry concern asau organ, aad every succeeding change cf its managers has only made it worse. Mr. Wendeil is not a writing man, but he is a practical business man, and will probably do better in his selection of editors than Mr. Harris, Mr. Appleton or Mr. Nicholson; and so let him drive ahead. Mons DeveLorswknts oY Bank ManageMEnt> —The examination of Peter R. Kissam, the re- ceiving teller of the Union Bank, sheds further light on the extraordinary system upon which the banks of this city are managed, aad com- pictely deprives us of any right to deride the Philadelphians on account of their troubles in connection with the Bank of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kisaam, being saked “how often is it the custom in the Union Bank, if ever, to balance the ac counts of his customers?” answers unbesitating- ly. “There i¢ no regular habit about ii, the books sre balanced whenever the bookkeeper choosca”” In answer toa further inquiry, the witness stated that he “did not know of any outside desler with the bank whose balance had been furnished him.” Altogether the business of the Union Bank seema to have been mostly left to the direction of Providence. If things ent right, well and good; the bank got its pro- fits and the shareholders their dividends; if the bank was robbed, it was an “unavoidable misfor- tone,” and the directors were indignant at the raseality of mankind. Asto precautions against robbery, checks, foresight and prudeoce, those articles do not seem to have been used at the beak, even in the smallest dosea. =There is a0 grocer in the city of New York whose busines is not more judiciously and methodically con- ducted than that of the Union Bank seems to have been. It now eppesre that the abaconding dofaulter Brotherson, like almost all the defaulters of the dny, was a stock speculutor, and previous to Shad made money. In that year, and the following, he was # heavy operator on the bull side, and was overtaken like so many others with e beavy load of etecks by the crash which followed the denouement of (he Schuyler frauds. The fall in stocks ruined him. Ever since then, it is sal has been struggling to make up his losses hy stock speculations and to repay to the bank the money he took from it; but the re- sult proved—what it slways does in auch cases, Fach fresh speculation plunged him deeper and deeper into trouble. ‘The moet curious part of the current story is that the directors were well aware of Brother- son's «peculations, and counselled him how to operate; themselves being great ftock epern- tore, Can this be true? The Union Bank di- rectors owe it to themeclves to explain this charge. Anrivat or Ta8 Bank Aprraric.—The safe arrival of the bark Adriatic, after ber second narrow escape from seizure by the French & the Gulf of Spezzia, is a subject of general con gratulation. The plack and dexterity shown by Captain Durham in making his escape from his captors, will doubtless make « lion cf sim Tad he bee: in the least to blame, no voice would have been raived to justify him here; bul the unanimous sentiment of our people is that his condemna- tion—under a peculiat loca! law of France, which could not by any chance be fairly opera- tive on the ocean within sixty miles of the coast of the United States—was utterly unjust, and that his treatment was the frait of that narrow minded jealousy of forsigners which the French have not yet learned enough to eschew. ‘The case, we presume, is cnded. It is open to the owners of the Lyonnais to sur Captain Darham in our courts if they thiak they can make out o case against him; they will be much more fairly treated here than our countryman was in the French courta, Bus the idea —whieh seems to be disturbing some eoantey journals— that the case will form the subject of negotia- tion betwoen the two governments, is unfounded. Louis Napoleon will no morg trouble himself about Captain Durham (than he would about any American etudent who on tetarning homme | forgets to pay bia Paris tailor. Tax Avwy Ba ie tHe Hors.—Tho House paseed yesterday the bill of Mr. Quitman, authorizing the President to onll for five of voluuteers, The bill had a nejority on the division, the figures This l will now go to the it will probably be amended to as to make the regiments of regular troops | bn that ehape it ought to pass We want more troops on the frention; the army in Utab must be reinforced, and the route across the Plains kept open. Vo! sare expensive. Congress can dispense with the services of rapulare is easily a with thove of volunteers, We hy ' bers of the Senate wi!) rire for ones aly anship, and wote for t ov & menansé for the good of the whole peopl © iner NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1858. | ‘ | | | Tnx Buoonxn Faanus.—The report of the State Assemb!y committee upon the ferries be- tween Brooklyn and New York may or may rot lead to useful legislation; but it certainly con- firms all thst bas ever heen said about the man- agement of the ferries aud the upreliability of their atatemenia For instance, the published accounts appear to show that the profits for the ‘ST were only $56,720; for 1855-56, fer 184-755, $15,507, aud so on; but the commitice bave discovered the fact tbat over and above these profits the ferry stock- holders divided, each of these yeers, their usual dividend, come eight per cent on the total eapi- tal; and that the payment of the dividend wae cbarged against the concern as part of the “ penses.” Notming could be more monstrous thea a concer debiting their business with o certain fixed rate of profits as part of the “ex- peares,” untees it be the other fact, which the committce alse disclosed, namely, that the ferry income fs sotually debited with eight per cent dividend ou capital formeriy invested by the company in the Gouverneur atteet ferry, which was long since discontinued. The people of Brookiyn are thea taxed. to pay a profit to the Uaiow: Company on an cnterprise which the lat- ter has found unprofitable and sbeudoued, What move doce-the Emperor of Rusia or any other arbitrary despot than this? * The committee complimect the manner in which the company’s books are kept by the aec- retary. Weshould bemore ready to concur in the compliment if it were mede plainer how it comes that the travel on the Brooklyn ferries in 1856-7 is etated by the accounts to have fallen off 3,248,969 passengers as com- pared with 1854-51 How can this be when both New York and Brooklyn have been stesdi- ly and rapicly inoreasing in population in the interval? The question of the ferries, which we regret to see confused and muddled in the committee resolutions is (he simplest thing in the world. It isevident from their own statements that the Union Ferry Company can make a fair pro- fil by running their present ferries at one cent per head for foot passengers. They should be made to do #0; or, if they decline, to make way for some one else who will. There food be no fear of & want of competitors. Server Hm Rrowr—Mr. Chatfield, one of our city members of the Aswmbly at Albany, it appears, by order of the Speaker had to be bodily carried out of the House, the other day, for his insolence. It further appears that after having been ejected, Mr. Chatfield bebaved so radely at the door that an order had to be is- sucd for hisconfinement, when he prudently dis- appeared. Served him right. When Mr. Chat- field or any other member of the Assembly puts on the character of the “Short Boy,” be should be treated ax o “Short Boy,” and the example thus set by our Albany Speaker we commend to our Speakes at Washington. THE LATEST NEWS. INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON, Our Speetal Wi he ABROGATION OF THE CLAYTON-BULWRR TRRATY— DUBIOUS PROSPECTS OF THE MOCKS ARMY B1LG BAD THM?KR OF THR SOUTH AMARICANS—COUBT MARTIAL OF GEN. TWIGGS, BTC. Wasnxoren, March 19, 1868. ‘Tho House Committee on Foreign Affairs are now con- sidering the propriety of abrogating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. It ls highly probabie they may report ia favor its immediate abrogation. Is is extremoly doubtful whether General Quitman's Dill, which passed the House to-Cay, cam weather the storm in the Seuate. iam informed, semi officially, dat the admiaistsation will not accopt the volunteers sloutd the bill become a law. They want « regular inarene of the army of nothing. ‘There were forty seven abssntere to-day on the vote op Mr, Faulkner's ameadmect to gho Army bill, introduced by General Quitman, end thirty seven when the vole @as taken o@ the DIL. ° ‘The South Americans are tn high dudgeon at the odi- torial article tx yesterday's Hxnaco, Mr. Gilmes, of North Carolina, threatens to lynch the Hxaarn's corres pondents. The policy of neither Ue administration or opposition party is the House, on the course to be purrued with re gard to Kansas when the Senate bill may come op afer Monday, is yet well defined. It t believed by well in formed members, however, that the republican Dougias party intend to introduce a number of side Suues to embar- rans the queetion; and finally ,if the vote Peagaingt them, to make an effort to refor it to the special Kansas comuittoe of ffteer. This will depend very much upor the #treagth of the two partics that can be mustered. The purpose of the opposition is to take advantage of any favorable mo mest when the atsonc@of administration men may givo them an opportunity In covaccticn wit Be article in tho Exnau of to day on American steamebipe and earryiog American mails, | may stato that since January Ist there have bees Dut two American steamers carrying mails that have eailed to Furope, macing but trips, namely, the Fulton fang Arago, cf tho MavAPline. The Wer ‘opartunert some time ago Cisapproved of the conduct of General Twiggs im ordoring a Court of faqu'ry, and directed him to promulgate thy censure of aap proval in bis next divwion orders. He ido, but ne companied it with comments, en) ing he would give both the bane and autidote together, A court martial, com posed of Geverais Woo!, Jesup, Harney and other high officers, bae been ordered to meet at Newport Barracks Kentucky, ow the S8th of April, to try General Twiggs on a chargo wy ofved Gus matter. THR GRNWRAL SRW MPAPIR Oheraven. SYNOPAUS OF THR NEW PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL, RTC. Wasarsoron, March 19, 1804 The repub! can members of the House Kansas select commiisec will publish their report mext Tuesday. Morars, Harris and Adrein, autiTecompton democrats, #iil pub lish theirs cn Monday. It is expected that Menary. Simmons, Foot, Wilson, ant probably others, wUl speak in the Seaate to merrow on hewn. Mr. Vheipe, of Missouri, the chairman of the Committes on the Pac fic Ra'lroad, on Tresday last, introduced a bil, which was referred to that commites, to ald inthe construction of a railroad from St Louts to San Francisco, Tt proposes to pans trough Albuquerque, the Zani #il- Inges and the Tejon pase. Ome ball of the road isto be built by the State of California, and the other haif by the State of Missour!. The United States to grant money and Jands to aid tn bulleing it. After twenty miles are beilt, five per cent Unite? Mates 00 year bonds to be taaued to the Mtate building !t, at te rate of $7,500 per mii on for two hunared mules weet from St. louis. from aan Francisco, Then for two hundred milewfurther, Londa to be issued at the rate of 610.000 per-mile. Then for one huncret mites further, per mile, and for the remaind Fate of $16,006 per milo. ench section of t at the rate of $1,500 jer of the way at the No bonds to be iamued until nty toties i bulk. The whole amount of bomds not to exceed $30,000,000. Twenty five miles of the read to be but and equipped the first year by each tale, nic! thereafior not lese than one bondred wt each per year. The road w be Mniahed in tau yoars ted! States 19 Lave ne A consideration for its att « Ut to a privilege of se for all government pur: Fyrejpeare the rond ia finished all mail pay ty for troops, Te, wunitions of war, and Indian gods tobe applied w pay the bonds advanced by the United Stats crt) priompal and juterest are refunded. 1 < ars due any indebtoinees ro Missowr! are severally to pay the service to be $600 por aa “Twenty eed ove of land per mile granted to create 8 re serer chee! eck in Mesos! sad California, with. whiel te aid im Bullding the roed over the plains beyond; it is prowiied that he at ieeue until twenty miles i nen the State building wnt tg which that divi ed, On the building star tivisioy ~~ a twenty miles w ttt DT Sie to oe teat that te whieh the pr of land ie emtitied. On ane nate a the completion of & third rection of twonty miles of be Pee for one-tenth of the landa to which each pregediag divtelons of toad a couitled, aud 90 om wae the roat oe me wo to built Lou's, Cauterata a Trenaeat’ tee nm ans tesot on the teeth t moce) ‘Vea upon ta* same Ot farts lcndred intien abenebinan only St 00 a (ae the next twohundred mites, $10, burdrec mites, st each end, $12,500. dred miles at eech end—in all ona grace the amount of $0,500,000. The balance of mm 1@ $3,000,000 is devoted to the remaing eleven hundred ee. Tuere are to de four branches to the and two South. No aid but land is given to these. One Southern branch is to begin at Vicksburg, “4 Fuitom, and the other at Sort Smith, ry the Ca- Pacific road at or near Anto Chico. One Northeru bramoh beg lowing af the mouth of the Biz Stoux op the Missourt, and runaing by the way of Fort Koaruey, aud the other at i. cn tho Miseourt river ard both to connect with the Pactie road the St, Louls and San Francisco e The amovat of depositin the troseury Is ‘The receipts every important connection with millions and a half of doilars, last week were $465,485. According to the official statement the entire issue of treagery notes to Tuesday last, was$6.220, 400. Of this amount $746,000 was as exchasze, aud the remaincer to satisty land warrants. $1,580,000 a wos sury uetes have been redeowed. * House proceedings of Tuesday last were ivcor- . It was Mr. Mon Of Ponneyl- the Kausas adaiesion bill wi wag on day ‘Sclect Committee, Mir. Phelps Intraduced ths lacifilc Railroad bill. ‘PHMTY-FOFTH CONGRESS, a PIRST SEASLON, Seante. . WasaianGron, March 10, 1668. THE MASSACTS OF GALKOILLA BUGRANT, Mr. Gwin's recolution of inquiry concernizg the maasa- ~ cre of the Callfernia emigrants in Utah was passed. TM BOONDARUN OF ARIZONA. The Vicu Pussupsir laid before the Senate @ joint reso- lution of the Legislature of New Mexico, corcurriag ia the Pregidont’s views relative to the anization of the = tory of Arizona, and maggesting the Ddoundaries of eome. The resolutiog was referred and ordered ,o be printed. DEAATE ON TID KANSAS MLL. —HYRKCR OF M2, YOSTRR, Mr. Fosten (opp.) of Coun., took the floor, He abd be hac op former occasions called the attention of tee Secate to certain orjectionadie features im the Le compon copetitution. He would new advort to other strong acd conclusive objections to thet inetrumecst. The real queetion ip issce can be brought within a carrew ess. He would asic, ts this constitution before us im all legitimate req it does, oi to be is wt dees not, she ought be rejected. He thee proceeded to diseas the validity of the various argumnemts for and against the | ecompton constitution, conciuding thas ite iNegautty cannot be controverted. He next discussec et great loogth the Nebraska Kansas act, and kindred topics, giving & Listorical sketoh of the events in Kansas preced- ing wad leading to the formation cf the constitution Ho thea examined the reasous advanced for the admission of Kanser uncer it, He thought the argumect that it would give peace to the country was unstateemaniike. Seuatos should co justig, and few not. He loved that the bil! would act parduce e, but thesword. Ho wout neither threaten himself, nor be swayed by threats (rom others; and yet these sort of arguments had been cored by stadesmen to statesmen in the Amarcan Senate. Ke curring te the Lecompton constitution, he utterly denied the right of Cougress to alter or amend it; if aay aitera- tiom 15 mace it must be sent back to ee pee of Kapeas, that it may become the expr: « their wil. Taking up the recent Tammany fall reectutions, be pointed tos passage contaicing, be oaid, the clircax of reasouing. “Jae Buchanan,’ {i tells ua, “cap gow know (be real state of parties and decide what ia to be cope.” Now be, as an outsiver, thought thas re- cent.y Gemccrata who Lad borne the burden and beat of the day were read out of the party, because they did aot approve of the Kansas. Nebraska act; new they are road ont because they @o. Kirgly palaces, be said, are ng the places woere tae truth is always spoken. The Prosidoms is not aking, but some of tho most repulsive features of king!y courts attach to his position. Do the mea whe at- tecd the Preeitent’s court go there to speak the trou? No, they may be Lisened to toads, if they have tae pre cious jewel, truth, in thoie Leads, they are ospeciady carefu. not to have it ou their tongues. The President therefore, is the one least likely to know the real state parties, mr Foeter concluced by expressing himasett im eonergl terms aganat the bill. . * ANC OW BOR, OFAT. Mr. Car, ES aad bed Als , aid, iuasmuch aa the Lagis- letere of Alabama Passed resolutions to call s couvsa- tion to decide upeo a course of action in the event of tha rejection of we Kansas bill, he felt boucd to defend we course of that State. After reviewing at leagth the events io Kansas, with the strife of parties , Which he mata- tained was rot a struggle between two geographica! sec- ons, but between the party opposed to the administra tho and that favoravie to it, be proceeded Wo inquire into tae met ® shape aa fulfils velidity of the Lecompton cogstitution. Many States, be said, had been admitted without the submission of their coumtitations, aud be thought the Lecompion Conventiee. would bave acted more ia with the prinoipies of the covotry if it bad not submitted the constitution to the people, cither in whole or in part Our governmens is net a democracy bat republicaa. To this it he quoted: Prowicent Med'son adding that our ‘athers Bow ® pure de mcoracs ia more the votoe of a demon than the voice of Ged. History bes proven that a democracy is the most ra pacious of tyranples, whi irresponsible, acknowlodg ing no master, becauro it is law unio itself. It is ovum ready to carry into exoess the prejucios of the hour, rather than principle. He regretted the growing proclivity to werds democratizing, ot rather mobeeratizing, every da- partment of our government. This, he the red republicaniem of revolutionsts—sheer radicausm God forbid that it should supersece and swallow ue pbiles xphical republican yrinciples of our fathers y *~ ig Bext 0 tLe sudlect of slavery, he remarked that pro- perty was always the foundation of the social fabric, aod thas in the formatioe of our constitution slave pre perty wae specially protested. The Union cwed its being to ay to the instituion of slavery, and wlave property ts Fholtered under the wgis of the constitaticn, Notwithstanding these facts, there is a party in this coun- try pledged to the extermination of that property, Aa processed te comment o@ the principles of the republicam party a promulgated in the'r platform, and copfasaed be koked forward with furebodings t the result of thas party obtaining pomeeamon of the government Whee that’ bappens, and protection is taken from slave pre- perty, the bond of union is broken, aud the South has ne longer a motive its preservation, Hence Alabama Line declared st | reelnt aggresvion uy herrgbw Hbe has acted wisely, Whom the Union becomes an inatre- eye for the oppression of the South, he would destroy it epee. Mr Hocevow, (opp ) of Texaa, au'madverte¢ upen some a of Mr. Cay agalast the opposers of the Kansas i Mr, Cuay eld be intended no personal disrespect His remarks bad only @ political bearing. He compiimeated Mr. Houston on his courage in the feld as weil ax windom in counetl. Mr. Hovsron replied that every American citiven hat courage. and if he bad over ciaplayed aay in acy eminent pe yom! it was when be stood A hore against the cpinicas of bis tetoads aud opposed tho Nebraska hill He that Dill ae 6 fatal measure, fostered by cemagoques, ort- ginate) by ambition, and intended only to waite Use Souths With afew Northern states to make a President Mr. Cuay anewerod that the Miseour! restriction placed a dadige of inferiority on the slavonolding States. The Logia- waa bad condemned Mr ton for voking at bul. tov paid be made the State of Texas, pot make the people—they came there au: their condemnation of lis ote did not ¢ SYREN OF OK Dorsaw, (opp.) of make @ mpecch, pat ae but id thet he in. health eine to rend it (or im. stroog ground against tho | ecom ton constitution, and roiterated the arcumente generaliy argedon that side Force that creature of frauds, 'y LG spurious rewaite upon Kansas, he said, and no man can foretell the reauits. Numerous extracts from letters from Mosors. Wise, Walker and others were read wmpporting Mr. Durkee’s views. Ia adopting the Lecompton consictction, he contended, we abandon die ballot ber, aud resort to’ the principle of g rants, that mirtt makes right. If the people of North ecbmit to euch outrages, be would think Mr. Ham- mond raht in saying they were alaves. [ie coaciuded his speech at five o'clock. To order to close the debate to-morrow, the Seuate co cidedt to moat at 11 o'clock (a the moreing. Adjourned. Heuse of Ropreesntatives. Wamnsoroy, March 19, 186. HP FADO ® POY OFHOR WTVE LVVRITOATION. The Ses sae appointed Mowery. Florence, of Pa. ; Maclay, of N. ¥.; Gilman, of Mo.; Scales, of N. O., aod Waldron, of Mich., the epecial comravttee to investigate the Penn sylvania Bank affair. PMEACMTOR GRY. GUTTMAN S AUT Hd. The bill for the increase of the army by the enrolment of four regiments of volunteers was taken up. Mr. Facrawsn, (adm) of Va., from bendy nef Military Committee, offered an amendment to the follow bg effect:— Tv retadd that part of the vill providing for the nization of & regiment of mounted volunteers for tha defence ef the frontier of Texas; but instead of sutho- the Vresident to aecept the services of four ys ents of volunteers for the purgose of quelling the dia- ‘arbances in Ulah, and for the protection of stpply and emigrant iraine, aed the suoprestion of Indian host! (ues, ‘0 act! to the presont military establishment one reg:muent of dragoons and two regiments of infantry, to serve for wo yeara. t waa rejcoted, by yous 45, @ays 145, = eatmon'n bil for the raiking of five regiments of volunteers wae then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, by 128 against 74, ae” wan finally passed by 198 eee ill, an pacred, authorines the Prowivent to racaive into service one regiment of Texa@ mounted volurteses tur the dofence of tae frontier thereot, and for the purpose of quoting dietarbances in Clad, fr the protection of supply and emigrant traing, ant the suppression of Ir diam hostilities on We northern and northwestern fropuers. The Pree ion i# authorized to necert the esrvices ot any number of volunteers, not to execed in al! four reg nents. ‘The saan OF Roy portion thereol to be or@animed twte mounted regimenie or lofantry, aa the President mag decom proper. The volunteors ake not to be gocepted im bodies of ess than one regiment, whose oMeer alail be appointed in the manner prescri ved by law in the several ws nnd Térritonies to which kad regiments whall roe poetively belon. DRnATY ON THR RANHA QUIIION, Tho House Deficiency bill waa takea up, and Mr. Latome tema. ome 7, MosToOMTN”, (@0m ) of Pa, spoke on ths Kanuag