The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1859, Page 4

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NIP{O'S GARDEN, Brondway.—Crneus PeeroRmaxces— Thaiep Hoses, SLM, BOWFRY THKATRE, Lowery.— Tyae~La Tour pe N > Ju: 10, THE ARMORER OF M Broadway—Our FRwAte RURTON'S NEW YRKATE i rr Awgxicay Covsiy—Kina’s Gann WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tuz Vatseax ; on, FRANCE AND ALGERIA Digi LAUKA KEENK'S THEATRE, No, 624 Broadway.—Our Axgiican Covsis—Jaxag LAND, BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSRUM, Broadway.—After- noon and Kveving~NeGRO MINSTRELSY—CURLOSITIES, 40 WOOD'S MINSTREL BUILD UNG, $61 and 863 Broaiwiy— muorias SonGs, Dances, 40.—Mysnic Sreuu BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, MECHANICS’ HALL, 427 Broad- way—NEGRO SONGS AND BURLESQUES—WIDE AWAKE New York, Thursday, February 17, 1859, The News, The session of Congress yesterday was a livel one. Inthe Senate the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was taken up, and a debate en- sued upon a motion to strike out the item of $75,000 to defray the expense of sending the negroes captured on board the Echo back to Africa. The motion was finally rejected by a vote of 49 to 10, My. Seward’s bill supplementary to the law prohi- biting the African slave trade was reported with- out amendment. or recommendation, The sp order, the Thirty Million Cuba Acquisition bill, was then taken up, and Senator Thompson, of Ken- tucky, delivered a two hours speech in opposition to the measure. The Senate chamber was crowded with spectators, among whom was the British ter, Wo appeared highly amused at the face- tious remarks of the speaker. In the House the bills organizing Territorial governments ia Ari- zona, Dacotah and Jefferson, were laid on the table. Thi8 was effected by a union of republicaus, aati- Lecompton democrats and Southern members. The Senate bill granting a pension of fifty dolla month to the widow of Gen. Gaines was and the Senate's amendments to the bill granting relief to the widow of Com. Porter were agreed to. he Senate's amendments to the Agricultural Col- leges bill were also agreed to, and the bill now awaits the action of the President. The House in commiitee took up the Senate’s amendments to the Indian Appropriation Dill, and disagreed to the proposition ty transfer the Indian burean from the Interior to the War Department. Our European files by the Indian reached this city from Portland yesterday evening. The papers are dated in Paris on the 25th and in London on the 26th ult., and contain some very interesting ex- tracts, particularly as regards the aspect of the Ttalian question, although not so late by three days as our telegraphic news report brought by the America to Boston. Hallam, the historian, died in England on the 22d of January, just one week be- fore the demise of Prescott on this side of the At- Jantic. England was placing herself in a state of strong military defence slong the coast; and it was id that Loid Clyde would be recalled from India, and take command of the army at home in May. The steamship America reached Boston from Halifax at six o'clock last evening. Her wails are due here this afternoon. Our letters from Cuba by the Isabel, dated at Matanzas on the 8th and Havana on the 10th inst., tate that the inh nts of the former place, who are free from executive influe e universally ce, n favor of a nnion with the United States. The reading of the compilation of public opinion, pub- lished in the Henap as “Voices from Cuba,” had produced a very decided effect. A Dutch ship had landed four hundred and eighty-four Chinese coolies cao. She lost quite a number by death on . Asiaties went off briskly, at an average There wasa ntained on the part of the our Consul General. fa, Venezuela, writ- Captain Genera Gur correspondent in Valen ing on the 10th inst., furnishe ry report of the reception of General Paez in that city, rival from Puerto Cabello. He travelled y stages, and was surrounded and followed course of friends and admirers the entire ‘ay. The Corporation and residents of Valencia e him a periect ovation, and he was embraced eral Castro, President ad interim of the republic, in the warmest manner. The speech of General Castro and reply of General Paez are given, The most friendly feeling towards the United States pervaded the entire community. The new constitution was promulgated on the Sth inst. It is very liberal in its opinions, both political and religions. Public progress and a general reform were the popular cries everywhe The steamship Asia, ain Stone, for Liver- pool, sailed from this port yesterday at twelve o'clock, with a large number of passengers, and $919,586 in specie. The Board of Education held their regular fort. nightly meeting last evening. A communication from Mr. McVey, the Superintendent of School Buildings, ing for an assistant at asalary of $1,000 a year, originated a long discussion, and en- gaged the attention of the Board for nearly two hours. It was finally referred to the Committee on Repai A memorial from the puvils of the Normal school, asking th discontinue the institution, was read and tabled. A resolution was adopted rescinding a former reso- Intion of the Board by which $4,400 was appro- priated for the purchase of a schoolhouse site in Seventy-cighth street, and appropriating $4,500 for the purchase of three lotson Seventy-ninth street, near Third avenue, for the same purpose. The re solution was submitted hy the Committee on Sites and School Houses. A resolution was adopted au- thorizing the school officers of the Fourteenth ward to advertise for proposals for the erection 0 anew school house for colored children in Mul berry street. The report of the Executive Com mittee on the Free Academy, containing the infor- mation asked for by the State Legislature, regard- ing the expenses and other matters relating to the Free Academy, was submitted and ordered to be forwarded to the Speaker of the Assembly. The Board at length adjourned after a session of more than six hours aud not until the approach of mid night. ‘The Board of Supervisors, at their last meeting ordered that the bills of R. B. Connolly, for services as County Clerk, and Robert D. Holmes, for ser- vices as Excise Commissioner—the first amounting to $1,624 60, and the last to $150—be paid. The bill of Wm. Jay Haskett, for services as Excise Com- missioner and office rent, $350, was referred. The Committee on Civil Courts reported adversely upon the application of the Justices of the Superior Court for better accommodations, and favorably with regard to the appointment of another Assistant Jistrict Attorney at $2,500 per annum, and ofa cle « in the District Attorney's office at $1,000 per anvum. The bill of Charles A. Stetson for refresh. qpents and apartments furn! ished to the jury in th the Board would not | NEW ‘YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1859. last Cancemi trial, amounting to $750, was referred. Tic «.rd meets again on Monday. A special meeting of the Board of Councilmen Was | 1) yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of Cons. ering the report of the Conference Committee on‘ e tax levy which was adopted by the Alder- m u+n Monda Some of the republican members © er ed to a party action in the matter, and re- quested time to consider the amendmeuts made by the other Board. A recess of twenty minutes was taken, after which a vote was had, and the tax 'e was carried by a vote of 16 to3. The Board then adjourned. ie Commissioners of Emigration yesterday re- I cted to the Presidency of the Board the veteran ‘ Comnussioner Gulian C. Verplanck. E. Crabtree was elected Vice President. A communication was received from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, asking permission to establish an office for the sale of tickets in Castle Garden, The Police Commissioners yesterday dismissed from the torce four wen, transferred Sergeant Bir- ney to the Sixth precinct pending the charges against him, and accepted the resignation of Ser- geant W. Williams. The quarterly report of the Deputy Superintendent was read, showing the force conssts of 1,000 patrolmen, and 289 detailed men and officers. The arrests of the quarter numbered 13,765. There were 1,367 complaints made te tae Corporation Attorney for violation of Corporation ordinances. Seventeen of the arrests were for murder; but one murderer (Felix Sanchez) has escaped. The amount of property reported as stolen was 1961, of which $18,626 was recovered. The detective force has, besides, recovered $12,219, There were 30,089 persons accommodated with odging, 498 lost children restored, 232 sick, wounded and disabled persons found in the streets, 07 dw sfound carelessly left open at night, 20 persons rescued from drowning, 150 stray hor: and 83 horses with vehicles restored to owners, the ‘Rogues’ Gallery” increased to 374 and the City Hall force under Capt. Leonard organized. The report further states tl there are in the city 7,779 retail liquor shops, 496 houses of prostitution, 84 assignation houses, 1,358 re- ported prostitutes, 481 prostitutes tenant houses, and 185 low gro, titutes. yesterday placed on tria! in the Court of General ious for the murder of Christopher Got, in West Broadway, by stabbing him with a kuite. ‘ase will be continued this morning. The Recorder stated that he had in- structed his counsel to proceed against the pro- prietors of the d Express for an alleged libel on him, in ¢ that he had con- spired with parties to liberate a prisoner froma Metropolitan police officer. The Grand Jury brought in true bills against the alleged murderers of Decker in Eln street. The case of S. T. Jones, who has been arrested on a charge of defulcation in the Colchester Bank of Connecticut, which was to have been argued on abeas corpus before Recorder Barnard on Wed" was postponed to this morning at ten hiring rooms in series, resorts for ming Post k. The receipts of beef cattle at the various yards during the past week amounted to 7 head, a decrease of 1,403 head as compared with the week previous. The decreased supply caused a corres- ponding advance in prices, and rates ranged from 6c. a 9c., with occasional sales of superior cattle at 12c, a 1c. The demand for cows and calves was moderate without change in prices. Veal calves were plentiful, and in fair request at 3hc a Thc. The receipts of sheep and lambs were moderate, and the demand active at $3 50a $9,and some very choice sold as high as $15. The supply of swine was limited, and with a moderate demand last week's prices were maintaiued. The quota- tions were 5c. a 7jc., according to quality. The cotton market yesterday, in the absence of private advices by the steamer, continued to be unsettled. The sates embraced about 800 bales, part of which were in transitu. The receipts at the ports to latest a:vices since the Ist of September jast, were 2,625,000, against 1.607,- 000 in 1868, 2,108,000 in 1857, and 2,098,000 in 1856. The exports amount to 1,340,000, against $80,000 in 1858, 993,000 in 1857, and 1,053,000 in 1856. The stock in the ports amounts to 970,000 bales, against 692,000 in 1858, 760,000 in 1857, and 554,000 in 1856. There probably never has been a season before when"such facilities have existed for getting a crop to market. Railroads have penetrated many important cotton districts, while the rivers at the South Lave generally been in good boating condition. Prices being good, no doubt had their influence 0 hastening shipments to market. The result will pro- bably be that the receipts will begin to fail off earlier than usual! and terminate sooner than usual. Flour was some less active, and mferior grades not so buoyant, while the better class of extras were firm. Wheat was held above the views of purcbacers and sales restricted. Corn was firmer and in better request. Sugars were steady, with sales of about 600 hhds. New Orleans, 171 v'cloe! boxes and 4,000 bags of Bahia on terms given in another column, The stock comprised 9,200 bhds, of all kinds, 50 do. molado, an! % Coffee was steady, with moderate k of Rio was re- duced to the trifle ¢ all kinds amo or a total of steady, and to at Sod. m 5-32 out 100 or 200 bags. The bags of to about 11,805, and 52,100 mats Java, 950 packages of all kinds. Freights were verpool 700 bales of cotton were engaged bbis, rosin at Is. 101d. To London tierce taken at 43. 9d. A brig was taken up to load for Havana and back at 40c. for sugar, and for molasses. ‘The Virginia Opposition Movement for 1800— A New Constitutional Party. We publish to-day the closing instalment, from our special reporter, of the proceedings of the late opposition Virginia State Convention, held at Richmond. The speech of Mr. Botts of the two great demoralized parties of the day, and concerning the policy of the opposition for the campaign of 1860, is the conspicuous feature of | this report. Passing over his denunciations of the administration, as involving views and senti- | ments on the part of the orator at which nobody will be astonished, we come at once to the pith of the speech and the convention, to wit—the policy indicated by the opposition party of Vir ginia in reference to the Presidential succession- Mr. Botts takes the ground, substantially, that with the nomination of any Northern man by the republican party, on anything resembling the Rochester anti-slavery platform of Wm. HH. eward, there must be inevitably three par- ties and three Presidential tickets in the field in 1860, as in 1856; that the Americans and old line whigs, North and | South, will thus be compelled, between the sec- tionalized no-slavery republicans, and pro- slavery democracy, to fall back upon a ticket of their own. This proposition needs no argument | to make it good with the reader. Another Presi- | dential contest between the republicans and the democracy upon the gencral issues of slavery will not only result in bringing out a third party, as before, but from the disintegrations of the democracy and the republican party, this third party can be made as powerfal in numbers, and far more powerful in talents, respectability and capital than any other party in the field. But there is an important saving clause in the programme of Mr. Botts. Ie thinks that all the odds and ends of the opposition camps—republi- cans, Americans, whigs and democratic desert- ers, North and South—may be fused upon some practical national policy, like that of the old whig party, and upon some such national South- ern man as Crittenden, Bell of Tennessee, or Bates of Missouri. But the man must be from the South. No Northern man, says Mr. Botts, can be nominated by an opposition coalition without being identified in sentiment wit! the | black republicans, But we cannol agree will | of cargo of om Mr. Botts in this opinion. Indeed, if we may credit the rumors afloat, Mr. Botts, in restricting the available men of the opposition ranks fur 1860 to the South, is only electioneering to clear the track for Mr. Botts himself, We are raid, however, that Mr. Botts will not do; for beyoud bis achievements in the matter of a smart, ra‘tlins | political stump speech, and bis antecedents es the most constant and iuflexible of all the old Clay whigs, there is little or no'hing to recomnead | Mr. Botts on the point of availability. To be sure, he once made in Congress a buld at- tempt to stop Captain Tyler with his | bank vetoes, and to “head him or die,” aud it is a matter of history that Tyler and Botts once slept as comfortably under the saine blanket as Seward and Fillmore, But these things belong to the past, and are of ue practical value for the next Presidential campaign. We are thus enabled to class Mr. Botts among the unavailables of the Presidential list. Next, while concurring in the opinion that Mr. Crittenden, or Mr. Bell, or Mr. Rives, or Mr. Bates, from his antecedents, his national repita- tion and national principles, is competent t be the standard bearer of a new national party. we still hold to our opinion that General Scvtt, ia bebalf of the movement proposed, stands in popularity and availabilicy «a head and shoulders above them all. An objection is made to the age of General Scott; but a ticket composed of Winfield Scott and Edward Everett would afford sufficient security, in the event of their election, against the possible contingency of the decease of the former before the expira- tion of his Presidential term. In any event, the present sectionalized cha- racter of the democratic party and the republi- ean party, and the manifest inclinations and ten- dencies on both sides to make the slavery ques- tion the ruling issue for the succession, will bear out Mr. Botts in regard to his third party, upoa the middle ground between the two extremes. But it will not do to encumber this party with any of the exploded crotchets or worn out names of parties that have bad their day. It will not answer to call it the whig party or the American party, for each of these party names carries with it the prestige of weakness and defeat, The proposed party must be a new party, and not an old party; and it must have a new suit of clothes, good and strong, for a long journey, and not a suit of second hand garments, scoured and patched up to serve the purposes of the sum- mer’s campaign. Let this projected party, for instance, be organized upon the living, practical issues of the day, including retrenchment and reform, and Jet it be named the constitutional party, and it will cover ground enough and name enough to attract to itself all the conservative constitutional men of the opposition camps, North and South, and some powerful reinforce- ments from the democratic side. Upon this programme this third party may possibly be made strong enough in 1860, be- tween the two great slavery agitating parties, to secure the election of its Presidential ticket by the people, and certainly strong enough to carry the election into the House of Represen- tatives. Once there, the contest could only be settled in a compromise between the two ex- tremes, upon the middle ground and candidate of the constitutional party. The contest of 1856 affords no standard of judgment in reference to the probable strength of this third party in 1860, The disgusting mummeries and offensive bigotry of Know Nothingism had practically destroyed the American party a year before the last Presi- deniial election came on, All that rubbich has now been disposed of, and the loose materials detached from all the old and existing parties are sufficiently abundant, within a year, ueder good management, to form a party as strong throughout the Union as either of the great ex- isting sectional parties of the day. In behalf ot a general movement in this direc- tion, we understand Mr. Botts is to make a speech in our Academy of Music on the 22d instant. It is said, too, that the elements of an extensive syipathetic organization already xist, and that this organization will seize this opportunity and this speech of Mr. Botts as the signal for active operations all over the country. Very well. The general policy foreshadowed is good. There never was such a splendid opening tor a new constitutional party. Let it be tried, and when fairly under way, should the calibre of Mr. Botts be deemed too light for the Presi- dency, he will doubtless be content, as hereto- fore, with the rough work of the stamp and the chances of a Cabinet appointment. Tne Arrican Suave Trape snp THE Law IN tHE Souru.—From a fire-eating paper printed at Jackson, Mississippi, and bearing the formidable title of the Eagle of the South, we clip the follow ing advertisement, credited to the Camden (Ala.) Republic, to wit:— Oxy. THousanp Arricays Wantep.—Any person wishing to contract for delivering one thousand or more Africans at any point between Savannah, Ga., and Corpus Christi, ‘Texas, will please addreas M. W. N. & Co., Camden, Ala- bama.’ Philanthropic enterprise. Jaxvany 6, 1859. In commenting upon this “philanthropic enter- priee,” and upon the report that part of the Wanderer’s cargo had been sold in Alabama, at five hundred dollarsa head, this black Eagle of the Suuth says:— Why, it is a most exorbitant profit. The Congo fellows who sold them to the Wanderer did’ not ask. more than about thirty dollars per head. But the profits, we su pose, are hecesearily large on the first re-opening of trade, inasmuch as there was a sort of quasi terror of being hanged as “pirates.” That is allover. No jury at the South will convict, or dares convict, an honest mer- chant of being a folon; and we have’ the pleasure to announce that the trade lz re opened already. We presume that what is here said of Southern Juries is correct; for we all know that the pe- nalty of piracy attached to the African slave trade is a dead letter, even in the North. We suspect, however, that the Georgia venture of the yacht Wanderer has turned out a losing speculation to all immediately concerned; that, in fear of the law, the negroes were spirited away, here, there and everywhere, without much regard to the price, and upon very doubtful promises to pay. The revival of the African trade in the South, under such embarrassments as these, in addition to the hazards of capture at both ends of the voyage, will be a slow business, Meantime, we perceive that the federal authori- ties are actively pushing their researches in reference to the cargo of the Wanderer; and that while the Grand Jury of Savannah have indicted Captain Corrie and others concerned in this ven- ture, the same jury have found true bills against Selvas & Mares, the consignees, and Cassineras, the Captain, (all Spaniards, we suppose,) of the bark Angelita, on the charge of being fitted up for this contraband slave traffic. These parties may be discharged by a Southern jury; but still, while the Jaw denounces this trade as piracy, and while it is the duty of the President to “take care” that this “law be faithfully executed,” we rather suspect it will be some time before we hear of another Janding on our Southern shores vuls from Congo. Disvosirion ov THE Tax Levy uy tHe Cow mon Counctt.—At a special meeting of the Bourd of Councilmen yesterday, the tax levy for 1859, as amended by the Bourd of Aldermen and Committee of Reference, received its tina! disposition, as far as the action of these legiste tive bodies is concerned. Tb of the tax Jevy thas concurred in is $10,630,009, rhowing au increase of nearly three millions over the estimate of the Comptroller—an increase which it gathered in its various passages througa the bands of the Common Council. Ia this shape the Board of Councilmen adopted it yesterday-. It now govs to the Mayor for conti and, if approved by bim, thence to the T ture at Albany, where it is threatened with sun- dry amendments, which, we fear, will tend to decrease ity It is well, at least, thy our local legislators have got throuy) with it ab last. There is some probability vow that the Stree: Department may be uble to proceed with such hecessary works as there remain unex pended balances of appropriations for, The result of this long drawn discussion on the tax levy proves that we were right when we predicted, several months ago, that ten millions would not cover the taxation for 1859. It remains to be seen whether the Legislature will increase it still jurther, Mr. Morris, ov Inuinots, in A Ban Way.— Mr. Morris, of Illinois, in a speech in the House of Representatives the otber evening, appro- priated the occasion to some very coarse abuse of the President of the United States, Mr. Buchanan was thus charged, in the matter of the Dlinois appointments of last summer, with ‘saell- ing offices to venal politicians,” as having offered “rewards for treason,” and as guilty of “outrages and tyrannical acts violative of every principle of right,” &., &c. The conclusion of this bill of indictments of Mr. Morris against the President is about as vicious as anything of the sort that could be uttered by Senator Broderick himself. Mr. Morris said he “attributed these things to the President’s heartless ferocity and imbecility, and character naturally aristocratic, bis acts being designed to strike down Douglas, tbe brave and heroic cbieftain of the democratic party.” We venture to say that in these denunciations of the President, Mr. Morris, as the champion of Mr. Douglas, has not spoken the sentiments of the Iinois Senator, As far as we cau judge from bis public acts since his return to Washing- ion, the policy adopted by Mr. Douglas is not to widen, but to close up the breach between him- self and the administration. At all events, his only safety lies in that direction; and he should not permit his colleagues of the House to do that in his name from which he very properly shrinks himself. We would respectfully call the attention of Mr. Douglas to this matter. During the present session his course has been discreet and conciliatory, and bas commanded much re- spect from all sides; but he should not allow these good impressions to be spoiled by even a silent endorsement of these foolish accusations of Mr. Morris. Tue Barsapors Bank Butts Forcery.—An impression prevails thatthe New York exchange houses which are sufferers by the forgeries of Barbadoes bank bills, which have just been dis- covered, are doing all they can to hush up the matter. This, we have reason to believe, is a mistake, as active measures are stated to have been set on foot to detect and follow up the parties to this daring fraud. We should be sorry to hear of a disposition in any quarter to hush up a matter which so vitally affects the interests of our mercantile community. If there be such a feeling, the party or parties entertaining it may rest assured their conduct will meet with general disapproval. It is this apprehension of publicity which is in it- self one of the greatest temptations to fraud. The knaves who commit such offences count upon the timidity which those whom they select as their victims are known to feel on this score. If the alleged unwillingness to prosecute in the present instance arises from the impression that the forgery of the bills of a foreign bank cannot be reached by our statutes it is founded ona mistake. In the case of the forgeries on the Austrian National Bank, a few months back, it will be recollected that the Supreme Court decided that even the counterfeiting of the en- graved notes of a foreign corporation, when such counterfeits created a pecuniary obligation, and were intended to defraud or injure another in his property, was forgery within the meaning of the Revised Statutes. How far the law as laid down in this decision applies to this Barbados bill fraud remains to be seen when the facts come up for investigation. Tue Conoress Pretine Investraation.—Hon. George Taylor, it appears, in the prosecution of his arduous labors as Chairman of the House In- vestigating Committee on the Public Printing, has been “crowding the mourners.” A certain John Cassin, of Philadelphia, summoned as a witness, refused to appear and testify in regard to the accounts of Seaman, late superintendent of this Congress printing; and the House has thus had to order a warrant for Cassin’s arrest, wherever found, and his presentation before the bar of the House to answer for contempt of its authority. Next, as we are informed, there has been a good deal of crimination and recrimina- tion among some of the witnesses examined, and facts enough elicited to call for the pruning knife of retrenchment in this grand lobby busi- ness of the public printing, without further delay. We hope that the capture of Cassin will not de- tain the committee to the end of the session. Of all things let not this Congress adjourn without the astounding disclosures that are coming from this Printing Committee, and from the Naval In- vestigating Committee. Tue Vork on tHe Orecox Bu.—We have received from a Washington correspondent a letter correcting quite a number of mistakes (the result of design or carclessnesa), committed by one of our republican cotemporaries, in the party classification of the decisive vote on the Oregon Lill, This is a matter of no consequence to us but the number of errors referred to in this cage is somewhat unusual and remarkable. We per ceive, however, that in our own classification 0 the aforesaid vote we have made one mistake, to wit: in placing the Hon. John Cochrane among the absentees, when, as we are authoritatively in- formed, his vote is on the record, as one of the 114 who opened the doors of the Union to the now sister State, A Very Prorv. Srecimen or Rerrexcu- ment—The suspension by the Senate of the extra pay due to General Scott on account of his brevet promotion as Lieutenant General, a little item of some five thousand dollars. We hope the House will restore this item, and stick to It. THE LATEST NEWS. AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Our Special Washington Despatch, ACTION UF THB PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION ON TUB TAKIFY QUESTION—CHB TRERITOKIAL BILLS SUM MABILY DISPOSED OF —FUROK KisrEUrING THe NAPIER BALL, BTC: Wasuraton, Fob. 16, 136). ‘he Pennsylvania democratic members met in caucas: to-day to confer together in regard to the tariff, Thoy de- termined to cast their votes ag a unit on the tari ques: tion. ‘hey wil! use every effort to vet the tariff bill be- fore the House, and if they fail in that they will try and tack it op to some appropriation hill, They will contiaue to vote against a loan bill or re issue of Treasury notes until action is had on the tariff. Although matters look blue enough, yet aif impression prevails that, if the sud. ject can come before the Hoase, a modification of the te riff ig certain. Of course it ean ouly ve got at in viola tuon of the rules; but a simple majority oan overrule the Speaker’s decision and thus reach it, ‘The action of the House to day 10 laying the three terrt- torial bilis on tbe table was brought »bout by a combina tion of the republicans, avti-Lecomptoa democrats and Southern fire eaters. It would have been avoided if Mr. Stephens had permittea Mr. Haskin’s nmendment, by which in future ail constitutions for admission s§ Slates trawn up by territorial cooventious mast first ba sub mitted to the people for ratification. It is supposed an ef fort will be made to got the bilis taken up ta the Senate, The Senate went into execulive session, and referred a number of appoivtments, They also took up the troaty made with the Yankton Indians and ratified it, An effort was made to take up the New Granadien treaty, but it failed, The nomination of Mr, Peter, Svllector of Toledo was then taken up, anda very aufmated and exciting de- Date took place, which was indulged iu by Mr. Pugh and the republiéans on one side, and General Houston and others in favor of his confirmation. The vote ou confirm. ing him was a tie—a numbor of democrats being absent— reventeen for and seventeen agains A motion wiil be made to reconsider when they go into executive session to-morrow. The Senate Finance Committee have restored most of the amenuments in the Legislative and Executive Appro- priation bill stricken out by tne House, They restored the Secretary's est mate for the Assay Office at New York, making it seventy thousand doliars. Tue House reduced it to thirty thousand dollars. The hoteis aro crowded with persons come on expressly ‘o attend the Napier ball. it looks like inauguration times. ‘THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER Di-VATCH. Wasnuxctoy, Feb, 16, 1859. ‘The President, in recognition of tue satisfactory manner in which Joon Nugent, Esq., discharged the duties of his *pecial mission to Bricish Columbia aud Vancouver's Island, recently tendered him the appointineut of Minister to Bogota, which he bas declined, intending to take an active part in the politics of Caiifornia during the summer, his friends having induced him to become a candidate for Governor of that State, Mr. Morrili’s bill appropriating about six millions of acres of Jand among the several States, according to their federal representation, for the establishment of agricul- tural colleges, and the promotion of the mechanic arts has been fivally disposed of by both houses. Its enemies are congratulating themselyes on an anticipated Presi- dential veto, ‘The Senate, in executive session to-day, ratified the Da- cotah Indian treaty, by which an extensive tract of coun- try is secured to the United States. The motion, which was mace at the last session, to reconsider the vote by which the treaty with the Senecas at Tonawanda was ratified, having been withdrawn, the treaty is now in force. In the House to-day the republicans generally, with a few Northern democrats and about twenty-five Southern’, ers, voted to table the Arizona Territorial bill, but on the similar disposition of the Dacotah bill, several republicans changed to the negative, and the affirmative vote em- braced forty-five Southerners. Vice President Breckinridge has sold his house for about twenty thousand dollars, having, to the regret of his social friends, abandoned the idea of housekeeping in Washington. The Commissioner of Patents has written out a length his reasons for overruling the application of Mr McCormick for an extension of his patent of 1845 for “im Provement in reaping mactines.” He says that the patentee realized from his patents of 1845 and 1647 the sum of $1,207,915, and adds, in conclusion, “Yet, wero it permitted to embrace in its estimate the value of the reaping machine as an entircty, I might hesitate to pro- nounce his (MceCormick’s) reward sufficient, great as it has heen; but remembering that in 1845 it was already ia practical, successful operation, and its essential ele- ments public property or the property of othor pavontecs, and that its crowning excellence, as constructed by the applicant—the reaper’s seat of 1847—still belongs to him, and can be enjoyed by the country only upoa such terms as he may dictate; and confining, therefore, as 1 am com- pelled to do, my estimate to the isolated features patented in 1845, Tam constraiued to say that for this improvement the public bas made to the applicant not only a reasona- ble, but a most Cee remuneration. ”? The Navy Department has received a letter from Capt. dated Beanfoit river, N. C., Feb. 11, in which e speaks of the first week's trial of the steam sloop-of- war Brooklyn unter steam. With favorable circum- stances she inade ten knota, with head winds and a heavy swell six knots an hour, She has not thus far proved a fast sailer under canvass, but in all other respecta is well adapted to the service. He thinks, however, this trial insuffictent to do her justice, and prefers waiting for another trial before pronouncing positively on her general merits. ‘The additional article to the Extradition Convention be- tween the United States and France is officially promul. gated. It extends, also, to persons charged with the fol- lowing crimes, whether as principals, accessories or ac- complices, namely:—Forging or knowingly passing or putting in circulation counterfeit coin or bank notes or oiber paper current as money, with intent to defraud any pergon or persone, and embezzlement by any person or persons, hired or salaried, to the detriment of their em- ew when these crimes are subject to infamous pun- ishment. Farragut, THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. Senate. Wasuixatos, Feb. 16, 1859. {By a telegraphic error, Mr. Broderick’s name ap- peared in both the yeas and nays list on the Indiana case Mr. Broderick yoted, on all the four votes, in favor of admitting the contestants, Messrs. Lane and McCarty, to argue their case on the floor of the Senate.) ROONOMY IN THR PUBLIC PRINTING. Mr. Frren, (adm.) of Ind., from the Committee on Printing, reported a joint resolution that after the clese of the present seasion of Congress, such public documents ag both houses require shall be printed in one lot, thus pre expense of separate jobs, The resolution was lopted. THE SLAVE TRADE. The bill introduced by Mr. Seward on the 30th of Ja- nuary, additional to the act which prohibits the slave trade, was reported by Mr. Bayarp, (adm.) of Del. from ‘the Judiciary Committee, without amendment and without recommendation. Mr. Srwanp took occasion to refer to his bill'to suppress the slavo trade, and explained that although he was do- sirous of having it acted on immediately, he would have to delay it, as he was engaged in procuring from Now York and elsewhere information to satiafy his mind how it would affect legitimate commerce. THR PARIFIC RAILROAD MILE. Mr. Gwin, (adm.) of Cal., on behalf of Mr. Srcanr, withdrew the latter’® motion ‘to reconsider the vole by which the Pacific Railroad bill was killed, THR CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION HILL, On motion of Mr. Huxren, (adm.) of Va., the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill waa taker: up. Mr. Cray, (adm.) of Ala,, moved to strike out $75,000 for the expense of sending back to Africa the negroes kid- nipped by the brig Echo, ‘ ROWN, (ndm.) of Miss., spoke in support of Mr. Clay's srheuliens. zi et Mr. Hoyter reasoned that if the constitution sanctions the suppression of the slave trade, it sanctions the doing of it with humanity, Mossra, Seward, Wilson aud all the othor republican Senators supported the appropriation, and Mr. Doolittle deemed that the Liberian colony was a’ failure, in oppo- sition to the opinion of Mr. Clay, and read an extract showing that the colony is decreasing by an excess of deaths over births and. importations, in a ratio that will depopulate it in a hundred years. Mr, Clay’s amendment was lost by 40 against 10; but Mr. Pugh having an amendment to propeas ‘and on which (0 speak, the bill was tot aside by special orde The bill appropriates for Ministers’ salaries $214,000, ‘open, $7,500, with arrears of $3,376; for Consula General, 000; for Assistant ’ Socrota- ries at London and Paris, $3,000; for Secretary at China and acting “tnterpretar, en's aL a Se cretary at Constantinople — an Mun $8,000; for contingent expenses of missions, $60 000; for the foreign intercourse fund, $60,000; for intercourse with Barbary, $2,000; for relief of American seamen abroad: $160,000} fof rownrds for foroigners rosculng sh rooked Americans, $10,000; for consuls’ flags, furniture and postage, $40,000; for consuls’ office rent,'$22,370: for in terpreters in China, $4,500; for the Washiogion and British Boundary Commission, $100,000; for the Recipro- city Commission, $23,000; for the return of the Africans of the oho, $75,000: total, $1,012,745. THR ACQUISITION OF CURA—SPRRCH OF BENATOR THOMPSON. ‘The Onba bill came up as the special order, and Mr. ‘Tnomrson, (opp.) of Ky., addressed tho Senate and an audience Of over two thousand persons, He spoke two hours in @ facetious strain, interrupted by continued Innghtor. He was wholly against the acquisition of Cuba, end was astonighed that the Senor from Louisiana was favor of it, Tae arqnisition would draw off trade ant Mmoree tow bitter climate and the port of Havaoa, Bilt New Orleans became shrivelied up and becime lke Lexington, Kentucky, a Quished town. Cuba, be youngest’ child, would be a8 usual oe pet of tbe family, and now much i woull cost to get her tn trim the Lord omy knows, The eaildren of tbe North eat uatee aud oranges which they are told are trom an eluud where these is 00 W: ‘dont their aacural WeULEL 18 tO Boek it, He here quoted trom “Oniide Hurota” aga the “Corsair.” Referriug wo Me. Hale's re- rk yesterdoy reapecuag Carhobeisa, Mr. Thompson avd Hank Catholicism so objectionable iu itself ua in We sed iu, for oe bad hive holics, and no peo} Mir. Uaie bat also suggested That proposal was un0a- thet we should annex Cap sirous, for the people toers on, and b of a'repn un kmperoi een d tof the No ere of Auglo-Freuch extrac never knew nw Freuctmaa yot whose idea Was DOL merely Lo get a coauce to vou for Ty Wiking 80 Of the British posauesions, be tibet Great Britain 8 a larger tanduolder b american coutnent than we ure. One of the best pocts of Bome had said that that empire bad tumbled to pieces fromm mere acorotion, Ale feared that woud be our fate, Oor people trom the Angio-S:xon blood have derived the belief that it is right and proper to Lake from he Spans Mexicau or Indian anything they want, aad that te not homicide nor marder to kilt him ether. We Wabt to Americanize und christianize Cuba, do wo? Tt ren minded bim that two young Kentuckians went taere on a similar mission; ove being a good ooking ellow for an American, got w be an over: fecr for a widow; that christianized her. Tee other ran away with the old man’s daughter, and within & year tbe old man was living on acoruer of the pientstion, and hitngelf in full possession, Thatis ue way we Atericanize, The Cubans woud aot stay if we had the wand. They have too mach ivstinct for thah Piace the Hon on the prairie, and the buifalo will soun va cate it, or put the tiger where the deer haant, and you will not bnd one the! forty dayé The biue rat p-acefuliy poss Seed this country watt the Norway rats acquired it then instines told thom they buat gov to eave, aut they oid. It was « sbame to pamper to the spirit of 4equis/tion that is cominwns within us. Aceutury in ths Life of na Jong ' but @day—eo this nation is not yeta your oid. Our true policy is to consuildate, secure and build ap what we bave, not tonequire more. Tt way said the pos- session, of Cura would give ws aa outiet for unr tury spints,” The Pacfic Ratroad was argued on a similar plea, He bad seen some of tuese fiibusters about Wase- ington, They did nothing, had uotning, “toed wot, ter did Uy spin, set Solomon in all bis glory wag arrayed like Oueof these.” Imagine these mea letting (heir Spirits in the Rocky mountaius cracking Tucks OF toting about raitioud sills, No, sir, it 1s fallacious—for thore who are always talking about thoir readiness to spill the last drop of their b.ood are generally willing to Jet any body else spill their's first. Cuba seemed to Mr. Thompsom to bo the element of weakness ratber than of —streogth, and tending to in- terrupt our peaceful relations with other Powers. He aid not believe England or France wanted it; vatif they do, Englaud will fight for it, and Fraues will go in for the glory of the thing ‘The battle of the Gois aad ‘Titans, and ‘the battle of che fallen augels, as described the poct, do uot equal in grandeur ber warlare. Rec ten Wwousand Persian cavairy, on the piains of Tel were attacked by a regimeut of Scots lieutenavts, who fell ope after another; the 8 them down like ningpins, re-formed and chi again and again, ul! in twenty minutes there were not so many Versips left a8 there were by Leonidas at faer- mopylw, That's the kind of fighting England docs. Kor @ thousand years ber temple of Jauus bas oever been shut. Jobp Bull ig, tn fact, a von old bruiser, who bas been roaming about the world, browbeatiug, insulting aud whipping everybody he bus a mind to. If we had Cuba we could not out of the Guif, and for the reason thut we have no navy to match the English and Freach steam fleets. We would be driven out of the water, not because our people are not -brave, but becsuse we couldo’t staad sucha fight. If we are to boid it, it must be by fortifications; aud he would have a committee, composed of the officers whe went 10 the Crimea, to whom he would add Senator Davis, of Mitsissippi, and Gen. Shivids, to survey and say where the Redavs and Malakoffs shall rear their crests to with- stand the English fleets, Yet we continue ory- ing for more, like a pampered child, whose stumach is not big enough for bis ‘appetite. Mr. Thompson bad known gentlemen of Virginia to be rutned ere now by owning too much land, which would be sold for the taxes upon it, until when they died there Was hardly enough left to pay their funeral expenses. Our own country would be too big and the treaty of Guadaloupe would have been a curse had it not been for the fortunate tarn-up of gold in California, But as to Cuba, there is not any godsend left there—nor has it gravitated one inch, not cven by the “passional attraction’? of the free iove school, We would derive no benefit from it. We would y Spain more for itthan it is worth, and negroes ‘ing cheaper there than in the South they would riso in price, and the Cubans wonld eell out their posseasions at higher rates. fe had also other insuperable objections 2 the bill. If it means anything it meaos that the mone; is to be drawn by the Spanish Minister of the day, who will make a trédty , 40d 1s thus offering a premium to revolution. Here Mr. Thom: made some palpabie hite at the demo- cratic party, saying be woderstood the discipline was very strict, and that whoever does ndt outlk up to the mark oes Overboard. Indoed, he must také so opportunity fore his term ends to ask the Senator from flfinvis if he has not been doing sometbing with Cuba to amuse the South—and the Keystone bound to hia by bars of irom and hooks of steel, the President might demand a reaomi- natiorn—for he never koew a Scotchman but who would hold on tili death, It was said his juck would kiti Mr. Buchanan, but Mr. Thompson knew something of hy- gienne, und gave a decided opinion that he is good for ten years yet, and then may leave it to a son of his, poltically of course, fur none he bas otherwise. In conclusion, Mr. Thompson utterly condemned this Jampant spirit that clamors for war. It is a wrong spirit, und wrong teaching to the country. If we get into a war with France and England we will repent it to the last da; of our lives. It will saddle us with debts which it will take us aa long to get rid of as the Israclites were in Fgypt making bricks without straw. Olid John Bull might be likened to a bulldog, going about hunung up jights—Ceasar, Pompey, Jumper and Jupiter follow in his Tail, and when he pins anything they go in aud worry it to death—and then out goes a nation from the map of Europe, or if left in it is crippled all the rest of its iife to pay the expenses of she fight. Our lower orders have au inve- ‘erate hatred against Great Britain, whether just or unjust be would not say—but to hate a red-coat and a Britisher is an element of our national character. It is true wo eat Suppers and read Shakapere together, but that is no more than two old ladies having a bit of scandal over a cup of tea and hating each other like tho devil, Wecan back against the bulidog a terrier that bas the spirit in him of the seven devilsdriven outof Mary Magdalen, aad getting into this war we must go through with it We will suffer in it, however we may come out; hence as the Powers do by bot seem to want to fight there is no need to provoke it. Cuba, howe’ might do for a platform, Here Mr. Thonipson, addressing himself directly to Mr. Seward, aid be would volunteer him a piece of advice tuat would be useful if ho came to be President, As far as the :oise and laughter permitted the reporter to hear, he understood Mr. Thompson to ironically aavise Mr. Seward to follow the example of other Presidents, aud throw down the jadder when it had piaced him in power. ‘There was always some alternative to cast it aside. Tho advice was, ‘Don’t stand on the platform when the cars are in motion.” (Roars and laughter.) Mr. Tuompson Sinished by adopting an aspiration of Daniel Webster's, that God Wil eo shape our ends that they will result in good. (Mr. Thompson bad proceeded but a short time when he was obliged to sit and deliver his speech, as he ‘was too weak to stand. Lord Napier chanced to be seated. near him, and was evidently amused by his remarks] The Senate went into vxecutive session, and afterwards, adjourned. House of Representatives. Wasuinaton, Feb. 16, 1859. Nearly an hour was spent in acall of the House, no quorum being present at the usual time of meeting. The House tabled tho bill increasing the number of sur- geons, assistant surgeons and pursers in the navy. | THR TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, Mr. Steruxns, (adm.) of Ga., from the Committee om Territories, reported a bill providing a temporary govera- mont for Arizona, and asked that it be considered now. It makes no appropriation of money. The importance of the measure is sufficiently appreciated. He presumed that every one’s mind was made up, and hence no further congidcration was necessary, Mr. Kr1.oca, (opp.) of Ill., moved an amendment pro- viding that when there were ten thousand actual residents in Arizona, the Legislature shall provide by law for the election of a Governor, Secretary of State, Marshal and Judges, who are to be commissioned by the President. Mr. Stevens said this bill had been formed on the model of the other Territorial bills, It was now too late to Po our policy, as the gentleman from Illinois pro- posed. Mr. Hasty, (opp.) of N. Y., proposed a new section, to the effect that when Arizona contains the requisite popa- lation for a member of Congress, ascertained by a census, it shall be lawtnl for the Legislature to provide for the election of delegates to form a constitution, which shall be submitted to the people for ratification. This provision is to be incorporated in the rules, and constitute a rule of action as to all other Territories. Mr. Jones, (adm.) of Tenn. , objected to all amondments being read for information until the bill waa regularly be- fore the House for action. Mr. Grow, (opp.) of Pa., offered a proamble setting forth that as the tract of country embracing Arizona, when acquired from the republic of Mexico, was, by virtue of the law and constitution of Mexico, free from ‘African slavery, and as no law has since been passed establishing slavery therem, therefore resolved, that this act shall not be held to authorize African slavery in the Territory, and slavery remains abolished as at the time of its acquisition sir Gnow ald thi Imost th . Grow said this was almost the same langnago as was used by Col. Benton, and therofore it was Benton Pree McQuaex, (adm.) of 8 ir. McQueen, (adm.) of 8. C., objected to Hon of. this cemaene, sli hier ir. Kicorr, (opp.) of Ind., moved to table the whole subject. Agreed to—121 against 78, THR TERRITORY OF DACOTAH. Mr. Srerurxs, from the Committee on Torritories, re Ported a bill to provide a temporary government for Da- cotah. He said it contained no appropriation. The ‘Territory was lying outside of the limits of innesota, and Was now without a government. ir. Moncan, (opp. . Y., moved to tabl Carriod==i37 ngsinn £0. Wess Pe a ‘THE TERRITORY OF JEFFERSON, Mr. Smrmexs also reported a bill providing a tomporary govornment for Jetferson, which wax also tabled, OTHER TRRITORAT, MILLS. Various bills concerning the organized Territories wore reported, including Sppreprisiions for completing the capitols in Utah, Nebraskan and Now Mexico, and building Prisons in Nebraska, New Moxico and Kanaas. aie PENSION YOK MR, GALNWS. Mr. Fronexer, (adin.) of Pa, from the Committes om Invalid Pensions, reported the Senate bill granting ® pen. sion of fifty dollars per month to the widow of General Gaines, from June, 1849, for hor natural life, which was THR AGRICULTURAL COLLKURS MILL. ‘The Senate's amendments to the House bill granting we such obstructions us would keep bien