The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. —————— Volume XXIV.... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Fasxca Sry— Youne Scamr ~Swapisu Nigutinea.e. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.— Afternoon and Evening— Cincts PeRronwances —faaien Horses, MuLes, &o. BOWERY THSATRE, Bowery.—Nick or tas Woops— MasaNigLLo— Biack Buus TON’S NEW THEATRE, Broadway—A Dose or oon icestOum Fewa.e auenican Covsin—Duus Beis. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tuw Vatenax ; 08, FRANCH AND ALGERIA. LAURA KPENE’S THEATRE, Wo. 624 Awenicas Cousin—[LLUSTRATIONS OF THE mnaToN. BARNUM’S AMERICAN SEUM, Broadway.—After- noon and Kvening—NecRO Minstaetsy—CuRiositixs, 40, ‘WOOD'S MINSTREL BUILDING, 561 and 863 Brosdw ;— ymoriax SonGs, Daxces. 40 —Mrstic SreLi. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, MECHANICS’ HAIL, 427 Broad- ‘way—NexGro Sonas aNp Buxursquxs—He Woutp Be AN Actor. Broadway.—OUR Lirs or Wasu- New Work, Wednesday, February 23, 1859, 'The News. The steamship Africa, which left Liverpool on the 5th instant, reached this port yesterday morn- ng. Our telegraphic report from St. Johns, N.F., published last Friday morning, after the arrival of the Prince Albert, embraced the main features of the news. The papers by the Africa contain full reports of Queen Victoria’s speech on the opening of Parliament, and of the animated debate which ensued in both houses on the occasion of moving the address to the throne in reply. Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli stated the position of the Cabinet ‘on the Italian and Mexican questions very fully, whilst Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, and other members, reflected the opinion of the oppo- sition. Our Minister, Mr. Dallas, was in the House of Lords during the reading of the Queen’s speech, and exchanged salutations with the Haycen Minister. By the arrival of the steamship Quaker City at New Orleans we have news from San Francisco to the 5th inst. The steamer which left San Fran- cisco on that date had on board $1,096,000 and 250 passengers bound to New York. Trade was brisk, money easy, and an upward movement in the prices of several articles of merchandise is reported. Heavy rains had fallen throughout California, and the accounts from the mines were very favorable. The Legislature, by a vote of fifty to one, had re- quested Mr. Broderick to resign his seat in the United States Senate. General Clarke was about to proceed to the south, with a strong body of troops, to chastise the Indians, who had become somewhat troublesome. : The Quaker City also brings later news from Mexico. President Miramon had reached Orizaba, on his way to attack Vera Cruz. ‘The steamship Cahawba has arrived at New Or- leans, with advices from Havana to the 18th instant, but they contain no news of interest. At Singapore, on the 2ist of December, gold dust rated as follows :—Malayan, &c., $28 50 a $29, and Australian $31 per bunkal. The trial of Abraham B. Thompson, jointly in- dicted with Charles Moore and Daniel Fox, for the murder of Daniel Stackpole, while on a target ex- cursion at Harlem on the 18th of November last, was commenced yesterday in the General Sessions, and will probably occupy the entire week. In Congress yesterday, the Senate was engaged in debating amendments to the General Appropria- tion bill. A desperate attempt was made to impair the efficiency or abolish altogether the New York Assay office, but it proved a failure. The branch mints at Charlotte and Dahlonega were abolished, and the sites ordered to be sold. .The House was engaged in Committee of the Whole on the Post Office Appropriation bill. The debates in both honses were unusually interesting, as our tele- graphic reports will show.”* The anniversary of Washington's birthday was celebrated yesterday throughout the country with great spirit and enthusiasm. The parades of the military and civic societies in this city are de scribed in another column. The dinner of the National Guard at the Lafarge House last evening wasa most satisfactory affair to all parties partici- pating. The occasion was rendered doubly inte- resting by the presentation to each member of the regiment hy Mr. Udolpho Wolfe of a splendidly com- piled history of the Monroe obsequtes of last July, in which the National Guard played so prominent a part. Speeches were made by Col. Duryea, Col. Peyton, Col. Preston, Mayor Tiemann and others. The contest between the fire companies came off yesterday at the Fifth ward liberty pole. Ex- empt Engine Company, of New York, won the first prize, and East River Company, of New York, won the second. Before the third class engines got an opportunity to play night had set in, and they are to take next Monday all to themselves. There were some 10,000 spectators on the ground. ‘The cotton market yesterday was not affected by the detaiis of the foreign news received by the Africa. The sales embraced about 1,000 bales, without change in quo- tations. The receipts at the ports since the first of Sep. tember last amount to 2,747,000 bales, against 1,726,000 in 1858, and 2,207,000 in 1867. The exports are 1,405,000 Dales, against 905,000 in 1858, and 1,065,000 in 1857. The stock in the ports amounts to 1,003,000 bales, against 670,000 in 1858, and 746,000 in 1857. Flour was less buoyant for common grades, but firm for extra brands, with a fair amount of sales. Soutbern flour continued firm, but some less active. Wheat was firmer, but sales were limited. Corn was firmer, with a fair amount of transactions. Pork was more firmly held, with sales of new mess at $18 « $18 124, and prime at $13 25 a $13.30. Sugars were lees buoyant, owing to increased supplies of Cuba, while prices were without change of moment. The sales embraced about 600 hhds. and 3,150 bags Pernam- buco at rates given in another column. Coffee was steady, ‘and sales moderate. Freights were unchanged. Sexatorn Mason ayn THE Cusa Brit.—Does Senator Mason mean to say, by the amendment which be proposed on Monday to the Cuba bill now under discussion in the Senate, that he thinks it would be good to acquire Cuba, but that the President chould not be entrusted with the power to pay thirty millions down in case he gets it? This is what his amendment looks like at this distance, and we cannot see any distinc- tion between his position and that of Seward and the rest of the black republicans, who ac- knowledge that Cuba gravitates, but do not wish it to finish its gravitation while Mr. Buchanan is President. Let us have a fair aod square vote on the proposition to place thirty millions in the hands of the President to help the acquisition of Cuba, The whole country wants to see how the votes stand on the record. Fravps i tue Custom Hovsk.—Some time last fall it leaked ont that the business of the New York Custom House was being conducted in @ manner not quite fair and square either to the government or the merchants, and an investi- gation of some kind or other was ordered, to as- certain whether such was the case or not, We have seen copies of affidavits made during that investigation, the originals of which have been forwarded to Secretary Cobb, and they contain grave charges of delinquency against some of. ficials in the public stores, as well as pointing to certain collusions between these parties and some of the leading importing houses of this city. Tas any action been taken in this matter? Have the offending officers been dismissed? We should like to know something about it. The Ferment tn Europe—Where will the Coming Storm Strike? The condition of things ia Europe, according to the detailed accounts received by the steamer Africa, and given in full in our news columas, show even a more unsettled state than was ex- hibited in the telegraphic summary a few days since. It is evident that the welfare of the three hun- drd millions of people that inhabit civilized Europe, with all their bopes and aspirations, their hates and likings, are the mere playthings of three or four princely families, who, ignorant that the spirit of the age is vastly changed from what it was during the renascent and the Middle dle Ages, hope to establish dynasties after the manner of Charlemagne and Henry the Fourth of France. In Germany we have the Coburgs, backed by marriages innumerable; in France, the Bonapartes; and Victor Emmanuel in Sar- dinia—each striving for this object and really opposed to each other. Then come the old dy- nasties, clinging to existing treaties and hoping to hold their own; while benesth all 1 the countless hopes of the millions » the earth with three millions of The Coburgs seek pre-eminence through intermar- riage, while Bonaparte and the house of Savoy ound their hopes upoa flattering the hopes of the masses. A crisis is approaching for these contending ambitions, and each hopes to save itself from destruction by making the coming struggle one of nation against nation, and not one of the na- tions against the thrones. The scene of the present excitement is Italy. There the Bona- parte hopes to realize the dream of the first Napoleon ; the Austrian clings to his long loved despotism; Victor Emmanuel looks for the throne of united Italy ; and the people long for freedom and the annihilation of kingeraft. On all sides it is admitted that the position England may take will decide the international conflict: But on this point the Queen’s speech, the de- bates in Parliament, and the language of the press, are most indefinite. It seems as if at this moment she were endeavoring to induce France and Sardinia to abandon their designs on the Italian possessions of Austria, and to persuade this Power to unite with Louis Napoleon in en- forcing reform in the Papal States and Naples. But these despots are all well aware that the popular desire for reform knows not satiety with partial measures ; that not only will it not stop with receiving them, but that the people may come through them into possession of the power of demanding more. Their policy looks for suc- cess and permanence from repression and not from concession. In this condition of things the concession by Austria of partial reforms in Italy is as dan- gerous as the flattery of the Bonapartes to the popular hopes; and there is no evidence to warrant the belief that England can force either Austria or France to abandon the policy upon which their several hopes are founded. She must stimulate the popular desire on the Continent by discussing the question of liberal reform at home; and Louis Napoleon is con- yinced that he must fall the moment that he ceases to play the courtier to the liberal idea. The progress of the age is mining in a thousand ways every throne in Europe. The spirit of li- berty was sent abroad by France during her first republic, and it is still contending for the mas- tery. It has now fought for nearly three-quarters of a century, and may triumph in one year, or it may require many more failures before it suc- ceeds. The revolution of Luther, which was in fact a political one, took two centuries before it became established ; that of Henry VIII. lasted for more than a century in England, and only triumphed by the establishment of the House of Hanover. The same elements are now at work in Europe, and will eventually overthrow the Co- burgs, Bonapartes, Austria and Savoy alike. Where the next popular eruption will break out no one can tell, for all partake of the same fer- ment, It will not be where princes most look for it, but it will come from some unexpected quar- ter, and at a time when they think themselves, like Louis Philippe, most firm in the saddle. bayonets. A Foretaste or A Niager-Worsutprine Ap- MINISTRATION.—We learn that one of the great lights of the black republican party gave at Washington, the other night, one of the finest soirées of the season, as select and distingué, though not so numerous, as the official or semi-oflicial gatherings. The leaders of the republican party were all present, and were regaled with the presentation of two co- lored guests, splendid specimens of the cross between the pure African and the West Indian. ‘The colored men were the lions of the /é/e, and were duly paraded through the rooms for the delectation of their white brothers. It wasa curious and novel spectacle. We hope that all the black republicans will duly rejoice over this triumph of the colored man. Snobs, sighing for the magic sesame of 80- ciety, may envy the delegates from Afric’s sunny fountains. Pomp and Sambo and Cwesar may lift up their heads and exult: the good time is coming at last; the oppressed shall not only go free, when we have a black republican ad- iinfstration, but they shall eat boned turkey, drink champagne, flirt in quiet corners, par- ticipate in the “German,” and, like the boatman on la belle riviere, “dance all night till broad day- light, and go home with the (white) gals in the morning.” The prospect opened up for the colored man is grand. When the black republicans come into power the negro will assume social and political status with the white. He shall be equally privileged to drink the bad whiskey in the Washington hotels—he shall be permitted to lobby with Matteson & Co., and be a welcome | guest at the receptions of the Cabinet Ministers. He shall have his share of the foreign missions: he shall go to Dahomey, or Hayti, or Timbuctoo. ‘Then the African potentates will send us special | ambassadors, with long suites and longer heels. | Then will cologne, and jockey club, and bouquet de millefleurs, and all the odorous productions of the Rue Vivienne, and the Rue St. Honoré, and the Boulevard des Italiens, be in such double demand that the rate of duties will be lowered to harmonize with the excessive importation, What the final result of the introduction of the colored clement into society will be we really cannot pretend to conjecture; but in its double importance—social as well as political—we re- commend it to the careful consideration of all classes. It is as vital to the interests of the drawing room as the primary election or the secret caucus, and we expect to see it take its | place among the interrogatories over which Pre- sidential candidates do quatrennial penance. In the meantime, why not test the question by getting up a grand reception, & Ja Kossuth, for | Some of the Haytien exiles, who will probably. + turn up here one of these days. Who will ten- a der the freedom of the city (deodorized) to the eiaenen Terrier, or the Duke de Marma- le? ConroraTion MIisMANAGEMENT—Tue Sappus Pur on. me Ricur Horse.—Newspaper criti- cisms on public transactions, whether legislative, executive or administrative, are eminently use- ful to the country, when they are founded in truth and justice; and newspaper censures on public officers, when they deserve them, and when they are written in a gentlemanly and fair spirit, are necessary for the public good. With- out this freedom of the press the public interests would severely suffer, and incompetence and corruption would escape without exposure. But there is a wide difference between liberty and licentiousness of the press; and when these criticisms and censures are written in stupid ig- norance or with maljcious intent, by the blunder- ing ecribes of such journals as that conducted by the Master Tom Thumb of the newspapers— whose ideas and magnanimity are about equal to his size—then much mischief is done, the real points of the case are concealed in a cloud of dust meant to blind the public mind, and the true culprit escapes in the confusion; the stan- dard of journalism is degraded, and when the journalist speaks the truth he is > longer believed. Of this description is an article which ap- peared in the Zimes yesterday, commenting on the suits brought against the city, and charging the Corporation Counsel with being the cause of the expense inflicted on the taxpayers’ As appears from the public records, this attack has no just foundation ; and Master Tom Thum) has not only avoided putting the saddle on the right horse, but has maliciously or stupidly placed it on the wrong one. The object of the at- tack appears to be twofold: First, to cover up the real author of the mischief, the late Comptroller; and secondly, to back up the bill before the Legislature to abolish the office of Corporation Counsel as an elective office, in order to get the berth for some favorite of Tom Thumb or his associates. Here are the facts, as stated by Mr. Busteed in his printed report to the Common Council dated January 10, 1859, to which the Times had access, if it desired not to slander a public officer, “nor set down aught in malice:”— Of the number of suits commenced and prosecuted to judgment during the year, some twenty-five have been ‘upon claims against the Corporation for services rendered upon street openings. It will be recoliected that the clerk of the Supreme Court is made by law the taxing officer of such claims, and that in every instance the amount of them must be adjusted and allowed by him, before the claimant is cntitled to receive compensation. Notwith- standing this, and although there was two hundred thou- sand dollars of the moneys appropriated for street open- ings unexpended and in the treasury, the late Comptrol- ler, Mr, Flagg, persistently refused to pay the claims 50 taxed. By this refusal the city has been put to the ex- pense of these several litigations, besides being obliged to pay interest thereon. In this convection, it ismy duty also to state that more than one half of all the suits com- menced against the city, and prosecuted to judgment and recovery during the last year, have been upon claims to which there was no legal or equitable defence, but which Comptroller Flagg refused to recognise or adjust until they had passed intoa judgment, for the reason,as he stated, that he preferred that form of receipt or voucher for the city, and wanted the compulsory prosessof the courts before disbursing the public moneys. In this class of cases, answers were interposed and epee obliged to prove their claims. By this means costs and in- terest have increased the original claim toa very great extent. From this document it is evident that not only is the Corporation Counsel not the cause of the litigation and the expense, but the suits have been allowed to goon against his advice, in conse- quence of the persistent refusal of the late Comp- troller, Mr. Flagg, to pay the claims legally taxed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. What has Master Tom Thumb to say for himself? Eyouish Views or Mexican Arrarrs.—The tenor of the Queen’s speech at the opening 0° Parliament, of the debates in reply, and of the London journals, show that the British govern ment have determined to pursue a strong course in Mexican affairs. It is not very evident what policy they intend to pursue, or which govern ment—the constitutional or the retrograde—they mean to recognise ; but if, after forcing Presi- dent Juarez to accede to their mistaken notions in regard to the tariff and other matters, they do not mean to recognise him and prevent Gen. Miramon from overthrowing him, their interven- tion is either machiavelian or the British Minis- ters have been made tools of by some other Power. We do not believe that England bar- bors territorial pretensions herself, but she has certainly been led into sustaining another Power which bas. The French Minister in Mevico is the guiding genius there, and his designs are not of the simple nature Great Britain claims hers to be. If they were so, why punish Juarez and the constitutionalists for the crimes of the French Minister's protégé, Miramon ? These advices from Europe only confirm us in the conviction that Congress should at once act on the President’s recommendations in regard to Cuba, Mexico and Central America. The ener- getic tone of the message on our foreign policy, and the introduction of the Slidell proposition for the purchase of Cuba, are already producing a change in the European mind. The Paris Siecle comes out boldly, and says that the United States are perfectly justified in endeavoring to buy Cuba or Mexico, or anything else they choose, The passage by Congress of the Cuba and Central American resolutions will put our foreign relations on a better footing than they have ever been since we have been a nation. Tue Lovny at Wasninctox—A Worp or Cav- T10N.—We hear that the lobby crew at Washing” ton are moving heaven and earth to compass a few fat jobs, in the way of spoils and plunder, before the expiration of this Congress. In this connection, we understand there are some half a dozen hangers-on about the Capitol who claim each to be possessed of a carte blanche as aspecial representative of the New York Henann, and who can thus kill or cure a lobby job with one stroke of the pen. We admonish all parties con- cerned, however, in and ont of Congress, that when any man undertakes to dabble in the busi- ness of the lobby, as a correspondent of this journal, he is an impostor, or a faithless agent, of whose movements as a lobby man we should like to hear. We want no dabblers anywhere in the dirty work of the lobby. Police Intelligences Nothing of importance trangpired in the police courts yesterday Jdbn Doyle, for assaulting police- Man Mason, of the Fourth precinct, were locked up for trial by Justice Connolly. Christopher Martin, residing at No, 160 Kast Twenty second street, was arrested on susp! cion of having knocked his wife ont of a fourth story window, injuring her severely, The prisoner denied the charge, saying Mra. M. jumped out of the window. Patrick Boylan was brought before Justice Quackenbush on charge of attempt at rape preferred againat him by Mary Ann Ryan, and upon the testimony of the complainant was committed for trial. Nineteen hogs, the property of Patrick Clure, which had been stolen from thele pens, at the corner of Fourteenth street and ayenue A, were recovered by the police on Monday night. The thief ma- naged to e his escape. In the cage of Edward Nedi- cutt, who was arrested a day or two ago on charge of being concerned in stealing some butter from a sloop at the foot of Bixteenth street, East river, Justice Connolly dlasalanod the complaint, the defendant haying proved an alibi. —— Naval Intelligence, ‘The new dress which bas been lately ad for the United States marine corps is expected to ready igeue to the troops by the lat of July next, Major Benj. Macomber has been ordered to the com- mand of the Pensacola Marine Barracks, Lieut. D. M. Cohen, United States marino corps, sta- tioned at the Brooklyn Marine Barracks, Las been gran! eave for one month, 5 ORS Tee NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1859. aa THE LATEST NEWS. AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Our Special Washington Despatch. THE TAIMFF QUESTION—MEXICAN A¥FAIRS—PKOBAr BLE RECOGNITION OF PRESIDENT JUAREZ—THH CALIFORNIA POSTAL SEKVICE—PROOEEDINGS OF THE VARIOUS INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES, ETC. Wastinaton, Feb, 22, 1859. ‘There was no opportunity to move a suspension of the rules to-day £0 as to get at the tariff. ‘The Pennsylvania members have determined to offer Mr. Phillips’ tariff bill ag an amendment to the Post Office Appropriation bill to- morrow, and if it carries Mr. Vallandigham will move as a substitute the repeal of the act of 1857 for two years, ‘and the revival for the same period of the act of 1846. An attempt will still further be made to so far mouify the substitute as to leave in force the free list of 1857. A large Massachusetts lobby of manufacturers 1s here to try and retain the free list of 1867 at all hazards. The im- Preesion is that either of these propositions can carry in the House; but difliculty is apprehended in the Senate. All is yet mere speculation, but the feeling is growing daily stronger that no change in the tariff will be effected, and that an extra session must be called, Mauy Southern men gay they cannot sustain themselves at home in the approaching elections if they consent to any change in the present tariff. ‘The Cabinet had the subjoct of Mexico under considora- tion to-day. It is understood that recent information has induced a better feoling as to the personal character of President Juarez, and as he already is in possession of sixteen of the twenty States of Mexico, it is more than probable our government will recognise him, It is be- lieved that the recognition of his government by the United States would have a great moral effect and give it the neceasary stability. It would also checkmate any English or French intrigues in that quarter. The Senate Post Office Committee have so far modified their views regarding the California mail service as to make the maximum for the Panama route five hundred thousand, and the Tehuantepec two hundred thousand dollars. It is also understood the committee is unani- mously in favor of the extension of the Pacific service down the coast to Chile, as recommended by the depart- ment. Mr. Fitzhugh was examined before the special committee raiged to inquire into the charges against the Committee on Accounts. He testified that he bad offered Mr. Searing four hundred dollars, which was accepted. To rebut this Mr. Searing produced Fitzhugh’s own affidavits denying it, and algo the testimony of Mr. Carter, of the Clerk's Office. The testimony is allin. Mr. Nichols will make a report from the committee that there is no evidence im- plicating Mr. Searing in any way, thus expressing the conviction that Fitzhugh has testified falsely. The Seaman Investigating Committee expect to report this week. The resolution will censuro Seaman, as hay- ing violated the law relative to officers of Congress, the penalties of which are not more than five years or less than one in the penitentiary, and a fine of not more than ten thousand or less than one thonsand dollars. Mr. Bocock bas not yet finished his report in the Naval Investigating Committee case. Hon, Sherrard Clemens returned to Wheeling this even- ing. The railroad company fitted up a special car for his use. He was profuse in expressions of gratitude to Messrs, Willard for their care during his illness here. Mr. Clemens is the member wounded in the duel by Wise, and is yet confined to his bed by his wound. ‘TUE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. ‘Wasunneron, Feb, 22, 1859. Advices from Africa to the 27th of November say that the sloop-of-war Dale had arrived at Loando after an in- teresting cruise in the Gulf of Guinea. At Elmira the Governor and Dutch officers of the Castle of St. George paid most distinguished consideration to the officers of the Dale, and the Governor and his aid were down in her as passengers to Acra. The Dale was to leave on the Ast of December for Cape de Verde. She had been at sea almost constant]; oat ly. Information has been received from an official source ‘that during the late war against China the Russian admi- ral discovered a new harbor in the Amoor country, in the fifty-fifth parallel of North latitude, and named it Viadi- mer. The port isto be connected bya railroad eighty miles long, with the river Onsene, which is closed only one or two months in the year. It is only twenty-four hours’ sail from Japan. Thereturns show that our com- merce with the Amoor country last year—when the trad was first opened—amounted to one million of dollar’. ‘The Amoor is rich in furs and agricultural and miners’ resources. The Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, says that to the failure of the bill consolidating the revenue laws, which he had the honor to submit, containing certain provisions, is to be attributed the absence of statistics of the coasting trade in the rey of the department on commerce navi- gation. e House had inquired why the statistics had not been furnished. It appears that there are not facili- ties to furnish them. Arecent letter from La Rochelle, France, says that the sae the has been more abundant than drinka- le water. pers were employed night and day, but being unable to supply the demand for casks, the wine had (o be converted into brandy. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SECOND BESSION. Senate. Wasuinaton , Feb. 22, 1859. CLAIMS ON THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT, Mr. Kix, (opp.) of N. ¥., presented a memorial from John Reeves, Naval Architect, Brooklyn,asking that our Minister at Constantinople be instructed to urge his claim upon the Turkish government. Referred to the Committeo on Foreign Relations, PRINTING THE COAST SURVEY REPORT. Mr. Frren, from the Committee on Printing, moved to reconsider the resolution to print 5,000 extra copies of the Coaat Survey for distribution along the seaboard. THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BIL. This motion gave rise to considerabie discussion, pend- ing which Mr. Hunter moved to take up tho Executive, Legislative and Judicial Appropriation bill. Motion car: ried. The bill appropriates for Senators’ compensation and mileage, $319,018; for Senate cillcers, clerks, messengers and others, $18,900; for contingent expenses, viz, : binding $50,000, engraving $54,000, stationery $5,000, newspapers $3,000, Congressional Globe and binding $49,300, reporting proceedings for Globe $18,046, committee clerks, pages, police, horses and carriages, $32,000, and miscellaneous 20,000; compensation and mileage of members and delegates of the House, $1,019,000; House officers, clorks, messengers and others, $78,700; contingent expenses, viz.: binding $75,000, stationery $15,000, horses $3,500, newspapers $12,500, engraving $50,000; various other items, labor, police, &c., $26,000; folding documents, $20,000; miscellancous, $30,000; committee clerks, $40,000; temporary and otherwise, $17,00); John C: Rives, one cent per page extra for over 3,000 pages of the Globe, $11,900; usual additional compensation to the Globe reporters, $4,000; for printing the procoedings of the Thirty-sixth Congrese, $70,000, and for the paper for the same, $100,000; misceliancous library and printing, about $30,000; Court of Chima, $31,000; Executive, $39,000; State Department, $87,000;| Treasury Department, $660,000; Interior Departinent, $410,000; Surveyor Gene- ral’s Department, $102,000; War Department, $130,- 000; Navy Department, $102,000; Post Otfice ‘Depart- ment, $180,000; Executive Printing, $58,000; Philadel- hia "Mint, $145,000; San Francisco Mint,’ $141,000; New York Aseay Ollice, $46,000; New Orivans Mint, $60,000; Charlotte Mint, $80,000; Dahlonega Mint, $8,000; Oregon, $34,000; New Mexico, $17,000; Utah,’ $8,000; Washington, $34,000; Nebraska,$36,000; Kansas,’ $32,000; Judiciary , $191,000; ‘Attorney Gencral, $94,000; Indepen- dent Ttreagury , $126,000; expense coliection land revenue, $355,000; deficiency on r {or the second session of the ‘Thirty. fitth Congress, $138 600; other deficiencos in paper and printing, $140,000; Washington City items, about $60,000; miscellaneous, sy $50,000. The total amount appropriated is about five and a half millions. About haif-past one o'clock a devate ensued as to the order of business. Tho Char submitted to the Sonate whether they should continue the consideration of the Appropriation bill or take up the bill for the acquisition of Cuba, Mr. Supent., (adm.) of La, eaid if the Cuba bill was postponed he would consider it as an evasion of a dircct vote on the bill. He had been informed by its opponents that they intended to prevent a voto upon it this session, He regretted that its friends were missing as the dinner hour approasbed, while the opposition seemed disciplined and were better eitters. He trusted that the bill would be disposed of at this aession. A vote being then taken on the question of postponing the Cuba bill, it was agreed to by yens 33, nays 32, The only amendments of importance introduced in the bill, as reported from the Finance Committee, were one making an appropriation of $20,000 to take & consus of the people of Kansas, with the view of her admission into the Union as a State; one apprapriating $6,000 for the pay of the Oregon Senators; alao additional sections relating to the mint—viz.; extending tho time for the issue of cents two years; also that when refined gold bullion shall de. posited at the mint or its branches, the Treasuror shal! make payments therefor as goon ns itis coined; and thar the charge for coining from the refined gold bullion #ball be three-eighths of one per centom—all of which wore spon, Ir. Kine, (opp.) of N. Y., offered an amendmont to the bill, that any surplus in the receipts over the expenditures of the Assay Office in New York sball bo expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury in the alter. ation of the premises and tho purchase of machinery for coining gold and silver, and that as soon as possibic coin- age shall be commenced. Messrs. King and Sewarn, of N. Y., advocated the reso- Jution, and Mr. Brouen, of Pa., opposed it, all with con. siderable pertinacity, Mr. Hae, (opp.) of N. H., thongh he had no partiality for either city, thought that the New York office merely asked permission to expend the savings jt had made by judicious management, and that it ie economical and wise to bave the money coined at New York, where the gold is brooght, instead Of having it carted to Philadelphia and back. Mr. Henrer, (adm. } of Va., raised a powt of order. Mr. Tyensen, (aim. of Ga., who wan in the Chair, sus- {aiued Mr. Huutor and dgcided that the surplus, if there . belonged to the e Mr, King's ‘amendment was equiva iuoual appropriation, and therefore out of Treasury, & Tent to an ade order Mr. Krx@ won,“ pot appent from the Chair's dectsion, but would take a ‘ler opportunity to put the subject be: ro the ah Seer: od gf the debate, Mr. Cursos, (adm.) of N_€, moved to such © Ob all appropriations for the Assay Ottiee ot New York. Mr. Camrxox, (opp, of Ya. said they aro 8 carctut vod prudens’ People ia Philadelphia; be did not mean to impwaR"h the integrity of the peo. plo of New York, bud f#bey are a great people i and they co things wma Dilcently and expensively. A great deal of movey is wowtm | in that great city, which ospiree not only to be the eam mercial, but the political metropolie of this country, , Mr. Cuincoan said if his amendxwnt prevailed he would move to abolsh the interior cxstem houses in New York State. Mr. Sewarp said this was the first tine he had ever heard or geen any member of that Novge voink be could affect the State of New York by its duprival of the pstroa- ‘age of the federa) government. Mr. Seward was perfect- ly willing for any body to try. Let them go abead, and see how they would come out of it. Tho New York Assay Oflice bad been established four years. Ta which time it bad stamped ninety-six millions of goldand four aad a half millions of silver. The cost of tranaport to and from Philadelphia is one dollar per thonsand dotiars on gold, apd turee dollars per thousand weight on silver. Fue transport of the amount coined at New York was, there- fore equal to seventy-three thousand doliara saved ‘vy the Assay Oflice. Mr. Iverson said the mints of North Carolina and Georgia were establisbed for the benetit of the poorer classes of the miners of the surface mines, and the New York Assay Office for tho benefit of rick men,such as Astor and other millionaires. Mr. Cawunon said this was the first time he had ever beard there were poor men in the South. He would let them have their iittle mints; they.did not cost much, and if we are civil to them they will be civil to us. Mr. ‘Toomms, (adm.) of Ga., in reply to a question. by Mr. Halo, frankly admitted that the circumstances whic! rendered necestary the establishment of a mint in his State had passed’ away, and hence the miot there is now unnecessary. When the mint was established Pbiladeiphin was ‘the centre of the country. Now New York is the financial centre, and New York, New Orleans and San Francisco aro the piaces where there should be mints. As regard- ing the question of retrenchment, he would abolish ex- pense, whether large or small, and without reference to honey, wherever the public received no corresponding event. Mr. Pvan, (adm.) of Ohio, was opposed to the New York Aseay Uflice. His opinion was that the mint should be at Washington. Several! other Senators spoke for and against the amend- ment, and finaliy Mr. Ciingman’s motion was lost by the following vote:— Yeas—Menars. Bayard, Clay, 4. Bay Clingman, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Hammond, iverson, Johnson of Arig Jones, Polk, Pugh, Reed, and Sebastian~ Nave—Nessrs. Hell, Benjattn, Bigler, Brikht, Broderick, rowp, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolit te, Dougias, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Gwia, Hale, Timlin, Harian, Houston, Hunter, Jobngon of Torn., Kenne: dy, Kirg, Lane, Bice, Seward, Simmons, olid ‘Stuart, ‘Toombs, Trambull, Wade, Ward, aud Wilson — 38, Mr. TavMpuxt, (opp.) of Ill., moved that tho mints at Charlotte aud Dahlonega be abolizhed, and that iho Presi- dent sell the sites, Mr. Bayarp, (adm.) of Del., moved to include the Assay Otlice at New York. B Mr. Bayard’s motion was lost, and Mr. Toumbull’s adopted, Mr. Wison, (opp.) of Mass., introduced as a new sec- tion that the mileage of Senators be reduced from forty to twenty cents. He considered that as much as it ought to be. His own opinion was, however, in favor of a graduated scale of from fifteen to twenty-five cents, according to distance. As this House bill makes no appropriation for the mileage of members, he would accept it as an indication that the House condemned the present system, and he would meet them with this pr E Mr. Hunter said this was a delicate and difficut mat- ter, and had better be in another bill. Mr. Hunter him- self could make the suggestion without prejudice, for he receives no mileage, or next to none. Mr. Wilson’s amendment was lost. Mr. Haw, (opp.) of N. H., moved as an additional section to repeal the restriction clause of the act to ad- mit Kansas, and called onthe Oregon Senators to do by her as they thempelves bad been done up. Messrs. Lane and Saurru said, when Kansas camo before Congress seeking admission ay would act by her with justice. The later made a 8 of some length. Mr. Doveras, (opp.) of Ill., took the tioor, and was proceeding to say that his sentiments were well kaown— they have undergone no change, and he did not expect they will change. He held that Kansas ought to come in, irrespective of the census, with such a consti- tution as she shall choose. Hence he did not admit the necessity of the appropriation He wanted either the appropriation stricken out, or the restrictive clause repealed. Mr. Green, (adm.) of Mo., entered his inst the introdution of this exciting and inflammatory subject. He mentioned that he was to-day authorized to report against a constitution framed at Leavenworth, and which had been offered by the Senator from New York, and that ho was delaying it ‘at the instance of the delegate from the Territory, who says forsl ay te do not wish to come in un der that constitution. Mr. Groen, after some further re- marks, concluded by inculcating’ the duty of unity and feeling in all sections of the country. ‘Alter several attempts to adjourn, most of then defeat- ed by the vigilance of Mr. Hunter, who was anxious to get the bill passed, the Senate, at a late hour, adjourned. House of Representatives. ‘Wasinaroy, Feb. 22, 1859. BOUNTY LANDS 70 PRIVATEERSMEN, ‘A motion ot Mr. Davis, (opp.) of Mass., to get up the bill granting bounty lands to privateeramen, was lost by a vote of 90 against 77. ‘The bill now goes to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and will not probably be reached this session. ‘TUK POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL. ‘The House went into committee on the Post Office Ap- propriation bill. Mr. Hatca, (adm.) of N. Y., offered an amendment that the supplies for the department be given by contract to the lowest responsible bidder. He stated that there ‘was a similar provision in the organic law of New York, which has saved millions from corruptions and frauds. This is the only practicable reform. The amendment was rejected. Mr. Garnxrr, (adm.) of Va., spoke of the constantly increasing expenses of the Post Office Department. They grew at the rate of a million a year, and there was no telling where they would stop. le offered an amend- ment restricting the Postmaster General to the present appropriations in next year’s expenditures. Bir, Barkspare, (admi.) of Miss., said the service had been increased on the application of members of Congress, and complimented the Postmaster General on having ex- eg mail facilities to the hitherto neglected South and est. SrcKrEs, (adm.) of N. Y., remarked that the amend- ment would be is positive relief to the Postmaster Genoral, and could not imagine how it could in any possible sense de offensive to him. Mr. Skwarp, (adm.) of Ga., offered an amendment pro- viding that the money shall’ be spent equally in all the States. He did so to show the utter folly and impractica- bility of Mr. Garnctt’s position, that the Post Office De- partment should be self sustaining. Mr. Joun Cocuranr, (adm.) ot N. Y-, was convinced the Department should not, in an economical or_ political sense, be a self sustaining machine. As to New York, the receipts were largely in excess of the expenditures. Mir. Larower, (adm.) of Va., thought the Department shouid be self-sustaining. It was so informer years, under a}] the disadvantages not now existing. Mr. Joun CocmRane (resuming) apoke in favor of the abrogation of the franking privilege as the commencement of a wholesome reform. Mr. Mooxn, (adm.) of Ala., said if the reecipts at Now York were largely in excess of the expenditures, it was in consequence of ocean mail facilities being conferred on that city. Mr. Samm, (adm.) of Va., made similar remarks. Mr. Sickixs replied, asserting on official data that the service in New York is self-sustaining, and is a creditor to the amount of a hundred thousand dollars annually, Mr. Fronxxce, (adm.) of Pa., thought this rivalry be- tween gentlemen in and out of New York should here cease. He trusted that when the Ocean Mail Steamer bill came up, gentlemen would exercise « wise discretion and distribute that kind of servioe all over the Union, and not confine it to New York, which has so many commercial and artificial advantages. The fecal Mr. Garnett’s amendment would be to curtail the service, Mr. Brancn, (adm.) of N. C., favored Mr. Garnett’s’ amendment, while be would make the most liberal postal arrangements. It was only of late years that tho Post- master General had been allowed to call on the public treasury, and this presented a grave reason why Congress should limit and control his discretion in expenditures. Mr. Ganxert said his amendment had nothing to do with the ocean or overland mails. He merely asked that the purse of the nation shall remain under the constitution, and not at the indiscriminate mércies of avy executive officer. After further debate Mr Garnett’s amendment was rejected by ayes 34; noes not counted, Messrs. AveRy, (aim.) of Tenn., and Arts, (adm.) of Tenn, severally replied to the rem made’ yesterday by Mr. Bram, (opp.) of Mo., and with much earnestness defended the Postmaster General from the charge that in solecting the overland mail route he waa influenced by personal considerations, Mr. Avray said that it was true the Postmaster owned Jand m Arkansas, but not within eighty miles of the route, and that was on the Mississippi. Mr. Bram said that Mr. Craig, of Missouri, and Mr. English, of Indiana, had informed him that tue Postmas. tor General owned lands in Arkansas, Mr, Excusn, (adm.) of Ind., denied that he ever com Municated any such information. Mr. Cratc, (adm.) of Mo, explained that he did say that in selecting the route there was mere of politics than advancing the value of the public lands, and that he thonght it was the pioneer to the Pacitic Railroad. He, however, had attributed no unworthy motive to the Post. Master Gonoral, to whom the present administration was indebted for three-fourths of Its popularity. (Laughter. ) Mr. Fronmnce dented that the Postmaster Genoral’'s land touched anywhere near the route. Mr. Bsa wished to be informed how the gentleman knew the fact. Mr Fronsnce replied that he had asked the Postmaster General thir yw The route was heretofore adopted by the Inte Gen, Rusk. ‘These explanations caused not a little excitement. Without concluding action on the bill the Committee rose. ‘THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT aoctErY. On motion of Mr, Buanerr, (adm.) of Ky., the House took up and pasted the Senate bill iacorporating the Wank. ington National Monument Society, THM OVERLAND ROUTE SQUANIER, Mr. Encuen, rising to an explanation, remark. ed that he had never eaid, in conversation with Mr. Blair, of bis own knowledge, that the Post. master General owned Innde in the vielnity of the overland route, although bo might baye spoken of a tte deing fuch rumors in cirerlstion, He Sad a0 recoi- tion, however, even of dong this Mr. Bias replied that be bat vever quoted Mr, Kogheh: Serting the fect of bis own kuowlecge. ‘4 CONTUMACIONs WIPES , Ob motion of Br. Covonn, (ope ) of Pa, Harry Counolly, ster whem the Sergeantat-arins was sent to compol bis «1 DOwLCe us & witheES before the committee to investi te the accounts of the tate Superinteodeat of Public Vrimting, was discharged trom custouy, he having volau- tarily cetursed to Wosbington, ‘THE TALIFY QUESTION. Mr. Hucars, adm.) of Ind., asked leave to introduce @ bul to revive the tariff of 1846. Me. Puls, (adm) of Mo., bad previously moved for recess for general debate, s &l motions were bere wade to adjourn, and the between those in tavor of asjourameut wid Uhone vor of Fecess was confusedly Keptup for u ion Meee. Mr. Howanp, (opp) of Mich., said that it was at Mig 1 Stance the recess was named He wished thereby to factlt tate business, but gentlemen oa the other side had refused this arrangement, Mr. BuRNxT? was opposed to seven or eight gentlenon coming bere and punishing speeches, come o! which never were delivered, Wearied with the contest, the House them adjourned, VERY LATE FROM CALIFORNIA, Arrival of the Quaker City at New Orleans. New Oruiays, Feb. 21, 1859. ‘The steamship Quaker City arrived this evening, with San Francisco dates of the 5th inst. avd 103 passeagens. The Pacific mail steamship: Jobn L, Stephens, wich left Sam Francisco on the 5th, had on board $1 400,000 in treasure, of which $1,096,000 was for New York, and the balance for England. She also had 250 passengors for the Panama route. Business was brisk at San Fraacisco, and money casxa Coffee had advanced—Rio, 20c. a 2034. Adamantineca- dles 31c. Domestic liquor advancing. Arrived at San Francisco previous to 5th inst., ships Memnon, from Boston; Mary Whitridge, from Now York; Boston Light and Penguin, from Wong Kong; Fricndehip, from Hovolulu; Mary F. Slade, from Macao; and Morning Glory, from Cardiff. [Via St. Lonis, we learn that the Pénguin and Boston Light arrived previous to the 28th ult] There had been heavy rains in California, and the whole country was excessively muddy. ‘The news from the mines is favorable. The California Legislature, by a vote of fifty to one, has requested Senator Broderick to resign. From Oregon the intelligence is that the Indians were quiet. ‘The Indians in Southern California wero troublesome, and Gen, Clarke was about to proceed with 500 men to chastise them. i St. Louis, Feb, 21, 1860, ‘The overland mail, with San Francisco dates of the 25th ult., bas arrived. A fight between a party of volunteers, under Capt. Mes- sick, and a large body of Indians, bad occurred, in Ham- boldt county, in which tw@nty Indians were killed anda large number taken prisoners. The Los Angeles Vineyard says there is good reason te believe that a party of fifteen men, belonging to the Stock- ton and Albuquerque Mail Company, have been massacred. on the Colorado by the Mohave Indians. The fight between the Mohaves and Co! Hoffman’s es- cort is confirmed. Victoria dates are to the 224 ult. A bill to legalize the decimal currency had been introduced in the Vancouver's Island Assembly. Large amounts of merchandise were being smuggled into British Columbia from the adjacent American towns. Fraser river had risen several feet and was free from ice, and the miners were generally at work. A card published in the San Francisco Herald, endorsing the address of John Nugent, had caused considerable ox- citement at Victoria, and severa: counter cards had onsiderable rain had fallen in California and siong that end of the mail route. Emigration continued from Texas to the Gila: river 8. Capt Johnson, a passenger from Fort Belknap, en rowle fashington, was robbed as be stepped from’ the train at the Pacific Railroad of a thousand dollars in money and several hundred dollars worth of Treasury drafts. News from Mexico. New Onreans, Feb. 21, 1859. The Quaker City brings later news from Mexico. President Miramon had reached Orizaba with several thousand men, bound to attack Vera Cruz. Great appre- hension was felt regarding the result, Gold has been discovered on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, near Cheralda. News from Havana. New Onteans, Feb. 21, 1859. The steamship Cahawba brings Havana advices of the 18th, but no news of interest. There was no change in the markets since the departure of the Black Warrior, Affairs in Albany. ‘ALnany, Fob. 22, 1859, The Governor issues a proclamation for an election in the Twenty. ninth Senatorial district, to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Stow’s death, on the 15th of March. The quarterly meeting of the State Temperance Society was thinly attended. The proceedings were indicative of desire to return to the agitation of prohibition. Connecticut Polttics. Bripcerorr, Feb. 22, 1859. Tho Fourth Congresgipnal District Convention, ‘held in this city to-day, unarfmously renominated by acclama- tion Hon. W. D. Bishop as their candidate. The resolu- tion adopted endorsed the administration. The convention was enthusiastic and fully attended. Hon. R. H. Wins- low, the democratic candidate for Licutenaat Governor, made an cloquent speech. The convention was also ably addressed by E. B. Goodsell, Esq. In his remarks he showed up the inconsistencies of the republican party in this State, and called the attention of the people of Con- necticut to the enormous State debt which bad accrued under republican rule. He was frequently and loudly ap- plauded during his telling remarks. if Warersury, Feb. 22, 1850. The Democratic Congressional Convention for the Second district met in this city today, and renominated tho present incumbent, the Hon. Samuel Arnoid. On the first informal ballot he ‘received sixty-six out of ninety-aoven votes, and the nomination was afterwards made unani- mous by acciamation. Kentucky Polttics. Lovisvitte, Feb. 22, 1859, The Kentucky Opposition State Convention is in session here to-day, ex-Governor Letcher presiding. A commit- tee has been appointed to report reeolutions. There is an immense crowd of delegates, and nearly every county im the State is represented. ‘The Seminoles Bound West. Ww ORLEANS, Feb. 21, 1859. The steamship Ma. nolia arrived yesterday from Florida, with Major Rector aud seventy-one Seminoles on board, bound to the west of Arkansas, and all in fine spirits. The Southern Pacific Railroad. New OR:KaNS, Feb, 21, 1850. President Fowskes left for Marshall, Texas, on Saturday, to be present at the sale of the road on the Ist of Mai He has published a statement showing adoficit of $200 ‘ot the aaira of the company rand says that he shalt buy 1m e stockholders old com under judgment of the court. ins The Steamship Bremen at Halifax. Haurax, Feb, 22, 1869, The screw steamabip Bremen, Capt. Wessels, from Bre- men 5th inst., put into Halifax at nine o'clock this morn- ing short of coal. She encountered stroug westerly during the entire @, Reports 8th inst., of y een American ship Tickler. Warlike rumors continued roughott Enrope. The Bremen will probably proceed for New York to-night. She did not touch at South- ampton. The Satling of the America, Boston, Fob. 22, 1860, The Cunard steamship America’s mails will close at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, Sho wil! sail for Liverpool via Halifax about noon, Despatches handed {ato the tele- graph office, No. 21 Wall street, New York, so as to reach hore by 11 A. M., will be forwarded by her, ‘The Steamer Potomska, Boston, Feb, 22, 1859. The deck load of the steamer Potomska has washed ashore, but the cargo in her held has not started, She lays on good bottom aud may be got off after discharging her cargo. The Ohio Ri CINCINNATI, Feb, 22, 1850. The river is still rising, but very slowly. PARKKRSBURG, Va, Feb, 22, 1869, The Ohio river at this point, two hundred mise below Pittsburg, is thirty-two feet deep, Goods for the Misaie- tippi river landings or direct through to New Orleans are shipped on through boats three times per week, or for. warded daily to Cincinnati or Louisville, and from. thence on first class packets at low rates and in good timo. Markets, -apiaeinetoes STOCK BOARD, PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 22, 1850, Stocks steady. Pennsylvania State 58, 9215; Rewdls Railroad, 2474; Morris Canal, 47; Long Isaud Raliroad, 11; Penvsyivania Railroad, 43, 4 New Oeteans, Feb, 1 . Tho sales of cotton to-day were 0,000 bales, the’ Heeket cloring at former prices for the ‘bel ; y firm at an advance of ‘cae. Monn Fae. "orn Sloady: 7,000 sacks sid at 6c. 0.906, Pork very dull. ol gd. Ww ORSRANS, Fels, 21, 1850. The cotton market is unchanged: sales today 9,000 bales; middling, 1lc, Light gorules, Go. Molasses, $86. Onis, "800, Bucon— Shoulders, 640.” 0 CHANLRATON, Feb, 21, 1860. ¥ Were 800 bales; prices are do- a inquiry. Freighta on cotton to alto « Nr ‘The eales of cotton tod proweed and there is but SavaNNaM, Feb. 21, 1969 ‘The cotton market is very duli: antes to day 880 baler. . Onerman, Fob, 22, 1859, Flour dull and anchanged, Whiskey dull, at 2616 Provieigua dui, go 1 bbls, aad kogs dard dl jaa