The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1859, Page 4

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The appointment of Mr. Wiggins, of Maine, as Boundary Commis- sioner, was defeated. Robert McLane, of Balti- more, has been nominated as Minister to Mexico. Our letters from the Paraguay fleet contain well grounded reasons for the belief that Lopez was making active prep ions for the defence of his territory, and if Mfieulty with him should not be settled by negotiation we may have some fighting to do on 1] on board the ships for removii ms fromthe river were very ample. [ uay is spoken of as having a good soil for the cultivation of cotte By the arrival of the schooner Enchantress, Capt. Evans, at this port yesterday, we have dates from St. Croix to the 23d ult. The sugar crop was com- ing in slowly, and would fall short of an average one. Business generally was dull. According to the report of the City Inspector there were 372 deaths in this city during the past week, an increase of 52 as compared with the mor tality of the week previous, and 31 less than oc- curred during the corresponding week of last year. The following table shows the number of deaths for the past two weeks among adults and children, dis tinguishing the sexes:— Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Week ending Feb. 26.... 61 811: 107-872 Week ending March 3 145 «(1s 4b Among the principal causes of death were the following :— Diseases. Feb.26. March 5. Bronchitis... oie 5 Consumption 58 65 ‘Convulsions ( “a 40 Dropsy in the head. 18 16 Inflammation of the 5 5 Inflammation of the lungs 33 30 Inflammation of the brain. 12 12 Marasmus (infantile 11 21 Scarlet fever... .12 22 There were also 5 deaths of disease of the kid- neys, 13 of congestion of the lungs, 15 of congestion of the brain, 13 of croup, 8 of erysipelas, 6 of puerperal fever, 9 of disease of the heart, 11 of hooping cough,’ of measels, 3 of teething, 1 of smallpox, 11 premature births, 33 stillborn, and 7 from violent causes. The annexed table shows what portions of the human system have been most affected: — Diseases. Bones, joints, &c, Brain and nerves. Skin, &c., and eruptive feve Stillborn and prematare births Stomach, bowels and other digestive organs. Unoertain seat and general fevers. compared responding weeks in 1857 and 1858, was as fol- lows: — Week ending March 7, 1857 Week ending March 6, 18! ‘Week ending Feb. 26, 185 Week ending March 5, 1859. The nativity table gives 309 natives of the United States, 70 of Ireland, 24 of Germany, 13 of Eng- land, 2 of Scotland, 2 of France, 2 of British Ame- rica, and 2 unknown. The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmosphere in this city daring the past week, the range of the barometer and thermometer, the variation of wind currents, and the state of the weather at three periods duringeach day, via: at 9 A.M., and 3 and 9 o'clock P. M.:— 9A. M. sos goyoup gar REMARKS, Seturday—Morning, snow; afternoon, overcast; night, Sunday—Clear and pleasant al) day. ee ap hy pleasant all day. pe ae lorning, cloudy ; afternoon, clear; night, clear Wodnesday—Clear all day. Thursday—Morning, forgy night, heavy rain and’ sleet. iday—Morning, overcast; Saturday—Morning, clear, An accident occurred on the New Jersey Rail- road, in Jersey City, yesterday Morning, which was very near being attended with fatal consequences, By a neglect to return the switch for the drill train, on the north side of the depot, the Rahway pasgen- cl hoon, commenced snowing; afternoon and night, clear. ger train, which arrived at eight o'clock, ran ofits | proper track into the drill train line, when the two trains came in contact with such force as to knock their smoke stacks together, There were « veg cars in the passenger train, which were all full, aud the two of them in front were badly broken. Seats were smashed and the people thrown about in great confusion, Some of the passengers and employés of the company sustained severe bruises, but none of them were seriously injured. The damage tothe engines, &c., will cost near twenty-five thousand dollars, and was caused by a mistake of a flagman who acted for the regular switchman while the latter was at breakfast. Yesterday was an active day in the cotton market. The sales embraced about 8,400 bales, a considerable portion of which was sold in transitu. Prices closed firm on the basis of 126. for middling uplands. If we estimate the average price at 124¢c, per Ib., aud the bales at 440 Ibs. each, the value of the sales made yesterday will amount to the sum of $479,460. Flour was again active and firma, with a speculative feeling, while sales of common and medium grades were made at better prices. Southern flour was algo active, and free sales made at full prices. ‘Wheat was in good demand and sales active, while Prices were without change of moment. Corn was more buoy- ant, with sales of Jersey and Southern yellow at 8Sc. a 86c., and Western mixed at 87c. a §72gc. Pork was heavy and lower, with sales of now mess at $17 98 a $17.95, and old do. at $1737 $17 40 and $13 10 a $13 15 for prime. Sugars were firm and active, with sales of 1,200 to 1,300 hhds., 1,000 bags Cal- cutta, 3,800 bags Pernambuco, and 109 boxes white Ha- vana, allon terms given in another column, Coffee was firm. The chiof transaction of the day comprised the Roanoke’s cargo of 4,400 bags of Rio at 11:0. ‘The rates f freight were witnout chango of moment. To Liverpool, the chief engagement consisted of 1,000 bales of cotton at £-32d. a 3-16d., and 600 bbls. rosin at 1s. 6d. Scandalous Developements of the Metropoli- tan Police. The report of the Senate committee appointed to investigate the Metropolitan Police system was presented to that body on Friday last. We published the report yesterday, and we give to- day in another column the leading portions of the testimony taken by the committee at their sessions in this city, and we will venture to say that a more disgraceful record of corruption, in- efficiency and general misconduct, has rarely, if ever, been presented to the public. The wit- nesses from whom the facts were elicited were not parties hostile to the force or the system, but were for the most part officers, clerks, door- keepers and messengers attached to the Metro- politan Police, so that they cannot be suspected of exaggeration in the statements they have made under oath. Let us glance at some of the facts brought to light by this investigation. It was shown, in the first place, that many members of the force are men of the worst charac- ter, some of them being well known thieves and rowdies, who, before their appointment as con- servators of the public peace and the lives and property of our citizens, had made acquaintance with the cells of the station houses and prisons for gross violation of the laws. Drunkenness and rowdyism have been proved to existin many of the station houses; captains of police as well as the men, it is sworn, are frequent visiters to houses of ill-fame, and that, too, in the uniform of the force; the most infamous con- duct, hardly fit to be mentioned, has been practised with prostitutes in the police stations; and one witness, himself an officer, testifies that this class when arrested for disorderly con- duet are treated with more fayor than any other prisoners; in many instances, while poor house less people secking a lodging in the station houses are put into miserable cells, prostitutes arrested on some charge are treated to superior accommodations in the rooms of the officers, and receive especial favor at their hands. Nor is this all. A more flagrant charge has heen established by an Alderman of Brooklyn against an officer of that city, namely: the violation of an unfortunate female prisoner in the cells. Upon this charge being! proved to the satiafaction of the police authorities, as it appears it was, one would sup- pose that instant dismissal of the delinquent would have followed; but instead of that it turns out thathe has been punished only by removal from Brooklyn to a district in the Five Points— a more congenial location for such a fellow—and which probably proved a reward rather than a punishment. It appears, moreover, that on many occasions the men picked each other’s pockets, stole their companions’ pay and sundry other articles, in the station houses. The extent to which politics have been introduced into the police system may be learned from the fact that many members of the force of all ranks and grades were in the habit of deserting their posts here to attend con- ventions at Syracuse and elsewhere, and to lobby in Albany against the repeal of the Metropolitan Police law. Further, it is sworn by a witness, who was a candi- date for the Legislature last fall, that a de- putation of policemen in full uniform waited on him before the election and catechised him as to his political opinions, threatening that if he did not pledge himself in favor of maintaining the Metropolitan Police law they would defeat him— a pledge which, the gentleman says, he indig- nantly refused to give. ‘The famous “house and lot” transaction is well ventilated in the testimony. It appears that sub- scriptions were collected from the men for the purpose of purchasing or paying a part of the purchase money on a house and lot for a favorite Police Commissioner, but when it was found that the business was unpopular with the press and the people the money was returned. Subscrip- tions, however, it is admitted, were taken from the men to secure Mayor Tiemann’s election, and also to assist Mr. Daniel D. Conover in his trou- bles about the Street Commissfonership, Sinecures are shown to be quite plenty in the force. Men who receive the full salary of pa- trolmen—$800 a year—perform only such duties as messengers as a boy could do, and clerks arg employed in the office of the Superintendent and others, at comparatively high salaries, whose duties only occupy them a few hours in the day. Favoritism—whether of a corrupt nature or not we do not know—is manifested. The horses of the mounted police are kept in livery stables owned by a brother of one of the Commissioners; the carriages used by the Commissioners are hired from a member of the force; and, from the evidence adduced on this point, it appears that these carriages have been occasionally used by the family of one of the Commissioners to go “shopping.” Is there any comment necessary after these facts ? While such a state of things exists in the police system it is no wonder that life and property are unprotected, or that the standard of morals should be 60 low in the metropolis. What can be expected of a body so utterly degraded, vicious and corrupt, as the police force of this city is re- presented to be by the sworn statements of so many of its own members? | columns, There is another investigation going on in this city of the resent time befte the Police Com- missioners, reports of which appear daily in our and the revelations of corruption there hardly less startling. made ar With rence to the Senate committee's re- | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1859. port, it is remarkable that, although copies of that document were furnished to all the news- papers in the city, yet the two republican orgaus— the Tribune und Times—ignored it entirely. These Journals, which make such a spread of every p against the demecratic government, are 4é silent x6 tombstones about this most mon- strous developement of corruption and extrava- gance in a public bod} ever made in any com- muni We commend a perusal of the testimony we publich to-day to our readers as an indication of the multifarious evils resulting from Albany legislation for the city of New York; and we trust that the Legislature, with this record of infamy befcre them, will rid us of the nuisance, by abolishing the Metropolitan Police law al- qogether. The Lecturing Season—Wholesnale Boring, {| Of all metrepolitan epidemics, the lecturing fever is the worst; of all bores, the professional lecturer is the most terrible. To manufacture such an article it is only necessary to have a cer- tain amount of notoriety, which can be easily obtained by swindling your friend or debauch- ing your neighbor's wife; a modicum of what our New England brethren call the gift of the gab; haifa dozen books of ready reference, and, the grand requisite of all, a degree of impu- dence which will stand any amount of outside pressure, With these requisites, the first class lecturer may start on his travels fully prepared, in his own opinion, to enlighten the people of the provinces. Were the lecturing operations con- fined to the rural districts, where the people look upon the philosopher who illuminates the Ly- ceum in consideration of “twenty-five dollars and expenses paid,” as a sort of show, like the circus, or menagerie or negro singers, we should have no particular interest in it. But while we are quite willing that our coun. try cousins should have their lecturers in peace, we, on the part of the metropolis, must seriously protest against such a flood of literary dishwater as that which was last week poured out upon five or six city audiences, limited in numbers, but grand in endurance. It has been our melan- choly duty to read careful reports of all these effusions, and our readers have shared our labors toacertain extent. Once ina while there is a grain of wheat in the chaff, generally gleaned from some other philosopher's field. These grains we have preserved, after the manier of the fly in amber; as for the rest, it is totally unworthy of more than a mere mention, and that only for the purpose of showing up several arrant humbugs and literary charlatans, whose audacity and pre- tension are insulting to the repute of our city: That the public is of our mind, may be ascer- tained from the fact that in no case last week did one of the lecturing lights attract a respecta- ble audience, so far as numbers are concerned: Even the invitation of such profound scholars and philosophical constellations as those who originated the “People’s Lectures” could not attract people to the Academy to hear Massa Greeley lecture on “Great Men”—and this notwithstanding the puff preliminary in the bills, which states that the committee be- lieved that this lecture would prove “one of the most valuable and brilliant of the series.” The public evidently disagreed with the cummittee altogether, or else had a bad opinion of the “sertes,* fur the attendance was limited. The savants were wrong and the publicright. The lecture was a collection of or- dinary commonplaces, such as might have ori- ginated with the leader ofa country debating society upon some such important question as “Which is the greatest man—Massa Greeley or the Chevalier Webb?” This committee are, according to their announcement, the self- elected teachers of the people in literary, scienti- fic and artistic matters, No doubt they are quite capable to fulfil the task they have undertaken, and their recent “brilliant” selection is quite sufficient to satisfy the most skeptical person on that point. Another curious lecture of the weé& was that of a “Reverend” gentleman whose alleged breaches of the seventh commandment made such a stir in Boston some time ago. The subject was “The Powers of the Repub- lic’’—a production in the style of the baccalau- reate essays with which our academic youth are wont to soothe the summer slumbers of long suf- fering friends. This philosopher’s capital,as a lecturer, is the notoriety he attained when tried for adultery, and the impudence of the man in trading upon it is sublime. Another curious genius is the distinguished theatrical Count who has left the society of European monarchs, and so on, to inflict all his tediousness upon us. The Count’s address was nominally upon Louis Napoleon and George Washington ; but, as these persons are evidently of secondary importance to the Count, as compared with him. self, the lecture was chiefly devoted to his own adventures, which were served up in every style. It is cheering to know that the great Lafayette laid his hand upon the shoulder of the Count five and twenty years ago, and doubtless gave him sixpence ; refreshing likewise is the an- nouncement that the Count once took a glass OF wine with Mr. Webster, who abhorred thin pota_ tions; but, grander than all is the announce- ment on the part of the Count, that if any one thinks he ought not to wear foreign decorations he will dash them in pieces. For this and another instance of self-sacrificing patriotism, when the Count, as he says, gave up four thou- sand a year rather than serve a foreign govern ment, we are aftaia that the American people will never be shMiciently grateful. The next Hercules in the lecturing field is a metropolitan editor, who, in speaking before a s0- ciety of mechanics, took the remarkably appro- priate subject of “Fashionable Society.” He made a double success: First, the audience laughed; and, second, the lecturer proved that he knew nothing of his subject. His view of socisty goes back at least fifteen years, during which time he has been engaged in producing news- Papers, which always died cither in process of parturition, or ata very tender age. The gods if there be truth in the proverb, must love these bantlings very much, and he might de- liver a very amusing and interesting lecture upon his newspaper experiences, The art and mystery of killing journals has never yet been exploited, and herein our editor is the very man for the occasion. For once, he may achieve a success, by recounting the history of his failures: Our list is not yet exhausted. An Italian “ Professor’ has taken advantage of the re- ported death of the King of Naples and the Two Sicilies to ventilate the liberal side of Sicilian politics. He gives along history of the affairs of '48, and from that r’sum! claims that “per- fidious Albion” is reeponsible for the chains that now bind the Neapolitans and Sicilians. The gist of the lecture, however, is in the announce- ayeat that there will be another rising Ja Slotly pretty soon, and that this time the people are going to do the work themselves, which is one of those sensible ideas that is only learned in the expensive school of experience, and sometimes not even there. We do not pretend to say that here and there’ we havenot a lecturer who is capable of im- parting information upon scientific or literary to- pice in an agreeable way, and who therefore is not a bore; but what we do say, and what we think we have proven out of the mouths of the brilliant bores above mentioned, is that the whole lecture system is a humbug, the chief object of which is the support of a parcel of lazy fellows who will adopt any shifts to gain a living out of the very small wits with which mother nature has pro, vided them. <j The Progress of Reform in Turkey—Resis- tance of the anti-Liberal Factien. Fanaticism has ever been in the world’s his- tory an impulsive element—sometimes smoulder- ing in the crater of human desires, again felt in restless upheavings, and anon bursting forth in volcanic fury. It swept over the Eastern world, like a sea of blood, with the tide of Moslem con- quest, and for awhile lay peacefully cradled in some of the finest regions of Asia and Europe. It was dormant in Stamboul while the allies were etruggling for the independence of Turkey, but has once more commenced its convulsive throes. Even while the fleets of the allied Powers were anchored in the Bosphorus, the Ulemas made a desperate appeal to Mussulman bigotry. Now, the indignation and apprehensions of the Chrie- tians are aroused by the massacre of Jeddah and the atrocities at Jaffa, foreboding other similar outbreaks; and the natural conclusion is that the fires of Mussulman fanaticism will never become extinct until the dogma and the race are buried in the ruins of the empire. Onr recent advicesfrom Europe inform us that two principal ringleaders in the massacre of the Christians at Jeddah—the Chief of the Police and the Chief of the Adramants—had been condemn- ed to death, and were executed on the 13th of January. The Kamaikan and the others accused had been sent to Constantinople, where their fate would be decided upon. The fact that men in authority have been the perpetrators of these crimes shows plainly that a deeper policy than religious persecution or mere hatred of the infidels has instigated these rebellions. The truth is that the anti-liberal party are making a desperate effort to regain the ascendency, and are endeavoring to avail them- selves of the bigotry of the people to convince the central government that the empire will go to ruin upon the new basis of reform and civili- zation. The reformation, as initiated by Reshid and secozded by others, was at best a mere tourbillou to throw dust in the eyes of Europe and blind her to the real state of the Ottoman empire, in- asmuch as the “ Tanzimat” of 1839 itself was a shadow without substance, for it did not meet the exigencies of the Christian population in the Turkish dominions. Yet even this mere shadow of franchise to the Christians was so distasteful and abhorrent to those who had long been in power, and who had been living upon the fat of the land, that they chased away the hopes of de- liverance from the oppressed, and stigmatized the originator of the Tanzimat as the Giaour Reshid! And it was the réyime of this party that reduced the “sick man” to his last gasp. Recent events have, however, forced upon the Porte the necessity of assimilating it- self to the rest of the civilized world by making the required concessions to their rayahs, or Christian subjects, by allowing them the share in political power and civil rights which is evidently their due. Consequently we now hear of Christian pashas, beys and effendis; and we shall not be astonished to hear of these same “giaours” becoming members of the Privy Council and governorsof provinces. It is not to be wondered at that such unheard of innova- tions should excite the ire of the chosen of Allah, who have so long considered themselves, in virtue of their faith, the inheritors of dignities, high places, spoils, and the only lords of the soil. The Christian world should not feel surprised that it is difficult for the Sultan to put a stop to their machinations or to quell their conspiracies; nor should it reflect upon his government any share of the blame of the massacre of Jeddah, or other similar atrocities. Indeed, these events were predicted a year ago by one well versed in Turkish affairs—Mr. Oscanyan—who says, ia his work on Turkey:— Nevertheless, some of these yery men, 80 long habitu- ated to power and the spoils of office, may, under the guise of religious enthusiasm, become ‘the instigators of Opposition through the superstitions of the multitude. Hence the gazottes will occasionally report hostile demon- strations, and even bloodshed. Events having fully proved the correctness of these predictions, we are disposed to agree with the same writer when he asserts that “any at- tempts at insurrection must prove futile, for, with the destruction of the Janissaries, the spirit of rebellion perished in Turkey.” No rank or influence has been able to save the instigators of the Jeddah massacre from justice, and there seems to be no disposition to compro- mise matters on the part of the Porte. This en- ergetic act of the government is not only com- mendable, but will prove a substantial check upon all future conspiracies; nevertheless, we shall anxiously watch the movements of those who wield the destinies of +50, Mussnlmans and Christians in the ‘ast, for the regeneration of Turkey anc the prosperous condition of its in- habitants, as well as the peace of the world, are dependent upon their good faith and patriotism. Tae Crevasier Forney tw Distress Acaty.— The Chevalier Forney is always in tears about the Hera. By his accounts, this journal isever going to the bad. Latterly he has shed some tears over the fact that the Post Office list of uncalled for letters is not now printed in the Heratp. Notwithstanding the fact, saith the Chevalier, that the Heratp has supported the administration of Mr. Buchanan, the list of letters is now printed in another journal. This, the Chevalier thinks, ie a terrible misfortune His idea of printing a newspaper is to secure a certain portion of the spoils, no matter how small and how mean they may be. Hence these tears, Hence this Jeremiad over the Heranp. Now, we will tell the Chevalier about the matter of the list of letters. The fuct is,we declined to print it because the government will not pay a fair price for the work, and becanse we can occupy the space which it tales up to much greater advantage. Our circulation—ran- ning up to nearly nincty thousand per day, the greatest issue ever attained by any journal in the world—renders it easy for us to obtain the list at Any moment hy resorting to the law; but we do not desire it, will not have it, nor any other offi- cial advertisement, unless paid for at our regular rates. The list of letters docs not pay for the poper on which it fs printed, ox the gomposttion of the types with which it iseet up. The go- vernment pays about eleven huodred doilars per annum for it—the space—and it is worth te us, in eolid cash, as much as ten thousand dollars. Several years ago the Corporation of this city paid us three thousand dollars per annum for prioting the official reports of its proceedings. Other city journals were paid about five hundred for the same work. This payment to us was not sufficient, and we declined the work unless we could have at least double the re- muneration. Private citizens are ready to pay our rates, and there is no reason why govern- ments should not do so. We ask no favors from any administration or any government whatso- ever. If we advertise for them it must be at the regular rate, which is proportionate to the circu- lation and the consequent strength and power of the journal. If they do not see fit to pay this they can go elsewhere, and we shall not lift a finger to prevent it. So much for the Chevalier Forney, who has, in attempting to geta fling at the Herarp, ex- posed the ececret of his opposition to Mr. Bucha- nan. Mr. Chevalier Forney was shut out of the kitchen, and abuses his old master because he (Forney) did not have free scope among the spoils. Poor Ferney! Revenations Asour Spirrrvatism—Dancer to Our Sociat, Sysrem.—In another page we publish a letter from Dr. Hatch, making fearful revelations about the secret immorality of spirit- ualism, and the dangerous tendency of the sys- tem as regards the domestic and social relations, more particularly in reference to the institution ofmarriage, According to the testimony of this gentleman—who is an expert, and ought to know, having been behind the scenes and wit- nessed what he describes—the “free love’ sys- tem, so long patronized and encouraged by the New York Tribune, has developed itself to full maturity in the spiritualist circles, and is bring- ing forth its appropriate fruit. Ofall the delu- sions of the past, that which most resembles spiritualism in its recent developements is Bac- chanalianism, or the worship of the god Bac- chus, which, with its rites, mysteries and orgies, was at first secretly introduced and secretly car- ried on at Rome. During the latter part of its history it was practised at night, when the worst excesses and the most unnatural vices were indulged in by both sexes, At first, only women were initiated, and the orgies continued for three days every year, and only in the day time. The women acted the part of priestesses in turn. But one of them, pretending to act under the inspiration of Bacchus, changed all this. The day was turned into night, and men were introduced, and the celebration of the mysteries continued five nights in every month, when licentiousness and every crime were carried op in the most shameful manner. “Tt was a principle with them,” says the Roman historian Livy, who gives a full description of the Bacchanalia, “to hold every ordinance of God and nature in contempt,” which exactly corresponds with what Dr. Hatch attributes to spiritualism. In both systems, too, the votaries profess to be moved by spiritual in- fluence to the indulgence of their passions. The Bacchanalians, as if seized by madness, uttered oracles, and women ran about with dishevelled hair under the divine afflatus. Those who re- fused to join in the orgies were murdered and secreted, when it was given out that the gods had carried them away. In the last two years none were admitted beyond the age of twenty, being the age deemed most fit for seduction and sensuality. It was calculated that in all 7,000 persons had been admitted. The Senate was at last aroused, and by a decree abolished the Bacchanalia, having first, by a sort of coup d'état, seized simultaneously, at night, the principal leaders, both men and women, whom they brought to trial, putting to death some, and imprisoning others, This was one hundred and cighty-six years before the birth of Christ. , Now what says Dr. Hatch? “Sodem and Gomorrah never presented a more diabolical bedlam than the spiritual associations.” They claim the right of promiscuous love, as “ the most sacred of all heaven’s rights,” and the mar- riage relation is trampled under foot as “a nar- row conventionalism.” And the maiden se- ducing the other sex, and after bringing forth the fruit of sin, is taught to say—* It is my God- given right to re-beget myself, when and by whom, and under what circumstances to me seem fit.’ “Husbands invite men to occupy the beds of their wives, and wives solicit of other women indulgences for their husbands.’ The following picture, in which the modus operandi of seduction is painted, is truly horrible, and there is something worse than even this contained in Dr. Hatch’s extraordinary letter:— Profane and intemperate mon, libertines, adulterers and adultoresses, are openly upheld and encouraged by the spiritual societies all over the country and their public teachers in their sacrilegious worship. Women, thirty or forty years of age, with children growing up around them, and who have abandoned their husbands, of whom ean ‘Were not worthy, and are living in adultery with their paramours, produce abortion and arise from their ium for angels. itis fully acksowledged itheir pubic Journals that moral character is no test of qualification for @ public teacher. Private circles form no small share of this evil and delusion. These are formed by placing a man by the side of each woman, all joining ‘a. The aflectioual and emotional feelings are actively exercised, and the magnotic force of the entire circle becomes con- cehtrated upon the most beautiful and susceptible female members, and the result may be easily conjectured, The sadn th tee trol rah Addatton of pti, ome There, fore rendering submission becomes @ retigious dulu. Now, what is the practical conclusion to Which we ought to come? We would not go the lengii of the Senators of Rome, and put the spiritual- ists to death. But considering the fearful evils the system is inflicting on our social fabric—sap- ping the very foundations of religion, virtue and morality—it becomes a question whether the Le- gislature ought not to interfere. It has inter- posed in the case of masked balls, which are mere bagatelles compared with the orgies of the spiritual circles. Certainly a committee ought to he appointed by the Senate or Assembly to inquire into the trath of the allegations of Dr. Hatch. Some strong and decisive measure is necessary to arrest the progress of these abomi- nations, Rvwors or Mone Bioop axp Tacxper.—There is a rumor that the Sickles tragedy has created such a quarrel between the editors of the Post and Times that it must lead to a challenge, a duel, and asettlement over at Hoboken, or at the other side of Niagara river. This “affair of honor” is to come off between the responsible edi- tors—Raymond for the Times, and Bryant for the Post. If such an alarming event should actually take place, the chances are decidedly in favor of Master Raymond. The superficies which he pre- sents is at least one-third Jess than that of his antagonist. How is this inequality to be rectified beforehand? It will be too late to discuss it in the newspapers after a deed of blood is done The only way the difficulty can be solved is that which little Curran onee proposed to an adver- pary twice his dimensions; let Raymond chalk 2] wf exactly his figure upon the person of Bi and if a bullet should strike outaide the outlis that shot to be deemed unfair. Corrgcrion or an Insvstice.—In not! column we publish a letter from Mr. E. G. 5 erland, contradicting the testimony given b witness named Frink, concerning him, before Lobby Investigating Committee at Albany. appears from Mr. Sutheriand’s statement that q testimony is not only not true but impo for the simple reason that he was not a mem of the Legislature of 1856, whea the Alb Bridge bill was passed. THE LATEST NEWS. “AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPIT: the Postmaster G ral—Robert McLane Nominated as Min to Mexico—Appointments Confirmed Rejected by the Senate—The Obstruc! at the Mouth of the Mississipp!—Wil th be an Extra Session of Congress ?—Effe of the Failure of the Post Office Bill, de. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. ‘Wasurvcton, March 5, 1859, Dr. Miller, the physician ia attendance upon Posty General Brown, says this evening that he cannot through the night. Yesterday Goy. Brown accident learned the defeat of the appropriation bills for his partment, though every precaution bad been taken keep the knowledge from him, and since that time ‘symptoms have been greatly aggravated. He has been informed of Mr. Marron’s death, The Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmg number of unimportant nominations, mostiy m: officers and postmasters. A long debate took place on nomination of Mr. Wiggins, of Maine, as Boundary Co missioner, which was finally rejected by a vote twenty-eight to twenty-seven. A reconsideration will) moved on Monday. Senator Hamlin preferred chal ugainst him, principally of incompetency. After a i tracted discussion, Mr. Simmons was confirmed as 6. geoninthe army. There is quite a number of contesi cages, which may keep the Senate in session til! the Last} next week. Robert McLane, of Baltimore, was nominated to-tay Minister to Mexico, and Mr. Larantree as Secretary Legation. . The bill authorizing the Secretary of War to take out the treasury the unexpended balance formerly appi priated for the purpose of improving the bar at the mor of the Mississippi, and apply it to the purpose original intended, was passed and received the President's sig ture. ‘The money had lapsed into the treasury, and ben} the neceesity for the bill. h The St. Clair Flats bill was pocketed. No determination can be arrived at for some days as whether there will be a called session or not, but it] known that the President will not resort to this course it can be avoided. By an unfortunate coincidence the head of the Pa Office Department is lying on a sick bed, and the fiaaus officer of the department died suddenly on the last nig of the session, The President has directed the two s viving Assistant Postmasters General, Messrs. Ki and Dundas, to prepare without delay a compld exhibit of the department, showing the deficit in appy priations for the present year, ending June 30th, beliey to be four millions, the several contracts for which government is held, the lors which will be sustained the stoppage of the machinery of tho department, ad such suggestions as they may deem proper. Wnhea ti exhibit is received, the President will at once consider tl whole subject,and promptly decide upon the necess course, with a strong predetermination to avoid an ext session, if possible. The misery which contractors wiil be subjectod to ¥ the failure on the part of the government to moet its ¢ gagements is incalculable, and the damages which thd will be entitled to will amount to millions. All this be charged to Mr. Grow’s movement in the Housed Friday night, in sending an insulting message to tif Senate, and, doubtiess, with a view to forcing an ox session. Grow is a prominent republican candidate Speaker. A large number of members havo yet toy elected to the House, all of them democrats, and it almost impossible that California and Oregon, at events, can be represented in a called session. States alone lose the democratic organization votes; and as the Speakership will be a close ob test, the whole proceeding can thus be directly trac a8 @ republican movement to secure the organization the next House, looking to its effect in 1860. But if extra session is found to be indispensable, it will be call for as late a day as possible, 80 as to give every State opportunity to be represented. It is conceded that the passage of the law authorizin the reissue of Treasury notes is duo to the personal exe tions of Secretary Cobb on the floor of the House a ‘Thursday night. Critical Condition of THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. Wasuixoroy, March, 5 1859. There is now no doubt that there wil be an extra st sion of Congress called by the President earlier than th first Monday in December next, but whether in advance o or directly after the autumn elections for Representative {8 not yet determined. Not only the condition of the Pa Office Department but other branches of tho public vice absolutely require legislation before the usual time a meeting of Congress. The New Yorkers who voted on the Treasury Note Ex] tension pill are as follows:—Yeas—Messrs, Barr, Joh Cochrane, Corning, Maclay, Russell, Searing and Taylo Naye—Messrs. Andrews, Bennett, Clark, Dodd, Fento Goodwin, Granger, Haskin, Hoard, Matteson, Mo Murray, Olin, Palmer, Sherman and Spinner. The President withheld his signature from the bil! a] Propiating fifty-five thousand dollars for deepening th channel of the St. Clair Flats. Mr. McLane has not yet been nominated to the Sen: a8 Minister to Mexico, hence the rumors prevalent to-n ‘as to his confirmation are untrue. There was a long debate in the secret session of th Senate to-day on the nomination of Mr. Wiggin as Com| missioner to settle the boundaries between the United States and Great Britain. Postmaster General Brown now lies more dangerous! ill than heretofore. The President and members of th Cabinet visited him to-day. Much solicitude is every] where manifested concerning his truly critical condition. Jt. has been orroncously stated that Senator Poare denounces the report of the Conference Committee on th Post Office Appropriation bill. He was a membor of thi committee, and corcurred in and signed the report, all though he stated he yielded to it with very great reluc| tance, preferring the passage of the bill, however, to i defeat. ‘The Interior Department has certified to the State o { Jowa two millions one hundred and thirty thousand of isn. under the grant for railroads in that State, unde the act of Inu: May, 1666, The Senate to-day wsxirmert A. N. Zevely, formériy’ 0 North Carolina, and long a clerk in the Post Office Depart} ment, to be Third Assistant Postmaster General, in plac of Mr. Marron, deceased. The Senate also confirmed Robert Ould as Attorney fo the District of Columbia, vice Key, deceased, SNAILS een THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Extraordinary Session of the Senate. Wasninarox, March 5, 1859. The Senate adopted a resolution on motion of Mr. Mat.-| tory, (adm.) of Fia., directing the Secretary of War to in. form the Senate whether Sharpe’s rifle carbines are used by the troops, and if #0, whether they have been found efficient and servicable in the field. Also, whether there is ® requisition on file for such arms which has not been filled, and if #0 by whom, and the number, The following are the most important changes made im the standing committees for the present session. On Commerce—-Mesers. Powell and Sauisbe: of, Messrs, Reed and Allen, ee On Public Lands—Mr. Bingham, in place of Mr. Stuart. On Naval Affairs—Messrs. Anthony and Nicholson, im Place of Messrs. Allen and Rell. On Pensions—Mr. Grimes, in place, of Mr. Jones, of Towa, The Senate went into secret session, When the doors were opened Mr. Seward submitted a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for copies of all contracts which have been made for removing the ob- structions at the mouth of the Mississippi, the amount 60 q expended and to whom paid, Xoyowsaed, Pai laid over. The Boston Post Office. Boston, March 5, 1359. At balf-past four o'clock this afternoon the old Bostow Pow t Office was closed, and at five o'clock precisely the Qaie a waa opened, Ti bag Qeee,