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4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Orrics i. w. convER OF FCLTON AXD ASSAU GTS, ee TERMS, advance. Money sent twill Be at the ede the sender” Ponage stampa not as eubscrigtion THE DAILY HERALD, too conta per copy, per anmen JOB PRINTING aecuied with noamear "sheobnass and de BROADWAY THEA’ Broadway.—Axtoxy Cux0 vaTea—Hunting 4 Teese ze NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—Ciscvs Paaronuaxcas— Fain SrRcracus OF '‘CrmpERniLs. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Ove Encuisn Cousix— ‘Magu Basrei—Tom Cuinaie’s Loa. LAURA KEENE’S THKATRE, No, 6% Broadway.—Ove Ansnicax Seca Bene or cum Lira or Wasu- Am@rTOX. THEATRE FRANCAIS, 585 Broadway—Ow Demaxve 0s GouveRNerR—QUaND ON ATTEND sa Bouse. BARNUM'’S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway.—After- noon—Dzap Su0t—Baian O' Linn, Evening—Haxvest Hous ‘WOOD'S MINSTREL BUILDING. 561 and 663 Broadway— Evmoriax Songs, Dances, 40 —Mysti0 Sreu. BEYANTS’ MINSTRELS, MECHANICS’ HALL, 437 Broad- way—Necxo Soxes axp Bouresacas—Kesgr 'ex ix pe Tent. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street.—Oration ny Hox. J. H. B. Larone. New York, Thursday, March 10, 1859. The News. The intelligence of the death of Postmaster General Brown was officially communicated to the Bectte by the President yesterday. Senator Nichol- aoa, ot Tennessee, delivered a eulogy upon the character of the deceased, and upon his motion the vusual resolutions of respec. #24 condolence were ‘adopted. The Senate in executive session confirm- ed the nomination of Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, as Postmaster General, and that of George W. Jones as Minister to New Granada. Mr. Jones, how- ever, declines the appointment. Several other ap* pointments were also confirmed. The extraordi- nary session of the Senate will be brought to a close at noon to-day. By the arrival of the steamship Quaker City at New Orleans we have important news from Vera Cruz. It is stated that a portion of Miramon’s forces had been defeated in an attack upon Jalapa, and returned to Perote, and that subsequently Miramon reached Alvarado, intending to march upon Vera Cruz by way of the seacoast. The latest report, moreover, states that Miramon, at the head of five thousand troops and forty field pieces, had arrived before Vera Cruz. We have advices from Rio Janeiro to the 29th of January. It was reported that President Lopez, of Paraguay, had visited all his forts and inspected his troops, who were eager to meet our forces, The steamers Atlanta and Caledonia sailed to join the Paraguay expedition on the 20th. The M. W. Chapin and Caledonia were coaling, and would Teave on the D0th. The health of Rio was good. Neither the steamship North Briton, due at Port- land, nor the Arabia, due at Halifax, with news from Europe, had been signalized up to a late hour last evening. ‘The steamship Glasgow, which ar- rived at this port last evening from Glasgow, reports encountering heavy westerly gales during the entire passage. The telegraph reports that the ice in the North river at Albany was breaking up yesterday. We may, therefore, in a few days, have the river in navigable order, when the spring trade will receive an additional impetus. The steamship Baltimore, while on her second trip from Havana for Baltimsre, came in col- lision, in Chesapeake Bay, on the night of the Sth instant, with a propeller, aud sunk immediately. The crew barely escaped with their lives. The Baltimore is insured in this city and Hartford. The case of Stephens, charged with poisoning his wife, still occupies the Court of Oyer and Ter miner, and the continuation of the testimony of Mise Bell yesterday will be found to be interesting Pending the investigation we forbear giving any expression as to the probability of the guilt or in- nocence of the party accused, or respecting the insinuations of the defendant's counsel as to the motives for the accusation. That horrid fire bell in the Park interrupted the proceedings to such an extent that the Court remarked with some severity on the indifference of the city government respect- ing the convenience of the courts. See our report. The Coroner's investigation in the case of the Chinaman Appo, charged with killing Mrs. Fletcher: terminated yesterday, when the accused was com- mitted to the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Jury. The Police Commissioners yesterday, in the case of policemen Rackett and Mills, of the City Hall squad, charged with extorting money from two men whom they had arrested at Niblo’s theatre on suspicion of being engaged in circulating counter- feit money, decided that the charges were not clearly proven. They, however, dismissed Rackett from the force for intoxication, and fined Mills fif- teen days’ pay for taking a drink while on duty, and searching his prisoners in a public house, in- stead of taking them to the station house. Officer C. D. Wynkoop, formerly of the Mayor's squad, was dismissed for circulating’ a statement that an inti- mation had been made by one of the sergeants of the Mayor's squad that the men must divide. Offi- cer John B. Bendon, of the Twenty-second precinct, ‘was broken for intoxication. It was stated that this officer threatened to shoot another unless he would Btandtreat. Officer Alexes Delafolio, of the Eighth precinct, was broken for insolent language to a superior officer. Officer Owen Fallon, of the First precinct, was also dismissed the force. A commu- nication was received from the Commissioners of Emigration, intimating that further difficulties were expected at Quarantine. The matter was referred to the General Superintendent, with power. Quite a large and enthusiastic meeting of produce merchants was held yesterday afternoon, which took measures to erect a new Corn Exchange in place of the present dilapidated edifice in South street. The projectors of the movement are sub. scribers of the old association, who deem their course necessary for commerce and trade, on ac- count of the refusal of the Corn Exchange Associa- tion to take steps in the matter. A committee of five was appointed to select a suitable site for the proposed edifice. The Commissioners of Emigration held their weekly meeting at the usual place last evening. The President announced that he had received a re- solution from the Assembly, directed to the Borrd, sking by what authority the Board had com- menced a suit to test the title of Castle Garden. ‘The President stated that he had appropriately re- plied, and the reply having been read, was approved. Captain Leonard declared that the emigrant run- ners are a perfect nuisance, not to be any longer tolerated, and proposed that the number of licenses Should be diminished. The matter was referred. Some discussion arose as to a rumored meeting on Staten‘Island to destroy the hospitals by fire; and on motion of Commissioner Pardy, it was resolved that the Police Commissioners be informed of the fact. Some other unimportant business was transacted, and the Board adjourned. The receipts of beef cattle at the various yards during the past week amounted to 2,805 head, an increase of 22 head as compared with the receipts of the week previous. The demand was moderate, without material change in prices, rates var 4 from 6}c. to 1c. per pound. There was no chany in the price of cows and calves, veal calves or s} and lambs. The supply of swine was of very poor quality, and prices receded to Sc. a 6je. per pound Cotton yesterday cont! The val. od in artive demand, | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1859. ‘amounted to about 6,000 bales, about 2,800 of which were sold in transite, Prices closed firm on the basis of 123{¢. for middling uplands. Fiour was in fair demand, Dut lees active, and common grades were lees buoyant, ‘and in some cases slightly easier, while good to extra brands continued firm. Southern four was quite arm, whilo gales were made to a fair extent. Wheat was with- out change of moment and sales moderate. Corn was firm, while transactions were limited. Pork opeaed heavy, but grew stronger at the close. The sales em- braced new mess at $17 75 a $17 873;, old mess at $17 31, and prime at $13 15 a $13 25. Beef was firm, while lard wassheavy. In sugars, Cubas of low and common grades were about 5<c. per pound lower than the prices of last week, while fair to prime grocery goods were un- changed. Fair to prime New Orleans sugars were quite firm. The eales of both sorts, with a small lot of Porto Rico in bond, embraced about 550 hhds., at rates given in another column. Coffee was firm, with sales of 2,000 bags of Rio and a small lot of St. Domingo at rates given elsewhore. Freight engagements were light and rates unchanged. The Approaching Virginia Eilection—The Great Political Issues at Stake. We publish to-day a sketch of the opening cam- paign speech of Hon. John Letcher, at Woodstock, Va., in support of his claims upon the people of that State as the candidate of the democracy for Governor. The election of this officer and others, and of the whole Virginia delegation to the new Congress, comes off in May, and, from all ap- pearances, the interval will be signalized by a stump campaign between the contending parties of the most animated and exciting character. Our reasons for this opinion are: first, the fine opening afforded to the opposition, through the demoralized and broken lines of the democracy; secondly, the enthusiastic fusion of the opposi- tion elements upon their new conservative plat- form laid down at their late State Convention; and thirdly, the possible contingency, from there and other causes, of some serious damage to the democracy, if not a crushing defeat. The most ‘mportant consideration in this matter, however, is this: that the approaching Virginia election, like that between Henry A. Wise and the Know Nothings, in 1855, will be the first heavy signal gun in reference to the Presidential election. The Jate results in New Hampshire amount to nothing, or if they mean anything, it is only the hopeless prostration of the democracy in that State, in consequence of the follies and blunders and vanities and imbecilities of poor Pierce. The impending Virginia clection, on the other hand, will go very far to determine the important question whether we shall have a purely sec- tional fight upon slavery for the next Presidency, or the saving intervention of a great third party, upon the middle ground of the constitution, be- tween the agitating nigger-worshippers of the North, and the fire and brimstone cating nigger- drivers of the South. Upon this great point we maintain that the new constitutional opposition party of Virginia, from the distractions, excesses, follies and treacheries of the democratic camp, have a fair prospect before them of making a lodgment in the very Malakoffof the beleaguered Presidential democracy. From his opening speech at Woodstock, it would appear that Mr. Letcher is disposed to make this contest rather a personal matter between himself and his com- petitor for Governor—Mr. Goggin—than a trial upon the general merits of the democratic party. But this will not do. Mr. Letcher and Mr. Goggin are the represen- tatives of certain political principles and issues respectively, which will overshadow the personal merits of either candidate. Mr. Wise, elected Governor by the Virginia democracy in 1855, it is claimed by his friends, is now the favorite man of the party there for the Presidential succes- sion. But how stands Governor Wise in reference to the democratic administration of Mr. Buchanan? He stands as bitterly opposed to it, and to all its leading measures, foreign and domestic, as Mr. Botts himself. And the great central organ of Governor Wise is now the most valiant champion of Mr. Letcher. How are the loyal administration democracy of Virginia to reconcile this “happy accord” between Wise and Letcher with the duties of the party to Mr. Bu- chanan’s administration? Andif there be not a pin to choose between Letcher as the candidate of Wise, and Goggin as the candidate of Botts, in regard to the administration, the general merits of the contest will rest between the governing principles of the democratic camp on the one hand, and of the new opposition move- ment on the other, in reference to the peace and safety of the Union. Upon this point we contend that the demo. cratic party has been reduced under the control of an intensely Southern pro-slavery sectional faction, the opposite extreme of the intensely sectional anti-slavery republican party of the North—that a Presidential contest, limited to these two parties, can be productive only of the most mischievous consequences to the business interests of the whole country, and to the Union itself; and that nothing can save the country from these disasters but the intervention of a third party, fresh from the mint, and represent- ing, South and North, the conservative and Union sentiments of the bulk of the American people: Does anybody suppose that any other candidate than one of the Southern fire-eating sort will be nominated at Charleston? And is it not equally manifest, from all the signs around us, that Seward, or some well known representa- tive of his Rochester programme, will be the nominee of the-Anti-Slavery Republican Conven- tion of the North? It follows, thegpfore, that the Union loving. and sober, sensible people of the Central States, on both sides of Mason and Dixon’s line, includ- ing Virginia especially, have no interest in either of those sectional parties. There is no alternative of safety and consistency to the people of these interlapping States, North and South, but this third party organization, set in motion in Virginia and Kentucky. This is evi- dently understood among the opposition elements of Virginia; and their present State canvass thus becomes an important preliminary battle for 1860. The distracted and wrangling factions of the democratic camp are alarmed; Mr. Letcher is disposed to beg the question; but he should be held to answer whether he is with the administra- tion, or with Wise, or Hunter, or any other of the fire-eating plotiers for the Charleston Con- vention, regardless of the conservative policy and measures of Mr. Buchanan. The defeat of these Wise and Hunter factions in the camp, in May next, will be, as matters stand, a positive triumph of the administration, and equiyalent to | the “crushing out” of the whole Southern fire- eating Presidential faction. But something less than a crushing democratic defeat in Virginia in May will suffice to put in active motion throngh- out the South and the North this third party movement, to the confusion and defeat, in 1860, of both the present overshadowing sectional parties of the day. Snch are our views of the impending Vir tion. conzervs ‘nia It isa national affair, and the loca\ el on party cog*g<d in | ' » Congacan Sesh and fore. should be actively supported from all quarters of the Union. Our Mexican and New Granadian Relations— ‘Mr. McLane’s Mission to Mexico. The mission to Mexico is at this moment one of the most important posts connected with our foreign relation We learn from Washington that Mr. McLane has been sent to Vera Cruz with discretionary powers, and that every possi- ble step will be taken to protect our interests and thoee of our citizens, at this critical juncture in Mexican affairs, Mr. Buchanan has been forced to take this course by the unjustifiable interftrence which France and England have exhibited in their con- duct towards the government of President Juarez, and their evident determination to assist » party that bas not only made itself obnoxious to this country, but which has outraged the law of na- tions and violated the just rights of every fo- reign resident in Mexico. But the inaction of a factious Congress has left the Executive no power to do anything more than to give its coun- tenance and moral support to the constitutional government, and there is reason to doubt whether, in the present condition of affairs, this will be sufficient to counteract the adverse and active influence of the French and British Ministers, backed as they are by a large squadron, which has already once threated to bombard Vera Cruz, and may do so again at any time. Should the course of the allied Powers be such as to enable Miramon to drive President Juarez from Vera Cruz, and to deprive the constitu- tional party of the revenues of that important custom house, turning it over to their adver- saries, it may be that the blow will be fatal to the comstitutionalists. The resources with which they have thus far carried on the struggle came mainly from that pért, and their judicious distri- bution is what has kept the liberal forces in the field. If the naval commanders go further, and, as has been intimated, force President Juarez and his Cabinet to embark on one of their ships. and go to Havana or Europe, the case will be still worse. In such an event Mr. McLane can only tender them the hospitality of one of our ships of war, and convey them to Tampico. The question of recognition will then become one of a still more delicate nature; for if the constitu- tional government is forced to become thus a fugitive, as it did from Colima, unless it has some guarantee of early success it could hardly be expected that the American legation should fol- low a wandering government, merely for the pur- pose of demonstrating our own principles. With such o result the last vestige of our political influence in Mexico and Central America will have disappeared, and Louis Napoleon will have become the arbiter of those countries. The only green spot that will then be left in our rela- tions with the Spanish-American States is New Granada, The ratification of the Cass-Herran treaty provides for the settlement of all our claims against her, and re-opens our suspended diplomatic relations. If these ave now conducted with judgment and tact, by a Minister who shall not unwittingly outrage their feelings by an ignorant disregard of their social customs, habit of thought, and national tastes and language, they may result in the establishment of a secure and permanent policy for our Isthmus Transit, and lead eventually to the re-installation of our political influence in the other Isthmian States. These results depend now upon the wisdom of the President, for Congress has deprived him of that power and just influence which he should now exercise with energy and sagacity for the protection of our public and private interests. Sexator Crixamax on THE Post Orrice Br.u.—Mr. Clingman publishes a letter in the Union upon the defeat of the Post Office Appro- priation bill. The Senator’s communication is more remarkable for its length than its perspi- cacity. It is after the manner of an apology to his constituents, who are not over and above complimented by being informed that they do not write as many letters as the people of other sections. The amount of increased postage to the State of North Carolina would only be about fifty thousand dollars, so that the constituents of the Senator would not suffer as much as metro- politan merchants and others with extensive cor- respondence. The responsibility of the failure of the bill is put by Mr. Clingman upon the opposi- tion members of the House, ‘with a few demo- crate.” The Senators, according to Clingman, are as innocent as young lambs. Without taking the trouble to diseuss the ar- guments of Mr. Clingman in defence of the Senate amendments. we may pronounce his letter as rather a lame apology for the conduct of Toombs, Mason, and several other fire-cating Senators, in persistently defeating the bill. They are equally responsible with the opposition in the House— perhaps more so. They are just beginning to find out that the country will hold them accountable for the failure of the bill, and so they are endea- voring to shuffle out of it, and to put the whole burden upon the republicans in the House. But it will not answer. The country will see that the defeat of this bill, in many respects the most important before Congress, is owing to the bitterness of factious politicians, and that it is the first step towards the demoralization and the disintegration of the republic. If we go on in this way we shall finally be overwhelmed with sectional dissensions, and share the fate of Mexico and the South American republics. The first step in such matters is everything, and that step has been taken in blocking up the wheels of the government and virtually suspending the postal service. The importance of the question will be apparent to all. We might get on for a while without the army, and could possibly re- cover from a temporary deprivation of the navy; but the Post Office is a personal interest with every man, woman and child that can read or write in the land. It will have to be an ampler explanation than that of Mr. Clingman to satisfy the people that the Senate are clear of the re- sponsibility of defeating the Post Office bill. There is still another little matter with which Mr. Clingman is reputed to be connected, and about which he has not written a letter nor offered an explanation. It has already been al- luded to in the press, and has long been a current topic in private circles. It is the rumor, often repeated, that certain foul scandals concerning the wife of a distinguished diplomat originated with the Senator from North Carolina. We al- lude to the false and slanderous gossip in which the names of Lady Gore Ouseley and Mr. Bucha- nan were used. Perhaps, as this matter is ante- rior to the failure of the Post Office bill, Mr. Clingman would do well to make his “ constitu- ents” and the country at large acquainted with the facts, eo far as he is connected with them. Then, perhaps, Mesers, Toombs, Mason & Co. can clear themselves before the country in the matter of the Post Office bill. Let us hear from Mr. ‘The Anti-Slavery Tactics—A Slave Auction and a Personal Liberty Bill. Asthe time of the Presidential campaign ap- proaches, the anti-slavery tactics develope them- selves, and the journalists of the faction resort to every ingenious device to irritate the South on one hand and to rouse the abolition senti- ment of the North on the other, exciting ite hatred against the people of the Southern States in order to deepen and widen the line ofdemarca- tion between the North and South, so as to prepare the way for an anti-slavery issue in the conflict of 1860, and to consummate, the long cherished designs of William H. Seward. The programme is to adopt that demagogue as the next Presi- dential candidate of a Northern party, and either to elect him or sever the Unian into two halves, when it would be an easy matter to elect him President of the Northern fragment of the dismembered republic. Asan instance of this policy we may refer to an account of a slave auction of 436 negroes, which recently took place at Savannah, Georgia, published yesterday in an anti-slavery journal of this city, occupying a whole page of leaded type, with large ad caplandum headings, and dished up in such a fashion as to stir from its depths the enmity of the North against the South, and to wound the feelings of the latter to the core. It is a feeble imitation of the style of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and “Dred Seott,” but is well calculated to exasperate fanatics and do general mischief. “Human feelings,” we are told, “were of no account” in this sale. “The buyers were gene- rally of a rough breed, slangy, profane and bearish, the petty tyrants of the rice fields that border the great Dismal Swamp.” The negroes, which were the property of Mr. Pierce Butler, of Philadelphia, and sold to pay his debts, were almost all of “ original Congo blackness, little defiled by the admixture of degenerate Anglo- Saxon blood.” Such is the language of the nigger-worshipping correspondent of the New York journal. These negroes “ were sent to the shambles,” and “the blades of grass on ali the Butler estates are outnumbered by the tears that are poured out in agony at the wreck that has been wrought in happy houses, and the crushing grief that has been laid on loving hearts.” Then again we are told that “some of them were maimed. and wounded, some scarred and gashed by acci- dent or by the hordes of ruthless drivers, all sad and sorrowful as human hearts canbe.” “This sort of thing,” says the writer, “it is that makes Northern blood boil and Northern fists clench. It was almost too much for endurance to stand and see those brutal slave-drivers pushing the women about, pulling their lips apart with their not too cleanly hands, and committing many another indecent act.” The design of all this is sufficiéntly evident; and of the same tendency is the “Personal Liberty bill,” recently introduced into our Legislature. Already the law is as strong against slavery as it can be in this State, and the object of intro- ducing the bill is a piece of anti-slavery tactics, particularly as it is in complete antagonism to the supreme law of the United States, Thus are the nigger-worshippers of the North working for the severance of the Union, and the nigger-drivers and fire-eaters of the South are laboring to accomplish the same result. They are all alike traitors to the constitution and the Union, and doing their utmost to destroy this fair political fabric, raised by the wisdom and cemented by the blood of our forefathers. A Lectvrer wuo 1s Not A Borr.—Dr. Brown- son’s lecture at the Cooper Institute on Tuesday night was a very entertaining affair. Of its orthodoxy we do not pretend to judge; to its originality and eccentricity we can bear testi- mony. The audience were amused if not con- vinced, which is saying more than can be said for lecturers generally. The Doctor possesses first rate qualifications for a lecturer, for he has boxed the compags in regard to creeds, and is equally accommodating in respect to political theories. He is, to be sure, somewhat paradoxical at times, as in his famous simile about “living and dead religions;” but this will render him all the more popular with our lecture audiences, who are not particular as to the consistency of the arguments they listen to. THE LATEST NEWS. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. The Reported Arrival of Miramon Before Vera Cruz—Rumored Defeat of a Portion of His Troops, &e., &o., &e. New Ortxaxs, March 9, 1859. The Quaker City’s mails have reached this city. ‘The steamer Uncle Sam met with a terrible gale and re- turned to San Francisco on the 12th, and sailed again on the 16th for Colorado, as before reported. Advices from Vera Cruz of lst of March state that a Portion of Miramon’s forces had been defeated in an attack upon Jalapa,and returned to Perote. Miramon subse- quently marched eastward and reached Alvarado with three thousand men, intending to march upon Vera Cruz via the sea coast. There was much excitement at Vera Cruz, but they were confident of defeating Miramon. Tt was rumored at Minatitlan on the Sth, just as the Steamer was sailing, that Miramon had arrived before Vera Cruz, with five thousand men and forty field pieces. The watchword of Miramon’s army was the ‘Defeat of the Liberals or death.” The express from the capital intended §for the steam- ship Tennessee was detamed by Miramon to conceal his movements. ‘The Expected European News. NON-ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. Haurax, March 9—11 P. M, There are no signs as yet of the steamship Arabia, now duo here with Liverpool dates of the 26th ult. A atiff northwest wind is blowing and it is snowing hard. NON-ARKIVAL OF THE NORTH BRITON. Portianp, Me., March 9—Midnight. As yet there are no indications of the steamship North Briton, now overdue at this port, with dates from Liver- Pool to the 23d ult. Weather clear and calm. Arrival of Overland Mall, Sr. Lovis, Marco 9, 1859. ‘The overland mail, with San Francisco dates of the 14th ult., has arrived here. No through patsengors came with the mail. Fifteen thousand dollars’ worth of government Property had been thrown overboard from the mail steamship Uncle Sam during a hurricane encountered forty miles from the Heads, The State Medical Society had exonerated Dr. Cole. The steamship Quaker City’s pasgencers of the 28th Januery connect with the steamship Golden Age, in consequence of the inability of the former to cross the Coatzacouleos har on account of a heavy gale in the Gulf. Honolulu dates aretoJanuary 20, The exports of whale products for 1858 were upwards of 186,000 bbis, of oi! and 1,600,000 Ibs. of bone—a material increase over the ox. ports of the previous year, Some difficulty had occurred in the Ochotek Sea, grow. ing out of the efforts of the Russian brig Constantine to prevent American, French or other vesseis whaling there, Jobneon Island had been taken possession of by a force from San Francisco, acting for the Pacific Guano Company, and improvements were progressing there with a view to shipping guano, It (s reported that new silver tines have been opened in Arizcna, and that lead, copper, iroh, alum, gold and silver ore abound in the Territory BAG PO ee Cio Ries bine UbSay OL ale. AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Our Special Washington Despatch. APPOINTMENT OF MR. JOSSPH HOLT AS POSTMASTER GENERAL—MRB. JONES DEOLINES THE MISSION TO BOGOTA—APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED, ETC., BTO. ‘Wasmyoros, March 9, 1869, The Senate having notified the President that it would be impossible to retain a quorum ti Friday, in conse- quence of the determination of the republicans to leave, he sent in this morning the nomination of Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, a8 Postmaster General. Mr. Holt is the pre- sent Commissioner of Patents, an able man and sound lawyer. Ho is son-in-law of ox-Postmaster General Wickliffe, and brother in-law of Senator Yulee, of Florida. Colonel Hughes, ex-Member of Congress, will probably be Commissioner of Patents in place of Mr. Holt. The eppointment of Mr. Holt as Postmaster General is univer- sally commended. George W. Jones has declined the mission to Bogota. Ex-Governor Hubbard, appointed Fishery, not Boundary Commissioner, was the secret agent of the Treasury De- partment for New Engiand. Mr. Wiggin was rejected on the alleged charges of Jeff. Davis as to his incompetency. Hoe is a protégé of Mr. Apploton, and is to get the secret agency vacated by Hubbard. Mr. Potter, of Ohio, was re- nominated and confirmed. Mesers. Sherman and May® were confirmed as surgeons in the navy. ‘Tho Senate to-day ratified the treaties with the Choctaw and Sioux Indians. The Senate having disposed of all the business before them, meet to-morrow to attend the funeral of Governor Brown and then adjourn. Mrs. Brown having expressed an unwillingness to per- mit her busband’s body to lie in state in the East Room today, the programme has been changed. The funeral will take place to-morrow at the White House. The cere- monies will be imposing. All the rumors as to whether there will or will not be ‘an extra session are mere speculation, The President will come to no decision on the subject until he has become thoroughly acquainted with the condition of the Post Office Department and the means applicable to carry it on. The statements that Mr. MeLane has been sent to Mexico with orders to recogniso the Juarez or the Miramon gov- ernment, are entirely unfounded. The sympathies of this government as well as of the people are in favor of the establishment of Liberal institutions on a firm basis in the neighboring republic; but the President can- not depart from our established policy of recogniz- ing governments de facto in other countries. In view, however, of the active intervention of the French and English forces in Mexican affairs, it became important to have a Minister of ability and judgment on the ground, with full authority to act as the public interests and those of our.citizens might require, and to give our recognition and moral support to the liberal government if circum- stances should warrant such a step. Our relations with the government, sustained by the priesthood, are not of that satisfactory character that would justify its recog- nition, Mr. McLane, possessing the confidence of the President, has been sent to Vera Cruz with discretionary powers. ‘The post of Secretary of Legation was tendered to Mr. J.8. Thrasher, but was declined by him, as its accept- ‘ance was not compatible with his private interests. I can state from the best authority that both the President and Mr. McLane were desirous that he snould accompany the mission. We have the most reliable authority for saying that on or before the 29th of January last the Ouseley treaty would be sizned at Leon. Mrs. Sickles returns to New York to-day, accompa- nied by her mother. Mr. Sickles has given up to his father-in-law, Mr. Bagioli, his residence at Bloomingdale for Mrs. Sickles’ use as long as she remains under her father’s protection; and at the request of his friends has assented to his little daughter remaining for the present with her mother. Ho saw his child to-day for the first time since the tragedy. Mr. Sickles’ friends expect the New York City Congressional delegation will be present at the trial to countenance and support him. ‘THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. ‘Wasurxcton, March 9, 1859. In addition to the confirmation of the appointment of Joseph Holt as Postmaster General, the Senate also con- firmed John Hubbard, of Maine, as Fishery Commis- sioner. The Senate also confirmed the following:—G. W. Jones, ex-Senator of Iowa, as Minister to Bogota; John Pettit, of Indiana, as Chief Justice of Kansas, vice Lecompte; Bartholomew Fuller, of North Carolina, as Fifth Auditor of the Treasury; Emory D. Potter, hereto- fore rejected as Collector at Toledo, again nominated and confirmed. Other appointments of less consequence were alzo confirmed. The Senate will meet to-morrow at 2P. M.,and will then formally close the present session. It is not expected that there will be a quorum present. The Supreme, Circuit and Criminal courts have ad- journed until Friday to attend the Postmaster General’s funeral to-morrow afternoon. Orders have been issued to the public officers through- out the country to pay the appropriate tributes of respect customary on the death of such an executive officer of the government. ‘The City Councils met this morning and passed reaolu- tions of respect to the memory of late Postmaster General Brown; also, that the Corporation offices be closed till after the funeral, and that the Councils attend the funeral in a body in their official capacity. The executive departments are draped in mourning and closed for public businces. ‘The time of the funeral is not decided upon. The late Congress passed an act affecting the Humas grant in Louisiana, which has been in dispute half a cen- tury, and which is worth more than five millions of dol- lars. Those assuming to be the grantees succeeded in obtaining a patent in 1844, but two years after an author- ized suit was brought to test the validity of the title, which Judge Little pronounced inoperative and yold. The lands thus became subject to survey and gale. In June, 1858, notwithstanding this judicial proceeding, a law ‘was paeed resulting, owing to its phraseology, to the benefit of the grantees, but the last act arrests the patent to them until the end of the next Congress, in order that, in the meantime, justice may be secured to the five hun dred or more settlers to the grant. Senator Slidell claims 22,000 acres, worth a million of dollars, and one or two others the remainder. THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Extraordinary Session of the Senate. ‘Wasmixatoy, March 9, 1869. DEAD LETTERS. On motion of Mr. Cortamer, (epp.) of Vt., a resolution ‘was adopted calling on the Postmaster General to state, in his next annual report, the number of letters consigned to the dead letter office, and what legislation is necessary to diminish the number or ingure their return to the writers thereof. . ‘THE DEFEAT OF THE POST OFFICR APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. Tacmvr4, (opp.) of Ill., desired to make an expla- nation of a personal character in regard to an editorial in the Washington Union, and also a statement of Senator Clingman, in the same paper of Tuesday, on the subject of the defeat of the Post Office Appropriation bill, and Lp on the republicans the responsibility of its rit, fons, Alone an aap ye a tid order. explanation coald'be based, . TRUMBULL said his object was not to delay the Senate unnecessarily. Mr. Hunter, (adm.) of Va., merely wished to say that all wero anxious to get away to-day. ‘If the Senator from Iiinots opened that subject it would lead to an intermin-- able debate. Mr. TruMart. again rose to speak. Messrs. Ivaraox and Mattory severally raised points of order. ‘The Vick-Presinent remarked that Mr. Trumbull must have unanimous consent, and that that question would be submitted to the Senate. Mr. Trcmpvit, dissented from this ruling, and asked whether one dissenting voice should at any time in fature prevent a Senator from explaining what allected his choracter ae a gentleman. He only wanted the truth to prevail, and to correct some erroneous statements. EXECUTIVE SESSION, Mr. Mattory (adm.), of Fla., moved to go into executive Mr. Tromnves claimed that he had the floor. However, the question was taken, and Mr. Mallory’s motion agreed to, 27 against 15. After the doors were opened the Vice Prorident rotired from the chair, and, on motion of Mr. Bunt, it was or- dered that Mr. Fitapatrick be President pro tem. of the Senate. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DRATH OF THE POSTMASTER GEYERAL. A message was received from tho President announcing the death of Mr, Brown, the Postmaster General, He says:— The death of this distinguished public officer, es- pecially at the present moment, when his eminent services are 50 much necdo4, i# a great loss to the country. His ponaeey oot indefatigable exertions in the discharge of hie high duties, as well as lis benevolent heart and kind deportment, endeared him to ull who approached him.” The President adds:—‘Sabmitting to the will of Divine Providence, be will evor cherish lis memory with affec- tionate regard.” Mr. Nicuotsox, (adm.) of Tenn., said the sad intelli- gence justified some nction on tho part of the Senate expressive of their deep sense of the public lows by the death of the Poetmuster General, * He had Menor bata Well a wu le Yunis CGuabiviia Ww HAY Wauicy > ayn kh yuu! 4 H i i gee i fal ie | li until issued, and that as such commission had ni when Mr. Mandeville recalled constitutionally forfeited his seat. The communication was laid on the table. The bill to establish regulations for a are of New ‘York was taken up in of the Whole. After a long debate Mr. ELy moved, as a substitute for the whole bill, a bill repealing the acts of 1857 and 1858 on the mpi | rescinding powers and feer conferred upon them by legislative enactment, and placing thom in the old position of Commissioners of Pilots. ‘The substitute was adopted and ordered to a third read- ing—Mr. Spinola opposing, and Mr. Mather, Mr. Sioan and Mr. Ely advocating the same, The bill to increase the number of directors of tho Har- lem Gas Light Company was ordered to a third reading. Assembly. ALBANY, March 9, 1859. Mr. Opdyke (rep.) appeared in his seat for the first time since his severe illness. He looks pale and thin, but is rapidly recovering his health. The special order, boing the Annual Tax and Appropria- tion bills, was taken up. The bill imposing one and one-eighth mill tax was or- dered to a third reading. Debate was had on the appropriation to hospitals. Pye l se “530, pO Mo be divigad setieee ap) 3 ; je divi ro rate amon inet heettials 1 Uon thate, in addition to the $22,500 specially appropriated to the New York Hospital. An amendment was also adopted riating $35,000, to be divided pro rata among tho incorporated orphan asylums of the State, except those of Leak and Watts’; alzo among the homes for destitute children; the Seamen's Home, Richmond county, and the Albany, Poughkeepsie and Rochester Homes of the Friendless—none to receive over $4,000. Progress was then reported on the bill. EVENING SESSION, Thirty-two more bills were reported from the commit- tees, and went on to the general orders. ‘There are now fully four hundred bills on general or- we Loge ortant bills Among the important bills reported to-day are the fol- lowing:—To incorporate the Colonization Society of North- ern New York; to provide for the more effectual payment. of taxes; to facilitate the settlement of claims against the city of New York; to provide for the issue of game cer- tiflcates in New York; to found a State asylum for lunatic convicts; for the more effectual registration of births, marriages and deaths; to increaze the rates of legal adver- Grain newspapers. A bill was also reported to reduce the fees and costs on foreclosures of mortgages. It repeals all exiating statutes establishing costs or fees for the foreclosure of mortgages; provides that hereafter the only costs allowed shall be as rescribed in title ten of the Code of Procedure, and that reafter it shall not be necessary to describe the mort- gaged premises by miles and bounds, and that no charge shall be legally made for over four ‘folios, whatever may be the length of the advertisement of sale. ‘The Appropriation bill was made the special order for ‘morrow. a Personal Liberty bill was then taken up as special order. Mr. Hotmes (rep.) spoke at length in support of the general principles of the bill, and in denunciation of the Fugitive Slave law. Mr. Gover (dem.) spoke against the bill, as revolutiona- ry in character and unconstitutional in its provisions. Mr. BaTcREtixer (rep.) called the attention of the House to the fact that in May, 1840, bill was passed by the Legislature entitied “An act to extend the right of trial by jury,” embodying all the salutary provisions of the Dill betore the House, without ita objectionable features. That Jaw is now on the statute books, and @vers the whole subject. It accords to the fugitive the same rights as are enjoyed by citizens of this State; and certainly no person could ask more, While he favored the protection of a fu- Cia Aer re iescety atest he deemed it un- wi en: ws to those on the statute books. bales Mr. ScHOLEVIELD ce. replied, aud in the course of his remarks severely critic! the administrations of Presi- dents Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan, whose actions, he said, had rendered necessary the re-eoactmont of the law for the protection of fugitive slaves, if such a law already existed, and its enactment, if it was not at present on the statute . He cared nothing for the constitution of the State of New York or the itution of tho United Stats when they conflicted with the principles of humanity. He called on the House to vindicate that man was a brother g rf E § to. ~ Som! whatever his complexion or wherever he wan- eo! Mr. Wiast (dem.) replied in defence of President | Buchavan’s administration, and denounced the North as having broken faith with the South. They had stolen rig a ed ites oe tap! beg repudiate the ive ive law. le 8 2 at ler agai ad beg of the bill. ‘ey - ASK. ni & powerful speech in favor of the bill sm jh tte subserviency to the South, which induced Northern men to support laws which they knew in their hearts to be wrovg. Tie regarded the question as involving those rights for which oar fathers bled, and hoped yet to see the North united against the common cnemy, who were ready to place a pro slavery construction on our common constitution. Progress was then reported, aud, alter discussion, the bill was made the special order’ for Friday noon, Adjourned at 10:40 P. M. Our Albany Correspondence. ALBANY, March 7, 1859. The Registry Law—The Personal Liberty Bill—The Cullec- tion of Taxet—Proposed Law to Prevent Illegal Voting. It is now rendered perfectly apparent that no very stringent registry law will be adopted by the presont republican Legislature, if any passes at all. This morning Mr. Brockway’s substitute was up inthe House It isa mere milk and water affair, and seems to have been Properly constructed in order to allow the driving a team and coach decently through nearly every section. It bears no resemblance to the original bill which the Know Nothings demanded. While in committee this morning, scarcely any two republicans agreed upon any of its features. Noither the Americans nor democrats troubled themselves in the discussion, offering no amendments, Proposing no alterations, and the latter confining them- selves to a negative vote, when the bill comes up fora third reading, if it ever arrives so far towards maturity, From the difficulty which prevails among the strong ma- jority, in arriving at any conclusion as toa registry law? it is evident that there is a secret understanding among the leaders, not to allow any Registry bill to enter the Exe- cutive chamber. Equally so {s the bill, under pretence of being a party measure, called a Personal Liberty law—that is, a bill nullifying the Fugitive Slave law, and resisting the posi- tive injunctions of the American constitution. It was alse under discussion in the House this morning. The demo- crats did not interfere with ft; but the republicans de” bdatod, offered amendments, Propositions and alterations , under a pretended sincerity to perfect the bill. after spending a couple of hours this bill was Inid aside for the day. Now, why are the republicans so dilatory in gri le ing the black and white abolitionists? They possess power and could pass the bill in ten minutos if so dis. posed, Why this delay? This entire day has been thrown away upon two bills—the Registry bill and the Personal Libe: bill—neither of which will ever become laws, notwithstanding all the promises and pledges made to the Know Nothings and colored voters previous to the elec tion, We know that the strongest republican in the Senate, if either or both bills ever got there, will knock them Into a three cocked hat, in le digest his dinner, Mark this prediction Mak stam lere 1 a proposition to change tho timo for the asseas- meut and collection of taxes. Wo aro inated tothe be- Nef that the change would be beneficial to the taxpayers and to the county and State troasurers. It is the Proposal of itor Patterson, of Monroe:— on the Judiciary he directed nciplee~ ent and collection of be taken in the month of completed ivered. 5 ‘On oF belore the first Monday in Juke res 9 ne per 2d. ‘assesament rolls to {i ail the real and personal eatate within the coept personal preys ox juch pro- The honrie of 8 inte’ ome ‘of Bap si time between the fr” Monday in June ned Reve Mowing we org and a ymplete the tax warranle aut Geliver ore the frat Monday is October in Tannary, wild gma oe any tine Dreanuren retrirnahle