The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. peeGubereteEeeery JAMES GORDOP BEIRETE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. DPFIOR H. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU OTS, Se MS, cosh tn actounco, Money sent by mah will be at the rea the toner” Postage sampe et Qs subecription "Tile DAILY ABRALD, woo conte . 3 per anenam. TOE WEERLY HERALD” coory Sasurdany, ‘at cn conte or $3 per anmun, the European Py Conta pre copy, rt of Britain, Fe rae ody ae paca ako belpsage Dahjornia ‘on the Sth and th of sach month. at obe conte oF $1 80 per annum "pil EMILY HEWALD. oe Wainentoy. al fowr conte per tay 82 por ann "Yo AT CORRESPONDENCR. conatning important ewe ohewal from, any quarter of the, worlds Seeds willbe (italy pad fr" ea ome Fouttan, Coemesrosbasts ans Parrico.aary Reanestes ro Seat att Larrams amp Page jee Serr os 870 NOTICE taken of anonymous corrempondencs, We donet Peturn rejected communiotions. ADVERTISEMENTS renewed in the nenLy Hert, California and Buropewn Editions. 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Advertisers are requested to hand in their busivess notices as much before nine o'clock in the evening as possivie, It is our desire to accommodate them 80 far ag ‘we can, but time, in the present pressure upon our columns, is of ag much importance to advertisers as to our- selves. The News. In the Senate yesterday, a bill authorizing a loan of $2,500,000 to pay the floating debt, was reported and ordered to a third reading. The bill providing for the enlargement of the Central Park was passed. In the Assembly the bill remodelling the New York municipal offices was reported complete, and ordered to a thirdreading. Bills were reported authorizing railroads in Seventh and Fourteenth streets. There are ten bills for railroads in this city before the Legislature, and it is believed they will nearly all pass. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon, at which a spirited re- monstrance against the passage of the bill amend- ing the city charter, now before the Legislature, was unanimously adopted by the members present. A resolution appointing a special committee to present the remonstrance was also adopted. A re- port of the proceedings may be found in another column. A commission, composed of naval officers, has just been appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to visit the various navy yards and ferret out what- ever abuses may exist in that branch of the public service, with the view of applying a remedy there- for. They will investigate the affairs of the Brook- lyn yard first, and if all that is said of the workings of that establishment be true, the Commission have an herculean task before them. The government has been advised by Capt. Jar- vis, of the frigate Savannah, of a battle between Gen. Miramon and the opposition forces in Mexico at a place called Monkey Pass,in which the former was repulsed with considerable loss; and it is inti- mated that Miramon may probably be deterred, in consequence of the defeat he has sustained, from advancing upon Vera Cruz. Charles J. Feeney, a gentleman lately returned from California, and at present temporarily stop- ping at Lovejoy’s Hotel, was garroted ou Thursday night in the Park, by three highwaymen, who robbed him of fifteen dollars anda gold ring. The thieves met Feeney at the hotel and invited him to take a walk, ich was accepted, and the quar- tette visited a drinking saloon and partook of a liberal supply of “refreshments,’’ and then started out for a walk. While passing through the Park the men attacked him, two of them holding him while the other committed the robbery. None of the ruffians were arrested. The journeymen jewellers and shoemakers of Newark, N. J., are holding meetings and organizing for the purpose of obtaining the rates of wages paid before the financial crisis. The house belonging to Dr. Leath, known asthe residence of the late John Cooper, on the banks of Shrewabury river, below Red Bank, was set on fire and destroyed on Thursday last. Dr. Leath was absent in New York, and Mrs. Leath, with three domestics, were the only personsin the house at the time of the fire. Loss about four thousand dol- Jars—no insurance. No motive can be found for the perpetration of this diabolical outrage. ‘The salee of cotton yesterday embrace! about 2,900 a 2,500 bales, nearly the whole of which were made in transita, and at a slight concession in prices compared ‘with the highest point betore the Persia’s news, while lots in store were held firmly at 1234 cents for middling up. lands, Holders were not pressing sales, and were dispos ‘ed to wait for later foreign news, which they considered might prove more favorable. The flour trade was dull, and gales moderate, and rather easier for superfine to me- dium grades of State and Western, while prime to choice extras were unchanged. In reference to the stock of flour in this market, it was closely investigated and canvassed yesterday, and the reault was that, by actual count, it ‘amounted to only about 465,774 bbis., against the 1,800,000 estimated by @ morning paper in day before yeeterday’s edition, The statement was care fully prepared, and signed by seventy-cight firms, engaged in the trade, who say that they are ready to publish their names if necessary. Wheat and corn were quiet and without transactions of importance, while the turo of the market favored purchasers, Pork was dull and lower, with sales of now mess at $17 624 a $17 75, ‘with a time gale all this month, seller’s option, on one day's previous notice, at $17 50. Prime was sold at $12 60 a $12 76. Beef and lard were less buoyant and active. Sopars were steady, with sales of about 920 hhds, at rates given in another column. Coffee was firmly held, but Rio ‘was quiet. About 1,200 bags Maracatho wore sold at p. t., and somo bags Java at 16c, Freights were unchanged to English ports, while engagements were moderate. ‘There was more doing for Antwerp and Roverdam, while rates to Havre were unchanged. More Fravps my THe Streer Derarraanr.— In a communication addressed to the Common Council, on Tharsday, the Acting Street Com- missioner, Captain Lovell, draws attention to a fraud recently discovered in the contract for regulating Seventy-ninth street. It appears that the contract was given in July, 1854, to the highest of three bidders, and amounted to $46,149, according to the assessments. War- rants for this ram were given to the contractor, Slattery, respectively in October, 1957, and January, 1858. The original bid of Slattery rop- resented only $27,405; but by an ingentons irick of erasures and additions it was swelled to $46,149—@ clear fraud of $18,743 on the property owners, through the means of these alterations, and a swind!e in the aggregate of $24,963—that being the difference between the lowest and the highest bide for the work. It » evident that frauds of this chagacter will NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL never reach an end. Th deeper investigation goes the richer will be th: ‘ris of the labor. Meantime, the taxpayers look on with indiffe- rence, Capt. Lovell asks the Common Council to take some steps to ave hewn this last item, asthe warrants do not matu~ for three years; but it is not very likely that they will do so. Obstinate enough in defeating a good work, it is not their way to take the trouble of correct- ing an evil one. Tne Impending Connecticut and Virginia Eiections—The Present and the Future. On Monday next the Connecticut election will come off, involving four members of Congress, and in the latter part of May the Virginia State election, comprehending thirteen members of Congress, will take place. In ordinary times, the success of either of the contending parties, in either of these States would be a comparatively trifling event; but at this crisis, when all the political signs of the times indicate a sharply de- fined, ferocious and revolutionary sectional con- test for the next Presidency, the case is widely different. We thus believe that the defeat of the republicans in Connecticut, and the defeat of the democracy in Virginia, in these spring elections of 1859, would be among the best things that could possibly happen in behalf of the peace and harmony of the Union in the great Presidential struggle of 1860. Since the Presidential contest of 1856, nothing has occurred in any of our State elections, North or South, indicating au abatement of those sec- tional divisions upon slavery which utterly ex- cluded Fremont from the Southern States, and which limited the hopes of Mr. Buchanan in the North to the October vote of Pennsylvania. On the other hand, while the opposition, in all the local Southern elections since 1856, have been nearly annihilated, the democracy, in nearly all our Northern State elections of the last twelve months, have been disastrously defeated, includ- ing the loss ot Pennsylvania by an overwhelming vote. Indeed, we cannot now assume to a certainty that the democratic party is in the possession of a single Northern State; and we know that the only State of the South which has remained in the occupation of the opposition is the little border State of Maryland. We know, too, that although the Kansas agi- tation has died out, it has left an impression upon the Northern public mind which can only be obliterated by time, or by some wholesome popular reaction upon the great practical issaes of the day. But, against this reaction, we per- ceive that the republican presses and orators continue to feed the fire of the anti-slavery agi- tation with the- Dred Scoti decision, with the late pro-slavery proceedings in New Mexico, and with the African slave trade, filibustering, and other ultra pro-slavery movements in the South. From day to day, on the other band, we per- ceive that the ultra leaders of the Southern pro- slavery democracy are narrowing down the liaes of demarcation between the two sections, until, at length, the two great parties of the day stand before us, stripped of all disguises, as purely sectional organizations—no-slavery and pro-slavery. In this view, while the success of the republi- cans in this Connecticut election, and asweeping democratic victory in Virginia in May, will only serve to confirm our apprehensions of a sectional fight in 1860 which may destroy the Union, we do believe that a republican defeat m the one case, and a democratic defeat in the other would be equivalent to the inauguration of a wholesome popular revolution against both these dangerous sectional parties. North and South there is an abundance of materials for a new constitutional and Union party; but they want an opening for definite action. To this end, we understand that should these Connecticut aud Virginia elections, and especially the latter, furnish any substantial aid and comfort to the movement, a national and simultaneous new party movement will immediately be proclaimed, from Boston to New Orleans, upon the general basis 6f the new Virginia opposition platform. In view of this projected national enterprise, let the conserva- tive men of Connecticut give a lift to the cause against the sectional anti-slavery republican party, and its defeat will strengthen the hands of the constitutional opposition party of Vir- ginin against the sectional pro-slavery demo- cracy in that quarter. Thus an opening will be made in both sec- tions in behalf of this proposed new third party, for a definite national movement, and in season to gather up the rank and file of a powerfal or- ganization before the great battle of 1860 comes on. Otherwise, as the bulk of the American people prefer a fixed and powerful local party to a loose and weak one, the republicans North, and the democracy South, will have very few loose materials afloat from which, in 1860,"to form a third party of a national character, From these views the reader will be at no loss to comprehend the importance of this April election in Connecticut, and the Virginia election of May. They will foreshadow, to a great extent, the shaping of the Presidential contest, and go far to settle the question whether | we shall or shall not, in 1860, be visited with an | unmitigated sectional conflict which may tear the Union to pieces. Let the good people of Connecticut on Mon- | day administer a wholesome rebuke to the | sectional party of the North, through the | intervention of the third party in the fight; and the chanees will be increased for a defeat of the sectional party of the Sonth in Virginia, which will at once bring into the field a great third party throughout the Union, equally opposed to both these mischievous sectional parties, and competent, between them, to command a saving balance of power. | Rerorm~e tHe Democracy—A Huroviean | Task.—A few members of the democratic party in this city have had the hardihood to impose upon themselves the desperate task of reforming and improving the democracy. This band of bold adventurers met at the Westchester House a few evenings since, and talked over the fearfal | delinquencies and backslidings and incapacity of | the men whom the democracy of the Empire City have been of late addicted to placing in offices | of trust and power. They agreed that if the party was to be saved from total destruction, this state of things must be put an ond to; and they ap- pointed committees to prepare an address to the democracy, to arrange fora mass mecting in Tammany Hall, and to perfect the organization of the reformatory movement. Of their sayings and doings on the occasion of this consultative meeting at the Westchester House we give a report elsewhere. We sympathize with this small band of demo- cratic reformers, but we have no faith in their ability to perform the Herculean task which they have voluntarily undertaken. The cleans- ing out of the Augean stables is a trite meta- Phor, that readily suggests itself by way of analogy ; but that and the other labors of the fab'd son of Jupiter sink into insigificance when compared with the work of purifying the democracy. We are afraid that it is fu beyond all -veh efforts, and in a state of euch decompo- sition that salt cannot gave it, Nevertheless, give the reformers a chance. Peril of Our Interests on the {sthmus Ru utes—What a Corrupt Congres Has Bought Upon Us. ‘The pcsition of affairs in all our relatins with the Spanish American States is one that re- quires the ‘mncdia‘e and urgent attejtion of the governmen‘. In many, if not in allpf them, the in‘rigues of European emissaries on one side, and the unfitness of our own rejresenta- tives, combined with the criminal neglec/ of Con- gress on the other, have brought our elations with those States to such @ crisis thatjat any moment we may find ourselves with two or three petty wars on our hands, and a nost ex- cited condition in our diplomatic relatins with the Western Powers of Europe. | Nicaragua has again bearded us, noj in re- jecting our treaty or refusing to make jnother, but in again, without the shadow of a cate, seiz- ing the steamers belonging to American jitizens. Amore flagrant case could hardly be fund in the annals of international enmity, and i{plainly shows to how low a state our national mme and influence has been degraded by the nfusal of Congress to do its duty in the premise, Next after Nicaragua comes Mexico. Presidat Mira- mon has done all he could to drive our jountry- men from the republic; he has |mposed another forced loan, after the manner jf Zulo- aga, but not quite so flagrant, whicl every foreigner must pay; and now he contaplates confiscating the grant of the Tehuantepic Com- pany, and turning it over to certain suljects of the Catholic Powers of Europe. Heresy a every shape—political as well as theological—is to be driven from Mexico; and Americans are doubly heretics, being so both in politics and rligion. ‘Thus the Tehuantepec and Nicaragua roytes are to be saved. That across Honduras is(ecured by taking possession of Tigre Island in te Bay of Fonseca, as our correspondence stated yester- day. Panama only is left, and Amerign in- fluence is being rapidly undermined there; Eng- lish capitalists have purchased the greatr por- tion of the stock of that road, and fora long time have been insidiously laboring toinduce our government to enforce a policy towaris that isthmus and the government of New Gianada which would effectually destroy the influnce of our government with that republic, and leave European influence predominant there. | This would destroy the last remnant of Americjn in- fluence over the American isthmus. | The chief blame for this condition of ings lies upon the factious, selfish and corrupt politi- cians who have succeeded in getting intoCon- grees. From year to year the character ofthat body has been declining, until it has stunk ia the nostrils of the people, and been forced to confess its own corruption, through the Matteson ‘and other investigating committees. Railroad pro- jects, land grants, territorial sites, contractsfor public expenditure, and all sorts of schemes for plundering the treasury and public domain, were the only measures that it would consider and act upon. The domestic broils of partisan warfare, in regard to Kansas and Utah, were made to dis- place the questions of our foreign relations; and the interests of a set of political gamblers super- seded those of the country. The President did his duty manfully. Both Fillmore and Pierce had shamefully neglected our manifest interests near our Southern borders; but Mr. Buchanan his referred to them emphatically in cach annml maessage, and again and again in special me- sages to Congress. His urgent recommendations have been unheeded, and he now has the respm- sibility of action, during a long recess of Cm- gress, and after having been denied the power io act. The events that will accumulate upon ws in the next three months will force him to cil Congress together by the first of October, and.o lay before them the necessity of some dignifid and energetic action, which shall save or national character from contumely, and ow widespread intercsts from the perils of a genera war. Tue Sickixes Trat—How It ts to m Managep.—The trial of Daniel E. Sickles for tly killing of Philip Barton Key has been set down by the criminal court at Washington for Monday next, the 4th of April. It will be one of th celebrated causes of the world. The fact of th killing will be admitted, or, if not, will be easily proved, and will not be contested. The defeng will be that the homicide was justifiable, on th ground that the slain man had inflicted on th slayer the greatest injury that one man, in civil ized life, can inflict on another—the seduction ¢ his wife. The law does not, to be sure, specify this as one of the things for which homicide ii justifiable, but public opinion does; and wheri such provocation is shown to have been given no jury can be found in this country, or perhapt in any other, to declare that the man who taket full retribution on him who has thus stabbed him in his most vital part—his honor—isa murderer, It seemed to have been taken for granted, at first, that there would have been a tacit admis- sion, on the part of the prosecution, that in the Sickles case such provocation did exist. It is now understood, however, that no such admis sion, express or implied, will be made, but that the defence will be thrown upon its proof, and that the fact will be contested to the utmost. That course of procedure will place the accused in a peculiarly delicate position; but, delicate: though it be, there can be no shrinking from it The whole complicated chain of evidence, by which suspicion of his wife’s. infidelity ripened into conviction, and culminated in that fatal en- counter on Lafayette square, must be exposed, link by link, and the perfidy of the false wife and false friend be unveiled to the world in detail. On the other hand the prosecution has been instituting inquiries into the antecedents of the parties, with the view, if possible, of over- throwing, or, at least weakening, the fabric of justification. The District Attorney is under- stood to have received oll the information he expected from New York in that respect. The friends of the deceased deprecate intermeddling on their part with the prosecution ; but think it due to the memory of Mr. Key that the facts shall be fully presented on both sides tn the trial. It the District Attorney should not feel called upon to employ assistance, on his own motion they will employ counsel to nid in the prosecution. They say that while the testimouy will disclose indiscretion, and perhaps crimi- nality, on the part of Key, it will also reveal such mitigating circumstances, as will take from the homicide the basis of justification, The course thus marked out for the prosecu- 2 tion and for the defeuce will reader the trial ue ofthe most intensely interesting and exciting criminal trials that has ever taken place in this country. In view of that fuct, we shall have full reports of ‘h» trial sent daily by telegraph. The trial may occupy one, two, or three weeks, and we have no doubt that during its progress the public ‘nterest in it will be all absorbing. Atnayy Joppine anv Wasutneton Heteuts.— Among the numerous jobs recently introduced into the Albany Legislature in connection with New York city—which we have exposed from time to time in these columns—is that of an at- tempt to appoint a commissioner to lay out the avenues and streets of Washington Heights, on this island. We had supposed that this job had been laid aside; but lately it turned up again, when we took the opportunity of directing pub- lic attention to the mancuvres of the job- bers. The wirepullers have once more put it in motion, and the newest phase of it is the worst. It is now proposed to strike out the names of the commissioners at present inserted in the bill, and substitute others, who are known to be political hacks and jobbers of the first water. We trast that the honest men of all parties in the Legis- lature will set their faces against this job, and let the property owners, who best understand the matter, take charge of the laying out of this beautiful region, as they desire todo, No com- missioner whatever is wanted. All that is re- quired is that the proprietors of the land, from Manbattanville to Kingsbridge, meet in the course of the summer, agree upon a plan, and send that for confirmation to the Legislature. This will give satisfaction to all parties except the jobbers, Among other falsehoods put forward for the purpose of deception in this case is the state- ment set on foot by bankrupt stock jobbers of Wall street, that the proprietor of the Heratp has sold his property at Fort Washington. There is no truth in the assertion, nor any foun- dation for it. Hedoes not intend to sell this homestead, nor any part of the forty acres of land attached to it, as long as he lives. It will increase every year in value; and he appreciates its advantages too highly to part with a private residence in the most delightful and healthy locality on this island—a region which is des- tined soon to become a faubourg of villas, the most charming and highly favored in any city of the Old World or the New. Tue Taree Huncry Frencumen Jupant.— The operatic skirmishes—the quarrels between managers here and directors abroad—the jea- lonsies and heartburnings of artists—the indif- ferent result of provincial operations, generally, fill the souls of the three hungry Frenchmen with exceeding great joy. It is as good to them as a dinner at Delmonico’sy care blanche, with some one e'se to meet the bill. They are like the three witches in Macbeth, who rejoiced over all sorts of mischief, and sung songs of exultation over other people’s troubles. To the three hun- gry Frenchmen the rows among the artists and the singers are exceedingly refreshing, and they are merry over them in an exceedingly French and very amusing way. The peculiar tendency of the Gallic mind—“ pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw”—was never displayed ina more lively way than by the famished trio who pipe their little lays in the Courrier. While they are spinning their tops the managers are not idle; but we hear on every side of new combina- tions for the coming season. The indefatigable Ullman is off to Philadelphia to arrange for the lease of the Opera House in that right-angled village. In Bosten he has sundry weighty negotiations with Mr. Barry; and the little Napo- leon hopes to control the opera houses of the three principal American cities next season, and to alternate grand dramatic spectacles with the Opera in each place. Maretzek, who is ruined for the fiftieth time at least, and who would be very uncomfortable if he should accidentally become entirely free from all difficulties, pecuniary and otherwise, will probably join issue with Ullman, with the idea of smashing all opposition. The opera mana- gersarea great deal like the politicians, and both sometimes play for stakes which do not ex- actly belong to them. One by one the scattered forces of the Opera are dropping into the metro- polis, and we shall soon have them singing away at the Academy, as cheerily as if nothing had happened. The charming Piccolomini will re- main in the South a week or ten days longer, and then return to renew her metropolitan triumphs; so that whatever the managers may do, the public will have plenty of Opera in the early summer. If there are rows, why, 80 much the better for the public. The managers don’t mind them, the gossips like them, and the public finds amusement in them. As for the three hun- gry Frenchmen they are as much delighted as a boy with bis first boots; and we cannot find it in our hearts to take one iota away from their innocent pleasure. So, let them rejoice to their fill. aabriea Tur Nowmation ror Crry Inspecrorn—We publish elsewhere the communication of the Mayor to the Board of Aldermen relative to the nomination of Mr. Purdy as City Inspector, which that hody “did not reach” before their ad- journment on Thursday. His Honor assures the \Bonrd that he will exercise all the rights granted him by the charter to preserve health and cleanliness in the city, and throws upon the shoulders of the Aldermen the onus of refusing to do their concurrent portions of the duty. The letter containsa mild but firm rebuke of ‘he action of the Board in relation to Mr. Mor- yon’s successor. That honorable body held a ¢aucus yesterday—probably on this subject. Personal Intelligence, ‘The Hon. Richard Cobden, of England, was in Chicago on the 36th ult. fon. John Boll, ex Senator of Tennessce, arrived in Nesbville on the 26th ult. Yon. Jobn C, Breckinridge is in Philadelphia. Trederick A. Maflit, on of the late J. Newland Maffit, was recontly arrested in Cmeinnati, charged with gotting money under false 5 DEPARTURES. Boutham Havre and Hamburg, in the steamship Bo- wee OM Dux, Phin; Le H Goodmasn, Ns Mew Bertin Gootmann, Jenny and Henry Goodman, "N.Y, Mre- Ke, ¢g gts hisdren and servant, N'Y; Louis Sehulmend W Eg devant nc tau ats Hdmond. Corset, of ihe French ship leArredes heim. N Innall; Mrs H y, Galena, X Max Feehbeimer, Cincigont R Di; James Rhote, NY; Ki Robbing ingy foaewecten, © 2) cous Davison, iY Rot - oe Riera w RY: JS NY; Oh Berp Y; aio iaen i sons, gin Box.—We mentioned briefly yesterday, as wo ‘went to preas, that the remains of a dead body had boen Hudson River Railroad office, in Maiden lane, enclosed in a box. They proved to be those of a female, an the box had been some time in the office uncalled for, and attention by its stench. Tho box was shipped on the 24th of Marc! from New York, and was to “H. Ripper, Franklin, Indiana” Coroner Dean held an inquest, and the jury returned a verdict of from some cause unknown. The remains had evi tiy been bowed sight or ten months, and the opinion of the Physician in attendance war that the person had been murderéd, On the opposite side of the card bearing tho direction is the following in print:—‘From W. 8. Bains, 18 and 120 Third avonue, cor. of 14th st., New York,” Albany Stokeeman, Moyrch 31. 1859, tian ema | IMPoDTAbT FROM WASHINGTON. | AFFATRS AT THE STATE CAPITAL Despatches from the Squadn'® Of Vera Cruz—Reported Defeat of Mirame “Central American Affairs and the Ouseley Treaty— Preperations for the Trial of Mr. #ckles— Appontment ef a Commission to Overaul tne Navy Yards, &e. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasnincrow, April 1, 1859. The Navy Department received despatches today from Captain Jarvis, of the frigate Savannah, off Vera Cruz, He states that an engagement had taken place between Miramon and the opposition forces, at a place called Monkey Pass, in which the former had been re- pulsed and utterly routed, with the loss of between eighty and one hundred killed and many wounded. The particulars are not given, It was thought this defeat would retard his movements toward Vera Cruz, and pos- sibly compel him to abandon his contemplated attack on the Litter city, Tho Cabinet were in session until late this evening. Tho subject under consideration is understood to have been Central American affairs. The Northern Light brought additional advices from General Lamar, but nothing ind!- cating that the Ouseley treaty ad been ratified. The administration is disinclined to believe that Ouseley in his operations has played false. His instructions were laid before our government immediately after his de- parture for Central America; and if he has exceeded them in any particular, he will be called to a rigid ac- count, Therefore, until the next arrival nothing, so far as England is concerned, will be done, Mr. Brady has been ovgaged to-day consulting with couvsel in the Sickles case and preparing their defence, They wil! be prepared on the day of trial for avy and every emergency that may arise. If the prosecution, as it is alleged they will, probe the matter to the bottom, and inquire into the antecedents of Sickles and some of his principal witnesses, tbe defence will be fully prepared for them, for they bave subpcpacd a large number of wit- witnesses, who will be on the ground during the trial. T learn to-day that eminent counsel has been engaged to assist the District Attorney. Their names will not be known until the day of trial. Chicf Justice Taney, to- gether with a respectable portion of Mr. Key’s family, are averse to the employment of counsel, or making any un- due effort in the prosecution of this case. Mr. Sickles, for the last day or two, has been much de- pressed and low spirited. He cannot bear the idea of going into court and listening to the revelations which will there be made public. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has appointed a Board of Naval Ofiicers, consisting of Commodore Gregory, Captain Biake, Commanders Foote and Tucker and Liout, David D. Porter, to visit the various navy yards, examine into their condition, and ferret out any changes for their better and more economical organization. They will com- mence with the New York yard, and then visit othors in succession. The six small sloops-of-war now on the stocks at the va- rious navy yards have been named, by order of the De-, partment, as follows:— Where Building. Name of Steamer. Bostot - Narragansett. Mare Island, ‘THE GENERAL NF Wastxcrox, April 1, 1859. ‘The Union of today bas an apparently semi-official article on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, saying the President has never changed his policy concern- ing it; that the American construction will be sub- stantially carried into effect; that the Mosquito pro- tectorate and the Bay Islands will, no doubt, be sur- rendered by Great Britain to Nicaragua and Hondu- ras, respectively; that the substance of Sir Wm. Gore Ouseley’s instructions has been communicated to this go- vernment only through Lord Napier; that it bas full faith in the loyalty of the British government; and that if Sir Goro Ouseley has exceeded his instructions in any par- ticular he will no doubt be called to @ rigid account, It is well understood that the Cabinet to-day had under consideration the subject of Contral American affairs. Advices from the commander of the Jamestown confirm the newspaper statements relative to recent events in Nicaragua. Gur government has nothing from an official source later than the 25th of February, rolative to tho treaties, when that of Ouseley, of commerce, navigation and transit, had been ratifled, with an additional article to the effect that Nicaragua surrendered none of her rights over Mosquito. The Mosquito treaty was at that time pending, and the Cass. Yrissari treaty had not been acted on. Our government will accordingly await further rolia- ule intelligence before it can act decisively, 80 faras Great Britain ia concerned. If it shall appear that Ouscley bas ‘ranscended or violated his instructions, a formal request will be made of England to disavow his acts, f she shall not do so yoluntarily, It is thought, however, she will carry eut in good faith tho understanding between the governmente of Great Britain and the United States relative to the settlement of the irritating questions growing out of the «ifferent interpretations of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty; nor ‘sit Improbable, should Nicaragua ratify all the British ‘weaties and reject ours, that Minister Lamar will be with. trawn and General Jerez, the Nicaraguan Minister at Washington, be tendered his passports. Such is the po- sition of the question, according to the best available ‘nformation; but much depends on the character of futore official advices from Nicaragua. Our vessels will, it is said, be concentrated at the most exposed points for the protection ¢* the persons and property of American citizens within their reach. To proceed to the interior of the country would be an act of war, which will not be committed; but there is no doubt, from what has recently transpired, that the President will exert to the utmost extent all the powers conferred upon him by the constitution and the laws. Minister Bowlin writes hopefully of satisfactorily ar- ranging the difficulties with Paraguay. . ‘The failure of the arrival at Annapolis of the Curacoa, with Lord Lyons, excites additional fears for his safety. A despatch from Charleston, South Carolina, says the Courter, contains a telegraphic despatch from Washington, that war in Europe bas actually commenced, and that George Sanders had brought a despatch to that effect to the President. Mr. Miles, member of Congress from Charleston, telegraphed back that Lord Napier knew no” thing about the truth of the report. The Courier, how" ever, fails to be convinced. From official advices received to-day, it appears that ‘the steam frigate Minnesota reached Bombay on the 16th of January, having on board ex-Minister Reed, who left on the 25th for Suez. The frigate had visited Singapore and Penang, and several ports in Ceylon. She occasioned expressions of surprise and admiration, as she bas done everywhere in the Kast. In a fow days she was to leave ior Murcat, in Arabia, and passing from there to the Cape of Good Hope, she would probably touch at Zanzibar. It is probable that ex-Senator Jones will withdraw his declination of the Bogota mission. ‘There are at least twenty applicants for the vacant Com. rnissionerships of Patents and of Indian Affiirs, but the appointments will probably not be made for a weok to come. Fire in Newark, &c. Newark, N. J., April 1, 1859. A portion of a large factory at the corner of Mechanic and Lawrence strocts, in this city, owned by Crane & Kilbourn, and occupied by Messrs, Frazee, silver platers, H. M. Curtis, Iast maker, the Perry Patent Arms Com, pany , and others, was destroyed by fire at one o'clock this morning. Toes three thousand dollars, and insured for two thousand. The journeymen cordwainers havo oatabliahod a list o° prices for employers, making an advance of six cents on & dollar in their wages, The jewellers are holding meetings to raise tho prices of their labor, A cano made from the tiller of the slave schooner Amis- tad was presented to Hon, J. R, Giddings in this city on Wednesday evening. A Murderer Sentenced to oh ah ase Bautimors, Apr! ). Henry tuval, convicted of the murder ot Christian Miecher, in the western nvotion of this city a fow months since, was this morning sen! 3 8 fd persons tinder the death sentence now in the ity jail, Fire at Red Bank, N. J. Ren Bask, April 1, 1859. ‘The country seat of Dr. J. Leato, of New York city, situated about one mile from Rad Bank, was entirely de- stroyed by a supposed incendiary fire last night, Loss about three thousand dollars; no insurance. M Our Quarantine regulations go into effect to-morrow. ‘This is one month earlier than ueval, One hundred and thirty bales of cotton from the brig « Washington, ashore on Currituck beach, havo reached here. Our §; Albany Despatch, HOW THEY DO BUSINESS IN THE LkGISLATUKE—Tag sane RAILROAD CHARTER—ALBANY STREMY NOP EXTENDED—THE CITY RAILROAD SCHEMES— THE LOAN, ETc, . } Aunayy, April 1, 1859. If a motety of the peopie of the Stato could for asingio day witness the copvuct of their delegates and observe the present method of manufacturing laws they would be struck with per‘ect consternation, The dissolution of the Investigating Committee, and the appointment of a select committee m ecb house to decide upon bills which im their eet'ma ion sX0uld become laws, have drawn to the capita! the meet nunisrous, impertinent and unscrupulous Jobby organization ever seen in this desecrated Its parallel does not exist im any State, and it cannot be excelled by the vampyres that craw! around the portals of the United States Capitol. The hotels are filled, the streets are overflowing, the halls of the Capitol are crowded and the lobbie: are crammed with all sorta of croatures, fited With projects of legislation for private and political purposes, The majority of the Grinding Committce are kind, libe~ ral souls. Forsome reason or other, known to themselves much better than to out ders, they are in the daily habit f reportin: }il! taking them out of the Committee €f the Whoie, where (ney would undergo discussion, ¢f which would be indignantly spurued were debate ak- ‘owed upou them. Many bills that meee be ghee for nagth wonths aro and put upon their lest reading with scarocly an! 3 smination. This morning the Grinding ‘Commitiee ‘of the House reported @ bill compelling the Supervisors of the city of New York to raise by tax the sum of one hundred ond thirty five thousand dollars for the pui of pay! one Alexander McCotter for a small strip of land.on wares Island. This came before the House so unexpectedly and mysteriously that Mr. Conkling moved to send the bill back upon the general orders, go that its merits might be discussed in Committee of the Whole. The contest was @ warm one, but Mr. Conkling finally succeeded im carrying hig point. He stated that officer of the Financo Department of of New York had informed him th t McCotter had no valid title to the property, and that the Common of the city had been induced to adopt resolations urchage under false representations. Is thia jowber affair? Besides, neither the Comptrolier nor Supervisors bad incorporated this sum in the tax levy, aud until one or the other asked for this sum for the purpose, the Legislature ought not to compel the raising of the money for such purpose, ‘When the bill extending the charter of the Harlem Rail- tered free tickets over their road broadcast. This cheapest way the company can procure a guarantee from ite allowing them touse steam down to Forty se- cond street, for thirty years to come—even if the ja- tion become as dense as Broadway. The franchise will be worth millions to the road, and the House of Assembly ‘will not be allowed to discuss its morits. Trinity obtained the victory over Boorman and com- pany. Albany street is not to be widened under tive authority. The church carries too many guns for her adverssries. She came out of this controversy with dying colors, a8 gallantly as when she defeated tho proposition to investigate the title claim of the heirs of old Anaeke Jants, So the mercantile community and the lower section of the city must yield to the dictation and power which wee the remains of the Revolutionary heroes from ing disturbed until the sounding of the resurrection trumpet. ‘There are now one hundred and seventy-five bills ready for a last reading in the House. Though the proposition to establish an insurance agenoy a8 a separate State institution receives the strongest kind of opposition, and thst too from gentlemen well posted, it is destined to become a law. This morning the bill was discussed before the House Grinding Committee, when Mr. Secretary Hoxie, of the Mctropolitan Insurance Com- pany, appeared as its special lobby advocate. Boing a republican measure especially intended to give Daniel Uliman the.general superintendence, thereby easing much of the angry fecling now existing in consequence of dodging the Registry law, it is destined to be His Excellency Governor Morgan will please understand ‘Chas this ls one of the greatest lobby emes of the sea sion, Nearly all the bills for Now York city railroads will be reported by the Grinding Committee of the House. There leg tag ten btn fd this Saige 1s ¢ loan, which the people are to vote noxt eleo- en increased aie tion, bas been ‘to $3,000,000. The Albany Police bill is now a law. The republicaus and Americans unite upen city tickets, while the democrats pA de a lage election takes place in jays. WEW YORK LEGISLATURB. ‘Arnany, April 1, 1869. Mr. Drven (rep. ), from the Finance Committee, reported the bill authorizing a loan of $2,500,000 to pay the flont- ing debt, and it was ordered to a third reading. Mr, Prossxr (rep.) reported favorably the Assembly bill to provide for the payment of the interest on the Canal Commissioners’ drafts. On motion of Mr. Srixora (dem.), the bill was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. * Alarge number of Assembly bills were reported from the committees. The Central Park Enlargement bill was passed. The Will to incorporate the New York Bay Steamboat Corey ‘was lost, and a motion to reconsider laid on the e. The bill to protect the liberty of witnesses was then taken up and debated. ‘The bills amending the license law were the special or- der, but were postponed till Wednesday evening. ‘The following bilis were ordered to a third reading: — Relative to the Protestant Episcopal pablie school, New ‘ork. To provide payment for the work done and material furnigbed ona certain part of the Erie Canal enlarge- ment. ‘The bill to closo the canal locks on Sunday coming up, 8 long skirmish took place upon it. Mrs SriNoLa (dem.) endeavored to fight off the float vote upon it, and numerous motions were made to amend, to postpone the vote, and wo lay the bill on the tablo, aif of which wore voted down by decisive majorities. Assembly. ‘Anany, April 1, 1859. The Grinding Committee reported several bills. , Mr. Coxkune (rep.) moved to strike out from the list to extend the term of New York constables from one to three years. Mr. C. 8. Srewcer (rep.) opposed the motion. Mr. 8. 8. Curps (rep.) hoped the motion would prevail. He favored the extension of the terms of the constables from January 1, 1860, but was unwilling to keep in office longer than one year the constables now in, as many of them were infirm and very bad men. ‘The bill was stricken out {rom the report. Mr. Corkunc then moved to strike out tho bill author- izing Rayment for the lands taken for the City Cemetery, New York. He designated the bill as improper to bo passed. Payment bad been refused by the Supervisors, and the bill sought to legulize a very corrupt transaction, Mr. ©... SrENceR opposed the motion to strike out, and defended the bill. Mr. 8. 8. Cmtps (rep.) supported the motion. ‘The bill was stricken out. An attempt was made to strike out the bill toextend the charter of Harlem Railroad, but it failed. ‘Tho Sreaxer called the attontlon of the House to the fant that 128 bills now lay on the table for athird reading, that the standing committees had just reported forty more, and that other bills bad been referred to special committees, which would swell the number to 180. If the House con- tinued to make special orders, the Assembly bills thas ready for a third reading could not be acted on in the Senate before the adjournment, and any bills ordered in fature to a third reading could not be expected to go through. He desired the House to understand these facts. Mr. Ssora (dem.) stated the importance of the conside- eee ie tho New York Tax bill, and moved it be takem The bill remodelling the New York municipal offices wast rted complete, and ordered to a third reading. 16 House then tock up the third reading of bills, and a number, of private interest merely, were 4 The bili remodelling the Tax and Assessment law in the city of New York bell gy 9 It creates three commis- sioners, to be appointed by the Comptroller, to hold office for five years, and abolishes the offices of ward assessora: and commissioners of taxes and assessments, as now ex- isting. ar SwirH introduced a bill to incorporate the Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company, with a capital of §1,000,- 000, for twenty years. The corporators are Edwin Cros- well, Spencer Kirby, D. N. Carrington and W. 8, Roberts. MILLS PASSED, To reduce the capital stock of the Cayuga and Susque- hanna Railroad. To incorporate the Union Dime Savings Bank, New York. ‘To incorporate the Woman’s Library in Now York. To amend the charter of the East River Insurance Com- PTT rciaiion to the rendition of accounts by administra: ‘tors. The bill to confer additional powers on the Fire Commia- sioners of New York, came up for a third reading. Mr, Surmm moved to recommit the bill, as in its prevens 2 Ir, rej eh mage i wa Hot acceptable to firemen. . C. 8. SreNCER opposed the motion to recommit, but moved to lay the Dill on the table for the present. "Car. Tied, ‘The bill to prevent the erection of unsafe buildings im New York came up for a final reading. Mr, Gover moved to recommit the bill for amendment. ae’ ‘Tomiixson moved to lay the bill on the table. Car- BILLA PASERD, To provide for supplying the vacancies in the offloe of Justice of the in Several towns of this State Also several private bills, The Grinding Committoe reported a number of bills, among them the following: — ‘To authorize a railroad in Seventh avenue, New York. Also, ® railroad in Fourteenth street and othor streeta, New York. fh ae. & railroad in avenue D and other streots, New ‘ork. Amending the act to prevent the issue of fale receipe by warchoupemen, dl Requiring County ‘Treasurers to file reports, To provide for the reduction of the capital stook of banking assooiations, ‘To facilitate the correction of assegsmont rolls, To incorporate the New York Proparatory School of Medicine. Mr. Oroyke moved to strike out from the report the —