The New York Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1860, Page 4

“weepecting the recent deplorable accident on the 4 . NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GURDON BaNNETT, BOITOR AND PROPRIETOR. | Gideon J, Tucker to the office of letter was received from the Corporation Counsel relative to the West Washington market property. It may be found in our report of the proccedings. : A report in favor of an application to the Legisla Slay ane by, mad wit beaethe | tave for authority to issue additional Croton Aque- ceampe wah reeetoed as www” | go ot stock was adopted. The Board of Council YPCOZ NM. W. CORNKS OF NASKAU AND FULTON OTS. TEES, cash in whsk of the sender, Ps Fill Daruy amnas, wcocem per ony. SP crm ny | wen baving refused to aid in the proposed inquiry eopy, oF $3 per annum; the Buropern bi Ws into the truth of certain ullogations in she Hakan oes esnle Ber OY Pere condtnans, bate 4 in reference to members of the Common Council, w @ wt Continent, ote bo inctucle Gunes im Che Mie and Wih of ee wr vo } fab par canmam POP 'PAMILY TBRALD on Weineeday, at four canis per MY OSES ey vOLRESPONDENCE, containing. tmportant om any. quarter of the world; Y used, vill be eid [rom at on Ponsion Comusaroxpanys ane dilly patd for fehre? Kua Miran ro Seal sit Laerens AnD P. yO NOTICE take: of gnamymouscorrerpanidanoe, We do mot wredurm refer ted eomumunacit : FER TISEMEN TS. ronciocd every days adcorttsements in eee eeeniy Hanalny ras ars a and Ew opean Etidons. ANINTING executed with weatnesp, cheapness and ce the Aldermen resolved to go into the investi independently. At the session of the Board of Councilmen last evening, the tax levy for 1860 was adopted out amendment. The resolutions offered by A derman Brady and adopted at the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen, appointing a special com- mitteo to investigate the charges made by the Hsraxp against certain members of the Common Council, were presented for concurrence. On mo- tion of Mr. Van Tine, seconded by Mr. Hogan, the reading of the resolutions was dispensed with and they were laid on the table. Tho first effort of the Excise Commissioners to enforce the 1.w against thoae who sell liquor with- Olivo Jon AMUSEMENTS THiS EVENING. GARDEN, Brosiway.—Cooxr’s Rovat Aurut- BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery. Katheaink ann Patkvcuro—laise A: x—Goow NatokE GRNTLEMAM, Jobn Keenan, of the First ward. The Sheriff found lodged in jail. By the statute he cannot be bailed, and the question now is, what power can remit the penalty? The judgment was $50 and costs, An execution has also been issued against another offender's property. Hismame is Benjamin Abro, an@ his place is at 83 Division street. ‘The cotton market yesterday advanced another '/c. per 1b., making the whole improvement of ‘the week 14¢. per BRO. | bale. Considering that the UDOTR, 444 Broadway.—Goop ron | !9-, or equalto $1 12 per worsreu—Fouk sinvaps— Womans wom | crop of 1860-60 is estimated ai 4,260,000 bales, one rae WOK’ gest ev he United States, and of wi YS AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway. | largest ever wade in tl "i penne Meade tor GOLDEN FaaMalt. v0 2,440,000 bales have been already received in the ports, agp nT 1,847,000 bales Lave been exported, and 1,003,000 stock WIBLO'S_ SALOON, Broadway —Geo. Cnuistr’s Mix | ie dvance in prices was unex os Sane, Dace, Buntssquas, 4a—Mus. Dar’s | rected by the trade. The accounts from Liverpool go far jew Yeas Oaus COOPER INSTITUTE —Dx. Feustoen's Lecture ox Hix- 000 PANTHRISM AND Boston TRaNsvimDENTALISM. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond street— Ocrencon. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Srosdway.—Hossanp ro Onpea—Evcxsopy's Faienn. LAURA KEEN®’S THEATRE, 62 Broadway —Jeams Dasma. NEW DOWERY THKATRE, Bowery.—Tkanr or Mio Gooss axp tux Gowen Eoa—Vanvy staplo. The crop of 1858-59 having exceeded in amount that of any preceding year, it was supposed that, owlng to the la‘e political disturbances on the Continent, and other causes, the stock in Liverpool on the Ist of January, 1860, would largely exceed that of former years; yot advices | received by the Europa show that at the closo of the year, or on the Het of January, 1860, the stock was 63,000 bales less than the average for the past ten years. Tho imports } into-Great Britain from America last year reachert 2,829,000, which was 886,000 bales in excess of any former year; of this amount, 88,000 bales were re-exported, while the con sumption showed an increase of 120,000 bales. The trade through the year was sound, only 37,000 bales having been ATHENEUY, Brook!yn —Woon's Mimstunis oy frarorran Bowes, Dances, &c.—BLace Swan. WASHINGTON TA. Ormnas—feson illlamsburg.—Deavron’s Pancon See Now York, Friday, January 20, 1860, ——————————————————————————— MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. New York Herald—California Edition. ‘The North Atlautio Steamship Company’s steamship Allantio, Captain Pearson, and the mail steamsh p North Blar, Capt. Jones, will leave this port this afternoon, at two o’olock, @r Aspinwall. ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Paciflo ‘will close at one o’clock this afternoon. ‘The Naw Yors Wexxry Hxnatp—California edition— containing the Iatest itoiligonce from all parts of we world, wilh a large quautity o( local and miscellaneous matter, will be published at eleven o’clock in the morn. lag. Sing'e coples, in wrappers, ready for mailing, elx cents. nine. Should the tranquillity of the world be preseryod, thero is no rcagon to doubt the continued prosperity of the cotton trade for the future. Cheap money and cheap Ia. bor in England give a wonderful impotus to manufactar- jpg industry; and the immense amount of cotton fabrics sent to Germany, and the large shipments of cotton fabrics made to the East Indies, are likely to be malatained in greatér or lees activity during the present yoar. ‘This strengthens the belief that tae whole of the immense product of 4,200,000 bales—worth at present average Agen’s will ploaso sond in their orders as carly as pos- | Prices at least $210,000,000—will all bo required, and es- mide. pec © should the prospecta of the crop to be grown See ee the present year ehow any signs of falling below the yield of 1859-60. Flour was less active and prices somewhat The News. The Anglo-Saxon reached Portland yesterday, with news from Europe dated on the Sth inst— four days later. Cotton was steady and in improved tone in Liver- pool. Flour was dull but steady. was firm, with ligt sales. Corn was without alteration of moment. Pork was better, with sales of old mess at $16 51 a $16 S73¢ and pew at $17 25, old prime at $11 55a nsol a rate eales. Coftee was quict for Rio; tho sale made at oe wigs fe Ledge on "epi tpetans ‘at auction wag 2 good one, 204 16,000 bags &t. Domingo were 954 for the account, ex dividsad. | : : tea) , . sold at 15/0. Froights were steady, with a fair business It wus asserted in Engl/{d that the meeting of | cing, especially for London and Liverpool. Eoropoan Congress was indefinitely postponed, | —_——— i | he News by the Anglo-Saxon—The Great # the latest reports from Paris would ug. to | aio Raligtn—- Qassstem fis FTULUpCs By the Anglo-Saxon at Portland we have | four days later news from England, involving | some points of an interesting and important character. that ft wCiepage tbls cat month. It wae said that the Pope was pleased with an official explanation from France relative to the authorship of the famous pamphlet. His Nuncio ia Paris made a very laconic address to Napoleon on New Year's Day, to which the Emperor returned a pacific reply. The Moors had been again defeated with signal loss by the Spaniards. Commercial aMirs were a good deal depressed in France. Macaalay was to be buried in Westminster Abbey. Garibaldi was still very popular in Italy. By way of England we have Rio Janeiro dates to the 18th of December. Coffee flat at 5.800 a 5,900 reis, The crop was very limited. Exports to the United States since last mail, 49,500 bags. Ex- change on London, 254 8 25}. By the De Soto we have news from Havana to the 15th inst. Trade was still dull after the holi- | days. A fair average crop of suzar was expected. A good many public improvements were expected from the new Captain General. The island was | x rie: z healthy and “ak Opie flourishing. Freights were | tablish everywhere, as far = depends upon not in demand. Exchanges were very active and | him. “confidence and peace.” When we take a shade lower. into consideration the state of Europe at the A considerable portion of today’s paper is again | present moment, these words are preg-. devoted tothe proceedings of Congress. In the | nant with meaning. The developement Senate yesterday Mr. Douglas’ bill providing for | of opinion and policy that had necessa- the suppression of invasions of States and Teriito- | riJy preceded the calling of a general Con- ries was made the special order for Monday nexts | procs of the European Powers has awakened when Mr. Douglas will probably deliver his views great fears on the part of the supporters of the upon the Harper's Ferry foray. The question as ert ori to whether the Senate can transact business pending me fats fy sara e eo year Soy Wel a fe ongress the Organization of the House was discussed at some length. Several precedents were cited in sapport | WOuld be prevented from meeting by the of the negative side of the question, but the Sonate | jealousies which these developements had finally decided, by a vote of forty-five to seven, that | brought into action. * it was competent for them to legislate though the Whatever may be the authorship of the organization of the House be not completed. Mr. | pamphlet on “The Pope and the Congress,” King, of New York, offered a resolution providing | whether it be prince or peasant, there is a deep conviction that the ideas it emits and the policy for the appointment of a select committee to in- it developes will be sustained by Louis Napo- vestigate as to whether sums of money have been x tl i i BERTOUS OF. Ths SEpCOprmaton toe seaesgeinting of leon, and that in the end they will triumph. His past carcer shows that he isnota man to the Executive Department for the support of news- papers, especially the Washington Constitution, and the Pennsylvanian and Argus, and also into | Tetrace his steps or to recant opinion, He may delay, as he has frequently done, urging the adoption of his views, until the logic which other charges preferred against Mr. Bowman, the newly elected Printer of the Senate. The resolu- has accompanied their utterance shall have had time to do its work. This is the case in the tion was jaid over, and the Senate adjourned till present instance. The sensible men of Earope Monday. acknowledge that the temporal power of the The House was engaged in debate on party mat- ‘ters, the only fact of importance elicited being an Pope, and the theories upon which it is founded, are at war with the ideas and aspirations of the acknowledgment that several Southern members had signed.a compact to oppose the adoption of tho plurality rule in the choice of Speaker. ‘The Legislatare are busily at work, and it will bo | Pretent age. Out of the pale of the hierarchy soen by our reports and despatches that a number | of the Roman church, a large majority of the of important subjects relating to this city now en- | Roman Catholics are becoming convinced that it is better for the Pope to rule a hun- dred millions of souls than a hun- dred thousand soldiers. The evils of the 1859 with words of war upon his lips; and, al- though diplomacy strove for months to change it was fruitless in its efforts. The war came, and deepoiled one of the oldest dynasties of some of its fairest poseessions. Following the old custom, Louis Napoleon again receives the diplomatic body, and salute: 1860. But on this occasion his words are words of amity. He assures tho representatives of the other Powers that he “entertains the most pro- found respect for recognized rights,” and that the constant aim of his efforts will be to es- ‘Hudson River Railroad. It has been asccrtained that Mrs. T. W. Fields was the only person killed. “About a dozen persons were injured, some of them Mult vevercly. The Coronor’s jury will commence their investigation into the causes of the disaster ¢o-morrow. The..indignation meeting of the cotored young men of New York, held last evening, areport of which Will be found in another column, seoms to have come to the conclusion that it was best, ater Gl, to give M O'Conor a vote of thanks for the sentiments ¢<).ceed hy him at the Union meeting mand ta bis suteequent letter. sf In the Foard of Aldermen yesterday @ communi- cation was received from May.1 Wood, nominating gage their attention. Tho amendment of the city charter and several schemes for railroads receive particular attention. nome tinal; Kandi becomedeeans, was on Wednes. rejection by its own States, and the rest of the day taken to the-Utica Asylum. It is bolieved that world cannot consent to force its rule upon an skilful treat Will soon restore him to reagon, | U2Willing people. The historical rights which Mr. Memminger, the, Commlssiouer from South | the dynasties wish to preserve must, in fact, Carolina to Virginia, was esvorted to the Cagitol of | be preserved by sacrificing the temporal power the latter State yesterday by the wilitary. He made | of the Pope to the spirit of the age. If thoy ‘® @peech of four hours’ duration to an im ° | will not consent to this, they force the other crowd on the state of public aMirs, and urged | alternative—the withdrawal of the /Frouch convention of the Southern States to consider their troops fi R fi palatone whih the North. ps from Rome, the rise of revolution and ‘We publish éliewhere some additional pasticulars | PetbaPs anarchy there, and a general Earopean war, involving princes and peoples alike In the chances of battle. These considerations will make the peaceful words of Louis Napoleon good for the coming year. The meeting of the Congress may be de- layed, but it must meet. Europe nmst look the dangers that await it in the face. The dy- nasties will give in a recognition, though par- haps a tardy one, of the necessity of remodel- ling the principles of- government into some form compatible with the. growlog enlighten- ment of the world; for such a course is the only ene that opens to them any chance for perpe- tuity. The theories of Chartemagne and Hilde brand are not stable foundations for govern: President ofthe | iments in the uineteent century, "This is what Croton Water Board. It was laid on the table A) Tonis Napoleon clearly perceives, and there- i" i. | appeared that the result of the seciety’s labors out license has resulted in the imprisonment of | hundred per annum, the civilizing element will no goods upon bis premises; whereupon he was | and no effect whatever will be produced; and to explain this fayorable change in the value of our great fore, absurd to be wasting money on a Coloni- taken on speculation—lces than in avy former yoar in | the West, irregular, without change of moment Im prices: Wheat fore, the spot in which to colonize the ne- #11 6234, and now at $18. Stars were firm, with mode- | 2 want of sympathy, and the utmost destitu- Louis Napoleon satated the new year of | Pursuance of the recent law of Arkansas, the couree of events which his words indicated, whole families, numbering many thousands, 3 the new year of and without price, and all they have to do is NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 —— o>? fore Lo is confident in his courses The Pope cannot carry his point in endeavoring to force Europe back, against the eonvictions of the world, nor will the dymasties be very desirous of provoking a conflict with the spirit of the uge, in which the Napoleonic dynasty shall be forced to resort to revolution for self: preserva- tion, Faituny or THH Arracan Cononization Soc eTy-—This old fogy affair held its annual meet- ing ot Washington a day or two ago, when it for the last year was the collection of $161,000, and the expendiiure $80,000, and three huno- dred negro emigrants sent to Africa, Can any farce be more ridiculous than keeping up such a society as thist Its object was to encourage the emancipation of negroes, with a view to send them out to Africa to civilize the native savages. But if the Colonization Society cannot furnish emigrants in greater numbers than three speedily be swallowed up in the barbarous, as regards the operation of the society in di- mipishing the number of slavea inthis country, and thus gradually abolishing slavery, it is per- fectly nugatory; ior the annual increase of ne- groes is so much greater that the emigration has no perceptible effect on the number of slaves. The value of all the slaves in the country is four thousand millions of dollars. What effect, therefore, can the collection of an annual sum of $160,000 have in meeting that tremendous sum, even the interest of which, at seven per cent, would amount to two hundred and eighty millions of dollars per annum? It is, there- zation Society to send negroes to Africa, and it is only another of many examples of the mis- taken philanthropy of the times, The best thing the Colonization Society can do with its funds is to send to Massachusetts all the free negroes who axe willing to leave the South. The dislike of the negro population in the free States is a Western idea, and does not prevail down East, Mr. Trumbull and other republican members of Congress from and Governor Chase of Ohio, believe that the negro is not equal to the white man, and is incapable of self-govern- ment; and these men, though agitating the abolition of slavery in Congress and out of it, are hostile to the immigration of free negroes among them. Now, in Massachusetts they be- lieve in the equality of the nigger with the white man; and, in fact, a large number prefer the African race to the working class of the whites. There is not half so much sympathy for the poor white factory population as there is for the negroes. The old Bay State is, there- groes. If they are sent to Canada, they find not only an inhospitable climate, but tion and suffering prevail in the negro colonies in the British Provinces. In Massachusetts, which is a far better climate, they will be taken care of, and plenty of sympathy will be evoked from those who, according to the evi- dence of Mr. Arny before the Committee of the United States Senate, contributed so largely to aid in their freedom. According to the Courier and Enquirer, in expelling the free negroes or enslaving them, “thousands are fleeing te the North, while cannot get away, and will be sold into per- petual slavery.” Here, then, is a fine field for the philanthropists of the Colonization Society. They can have these negroes without money to pay their expenses to Massachusetts. By | the telegraph we learned yesterday that the | law which passed the Legislature of Missouri | for expelling the free negroes was vetoed by Governor Stewart; and if it should be passed over his veto, there will be another field for the Colonization Society. The negroes at their service are as plenty as blackberries. But if it should so happen that the Colonization Society neglect their duty in that direction, or have net funds to take away so many blacks, we would suggest to the Missouri Legislature the propriety of tacking a provision to the bill to pay their expenses to Massachusetts. There is no necessity for stealing slaves and sending them by underground railroad to Canada, when there are thousands upon thousands of free negroes to be had who are in danger of being enslaved for want of funds and phi- lanthropy to take them to New England. And if there were any dearth of miserable free negroes at the South for the exercise of North- ern philanthropy, Church street, the Five Points, and other classi¢ localities of this city, would afford them abundant supply. Tae Coyriict Between THE Boarp or Ar.pen- MEN AND.HE Heratp.—From the character of the proceedings in the Boards of Common Council last night, we are afraid that the inves- tigation into the character of certain members of these bodies will not be carried ont as we | and the public would desire. The Board of Councilmen hurriedly and indignantly refused to take joint action with the Aldermen on the resolution calling for a committee of inquiry | into the charges made by the Heraup; and it was with some difficulty, and a grent deal of vulgar abuse, that the Board of Aldermen agreed to a resolution to take independent ao- tion in the matter, and reappoint the original committee—Aldermen Boole, Brady and Bag- ley—to pursue the Investigation without the concurrence of the other Board. Meonwhile we must continue to receive tho eyidence which is pouring in upon us, Yes terday we were furnished with another batch of statements, and if they continue to'come in at the present tate we shall probably have to employ two or three clerks to take care of them. Itremalns to be proved wheilier this investigation will go on in a fair and dfligent epfrit, and what powers the committee have in ibe matter, And itremains to be proved, also, whether the statements made to us can be yerificd; but we must say that they:furnish a eurions, & very curious, history, indeed, of the late Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen. The language weiused imdescribing the charac- ter of those bodies, whatever it was; was vory moderate when compared-with the statemen's in our possession... We hope, however, that the Aldermanic committee will give the matter every attention, and we again remind them of the necessity'to subporna the District Attorney, with direetfons to bring all his papers before thera, They will probably throw a briliiant ficod of light upon the whole transaction. Tux Coxxecnovr Masuracrumsas._.2OmTade- Usiox.—We pristed yesterday a full repovi of the Union meeting held at Meridea, Con- necticut, on Tuesday. This meeting, it ap- pears, was attended by the leading mannufac- turers of Connecticut; they are all deeply‘in- terested in the Southern trade, and have q di- rect money interest in the settlement of Yhe vexed questions whioh agitate the country. Although there was some difference of opinion upon the resolutions introduced, and, as might have been expected, an attempt on the part of the republicans to break up the meeting, the controlling sentiment seemed to be a praiseworthy and patriotic one. It is quite evident, from the letters of our special correspondents, and the tone of the masses who attend the Union meetings, that there is a healthy conservative sentiment exist- ing in the North, which will increase rather than diminish, when the business season fairly commences, Whatever the abolition presses may say to the contrary, it is a fact familiar to all business men that there is a de- termination in the South to withdraw trade as far as possible from the North, provided the present condition of things is not ameliorated. At Richmond, on the 28th of February, there is to be a convention of Southern railway compa- nies to make arrangements for direct steam communication with Europe; and although trade cannot be easily diverted from its nata- ral @annels, and therefore the heaviest im- porting business must be done with the me- tropolis, still the Southern merchant can pro- cure from Europe many little knick-knack® and notions which have before been supplied by New England, but which can be obtained quite as cheaply in Germany, France and Switzer- land. It is absolutely requisite for the safety of trade in all kections of the country, that the House should be speedily organized by the choice of a Speaker who did mot endorse Helper’s infamous book. The election of Sher- map, however, would make matters worse; and we sincerely trust that the conservative ma. jority will not allow the odious candidate of a factions and treasonable minority to be forced upon the country. Tue Rewiciovs Revowwtioy 1 Tae Mernoro- 11is.—One of the most curious changes that has been worked by the Heratp in New York jour- nalism isto be found in the extensive use which is made by religious societies and churches of the secular press. Twenty years ago, when we commenced the publication of reports of the anniversary meetings, it was considered a sacrilegious act, and the pious press, as well a3 the parsons, denounced us withont stint. Be- fore our day nothing more than a programme of the doings of the societies had been permit- ted to appear in any secular press, and this only under the supervision of Aminidab Sleck, in the Journal of Commerce. Now, all important religious meetings and sermons upon spe- cial topics of the day are reported at length in the leading secular papers, which are recog’ nized by the clergy as important aids in the propagation of the Gospel. Tho advertising columns of the Hersp are employed. to un- nounce the topics upon whtct the most noted preachers“will address their flocks, and we printed last Saturday nearly a column of re- ligious notices of the description alluded to. This makes the press a powerful ald to the pul- pit, and speaks well for the good sense of a large number of the metropolitan clergy. Trovsie Avona THE Canaplan NeGrors.— We give in another column a few addi- tional particulars of the recent distarb- ances which have taken place in the towns of Chatham and Windsor, Canada West. As our readers have already learned through our special reports upon the condition | of the fugitive slaves in Canada, the towns above mentioned are inhabited chiefly by ne- groes. According to municipal regulation, separate schools are provided for the colored children. The negroes now demand that this regulation sball be rescinded, and that they shall have equal control over the school with the whites, and that all the children, without distinction of color, shall attend the same schools. In order to enforce their demands, the negroes of Chatham seized upon the school property, and the authorities were obliged to coax them into relinquishing possession of it. The extracts we print give a vivid picture of the overbearing insolence of the negroes, and fally confirm all the statements of our Special Reporters apropos to the same subject. The Canadians will find, before many years, that the safety of their governmental and social institutions will depend upon the exclusion of fugitive slaves from their territory. The sooner they do this, the better it will be for all parties, white and black, bond and free. | Tur Covncrues. Urow Unsare Botipines.— | We notice that the Board of Councilmen | adopted on Monday a resolution asking fcom the Corporation Counsel a statement of the laws relating to unsafe buildings, and 4 defini | tion of the powers-of the Common‘ cil in | regard to the matter. The introduction of this | resolution is no doubt part of the very Well ! settled plan adopted by come membere of the Common Council to get credit for a little cheap philanthropy. In the matter of the steam boilers a similar course was pursued, but it has not yet resulted in any practical effort to abate the nuisance complained of. We have but little faith im any definite action of the Common Council upon any matter, unless there is a cat in the meal tab. Sqvarren SoveREIGNtTY AND THE Vero or THE Goversxor or Nesriska—In another page we publish a Messago of the Governor of Ne- vraska, vetoing an act ‘to probibit slavery,” parsed by the Legislature of that Territory. Were it not,for the’ slavery question, squatter sovereignty Would be an abstraction about. which nobody would care, Slavery an‘ aboll- tionism give ita practical bearing, and make it aliving iseue., df the Territoris! Legislature of NebrAsiw ‘should pass ihe bill over the Goy- crpor’s veto, then it will be necessary to refer the question. to. the decision of the Supreme Court.and there cam, be. little doubt that such decision will be similar to that. of the case of” Dred Scot, which is irteconcilable with the act now vetoed by Governor Black, But the de cision will farnish another gricvance for the ‘Cov: antlslavery_agitation~another reason for the ON: overthrow of the constitution. As for popular sovereignty in a Territory, its advocates: know very well there is no such thing. Congress cannot be Sovereign and the Legislature of a Territory sovereign as regards the same juris diction. But that Congress is sovereign as re- gards the Territories, is clear trom the ¢onstl- ‘Was organized, Comranixs.—The accidents on the Hadson River and New Haven and Harlem railroads, reported in onr columne yesterday, afford ad- ditioval startling itlustrations of the indiffer- ence which prevails amongst commeroial cor- porations to the public safety. No sooner has 0, 1860. ution andthe history of Conzressional tegisia tion for the Territoriés elnce the first of thenr Rarzroap Sravowrers—CvLraviLiry OF THE the shock produced by the Pemberton catas- trophe subsided a little, than we have our sen- tibilities again wounded by the account of two disasters, which are to be traced to equally rhameful carelessness. One of these has made the more impression, from'the fact that a young bride, who.was married the very same morning, and who was proceeding with her husband to her new home, was suddenly hurried into eter- nity, whilst an ecclesiastic of high rank nearly ehared the same fate. The accidents on both roads were due to similar causes, and they might have been prevented by ordinary forethought ‘on the part of the management. With trains running on the same tracks, collisions will al- ways be inevitable, unless measuresare adopted to insure sufficient distance between them on tho time tables, and to protect them against mis- takeson the part of the engine drivers by pro- per signals. In both cases there seems to have been an entire disregard of these precautions. With differences in time of only two and five minutes in the morning trains on the Harlem and New Haven railroads, we cannot see how any other result was to be looked for than that which has happened. To expect otherwise is relying too much on the eyes and on the self- possession of the engine drivers, who cannot always prove equal to the eudden embarrass- ments that may arise from the absence of pro- per system. On the Hudson River line the ir- regularities of the trains have latterly become a subject of daily complaint; and some other fearful accident from this cause will surely oc- cur unless it is attended to. With regard.to the catastrophe of Wednesday on this road, it was occasioned by @ carelessness so culpable that it ought to be visited by the severest cen- sure by acoroner’s jury. The fact of such fre- was the case in this instance, is, in itself, a fact not at all creditable to the management of the by the absence of ordinary precautions. relative of the deceased. city. of Februaty—Washington’s matic mission, the accomplishment of which in this country preventing our citizens from going abroad if they choose to do 80; but if we had a law just mow to compel some of them to abandon the land of their forefathers ocza- sionally, we might see an organization of Con- gress at an carly day. Astsk oF THE Parponise PoWsr.-In an- other column we publish a table of the pardons granted by Governor Morgan in the year 185 and though they are fewer in number than the pardons granted by moet of bis predecessors; they are by far too numerous, and evideote an abuse of the pardoning power avhich ealle for its removal out the me # jevernors. This power ought : ote - ti court beyond the réach of political fafluence, or at. Jeast as far ag poseiblé removed from it... Tho fullow- -ing, isa list of the ‘nuiiber of pardons fora Ferien of years: — Gov. Young pardoned, in 181 roped. $n 784: i 1800... — the foregoing that the number of Seymour's and Clark’s pardons is shameful, and that the Governor who used the pardoning power loast is Tish. Tadeed, he and Morgan are the ouly Govorne:s in the list who quent stoppages of the engines for repairs, as road. That, and the other circumstances con- nected with the accident, prove the necessity of the most stringent measures being adopted to compel, on the part of railroad companies, such a watchful supervision over their lines as will prevent at least the casualties that are caused Tue AtsHouse Governors anp Ovn Cir Prisons.—Our readers will remember a shock- ing occurrence which took place at the Jeffer- son market prison on the 5th inst., namely, the death and ‘mutilation by rats of a German named Stubenbord, who was picked up in the street, prostrate, and sufiering from ilinces, and fn.a.cell, without medical aid, all night; "tr conseqnence of which inhaman treatment he died, an@-wa= found in the morning so horribly Gisigured by rats as to render identification extromely difficult,. We recur to this revolting and disgraceful cireumstance now to remark that a petition was presented to the Governors of the Almshouse at their moeting on Wednes- day, by the son of the unfortunate deceased, praying that some inquiry might be made into the causes of his father’s death, and into the condition of Jefferson market and other city prisons. The petition was a perfectly legiti- mate and natural one, and, we would suppose, should have received some attention at the hands of the Board; but we understand that no public notice whatever was taken of it at Wednesday's meeting; at all events, it made 20 part of the proceedings of the Board on that occasion. That such treatment as this poor man received should have to be recorded is disgraceful to the police authorities and to that Board which has the supervision of our prisons; but it might at least be expected that the mat- ter would obtain some investigation from the Almehouse Governors on the application of a It is due to the whole public, to decency ant humanity, that no such shocking occurrence should again take place in any prison or station house in the ‘Tue Javanese Eupsssy to Wasmxaroy.—We publish in another column some very interest- ing intelligence from Japan relative to the ex- pected embassy to this country—the tirst diplo- matic body that was ever accredited by that exclusive government to any foreign nation. Tt appears that the embassy consists of no less than seventy individuals, of whom two are Censors, whose duty it will be ‘to watch the other sixty-eight,,and. see that they behave themsolvea, They wilMeave Jeddo onthe 22 birthday—for Washington vias’ Panama, Our Consnl, Mr. Harris, it seems, was’ most anxious that they should start ot an earlier date, in ordor to arrive here while Congress was in session, ‘Ditpking, no doubt, that the most extraordinary and interesting sight these distinguished strang- ers.could behold-would be one of those de- Jectable scenes so common in Congress. Mr. Harris has been obliged to obtain a repeal of the law prohibiting Japanese subjects from leaving the kingdom, in order to effect this diplo- is quite an important event, We have no law ‘have acted with any decency In wWemator. The Others did. HOt hesitate to let orf .2ls loosg upon the community whovought to havé bees” kept as securely as if they were so many wild beosts, “ Whenever the constitution is amended we hope the pardoning power will be changed. There is much need of a change. Tre Bote ww ome Pveric Scuoors.—It will have been eeen by the report of the proceed. ings of the Board of Education on Wednesday last, that the Bible question, which has caused so much irritation and heartburping in the public schools, is about being brought to a legal teat. The Board has directed warrants to be signed for the payment of all the unpaid teachers, except one, whose case is to be car- ried before the Supreme Court for decision, thus sparing the Commissioners the ill fecling and odium which must attend any settlement they might arrive at. As the question is one en- tirely of constitutional interpretation, the Board have exercised a wise discretion in not attempt- ng to deal with it, Where there are such ix reconcilable differences on points of publle policy and law, it is obviously the wisest course to refer them to the Supreme Court. Swart Rerurns.—The Excise Commission has been now some three years in operation, and in that time has granted about « thousand licenses. There are between ten and twelve thousand liquor dealers in the city, and the prosecutions instituted by the Board during the three years have been from three to five thou- sand. As the net recult of its labors, we fled that out of this aggregate only one conviction has been obtained, and this in a case in which no liquor was found on the premises of the in- criminated party. Considering that two ous of the three Commissioners are lawyers, and that they each cost the county from four to five dollars a day, we must say that they exhibit uncommonly elim fruits from this large area of exertion. REWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL The Pro Rata Freight Question—The House Engaged on Private Bills—Pett- tions—The Temperance Question—Tink- ering the City Charter, &. OUR SPECIAL ALBANY DESPATCH. Araany, Jan. 19, 1860. ‘The Special Committee on Pro Rata Freight held aa in_ teresting seasion in the Assembly chamber this afte: 200n. ‘Tho samo parties that appeared before them yesterday were presented to-day, but, instead of going into detail to disprove the charges made in the petitions, the discussion took a more general nature, upon the right and justice of hurriedly legislating upon a question afficling the trade ‘and commerce of tho Stato as much as.this dovs— tho representatives of tho railroads arguing that it was tho duty of the committee to raise themselves above all barrow and prejudiced views: and to look at the question 6 one of no common magnitude, thoroughly Investiguling all matters connected with the subject. ‘Tho clash of arma between tho railroad and anti raft- ‘road interests was commenced by the chairman reading a of the ‘Exie Railroad, asking for an adjourament for one weck, to ‘enable him to furnish the couumittes with such informa- ‘ton and proof as miny' be Teccssary to justify their action tothe Legislature, and at the same time to show tha: the Erie Railroad, at least, cannot bo operated successfuily, if at all, upon the princtpics laid down in the petitions, and as be understood, was embodied in the bill which has ‘deen prepared in accordance with the prayer @f tho peti tioners. He atiitted, in this communication, that diffe- rect rates per mile baye beon charged upon tho Erie Road, but denied that these rates have been made to result in apy material loss to the com- pany. er injuriously to the whole or any considera- ‘ble portion of the citizens of thie State, or that they have been other than such as wore required or jast- tied by the general Jaws of trate. A portion of the com- mittee manifested a dctermivation to close all testimony and arguments at once, taking the petitions and charges therein as sufficient proof for thom to report pro-rata Dill of the mest stringent nature. A motion was mnie wo aes “a Lemay oo A Ligben ng afternoon. ‘is Hawley spoke against rushing it fh so hur- riedly. He onnidered ita question of too con magni- tude for hurried action. What if you should duriug this tcsrion pass a law that would w all of tho Western traffic over the Pennsylvania or Canada roads? The rail- road ccmpanica of this State would bave to chargs a higher price for way freight to be enabled to keep thoir trains running. There cestainly could be no er ca- lamity to the southern countics than the stoppage of that Toad. If you should pass a law asked by the petitioners, the Erie road could not go into the convention with other roads untrammeiled, but would be declarod unsuited for deliberation with companies. As it is a question of vital importance to the trade of Now York, aud aifecis a vaat amount of money invested in railroad property, be ought 8 full and impartial investigation thould be gone into. Mr. Hovey said that they did not want this measure defeated by delays in this way. They had beon knooking at the doors of the Legislature for four or fivo years for legislation to protect taemselves against these grievances, During the last session they appeared here fog redress, and it waz postpoued from day W day for ninety-nine daya of the seeelon, and he wanted to prevent a similar result. Numerovs stockholders of both she Erio and Contra! roass were begging for protection against their managers. He Tad xo objections to the committee granting a week's me; onder the expres understanding that it would aot be ssriguics beyona tes ine ir. Thompson said that the greatest curse that we euffcred wagdrom hasty legislation. The Brisiot Parlier. ment upon all impoytaut questions alweys devoted time enough to investigate every point bearing upon the ques tion in controversy. Wheu we see bow closely that guv- capment guards her Wade, st will be well for us to take kcseons from her courae, aud vot hurry, @ subject of this magnitude. Supposiwg. that you should passa Jaw this) winter that would’ drivo the trade from the West over the Canada and the Soathera reads, togome otber seaboard city, would New York, Which bas spent hor midions to get this trade, be deprived Ofitoby rast legisiation, without calling this eommittea andthe Legisiature to account? ‘This, gentlemen, is no question to be hurried through. It would Dear-thorough iovestgaiion, and be consiiered it the duty of the con- mittce to aliow all reasonable time withia their power to obtain facts and tesumony bearing upon this question. Mr. Hovey again replied, when Mr. }, Of the committee, asked him if he was using thoes argumcote, and atking for a law of this chatscter for the purpose of forcing freights upon the canals that would not in aay other way go upon them. Mr. Hovey dolieved that tho paceege of @ pro rata freight law will tendima great Measure to restore freighis wo the canals. Mr. Randall said that it was not the railroads thet injured the milliog interests of Rochester and Oswego, referred 10 by the Bposker of the Aseembly. other causes, amongst which are the failare of the wheat Crop and the reciprocity. Tho tater one of the greatest ovi!s that had ever been forced upon the border counties, No goods manuf: wey into Capada, whilst the border countics are flooded with Canadian products. Gne Arm in the city resiced (Syracuse), before the and the completion of the Grand Trunk road, sold from ity thousand dollars worth of goods im Rot sell one dollar's worth now. He wanted time to bring persons aud papers. be feedy Buftalo, — gp remot Cheon cases ngctas pestpbensent: a he eons tion, the mittee ‘decided to adjourn ‘until tomorrew alteraoon, and meet every afternoon until next Wocnes- “~ and then close ail testimony. ¢ Most bitter feeling was manifested during the dis cussion this afternoon by the canal men ‘fhe Clitoa Lerpve, organized ae a serret society to protect the canals, exhibited @ determipation to ride rough shod over the railceada, The week's time granted by the Committee is @ trivmph of the railroad interests, and we may ex- pect @ it of facts in connection with railroad, manegement, as wel as that of the canala, spiced with some. of the we Opctativns about the legisiative halis for the astiwo years (lat will be unusually iuioreatng. ‘This has beep a geveral order day,a sort of wasl cay, When all the meibers clear taeir slate of ali the bile bat they have op hand in preparation for aa another Dateh they arc preparing. A large numberof local bilit bave been to-day pushed turouga w she third aud jast reading, where they are waiting for further action. Among the number was Cooper's, amemdmont to { the goperal law on city, reurdads, watch is of considerable imyortance jo. tty aity New York, as it provants railroad. a lke Taw from Deying up the Common, Crag! ane layu down their tracks, wihoct any. rege i thagroports hol ers alovg the tive of thele propused roads. It is to» prevent in the foture apy of she transactions. that hive been gone through with in eapneekom with, she Ninth Av ouue Railroad. % > Amongst ihe numerens potions that haye made their Q) pearance, aslung for ugrv rade tas, iso neauber signed by come of tha ing bankers, me: smyarifnc- turers, railroad atock owners, &c., of yous clty, Takiax es ar i c, age a thom congiorad'a weight, ag, ein aro iarce Tecalvers wf froigits ingcover Abe. cancls ase A and railroads of the State. Frost the rameal have takcn the folioqiog Hoyt-& Co, D. b. A. Downs + Kaman ie Loyd, THAN, Seed & Co. M To Hubdard & Fonte ak te. Ewin ae wn rh Ketobum, J. Scutbworth, Take, Do vam 203. Tae > from the Turn: Jl-tricts, pleat eames Of the signers, Gach us “good old