The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1860, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. ——_— JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Orrick NX. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. TERMS, cash tw adwonce, Money cent dy mat wi beat the rick of tha ender. Postage damps wot received as eubsorition money f BERALD, two conis por copy. $1 por anawam. THE WEERLY HERALD. sory Scarnato cone, or $3 per annum; the icorean Edin cry Welearay, ent Pe cy. pr amen samy part of. or botn to include 5 a lormia Bain mth and "Buh of cash wendh at tis cons OTHE EeMtl ERRALD on Wednesday, at four emis per ‘or 81 per annem. 4RY CORRESPOND! POL UNE. 7 tee P. my Requseran vo RAAL Ais amp Pacs- AO NOTICE then of . wo Spamymem correspondences, ‘We do'net OLMMO KKV ree scsseeseeececessessee Oe 47 AMUSEMENT THIS EVENING. AOABDEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street.—Itatian Orena Sarrno, NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—Cooxr’s Rorat Aurui- Wenares, ——_ BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Marcarer Catonro.e— 1 UT AM. WINTER GARDEN, - one * Broadway, opposite Bond street.. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—! Pe ray E, way.—Romanom or 4 LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, 6% Broadway.—Jeanin Deans. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Ros! Mi Jaox BuxrranD—Tuxes Fast Maw, Sepamcraee “| BROADWAY BOUDOIR, 444 Broadway.—Goop ror No- ‘THInc—Four Sistrxs—Wouan's Wuins, BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM. RBroadway.—Aftr- Roon—Waniock or THe GLEN—Cosnier anv His Wire. —OcroRroon. Evening: BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- way. —Ksuniesqves, Soncs, Dances, £c.—Ws Come raow eux His. NIBLO’S SALOON, Brosdway.—Gzo. Currstr's Muv- greets ix Sones, Dances Buriesques, &c.—Dovsis Beppep NINTH STREET, one door east of Broa iway.—SoLomon's ‘Trarts. New York, Friday, February 17, 1860, The News. In Congress yesterday the Senate adopted a re- solution providing for a joint committee of both houses to make arrangements for inaugurating the equestrian statue of Washington on the 22d inst. The resolution proposed an appropriation of $7,000 for expenses, but the Senate cut it down to $3,000. A resolution instructing the Commit- tee on Territories to reporta bill for the admis- sion of Kansas into the Union, under the Wyan- dot constitution, was offered, but no action was taken on it. Mr. Mason said the Wyandot con- stitution was an unauthenticated document. An official return of the Kansas assessors makes the population of the Territory 69,990—sufficient NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1860. The screw steamship United Kingdom, Captain Mickicraid, which left Glasgow on the 28th of January, reached this port yesterday morning, with fifty eight steerage passengers. The United King. dom encountered some very heavy fields of ice, and Capt. Mickleraid was forced to coast round the packs and steer through the dangerous open- ings with great caution. The steamship Kangaroo, from Liverpool, and Queenstown 2d inst., arrived at this port this morn- ing. She brings no news. Our Havana correspondent, writing on the 10th inst., states that all court balls had been adjourned, pending the issue of the war in Morocco. The Opera and theatres were doing a large business. Our correspondent in Vera Cruz states that Mi- ramon, a8 believed, left Mexico city on the Sth inst. in order to attack the first named town. Before marching he levied a war loan amounting to $200,- 000 on property holders. He would probably meet with a very warm reception at Vera Cruz, as active preparations were being made to resisthim. Gene- ral Cobos had been defeated by the constitutional- iste at Villa Juarez. We have news from St. Thomas, W.I., to the Slst ult. A commercial letter says:—There has been some improvement in breadstuffs and provi- sions. The stock is not large, but ample for the consumption of the place. In pitch pine there have been no transactions. Freights are not brisk, yet there isa better demand for tonnage. The health of the island is good. The cotton market was tame yesterday, while there was no quotable change in prices; the sales embraced about 700 bales, 560 of which were in transit. Flour was steady and in fair demand, while prices were sustained, sales were rather more active. Wheat continued to rule quite firm and was in good milling demand; sales, how- ever, were moderate, at rates given in another place. Corn was more active, and sales of white and yellow Southern were made at 7 aT9¥e, and of Jersey yellow at 77c. a 78¢. Rice was quite firm, and sales embraced about 500 casks at 87(c.a43Zc. Pork was firm, with sales of new mess at $18 37%, and now prime at $14 6234 a $14 75.. Sugars were firm, with sales of 300 a 400 bhds. Cuba muscovado, 650 hhds. melado and 600 boxes, at rates given in another column. Beef was also firm, with sales at full prices. Coffee was quiet but firm. Freights were firm, with moderate engagements. The Senate and the Franking Privilege. The action of the Senate during Wednesday's session, upon the abolition of the franking pri- vilege, was very important, and will be sus- tained by the sense of the country. It will be remembered that the Senate has thrice passed an amendment to the Post Office Appropriation bill, which amendment provided for the aboli- tion of the privilege under color of which the United States mails are loaded down with tons of useless matter, conveyed thousands of miles gratuitously. The House, claiming that the action of the Senate in thus interfering with a money bill was a breach of the privileges of to meet the requirements of the English bill. Mr. Brown gave notice of a bill to punish offences Sgainst slave property in Kansas. The bill respecting the circulation of bank notes in the District of Columbia was briefly discussed, and its farther consideration postponed till Monday. The Post Office Committee reported a bill for the constraction of a line of telegraph to the Pacific. In executive session the treaty with Paraguay was ratified, and several appointments were confirmed, among them that of General Whitney, as Collector of the port of Boston. The Senate adjourned till Monday. In the House the election of aPrinter was post- poned till to-day. A perfect avalanche of bills and resolutions, embracing various subjects, and afford- ing sufficient employment for half a dozen Con- Gresses, was poured upon the House from all quar- ters, but we have no space to allude to them in de- tail. In Committee of the Whole the President's Tessage was taken up, and Mr. Anderson, of Mis- souri, delivered a speech on the impending crisis detween the North and the South. In the Legislature yesterday the Senate passed the bill to facilitate the completion of the Lake Ontario and Hudson River Railroad. Among tho bills introduced was one to suppress intemperance and regulate the sale of liquors. A resolution for a committee to examine into the affairs of the New York Excise Commissigners was adopted. The Railroad Toll bill was farther debated, and (after exempting the Rome and Watertown and Oswego roads from its operation) was ordered toa third reading, by 16 to 11. The Canal bill was also ordered to a third reading. Some other bills were also ordered to a third reading. In the Assembly the Pro Rata Freight bill was further debated and amended. The Commit- tees were named to investigate the death of a patient of the Utica Asylum, and to investigate the alleged improper use of money to influence the votes of members upon the Pro Rata bill. Several other subjects of interest were ander consideration, for a report of which see our Albany despatch. The “ Balance of Power American” State Con- vention, which met at Binghamton on Wednesday, adjourned yesterday, after appointing a committee to co-operate with the National Usiou Committee, and adopting sn address setting forth their views on the state of political affhirs. We give the ad- dress in another column. The Rhode Island Democratic State Convention was held at Providence yesterday. William Sprague was nominated candidate for Governor’ together with a full ticket for State officers. Dele, gates to the Charleston Convention were appoint ed, but their predilections for the Presidency are not mentioned. The conservatives of Rhode Island also held a convention at Providence yesterday, They nominated a ticket for State officers com- posed partly of democrats and partly of repub- licans. The Virginia Democratic State Convention met at Richmond yesterday for the choice of delegates to the Charleston Convention. The session wasa stormy one, as will be seen by our report of the proceedings. The Board of Councilmen had no quorem present last evening at the call of the roll, and the Presi- dent accordingly declared it adjourned to Monday next, at five P. M. Aaron D. Stevens and Albert Hazlett, the last ‘of the Harper's Ferry conspirators, were on Mon- day last sentenced to be hanged on the 16th of March next. An account of the scene in court on the passing of the sentence, together with the re- marks of the Judge and those of the culprits, may be found in another column. The new steamer R. R. Guyler, of H. B. Crom- well & Co.'s line of Savannah packets, returned to the city yesterday morning from her trial trip. When off Sandy Hook on Wednesday her main journal became heated, and the steamtug Huntress ‘was employed to tow her into the Southwest Spit channel, where she anchored for the night. No other accident of any description occurred, as was neorrectly reported in yesterday morning's papers. The invited guests on board speak in very high terms of the steamer as to her accommodations and speed, and view their night's lodging on board in the lower bay, during a gale and snow storm, as @ very interesting affair. It being a trial more par. ticularly of her engines, her rate of speed was not ‘on that account, noticed with the exactness it otherwise would have been. It was, however, highly satisfactory. The Aldermanic Committee on Wharves, Piers and Slips held a meeting yesterday to consider the Battery enlargement. The Corporation Counsel ‘was present and stated that the contract is invalid on three different grounds, and that the Corpora. tion have power to order the completion of the ‘work under a new contract. The Superintendent pf Street Improvements informed the Committee Phat $55,000 have already been paid on the “job.” the lower branch of Congress, has always refused to agree to this amendment, and has sent the bill back to the Senate. On Wednesday the Senate passed the Post Office bill without the amendment, and it has become a law. Subsequently, the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads reported a bill abolishing the franking privilege altogether, and this bill was taken up on Wednesday. After some debate, during which several black republican Senators op- posed the bill, it was amended so as to prohibit the free passage of anything whatever through the mails. This amendment was subsequently modified so as to exempt newspaper exchanges, and so the bill passed—fifty-four Senators in favor to two against it. We are very much gratified to record this action on the part of the Senate, and await with some anxiety the movements of the House on the subject. The postage on the matter which is now carried through the mails free costs the government over two millions of dol- lars per annum. In addition to the cost in money, the paid mail matter is frequently de- layed by the enormous mass of documents which members send to their constituents un- der frank. It is safe to say that if the govern- ment paid its own postage on purely official letters relating to executive business, it would amount toa very insignificant sum compared to the present tax. Then there can be no tho- rough organization of the Post Office Depart- ment on any other basis than that which is adopted in England—cash in advance, no franks, no free matter. That system has been working in England many years. It has been fairly tried, and the result is that the British Post Office is managed with all the regularity and promptness which characterize the work- ings of a first class business concern managed by private persons. “Safe as the mail” is an English proverb, but not yet an American one. We trust the House wil! pass the bill without delay. We are aware that, as there is a Presi- dential election pending, there will bea great outeide pressure upon members to slaughter the act. We should like very well to see any tangible or reasonable excuse the House can have for refusing to abolish the franking privi- lege. The most recent evasion has been nulli- fied by the action of the Senate in adopting the bill by itself, distinct from the Appropriation act. It seems to us that those members of the House who vote against the new bill will incur a heavy responsibility. We could have wished that the Senate had made a clean job of it, and abolished the free carriage of all matter—newspaper exchanges not excepted—through the mail. No journal of any account would object to paying postage on such exchanges as it desired. One Senator, as we have been amused to see, objected to the free exchange of newspapers on the ground that it would increase the circulation of the New York Heratp. It would not affect our “circulation” one way or the other. It might affect the circulation of some of our provincial exchanges, which are made up almost entirely from our columns. We should limit our ex- change list, now kept very closely confined, to the journals absolutely needed, and with the widespread correspondence by telegraph from which we get our news often in advance of the local papers, exchanges with country papers are no longer required by metropolitan papers. The system is kept up chiefly out of charity. We burthen the mail very little. The circula- tion of the Hrratp outside of New York is chiefly in large cities, where the same system of delivery is in use as if the metropolis. Our packages ge by express, and are in advance of the mail from two to twenty-four hours, accord- ing to the distance. However, our own affairs apart, there is no earthly ‘reason why newspa- per exchanges should pass free through the mails. On the contrary, there is every reason why they should not. The exemption is made just now by some small politicians, who wish to curry favor with a few half-starved country editors, who are still smaller than the politi- cians themselves. We call on the House to pass a bill cutting off all the Post Office free list. It is a nuisance that ought to haye been abated long ago. re e Destruction of American Steamship En- terprise om the Occan. We copy from our ship news in yesterday's Herarp the following item, whtoh is of suffi- cient significance to be transferred to our edito- rial columns:— ARRIVED. Steamship Robert Lowe (Br.), leton, Gibraltar, Jan. 15, with fruit, to Chamberlain, Pheips & Co. Left Genoa Dec. 20, ee 26th, Messina Jan. 1, end? Malaga 1th. winds during the entire passage. Arrived off the Battery at 4 A. M. This is the second steamship ¢f a line owned by an English company, destined to establish a regular steam communication between the Mediterranean and this port. The establish- ment of this line is the last of a series of facts reaching over a number of years, showing that American steamship enterprise on the ocean, which had risen into importance and fame un- der the auspices of Mr. Collins, has been de- stroyed by the corruptions of Congress and by the envy of others, while British and other foreign steamship enterprise has taken its place, and is now triumphant. There are, at this mo- ment, ten lines of foreign steamships running between this country and Europe, and only one American, consisting of the Fulton and Arego, two ships. In 1840 the British Cunard line went into operation, and had everything -ta own way. But American energy entered into competition, and in a few years, under the able direction of E. K. Cojlins, the American steamers surpassed the British both in their splendid accommodations and in the rapidity of their passages. The steamers of his line were the first that ever crossed the ocean inside of ten days. Congress at first paid tolerably for the carrying of the mails, though not so much as was paid to the British line by the English government. The country was proud of its steamships, and Congress advanced in its remuneration and paid what would have made the line the glory of the United States if it had been continued. But through corruption in Congress, and the jealousy and intrigues of competitors, the grant was withdrawn, and Collins’ line was sacrificed. Ever since the ships of foreign nations have carried most of the passengers and the mails, and their various steamboat lines have pros- pered, because they have been paid handsomely by their governments for their mail service. The following tables will show the proportion of American and foreign steamship trips across the ocean, together with the number of pas- sengers, for the last five years:— NUMBER OF TRIPS OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN OCEAN STEAMERS. Total Ameri- Foreign Total Bu Ame- By For. Year. steamers. cando. do. trips. rican do, do, 1865 13 9 4 85 60 py 18586, 28 8 20 136 53 83 1857 12 11 31 184 50 184 1858. i 8 33 159 32 127 1859, 46 5 41 183 26 157 NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED BY AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STEAMERS AND SAILING VESSELS. gers sengersal at ‘New imeriin ty WV. ¥.byall York by Fear. sleamers. deamers. foreign. ; 6,310 vessels. steam. 21,568 15,258 162,284 11,117 _7p.c. 10,865 19/204 169/284 17/403 11 p.c. 11,020 48,717 208,409 34,575 17p.c. 11,971 43,048 97,631 26,685 25p.c. 9,180 51,830 101,890 36,154 38p.c. The foregoing tables show that in 1855, when the United States had a weekly line of mail steam- ers to Europe, nine out of the thirteen steamers in the trade were American, and made sixty out of the eighty-five trips; that they carried three-fourths of the passengers; and that of the total passengers arrived at New York from Europe, seven per cent were brought by steamers. But the same tables show that in 1859, four years afterwards, out of the forty-six steamers in the trade, but five were American; that they carried only one-seventh ef the pas- sengers; and that of the total passengers ar- rived at this port from Europe, thirty-three per cent were brought by steamers—thus making it evident that the foreign steamers are taking away the passengers and freight even from American sailing ships. The subjoined table will show that for the last five years, with the exception of the year of the panic, the passen- gers by steamships have steadily increased :— Av'ge perks gERERe The statistics of the ocean mail service, in the reports of the Postmasters General, prove that in 1855 the United States mail steamers carried mails the postages on which amounted to $892,626, and the Cunard line carried mails whose posiages amounted to less than half, namely, $411,288; while in 1859 the American steamers carried mails whose postages amount- ed to but $199,261, and the Cunard line carried mails whose postages amounted to $805,639— the balance for 1859 being carried by other foreign steamers—making a total of $1,338,449 for ocean postages in the last year. It is only necessary to look at the foregoing facts and figures to see that American steam- ship enterprise over the Atlantic, which was built up by Collins, has been overthrown by the, criminal neglect of Congress; while foreign governments have extended such encourage- ment to their respective steamships as has enabled them to monopolise the trade. Tre Iran Question ww New York.—We give in another column a copy of a circular issued by the Italian Committee in this city, recommending to public attention the meeting which is to be held at the City Assembly Rooms this evening, to express the sentiments of the people of New York in relation to the present aspect of Italian affairs. We agree very cordially with the object of the meeting. It is a perfectly proper and legi- timate manner of expressing the sympathy of a free people for a gallant nation which is fighting a good fight against the odious tyranny of priestcraft and kingcraft combined. The re- cent grand coup of the Emperor Napoleon, and the present menacing attitude of the Holy Father, sustained by Austria and Naples; the impor- tant part played by Garibaldi in Northern Italy, and the whole aspect of affairs upon the Peninsula, give to the great question of the age an importance which can hardly be overrated. Should the French troops be withdrawn from Rome, and their places supplied by Neapolitan soldiers, another war would be almost inevitable, The final result, without much doubt, of such a contest, would be the disenthralment of Italy, and her restoration to her former place among the great Powers. In no part of the world would this glorious consummation be received with more real gladness than in these United States, and it is fitting that we should in some formal way send the greeting of free America to Italy, which now sees the glimmering of that day which, however long the night may have been, must come at last. It will be noticed that the objects of this meeting are in no wise pecunious. The Italian cause does not ask money, but moral. and cordial endorsement from America in this juncture. Let there be a good meeting to-night. The Census of 1860—Thirty-six DMellfons of People in the United States—Im- mense Growth of the Repwblic. The government at Washington is now en- gaged in preparing for the eighth census since the organization of this republic, and it has already issued preliminary instructions for car- rying out that great work to the census mareébals throughout the country. We publish to-day the programme to be adopted in order to insure correct and speedy returns. The census officials are to commence operations on the 1st of June, and they are required to com- plete the work in every State and Territory within the earliest practicable time. Ten years have elapsed since the last national cen- sus was taken, and in that period the country has attained a marvellous degree of prosperity, highly developed resources, a widely extended territory, and a largely increased population. ‘Two Statés— Minnesota and Oregon—have been added to the Union since then, and three new Territories—Kansas, Nebraska and Washing- ton—have been organized under Territorial Legislatures. The total population of the States and Territories, according to the census of 1850, was 23,191,876. We have prepared an estimated return of the present population, in anticipation of the cen- sus of 1860, and the increase within the last decade presents an astonishihg example of the growth of the United States. A State census has been taken since 1850 in twelve States and six Territories, at different periods—in 1855, '66,’68and '59. Taking the increase for the pe- riods between the national census of 1850 and the time when the State censuses were taken as our data, we have made ageneral average of the present increase for the entire decade—dividing the States into classes according to their facili- ties for rapid growth. Thus we find that while the old free States have increased at the average of thirty-three and one-third per cent for the past ten years, the new free States have in- creased at the rate of from sixty to two hun- dred per cent, the old slave States at the rate of fifty per cent, and the new slave State of Texas at the rate of one hundred and sixty per cent, and the Territories at the rate of one hun- dred and fifty per cent. By this mode we may arrive very closely at the aggregate popula” tion of the entire country in 1860. Thus:— POPULATION OF STATES AND TERRITORIES IN WHICH A CENSUS HAS BEEN TAKEN SINCE 1850. 609,409 179,044 cose eens cee os 2iB1T, 989 Total increage since 1850.. Total increase in twelve States and six Territories in which a State census was taken since 1850. .3,281,005 By this table it will be seen that there has been a considerable increase of population in all the States and Territories. Basing a calcu- lation upon the general average increase per cent, as shown by these figures, we are enabled to present the following tables of the probable increase of the entire Union for the whole de- cade, together with the total population in 1860:— OLD FRER STATES, [Average increase in ten years $33; ver enns) o 1860. - 870,798 {Average increase in Yen years 60 per cent. verage increase n years 60 per cent dimated oe 030 51,687 ard 1,632 187,208 87,445 131,167 185 1,350,277 817,762 700, 405 1,473,607 583,084 874, 606,528 + +909;789 682,044 1,028( 860,089 1,303, oor 71 T'pos rane 11,421,681 2)132)491 209, ‘814,845 352,064 13,990,043 increase in an years 160 t. ‘Aver! ten years per cent Bones Population $n 1850, ret ps pamper Ay 212,592 638,198, NKW FREE STATES. {Average increase in ten years 200 per cent.) "erin 0 California 92,597 1,018,589 Towa 192,234 2,14)364 3,182,943 Oy ox ee ‘Tolel iorage inctease ts tan years 60 per Vel Ino sao” 1054 oe 21/300 «1,573,886 2,518,896 greater, but we are com isd ts aoa the ieeven' tis cedar thay the Eyecnge my be edtred be — NEW TERRITORIES, (Average incroase in ten years 150 per cent.} PR " * jing to general a abe Rerbre ea eae, ee SE SS While these estimates do not give the exact Population of each respective State, in each class, (as is manifest by the estimates for Kan- sas and Minnesota,) inasmuch as some have increased in a greater and some in a lesser ratio than the general average of per centage which we have taker for the entire elass, yet they will show almost accurately the aggregate population of the entire country in 1860. Sev- eral estimates have been made by statisticians, but none of them have exceeded 32,000,000 as the present population ; but here we have « sympathy | population in round numbers of thirtyots: mit | liens, and, in all probability, it may be even more than that. Thus we shall soon exceed the popula tion of either Franee or England, exclusive of their colonies; the only nation in Europe which can compete with us will be Russia, anc’ we can command a greater power than Russia, because every quarter of this Union is kmit together by a chain of railroads and telegr.sphs, by a free press, and a unity of language, religion, and a common civilization. So that while the power of the Ruseian empire is diffused over a vast extent of widely sundered territory, our power is concentrated, like that of one great city. On the night of the ap- proaching Presidential election we shall be in OEE Me morial for the Right of Slave Trausti Seward’s Views Upon the Executive Sesion—Pro Rata—Republi: can Circular, dic. OUR SPECIAL ALBANY DESPATON. Albany, Feb. 16, 1860. ‘There was \\ memorial introduced in the Senate yestor- day, by J. McLood Murphy, which, considering the presen’ raid tpon the shivery question, demands more than a passing notice, touching, as it does, the right of transit of slaves throug® the State, a point which a committee of the State Senate ef Pennsylvania, m February, 1858, do- cided with an able report, which was at that time pub- lished in the Fixnasp, that slavebolders had the right to take their domestic slaves with them wiiist passing through that State, and tint heir slaves did mot, by virtue of their being in anon-stereholding State, obtain thetrfree- dom. But to the memeriw!:— aa complete throughout the entire States and Territories of this Union—with all theit varieties | of climate, soil, productions and raees—as it | was in the great city of Athens, or any other || ancient city, in the tide of its glory. A kindred ambition and a common destiny bind us to- gether with links that nothing buta mad fanati- cism ean rend asunder. And thus the nation, now only in its infancy, will go on doubling it- self within every hundred years, until it’ be- q possession of the vote from every part of the } Tote Lrcm:sroxs dp rme Starz or New Youk:— ; country, and the next morning it will be an- ee ae as ee SE ' nounced in our columns. Unity of action is called slave States to us, whether upon budtness of 3 j ay pat more populous than all Europe; or aver ing Ly But there is an issue now before the people GB Hatcwd Coy, e0 Chaimbe which, if it be not rightly determined, will put | ire Aa, Linton Lives cea rr? ret a termination to all this growth and prosperity, | 6°¢" Gestber dose U6 Mnides laze. and, so far from another decade leaving this | {°%oy aida 2) Malden jane. great country a marvel of power and extent, it oly! Hoe, wore tt eee. may find her disunited and powerless—the | 3,,%,Combling, 198 Brondway. wreck of what was oncea youthful giant—with | , And bi her promises unfulfilled, her destiny unaccom- plished—the pity, and not the pride of the world. . ‘The petition is one of the strongest and best’ got up of | any that bas been introduced here this winter: 1 was re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee. The law'whick these gentlemen asked to be repealed was passed’May 25, 1841, after a canvass of three or four years upon that subject, moulding the public opinion and preparing them for that change. The law passed then was in tlic’ following words:— are hereby repealed. ‘Those sections which were thus repealed, and which these momoralists ask to be restored are as follows:— Any inhabitants of any other rite conlerrating tnto tile State tent to reside ently therein, ma} with Dim iy heidi ae and ‘belonging fo suck ine Trovaie Brewrna 1x Srary.—From the tenor of our advices from Europe it is evident that Spain is getting herself into hot water. The war with the Moors, having been begun in haste, ig being repented of at leisure. Her troops, after being nearly three months in Africa, have only advanced about twelve miles into the in- terior, and instead of revelling amid the trea- sures of Mequinez, of which such glowing ac- counts were published to stimulate the Spanish troops, they have not yet taken the dirty little town of Tetuan, the smoke of which can be seen with ey, Jawful ery, hebitants under the laws from which he shall re. ‘move, who was born since the fourth day of July, one thousand seven bundred and ae, and before the fourth di} pon the that each on any clear day from the hill of Ceuta. Peace addition {mizrant, the county and Stee, together is accordingly talked of, and we should not be | ‘4 "Rvery suet pers ia slavery aforeesid, and born pareon held after the 4th c= teh 1799, who hath been brought inte since the chirty-Oree day remain the surprised if the diplomatic efforts of the English 2 scr vaut of him wo won such pocmce bolsupecs and agents at Tangiers brought it about at an early day. In the meantime, while Gen. O’Donell, who is the Prime Minister, is at the head of the ears. if a female until the age of 25. of 283 fhe term of vervice of troops in Africa, the Queen has struck a vein | y.ccgitiniite State after thin hls besomee ener ahntibe of piety, and is announcing her determination | (2 i ae ee tee ate ime ny shall be travelling to or from, or may bri ‘with him any person iesfully ‘nd may take such person to support the Pope in his rising contést with Louis Napoleon, and talks of sending an army i ae al to garrison Rome should the French troops be ‘aig more inan bine maoathe and’ if'such ‘residouge be: com: withdrawn. Thisis already letting down the | '1~:tny’persm who, cr whose family shalt reside part of the barriers which have so long prevented senna 5 a eee pee ve an or thein, foreign Powers. from pressing he claims po fay Nh os fers ery ne ie Site, day i. A st th the memorial for the of their subjects upon the Spanish government Pe maddened oa a Pag] for acts of past bad faith. While this is going | notice a number of persons who have acted with the on externally, the new concordat with the Pope | Puricena, in yotr city heretofore. | Th ~pyhgh has been published, and gives great dissatisfac- | upon this question unless forced to do it. There wil, however, be a bill introduced, and its reference to aselest committee be asked, which ‘wilt force the honorable Seua- tors to show their hands. Tn this point, extracts from a letter of Wm. H. Seward, written at the time that tlie agitation of the repeal of those ections was going on, may not be uninteresting at ime. The letter was written to William Joy and Gerrit mith in 1833, dated 2.1888. ‘tion to the moderate and liberal parties in Spain. An active intrigue is on foot in Madrid to oust the present Ministry, and we should not be at all surprised to learn at any moment that the commander-in-chief of the troopsin Africa, 5 Avavry, Oct instead of being in active march for Mequinez, | _Gerrizwmx—Your letter proposing tome certain questions was back in-the Spanish capital, to defend him- | 'sa'bean recered. os "ne or BY fouaw cuizang at Uticw self from what General Scott once termed “a fire in the rear.” With some of these recent events, Louis Napoleon, whose will is really more powerful in Madrid than that of Queen Isabella, cannot be very well satisfied, and he will probably read to her Spanish Majesty one of those sharp Napoleonic lessons which will teach her that she must be just to him before she can be generous to Pio Nono. The fact is that the clerical clique have the upper hand in. the Spanish court just now, and: the French Emperor will probably give them a twist in his present contest with the Papacy. But the courts of law in a di “action tion ional right master, Ten Mrmuons ror Watt Srreet—The- oratigent in Gefittion of ih Si ia apo ote 4 ' President has signed the Post Office bill, | jirdy ine cian of peronn yo propose llbeosit by. Wale he construction of the constitution adopted ini and the Department will commence imme- | the Jaw, it would seem, onght to remain upon our statute books, not ag au encroachment upon the rights of mas, but diately the payment of the long-suffering mail protection Foe (hem. on tobe en contractors and their creditors. Fhe Deficiency | commurication, iti per Tehould add tak Tam, not, oon" vinced that it would be ei bill appropriates over four millions wherewith | clare to our fellow cl'izens of the ‘Southern and Southwestern to pay what the Department owed on the lst of | Snow der Wey chen orien uh om oe eedealy July, 1859; and a further sum of four millions | Shum cuters. or education, or habit may bare ren is to be disbursed between the present date | $°ct (gai sisioed by sual on set of intently and the end of the fiscal year. There is still | be, injurious, to tyge norrunaia elas lag BE another appropriation of two millions and a | d,,4t mo op occasions few "and far betwee half for salaries, contingent expenses, interest, | benelis to the zreat cause of human Uberty from the cuttiva &c.—making altogether over ten millions, of which two-thirds will be disbursed within the next sixty days. The effect of this action on the part of the government will be felt in an easier money market, and flush times among the banks and financiers in Wall street. The merchants will be benefitted, and trade will receive a general impetus, which, in the present state of stagnation, is a consumma- tion most devoutly to be wished. Everybody will be glad that the bill has passed, and sorry that the odious franking privilege was not abolished at the same time. that such an exclusion could have nogood effect would accomplish boing in the great cause of hasan livery. If I mistake not the temper of some tors, we shall have an interesting time u; = eee sored day ‘won jay under the exposé of seeret session yesterday, which I scnt over the wires last evening. They é understand how it was obtained. A resolution was adopt- ed in the executive session to expel from the Seuate Senator who might reveal what transpired—unusual caution was taken to prevent the news being through apy spiritual communication, or any other mys- terious way. The Heraup, however, bad the result of their operations. Who is the Jeaky Senator, or how was it obtained, is the question that they are unable to decide. You need not be surprised to hear of your correspondent veing before an investigating committee, who will to force him to give theso wise men his modus obtaining court secrets. The Senators had better employ a minister to read them one of the commandments, “Thou shall notswear!— in Executive session. A remark to come to the pubiit like the following would indicate a stormy time:—‘"Mr. President—Being that we are here alone there is no of a the nicety of language, but that charge is 4 An EnrerprismsG Coxremrorary.—In this city is published @ newspaper which in two points bas outstripped all its contemporaries in the United States—its original description of battles and battlegrounds, and its priority of intelligence in publishing bogus copies of treaties. Last summer the Italian war was taging, and the editor thought he would make a good thing out of it He therefore gave an account of the famons quadrangle of Austrian fortresses behind the Mincio, the “elbows” of which he represented as “formed by the sym- pathies of youth.” Scarcely less graphic and nteresting was his memorable sketch of his flight from Solferino, making a better race than John Gilpin, and distancing all the fagitives. No newspaper on this continent has ever been able to match that enterprise. In the way of treaties he aJso stands alone. About a year ago he published a treaty as signed in Wash- ington by the Nicaraguan Minister and Sir Gore Ouseley, the British Minister. No such treaty was then signed, nor has ever been signed since. Two or three days ago he achieved another brilliant feat of the same kind. He published what purported to be the recently made treaty between this country and Mexico. No treaty like the one published by our smart contemporary is before. the Senate. No such treaty, in fact, has been even nego- tiated between the two governments. car- irg in oysters and other ratables, to say nothing ofa Told te wet their whistle. Thus, with seven and Fane fd clerks to help them keep the secrete, all known in asbort time. Yesterday all of extra bands were exclided, and the Senators sat there alone, but still the secret is out; the only differonce is, the Hxratp had the exclusive monopoly of facts and de- Last evening was the first that the discussion came fully ‘upon the merits of the Pro Rata question in the House. ¢Mr. Millington, of Herkimer, delivered the best speech bat was offered in favor of the measure, and was the firs: peech that came to the point on that side. Tt was listen d to with close attention by @ crowded lobby through. out its entire delivery. It was well pre; and well delivered. The Pro Rata bill was this morning opened with a speeck from Mr. Haskins, from Wyoming county, ia favor ot the Dill. His speech was well prepared and delivered in goot style, He reviewed the different liner of roads and com pared their distances from the central point of the Was to New York, and considered that the Ponusylyanir Central was the oply road that could possibly ve competitor with the New York roads, but no attentio: was paid to that, even by the New York Central, ia mak ing up their rates of tariff, the eal competine tha ea ‘the rates of that company. No other route aw fected the Central. He though) it was tims shesegiar movopolies were shorn of a portion of thew intlaene: whicb they bad obtained by virtue of the wagnauimit of the Legislature, by yranting them, as he consider: unwise!y, all they asked, : om Kexrox Couiece Dirnovtry,.—The Cleveland Herald , of the 1¢th inst., says the difficulties at Kenyon Collogo are Pion settled, and the classes bave returned {0 their wi