The New York Herald Newspaper, February 18, 1860, Page 10

10 NEW YORK HERALD, SAT@RDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. 00 enth of the House at the ATIC. wi Affairs in Cuba. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, | Sse! ior.scnosetisin 1651-'24nd 3, and beat the | sccommodations (0 fue tah of tei 20 large POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. oe THE TURF. ‘aitney was one of the democratic leaders with ‘Mr, Mues was happy to exonerate the Doorheeper from iene? Havana, Feb. 10, 1960. Banks "44 others ‘n that coalition. The coalition elected ‘ | Americam Race Horses in blame He was sorry that avy gentiemsa bet undertaken ‘Tox Reva icay Party NV gayrg Tt is claimed by Ryecto ‘es ®, | rae | Sm nate, Whitne: we mber directly to je astanding rule of the House. He | the biack republicans of *”.. worth that in Western Vir- 1 War in Morocco on the Pashionable World— R fe on Arrangements for the Inaugu of Foto min for him. paper sbes, this thocgby Bo ae eens omen ae to nae givia aetrong republic Asta To every day gaining Wo Mere Royal Balle Until the Moors are Suldued— | — ana Parca tag eal Derby—Its mly resisted . e . tion of the Washington Statue. | ‘ax, win me <thers named, contributed to arouse | ‘"S'J.tersvelowed on poitoof order, much confusion | grivnd sme:g tL yoni, and that already ibey have & (et roe Meaico—Ineatrical Progrest—More Colis | OUST ie Fog ctagoon rae Soni: ) prevailing, ‘ complete Org” sation in that section. The party which ie } ja) committee of three was ordered to in- E quueiate the exped iency of removing the beaches and re- | ‘D8 <1" cq held a meeting in Wheeling on the 11th inst. viacing the cbairs and desis, and to report the cost, aud | &t ¥” ich» prenmble and resolutions were passed, which the time the change will occupy. “ally explain the relations existing between them and @ feeling of opposition in the executive session of the Senate, but not enough to prevent Whitney’s confirmation. REQUISITION UPON CANADA FOR A FUGITIVE. A requisition has been made by this government upon The palace ball did not come off, as, by royal orders,| PeFFOF™M*T.ces om the English Turf we aro notto have any demonstrations of gayoty unt! | . Reported Miness and Death—Mr. Ten The Seventh Regiment Invited te Parti- the national honor has been vindicated in Morosco, Many | Broeck and His Stable—Mr. Herlam 7onies: UGURATION OF THE WASHINGTON STATUE. guests were disappointed—many dresses and His New Partner, dic., de. cipate in the Cere7ao) » that of Canada, under the Ashburton treaty, for the ren- | 44, Yarn, (dem. ) of 8. C., from the Joint Committee”, | black republicanism. They fall back on the compromise | Oo ssion must hao the di ae rude In the year 1856, when Mr. Ten Broeek first took over AA nee dition of afagitive from justice by the name of Ritchie, make panied (3 in rye 4 ite joa iam messeres of 1850, and believe that the queation of slavery | food news from pyar dy pea until ne pee Peete to Magland fee the pA ore *. who ty, New | Statue of appro- ¥ i rT — walt Ametican race horses purpose Dedete on the Abolition of the Franking | }i° “Ped recently from St. Lawrence county priating ten thouran 10: GeCiny: Coe anpecas.-| howl De Danlhed Sipe the eeiaive_ bails Wasting VERO? SNE COON testing the boasted superiority of English thoroughbreds. ivi i Hot OUR RECIPROSNY TREATY WITH CANADA. Fagaed. : z 7 pone deciolens preme | trom Vera Cruz. ‘There seems to be no doubt that Mira- | Over those of this country, his enterprise was looked upon Privilege i. the Hone, ings ADA, THE RLACTON OF PRINTER ZOmMrowED. Court, aud believe that fugitive slaves should be rendered | mon is in earnest, but there is a good deal of doubt as to | with contempt and derision by our transatlantic tarfmen, fo Se miaie ns Ee he. 4 suenend (s, SreNNE S| Me, Pe ee eee Ue lection sj | vP- They assert thatthe affair at Harper's Ferry was | the quantity of inen he will be able to got before the | 1 seemed as if the fuollSed thesn tn pages report in i ity treaty, with a view as lomday, | a results placing FECT FOR THE MEXICAN TREATY, | ic mocincatos aca smrenanrnt tus noactycompvied hin MENDES wicked in Sts conception, atrecions in ta design, and | “HF: numsey.Nowcomb minstrelé are coining favor and | estimate upon our horses, judging from thelr perform- THE PHOS! a o) ne dana soc and heigasimered has ip oaipre scte pA a swonD Zan care, mivemoe, ‘. savage and revolting in its execution, and that it was the ‘atthe Villanueva theatre, and will probably per- | ances, as Pryor and Locomte were unsacceeaful in all their rs, and is here in consultation wi State - ¢ Homes passed tue Senate reso! ie coD- 64 \d theu tour the island ao, &o., &, lacunae ya Pa aang sent of Congres to Captain Sbubriek to acoept the swo'a | “T#* frults of a wicked fansticinm, aroused and exelted by | form *krough next week, an 4 on thelr | raoes, and it was not until the fall of the year that. political crugade of the Nerth againet the institation of full d, and Prioress nobly vind! c 'o slavery. « Among the resolutions we find the follewing:— wee ry mapyey oe ° te panions by f op vgs al bike a pei set, uray vy Gen: | Mera tga a" "| Mrs tha rr tates, Nelcus ef bar ieee Ge ieee ae ee |e pss ww Pryor and Lecomte, fell victims to the infuenoes of a With thy d soc * | the Mails for the United States not Made Up at the Con- enal m to display those qualities. ro eee aa of wie metaee "it | swlatemax for Delivery of Mail Matter=Aid to Spaine | Of speed and endurance which they undoubtedly pos- Harper's Ferry, and congratulate ourselves upon the Opera Review, dc. sessed, and had given such convincing evidence of in this ag Pacha pet gre ortermerg Sr criminal jus- | J remember reading several months ago, a.statement | country. Undiscouraged by his heavy losses in ths- signed the murderous traitors to a traitors’ grave. that the late Captain-General of this island bad consented | deaths of the above named horses, Mr. Ten Broeck per- These appear to be the sentiments of the socalled re- | toa proposal of the United States Consul General here, | £evered, and the following season sent out Babylon, Boni- publicans in Western Virginia. If that party in the North | that the mails for the United States were soon after that | ‘#and Woodburn, and subsequently Charleston, to continue. can find any comfort in them, we are disposed to let them | period to be made up and closed at the United States Con- | the campaign hehad commenced, None of these possessed. enjoy it, sulate in this city. Knowing the source whence that in- | Suflicient racing merit to do credit to the American bred: New Hauremre Execnon —The annual State election | formation was derived, I looked upon it a8 authoritative. | racer. Charleston, it is true, had attained @ high reputa- in New Hampehire will take place on the 13th of March, | Up to this moment, however; beyond. the receipt at the | tom here; but It was a notorious fact that he was an un- and the politicians and stump orators are already begin- | Consulate—I suppose from Washington—of a set of Post | S0und horse when he was exported, and tho result proved ning to turn their attention towards the White Mountains. | Office scales, Isce no probability of any change being | this,as ho broke down in his first race. He was par- O® treeday last John 8. Phelps addressed the republicans | madein the manner of making up the mails here for the | chased by Sir Joseph Hawley, one of the shrewdest of Nasbua, and Governor Banks, Senator Wilson and | United States. judges on the English turf, as a stock horae, as he rightly~ Hon. John Sherman are already announced for the cam- It was understood, too, some'time since, that a reduction | Considered that across of blood, combining the speed of paign, No movement bas yet been made by the demo- | was to be made in the charge of 123 cents made here by | the English with the endurance and stamina of the Ameri — ARRIVAL OF NEW YORK POLITICANS. ‘There are @ large number of leading New York dtemo- i Maperogins, Feb. aba crats now here, some of whom are delegates to the pageants AB)! allel een Charleston Convention from the Weed anu Syractse Con- K NATIONAL GUS PATE IN THE ea ventions. They are respectively casting about #8 to tho CEFSMONTES. ‘The Joit Cow mitten of the Senate and House who have | chances of their adiission into the Charleston Conven- tion. The Southern Senators ané members @re very cau- | eberge of the manguration of the statue of Washington on the 224 twist, are making extensive preparations for | tious in committing themselves in favor'of ¢:ther, that event. They decided, at their meeting this morning, TE ARMY MBICAL BOARD, 2% place @tneral Aoott in command on that day, and have The Army Medical Board, which recently cén- telegrepie:d to bém ercordingly. They atso agreed to in. | vened here, have reported favorably on the respec- vite the feventle regiment of New York. tive ambulances of Sergeons Finley, Coolidge and The cemmitea'er!the inaaguration of the statue have ar- | Tripler. Several of cach kind sre to be placed czerged an ex‘erstye programme. A special invitation | in the service, 80 ‘that their practical adventages wre e¥'ended, te Lioutenant Genera! Scott, who, by tele- | may be ascertained. The Board tleo made important graph. says Jae camnot be present, owing to physical in- changes in the standard supply table for genera! and post @iepotition. :A'sbb-committee has in charge the military | boepitale, &c, arrangemer ite;,aed will invite the military of some of the Principal ¢ fWies'to be present, among otbers the Seventh yegiment, Nationa) Guard, of New York. ft is intended, a8 far a8 ‘Gb e'brief interval for preparation will allow, to tendered him from Presidert Urquiza, of the Argentive Contederation, as a mark of his wppreciation of the dist u- guishod character of that officer. ‘THE ABOLITION OF Weft 'FRANKING PRIVILAGE. 'Mhe Senate’s bil) to abolish the franking privitoge was reed. Mr. VaLLanpicname(dem.) <f Ohio, moved to refer it he @ epecial committee, that the House may bye ail tho acts. Mr. Sravenson, (dom.) ‘of Ky., preferred ‘that the bill be put on its passage now, ut he would treve no objec: tion to its taking the usual course and beitig referred to the Post Oftice Committee. Mr. Hovsron, (dem.) of Ala., taid the bill involvet no new principle.’ He desired to keep it im a position where & vote could be had on it. He moved that its considera tion be postponed to'three weeks from Tuesday. Mr. Wasnncrws, (rep.) of Ill., moved to refer it to the Judiciary Commities. Mr. RevNous,. (A. L. dem.) of N. Y., moved to lay it on the table. The motion was n@fMtived by 72 against 10, ‘The Honee refused to refer the ‘ill to the Judiciary Committee. § A parliamentary struggle ensued a8 to what disposition should be made:of the bill. ‘The House réfased, by thirty ene majority, to refer it to the Post Omtice Committee. It was then referred to a solect committee of five, and the House adjourned till Monday. Over Specint Washington Despatch. APPOINTMENTS CONFLRMED. Among the recent confirmations by the Senate are— ‘Wm. R. Parrish as District Attorney for Southera Wincis, and John H. Lewis, United States Marshal! for Wisconsip. CONDITION OF FIR TREASURY. ‘make the, wogasion one of very imposing interest. te 2 the Post Office for the bare delivery of a letter can racehorse, would prove eminently successful : ‘The receipts into the Treasury last wotlc wero $2,000,- crate. ice for are delivery or news- y Major Gern/ornl Jesup is to be the Grand Marshal on the } 4) '.) cosments made amounted tc $400,000, Th? Wine at Fanrytows, we Last Kick op Kxow Normvcisw.—The late State | paper; but up to this time no such reduction has been | 1m the spring of 1859 two horses left New York in tho: seecasion, (P¥ices are provided in the procession for, pay: I! LOGS HEPORTED TO BE BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY ie o < ; f the Sepreme Court, mom. | balance subject to draft is $9,000,000. THOUSAND DOLLARS. Convention of Binghamton bas closed the coffin of Know — tots ips Urkbe p steamer City of Manchester, consigned to Richard Ten ‘among etoer::, the Judges of the Saprer n letters recently placed Broeck, Bsq., Newarket, England. Those horses wero the- beneath About ‘halnpast one o'clock yesterday morning fire | Nothingism in New York. It did not exactly die, but, | giass 80.08 10 preserve them, whilst formerly the Mm ManyLanp Sexatonsep.—The Legislature of Maryland | sieve that with a little effort a very large red caemet ot steep y sgh pepe Car. are about to elect a United States Senator in place of | charge tor the delivery of letters here might. be obtained, | 268 semen snccesafally Southern, Hon. James A. Pearce, whose term expires in 1861. The ‘A junta of ‘Spaniards has been formed in Mexico for the | States, and great hopes were entertained that he would, democratic members held a caucus on the 16th instant, | PU*Pose of collecting money to aid Spain in the war against | by his performances, reflect credit upon his pedigree. His dersof the'iplomatic corps, officers of the army and hostel ener gears deere mary, thef™ reaident and hie Cabinet, menibera of Crn- | Among the resolutions adopted is the House yesterday grees, Bococ) , and Clark | W88 one, on motion of Vallandigham, calling upon the anne, Pld sist oe vel ceo sin les for of. | President to communicate the recent letter of the French ot , ‘heer's died ecidiere of the Revolatlansry army in uniform. .| S™0¢ror am the “subject of commerce and free wade, if ‘wes discovered izsuing from the grocery and dry govis ttore of'Mr. Wm. Evans, cn the dock foot of Main stree’, Tarrytown. The flames spread with great rapid It was tho largest firo that ever occurred in that village. Sew York, | BY had been communicated to the State Department. Mr. Martin, a conductor-‘on the Hudson River Railroad, % ‘donations coatinue to be made en nee eo bee six Wares THR GATETIRS OF THE CAPITAL. passed Tarrytown when the fire was at ite height. He | and took nine ballots for a choice, and then adjourned | for tuat pues, =” es ln nydiegdin ogy tay goad Datualion. of Baltimore City Guards, a troop of Maryland | Secretary Thompson ‘and Sonstor Seward held levees | gaye’that the country wus distinctly visible for miles | without effecting » nomination. Senator Pearce stood the | | On the 12th inet. a solemn Te Deum is 40 be celebrated | Teele te stecaniged the. Recon Rest @rageeoe . tho Companies of this District, and if possible | tight at thelr several residences, and each was ele- | around, and that the villago was as light as midday. | highest on the last ballot of the Queen of Spain, — ‘by winning the Goodwood pat ay arid seventeen: ’ pan id Only three or four persons were near the fire at we ‘Tue TRIBUNE PHILOSOPHER ON THE Presipency.—The Chi- “La Favorita’” was represented for the first time this sea- | Starters, comprising some of the best horses of the day. tbe Untt 24 States artillery:from Fort Monroe will be pres- | &antly attended. ent. 'G& .mmanderies of Knight Templars from Richmond, Gur Washington Correspondence. Baitime re and this city ender Eminent Grand Commander Wasmncton, Feb. 16, 1860. Frendh , will escort the -Free Masons, who have invited | 2he Fashionable Winter Season at Washington—The Closing the Le: ige at Fredericksburg, where Washington took his | Scenes of the Carnival and the Approach of Lent—Cabinet @egree a, the Lodge at Alexandria, over which he presided, | Receptions—The Last Reception of Gen. Cast—W. H. Sew- and ® .¢ Lodge at Georgetown, which aided him in laying | ard the Lion of the Eening, dc. the ee rer stone of the Capitol. ‘The end of the Carnival is the beginning of Lent, and’ A WRANGLE ABOUT THE HOUSE FURNITURE ‘we are neer the end of the winter’s carnival in Washing- ‘De ore was an “irrepressible conflict’ in the House to- | ton. The feastis nearly over, and the fast is close at aes, jfrowing out of the fuct that since the adjournment | band. -But as tho carnival of Washington is not the oar- ye erday the Doerkeeper had filled up a large portion | nival of Paris, so our Lent is not that of Rome. It is the of the area with tho extravagant desks and chairs which | modified Protestant Lent of the Episcopal faith—the pre- ‘were ‘removed by an order of the Inst House of Represen- | dominant church influence among our public authorities, teiive e. Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, characterized the | In anticipation of this Lent our winter fashionable season -wasui aption of the Doorkeeper in the etrongest language of | is drawing to a close. In consequence of the long delay ‘eens ire. Several members relieved the Doorkeeper by | in the organization of the House, involving the retention sannv uncing that the rales wore violated at their urgent | in the Treasury of millions of money which should bave nolic dtation, After avery animated debateon the sub- | been thrown into circulation early in December, and in ject, the desks were ordered 10 be removed, and | consequence, too, of the alarming partisan and sectional 2 *pecial committee -was a pointed to concider the | excitements which have prevailed here, our receptions, subject and report, The present arrangement of seats | routs, balls, parties, &c., have not been remarkably dril- ‘w te House is efter the model of the House of Commons | liant. In fact, in mercantile parlance, our fashionable im England. No-dceks are-allowed, but tables, with pens, | season has been a dull one, strangers short, citizens very tok and peper, in the rear of the benches, are furnished, | short, members of Congress fluctuating, lobby mon at a fine, bat in a few moments there wore hundreds, which | cago Tribune says that public opinion is somewhat divided | sn on Tuesday evening iat, atthe Teatro Taoon, toa very | He Wi Mopper roa be won dhie rene ee seen Vitter cold, and during the whole time of the fire & sti | concerning Horace Greeloy*s position on the Presidency | Cromed Rouse: | Cortesl, Serito, Leinon, Kerem, Merete | eating fourteen other horses; and thus winning for his Lg = Leelee ze a eee Cry. ton. whether he is in favor of Douglas or Bates; whether his | of Cortesi, who was in splendid voice, the opera was not plea r bale a —o on the two races, upwards of a town, but everything that could be done under the cir- | late letter magnifying Mr. Dougias’ strength was designed bpd evening Musiani took bis benefit, anda | . But Mr. here. cumstances was done. The flames first apread from the | to give that person a lift at Charleston or Mr. Bates a lift | substantial one it wer The performances were the | At the same meeting be started Umpire for tho. Nursery. more tothe dwelling of Mr. vane, adjoining; rom there | cpierzo. fecond act of Lacie’ first not of “Norma,” last act of | Stakes tothe large dwelling occupied by Mrs. Purdy and owned “ ” ‘ ” . | Of twenty-one horses, he won in the easiest by Mr. Evang. Itthen communicated to the large two | Tse Irrerressmg Conruict.—The black republicans in Pr pene esti iy of the “‘Trovatore.”” Every * ran story dwelting occupied by Mr. Wm. Mannerly, thesce | Warren county, New Jersey, have organized a ‘Chicago ‘Madame de Vernay’s concert at the Liceo is to take | both races, and beating some of the cracks. to the large two story hovge adjoining, occupied by seve- | Cup of Fighting Men” for the campaign. In Trenton, a | place on the 13th ist. Gottachalk and other eminent | merit of these performances, combined ra) families, The flames then caught and set fire to a one hab han lao been 4 officers ch artists have tendered their valuable assistance. confidence story house on the opposite side of the street, and this, | ¢ al en formed and officers chosen. Sugar has advanced a half real per arrebe since my | Bim to win upwardi together with the sash and blind factory and the large Dazcares 70 THs Convaynion or Sourmmry Srare— { ipo advices. Molagsea continnes at last quoted rates. to), at once made paiee tho first favorite for the great- pagal nag sate 00 HOT es dieae Wong | The two Houses of the Legislature of Mississippi met in | Freights—Four American vessels of moderate capacity } est event upon the English turf—the Epsom Derby; and a sheet of 6. No tan eight buildings Fore | joint convention on the 9th inst., and selested the follow. | bave Deen taken up since my last, to load hh4. sugar at the | this position he-has firmly maintained until quite recently, burning at the same time. In the upper portion of the : sey ovtports for the United States—three for New York and | When, from causes mentioned, he has given way village it looked as if two large fires were raging. The | ing genicmen to represent the State of Mississippi in the | one for Philadelphis—atfour and aquarter dollars per hhd, | ® little in the betting. pei Ng lina Reg ners basi will aropabiy foKn§ Atlanta Convention, which will be held on tho 4th of June: Exchanges without apy alteration. ‘oon ee ae nae ee in vag pee ic” thousand,dollars. ‘There was a partial insurance upon the | Samuel 8. Boyd, of Adams; Wiley P. Harris, of Hind forfele the distance’ one mile ande half, and the weights property. The origin of the fire is unknown. A. M. Clayton, of Marshall; Samuel J. Gholson, of Mon- OUR SAGUA LA GRANDE CORRESPONDENCE. carried are—colts 119 Ibs., fillies 114 lbs. Al! horses in. ; W. R. Hill, of Yasoo; Henry Dick! f ; this race are entered for it when yearlings, and ita value’ = = nis sped ann ot Kowntens Saqva LA Graxpe, Cuba, Feb. 1, 1860. | varies with the number of 4 Brisk Trade in Sugar Freights—American Vessels Loadt ranges from $25,000 to $30,000. In the Fi; Dutchman’s Coxxxcricet DetmcaTes To CuicaGo.—The delegates to Quickly — sich Heaton Wide Awak ceed he sehen there were 287° vine the National Republican Convention from Connecticat are Yf the Slave Trade Under the Menican Fl A New this race, and said to be about equally divided in their choice for the Ded, the Captains and Officials—Miserable Ri it in consequence of the fact that among the horses Presidency between Governor Chase and Mr. Bates, of posh dec. ves a, | aapemlot aginst bon are regarded cs being of ead 8u) ‘Miegouri, Naval Intelligence. OUR PORTSMOUTH (N. H ) CORRESPONDENCE, Navy Yann, Porrswovtn, N. H., Fob. 14, 1860. Filting Out of the Oumberland—The Sloop Dale—Offcial Changes—Frigate Constitution, de., dc. "The fitting out of the United States ship Cumberland ig being progressed with, and she will, weather permit- ? i it A ‘This harbor js rapidly filling up with American vessels, pe afiording suilicient facility for the immediate use of mem. | discount, and no sales, bachelor prizes and beautiful heir” | jpg, be in the hands of the riggers by the Ist proximo. Domettic News Items. and they are obtaining cargoes as fast as the railroad can bers for actual-public business. When each member had-| esses, limited supply. Some from the South, however, | Since going out of commission in September last, many | SEARCHING yor 4 PinaTe’s Gotp —The Taunton (Mass.) | furnish the sugar. bewig that his friend, the late Lord George Bentinck, : [ E i F i Gazette says that two men of that town are ¢1 ia adeak much of-the. public business was nogkcted by | capable of fulfilling John Mitchel’s ultimatum of human Gaping on the northeast side of Fooken Hilt in veteran | The United States steamers Mohawk and Crusader are | jn the Houso of Commons in 1848, when sir much desired improvements have been completed on f members, who devoted most of their time totheir pri. | happiness, to wit: ‘a rich cotton plantation well stocked } board of her, air pumps of great force and power have | as they say, under the direction of spirits, in search of | most vigilant in hunting for American slavers on this side | Peel was premier, felt far more keenly his ilt vate affair or the franking of documents to their con- | with good fat niggers.” been placed on the gun and spar decks; additions, with a | 'teasures alleged to have been buried inthat place by one | of the jaland, 0 much so that Interested parties now order far" (earplios) fo his ee re ere ere ea. stituents. With the desks, the facilities for doing this | Beginning with the President's receptions, the habitual | view to the comfort of the crew, have been made, means | Jory asserts Usat he actually aoe tee guest Of ie nereee; | thelr vessels on the south side. ‘The American fing will | even the iahat ce Parheeatt oe visiter at Washington during the sittings of Congress cannot private political work is removed, and many members are have failed to remark the comparatively thin and formal dturbed and are using their efforts to turn the present of ventilation in hot climates provided, and the interna) arrangements have undergone a thorough overhauling, rendering her, as she will be, one of the moat comfortable pirate near the place where these operations are now | notbe used asa protection to this trade, if these vessels | re-establishment of agricultural protection. The winning going on, and a] to be full in the faith thatsome- . | of “the blue riband cf the turf,” as the Derby is often, thing valuable will reward their toll. Hundreds of | % Wa! *7e Kept moving with their present zoal and a0- | termed, is equally the height of ‘ambition of {he aspiring: symmetrical appearance of the chamber, now highly ap- | audiences at these receptions this session. The last one, ' people bave already A the apel, sndithe | tivity. jockey.’ Some of this class have, in conseq propriate for u deliberative ‘body, into more counting | however, was nearly up to the standard of the good old a ae lag been dismantled and pronounced und: | these simpletone are watched with’ in erest by great | Nearly all the slavers are now leaving the island with | Superior skill in jockeyship, been very fortunate ia carry- times of Captain Tyler—lacking their important attraction numbers. Mexicap papers, and threo steamers are fitting out in Ha- | 8 Of this groat race. Sam. Arnull and his brother: for service, lies at the wharf awaiting orders for sale. Should the sure offered not prove acceptable, ehe will be ited out again and commissioned for the Congo coast, ‘The official changes spoken of in my last were this day confirmed in part. Commander Jobn M. Berrien, at pre- sent attached to this station, has been ordered w proceed to China, where, on arrival, he will assume command of the sloop-of-war Jobn Adams, vice Commander Mason, detached. The vacancy thus occasioned will be filled by Commander Miseroow, late in command of the Cum: verland, who will report here for duty immediately. The departure of Captain Berrien has caused regret, having merited esteem. He leaves many friends bebind him Orders from the Department for tue commencing of the preparatory work on the frigate Constitution are shortly expected, She will commisgion during the summer. Everything in the yard at this moment is unuaually still, very few men being emploged in the various depariments, Several ehips whtch bad received orders for this port have, in consequence of the severity of the season, en- tered Southern ports. The Marion, ft is understood, will, nothing preventing, arrive here. Lieu enant Somerville Nicholson, having received orders to report here for duty, wil! be atached to the Ordnavee De- partment. The other official changes referred to wili take effect at an early day, and will jaciude, in all probavility, the highest official in the yard. The term of service in each case having nearly expired, a clean sweep it ed, which may result in giving a healthy tone to departmente, which is much wanted, everything being in a lethargic state, owing to want of energy in certain quar- ters. oure. FRE ALOGTION OF THE FRANKING PRIVIERER. ‘The vote to day on the motion to table the Senate’s bill to abolish the franking privilege does not afford a fair in- ication of the sense of the House on the subject, 2s some of the members-who recorded their names in the nega tive would hare yoted directly against the Dill bad the quegtion on jis passage been presented. Although Mr. Ooifax, the Chawmen, aod. a tuajority of the Post Oftice ‘Committee are understood to be in favor of aboliebing the franking privilege, they are said to be against iaterfering ‘with the presont lew in regard to the circulation ef news. papers. The House by thirty-one majority refused to zire ‘whe bill that direction, and referred it to a special commit. tee, which was moved by a gentleman who has publicly expressed his opposition to the proposed measure, ‘The refusal of the ilouse today to Iay the Senate bill abolishing the fraaking privilege upon the table, by twenty-nine majority, is no index.of the real feelings of the House on the subject. Many members who are .op posed to abolishing-the privilege vetod against laying on We table, believing thet to do so would be an act of <iis- respect to the Senate. THE CONESST FOR MOUSE ©RINTER. James won it—the former four times and the latter five. AMAIGAMATION.—A practical negropbolist, who calls 5 Maen walla, bor horavons family, was last week | Y= ‘So long as there is demand for negroes so long | Robinson won it six times; William Scott four times—be- ‘will interested parties find the means of escaping from | ing two years in succession on Attila and Cotherston> escorted on @ rail out of Ilinoistown, opposite St. Louis, Templeton ‘thrice-twicn ‘sucousslveie: Gn Gecaiae with a significant hint to stay away. the men-of-war employed to check the traffic. Sarplice; Frank Butler twice, in 1852 and 1853 on Daniel Reese pas Fics a Caxana —In the Court of Spanish vessels (coasters) now mect “‘slavers” in cor | O'Rourke and West Australian; Job Marson, in 1850 and neen's Bench, Quebec, Victor Gosselin was on the 9th 1851, on Voitigeur and Teddin; ; and mere recent- inst, eebtenced'to doath'for having robbed and cut with a | wn lautedes and longitudes, and receive the cargoes, | Ty 'Wettin 1668 and 1860, foF the same owner, on Beoda- knife a young man eo as to cause the amputation of both ding them at different light draft harbors. Craven | man and’ Muajid.. The pecuniary value of the stake is not. his hands and his feet. The prisoner was an intaate of a | and Maititt have learned this dodge and are watching the | its only one, as the horse that wins is immensely increased. Drothe) where the assault took, plice, and was well | move, Nearly all the Spanish offcials aro indirectly in- | 18 alte by Uhe fact of his having achieved sueh a victory, 1 . Me, Justice Duval, in paming, sentanoe, endeavors to impress upon Seroieneenee bonus they receive for being Rate 8 Wier ee neioe: ie Sas iecaeaa aera tho prisover the certainty that he would be hung on the by Sirol Aplicext 6 The enthusiaam in regard tothe Moorish war has passed | ortho’ vresut yee nen Gane Nee 1h aia rece Snor Factory BURNED —The shoe factory of D. F. Mar- | 1% the tomb of the Capulets, and the islanders have cexsed | by, the ‘Wizard, Lupullas, Buccaneer, Rested wed Net- phy, of Franklin, N.H., was destroyed by fire on the | t manifest patriotic liberality inthe way of liberal do- | pourne, Mainstone belongs tothe present Prime Minister igth'inst. There was insurance to the extent of $5,000, | Matious. Tord Palmerston, who, during his turf career, has never which will not cover the logs. This isa miserably governed island; swarms of offlce- | been guocesaful in winning a Derby—an ‘object he is espe- The Maryland House ‘of Delegates on the 165th inst. cut 1 three times in public, as a two year old, of from the Colonization Society the annual appropriation | paltcbepossession, of the United States it would be the | twies and ‘losing once. Thormanby” ia “owned. of $6,000 by a decided yote, and left only the clause of by the great Scotch ironmaster, Mr. James Merry. He the code giving $70 per capita for jeach free negro that has started no fewer than fourtcen times, winning nine may he pelea arom - Eiale, wah se — providing Williamsburg City News, Pr epg belongs py ee a aat woe for the appointment ¢ Colonization ty and de- Faeries. —! ir. A. 0}, the owner lewminster rar! fiting thelr duties. The yote was very decided onthe | In consequence of the changefrom s half | both st. Leger’ winners. ‘He has won one race and lost bill in this form, and it was referred back to the commit- | Cent to three cents for foot paseengers on both ferrics— | one, asa two year old. Lupullus belongs to Mr. Thomas. tee for revision. that from South Seventh street and the other from South fork oa pone ate sayin and sates of @ racehorse in Rarvsxp 4 Panvox.—Governor Ramsey, of Minnesota, | Eighth street—there was the most intense excitement % o Cities Taek ents, Se ORE has refused to pardon or commute in the cage of Mrs: | among the people. A number of police officers were sta- | Whe has iat seman neg Property of Lord Portamouth, Bilaneky, the murderess, and she will be executed oa the zs we, Just commenced his career on the turf. This 28d of March, at St. Paul, tioned at each piace to prevert any disturbance. Hun- | Dorge bas thown great racing powers, winning three races Serven Her Ricnt.—A fashionable young lady a few | Weds of men and women, who had supplied themselves ty inenutinntrel Cares taenontaa eens ete me na days since went into astore in Norfolk, Va, aud after a | with the amount usually charged, were compelled to run | are not of first rate character, ha only won two out thorough examination of its contents, bought a dime’s 7 thou private farmer worth of thread, which she ordered to’ be went to her re, | {om the oue ferry to the other—only to ascertain, how wigtaeons pi tes rica sacl Sr eo enna sidence, over a mile distant. The proprietor procured an | CV¢F, that three cents was the uniform fare. Not a fow | demanding $60,000 and certain contingencies for him, 5 express wagon, the driver of which took the package, | pereons made their way through the gate, muttering im. | only ran twice last year, but won both like s racoborse, backed up to the door, lowered tho tail board, delivered | precations in great variety. At even o'clock P. Mf. the | beatiog such animals as Thormanby, Thunderbolt, Emily; the package, and collected fifteen cents, the usial charge. | new bonts, winch are fitted up with gas, were withdrawn, | &c. The American colt Umpire has'run five times, losing: Tus Ecurse: —The ectipae of the moon on Monday even. | 80d an old one eubstitutea, lighted up with lamps. Evi: | the fret two races he started for, from not belng in cond of an impromptu hop in the East Room. Upon this point, & good idea has been suggested to us by a philanthropic lady of the progressive schoo!l—namoly, that Congress should provide the ways and means for a ballroom in the White House But what, we inquired, could be done with thie ballroom, in the event of the election of a good old side Methodist, like Judge MeIean, or a hard shel! Bap tist, ike the Hon. W. R. W. Cobb, of Alabama, as Presi dent? Why then, sir, the President oeuk’ change It from a ballroom to a place for prayer meetinge, love feasts and revivals, But as Rome was not built in a day, we cannot expect Washington, a city not so old as the President, to compete with those labors, treasures end improvements of centuries which mark the capitals of Europe. The “‘receptions”” of the membors of the Cabinet, not. withstanding the adverse circumstances alluded to, have deon fully attended. Invitations to there receptions, from the official position and associations of the Secretaries, are always in demand; and yet thoy are agreeably demo cratic or republican, as you please, in-their constituent elements. Of course, the world at large cannot be invit ed, forthe houses of our Cabinet ministers, with one or two exceptions, are only of the ordimary capacities of a middling class private residence. General Case occu: pies @ double house, and it contains a rare callection of some of the moat ancient treasures of Jtalian art, ool lected by Lewis Cass, Jr., under the advantages of his abhi position as the American Minister at Rome, and with tne ‘The republicans feared to come to time again today on | Tech ofa millionaire at his command. And thie briogs Printer, their own cantidate being too weak to meet the | us to the reception of Gen. Cass, of last Tuesday evening, candidate of the deceeracy arrayed <against him. The | and bis last of the season. | Wo undoratand that for this whel . reception Bome sixteen hunired invitations wore dis: le sutyect in the House fs postponed until Monday. } {Ti o4° and as such an invitation from the Secretary of ‘The wurment supporters of Defrees acknowledge that he | Stato is properly considered an affair of honor, it is almost eamnot be elected. A ‘batlot, to-day.would have elected, |-universeily suswored <n propria, persone Of course, Glossbreaner. Had Miohs!! been the republican caucus | then, this reception wasa jam. Thengh, to s stranger, he mould have been handsomely olected bofore | Visine Washington for the Grst time, whether from this,.a many of the Sonth Americans, and come of the, Supreme Court—General Term. Before Ron. Judges Sutherland, Leonard and Bouncy. QUESTION OF THE LIABILITY OF BANKS TO TAXATION ON CAPITAL INVESTED IN PUBLIC STOCK OF THE UNITED STATES. Feb. 17.—The Bank of the Commomweatth ws. the Commis. sioner of Taxes and Assessments —This case comes before tie Court for the correction of the assessment rolis in the hands of the Commissioner of Taxes and Assesaments of rope of from these States, a visit to one of these ollicial Bociables of Gen. Cass is an event to be remorbered. antiLecompten democrats, would have eupported him} ‘aise of the numerous Gistinguishod personages, foreign * : : ing was visible at the White Mountains, N. H. The storm | “ently the people now wish that they had supported the | tion; the remaining three events he won in ndid atyle. (Metrece), whe ot only. ausars by the charce. of being | aA can,,cilclal and snoftiial, men and women, | the city and county of New York, inelation to the assess- J which preva on the coust did not extend to the moun. | NeW ferry company. His gamenees and speed have oatised, him 0 keep at teo> mixed up pecumarily with Weed, Wendell and Co., buthe 4 Another agreeabie feature of (hase Cabinet reunioas is | ™MeDtof the Bank of Commonwealth for the year 1859. f tin district: Boryep ro Deatu.—Yesterday forenoon a colored girl, pee hout the winter, owing t> the 1t.is an appeal from the decision of the Judge at Special Term (Sutherland). Fx-Surrogate Bradford argued for the bank that that part of the capital stock of the bank which was invested in pab lio stecks of the United States of the loan of 1858, amount- ing to $163,000, should be excepted from the assesment roll, under the acts of 1853 and 1867—the rst placing all corporations on the same footing, and the latter declaring that they shouid be taxed at the actual value of their capi- tal stock, except such portion as shall be exempted by law. He claimed that a stock of the United States camo witbin legal exemptions; that 2 tax upon such ¢tock would be contrary to the cons:itution of the United States, and that the exemption extended not only to the stock co namane, but to the owner who had this property 20 invost- ‘the total obhteration of all party lines, as belween our black republicans and Southern dire eating democrats, for example. This was particularly remarkableat this recep tion o Gen Cass. Conspicuous among repubiicans and democrats, and equally cordial with them all was Senator W, H. Seward, the lion of the evening, the recognized Pre eidential champion of the republican party, bat still mor familiarly recognized among men of ell parties, as soc: the most agreeable of learned travellers. And he enjoyed himself apparently, not less than when dining amoag hig protecting Arabs on the banks ¢f the Dead Sea, or when on the deck of am Egyptian schoouer, under the briviant midnight sky of tue soathera Modi- terraneap. (Un the other hand, Mrs. Senutor Deugias, lately restercd from # long illness, has 42e commendiag figure in orinoline. The ‘Little Giant’? was still detained Farat Accor at Jastatca, L. 1.—On Saturday after. | named Lucinda Best, four years old, was left in the apart | Primoney he was for. ‘A short time ago he was. ‘noon an Irishman named John Molland, tn the employ of Mr. Stephen Nostrand, of Springfield, Wille ax ne wer ment of hor friends, at 65 Leonard street, (E. D.) In their | seized with influenza, at his Ravisiiic aire ae ak Ket, and although it was only’ milf Setncly vatin Goes from Flushing to Jamaica, with a load of lamber, fell trom | Sbeence she went to the stove aud caught fire. The door r ‘condition, the wagon, the wheels running over him, breaking ona | being locked, the child could not escape, and was oom- ad ba was ag dove driven back is One tetace bd arm, one leg and dielocating bis neck, killing him almost | plctely roasted before the friends returned. She died in a ports were erroncous, as, we find from pepe, Semen ax instantly. Dr. Wood, Coroner, held ‘an inquest on the | few minutes alter baving been discovered. The Coroner | Fanereail's on Moodeyy Ton So toe oe eee ing at body, and the jury rendered ‘a verdict of ‘Accidental | was notified to hold an inquest. Of 10 to 1 for $250; and still remained at the Pade pied dea.” Holland has a mother and sister tiving in New | yhsewwc —Mr. Charles Merklee, of No. 295 South Third | betting quotations.” This fact must be particularty.gratt~ Pn tee an Maxcractcess rw Tuxas— | Steet (E: D.), left home on Monday morning last, to goto | {¥iPR to those who aregintorested in the success o the A Dill bas been introduced into’ the Texas Lagisiature the | Bi8 place of business in Washington market, New York. | race’le wit folly fosiiey Cee epee othe day of tha: confidence first section of which is as follows:— Since that time he has not been heard from. He was five | maintain the equality of the American with the Boglish y Be Wenscted by the Lorialature of he State of Texas, That on st tnches Hes, bP hobs or see, ben grey, a bpd aS from and after the passage act, that whenever ic own hair and brownish complexion. wore a lar; 7 Broeck has a large string of horses ed, whether belonging to individuals oF corperaions. ton or persoa aball commence the construction of any taava | sealing on his little finger. "He hud about “$90 ia ins | at Newmarket, of, the Teewan ease. ae English and, ir, Anderson, for the corporation, submitied that the | facturing establishment for the manufacturing of silk. cotton pocket when he left. American bred. The following is the list: American— ralatora ure e biaking aubveation, orjhatees tener ea mceif oe Mastin tion to: ha renaoee or Seer ieee Prioress, Satcliiie, Umpire, Maggiore, Starke, Optimist aad passed in April, 1838, and that they are true owners of § Of use or crnament. of iron, capper or silver, from the native Woodburn: English “Belic, Oxckahc re Otympias, $103,000 of stock, on which the defendants contead the | from the Sate of Teste ten eecliccs of heat ora heonea | Mailure of the Rhovte Island Exchange | Rattlenake, Temona, Chitonier and Evenkeote ttane bank.is lable to taxation. Decision reserved. and forty acres each, for every tea thousand datiars invested | HAMM Large Defalcatfonof the Cashier. | horses altogether. Ot thee, Prioress, Satellite and Opti in said manutscturing establishment or establishments, upon (From Providence Journal, Feb. 11.) mist are engaged in the Chester cup; Prioress, . the terms and ccnditions hereinatter prescribed. ‘The community was startled yesterday morning by | and Satellite in the Newmarket handicap; Sateltite in the ‘The other sections contain more details; but all the | the announcement that Daniel C. Kenyon, the cashier of } City and Suburban, and Prioress end Sockahoop in the Greenw' fe at ts also entangle politically wiih Seward’s programme by ‘being on Weed's Astor House iate. Mauy of the repubd. beans are anxiow; for anoikcr caucus, aud cen eiect a good man, who js.c practical printer, if be je mot mixed ap with Weed, Werdell and Maison. THE, V OPULATION -9© KANSAS, im order teahow that Kansas dws the requisite popula- ~ 4i63 under the jaw of Congress tacatitie her te a‘mission ae a State imo the Union, fudge Arny Las sent Bor certified ¢opies «f the .gogistry asd <ensus taker last year,and for copies of the various wilection Fetugis of last year. ‘They have me: beon forwarded by here. - From certified copies of the returns which Judge | of the paramount necessity of taking care of himself, in Wes 1nd ansas, he concurs with Judge ?ettit and others : . = maf in ph that ¢here are over neh ee ‘dua goke Dinwe apv tienes, beeen eee Jobn Brown and Hetper, in a gomewnat sclipehod fashion, | wbabditants within the boundaries presoyided for Kanapa | When, eT ek is ima state of fusion, con al Brooklyn City News. ? = “ fusion, uacertaicty and revolution, thore car be noth! GALLANTING A PrsoxgR Anour Towy.—A¢ the adjourn- blishmente the Rhode Island Exchange Bank at East rich, was am the Werandot constitution. In Allem county, whieh 48 | very enthuaiasticén the way of official or nne‘floial z ijo manufacturing establis] now in existence are enti- es yw great handicaps Umpire is 0 the: y c Xx Slot 1 e Scesi oye tled to the bene! the & defaulter to that institution to @ large amout a. ou the New York Indian reserve, thore are ovor 2,000 | auntsomonte or jatlidcations, Only thé Parisians can ang | CXL the Court of Scesions on Thursday, George W. ser seapreiietic reas ed etm the | 8 tothe East Greenwich Savings Bank’ of which dorpora, | (rebound guineas stakes at Newmarket, the Bpsom Derby and the Doncaster St. Loger. Some of them will tion he was Treasurer. ‘The discovery of the embezzie- a bi eA tet ea toe heirs ee legal represen- | ment was made by the Cashier of i Merchants’ Bank aren 5 tet! Goodwood and Ascot caps aeivil remedg for damages “The. provisions of the, bal { 2,itit city, ‘That bauk had received information from | “Yr: Rotert Harlan, who followed Mr. Ten Broeek’s ex. also give the remedy ageioat any portn who wantoniy, | Ne% York that the bills of the Exchange Bank bad been | ample of taking out American bred race horses to Tun om and-playing bithrtls tadlaboct woe eiisae nantes Li ‘ 7 parece Wa wanioels, | Ny ed in Wall street to raise funds. As there | tne'eo hee ae ke awiee a othe te oeonne ae ——— killa another; the like remedy is for D re charges age the bank, st the in the - glish turf, and who was not so noes ful as hig: , ; been repeated jainat, the bank, - | countryman, has just formed a confederacy in turf mat- ae despateded a policoman te inform the parties intorested stance of the management of the Merchants’ Bank the | ters wi meer seer y mcg — Froresest. rs with Cay ville, a gentieman of wealth —A married man, named John Moore, who | cashier went down to East Greenwich on Thursday, to tactician honorad: Of the Coure yeaterday. the slicers were semroigt reece 4] resides in Cayuga county, N. Y.,cloped w few days ago | satisfy himeclf of le actual condition. ‘The first, cvidcace | ROWS On the fart as eat Sbts = . anced and isforma ‘hat Bereafter every delingaaney would With a servant girl who had becn employed in the family. | of wrong was found in a discrepancy of a number of thoa- | [oatts, at hithens free tee wai ot a onthe part of an officer of the Court be severely | The wife of the guilty husband follcwed the amorous cou. | sande of dollars in his account with the Merchants’ Bank. | 0885: 88, hitherto, from the injudicious training bie horses. punished. With this the subject eas disinisgs ple to Detreit, and then gave up the chase. A eat pea iascre wit om Tamberison, on trial for felonious assault, was placed in charge of constables Riley and Bethon to be taken te gail. Instead of taking-him there the officers accompanied ‘him to difereat saloons abont the City Hall, drinking lager persons, ad in Linn county, which ineludes the Miami { 4nd dance asd hold their carnival carousals ta the midat 4 - | of a political convulsion which may change the whol Fesorve, there are over 1,300 megistered voters. Thete } face of human alfuin. We muat wait. The lav terrible are tiyo of the extreme southera counties, awd owing to asitation of Brown an Helper has rabeided. The House f o cle Ef is 01 . it Offive Dill is passed, aud the mil- 4 she taoubles Growing out-cf the claims of the indians to } fT EI O8., solved are passing inte eirculation. Tho tbe iasd, Judge Arpy sayecheir setQement hse been re | city is filling up with political pilgrims to Charleatoo— tarded. Femando Wood, large as life, a giant among tho pigmics. Gar duiland heavy winter carnival is, at least, ending in a lwely and exceedingly interesting democratic songagion. THU: MRXOAN TREARS. A repwutican Senatorial cascus was deld last ight for She purpose of canterring together in regard to the course HIRTY-SIXTA CONGRESS, But as soon as an examination of the note accoant was It py tae A whether Umpire will start for the twa to be pursued Dy them in the ratificatiog of the Mexican ‘Te Bone Gzrtosn ost . A young man named ly, a lan, but for se- made, which disclosed a deficiency of some $25,000, con- ous neas race at mar] run the first weeic treaty. Thece Ad a.geoeral feeling among thom agzinst ee per'’s say in ak cal ie “er bo uae j = ray N ml beset order ageat of euthit, Na. at tat torn Robbins that ‘¢ z ihe, and * mtoesed to Me. in hy “fi starting Cs ‘cour vi depend upon his Pa en's} ilar explosion in Nostr , ni was adefauiter. He also confessed that, ° a athe treaty, amd they wel not vete for it in its pregent Senate. avenue, by whick 80 many lives were loat, co bh exgressions on the slavery question. he had ad to the crime of stealing the still greater Me gs err bo s the state of tho b Me boon she ioe abape. If the democrata will allew it to be amended 29 @® to meet the views of a portion of the repudlican Sena. ors its very peobable that enough may go for it to sccure ts ratification. They came to no determination, ‘an! will wait until the treaty osmes before them ia Frecu. tive seasjon before they determine what ceurse they wilj pursue ip reference to it. Mauy of them are opposed to making a party mstier of jt, Jest it may militate agaiiet them in the coming campaign. | uaderetand that Senator Seward bas pot expressed his jon for or against tle treaty. Mesars. Fessenden, Fale snd Sumper are understood to be oppesed to it . Some of the republiean Senatora are anxious to know who oie real dalmanis are to whom thetwo millions of dollars ‘an > to be paid. N o decision wee reached on ihe subject of tha treaty, fot 4. principal friends of it feel sanguine that it will be Wasuinaroy, Fed. 17, 1860. The Senate is no! in session to-day. crime of perjury. On the 6th inst.,in the return he made | win a large stake on this race; but if his trainer St ‘ Mi imagines” Russian Progress in China. the State Anditor of the condition of the bank, he had his rupning will interfere with Y chance for the L 3 ‘worn that tho circulation was $19,268, when in fact it " Fron) the Chima (london) Telegraph, Ja: mw. Hi dar every, the Epsom Derby, ho will ule srcpuen cake epee oa oS | #28 $44,C00. He also swore that the depoaite were only tet Roportent tade. Specially reserved for ) fioosa- | $3,756, when thay exceeded the sum of $12,000. The but it appears that, although bis con is better than | fully ectablisbed this last aummer by private owners, the wine amon hi defaloation to the bank is about it was, it would still be bavardous to eudject him to an | Mast veexel are being the Admiral Kovekowilich. vtilt | $72 The capital is only $40,000. Coroners’ Inquests. examimation, The inquest al s-rued for two wecee Che fim America, brongkt or pieces, wud put togetuer at | Bift hol jers will not be loers by the dishonesty of Ken- : = a verdict will be renders, with or without Une evidanee of | Nicolaiekek. Sho iecone’= sted of timb:s, aud ot a pass | yon, If theereueton noe kecater than now balioved, | , Tt Acomear ow Tae Haruew Rastnoa.—Coroner Gare Mr. Gallagher. hay build, having only one paddie wheel, which is placed | the wseets of the bank wil pay i, aa Well as the deposits. | !¢ Yeeterday concinded the inquest in the case of Dennis Srammno Avgray.—Wedneaday wight a fight ooourréd in | 2en2. ts hor aret qyrent up the re “ | But # there should be a lack of agsets, the stockholders, the man who was found dead upon the railroad “Battle row,” Imlay atreet, between two relatives, namod | © Per j track near Yorkvillo, having been run over by a train on Jamos Bell and John Berry, in which the lnvior was dan Monday night. The jury rendered s verdietih which they gerously stabbed in the Jett breast with a ka Bell wae censured the New York and Harlem Railroad Company rrested, Both appear to bave been under % i or leaving the wall on the west side of Fourth avenue in ar of liquor. Firs Der sicracent.—The Common Coutneil me: Wodaceday 80 dangerous a condition that deceased could fall over it, night, when the Mayor’a reto of the confirmation of David S. Simpson as Asalstant Engineer of the Fire Department, on the ground of ineligibility, was taken up, and tha ac. fen ofthe Mayor war suainea. Mr. Scapeon Daving ia the Gty Hall Wednesday, for the purpose of receiving the ewideace of the fireman, John Gallagher, hoped that this maa, who iad beon enn sajarea, would so far improve as to be able to give his evidence: House of Repre: joatives. Wastusorox, Feb. 17, 1869. TUE NATIONAL AORICCLTORAL SocrETY. Mr. Fourx, (dem.) af T., iugrodaced a bill to incorpo- rote the United Sa es Agrinukural Society. Referrod to he Committee on the District of Columbia, A TROUIEX ANOUT TUR MOUSE FURNITURE. Mr. Mus, (dem.) of 8. C., rose to a question of privi ge, 88) ingethat the House at the last seasion had positive ly orderes| the chairs and desks then in use to be removed from the till; but notwithstanding this he noticed today that, in cont wptuous disregard of the order, the floor has wecre und-doakt,_ The Doorkceper bad no right, bring chairs 8. eeper had no right to them in. He ca,’led on the Speaker to enforce the ie icolaetsk, | where she £00k in a care: for Blagovessonse. he then | sonally liable for the deficiency. | arain went op the Amour as fer ag the thriving men | Kenyon ha also confessed that be has robbed the East | of ActnwioSemenofsky, at the mouth of the Soangacl, | Greenwich Savings Bank of $36,000, one half of the whole | one de tributaries of the Amoor, and finaly | amount of ite deposits. These deposits were the savings went vg to Manc Bear Aigoon, where she | of the industrious poor in hie neighborhood, and this faith- remained for tb The coclesiastica mig. | losences to x mostaacred trust will bring upon him the sionarics have from China, alter @ | execrationa of many ready to perish, i ot tea rere Lipp prem ! a bas eae _ eg ~ ee erie 6108, 000 irind so great nurnber of its members as this ave. Kenyon alleges been wholly fost in stock speculation ° The sursivors £ive a Tost Interesting accneat of tue etate | He ooumcnced his stock gambling some yeans ago, nm | TUMeeE! after the ott wail bed ben, nie 10,000 ia, hie early + i among whom are many men of large property, a of affairs in Lb@ Chinese capital, to which I stall probab& { waa at first guccessful, having made, ratiie 1, While those who have the best means of iearn This of both systems had the advantages of refer in a future letter. 1a the meantime I may state that | opcnitions. His losses have Rail cos, ae oni Jt sabia pada think & wh ing | Tether and the din ‘dvantages of both. si | thm Perhaps eA ta bane they describe tNe feeling of the Chineso as perfectly caey | suiniag’ atocks. "His dishoncety is the more oaririaing, as Foe Rs adh SE 2 Condition, and the vio reputtican wall not be | fe MarwaRD, (8. ODP.) of Tenn., aaked whethor wir, | the Board of aldermen creates ling amongm | respecting the revolution on in some parts of the | he has clways borne « moet excellent charaoter, and his | (iTBestly suggest that the seme be, the Grand ratified, Miles was willing that the sense of the majority should be | the members o! eee Empirc, and that st Pekin the inhabitanca are wiktully mie- | style of hving prudent and befitting hie station. His bap ig ind ig TRE Hew BOSTON COLLECTOR. ‘The comf) Mition by the Senate of Gen. Whitney as Col. Sector of the port of Boston ;,. the subject of surprise to many, notwithstanding the Gor ral bas the reputation of ‘deing an excelleat business man. “he objections to him are political. Mr. Avstin, Whitney's p, Wiecessor, was an old ‘Tom Warer Worxs.—The Water Commissioners submit: ted their annual report to the Common Council Wednesday from which it appears that the works, as far as completed, are in condition, and the supply of water is abun- sent tbe coagacsiamranasneniiin obs ah pressed Board of Commies oners for water rents, ko.) was $139, ex] 1d without ol ats Me Wasmayes, (rep.) of Iil., ag one of the equatter ao. ‘vereigns, he yee for bringing in the Tee tie Conniuno aad MCCURNAXD made a sim aged led amd sly Kept in happy of the danger | fatber, Mr. Kenyon, well known in t Greumiog tee, Starwehoo pr Fergie they seom to | ia his bondsman tothe bank for $15,600. ay Yemen 8 care much about it, appearing to be as compiete and | Pierce, the i’resident of the Exchango Bank, is his bonds- thorough ig fatale ae the followers of the Propuct. | man to the Sayings Bank in the sam of $10,000. In this ay aflaire oo Brmarer hen os" they ai, a (at Gee nee ree ‘Sppointed Shubael Hutchins crumbling to pieces a aire @ very small im- Henry Anthon: Commissioners to make pulge frou abroad gin’ It the eeyp de grace Porhape | an examination of te allaire oF iy held an inquest on the body of John Cutter, a native of New Jersey, 85 years of age, who died from the effects of a fall from his wagon, about ten days since. Deceased wag turning the corner Bowery and Hester street, wheel of his wagon caught in the railroad track. also Mr. Harms, of Maryland, explained ‘hat no biame | 868 26; expenditures, $34,228 46; balance city trea. | it is reserved for the app, caching Soa snare ence report its condition to the Bupreme Court, when an | lurch and throwing him to the and inf bunker whig, who upon assuming the , ‘utes of his offfce, | shonid rest on the Door! ‘ax reasons for | eury, $106,629 80; in sewer $5,696 B3y tn | ten to lead to greater resol sas any of us Lave Bithario | iaja will undoubtedly be issued, end be | in such manner that death yz semeved porerel fampcerpia who cosieec, 4 Wit Ube free ! pesnscnseston thew dea sodvahalre thet these wore pot (water fund, $106,300 80, ‘otal @uiials a ™ | greqmager 7 O™ = Do ind up iis adhien, T° PONT Oe eit desta” wen tonderedy 4 Verdict Of “anale