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i NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAROH 12, 1860. TRIPLE SHERT. aasisting to execute tho Fugitive fugitive slave, under peuaity les , Ora tine nos ex- jalts iy a Slave of im i i i i for the purpose of securing sucn plaves. for the Bate are directed, at public ox. ee that fugitive Raterposes other obstacles to the execution of the Fugi- act. i farther provides, that all persoas unlawfully , Seizing or conduing & persen as a fugitive siave confined in the Siate prison not more than ten ‘and fined notexceeving $1,000, Every person held ‘lave, who shall bo brought into this State, is declared ‘and all persons who shal! told or attempt to hold as ve an! 80 brought into the Stave 1a any torm, jor any time, the Stato prison vot lees (ban oné nor more than fifteen years, and fined not exceeding $2,000. MASSACHUSKTRS. ‘The laws of this State forbid, under hoavy pscalties, citizens and Siste and county officers from ex cuting the Fugitive Slave act, or from arresting a fugitive slave, pt es is cieeh Sad erie ay Sone and pubii dings for such purposes. ‘The Governor is required to appoint Commissioners in every county to aid fugitive slaves in recovering their ph A when proceeded against as fugitive slaves, and crete attenctag fuch proceedings are directed o be State. % a3 i A g ‘Any ptrson Temoving, any person who is not a fagitive slave, the meaning of the coustiiation, ts liable to puntah- by Gpe not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, yeare. ‘Their habeas corpus act gives trial by jury to fugitive | ° olner impediments to the bunting | ,, | comprised | in the grounds of the latg State’ Areenal, of some eix @laves, and interposes of fugitive slaves. CONNECTICUT. | ‘This State, which as late as 1840 tolerated slavery with- however short, shal! be coutlued im | ove year, for Park—for the current expenses of the Park. Thin 1 fund provided by that law. ‘of keeping and maintain. ing the Park, are to be added sundry olber exxpenses not jutely eesential toa park, but required by public con- | venience, ‘The pecessary expoose to render Fifty-ninth street, whicb bounds the Parkon the South, and through which imprisonment not less than one nor more toan five | who shall remove, or attemptto remove, | | into the Seto with the intention to remove. OF | would bo difficult and expensive to repalr. ber jails | the Park will be reached by the greater number of its ivi nsiters, @ convenient access to the Park, will not be less tban about $25,000. ‘The expense of construction of roads, business trave! and traffic acroas the park, in such man- ner 68 Dot to impede the pleasure travel of the Fark, — strictly a portion of the Park, yet isa great necessity, To ont these improvements would be a mistake that it {t has been | constantly urged in the Board, that the expense of | | construction should be separated in the accounts of the Beurd {rom other expenditures, with the view of makiog it the subject of an application for the amount of funds xpended in their con: truction. The proposed addition to the north end of the Park of pout sixty-five acres, as also of the area ith acres, will occagion a large additional expenditure of tm her own borders, as appears by the census of that ™ney- p sand probibits, under severe penalties, all her oilicors aiding in executing the Fugitive Slave act, and va- cates ai! oilicial acts which may be dono by them in at- tempting to execute that jaw.* By the act of 1864, seo. 1, it is provided that every ‘who shall falgely and maliciously declare, repro went or pretend that any person entitled to freedom is a Slave, or owes service or labor to any pereon or persons, ‘with intent to procure, or to ald or aesist in procuring, the forcible removal of such free person from this State as a slave, shall pay a five of $5,000, and shall be imprisoned five years in the Siate prison | It tg also well known, that up toa time ebortly anterior to the paséeage of the act of 1857, the city had mo authority to issuo stocks at arate exceeding five per cent, and that ing | these stocks were taleable. ‘This rate of intervst would | have given the Board two millions of doMars, whereas Sec. 2 In all cases arising onder this act, the truth of | any decisration, represeniavon or pretence that avy per- fon being or baving been iu this State, is or was a slave, or owes or did owe service or labor to any other persou or persons, shall not be deemed proved, except by the | testimony of at least two credible witnesses testifying to facts directly tending to the truth of such declara tion, pretence or representation, or by legal evidence equivalent thereto. Seo. 3 subjects to a fine of $6,000, and imprisonment in tho State praon for five pears, ali who shail seize any pergon eviitied to freedom, with intent to have sach per- Bon beld m slavery. Seo. 4 pre cases unde the admission of depositions in all and ides that if auy witness tes- tifles falsely tn b of the party accused and prosecuted under this act, he shall be Gned $5,000, and unprisoned five years in the State prison RUODE ISLAND. ‘The statutes of Rhode Ietand provide that any one who transports, or caures to be transported, by land or water, apy person lawfully inbabiting therein, to aay place with: | ‘Out the limits of the State, except by due course of law, ball be imprisoned not Ires then oue Dor more than ten years. They algo probivit ull officers trom aiding in ex: ecuting tho Fugitive Siave act, or arresting a fagtive slave, and deny the use of her jails and public buildings | for securing any such fugitives. f JERSEY. Her law provides that if any pereon shall forcibly take ‘Away from this State any mao, woman or child, bond or free, into another State, be shall be fined not exceeding $1,000, or by imprigonment xt hard labor not exceeding five yearr, or both. The Habeas Corpus act give Slaves, und all judical officers are probibited from acting under eny other than the law of N ANIA. Prior to 18 owners of slaves were allow- edto retain them in Pepuaylvania not exceeding six months. in 1847 this privilege was revoked. also allowed to testitify in all cases in the court It is further provided by law, that any person ‘ntly and tumuituously seizes tpoa any negro or mulatto, and carries euch negro away to any place, either with or without the intention of taking such negro before a district or circuit judge, shall be Sued not ex- ceeding $1,600, and imprisoned in the county jail not ex- ceeding three months. The law also punishes with heavy fine, and imprisonment in the penitentiary, avy person ‘who may forcibly carry away or attempt to carry away any free negro or muiatio from the State. Tue sale of fogitive slaves ig prohibited under heavy penaltics, anda trial by jury seeured to them TLUNoR. rial by jury to fugitive | Mivois has probibited, uader pain of imprisonment of | Dot less than one nor more then seven years, suy person from stealing or arresting sny slave, with tbo cesigo of taking euch slave out of the State, without firet paving iehed bis claim thereto, wccording to the laws of ‘the United States. The Labeas corpus act allows trial by jury to fugitive slaves. rxpra The Isw of Indiana is sim that the penelties are greater. The fine is not $1,C00 nor more than $5,000, and the term of taprison- ment not jess than cne nor more than fourteen years. ono. ‘The laws of this State were for many years of a vory | hostile cb, 46 re-enact them. ‘The laws of this State are peculiarly stringent and effec tive. They not only deny the use of the jails and buildings to secure fugitive slave , and’ require torneys for the commonwealth to defend them at the ex- penee of the State, but the law of Connecticut, in relation to the punishment Fd ag falsely alleging others to be slaves, ifacoped, the addition that any person who carries a slave shall be punished by imprisonment in the ing ten year, or by a ,000. Corpus act also provides for trial by jury of claim to fugitives. ‘WI8CONSTN. Following the example of her sister States of the North, this State has in same particuiars, exceeded all the rest. She bas directed her district 8, in all cases of fagitive slaves, to for and det ‘the Btate. has required the issue of the writ of ha- ‘Deaas corpus,onthe mere statemont of the district at- thata person in custody is detained as a fogi- tive slave, and directs all her judicial and executive officers who have reason to believe that @ person is ‘about to be arrested or claimed on such ground, to give notice to the District Attorney of the county where the person resides. If a judge in vacation fails to dis- the arrested fugitive slave on habeas corpus, an 1 is allowed to the next circuit court. Trial by to be granted at the election of either party, and of trial, which would otherwise fall on the fagi- % asevmed by the State. A law has also been enacted, similar to that of Connecticut, for the punishment one who shall falsciy and maliciously declare & person be a fugitive slave, with intent to aid in the ferry | the forcible removal of such person from the State as a ive: “provided that nothing im this chapter shall be @onstrued as applying to any claim or service from an ap- Prentice for a (ixed time.’ A section is added to the pro- ‘Visions of the Connecticut law relative to this offence, for the punishment, by imprisonment in the State prison, of any Perton who hall batruct the ezeoution, of a warrant issued under it, or aid” in escape of the person ac- cused. Anotber section forbids the enforcement xe Judgmert recovered for violation of the Fugitive Slave act, by the sale of any real or personal property in the State, ‘and makes iis provisions applicable to judgments thereto. fore rendered. The law relative to kidnapping punishes the forciblo acter to slave hunting, but they ser ropes BH £ i it i i Seizusg, without lawful authority, of any person ot color, | ‘With in'ent to cause him to be sent out of the State or sold ‘gs asiave, or io any manner to transfer his service or Ia- _ bor, or the actcal selling or transferring the service of such person, by imprisonment in tho te prison from ope to two years, or by fine from five hundred to one thousand dollars. The consent of the person seized, sold or traneferred, not to be a defence, unless it appear to the fury that it was not obtained by fraud, nor extorted by duress or by threats. IOWA. The law of this Stato is similar to that of Indiana, ex- Cept that the maximum of the punishment is five years ia the State prison, and fine of $1,000. *Notx —Most of the statements in thie appendix are taken from a recent report to the Legiaiature of Virginia. THE CENTRAL PARK IN THE SENATE. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN ANSWER TO them at the expense of to that of Tliinois, except | ‘ss than | deat | | SENATOR MURPHY’S KESOLUTIONS—DEFENCR OF | THE PLAN PURSUKD AT THE PARK—THE ACCOUNT CURRENT WITH TBE TAX PAYERS, ETC., ETC., ‘The Commisafoners of the Central Park have promptly responded in detail, to all the resolutions offered by Sena. tor Murphy. ‘The following extracta contain the more material por- ton of the report. ‘The first four questions demand information as to why the original plan of the Park was changed, and as to the controversy between the Commizsioners as to the labor Being cone by contract or day’s work. The Commission- ers defend their courve upon very good and substantia Oe ne 2 construction of im all depart: vant Stracerged by thorough etm no cca) at economy, has not oniy been sastisfactory to the Board, but, it is believed, bas commanded the warm ap- of coastructors and of the public. About 10, persons have had employment on the different ‘imes since its commencement. | The amount expended to Jan. 1, 14: | they were feaued bearing six per cent, and yielded but | $1,666,666 or » difference of $333,383. Alt these circumstances bave e:thor diminished the fund at the disposal of the Board, or have thrown upon that fund large expenses, probably not contemplated at the time of the paesage of the law, but essential to the por- fection of the work committed tw tho charge of the Band, * * . * * * ‘The amount of money expended to 18th May, 1858 when the plan was adopted, was $163,634 585,369 The amount expended to Jan. 1, 1860, wi (768,615 The cntire amoont of draw tile thus far Iaid on the Cen- tral Park, not including vitritied pipe and other materials sed in the sewerage of roads, is as follows :— Between 69th and 79:h streets... +121,892 foot. Between 79th and 96ch streets 1,102 « Between 6th and 106th strects, + 21,929 WRAL, ku psd vidas sig%s see see eeee]44,928 wm27 440 miles. ~ ‘This bas coet the sum of $5,147 30. =34; cents per foot for ail sizes. The articles required for the Central Park are ordered by the Board, or referred to the Executive Committee, contistit g of five members of the Board, and alter beilog ordered by this committee are purchased by its treasurer, with the sid of such person as he may employ for that purpese. Mr. B. F. Crane and Thomas Hogg uro the only perfons employed for such uid, with perpaps a rare excep- tion, and for ab smount rarely, if ever, exceeding at sny onetime one bundred dollars. No person who makes purchsecs for the Central Park is connected in any way with epy firm in the city of New York or elsewhere, nor bas eny euch person apy pecuniary interest, direct or ia- sirect, in apy firm im this city or elsewhere, to the knowledge of the Board. ‘ ‘The amount expended for the purchase of miterials, &c., from May }, 1857, the date of the organization of the Board, to January 1, 1858, was— $1,940 648 For materials of construction and tools. For stationery and printing... Total from Moy 1, 1857, to January 3, 1858..... Expended from Jenuary 1, 1888, to January 1, 1859: For materiale of coustructicn and toois.. $60,186 For stationery and pripting. For trees and plants, For manure...... Total from Jan. 1, 1859, to Jan. 1, 1860.. Expenced from Jan. 1, 1859, to Jan. 1, 1860 :— For materials of construction and tools. $194,040 $2,538 $75,875 For trees and plante., 12,491 For stationery and. printing 5,718 For manure... .e+6 7,204 Total frem Jan. 1, 1859, to Jan. 1, 1860.. $219,454 Total expenditure for purchaees from May 1, . 1857, to Jan. 1, 186Q, WAB.....ee eee eee eee e eo S297, 919 The Board desires to exprees its firm conviction that th» $2,600,000 specified in the bili now before tho Senate, is fully adequate to the completion of the Park in such o mapper a8 shall be acceptable to the public, and worthy the city of New York; and in asking for’ the preaent umount, the Board are governed by tbe belief that no addiucnal or further sum willever be required or asked for by them. Much of the iaformation required by your boncrable body bas called for difficult and extensive computations, and has necessarily occupied time ta its preparation * a * . ry ‘The months of March and April are the planting montis of spring; trees are purchased and on thelr way to the Park; the regyls* foreee of the Park are waiting fur em- ut. Slatement in antwer to inquiry No. 6, showing how much monry has ben expended Lélow Seventy-ninth street, hno much tclow Nanety-sizth street, and how much below Lostin street, and the mumber of acres in cach sectéon belonging to the Park, op to Feirdary 1, 160:— low Below Below Classes ‘79th St. 6th St. 106th St, Salaries and compensation architects, clerks, &o..... $60,159 52,959 66,339 Survoys, engineering and dravgbtamen.... oe 18,435 14,190 15,090 Freight on stone and trees... 10,563 10,663 10,553 Incidental expenses......... 21,086 22,270 23,691 Materials of construction and Stationery, printing, adver- ising, engineers’ drawing materials and books of ac- Z counts, +. 8511 8,001 (9,565 Pound . +. 2 22 22 Trees and plants, manure and cartage of the same... 28,450 28,460 28,450 Broad walk north side of Fifty-ninth street......... 15,082 15,082 16,082 Labor account, amount paid Javorers,cartmen, &c., as per pay rolls, vouchers, &¢.1,183,387 1,256,135 1,337,562 ‘inls of ecctions...., ....$1,672,782 1,665,642 1,170,008 TES. GGREGA' Age’ below 106th street... The following items of general ex, admit of distribution to the several sections, and are stated in the aggregate as follo Premiums for plans Park-keepers Exhibition of ‘Total expended from May 1, ’57, to Feb. 1, °60.$1,813,00$ Number cf acres in each section belouging tothe Park: — Acres, 1, Fifty ninth toSeventy pinth street.... ‘598 242-1,000 2. Soventy-ninth inclusive to Ninety-sixth st..141 759-1,000 8. Ninety-sixth inclusive to 1¢6th street.....166 16 1,000 gl x Arrmoes, B. ‘ment in answer lo inquiry No.7, showing the amount of mom red to be expended, the tems of expenditure, papel prc aley i, percept pe sabe the Park ; Birst, Fifty-winth street to Scventy-ninth street; sccond, Seventy 'ninth atrect, inclusive, to Ninety sizth street, third, Ninety siath strect, inclusive, to 106th strect, jrom February 1, 1860 :— ————QUANTITIES, - —, lf, 8B, SOLA St. TONS. 96CK Se, Keme of Expenditure. to to to 79th St. 96th St. 106th St. Exterior Fence and. Gates. Iron fence with stone base, li- + 13,090 9,090 = 5,316 Gate ania 5 a 355 213 252 atervor Stopes Retaining Wall. Farth and rock excavation, cu- . bic yards......4.+ 67,824 19,001 28,846 Retaining wall, lineal feet. 720 600 570 Sewer from Fighth avenue to Fifth avenue through the Cen. tral pond, for city purposes, lineal yards ssseccccesce 2088: - — This work bemg exclusively for the city sewerage, will, it is au) , be controlled as to ton by tne depertmeat bay. ry ‘partment v- jog charge of such matters. It must be constructed under somewhat iar cireum- staxcca, owing to its paming trough the bed of the pond. «iow ground in different ®, Includiog shaping and oubio and menur: ding the removal of and g ground, socres...... cy 00 Carriage roads, 25 to 60 feet wide, miles. setereees 108 268 Ln roads, 75 to30f. we 1.86 262 = (0.00 ‘Walks, 8 to 14 feet wide........ 4.01 6.04 616 face and for] and Waiks. exoavauon aod filling, in- rer 4 asec ice 44,208 905,000 103,000 of materials, cu poved f Rook do. . . 27,000 © 80,000. 9,000 twenty-three bridges re- maining to be built. de- \all of quantities cannot be stated with acouracy until the several plans are more fully matured. ‘The number Of bridges stated adore, in the firet section, between Fif- ty-ninth and Sevonty-nioth streets, includes the bridge t the head of the Promenaae, which is connected with @ large amount of work for the , ‘water terrace, 1) &0.y the cost of which is included. To complete three uatinished bridges,......... Transverse road and ‘our bridges, three Of the bridges nealy com- Second section—Two transverse roads, and five bridges and ‘one tunpel, one of the roads and thesunnel y finished. ‘Third pede ation uoereees road and two bridges, not commenced. 1,212 7 4,205 790,000 ov 80 bau! and oisicibution, ae Sones 8,082 17,600 Rock excavation, including haul and distribution...........66 — 17,095 37,000 Rock excavetion in tunnel, ia- cludpg baul and cistribution , _ 2,000 — Centering for arches, lineal feet 69 702 283, Iron railing.....-. 2,400 = (1,200 | Rock excavation, to make room * for planting trees, cubicyarcs 970 910 500 Broken stove, hauling an Spreading the same. oo 3,600 1,920 Gravel....... 1/800 ‘G0 Sewer acroes lower end of Park, for city purpores, lineal yards 1,100 late ae The explanation made as to the OIE r for the same t, applies aleo to this. The sum estimated ($16,000) ts intended tobe large enough 10 cover ail reasopabie or pro- Dable contingencies. Sewers for Park Drainaye 36 inch sewer, lineal a 300, _ 700 24 inch sewer. £00 00 500 10 to 12 inch v 250 300 350 00ST OF EACH ITEM.—— lit. ad. 34. 50h St. 70th St. 96th St. liems of Exyenditure. to . to © 79th St. ” 90th St. 106th St. Exterior Fence and Gates. Tron fence with stone base...$130,900 90,900 53,160 Gato Coe “inate wy 6,300 fuderior and Retaining Earth and rock excavation..... 33,438 11,465 10,646 2,400 © 2,280 Fifth avence, through the cen- sh tral pond, for city purposes. . - - Filling for broad walk, north —” side of Fifty ninth strect.... $9,975 . — - Grading open turfed grounds, exclusive of trenching and manuring...... es 2 — 2375 Perds, Excavating and Walling. Rock excavation, including baul and distribution of matorial.. 5,625 — 6,000 Farth excavation and diling 8,760 — 11,200 Walling ae wee 2,025 — 15300 Puddiip; 16 al 100 Magonty in dame and ef — 80% Fitters in connection with inicts WW PODGS....4...-cceceee 1,165 — Gater, with pipes apd ‘appurte- fa cennestion with , oe to ponas, ‘ _ — 535 Water Pipes for ling Trenching (in earth and rok, dc.,) ond hydrants. ¢ Pipes, mainly four to ten inches diameter, laying eame and re- filling trencher...........4.. 17,162 Hyorants and stop cocks 1,634 Filimg !ow groapd in different parte, including ehaping and trima@ine..,. 2.0... 98,356 12,876 Sed «-ucniog and tianuring, inclu cing the removal of stone Aud seriacing ground....... 58,137 92,044 47,823 Roads ) atks. Carriage roails, 25 to 60 feet feet WING... .e.csevscese ess 69,680 44,460 roads, 25 to 80 feet. 23,970 5,100 18,592 16 rading Surface and fir Revds and Wolke, °° 92,750 36,050 43,750 11,250 At 80,000 44,000 . 3, — - ree Roads, ng Bridges over Masonry in bridges. 3,204 46,524 7,272 ‘Masonry in side walls, 18,230 «= 83,385 21,025 Brick in arches, 1,500 21,600 9,450 Brick drains... = 120 ‘240 Earth excavation, including baul and distribution ...... - 187 4,048 Rock excavation, tnotuding haul Rock excavation in tunnel’ in- Petr nd cluding haul and distribution. — 10,620 —_ Centering for arches... 2/286 849 Tron reiling...... 16,800 8,400 ‘Trees and planting . -» 15,000 28,000 20,000 Exterior Promenade. Poole k excerstioa, to make room, for planting trecs. see, 1,940" 1 Broken stove, hauling and a 10 spreading the same. 4,186 3,024 =. 2,008 Gravel...... 3,060 = 1,632 Manures and e 1,800 960 ‘Trees and planting, ra and gravel, and incidental ex- 1,606 4/500 36 inch sewer i 24 inch sewer Fats] 10 to 12 inch vitrif 500 Sut basins, and incicent penees....... 2,000 Superintendcnce sss... 66,000 5%000 82,000 Add ten per cent for contingen- r CHB see eeeeeeeecseeereveees 74,016 77,600 49,080 Totals.. as seeseewss nee BBI6,077 853,608 539,878 Norg.—A statement of the coat of the work. by sections, aecailed for in the above, must be in a great measurs hypothetical (as to the separate Sections), as the division linesare arbitrary and not marked by the nataral fea- tures of the ground, or by apy proposed or practical im- provement of it. The several quantities and items of work have beon se- parated on the propused sectional lines as nearly as the bature of the case would adaut, but it would be impracti- cable to complete the improvements of either section without running into or overlapping the adjoining ones, more or lees, with some items of expense not shown ia the above ertimates as belonging to them. In regard to the division at 106th street, it has not been Considered that the inquiry wes made with reference to final termination of the at that ld be ratke street, and the the same, bas not been inctuded in ths estimate. No re- liable estimate couid, in fact, be made o! such work. —_ rier ag 106th street was fully established in commec- gates, TERRIBLE FRIGHT vane OMNIBUS DRI- STRANCR OF THE STAGE PROPRIETORS OF TOE CITY OF NEW YORK. March 8, 1860. Tas Stare or New Proprietors o” the city of and associates, do moat earnest- the pareage of the act which Sevate, authorizing the construc- Boventh avenue and ALpaxy, To ve Honoramtx Tm Assaunty or We, the undersigned e. un New York, for ourselves remonstrate against _ the sacar i New York Consotidated Stage Company was established, fod embraces stage property to the extont of ower sewoun bendred thousand dollare,for which stock has been weeued, acd bas been purchssed as « moans of investment of whom are 5 2PE2S5 ee ital cet H i wiki Ss § s BS ‘The men engaged therein, starting from humble means, have earned every dollar’ of their capital by their own exertions, day and night, through yearsof toil, aad with but few exceptions have their eptire means embarked in the businese, and absolute ruip to them will be the coase quence should your honorable body not intervemo for ibeir protection and preservation, ia opposition to the hasty ection of the Senate. While we arc wiling to concede that the public voice demande incressod facilities of travel by means of rail- roads, we respectfully ipstat that good faith and common prio'ples of cquity ang justice demand, that the same Measure of juet incemmnity to the iuteresis which the rail road will vestroy, which haye entered into ail the grante berctofore made, shou'd be embraced in any new grants to be sutheriz:c, rather than that tho benefits should go into the pockets of the speculators who have no interest to be aflectec, or any greater claim than the public at large; and there are now pending bofore the Asecmbly bile’ for railroad? framed upon these priact. ples of justice and feir aealing. ‘We feel that it cannot be necessary, in view of the facts, to urge that the Sepate measure in question ought not to receive the sanction of tbe Legislature ; and we have re frained from characterizing the action of the Senate by apy allusions except those indispensable to present the merite of the claime we represent, We do not believe ‘Ubat if the Senate had bad an opportunity for deliberation afforded it, avd had known the widespread suffering and ruin which their act, if made a law, would prodace, there could be found seventeen members who would deliber- ately ‘ast their votes to make ita law. But it is too late to lock to the Senate—upon you devolves the power and duty, and we learn that similar eflorts for haste and to stifle debate will be attempted in your vody. ‘Acting a8 you do, as the ives of the people, under the coleman obligations of your oath, and influenced by no considerations but those of public duty, the reasons should be etrong indeed which would demand from you s vote destructive to the property or pr: of a single individual. But when the lifelong savings of hundreds of industrious men are threatened with instant ruin, and the congequent long train of suffering to their families and do- pendents; when it is proposed, as in this cage, tliat the gains of women and the property of the widow and the orphan, and the humble means of toiling men, are all t6 be swept away to place more wealth into swelling pockets of men baving not the slightest claim thereto, then, we submit, it is the duty of every individual, whetber & citizen or representative, to put forth bis utmost exertions to shield those assailed from the deapoiling hand of aggreesion and wrong. FINCH & WHITE, Avenue A Line. . MURPHY & ap ett Avenue Line. MACKRELL & SIMPSON, East Broadway. LUDLOW & SINEY, Houston street Line. DANIEL L. YOUNGS, Bowery and Geand street. JOHN 0. KEEFE, Broadway, Bleecker and 24 st. Line. JESSE A. MARSHALL, President of the New York Consolidated A New York Clorgyman in the Domestic Slave Trade. REV. GEORGE POTTS, PASTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY PLACE PRESBYTERIAN OUURCH, LIVING ON THE INTEREST OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF FIFTY-SIX SLAVES. (From the Natebez (Miss.) Courier, Feb. 29} A few weeks since we published a review of Foren of & Thanksgiving sermon preached the Rev. George Potts, of Now York, in November, 1859, in which he tt tered abolition reptimente of the most decided casi, and inveighed against the ‘language of the statute books that degraced human beings to the level of a chattel, as shock- ing to the common geuse of Chrisdendom, and entirely be- yood vindication.” Dr. Potts had farther seen dt to say that “the crying evil of the rystem of slavery was tho liability to tho breaking up of the domestic bond, by the separation of families ;”’ that “it cemandod as prompt re- Gress as can be applied,’’ and that tho existence of these separations at all*‘was at war with the fandamental prin- Ciples of Christian rights and duties.” Commenting upon this language, we felt called upon to obseryo:— Tt is not sack as coming from one who epent yeara at the South; who owned sisves here & no tbe'vengeuoes of he alinighiy and whonom eclopate Sekuot veu a q now enjoye the fruits, slave lavor and slave ok io not ouch ar we eapesten, ccmipg from him sentiments cannot be acd are not the lvotrine ot biscburch. There now Mes before us a file of ths Natchez Courter, of Januars, 1854, In which in @ sult against that reverend gentieman, his Is sores in ‘Waabington county, by name, end her ns Zoare, are expee ut “the bi Had we known fully the referred to, our langua; would have been much enough to be sure of the conmmiency or moderation but, to epare the feelings of chureb, and had once stood so high in this community, we ‘avoided uaing expreasion: fectly justifiable. A further tracin, to which we referred, leaves os no the discharge of duty, and to eet ourselves right, but again to allude to and to let bis denunciatory sermon be judged in the lig of facts which must be weil remembered by him, as they are ready to be proven by the judicial records of our Wes that the sale referred to was to satisfy a judgment against Dr. Potts; and thought him censurablo, that if he had given a mortgage upon dfty six ¥laves aa their natural increase, be, entertaining the views thus ex- pressed, bad not provided in that mortgage against ‘any veakirg up of the domestic boud by the separation of familiee,”’ in case the sxigencies of life or businease should compel the foreclosure of the mortgage and the sale of the Property 80 conveyed; and bence the comparative mild- Dees of the censure we cast upon the wide inconsistency between his views in 1838 and 1854. But the facts are really cifferent, and show a moro glaripg iuconsistency, and a much grosser fault upon tho Part of Dr. Pots, than we bad supposed. Dr. Potts was ot the real defendant in the suit, but was really the plain- tiff; and it was on bis application that the negroes were sold, and to defray the ¢ebt due him. The mortgace was executed to him in May, 1688, to secure a debt oi $18,592, with ten per cent interest thereon; and the suit was com- menced by him in the Soutbera District Chancery Court at Netchez, to foreciose this morigage. An Eoglish house peternrte toy tp ehond _ ne to render a subso- quent mort iven om game ‘ty avail- able, and the contest was Teclinbetaees George Fotis and Dennistoun & Co , which should save their money, princi- pal and interest, out of the plantation and firty-aix ‘‘chat- tels,’’ and the natural increase of those “cbattels;”? and bods cf those *‘chatteis,”” Marxx Fanwers —Out of 162,000 males In Maine above ‘16 years of age, 77,000 are employed in agrioultnral par. guits, avd they pay more than 50 per cent of tho taxes. The farms of Maine are worth $64,000,900. The Robbery of the State Treasury of Maine—Curious Confession of Hilder Benjamin D. Peck—Report of tne Com- mittee. ° ‘The committee appointed to investigate the charges of default against the Treasurer of the State of Maine, to the amount of $04,000, have made the following report:— At the time the committee was |, the late Trea- surer, Benjamin D, Peck, was con! ja jail at Bangor, on a charge brought against him by the receivers of the Norumbege Back. As so0u as he was released from their oe january 11, a eub committee, consisting of Messrs. Blanie, was despatched to Bangor, secure his at- all the carefully removed, securely wrapped in several folcs of paper, and go sealed that it was impossi- ble to bave access to the exposing itself. The package was then the vault of until called for by Mr. Stackpole and the sub-committes together. The call was made the next day, the package bi ought to Augusta by the same parties, and in presence of Mr. Shepley delivered to Mr. Peck. Tac committes ear- nestly Gesired to give the papers a thorough examination betore delivering them to Mr. Peck. But to tais neither he nor bis course] would assent; and as tho ‘declaration of rights” in our State constitution sets forth that no war- rant to search apy place, or seize any pereon or thiog Sball tesue without a epecial deeignation of the place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized, it was quite apparent that to have opened a package whose con- tents were utterly unknown to the committee would have been a violation of this constitutional provision. Tae committee, therefore, confined their efforts to the delivery Of the papers to Mr. Peck, relying ou the personal. pro- mises of himeelf and his counsel as to the honorable uso that should be made of them. . On the ensuing Mrnday morning, Jam. 16 (the papers having been delivered on the previous Saturday evening), Mr. Peck, accompanied by tis counsel, Mr. Shepley, ap- peared before the committee and submitted the following written statcment:— Jasvary 16, 1850. I stand before this Committee and before the pRople of this State, charged with misappropriatiog the public funds, which I, as Treasurer of State, have bad in truat. I acknowledge the e to be true, acd shall proseed to make such statements and explanati duty. Ido not deem it necessary in this connection to ue iy excuses for my conduct, but to state the facts, they can, or suffer with me the conzequences of wrong I bave been accustomed, from my first connsctiof with the Trearury, to loan the State’s money in largo and small gums to some of my bondsmen ani to others, who, time to time, solicited aid from that quarter. Some of these parties have paid me, and some have not. Some- times, when I ha yanted bo- bondsmen 3 E Hy jetieal pegsEta? z < i é &s2 i Joan the money Feasop—that I could in this way the oflico— other treasurers had and known that ali treasurers would do it. This, Papin men of allapartics knew full well. I do ‘things to cover up my own faults, but,on Ty, make them as a simple statement of fac Dames, if desired, the commit may Paver them whi one ve eer ere are persons who, lays of m, prosperl were gled to avail themselves of the use of the State's funds, wbo could approach me on my weak side and use me for their purposes, but who now denounce mo in newepapers and claewhers, and who would not, even ‘with all my svailable property in their Lands aa security, consent to Fign a bail bond for my deliverance from jail, tnto which ] was cast upon a tromped | case whilo I woeswsing wy utmost endesrors to place all my property m the bands of my bondemen as security for the loss they had incurred on my account. Ido not mention this in any spirit of complaint or retaliation, but a3 4 fact pa- tent to alt who understood much of this adair. It will be seen upon an investigation all trans- actions in connection with the treasury, by “pereons and papers,” as you have ‘to do, my giving names as I can, that what I was doing State money was not unknown to some at least. shrink from no responsibility in this matter, neither i [ i e e i é é i zi [: TEEEEEEEEEEE ‘but by working upon m; ve oartes please to call 45 Bum out of me, wi he atill o apy design on ‘his oy to defraud me you to jucge. All the facts connected transaction I can lay before you, if you desire it. At the end of the second year I was short some $20,000 faresly, increased by Peck’s subsequent testimony] which mace good by discounts at the banks, Y carried over, 80 that the committee appoint ‘Treasurer found my accounts correct on the books, sufficient vouchers for a! the State funds, on or at close of bueiness, December 81, 1858. 1 mention the fact that 1 was accustomed to lean the State funds to some of my bondsmen and otherr, not for the purpoee of criminating others, but simply to show tbat what] was doing with the public funds was not wholly unknown to parties who had a deep interest in the safety of these moneys, and also to show that others ‘were willing to run risks as well as myself, and that this matter between myself and some of bondsmen has more of a businces aspect, of venture, of logs and profit, than is generally . I come now to the Canada g neon I was unfortunately engaged. became cy this businers in July, 1858, and my aseociates in ment was made out cf my own ‘was to be reimbursed at an ear! in fact, a my F ity. bich 1 herewith present, you will see what ibit was presented of speedy receipts and y men whom | supposed e a j i a i aERE fi i i 3 F i i i G i j 5 § | | gas H E i Hi tae He Hf 28 § Ei : | i : i : i 4 8 < fai character. ty lee EY B E se milltons of lomber was [ iy ie al 2 3 t i x5 9: it | Ba , but non: Ido noteay that any one advised me to use, in the enterprise. ‘They trit £3 Ht ti ie fe : E t E 5 B is HIPPING NEWS. Movements of Ocean Steamers. azn. 6 NO OTTO OCTET Port of New York, March 11, 1860. ), Von Santen, Bremen. Feb 19 "y Dowterous mseage: encountered one westerly gale which les ey AEF ‘Edwin Forrest. No 14; arrived w York brings 278 pagseage z ‘ ; Se i z Cdiam ‘Dupean & Oo. sid, Feb §, with mdse and i) Jeniah 1, Wale of Newburyport, Graves, passe, ‘Ship a Ry i, d Anjler Dec th hemp, &9, tO mas‘er, Feileccel bey wealber om ie eoask; wae hove to 8, fst c pes of Delaware 10 hoursia a N& . Jan 6 lat 39 Calcatts for = Jon, wk. pace Bogen ae tom Jot 1406 , spoke Br bark Alice Ma from Gapjant Loudon, 60 days out; Feb 11, lat 4448, ‘one tS St ‘W. passed Ape ies ship standin; the const. Bark Retndeer (of New Haven), Lanfare, Port Spain. Trint- dad, 14 days, with sugsr dc. to H' Trowbridge’s Sous, of New Mechr dmalis (ot Newierspers, Berke, Agusdills, PR. 16 lewbery port), . Gaye, with molaaces, to 8 W Lewis & Us. Sh'tuat, IA 3855, Jon 74 45, spoke acbra K Stanley, of Welilect and Sarah Ann Roe. of Dennis, bound 8; 7th, ‘at $1, loa 70.8), sohr ‘Charm (of Deunie), Baker, fram Awuadills for Bultimore Sehr Harry Maybee, Tuitle, Galvesion 26 anya via Delawars Breakwater, with cotton tw master. Bxper, enged bowvy weather, Jot nae fo. wists ir Jane , Hand, Georgetown, 8, 4 ys. Waimingwn, Nv, 5 days, with cotton Cutter, elaglen NO, 6 days, withew Wilmto; D, Tipe, Wining, KO dar Sdays. days. iEF : id ff BELOW. from, Bark Palermo, Palermo. Also a foreign: ‘a Br herm brig. ‘Wind during the day NW to 8W. Telegraph Marine Reports. NORFOLK, Aarch 11—The scbr Native Amerteaa, ‘i. Boston, bas put in bere with lose of chain and anchor, apé HIGHLANDS, March 11, sunsot—No inwan tn sgh "Wine gat We Weather ce, raed bound veces Steamer Jj wn, bri NW ni Miscellameous. ‘The steamship Hanteville, arrived yeate: Savannah. We thavk the thresh — sj Sur Narizn, Keith, hence at San Fi days, reports tats, lat ion 12) eet heavy. puie from NW, with pocride ‘alia: Slewan fore. Sarr Onxacue, Wood, at San Francisco from that di 6 daye ahe made only 210 mt Todays within tata ce of BF; 4 ker royals were furled but twice dering tho paocage four E C Bargs (before g discharged on the Veavel ia Uninjured as yet, and it got to morrow if the weather prove favorable. Brig John Pierce, whisk sailed from Cardenas 4 ported for Portiand, GariWW of Ghetionts ak tase mh ‘The following of New Savannah, arbors ‘leeton, sooouris \atest, Seamed) Hi Hi el 4