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10, TAITERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Proeeedings Before the Corrup- tion Committee. thelr provie.vos you would subdue them ata ete attack. He Loped the committee would pot be imfluenced by the most unfounded prejadices which had been raised against ‘Une Claim. YROSVECTS OF SENATOR ON Senator Wileon, who has failed m bringing forward Jadge Read, of Pennsylvania, as ® eandidase for the Presi- dency, hag been absen; from his public duties some time, which lessens his chances of being @ candidate for the Vico Presidency, Fils friends thiak bis fierce opposition POSITION OF MR. SCHELL. to the twe years amendment in Massachusetts should en- The Instructions to Our Naval Officers | tite bim to be nominated as Viee President, especially as be was first elected by the Know Nothings to the United in the Gulf, States Senate when they were advocating twenty-one years for foreigners, whieh he endorsed. MR, BEWARD AND HIS LXVERS. Senator Seward entertained hie political friends at din- ner to-day, and this evening threw open the doors of bis hospitable mangion to all who desired to call—to many who are constant friends, and some who have not paid him their respects. It is a singular fact that many politi- cians who will vote for the republican nominee, whoever he may be, respectfully decline attending Mr. Seward’s week- ly levees, because they desire to avoid the slightest sus- Pieion of commitment to any man until Chicago speaks. The social iniiucnce of such entertainments as are given at Senator Seward’s tends to commit men to a certain ex- tent. Cameron, Wade, Fessenden, Trumbull, Pennington, Hickman, Haskin and others who are talked of as candi- cintes for the Presidency, do not give weekly eptertain- ments. They hold adifferent hand end play according to the cards they hold. THE HOTEL CHARGES AT CHARLESTON, 4 number of persons, including some of the hotel keep. ers in Charieston, have arrived here, and have called upon some of the memibors of the National Committee in regard to state ments which have been made of exorbi ‘ant charges which it is-eaid hotel keepers and others are 4 g upon the people. They pronounce the statements nd say that no andue advastage will be taken of delegates and otbers who propose attending the Conven- tion. They algo state that ample acoommodations wil! be provided for all vigiters. This assurance from people of Charieston will have good eifect upon the commiitee. DELIVERY OF LETTERS AT TRE NEW YORK POST OFFKE The Poatmaeter General's answer to the resolution of inquiry offered by Mr. Spinner; of New York, shows that ninety men were employed during the past year in the New York Post Office in the business of delivering letters, at an average yoariy salary of $970 each Of theee one received $1,860, one $1,700, three $1,500 each; five received $!,400 each, four $1,300 each, two $1,200 each, four $1,100 each, seven $1,000 omch. In addition to there some thirty persons were employed in collecting letters at a compepeation of $40 per month. Seventeen hun dred dotars was paid for transporting letters between six sub-post offices, It costs $3,300 for rent, light and fuel of these vilices, the total expense being $07,017. Tae above is additions! to the clerk hire at the New York Post Office, which amounts io $181,000 during the same period, dee Bee, @uer Special Washington Despatch. Waxmnoton, March 30, 1860. ‘THE INETRUCTIONS TO THE HOME SQUADRON, ‘The documents ent in to the Senate to-day by the ’resi- dent embrace the instructions of the Navy Department to Capt. Jarvis. Under date of July 27,1858, he is informed ‘that ihe ship-of-war Savannah has been prepared for ser- viee im the Home Squadron, and be is directed to proceed with Der to San J.an de! Norte, Nicaragua. The Secre- tary adds — ‘Yeu will at al) times aflord protection to citizens of the Werte d (Seales and ibeir property, and, should occasion arme, protect auy vorrew of ihe United States from eeaych or detention on ihe bizh seas by the armed ships of any ether Powers. The following letter from the Secretary to Captain Sarvis had no! reached him at the time of the capture of ‘the Miramen steamers — Navy Deparrwryr, March 13, 1860. Sm—With a view w alford the protection due our citi- zens at Vera Cruz, the President hax directed Hon. R. Mc- Lane, should a hostile force approach that place, and he shou @ wopmicer the American citizens there ja danger from 8 operations, to request the commanding officer ef the United States vessels of war on that coast to ‘ndguch forces ae may be needed and can be spared from indiepensable duties, and to employ them for the protection of r citizens whose persons or Property he way believe to be in danger. should Mr. Melane, theretore, meke of you, a8 senior commanding eMicer, the request which his instructions authorise him to ao, you will promptly comply with it. Statemenws having been mace whict lead to the belief that arrange meats are making, by what is known as the Miramon pt of Mexico, to establish a biockate at Vera other ports en the Guif of Mexico, the President bas decided that no euch blockade will be recogmzed by the United States You are therefore directed to emoloy the naval force under jour command te afford American ‘vessels free ingrees and egress ai all Mexican ports, aod fully to protect them. The same orders were sent to Captain Farregat, com manding the Brooklyn, and commanders Turner, Jenkin and Hazard, respectively commanding the Seratogs. Pr be and Pecabonias, In communicating the documents relative to the course of Captains Jarvis and Turner tn the solzure of the Mira mon steamers, the Secretary adds, ‘‘ Upon the facts taka im there official reports, the department appreves of the conduct of both these gallant officers api ‘the officers and men under their command.” THR FAILURE OF MIRAMON TO REDUCE VERA CRUZ, The telegraphic announcement from > Orleans that Miramon bad raised the siege of Vera Cruz—baving failed tm bie expedition against that city, and departed for the @ty of Mexico—has greatly elated the friends of the Juarez party here. They look now for the speedy over” throw of Miramon, no! only in the city of Mexico, but at a other points where he now holds possession. A ratification of the treaty would piace the Juarez government upon a firm footing; but there seems to be Malle hope of the republicans allowing it to pass, for they ‘are still persistent in their efforts to defeat it. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. ‘The Judiciary Committee, to whom was yesterday re- Serred the special message oft he President, have not de- ‘Wermined what course they will pursue. Tne impression prevails, however, that the majority will report a series ‘ef resolutions sustaining the action of the House in ap- pointing the Covode Select Committee to investigate al- jeged frauds and repelling executive interference. There wiil, undoubtedly, be a minority report sustain- ipg the position of the President, and recommending the transfer of the duties imposed upon the Covode Committee ‘w the Judiciary or some other standing committee of the Houre. &e., AN ATTRMPT TO SAVE UTAR. On Monday next Mr. Hooper, delegate from Utah, wil! &ppear before the House Committee on Territories to pro- lest against any atvempt of Congress to divide up the Ter- ritory of Utah, and thus destroy the present government there. ‘THE MISSOURI CONTESTED SHAT. Mr. Blair concluded his argument before the Commit tee on Elections to-day, in which he endeavored to show that he wae legally entitled to the seat now occupied from the St. Louis district of Missouri, by Mr. Barrett. TELEGRAPH TO THE PACIFIC. The House Post Office Committee met this morning, and hed under consideration the Senate Telegraph bill to the Pacific. They were unanimous in favor of government aid for a telegraph line, but differed in regard to the de- tails, A sub-committee was finally appointed, consisting of Colfax, Craig and Alley, for the purpose of examining and settling on details. There is a disposition on the part of the House to amend the bill and throw it open to com- petition. ‘THE OVFRLAND PONY EXPREES TO CALIFORNIA. Jos. A. Monheimer, the first agent’of Russell, Major & Co.’s overland pony express, left here to day, with letters to the value of $50,000. MALL ROUTR ALONG THE GULF of smxiCo. The committee have invited John Cochrane and Mr. Corwin to appear on Tuesday morning in behalf of Carlo3 Butterfield’s mail route along the Gulf of Mexico. The feeling in the committee is very favorable to this scheme. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. The Senate and House bave been engaged on private Dills to-day, and accomplished little of public interest, PURCBASE OF WENDELL’S PRINTING OFFICE. Mr. Ford, House Printer, backed by responsi ble parties, has puschased Wendell’s entire printing establishment, taking at invoice price real estate and ai) It is understood he intends starting a republican paper, and will advocate the Chicago nomination, preferring, however, the nomination of Cameron. THE PUBLIC PRINTER. Mr. Hindman, from the House Committee on Public Ex penditures, bas a resolution which he will offer, to com pel Ford to answer certain questions relative to arrange- ments which be made with the lobby and some country editors previous to his election as printer, which Ford has declined doing. Ford is willing to state the arrangements made since, but not before his election. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS. About twenty-five democratic members of the New Jersey Legislature arrived here this morning, and are being handsomely entertained ibis evening by Senator Thompson. PETITIONS FOR A UNIFORM VANKRUPT LAW. A large number of petitions were presented in the } Houge to day by Mr. Barr in favor of & uniform bankrupt ‘gw. The subject is now under consideration by the House Judiciary Committee. PROVISIONAL. GOVERNMENT FOR ARIZONA. Private letters from Arizona state that delegates have been elected to a convention, to be held at Tucson on the first Monday tn April, to organize a provisional govern ment for that Territory. All connection with New Mexico is Severed. R. Owens, two years ago a member of the Legisiature of Texas, will probably be elected Governor of Arizona under the provisional government ‘THR TRADE WITH KI. PASO, The same advices state that the disturbances in Chihua- hua will probably destroy the trade with El Faso, and Prevent the exportation of specie. Most of the specie used by the United States government and Overland Mail Company bas heretofore been drawn from Chihuahua. THE CORRUPTION COMMITTEE. Covede’s committee had Collector Schell before them again, and propounded certain interrogatories in regard w the persons who had contributed money for election purposes in 1856, and asked him to furnish a list of names. He entered his protest against this, and saii he bai stated ‘bie knowledge of the fact that money was con- tributed to defray the expenses of the party in Pennsylva- nis. He did po: know in very many instances tho senrees from which the money was derived. Indi- viduals, who were active members of the com- mitte of which he was a member, procured contribu- tions frem outside parties, whose names were never reported to him. With the exception of money contribu- ted by himself, he was unable to state the names of the rea) and actual contributors. He had stated the amount @spoved of by that committee as near as he could recol- lect, and dechned to indulge in conjectures as to the real sources of the contributions. The money was designed to be used in payment of jegitimate expenses of election in Pennsylvania, and not otherwise. He winds up his Protest by saying, “I may have suspicions as to the sources of contributions in some instances, but I dectime to state mch suspicions, as not being pertinent testimony under the resolution of the House of Representatives to its enquiry. Jam mot certain that I heave im my poesession any list of contributors of the moneys, but if 1 have such list, I must,on reflection, de- line to produce it, feeling that such production, without the author'ty of persons whose names are connected with it, would involve a breach of the implied confidence recognized as existing in such cases.” After this, the oowrtttee diecharged Mr. Schell, but they have since notitied him they wish him to appear again. They meet on Monday next. 1h is understood that Mr. Butterworth, who is subpoenaed appear before them, will decline answering any ques. tions net pertinent to the subject of investigation under the resointion. ANOTHER INVESTIGATING ©O) (THE Mesers. Barr, Irvine, Garnett, Verree and Harris of Maryland, dave been appointed a select committee by the Speaker of the House,on Mr. Barr’s reaolution for an in- vestigation of certain contracts in connection with the pubtic steres of New York. ORRGON RXPENDITURES DURING THE INDIAN WAR. Th > House Committee on Military Affairs listened to an argupeent today from Mr. Stout, of Oreyon, in favor of tbe payment of the war debt claimed Dy that State. He argued that it was a claim contracted by the: people of Oregon, in defence of their own homes aad fi esides. When he went to Oregon, in 1859, be found the people iavoring under great excitement, pre paring te stimony and presenting their claims before the Commise| mers assembled at Vancouver. He went Yhrough : he various parts of the State where these beetilities | vad been prosecuted, and became familiar with the scenes of the massacres and battles that occurred n Northern Oregon, but it was not until last summer wat he had familiarized himself with the condition of ‘things im the? southern part of Oregon. He was then strock with the’ magnitude of the contest, and any person, he eared not wi 10 he was, who should travel throagh tbat part of the State, would be satietied that a serious war bad been carried on there for some length of time. You could hardly go‘ out of sight of the barricades and stockades that were raised by the whites to defend themselves from th ¢ attacks of the Iudians. For more ‘than fifty miles in One day, and at the same hour, the country was laid wast © by the Indians—men, women and children were murder: ¢. He would say here that the at- tacks made by varion & Officers of the government, that the claims made by the people of Oregon as having been imcurred im consequence @f their efforts to defend them- eelves from attacks by te Indians, were wholly unjust and unfounded. The attac & of the Indians was a precon certed plan, and made at o: w and the same time in both Oregon and Washington Ter: tories. Before the war wag commenced some of the Indi, wa chiefs had notified certain of their friends that there was'to be a general outbreak. Mr. Stout read at great length from various official docu ments to sustain his position, amd he proceeded to @bow that the Indians wer hostile long before ‘he volunteers were organizea, Mr. Stout commented upon the despatches of General Wool im relation to the hostilities, and contanded that Gene."al Wool had failed to discharge hfe duty, in going into win ter quarters instead ef doing ss She volunteers did.promvout the campaign. General Wool DAaving failed to discharge hie duty in thie respect, Mr, Stout eaidthe only thing if for _bim was to ‘make it appear fat the war was cnnecesrary. AS to the necessity of proseccting the campaign in the winter, Mr. Stout said tha! that season of the 7ear was the most feporable tim for the Indians to make attacks upon the wisltes; for is the eommer they went baek iat) the Sriish powestions en hunting and Sebing excvweioas, ba! io the wiot w they ‘came into the valleys, where they encamped. Then’ ae he favorable time to strike a Siow, fer {700 wok away THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate. Wasntnaton, March 20, 1860. MESSAGE ¥ROM THE PRESIDENT. The Cuarr laid before the Senate a message from the President, in reply to a resolution of inquiry relative to the operations of the navy in Mexico and the authority ther efor. ‘Ordered to lay on the table and be printed. OUR RELATIONS WITH PARAGUAY. Mr. Mason, (dem.) of Va., from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported a bill relative to assembling a Convention of Commissioners from the United States and Paraguay, to consider the claims of the Rhode Ieland Company, said commissioners to meet in Washington and sit three months, the expenge to be paid jointly by both governments. Heasked for the present consideration of ‘the bill. It was finally laia over. THR TREATY WITH MEXICO. ‘The bill to further carry out the provisions of the if. teenth section of the treaty between the United States and Mexico, concluded February 2, 1848, was taken up. Is provides for the Commissioner to adjudicate private claims under the treaty, there being a special fund in the treasury for paying them. After a debate it was laid over. | The private calendar was taken up, and bills upon it discussed the balance of the day. Adjourned. House of Representatives. Wasmycros, March 30, 1860. The House considered the bills upon the private calendar. RETURN OF UNCALLED FOR LETTERS TO THER WRITERS. Qa motion of Mr. Courax, providing that if any person endorses on a letter that it isto be returned to him in cay etic eens Sab coantad so done instead of ig Bert to the dead letter office, was . A pumber of private bis wet tame Adjourned till Monday. The Admission of Kansas. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES TO THE HOUSE, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1860. In the House, on Thursday last, Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories, made the following report on the admiasion of Kansas:— ‘The Conmmitéee on Territories, to whom were refer- Ted the const##ation adopted by the people of Kansas, on the fourth day of October, A. D. 1859, and the memorial of the convention praying Congress to admit Kansas asa ‘State into the confederacy, having had the same ander consideration, beg lave to submit the following report:— AF-le Jrutof Ube amesémania te (he constiiauen gua. NEW YORK rantees ‘the right of the people peaceably to ammemble and 16 pefition the government for a redress of ‘The eons itution bein apy act of Cor therefore, the ard to petition for a red: ance complained of is the way accompany their petition for ite a wh & epecification of the kind of erpment or the form of redrese detired. This is their right, whether authorized by tor previous act of Copgrees or not. Such was the doctrine aflirmed during President Jack- son's administration, in the decision of the Attorney Ge- traprmitt ng ietructions to the Governor of a8, Who wes disposed to prevent the formation cf @ constitution by the people, without a previous act of Congrese for that pargees In these instructions, given by direction of the ident September 21, 1836, re- ferripg to the right of the people to act without an. thority, be says:—“The: hha f possess the or. cinary privileges and immunities citizens of the Uphed States. Among these is the right of the people to arremble peaceably and to petition the government for the redress of grievances. In the exercise of this right tbe inhabitants of Arkensas may peaceably meet to- gether in primary arsembly or in convention choren by such aeremblies, for the purpose of petitioning Aged to abrogate the Territorial government to admit them mto the Union as an indepen- dent State The particular form which they may give to their petition caunot be maverial so long as they confine themselves to the mere right of petitioning, apd condvet their proceedings in a peaceable manner. And as the power of Congress over the whole subject is plenary wnd unlimited, they may accept any constitution framed whieh, iv their judgment. meets the sense of the people to be aifected by 1. If, therefore, the citizens of Arkanear thik proper to accompany their petition by a written costitution, framed apd agreed on by them in pri- L) or by a convention of del chorea lies, F perceive no legal cbjection to their power to do so.” Under this doctrine, which is only an enforcement of ‘one of the goarantecs of the constitution, and is in accord ance with the uniform practice of the government for more thap talf a century, the people of any Territory may at apy time petition Congress for admission into the Union asaState, An inquiry into the manner of the formation of the constitution of a proposed State, is of no importance Fave af a means of agcertaining whether it ‘meots the sepee of the people to be affected by it.” Enabling acts of Congress or any otber acts preliminary to the ratification of the constitution by the people are, therefore, important only as a mcans of authenticating the will of the people or of proving the genuineness of their petition. Of the twenty States added to the Union since the adop- tion of tho federal constitution, eleven have been ad- mitted without esy previous act of Congress authorizing the formation of 2 constitution. Six of these formed their constitutions and State governments in pursuance of jaws emanstirg with their reepective Territorial res. Following these precedents the people of Kansas pre- sent their petition accompanied by a constitution, formed in pursuance of an act of the Terri‘orial Legislature, sp: proved by the Governor the 1th day of February, &. D. 1$59, ano ratified and adopted by the people at an elec- tion beid for that purpose as required by Jaw, on the firet Tuceday of October last. Your Committee, regarding the right of the people of a Territory peaceably to agzemble and form for ves ® conetitution and government, to be presented as their petition to Congress, ag one of the guaranties of the Constitution, cannot regard any condition imposed by Con- gress attempting to impair the exercise of that right as valid or binding, either upon the people or a subsequent Copgrerr. If euch a condition could be impored, then the people could be deprived of a right secured in the consti- tution iteelf, 60 Jong as Congress should refuse or neglect to remove such condition. As in this case, shouldfit be claimed that until a certain population shail be tiscértained by a legal census, 0 ap- Plication (or admission of the State into the Union is to be received, then the pea of Kansas could be excluded so long as Congrees should neglect or prevent the taking of the cens Such a doctrine would enable a majority of Congress to nullify at will any of the guaranties of the constitution. The people of Kanras, therefore, in present- ing their application for admirsion as a State into the Union, bave done nothing but what they have an un- doubted right to do under the constitution; and it is for Congress 10 make such disposition of it as ebail seem to them juet ana proper. By art. 4, sec. 8, of the constitution, “New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ’ The power of Congress over this whole sub- Ject is therefore plenary and unlimited. The acceptance or rejection of a petition for the admission of a State rests entirely in the discretion of Congress at the time of such application. The questions to be considered on such applications are the conformity of its organization to the requirements of the constitution, the amount of its popu. lation, and r the majority of the people desire to ‘be admitted a8 a State under the constitution presented; if eo, would the welfare of the people of the proposed ‘State, and the general interests of the whole country be promoted by its admission? The first and most important of theee inquiries is to determine whether the majority of the people to be affected by it desire such admission, for however clear the application may be the exercise of e constitutional right, it is, nevertheless, ® mere petition, and unless approved by _@ majority of those upon whom it is to operate, the petition should not be ted. In this care there can be no question but that constita- tion presented meets the wishes of those who are to be affected by it, for it was and ratified ata fair election held for that purpose, in which the whole people, without distinction of party, participated, by a majority 4,801, im an aggregate vote of 16,961, (exclusive of the yote polled in fifteen counties not returned,) being almost two to one in favor of the constitution, as aj by the Nie mfp jpecpeee oy of eA tinier wi is hereto appended and made a is report. 8 to population, TT there couid on that Veco your committee regard it waived by the action of Congress. A of both houses on the thirtieth day of April, A. D. 1858, declared by vote that there was sufficient population within the limits now proposed for Kangas for it to be admitted as a slave State; and certainly that same population, increased by two years’ immigration, should be in the judgment of your committee sufficient for a free State, unless Congress proferees to establieb one rule as to population for the ad- miseion of e Sates and another and different one for to in- free States. Your Committee, therefore, deem it unnecessary quire as to the precise number of the present population of Kaneas, for if under ordinary circumstances there could be any objections on that point, they have, so far as Kaneas is concerned, been waived twice already by the acticn 0’ Congress. In addition to the instance first cited, the House of Representatives four years ago passed an act for the admission of the State, and the Senate passed one for the immediate formation of a State government in order toench admission, without respect to population. Since the first action o! Congress the population has more a doubled, and has increased very largely since the st. ‘At the last session of Con; Oregon was admitted as a State with a much smaller population than that of Kan- sae. The largest vote ever polled at any election in Ore- gon previous to admission was ten thousand one hundred and twenty-one (10,121), while the vote polled in Kansas on the adoption of the constitution, and that, too, under a registry law that required stx months residence for the voter, the aggregate eee including the yote of the fifteen counties not officially returned, exceeded seventeen thousand (17,000) Of the 237 Covgressional districts in the Union, there were, by the official returns of the gressional elec- tions, one hundred and fifty. two (182) districts that polled each lers than seventeen thousand (17,000) votes. So that the legal vote of Kansas on the first Tuesday of April, 1859, exceeded that of any one of almost two-thirds of the Congressional districts of the Union A Territorial government, being limited in the exerciee of political power, and the people thereof greatly restricted in their action, should be continued oply 0 long as the ‘necessities which gave riee to it last. Whenever the population, therefore, becomes sufficiently numerous to maintain a government of their own without imposing upon them excessive bur- thens of taxation, and they are desirous of taking upon themeelves the responsibility of a State government, why should not their request be granted? and thus re- lieve them from @ condition of Territorial pupilage, by restoring them to their rights of self-government, of which, from the necessity of the case, they have been partially deprived; for, during the existence of the Terri- torial gov ent, the people do not select their own rulers, nor can they legialate without being subjected to the supervision of the general government over their acts. Their Governor is appointed by the President, with a veto on all acts of the Legislature, which neutralizes the voter of two-thirds of its members. The Judges who construe the laws are the appointees of the President. The people of a Territory, therefore, have no voice in tho ge- lection of its executive or judicial officers, for they all hold their positions at the will of the President. While the government of every independent people under our system is compored of three departmenia—the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial—the people of a Territory have po voice or control in the selection or management of either of these departments, save in the Legiriative; and, even in this depart- ment, an Executive, wholly irreeponsible to the people contro’s by hie veto two thirds of the power of that’ So the people of a Territory, even under the Kaneas-Nebraska bill, are invested with only the one-third part of the powers of but one of the three departments of their government. So long, then, s* the people continue under a Territorial organization as now constituted, they are clothed with enly one ninth part of the powers of their government, the balance being veated in the govern- ment of the United States. Until the formation of a State government, this supervision results not only from the power vested in the genera) government by the conatitu- tion itself, but to a great degree from the nature of a Territerial government and the neceemities of the case. The eettlers of a new Territory, at the first feeble in num bers and widely separated, have to contend with the savage and the wild besst for the dominion of the wilder- ese, and for a time, therefore, are not of sufficient num- bers, strength or wealth to protect themselves sione againet the uncivihzed influences that surround them. Hence the general government establishes a temporary government, appoitts its executive and judicial officers, prescribing their duties and limiting their juriediction, pays all the salaries and the expenses of the Togisiature, fixing the pumber thereof and the duration of its seasionr, builds their roads, erects their public buildings, and, asa necessary congequence, must have a supervisory power over the overrment thus created. But this supe: vision should cease at the San aia mo- ment copsistent with the general welfare and the protec- tion of the frontier settlements. Ip the case of Kaneas there can be no doubt but that there is at this time sofficient population and wealth to maintain a firm government without excessive taxation upon ita people, so there can be no reason on that account for continuing the Territorial organization. If there war a untform rule as to population for new Stater, and that of Kantas was lese than the required uam- ber, vet the history of its Territorial government, and the circumstances enrrounding ite people, from the time of their first settlement, would of themselves be sufiicient to make their application for admission an exception to any generai rule, even if euch rule existed. ‘The government under which they have been forced to HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1860.—1RIP LE SHERT. \\ ond 89), im which he saye;—‘I find thas 1 have no! simp rigands, whose tiation and robbery, wmifatuaied adberents and advocates of conflictivg political sentiments and local institutions, and evil disposed persons actuated by @ desire to obtsin elevated positions, but worst of all, against the influence ot men who bave been placed im sutbority, and have employed ail the destructive egents around them to promote their own personal mte- rests at the sacrifice of every just, bonorabie and lawful contideration. 1 bave barely time to give you a brief atate- mentof factsas1 find them, The twp of Leavenworth is now in the bands of armed bodies of men, who. having been enrolled a8 militia, perpetrate outrages of the moet atrocious character under the shadow of authority from the Territorial government. Witbin a few days these men ave robbed and driven from their houses unoffending citi- te] bave fired: upon apd killed otbers in their own dwellings, and stolen horser and property, under the pre- vence of employing them in the public service. ey have seized persons who bhai committed no offeace, aud after stripping them of all their valuables, placed them On steamers and gent them out of the country. * * * * In isolated or country places, no man’s life is safe. The roace are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence. Almost every farm bouse is degerted, and no traveller has the temerity to venture vpon the highways without an escort.’ a Dg the condition of the Territory at the time al, im bis farewell to the people of Kansac ., let ses. 36th Congress, No. (7, page 200), Dew on and ruin reigned on every hand; houses and firesices were deserted: the smoke of burning dwellings darkened the atmosphere; women and children, driven from their habitations, wandered over the prairies and among the wooclands, or sought refuge and pre- tection evin emong the Indian tribes.’’ Such was the character of the government and the con- dition ot the people of Kansas, a8 described by an eye witness in bis officiel ccepatches to the President of the United States, at the very time that Covgress, by reason of the disagreement of the Senate to the House bill ad- mitting Kaness, refused to redress the wrongs of the people by tupplanting their usurped Territorial govern. ment by one of their own formation. The people of Kanear again apply for adxgission as a State inio the Upon, with a voting populatog exceed- ing thet of @ majority of the Copgressiona) districis in the old tates, and & representauve population greater than that of cakor of the States of Florida and Oregon, und an area of eigdty thoveand square miles of territory, with ui loped resources of vast extent. For five years the freemen of the nation have watched te progress of evente ip Kansas with an intensity of feel- ing seldom, if ever, equalled in the bistory of the country; for hes they bebeld, for the firs time during its exist- «pce, an organized effort of the minority, by fraud, and force, and armed invasion, sustained b, ie general gov ernment, io ertablish slavery against the wii] of a majo- nity. e order to give quiet to the whole country on this Jeet, remove ap element of divcord from the polit! arena, and restore to the people of Kansas the right of self-government, we recommend their admission lato the Union as s State, and herewith report a Dill. The bill accompanying the report provides for the ad- mission of Kaneas under the Wyandot constitution, aud Tuesday next is aeeigned for ite consideration. © Mr. Qurk, Of Missouri, wi! make a minority report iv a few y Brooklyn City News. ‘Tne Ferry Quesnon—An Insuncnion RESTRAINING THE ArrkorRuTion or Monzy yor FERRY PURPOSES.—At au ad- journed meeting of the Common Council last night, tue Clerk read an order of the Brooklyn City Cour! directing the Board to show cauze wby an injunction shou! not ve issued to restrain them from using the $20,000 appro priated by the Board in secret session to aid the pastage of the One Cent Ferry bill. The order was issued on the application of Alfred Ciock, of the Thirteenth ward, who sete forth that he had learped that the Board had beid an extraordinary and unlawful sersion, and entrusted $2,000 to the Special Committee on Ferries wherewith to bribe members of the Legislature to vote for the Ong cent Ferriage bill; that he bad gone to the City Clerk, who had refused’ to let bom (Clock) use the minutes of said meeting. and he consequently prayed the Court to forbid the Common Council from using moneys 80 a8 in any way to influence the action of membere of the Legis: Jature “ Alderman Dayton produced a subsequent order of Judge Culver, directing the plaintiff to show cause this (Saturday) morning why the injunction should not be re moved. ‘This order was based on the production of the actual resolution adopied the Common Counci! in fecret resrion, and which reads as follows :— Berolved, That the Comptroller be, and be hereby is, directed to wenefer to the ferry and water rights account, from anv moneys ip the Treasury unappro; @ sum suflicient to defray all expenditures which msy be made or incurred by the aaa Committee on Ferry an¢ Water Rights in the matter of a ferriage now before the Courts and the Legislature, not exoeedfag $80.000." Tx Alderman Dayton, in rome remarks in reference to the matter, stated that members of the Legislature made no denial of the charges preferred against them, that they bad been largely paid to defeat the cheap ferriage bill— that money was necessary for the purpose of employing counsel and paying legitimate expenses, and that every cent expended by the committee would at the proper time be made public. and everything in regard thereto satisfac- torily explained. The injunction order was referred to the Special Committee on Ferry and Water Rights, with Power to defend the Common Council before the City Court. Pormmcat—Tur APPROACHING CuaRTER Euection.—The election for charter oflicers is to be held on Tuesday next, and all parties are consequently busy in making prepa. sations for theevent. There are three parties in the field —the regular democrats, the independent or national de- mocrats, end the republicans. Each have nominated a ticket. ‘The first held their ratification meeting in the City Hall Park, on Thursday night. The independents held theirs last night. There was a large crowd, and con fiderable enthusiasm prevailed. Several bands dis. coursed music at intervals, bonfires blazed, and sky rock- ets. and blue lights aided in illuminating the neighbor. hood. Phillip Lyman, of the leventh ward. presided, aseisted by vice-presidents from each ward and reveral secretaries. Resolutions endorsing the nomination of Henry Angus as Collector of Taxes aad Assessments, Samuel Graham as Commiasioner of Repairs and Supplies, \d Charles Tinney as Strect Commissioner were adopted. Addresses were made by B. F. Sawyer, Mr. Lawrance of Cennecticut, Mr. McMabon of New York, ex Judge Morrie, David Parmenter and others. The republicans held their ratification meeting at the fame time, in the Hall cerner of Remsen and Court streets. Jobn G. Bergen, Eeq., of the Eighth ward, presided, and vice presidents and secretaries representing the dif- ferent wards were appointed. Resolutions endorsing the pomnation of Thomas W. Field as Collector of Taxes, Jobh Williams as Street Commissioner and John C Daryea as Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, were unanimously adopted. Addresses were{made by Gen. H. B, Duryea, A. J. Spooner, Wm. H. Burleigh, Alderman Frederick Scoles and others. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Brooxtyx, March 30, 1860. The announcement in your paper of the 2th inst. of my nnme, as having been renominated for the office of Alcerman of the Tenth ward, was incorrect, as I had positively declined a renumination to the oflice. Private reagons at the present time prevent an acceptance, though very strongly urged by my friends and constitu- ents, J. L. DOUGLASS. Superior Court. Before Hon. Judge Robinson. ACTION FOR ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT ON THR GHOUND OF TRE INPRACTION OF A PATENT. Marcu 29.—Samuel H. Isaacs vs. William C. Connor.— ‘This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover da- mages from the defendant in this cause for a malicious Prosecution and false imprisonment. Issacs was desirous of procuring a machine for casting types to be sent to Edinburg, Scotland, and for this purpose he employed & workman in the bouse of Connor & Sons, by the name of Metz, to pertorm the work for him. Metz accordingly made the machine, for which he received $100 from iseacs. The machine was delivered in the month of No- vember, and on the 6th of December, as Isaacs was cross- ing the lark in this city, he was arrested at the instance of Connor, by & man named Gilbert, and taken to the Se- cond ward station house, whence he was removed to the Tombs and brought be‘ore Judge Connolly. On the 6th of Deceasber, Wm. C. Connor appeared and made affidavits against Isaace. Mr. Pease, for the plaintiff, argued that there was not the slightest evidence to authorise the ar. rest and imprisonment. On the part of the defendants, Mr. Taylor showed that Trance bad been arrested by Mr. Connor in self-defence and to prevent an ipjurions appropriation of a patent for the casting of types, which had cost Connor & Sons the ex- penditure of much time and money. Messrs Connor have A patent for this new type casting machine, by which a vast amount of manual iabor is saved. They were about to geno some of the machines to Edinburg, totheir friends there, to be sold at $300 each; but they received informa- tion that there were men in their employ who were treackerously applying their patent to a similar machine for other people. On inquiry they found that Isaacs had got Meiz, one of their employes, to make him a machine, which he was also about to send to Edinburg, where they would be manufactured to the injury of the American patentees. It was alse shown that about $35 worth of pieces of the machine had beep taken trom Meesrs. Connor’e establishment. On the advice of counsel, Mr. Connor, therefore, caused ieazce to be arrestec, as he was fully aware that the machine was patented. ‘The defence to the action was that there was probable cause for the imprizonment of Isaacs, and that the de- fendant wes not inetigated by malice. The Judge, having charged the jury, they retired, and there being no possibility of their agreeing last evening sealed verdict was ordered. Jersey City News. PRORADLE INCENDIARY Free —Between ten and cleven o'clock on Wednesday night a fire occurred in the three story brick building Nos. 179 and 181 Greene street, Jer- Lacy, shipsmitbs; the second story by Joshua French as a room, and the story by Mr. i =e manufacturer of wire for hoop skirts. The third ng a room where it was soon ¢i |. In Mr. \ch’s room, was found a large bor, in which had been placed a small ofl barrel ‘and a quantity of oiled rags, and after being ignited the id was closed down. The damage to the buildin; fire and water was about $400, vpon which Messrs. Hu’ & Lacy bad an iasur- ance of $2,000 in the Merchants’ Insurance Company, of New York. Mr. Hodgkiss’ loes was $600; and that of lar. $800; no insurance. The doors leading from the street to the third floor were found breken open, and the fire was probably an act of malice. | were present, and the verdict of the Court was , Obituary. DEAE OF MONS, JULIIEN, THE MUSICAL CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER. ‘The London Times of the 17th Mareh announces that M. Jullien, the weil known musical conductor and composer, djed in a maison de sante at Paris on the 16th, He bad Previously attempted to commit suicide, | Very few musicians of the present day enjoy a greater degree of popularity than that accorded to M. Juilies by | the public in England, France and the United States, rhe | life has been an eventful and interesting one. | | His father, Antonio Jullien, was bendmaster of the | Cenj Suisse, in the revolution of 1789, and, his regiment being marsacred at the Louvre, he emigrated to Rome, | where, attaching bimeelf to the body guard of the Pope, he tormed an alliance with ao Italian lady of some dis- tinction. Some time after the union the twain determin. e@ on revisiting France, and while on the journey, ia the French Alps, on the 28d of Apri), 1812, at @ chet near aisteron, Jullien was boro. Here Antonio taught singing, apd bis little son, it i# eaid, learned the various golfeggios from casually overbearing them several times. At the age of five, doubtless from the too premature exercises of a delicate organ, be lost igveien ana, returning to bis mountain bome, he devdted himeelf arduonsly to ine instrument he displayed so much kill o his father to project a gs- ries of concerts ia the principal Italian cities, where he met with unive On oue Ooousion, after per forming tbe dil ations of Rode, at the Teatro Real, at Turin, he was lifted from the sta the Queen's box, by command, to receive tl 8 of gratification and elight. This mm brovgbt him into great favor with the court, and tor ini whole season ho was the gartonet of the ea nobleese While sojourning for professional pur; Moreeiiies bis father met the Admiral de Rigno, then commander of the squadron in the Levant, who induced him to abendon bis musical pursuits, ana enter the ser- vice, This strange mutation iv thetr affairs of life Jed to father and fon remaining in the French navy for three yeare, both being preset at the battle of Navarino, in 1827. Returping to France at the en1 of this time young Jullien enlisted as a soldier, and for six months bore the crudgery of a musket in the Fifty-iourth regiment of in- fentry. His regiment betng ordered to Briapgon, on the Piedmontese frontier, he deserted for the purpose of visit? ing bis mother, then'living at Turin. Returning to the quartere at night, in a deep snow, he scaled the walls, and, seeking the mei, sued for clemency. The officer, touch. ed by the filial love of the young eoldier, interceded, and tayed him from death. His father, shortly after this oc currence, purchased his discharge, and he set out on foot to Parie, determined to enter tbe Conservatoire. A firm will overcame every obstacle, and in less than six montbe alter his arrival ne was ¢nteret 28 an éléve in thet institution, under the illustrious Ghorupial. He was also fortunate evough at this time to enjoy the friehishio of Reseini, On reviring from the Conservatoire, M. Jullicn received the important appointment of directeur of the concerts of the Champs Elysee, and the balls of the In this position he was brought promi- ch capital, and a well e Rotel of the Academie Royale. ently before the public of the Fra: earned popularity induced him to lease Doke of ua, which he converted into a balls and concerts that long were the rag eucceseful was bis initial introduction of the Ttalian Casino into France, that several managers of the leading theatres banded in a clique to subvert the efforts of the devoted entrepreneur, the end of which was that the year 183 drove bim to Eegland. He commenced his excellent promenace concerts at Drury Jane theatre at the same period, and from that time to the present his brilliant fes- tivels bave created, not only in London, but throughout the United Kingdom, the most entbusiastic feelings of in- terest among a)! classes, Tr 1853 Juuién, iben in the height of his popularity, came to the Unitea States, bringing the nucleus of a grand orchestra, which he organized on hig arrival and gave a series of monster concerts at Castle Garden. His band played classical music, pot pourri’s from the operas and popular airs of the day, grand military marches—in fact a little of everything. The pot pourri, the polka, and piece de sensation were Jullien’s glories. No living man could put other people’s ideas together so well az M_ Jullien, His fact was wonderful. Witness the “Prima Donpa Waltz,” the ‘Katy-did ka, the arrangement >of negro melodies and of national airs. Be brovght bombs, guns und all soris of queer con- trivances into the orchestra, and made his men cheer at the patriotic parsages. Hie manner of conducting was superbly eelf arsumed. A rather bandeome man, with figure Iclining to rotundity, the most wonderful of coate, the most immaculate of waistcoats, and the loudest pattern of trowgers, combined with such a facili- ty at manipulating the baton as ortiary eree might sigb for in vain, Jullien was a spect in bimself. And when bis grand coup was over, when the cheval detataille bas been brought to a miraculously effective close, the great man would sink majestically into his gilded chair, with all the superb confidence of a general who bad won a great victory. Jullien’s concerts at Castle Garden were much liked, ‘pd must have been very profitable. In October of the same year he opened at Metropolitan Hall, now the Win- ter Garden, and continued there till the holidays, when be made a provincial vour, and in the spring of 1854 returned to Europe. Latterly it has been understood that the world has not the great conductor, and this fact probab! ‘8 brain not naturally ve qi ‘was an amiable man with a few foibles w! only harmless, but often very aie aeng ad lived en prince, was Javish in his charities, and his money ‘somewhat faster than he made it. (From the London Chronicle, March 17 It is with sincere regret we have to record the of the universally popular M. Jullien, which occurred on Wednesday evening in the neighborhood of Paris. For tome weeks past the exertion and anxiety consequent on the getting up of a pew series of concerts, upon which he calculated establiehing in the French capital the nigh repvtation he bad gained in the eourse of twenty years in England, was too much for a temperament at ail times keenly sensitive and excitable, and loss of reason was the result. On Sunday last M. Jullien’s first concert was to be given, and the greatest ‘and interest prevailed throughout Paris. That first concert was never destined to take place. Two days previoasly M. Jullien wae conveyed to @ private lunatic asylum, having ex- hibited the worst phases of madness, and his medical at- tendants no hope whatever of a speedy cure. ‘We bave not ascertained particalars of his demise further than that, in copaequence of some severe course gf anti- phlogiatie treatment, the patient caught a severe cold which fastened on bis lungs, and terminated in inflamma- tion. M. Jullien’s reagon returned some hours previous to his decease, and he passed away in perfect conscious- ness of what was passing around. The sul tion which ‘was advertised in a morning paper, and wi ina few days amounted to a considerable sum, will, no doubt, be appropriated 10 his widow and family and to the expenses attending his iliness and death. DEATH OP AN AMERICAN CONSUL. Joux E. Tayior, Esq., a native of Philadelphia, where he ‘was well known as an accompliehed and skillfal shipmas- ter, died January 27 last, in the fifty-third year of his age, at Sierra Leone, west coast of Africa. where he was ting in capacity of American Consul. What makes this intelligence more painful is the departure of Mrs. Taylor on the 24th instant by bark Aaron J. Harvey, from Phila delphia, to rejoin her husband. A REQUIEM MASS AT ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. A solemn requiem mass was offered on Thursday at 11 A. M., on behlaf of the Most Reverend Archbishop Hughes, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, for the repose of the soul of Matthias M. Matthiessen, of Staten Island, who died, at sea onthe 224 of February en board the steamer Almogavar, from Havana for Cadiz. A large number of persons were present and lis- tened attentively to the impressive ceremonial and fine music of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Matthiessen was a pative of Holstein, Germany, and had been engaged ip mercantile pursuits in Hamburg, Germany, San Fran- cisco, California, and this city. Though only thirty-two at the time of his death, bie amiable character and rare virtues had endeared him to a large circle of friends. Personal Intelligence. Senator Mallory, of Florida, Senator Latham, of Califor. pia, and tain Stone, of the steamship Arabia, are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. P. C, Calhoun, Fsq., Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., and President of the Connecticut Bank, is stopping at the Everett Houee. The Constitution says:—Some black republican news- paper correspopdent from Washington has put in circula- the report that Governor Cumming, of Utah, has made as charge in bis accounte with the Treasury for the salary of @ vrivate eecratary, when,as the ent alleges, be has bad no secretary, and, consequently, can honestly make no euch charge. We understand, from the proper quarter that the report is entirely destitute of foundation, and that there is nothing in the accounts of Gov. Cam- ming which oan reflect either on his official or his personal character. Last week an actor of the Varieties Theatre, New Or- leans, struck and knocked down Mr. Overall, one of the editors of the New Orleans frue Delta, when the assaulted gentleman retaliated by firing at his antagonist three smal) duilets, one of which etruck a bystander, the other took effect on the enemy, and the third proved harmless. At the acquittal of Captain Witcher, in Va., lagt week, it is stated that several Frankiin hundred received county, l With the beartiest demonstrations of by the ss gre who escorted Captain W. from the place of trial to his residence. The charge against Lynch, the City Clerk of Mi'waukee, of forging city orders in payment of the Dill held the Schoo! Department by Messrs. Chase & Son E city, was taken up on the 23d inst., and after an examina- tion, which was concluded the same day, he was bound over in $8,000, and in default was committed to jail. The Bumber of charges against him is nine. Captain Jarvis, the commander of the United States eet off Vera Cruz, was one of those unfortenate men whe fell under the ban of the notorious ‘Court of In- quiry.”’ which sat several years ago at Washington. Ex-President Tyler, Governor Bilis, of ex Governor G , of the game State. and the follo members of Congress: ‘entucky ; Tbompeon, of Indiana; Mallory, of Kentucky; Maynard, of Tenncesee; Smith, of North Carolina, and most of the Virginia Con- restional on er the U their intention to present at — the Clay statue in Rich. mond on the 12th of . Edward R. Peaslee, Profeesor of Surgery, and Charles A. Lee, Profeecor of Materia Medica, bave resigned their Professorsbips in Bowdoin College, and it is stated upon good that Professor Wm. Sweeter will resign his office at the ¢: mn of the present term. Hop. Chas. , of Tennessee, Major E. Johneon and Captain W. R. Shoemaker, U.S. are in Washington. City Politi ‘Tre Syracts® Rerceuican Coxverrioy.—Last evening fhe republicans of the Twelfth, Sixteenth, bieeath, Nineteenth, Twenty-first and Twenty second wards, held elections at their reepecttve headquarters for the purpose of choosing delegates to the Syracuse Convention, waich is to meet next month ia Crea and appoint reoreaen- tatives to the Chicago Presid Convention. The pri- waries went off vory quictly. | entire 500. City Intelligence. Fine Weatnen axp Fins Dosr—The groans of agony sent op eternally by the miegoverned inbabitants of thi city seem destined never to reach the throne of meroy—~<« vever to eoften the adamantine hearts of our reckless po liticiaws, For the last few days we have been blessed with the most delightful and refreshing spriog weather, but all the delictous mildness of atmosphere and verenky of skic# bave gone as naught with us, on account of the detestable dust, which appears determined to blind us ald completely. If something is not done speedily towards alaying this intolerable puisance of the dust, we shall 0@ in a8 bad # fix as the memorable hogs of Sandusky, who, it will be remembered, were ali blinded, ome atter spother, with a solitary exception, by the flyiog sand that renowned locality. The fortunate hog who preserved his organs of sight intact usec 1 lead the other hogs eve! day to ibe river whem they crsired to satiate their tai The modus operands is thus described by the most reliabia autborities:—There were about 5000f the swinish multl+ tude altogether. ‘The Orat lind nog canght the tail of the seeing hog, the second blind hog caught the tail of the fret dlind + and so on through thé In this manner the hog with vision was ena- bled to conduct all bis lees fortunate fellow beasis eafely to ihe banks of the river, and to lead them back egain ta the woods, It so bappened that » famine came op im Sandusky, and a certain bold forester, learnpg of thie rirgular fact relative to the bogs, and being, moreovers very much in want of the wherewithal to (eed the inser man. laid jn wait. with tbe intention 0” feloniously take ng, stealing and carrying away the sforesaid grunters. He beppened fortunately upon the track of the pigs, and. when the solemn procession came in view, deliberate), cut off the tail of the fret bog, took it in his own and 60 Jed the rematning 499 to hie farm yard, where, may be supposed, he had a “high old time gemerally”? over tbe well seasoned bacon. Well, it may not be © probable that we, the jnhabitants of this busy metro polis, will ever be brought to such an extremity as the unfortunate blind porkers; but our condition # melan. holy enough, and will become much worse if some re- medy is pot applied. The on!y way to effect a reform it the matter is by a systematic sprinkhng of the strecta with water. The City Iaepector is endeavoring to keep the streets free from their filth, but his efforts should be se- conded by the Common Council. At present noone im particular is entrusted with the duty of ig we streete: it ig evident that unless neglect is reme- died, all the street cleaning in the world guffica to keep down the small dry partioles of dust which ac- cumulate in the crevices of the paving, and are hoisted: op the wings of the wind, whenever the lightest or hea- viest blow developes iteelt. Will the Common Council devote aemall share of atteotion to this yery important, business? Sevesry-mest RxGiMENt Bani Concert at Coorar In- STITUTE. —Military concerts are beginning to be held im yery great favor with the public, especially the ladies, who now, a8 in fact they always have, patronize “the bold goldier boys’ in the most flattering manner. This eves ning Dodworth’s nidcent Seventy first Regiment Band pom be give a cd cone st the Cooper Institute, whicik it is expected will be quite an affair in itskind, and very numerously attendea. Har B. Dodworth, the well, known leader, will officiate as conductor, and the follow- ing distinguished artists have consented to lend their ser~ vices on the occasion, viz: Mr. 8 B. Mills, pianist; Mr. L. Scbreiber, cornet-a-piston; Mr. Henry Appy, violinut; Mr. Millard, tenor, and Mr. Samuel Meiggs, baritone. Am exceedingiy attractive programme, embracing some of tha most popular morceaw Of the great composers, is an- nounced for the evening. ‘Tre Eveventn Recnitet Orv Corps Exmmmox.—Tiid newly organized drum corps attached to the Eleventh Tegiment, Washington Rifles, under the direction of Drum. « major Gold, made their détut yesterday afternoon before two hundred invited guests, at the Eagle Drill Rooms, corner of Delancey and Chrystie sireets. They wero ag= sisted on this occasion by the Washington Rifle Band, twenty pieces, under the leadership of Mona, Rubel. Both band and drum corps were in foll uniform. That. of the cron sents beat and yarees quite a martial appearance. The programme consist overtures, marches, waltzes, polkas, &¢., by the band, alternated, by the performaners of the drum — ‘The “Wash- ington Rifles Rubel March,” perfor by the band with drum corps accompaniment was very well executed, and was Joudly encored. The new drum corps themselves with credit, and will compare favorably with the La Nad similar organizations. It numbers fifteen mem! At the conclusion of the exhibition, Colone! Homer Bost. wick, the commandant of the Bleventh regiment, made & brief and appropriate address in regard to the zeal an@ promptitude exhibited in organizing the corps, and for the proficiency exhibited by their performances on that oceasion. He alluded in very jary terms, illustrating bis remarks to the Seventh it, and rad that the military spirit now prevalent in the First division: was owing to their good discipline and exemplary perse- verance. Fatat Accipent ox THE Hvpsow River Ranroav.—Ed~< ward Donough, achild four years of age, residing with his parents at 161 Perry street, while attempting to get upon one of the freight cars of the Hudson River Rai road while the same was in motion, on Thursday evening, was caught under the wheels and so severely ipjared thas he died almost immediately after being extricated. ner Gamble held an inquest upon the body of deceased , when the jury rendered a verdict of accidental death, and recommended the railroad company to place @ brakeman on each car in the future. Tae Texzurnt Hovse CaLamity.—We are informed thas ‘he statement in our issue of Thursday last that cna Brannegan, a night watchman in the employ of the Ninth Street and Sixth Avenue Stage Company, refused the usa f a wagon to convey one of those injured at the fire im orty- street to the Hoepital, is incorrect. There ia © watchman of that name in the employ of the company, ‘nd po application was made at their stables for a vehic! ‘on that occasion. Cox1sion.—The steamtug J. D. Secor, while having im ow the schooner Joreph Baker, from Rockland, with » cargo of lime, and another versel, was ran into by the steamer Empire State, for Fall river, about fifteen minutes past five o’clock yesterday afternoon, cutting the J. B. te the water’s eage. She was afterwards towed ashore om Governor’s Island by the steamtug J. L. Lockwood, ta prevent ber from sinking. After baving-beached her sha ‘was discovered to be on fire, and the harbor police boat No, 4, which bad been in attendance during the whola affair, procured the assistanbe of the steamtug Mercury, which applied her steam pumps, and put the out. Fire ty Cunton S1rger.—About seven o’clock last night a fire broke out ina wood shed, occupied by Moses H. Ogden, in the rear of 170 Clinton street. The flames uickly spread to the chicken house, owned by D. Be tap , in the rear of 15 Attorney street, and thence to- the wood sheds of 13, 11 and 9, and to a stable in the rear of No. 7, owned by John Gray. The sheds in the rear of 172 and 174 Clinton street were also destroyed. The total” lors will be about $500; no insurance. The fire, % is said,. ‘was the result of accident. Firs in Sovrn Srxaxr — About balt-past nine o'clock last, night a fire broke out in the nautical instrament store of Henry Glover, 107 South street. The firemen extin; the fire before it extended beyond the store. The to the etock will be about $1,000; insured for $6,000 in North American and Fulton insurance companies. The stock of ship stores in the store adjoining, owned by K. Coulard, was damaged about $100 by water; insured. The stock of hats and capa in the basement, owned by Patrick ©’Brien, was damaged about $25 by water; in- sured. The building was damaged about $30. The origim of the Sire is unknown at present ‘Ter New Free Cuvrce in Fourrsesta Street.—The new Free church, in Fourieenth street, opposite to the Opera ‘House, is to be as cheap and simple as possible. It is to seet 1,500 persons, and the estimated cost is $45,000 for los and building The seats are to be free to all, and i is hoped that the church will be supported by voluntary contributions. It is expected to be devoted almost en- tirely to the humbler classes, who have not the means to ettend the charches of that neighborhood. The comgre- gation bave subscribed to the mit of their scanty means, and now look to the liberality of the wealthy to provida the $20,000 necessary to finish their church. StapninG A¥rrays—Two boys, named Marion Stiner” and James Haight, got into a dispute in Grand street, near Chrystie, on Thursday, when Haight struck Stiner several Dlows in the face, closing one of his eyes. Stiner, having aknife in his band at the time,and under excitement, stabbed his assailant in the back, inflicting a severe wound. He was taken tothe home of his parents, and Stiner locked up in the Fourteenth ward station house to anewer. The wound, it is thought, will not prove fatal. Acolored man named Bepjsmin Taylor, and a man pamed McDonald, got intoa fightin a low store in Cow Bay last evening, when Taylor seized a cheese koife and stabbed McDonald in back, inflicting = ferjous _woand, be nage Rd ay rod cane ae York Hospital by. @ police, an locked up in the ward station house. Tae Stemi Bex or THe Park.-—The steel bell in the Park will be struck, by permission of the Fire Devart- ment and of the city authorities, at four o’clock this after- noon, on Monday, April 2, and Tuesday, April 3. man, about thirty-five years of age, who is supposed to bave been the victim of foul play. About six o’clock om the morning of the 27th inst., policeman Caulfield, the Nineteenth precinct, found deceased in vacant lot in Forty eighth street, between First and Second avenues. He was lying on hix back between two large rocks, was ineensible from loss of blood. When carvereaan the hospital it was found that deceased was from a contured wound on the left lived but two hours after hia sdmittance tion. A post mortem e¢: of the that death bad been caused by a large clot the brain, produced by the external ple. Every stort sas maey ascertain the hard vaip. ® Rete papi Hi decet in No evidence could ®l manner deceased came by jury were of the opinion that the ‘victim of violence, and rendered Death by injuries at the bands of some person upki the perron: LU apeiecond ba auppebed whhaya'eea te me Fouxp Drowngp.—The body of A. Lene, a native of France, aged forty-five years, was found floating im the North river, at the foot of Fifty-fifth street, on Wednes dayevesing, by a couple of boatmen. Coroner Gambl held an inquest the of deceased, when the, rendered ry verdict of eet de drowning.” z i ri | | tte Tg i was a manufecturer of boot laste, and did 312 Pear! street,