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16 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNES o ask questions pertat <a | the’commrities bad no ae ety sang ry WT Wi TR ig ‘rivaie matters. Alter proptyp,,@ * © ago NEWS FROM WASHINGT... naawl ee ea, ioe eae - tions, net p 2 ether 7 Svanmitier dis NEAm P ang | Charged him, and asked him Ww" ""F 20” pteaded to re ENTERESTING CONGRESSIONAL PROCREDINGS. | main, tor’ a fow days, as bie presente = oy required. He replied that he wold oo. hore until aiter ihe meetiog of the National CO” pessiee, on Taursiay Speech of Mr. Wilkinson on ‘he Homestead Bill. next, MISCELLANEOUS" gavygns, The House Post Oflce Co” amitteo have nearly mocsly agreed to recomme oa the restoration o $) ve gleamehip Irae i, und the Committee of Means will, there is “iittte it apy doubt, Yeport an appr tion { Afty thouse.cd dollars jer annum for her mail unent THE SUPPRESSION OF POLYGAMY IN UTAH, ocean postage between Havana and Key West Remarks of fir. Lamar Against the Mormon “institution.? despate) from St. Loui OR FRADE WITH CUBA AND MEXICO, &e., Se. their expenses will be paid. lice will not be built fer years to corhe, as the capit ingure i(s construction will not be supplicd. It will @ur Special Washington Despatch. WaAsuincton, April 3, 1860, ‘THE CAPTORE OF THK MB XICAN STRAMTERS. The verrespondence whick parsed between Captain wry is aud the Spanish and ¥rench naval officers at Vera ‘Cruz, efter the capture of Miramon’s vessels, has been received by the government, and was read in Cabinet council to cay. Tt is ue only impertinent, buf offensive; and for this reason Cagsain Jarvis informed them that he ‘souki bave no furiber communication with them, bat if “they derired to enter into discursion concerning the bear- ‘ng of the law of vations in the premises, ne would refer whem to the home Government, where they woukl obtain all the weformation required. The government have received no intimation of any character from cither the Spenish, French or English Ministers concerning the affair at Vera Cruz, and it is no verywrobable tbat they will THE OCHAN MATL SERVICE. Mr. Cochrane appeared before the House Post Office Committee thie morning, !n advocacy generaliy of gov- ernment aseistance to mail steamers, and particularly of a Mne of steamers to ply between Mobile or New Orleans anc various Mexican ports on the Gulf. He alluded to the dwarfed commerce of the United States with Mexico, in comparison with that of England, Out of fifty-four millions of dollars of Mexican commercial exchange the United States having but eight millions, to Rogland’s thisty (bree millions. He showed that even of this the imports Of Mexico tof the United States are greater than arethe exports to Mexico by about two million of dol- Jars, tbe average consumption of imports throughout Spanieh America being six dollars per head, he argued that ® corresponding developement of Mexican resources would just double her importa. Among other things, be argued that, as steam communication for eigit years had increased our commerce with Caba,.& country of but forty thousand square miles and ore and a half millions of people, over twenty-six mil- Hons.of dollars. The same communication with Mexico, country with eight millions of inhabitants and seven Bandred thousand square miles, would increase our com- merce with her to two hundred and thirty-seven millions of dotars—showing that’ the United States contributed but ‘one-sixth to the imports of all Spayish America. He con- cluded that the ruinous policy of excluding American Steamers from the ocean service was the cause of this ecmmercial derolation. England has sixty-eight steamers plying to South American ports, the United States have mone. Mr. Cochrane contended that postal facilities de- volved upon government as a duty equally upon land aod ocean. They contributed more than by other civilizing agent to the homogeniousness ef people. He rejected as an idle dogma the idea’ that a sea postal system should be nclf sustaining, nearly the whole revenues of the country, he contended, moving ‘upon portalccromunication. He asked that it be considered what was the present posture of the United States in the commercial world. A line of fire girding her about, he asserts, could not bave more effectually excluded her from participation in the commerce which naturally belongs to her than ehe is now by the desolating policy of allowing foreign governments to drive her steamers from the oecan. He claimed that all of importance and civilizing 1nfluence that free institutions are ever to have, can only ‘be exerted and successful as the United States extends ‘and incrgases her commercial relations. This, he con- tinued, was the talent committed to her charge, and her legislators should take heed Jest when her account was demanded, her talent should be found ree a napkin. - THE TEXAS MOUNTED REGIMENT. ‘The Houge Military Committee had under consideration again this morning the appropriation for the Texas regi- ment of volunteers. They discussed the matter at con- siderable length, but came to no conclusion. They meet again tomorrow, when it is expected definitive action will be bad. Our Washirgton Correspondence, Wastinaros, April 2, 1860. Importance of the Connecticut Rliction— Its Effect on the Pre sidential Elestion—The Public Printing, dc. election they lore the Presi¢ency. on all ides are held in abeyance, awaiting tho res Connecticut. mocrats are not without their hope of success. Th ticket. a bolt is contemplated Phould Mr. Dongias and his pint In the event of the bolt the Baltimore or third party Orn. take up Douglas as their ticket agarast the field string to theie bow—Sam Houston, of Texas of the Chicago Convention, tt more Con vention may put ip Sam Housto Krope of carrying the elec bope, too, of there compe \w electing bim, in order to prevent the democratic candi cate for Vica Preident being elected you know, will meet the dy after, aud if the House bave failed to cleota Preeitent in the meantime the dept the Presicent of the United States. (bat Seward will be the Cotcago nominee, and hence ail the campaign speeches on the Gemo@Patic side are levellod ut Seward. Seward himeclf appears to be as sure of it as if the nomination bad alreaty been mayo. So the third party are working to drive bim off by working for Dovgiae in reterence to the Charleston Convention, while the Southern democrats are most desirous of strepethen ing tbe porition of Seward as the head of his party, so as to bave a fair fight upon the irrepressible covilict The denial by Heies of certain Hrrarp statements, affecting Ritchie & Heiss as Congress printers, was u mere quibble. They gave the indemoity—the two other men, acting nominally as the contractora, being only the dependents im the matter of Ritchie & Heiss i think within a few days we thall have some interest- ‘ing movements here. All rides, just now, are waiting the reeult of the Connecticut election. THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Senate. ‘Wasutvaron, April 3, 18¢0. ORGANIZATION OF AiIZONA AND COLORADO. mittee, reported bills organizing Arizona ani Colorado. POSTAL AFFAIRS. that Wiliam Medill, Comptroller of the Treasury, hai vio office. Laid over. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY. Mr. Masoy, (dem.) of Va., from the Committes on Foreign affaire, reported a bill defraying the expenses of the Japanese Embassy on thelr arrival in the country. THE OVERLAND MAIL. Mr. Greey introduced an act to amend an act from the House, rejative to the overland mail service. JUDICIAL MATTERS, Op motion of Mr. Bayarp, (dem.) of Del.,the bili con cerning appeals and writs of error was taken up and passed. On motion of Mr. Bayar, the bik providing for tho fill ing of vacaucies in certain offices was taken Up and passed. Ik provioes for allowing the court to fill vacancies in Dis Te PAY OF NAVAL OFFICERS. é ‘The House Naval Committee had a protracted session to day on the Senate bill increasing the pay of naval off} gers. The bill will probably be amended in several parti- be calars, making the increase more uniform among officers, |-ee8s the Pretident. THE SENATE PRINTING INVESTIGATION. THE CLAIMS AGAINST PARAGUAY, ‘The Senate Printing Investigating Committee had the asnbject of the House binding before them this morning, and took up the charges preferred by Mr. Coombes, editor a the Republic newspaper, printed here. He charged the Bouse Printing Committee with giving out the contract to ‘the highest bidder instead of the Jowest. He has not yét Been able to make bis charger goods Messrs. Gurley and Clopton, of the House, were examined before the committee im regard to this matter, and they rather tarned the ‘ables vpon Coombs, showing that he had attempted to everce them to accept his bid by threats, &e. The-com- mittee will close up the testimony upon the whole sub ject of investigations by Thursday next, and will pro. bably make their report early next week. Islano Company was taken up and passed. ‘THE HOMESTEAD BILL bill taken up and pressed to a tinal vote. important measure. THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILI to, atter which the bill was postponed till Thursday. THE HOMESTEAD BILL. amendment being the Senate bill. all Jands that came under the provision of this bill should hts bd thoge eubject to private entry at the pussage of the law. Mr. Witeinson, (dem.) of Min., said be had seen large swindling operations carried ou, wherein whole town- ships of land had passed into the hands ot single iudi- viduals, oppreesing the eettlers on the one hand and de- irauding the government on the other. He had velled niles and miles over his own State, and found ai ‘he Jand taken up where there was no cultivation and no habitation whatever. Under the existing practice the spiris of speculation, and the desire for the acquisition of Jarge tracts of land, had become Bo strong that little at tection was paid to the salutary and necessary safeguard that Congress gute eka et Mae laws. The z resent syetem, designed and ef d in a spirit fate Judge of the United States Supreme Court for Utah. | Sr etional justice, bad entirely failed to meet the etln oF Judge Cradiebaugh, of that Territory, is now in Washing: | {ts authors. Simply this foundation upon which the kye- fon. It is not known that any of the federal officers, ex. Ml ‘™ rests was laid in error, and the government itself had ea be varned land speculator, and sought to replenish its trea: eepting Governor Cummings and Surveyor General Stam- | cury by traffic and speculation in the pud ic lands, while bavgh, are now in Utab. the primary object of the government was the gale of ihe ‘ THE REVENUE LAWS. . public domain. As care the faithful execupion of laws, rvant f the To give time to merchante of New York to examine the | jund te |g CD vance Seay bill for the cod ificaton of the revenue laws, Mr. Cochrane wii postpone its capsideration until the middle of May next. THE HARPER'S FERRY CONMITTHE. An old man by the name of Walker, from Vermont, ihas arrived here, and has called upon the Chairman of fhe Harper's Ferry Committee, and informod him that he ‘in porsession of important facts connected with that affair, and is desirous of being subpaned before them. Te committee will probably give the old man an op portunity of telling all he knows. : THE UTAH JUDGES. Charles E. Sinclair has regigned his position of Associ- the government turned speculator, why should the people Violate the jaws? Therefore, it was with peculiar graufi cation that be saw the proposed change im the form of a Homestead bill. The original bill reported from the House of Representatives had bis hearty concnrrence; whilst’ the Senate bill, recognizing the jus tice the general principle, appeared to him to lack the force and’ vitality of tn needed provision. This be said with all defercnce to the itieman (Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee), who bad iatro cuced the proposition in its present form. He had acica upon these convictions; but he must repeat that, in lis judgment at least, whe Senante had not reached the merits of the case or covered the whole ground it being loaded down with provisions and restrictioas which seriously tended to destroy its efficiency; and one of ite restrictions was iiliberal, when liberality sbould be the great crowning feature of the‘whole. Som« scemed to create a distinction between persousy and classes, when the real purposes of such a bill should be to give all our people free homes upon the public lands. Yes, it should extend its provisions further than the feople we now bave—to prospective citi zens. These objections have seemed 80 obvious tha: be was extremely desirous the Senate should adopt House bill. He bad been told that the framers of the Sepate bill anticipated serious digiculty, aud felt compelled to bring their proposition in thie form to make it accept able to all parties. He confessed he did not expect any reasonable resistance to @ measure of this nature, a, it embraced a policy fo wise, just and bumne, that he was at a logs to conceive why. it should be steadily and persistently opposed by any leading men of any party. When the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Clingman) offered his amendment, be said be was op posed to the whole scheme of giving away the public lacds, avd covld not have laid before the Senate a stronger proof of bis opposition. His amendment wee impracticable. and its only effect would be to destroy and defeat the bill. ‘That Senator weat on to say that he regarded the measure ip the seme light be regarded a donation of moaey from the federal treasury. Ji the Senator bad really stated his .yiews and intentions; if he could see in this measure no thing higher or greater than a mere donation of money from ths public treasury; if, in short, his range of vision was limited to this narrow prospect, he must believe be did not understand the principles in volved—did not fully camprebend the magnitude of the question, or did net appreciate the causes and effects of this proposea policy. He could not reply better than by quoting from the epeech o7 Gen. Csse on the 18th July, 1854, then Senator from Michigan, upon the Homestead proposition. Mr. Wikinson then read the Congresstmal Globe and from Gen. Cage’ speech, and resuming, said such was the opinion of Mr. Cages, The Senator from North Carolina would perceive that his objection was aot only ancient, but stale, and that it came from the Senate with the Weight of a triumphant refutation. He repudiated the “dea that the grant could in any sense be regarded asa charity. Mep in power were yery fond of say- THE CHARGES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION. ‘Mr. Butterworth was to day examined before Coyode’s committee. He was asked if he contribnted any money \o the election of Mr. Buchanan, aim if 80, how much? He stated that be had given five hundred dollars to se- eure his (Mr. Buchanan’s) election, because he believed the suooess of the democratic party essential to the good government of the nation. He gave his’ money to pre- vent the clection of Fremont, whom he regarded as a mere adventurer, whoge clection would have been proof positive of the incapacity of the American people for eelf- government. He was then asked by the Committee if he ‘was not retained in his office in consequence of an agree ment with the President that he would sustain the Le compton constitution ? To this he reptied that he regarded @ho qpestion as impertinent, but that no impropor inference might be drawn from his refusal to answer, the stated he held his office by no such tenure—that - meither the President nor any other man would venture to ~ make scch a proposition to him—that be retained his “~jposition as superintendent of the Assay Office at the re omneet of the President, and without condition or stipula Ztion of any kind whatever. In reply toa query whether ‘Te bad not urged Haskiy by letter togupport the Lecompton Weasure, he replied that he regarded all correspondence a © private, but if Haskin would file his (Mr. Butter- w erth’s) lettors with the committes, he would file the ‘an, Wers of Haskin, and the correepondence would fally ans Ver the question. The committee stated they would give tim an answer to-morrow on this point. If this offer fe ac. %epted some rich developements will bo made as to the causes which influenced Haskin to vote against Lecompton. Butterworth’s examination shows fhat the number of employ/s at the Assay Office hes alwa,'S been regulated by the amount of basi, pees to b.* done. A diminution of bneiness has always been followed, by a diminution of force, and that wastage of th? Office was one hundred and nincty-eng thourand dolia.’s leas than tho law allowed. Collector _Bobell was then ¢xamined. Tho committec asked him if *he persieted in wit Uholding the names of contributors, and if he was aware of “be power which the committee had ander the resolution? He replied that he was, and tha ani i ed ee ” | firally & | the government should acknowlecge the instinctive a | teran vice between Quarleston and Key West, in addition to the Sevator Fiauter has emphatically denied the truth of the charging that he bad written a letler t Springfield, Mlinols, urging the Cook delegates to aiien’ the Charleston Convention, and intimating that Ii the proposed amendments to tho Pacific Telegraph be adopted by the House, there is reason to believe the to probably, from cight, hundred thousand toa million of doilare, berides large sums annua'ly to keop it in repair. The republicans here gay if they lose the Connecticut ypiepded to be > ing thet the poverningss was aod a rebtution; but woul@ey bot g0 a little further, and ay tintit war not iniended for a menopoly for specalatore? Lio mearurecmbccied but a manifestation of national ict, ripbt acd wiscom. Jt was the duty of a good ge of te public Iande, the property Cribb ants cont to promote the interests of cf the whole country, 80 48 to e a ihe whole country. Here they had a solution of problem, and here he might diemiss blake euppesition of charity, In bis opinion the who ndg of the Union belong tohim who rerices upen aaa one them, It ve bad pore mon prmeiple of equity 'o which they were a! rf : re the sdopton of a wise and liberal Homestead bil by Congrese would be*a virtual breaking up of the spirit of monopoly. He peed seercely inform the Seuate that the ssondpoly of land by the few ay. nat ihe many had been among the most powerful » xi- haries of ubsolute and despotic power, and this pric'ice ‘of puiting jand at auction bad become a dreadfal 8 ree tional truth, thatthe wild of misery ond oppression even iu this free land. “ven rew, with all our vast expanse of terriory, labor war outweighed by capitel. Thus far the couree of the goverpment had been in & wrong Cirection, and the eooner it changed Its policy the better. For hs part Ne was clearly convinced that the govern- went should adopt @ policy that the public lauds abould be sold Lo more forever. He would wish the fovervinent, in ite bumapity and wisdom, ehould or. ain that ihe people should inberit the public lands, and ‘oat it should be granted im limited quantities to every man anxious to earn an honest living by cultivating capital apd Jaber. He objected to the Senate Dill be- cavee itexeluced frem its operation all the young un- matried men. He did not see why this bili shouid be lees liberal than the present pre emption Jews, nor the propriety of abolishing one evil for the pur- pose of eetabliebing another. anc he might say avguet; and it would push out entirely tre early settlers who had been the first to go to the Great All party calculations ttn The republicans are confident; but the de. Nd line whigs, Americans, Xc., are more interested tha suy other party—for with the defeat of the republicans, the third party say we can dictate our terms to tho Chicago Convention; dtherwise we may be left adrift, to be swal- lowed up between the two parties, or to run our own 1 am told that Mr. Douglas bas Iately been closeted with such men as Forney, Haskin and Hickman, and that form be thrown out at Charleston, as they surely will be. vention may be persuaded to abandon the contemplated compromise offer to Chicago of Mclean and Bell, and 0 ‘The manugers of thie third party have also another Shoult the Charieston Convention manage to retain Mr Dougias and his friends ju the camp, and should it appear manifest by the 9th of May that Seward will be the inevitable nom'aee Heid ia the nsand in the epublicans t> aseist Presisent of the senate: for the Houre, upon this matter, will only hace for their action trom the middle of February to the 4th of March, or the end of this Congress Bnt the Scoate, i the Senate will aseuredly muise thetr candiuate ior Vive Presi- The impression prevaiis bere, among mon of all parties, * Mr, Green, (dem.) of Mo., from the Territorial Oom- Fe aleo offered a preamble and resolutions setting forth lated the practice of the Department in settling the Post Office eccounts, and also the laws, and had therefore jus:- ly incurred the disapprobation of Congress, and that iis conduct renders it improper for him longer to continue in trict Attoracy’s or Marshal's offices, accruing during the of the court, until appointments can be made by ‘On motion of Mr. Mason, (¢em.) of Va., the bill pro- viding for the adjudication of the claims of the Rnode ainet Paraguay, by the appointment of & commissioner vy each government to sit in Washiogton for three months, in accordance with treaty stipulations, Mr, Jonnson, (dem ) of Tenn., wanted the Homestead It was a very Came up, anc the amendments of the Senate adhered ‘The House Homestead vill was taken up, the ponding Mr. Fircn, (dem.) of Ind., offered an amendment that great care would be taken for jand Inws was the exception, the violation tbe rule. If Wert, frm Objo (Mr. Pugh) advocate the senate bill for the very reazon. ‘ihe men who emigrated to the West end built up fortuce ond reputation were the men of all others to whom the most liberal provi fiope of the act ehovid apply. Their services were ‘Theee young unmarried tnen were the vanguard They Duiit the hovers, fiaproved the and culti- vation, and they were a greater securty to the frontiers than the armed soldiers tent there, af they came from the different States, and brooght an attachment to the institutions of the country, and as the settlements acvanced organized municipal goveraments, and laid the foundavon of future States. But he bad another objee- tion, that the bill would operate unjustly to the foreign population, and he was not a little surprised that the needed. ef civilization. foil and opened the broad seres to. secupanct Senator from Ohio did not objec: upon that ground. Mr. Pu The Sei ris mistaken. amend in that particular; but the object of confining the grentio heads of families was to prevent fraud. The Senate bill dio not affect the pre-emption or graduation acts or the special law for Kansas and Nebraska upon Uneurveyad lands, so that these young men could come forward uncer the pre-emption law. It simply made s distinction, not an exclusion, between heads of and upmaried men. Mr. Witkisson—The provision is precisely the same as that found in the pre-emption law. Mr. Even—! know it is. Mr. Wikisson—I will simply say that eofar as my ex. ce goes, unroerried m:n are found no more efficient ing the government of land, by frauds, than some older heude. My impreseion ig that they aro about as honest a8 old men, Wr. PcGh—1 think tha, men with families mostly make their bemes on the land, while it is am ascertained fact that seme others simply taxe tbe land to sell it egain. Mr. WiLkINSON, resuming. said, here was the idea the Senator did not appear to appreciate—tbat in advance of the settlement, men could not takeir families there because they could not endure the hardships. But bo bad another objection—it would operate unjustly to the foreign popula- tion. In this particular it fell far short of the liberality | ofthe pre-emption Jaws. The Senator from Tennessee (dr. Nicholson) eaid it provided tbat any person who was the head of a family and a citizen of the United States, or had filed. bis intention to be- come a citizen, should be entitled to the benefit of the oct. ‘That was au error. There was a provision in the sixth section which allowed those now in the United States, who had declared their intentions of becoming citizens, to avail themeelver of the benetit of this law. Mr. Wicratt— Would you give the lands to persons not citizens of the United SiatesY ‘ ‘Mr- Witkinsos replied that he would make the provis- ions broad ss the pre-emption laws, and apply them to all persons det ing their intentions w beoome citizeve. Twenty years ago Congress had adopted, in the paesage of the pre-emption laws, the prin- ciple of putting those who deciared their intentions of be- coming citizens on an equélity with native born citizens. This system had been dictated by an exalted sense of pa- tional liberality and the desire of the government to foster immigration. He thought twenty years experience sufficient to confirm the advantages of on ee During that time ; thie clees of citizens furnished abundant proof of their loyalty. Why should they now begin to make an oppressive regtrietion againet them? Every battie field, from Maine extco, was red with their blood, shed in defence of American liberty. Wherever the was borne in battle, there the heart of the foreigner throbbed beneath it. They stood shoulder to ehovider with the native born citizen; shared the rame dangers and exulted in the same tri- umphs. Whenever new Territory had been conquered, the bones of the foreigner lay thickly scattered beneath the god. The Senator from Miseissippi (Mr. Davis), who Jately filled the position of Secretary o! War, could teli from the records of his department how true they had been ip time of war. Wherever there was American civilization they would find the history of the foreign pcpulation , not written upon perishable récords, butstamp- ed mdelibly in the progress of this mighty nation. It had been the policy to toster in every way immigration. Shovld they prove untrue to the past, and give the tie toexpenence and philosophy! He sincerely hoped euch would not be; the case, but they would continue to encourage 8 covstant immigration from the Oid Werld to the New. In this hope, however. they would be met and resisted by the present adminietration; for the Secre- vary of the Tuterior, in his Inet report, had said that if a gratuitous distribution of the public lands should be adcpted tt would give an undue etimulus to emigration. ‘The Sccretary called the bhomeetead policy a new policy; it was an ancient ivstitution. Mr. Wilkingon read an ex tract from the proceedings of the government of the re- public of Columbia to chow that they had adopted this policy for the purpose of securing emigranon. He also read tn this connection from the speech of Sentator Browo, of Missisrippi, when 9 member of the Hone, and from otber authorities. The Senate bill would also disregara the claim of the pioneers, who would be obliged, because they went in advance of the surveyors, to pay tor their lit Ue homes, white the indolent and shifttees who followed in ‘their trai! were rewarded with free homes. In his Staie, where there were millions of acree of unoccupied public land, there were no lands of any value subject to private entry, The Senate bill therefore would be entirely tnope- rative to-day in the State of Minnesota, he was free to say that if these provisions should-be retained-the whole biil, so far as any practical benefit would be derived trom it, might ae well be rejected at once. Nothing valaad ¢ would be left save and except the recognition of the prin ciple. The friends of the Homestead bill a®ked and demanded a _ practical operative bill. He calied the attention of the Senate the provision limiting the ap- plication of the bill to alterpate sections of tae pablic lante, which he regarded as particularly objectionable, because it seemed to be a desire on the part of the gov- ernment to make the energy and enterprise of the peop!» a subject of speculation. [Here our deapatch breaks off.} House of Representatives. Wasnincton, April 3, 1860. THE SUPPRESSION OF POLYGAMY IN UTAH The House reeumed the consideration of the anti-Po lygamy Dill. The following is the bill for the punishment and sup pression of polygamy, now under ‘consideration in the Flouse at Washington :— Bill to Punieh and Prevent the Practice of Polygamy in tbe ‘Territories of the United States and other places, and digapproving and anoulling certain actg of the Leg: a Atsembly of the Territory of Utab, aud which aes forth: ‘Whereas, It is admitted that polygamy is permitted by” the municipal regulations of one of ihe Territories of thir Union, and is sought to be justified on the ground that Unis abomination in a Christian country isa religious rite of the inbabitauis of said Territory; and, whereas, no principle of self-government or citizen sovereignty cau require or justify the practice of eaid moral pollution; therefore, i Resolved, That it any person or persons, being mar ried, and an inhabitant of any Territory of the United States, or otber place over waich the United States por seeses exclusive jurisdiction, shall intermarry with any per- Son oF pertons, or cohabit with avy pereon or persons, or live with any person or persons as partners, acknowledg- tog conjugal relation, the former hueband or wile being Alive, be, she, or they 80 offending, shail, on conviction thereof, pay @ ne not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not lees than two years, nor more than five years: provided, neverthelees, that this section, or any thing therein contained, shall not extend to any person or rsons whore husband or wife ball absent himself or Pereeit one from the other fo; the epace of five years, the one of them pot knowing the o'her to be living within that time, nor to any person or pereons who shali pe, a the time of such marriage, divorced by competent authority, or to apy pergon or persons whoz former marriage, by sentence of competent authority, shall have been declar- ed void. Sec, 2. Bo it fartber enacted, That the following ordi- nance of the Provieional Government of the State of De- seret, £0 called, namely, “An ordinance incorporating the Church of Jeeus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” passed February 8, mibe year 1841, and adopted, re-enacted and made valid by the Govervor and Legislative Acsem- bly of the Territory of Utah by an act passed January 19, in the year 1855, entitled **An act in relation to the com pilation aud revision of the laws and resolutions in force in Utah Territory, their publication and distribution,” and all other acts and parts of acts heretofore by the said Ley Aseembly of the Territory of Utah, which establieh, support, maintain, shield or countenance polyga my, be, and the kame hereby are, disapproved and an- nutled: Provided ¢hat thie act shall be so jimited aud con- strved as not to affect or interfere with the right of pro- perty legally acquired under the- ordinance heretofore mentioned, nor with the right to “‘worship God according to the dictates of conecience,’’ but only to annul all acta and Jaws which establish, maintain, protect or countenance the practice of polygamy, evasively called spiritual mar- riage, however disguised by legal or ecclesiastical 0: lemnities, sacraments, ceremonies, consecrations or other contrivances. MR. BRANCH'S SURSTITUTR. Be it enacted, That the third and fourth sections of the act eptitied * An act to establish a Territorial Govern- ment for Utah,’’ approved the Sth of September, 1850, be, and the game are, hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That hereafter, the legislative power as defined and hmited in act ball be vested in the Governor, and thirteen of the moet fit and ¢iscreet of the Territory, to be called the Legielative Council, who shall be appointed biennially by the President of the United States, by aad with the ater T sawias ft the Foil. He wovld heve the part in its Homestead bill aadrese f to the laboring warses in the country, who were so often crushed down by the conilict between He regarded it as unwise, He was eomewhst eurprieed to hear the seustor I shall move to government from the beginning organized Territories AY, APRIL 4, 1860.1 KiPLE “saat of nd cons 8% te Sexitta, trom abnong ihe clfized? o wpy districts which have heretofore beer, laid off Sec. 8, And be it further enacted, That the first ap poivtments under this act shall be made on or before the 4tb of March, 1861, on which day said ‘gppointments sball have effect. ‘Mr. McCLERNanD, (dem.) of Ill, ‘greoveded to sustain his assertion made yesterday—tha’, there was no instance in which Congress had enacted, a special penal code t> operate in the organized Terr'sories. The act of 1790 was general in its application, 4nd extended to treason and otber offences againet the United States. Congress, by erecting territorial government, had delegated certain powers, 80 that the criminal became amenable to tue joca\ Jaw. He admitted that polygamy is a great evil and a nuieance in the eyes of christendom, and that it ae- serves to be extirpated, Dut as the execution of this pre- posed law ie left to the M does any man believe @ Mormon who bas @ plurality of wives would enforce it against bis neighbor similarly circumstanced? The great cause of Our troubles is that the Mormons have been en. trneted with the execution of tbe laws which they have constantly dieregarded. As a remedy (or the evil he pro- pored to divide Utah between Pike's Peak and Nevada. Mr. CLARK, of Mo., said in his opinion that is the best possible way to depose of the question. The Mormons cap thus be made subservient to moral virtue and jocal authority. Hig information was that Pike’s Peak bas vow a population of twenty thousand, and will soon re-- ¢ wb accvesion Of @t least Ofty thousand. Mi. Pankort, delegate from Kangas, said Pike’s Peak ie legally @ par of Kaneag, At one time the poputation was ebehas fifty thousend, and at no time bas it been less town ten ihousand. His correspondence and examination ipficd Bim that the number will be largely angmentea ummer, but be did not wish Kansas to be curtailed of her fair fair proportions till she is admitted into the Union Mr. Surm, (dem.) of Va, did not beliove Jeffersonia hag five thoveand inbavitents. Mr. McCiervanp responded that his friend was scepti cal Ob many eubjects, sud urged hie plan for destroy ing polygamy by dividirg the territory between Pike’s Peak ad Nevada, ana bringing the Mormons under the iafla- uence of & OTe) Class OF people. Mu. Lamar, (dem. of Miss.) had no doubt as to the jower of Congress to euppress polygamy and felouy of all kiuds in the Territories. It bad becn asked if polygamy be suppreeked, may not the republicans seize upon the prineipie and suppress slavery. But the cry of humanity, oder, labor, and squatter sovereignty, are all pretexts made to play their eubte parts in the great drama against the South. “There was no way to meet the question before shem but by looking it im the face, and considering it ea its merita, He never heard, of a retreating army inepir- ing terror or respect ih a purening foe, The south muet look w herself for her own protection. He inatntained, dk Opposition to Merers. McClermand and Etheridge, that (here is pothing in the practice and history of iegisintion over the natioral territery which forbids ‘the exercise of the power in question. The nght of Congress to legislate over the Terrjiories, 10 revise Weir legigiation, to reverse it, 10 amend the organic law, to repeal their acte aud pan- ish offences withia the Terri-ories, has been asserted from the fonnoation of the government tothe presentday. The Constitution gave the power to punish polygamy, butit did net give the power to pupieh slavery, tor that was aa ipetitution which the constitation guaranteed the privile- xc of to the people who poesetsea it. The next queation was the exrent of the power of congress, and tne mode in which that power was to be exercised. ‘Calhoun, Hunter and ether cistipguighed statesmen, have asserted this power was exclusive, though it was not absolute, first, as to the nature of the constitution which recognises slavery 43 an instiluti.n, apd, secondly , as to the mauner in which \aat power is limited by the nature of the trust He held tbat we Jact that slavery was an institution which existed in fitticen Siates of the Union proved that it was an inati- tution applicable t9 fhe wants and requirements of the yeople of a grest portion of the Union. When he heard a gentieman tay op this floor the other day, that the power to protect giavery iu the Territorice was a pew dogma, be lietened to them with astonishment. The power to protect slavery in the Territories bas uot only been as- serted since the foundation of the government to the pre- ont day, but that power has been exercised. Mr. Lamar then proceeded to quote from a speech of Senator Hun- ter, in which that gentleman declared that the owners of sinves had not only their property protected in the States where the institution was recognized, but also in the Ter- riiories The constitution protected them, and it was the peaitive. any, of aera protect wri of slaves 1 possession and epjoyment of Property. It was the duty of Congress to govern the ea ritories, and from that duty resulted the obli- gation in Congrees to protect the rights and properties of persons therein; and if Congrees fails in doing that, she jailed in one of ber first duties; avd this would be univer- sally acknowledged if the question was raised with refe- rence to apy other epecies of peopel but slaves. Oal- houn asgerted that it was the duty of Congress to go into the Territories and to protect the rights and interests of ali classes there—to protect the institution of slavery therein, and if necessary to overrule Territorial legisla- tion on the subject. The same distinguished stateeman further asserted, that Congres had the the heart of a Territory to very therein, and to pass therein in the full enjoyment of such attention to a clause in the gave to rights. Kaunas cicton over all —— of lation, con- ferring upon such the power to fix the qualification of voters. jader this law the Legislature prescribed the qualification of voters, and they passed an Indiscreet and vigorous law, when set upo | Abt test a8 a qualification. What was the te Senate stepped in and annulled the law, and every democratic Senator at that time in Congress voted for the rescinding of that test act with the exception of two. The chief of popular govereignty acknowledged the validity of tnigact, dhe himeelf voted for it. ‘This law was opposed and ly rescinded, becauge it happened to bea law in favor of slavery. But if any law is passed in a Territorial Legis- lature against slavery, then the government becomes suddenly smiiten with paralysie, and the people of that Territory at once become sovereign and omnipotent. Afier Kanseg was Organized asa Territory, a law was parecd, making frauds at elections a crime, and imposing heavy penalties for their commission. Now, be thought ‘thet if they could bave laws pagsed and executed for the protection of personal property, and the suppression of irance, they could pass laws for the suppression of poly- xemy. The Territories of the Union being the common property of the people of all the States, are subject to the legislation of Congress, within the sphere of the con- eiitution; and within the sphere of the constitution they could reviee the Jaws of the Territorial Legislature when- ever the same were upjuet to the people of the entire States. They bad in such a case the power to repeal! the crgap‘c laws of: such Territories. While siavery was re- coguised by fifteen States of the Union, polygamy was con¢emned by all the States of the Uniou in com- Pro-siavery laws has been annulled in the itory of Kansas; and would it be said after that that y Lad not the power to strike down the abomination omy which exieted in Utah? The only objection with any force that he heard was, that ¢he system was part of the religious tenets of the people. Now, none could go farther than himself in maintaining that Congress hes no power to inflict pepal'ies for conscience’ sake. It capnot punish men because they hoid this or that reli- giovs opinion. But whenever religion is veed as a cloak Ww cover crime, whenever an overt act is commuitied un- der cover of reiigion, the pretence is no sbiela, and toc yarty is puniehed wherever under cloak of religion they receive the eenction of government for their tostitutions. The time wenld no doubt come that they would, under toe plea of religion, murder their wives, and under the same piead justification If in one case government recognizes their right to make revolting lawe for themselves, how cad government oppose them in proceeding to make others more revolting, until it ends in the doctrine—which no doubt they would set up—that they had aright to dis pose of the hives of their wives. In fact, goverument mutt protect them in their belief, for on sanctioning one degree of crime they surrender their right wo legisiate Sgwretany. Suppose the Mormons imagiued themselves Led upon to ofler up homan eacrifices, and that they Momolatea human beings uy} their altars, would their crimes of murder be ecreened under the plea that it was part cf their religious ceremonies to racrifice? Suppose that these Mormons adopted the old Roman law, which gave to the father the power of hie apd death over his children, could they commit murder with impunity because that the Jaw, the comestic institution of the country, gave ihe father power over the life of his child? Immediate ac- tien on the part of government is necessary to sop the evi). Tam in fuvor of the amendment of the gentleman from Texes, which provides for a gradual extinction of the evil. You cannot at once uproot polygamy. You canner at Ooce overturn the social system ot a people pos- fersing such an organized centralization, endowed with Buch vitul power and Ce ho 38 possessed by these Mor- mon. mons. He would make act uot immediate, but he would gtve it a retrospective character. To get rfid of the abominable evil graduaily would be the best. Indeed, if it could not de got rid of in any other way, he would be in favor of buying the Mormons eut. He would autho- nize the President to pay them to go away from the Ier- ritory altogetber. But to attempt to uproot one ef the social principles of nearly sixty thousand people by a single act would be futile inceed, Mr. Nortt, (dem) of Mo., repudiated entirely the idea that there is an apalogy between the crime of polygamy and the imstitution of slavery as the latter exists at the South. He was oppoeed to the bill for the reason that Congrees ought not to interfere in the manner proposes, while the organic act exists, and by which the power to uinke local law® is delegated to the Legislative Assembly. We buve already spent twenty millions to prererve peace in Utah. If this bill pass we had better make the appro- Ppriation fifty million to increase our army, for the trou- bles will break out afresh. There was no necessity for passing & Girest law, which would be impracticable. Let the power of the people of Utah to legislate be withdrawn and transferred to some other body, which will not exer- cige \t 0 a8 to shock the moral senee. Mr. Ou, (rep.) of N. Y., addreesed the Houge in favor of the bill and against the various amendments offered to it. He showed that Congress has full power tw pass the law in question, that even the Dred Scott case recognized and admitted the power of Congress to gévern the Lerri- tories with a certain limitation imposed by the constitu- tion, That among those limitations was foundno restric- Uon on the power of Congress to prohibii this practice of polygamy. Finally, he entered his protest against the doctrine of squatter or popular sovereignty; that it seemed to him Providence had permitted this modern Sodom to grow up inour midst as a standing rebuke against ibe madness and folly of abdisating the power of hig hor ates tte care a During a colloquy between Mr. Farnswortn, of TM., and Mr. ‘of Miscou, the former sald’ Sout Wee. Jey spoke of slavery as the ‘‘sum of all villainies.”” Mr. Jenkins, (dem.) of Va., inquired—Do you say Mr. Farxswortn—I said Wealey said 90. Mr. Jexxrxs—Do you say 80? Mr. FarxswortH—] am very much of that opinion. Mr. Jexxrve—Then you declare a lie. Mr. Farxsworti—I am notin the habit of descending ipio cesspools to throw dirt with blackguards. (Ssnea- tion. Mr. Jenkins (in his seat) was understood to say—I canpot receive that as an insult. Mr, VaLLaNvicnam, (dem.) of Ohio, remarked, if the bill had profeseed simply to annul certain laws of Utah establishirg polygamy he would vote for it without hesi- tation; but it went far beyond that, and professed to create snd prnish an offence in every organized Territory im the United States. It was the policy of the to delegate to the Jegialation pon all rightful sub- i ' sccte ot Yeoiares Wr 154 The right of suth legielation. Blavery bad Miny years 6B eXception, but in 1860 the doctrine of noa iy ited States residing therein, aud withwutreference { ‘SHEET. crtainal 06 wed as ctvil, reserving ~~ and disi wing of indeed” been x for eption as to that subject also, had been as distinct! avowed as th» prinetple of the adjustment measures of that year, He read an extract from Ciay’s report in 1850, aeserting this doctrine. It bad been distinctly embodied ip oll ite extent in the Kaneas Nebraska bill, ex‘ending to Ail the rightiul subjects of legisiation and the leaving it to the wphabitants to regolate their domestic institations in their own way, tubject ouly to the constitation. This was | pow the fetilea policy of the country and ef the democra- tc party. Slavery, indeed, stood upon a different ground. Slavery was not merely a democratic in- etitut Dut slaves were property, and, as guch, ebsit to all the sanctions of property. But he warnea gentlewen that there were millious who did not under- stand this who would not; and the next would be punish- ment a¢ a penal offence of that otber ‘rete of barba- nem’’—elavery, It was not because he denied the power of Congress to” pass it, bot because it was @ departure from the settled policy of the government of leaving to the Territories to legitlate for themselves on roatters of local policy, that he would vote against the bilj. Mr. Tiayer, (rep.) of Mags. , said the expression of sen- timent was merely supertiuous, as there was no State but what made polygamy a penal cffence. Asa penal statute ihe Dill would be powerless. Nobody would yote money w enforce the law. He regarded it as a sham and a false pretence, and therefore could not vote for it, A8 a defence cf national honor it was worse than futile, Decause jt brought that honor into con- tempt. He believed the peaceful, quiet, practical solution of tbe question was now within reach, He wos haopy in the beilef thatthe peaceful, quiet, prac- tical olution of the question was now within reach. He was bapp/ in the belief thatthe eilver wines of Carson Valley and the gold mines of Pike’s Peak afforded a solu- ‘ion of this vexed question of polygamy. He then advo. cated a plan to form these into two land dietric’ vide the Territory of Utah equally between them. the advantages of such an arrangement, the moral popa- lation being such as effectually to put au end to polygamy. No one, be suid, supposed the men of Pike's Peak would allow a monopoly of the women. (Laugbter.) He also declared bimeelf egainst the organization of apy mors Ter- ritoric#, an3 thovght the time now spent in wrangling about Mhoee in existence could be spent more profitably. Mr. Ket, (dem.) of S. €., opposed the bill. He ask- ed, dees polygamy existin Uiab? What proof was there bere of the fact? With a view to intelligent legislation the evidence of it ought (o be produced. Mr. Nrtaon, (8. opp.) of Tenn., sent up, which was read, #n extract from the law establishing the church. Mr. Kerit cid not see anything in that to satisfy him on the subject. Mr. Sreveys, (rep) of Pa., said that the three first Jncges first appointed made a statement establishing the fact of polygamy there, and that Brigham Young enjoyed ® plurality of wives. He recollected distinctly their re. K that this monopoly of wives operated very hard against strangers and travellers. (Excessive faughter.) Mr. Keirr asked where polygamy was found in the ex- tract reac? Mr. Matrory, (8. opp.) of Ky., said, in proof of the fact, he would call on the Delegate from Utah. Mr. Kxrrr objected to this, acding that promiscuove in- tervourse or concubinage may exist, but the bill does not apply to that. Mr. Hit, (S. opp.) of Ga., rose to propound a question. Mr. Krrrr asked him whether he believed polygawy republican ? Mr. Hi replied, saying be had asked a Senator, who said Abrabam was a gook republican and democrat. (Langhter. ) Mr. Krrrt—Do you believe polygamy is republican ¢ Mr. Bu1—It is apti-Chistian. Mr. Kerrr—Then you make a distinction. Mr. Hns—I do. ‘(Langhter.) Mr. Ket made further remarks against the bill, bot without concluding gave way for a motion to adjourn, which prevailed. Adjourned. Personal Intelligence. Hon. Edward Everett, of Boston, is stopping at the Fre- rett House. Adjutant Gen. Townsend, of Albany, and Senator Mal- lory, of Florida, are stopping at the St. Nicholas. Judge Wilson, of Chicago, Goy. Hiland Hall and Judge Kellogg, both of Vermont, are stopping at the Astor Houre. Arrivals and Departures. ARRIVALS. Sayann. eames R & Cuyler—Jno Hull, HG Relber, W8 Rowan. W Moore, J Slocum, W R Howes J 8 Miller. AJ Labagh and lady. Mies S pn A Kotzenburg, Mr and Miss Warner, Bra MF Smith, two ren and servan! Garris end daughter, G Pares, ren spd servants. OE Mora, J Wheeler, G8 Sa E_8 Willie: Draper, J Kavanagh, Mr per, v steerage. Marion—J Kelly, 8 A Banks. Mra 8 H Ohickering, C Fi Id, rooks, § E andrews WN Casares, JNo- Spencer, J gor, W andy. aR R Ptheadven and tad} 40 in the steerage. Ricumonp, 40—Steamship Roanoke—Dr L ripgton, DW Hawking, Mr Nixon and lady, Miss Bvavk ‘and lady, Mr Pilgrim, H Schamberg—and 4 in the Portland—Mra Lrvznroct—Steamahip North Briton, from Lucker, of 8t Job, NB; Mrs Jones, of London; Mrs Capt G ‘Robert: 1. Street, Mr ‘Boccar's, Isabella, 1ary Brocl Mr Megqnier and wife, Frank Donaly. & Kyre , John Stewart, Simeon Powell, of NYork; Hayden, Robert Brown. of Portland; George Howell, D Mur- Jobn Sunderland. Jane Oonnely, of Boston; Wm Walker, pabire—otal, phy. of New Ham; Norroux, £0—Steamshi DCoopet, dW collins er, Devine and 13 in the 33. @ Gutzler and indy, 8 D Rockwell wv SHIPPING NEWS. ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY. BUN RISES. .4,. 89 | MOON SETS ... SUN SEB. 27 | miGH Warsr.... 437 morn 7 U1 Port of New York, April 3,°1860. CLEARED. Steamship Jura (Br), Moodie, Liverpool—F Cunard. Ship J 1, Hale, Graves, St John, NB—W Lancaster Bbip Delfthaven, Freese, New Orleaus—Robson & Fosdick. Bark Coriclan (Brem). Steengrafe Bremen. Bark Villafranca, Hill, Havana—W W Russell. Bark Maina, Benner. Wiscasset -H D Brookman & Co. Brig Alpha (Br), Roles. Hatifax—D R Dewolt. Brig Rriek (sr). Heneberry, St John, NB—Thos Wallace. Brig Rainbow, Huff, Bueksville—Waish, Carver & Chase. tebr M kkinrer, Amidon, Port au Platt—Poirier & Oo. Schr Dazzle, Atwood, Antigua—MoUready, Mott & Co. chr Fma V. Cook, Montego Bav—Brett, Son & Co. Rehr Helene, Der ickeon. Charleston— Mo'readv. Mott & Co. Schr H Maybee, Gorton. Charieston—Doliner, Potier & Co. a febr Sunny South, Weeks, Georgetown, 8O—Doliner, Potter 0. Echr 14a de la Torre, Horton, Morehead City—D C Murray. Behr M . Inman, Wilhameburg. Schr Maria Jane, Letis, Peters bur g—Van Brunt & Slaght. febr M Nichols, : Eltzabethport—bimpaon & Clapp. Steamer artisan, Foste . ware. Can , Baltimore. Steamer Philadel} * Steamer Vulcan. Morrison, Philadelphia. Steamer Dawn, Perry, New Bediord. ARRIVED. Steamebip R R Cuyler, Crooker. Savannab with mdee and paseepgers. to H B Cromwell & Co. Had heavy weather, with etrorg bead winds ‘The stcamsbip alabama, on leaving port, got afon) of a schr and had her wheelhouse carried away; her pssrer gers sod mails were then transferred to the Cuyler, and the A retorred for repairs 10 Marion. Foster, Charleston, with mdse ana passer mers, to Spofford, Tileston & Co. Ist inet, 10:30 PM, signalized slestmedip auguaia, hence for Savannah, Steamship Koanoke, Couch, Ricnmond, &c, with mdse anc vassenyers. to Ludiam & Heineken, ship North Atlantic (of Newburyport), Proctor, Calcutta, Nov %, with lingeed. to H J Baker & Bro, Pagaed Sand Heads Dec 11. Cape Good Hope Feb 1, StHelena Uth. Marca 10, lat 1220 N, jon 48 80, spoke Br three mssted echr ‘Aurora, from Liza for Demsrara: 30th, lat 34 47, Jon 7034, eaw sbip Sam Tmpring, tovnd R, had Jost head of’ fore topraast. The NA Hse been 16 dsye N of Iat 80, with light and changeable wea r Sh'p Fontbsmpton, Pratt, London, March 2. with mdse and 35 passengers, to & E Morgan March 31, Int 44 03, lon 65 30, spoke bhip Daniel Websier, bence for 5 w. Jan 8, via Queenstown 48 Ship Cerra Linn, Luther. Gi exe, with mde, to Dunbsm & Dixon. Ship Camilla (Aus), Cattalimich, Cette, 62 days, with wine £0, € to M Lierau. Bark © tia (cf Boston), Howes, Paleme eh. 10. Gibral- reh ar ter 26ih, wi fruit, to Jag From Wto 2th bad constant XW abd WW gales; since then bad ight badling winds: war 12 deye from lat 35 80, lon 72. March $0. lat 38, lon 67 45, epoke brig Pollux, hence for Rio Grande. Bark ‘rovatora (of Searrport), Carver, Matanras, March 21 with suger. to Walsh, Carver & Chase. March 24, off Cape Florida, epoke Br bark Avon, from Maianzas for Liverpool, Brig F Drommond, Conway, Aspinwall, 26 days, with hides de tod F Joy. Schr Georgiana (Br), Waycott, Port au Prince, March 6, with cofer dc, to Rolker, Moliman & Co. Hind, path the entire paasag as been 13 dars N of Hanon,” © af e: Schr 8 B Ftrong, Boyd, Wilmington, NC, 4 da} Sebr W B Bliss. ‘Hodges, ‘Virginia, Sdaye. shi Sehr Ieie dt Pines, French. Virg' tebr K H Parker. Parker, Virg Schr Davidson, Ryder. Virgin! oo Diadem. Black, Harrington, Schr B Johnson. Scott, Boston for All Sebr Augvata, Kelley, New Bedford, sae Sea ca rhe Fobr Pred Hall, Preasy, Por Pobr WR Genn, Nye, Alban} Sloop Willard, Buck Erovidence Steamer Pelican, Steamer New London, Smith, New London. BELOW. One brig, unknown. SAILED. Bieamships Jura (Br), Liverpool; Jamestown, Norfolk, 4c. ‘Wind at sunset 8. Telegraph Marine Reports. HIGHLANDS Apri’, sunsel_—No tnwara bound vessels in i. Wind 8, ; weatherclear. _ SANDY HOOK, April 3, sunset—Gne brig coming in over gt gtonmahip Jura, for Lt yoy. ce iy bad fr bool, going out past the 8, sunset—No inward bound PA RE ont Re gel vessels in eight. Brie Costa Rica, for Aspinwall, passed dows, ibe arrowed oh AMC abip arian bor Have ae oa Miscellancous. For account of damage to steamship Alabama, see report of steamship R R Cuyler, above. ‘We are indebted to Adams’ Express for New Orleans papers from one to two days in advance of the mail. ‘The steamship R R Cuyler, Capt Crocker, arrived yesterday from Savannah. The attentive purser ha, our thanks for pa- pers In advance of the mail. A“ Bvrriexewt No XX, containing additions and corrections to the American Lloyds, kas been received from Messrs E & G W Bhunt, the publishers. This excellent and valuable work re- eelyed the approval of the Board of Underwriters in June 1857, and also that of the Brit'sh Board of Trade for Rogers’ Interna- tlopal Code of Marine Signa’s in June of last year. Coulton, David Dickson, of treal; BR 3 Neyo ‘Toronto; Jobn fcott. of Hamilton; Mra A H Dunsoomb, E CO Nichols, B Whit- opier, Jamestown—J A Williams, J P Lester, E Bradley and lady, mrs 8 ing Rrazoa Bar in a bevy 9: fouth breakers, eowpelling itrvek and werk rio threw over £6) Sule treight to get off, the ebip austaming tnt litle damage. fm Asnpurto—Mr Fhen § Smith. Underwriters’ Agent, reports tip Arbburton (ot Providence), Urocker, froaa (aleutia via Mauritios Jen 10 for boston, while deatio, toto Provincetown barbor morning of 2d inst, struck on Wood ud Bar during @ thiek anow storm, but came off sud anchored une der Long Poist, a safe piace. Emi Awemicam UN10N, at Philadelphia trom Liverpool, or 26th ult. lat 89 08, lon 67 18. pessed woverat . dive udrift, spperentiy not Wing ia the water. O# MTN ‘Tux Suu wrecked on Scarborough Shoals, and supposed ta? be tbe Nestorian, wae Lo! thai vessel. She arrived at slong Kong Jan 19 from Bangkok. Bane Many H Kenpaut Shankland, trom Mstanzas, with a enrpo cf sugar and molasses, of and for Phila elubla, befor re= payege Cold Spring Rar. remains bard on, with] feetof water in her bold =The molasses is being let run toto several amall beats alongside, ad ti is thought the vessel and oarzo will ba & total Joss. and cargo are insured in /biludeipbla and New York, Bcur Aric Lex, Poster, at Mobi’e from Philadelphia, wag. compelled to throw overboard deck load Scur AsHorr—SchrO Jayne. Rowland hence at Alexandrigy reports:—On Bunday, +aw & echr sshore on Lower Cedar Pointe Ske had bay on deck; supposed ber to be the scar Chalcedony, frem Alexandria for Noifo « and Richmod, with tobseso and 'y on deol Whsleehip Pheonix, of NB. 423 tons, has been purebred Capt Bourne, of Wareham (who will comreand her), end wi de employed in the merchant service. Price paid $3500 Brig Frederic, of Salem, 141 toon 12 ‘sold, hes been pur” chased by Ben} K Bough of Gloucester: for $3000 cua, ard ia to be employed in the Boush Amerieen trade, Sehr Prairie Flower, 10% tons, built ip Sslem about 2 ven since bas been gold om private terse, sod will hereatiar bale m Cobasset. Sebr Jas H Deputy, of Philadelpbin, 184 tons, bui't at Milford im 1649 ang Ae how at Fell kiver, ban been suid wo Cape Wm HiLewis and there of Wickford, Ki, for $30K1. she bail from Wickford, aud be continued tn the coasting wade. Whalemen, Arr st New Redford Ist inst sbip Martha, Spaniding, India Ocean, Manuritive Get 6 Bi Helens Feb 6. with 190) sp 189 wh, snd 1 atk palm oil; sent howe 2) dis wh oft sud $00 Ibs pone. Reports spoke off Port aupbin Dec 14. Abigail, Brith. of NBy noibing since leaving Maurttiue; Rickard Mitebed, Huxtord, Kdgartov n, 180 ep since leaving Mauritius ‘6th. United States, ‘Woodward, Westport, 80 sp 0 co. and saw her tke a whale @ Jew days alter, 19th. Brewster, Wate, Matt, 160 bois since she left Mauritius: Sith Pemelia, Sloenm, NB, 170 sp 60 wa. art Helena Feb 6, Mecbanlo Cory, Newport, 36 a: bourd pome; Belen Augual 0 wh. (Barks Bannan Ana Kathleen, of NS, had not been at 96 Helena ae reported ) ‘Also arr bark Stetla, Halnaway, Pacific Ocean, Taleali Dee 14, with (hy aa wh ‘on board; sent home 5) Bo 7 wa, 204 600 Ibs tone, . ‘Aleo err bork Midas, Avetin (late Tallman, deo’d), one fea, Hopoiuiu Nov 18, Rorotongs Dec 19. with 180 #9 400 and £0 Ibe bone on board, sent home 106 sp 192 wh, end 4300 Ibe bone Reports e oi! Trinidad, Sarab, Butler, of and from Matta, polaett fc dian Ucean. At ppc let aya J, 10th ult, Three Brothers, Swam, fe “it ocean. . Natiatoabwane Feb 8, bark Virginia, Peakes, b¢ NT, 100 since leat report. Sid 6tb, bark Islander, Starbuca, Nant, if lest report. ‘NAtBt Pua do Loundo Feb 10 ship Lenldaa, Alrich, ¥', no Pe rk : Me. A reap icuecond officer of bark Annawan, of Mata. _ oleett, dated Dominique, Merch 4. reports heard fron back Ban Flanders, of Matt, outside of Dominique, with 650 bbig il. *Fyfeard from Jan 1, bork Miilinoket, Taber, NB, 20) 6). Spoken, Ge. hip Carrier Dove, Montel, 27 days hence for Sen Franciseo, Merch 1 1at8 18. jon $$ 32 spit Lob, 18 ohyp trum Caleta for Philadephia Apel 2y 43:15, 2 ot boat jones, No 15. a Marshall. from NOrienus for Antwerp, March 2ly artust Bark White Sea, from NOrleans for Glasgow, March 19 lag 25 19, low 86 15. Bry cece Boeey. athe from Philadelphia for Guantenae 5 st 36. low 7: . ™Bobr Sarah, from Camden for Savannah, March 24, lat 31 te Bonnoe Avane- oho. date ip xaeterday’ "a paper sbonl! bave. been Fel ‘pot 16, #6 mikpr! hid ery Feb 8, brig Samuel Oburchman, Ankers, St Tho- mas and it Banvados, Marcb &—Ip port sobr Pocahontas, Carr (late Spare Tow, dec’d), for Newport SuEetacy. Merch I7— Arr sblp Onbora Hower, Kelly, New Pleats 81 days. ahonaevinns. eb 7-In port bark Jamso, Brooks, from Bowe 1D. . for Huevos res. oituamaa, March 14—in port chr Henrietta, Braman, for N rican acon. Br Pact DELOANnO, Feb 12—In port barks Sea Mew, Lloyd, from Salem; Hazard, Goodridge, from St Helena, American Ports. ALEXANDRIA, April2—arr chr Carleton Jayne, Rows ROBT ‘ON, April 2—Arr ship Bryant, Cadiz; berks Jas cob Merri), Park, Mobile; Cossack, Crispin, NYork; brig any (accidentally omite dover, Crowell, Alexandria, Arr Saturday ted), bark A © Adams, Hemingway, N: rieane Teleg-ap! ship Josephus, from Antwerp via Payal. barks Fruser, frou Meseina; H Thornton, from NOr! ‘signal for a bari: and = brig. Old ship Mary He jer, New Orlease: bork Cochitnate, Bangs, Loando, Africa: Laurilta, Bf we Haytien; Post, Kobineon, Mobile; scbrs Millard, Gnow, Jeremie; Samuel Giuman, Crowell, aad TALTINORE torila— ore brig. Hears Leeds: Grant, Mow » Apri 7 leury. is, bile; schra Idalis (ir). Flick, as. NS: Bar, Crowell, . perk Marion’ Fowler, Bio Janciee Bia ie Frapklip, Davia, Ponce, ¥Riechr HH Adams, BRAZOB, March 23—In_ port echt Clifton. McCormick. for 6 Orieape. Outside the bar, Florence. Mount, from NYork, and Carrie Sandford Hackett, from NOrleane. PEVERLY, March 90—Arr sehr Dorado, Hipson, NYork vig \ AARLESTON, Mareh, 80—Cld ships Cordelia, Bisbop, and Minnesota (Br), Flinn, 14 ry oxen, Paton, Hseret achra Maryland, Wilecn, and Zavalla, Haines, Baitimore; Wan G Audenreid, Hewitt, Richmond; M Kinvey, Ogier, . Sid schra Julia Maine, Preston, Windies; 1 PALL RIVER: March SI—Arr scbra J_Rusling, Fi 7 L—Arr rt faveng, Elizabethport; Maria ‘Cura Beche do april sehr 3 W Sid 24, achr Dan! 4, GALY, Lewis, do; schrs WA Crocte:, Endic tt, and Robt Palmer, Walton, do; 26th brig Liege lier do; 27th, stip B & Milam, Ellis, Newport. Eng vid 9th. echre Cumberland, Lanrence, Boston; Only Daughter, Faikenverg, aud J A Hallock, Nicker= fon, Boston: @ Mangbam, Scudder, NYork: 2st, Wiliam, Rrcese: Outerbnaue, Guba; ib, ¥ metaigees Tonk, Bomoos . ye, Cuba; 2tb, J atc! ‘ork, Hy ‘Weat, Studley, NYork. wi +d Jn port tb ship Clara L Preble, Maxwell. for Havre: barks J W Hicks. Greenman, for antwero; Tidal Wave, White. for St Petersburg; Kate Stamler, Lewis, for Havre; Ho Share: Savannah, Polless; Ocean Guide, ¥¢ foung, Texen Yourg: Evadne, ‘Kerr, and Palmetto, Gray, for lavercealy Norumbega, Saunders, and O W Poultney, Marshman, fer N York: Trinity, Leask. avd San Jacinto. ‘Pratas, tor Boston; Walton, Jones: Pleisses, Knowlton; J W Friend, Friend: ‘W House. Bearse, and Starlight, B diag beige 3 Moln~ York, far Boston: West, § for NYork; Empire, r. Cin; coe E 8 Janee, Godfrey, for Boston. HAMPTON ROADS, April 8—arr (by tel) ships Ocean Bx- prew, Jarvis Island 105 days; Mary Bradford, Baker's laland 8. MOBILE, March 8—Arr ehip Advance, Child, Liveroools bark Vernon, Small, Boston; Alice Lee, Foster ani R & Whel¢en, Cain, Philadeiphte, Sid Br slp Julia, Williams, Li- /HTASPORT, March 28—Arr echrs Lewis Walsh. Patnes Femenden, Hooper. and H Curis, Reed Eastport for Philadel- {oe Sid 26th. brige Cygnet (from st Jobn. NB), Bartndoss Bengparte, Stuart, NYork; aches Boundary, Blunt, and Paran, 1 60, Tn port 2th, wig wind, brig Celt, for NYork; achrs Win Mitckell. for orto Kico;' Gaasabeas, Grant, for Jamaies; Con Tess. for NYork. MYSTI0, March 1— rr sche 8 Bui b, Chase, Norfolk; Aprit 1, schr Ocella, Burrows. NYork. Sid sloop Emily, Freeman, York. NEW ORLEANS, March 29—Arr Brem ship-H Von (: Reimers, Bremerhaven: bark Jenny Pitts, Snow. Rockiand; sebrs Vigilant, Lightbouse, Nassau; Sylvia, Hathaway Key Weet. Cid eblps Wilbur Fisk, Cutter; Celestial Empire, Pierce; dour (Br), Mason, ‘and Zetland (Br), Ciuney. Liver- raball, Sprague, St Peiereburg; Sie brig krreshette, 10, Marseilles; echrs Black Squall, Dennison, Oar? onan; Toone, Penvington, Brazos: alliance, Penaingt ale veston; Col Lester, yee aed us . S—nrr (by tel) abivs inthrop, Liverpool , to, Indiana, and x, Boston; Confidence, N Yorn; barn Ale gonquip, Caloutta. ‘Towed to sea 26th, abip Labrador. NORFOLK, March $1— Cid schrs Mayflower, Churchill, Bos- top: Sbebas, r, Me. NRW BEDFORD, april 2—Sid echrs Z Secor, Rot Nor- folk; Cartbagena, Crapo. and Sbenznitoah, kee, ‘hile delphi: 4 np 8 falter (from Wareham), x EWPORT. Aprt! 2, 8 AM—In port achra Ranuer, Harring- ton, from Pi 1d for NYork; Sea Bird, , and Charlotte, Arey. Rockishd for do; susan & Mary, popes Camden for a 4 albert Field, Phillipa, ‘faunton for Baltimore > Brothers, Linnell: Emma Q @urtie, Horton, Theresa. Moore, Bostcn for Tengier, Baker, Newoomb. BS Wright, Brown. and Oriola Horton. co for do; Oora, Kelley, 60 for RYork; Caroline Hall, Grabam, Philadelphia for Nan- tueket; Only Son, Kastan, Boston for NYork; Amelia legraph, Rich. Boa Barvich for do: Messenger, Doane, and T ton for 60; B_B Smith, Robioson, Nantucket for do; Albert Dex- Boston for do; Gratd Ts.and, Small, Hewbaryport for Norfolk; Bellona, Colemsp, Portemouth, RI. for NYork; Empire State, Atwrod, Chatham for do: A Dighton for Philadelphia; Flavilis, Pinkney, Ei! port ‘for sso", ton; Amelia, Sanborn, Mac! York: Com Kearners Loring. Boston for do, Earsiet Neal, Houghton, Lubes for I~ . Mletpbia: Eben Sawyer, Snow, Boston for, Cir Fotnt; Lonies yer, Je: m, Roctland for man a Der mot, Portland for NYork; and man; crbersy wated ‘have been w bound 8 and & bave gone w sea. detained for the last ten days by 7 P¥—A)l ibe vessels ar ‘Those bound ata. PENBACOLA, March 23-—Arr_ sehr Thomas © Acton. Wood ward, Lavaca. Cid 17ib, Ct Saunders, 3 vases Whitman, NOriesns; KW Prait Chataam: tube; et, obip Belay Williame, mle: eraon, Valparaiso aod Pe 234, brig Loulsa P Snow, 8mith, Havens a, LAD) . Avril 2—Arr steamers Kensington, Ba- a abe, ‘Hand, NYork; bark Stampede. Le Betta, “Thompson, NOrieans; D 8 Mer- . Cid bark Amerftean, Kenney, Hafana; (a Taghtbourn, Savan: t ship Am Union, Linouln, Liverpool: schre fgg 5 8 low, ashburn, Thraeber, Taunton. 7 ‘Old steamer Kennebec, Hand, i sehre EC Knight, Whirlow, Havana; Frances New= ton, Fmerson. Belfast PORTLAND, March 3l—Arr barks David Nickels. Nickels, Carcenaa; Caroline Kilems. Elleme. Boston; echra J C Brooks, Graffam, Matanzas: BG Willard. Parsons, Raltimore: Hornet, Henley. Phiiadelphie. Old Br Sieamebiva North Bore jane lverpool, mian, G: ald); brig Taratine, Preseey. Cardenas. Ma BRONinRRCA RSet ERE rer OK, April schrs » Dsery Charleston: Lucy W alexander. Rockland (or Norfolk, ao? cordir g to wind); Benj Baker, Bij Dallas, Racket, NYork. SEIGiMGND, March 81-8ld echr Hendrick Eudson, Lin- ink i csc Ae tn es ba elma ‘ori Gaye; 6th. Chile So 2 ( asthe ket. Lad Evans. Berton 1%; 7th, Leonore, a, Sid eth, fips El y , Sydney; 7th, Jean Govjon (Fr), aie, ‘Siegalan: ‘Blond eI" Lunt, Galleoy ‘Sih, US creamer one, phen Ber Exponnéer, Knowler, Boston; Rey- n i Coleman: Great Republic, Limeburner; te, and Good Bope, Miler NYork; steamer Sid abip Sparkling Sea, Ryder, Ri RAVANNAH, Starch 20—Arr brit Robin; Strout, Cardenas: tchrs Henry Caitoff, Howard, do; 8 ‘ole, NYork. ula ship Robt Harding, Dyer, Liverpool; , Baresloua; echr Lucy Rotinecs, Davis, NOrl 4 ‘Mth, AM—CId bark Omega, Morse, Gibraltar and mkt; schr PHOT STAT (oy te) brig 7 W Woxdraf, Sen 3 rT rig J in Juan. AUTEM, March S1—arr ochrs Loulen Gray, Weaver, Rich- mond; Nocteven, Falkentere, Philadelphia. April 2—Arr echr Leesourg, Swift, Philadelphia. Below, » herm brig painted black, deeply loaded, and sm bou up. There isa bark at anchor at the mouth of Gloucester ¢, rer, WILMINGTON, NO, March 30—Arr Dan Insuleneran, Jorgineen, Philadelphia. Cid echrs Abbie Watson, Watson, Windies; Mary & Elizabeth. Reed; &T Garrison, Grace, an Francia. ©’Donpell, NYork: 3let, bries Harp, Williame, St John, NB; B Young, Faton, NYork; schr Seguine, Elliott, Bos- ton. WILMINGTON, D ‘ae , Del, March 30—Arr achr Spray, Prive, Bar nard, Freemai 18th, Hat ‘Hastin; Sere