The New York Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1860, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JANE Btate prison, and to pay # fine of three huadred dollars. The masa meeting of the colored people last evening, to express their views with reference to the projecta of the African Civilization Society, ARRAN DPTION N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON GTS. | Wasa decidedly rich affair. A full report of the hee EERE ET . ri cash 4s advance, Money vent by mail will be at the vind aeomew. Pouage sampe not received os Tie DAILY HERALD two cents per copy. $1 per THR WEEKLY HERALD. every Soturday at viz conte or $8 per arin the Buropenm bilson ecery Weinanlay, | at six cenls per copy, ara Gnawn toane parvyr Great Britat, | wt € te postrges Gada dhision'om the Sth nal BOR of each’ month ut rcs conte | per copy. or Bi pr annuan. THk’®. MILY UBRALD on Wednesday, ai four coma per py. oF $2 per unnmemn : OHM LUN FARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing imPoreant see oll ‘from any quarter of the ior aed il = laera paid jor, Tap 0k Forsion Coskesro Parrwouiae.¥ Kyquasrep To Beat al. Larrese 46D Pacx- 40R8 BENT UB NO NOVICE taken wonymous correspondence. We do not rota n rejrettd coms yore MD VERTISEMENIS sencced every day: advertieements (ne Derted dn the Weews.y Hexsio, FamiLyY UBKaLD, and én the Gaifforné. and Buropean Bititions. 2s PRINTING, exccuted with neatness, cheapness and de- or No. 103 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Orsna--Don Pasquare. NIGLO'S GABDEN, Broadway.—Rquesraian Peuronu- Anos Frain oF tux OLoru or GOLD. Fourteenth sireet.—Irauiaw BOWERY THBATRE, Bo: .—MbRonar’s Been GrAAvaL LODE tae FURR RAE Comore OED OF WINTER GARDEN, Rrosd Opposite Bond stree.— TrAuam Ofska—ls BONNGBBULAY HEATRE, Brosdway.—Love vor Lare— LRUMA RERNWA THEATER, 64 Brosdway —Coussx Baw NEW BOWSBY, Bowery. —Litrix Karr—Ocp ano Youxc —Homsrsuoe Ron non. - MES, BROUGHAM'S THKATAR, 444 Broadway—Tar Brvaus. BARNUWS AMERICAN MUSYUM, Brosdway- Day aod Broving—JEANIA DkANS—Livino CoRiosrran, &e Meobenics’ Ball. 472 Broad. 08, dd. Tak STRANGER BRYANTS’ MINOTERLS, way. —BuaLErques, boNGs, NIBLO'S SALOON, Brosdway.—Gro. Cnmisty’s Mux- PTERALS IN BONGS, 1/ANCES, BUKLESQUKS, &C—Werro. COOPER INSTITUTE, —Kxm Painting OF Tet CouKr OF Dea: OF PRALR’s On1ainaL {verngon and Kyentng. BOPE CHAPEL, 7%) Broadway.—Gex. Tom Tuumn's Ex- TRKTALY MBA T—A fiernoon and Bvenis; RATIONAL COMCERT SALOON, National Theatre — Bons, Dances, BuRLEsQuEs, do, proceedings is given in to-day’s paper. Yesterday was the avniversary of Henry Clay's birthday, and flags were displayed on the City Hall, the hotels and other public buildings and the shipping in honor of the memory of the immortal “Sage of Asbland.” In the evening the admirers of the departed statesman partook of a banquet at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Tho fuller siatements Of the foreign news received by the Persia yesterday tended, later in the day, to check Operations in cotton, The ealea embraced about 1,000 Dalce, closing on the basis of 11 4c. for midtling uplands; poor samples were heavy and difficult to move, while the finer qualities were scarce aud held with frm. nees. Flour was yen, generally, five te per barrel higher aud in good demand for home jumption, with fome sales for export. Wheat was again higher, with tales cf some 52,000 bushels at prices given imanother place. Corn was somewhat loss beoyaat and Active, while sales were fair at quota:ions giver in another column. The sales of sugars embraced 1,200 bhds. a Tetes given elsewhere. Coflee was quict, while holders were firm, and eales wore unimportant. Freight engage. ments were moderate. Some flour was taken for Liver- pocl a! 23, and some for London on private terms. For corn and wheat to the former port, 64d. in bulk and 64 ia ship's bags were demanded. The Conse West—Ano} vom Convent! The returns of the judiciary election in Wis- consip show a manifest breaking away in the Northwest of the dark clouds of political and abolition fanaticism that have so long been gatberipg over the country; and as in the pbhy- sical, so in the political horizon, this is the cer- tain barbinger of fair weather and a clear sky in the meridian, A conservative reaction againet the revolu- tionary ‘and destructive tendencies of the black republican party has taken place there, bearing aremarksble resemblance to that which has shown itself in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and proving that everywhere the same coneer- vative centiment is rife among the people. The facts of the case are full of meaning, and we will therefore recite them.. Some six or séven years since an abolitionist was tried before the ive Reaction im the Nerth. Lessom for the Chartes ONDBRDONK HALL, 405 Grand street —hart: MinsraEis (or Bones, Dances, buKLEsgns, 40 —BaL Masque. METHOPOLIT) N HALL, Jersey City — Wood's Minstaxts Or Brwmorias Sones, Lancs, de.—New Year Usiis, TRIPLE SHEET, — New York, Friday, April 13, 1860, The News. We have a variety of rumors from Washington respecting the affair of honor between Mr. Potter, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, but ac- cording to the latest reports there had been no combat, and, indeed, it is not certain that a chal. lenge has passed between the parties up to last evening. In Congrezs yesterday the Senate considered the resolution for an adjournment from the 19th to the 30th instant, in order to enable the members to attend the Charleston Convention. As considera- ble opposition to the proposition was manifested, the resolution was withdrawa. The remaiuder of the session was occupied with business relating to the District of Columbia, A bill making an appro- priation for the support of the public schools of the District was taken up, and an amendment was offered that a portion of the fuuds be donated to the education of the colored popaation. This brought up the omnipresent negro question, and a discussion ensued, and the Senate adjourned without taking the question on the amendment. Iv the House a report from the Coast Survey was received, showing the practica bility of making Harlem river navigable. Reports on the public printing and the French Spoliation bill were presented. The former was posipoped till the 26th of April, and the latier till the otf of May. The Senate Pacific Telegraph bill was briefly discussed. In Committee of the Whole several members made speeches on the slavery and Presidential questions. With regard to the disposition of the Mexican war steamers captured near Vera Cruz, the govern- snéhy 288 decided to leave them to be dealt with by the federal cowss at New Orleans. The crews of the respective vessels Will be permitted ta go wherever they plPa.¢, A Jarg® number of bills were passed by both houses of the Legislature yesterday, most of them, *,owever, of a merely local character. Nothiag po- sitive is known ag yet as to the fate of the city railroad bills. By the arrival of the Persia at this port yester- day morning we have details of European news to the lst inst. The news is of a very interesting aud important character. The excitement in Switzerland on the annexa- tion of Savoy is apparently increasing. Troops were mustering, and the tone assumed by the Fe- Geral Council is bold and defiant. We publish the text of the Treaty of Cession of Savoy and Nice by Sardinia to France. A commission has been ap pointed to establish the new boundaries. It is said Prussia disapproves of the cession, though she has not formally protested, and promises that Swiss rights will Le protected. ‘The Papal government had sent a protest to the entire diplomatic corps against the annexation of the Legations to Sardinia. The feeling between France and England has not improved. In the House of Commons Sir Robert Peel bad made a speech denunciawory of the French Emperor, which was received with cheers. The reorganization of the Indian army had been debated. The bill abolishing church rates passed the House of Commons on the 23th, after considerable debate. France is preparing to put an army of 250,000 men into campaigning order. The army in Rome will not leave until replaced by an Italian onc, ‘The condition of Naples is unchanged. ‘The treaty of peace between Spain and Morocco will be signed at Tetuan on the 25th inst. The steamship Edinburg, which left Liverpool on the 28th, touching at Queenstown on the following day, arrived here at nine o'clock last evening. We have advices from Vera Cruz to the lst inst. The United States steamer Brooklyn arrived at that port on the 27th ult. At last accounts Mira- mon bad not reached the capital. The French Mi- nister had been instructed to co-operate with the English Minister in bringing about an armistice. At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen yes terday,@ communication was received from the Mayor, nominatiog ex-Alderman Thomas Stephens for the Presidency, of the Croton Aqueduct De- partment, and the nomination was forthwith con- firmed by @ vote of fourteen to two. Aldermen Cornell, Genet, Bagiey, Smith and Brady were ap- pointed on the joint special committee to iuvesti- Gate into the affairs of the Aimshouse Department. A communication was received from the Street Commissioner, submitting a summary of the gene- ral state of the business of his department for ‘the quarter ending 3ist ult. We give the document in our report of the proceedings, togetier with inter- esting financial reports from the Croton Board, and the Finance Committee, Ih the United States Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Bmalley “sentenced George Dawer, mate of the ship Devonshire, convicted of the manslaughier of @ seaman named Humphreys, on board said yes- @cl, to thice years couliuement at bard labor in the United States Court of Wisconsin for violation of the Fugitive Slave law, in aiding to rescue a fugitive slave from the United States Marebal. He was convicted and sentenced by the federal Court, but the Su- preme Court of Wisconsin took him by 4 writ of habeas corpus from the federal authori- ty, and liberated him, on the ground that the Fugitive Slave law was unconstitutional. The federal government oarried the oase to the Supreme Court at Washington, ang this tri- bunal reversed the decision of the Wisconsin State Court. In January last the case was brought before Judge Dixon, of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, and the point raised that the Supreme Court of the United States had not appellate jurisdiction from the State courts in cases arising under the laws of the United States. Judge Dixon gave an opinion at once, thet the United States Supreme Court has such Jurisdiction under the Judiciary act of 1787, in some cases, if not in all—from which opinion, however, Justice Cole dissented, and no formal or valid decision was made. This opinion of Judge Dixon threw the whole black republican camp into an uproar, and it was determined to eject him from the bench. The black Republican State Conven- tion met in February, and nominated Hon. A. Scott Sloan for bis place, when Judge Dixon came forward as an independent conservative candidate. The result is, that in the State of Wieconsin, where Fremont obtained a majori- ty of 13,247 votes over Bughanan, Judge Dixon is elected by a majority of more than six thou- sand votes, showing a total change of nearly twenty thousand in aState which cast 123,000 votes last year. This is a practical and direct popular comment on Seward’s infamous ibreat, uttered on the floor of the Senate, “we will reorganise your federal gourte;” it is a hearty and uxequivocal rejection of the black republican creed, in its very essence and life, by the rural population, whose support .of bieck republicaniem in all its abhorent de structiveness bas been so much vaunted by its demagogues and mad orators. And what is more, it is a thorough rejection of ultraism of ul) kinds. In order to show more clearly the flow and ebb of the tide of popular opinion in Wiscon- ein, we compile the following table of majori- jies in thirty-five counties, from which the Madison Patriot of last date publishes returns, compared with the majorities in the same coun- ties in 1856 snd 1859:— is56—Bucbanan.... 2—Fremont.... Hoburt (dem.)..10,221—Randail (rep. 1860—Dixon (con ),. .16,160—Sloap (rep.).. Tere we see that between 1856 and 1859 the democratic majorities lost 461, while the black republican gaived 1,358; but since then the tide bas turned, and the black republican ma- jorities bave lost 1,715, while the conservative has gained onthe previous democratic vote 5.929, making a total change of 7,644 votes. This enormous increase on the democratic vote in Wisconsin is due to the coming out of the couservative classes there, just as they did in the recent elections in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and just as they are going to do all over the country in the coming political cam- paign. This fact is admitted by the press of both parties in Wisconsin. One journal (de- moeratic) says:—‘‘Wejdo not claim this exclu- sively as a democratic victory, though it is a victory for the principle of law and order that the democracy have been contending for, against the combined hosts of fanaticism, for several years.”’ Another journal, of the same school, says:—“Judge Dixon was brought out a8 an independent candidate, and by the votes the republican party (embracing the larger portion of old line whigs);” while a black re- publican organ confesses that the result to our people when pressed too for by ex- treme politicians of either the democratic or the republican school.” If the unmistakeabla evidences of the deter- mined coneervative tone and temper of the people, in the East and io the West, are rightly judged by the forthcoming convention at of ite nominee for the Presidency, But we must have no ultraism in its doctrines, no violent partisan put forward as its candi- date, no repeiition in a political sense of Brooks’ suicidal attack upon Sumner. Let the South remember that to-day it incurs far greater danger from iis own violent and ex treme advocates than it does from the senti-* ments of the great majority of the Northera of democrats and the conservative portion of | “will prove that there is a healthy backbone | Charleston, that body can secure the election | TNaTia t NEW YORK ¢ 7 y eed ERALD, st this moment it runs as muoh risk from euch fools as Pryor and Ashmore, and such blus- terers a8 Wigtall, as it iacurred ia 1856 from the folly of Brooks, who came nearer to kill- ing his party thaa he did to killing Sumner. The coneervative eense of the country is aroused, aud it is determined to put down all extremists, and ail ultra doctrines, by whatever tide they may be put forth, The North has be- gun its work on the Sewards, the Helpers, the Sbermans, tbe Browns, and the fanatics at large, and the South must and will follow. If the Charleston Convention has not the sense to see how the popular tide is setting, and to take @ conservative position, and nominate a cona- tervative man, in accordance therewith, the people must look to some other set of political elements than the confused ones about to meet at Charleston, to present & combination that will enable the country to plack the flower, ‘afety, out of the nettle, danger. The Difficulty Betweem France and Swit- zor The Savoy question, after being ostensibly settled by the arrangements concluded between France and Sardinia, is again threatening trou- ble. The Swiss federal government, dissatisfied, or pretending to be so, with the assurances given hy Louis Napoleon to General Dufour, has is sued orders for its troops to be in readiness to occupy the neutralized districts of Chablais and Faucigny. This news, which we obtained seve- ral days ago from our Paris correspondent, is confirmed by the advices received by the Per- sia, In the last sitting of the federal assembly we learn that powers were given to the Presi- dent to take all necessary measures that the statu quo iu regard to those districts should be respected, Now, it must be clear to every one that the Swiss government would not have decided pro prio motu on 80 bazardous a step as that of raving the power of France on a question ov which its rights are merely constructive, It is equally certain that the French Emperor. had calculated beforeband all the objections that would be raised to this seizure of guaranteed territory. In bis declarations to General Du- four, and on the assurances otherwise given to Switzerland, it has always been promised that the neutrality of the two districts would be re- spected. The motives of the alteration that has taken place in bis views iu regard to them can only be inferred from circumstances; but it seems to us that they admit of but very little doubt. In the case of a monarch so far-seeing and practical, and who adopts expediency as the fundamental principle of his actions, we have to judge rather by the general tenor of his policy than by the divergencies from his public declarations which so frequentiy mark his course, The remarkable coincidence of the stimulus imparted to public feeling in England and France, on this question just at the moment when everythiug appeared to be settled, is also to be taken as an indication of the direction in which events are tending. From past experience we have learned that whenever any fresh move in continental policy isto be attempted, the spur is invariably ap- plied to the traditional prejudices and hostili- ties of the two countries. It is found easier to reconcile English opinion to French acquisi- tiveness by apprehensions of a rupture than by he slow process of diplomatic explanations. Hence, when we see Lord John Russell uttering strong language in Parliament against the restlessness of the Emperor, and the French journals relieved from the interdict: placed upon them against saying uncivil things to England, we may rest assured thata fresh game is arranged which requires a new excitement to aid it. No one, of course, believes that either the English Foreign Secretary or the French prees are sincere in the denunciations that they employ. The proof of the general incredulous- ness on the subject is to be found in the fact that the funds in neitber country have been in the slightest degree uffected by them. As regards the Swiss government, there are the best reasons for believing that it isno more in earnest in this matter than the English Cabi- net, It is well known that Mr. James Fazy, the leading statesman of Switzerland, is one of the greatest admirers and warmest partisans that Louis Napoleon has, He has been lately passing some time in Paris, and has been fre- quently closeted with the Emperor. Seeing the unbounded influence which this gentleman possesses amongst his countrymen, it is to be presumed that the whole of this matter has been arranged with bis concurrence. Louis Nape- leon cares but little about the email portion of territory in dispute, but he cares a great deal about the mode in which the titie to it is to be settled, It would be easy for him to take and hold it against the world if itso pleased him. He would prefer, however, to lose it under the condition that be is seeking. To plain terms, his whole object in raising this pretended issue with Switzerland is to bring about a Congress and a fresh European rettiement. The Ltalian war was, it is’ well known, mainly due to this all-engrossing idea. The rehabilitation of the Napoleonic dynasty by a formal reversal of the treaties of 1815, and the dipiomatic confirmation of his own position, have been with him the great ruling motive since his accession to the throne, The complications which led to the Crimean war, his eepousal of the Italian cause, his opposition to the annexation of Tuscany, afd his recent seizure of Chablais and Faucigny, have all their origin jin this settled purpose. That this is so is evidenced by the efforts which he made to baye Congresses convened previous to the outbreak of the Eastern war, before entering on the Italian cam- paign, and at various perieds subsequent to the signing of the treaty of Zurich. That be did not succeed in accomplishing the settle- ment of Italy by this means was owing entirely to the obstinacy of Austria and the suicidal nfatuation of the Pope. The course that he has taken in regard to the neutralized territory of Savoy is perhaps the best means that he could have adopted to enforce the purpose ich he has in view. There is a privciple involved in it to which the great Powers say they cannot give a tacit assent without en- dangering their rights to their own acquisi- tions, We therefore look upon the question raised by Switzerland as one involving no very serious risk to the tranquillity of Europe. It simply means thas France will keep the neu- iralized territory unless the Continental sove- reigns agree to a Congress. It will be for the iatier to caiculate whether they will not lose more by assenting to @ conference than by leaving Switzerland to take care of her owa interests, JTATA LACITT mont eo! Levejey-Pryer Brawl. The occurrences in the House of Representa- tives on Wednesday last afford a very appropri- ate pendant to the disgraceful broil en Thursday of leet week, when the political nigger worship- per Lovejoy and the political nigger driver Pryor used their utmost endeavors to dis- grace the country in the eyes of the world, and succeeded in so doing. The scenes of Thurs- day, the 5th inst., were acourately described by our reporters, and the details duly epread before the country in the Herap of the following day. The .report was made as fall as the circumstances would permit, and ita salient points have since been severely but justly commented upon by the prees of all parties and of no party whatever. The feeling of the public, as expressed through the jour- nals and in other ways, has been one of shame end disgust at the outrageous conduct of Love- joy, Pryor and their several accomplices and bottle holders, It seems now that Pryor is not satiefied with having disgraced his State and the country generally, on several occasions, but that be lias made another appearance in his favo- rite character—that of the parliamentary bully. On Wednesday last Pryor raised a question of privilege with regard to the attitude assumed by Mr. Potter, of Wisconsin, during the Lovejoy difficulty, six days before. It appears that in the melee of the 5th inst, Potter made some personal remarks about Pryor, which affected the tender susceptibilities of the member from Virginia to an alarming extent. He demanded to know whether or not the Wisconsia member adhered to his original position, when Potter replied that he did. Pryor was then accused by Potter of mutilating and altering the de- bates before they were printed in the Globe, aad the member from Virginia admitted that he had made some alteration in what appeared as Potter’s remarks. Pryor then threw out @ ver" bal challenge to Potter, and subsequently both members left the hall. From Washington, yesterday, we learn that a hostile encounter has been settled upon; and, as rifles ure to be the weapons, It will be, perhaps, a duel & la mort. “ This is the natural conclusion of the conduct of the bullies and ruffians who have kept Congress in a ferment ever since the session commenced. From the state of parties in the House, the approach of the Presidential cam- paign, and the very exciting questions before the country, it was very easy to foresee that there might be some sharp and even acri- monious debates in both Houses, but the country had a right to expect decency on the part of members. When a certain number of members habitually degrade the character of the House by conduct which would not be permitted in a Sixth ward primary meeting, it is proper to assume that their conduct is endorsed by the majority. The House is supreme, so far as its own rules are concerned, and the means of punishment of offending members is within the reach of the body at any moment. It must be remem- bered that the “row in the House” is no new thing. It has become almost a stereotyped effair in the newspapers. During the contest for the Speakership there were several dis- graceful scenes upon the floor. Since the or- ganization of the House hardly a week has passed over the heads of members without some disgraceful difficulty. In two instgnces the lie direct has been exchanged in debate, Verbal challenges have frequently been passed; and now, to cap the climax, we have Pryor, who may be called the leader of the political nigger drivers, and Potter, the fighting man of the political nigger worshippers, going out to settle political differences by the arbitrament of arms. If these things are permitted to go of, the tine fs tot far distant when the floor of the House itseif will be stained with’ blood. Never, in the history of constitutional govern- ment, has a legislative body been broughtfinto such popular contempt as is expreseed for the lower branch of the American Congress. Who shall say, after reading the debate of Wednesday, that this reputation has not been fairly earned? It appears, from the admission of Pryor and Potter both, that members are in the habit of altering their speeches after they have left the hands of the. official reporters, and that some “gentlemen” are even permitted todake liberties with the remarks of their opponents, The country will now see, what we have known for a long time, that the Globe is utterly unreliable, that its conductors keep back reports to suit the pleasure of mem- bers, who alter, omit, insert or suppress, ac- cording to their taste, or want of it. The only fair reporte, the only record of what is actually said in the House, is to be found in the inde- pendent press, over which the members can have no control. Were it not for the leadiog journals of New York the people would never know what really happened at Washington, The Glove is a rotten concern, the pliant tool of a Clique, and itis to be hoped that there will one day be a House sufficiently honest to pre- vent the mutilation of the public records and reform the whole system of public printing. As matters stand now, a member may say the most outrageous things in debate with impuni- ty, because he can, by altering the Globe report, put himself right upon the official record, and quote it against the indepen- dent report, which gives precisely what was said. Fairness in the official debates would go far towards preventing squabbles in the House, by making the members more careful in their speech. As for the political prize-fighters of both parties, the men who are endeavoring to gain upon the floor of Congress the same sort of notoriety which Messrs. Heenan and Sayers are now enjoying, the time must come when they will no longer disgrace the country by holding official positions. The House will not do its duty, the respectable members will not assert their own dignity by expelling the po- litical nigger drivers and nigger worshippers in a body; but the heart of the magses is eound, and the men who have disgraced the republic in the eyes of the civilized world may rest assured that the scorn and contempt of ali good citizens will follow them into the obzeu- rity which will assuredly be their portion. We trust that the better sense of the majority of the House will prevent any more outrageous demonstrations from the Lovejoye, Pryors and Potters, and that the just indignation which their conduct has excited in nll parta of the country will not be without an exemplary effect upon any members who may have been inadvertently drawn into their disgraceful squabbles. Tue CaREER OF THE ALBANY LEGISLATORE.— The bundred days for which the Albaay legislators receive pay for their services bave expired; but the members atili FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1860,—TNIPLE SHERT. ‘ voters, Let the democratio party reflect that | More DiMcelties tm Comgress—Domoud- | Contiiue their tabord, Wal and wilt probably do #0 for some days to come. They have not yet reached the bottom of the well of cor- ruption, and while one bucketfull of filth re- mains to be drawn up they will stick to the work. for the past few years every sacceed- ing Legislature haa exceeded the previous one in the evil courses for which that body bas be- come so notorious. Not an interest nor a right which this metropolis possessed that has not been basely assailed, until what one body fuiled to accomplish its successor too surely achieved. The local governmept of the city has been stripped of its authority by piecemeal; the power vested in its executive has been lopped off and bartered to irresponsible and uaknowa politicians from all parts of the State; the con- trol of the police has been centred inthe bands of a similar cet of individuals; all its public de- partments have been flooded by corrupt and corrupting partisans, and every right, privilege and franchise the city possessed has been stelen in the most’ upblushing fashion, and all | this without even @ pretence of honesty, justice or necessity. But it remained for the present republican Legislature to cap the climax of iufamy. The annals of politics since New York became a State present no parallel for the rascality and shameful corruption of that body whose ca reer of iniquity happily expires in a few days. Tur Ixvesticatixa Comrrrees at Wasutnc- tox—Tne True Issve Berore tue Country,— There are now three or four committees sitting in Washington investigating and attempting to establish charges of corruption and fraud against certain politicians of the democratic party; but if theee committees expect to raise any issue with their opponents upon such grounds they are grievously mistaken, for, as far as corruption and dishonesty are concerned, the politicians of a) parties are equally delip- quent. whether at Washington, New York, or anywhere else. Neither the Covode committee nor the Hoard committee, nor the rest of them, can astonish the country by any dis- coveries, however startling, they may make. We all know how thoroughly upprincipled ana dishonest the politicians of all parties are; mercantile men and others engaged in the or dinary purguits of life have some integrity and honesty, because their good name and their success depend upon these qualities; but poli- ticians, having no such “incentive, are entirely devoid of them. Nothing, then, wfich the in- vestigating committees of Washington can bring to light, either against their antagonists or themselves, will awaken the least surprise throughout the dountry, for no one expects, from past experience, to find anything else in the politicians of either party, inevery quarter of the Union, but rascality and the deepest corruption in every shape. Look at the Albany Legislature, for example, where the majority of the republicans and the majority of the democrats invariably unite upon every infamous scheme of plun- der which comes up, regardless of party Mines, or principle, or anything else, save @ rapacious grasping after spoil, no matter by what nefarious means it can be reached. Look at the legislative bodies elsewhere, which, though they do not rival the Albany Legisla- ture in iniquity, are still goverened by the same spirit; and look at the local legislature of New York—our Boards of Aldermen and Council- men. Can anything fn the history of munici- pal government exceed the degradation into which those bédies have fallen, both the re- publican and the democratic branches of them? It is absurd to suppose that the republican committees at Washington can make any issue for the approaching election out of any charges of corruption against the democratic politicians. The issue before the country is broader and deeper than the corrupt practices of any party, or of apy newspaper, or any railroad; it is an issue upon the constitution, and the permanence of the Union itself. It is an issue between the John Browns, Sewards, and other agitators of the North, and the rights and privileges which the constitution guarantees to the South—an issue which imperils the stability of the country and every commercial interest of the nation, from its northern to its southern limits, from the Atlantlc to the Pacific shores. From this great question no petty intrigues of political demagogues like these investigating com- mittees, either at Washington or elsewhere, can divert the popular mind; nor can they convince the people that in the matter of hishonesiy, corruption and fraud, the politicians of ail parties do not stand upon an even platform. ‘Tor Orgra at Tis WINTER GARDEN.—Madame Inez Fab- bri, the new prima doppa engaged by Max Maretzek, made her first appearance last night in Verdi's opera. ‘La Traviata,” supported by Signor Errant (Alfredo) aud Ardayvani (Germoat). Acapemy or Mcsic.—‘Don Pasquale,” with Patti, Brig- noli, Ferri and Susini, will be given to night, and for the Saturday matinée, ACCIDENT TO AN ACTRESS.—A melancholy accident oc- curred to Miss Wyette, an actress of cousiderable ability, on the $th inst , while playiog in the piece of ‘Faustus,” at the National theatre, in Cincinnati, where she is now falfilling an engagement. During the progress. of the piece she is suppoeed to be consigned to the lower regions, and while the ecenic eflect was being producec, by some ineans or otber 8 barrel of gunpowder fell and exploited op the stage, inflicting serious injuries upon Mss Wyeite. lier ekin was blackened and ber person otherwise dis figured. Medical sid was promptly rendered, and it is to ‘ve hoped that she will soon recover. Visit to the Island Instttations. THE GUESTS OF THE TEN GOVERNORS AND COMMON COUNCIL, Yesterday morving, pursuant to joint resolution of the Boars the Ten Governors and Common Council, Gov- ernor®ugrow and a number of the Councilmen, in behalf of these two branches of our city government, received a guests some gentlemen from Illinois, Maseachusetts and other States, and eecorted them to the various public in- alitutions of the city. ‘The officers of the Brazilian corvette Donna Isabelia were also invited, but were unable to be present on ac- count of a previous engagement. Among the gueris were the Commissioners for the erec- tion of a Penitentiary at Joliet, Lil., appointed by the State, consisting of Dr. Ira A. W. Buck, General Superin- tendent; Wm. G. R. McGregor, Superintendent of Con- struction, and Mr. L. P. Sanger, Contractor and Acting Warden. Also, the Directors of the Rainsford Ivstitution, Boston, consisting of Dr. G. Winslow Lewis, Major Gene- pe = i ol who were the special gu n ors. Among the other gentlemen who partook of the hospi- talities and contributed to the interest of the cocasion were the Hon. Mr. er, member of from Mirsiseippi; Mr. William , member of the Com- mon Council of Philadelphia; H. H. Ward, ex-Commis- sary General, and Messrs. Baker and Eddy, the well known actors. The party were conveyed to Blackwell's Fietog, oa Peokurd TK oe eo by Drs. , and, in com- pie a eeieaa spent eome time in examining dhe inst of Inland; afl ‘ormed occasion. The obiidren ‘were addressed by the Hon. Mr. Billyer and Dr. Lewis in a few brief and appropriste remarks ‘The party returned to Blackweil’s Island at five P, M., and dined at the hall of the Almshouse Governors. ‘The guests were highly pleased with the result of their visit to the island institutions and ihe reeults of their ex- amipations. Note from Miss Ka: rine Fox, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. The note that appeared in Tuesday's Henacp was not written by me I simply sanctioned tae views expressed by a friend, Very respectfully; KATHARINE FOX, 6 West Forry-stuxmi Sraxgt, ~by Mesers. NEWS FROM THE STATE Cx PITAL. The Toll Bill in the Gemate—Quaranth*o— The Harbor Master Bill Pawed—Tr'e Insolvent Bill—Reseiutions Passed the of Congre: Mell Contract Bili—Bill for the Imapee= tom of Beilers—A Bill te Seli City Hell Park—City Ratlroads—State Prisom Die Ciplime, d&e., don OUB SPECIAL ALBANY DESPATOR. Atganr, April 12, 1862. ‘The movements im the Senate last evening upon the Tai! Dill at once settle the question that there will be ne agree. ment upen that question this winter. The Assembly is decisive im their action, amd no bil will ever got through that body with a clause removing all reatrie- tous of fare om the Central road. In their dina” greement the Central road will go syot free. Thus all the Dlustering of our lawmakers on this subject dees not amount to anything. Taero is ne Prospect of an agreement upon this question this session, ‘unless ® Wosderful change takes place in the Sonate, sack 88 cannot be cxpecoted from their past activa. Tne Se- ators were debating this question aati miduignt, and be positions taken by the several Senators Were auch a8 at once chews bo posidility ef agreement between the twe houses. Some other meaza will have to be resorted te fer the purpose of raising funds for the support of tho govora- ‘Teat and paying tutorest. In my botice of the Quarantine bill yesterday, I stated that two of the new Commissioners were members of the Commission of Emigration. This | fiad, upon fartoor in- Quiry, is Dot correct, aa Mr. Patversoa is one of the present Quarention Commissioners. Tae only porson im ihe now Commission that is conmccted with the Beard of Emigra- tion is Mr. Cummings, who has objectod to having his Dame used im connection with it, and it ia sow used against his wishce. This question is @ troublesome one to mavage, end it is feared that in the Complication the question has worked into, ths Logis- lature will adjourn without any provision vo carry on quarantine affairs, evea under the presoat floating hus pital system. Dr. Jerome hea been hard at work trying to defeat everything that does not favor the establisymont Of @ fai office for bimseif. Day before yosterday nu was working zealously for this aew bill; but the amendmonts mace on recommitting have turned bis praises into curses, It does not now provide a fat uilloe for him, thoretor Debtors’ ae bili is @ perfect monstrosity. The Licutenaat Governor is iso now workin; ‘Toe Appropria eniver 16 and Supply bille ere both slipping through without even a ciause for a moderae sum ie take care of the floaung bospitals. Certauly somoimeg sbould be dope im some form, apd it is hopad that this quarrel of doctors and piacoseokors Will not defeat ali protection of tbe port of New York from being overrun with infectious disease. It is time that someibing was dove in this question, fer, im the gcrambie for the spoils at the close of the session, all SyoR important measures as this are bkely to de overiovked. The pew Harbor Master gill was read aud ta the House this morning by @ large vote. Tais is the dill whiob bas been substituted for that monster Dill whiok called Out the deuunotation Of the press, but prevides for tweive barbor masters, or for the appointmat of ose more than the present oumber, the fess to remain the sace. It also provides for @ captain of ihe Board, whe shal} keep an office, at which ail affairs counscted with the port of New York shall be centered. The pew Insolvent law that passed tho Semate some time eince came up for a third reading. Mr. Suifeon moved co recommit, WiKD instructions te in- Sert an amendment making it applicable only to fawre coptracts and in no way ww effect contracts hoeretofere made or debts Bow in existence. With an amendment of that kind inserted he would go for the bill, but be could not vote for e bill that would sweep away all past obliga- tions and release those who had contracted debia for the purpose of defrauding their oreditors. Mr. Wiiey said that he was not eurprised at the coarse of the gentleman (Mr. Stilsoa); be hoped that this bill would bot be recommitied, but let the question come fairly before the House, and jet tuem vote upom it as it bow stands. Mr. O. Alien said that he boped that it would not be re- comupitted, Mr. Pingbam spoke at some length in favor ot the dill, ‘sud hopea that it would not be recommitted. He thougat the bill a good one—a law that was needed. They bad in fact @ two-thirds inw already’ the statuie books mec pgs a8 far as this, oniy in the mode of oarry- ing it out Mr. Robineon spoke against it at much length, stating that It wes clearly uuconstitutioual, and renition the decision of Chief Justice Marshal upon the question. Ho was in favor of a bankrupt jaw, but be thought chat bo. longed to Congress, and vot to the Tegisiaturs. Ge did not suppose that this Logislajure would regard te the cecision of the Supreme Court; they had rodé over the Court of Appeals a number of times; aud although Chiof Justice Masbeli was an able man, he did not preteud to compare him with this Legislature, for they had already obteimed the pame of doing as they pleased. But there au Satrong constitutioual barrier against his going ier Mr. Elsworth epoke in favor of tho bili, and moved te further amend the motion of Mr. Stiaou. His amend- edt was only the insertion of severa! lines a3 explana- tory of the eeveral sectious, and hoped that n0 one ould be alarmed at the constitutional objection raised by the gentleman from Chemung. Mr. Jaques spoke at wuch length against the bill. He said that it was a one-sided bill. It removed all obliga tions, and placed the creditor im the hands of the debtor, ‘Hig sympathies bad beem appealed to, but he could not for the benefit of an unfortunate claus support a bill 60 sweeping in its features. Mr. Littlejohn next ‘et come length againgt the Dili, urging (hat it would relieve two hundred and fitty thousand of the beat citizens of the Stave who had themeelves into debt, The question was further debated Robinrou and Elisworth, when the vote was taken upon the amendment of Mr. Ellsworth, which was adopted. Yeas 67 to 64. eee Ip ee then read the third time, and lost. Yeas Days 63, Mr. McQuade moved to recousider the vote, and alse moved that tbe motion lic on the table This mo'toa was carried. Like the numerous ctoer bills that have been once killed, it wow lies ou the tabie uDUl it can de, log. rolled with something else to put it through. It was pus into the boat with tue crew against the Sanitary bill, and it was evppoked that the arrangement with tbat would pub it through, but it seems that they counted without their beets. The apti-savitary mep were not strong enough to row tbe ingoiveut boat up the rapide. It bas beem killed; yet it 1# not deac, aud may have a dozen lives yet. The Governor vetoed the New York Musical Fund As- sociation, apd bis ¥eto was sustained on the call of the yeas aud bays by i7 to 62. ‘The Senate was engaged in third reasing of bills, nearly ell of which were ivcal, applicable to counties and towns. The Toll bill was uot touched, but lies where they left it last evening, without the report of the Committee of the Whole being agreed with, excepting the refusal to strike out the amendment. Mr Robertson, of the Committee of Commerce aad Navigation, reported the foliowiog resolution tw the Se. nate, which were at once agreed to, They are just suck revolutions spd instructions as should be sent to Congress trom every State:— Whereas, the valuabie commerce of our nearest neighbor, the republis cf Mexico, bas been diveried trom the doors of our own porte to Europe by tbe superior aagacity and enterprise of the eoverument ct Greet Brtista, which bss long fostered the ines of eteam communication t*exrry tbat commerce lost to Unttea Sates. by obvious mesne mer ry wonid be flow to the roper mall stenmn:bly tethiies between the two gouniries, and sustained by ® A just and proper remuneration on (he part of our go vernmen; therefore, be it Kesoived. (if the Assembly concur) That in the opinion of thi Legisiniure, the pasnage of ibe bid lately presented io the Congrese of the United tates embedying the. prop ef Carlos Butterfield, oltizen of the United states, for a contract similar to the one he bas alresdy effected the Mexican gevernment for the establishment of w line of wail and passenger sleamers between Mobile and New Ore Jeane eno all the Gulf of the repubits of Mexico from Braze Santiago to Sisal, would tend ctrectly to give to Ameri- can totions the buik of tha: trade, instead of leas than ome- sixth of it which they now enjoy. sud would insure the imtro- cuetion into Mexican markets of a vast amount of American procucta snd manufactures Resolved, further. That in view of the tmportance peetal and’ commercial adv to. be derived Crom the eats it of @ regular line ae proposed by this billy our fenaiors and Representatives in Congres ae respectfully requested and tnetricted to vise all proper effs:te CS 1 by the Congress of the United states. Reapived, That the Clerk of be to send to each of our Senstora and Uongress 8 Cypy of the above resolutions. 4 the numerous bills that: have the Le- ill appoints five r8—three from New York two from Brooklyn. The commissioners from the city. of New York are Wiiliam Bordon, Taos. B. Stillman, and Geo. Burbeck, Jr.; those residing im Brooklyn, Charles W. Copeland and Eiward Fry. These commissioners are to select the inspectors, fix their sala- ries, &c. The commissioners have po pay for services. ‘This bill is the joint production of Mr. Jones and Thos, H. Farron, now engineer in the Navy Y ard at New York, and brother of the iste celebrated Joha Farroa, who put the boilers in the famous Collins steamers. A number of parties interested in post office sites have been bere opposing the bill authorizing the to sell to the United States the City, Hall Park for aoky ees if the government should desire it. favorite sites which they ae ty A ope t w 2" to this bill, and bave by er = ip ting the Select Commit. of the It is, therefore, well guarded, and the opposition here only shows the determination to make subservient to the pockets of a speculators. ‘The gridiron forces are still on the anxions seat. The Governor, as ususl, keeps his own views te him. setf, attentively listens to all argumenta for aad teem and avoide committing himself, 4