The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1861, Page 8

} , } } e/ | R@ERICANS Wit! GARIBALD. | ThoSeariet, Green and Gold ef Garibaldi’s | Army—Axecrican Volunteers on Fur- lough—The Americans in the Ita- | lian Army—An American Le- | | gion Wanted— The Cain- paign Couleur de Rose, &e., &e., &e. | @ol. Charles Carroll Hicks, of the army of Italy, who Tately arrived in New York, direet from Naples, 18 | Stopping at the Lafarge Hotel. Col, Hicks !e"t New York om the 19th of September last for Italy, via Havre, with tetters from the Italian Committee of this city. The Dolone! must not be mistaken for the Major Hicks, of the lish Legion, who hal a difficulty with Gen, Bob | Wheat in London; for Col. Hicks wus in Italy at the time | that incident occurred, and did not stop at London at all. He arrived at Garibaldi’s camp, at Caserta, on the (ve of the battle of the Volturno, and Gen. Gari- | taldi received him and the two Americans who accom- | panied him immediately upon their arrival, embraced | them as if they had been brothers, and sent thom | their commissions the same evening. The next 4 | they were hard at work at tho Volturve. G Hicks’ experiences in Yucatan, in 1843-49, unter | Golonel White—when, in a campaign of seven months, an army of twelvo hundred men was thinned to one hundred and five—stood him in good stead, and he | was appointed the chief of General Avezzana’s staff, Tn tis position he was engaged during the siege of Capua, when the forts rained balls and shells upon the Garibaldi- fans for day after day, until at last,on the Ist of No- vember, Avezzana’s battery was completed, and at day- break (: apitulated. Colonel Hicks is now upou leave of absence, and will return to Italy next March to resume the war with the spring campaign. THE AMERICAN OFFICERS, Besides Colonel Hicks, several Ameri part in the war, and will year. Licutenant Frank Maney, son of the Hon. Judge Maney , of Nashville, Tenn., resigned his cadetship at West Point, distinguiched himseif in every engagement, and is now at Naples, preferring to await the opening of the next fsampaign there. Licutentant Maney and Lieutenant Henry Ward Spencer, the son of the Hon. H. W. Spencer, United States Consul General ot Paris, were attache1 to Garcia’s battalion of riflemen, Col, Hic':s narrates an Mmcident in which Spencer displayed the greatest daring. the 28th of October, befure the walls of Capua, Garcia jwas holding his battalion in reserve, when the Neapolitan infantry and cavalry came out in great fores to drive the Garibaldians from the position which they had gained | Between San Angelo and Capua, about twelve hundred yards from the main battery. Gen. Avezzana orderet Garcia to advance with his whole battalion, but Garcia §nstead sent on Spencer, a mere boy of nineteen, with a ‘company of thirty men. It was another Balaklava eharge. With a wild hurrah Spencer and his men dashed forward; the enemy's cavalry rode them down; Bpencer, lying provtrate and trodden down by the horses, rolied ever, picked up a vifle lying near, shot dewn @)ayoon who wos monact , and re. gained the camp is safety, lelug « moa of his Bitile company. Lieutenant Alexander Moore, who accompanied Colonel Ricks to this country, and Captain A. Van Benthuysen, of New Orleans—a nephew of Senator Jeff. Davis—were at- tached, with Colonel Hicks, to Genoral Avezzana’s staff. Phe Americans were first favorites in the army of Italy and with the Italians. Most of the leaders of the Italians ‘had been in America, and felt a sort of brotherhood towards Americans, Besides this, the Americans all had positions in the army, and instead of wasting time, like ‘the English Legion, in dissensions among themselves, were ready and eager for hot work. General Robert Wheat, of Mexican notorsty, had no commission ‘fm Garibaldi’s army, but fought with Avezzana’s @tvision, as an amateur, at Capua, Of Thomas Rast, an American artist, said to be attacl to the army of Italy, as secretary of Col. Peard, Col. Hicks saw but little, and that little at Naples. All Ttaly | wished an American Legion, and the Italians always i spoke of the Americans in the most flattering terms. THE TROUBLES IN THR ENGLISH LEGION. ‘The source of all the troubles in the English Legion Col. Biteks thinks to be Col. Peard, or, a8 he is called, ‘‘Gart- Daldi’s Englishman.” Everything was expeeted of this Jegion by the Italians, and when they arrived in Italy they were greeted with unprecedented enthusiasm. Thoy were afine body of young men, and most of them of good family and education. Among them, for instance, was Lord Seymour, the eldest son of the Duke of Somer- pet, who fought under the nom de guerre of Captain Sars. field. The morning after the passage of the Volturno, Garibaldi said of them to his staff, at table, “They be- haved beautifully; they baptised themselves with Blood.” And yet this favorite legion has lately guarrellcd with the Italians, and when Col. Hicks left Naples twenty-seven of its officers were awaiting a court martial for disobedience of orders. The cause of this de moralization, in the opinion of Colonel Hicks, is the ill conduct and incompetency of Colonel Peard, the com mander of the legion, who, though a man of the greatest personal bravery, ie utterly unfit for his position, and is ‘of the very worst moral character. He $s almost alw. fe a state of beastly intoxication. In one of his drunken fits, on the 18th of October, he ordered his battalion of etx hundred men to croes the Volturno and capture Ca pua, assuring them that it was garrisoned by only twe thousand men, when it was well known that twenty-six thousand Neapolitans were under arms, and threo thou ‘ibaldi next wand were in hospital at Capua. Without a yomonstrance, the brave young Englishm¢ Jowed their Colonel until within fifty y of the Volturno, when some one, ~ for the whole battalion, said it was madness to think of swim ming the Volturno with their heavy aris and then at tacking Capua, one of the mest strongly fortified cities in *$taly. Ail, therefore, turned back, Col. Peard vehement ly reproach ing them for their cowardieo, and the next day and signed a p Swonty-seven of the oficers crew up tion, requesting Garibaldi to depose Col. Peard fr | command. This Garibaldi refused to do, for Col * Safluence over the Liberator fs very great, on account of | the Naples [past services, and © the camp and went t for desertion, and are now about tot arrestod artintled ae | are At Caserta t "diors of the English Legion Dogging to be sent home, None of them, and but six or | 18, with to serve ander their pre- | eight of the oft gent Colonel, bur are ready for duty if they are 4p this country, an@ hopes they will neither forget him | proseh him *p y | management of their NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY JANUARY 26, 1861.—TRIPLE SHBET. nor Italy OF GARIBALDI Col. Hicks saw a great deal, both in camp and in battle. Most aflable aml engaging in his manners to all who Garibaldi, in battle, rages like a maddened tiger, and seems to see nothing and to eare for nothing but the enemy. Like the magic fncer in the foiry tale, his sword seems fairly to enshield him, and he bears a charmed life, The soldiers adore him, and expect victory as certain when he leads. Of his marriage they | say very little, but the » in the General since that painful event is very noticeable. It seems to have em- bitiered his whole life, Col. Hicks pronounces the re- ports of disagreements between Garibaldi and Victor Fmanuel entirely unfounded. can say that ¢ tue he most fraterval, and the best of ai: ed unebariged in regard to every subjec 1, in his farewell address, to return and my in the spring, and the soldiers confidently expce! tha! the promiss will be kept, Garibaldi’s son, a captain, twenty-three years of age, iS almost as general a favorited ther, whom he resembles somewhat in persona! aypearance. He ts a yery brave, daring young follow, and stands precisely upon the same footing as the er of being allowed no extra privileges what ever. THE NEAPOLITAN AND GARIBALDIAN ARMIE! Col. Hicks #ays that the Neapolitans are excellen From personal observations | markemen, splendid riflemen, and unsurpassed in their rifled artille ‘They cannot stand cold steel, however, aud dread a bayonet chargo more than a Dattery. The Sicilians in Garibaldi's army share these peculiarities, but the men from Tom bardy, Ca’abria and the mountain districts are splendid mn and the best of soldiers. Many Italian nobles fough in the ranks of Garibaldi’s troops, and there were a few Frenchmen scattered here and there through the army. Many Hungarians were there also, and there has just been organized in Naples, for the next campaign, a bat- talion of fifteen hundred Hungarian cavalrymen, well armed, equipped and mounted. It is supposed that they will be placed under the command of Gen. Turr, a most elegant, accomplished and efficient officer, a friend of Garibaldi, and a favorite with all. The weather during the whole of the last campaign was delightful, and it seemed almost a pleasure to fight in so charming a country. Nature, like hberty, smiled upon the efforts of the Garibaldians, Very few were sick, and ull enjoyed themselves to the utmort. Their arms were plenty and good; their uni forms and equipments of as good quality and as plentiful asin the United States army; their provisions were abundant and e lent, even wine being furnished to the soldiers. The pay was ample, and the ceived their wages semi-weekly, the officers their s semimonthly. Poverty, the usual attendant of tions, kept entirely away from this of Italy, Each ofticer, upon entering upon the campaign, was allowed a bounty according to rank, more than sufficient to provide his uniforms and equipments, The ficld dress was, of cou the red shirt, but the parade uniform is of scarlet, trimmed with green and gold, dashing, jaunty, splendid and unique. At Caserta the officers were quar- tered in the reyal palace, and at Madatoni in the palace of the hereditary prince. ARogether, the campaign and the service is painted by Col. Hicks couleur de rose, and his narrative is vivitled by his own fine presence and bear- ing. He will undoubtedly become the lion of the da; and, if our country weather these troublous times, when every true rican {s needed at home, he will find, doubtless, but little difficulty in procuring for what Italy 60 earnestly desires in the coming can an American Legion and a legion of Americans. The fol lowing sonnet—distinguished for a misconception of the locations of the anos Etna and Vesuvius—and sent to Col. Hieks, “with the compliments of the season,” by @ gentleman by the poetical name of Pitcher, decidedly looks that way:— AMERICA TO ITALY. Italia, O! Ttalla! the ery that comes from thee Is echoed back by freemen across the dark blue sea, Sweet lund of song we greet thee, in Freedom's holy name, And high enrol thy martyrs upon the scroll of fame. Prowd land! thy Roman valor still burns as pure and bright As when Rionai girded on his armor for the fight. As well seek Etna’s fire to quench as thy pare patriot fire, Descending, in @ line of light, from many a noble sire. ‘The smouldering fires of Etna will burst its stony heart; And why not thou thy fetters—say, ancient land of art? Unfurl the flag of frecdom, from mountain top and stream, And wake, O! wake, as from a slumbering dream. And Jo! she bas awakened from her ignoble sleep; Again her startled sentries their watchful vigils keep, ‘And nobler wreaths than Cwsar's has Garibaldi won— ‘The brave, the good, the fearless, the Roman Washington Army Intelligence, Co}. Beale, United States Army, now in command of the Pacific Department, intends, as soon as practicable, to es tablish a military post at Gorgonia, in Loz Angeles county, to be garrisoned by two companies of cavalry and also to send, for the protection of the citizens of Sun Iiego county, a company of dragoons. The headqu irters of which the Colonel! is the com. cstablished at Los Angeles when of the First’ dragoon to be mander, are Gen. Joh er proceed via Yager Creek gettlement, and give such pro tection to the settlers and their stuck ag circumstan may require: also, to ascortain if any danger 1s app nded at the stations on the mail route between Healds burg and Burck: what protection may be uecessary to render the r afe from Indian depredations, The command is furnished with thirty days’ rations aud forty rounds of ammunition per man. Capt. Lavell has not hampered 1 Lynn with orders, but bay left him at liberty to act upon his ows judgment, This movemoat must be productive of great good to the new mail route, which is how jofested with ilt- conditioned Indiang Notaries Pmblite. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Those requiring the services of notaries public to ake the acknowledgments of deeds, letters of attoruoy, and other instrument» and affidavits to be made is State, had better agcertain when they go before the notary such purpose, that the notary they employ for such ser vie ntof the county for which he acte, and that he acts in that ¢ as the law gives him no power to act for ° acknowledgments other way are void and of no eff siding out the county for w forming those duties, liys bi and acts performed by ! may invalidate the t notice is to guard th in Brooklyn ant othy ning those properly officered Some of Peard’s acts ¢ | epinion in the army that he is insane gman, named Quito, raised a company The city of Glasgow contribute far to justify the A Scotch gentle. current of one hundred 1 £3,000 to men. quip | them ond send them to italy, and they all did good service at the passage of the Volturno. Quito bat been nt of and offered the Captainéy of the company, but, « his inexperience, wewld accept only a Li tm this rank he fought during the battle ing Peard told him that he was no longer itenaney The next morn an officer, but | would give no reason for this de nm. Quito then | resigned, and with many oaths Peard told him to leave the refusing to give him the pas | sing to Dblow out his brains he | Quito returmed to Naples, and was | arrested, by Colonel Peard’s orders, | for desertion and for wearing the Garibaldian uniform hsome prison, with the lowest order of weeks, amd was only released at the the Engiist Cons th With such « colone!, and with such treatment, the gen- Jomen of the thoroughly dis couraged 61" « ie time Jounging © Buropa, at me fonder of is) than of f " in sulted the Tafians whom they hat con ad Decame most cordially hate qe Little, and ix never intoxicated thoroughly. and © eouduet of Colonel ‘an considored the flower of thearmy, l up, disorganized, hmted GENERAL AVEZYANA Ht will delight, but not surprise, bis to know, i# a prime favorite with the ur people. Gol, Hicke mays that he ranks onty Garibald\ io the affections of all, and that bie bravery and hin judgment are alike unsurpassed, At Capue be + wd With marvellous ability the operations of siege, and with enol and undaunted courage od showers of balls, ebelis and bing Ua nglich ingion became most Naple: drank They parce hard, to serve whe nde io New York ith ab a nm wuilote, quietly dir avy lowers in Coase .- Naval Intelligence. The United Stat livut, remained at ¢ steamer Nurragansét, Commodore 29:h of December. gence. es Army, is stop: Hao on thi Amory and Canstin Brown, of Boston: $. 8. Price, of Philadelphia, avd ¥ wood, are stopping at the Brevoort House. Homer Ramedell, of Newburg; W. Burn Albany; M. issippi, and George Land and wife, ¢ r, Vt, ure stopping at the Fifth Avenue Mc Mies Sophie and Miss Marin Anderson, danghters of Major Anderson, commander of Fort Sumter, are pupils at the “eminary in Beverly, N. J fyth, of the United States Army; Thomas DP. B.D. For fi 3. P. Merquand Poston, G IL Warren, of Troy, are ol the St, Nicvolas He J. M.Fehfield and William Hendrickson, of San Fran cisco; C.L. Thayer, of Boston, and C. M. Keanedy, of Richmond, are siepping at the Laturge Hoase, Hon, G. W, Wright and Col. J.D. Bry, of California Tasior, of ¢ Hion, J. W. Neriwith and ¢ ‘gon; Capt. Rand and D. P. Baldwin, of San Francisco: Major Sykes, of Rondout, and D. Hi. Miller, of Baltimore, are in towa Col. Jobn © Premont, Pr. Sieh and family, 1. 0. Be ker and wife, F, Hillirgs and wife, and Comme Stock ton, of Philadetphia; Hon. M. L. Martin, of Greenbay Col. S, Wikiamg, Dr. Page, of the United States Na and B. J. Long,’ of Boston, are stopping at tho As House. SP. Clapp, of Newark, N.J.; A. P. Plant and Miss logan, of Kentucky; G.'L. Guion, of Philadelphia; F. Hotchkis« and Mr. Kingsley, of New Haven; N. Bibcock, of Westerly, BR. 1., and EM. Brown aad wife, of New York, re stopping atthe Albemarle Hotel. Flos Kix Secretary Kob't J. Walker, Chay, of Ky.: Captain Burton iy; Captains Anderson an Olot Wyk, Sweden; Com. Captain WS. Hiehop and lady, Navy: Rd. Dodge, Gol. Lor Hooper, of Musa; Jno, M. ton er, of Ya Toe Paw ar Newrnes whiet occurred on the 1 eat from $40,000 to $50.000. 1 by the £ $10 000, in red. it ired for $4,000, and operations, while officers and roldicrs alike were # hin for God's sake to come out of danger a fhia eafety ae if they had been his ehildrer The G j ently awaiting the opening of th te peade Lie thanks and bis regurde wo bs 0% frie i Ht the ne public reeprds, ed. / morning THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. Our Springfield Correspondence. Svar, Jan, 21, 1861, Great Commetion—Mr. Kellogg’s Mission —Anti-Compro- mice Movemen's—Another Pennsyloania Delegation—An Offensive and Defensive League—The Struggle for the Cobint—Visit of the Mexican Mixister—Pervonal, de Never since the 6th of November has there been so much cemmotion among our politicians a8 within the last twenty-four hours. Such a buzzing, button-holia running to and fro was never before heard of. So many Tumors, reports, conjectures and presumptions wero never before afloat, It was a real harvest day for gos- sipers. At all points, groups of eager talkers and listen- ers could be seen. Every nook and corner of the hotels were occupied by individuals with grave and excited covntenances, and busy, restless tongues. At tho Chenery, especially, strange scenes were enacted in the course of the afternoon. At about three o’clock there might havo been seen the President elect standing in one corner with General Morehead, of Pennsylvania, M. C. In another, sat portly Judge Davis, with A. H. Connor, of Indiana. n a third, Alexander Cummings, editor of the New York World, was observed in a conversation with W. T. Bascom, Chairman of the Ohio Republican State Contral Committee. Ina fourth, Wm. Kellogg, member of Con- gress from this Stato, was holding forth toa circle of egislators—in short, there was evidence all around of an unusually numerous influx of prominent men from abroad and extraordinary excitement among the politicians at home. And what was the upshot of all this evident flutter and agitation? There was, in the first place, the visit of Judge Kellogg, the Minois member of the Committee of Thirty-three, It had become known that he came here to obtain the endorsement of the President elect of some one of the compromise propositionsnow before Congress. It having always been supposed that Mr. Kellogg had been one of the most immovable of the republican mem- bers of the House, and hence the announcement of his faltering produced no little amazement. It was further known that he had been al- most constantly with Mr. Lincoln since his ar- rival on yesterday morning, and that the Congressional recommendations for settling the present difficulties were the main subject of their consultations. The radical re_ publicang were indignant at the supposed sudden weak- backness of Kellogg and his seeming attempts to exact the consent of the President elect to compromize and con- cession. A number of members of the Legislature from the northern part of the State forthwith sent a tlegraphic inquiry to Mr, Farnsworth, at Washington, to ascertain whether the Congressional delegation from this State were really ready to yield. The negative reply at once propped up their hopes, and they at once went to work to counteract the effect of Kellogg's counsels, They soon found, however, tht their apprehensions had been groundless, They learned that, although Mr. Kellogg suggested the propriety of taking up with the border States’ propositions, after slight modifications, he merely intended the suggestion as a feeler, and that he was far from pressing Mr. Lincoln to aceede to anything inconsistent with the spirit of the republican faith as re flected in the Chicago platform. Mr. Kellogg himse pronounced, indeed, all reports to the contrary “unmiti- gated Jics,” during the afternoon, which emphatic de. claration set him all right again with his republican friends, Another cause of today’s excitement was the advent early this morning of Gen. J. K. Moorhead, M. C. from the Alleghany district, Pa., accompanied by “Mother Robinson,’’ a well known political character of the Key stone State, and Alexander Cummings, oditor of the New York World. That the former's visit was in relation to the Cameron interest leaked out without delay. The ap- pearance of a third delegation representing his claims to a seat in the Cabinet, in the wake of Senator Cowan and J.P. Sanderson, was not construed, however, into a very auspicious symptom as to the probability of his ultimate appointment, It is looked upon as warranting the pre- sumption that constant appliances are necessary to prevent the triumph of the opposition, Mr. Moorhead sought and obtained separate interviews, extending over several hours, both in the forenoon and afternoon. His return East on the evening train proved that the object of his journey—viz., to ascertain some thing definite in reference to Cameron matters, and the views of the President elect 6n the remedies best appliod in the present crisis was speedily accomplished. As to Mr. Cummings, of the World, he was introduced to Mr. Linooln in the morning and called upon by him at his hotel inthe afternoon, Mr. Cummings is said to have come here as the representative of commercial con- servatism, intermixed with party, to respectfully submit to the President the views and wishes in regard to the secession question of the class of which the World is pro- sumed to be the mouthplece, It 1s also stated that Mr, Cummit gs, true to his Pennsylvania interests, took occa- sion to urge Mr. Cameron's cause. He re-embarked for the East in company with General Moorehead, ‘The Indiana agitators for Smith are still here. They have formed a sort of offensive and defensive alliance with the anti Judd men from this State, now concentrated hore in full force under the leadership of Judge Davis, Kellegg, Swett, Governor Yates and others, Judd him- self is here, and leads bis partisans in person. The strife for supremacy is fierce, and a source of great tribulation to the President elect. A decisive battle 1s expected to be fought within the next forty-eight hours, Arather unexpected visiter to Mr. Lincoln arrived hore today, in the person of Senor M. Romero, the Mexican Minister at Washington. The object of his journey is to make himself familiar, in an unofficial way, with the po- licy of the incoming administration in reference to his own country, and exchange views as to the probable ef- feot of the formation of an independent Southern confe deracy upon Mexican affairs, He was received with greay courtesy, uot only by the President elect, bat by all the State efficers, who vied with each other in extending the hogpitalities of Springfield. He will proceed hence to St. Louis. Martin H. Cassell has been appointed one of the Canal Commissioners of this State, in place of Dr. Ray, of the 0 Tritune, whose term of office expired the other Mr. Pascom’s visit is believed to be bearing upon the question of Mr. Chase's appointment to the Cabinet. It is claimed by well informed parties that he brought the ex Governor's final declination to Mr. Lincoln, Srrincrieny, TH. , Jan. 25, 1961. It is evident that influences are now at work here to Wat commit Sr, Lincoln on the border State propositions he ws yet manifests no signs of yielding. Ho thir beyond his province to influence the action of Cong the present Ume, The clamor against Mr. Cameron has been. strongly ro. vived fince his endorsement of Mr. Bigler's evn stehemes, but Mr. Liveoln has just declared to a vanian t principal opposit €: we from New York, Ohio and Minois, wh Flate it was comparatively trifling A prominent republi:an of this State oxprosend hin after au interview with Mr. Linewdn, that « evidently a man that could be killed three times ant yot would always ecto up anow dns. O. Putnam, of New York, arrived hore lust nicht. | He read an immense amount of letters to Mr. Lincola this | n to b ja his owa meron was A member of the Now Youk Legislature og before yesterday, was cloeetted with Mr several hours and returned Most immeiinieiy after suceceded in maintaining a stries incoguite, Tt is not true that Mr. Romerd bronght a letter of congratulation from Pri rident Juarez to Mr, Linen, Mr. Colfax will rot go int» the Cabinet, His fe Douglagiem is too well rem we here day Lineola for Hie Mr. Lincoln wil not go to Weelington under a military t, If hicown desires be consulted. Jone! W. Jatareou, of Obi, (¢ bere Mr. Judd bee returned te Chicago, Te thinks he basa sure thing of the ec Wy ohip of Interior. United St tes Clreuit Coart, xmailey —Ihe United States ot. Thomas Flynn —Tho de- tin this case, by advice of his counsel, Me. Ridg- ay, withdrew hie plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty, Charye of Assault with a Dangerous Wexpon.—The United States vs. John Vou —The defondunt in this ease was pliced 04 trial, charged with assaulting Thomas Place, second mate of the bark Twhiti, with a #hoath keife, amd cutting him, The second mate testified that it was Voss’ Jook out, and he was not keeping a good wateh; that ho, tDesecond mate, caw a vessel near by not report ed by. Voss; went to hit, took him by th him, after whieh Vore out him with hi Mr. James Ridgway, counsel for the the depositions of the man at the whe who was on the forecastio and saw the whieh ‘t appeared (hat there was no verse! Voss was standing up, keeping @ good look-out, when the mare and shook knife second m&te went forward ant gave him ty ry, after an absence of half an bow, returned a verdict of not guilty ~ THE HOMELESS POOR OF NEW YORK. Slaves that Nobody Owns—The Houseless and Destitate of the Great Metropolis— How They Live and Where They Steep— Thirty in One Bed—Scenes in New York Station Houses, & The poor of New York are divided into two great classes— bose who lave homes, such as they are, and those who when they awake in the morning know not sLere they will sleep the next night. Of this latter class ere are at least a thousand in the city, of whom about one-half find shelter every night in the different etatious houses throughout the This portion is made up of laborers tradesmen and poor women out of employiment, with a emall pumber of unfortunate inebriates who have. managed to escape being send up on the Istand as va- grants. In estimating the number of hougeless poor in New York at a thousand we are certain we fall very considerably short of the actual count, but then it must be remembered that many of these procure tem- porary employment and are enabled to provide them- selves with a home for at least a week ata time, There are, however, at least a thousand who wander about the city every day, living upon whatever alma they receive, and sleeping in the police stations or eneap lodging houses where they can procure a bed for six pence or a shilling a night, the owners thereof being very little better off than themselves. The number of these homeless and destitute poor, although subject to frequent reductions under the Vagrant act which consigns tem to the pub- Hic institutions, is constantly recruited by the daily ac- cession made to it by the unemployed who come in from the country, where they have worked upon farms, but where their services are no longer required. Woe have shown how several of these unfortunate free white citizens aro obliged to bind themselves into slavery to the State for certain terms, during which they are obliged to work in return for their food alone? This is the ‘only alternative which is left to save them from starvation, and in some cases that we have seen they are ovly too willing to ac- cept it. During the present winter there has been a large increage in this class of unfortunates, as shown by the returns of the past four or five days, compared with the average daily returns of the same time last year. From the report of the Superintendent of Police for the quarter ending Jannary 31,1860, we find that the number of persons accommodated with lodgings in the twenty-six station houses of New York was 22,051. This gives a nightly average of about 240, which is about one: half of the number who now find shelter within their walls, al- though, as wul be seen, that snelter is in some instances not of the mos Cesirable character. The following are the returns recorded on the police books for five nights:— This is certainly a sad exbibit, bat it does not tell the whole stery, for there are several who are unable to pro- cure lodgings some nights on account of the crowded state of the hoses. The shelter which is a‘forded to the unfortunate applicants is called a lodging, but that our readers may not form a wrong impression as to what is meant by the term as applied to station houses, we will give them the result of a visit to two of these institations, While in the office of the first station house at which we called an applicant made his appearance, accompanied by a man who had kindly undertaken to show him the way, for the poor fellow bad but lately come from the country and was ignoraut ot the ways of the city. He was exa- mined by the Captain, who asked him the prescribed form of questions, the following being the result of the in- quiry-- What's your name.’? «Jacob — “Where were you born!” “In Germany.”” “What is your business?” “1 work on a farm.” «How long are you in this country?” “Threo years.” “Have you any family?” “only myself.” «Where bave you been working?” “1 have been working out at Newark.”” “How long have you been out of work??? re weeks.”” “How did you come to get discharged?” «7 don’t knot “When did you come to New York?” “The day before yesterday.”” “Where did you sleep last night?” “J slept in the Fourth ward station house.” «Where are you going to-morrow?”” «J am going to look for work.”” ‘This terminated tho examination, and the man was shown to his “lodging” place, whither in company we followed, to take a look both at itand ite occupants, And such a lodging and such a scene we do not care ever to witness again. Down anarrow stairs we proceeded to the bazement floor, emerging into a hall, on either side of which were some four or five cells with iron grated doors, while at one end was the lodgers’ apartment, to which, and its occupants, we shall immediately refer. Before dotng 0, however, there is another scence of which we wish to speak. At one side of a huge stove, which is em- ployed to heat the cells and the lodging apartment, were Feated (wo poor women who were out ofe nployment. They were both natives of England, and had been out of work for some weeks, although they were willing, as they said, toengage themselves for even the lowest wages, but it impossible go far to get employment on any ey had no home and no meaus to pay for other lodging, and were only too glad to get even this shelter from the streets, It was a ead eight to see them as they eat there and to know that there are thousands of their sex in this city in a hardly better condition, although they have whit may, by doing yiolence to the English apartment into which we ptain, who informed us as a ary measure that we must look out for hatever doubts we might have had as to the Aa nowW Tor Tog ‘ere troduced by the ¢ sort of ¢ of his warping we had none when the door was opened, for such a stnell 8 issued from that room we have rarely, ff ever, perceived. ‘There was no ventila- tion, aud idea may be formed of the effect of the © confinement of about thirty persons in a room not larger at the utmest than forty feet by forty. It was like the stench that might come from a cherwel house, or from the biack bole of Caleutta, The room was dark when we entered, but the gas was lit so as to give a fuil view of the interior. There on a large bench, which Was intended to represent a bed, aud which was’ raised about two feet from the floor, ‘were stretched about twenty me by side, and so closely packed y they could turn. ews they ver, obliged to lie still closer, to who took a meianeboly sur- ther Ke had ting the hospitality of a al the appearance of “men, laborers, while a few looked as if Liey were hadituate {to this life by intemperance. ‘The reapectab e part of the lodgers shrank from observation, apparently ashamed of she cendit on to which they had n recived, and which was one that to their sensitive feclings wes’ more irkeowe than adnost any degree of #rvitude could be oa Southern s'ave, In the morning they would b all started off to get their eakfast improved his cou pn house, wherever they might be so fortunate as to find it, and at nie ht Jd'they not suceed in procu-ing employmeut, to ngoin seek a refuge wt the same place, or in one of the other station houses In the second station house we visited the lodgers were “pl. Lt was eh it badd c rather upinviting appearance. In two women, one of whom was mean ir pas if in’ much pain, while the mplainirg bitterly of the and Pi courly oeking for some clothing. Tt is needless, how. ever, tosiy that in the © lodgings” of the station houses hou th © an unkpown laxury, and as for mat- ty ceb things are entirely out of the question, An thy wed woocen beneh or the floor is the only bed on Which Ftoton house lodgers are permitted to stretch thamselver, avd if they don’t sieep upon either of these the coner they com acoustom themselves to them the bt Counry if they are forced to frequent those mor ielpnd 'o ouses. In a coli nearly opposite to i, ‘hee poor women were lying was a man ton whied who hac been arrested on a charge of at wos beamneared with blood, and bore the aperate struggle, while his hands wero He came to the door rr wtied with gore. of hat cel, preteting his innocence, and with his bicod Domeaed face and hands he pre- ented a horrid appearance, Mingled with his were th complaints of the ing eotnpanion, eet of all which was enough to oppress the most Vuoyamt with the most melancholy feelings. here were two unfortunate women foreed by extreme poverty into the same habitation with a man charged with the crimo of murder, for the jaw is no respecter of persons and makes little distinction between crime and destitution, ‘Those who think we bave no slavery in ont city would do well to bave their minds disabuged of that error oy visiting one of ur city station houses and seoing how the night lodgers are accommodated. Political Intelligence. Anon Conventions —The abolitionists will hold conventions at Port Byron, N. Y., on Saturday ant Sam day , January 20 and 27; at Syracuse, on Toesday and Wort needay, Jan. “0 ard 80; at Anburn, on Thursday and Friday, January 31 aod February 1; and at Yotorboro on Saturday and Sunday, February 2 and 3, to all of whieh they invite a grand rallying of the people. Tho fourth annual New York State Anti-Slavery Convention will be held at Afbany om Monday evening, Tuesday aod Wed nceday afternoons and evenings, Febr A mecting of the Phiadelphia Junior Ant ty will be held on Saturday evening, January 26 I suppose because they had no work.” » pling to murs | Tred Seceding States for the Year Ending June 30, Isdt Registered Fnvolled Taal Tmnage. ‘Tonnave. ‘Tonnase. s+, 96,496 25.087 61,53 rgetowh, 8. Cree 47 496 O84 nah € + 26088 = 12,757 87,843 1.478 — 1,378 966 320 13568 2,545 2,704 6,249 108 612 18 Sus 2.400 37 ‘479 113 2.693 £a85 1,%68 Toat 36 ~ 335 - 22,035 «22886. BAL ate 3,194 New Orlean’, La. 86,992 Toche, La... Durirg the fiseal y American and foreign tonnage and number of vessels which entered the above ports, including those of Temas, were as follows: — ‘Tmnage. 7 149,415 6,726 99,156 31 158.371 20,679 58,638 2346 42 735 9,418 17,728 1,392 153/834 5,400 Total. 1,254,882 40,086 Ot the above, the following statement gives the pro- Yortion of American vessels, tonnage and crews in the } tates named below:— Cotten States. Vessels, ‘Tonnage. Orews. Alabama, 179 114,937 2,750 Georgia, 175 T1 S81 2,029 | ouisiana, 798 685,340 ‘15 485, Vlorida. ad 60887 1,379 North 220 30,141 1,642 “exar, 32 14,252 385 South 225 106,693 3,638, Tota).....seseeeeeeee 1,873 1,070,220 31,064 ‘The value of exports and imports at the ports in the above States was ag follows for the years named:— Fzports. Imports. 1858. -$141,267,372 1858. $23 165,457 1869. 171,618,814 1869. 29,124,638 bees « .$812,886,146 Total, The ports most prominent for their value of exports were New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah and Charleston. For the year ending June 30, 1869, they stood as follows: Exports of Domestic Produce, Imports. New Orleans. «$100 896 689 18,349,516 Mobile: .. . 28,933,652 788,164 Savannah. 15 372,696 624,599 Charleston. 17,902,194 1,488,535 Total... ceececccceee ee ees + QM63 000,081 21,200 814 21,200 814 Txcess of exports over imports: =» $141,898,217 Th total value of exports from the United States for the year ending June 30, 1859, of all kinds of foreign and domestic pro- cuce, with bullion and specie, amounted ‘ $338 ,768,130 Value of domestic proiuce fro ports above Thus showing that tho domestic exports of the four ports of the seceding States alone nearly equalled one- half of the etire exports of the United States of every deseription. It is proper to remark that the enrolied tonnage ot the United States embraces coasting Viners, river ant other croft, and ence ean clear from the alive pr under the mere formal State or United Stites clesrances. ‘A large portion of the registered tonnage of those ports embraced foreign vessels, which can also leave without dimiculty, as the flag protects the property which cannot be molested except in case of actual war and the embargo or closing of the ports, of which due notice must be served on neutral governments. ‘The only trouble which can be apprehended will be with American vessels departing to foreign ports, and which it is claimed by some persons cannot leave witk- out a United States clearance. A telegraph despatch was received on Saturday from Mobile, stating that cleared vessels from foreign port# were receiving 14. per Ib. for cotton to Liverpool, which is equal to 2 cents per Ib., or about $9 per bale. This ex- traordinary advance will likely tempt many Northern shipowners to run the gauntlet and gail to Europe with a cargo of cotton, Iet the clearance be whatever it may. If such rates should become established for any length of t'me, they will have the doubleeffect of throwing an immense amcunt of Southern exports into the hands of oreign shipowners, and of causing an unusual amount of cotton to seek an outlet further North, by way of river and railway traneportation. ‘The following table shows the number of ships, barks, brigs and schooners In the four principal Southern cotton ports:— Ships Barks #1 Be Ships... 8 Barks... 4 Total + Ships. 9 Barks . 7 Ms ks rear ciays rr) Grand total. 264 City Intelligence. ReramuxG Pome Lamrs.—On Thursday last a crowd of Politicians and contractors assembled ia the Street Com- missioner’s office to attend the opening of bids for repair- ing and reglaseing the city lamps for one year. The ncky bidder was R. R. Purdy, who received the contract for $4,000. Tur Pouce Commnesionrrs met yesterday, but done no other business further than making the following ap pointments:—S, Rothschild, Sixth; James Bitt, Fifth; M. R. Thomas, Jobn Kierss, Fifth; James G. Lacas, Daniel Murray, Twentieth; John Deitch, Twelfth; J. 8. Moore, Third; Wm. O’Brien, Wm. H. Wood, Fifth; E. k. Bar- bork, Sixth; J. MeCorn , Third, R. W. Thompson, Twenty third: Wi Ml, Twentieth; J. 8. Hewson, ‘Thira; H. Robe . Rachman, Third; James Oates, Fifth; J. R) Hill, Anorew Reid, A. J. Banta, Fifth; JH. Watson, Eighteenth; James P. Sweet, Eight. Lycrene ny Dx. MANAUAN.—It will be seen by an advor- tisement in another column that the Rey. Dr. Manahan delivers a lecture in Cooper Institute on Sunday next. ‘The doctor is well known to our Catholic community by the many letu ered in years pist on his: tories! and benevolent subjects, and curing the last sea- fon for bis able and poplar derenee of the Popelg tompo- ral sovereignty, which were reported in the Hxwath, ropean Politics Since the has been announced by Dr. Solgor as the subject of a course of five lectures, and we have no doubt that they will prove highly entertaining and instructive, ‘the first lecture takes place on Monday evening, the 28th at the hall of the Historieal Society, and will treat of “European and American Commerce.” Arrivals and Departares. ARRIVALS, San Francisco axp Asvixwatt—Steamahip Artel—Col AT Center, Capt Forder, St George Smith, Mr Wise, Madame Guillacme, Thos F Meagher, wire aod servant; Scottand daughter, Mis Frazer and child, dol Fremont, Rev Mr Shuch and fami mily, Mrs Jacobs, child and servant; Chas Newton, Hit, Mi Greenwood, child and servant; & 0 Kohn E spt RO Rpencer, Chas Hopkins, E Michel, Capt ds nis, DS Koss, Capt Cook, JM Eck(eidt, Mra Ward and children, H Washburn, sam Crim, G M Hanson, Thomas jray, J P Zane, Metranry and fami JM Oderbeimer, © Keon, Col, Nesmith, Miss Wassermann, 3% Harris M Kohn, J Gold, Dr Checseman, N Bach: rdoch, Dr Gunn. F MeGregor Den’ two ro agenrt, © © Cooper, D'P Raldwo, F Billings, > ) Baker and wie, Mix Duncan, J T MeDuilie, Mra Nor: man, GK Washington, F Sternhead, Dr & White, A Alt. meyer, J M Eddy, DB Forsyth, Jolin Hough, Mrs Brown and three children, A Mavers and tamily, F a Center, J Galt, Wite and gh he JF Caruiright, Robelt Ourt: wrisht, J DF A Ramesnah, J i three ebil { pier, bb T Jol lonsant, Jol W F Pach, Dr J 1 Cunningham, aon—and I wife and oF ET Andrews, Indy Migs Lacont, O Kirsehot aideon, J Horsman, W Hernard, Woodend, Dr A F Bell, B Fost, J 17 in the steerage © Percy, & P Deahly—and * following are the hames of t *, who. we: jor. her, Carl MH Robro, thor, Fritz ard Uhristian Lehm: Ida Kurien, Carl G Reinhart, Cart F smabert Sehiinpt, Ursula Prisehmann, Juliana Ketmels, Pete nm, Wilh Weldema: r nn, Alex Krug, Aloyo Homenn, Licbmann Katz, Johann Bitach, Valentine Zommer, Michel Wettaer, Cath Peter, Phill Schen, Cath- arine Wether bucher, Joho Kroth, Anna Mary Denkel, Wilh Weber, Peter Jacob, Mary Labi, Elizabeth Geisin: Keo Mohr, George Engenach, Constantine Olt ir i m Steegen, John 8 Damm, Sybille Decekelmanm, 2 Deckelinann, Cresenzia Schwarz, Frant Mayer, ‘ nrich Wilh and Caroltr e Banshof; Friederich Kooh, Anna Margaret, Bilzabeth, An chmidt; Goorge Knespert, Philip. Biseh «Na Heinrich | Hanhart, Oar) Florentive, Lewis, Cle ‘ae vich Grows; Doroth Tsauk, Mary Ramm, Rute « Kamminger, Ju and Doro. then Tloiminn, Gerieuds Kudolph, Theodore <eosbald, Leop Kolmenn, Anton Butioer, Thekla Kastershullz, ‘Johan & + Conrad Aliant, Peter Mubn, Care Wilhelin Elise Hons, Ata Swek Sixt s wont West, f remain in Vieg nh Muidner, of twenty two, was di Ship [sane Webb—Lieut Brinkerhoff, USA, Ship Liverpool—Mr Robertson, lady and child, end Shipping of the Ports intho FINANCIAL AND | guaranteed 54, Panama } | ferred, 38% a 39; Reading, 45% a | Central, 674% a 94: Michigan Southern and North- COMMERCIAL. Frimay, Jan, 25—6 P. M. The money market continues dull, withouw change in rates. The California steamer arrived to-day, with $1,246,037 in specie on freight; over a million will arrive to-morrow from Roston, The flow of specie from Furope is likely to be arrest- ed by the advance in foreign bills to-day, though some sales were made early inthe day at 10644 ail the banking houses put up their rates in the afternoon to 107, and asked 108%4 for short sight.. The advanee is not due to any increase in the de- mand for bills, out solely to the scarcity of com- mercial exchange. Most of the bankers have: ceased buying coiton bills at the Southern ports,. in consequence of the difficulties about clearances, and they are consequently unable to cover any bills which they may sell. In connection with this subject, we are permitted to publish the fol- lowing extract froma letter received to-day from: Savannah by a leading banking house of this city:— Savannait, Jan. 21, 1861. You would hear to-day that Georgi went oat of ther Unien on Saturday. It is to be hoped as the league grows stronger that moleration will prevail, aud uo attack be- made upon the ferts, as at Charleston and Pensacola. ‘There is at present no difficulty in getting ships to soa from Savannah; everything in port has a federal clear- ance; and as the revenuo and postal relations are to be maintained intact until some provisional arrangement is corcerted by the Convention, there may be no resigna- tiong of United States officers for a month to come. Our bar and harbor buoys, lichts and beacons are undis- turbed, Versels have po difficulty in getting in and out, and premiums ef insurance are not en) 4 The stock market was rather better to-day, with a moderate amount of business, and after’ ' several slight fluctuations closed steady in the afternoos. Missouris advanced 1 per cent, an@ Tennessees 34; Virginias declined % per cent. | New York Central advanced 54, Frie 94, Hudson | %{, Harlem 34, Reading 14, Michigan Central 1, » Galena 4, Rock Island 7%. Winois Central fell off *{, and Toledo and Burlington were steady. Some people are buying Central on the strength of the victory of the com- pany in the suit brought by the State for back tolls, As we understand the case, the failure of the Attorney General will be likely to lead to @ renewal of the’ attempt to toll the road im the Legislature. The earnings of most of the Western roads continue to increase. The Mli- nois Central took $78,107 the third week in January, against $54,180 same week last year; increase, $23,927. We mentioned yester- day the enormons increase on the Galena. At the close of business to-day the following were the quotations:—United States 5's 1874, 93 a 44; Vir- ginia 6's, 76a 77; Tennessees, 7434 @7,; Missou- ri6’s, 69 a 69; Canton, 1444 @ 15; Cumberland Coal preferred, 814 2 924; Pacific Mail, 88 a 89; New York Central, 79% a 7%; Erie, 35%; a 36; Hud- son River, 4434 a 45; Harlem, 1634 a 3%; do. pre- %} Michigan: ern Tndvona, 1734.0 94; do. guaranteed, 332% a %4; Panama, 11424 a 115; Illinois Central, 80 a 80; Ga- lena and Chicago, 73 a 4; Cleveland and Toledo, 344 a 74; Chicago and Rock Island, 58 a 4; Chi- cago, Burlington and Quincy, 73 a 14. ‘The public mind has at length become familiar- ized with the present condition of political affairs, and, though much embarrassment and some fail- ures continue to take place among houses which have been engaged in the Southern trade, the general feeling of commercial men on the pending: political equabble has now become qniescent an@ almost indiflerent. Nobody asked his neighbor to- day whether Louisiana had gone out of the Union or stayed in; no one seemed to care what she had done. The news from Washington, lately so eager- ly expected, has ceased to affect the stock mar- ket, or even to attract general notice. The anxie- ty so intensely felt a short while since for the adoption of some scheme of settlement appears to be subsiding, and the fears of civil war have, for he present at all events, completely vanished. I¢ would not be safe, perhaps, to say positively that - we have seen the last of panic on this question, Political panics are intermittent, and events are changing, the situation from day to day. But at the present time it may be confidently asserted that the business community of New York has re. covered from the alarm and anxicty which pre- vailed thirty and sixty days ago, and looks for- ward to the future with coolness, if not with cheer- fulness. However the present trouble may end, people seem to have made up their minds that New York is not going to cease to be the great commercial centre of the country. If the pend- ing squabble terminates in a compromise, or if, in any way, the Union is peaceably preserved, New York will, of course, be as prosperous as it has ever been, and the periodical recurrence of politi- cal panics—growing out of the disunion business— need no longer be apprehended. If, on the other hand, a separation of the States takes place, the necessities of commerce will, after a time, restore to New York the Southern trade which some smal) Southern towns have hoped to take away from hef, and, in @ commercial point of view, mat- ters will go on just as they have always done. It is not in the power of the politicians to sever the commercial chains which bind the North avd the South together. As our trade with Great Britain has grown since our political separation from her just as rapidly as it could have done had the United States remained a colony, so the inter- nal trade between the slave and the free States will enffer no sensible dtminution if we split into two confederacies. The pain of the parting haa already been endured—so far as New York ia con- cerned. We have suffered all that disunion can inflict. Henceforth commerce must steadily im- prove. There are still some unsettled questions growing out of the movement of the cotton crop. It remains to be seen how the difficulty about clearances is to be overcome, and whether most of the crop will not come North for shipment if the Collectors at Savannah and New Orleans resign. Possible difficulties may grow out of the hostile claims to the ownership of the Missis- sippi waters, But, so far as New York is con- cerned, however the politicians may settle their quarrel, mercantile men seem to have made up their minds that it is not in their power to inflict further injury on this city or its trade, and that, with thirty-eight millions of gold in the banks and the Sub-Treasury, a vast Western country overflow: ing with grain and provisions, a fair average immi- gration and a generally sound condition of business, the future cannot, in any event, have further serious commercial disasters in store. The business of the Sub-Treasury to-day was follows: — Receipts... . « $202,507 27 —For customs... 0.2... + 62.000 00 Pay mente. + 882,050 95. Dalanee,... oe «5,863,067 34 The bids for the new six per cent stock, reim- bursable in 1868, were opened at noon to-day at Albany. There was active competition. The award was from 101.87 to 103.50, Further detaila: will be found in another column. The Assistant Treasurer received to-day the first. instalment of new notes from Washington, which will be delivered to those takers who deposited their cold on Monday last. The exchanges at the Bank Clearing House thia: morning were $16,924,133 90, and the balances $1,014,174 73. The Home Insurance Company have declared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent, payable on the 28th inst. ‘Me Michigan Central road earned the tira week in January:— 1800, 1861....44 Tnereage ...... The third week in January of the Cleveland and Toledo road eh@ws a falling off of about $1,200, The Savannah Neves of Priday last saya: Sterling exchange ie improving. The highest eale wo