The New York Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1861, Page 8

THE REVOLUTION. aptecedents and avowed » by all other jidetes com Ry yl 8 Nate on this side of the Pacific @lope—nobdie, gatant New Jersey Was Cha @usive evidence of the determined tility of th» Northern masses to our institutions. We believe that be conscientiously entertains the opi inions 80 often, and x0 explicitly declared, and that baviag ‘Deen elected on the issues thus presented, he wiil Renestly endeavor to carry them into execution. Wuile Bow we have no fears of servile insurrection, even 0° a Pond character, we know that his inauguration as ident of the United States would have been oo - sidered by many ot our slaves as the day of their eman- cipation, and that the fourth of March would have wi messed in various quarters outbreaks which, vec would bave been promptly suppressed, 1 have carriad ruin and devastation to many a Southern home, and have cost the lives of hundreds of the Jinks that bound them to a Union to which we were all attached, as well by many ties of material well be ‘as by the inheritance of common glories in the pust, ‘well founded of still more brilliant destinies in ‘te future. Twelve seats are now vacant on this iloor, ‘The work is only yet begun. It requires no spirit of 'y to point to many, many chairs around us that ‘will soon, like ours, be unt ; and if the weird sisters of the great dramatic coald be conjured up, they ‘would present to the ‘igbted vision of those on the e@cher side of the chamber, who have so ly contri- ‘wuted to the deep damnation of this takin, “a glass ‘te show them many more,”” who 80 foutly murdered the covstitution and the Union will find, whea teo late, that, like the Beottish Thane, that Yor Banquo’s issue they have filed their mii Have plased upon thelr heads @ fruitiess wa: ‘And put a barren scepire in their gripe— No son of their's succeeding. Ie taking leave of the Senate, while we shall carry with ‘us many agreeable recollections of intercourse, social and efficixl, with gentlemen who have differed from us on this, the great question of the age, we would that we could, in fitting language express the mingled feelings of admiration ano regret with which we | back to our aasociations on the floor with many of our Northern col- Ieagues. They have, ono afver the otner, fallen in thoir Beroic againet a blind fanaticism, until now but few remam to fight the battle of the constitution. Seve- val, even of these, wil] terminate their official career in ene short month, and wilt give place to men holing bn nipey diametrically opposite, which have recomme! \ the suffrages of their states. Had we remained here, the same fate would have awaited, at the next elec- ‘Yon, the four or five last survivors of that gallant band. ‘Bus now we should carry with us at least this consoling Pefleetion—our departure—realizing all their predictions @f ill to the republic—opens a new cra of triumph for the ratic pai ty of the North, and will, we firmly believe, re-establish its lost ascendency in most of the free States. REMARKS OF MR, BENJAMIN, Mr. Bensanun, (opp.) of La.—Mr. President, if vo were engaged in the performance of accustomed legislative duties, I might well rest content with the simple state- ment of my concurrence in the remarks just made by my colleague. Profoundly impressed, however, with the solemnity of the occasion, I cannot be insensible to the @aty of leaving among the authentic reports of your pro- evedings, the recorded expression of my conviction that the State of Lousiana has judged and acted well and wisely in this crisis of her destiny. Sir, in the course of the discussions here and elzewhere, it bas been urged on ‘More than one ocsasion that Louisiana stands on aa ex- ceptional footing. It has been said that whatever may be the rights of the States that were original parties to the constitution, that even granting their right to re- sume, for sufficieut cause, those restricted powers which they delegated to the federal government in trust for their own use and benefit, still Louisiana can have no such right, because “sho was acquired by purchase.” Gentlemen have not hesitated to speak of tae Btates formed out of the weritory ceded bw Fran Property bought with the money of the Cuited States, iig to them as purchasers, and although they have Rot carcied out their doctrine to its legitimate result, I t conclude that they also mean, on the same priuci- to assert the right of “selling for a price whut was ht for a price.”’ I pause net Ww comment on tus re pulsive dogmas of a party which thus asserts a right of Property in free born white men in order w reach its cherished object of destroying the right of property fm smve-born black men. Nor shall } detalu tie Se- pate by Gemonstrating how shadowy the distin tion between the concition of the servile Africans and that to which the white freemen of my State would be reduced, if it indeed be true that tucy are bound to this federal govern Jegitimately be severed without majority which wields its powers for their oppression. ‘I simply deny the fact on which the argummeut is founded. Ideny that the province of Louisiaua, or the peuple of Louisiana, were ever couveyed to the Uaited States for a price, as property that could be bought or suid at will, Without entering into the details of negocistion, the archieves of your stave Department demonstrate the simple fact to be ‘that aithough the domain, the public lands and other pro- erty of Franco in the ceded proviuce were oouveyed by absolute title to the government of the United States, sovereiynty was not conveyed .otherwise in trust. A hundred fold, sir, has the government been re- fmbursed by the saies of property, ot pubiic land, for the ee of its acquisition; but not with the fidelity of the it trustee bas it discharged its obligations aa regards the sovereignty. Ihave seid, sir, that the goverament ageumed to act ag trustee or guardian Of the people of the ceded province, and covenan’ed to transter to thin the sovereignty thus held in trust for their use and benefit, ‘a8 soon us they were capable of exercising it. What is the express language of the treaty? ‘Tue iuhabitaats of ‘the coded territory shall be incorporated io the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, ac- ooraing to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages aad i@nu fies of citizens of the United staves, and in the mean- time they aball be maintained and protec'ed in the enjoyment of thir liberty, property and the religion which they profess.’ And, sir, a8 if to mark the true nature of the ccasion in & manner too significant to admit of misconstruction, the treaty stipulates no price, ‘and the sole consideration for the conveyance, as slated en its face, is the desire to afford a strong proof of the friendebip of France for the United States, by the terms of aseparate Convention stipulating the payment of a eum of money, the procaution is again observed of stating ‘that the payin ut is to be made, not as 4 vonsiderw:ion, ‘@r 4 price, Or a condition precedent of the cession, but il fw carefully distinguished as being a consequence of ces- gion. It was by words thus studiously chosen, sir, that James Monroe and Thotaas Jefferson marked their under- Standing of a contrast now misconstrued as being a bargain and sale of sovereignty over freemen, With what indignant scorn wouid those staunch advocates of the iu- Derent right of self goverament have repudiatea the Slavieh doctrine now seduced from their action. How were the obligations of this treaty —fulllileay ‘That Louisiaua at that date contained slaves held as property by ber people through the whole dength of the Missineppi Valley, that these people bad an unrestricted right of se t with their slaves under legal protection dar out the entire ceded pro- ‘vince, no man has ever d the hardihuod to deny. Here, then, we have a treaty promise by the government to * protect tnat prope: that “ siave property in that Territory’ betore it wuld become a State. That this Premise wan openly violated in the adjustment forced upon South at the time of the admission of Missouri, i« mat ter of recorded history. Che perspicuons an | uaangwerable ‘exposition of Mr, Justice Catron, in the opinioa delivered tm the Dred Seott case, will remain through all me as an aunple Vindication of tlie assertion. If, then, sir, the People of Louisiana had a right, which Gongroes could not deny, of admission into the Union wita “all the rights of all the citizens of the United states,” it is in ‘that the partisans the right of Majority to govern the minority with despotic coutrol, attempt to establish @ distinction to her preju between her Fights and those of any other Stat: valy distine tion which really exists \s thie, that she can point to a Dreach of treaty stimu? , hor rights, ae a wrong super) impelied a number of ber peter Sta their independence, T reign State are those of Virgina—no mor those who deny her right to resume dele successfully refate the im spite of her express res her sister States when she consented to eater th ‘And, sir, of all the causer wich j Bouthern States, I know of none of greater gravity more alarming magnitude than that now developed Of the denial of the right of sescs#ion t Monstrous as that bh perverts a constituted by sovereign Stata for comincn Purp the unlimited despoticin of a majority: whieh Bies all legitimate escape from sucl despotism even ¢ era not delegated are usurped, con verts tan wile fabric of constitutional !herty fmto the secure abode of lawless tyranny. and do. sovereign Sates into provincial dependencins , thas been said thut the right of » a, if con eeded, makes of our goverment a mere rope of sad that to assert ite existence imputes to the framers of tbe constitution the folly of sowing the seeds of death in that which wae designed for perpetual existence. If the in Putation were true, ir, It would merely prove that the Ofspring was not exemps from that morutlity whicn is the common lot of all that is not created by higher thaa human power, But it ie not true, Lat favis answer theory. For two thirds of a century this right has oven Known by many of the States to be at all times withio their power, yet up to the prosout period, when Its exor Cie bas beovme sudinpensable to a people menaced with absolute extermination, there have paen but two. in tances in which ft was even thraatened seriously — first, when Maskwburets les the New Kogland states in an attempt to eecape from che dangers of our luat war with Britain, anc the eecond, when cho samo Stato ® new Stute into ‘ gee of our in, it Miahet — travh that ‘al! experience visiad are more disposed to rafter while ills are eureratio vvan ty pehe Ghemselves by abolishing the forms to wich they are aacustomed.”> And nothing can be more th ‘calm and candid observer of parsing disruption of the confederacy has bev ¥ meagere, not to the exiatenve, but the deri! of thier Few eandid men would refuse to atm: that the re cans of the North would have been checked in t eareor which hae brought deatrovtion to the t they been eonvinced of the existence of this re the intention to assert it. The very knowledge of fatense, by preventing ooe prompt ite exeeci#e, would have ren eficiont inatrument in the preservation Union, But, «ir, if the fart were otharwiee Mf all the tencbings of experience were tv versed, Detter, a thousand timos better, a rope of wand, ayo, the fimatest goreamer that ev f glittered fo the morning dew, then chains of irve or shackles NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 South imitate and glory in just such treason as glowed the soul of Hampden—; Ba ieenaee 28 eagh ia living flame from the impassioned lips of Henry—just sucl treason 25 encircles, with a sacred halo, the ame of Washington. You will enforce the laws, You want to know if you have # government—if you havo any authority to collect a revenuc—t» wring tribyte from an upwilling . Sir, humanity desponds, and all the inspiring hopes of her progressive improvement vanish into empty air, at the reflections which crowd on the mind at hearing, now repeated with aggravated enormity, sentiments against which a Chat- ham launched his indignant thunders nearly a century vgo. The very of Lord North and his royal master are repeated here in debate, not as quotations, but as the spontaneous outpourirgs of a spirit, the counterpart of this. In Lord North's pane on the destruction of the tes in Boston harbor, he said: “ We are no longer to dispute between legislation and taxa- tion, We ure now only to consider whether or not we have any authority there. It is very clear we have none, if we suffer the property of our subjects w bo :stroyed. We must punieh, coatrol, or yield to them.’” And, thereupon, he pr to close the port of ‘os- ton just as the representatives of Massach setts uow propose to close the port of Charleston, in yrder iv de- termine whether or not pall have apy authority thera, ‘Tig thus that, in 1861, ton is © pay the «i bt of gratitude to Charleston, which, in the days oi her strugle, proclaimed the generous sentiment that “the caure of Boston was the cause of Charleston;”’ who, after this, will say that republics aro upgratefuly Weil, sir, the statesmen of Great Brita answered to Lord North's appeal, “Yield.” Courtiers and politicians said, «Pun- ish.” “Control.” The result is known. History gives you the reason. Profit by its teachings. So, sir, in cho address sent under the royal sign manuel to the Parlia- men,t it was invoked to take measyres for “better se- curing the execution of the laws,” and acquiesced in the suggestion. Just as now, a servile Executive, under the sinister iufluence of insane counsels, is proposing, with your assent, “to secure the better execution of the laws,” by blockading ports, and turning upou the people of the States the artillery which they provided at their own expense, for their own defence, and entrusted to you and to him for that and for other purpose. Nay, even in states that are now ex: cising the undoubted and most precious rights of free people, where there is no secession, where the citizens are aseembling to hold poacetui oiections for con- sidering what course of action is demanded in this dread crisis, by a due regard for their own safety and their own liberiy—aye, even in Virgivia herself, the people are to cast their suffrages beneath tho’ undisguised menaces of a frowning fortress, Canuon are brought to bear on their homes, avd parricidal hands are presaring weapons for rending the bosom of the mother of Wash- ington. Sir, when Great Britain proposed to exact tribute from your fathers agaist theie will, Lord bat ham eai Whatever is 2 man’s own, is absolutely his man has aright to take itfrom him without ut. Whoever attempts to do jury. Whoever does it, commits a r You have bo right to tux America. I rejoice that America has re- sisted. Let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong a term as can be de- vised, and be made to extend to every poiut of legislation whatever, co that we may bind their trade, contine their manufactures, and exercise every power ex- cept that of taking money out of thoir owa pockets without their consent.” It was presorved for the latter balf of the nineteenth century, and tor the Congress of @ republic of freemen, to witness the willing abrogation of ali of, g tribute. What imperial § hanghttest pretentions of unlimited power over depe ent colonies, could not even attempt without the ve- hement t of her greatest statesmen, 1s to be enforced, ed form, if you cau’ enforce it, againe® 1 nt States. Good God, eir, ain has the necessity arisen for recalling t American legis. lators the iessous of freedom, taught in lisping childhood by loving mothers, that pervade tue utinost pra have breathe? from infancy, and that so formiag part of our very t that in their absence we would loose the consciousness of our own identity? Heaven be pratzed that all have not forgotten them—that when we shall have lett these familiar halis, and when force bills, blockades, armies, nevies and all the coercive ma chinery of despots shail be proposed ant advocated, voices: shali be heard from this side of the chamber that will make ite very roof _re- sourd with the indignant clamor of oatraged free. dom. Methinks I still hear ringing in my ears the appeal of the eloqrent representative of Ohio (the Hon. George H. Pendleton), whose Northern home | down on Ken- tucky’s fertile borders, “Armies, money, blood, cannot maintain this Union. Justice, reason, peuce may.” And now to you, Mr. Preaident, and to my brother Senators on all sides of this chamber, I bid a respectful fareweil. With many of those from whom I bave been radically separated in political sentiments my persoual relations have been kindly, and have inspired me with a reepect and esteem that shall not willingly for With those ound me from the Sou! States I part ax men part from brothers on the eve of @ temporary absence, with a cordia! pressure of the hand and a smiling assurance of the speedy renewal of sweet intercourse around the family hearth, But to you, noble and generous friends, who, born beneath other skies, poesess hearts that beat in sympathy with ours; to you who, golicited and assailed by motives the most werful that could appeal to selfieh natures, have nobly 8; them all; to you who in our bebalf have bared your breasts to the fierce beat- ings of the storm, and made willing sacrilice of lite’s most glittering prizes in your devotion to constitutional Iiberty ; to you who have made cur cause your cause, aod from many’ of whom I feel that I now pari for ever, what shall I—can'I say? Naught, { know and feel, is needed for myself. But thie I will say for the pooplo in whose name I speak to-day. Whether proaperous or adverse fortunes awa't you, one priceless treasure is yours, the agsuravco tbat an ‘entire people honor your names, and hold them in grateful and alfectionate memory. Bat with still sweever and more toaching return shall your ungcitish devotion be rewarded, wheu, in after days, tha story of the present shall be written, when history shall have passed her stern sentence on the erring mon who have driven unoffending brethren from the shelter of their common home, your names will derive fresh lustre frem the contrast, st when your ebildren shall hear oft repeated the familiar tale, it will be with glowing cheek and kindling eye. Their very souls will stand aup-tce as their sires are named, and they will glow ot their lineage from men of spirits as gonorous, nad ia patriotism ae high hearted as ever illustrated or adorned the American Senate. DEBATE ON THR CRIS, The President's Message was taken up, Mr. Cuscaax, (opp.) of N. C., commended the He was ready to do He would ote propoaition, and others, to accomplivh pexc y. Bat the movement for peaco must come republican fide of the house. He had awaited with wpxicty for the speech of the Senator from New York, ind though conciliatory, he thought it would tuit to Fatiefy the country. He proceeded to argue againet any attempt at coercion, aud deprecated tho effets of civil war. He thought war must come if the pre: feeling continues, aud must become extended; it would not be a mere border fight. Ile referred. the influence of Bure pean nations if the North attempted to blockate Southern ports. Cotton is king over their constituents aud would rule. He disclaimed any knowledge of « tempt to make war on the capital, but war \ likely to come here as anywhere else.’ In regard rerting his Northern allies he said he was only v them, for if they did not resist now they would ed foot. “He wnia the passage of the Pacitic Kuitroat pling to make throe routes, aud the Puriif bill (1) against the interests of the South, and the d Dill, giving away the public li da, would do 4 inducing sovession, and drive ‘iming ee { the Seuth iptoseparation. Tbe republ carry with them peace or war, whish the the Meswage of the President. anything Wo saye the country. Critten: give to the country. If they sald war, the South would mer theta, and raiher than submit, would go down like the *tropg man of the Bible, taking the edidice and the leaders of the Ubiltstines with them. Mr. Hate, (rop.) of N. H., aul he wanted *t the assortion that the North were 1 wary, the poeition of the North wa t thea to the charge of cowardice, instead of war. Heeaid the houorabie Senator had a verted to a force in the North which would be fa’ to his section, Let not the Seoator lay the tlatteriog upction te nis soul. If war comes, which God avert, the first thing todo will be to take care of traitors, Mr. Laxe, (opp.) of Oregon, wuuted to know right lieve who be caned traitors? Mr. Hau eaid he meant exactly those mon who tight against (heir own State Mr. Lawn was fighting for the constitution and for th Fighte of the States, and T will wilow no man to call them trait Mr. HALR said he wanted to define no man’s position. Dut repeated that if forced into war, he would first take care of treason at home, Th to the going out of the ten tribes. So they did go out, but left the ark of covenant of the living God with the tribe of Judah, The tribes did go out, and God nor nobody else knows where they are cone, He hoped that such would not be the fate of the v .vee now ry voring to go out. ‘On motionof Mr. Jonxsox, (opp.) of Tenn., the moseage was postponed till to-morrow TRRIITORIAL BUSINESS, ‘The bill to provide for a government for Idaho was taken vp. Mr. Greon’s amendment, changing the boundary, was adopied. (Om motion of Mr; Winsor, (rop.) of Maes , the neme of the Territory was changed from [aaho vo Colorado. The bill WENTY FIVE MILLION LOAN ft. (oyp.) of Md., reported from the Finance oan bill, which was made the special ¥F oftered, potted frens thi of the Jution that Commiasionare ap States be admitted to the foor rr. Honse of Kepresentatives, Wasmiscrow, Feb, 4, 1861. ASD MONEY AT WRW ¢ (opp.) of 1'., me ow TIER ser Mr. MeOuameasr e2ert PANE asked leave t> offer a Northern | honorable Senator referrod | preamble setting forth the reports relative to the seizure of the Mint and money at New Orleans, and the refusal 10 pay drafts drawn by the United States on their own Money, and concluding with @ resolution calling on the President to communicate to the House at an early day, if im his Judgment not incompatible with the public in- terests, all the facts on the subject, and what steps, if any, have been taken to restore to the governmeat pos- session of said property and treasure, Mr. Bunwerr, (opp.) of Ky., would vote for the resolu- tion with cheerfulness, but objected to the preamble. Mr. McCiekNanp suid that he had therein only recited what was reported, He sutirmed ni Mr. Craick, (opp.) of N. C., objected to reception of tho resolution, aud expressed his surprise that any one “should make such allegations on newspaper reports. Mr. McCLERNAND expressed his that any one should object to a mere resolution of inquiry. It made no allegation. THR PEACE COND ISSIONERS, Mr. Branen, (opp.) of N. C., asked leave to introduco @ resolution allowing the Commissioners from the States admission to the floor of te House, Mr. Kunxx1, (opp.) of Md., proposed to amend that the ‘use of the House or other suitable apartment be tendered them for their meeting. Mr. Lovesoy, (rep.) of Ill., and others objected. THE COLLECTION OF DUTIES, Mr. Jonn Cockayne, (opp.) of N. Y., gave notice that he would, at an early day, call up the bill reported by him from the Committee of Five, the further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, ‘THe DEBATE ON ‘THR CRESS. Mr. Sunway, (rep.) of Ohio, in order to accommodate gentlemen who desiré to make speeches on the crisis, moved that the House take a recess from four till sevea Me Ae less it Mr. Loca, (opp. " not, unl was confined to those who fread their speeches, for nobody was here to listen to them. Mr. Snekamay said he never attended night sessions. Mr. Locay knew he did not. He had no written speech and never read one. Those who speak without written speeches ought not to be expected to do 50 to empty benches. ir. SuxamaN—I merely made my motion to accommo- date gentlemen on both sides. Mr. Locgax—It is ne accommodation to me. Nobody comes here to listen to written speeches. Mr. Joun Cocnrane—I_ pr & compromise, that none but extempore speeches be delivered by day aud none but written ones by night. (Laughter.) Mr. Caxny, (rep.) of Ohio—I want to know the rule by which gentlemen claim the right io speak on this floor which is farmed out, 1 want to make a speech and de- sire to know how to acquire the tloor for that purpose. Mr. Lodax—I have acquired the right by stayin; nere till ten o’clock during two uight sessions, apd at wat suc ceeded in being recognized. Mr. Canix—That does not show how the right is ae quired. Mr. Locax—I bave stated how I got my right. Mr. Lact, (opp.) of N. C.—I intend to speak without writing, and then write out my speech. Mr. LoGaN insisted on his objection. INDIANA AND THR CHIMIS, Mr. Wnison, (rep.) of Ind., presented a petition from Indiana asking the adoption of the Crittendea compro- mise. He was free to say be could not vote jor it. NEW YORK AND THE ChISIS. Mr. Briccs, (Amer.) of N. Y., presented tho mo- morial of seventy-two citizens ef’ Orange vounty, New York, in favor of the border State compromise Mr. Brices said it was a good sign wo see memorials presented here from citizens residing in the several dis trists, .n favor of compromise, by which a diséovution of the country may be averted. THE DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL. ‘The House went into Committee on the Senate's amend- rents to the Deficiency Appropriation bill. Mr. Moxsk, (rep.) of Me., advocated the amend. ropriating $200,000 for coal, harbor and road tages on the Chir qui Isthmus, as proposed in the contract between A. W. Thompson and the Navy Depart- ment. Mr. Sravens, (rep.) of Pa., opposed iton the ground that there was bot a particle of title. If there wore not, the privileges were not worth afarthmg, aud if Thomp: son had a titio he could not transfer it to the United States. He spoke of the subject as a “South sea bubbie. After further debate the Committe non-concurred in the Senate's Chiriqn amendment. ‘The Senate's amentment appropriating $136 000 for the purchase of Wen eil’s establishment for a public printing oftice, gave rise to discussion, during which Mr. Sran- Ton suid he was reineiant to vote for any contract to which Wendell is a party. He would not tinker with a man who for the last ten years hax been engaged in cor- ruption for an old & ken down establishment. Mr. GURLEY, (rep.) of Ohio, thought the office worth that much. It cont $185,000. Mr. Burserr, (opp.) of Ky., argued that such an es- tablishment world ne “an asylum for broken down printers and country editors Besides it is shingled all over with mortgag?s, the type is much wern, and some of the presses are useless Mr. McCurrnaxp charged that the lot on which the Duildings * © ere-ted bas an incumbrance; without remov’' « clear title is unobtainable, ‘The whole property ig assessed for only $87,000. Mr. FLowesce, (opp.) of Pa., did not rise to defend Mr. Wendell, but the documents show that the contract is to ‘be made with Mr. Crowell by authority of the Joint Com- mittee on Printing, and with the assent of the Secretary of the Interior, The ate’s print’ g office amendment was concurred in with an amendment. After further proceedings tbe committee rose. AVENING HISRIONS. On motion of Mr. Sierstan it was resolved that after to- day, and for the remainder of this week, there shall be a recess from four till seven o’clock for the purpose of debate. ’CORMICK'S REAPER PATENT. Mr Sraxton, frep.) of Ohio, asked, but failed to obtain leave to introduce @ joint resolution extending the timo before the Camtaissioner of patents to take testimony against the extension of McCormisk’s reaping machine patent, Adjourned, “GIGANTIC PLANS FOR THE SUBJUGATION OF THE SOUTH.” THE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIV!’S OF LOUISI- ANA TO THE STATE CONVE: TION. ‘Wasiuvatoy, Jan. 14, 1861. As the day is now at hand when you, the chosen repre- sentatives of the sovereignty of Louisiana, will assemble in Convention for the purpose of considering the momen- tous question which now #0 exclusively occupies the minds of our citizens, and to decide upon the course to be pursued for the vindication of their honor and the preservation of their lives, liberty and property, we feel it to be our duty to present to you our views on tife sub- ject. In doing this we eball be brief and explicit; the time for argument bas pateed—that of action has arrived; we have now to deal with eveuts, not to discuss priaci- pies. We addrees you for several reasons, either of which will, perhaps, be considered as offering a satisfactory apology—it any, indeed, were —for astep which, under different circumstances, might be deeme t intrusive. Our position here gives us peculiar opportunities of ob- servation agd of acquiring information which you might either not ive at all, or from sources which will oot command your confidence, Our public duties have pre- vented our taking any part in the election of tes to the Convention, and expressing by our votes or before the people our views of the action which should be taken by the Convention. In times like these the opinion Iain citizen should be publicly known and openly deci A and we wish tn advance to assume our full of all the grave responsibilities which the fature may impose. Avd, lastly, we wish to ask from you such instrucdons as the ch-cumstances anay, in your judgment, render ex- pedient and proper. South Caroling bas not been represented in the Senate sineo the meeting of Congress, her representatives were Picsent at the commencement of tho session, but with drew ag goon as they received official notice of the seces. 4 the State.” The Senators and tatives of ma, Florida and Mississippi have this day given we of their intention to vacate their seats, and have dtotake any further part in the of ve houses. Those of Georgia will, in all y, have done 80 before the 23d of Janaary. It nes Deen a subject of earnest deliberation among the dele. gations of the States where conventions had been called, whether, even after their States bad seceded, they might not possibly render better service to their constituents Ly remaining heroand opposing the pasaage of any moa sures tending to strengthen the incoming atministration in @ poliey of coercion. After careful cousultation, they wrrived at the conclusion that no certainty existed of their bein successfully to resist their passage, and now, of course, even the hope of so doing must be abandoned. We believe im the right of a State t secede from the Union whenever tts people shill be satistied that @ lon continuance in it js iueompatible with their safety. We assume that such a belief will never be expre in ite only possible authentic form by the delegates of a sove- reign Convention called for the express purpose of em- bodying that belief in action, unless the evils they seek co avert by so doing are intolerable, and the prospects of otherwike avoiding them desperate. We Dehoee this to be on of the reserved rights, which, not having been surrendered by the respective ‘States, oan bo resumed by the people of each State whenever they shall find suffi. nt cause for appenling to this last and only peaceful 1emedy against oppression, diegraee and ruin. Of the fufticieney of the cause, in the absence of any arbiter, each State must necessarily be the sole and supreme judge. Weknow that the existence of this right is de- niea by @ few of our citizens, and is honestly doubted by others, but the whole qnestion has boon go fully and ably diseuseed in Congress and oleewhero that we could not hope to prosent it ina new light; nor, if wa could, should we think it necessary to do so. Nove deny the inherent tight of revolution, where ex ercised by a people to escape from insutterable wrongs of toavert ucknowledged dangers, throstening to destroy their whole social system. Wo must deai with events ae they are, and it t@ kearcely worth while now to dwoll upon distinctions, which are Sitter subjects for closet dissertations than for the consideration of men culled, as you are, to take prompt and decided action under vir. cumstances forbidding delay or hesitation. You may well treat the difference between socession and revola- tion a8 one mere of words than of eubstance—of ideas rathor than of things. Nor shall we dilave upon the dangers to which the 1h States will be exposed by eabmiacion to the sent of a binek repnblican President; Ube prompt- hess and upanimity with which our Lgislature, at a special serkion, called your Convention, and placed the State in au attitude of defence, atte 1 nvidence of your appreciation of the imminence of the danger and thé detertnination of our peovle to confront it boldly. While all who eign this letter have been, einen the resalt of the Presidential election was kr cidedly in favor the parsage by Louisiana of » ditional ordinanee of secetsion at the earliest possible lay. some of ua have 8 r i b bern inclined to think that, in order to avold anneces- eary collision with the present administration, |t would be expedient to defer the actual operation of the ordi- nance until the &! of March But the appointment of an the South as secretary of W; congent of the Senate, pen and yirtulout cnemy of without the advice and dved. without its official knowledge of tar fact tne almost Hietatorin! powers which ex hy this nronstytntional bead ot partir ver the neprration of Lirwenant (4 , WAD Ye well known 10 have submitted to the Executive ‘o = ee Sd campaign mn forts and arsenals, Ce IR ga | Sethe sw dees om ‘for tem ‘no jopger exist, and we recommend immediate and lified secession. We bave never been deluded by the bope that a returning sense, if jure it by our own in action. The failure of the select committees of the Senate and the House to agree upon nothing to chtened If there were some who still clung with fond at to the material form of a Union whose animating prinei- ple no longer exieted in the hearts of a divided hos- Ule people, their hopes must have been dissipated by the h delivered on Saturday last by Senator Seward. fe need not tell you that Mr. Seward is universally re- cognized a8 pre-cminently the chief of the biack repub- \ican party. This pre-eminence alone would have causod bim to be heard with marked attention; but when it is known that he is to hold the first place in the Cabinet of the President elect, he may be fairly considered as the anthorized exponent of ws ths cha find, on reading his oration, that, while Pindieati f Lae the 2 ims of a coerce secedi oy aoe get be, as we have already inti- mated, an idle waste of time to cite the declarations of Lincoln and his the men who wi tion, you wi that its leaders would have recourse to specious to delay our action in the Southwestern and arrest it in the border slaveholding States. Fortunately they have fancied vex strong enough not to dissimulate, and we have now the direct issue presented to us of imme- diate seccesion or submission. We entertain no doubt what your response will be, and our bearing shall be such ‘ag it if had already been made. We have thus far addressed ourselves to theThigher principies on which the question of immediate secession should be considered. We will now look to those of ex- pediency. Co-operation of all the slaveholding States has been in- voked as the great panacea—the one thing necessary for our ealvation. We do not at all undervalue the vast im- portance of that co-operation; our only answer, we regret to say, is that it is impracticable. We would desire to see the frontier slaveholding States marching with us with equal front and in solid columa to encounter the cohorts of abolitionism. But this is impoesible. They have, it is true, to a great extent, the same interests as ourselves; but with them it is not as with us, an absolute question of existence or destruction, but of comparative, yet dire expediency. They may possibly live without slavery—we must perish. Can we, then, expect them totake the initiative? All we can reasonably ask of them is, that when we shall have staked everything on this issue, they will stand by us. Of this we enter. tain no doubt. We firmly believe that if our action be prompt and decided, every slaveholding State will sustain us, with the possible exceptions of Maryland and Delaware, and wo should be equally confident of the action of Maryland were it not paralyzed by a Go- ve.nor who, from treachery or imbcoflity, refuses to permit the voice of his State to be essed in @ con- tutional form, and even he may soon be obliged to fol- low where he refuses to lead. We have no doubt of the early co-operation of all the slavebolding States when a majority of them shall have disclosed their intention to form a new confederacy. This declaration should be ac- companied by immediate action, and we recommend that all the seceding States shall meet at Montgomery, Alaba- ma, on a day not later than the rae of mn oath purpose of forming a provisional government, adoptin the constitution of these once United States, with ‘al existing treaties and all laws not locally inapplicable, aud inviting the co-operation of all States who may elect to act with us. Our wish and our hope is to reconstruct our confederacy with such materials as are not irreconcilably hostile; for this purpose we invite you to pasa, in such form as you may Reem Proper, a recognition that the navigation of the Mississippi shall be free to the citizens of every State whose waters find their way to the Gulf of Mexico by the great river and its tributaries, and a do- claration that all agricultural products of its valley shall be received by us freefrom every duty or imposition, that all foreign products may pass throngh our State without any other restriction than such as may be necessary for the security of any revenue system we may adopt, and that no restraint or regulation shall be imposed upon our intercourse than such as may be absolutely ne- cessary for matters of internal police. We have our own idea of the probable course of recon- struction of our confederacy when the secession of the slaveholging States shall have become an accomplished fact, but we will not indulge in their developement. We will only say that we entertain no doubt that a commu- nity of interests and the instinct of self preservation will very soon make the slaveholding States 2 homo- genous leracy , inviting by the laws of political gra- vitation spontaneous accretion our neighbors, espe- cially those of the Valley of the Mississippi; but that there are its of arising from antagonistio pecuniary interests and discordant feelings which render ‘the long continuance of a union among the free States a material and moral tmpossibility. may, perhaps, find at no very distant day that wl great balance wheel of Southern conservatism has ceased its play in the federal system, they will have more to fear from their laborers depending on their daily wages for their daily bread than we have from our contented slaves, pt Pha howe heehee sity and prosperity, in want or in plenty, in sickness or in Bealth! JOHN DELL, J. P. BENJAMIN, JOHN M. LANDRUM, T. G. DAVIDSON. THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Ricamonp, Feb. 4, 1861. The Senate voted to-day to send back the Min- nesota resolutions. A resolution was adopted that, in the opinion of the General Assembly, there ie no just ground for believing that the citizens of Vir- ginia meditate an attack or seizure of the federal pro- perty or invasion of the District of Columbia, and all preparations are unnecessary 80 far as this State is con- cerned. The Revenue Cutter Lewis Cass. (From the New Orleans Picayune, Jan, 30.) We had the pleasure of a call last evening from Brushwood, of the revenue cutter Lewis Cass, and Mr. Jones, the special agent sent to order that veasel from the Southwest Pass to New York. When Mr. Jones phage my, member ygerr 9 of secession had pot yet paseed our vention, and the only object of the govern: ment in sending him hither, on such a miasion, was to remove what might be a cause of trouble and excite. ment. No disrespect to the State, we are assured, was intended. Ip the meantime the cutter had moved up the river, the relations of the State and federal government had red, and it would have been impoasibie to take the vessel out to sea, if her officers had wisbe:! it, which we are aseured they did not. All of them willingly re- epee the authority of the State, and will devote them- selves to her service, City Intelligence. ‘Tar Ixewnsar# Asyivm.—At the annual meeting of tho Board of Trustees of the New York State Inebriate Asy- lum, held at No. 97 Clinton place, in the city of New York, on Monday, February 4, 1861, the following gen- tlemen were present:—Charles HyRuggles, George Fol- som, Edward A. Lambert, Dr. Jacob & Miller, Lorenzo Draper, Charles Butler, Franklin Johnson, Noah Worrall and J. Edward Turner, of New York; Edward F. Shonnard, of Youkers, and Sherman D, Phelps, of Binghamton’ The following gentlemen were unanimously lected off. cers of the asyluro for the enéuing year:—ohn W. Fran ck, M.D, LoL. D., of New York, Presivent; Wm. T, McCoun, of ‘Long Island, Vice President; J. B. Williams, of Ithaca, ‘Second Vico President; J. H.’ Ranson, of Now York, Treasurer; J. Edward Turner, of New York, Corres. sh yy and T. Jefferson Gardiner, of New ‘ork, Register. For the purpose of completing the agy- jum the preeent year, the following resolution was unani mouely adop' E Resolved, That this Board appoint Thomas W. Olcott, Thomas ©. Brinsmade and J. Edward Turner as a commit? tee to urge upon the Logisiature the importance of the immediate passage of the bill, eutitied ‘An act for the re. Hef of the New York State Inebriate Asylum and for other pom Already 4,310 applications have been made to enter the asylum as patients. These have como from every Stato in the Cnion and from every county in our own State. Menrcat.—By request a lecture will be delivered by Dr. Hunting Sherrill, on the “ Epidemic Sore Throat, some. times called Diptheria,”’ at the Homeopa‘hic College, Third avenue, corner of Twentieth street, this evening. Exnertion at THe Croeny Sremer Gyawaste.—On Sa- turday evening the Croeby etreet gymnasium, which bas lately been refitted, was opened to the public by Mr. A. Hi, Ferguson, the well known gymnast. There were be- ween four and five hundred ladies and gentlemen pre- sent, and the exhibition of gymnastic performances wag exceedingly interesting. Some of the most remarkable and daring foats were performed that we have ever seen. The exercise with dumb bells, jumping bare, tumbling, slack rope perfortnances, fencing and bayonet exercises reflected no little credit ‘on the gontlemen who took part in the same. We understand the reason bids fair to be eucceseful, as already a large number have subscrib- ed for tickets, Wonk ny int Teavrn Deparrwnsr.—The weekly roport of the Inspector of the Bureau of Sanitary Taspection furniehes the following fasta relative to the operations daring the week ending February 2:—Ashos and garbage removed, 13,041 loads. usseand and diseased ts seized, 2000 pounds; nuisances abated, under notice, 63; sinks and water closets cleaned, 120; load of night soi removed from the ety limita, 702; de wt herses, 60; dei cows do., 6, dead dogs and other small aims do., 160; dead hogs do., Tirtwinanion In New Onueawe.—Tho Common Connell of New Orleang have passed a recommendation to hav all the buildings in the city illuminated oa che night of the @th of February in bonor of the independent repubiie of Lovisiana, , 1861, NEWS FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP KEDAR TWO DAYS LATER INTELLIGENCE. THE COTTON QUESTION IN ENGLAND. Blockade of Gaeta by the Sardinians. Depre ssed Condition of Financial Affairs. ACTIVITY OF THE COTTON MARKET, dey dey ae. ‘The Cunard screw steamer Kedar, Capt. Muir, which left Liverpool on the 22d of January, at about three P. M., arrived here last night. Her advices are two days later than that brought by the Arabia. ‘The Kedar brings $48,750 in specie. Among the passengers from England by the Arabia ‘was a messenger from the Court of Queen’s Bench, en route for @anada, with the writ of habeas corpus in the case of Anderson, the fugitive slave, Renewed efforts were being made at Limerick to secure a trausfer of the transatlantic mail service from Galway to the Shannon, and it was said that a deputation of the directors of the Atlantic Company had gone to London for the purpose of effecting arrangements for the transfer. ‘The Army and Navy Gazette gives currency to reports of an imtended reduction in the number of seamen, and says that it understands that a vote will be asked for 4,000 men lees than was demanded last year. It adds, however, that it is not intended to reduce the actual number of able seamen, but to get rid of some useless coast guardsmen. Lord John Russell, in a letter to the Manchester Cham. ber of Commerce, refers to the possible effects on the cotton supplies under the political crisis in the United States, and tenders to the cotton manufacturers the sor- vices of British Consuls in all cotton producing districts for the dissemination of the wants of the cotton trade, and the acquisition of information relative to possible supplies. Lord John says that goveroment’ is not pre pared to incur avy expenditure or any liability in the matter, but he thinks the Consuls may be useful in ascer- taining what amount of cotton may be forthcoming from their respective districts to suit any sudden demand, or what amount might be brought into the local market if the native dealers had a reasonabie assurance of finding customers for it at a given tune. France. ‘The Moniteur again denies that the government is in any way responsible for the political pamphlets which make their appearance daily, and says:—The government is invested with no powers to prevent the publication of books and pamphlets. It would, therefore, be unjust to render it responsible for senseless theories which the good sense of the public stigmatize as being contrary to the Catholic feeliogs of the country, and to the respect due to the Holy Father, in regard to which the policy of the Emperor is always an example. ‘The Havre journals speak of a new order for 200 gun- boa's having been given to private builders. ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Times says the French government bad intimated to the other govern- ments interested the necessity of a meeticg 0” their re presentatives—in fact, of a Congress—to examine and de cide on the situation of Syria before the 16tn of Febru- ary, as the French occupation, according to treaty, ceases im March. ‘A pamphlet was about to appear in Paris, written by a ecientitic Russian of some celebrity, to show the real worthlessnees of the Turkish loan, There was some talk of a reduction in the postage rates between France and England from 4d. to 2d. ‘The Paris Bourse on the 2ist was &rm and more ani- mated, Rentes advanced to 67.40. The Moniteur directs attention to the case about to bo brought before the tribunals, in which M. Jerome Boua- = and Mrs. Patterson, the divorced wife of the late ince Jerome, demand a partition of the Prince's pro- perty. The Monieur recommends that the pleadings be waited for before opinions are formed, Italy. A despatch from Naples announces that the Sardinian Admiral, Persano, had proclaimed the blockade of Gacta and had announced that he would aliow the inhabitants a few hours time to leave the city. The foreign vessels had quitted the port, It was beneved that the boml - ment would recommence on Monday, January 21. The remainder of the French squadron left Gaeta ac- cording to prior announcement on the 19th of January. The Italian fleet had left Napies for Gaeta. Two frigates had also left Gonoa for the same destination. A royal decree confirins the nominations of Prinso Carignan for the new Council of Lieutenancy for Naples. The names have been already published, and they had been weil received by the people. ‘The Opinione of Turin, of the 20th, says:- refused the Pag ome! for surrender, the announces that General La Marmora rin on the 2ist for Berlin, on a special mission to the King of Pruseia. ‘A despatch from Rome of the 2ist says that the Rus- sian, Prussian and Portuguese Ministers had returned there frem Gaeta, but the Papal Nuncio and the Ministers of Austria, Spain, Bavaria and Saxony, still remained at the beseiged city. The Danish Question. The Paris Patrie says:—A rumor is current that Eng- land, France and Russia are on the point of coming to au understanaing, in order to bring about a solution of the Danish question by amicable means. ‘The United Committee of the Germanic Diet, to whom this question was er that the Diet shall de- cree the illtgality of the Danish financial patent on ac- count of its not having received the sanction of the estates of Holstein. and Ubat the Diet shail call upon the Danish government for explavations. The above propo- jon is to come before the Germanic Diet for considera- tion on the 7th of February. Austria. The official Wiener Zeitung contain an Imperial decree. dated the 18th January, ordering the emission of a new five per cent loan of thirty million florins at 88. The ob ject of contracting this loan being one | to anticipate the payment of the taxes, the Minister of Finance 18 to issue the securities in sueh a manner that @ fifth part of thoir amount may be redeemed at a time, and the tax collectors are ordered to accept them at par in paymvat of the taxes for the current year. ‘The following resvlutions of the Emperor have been dispatched to the Stadtuolder of Buda by the Chaneelior of Hungary. {he ciection to the Committee of the Comitat of these persons who aro refugecs from the country for political reasons are dull and void. Several severe punishments are to be inflicted on all persons who refuse to pay the taxes. The Comitats are prohih'tea from making any ordioance in reference to taxes. A) te of the Diet ajoné can bring about @ change in the tri- bunuis now existing, or in the presenit civil aud penal codes, The practical establishment of the institutions granted by the constitution of 1848 is ProhMited, avd the public functionaries are ordered to nowt severe measures. In care of re- eos of the Comitat are to be eithor sas pended or dissolved. The assemblies of the Comitat have no exeentive power, and are consequently not to ve allow ed to issue ordinances. The imperial diploma of October 20 will, however, undergo no modification, and the oon cession granted to Hopgary will remaiu unabridged. The Augsburgh Gaseie again states that a treaty be tween Frussia, Aus iria and Russia guarantees to Ausyia the poeseasion of Venotia, Indl The Pombay matl of December 27 had reachot England. ‘The indignation caused by the grant of £520 000 to the descendants of Tippoo Saib was very great, and public demonetrations were being got up against it. The collec. tion of the income tax was proceeding quictly, but it had hardly commenced. The import trade had opened at Bombay after six weeks suspension. Prices in some cases showed a de- Cline from proviour rates, ‘The money market was tight. Freights, which at no time had fallen very low, had risen, owing to extoutive speculation, The quotations to Liverpool were £2 $a, for seeds and £2 128. 6d. for cotton, Financial and Commerc Affairs, The firm of Messrs. Francis Ede, Son & Co., one of ho oldest and most respectable firma in the Levant trade had suspended, The latest eatimates of their liabilities are ag high as £800,000 sterling. Tt was at first supposed, that the suspension would prove but temporary, but the latest prospects of @ favorable liquidation were not quite 80 satixtactory The suspensions are also announced of Messrs. Leone, Rodoconachi & Co,, London, merchants, for about £70,000, and of Mesers. Henry Smith & Sons, railway contractors, Birm ingharn The Engiwh fends continued flat, but without any ma- teri] variativn in prices. Consola at noon oo the 221 uit were quoted at OL', @ 3g for money and Pi}; a & for awcount The discount market remained the same. The choieest Paper wn negotiated at 634 per cent. There were no gold withdrawals from the Bank on the 21st The ship Roxburgh Castle with £166,000 in gold from Melboorne hat arrived in the Channel. Aso the 4 Jey with 33,000 ounces, AMERUCAN ARCURITIRR, The London Times of the 224 reports considerable fluc tnations, but gives the following as the ol: JMinois Central ‘ ° dis Erie shares, New York Central rh Michigan Central, frst mortgage N20 NED. nnn aera tly firm, and perhaps in some cases aoe geen ¥ ‘Messe. Hewitt & Co. repeat thee . vend _ FS MARKET. “ oa &Co., Wakefield, = Co., say Of this morning’s market:—Attendance ae teen ‘quite light. Four slow, and 6d. per bbi. cheaper; extra Western pressing, at 208, 6d. upcbanged, but demand confined to extra gorts. Indian corp 34. lower; mixed preesed for sale at 38s. per quarter without buyers. Provisions—Beef and dull and unaltered. Bacon ip better demand. Lard firmer, with sales at 588. a 608. for good to tine. Tallow quiet. ~ (VERTOOL PRODUCE &. ' Sugars in limited demand. Coffee—notbing doing. Rice juiet. Ashes steady; small sales of at . 64. Dusiness reported Spirits of turpentine dul) LON! Breadstuffs dull, and wheat generally 1s. a 28. per quar- ter lower; foreign held for previous rates, Sugars firm and wanted. Coffee firm at extreme prices. Tea in fair request and tending upward. Rice wanted and not obtained at late prices. Tallow firm at 60a. for ¥. Linseed oi! 288. 3d. a 28s, 6d. THE NEW REGIME. Srarvcrmp, Feb 4, 1862. Grave apprehensions prevail in Presidential circles of fatal diesensions in the republican party on the compro- mise question, and consequent embarrassment of the in+ coming administration. The Chicago Tribune reads Mr. Kellogg, of lllinois, out of the party on account of his compromise propositions. Much feeling {s manifested here among the radical republicaas in view of the appa- rent discrepancy between his declarations during his late visit to this place and the position now occupied by him. Mr. Washburn, of Maine, telegraphed to Gov. Yates urging bim not to appoint Commissioners to Washington, as the appointment would demoralize tho republican party. This and other appeals of the same nuture pre- vented the departure of the Commissioners until this evening. Horace Greeley arrived here this morning, and went west after a few hours’ stay, without seeing Mr. Lincoln, He is expected back to-morrow morning, when he will make his wishes known to the President elect. He is very severe on Mr. Cameron and Mr. Kellogg. A positive declaration, in reference to the compromise movement, will, doubtlessly, be elicited by him. Mr. Lincola re- ceived the newsof Greeley’s defeat at Albany with his usual complacency. A Pennsy!vania delegation is here to urge Gov. Reeder in case of Cameron's withdrawal. Mr. Lincoln has received and accepted an ‘nvitation from the State authorities and citizens of Albany to visit that city. The trip to New York from Albany is now definitely determined upon. The Presidential party will stop at the Metropolitan Hoter while in New York city. The Stolen Indian Trust Fand Bonds. IMPORTANT TO PARTIES HOLDING BONDS WITH courons. ‘The United States District Attorney has received a copy of a letter addressed by the Department of the Interior to Messrs. C. Whitehouse, Son & Morrison, New York. It ig as follows:— Deranrvet oF Tue IyTenor, Fob. 1, 1861. Gextumren—I have to acknowledge the receipt of yoar letter of the 28th ult., in which you request to be fur- nighe with a full deeeription of the Ingian Trust Fund bends recently abstracted from thas Department. In compliance with that request I herewith enclose 2 carefully prepared list, giving, in addition to the num. bers, the date of issue, from which the holder of any bond bearing a Dumber corresponding with any embraced bay er be enabied to determine whether it ig claim this government. It may rto aca that this Department is in porsession of the covpore which fell due January 1, 1861, ‘on the missing bonds, the interest upon which is payable. in January and July, excepting ten of the Tennesseo bonds, numbered as followe:—217, 278, 204, 297, 409, 8,149, 5,711, 5,799, 5,840, 5 842. Persous, therefore, who are ia ion of any bonds of the States of Migsouri, North Nina or Tennessee will perceive that, with the above exceptions, if the January coupons lately fallirg due were attached to the bonds. they hold, their bonde cannot cor 4 with the de- scription and numbers advertised, will not be claim- ed by the government. 4li such must of necessity belong to a different class or series of numbers. r obedient servant, Very respectfully, * MOSES KELLY, Acting Secretary. ‘To Messrs. E. Warrmouss, Sux & Morrisox, New York, The Case of the Alleged Slave Bark Overma: In yesterday’s Hxratp we published an account of the reizure of the bark Overman, Captain Beaise, by the United States Deputy Marshals on suspicion, as was alleged, of being engaged in the slave trade. Subsequen’ inquiries, however, have semewhat tended to remove that suepicion. Vessels engaged tn that nefarious traffic are invariably fitted up in a peculiar mannor, bearing indubitable testimony to their real character. They always contain a large quantity of fetters with which to secure the negroes; and tho presence of an immense number of small water casks, large quantities of rice and. articles of merchandise suitable to the African trade never fail to betray their errand. The cargo of the Overman, according to the manifest entered at the Custom House prior to clearance,was widely difforent. The following is: copy :— 100 bbis. rosin. 50 bags clover seed. 614 bags pimento.. 340 bhds. New Orleans m 6 Mutaves,... Stx flour barrels tilled with coal, and half a dozen ha heads of water were found on the deck when boarded, and one of the sailors was heard to say that there wag only one barre! of bread on board, and that he and the mate retused to sull with so small a stock of provisions. the Overman is of 450 tons burthen, and is a fine, trim Jookitg vessel, well quaiitied, as far an appearance % to engage tp the slave trate. She is said to belong oo H. Wooster, of Belfast, Maine, although another account vests her ownorship in William C. 4. Vermieuleu. It is further eaid that she —— belonged to a Mr. Shan~ burg, who run her on several voyages to St. Jago de Cuba. She is still lying in the Atiantic Basin, lyn, and is in of Deputy Marshals Spracklin and Dow- bigan, who positively refuse to give any joformation re- specting the reason she was seized. In cousequence of the mystery which surrounds the bark it is impossible tossy whether she is really detained cs a siaver or under attachment for debt to the crow, as alleged, or other pene In fect even the name of the New € agent ‘tudiously conceaied. Of course the continued presence of the federal officers on board must destroy the theory that Ehe put back in consequence of having a leak, though an indivious! on board,-who is e to be the veritable New York agent himself, persists in the silly Sa which he may as weil tell to the marines, After oll the Overman may be o in an henest trade, but if so why maintain so much secrozy? ++ 00+ -$13,832. gs Police Intetligence Aiareep Coysrmacy to Dernivy.—Geo, W. Markham, @ broker, doing business at No. 8 Pine street, and a man pamed Dorrance Davis, were arrested by Serge:nt Cropsy, of the Lower Police Court, yesterday, on a charge of con- racy with intent to defraud Dominico Chieachi out of $1,600. the complainant, it appears, was proprietor of « fur store at No, 146 Bowery, and being anxious to close his business, advertised to sell out. Markham called (n answer to the advertisement and enterod Int) newotiations for the purchase of the concern for a third party named. Hodges. Mr. Davis was Markham’s erence, and fully corroborated the latter in relation to the reap yasibi- lity, of Hodges, who was re wo be a rich gentiemen, living in fine style in Fifth avenue. kearything appearing to bo satisfactory, Chisa- chi wcceptd Hodg-s’ notes at three months, with two bonds of the Mount Vernon Ratiroad Company as collate. rais, and the transfer of the stock and fixtures was duly etf-ctea Subsequently Chivachi discovered that thero was no Fuch person as Hodges, and believing that the Lotes and bonds are worthiess, be now calls upon Messrs, Markham and Davis to assume the Habilities of their mythvenl friend, or answer a charge of conspiracy to cefroud, The accured, who deny the charge preferred against them, were liold for examination. Coroners’ Inquests. Fatat Reerur or «4 Stanmva Arrray.—tephen Good. win, the pailor attached to the ship Charles Hill, who was tabbed near the corner of Catharine and South streets, on Friday morning, died yeetorday at the New York foe: pital from the effects of his injuries. Tho deconsed, tt will be recollected, in his ante-mortem examination ac- cused William Robinson and John Jackson of being hia neeo'lpots on the morning in qnestion, and they are now confined in the Tombs awaiting the result of the Coroner’ inquest, which will be held to-day. Decessed waaa na- tive of Newbaryport, Mass, , and was thirty-four years of age. Kraxp my 4 Fait.—oroner Jackman held an inquost at 162 avenue A upon the body of Charles MeKeon, a native of leland, syed’ oighty.four youre, who was acertentally killed by falling down stairs. conse, it appeared, was attempting to descend a filghs 1 of stairs in the onght ta n hie foot shipped, gol faibng headlong to the broke hie neok rr rendered @ verdict in accordance with the abuve sets, Terrors To Tarrux —~Ankawaas River.-—The Vomphis Enquirer, of ult., says:—The lightning wires by sed through fron: this wo learn that the first déwpatot them was received last evening by Captain tow), Te informes him that there was three m the channe the Arkansas river, which Was then falling slowly