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10 IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. Debate on the Resolution of Mr. Douglas in the United States Senate. Speeches of Messrs. Breckinridge and Hale. APPOINTMENTS TO FOREIGN MISSIONS, AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH. EVACUATION OF RINGGOLD BARRACKS. &e., ae. &o. PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVACUATION OF FORT SUMTER. Wasnineron, March 18, 1861. The cubject of the evscustion of Fort Samter bas been isposed of by the Cabinet, every member having be- come satisied that it must be dove, and so advised the President, in whose hands the whole subject now resis for the issuing of the order to Major Anderson to evacu- ate. This order wil be issued the mo- ment the preparations can removal of the troops. Jt will uot be dene by any nego- Wavion with the authorities of South “aroliva; and the statement that they will not allow Major Anderson to eave the fort with hie men unless as prisoners of war, ie not true, so far ae the knowledge of this government $e concernet. The Sumter question ie still the adsorbing one. Mr. Lincoln having requested the wril- ‘ep opinion ct each member of his Cabinet ‘pon the question of the evacuation of that fort, Ahose gentlemen complied with bi request, and to day went him their views. It is understood that éve mem- Bers of the Cabinet concur in the propriety of withdraw- img Andercon. The President's object in obtaining their ‘views in writing hos not transpired. This course is re- garded a8 unusual on the part of the President. The wild statements about the investment of Fort Pickene, and that an order had beea given for the Texan troope to proceed there, that a cn- @ict was anticipated there, ana that sach was the subject ef a Capinot meeting that iasted for eight hours oa Satur- ay , is not true. Mr. Archibsld resigned as the head of the Barean of Engineers in the Navy Department, and then resigned as ‘ap evgmeer in the Navy. WHAT DO THEY WANT? ‘The President was so crowded with outside pressure to- day that he ordered his doors open and Jet the patriots fm, about one hundred. They were urged, however, by Mr. Lincoln’s Secretary not to present any paper or talk | to him on business, which rule Mr. Lincoln was the first to violate by entering into conversation with almost ever one who approached him. He looks very much @ereworn, and deciines to enter into conversation aout matters relating to the forts, navy yards, &:. WHAT THE REPUBLICANS OF BALTIMORE WANT. | While this impromptu levee was going on five or six men presepted themselves as a delogation of repubReans from Baltimore, who presented the name of Mr. Marshall, brother of the {sous Tom Marshall of Kentucky, as their candidate for Collector of Baltimore. They as- pared the I resident thai i gould give satisfaction to the ~eqptire party in the State of Maryland and to the DusinSs Community -of Baltimore-4yg; the statement ‘that apy appoiutusent the President may make in Bull more will be resisted by force is untrue; and finally, the eyokesman assured the President that sees eionists in Baltimore were like angels’ visits, few | and far between, ‘The delegation also preacytet | ® name for postmaster of Baltimore. ‘The President replied that he should make no appolti ments in Mes land gr the Digtrict of Colombia until he thoroaghly euder- Bioud the wants of the people aod aK about the candi @ates. Then be could decide the stions fairly. He said be was aware that the republicans who lived in Sounthern States were brave men, and ford of Baking @ tilt, but be doudted whether that would be Ui correct pringiple upon which he should settle the ques. tion, as towho should be Collector and Postmaster of Baltimore. The delegation in parting, said they believed Uhat he woold do right, end azpoint men who haa mani fested that they had backbone enough to fight for rep 1b Jican principles in the last campat THe NEW TREASURER. General Spinner, the new Treasurer of the Unitei Biates, will assume his duties to-morrow, when the few Femaining miliions in the vaults wil! be counted over be fore he gives hie bonds, takes the cath, and certifies to ‘the amount said to be deposited, MORE RESUNATIONS, ‘The Sixth Auliter of the Treasury and his chief clerk Doth resigned to-day, before Mr. Adams, of Kenuoky, nominated on Saturdey, can be confirmed and enter upon bis duties. It is believod that the heads of several of the bureans $n one or two dopartmente of the government have been guilty of furnishing all the importan’ informative they ould collect to the leaders of the Soathern confeteracy. The affair is undergoing investigation. POSSIBILITY OF AN ATTACK PICKENS. Wasiixerow, March 18, 1862. ON FORT A belief in the poseibility, but no direct apprehension | of an immediate attack on Fort Pickens by the revo Tationary forces, prevails in official circles. Facts ren @ering such an event probable are certainly not in the possession of the War Department, all assertions to the sontrary notwitbstanding. THE TROVRINS OF OFFICE SERKERS, ‘Schurz had not the slightest intimation of the nomina- ‘on of George P. Marsh for the Sardinian mission until be ‘was informed by a Senator at the Capitol that his eucoess- ful competitor's name had been sent in. His feelings can be fmagined. Bat nothing daunted by his failure to se- eure the coveted firs’ class diplomatic prize, he is deter mined to put ina bid for another. Seward is known ‘to be inclined to send him to Brazil or Chili, and his am ‘Dition will, doubtlese, come to rest in that direction. His Sriends ptofess a good deal of indignation at the ignoble treatment they contend he bas received, and severely denooneed both the President and Mr. Seward for leaving him and them in contemptuous darkness as vo their rea Antentions in his case. Scburz’s diccomMture confirms all J telegraped you on Baturday in regard to Seward’s line of policy towards foreign born applicants for diplomatic posts in Marope. It shows that the Secretary of State has carried his point, and that natives only will be sent, Schurz has an ap Pointment with the President this evening, when a plas. , in the shape of a SoutH American mission, wil! prods bly be offered wo him. All the Cabinet ofticers repoatedly called at the White Bouse to-day but no forma) council was convened It is not true shat the President holds the evacuation of Fort Stmter under adyisement, His mind has been made up on the subject since the carly part of last week. Th: question being reduced to a purely mibtary one, his good genge would pot allow hit to oppose the counsels of such experts as General Scott, Colonel Totten, Profoeor Bach» and others. The President's attention hag been successfully directed to we barefaced nopotisin and partiality exhibited ia making and proposing appointments by # cortain secre tary and prominent Ohi> politician, He ie raid to bave e dirgurt at the operations of those par wret th. his eyes were not opened in re Mareh exprereed ix tee, and to ord to therm vefore the stb of vON"E LIRR IT. The irritation of republican leadore at the doliy of action in reference tolurt Sumter avd other Soathern penis |e growing. .\ distingnished weavern republican Rena‘or remarked yerterday that “if tue atmintetration @10 Dot coon © nme devoung Ve tine to more mo. mentovr (eetiona than the distribet on of the spoil ho woakd Lave to denounce it We We ORO HC The place hunters mave a tremendoae run on the Peo eident and hends of departwente today. Their ante roome were eboked wll day with irre io crowd only a small fraction of whoin gainos oamittance. The dent caveciahy saflared much from the importuni. tes of puiloners ier oftiee, ait h only one out of every ten calla ooftained # bering Governor Cc . deni 4 Rimecif w everybx y, tO rea! op accamuland worreep me enc» Caraive Wo lay hos gol amtiy oniored te late in pehalt of sepiravts of foregn birth. He food them when hie Loman? ine iets prom ai mere fie retcrma bore on be made for the | N and will vi! for Spain on the 24th of April. Green Lay, 4 1CiaG\o, has beew appointed Secretary to bis Legation. Professor Glaubénekier, of New York, 1s here, lsboring | for some Cerritoria! Secretary =bip. | HE A. Wutze, of Dapugue, will be appointed Surveyor + Genera! for the Jowa and Wisconsin district. ©. Davieson, of St, Lovis, will be Consul at Bordeaux. | PROSPECTS OF THE SOUTHERN COMMIS- SiON. Wasnivoron, March 18, 1861. Wir. Roman arrived bere this evening. The Commis- sioners are now al! here, and are waiting the action of the administration. It was expected they would hear | trom the Department of State to-day, but masterly inac- tivity is the dominant idea, APPOINTMENTS TO FOREIGN MISSIONS. Wanuinaton, March 18, 1861. Mr. Dayton’s nomination and confirmation for the mie- | sion 10 France today without the ueual reference to a committee was in consequence of the fact that he was formerly a member of the Senate, and was only the usual act of courtesy extended in euch cases, The President also sent to the Senate the following Rominations-—Charles F. Adams, of Massachusetts, | Minister to Epg'and: James Wateon Webb, of New York, | Resident Minister to Coustaatinople; George P. Marsh, of | Vermont, Minister to Sardinia: Wm. 8, Thayer, of New York, Cousti] Genera} to Aloxandria, Eeypt. This programme rules out Schurs, Sumner and Bar- lingame, and changes the whole European programme. Schurz, it ig said, will go to Brazil; but neither Sumner por Burlingame oan have either the Russian or Austrian miesion, 05 Maesachusette cannot have but one European representative. Burlipgame will probably be offered the office of Go. | verner of one of the Territories, which will result im ' potting him tnto the Senate. Fremont may be texdered the mission to St. Peters- burg or Vienna, but it ie doubtful, as the Califormans churge that he did not declare himeeif with the Republi- cans during the last campaign, and did not yote for Lia- coln and Hamhn, William 4, Howard, Postmaster of Detroit, Michigan. William §. Thayer, of New York, was nominated for Congul General 4o Egypt, and Patrick J. Divine as Oonsul at Cork, Doctor Locke, of Indiana, has been appointed Chief of the Agricultural Bureau of the Patent Office. SPEECH OF MR. BRECKINRIDGE. Wasmotoy, March 18, 1861. Senator Breckinridge’s speech to-day upon Mr. Dovglas’ resolution was a masterly effort. Im the course of bis remarks he took occasion to give what he under- stood to be the meaning of Mr. Lincoin’s inaugural. In some aspects he regarded it as a peace document, the | conatraction of his Cabinet, however, did not indicate peace, There wae but one way, he said, that peace could be preserved, and that was by removing the troops now occupying military posts in the Southern con- federaey, and throwing the whole matter open to nego. tiation, The attempt to maintain this Union by force of arms be regarded ag idle and preposterous. Such a policy would destroy the last hope and forever preclude the poe. sibility of reconstruction. As to the collection of the re- venue, ke said, under existing laws, it had been clearly | demonstrated as impossible. Tho speech was able, eloquont and statesmanlike, and | made a deep impression upon the Senate. OUR NEW MISISTRR 2) TCRKRY, The appointment of James Watsan Web» as minister to Turkey surprises everybody, and i variously commented on in diplomatic circlee. His friends here assert that ho will not accept, ‘They regard it as an attempt on the part of the administration to send him into coventry. Webb accepted a first clase misefon. THE MISSION TO GREAT BRITAIN. The eppointment of Charics Francis Adams to the ' Court f St. Jemes hac been a fixed fact for sometiqge, although there neyp beer styong efforts by some radical | repwhlicaps to defeat jj, TROUBLE ADOOT THE MISSION TO PRANCR, ‘The appointment of Mr. Dayton to the French Mission hag greatly incensed Frement’s friends, as it was ander- ctood that porition had been assigued to bim, Fremont wos informed before he went to Europe that he would certainly get it. ORRMAN THUNDER, The greatest indignation is manifested by the German element, now in this city, at the failure of Carl Schurz to set the Sardivian mission. They threaten to destroy and wipe out the republican party. This ita terrible disao- pointment to Greeley He insisted to the list that Seburz should be appointed. REATONS We PORT Mr. Offutt, chief ¢ n the Sixth Auditor’s office, re. signed today. He goes South to take an important post under President Davis. He is one of the ablest and most cfiicient men tn tho department. Davis is constantly takipy the pest ofllcers from this government and giving thom important positions under h's administration. Mr, Archibald, Engineer in Cbief in the navy, resigned to-day. It ie derstood he hag been tendered an impor- tant position under the Soutnern confederacy. NEWS FROM CHINA AND THE MEDITER RANEAN. Wasimscrox, March 18, 1961. The gove-nmen! have received Intelligence from Hong Kong with dates to January 14. There was no political | news of importance, The aspect of affairs was peaceful and trode rather improved. The troubles which have existed for some time be- tween the two factions had partially been reconciled, and there was some little hope that matters would yet be orily adjusted, CAPTURE OF AMERICAN VESSELS RY PIRATES, There were reports of the capture of two American veevols by pirates, and neccersary steps had been taken w ascertain the facts and bring the perpetrators to jus- tee. THR MINING STUP LEVANT, Despatehes from the Pacific bring no tidings of the missing ebip Levant, Commodore Montgomery, in writ. ing home, says he begins to despair of all hope of hear ing (rom the missing hip. AVYAIRS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, Advices from the Meiterranean received by the govern- ment thie morning, represent affairs in that direction to be eritical. The contest between the Sardinians and King Francis is carried n with great vigor, and the prospect not very favorable of a speedy settlement. American interests, however, had not been thus far impeded or ia- torropted. American vessels in large numbers were ar- riving and departing at Messina. (UDG OF THE SEPREME COURT, Fonator Crittenden was tld today by a republican Senator that he would get the Supreme Judgeship. Ho left to. day for Kontudky, but will return soon OMMION OOTRRIOY IN AMRIICAN APFAIRS, inguished Russian officers sent here by that omen’ to examine and report upon the con- dition of adatre gencrally, They have gone Weet, over the Balti and Ohio raiipoad. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Wasinvoros, March 18, 1861. tice Department has been nouified by the cheap one cont stamped envelopes nprovement of the dissolving lines for distribution. These envelopes are nded for circulars, and have beer taened in re are now ready obielly sconee to memorial. from pubiabers and merchants of New \ork and other cities. They will, daring the present week, be distribeted mg the most important post offices sale by t t one dollar and ton cents per 4. exciusive of the stamp, which is a reduction of forty cents Obe CF BE SLomped envelope comprisiog this improvement. Official ceepetches from the Rast India squadron ery | that one of the veewels bas beou dempatehed to Ningpo thoor for the purpose of Mnding out, if paseible, the pirates | who receptiy captured two American veseels, ‘The Pacific roi! rought no information relative to the miseing sloop Levant. ‘The last remittances from any of the seoeded States, on acoount of the custems, were receive. from Galveston toward the close of February—about $900. Drafts on halaneos provious to sereBion, aud 9 receipts other than from custom, It la aaid, are honored in thove Btates, with the exception of Loalsian: HON. WM. L. DAYTON PRaNCH. Teevrow, N. J, Marsh 18, 1861 News te receive? here that Mon. Wm. J. Dayton hat appointed Minister fy Pramee. It causes great re here among his towasmen end numeroue political MINISTER jenas MOVEMENTS OF HON ©, PF. ADAMS. Boston, March 18, 186t . Cparlos Frateis Adams hus arrived home, where wehomed by someroue personal friends, yer thousand upon the rates of the present | TO | USITED STATES SENATE. EXTRA SESSION, Wasiinoron, March 19, 1861. Mr. Coway preeented ibe credentia's of Davia Wilmo! ‘8 Senator from Vennsy!van)« in place of Mr, Cameron. Mr. Witmot was then sworn and took his seat. The Vick Pre-1peyt laid before the Sena'e a jeter from the Governor of Indiana, enclosing joint resolativos of the Generel Acsembly of that State, requesting Congress to cail a Convention for the amendment of the constitu: tion, Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Senate ther resumed the considerstion of the resolution of Mr. Douglas im reference to the forte, ar- sepals, avy yarde and other public property ix the se- ceded States, Mr. Breckrvnmar, (opp.) of Hy., rose and addressed the Senate. He suidthat it was not bis purpose to tres- | pass long upon the time of the Senate, but in the present anxious and distracted condition of the country this body should not adjourn without bis expessing an opinion on the existing state of alfahe, tome advice tending to allay public apprehen- sion. Heretofore, in the official position as presiding officer bad of necessity been a silent spectator 0’ tho scenes before bim. Since Congress met the confederacy had been dizmembered. tan early period of tue session he, with others, had made strenuous effurts in order to copeummste a eauisfactory adjustment, but unbappily all Ubese efforts have failed. He ht he foresaw Boon | after that they would all fail, and accordingty mere than two months ago he wrote to the Governor of Kentucky to that effect. No man regretted this failure more than be did, and now the other branch of Congress having adjourned, he should regret tuis body to separate without giving ther opinion or ad- vee io order to allay the apprehension in the pablic mind. Here the immediate question ‘was one of e or war, So it wastoday. Wuawver Was the possbility of am ultimate adjustment to unite all tates, @ was one of peace or war. Opinion seemed to be divided as to tho meaning of Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural. The Senator from lilinois hed copetrued it to mean peace and con- cihation. ee eet acer Oe ere eident bimeelf certainly used general terms of concilia- tion, but then it was proper to what kind of peace, apd on what terms it canbe maintained. The country, however, should not be lalied by a geveral as- surance of peace unless he was prepared to give it. He regretted that he had not been able to construe the inavgural addreas as other Senators. He was tree to confers, and he was gratitied to do 80, that the geceral expreesions are for harmony and the preven- tion of bicodshed. But the policy whieb the President says he deems it his duty to pursue muat result in blood- ehed vplers Soneiioraiy modified. He then procecded to rea1 from the inaugural that part which scewed wo bim to be the key of this important point, and then suid the Jeading idea was therein very clearly ‘put forth shat the President does not recognise, in amy sense, the existence of another confederacy of States, but that he regards all the proceedings and acts ia the seceded States either in- surrectiovary or revolutionary; and that it is bis pur- pose, to the extent of the power coniided in him, and ‘the force at bis command, to enforce the laws in all the states, including those which have withdrawn. Beyond this power there will be po invasion, no war. ‘The tmference was irresistable to whatever extent forceor invasion is pecersary to collect the dutics on imports, and to maintain, possess and occupy the forts, furce will be employed by construing it 10 be, his, constitu. tional duty. It is true that the Presideat has quaiified his declaration by saying “the course hore indicated will be followed, unless current events and experience sball show # modification or change to be proper, and in every case and exigency my best discre- tion will be exercised accor ding to circumstances actually existing, and with the view and hope of a peace- ful solution of the the | resvoration of fraternal sympathies and affections.”’ | Thor presence there could do no good, but incalculable 4 birm. Nay more. It could 1 ot be disguised that while seven States have withdrawn, the eight other States re- maiwing !n the Union are discouraged, gloomy and threatening. Their course will in all probability be de- termined by the policy of this admicistration. In his inion if a halting policy and the forts are sbandoned ‘and withdrawn under the pressure Be (Mr. Breckinridge) tock thie qua) that he will not unzertake to execute the laws or to hold the forts and other places within the withdrawing States, excepting where circumstances show his ability to do 80; and if be will not undertake tw exercise tl func- ticns because tt would .be irritating, and mske the 8 of a solution more doubtful, then the policy be that which would preveut irritation and bloodshed. The President conceived his duty to ho!d, possess and occupy the forts, and collect duty on imports, to modified pccording to the Byseetig, of th, case which may Lim; otherwise his policy would ~ bi And ¢asy. Looking at Fort Sumitcr, the reasons for the rumored evacuation, not politisal but military reasons; not because in the opinion of the ad- ministration the holding of the fort would irritate the publhe mind and render concilliation and harmony doubtful, but because the military and naval power does not exist to penetrate to that point. Unless the purpore of the President was to use force so fur aS was neceesary, be would, if his object was purely conciliation, withdraw the troops for political and nos military reasons. This was the only rea- and giving | damental priinciple that neither Covgrees nor a Terri- ‘orm Legisiature, per madtviduals, have power to give Woniexioteune, to: is, Fas was 08 leral tween iF principles: those oa which the ly of the domheen propio stands The opinion. not to say de- cision, of the Supreme Court, shows tnst sia in ‘the Territories is entitied to protection. He took granted the States which r g i A 4 E 4 ii H i € : fe ead an ae ‘Urging @ eatisfactory settlement. He repeated tbat the people of the North saw the danger. Those of New ervey, Pennsylvania, and of the great States in the valle the Ohio and elsewhere, poured in their petitions to adjust the difficulties on terms of equality, but the members of the dominant party here and in the other House, with stupborn incredulity as to he result, were determined to make no change im the platform of the parfy—they re’ueed w recede. one inch. They would not need those ver conferring ee on @ single propositione proceedings of that committe. rigid exhibition of purpose not to refused all guarant uitable division of territory, Congress, notwithstanding efforia to bring of something, tbey the beginning to the end form. “itis true both housea nally passed i roped form. ouses a ameadment'o the constitution that nd ameodment shall be made thereto to give Congress power to abolish or inter- fere in apy State with its domestic institutions, including | eet Eee te ere ew be ie: nee of wa! Eight slave States now hesitate about their course and that was the ultimatum offered, but the ma- | jority utterly refuse to give security as to slavery im the District of Columbia and ‘the inter-state slave trade,and the right of the South in the territory or any other aspect of the whole subject. He wanted Kentucky and the other slave States to understand what they have to expect in the #3 dominant iy as in Congreas. They bave not offered for their acceptance ve tbat they will rot abolish slavery in the States. He then reviewed the short address made by Mr. Seward to « party of friends who called upon him to show that that gentleman advacced a subtle, dan- gerous and demoralizing policy to shift the ‘question of distinctive republican principles to the more I eal Bh goa Was it now the policy republican party, under the name of devo- ‘ion to the Wnion, to form a Union part; epeeine te border slave States, backed by the f ral government, with a view to secure the triamph of free soil priciples. The idea eseentially leads to the emancipation of slaves. He warned these that this ie the policy to be persued, and if it is permitted to be carried out it will reault in nothing leas than emancipation in those States. As to Kentucky, she lingers and holds back yet for a settlement. It would be presumptuous in him to say what she should do, but she understands this issue, and is determined to have her constitu. tional rights; and soon, very soon, from peak Pceageose etrmer neigir sage yarn nga for constitutional justice. will not lay her bright and beaming forchead in the dust, but turn to her Southern sisters. Intercourse, commerce and will compel her to unite and form a _ mighty republic, wif States If this is done, it can be only | done by the majority of the Northern people whom you | represent. 3s in your hands, and the destiny of the country in those of the President, and remotely in the hands of the majority whom you represent. y should address themeelyes to the iss ‘The only mode on earth to avoid a collision is for advice of the | the administration, with or without the Sevate. to remove the troops from within the borders of the Confederate States. It will be a bold act, but one of 4 patriot and 61 , whi men will approve and justify, and from one end the coun! to the other as a@ true test «of policy. If the & peace President does thie, opinions will be various. Some may brand him as a false and faltering statesinan, but the ma- jority will declare him a patriot who refused to bring on ‘the country the calamities of civil war. Mr. Harg, (rop.) of N. H., said some remarks have fallen from the senator to which he had hoped never to feel the necessity of replyimg, but they had been re- fon why the evacuation was to be excused by the domi rant party and the republican prcss. Then be thought be ‘was justifies in construing the inaugural to mean that the President will hold the forts and other places within the Confederate States, and collect the duties on imports to the extent of his power, and if there is any modification it will be because of his inability, aud not because he would be willing to withdraw the troops Jor the pur- pose of producing conciliation and peace in the public mind. 1 was avowed the other day, when the bill pags- ed makivg an appropriation for @ certala number of steamers of light dratt and heavy armament, that it was for no other purpose than to {avade the shallow waters of Southern States. Should this become neces- sary, the public piers gave but little ground of hope that this policy i pursued would ayoid bloodshed. The character of the Cabinet was not such as to induce the belicf that force would not be used. Although Mr. Seward breathed general words of conciliation, he said he “would not enly speak a good many words for the Union, but would work for the Union.” If this gentieman had modified his views he (Breckin- ridge) did not know it. The Secretary of the muey, Postmaster General and Attorney every other member of the Cabinet, one excepted, are under- stood by the country to favor the policy of coercion if it becomes necessary to reduce the South to smbjugation. Toe vi organization of the Senate and the opinions continually expressed byl republicans hore show their purpoee to maintain the authority of the federal govern. ment over the withdraw States by force if necessary. In the formaticn of the standing committees there was searcely a chairman of any one of them whose koown jon was not in fi of this policy. Should the authority of the federal government be main- tained over the withdrawn States by force of arms? This exhausts the entire questiod. If yes, it is proper for it to be known. But there is nn adequate tion. There in those seven States the sion of the seattered forts was the only cause of irritation If they are to be maintained by arms let us get ready for the conflict. If not, then the policy is clear. If tho Union is not to be maintained by arms, then the a i to withdraw the troops from the limits of the Cou! | rate States. There are not, he repeated, troops | chance of re- there to coerce the people. Ir the last withdraw the troops. The | avail yourselves of uniting the States, country should not be deceived. What was meant by peace and conciliation? How was it to be ma ntaines? | He desired to know it as sincerely as he desired the | union of all the States. He hat sure of — practical polioy produce the result. fe ate danger of collision end bloodahet. Per! country on the globe than our own could such events long exist without wing bloody consequences. We are, he repeated, liable to hear at any time of a collision of arms. For the sake of the poiitical and materiai inte- rests of the country, the support of credit and the general osperity, let us establish some leading principle. If jood should be shed, you will have destroyed the last hope of reuniting the States and maintaining ia their sotegrity what is left of the Union, It might be preramptuovs in him, but he thought the Senate repr.senting the States and an advisory couneil ought to advise the President by resolution to withdraw the troops, not to take any steps looking like &# menace, but to throw the chances on an amicable ne. gotiation. Tbe seven States which have gone ont may de considered ® protest against force. The eight re- | maining Statee also protest. Tennessee, Kentucky and Virgimia by overwhelming majorities have declared, | that if coercion were need, they would consider the | cange of the receded States thet* own, Even Marylan, | | like a mute moved to utterance, has raised her voice in the same direction. If the President, univer advice of the Senate, withdrew the scattered and | impotent forces, be would give the country an | agsurance that the sdministratioa means . The material interests of the country would revive, and there would be realized the truth that the greatest blessings are to be found in a constitutional Union, He would vow | for the resolution introduced by the Senator from Tili- nois, becauee its purpose looked in that direction; bat it seemed to him tbat it would be more direct and effec. {ve if some Senator would move a resohition expressiog the sense of the Senate that itis tue duty of the Preai- | dent to withdraw all the federal tro »ps from the Oourede- | rate States. He had spoken of the forts, but eaid nothing | about the revenve, He believed the late administration | bed Jooked into this question and reached the conclusion | that it was not porsible to collect it under the existing | lows. He thovgbt thi fact was domonstraied by the Senator from Hlinols, If collecwd it must be | by force, which the President does not powos, nor has the power to blockade, Then there could be no question a8 10 revenue until Congress meet and new laws | shall be enacted. For one, he preferred the present fe- | derat government administered according tw the spirit | of the constitution t any other. He believed thns administered jt was the best on earth, Me in | herited aud all bis life had | ano cordial attachment to the constitutional Union. and woul! be willing avy day to die for it. While he thue-be- Heved be w'so beheved that administered in the absence of Yhe spirit of a constitution it becowes the worst om | earth, He would never sacrifice municipal police and | State ereignty to the feveral union, His opin. jon was that the federal government cannot be restored or presorvod on the principles whieh bronght the dorinant party inte power, He helleced they hare perverted the consttution, and thetr principtes and policy wfliet not only injory but Cegredation oo nearly one half | the States of the Union. without going throagh ail the declaration of their principles, he would mere | ¥ yefer to f& portion of the Cbicsgo plat | form, whieh he wae porry tw heer | Presdent Liveo n say wre the law to him and his friende, The eighth scetion says the normal contition of all the Territories is that of freedom, and denivs that ej /her Con- | grese or a Territorial Legisiatare, or any individeals, can give legal existence to sievery therelm. So abhorrent to this political party fe the idea of property tn ariave, or the jabor of nalave, that although the inet vations of ftteen Statvee are founded upos it, they declare as & fun. | pact, you removed the restriction, aud you spread | dicial exposition of the constitution by the highest tribu- | nal, that siavery existe by virtue of the constivua- cberithed an habitual | sooaps £0 often and 80 many times, but which had not ‘2 80 well Paid heretofore as by the Senator from Ken- tucky, that be feit again cal) on, at the expense of being ‘called tedious, to put in an answer which be t was founded on the plainest page of history #8 to what course the adaxnistration should take reepecting the forts and the with- drawal of the forces. He had no advice to give until it was calied for. He had not been in council with the administration. The President had selected those competent to advise him, and relying on their advice, dos not feel the vecessity of relying upon that of ao: one outside. He bad contented pimself with the ecoti- mentof the Senator from the late State of Texas on a former occasion... Mr. Wicrait (interrupting) said that Texas was a State before she was admitted into the Union, is a State now, and be hoped always would be a State; and unless this government has power to Teduce her to & provincial condition he trusted she would always go remain, Mr. Bate replied that he had no pbilological contro- versy with the Senator. He would say then the late Senator from Texas—(iaughter)—who had remarked he would never give advice exc-pt when asked. The Sena- tor from Kentucky in arguing the question of power of this government over the Territories, asked whether they would de impartial justice, and aaid these Confedera- ted States, or rather the other eight slave States. He Hale) sappoeed that they are confederated States, not the Confederate States, would not remain in the Union except on terms of equality; but what was the truth of history? How did the country stand at the time the constitution was adopted, and at this very day, as to slavery in the Territories, when the States of Virginia and Kentucky came into the confederacy of these States. What wus the law? Slavery was prohibit- ed not only by statute but by a compact irrepealable, in every inch of Territory over which the federal jurisdic- tion was exercised, And in 1789, when Washington took the oath of office, the federal flag did not wave | over an inch of the broad earth outside the limits of any State where slavery was not prohibit- ed by compact, deciared to be trrepeaiable. Be would not trace the history up to the present time, In 1820 you declared slavery should not exis: north of 86 deg. 30 min. This act remained in force till 1464, and then what did you do? You are talking about our agereesions. You broke down the time honored com- slavery over the continent, outside the States of the Union, and as if that was pot enough. You have the ju- tion, or wd Ftp pe of the constitution goes, and ail the power Congress is coupled with’ the duty to protect it, and yet the | Senater from kentucky, says they are not going to be deprived of all_the Territ . Hale) dia not understand that language. He did not # what it | meant. He wanted the couniy to take notice of the | EW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1861—TRIPLE SHEET. mind to the belief thet gentlemen jw earnest and meant what thoy said, , Deen used, he was yet to learn what | Benator from Kentucky, and the > Virginia the ‘constitution, and ‘Toombs said that the administration of the federal erpment bad in the main been fai majority. He said convictions the great difficulty ; and threatens the perpetuity of the Union arises from the restlessness of saasiowen to sit in seats they are un- from which now exists accurtomed to occupy. iron rule of the bumerical force was no advocate of toe iy», who, that in evs constitutional goveroment there should be a spirit of loyality in the breasts of the those who occupy high places in the land when the voice of the poople 13 provounced in solemn and legal form it becomes those who love constitutional doctrine of their 8, tO bow, not to be- come what is termed submissionists, but to bow and nis friends had so img submitted. This is the trial hour of the nation, We are in a crisis. He believed events of import on the re- sult of this question. If a wiess spirit which ets itself’ in defiance of the decree in the constit forms is to vall,and the seeds of discontent are to be scattered broadcast over this land, and the constitutional heads of the nation are to be impatience, and a minority is to haughtily dictate to the apa ge en be done, else they will xo out of confederacy, Your experiment is at an end; your constitution is « lie your existence as @ nation is a cheat, histo-y your 4 delusion; and your example, instead of illumiaating the tyrannies nnd despotisms of the Old World to a more iy rer more calighteued adiengroot Leger of iat ignis fatuus of ages, those who strive for liberty to the most misetublo failure that history over recorded. He would say to all such States out, in- Stead of asking them back he would rather a few more go out. If they were willing to stayin the | Union a8 our fathers made it, avd submit to | it as our fathers intended it should be sub- to. We a@ Union in name. If wo are willing to abi by this test and submit to the duties which are imposed. He made other re- | marks of a patriotic character, which were applauded in the galleries. The Senate went into executive sad cuonaee see soon afterwards A New Trial Granted for Mullig: SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. Hon. Judges Clerke (P. .J.), Ingrabam and Sutherland | presiding. Marci 18.—In the case of William Mulligan vs. the People.—The Court delivered an opinion reversing the Judgment, and granting « new trial to the prisoner, who is undergoing punishment in Sing Sing. ‘The following is the opinion of the Court:— AuEN, J.—The plaintiff in error was convicted of 2t- tempting to discharge a loaded pistol at ove Oliver, with intent to kill him, and sentenced to the State prion for four years, upon which conviction error was brought to this t. veral questions aris@ upon exception to the rulings and decisions of the learned Judge in the progress of the trial, which it will not be necessary to consider, i¢ my brethren concur with me upon the main question pre- sented by the record. The prisoner was in a common* gambling house, of which Morrissey one Dancy and others were proprietors, and, while conversing aceably with Dancy,’ was ordered out of tho use by Morriseey. Not leaving in pursu. | ance of the request, the attendance of Oliver, who was one of the lice officers of the city of New York, and Tpieeeat him to remove the from the premises. prisoner ,| | prisoner refused to, or did not leave at the request of the oflicer, and the latter advanced toward him with a view to eject him from the house. The evidence tended to show tha’ the prisoner retreated as the officer advanced, and took from his pocket a loaded pistol and ited it at the offi- cer, using threatening language, indicating an intent to discharge it if the officer put his hand on him or ad- vanced toward him. The pistol was not cocked. The prisoner was not in the act of committing an offence against the law, and was not liable to arrest by the officer, and there war lo resigtance to Oliver as an officer, While attempting to remove the prisoner from the house, Oil- ver was not in the line of his duty as a member of the po- lice. The house was a public gaming house to which the prisoner had on other occasions resorted for play, and, aside from the license fr toy eg the character of tho house, the actual permission before given to the prisoner ‘to be and remain m the house, was an favitation and ex- prees license to him to enter it at any and all times until | the license should be revoked. He was not, therefore, a | treepasser, or guilty of a breach by entering the house at the time of the alieged assault, But the licerse was re- | vocable at the pleasure of the proprietors, and when ro- voked he could neither lawfully enter or remain upon the | premises, Notwithstanding the illegal and offensive cha- | rater of the businces of Morrissey aud Dancy, the pre- | mises aud the possession of the proprietors were under the protection of the law, and no one had the right to | intrude upon them against the wishos of the owners. wholcoaame restsuints of tbe coustitation.” Ils necessary. | rnment and revere the great _ in obedience to the popular voice in the sense that he | disregarded from a spirit of fretful | in Reg. v. Lewis by Arabbin, Sergeant, after consulting Yorgem, J., and the jury were instructed that to festa: an indictment for attompting to discharge @ blun- derbuss at the prosecutor, there must be than the mere presenting of the bi end thatvome act must be shown to have been done by the prisoner, to satiefy the jury that be did ip fact at- to disebarge the blurderbues The object of En; ish and our own statute is the same, to panish proxi- those attempts which immediately lead | to the diachargo of Jouded arma (Reg. v St George C- Eu OF piste to poses ie shee ec | With the gum or pietol that ie pads “wt | more getting. ib. Jn rendineny to di tempt to d'scharge it, Upon the trial an. at with in- | tent to kill was ¢ nfounded with the spectte, sade | aod entirely aiferevt offence charged, un attempt to dis | charge a loaded pistol with the like iatent. The act, the | attempt to commit which was made olfence, wag the ciecharse of freerms. No matter what other offence was | committed against the laws, or the parsca of the officer, | if this offence was not committed, the Prisoner was. wrongfully convicted. It is tar from certain thet any offence was committed by the prsouer, but of thac wo are not ihe judges. We are only upon the present conviction. prisouer may be, was very strenuously urged, a very bad man, but be. is. | Beverthelese entitled wo the same measure of justice aad be judged and acquitted or condemned by the samo | Tules of evidence and of law which ave applied every other case It will not tend to make bad men convict apd them without or against laws and the adininistration of justice will | Fespected to have it under that rues uctions of statutes can be made wo | ex'gencies of particular cases, and that men demned for Keneral bad character rather than upon of specific offences. In passing upon evidence, j of acts and intents, and deciding, as a question | uptn the geilt or innocence of a party, charact: | important element, and in a doubtful or bal may properly turn the scale, but not so | Upon legal questions. They are to bos decided Btract questions, and penal statutes are to construed by the sume rules, whatever may | the character of the individual by the decision. There may intent to do bodily harm or to ki:l. | ple, 1 Hill., 351.) If it be co prisoner could have'been convicted of an attempt to kill, b7 rea son of having done an set preparatory, or taken one step toward to the commission of the offence, it still does not. follow that he has to discharge the pistol. Hi i pi sa eee é g g ill i i may ‘ not always where the line is which form a given act from an attempt to perform But the act which is characterized as attemp! proximate to the principal thing to oe can and attempts terdvgehargo be as diversitied as the meang of discharge are us, but can only be by some agt which, carried out and perfected, will result in @ dis- pane 9 The conviction must be reversed and a new trial granted. J. T. Brady for pletotiff in error; Nelson J. Water! District ‘Attorney ‘for the people, sed News from Mexico. MURDER OF AN AMERICAN BY HIGHWAY ROBBERS— toon seen FOLITIOS, BTC. fom the New Orleans Picayune, March 1; Tho United States mall stoamahip Teanensee Forbes, from Vera*Cruz 8th inst., reached her wharf at iowing named passenge’e’s"s Mr iasts, ba tuate ok lowing nam ngers:—J. M. dren and three servante; Miss Landin,’ Mr2 Mr. Amon and lady, Mrs. E V. Landa, Mr. Rerche, lady and two children; Mrs. Helymen and’ child, Mr. Laon and see Paz and lady, J. Rivas, J. Meangolrma, €olonel The Tenneseee experienced very heavy northeast gales during pearly the entire passage, remy Ay the following ships-of-war at Sacrificios:— United States steam frigate Macedonian, British steamer Valorous, French steamer L’Eclalre, French brig Mercure, Pecan frigate Francisco de Assis, and the Spanish brig Pelayo, By this arrival wo have the sad intelligence of the as- sassination, by highwaymen,on the road between the City of Mexico and Vera Cruz, of a young American, Mr. Ogden Yorke, ron of Mr. Kdward Yorke, formerly of thie city, who was at the time on his retarn home to the United States We give the fact in the words of a fellow parsepger, Who Wos un eye-witness of the dreadful trage- a: left the City of Mexico the morning of the 3d inst., and Puebla on the dth. On the afternoon of the ie day, when about twelve miles from Perote, near bacienda San Antonio, we were suddenly attacked by & party af tive robbers on borsebaek, in the dress of Mexi- can soldiers. They stopped the diligence and ordered ug all te get out. Our party then consisted of Mr. Ogden York, Mr. Seyeer, Colone! Christo, Mr. Hetrich, wite and our children, aud a Mexican eentieman from Jai There is some evidence that the oilicer considered the business of the house as well as the house | itself under the ‘otection of the law, and the proprietors enti to the aid of the police force to preserve order in carrying on the buetoess rather than in ne it, and thus effectual:y preventing breaches of the peace and violation of the law. It is proper to say | that in the excess of zeal to protect the gambiing house | and its business, Oliver acted without and against the or- | ders of his superior, Captain Dikks. Had he followed the inetructions of Captain Dilks, he would have kept within the exact line of hisduty. Breaches of the peace resulted | almost necessarily from the character of thoee who were | drawn together by the attractions of the place, and the | business of the house was a nursery not only for those offerces which come under the ead of breaches | of the peace, but for —— vice aud crime that infest the community; why this police offi- cer should have deemed it his duty so far to protect and encourage gambling, and a house for —s as to interfere with t! who were not | any offence, and. were not committing a their presence wus it is not easy to see. ity Bresen of the peace merely because cffepsive to the keeper of the house, this was very pro. | per, ard if the officer the direction of Capt. Dilks, and merely done | have been committed by the prisoner, and this conviction — ‘would not have been had. ae 4 peace other offence committed in the presence of the ofticer, hi ‘as such, bad no authority to interfere with or molest the | ‘and the display of his “shield” did not add to his powers. All the authority he had was as the | servant of Morriesey, the of the house. As | such be could have done- bis request, precisely what — himeelf could have done, that is, upon the re- fusal of prisoner to leave the house, upon,being re- quested to do so, he eouid have removed him, sing just that measure of force necessary to accomplish that pur- pore and no more. The prisoner could net have been ing dicted for resisting Oliver aa an officer. (Reg. v. Mabel- | 9C. and P., 474.) The officer went beyond his duty, a, piven my baleen beg pg ene was not, therefore, wi the protection the law as an officer. fact that at the time you are complaining at Northern aggression by the action of this government, legislative, executive and judicial, every restriction is broken down | ‘under the solemn sanction of @ judicial exposition of the constitution, just exactly as you dictated aud pro- claimed and foreshadowed on the eastern portico when Mr. Buchaoan delivered bis inaugural addrow. The | decree then in fact pronounced was after warde regictered — by the Supreme Court. You bave got evory inch of tor- ritory, apd still complain; you want more The only way Kaneas rid herself of slavery was by throwing off the vastulage & Territory, and | coming into toe Union as @ State, In Nebraska, where the people declared against the existence of slavery in | the Territory, and both branches of the legislative assem. bly abolished it, what did you dor Your federal govern ment, through ita accredited agent, stepped in and by the interposition of a veto paraly 20d popular san. timent and euid t© tho poople tlavery must be maio- tained, and now you have the whole ot the territory, lt was very lately the clam wae put forth that slavery shail be protocied, and jadges of your highest tribunal declared it our duty tw protect slavery there, and yet the Senator compisins of Northérn aggression. When or by whom perpetrated? Ho (Male) did pot ask the question in & captions — spirit, but with & sincere and earnest desire that the time, place, day and accusation when the southern Strtes were guilty of a breach of faich may oe named. When did they undertake to put’ your institutions under dan, and prevent the enjoyment of your rights? And slpee the repeal of the Missourt regiriction, in 1854, or | | *ince | the | judicial exposition, where has been the attempt made that you comp'ataed or! | They might as well open their eyes to the fwct ae not ‘The demoornetic party which has just gone out of power has ruled the country almost without question and with- out rebuke, and if there is « singie feature of their policy mere plain and prominent than enother, and chatleng- img the reproach of the worl, that feature | baa been the protection and support of the | institution of human sinvery. You have not bean coo tent to take it where the constitution feft \t, namely, asa | jocal institution, but you have changed your policy ¢ irely. When gentiemen talked about aettlirg the quer ton be averrod before God he did net know what vhey meant. When they bad gut ail tect it, be was ot a loss to know what tocy mount when they abked ror more. Do yon want to carry slaves in the States? If you do, say ao, There isa owe pondi detore the Supreme Court, and if a democratic Previaent ball ever come into power agsin be (Iisle) ventured say the President lest will tel «what the decixion tn that care pill be. Be saa theee thin & kind spirit. lo wus not wiling to eit here cay after day and mor th etter aiter month, to bear {t said he and bis friends have 1 } their power to give peace to a distracted cvantry, Wh | we have nothing on earth to give. (Langhter.) Ye | have the territory in its length and breadib. He had not heard tbe phraee Northern as greemion unt!! long after he had token @ seat on the floor of the Sens'a, to him a taunting of Northern = men him with setonishment, and somo ter it bad been familiariy used ho to Mt yeare af. brought bis the varritory | nial the whole power of the federal government to pro- | It seemed | {iitector vy. Whitney, ib., 262.) But ae the servant of lorriseey, and acting for him, he had a right to remove the priscrer, and as no question a ae ae resistance to a public officer in diseharge of his duty, #0 there is no question as to ft degree of force used by the officer in the expulsion of the prisoner, The | principal and only important question is upon the con- #truction of the act under which the prisoner was con- vieted, and that question was aircet nted b request of the prisoner's counsel to rt, to the jury that the Dotating of an uncocked Colt’'s revolv ‘at @ person was not an at which instruction wae refured and the jury were char; in substance, that it was fer them to say upon the evi- dence whether the act was or was not an attempt to dis charge the pistol. The statute under which the prisoner was convicted de clares that “every person who shall be convicted of rhooting at another, or attempting to discharge any Kind of fire arme, &c., with the intent to kill, maim, &e., shall be punished, ke. (2 R4S., 666, $96): and tho question presented is whether a conviction ean bo Jor an attempt to discharge a pistol when the individual indicted has proeeded no farther towards an actual dis- | charge or shooting than to raise and point the pistol an- cocked at the party threatened. There was no evidence of an attempt to cock the pistol or to’ pall the trigger, | and the jury would have been warranted in fading taat the prisoner merely raived the pistol and pomtea it at | the otic makfhg the qualified threat before stated. The | Instruction was properly asked for upon the evidence, The threat coustituted no part of the attempt t dis- | chorge the pistol, and was only evidence of the intention of the prisoner. "Tho statute quoted does not declare that every person who abail shoot or attempt to shoot at another shall we punished upon conviction @s therein prescribed, but ft is that every person who shall shoot or ball atvempt to discharge any firearms, &., eba'! be pumished, &c., evidently indtcaung that the at tempt, the act preparatory to the principal act prohibited, Toust be proximate and an attempt todo the specific thing name, to wit: discharge the gua or other Groarms | Tho statute ts not aimed at, neither is the indictment and | conviction for an agsanit with intent to kill, A person ) Mrght make nn assault with a loaded ptsto! in his band and yet make no attempt to hare it, ail would nov be within the provision of the statute, The hnglish stetutr, we well 1 Viet, 6. 85 as the prior statotes, for which that was a substitute, are somewhat more marked and oistinct in their language than our statute, are to the effeet that * whorovver shall #hoot at any per. eon or eball by drawing f triggor or in avy othor manner attempt to discharge apy kind of Joaded arms at acy rson,’’ &c , hail be liable, &o. The principal difference Pitwern our own statute and that of 1 Viet. is that the latter poniahes an‘ attempt to discharge a gun, &e, by drawing a trigger or th ony other manner, and our own jruinahes an attempt to discharge & gun, without referring to the means—that 16 | pumihes the attempt to discharge a gun io any manner, which ie no broader than the expression “ay other man | her’! in the Engiieh statute, Any act towards the de charge of a loaded gun, and calcutated to accomplish this nothing rbort of this would constitute the offence under ghe Revived Statutes, Ovr statute was net intenled to pt to diecharge aoe | purpers, would be an attempt under the English act, and | Mr, Yorke was seated near the door of the age and was the first to get out. As he did 80 we requested him to put his revolver ia his pocket. He did go, But at the moment he cpened tbe door one of the robbers struck him over the back with a sword. Mr. Y. then drew his revolver and fired, but missed. He was more fortunate the second time, the shot took effect and one of the robbers fell dead. He had now,-however, expended ali his shot and was left helpless in tae hands of the highwaymen, who fell upon him and cut him to pieces | in the most frightful maoner. Then they turned upon the other passengers, all of whom were brutally treated. Col. Christo received shot in his neck and a sabre cut on his head. Attempts | Were made even upon the lives of the women and chil- dren. They finaly left us, however, but not until they had taken from us all we bad, and compelled us to pros- trate ourselves, with our faces to the earth, on the wet sand, where we spent an hour in dreadful anxiety. ‘The og | of Mr. Yorke we took with us, in the dili- » to Perote, where it was delivered over to the authorities. it was then put into a coflin and deposited in the church to await the disposition of his relatives, a fons of whom have been the last year with him in jexico. ‘The Vera Cruz Progresa, recording this fearful tragedy, says the same party had previously been attacked and rovbed by a party of Indians near Ayotla. ‘We have files of papers to the 2d from the capital. The Extraordinary of that date thus sums up the news:— What with inquiries about the packet, about the possibility of a war in Europe, the about the feasts and bails given by the Fagiieh residents on account of the deplay of at, in this capital, and universal curiosity exci amongst: the natives by the practice ef a Yankee advertising trick, in «Tintura Excelsior ”’ on all the eligivle paving stones in the princtpal streets, local affairs for the past few days have been ‘comparatively forgotten, the govern - by veo having partially roiaxed in the promulgation 8 decrees. reception given by the English residents of this | city to Mr, Mathew and Aldbam hes been, and ‘still continues to be, most hearty. Breakfast has been followed by dinner, dinner by bali, apd ¢o on, until thece- ato nen Sera ts ioe ae ae 49 moat. The ge of government its upon everybody, and the Koglish have ocen fortunate in hay- pf happy an occasion for displaying their good Teelings. The news trom the provinces is without any particular interest. Gen. Dodjado still continues on his campaiga to San Luis and the Sierra. He has not beon entirely eno- cessful in establiching things satisfactorily in San Lats Potosi, nor has be yet put an end to Mojix. He is, how ever, a person of more than ability, and there i reason to hope he may yet accomplish the diffoult task | entrosted to him. We have no further from thesouth. The forces of Cobos and Olavarrin, ly at Matarooros Izucar, aro now being hotly pureued by forces from Pucbla. In Puebla affnirs are not yet oa the most satisfactory footing. Reactionary agente ‘are still conspiring. Gov. Alatriste, who now has fullest |, will no doubt. establish order and eccarity in his before long. | _ Senor 1. Antonio de In Fuente has ben a pointed Min- inter to France, and accepted the ajpointm: ee the Pacific coart the news is to the puleo. from Aca- ‘The steamship Uncle Sam, of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company, arrived that day ina disabled —s 8 out of abl having broken one of her shafta when two 5 would not on her journey, aud the oced on the Golden Age, due in a few da; ‘The yellow fever had again broken | ‘The typhoid fever alo prevailed at Guanajnato. _—_—$$—$—————————— | ‘Nin Pornmications ov Axtwenr.—At one of the sittings of the Belgion Chamber of tatives last month, @ @einber put ome questions to the Minister of War on the subject of the fortifications of Antwerp, which, he il, according to common. report, were to be considera. hanged trom what had | 8 | bly ¢ | He addea that reproaches | ment for wasting the funds originally decided on. ‘were made againat the govern. voted V4 the works by @ | faulty execution, Ge Chazal, Minister of Uanked the honorable member for having afforded him an opportunity of giving some explanations on the sub | ject, Sines the fortiGeations were commenced, 0 many ‘chadgew had twken place in the means of attack and defence of fortideu towns, im consequence of freah in. ventions in tho maanfactare of cannon, that very tovsiverable moditications had been fiamd nocas- | sry in the original plan; but, instead of iuereasing the @xpense, they would, on the cont: , load? Ho would mention, for instance, that facings 2 brick were found not to be #) vt @ de fence against the modern projectiles as carth and turf, and, therefore, the latter plan bad been adopted as being: Detter end cheaper — In support of this view of the case, the Minister stated that the works in etons, which had. been constructed at Portemouth and other places, were undergoing a situiiar siteration, With regard to a report | that @ foreign officor had severoly eritoised and found fault with the plan of fortitvations, be could say that the Gene. ral to qneetion (General de Bonin, of the Pruesian servioe had ceelarea that, when the works wore finished, Ant. werp would be one of the strongest fortified plac ya known, ‘The honorable Minister eoncladed by savirg that, when the discussion on the credit for the artillery for Antwerp woe brought forware, more detailed explanations would be given. AN Txpths Pape —Petowsin (Peep of Dayy. is the | name of a newepoper, in the Chippewa languag, juot | ptorted wt Sarina, hy the Reg, Thoraas Hurlburt,