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iri,” who is £0 true toher glorious Southern , Wruamspurc, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1861. Gen, poemee Dawe, first President of the Confederate States of America:— * _ Su—I am a young sobool girl, born in the State of Pepnsylvauia, and the granddaughter of Colonel w Hleazer Oswald, who served his cougtry nobly at Ticonde- fy Foga, Quebec, Danbury (Comn.), on the line of the Hud- , #0n,’at Monmouth, and on the battle fields. My great- >, grandmother wae a'Vérginia lady, Holt by maiden name, whose brother, Capt. John Holt, was a captain in the @ld Virginia line, You may be sure! feel proud of my an- eestry. My are not rich, a: { thought I would » make a few rosettes, typical of vathern confedera- ey, and dispose of them by © order to buy some rather expensive books I ‘at none Tsell, ‘hough one of my little ons uried hard to do 0 in New York. Now, what could 1 do With them than to send them to 4 present? Won't you accept them’ I lepe you wis. If you give them away to any of your young soldiers, say that the little Northern girl who made them—inspired by patriotic impulses—sent them a8 4 soevenir to the gallafit Col. Jeflerson Davis, of whose brave deeds at the battle of Buena Vista she has so often felt proud in reading about. With much re- ‘epect, LOU! GLEN. Se EFFECTS OF SECESSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Avsxvite, 8. C., March 18, 1861. Our Postmaster here has just received from a corre- spondent in Baltimore the following artiale, said to have been written by Judge Robert Lyon, of this town:— ABITER FROM JUDGE LYON, Of SOUTH CAROLINA, TO A FRINND IN THKAs, the Uda abv ane) ante) Par following letter on, of Abbe- vile Court Howse, South Carol if for itself:— ABHEVILLE ‘Duak Sir—I desire mail a Texas i. Tuner we have sont many hundreds of our ne- eres (I have sent twenty) to work. short last year, and it does now seem nothing will be planted this coming season. Ail are excited to the highest pitch, and not a thought of the future is taken. Messengere are ranning here aud there, with ana without the Governor's orders. Wehave pe money. A forced tax is levied upon every man. I have furnished the last surplus dolar 1 have. I had about $27,000 in bank. At Taek t gave beck for wn ‘thousand, then tive thousand, then emainder. It is Row estimated that we are spending $25,000 per day, and tot getting over these times. It was our full ‘ing when we wentoutof the Union that we would have @ new government of all the Southern States. @ur opject was to bring about acollisun with the authorities at Washington, which all thought would make all Although we have sought wach collision in every way, wo have pot yet got @ fight, and the mabac in order i prospect is very dietant 1 to ree from it what part of Texas may T want to raise cotton priucipaity, but mast Yaiee corn to do mo. 1 will need it ® thousand acres ‘of good and. My force is increas’ meny Pn os Foes are coming op. J can send to ield about eixty- Tre, big and Jitle. I shall wake no crop here this year. I ebail start my pegroes trom here to John Brownlee, at Shreveport, about the first of April. I will leave my Janda bere w grow up in pines. When we all get Styveveport Jobn Brownlee says he will go with me all over Texas. i cemae Nee See aoe Bee ee eee Many are leaving now; at least ten thousand nogroes have lett already, and before Ing one-third of the wealth of South Carolina will be in the West. I desire you to look around and help me get a home. As ever, ROBERT LYON. nothing but yours, ‘This article is supremely ridiculous, and is ‘@ tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. At is a lie, in the first place, because we have never had a Jodge Robert Lyon at Abbeville Court House, in Abbe- ville dietrict, nor in the State of South Carolina. It is a lie, in the second place, because there is posi- tively no such distress as the writer speaks of in the State of South Carolina. It iga lie, in the third place, because not a folitary negro has been sent from Abbeville Court House, or from the district, to aid in the work at Charleston, A tew, ‘perhaps a dozen, have voluntarily gone as body servants for some of our officers. It isa lie, in the fourth place, because not one dollar ‘bas been levied on any individual, nor a dime taken from the pocket of any man, without his voluntary consent. It is a lic, in the Ofth place, because money has been | much more plenty since the State seceded than before; and as an evidence of it not a dollar of the bonds of the Modsedcrate States have been sold velow par, but, on the ether hand, they have generally commanded a handgome premium. It is astonishing that slandering, fic iitious lying letter-writers cannot let us alone. We are om o the Ufion, and intend to remain out, and if a black re publican administration will make no attempt to coerce ‘we will trade as formerly with the North; but let caer. sion commence, and we Will first pay our debts, aud thea ‘Did a Jong adieu to our Northern neighbors. ‘Aslam iy knowa to filty, percaps one hundred New York merchants, I will subscribe my own pame to this article. ISAAC BRANCH, &M. D. MOVEMENT SOUTHWARD AMONG NEW YORK MERCHANTS. ‘We Jearn that the following firms have either done #9 er are about establishing branch houses in the South in | wonsequence of the difficulties which exist at the North and the broader field for enterprise opened in the new confederacy :—Messrs, Lewis B. Brown & Co. (clothing), No. 31 Chambers street, Mobile; Saulsbury, Renry & Co. (eiothing), Allen, McClain & Bulkley (dry goods), Adler & Newbouer (clothing), go to Mobile or Charleston; Bruff> Brother & Seaver, foreign and American hardware, New Orleans. Others are likewise preparing to avai! them- selves of the double advantage of having a house in each section of the Union, and will make a change soon. THE COLLECTION OF DEBTS IN THE CON- FEDERATE STATES. ‘The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, Thst fm the event of a conflict of arms between the Cortfede- the independence of the Confederate States, or to receive Abe Commiesioners sent by the latter to treat with the former in relation to the several matters of the cortro- versy existing between them, the courts of the Coafede- rate States shall-not take cognizance of any civil cave in ‘which the plainuil is or may be in either of the said Rpited States or either one of them, or any citizen or » @itizens thereof, or OF assignees, or endorse or person. cases in which the plaintii! shall be aforesaid, sbail, upon the bappen tog of either of the contingencies aforesaid, be dismisset -#6 motion, and aliprocers, mesene or final, which eal) have been issuei atthe suit of such plaintiff, shali ve and decided inoperative. report appeared fearon. though, as beretofore stated, fe credit, Northern ‘ve point, for our Convention, at ite trst epecia) care to vindicate the good faith of the State by passing an ordinance for the protection of Ipvest- ments. That there may bs no misunderstanding or ap- “prebension for the future on this m » We annex the Fyn and would request our New York exchanges AX ORDINANCE TO PROTECT INVRSTHRNTS OF FOREIGN carrraL ta, view of ihe prospat eonanion of tea setamrr ent the al e ahead in Sie” ‘capitalista a to the wecurity of invested ff this state, ig ordained, That to encourage the manufacturing and permanent improvements of this State, this bereby declare it 10, be, the fined potley of Georgia, to proves: all investments al made, or whick amoay. de he reafter@. ade, by ot of other ip mines or Bpabusoctares in Was state, caphal invested in any ober POADENE APODEME W. CRAWFORD, President, AR. Lamar, Bec tary. TRE SOUCHERY OFFICERS OF THE ARMY. 10 THE, KOITOR OF TAP HERALD, Jeerenson Barnacks, Mo, March 10, 1861. T matic inthe Times of the Tth of March an editorial whieb radocts eomewhet on oflicers of the army who are by birch and tebing Moutbernere. ‘Times ane endeavoring te carry out the views of General Acott, nowwely thet in.there deys of wial trues none but Worthern oiticers. I have.only to refer you to the cese ef Captain érnold Kizy, of she Second ertiliery, who Goyrived of his command in Washiogtan. Taaver and aro “ficient atioor grou amny, and hie qualificetions ae an are not gocom ‘paniod with (bosesire hat bu: name anouid be renowned ae af tho falond of his follow etcizens. The tele in Jrom aie South. "ADA the ouly way, leupposs, the Arty ele caw bo met mus be with tho » and ikwow your ‘hand can co it. ANDERSON MERGHAN f, Lisutenaat seound artiilery. COL, LOCKRIDGE. Col. Lockridge, of Niearsguan ot win ‘cry » bani, waiut g for komething to turn \o wheredy = thow he sunny im the cause of the fourth. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, A CONVENTION IN NORTH CAROLINA, ‘The official returns from all the counties tut two in Bor th Carolina how 2 mayoriey of about 1.eO aginst ‘ and showed himself a = in every! charm - ea the tedium of his icisure hours, itis at Brus The editors of the | sel, recovetracted ip part and considerably enlargod, be- A batter, | the Order of. fad im the | Of the Orcers 18 a libel on Cho officers @ the army | major of the Fourteenth regiment United states infantry convention. The ih evister says, however, in the el ans ie ee lik 4y | “Govervor Elie wilt at once iesue his for the resssembling of the Legis‘ature, ‘there is no tell- if they will not order, ily, the election of | delegates, without giving i ae ‘the opportunity to say whether or not they wish @ convention.” Judge Wade Keyes, of . has received the appoiutment of ‘Assialant attorney General of the THE LATEST NEWS. SOUTHERN SHIPS AT HAVRE, SOUTHERN SHIPS AT HAVRE. Guntastoy, March 18, 1961. ‘The Courier of to-day learns from » despatch received by & mercantile house bere, that the proper oificers at ‘the custom house at Havre, bave notified merchants that ships from the secedod Btates wi)} be admitted on the same footing as those carrying the federal flag. REGULATION IN REGARD TO GOODS PASS- ING THROUGH THE CONFEDERATE STATES, Savaynan, March 18, 161. Goods for Tennestee and other States out of the South- ern confederacy pase through the Confederate States without payment of duty. R. R. CUYLER, President of the Central R. R. and Banking Co, IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. New Ox.xans, March 18, 1861. Advices received here from Fort Brown state that the Ringgold Barracks at Brazos Santiego have viatually been surrendered to the Texas authorities. The entire evacyation tékes piace on the 20th inst, Possesston will then be taken by the Texaa troops, who have enlisted for six months, Resolutions have passed the Texas Conveunion unani- mously tendering thanks jg Gen. Twiggs. THE SOUTHEBN CONGRESS. Moytcourry, March 18, 7861. ‘The Tariff bill reported last week was not passed into a law. It will be up for action when Congress again meets on the second Monday in May. The Commissioners for Europe—Hon. Wm. L. Yancey, A. Dudley Mann, and P. A.Roat, of Louisiana—are about leaving for New Orleans, and will sail thence to Havana, to take the English steamer whicd leaves that Port on the 27th inst. for Southampton, LOUISIANA CONVENTION. New Oruraxs, March 18, 1861. ‘The ordinance submitting the permanent constitution of the Confederate States to the people for ratification or rejection was defeated im the Convention today. THE FLORIDA CONVENTION. Avavsta, Ga , March 18, 1861. The Morida Convention wili reassemble in April. Thomas P. Wall bas been elected to the Legislature, from Clay county, to fill a vacancy. Two persons have been arrested for birning the town of Newport, and will prebably be hung by tbe people. VIRGINIA CONVENTION. Ruamonn, March 18, 1861, ‘The subject of equality ef taxation caused an oxcited debate in the Convention w-day, between eastern and western members. A communication from the Maryland Commissioners on the subject of a border State conference was referred and ordered to be printed. ‘The report of the Committee on Federal Relations waa taken up, and Mr. Randolph made a speech. Before con- cludiog the Convention adjourned. ‘BHE MISSOURI STATE CONVENTION. Sr. Lovis, March 18, 1861, ‘The following amendment to the fifth resolution to the | majority report of the Committee ou Feoeral Relation, | which had been under discussion the past week, was vol- | ed down yesterday in the Convention, by « vole of 6 to a “And further believing that the fate of Missouri de- pends upon the peaceable adjustment of our present dif- ficulties, ebe will never countenance or uid a seceding State in making war upon the genere! government, nor will she provide men and money for the purpose of aid- ing the general government in any attempt to coerce a seceding State.” | MOVEMENTS OF BEN McOULLOUGH. t New Ontzays, March 18, 1361. Colonel Bon McCullough passed through Mobile on Sat- urday en route for Richmond, Virginia, to purchase arms | for the State of Texas, He goes also to Montgomery with \@ view to induce Jeff. Davis to order aregument of mount- + ed riflemen to Texas for the protection of the fronticy. | THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD. j Purapeurma, March 18, 1861. | The United States sloop-of-war Jamestown, which was taken off the Dry Dock at the Navy Yard last week, is now being fitted for sea. | The steamer Water Witch was launched from the Dry | Deck this afternoon. She carries four guns, and will be ted out immediately. Obituary. DUKE PROSPER LOUIS D’ARENBERG, ETC. Death has just cast a gloom over a family whose name has been famous in European annals for several centuries. | The Duke of Arenberg died on tho 27th ult, in the seventy” | sixth year of his age. The Duke Prosper Louis Arenberg, Duke of Aerschot ana of Croy, Duke of Meppen and | Prince of Recklinghausen, was the head of that princely house which formerly occupied a sest in common with the anciont sovercign houses at the Diet of the Germanic Fmpire. Born at Enghein, on the 28th of April, 1785, he was son of the Duke Louis Engelbert and Pauline Louise, daughter of the’ Duke of Brancas Jauraguaiss, The trou- bles of the French Revolution compelled the Aren- borg family to emigrate. On their return to Belgium at the commencement of the present century, the Dake Prosper Louis, at the age of eighteen years, and with the consent of his father, assumed government of the duchy, situated in the north of Germany, which now constitutes part of Prussia and the kingdom of Hanover. In hie ca- pacity of sovereign prin signed the Act of Paris of | July 12, 1806, which placed the Confodorntion of the Rhine ‘under’ the protectorate of Napoleon I. | Two years later be organized at his own ex- | pense ‘a regiment of Belgian light calvary, which ‘was afterwards the Twenty-seventh regiment of Horse Chasseurs. This regiment he commanded himseif daring i 7a. oo and spain, aod to every battle | to wh took part proved that bered ‘mili- | tary prowees of bie family which bad won brilliant distinction for many o¢ his ancestors in ware of the Houste of Austria in the Low Countries, in Gerinany and with toe Turks. His bravery during | the wars in the Peninsula games for him frequent honorable mention in the army orders of ths day. had aireaay received more one wound, when ho was | seriousty wounded at the battle of Arraya Molinos and made prisoner by the English, While thus lavish of his blood, Napoleon, by the crea | ton of the kingdom of Westphalia end toe extension of | Fronce to the banks of the Eiba, olotted out the Duchy of Arenberg from the number of sovereign States. For | his. actor apoliation there wes no possibie remedy, The Dake, besides, wes sti/l a captive in Eogland, and was not | wot ut liberty until after the fret peace of Pars, in 1814. Me embarked at Dover in May of that year, and betook | himeeif to the Congress of Vienna, there wo | plead the causo of his house, vajustly de- | spoiled of its sovereignty, But hie forts were of 90 avail, The act of the Congress of Vienna of June, | 1816, placed the Honse of Arenberg among the mediatized | princely bouses, where it ovcupies thy tirst rank, because | it was the only princely house of avcient creation which met with that fae. Since that time the Puke of Aren- i] has been bereditary memver of the First Chamber Of the Staté in Prossia aad Hanover, and iu these two kingdoms the poure of Arenberg oceupics whe first posi- Hop after the royal house. In loi the Dake married the Princess Maria Ludmille of Lobkowitz, whese taraily hae Deen jliuatrious for many centuries in Bohemia and Aus- | tris, Five obilaren—four sons and one daughter—the off- pring of thie union, survive their father, Retiring from political life, the Duke, as be advanced in pears, devoted huneaif.to the cultivat on of Literary tastes, of = and Otieer of the Legion of Honor, Jony Laseunn, who died a Trenton, N. 1.,0n the 10th inatant, in the sixty-oighth year of hie apo. ° i H t at the bombardment of Fort MoHenry, end gave noties of tee ch of the enemy's barges by the eon thes to dixchnerge their muneen ge sero 08 board the fr United states, Commodore Decatur, (n the action arid cactare of the Beitieh frigate Macedonian, and fae Wane ip the right jeg by a apllurer. from the ef. facts of #hich he never enciraly revovercd, and which provabiy hastened bis death, ‘Nonel Larour, Viee President of the Na 0), end jormerly Minister to Napier, is i nguiehed man waa but thirty-four years wet, one of the best statuarie Ip Germany, hee just died at Drerden, SNEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Slim Attendance im the Legislatare— Petitions from Cartmen and Property Holders for a Broadway Ratiroad— Post Office —Contracte—Cnarter Com- missioners—Tenure of Odic in the Militia, gde , de. . Ausawy, March 17, 1861. ‘The House this morning had a bare quorum, whilst the Benate was obliged to resort to a call to get their branch of the Legislature in a working order; and the third house ‘was ip a worse condition than either; it was empty boxes throughout, and on'y a bali a dozen sentinels to wareh events for them, Several potitions were presented this morning in favor of the Broadway reilroal, One, signed by one hundred and seventy cartmen was presented by Mr. Angel, Mr. Mekeo! presented one signed by F’, T. Barnum and twenty-two other occupants and owners of property op Broadway. Each sigoer has opposite his fame his place of business on that street, and are mostly in that portion of Broadway below Cham- bers street. Another petition was presented, signed by fifty. four property holders and occupants b3- tween Nos, $00 and 600, among which are a num- ber of prominent tirms. Mr. Fullerton pre- sented @ petition, from the samo class of men, above No. 800. Mr. Birdsall aleo presented one signed by one hundred and twenty names, most f them doing business between Nos. 170 and 350, and contain the pames of mapy prominent firms. This would look as ‘though New York wae not ai! one way @pon this sudject, and that there ie a divided sentiment on ever a raitroad im Broadway. Several petitions were presented by Mr. Hardy for the Post Office to remain at the ‘present site. A large ma- jority of these petitioners are io Maiden lane, William aud Wall streete, and one or two of them bave placed along by the side of their signs tures that they are in favor of any site south of the City Bail A general Jaw is all tha: these gentlemen wf! get from this Legislature. No Dill 10 direc:ly confem the sale of the present site will pase this Legislature unless {t is enakea through in disguise, Several bills were consivered in the Committee of the Whole of the House. Progress was reported on nearly ab of them The bill to transfer the bureau of Asseas- ments from the Street Commissioner to the Fiance De- partment. ‘The Sena‘e had slso under consideration several local bills, but none of apy public importance. The Prea)- dent appointed the folowing a committee of eight, or, in other words, the Grinding Commi:see:—Senators Ferry, Bell, Hidhouse, Truman, Sessions, Monroe, Spinola and Grant. Athas been in reality a dull day: perhaps, however, the afternoon and evening seseion will develope more life and make us believe that some work will be done. |. The Commitice on Cities and Vi)lages appear to be hold- ipg the bili that passed the Senate w take the confirma- Yon of contracts out of the hanas of the Board of Alder- men. The Aldermen are making their boasts that they can buy up the whole Assembly for tive thousand dollars. Can it be poesible that they have already scen that com. mittee? There ie another bili im the hands of that com- mittee, which has been laying there sbout four weeks, which the eitizens of New Yok are exceedingly anxious to hear from the comuittee on, and that ig the biil to appoiat commissioners to frame a new cbarter. It appears to be the general disposition here to tipker the charter by piecemeal whenever any place is wanted for this or that politician, instead of doing the matter in the way that the interests of the city of New York demand. Comptroller Haws seems to have become one of the most avxious men in your city for these changes, especialy whenever they transfer any bureau to his de- partment. On the City Chamberiain question he is mak- ing personal appeals, ‘and exhibits that kind of anxiety that bas made many who looked upon his department as being free from peculations of other branches of your oity government, as becoming somewhat shakey, and thig, as well as some others, are to be placed there to bolster him up. There is unquestionaply a screw loose somewhere, or else Haws would not exhibit the anxiety that he does about this. The motives of no person can be pure when they are laboring to strike at the very root of the Snancial system of the city, aud taking away one of the safeguards that is now placed arouna it. re is certainly a screw looge somewhere, then, and a big one too. The bill to limit the tenure of office in the militia of this State will be read the third time in the Senate to- morrow. A great deal has been said this winter about incresesing the efticieucy of the militia of thie State, and if the Legislature wish to accomplish this ob- ject shey will at once pass that bill. One of the greatest ‘drawbacks of our present system is, thatno person, how- ever worthy, can be promoted until those over him die of old age. ‘There is no encouragement whatever for a person to spend his time atd money fitting himself for a military oficer; and until that feature is incor- poruted in the militia laws of the State, the; need not look for efficiency. That is the evil which is Keeping the English army behind the French in all military skill. And if our jaw makers are they will cast them for this bill. It is worth ten times as much to the militia as the five bundred thousand appropriation. feature that has made our nation as is the one that enables true worth and not blood or favoritism to work from a place of small beginning to the very highest round in the ladder. By aM means do not let us make the militia an exception to that ruse, Comptrotier Haws, City Auditor Price, Jobn . Cum- ming, and a number of the prominent New York repub leans, are expected up to-morrow t make a concerted attack upon the eleven and a half millions to which the Common Council have ewoollen tho city tox levy this year. Some of the additional appropriations added by the Aldermen will be made the objects of uncompro- mising hostility by the friends of the linance department. The Arsembly gone into the business of baggage smashing. The two passenger and baggage bills to 1a. te cab companies were considered in Committee of Whole, the bilis completely riddled, and the enact- ‘ing claure stricken out of both of them by a vote of al- most two to one. This finishes these bills for this winter, and will no doubt end the controversy. Progress was ted on the Metropolitan Health bill, and the Senate bill relative to the rights of juries in the trial of criminal causes was debate? at mucti leagth. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Atnasy, March 18, 1861. Mr. Rontnson reported favorably the bill relative to re- gulations for the port of New York. Ordered to a third reading. Mr. Goss reported by bill amendatory of the Revised Statutes relative to the arsesement and collection of taxes. It provides that when two or more persons #hull hold, as trustees, goardiang or administrators, any personal estate Mable to taxation, and such persons reside in different towns or warde, such property shall be asscased in any ward in which said trusteos reside, unloss a written no- tice is signed by allthe trustees requiring such property to be aseeseed in some particular town or wurd, to be gerved on the assessor. Mr. CoLvix moved that the resolution making the An- nual Supply bill a special order for Cuesday be rescinded and the bill returned to the Assembly, The joint rules o the Senate and Atsembly provide that the Annual Supply Dili shall be reported no earlier than the 16th of Maren, and made the special order for the 25th. Aftor a little depate the motion was agreed to. The third reading of bills was then suspended, no quorum being present. Assembly. Auwayy, March 17, 1961. Petitions were presented in favor of the present Post Office site, and for a railroad in Broadway, New York. Mir. Fisher's bill, amending the act relative to frauds in assessments for jocal improvements in New ) ork, pro- pe extend the provisions of the act of 1558 to lyn. No bills were paseed, no quoram being present. Tho bills for the better protection of straugers In Now York city and Brooklyn, and vo incorporate the New York Pamenger ana Bug gage txprome Company , were considered in Committee of the Whoie, and, on motion of Mr. Pierce, were recommitted, with instractions to amend by inaking the Dill a geveral act. ‘The vill rélative to preferred cwuses in the Court of Appeais.and the Supreme Court was ordered w a third reading. The act declaratory of the righ's of jury in the trinl of cases of critoe, makes the jury jadges of the law and the fact, was alzo Considered, and a motion Lo report progress: carried. Adjourned, ‘The New Jersey © rt of Pardons, Trenton, March 18, 1861. Tue Court of Pardons now in session, hat comanted tle sentence of Henry Dow from aeath to imprisooment for life. He was convicted of the murder of damnuel Hail, at New Brunswick, eume time ago, Both of une parties were boy Fires at New Orican New Orman, March 18, 1861. The premises of Smith, Cooper & Uo., stip chandlers, Tel ie Birect, was burned yesverday morning. Love $160,000. Mostly inaured. A large Gre in the Fourth district consumed thitty or forty frame dwellings, which were partially ineured. Sudden Death of a Priest. Sis , Maren 18, 1961, Rev. Edward MeGean, anemiaont Cuthotie priest, died ‘his m hone, th this Village, enddenty, while mtting in us chair, A Child Frozen to Death. Cor Shaina, Maren 18, 1861. A little eon of Mrs. Jamison, mut quite ix yours oid, while on a visit hore from Brooklyti, strayed away ‘com Dia mother jast Sunday afternoon, aod wae traced thevagivtields, swamps, woods, euow, be , rome fire or six mules, where be waa found frozon vo dewth. Fire at Free: Pamvonr, W., March 18, 1861. ‘The livery stable of 8. F. Taylor wae destroyed by tire horges were warn No insurance, this morning. Teo ralnavie $26.00 Lo 620,000 unknown. Reo iow The origin of une are Diane, March 18, 1861, Pv Danke of thie city s*aumed spe, payrr-nie day. governed in their votes by the interest of the country, Election of United States Senator. Sr. Louis, Mareb 18, 1982. After severa! days of ballottiog for United States Sena- vor Mr. Green was withdrawn to-day ant Waldo H. John- son nominated instead, who was elected on the second ballot, the vote being as follows:—Whole number of voles cast, 145. Necessary to a choice, 73. Johnson, 88, Doni- phan, 36; Engtish, 29. Meeting of the Canadian Partiament, Mowrneat, March 18, 1862. The Canadian Parliament met at Quedes on Saturday afternoon The epecch of the Governor contatas very Uttle of importance. He congratulates the members on the returning prosperity of the country; ailadea to the visit of the Prince of Wales; recotnimends assimilating jaws in the two sections of the province; a bankrupt law for Upper Canada, and improvement in the discipline of the prisone. He saye that great effurts will be made to establish @ sound fyetem of immigration, and promo'e the settlement of the wild janis. Be tuen makes a slight allusion 0 (he Anderson cae. Arrival of the Palestine at Portla Poxrtasy, Me., March 18, 1864. ‘The steamebip Palestine, from Liverpx! on the 28th ult., via Londonderry on tbe ist inst., arrived here at eight o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, with forty- four passengers and £7,500 in specie, The Palestine reports having experienced continued bead winds during the voyage, and passed, March 3,9 steamer, supposed to be the United Kingdom, bound east. ‘The newe by the Palestine is anticipated. Markets. PRILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD, Punapavncs, March 18, 1861. Pennsy!vanie Stace ‘Sa, 87; Reading | ‘ ielana Btocks heavy. Railroad; 217); Morris Canai, 65; Log Ra'troad, ~204,; Pennsyrvanis Ruilroad. 41. Sight exchange on New York at para ', per eent disconot. Barriwone, March 18, 1861. Ficur dul: Howard etreet and Ohio ure held at $5 1235, City Milla at $5. Wheas buoyant: rea, $! $1 2s; white, $145 a §1 70. Comm aetive: ni 53¢, a 56>. Provisions dull, Uollee tirm at 12)j0. a 3c, Whiskey dull at 17 yo. Cierssam1, Mareh 18, 186%. Flour steady: superfine $4 50.0 $4 60. Whiskey tirm at 134,c. Bacon firm at 7. for shoulders and 4c. @ 100. for sides. Bulk sides in good demand at tise. Megs pork and lard: sales trifling. Momey market un changed. pee Central Park Fire on. TO THE EDITOR OP THE HERALD. Your imexpected pubiication of my private note of the sth ingt. has opened a narrow nssure, into which I propose to insert a wedge, with which t open wider the eubject of the Central Park extension, and indicate some views which eeem to hare been stuttiously kept from the public consideration. Thus far all that has appeared in the public discassion of this subject has been on one side. The owners of the property avered by the Central Park extension bave hitherto been silent. Their most important interests have been seriously damaged, and in the burning zeal to defend the section of the Central Park Board, and denounce the action of thé Commissioners of Award, the important pecuniary interests of the owners of the property in question have been totaly disregarded. It is now nearly two years since the Commissioners of the Central Park, of their own yolition, but without doubt in a wise obedience to a public necessity, without asking for the consert or concurrence of the own- ers of the property affected thereby, ovtatnod from the Legislature the passage of a iaw extending the Park northwardly from its origiual, impracticable and unfortunate termination op 106th street to that natural boundary on 110th street, where the Harlem heights so gracefully unite with that wide sweep of meadow land on which Harlem now stands, and which, by this fortu- nate juxtapasition, seems destined at no very dittant per riod to become a portion of a populous and prosperous city. ‘The effect of the passage of this Inw does not seem to hav been anticipated by the Central Park Board, nor by the general public; but causes produce efteois, whether men heed them or not, and at tiis day no thoughtful man can “look at the fact without the present conviction that active speculation ia property around and adjacent to the new boundaries of the Park was the natural result of 90 important a measure; and an asinal, intrinsic and rapid increage in values was inevitable. Bpeculation followed, of course. The irrepressible in- teilectual activity of the enterprising men of this com- munity seized upon the important movement and en- deavored to tusn it to their profit. Unexpected commor- cial and political embarragsment# have broken upon them, and the usual fate of brave men who step into posts of danger impends over them. The Commissioners of Estimates and Awards appointed under the law in quostion, after the delay of some eighteen months, made their report. ‘The owners of the property, who are generally active mon, of enterprise and character, and some of them men of wealth, brought every honorable influence to bear upon this commission, and every available proof of pre sent and prompective value, to obtain thereby appraise- ments of their property corresponding with their own well considered convictions of value. ‘The purpose of this communication will not be answered by either assailing or defending any character or any in- terest connected with the subject. I therefore con- fine myself to historical events of which the public are got partially informed, and which, when thoroughly understood, will extract the poison which has ‘been insidiously instilled into the public mind, and has found expreesion w! personal purposes or partisan bmg could be gratified, But of thia 1 do not com- Plain, Ihave no doubt that three years of prosperity oy vindicate ati vat claims + _~ owners of Property an general accuracy 8 appraise. ment made im their bebalf. Thus far we have ‘in quiet® ‘Dees and confidence’ forbore w notice the public assaults upon our intereste, and sought @ remody only by an ap- peal to the sense of justice of the right honorable gentle men whose official action alone can atlurd us relief, ‘The vaiustion of the property was a surprise to the pub lic, A very emall portion of the public are directly inte rested tn, or have any knowledge of the subiect in contro- versy, and but very (ew haye given the subject that tient thought and investigation which alone will He to exprees a wise and comprehensive judgment upon the valuation of the Commissioners of Awards. ‘The assessments for beneiit were large, and fell upon another class of active and influential men, who resisted the infliction, of course, and made their inthuence felt by the Central Park Hoard, with thet charactermtic «ergy which hae made our eny the marvel of the world. This dissatisfaction likewise found yeot in @ thousand tongues, and a reagy press, oxeiting clamor and anger, culminating at Jast in 4 summary discontinn- ance by the Centra! Park Bourd of all proceedings under the Jaw, leaviog the property owners, at a period of uni- versal panic aod distrust, suddenly encumbered with a unimproved real estate, which, the sovereign authority of the State, has beecteaieated to and declared a perk, and sbich, on the faith of that authority, is now & public park, with every street and avenue closed by law, and tbe’ property seized and held by that law for Suture public nge, without that just compensation which the constitution enjoins. Men jndge of the value of rea) estate with very much the same inconsiderate freedom with which all moa in our oe country apd in this age of free ae upon the most abstruse questions in theology. They alt know ai} about it, without the trouble of any previous in- veetigetion, aud utter their protound dogmas with we pp! Solon. Of thiz, too, 1 do not complain; 1 juat jadgment upon the value of unimproved real estate, taken sor public ures, work of consider. able difficulty. There cau be no reliabic stanaard of aod the varied minds and temperaments of men interpore insuperable obstacics to any well defined and conclusive judgment. It is one of ihe subjects which the exact sciences canmot define, aad ia waich even mathe Maties will Hot tell the troth, It is therefore not strange that when every divforing Jndgment was assailed, and every interest, directly or tn Gireetly, attacked, either by assessment or by a proba. bie increase of tien, the atmesphore should hare been diled by discordant aonnds, which willing ten in- Lerpreted as the voice of public opimion, and culled upon all oasentionts 16 listen and obey. 1 bave great respect for an hooest and {otelligent public opinion; but the two elements honesty and intelli genes are Gyeential to make any ‘“paoiic opinion’ ro- epectable, Real estate which is not appropriated to some useful which cannot be improved #0 a6 te pay more interest on the cost of its itaprovoment, ou you ean neither raise a potatoe nor pasture a gout, hae vo prevent value. Jo the future there may be pro- mires of value which van Ae imme ty and which the wisdom of the uninfors public has never fathomed, of even suspected. Public opinion on such a subject carries no overwhelming weight of anibority. But the men who buy euch property, amd the men whe, jn the diacharge of | a — pabiic trast, are catled upon to appraiee such +» must tok into asoount this subtiewlement of uitinvate weatul- neat, in order estimate wively that “just compent.. ton’? which the constitution guarantees to the cttiven, But a lorge olage Of men carry their eyes behind them. They have noeye for coming evonis, they know only the past, there are ihe men who, seeiag nothinyr ie not ye’, out honestly deaounce the judgment of Ahat other class who me,yor ‘link they gee, the dawning of that approaching day when the northern boandarins oF the Central Park covered with palaces, It bee not been my purpose to make an argument of Prove m Cro, but W give form to FoMe Kugwesttve Aen NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1861.—TRIPLE | it had become a law, and was to go into operation ibe crowded with population aod | vences which just men wit consider, and which may Lew | to create en honest pablic eentiuwst on a snpject which involves tbe important interesia nr the owners of wnat property which, by the highest.aichority of tne State, hae deen appropriated to pnoiic are, end for which they hare not revived Ghat “art compensaton'’ for which fur nearly two yoars tee public £y!t) has neen pl . BENRY Ke NOTE. | | i | SHEET. OUR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. The New Tariffs of the Southern and Northern Confederacies. High Seale of Duties at the North and Low Seale at the South, Retry ae, he. We publish to-day the new tariff of the North- ern States, called the Morrill tariff, which goes into effect on the first of next month. We have arranged the duties in tabular form as accurately the loosely, prepared and bungling document will permit. In this shape it will be of more value to the commercial public than in the form in which it appears in pamphlet form as issued from the Treasury Department. We also publish the new tariff of the Southern confederated States. It had been announced that the first of May, but a despatch from Montgo- Bry, received yesterday, states that its final pas- sage had been deferred till the reunion of the con- federated Congress in May next. Meanwhile the old tariff, at no special higher rates, however, is to remain in force. It is probable, if this despatch is true, that the departure of the Southern Com- missioners for Europe, by the way of New Orleans and Hayana, is the cause of this postponement, to enable them to meet the views of the commercial Powers in effecting treaties and making other im- portant arrangements on the other side ,of the Atlantic for the recognition of the independence of the Confederate States by England, France and the other nations of the Old World. THE SOUTHERN TARIFF. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PRO- VIDE REVENUE FROM COMMODITIES IM- PORTED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Section 1. The Congress of the Confedorate States of America do evact, That from and after the Ist day of May next a duty shall be imposed on all goods, products, wares and merchandise, imported from abroad into the Con federate States of America, as follows:— On all articles enumerated in schedule A, an ad valorem duty of twenty five per contum; on all articles oaumeratod dn echedule B, an aa valorem duty of twenty per centum ; on all articles enumerated in schedule C, aa ad valorem duty of fiiteen per centum; op all urticles enumerated in schedule D, au ud valorem’ duty of ten per centam: on all articles enumerates ip schedule F, an ad yalorea duty of five per centum; and that all articles enumeruted in schedule I, a specific duty aa there:mn pamed; and that all articles enumerated in echedule G shall be exempt from duty, to wit:— SCERDULE A, TWENTY-FVK PEK CRNTUM AD VALOREM. Alabaster and spar ornaments. Anchovies, sardines and all other fish preserved in oil. Brandy and other spirits distilled from grain or other materials, Billiard avd bagatelie tables and al) other tables or boards on which yames are played. eachenian ops for tadlea, or other articles of fur niture, Confectionery, comilts, eweetmeats, or fruits preserved fn sugar, molarses, brandy or other lnyuors. Cordials, absynthe, arrack, curacoa, kirachenweaeer, liquors, maraschino, ratatia and all other spirituous beve- rages of a similar character. Glasa, cut, manufactures of, and all veesels or waree of. Manulactures of codarwood, granadilla, ebony, ma- ogany , rosewood ard satinwood, Seaghola tops for tables or other articles of furniture Segare, suvil, paper segara and all other manufacwres of tobacco. Wines—-Burgondy, clarete, madeira, port, sherry and ali other wines or imitasons of wines. SCHEDULE B. TWENTY PER CENTUM AD VALORES, A@oas, vuisins, curranis, daves, figs and all other dried or preserved fruits not otherwise provided for. Argentine, alabata or German silver, manufactured or unmanutactured. Articies embroidered with gold, silver, or other metal. Balsam, costaetics, essences, extracts, pastes, pe fumes «nd ticetures,.used for the toilet o- ‘for medicin purposer: ‘Bay rum, petits of amber, composition or wax and all other 1B. Bracelets, braida, chains, curis or ringlets, composed of hair, or of which hair is a component part. Camphor, refined. Canes and sticks, for walking, finished, or unfinished. Capers, pickles and euuces of all kinds not otherwise provided tor. Card cases, pocket books, shell boxes, souvenirs and similar artick a, of whatever material composed. ‘Compositions of glass, set or unset. Coral, cut or magufactared. Feathers snd towers, artiticial or ornamental and parts thereor, of whatever material composed. Grapes, plums and prunes, and other such fruit, waen up in bottles, cases or cans, nol otherwise provided Ir. Hair, human, cleansed or prepared for use. Manufactures of gold, platiua or silver. Manufactures of mik, or of which sik shall be a com- ponent part, Dot otherwise provided for. ‘Manufactures of paper mache, Molasses. Pepper, pimento, cloves, nutmegs, cinnamon and ali other spices. Perfumes and perfumery of all sorts. Plated and gilt ware of all kinds. el getables, fruits, meats, Prepared vey i , meats, poultry and game. scaled or cnckeed inte or iberease Silver plated metals, 11 sheets or other form. Soap, Castile, perfumed. ‘Sugar of a1 kinds, pat hag onl Epaulettos, galloons, laces, knota, stars, taesels, tresses and wings of gold or silver, or imitations thereof. SCBEDULE C. VIPTREN PRR CRT AD VALOREM, Alum. Amber. Articles of clothing or apparel ‘Licles of | ‘< or |, including hate, cape, gloves, shoes saa bvots of all kinis, worn vy men, wo- ‘men or children, of whatever material compo-ed. Baizes, blankets, bockings, flannels and floor cloths, of whatever material composed, uet otherwise provided for. Baskets, and all other articles composed of graes, osier, palm leaf, straw, whalebone or willow, not otherwise provided for. Boer, ale and porter, in casks or bottles. Beeswax. Benwoates. Berries aod vi jes of all sorta used for food not otherwise provided for. Bive or oman vitrivl, or sulphate of copper. Bologna teusages. Hiraces, suspendere, wedding or other fabrics, composed phelly or in part of india rubber, not otherwise provided Breccia. Bronze liquor and bronze powder. Brooms aud brushes ot ali kinds. Barguney pitch. Buttons und button moulds of all kinds. Cables and cordage, tarred or untarred, or of grass. Cadmiven. Calamine, Calomel and all other mercurial preparations. Castor beans. Castor oi, Candies, tapers, spermacet{, stearine, tallow or wax. Caps, hats, mule and tippets, and ail other manurac. | tures of fur, or of which fur shall be a component part. | { | Caps, gloves, legriogs, mite, socks, stockings, wove shirts and drawors, ana ull similar artisies worn by men, women and children, and not otherwise provided for. Carpots, carpeting, hearth rugs, bed sides and other pee one , being one aubsseon, Brnssele, Saxony, Turkey, Vone! ilton oF ‘other similar Tabrie, if 1 ers Carriages wod parts of carriages. | Castorum. | Chaius of all works, Cider and other beverages not containing alcohol, and | not oterwise provided for. \ portions of earpett Chocolate, | Chromate of lead, Chromate, dichromate, hydriodate and prussiate of | potash. Cinpam yn. Cicek# and parts of clocks, Coach end harness furnivure of all kinds, | Cobalt Combe of all kinds, | ‘Copper bottoms, Copoer rods, bolts, naile and spikes. | Copper in sheets or plates, called bragier’s copper, and other sheet of copper not otherwise provided tor. | ee eee vitriol, or sulphate of iron. ! ae Cotvon cords, gimps and yafloons. i Cotton laces, cotton insertings, cotton trim uitg kiwes, | potton lages and braida, | purt plaster. Crayons of wil kinda, Coveds. Curiery of wil kinds. | Nelarwes, Toit ond tops of all kinds. | Dried palp Lorthen, china and s'one ware, and all other wares composed of earthy aud mineral ‘eabstances t.. other wise provided for. Haher. Fane and fire soccone of every descgiption, of what ever meterial componer, Polepar Vig olve. . Yin orackers, sky rocbete, Rotuan condies and olf similar art), iaed ip Py retechnics, Yieb, whetyer treeh, emaked, eaied, driet o- pickle’. to Der wie provided for, 1 , Windsor and other toilet ssaps. Fish glue, or iginglase. Fish — satin ‘aa Flats, braids, pi |, Sparterre willow squares, used for making hats er bonnets. 4 Flors silks, feather beds, feathers for bede and downs of all kinds. Frames and sticks for umbrellas, parasols and sup abades, finished or unfinished. Frankford black Fulminates, or fulminating powders, Furniture, cabinet and hougebold, Furs, dressed on the skin. Gamboge, pene dried, green, ripe, ground, preserved or nlored, stvined or painted. 88 crystals for wate! Glas+es or pe rvbles for spectacles. Glass tumblers, plain, moukdet and pressed: bottles, fiasbs ana wil other vessels of glass not cut or pame.t. Blue. Gras cloth. Green turtle. Gum bepzoin, er benjamin. Gung, except muskets aad riftes, flrearine, and all parte thereof not intended tor military purpo Gunny cloth aud India baggings, ond bh mattir gs of urled, mogs, seaweed and all other vegetable eubsiances used for beds or maitrerses. Hair pene 3 Hat bodice of cotton or wool, Hats and b mpets, tor men, women and ch'!dreo, com. posed of straw, fatto straw, chip, grass, palm leaf, wil low, or any other vegatable subetance, or of hair, #hile- bone, or other materials not otherwise provided for. Hatter’s plush, of whatever material cumpozed, Honey. Hops. Ink and ink powder, Ipecacuanba Trid Iris, or orris root. Iron castings. Jron Jiqnor. Ivory Diack. Jalap. Japanned ware of all kinds, not otherw se providedfor Jet, and manufactarrs of Jet, and imita:ious thereof. Jewelry or imitations thereof, Juniper berries, Laces of cotton, of thread or other materiale, not otherwise provided for. Lampbiack. Tastings, cut in strips, or patterns of the size or shapa for shoes, bosts, bootees, slippers, gaiters or buttons, of whatever material composed, Lead penciis. Teaden pipes. Teather, tanned, bend or ole, Leather, upper, of all kinds, Leather, japanned. Leech en. Jspene of al) kinds. Liquorice, paste, juice or root. Litharpe. Maccaroni, vermicelli, gelatine, jolliee and al) other similar preperation. ee ef every description, It Manganese. Mi anna. Manufactures of the bark of the cork tree, Manufactures of wooi of all kinas. Manufactures of: hair of all kinds. Manufactures of cotton of all kinds. Manufoctures of flex of all kin Manufactures of hemp of ail kinds, not otherwise pro- vided for. Sanufastures of bone, shell, horn, pearl, ivory, or ve- getuble ivory. Manufactures, articles, versels and wares, » not other- wise provides for, raes, copper, iron, lead, pewter, tin, or of which ‘either of these metals shall be a com: porent part Munnfactures, articles, vessels and wares, of glass, or of which glass sball be a component material, not other- wise provised for. Manufactures and asticles of leather, or of which a tha!l be a component part, not otherwise pro- vided for. Manufactures ond articles of marble, marole paving tiles, and all other marble more advanced in manniacture bss yn slabs or blocks in the rough, not otherwise pro- vided for. Manufactures of paper, or of which paper is a com- ponent material, pot otberwise provided for. Manufactures of wood, or of which wood i a Component part, not otherwise provided for. Matong, China or other floor matting, aud mats made of fags, jute or grasa. Medicical preparations, drugs, roote and leaves ina crude state, Dot otherwire provited for. Metal, Duteh and bronze, in leaf. Metalic pens. Yiveral waters. Masical instruments of all kinds, and strings for musi- cal inetruments, of whipgut, caigut, and all other stringer of the same material Needles of all kinds for sewing, darning and knitting. Nitrate of leat, Ochresand ochrey earths, Oflolothe of every description, of whatever material compesed. ‘Oils of every cercription, animal, vegetable and mine- ral, not otherwise provided for. ives. Opium. Orange and Jewon peel. Osier or willow, prepared for basket makers? use. Paintings en glass, = Paints, dry or gound in oil, not other wise provided for Paper, antiquarian, demy, drawing, elephant, foolseap, imperial. letter aud ult other paper, not oth pro- vided (or. Paper boxes avd all other fancy boxes. Paper envelopes. Paper hangings, paper for walls, and paper for screens or threboares. Parchment. Parascts and eunshades and umbrellae, Patent mordent. Paving and rooting tilea, and bricks aud rooting slates. Periodicals aud other works, in course of printing and republication in the Confederate States. Pitch, iteh. Plaster of Paris, when ground, Phumbago. Potagsium. Romen cement. kinds, not otherwise provided for. Salts, epsom, glauber, rochelle, and at other salts and preparations of salts pot oukerwise provided for. Sareaparilia, Sealing wax, pon og in the gum and purified. s jocks. skins of all kinds, tanned, dressed or jappanned, Slatepencils, p of every Sphite of wurpentine, Epuvk. Scuils. Starch. Stereotype plates. pulps of boi crude or refined, Sul Y or ‘Sviphate Stara” Sulphuric acid, or of} of vitriol. Textile fabrics of every description, except silk, not itherwise provided for. Thread lacings and insertings. Types, ola or new, and type materials, Umbrellas. Vepilla Deana. Vellum. Velvet in the Fano composed bins & cotton, or of 3 cotton and silk, but of which cotton material of chict value. Verdigris. = ‘ipegar. Watt's. Water colors. Whaietove. White and red tead. White vitriol, or sulphate of zine. Whiting, or Paris white. Window giaee, broad, crown or cylender. Wolien and woreted yarns and woollen } Shot of lead, not ‘wise provided for, Wheelbarrows and bandbarrowe, ‘ Wagers and vebicles of every description, or parte cor. SCHEDBLE D. THN PER CENTUM AD VALOREM, Acids of every deseription, not otherwise provided for. ne, Ammonia and sal ammonia. Anatto, roucon, or orleans. Angora Thibet and other goats’ hair, or mobair, un meuuiactured, mot otherwise provided for. Avpiveed. Anumony, crude, or regulus of, Argol, or crude tartar. Arsenic. Articles used in dyeing or tanning, wot otherwise pro- Bapanas, cocoa nats, apples, plantains, oranges tnd all other West indta Fruit te tack’ angutal etatos Bari Bark of all kinds, not otherwise provided for. Bark, Peruvian, Wark, guilla, Hiemyth, Bitter apples, Beaching powder of chroride of lime, Bene, burnt. Poards, plapks, staves, shingles, lathe, scantling, ai other hawea lumber; also spars and hewn abe La Bone black or animal carbon, and bone dust. Boh ing cloths, Books, printed, magazines, pamphicta, perwdicue apd Nlustra tet ty bound of unboand, not 0 Proviged for. Rooke, biank, bound or unbound. Borate of lime, Borax, crude or tineal, Bovchn leaves. Foxwood, unmanrfactured. Brazil paste, Brand wood, bragilletto and all dye. woods in stiska ip) Burr sionce, wronght or unwrought, Cabinets of cols, meda's, gems any al’ collections f