The New York Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1861, Page 6

* 6 NEW! D¥YORK' HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL) 16, 1861,>TRIPLE SHEET, NEW YORK HERALD. JAMER CORDON N BENNETT, EDC AND PROPRIBOR, OFCE NS. W, COMNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, by wait wit heat the ent in New Yor AERMS coh in advance. Mo Gl of the vender. None but Ba ¥ elume XXVE AMUSEMENTS FIT NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Nixon’s Rovar Cinous. | WINTEE GARDEN, Sroadway. opposite Bond street — Manonant or Venwe—Wanvsning Manstret. WALLAOK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—ilenaintre—A& ReouLar Pix LAURA K@ENB’S THEATRE, Mo. 624 Broadway.— Buven SistERS. NEW BOWBRY zaneean, Bowery.—Liskaty Bors or 76—Rep Growx—Lucky Honsasuos BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Day ett‘Brouing —fuvima, Duroumen—Ruru OauusycBnaus, Bea Lion anv Oruxn Cuniositres BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 tare | wo Bunaneaues, songs, Dancus, &0.—Dowx w Ou | K-¥-R¥. 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The contents of the -toxo’san Romon or tam Tena ‘will combine the news received by anil aud teiegra.b at QMB office during the previous wook and up to the hour of | dH liam, the Marsha! made | have addressed a circular to the B 23d ultimo at Vicenza by Marshal Bén iu the presence of the Archdakes Albert and ¥ law azetto has pul guage. The Turin If 4 it is stated, an article gravely prop: to France, Italy aad Au a the tion of & Count Cavour bound to disc! on the part of government aly share li this prepo-tern: tion, and therefore officially n va) Council that the article did not re the policy by which Italy intends to ¢ newly acquired freedom and strength. the Russian government is ¢ © est anxiety to entist the confidence of its Pa subjects, Prince Gorichakelf has ad other proclamation to the people the dearest interes: nationality, and as sincerely curried out. sentatives abread, stating thut the | taken the initiative by granting pee and that what he lias granted shali bocume a reality and open to Poland a path of regulur progress. That the Poles in Prussia should remain unaf- ted by what has takea place in Warsaw was not to be expected, aad mveh agitation has been lately visible among them. A despateh fom Po: informs us that on Sunday, March 31, serious riots took place at Kalisch in Prussian Po! A mal titude of about 3,000 persons assembled, and made an insulting demonstration before the house of the captain of the district, who was obliged to flee amid the yelig of the people, and it was nobuntil the military interfered that order was restored. By the urrival of the overland express we have news from San Francisco to the 3d inst., and later accounts from the Sandwich Islands. Mr. Me- | Dougall was again elected United States Senator on the 2d inst, by the California Legislature. The San Francisco markets were generally dull. An effort was to be made to contest the will of the late Senator Broderick on the ground of forgery. The estate of the deceased is now estimated at two millions of dollars. The advices feom the Sandwich Islands are unimportant. | The case of Jacob Sharp against the Mayor, , &e., was called up before Judge Welles yesterday, | but again postponed until Wednesday. Publication. The News. The war spirit of the North is now fairly aroused. The call of the President for troops has been promptly responded to, and with an enthu- eiasm beyond description. in the field. Her Governor yesterday, in a laconic | despatch to the War Department, announced that | her quota of troops was ready. New York has } voted thirty thousand men and three millions of dollars. In Pennsylvania the war feeling is in- tense, while at all the other points heard from a | determination to support the government with | men and money to any amount clearly | manifested. At Washington the War Depart- | ment are pushing forward arrangements fur the | protection of the capital with great General Scott has established his headquarters at Washington. Twenty-five thousand troops will be quartered in the District of Columbia with all speed. In the city yesterday the excitement caused by the war news, though by no means abated, was not so intense as during the previous forty-eight hours. Unmistakeable evidences in favor of the policy of the administration, as set forth in the President's proclamation, were plainly observa- ble. Mayor Wood has issued a proclamation ad- vising the people to forget past political differ- ences, and rally to the restoration of the constitu- tion and the Union. He calls upon them also to avoid excitement and turbulence, and to unite for the preservation of order and the protection of property. A meeting of prominent citizens was held ; yesterday at 36 Pine street, to make arrangements Massachusetts is first | is vigor. D. C. Murray against the Nicaraguan Transit | Company, « suit to recover property to | the amount of about one million of dollars, was called on yesterday before Judge Suther- land, in the Supreme Court, and postponed till the June term, The controversy between Chas. Devlin and John Fitzpawick, arising out of business transactions | during the time that Mr. D. was Street Commis- jioner, was commenced yesterday before Judge Moncrief, in the Superior Court. The case is like- ly to last some days, and amounts to a mere mat- ter of accounts between these two gentlemen, who were formerly friends. There was not @ quorum present when the roll of the Councilmen was called last evening, whrreugon the Clerk declared the Board adjourned next Thorsday. It is supposed that the intense excilement exiubited by our citizens in refe- rence to the all-absorbing topic "has unfitted even our City Fathers for the performance of their duties. The bark Sarah, after having been towed down the lower bay yesterday afternoon, was over- taken by the steamtug Only Son, and attached by officers Thompson and Donnell, and brought back ° to the city and anchored under the guns of the United States steamer Vixen, off the Battery. She is a small vessel, of 260 tons, arfd was built in Scituate in 1854. Her clearance, if she had any, does not appear in the papers of to-day. Her stern is painted black, with the name Sarah only on it. The general impression is she was bound ‘“‘biackbirding.”” The busiaess at the Custom House was much more lively yesterday than during the past week. The arrival of the Fulton and a large number of other vessels gave the entry clerks plenty of work. ; Mr. Barney returned to his official duties yester- for a grand mass meeting at an early day, to strengthen the hands of the administration. Reso- | lutions in favor of placing the State militia ona | war footing, and making adequate appropriations | for that purpose, were adopted. A similar meet- | ing was held in the City Hall Park last evening, | but in consequence of the rain storm it was not so | well attended as it would have been had the wea- | ther proved propitious for an outdoor demon- Btration. 4 At the Brooklyn Navy Yard the greatest activity prevails, and the men-of-war and transports there | are being fitted out with all despatch. The war feeling among our young men is rapidly | | increasing. A battalion of infantry, numbering | | between seven and eight hundred, has alre: ady | been organized and tendered to the Governor, who has, it is eaid, accepted their services. The Scott Life Guard, those heroes ef the war with Mexico, | are reorganizing, and the military feeling in ail di- | rections indicates a commendable spirit. | The proceedings of our State Legislature yes. terday were highiy important. A bill was intro- duced in the Assembly aushorizing the Governor to call out the militia of the State to the number | of thirty thousand, to be placed at the disposal of | the President to assist Jam in the maintenance of | the Union and the constitution. The bill appro- priates three million dollars out of the State trea- sury to defray the expenses incident to carryiag out its designs. The bill, after being discussed and slightly amended, passed the Assembly by | the decisive vote of 102 yeas to 6 mays. The great- est enchusiasm prevailed, not only in the Legisla- | ture, but throughout the city of Albany. The Union feeling carried everything before it, and the firmest determination was manifested to uphold the administration in its vigorous measures for maintaining the Union, the constitution and the laws. Governor Morgan transmitted to the Legis: | lature a message, urging prompt action. As the President has called an extra session of Congrese, to meet on the 4th of July next, we publish the names of the members of buth houses who have thus far been chosen. Leaving out the seceded States, only fifty representatives re- main to be elected. Of these, thirteen will be chosen in Virginia on the 23d of May, the regular day for the State election. California, with two | members, Kentucky ten, Maryland six, North | Carolina eight, Tennessee ten, and Kansas one, | will have to call special elections. The steamship Falten, Captain Wotton, from Kouthampton on the 3d inst., arrived at this port | early yesterday morning, bringing three days later | European intelligence, the United States mails, her usual freight and passenger list, and $1,616 in specie. The news is interesting. General Garibaldi left Caprera and arrived at Genoa on the Zdinst. He did not remain in the latter city, but at once proceeded to Turin, where he had along interview with King Victor Pma- noel. The subject of the conference is not known, but the proceeding will certainly be received a» another proof of a war being imminent. He has saved an order to the officers of his late command’ to hold themselves in readiness at Turin to obey an immediate command. The Italian journals continue to bring us ac counts of the warlike preparations of Austria in Italy. They now tell us tliat the fortifications of Peschiera are being greatly strengthened, about 3,000 men being constantly employed in the work: that the Quadrilateral is to be garrisonei hy Croats, whose arrival in Italy was formerly looked POR As 4 SuTe sign of approaching war; that the Anstrian officers speak publicly of soon on- tering the Duchies and Lombardy; and that pt a reviow of 60,00 men held on the | Corn was less buoyant and closed with heaviness, | fair demand, with sales of 800 hhds., day afternoon. A business meeting of merchants interested in the splendid new Produce Exchange, fronting Whitehall, between Pearl and Front streets, was held yesterday. The main room on | the secon! floor, occupying the whole size of the buiding, is superbly finished, and painted in the Eastern style. It em- braces those indispensable essentials in all large buildings of abundant light and ventilation. It is to be thrown open to the inspection of the pub- lic on Friday and Saturday next, and opened re- gularly for the transaction of business on Monday next. Though not opened regularly for business | yesterday, several transactions were made. A cargo of wheat, Western red, was sold at $1 26 | by Roberts Brothers for E. N. Coleman, and the freight engaged by Dunham & Dimon, for Glasgow, at ld. in ships’ bags; 5,000 bushels rye were also sold for export. According to the City Inspector's report, there were JS4 deaths in this city during the past week— decrease of 50 as compared with the mortality | of the week previous, and 77 less than occurred during the corresponding week last year. Tho | recapitulation table gives 2 deaths of diseases of the bones, joints, &c.; 81 of the brain and nerves, 3 of the generative orgaus, 7 of the heart and blood vessels, 139 of the lungs, throat, &c.; 3 of old age, 67 of skin and eruptive fevers, 4 premature births, 35 of diseases of the stomach, bowels and other digestive organs; 34 of general fevers, and lunknown—of which 20 were from violent causes. The nativity table gives 255 natives of the United States, 10 of England, 80 of Ireland, 33 of Ger- many, 2 of Scotland, and the balance of various foreign countries. The cotton market was firm yesterday, with sles of about 2,000 bales, closing within the range of 12%c. a 12\¢. for middling uplands, The four market was lower, but more active at the concession, which was equal ty bo. 8 10c. per bbl. Wheat was lower, while sales wore made to a fair extent, including purchases for export, while sales wore fair, in part for export, Pork was firm aud in good request, with sales of meas at $17 60 and of prime at $13. Beef was also firm and in good demand, Coffee was steady and in rathor better request. Sugars were in chiefly Cubas, at 4kc ab\o. Freights were steady, with rather more offeriug to English ports, The Vigorous Policy of the Administra- tien. The measures that have been adopted, within the last few days, by the government of Mr. | Lincoln, entirely change the aspect of public | affairs, Had a similar course been pursued, five | months ago, the last would have been heard of secession before now. Not the firing of a gun would have been needed: the fortifications upon the coast would have been rendered im- pregnable against loeal attacks; and, with the exception of South Carolina, no State would have withérawn trom the Union. Such a po- licy waa strongly recommended to Me Bacban- an’s administration, at the time, by the New Yous Uenatn; but treason in his Cabinet, and the atrocious perfidy of many others who sur- rounded him, prevented his acts from corres- ponding with the exigencies of the period. It is better, however, late than never, sent emergencies, and, by throwing the burthen of responsibility upon Congress, ax soon as it can be assembled, opens the way for such le- gislation as is imperatively demanded. ‘The decided conduct of the Warhingtoa ad- The pro- | clamation of the President, provides for pre- | eee tration, renders Ht exceedingly probable | ' that seer valor will now be confined to the Gulf | | tile purpose; and it is not tmpossrble that a re | forth, will probably be to repossess tue forts, | places and property, which bave been seized | goveragent devolved” uponhim, This will be | equivalent to a blockade of a large portion of | Lincoin has proclaimed to the couatry, that tee Virginia hae seemed, wince the meets, , ils Couventioa, to be wavering in the ba- Tance; but, fa the feee of such an army ay can he monibiad on its frontier, at a few days’ no- tice it will pause before proceeding further. Unless Virginia withdrawa, the rest of the bor- der States will remain in the Union, and the feers that have been felt of an invasion of the | Distie: of Columbia will disappear. No troops | of Jeff rson Davis will be slowed to pass through the loyal siavebolding States with hos- action may speedily be felt in Maryland, Kea tucky, Tennessee and Missenri, favorable to the stern policy of the edwinistration, on ac- count of the scorn with which peaceful coun- tels have been treated by the extreme South The sext of war, will, beyond a doubt, be the coast of the Southera confederacy. Me. “the first service assigned to the forces called trom the Union,” stropgholos which bad been taken, including, if expedient, thove “before fae the Southern barbors, and will entirely destroy Southern commerce. The coat of euch an en- terpriee will be enormous—one buadred aud fifty millions of dollars, perbaps, during the first year—but this cannot be avoided. {0 oae respect, New York city will reap from this vast outlny an advantage, as inost of the money will be expended here The prospect for the se- ceded States is, however, gloomy ia the ex- treme. Without a navy; destitute of capital; with no credit; commerce and trade cut off; necessary manufactures excluded, it is clear thata period of darkness and misery awaits them. The time has passed for such public peace meetings, in the North, as were advocated, and might have effected some beneficial result, a few weeks since. War will make the Northern people a unit. Republicans look upon it as inevitable, and democrats have been gradually becoming disgusted at the neglect and ingrati- tude withwhich they have been treated by a section, for which they have faithfully borne the heat and burtben of conflict, for so many years. Fire-eaters have accustomed themselves to adopt an indiscriminate tone of hostility, towards citizens of the non-slaveholding States, which would have, long ago, alienated their friends, but that the party attachment of the latter has been fouoded upon principles, not recklessly to be abandoned. The policy adopted by Mr. Lincoln, as set forth in his proclamation, and his apeech to the Virginia Commissioners, is, on the whole, ap- proved by the masses in thecommunity. It cannot harm the North eventually; and, if the damage it may inflict upon the South is to be regretted, it will be none the less well, if it seoures final peace to the country. Tue Posrrton or THE Borper Stares—Frrecr or THE War News tn Virarnta.—The opening of the war between the federal government and the authorities at Montgomery brings the ques- tion of secession in a practical form before the Virginia Convention and the people of Mary- land, Kentucky, Tennessee and Delaware. The Virginia Convention is composed, as it appears, almost entirely of old fogies, who, upon their organization, resolved themselves intb,a debat- ing society, and have since continued tv emit a continued stream of talk. They were readyto diecuss anything in the world, except the mat- ter immediately in hand, and they would have gone on for a year or two talking about the tides, the Thatcher comet, the next eclipse, the quadrature of the circle, or anything else. Now, however, they must act. The President of the United States, exer- cising the power wherewith the con- stitution clothes him, has called upon the States which adhere to the Unioa for certain le- vies of troops, and the question as to whether or not Virginia will furnish her quota must be passed upon by the Convention. At the same time the leaders of the Southern confederacy are pressing the Old Dominion to come over to their side. For our own part we firmly believe that Virginia will not secede, and it is almost needless to state that the other border States will follow in the wake of the Old Dominion. It is more than probable that these States will maintain a position of armed neu trality—defending themselves against any ag- gressions Noith or South—and inhibiting the transportation of troops through thete terri- tory. If the border States gemain in this position of observation, preserving jealously the integrity of their soil, the war be- tween the North and the South will be a short one, The North has the chips, the military supplies, and the army and munitions of war. That the South is in no condition to make offensive war there can be no doubt whatever, ‘The South has men enough, but no money where- with to carry on a great conflict. In the North we have at least two hundred millions of dollars hard cash, which could be placed immediately at the disposal of the government. Men also are plenty, and there is evidently an earnest in- tention to support the government and to pre- serve the integrity of the republic among all parties. Provided that the border States set up an Impaseable barrier between the Northern and Southern armies, military operations against Waehirgton are altogether impractica- ble, aad the Northern geuerals will be masters of the situation. With ships-of-war to operate upon the Sonthern cities, from Charleston around to the mouth of the Mississippi; with the closing of every port of entry between Wil- mington and Galveston; with vigorous opera- tions aguinst the forts and arsenals of the United States, which the government most certainly have the right to repossess, there can be no | doubt that the cotton States would Ina very short time be glad to disarm and talk matters over. As things stand now, the governmen has but one course to pureue. The motto of John Hampden, “No .steps backward,” has been adopted by the Lincoln administration, and the pclicy of the government meets the epproval of the people of the great central States, which, after all, must rule, Na- poleon aid that Providence was al- ways on the side of the heaviest artillery, We have not only the heaviest artil- lery, but we have likewise the longest puree, and that is the prime requisite in modern war- fare, It is fortunate for us of the Empire City that we will be removed from the horrors of war; and although we will be obliged to bear ts expenses, the reevlt will be on the whole | Pe cuniarily beneficial (o the commercial metro- * pelts, Ta Dany Newsrarer Perss or New York on vue Crusts—Is Masog ANDERSON 4 Txarror?—We publish to-day the opinions of our daily cotemporaries of this city on the President’s war proclamation. Our military chieftains of the Courier and Tribune are jubi- lant; the litle whipsters of the Times and the pompous little Puritans of the World seize the occasion to ventilate their petry malice and spleen aguinst their neighbors; the moral re- formers of the Journal of Commerce ‘ very melancholy frame of mind, and argue that both sides are to blame, especially the Hot spurs of the South and the administration at Washington, and soon We spread all these various views and optuions before our readers, as indicating the various shades and colors of public opinion in this metropolis, We hold that the discussion of the right aud the wrong in this matter, and the constitutionality of this thing, that thing or the other, would be now a mere waste of time. The actual presence of war cuts short all debate and closes the argu- ment. The United States are stauding in the attitude of war against the Confederate States, and in this attitude there will be now but one party, one question, one issue, ove purpose, in the Northern States—that of sustaining their government. But the most remarkable, uncalled for and unjust editorial, as we believe, that we have seen for many long years, is the indig- nant and elaborate argument which we copy from the Courier and Enquirer, and the object of which is to show that in the matter of Fort Sumter Major Anderson has made himself “ the vilest traitor the world ever saw.” Our opinion is that Major Andersou has proved himself a brave and faithful officer. Mr. Lincoln seems to be satisfied with his conduct, and the President is, perhaps, better qualified to form @ correct judgment ia the case than even our Wall street covemporary, with all his learning and experience in mili tary affairs. That Major Anderson is a humane man, and wished, as far as possible, to avoid the shedding of the blood of our Southera brethren, is probable; but we cannot believe that he has undergone in the service of the United States all his labors and privations since December last, and all the hardships and dan gere of a bombardment of thirty hours, mere- ly to prove himself a traitor. Let him and his officers and men be heard before he is coa demned. ein a Our War ann Our Retations wita Fo REIGN PowERS.—As it was the policy and the custom of the foreign enemies of Rome to take advantage of her internal discords, so we may anticipate from the Western Powers of Europe some movements on their part to our prejudice on this continent while we ure absorbed ia this civil war. Already Old Spain has commenced the work of the reannexation of: St. Domia- go, and we know that for some years past she has been dreaming of the reoccupa- tion of Mexico. England has a heavy lien upon Mexico, a8 she has upon Spain her- self, and Louis Napoleon has manifested coa- siderable interest, not only in Mexican affairs, but touching the commercial facilities, transit routes, &c., of Central America. Thus, per- haps, between England, France and Spain, the territories of our Mexican and Central American neighbors may be parcelled out in provinces and protectorates, while we of the Northern and Southern States of this Union are engaged in the engrossing business of a civil war. But as Rome, rising from her intes- tine broils, frequently astonished her outside enemies with her terrible power, so the United States of America may disappoint and surprise the Western Powers of Europe, should they presume too far to take advantage of our do- mestic troubles. Meantime, Mr. Corwin, our new Minister to Mexico, will doubtless make it his first object to secure a strong treaty of amity and commerce with her new republican government, and thus he may spoil the dreams of Spain, and the protectorate schemes of Eng- land and France, in that quarter, should any such be brought into life from this war of ours between the North and the South. Propasté Revivat ty Busixess Arisive Our or THE Warn —The practical inauguration of a war policy will very probably result in a happy revival of business in this city and all over the North. The cost of the war just com- menced in the South, if it is to go on, will hardly be less than a hundred and fifty or two bundred millions of dollars, and a large por- tion, if not all, of this amount mast inevitably be expended among the manufacturing, ship- ping and other business establishments of the Northern cities, and will afford a great acces- sion to their trade; so that we may look out for more prosperous times, or at least a release from the present depressing stagnation. We know that the Crimean war imparted a con- siderable stimulus to trade in England, and in like manner, if the war in this country is con- fined to the seceded States, as it probably will be, the Northern und central States will be at liberty to pursue their usual course of trade almost uninterruptedly, and may reap consider- able profit at the same time. It is true that an expensive war will necessa- rily entail a heavy debt upon the country; but that is 4 matter which the next generation must take care of, and we would no doubt very glad- ly leave them to setfle it, provided we can arrange our present troubles, and restore the commercial status quo and prosperous condi- tion of the country, open anew the channels of trade and reestablish an opportunity for the employment of our capital, and other resources, which exist in abundance at the present time. There is not lees than two hundred millions of specie both afloat and in the banks of this city, This would be sufficient to maintain a war for two years, and we dare say that there will be very Jittle hesitation about supplying the im- mediate wants of the government from this source, if required. The bavks of the four lead- ing seaports of the seceded States—New Or- Jeans, Mobile, Savannah and Charleston—have upwards of five millions of dohars on deposit in the banks of this city, and they are not going to withdraw this money, feeling that it is more seoure here than in the South. At all events, it is extremely probable that the war just com- menced will inure very considerabiy to the profit of Northern commerce. Tur Corton Cror axp tan War.—One effect of the war just inaugurated at Charleston will be to interfere with the growth of cotton, the main staple on which the Confederate States rely for their support, Their sea coast will be blockaded by the naval forces of the United States, and the culture of the cotton plant will be reduced to half a crop. They cannot, there- fore, sustain themselves, Again, the blockade of their eves: will prevent the shipment of way EXTRA SESSION OF THE NEW CONGRESS, cottan to Eneope, and witl deatroy all their commerce, inaysmuce as they have no navy to encounter the ships of the Unites States go- verpment. The Confederate Stares can be in- vaded both through the Gulf of Mexico and down the Mississippi. The government at Montgomery, on the contrary, buve no power to send a naval expedition to the North. In less than two years this wartace, if coa- tinued, will produce a revolution in Eaglaud and Fravce, These nations cannot exist will out a supply of cotton, Again, the boroer States will not go out of the Union, as was expected. They will stand hy the old flag, on the principle of self-protection. If Virginia, for example, should secede, the fightiog will be chiefly on her own soil, and destroy her, root and branch. The United States bas a right to the forts and the custom houses, and its government has a right to re- take them if it can. In the last days of Mr. Bucbanan’s administration, as the Heravp often said, we had no government. The Lin- coln administratioa seemed st first to be fol- lowing in its wake; but it is actiog now with such a vigor as promizes a speedy restoration of the Union, Tae Present ApwrnistratTion Dore Witat var Last Soup Have Donse.—In the couree which Mr. Lincoln is pursuipg just now, be is precisely following the advice which we gave in these columns to Mr. Buchanan three. months before Mr. Lincoln’s inauguration When South Carolina seceded, and there were brnited abroad various threats of an uasault on Washington, we suggested to the late President to raise a force of hundred thousand men, if necessary, from thé States of New York, Pennsylvania, New Je and the border States, for the pro’ national capital. As fur back as Je said, “ Let the Presideat be empowe a militia force of from sixty to eighty thousand men under the command of Gen. Scott, sum- moned from the States adjoining the national capital, and the country will have perfect con- fidence in bis ability and wisdom to secure us trom danger there. This is the first necessity.” Such was our counse! then to Mr.» Buchanan, reiterated again and again; but Tt untortunate- ly was vot followed—a circumstance which at the time we reprobated and deplored—or else, the present troubles had never atisen. However, it Mr. Lincoln confines his war po- licy to the seceded States sloneshe may be able to settle all our difficulties in a ear or two, and the country will go on as prosperously as here- tofore, and may perbaps be then ‘in a position to return the compliment to England and France; for they too have their troubles before them, if a couple of years’ war should cut off ibe supplies of cotton trom the South. At the same time it is very much to be regreited that the former adm‘nistration did not take our ad- vice in the matter of taking more vigorous measures, and calling for a strong volunteer force, when the present storm ed itself as a mere speck on the horizon, ji Mr. Lin- coln bas done in his recent proclamation. NEWS FROM THE NATiONGL CAPITAL, Wasuixcron, April 15, 1961. Aspecial bearer of despatches from our Commercial Agent at St. Domingo, Mr. Eliott, arrived here this morning, and laid them before government, The Consul gives full and minute particulars of tho surrender of he island by Santana to the Spanish authorities, waich took place on the 18th of March. What action, if an'y, our government will take in regard £0 this matter, is not known. Our domestic dfficulties will uadoubdtedly occu py all the time and attention of this government for some time to come. The foliowing appointments were made this morning:— John T. McLean, Inspector of Customs at San Fraacisco; Willard B. Farwell, Naval Officer at San Francisco; [a- ward F. Beale, Surveyor Geueral of the State of Cali- fornia. The President has appointed for Baltimore, Henry W. Hoffman, Collector of Customea; Wm L. Marshal! Sur- veyor; Francis 8, Corkran, Naval Officer; Fred. Schley, John F. Meredith, Chas P. Montague, Appraisers, Washington Bonifant, Marsual for Maryland. John W. Ingalis, Collector for the District of Cape Vincent. Philander W. Crandall, Collector for Genesee, New York. The following appointments have been made in Rhode Island:—Asa B. Waite, Surveyor at North Kingston; Mar- tin L. Salisbury, do. at Warren and Barrington; Maseu dore T. Bennett, do. Bristol; Seth W. Macy, Collector, Thos. B. Busk, Naval Officer, Newport. The following appointments have been made for Mas- sachusetts:—Wm. Stanley, Collector, Marblehead; John 8. Webber, Collector, and Chas. E. Hildreth, Surveyor, Gloucester; Enoch G. Currier, Collector, Newburyport Franklin H. Palmer, Collector, -toning ion, Connecticut. Andrew Stephen, Collector, Miama, Onio. Joon C. Baum, Postmaster, Cincimoati John W. Deal, Postmaster, Chambersburg, sylvania. E. T. Blamiro, Postmaster, Portamouth, Virginia. Faward F. Beall, Surveyor General, and Ethelbert P. Oliphant, Associate Justice for Washington Territory. Thomas J. Power, of Pennsylvania, Indian Agent for the Upper Missouri agency. James B. Hoffman, of New York, Agent for the Ponca Indians in Nebraska. R. A. Pendorgrast, Receiver of Public Money. Frank H. King, Register of Land Office, Henderson, |innesota. Pena- Mi G. A, Motzgor, Register of Land Office, La Crosse, Wis- copsin. James H. Barrett, of Ohio, United States Commissioner of Patents, Dianer te Hon. W. L. Dayton. Trenton, April 16, 1861. ‘The dinner to Hon. W. L. Dayton, Minister to Franco, given by the Bar of New Jersey, came off to day at the ‘Trenton House Tho Chancellor of the State presided. Large numbers of the Bench and Bar were in attend- ance, An address on behalf of the Bar was made by the Chancellor, to which Mr. Dayton responded at much length and very ably. Speeches were also made by Governor Brown, late minister to Prussia; Judge Ogden, Senator Ton Rycke, | Attomnoy General juysen and others. tertaiament was @ Re affair and eherything off very ie evening roekeis was fi im favor of the general government, and he any number of men, wish fife and arum, were parading Fire im Montreal, dc. ‘Mowrnnat, April 15, 1867, hes inspection stores were destroyed by fire this Toss $15,000; principally covered by insur- ‘The arenes afternoon. othe river rose suddenly yesterday, a Game cee A. Ce lower part of thi thi Southern Occan Steamer Move: ta. Onaruaston, April 14, 1861, ‘The United States mail steamship Ni hg Captain L, M. Murray, from New York, arrived here off the Rar at three o'clock on Saturday ae! and at her wharf at nine o'clock on Sunday morning. ony. tm. Markets. PRILADELPHIA STOCK Btocks heavy. cmeteere ‘or! ry ay elt Baar i 15, 1961. Flour duit and heavy: no sales. jal: red, $1 30 sa 38; white, HD Bomar! oo.: got low, a 6le., white, a $17 60. Coffee firm at Bo, a 146. whincey dull at i736 BOARD. » April 16, 1861. Btate’ 6's, 0; Roading Tslant 1s exchange on New Wine Garngy —Mer. Kawi Booth commenced an en. gtgement of twelve oighta at this theatre last evening, playing Shylock in ‘The Merchant of Venice.” This ts generally considered to be Mr. Booth’s deat rule, and Fy performaneo was eminently sati*actory to * | cal and fashionable audicnce, THE UNITED STATES SENATE. The members of the Seuate of the Uhirty-seventh Com Gress are ap follows:— . Vacancy (ance bee | Vucuucy {seceded fected) Wm. K. sone .0., Charles K. Mitcheil,0,” oonnectioeT. James Dixon.......R..1863 Latayette 8. Foster.R. CALIFORNIA. Milton S. Latham Jos. A. Scvougal.. DRLAWARR. James A. Bayard,..0.. Willard Sanisbury Jesse D- Bright .- Henry 8. Lane Stephen A. 0. Lymao Trumbull, ..B.. 10Wa. James W. Grimes..R.. James Harlan... &ENTU Lazarus W. Powell.-0.. Jno.€. Breckinridge - LOUISIANA. Vacancy coment: on Vacaney (seceded) .... ‘MAINE, Vacancy Vacancy TEXAS. pn +1863 VERMONT. W. Pitt Fessenden. .R.. ‘MASSACHUSETTS. Charies Sumnor.. ..R.. Henry Wilson......2. MARYLAN Anthony Kenned: James A. Pearce qwouty-five b—- MICHIGAN, * WISOONBLN, James R, Doolittle .R. . 1863 Timothy O. Howe..R,. 1867 Opposition . Vacancies . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Dis. Names. Politics, ARKANSAS, 1. Thos. C, Hindman. Opp. 2. Eaward W. Gantt. Opp. Opposition........6. 2 CosneericuT. 1. Dwight Loomis... Rep 2. James E. English. Opp. & Alfred A Bornbam Rep. 4 Coorge C Woodrutt opp Oppo ition... Republicans DELAWARE, Geo. P, Fisner. Oppasition. . YIORIDA. Secoded January 10, 1861 RB. Hilton. . Opp. Opposition , oe TLUNOB, 1. EF. B Washburne. Rep. 2 Isaac N Aruold,, Rep. 3. Owen Lovejoy Rep. 4 Wm. Kellogg 5. W. A. Richar Opp 6 J. H McCleruand. Opp. 7. Jas C. Robinson.. Opp. 8. Philip 5. Fouke.. Opp. 9. John A, Logan oe | sa Ba “ER **pepsePEeSTEHESTENG 1. Geo. H. Pendleton, 2. John A. Gurle; 3. GL Vatandigham 4. Wm. Allen......: 5. G . Sami. & Albert S. White. Rep. ® Schuyler Colfax... Rep. 10. Wm. Mitchell..... . 11. Jobn P. C. Shanks. , Opposition Harrison Republicans ae juget yowa. 1, Samuel R. Curtis.. 5 R. 2. Wm. Vandever. a y Republicans. 4 1. John N. Goodwin. Bi ‘2. Chas. W. Wi seers . 3. 5. C. Fesse . publicans 4. Ab ¥. Morrill, . Rep. * Contested by H. J. Jew- 5. Jobn Rice..... Rep. | ett, eee candidate, 6, Fredépick A. Pike. Rep. | wno that Mr. Cutler ADS... 0seeee 6 was elected by nogro votore. MASSACHUSETTS, 3 1, Thomas }) Eliot... Rep. 2. Jas, Builington.... Rep. 1 4 Chas. F. A Rep. P &. | ip. & Chas. Re trams. Rep. | 80 Wed a ae 9. Gidsm’th F. Bailey Rep. | 6. John Hickman... Rep. 10. Chas. Delano...... . | 7. Thos. B. Cooper. Opp. il, Henry L. Dawes... Ron! 8. Henry FE. Ancana. Opp. Opposition. 9. Thadous Stevens. = Rep. Rep. A Rep. oor. " . + Rep. Joseph Lazear.... Opp. Rep. . | 22. Robert Rep. ). | 23. Rep. is MP. 5 iw fs Joba + Oop. . Opp. 2 corge T. ” Nehemiah Per ‘Opposition .. Republican. Seneceeen ie ee exer iit I mone! of a ee ee bolt 3| ool |S) GBucmweaSanae! | ol F 4 es STATES TO BLECT. a noise + ‘An Whe seceded Staten wil not send represcatatives number of members yet to be choson in the ‘States is fifty, exclusive of a vacancy to be filled in eBeeliii: SS Oy gee ay Poroan Vere t. Olni Ohio, with what bas been ‘aamouneed tobe the Linonin, to determine who should receive meut of Laer pg ign Fong) wore three ©: named Mos Rameey. the latter was af 5 i ‘leoted