The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1870, Page 8

WASHINGTON. A Carpet-Bagger Congressman Circum- vents His Prosecutors. Mr. Whittemore Resigns Avoids Expulsion. Btroog Vote of Censure Passed by the . Bouse. The Senate Oppoescd to 'Carrency Inflation. Wasntvaron, Feb. 24, 1870. PeDay es Fouve Excitement—Strategy of the ‘South Carotica Carpet-Bagger—Whittemore , Bacepes the Disgrace of Expulsion by Re- 4 siguing—Juntice Partially Vindicated— t Writtemore’s Statement of the Affair. } Representative Whittemore is no more, The First sdistridt’of Soutn Carolina ts without a representa- tive, -Justice is partially satisfied, Logan is nearly Patizticd, Butler ts anly abont one-tenth satisfied and Whittemore feels exaltant tat he has escaped expalsion—the full and complete punishment which aweailoged criminality. called for, When the tume ‘wor the opening of the House session to-day arrived ‘the galleries and floor were again crowded wo repie- tion. The greatest interest in the result Was mani- ested. Al sorts of rumors had been afloat during ‘the might preceding, and all sorts of opinions as to what would happen were expressed. Especiaily ‘were there discussions about Mr. Woittemore’s re- ‘mgnation, its effect, whether it would save him ‘from a vote of expulsion, whether it could save him from that dishonor, and an hundred other -Rnotty pomits, in which ladies a3 well as gentlemen learnedly participatea. Almost the moment after the journal reading was concluded General Logan, Mbuirman of the Military Committee and chief pro- secutor, according to Butler, took the floor. Pro- found silence ensned. Every eye wandered from Logan to Whittemore aud from Whittemore to Jogan, The latter looked firm and actermined, The victim appeared scarcely less so, Whittemore held a roll of manuscript in bis band, lus last words before the intended execution, his last intended appeal for sympathy and self-vindication, Logan Made nospeech then; he simply turned tora moment to 100k toware ine South Carolina victim, and then addressing Speaker Blatne observed that be yickied Mity-five minutes of his ume to Mr Whitiemore to Bay whatever be might desire, and would claim thercaiter the remaining five minuies of his hour to glove the debate. Logan sat down and as Wnhitte- more rose a buzz went through the entire House. All in the gallery jeaned 1orward to wee and hex. Giasses were levelicd at the member from South Carolina from every dirce- fon, and suppressed exclamauons of ‘There he 1s,” “That's be,’ were beard from hundreds of lps. Siowly and delverately Whittemore usfokted his Manuscript and placed it on the desk before hun. Hie then wok a drink of water, cleared his throat ana handed to one of tne pages something, which the latter conveyed to Speaker Blaine. While the lithe messenger was thus running Mr. Whittemore commented bis dyiag speech. He had not read more Uran half a page ywhen down car he Speak. ‘er’s gavel two or three thwes with a loud noise, Something was decidedly the matter thought every- body, Whitiemore ceased his reading, as with a sudden jerk, aud Jooked inquiringly at the Speaker. There was a surprise iil, over the house, on the floor as Well us ip the gallery. Blaine soon gave the ex- pisnauon. The paper which nad been carried oy “the page to the Speaker proved to. ve the resignation 1 Mr. Whittemore, accompanied by correspond- ence between the Jatter and Governor Scott, of South Carolinas. its reading caused a sensation, What was ‘Ww be done under the circumstances was now the question. The Speaker ruled that Whittemore was Bo longer a.nemocr and therefore not entitled to be Beard on the Moor ef the House. A few of Whitte- moore’s friends and Whittemore himself made an effort to remedy tho damage. Wuitvemore askcd the privilege of withdrawing his letter, to which the Speaker biuntly said nay. It was too latenow. The ‘anfortnnate victiin had sent up the evidence of bis Jeyrimlative extinciion a little bit too soon, Had he Kept the paper in his possession until near the close of his speech he would have bad no crouble and Would have been allowed to make his say uninter- rupted. Then.a-very complicated parliamentary muddle ensued, the result of all of which was that the House backed up Mr. Blaine in bis view that Whittemore was no longer & representative and that he conld neither be heard therefore nor expelled, ana that the resolution of ex- palsion should be tabled. After this had been accomplished Logan got the floor again and offered the movon of censure, which was adopted without a single dissentient vote, so that Mr. Whittemore realiy accomplished litle for the protec- tion of his honor oy resigning, inasmuch as the cen- suring resoiution was.a unanitaous condemnation. ‘Those who would have voted against expulsion felt that Whittemore had made a sort of confession by his ignommions retreat before expulsion. Clarke, of Kansas, who was standing by Whittemore an conversing wiin the latter while the vote of censure was being taken, voted “aye,” loudly and emphati- cally. Even before’ the vote was declared a page was bosy rubbing Winttemore’a name from the desk at which he sat. Whittemore’s speech not having been made to Congress, I send you a brief synopsis of what he woud have said had h¢ beev afforded an oppor- tunity, Jn his prepared remarks he expressed the belief that a Iurge number of cases are to be dis- covered where corrupt motives and causes In- Hucnoed appeiatmeuts. He denied that he, in the apppouimens he made, was actuated by any other tan the most correct motives; admitted that he haé been injudicious, and asks that the intention Taigatibe considered aa Well as the wet, All INS ap. pontmentsa were legal, according vo the require- wients of the law, He believes the effort agamst dwg, $0 be tout of a conspired determinauon fo nse hun, without any regard to evidence; that his enemies at home and abrond lad -Ket Waid Conspiracy on foot. Ho alludes to his eariy.conuection with the people of hie diswict at the close of the war; bis puolic efforts mp tie couse of harmony, industry. ecucution ana Feconstrncuion Inthe State of South Carolina; his ‘building of schoolhouses, establishing schools, emm- ploying teachers aud securing every sdvaniuge that iiverty and cuiture could bring his people. His situation had been that of a poblic servant, counsellcr and frend to the downtrodden and oppressed, so lately redeemed frow,voncage. Any appeal to him 4n their bebaifl, ang offering of aid to sausty shelr wants, Was re- ceived by hitn as donation Zor their reitet and pot , #1 acquisition for his personai benelit, There were mo White young men in bis district who were Qot zone of the aiders aud abetters of treason. ‘Tue colored Men.were not able to pass an examina wiON at the academies, and prejudice unfortunately would meet thew at tue very threshold, 86 would not Appoint the son ol euisiapalisi; be Could not appomt & loyal colored bey. He had, then, to seek some one wuidide bib dinrict. lie did a0; sougut the best one he couid Did, anbatter the appoitment was made Boe peng gave bua five.buudred autiars w be ap- piled to 14 10 buuluing senoolhouses aud seeding and Ciottung the imovcmeied and starving. If ne erred it Waa iD siriving bo aid big sugering peopie. ‘There _are many things done in pubiic Iie by men which, judged by tie standard of politics, are right, degitimaie and proper, anu so aqtmitted by every ue; but those ava Would not wtaud tbe test, if judged by the bigher standard af morality and entire “good couscience. The giving of appointments of cadetships outside of districis to otuers than those born in the anme had been dune since ita, He vad reported against vy & committee upon which jose WhOSe Skirts Were nos clean of aecasation whose consciences were purged of corrupuon, ‘Toera wae one whose letter Mr. Whittemore had seen wiigh showed bis williganess to accept 1 propo- #Mtion of purchase Of his appointment, znd yet he igment over him, and voled even against the mosh lenient proposition for time fot surtuer exwmnivation of ins case. He denies empnaticaliy the statement of Schoepf, who said he usked two thousend doiiars for Wie aypointment, and closed ‘With the reiteration of lis cute arecdom from cor- Yh ption io Ady sense throughout we traneaction for which Be bad been accused. He latd the oharge at the dooraf a member irom New York, who was a rt of rwhion Gr wi und who offesed money tor he letter wien Mr. Wulltemore wrote to Kegicr. Pbe Galo af Cudcishipre-Avetsor Mamber to be Expelied. The Miltary Cowioltice were engaged all Gay in axamming the charges against a member of the Bouse from Kentucky, who w accused of seling & ‘Wost Point cadetsh!. ‘Ihe father of the boy who Was appointed, a cu Hames Hyidep, living jn New and | York, stated ‘chat he never {paid any money to the mepsber im question, The committee however, irave evidence that ne boasted he had pata $2,000 Sor it, and be wonld have paid $6,000 rather than,{nat the boy should not have been appointed. ‘Th@ committee spent some time in deliberating apou the case of Mr, Byticr, member from Tennessee, and % is undersiood a resolution for his expaleon has bean proposed and will be offered to-morrow, ‘Who Povint Delegraph—Argument of President Weron iu Favor of the Monopoly—Mr. Hub- burd to Reply. A moeting of the Senate Gommitiee on Post OMces wus heid this morning, at which President Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was heard in opposition vo the bill of Mr, Hubbard and to the report which the committee made recently in its favor, Mr. Orton insisted that the rates for tele- graphing were. higher in France, Great Brian, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Italy aud Holland than in the Upited States, basing his arguments upon the = rates claimed to be charged for messages between certain cities in those countries and certain citics in this republic, He next argued that the telegraph was more used in the Unived States than in Europe. With regard to Mr. Hubbard’s bill, he naturally thought it unyust to existing companies, 1¢ would not, be held, prevent @ monopoly, because, under the terms of the biil, the Western Union Company could take possession of the new organization, and when this was done compeution with it would be tmpossivie in fuvure. Taking the business done by his company as what the new system would per- form, Mr. Orton held that under the rates pro- posed tne receipts would pe about $1,000,000 lesH than it cost the Western Union for salaries of employés, and he did not believe the government could have the work done for less than ns company paid. He admitied there was much force in the claim that lower rates would largely increase the number of messages; but grant ing that such increase was as high as Ofty per cent, there would still be a deficts of more than a million of dollars. Mr. Orton next went into statistics to show that the present wires would not be adie to carry @ large merease of business, and urged that any considerable increase in the number of mes- sages Would necessarily require increased facilities, the investment in which would entail heavy expense apon the Post Ofice Deparument. Refer- ring to the statement of the commitiee that the rates charged by the Western Union Company were not uniform, he held that they could not be in the different secvions of the country, as ft was necessary to charge more 1n the West than in the East, and more in thé South than in the West to prevent loss. Mr. Orton surther said that be was anxious to have the present.rates for teiegraphing reduced, and de- ciared that his company would reduce thelra one- scventh If it was relieved from the national, state aud municipal taxes. In conclusion he said:— Let Congress provide for a commission to ascer- tam and x the cash value of our property and franchise, oo which sum we shall be entiued to earn and divide annually to out stockholders ten per cent, We will then surrender to the Post Ofilce Department the rigbt we now possess, to fix and modify tariff rates, so that as fast as the actual capital exceeds ten per ceat the surplus may be appiled to the reduction of raves in such a manuer as the Post Office Department shall direct. if the rates proposed by Mr. Huvbard can ever make the business sell-sapporing they will ultimately be reached by this piau, under which wll the facilities the government can supply can be availed of to the fullest extent, but without imeurrmg apy expense or assniming any responsibility, Mr. Hupbard, Who was present during the deliv. ery of Mr. Orton’s speech, was given an opportunity to reply on Saturday next. Me wil take the position that in many important respects Mr. Orton’s sta- tistics are incorrect and contrary to the official figures of the most recent date, He will show that the telegraph systems of most of the European countries that have assnmea governmental contro] and made them a part of their postal organization, are not only self-sustain- ing, but wall, in some instances, show a surplus of receipts over all expenses. He will demonstrate {hat these results have been attained with a much lower tariff of rates than those charged by the Western Union Company, and that the expenses of conducting them under the systematic and economical manage- ment of those governments are much leas than those of that company. He will also prove that every reduction of rates hag oeen followed by an increase of business disproportionately large, and that the telegraph, instead of being, as formerly, the mere vehicle of business communication, has become, on account of Its present comparative cheapness, a great and constantly mereasing channel of soctal correspondence. He will show that the raves eatab- lished in the vill reported by tue committee are not so low but that the expenses of the Jines will be met and the co:nmunity have the advantage of the reduced cogt of telegraphing. He will show the greater certainty, accuracy und responaibility of the proposed new system. He will also prove that the origina) stockholders of the present organization have beep enormously enriched by the increased interest thar they have acquired in the company irom its earnings, im some in- stances multiplying the original investment almost fifty times. Mr. Hubbard is prepared to con- trovert all the deductions made by Mr. Orton trom the incorrect statistics that that gentleman brought forward, and will prove that if the results under the proposed bill will not be profitable botn to the gov- ernment and tothe public it will only be attributable to disgraceful imsmanagement. Ne Expansion of the Currency. The Senate to-day gave an expression of opinion on the financial question in the passage of a resolu- uon, introduced by Senator Williams, of Oregon, declaring against the tiation of the currency and to prevent the fluctuation of values, The resolucion passed without @ division. The Decision of the Supreme Court on the Carrency Question. W. J. Howard, chief solicitor of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, 1s here to consult with the Attor- ney General relative to the recent decision of the Supreme Court on the Legal Tender act. Jt appears that tho Pennsylvania Central and the Read- img and other railroad companies to Penngyl- vania have been notified that they will be expected to pay the interest on their bonds in coln, 1m accordance with tho decision of the Supreme Court, They do not propose to do this, and they are anxious to get Judges Strong and Bradiey on the bench, and then to bring up another case, how on the docket, invdiving the constitution. ality of the Legal Tender act, With Strong and Bradley on the bench they lope to get a reversal of the decision of Chief Justice Chase, General Sickle” Nomination Reported. ‘The nomination of General Sickles as Minister to Spain was reported to the Senate from the Forelga Rejations Comuinittee a few days ago, only one mem- ber of the committee dissenting. This gentleman ia from New England, and opposed General Sickles on what he terms “high moral grounds.” The nomina- tion bas been piaced upon the calendar, and there is no doubt that 1t will be confirmed as soon us It comes up to its reguiar order. The Bernshcimer Cotton Claims. The Court of Claims has rendered judgment in the case of Bernsheimer Brothers, of New York, George ‘Taylor counsellor, for $185,000 against the United States for proceeds of cotion taken at Savannah, ‘This 1s the largest juagment ever awarded in that cde A Chronic Democratic Complaint. ‘The democrats seem to be ina hortible state of nervous derangement over the admission of Mr. Revels to a seat in the Senate of the United states, Their speeches are of the Bourbon order, and review all the old tssaes which were demolished during the war. Senator Thurman proposes tomorrow to ventilate his views on the subject. Complaints Against Collector Bailey. Complaint has been maae that Collector Bailey has muitiplied prosecutions 1g New York. The Dis- trict Attorney has therefore been advised to consoll- date them when the public interest would not thereby be prejudiced, FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Feb, 24, 1870, PORTRAYE OF BX-PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Mr. Lows, rep.) of Wis, from the Library Com- mittee, reported adversely upon the resolution for @ painting by J. il. Lituetlela of Abrabam Lincoln. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR OF MIBSIBSIPPIL. walling upoR the President fora of com- besa or anthorivy issued to ‘neni neral Ames a Provisional Goveruor of poy and in Vae absemve of such aathorily to tiierm Benate Fr oe mama ‘he bas acted in that capacity. CORRENUY BXPANSION, Mr, WiLLiAMs, (rep.) of Oregon, Offerea the ollew- ing resotution, which was agreed to without a divi- s100:— ‘That to add to the present trredeemabic paper currency of the coupiry would be to render more dificult and rerule the reatunption of npecte payments, to encourace aud foster the spirit of speculation, to aggravate the evile pro duced by sudden and frequent’ fuctuations of values, to de- prociate the credit of the havion, and tojcheck the healthrul tendency of legitimate busivess'to settle down upon a wate and permanent basjs; and therefore, in the opfuton of the Senate, the existing volume of such currency oughs uot to be increased. THY FUNDING BILL. In order to accommodate Senators Fenton and Patterson, who will be compelled to be absent after to-uay, the Funding bill was taken up informally for 8) aspecial purpose, Mr. FEN2ON, (rep.) of N. Y., then said, upon the soundest maxims of finance, & bill for the retund- tug of the public debt would naturally seem to fol- low tnetead of precede the appropriation of the public credit. Strictly speaking che public credit is more properly the cause than the effect. Great ma- terial resources are the first and most obvious ele- ments of streugth, but ‘the subtic and sensitive power of puolic credit 13 hardly tess essential, No navlon Can be exempt from tue necessity of borrow- img. Public credit 18 no less essential in peace than m war. The history of Great Lritain shows tat the faithful fuliiliment of her obligations has enabled her to borrow at three per cent interest, and we are now paying six per cent, But if our pubilc credit were what it ought to be we could convert our debt into four or four and ahalf cent securities. He hoped the present bill would be amended, as he would Propose, #0 as to authorize a singie bond at tour and # haif per cent, in the sum of one thousand or wwelve hundred millions, not taxable by federal, State or local authority, payable in not less than forty and not more than fifty years; at the same tume, while retiring the five-tweuty und the ten-forty bonds, effect a gradual contraction by the gradual absorpuion of the greenbacks in the new securities, wiich would result in the resumption of specie pay- ments, tle did not deem the present rave of taxa. tion essential to the accomplishment of this result. ‘yhe peopie for the last eight years have cheerfully endured & constant aud exbausting strain, unex- ampled in history, and 1t is the duty of the goveru- ment to relieve tem from the excessive burdens they sustain, ‘The great agricultural inteross 18 per- haps more affected than any other, inasmuch as the cost of production has been largely increased and the prices realized are not in proportion, Tax- ation should be so regulated as not to trench upon the capital value of roperty, but only upon revenue. ‘There should an Q@ppreciauon of the currency; but this would be practically an increase of taxation. Taxes would then be paid tn currency, which has increased im value and which possesses greater purchasing power. Thus, if we suffer the law to remain un- changed, we actualy augment the burdens of the people, and to retain the same virtual taxation we Inust reduce the nominal rate. in answer to the po- sition of the Senaior from Indiana (Mr. Morton), who held that the country had not too much cur- rency and that resumption could take place upon the present volume, he said if this were 60 all diili- culties and embarrassmenis would disappear; but tm fact there is a redundancy of the currency, which causes gold to steadily flow abroad, and for this rea- son the proper proportion to enable resumption cau- not be retained. ‘She Senator from Indiana also reasoned tat the curreney should expand with our growth in territory and population, aud stated the aiuount of circulation before the war at $450,000,000; and furtuer, that our circulation had Increased a Hiuh and our populauon by nine millions. Mr. Fen- ton replied tf the first be made the test it would require @ Volume of only $640,000,000; and if the second, it would not require more than $600,000,000, and yet we hive seven hundred mulions, and if the amount of goid neces- sary to maintain redemption were added it would ive us nine hundred or # thousand miliions, or jouble the amount of the estimate of the Senator from Iadianaz of what existed ten years ugo. ie stated that the fallacy of these argutuents 18 that they make no account of the value of the currency. They treat tt as something which is needed vo the full extent to which it can be absorbed by the coun- try. Finally, be deemed the success of the funding scheme desirable, although it would be, in bis judg- meat, greatly improved by the amendment he hud ladicated, It 18 desirable, nov only because 1 would involve @ reduction of interest, but because tt would put an end to the clamor which threatens to violate the pubhe faith and imputr the public credit. THB CASE OF TiLK MISSISSIPPI SENATOR. The Mississippi subject was tucn taken up, the question being upon tne motion of Mr. Stockton to refer the credentials of Mr. Revels vo the Judiciary Commistiee, Mr. SAULSBURY discissed the quesiion of the alleged election and the evidence of it, and said he supported the proposed reference upon the higher and broader ground which was enter- tamed by his political associates in the Sen- ate, that under the constitution he (Revels) Was not eligible to a scat in sue Senate on the ground of & Want oF citizenship. He denied that ang claim Vo eligibility could be established by the civil mghts bill or the fourteenth coustitutional amendment, be- cause the constitution required nine years previous citizenship of appiicaats for seats in tue Senate, aod the requisite nine years gince the enactment of the legislation referred to had not elapsed. But it was claimed that Mr. Reve.s was @ citizen prior to this Jegisiaiiou. The answer to that wus that the Dred Scott decision was, at the time of its delivery, the only authoritative exposition of the constitution on the point that a negro or mulatto was not such a citizen of the United States as was contemplated ai the time of the adopuon of the constitution. ‘The priuetpie involved in this decision, he saia, had been endorsed by all the radical legislation, becanse the civil rights bill and the fourteenth amendment were vased upon the conviction of Congress that at the time of the Dred Scott decision free negroes and free mulatioes were not citizens of the United States. He then went on to argue tiat it was not competent for any one State to make a citizen of the United States. Consequently iW Mr. Revels had ever yoied in Ohio, of wiich there was no evidence, it was im violation of the constitution of the United States. In-conciusion he remarked he had but little hope for the future of his. country. He would avert, if possible, this threatened calamity. He would preserve to our white posterity this heritage bequeated by our hon- ored an‘l novie ancestry to their white descendants. He recognized, however, that his own etlorts would not avall, and, therefore, in resuming his seat he would utter his so!emn protest against this proceed- ing in benalf of a revoiutionized country. Mr, DRAKE, (rep.) of Mo., during the remarks of Mr. Sausbury, made the statement that Mr. Kevels was neither a uegro hor @ mulatto, but an octaroon, and that he made the statement out of compas- sion for the mental sufferings of his friend (Mr. Saulsbury) upon the probability of being compelicd to associate tn the Senate with a jet black negro. Mr. SAULSBURY replied that he was not aware of having maniiesved any feeling of suffering in regard to the admission of the proposed Senator; but, bemg governed by the principle luvolved, bis opposition to the admission of an octoroon Was based upon the same grounds ongwhich he had endeavored to prevent the fulfillment of the dearest wish of the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Drake), which was the admission of a negro, Mr. Howakp, (rep.) of Mich., believed the proof of Mr. Revels’ election to be conclusive, and that the only issue now was upon the acceptance or rejec- ton of hitn as a member on account of the color of Nis skin. It was urged that he (Mr. . Revels) was ot Alrican descent, and therefore bad aot been a citizen of the United States for nie years. It was not de- nied that he was a native born inhabitant of the United States, nor was it pretended he was a slave. He (Mr. Loward) maintained that every person born In the United States and not been @ slave was a citizen; tat nativity tmparied citizenship iu all countries, He would carry this doctrine so far 28 to assert that even u black man born a slave was w be heid to be @ citizen trom his birtu. Suen a@ one had always owed allegiance to the United States, and allegiance and citizenship were co-rela- live terms, ‘The Dred Scott decision, in his opinion, Was & partisan decision, the purpose of which was to estaviish, py judicial decision, for all time to come, the legality, the rightiuivess and even the piety of slavery, and it had souk, if not into obli- vion, then, into eternat derision und contempt. He ‘8aW 1D this election of a colored man to the seat for- merly filled by Jot Davis that which he belleved would gludden the heart of every lover of freedom. Mi, WILLIAMS, (rep.), of Oregon, remarked that Chief Justice Taney expressly limited the Dred Scott decision to those witn pure african blood in their veins and whose aucestors had been gold a8 slaves; but was there any evidence that the ancestors of Mr. Revels were included in this category? On the contrary, it had appeared m the discussion that Revels was a Inau With a large proportion of white blood, and it followed necessarily that some of his ancestors Were not glaves. Upon the whole, In view of all the authorities, legal and otherwise, Kevels had always becn a citizen of the United stai Mr. UAMERON, (rep.) of Pa., narrated the particu- lars of an interview between himself and Jeiferson Davis just prior to the war and before the latier had lett the Senate, during which be declared to Davis his own conviction that slavery would have ceased from the moment tue first gun was fired upon the fag of the country, and that his (Nr. Davis’) seat would some day, in the justice of God, be occupied by a negro, Mr. Cameron said he bad lived to see his assertion verified and he now wished to remind the Senate how much this colored race hau served us in the war, and he was compelled to say this in view ‘of the attempt of the Senator from Uregon (Mr. Wii- lvams) to argue that this man (Mr. Revels) had more white than black blood in his veins. A considera- ton of that kind was unworthy of any Senator in view of the great services of the colored soldier, and he (Mr, Cameron) believed the tide of war would have gone ugainst us nad it not been sor the two bundred thousand negroes Wuo caule to the rescue. Without action upon the auestion the Senate, at baif-past four o’clock, adjonrued. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Fob, 24, 1870, RESOLUTION FORK THR EXPULSION OF REPRESENTA: TLVE WHITTEMORE, ‘The proceedings opened in the House in the pre- gence of ab immense throng in the galieries and corridors. Mr, Loan, (rep.) of 10., called for the regular order of business, which the Speaker declared to be the resoiution for the expulsion of the member trom the First chatrict of South Carolina, and on which Mr. Logan was entitied to the floor for one hour. Mr. Logan said he woulé yield ali vui tive minutes of bia time to the gentieman from South Carolina. _ Bah Bayasouny, dem.) of Yel, offered aresolation | Ms, WiLTTKMOBS, (rep.) @f 8% C., therefore rose NEW ‘YORK HERALD, “FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1870. and in a voice free from tremor or agitation com- menced to read the defen ce, He had mot read more pag afew peutences oN he was interrupted by the jpeaker, WHe, Cising, # ae Tho Chur is greatly embarrassed the receipt of a communication which the gent from Bouth Carolina bas tia moment sent to the desk, and concetves it 11s duty v0 call the attention of the House to it, ip order that the House may take such proceeaing thereon as may be proper im the cir. Sammatanoes. The Clerk will read the commani- cation. Me, WuITreMorE—I ask suapension of the reading of that communication until | make such remarks as I propose, The Chau must order the reading of it in order that his own conduct may be enurely within the rules of the House, Mr. Wiirremoxg—I reca!! the paper antil I make some remarks, ‘The SrRAKER—That cannot be dove. It ts the duty of the Chat to tay ociore the Louse the com» munication, aud the Clerk will read tt. WAsHINGTON, Feb, 24, 1870, Hon. J. G. Bi.srne, Spedker of she House of Repressntar tives Siit—T enclose the following communication, addressed by telegram on the 28d instant to the Governor of South Caro- lina, resianlog my seat in Congress, and the telegrain nece ing the same. Ri iease lay them before the Howse aud not ty m I ato no longer a member of that body. | Ve fully yours BF WiITTEMORE. ‘Then follow copies of the thiegram to the Governor of South Carolina resiguing is seat, and of the velegram from the Governor accepting the same, both daved Februrary 23, Mr. WHIT?EMOKE rose to k, when the Speaker stated thas it was not within the province of tue Chair to recognize any other than @ member of the House. If the judgment of the House be that the gentleman shall have unanimous consent to proceed, it will be for the House, not for Chair, so to deter Mr. LOGAN sald that the precedents had been that where @ member of the House resigns 1, depends on the House to determine wheter that fact concluded the question. Mr. ELpRivGR, (dem.) of Wis., made the point that @ copy of the veiegram from the Governor of Souta Carolina was no evidence of the acceptance of ine resignation. The SPKAKER Overruled the point of order, and decided that the resignation was a voluntary water and needed no acceptance. id Mr. BUTLER, “a of Mass., made the point of order that if . Whittemore was not member enough to speak he certainy was not member enough to be expelled. ‘The SPEAKER overruled the point of order, it being for the House, not for the Chair, to determine whether a resolution should be adopted. Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., thought that the House would be led into & great difficulty if it accepted the doctrine that a member could resign bis seat with- out the consent of the House. There was no better rey of parliamentary law established, eltaer in sngiand or this country, than that a member of a parliamentary body canuot resign without the con- sent of the House, expressed or implica. The very constitution of the body required that that view should be taken, and all the cases that bad arisen in the House were consistent with wat rule. The House would escape its present difficulty if it al- lowed the gentieman from South Carolina to speak in his own behalf. He would thus assume to be a member of the House and the House could voue as it Pleased on the resolution. ‘The SPRAKER remarked that the uniform practice of the flouse had been the reverse of the principle indicated by the gentleman from Massachusetts, ‘The case of Matteson in tue Thirty-fourtn Congress Was directly in point. Kven i the Forty-iirsé Con- gress already the Secretary of the Treasury and the ‘Mmister to France had resigned thew seats in the House, @nd the gentieman Irom Massachusetts him- self Went through the saine process when he was elevated to the Gubexnatoriul chair of Massachu- setts, Mr. BANKS submitted that In those cases the con- gent of the House was implied, and insisted that if this House establisned tue precedent that any mem- ber could cease to be & Member without tts consent i¢ would destroy the character of the House, and that it ought not be permicted. Mr. LOGAN asked that the House should determine whether or not Mr, Whitteroore was now @ mem ir. ‘Tho SKAKER said that in accordance with the unt. form practice of the House from the toundaton of the government be had ceased to recognize Mr. Whittemore a3 a member of the fouse, end the way to test the sense of tue House on Une subject Was to appeal irom the decision of the Chalr, Mr. LUGAN said ac would not do Bo. Mr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) Of LIL, suid he would do wo pro form Mr, Gox,(dem.) of N. ¥., moved to lay the appeal on the table. Agreed to. ‘The SPEAKER mentioned as On addttionat prece- dent the resignation of the Liembers irom the South ern States as a time when there were tne highest reasons of State and national itmportauce agulast accepting their resignaiions. Mr. DAWES, (rep.) Of Mass., regarded this as a point of vitalimporiance, aud it seemed to unn 80 dangerous @ precedent co be estavitsbed that a mem- ber could resign whether the House willed it or not, that he desired to put his opinion on the record against it, Tbe constitution clothed the House with power to punish a member, but if a member could escape punishment by merely resigning, whether the Hoase willed it or not, ali power to control the House was atanend. [he House could be leit at any moment without & quorum by 8 given nomber of members sending @& paper of resignation to the desk. He did not understand that to be pariunment- ary law. He knew that resignations had heretofore been considered effective, use there had been no oceasion to question them. ‘They wad the impiled assent of the House, Mr. FARNSWORTH, With the consent of Mr. Logan, moved that the resolution of expulsion by iaia on the table. Agreed to without a diviston, 4 . Thereupon Mr. LOGAN offered the following resolu- jon :-— Resolved, That _B. F. Whittemore late member from the First district of South Carolina, did make xppoimtments to the Miltary Academy, at Weat Paint, and to the Naval Aca- demy, at Annapolis, in violation of the law, and that such appointments were’ influenced by pecuniary considerations and that his conduct in the premises bas been such ax to show him unworthy of a seat in the House of Represents- tives, and, therefore, is condemned as condust unworthy of a representative of the peopie. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass, asked Ynanimous consent that Mr. Whittemore be heard on tat resolution. Mr. MORGAN, (rep.) ot Obio, odjected, z The vote was taken on the resolution and it was adopted unanimously—yeas, 185; nays, none. THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL, ‘Thus ended the proceedings in this case, and the House then went to the more sober busiuess of cou- sidering the Legisiative Appropriation bill in Com- mittee of the Whole, Mr. Cessna in the chair, which was the signal for @ general thinning out of the audience In the galleries. The session of the committee continied ull Jour o'clock, when 16 got through the bili and rose aud reported it to the House. All the amendients were agreed to in a bulk, except that approprihtiag $91,000 for the mint at Carson City, Nevada. and that appropriating $14,500 lor the ~bureaa of Edaca- ton, on wich separate Votes were as Withous disposing of these two tue House, st sour o'clock, adjourned. GERMAN JOLLILY. The Giederkranz en Gal Masque. For atl purposes of real bumor, unqualified enjoy mentand keen appreciation of what is funny and what ain't, commend us tothe Germans, ‘The French claim folly a8 their own particular delry, but they convert the cap and bells mto what with them at Jeast should be @ strait jacket, Americans don’t know anything about masquerades; therefore they machen nichts, Bat the Germans are the faithful children of Prince Carnival, and well they carry out his penests. Of ali the children of the merry monarch the Liederkranz staud next his throne and receive Jus most affectionate regards. We have had @ surplus of balls this winter. very organization from the Shoo Files ¢own to the Shoe Blacking Bri- gade have courted Terpsichore and Baccuus to Destow thelr smilies on ther respective associauons, and tho consequence is that terpsichoreau stock has gone down considerably in tue market. But the rst noiable exception was the vall Jast night. Lt was crowded to excess, as of yofe, and it lar out shone ai its predecessors 1n briliiaucy and gayety, ‘The procession was a clever buriesque on the opening of the Suez Canal, Fred stems made & plethoric Sultan, looking 60 good natured that one would think it impossible lor a Poieniate or overwise Lo quarrel with him; Miss Louwe Trenea became a Diusting Kugénie, in a handsome toliette; L. Kam- merer, A. Vogel, Henselt, Nembach and Klein for- got Manhattan for the moment im all the glory of Oriental costumes; William Stemway fitied around like Ariel, obedient to the beuests of tue princely Prospero of the hour; the Khedtve Jookeda aouotrully at bis turbaned master; Jantsearies and spaurs elbowed each other m the throng; the Kaiser and Czar moved along, wrapped up in thely own sublimity and dignity; un unmatarally long. necked camel, with a monkey on 1t8 back, and # paboon, grimacing MM its iminedite vicin- ity; s queer Jooking caricature of Grant trampling Cuda under him and beariug in bw mouth such & cigar as Caba never dreamed of; arusts, corres. pondents and @ crowd of otver nonucacripis, ol) formed a bewildering tableau on tae briluaatly lighted stage. »Saddenly Bernsiein’s orchestra crashed forth & few chords, wulch made cach palse quicken and iilled the entre building with harmony. A dozea or two of the odalisgues of tie bate sprang into the hall before te throne, aud while the voluptnons strains of one hundred ta- struments made every cheek burn and every eye lighten, and floated out in the mtdnight alr, arresting every r-by by their enchanting tones, the short-akirted beauties wreatned themselves into guch groupings a8 only & danseusé or painter can dream of, Then came a waif from Strauss, ‘The Banks of the Danube,” melodica which intoxicate and steal the fecling if nos the senses away. Tbe huge mass of parti-colored masks heaved and undu- lated like the ocean billows i the rays of the sesting and three tandred: couples Were spine measures of the enchant- ing = music. frothy nonsense of Oifen- bach, like champagne, exhilerated the fusbed gancers ana robbed e boxes of many of their fatrest occupants. Again came one of Lan- ner’s maddening galops, and tio ever changing hues of the floor costumes became eloctric im their tush. ingevolutious. At miduignt the coup Wau was grand in the extreme. Box, Moor and fryer were Fesplendent with rich costumes, und the lights of a hundred gas jets were quadrupled in ine ourniahed mora, the ecivtillating jewels and the glistening eatiy aod silk of the magkers. ‘Tbe Academy became cosmopolitan for the night, Anachronism were en regle und all Dations became one under the sway of the merry prince. Aud now, as the sma? wee hours advance, the spirits of the children of Momos rise in ‘and the sound of a thou. sand voices almost drown the thunder of the orches- tra above, Few will forget, eres the 8,000 preseut, the Liederkranz bat masque of 1870. BOLD BOND ROBBERY. A Man Robbed in the Sub-Treasury—@7;350 Stolen by Unknown Persons. Officer Walker, of the First precinct police, yester- Gay afternoon reported at the station house that Mr. William Dunham, while in the United States Sub- Treasury, had been robbed by some unknown person of $7,250 in bonds and currency. The Particulars of the robbery, as furnished by we Police, are very meagre and somewhat vague, Mr. Dunham, it appears, 18 the President of and acted as messenger for the National Bank of New Brunswick, N, J,. and that about one o'clock he entered toe United Siates Sub-Treasury with 7,350 worth of bonds wad currency in @ morocco ag. ‘ine gentieman at once pI led to the cur- rency desk and deposited his morocco bag upon the counter opposite to him. After having placed the bag 1m this position Mr, Dunham's attention was by some means called by two unknown men jes placed = over reading these he re turned to his position, intending to take up his bag, but was surprused to find that it had been re- moved and carried away, Mr. Dunham at once sus- pected that toe men who had attracted his attention to the rules were the thieves, and this suspicion was increased by the fact that both had disappeared, ‘There seems every reason to believe that bis sus picions are true, and that the thieves had followed Dim to the Sub-Treasury from the Park Bank, When the robbery was reported to officer Walker no trace of the supposed thieves could be found. This robbery proves the nevesaity of detectives being piece se this floor of the Suv-Treasury building. joved, as it 18, some distance from the rotunda, Where the detectives are stationed, great opportu- nities are afforded to thieves to operate on the floor with scarcely any chance of detection. Itis understood that Mr. Dunnam’s intention was to obtain currency for the bonds, and hence his visit to the Sub-Treasury. The followiag ia a list of the bonds stoien:--One bond of 1864, $1,000; one bond of 1865, $1,000; three bonds of 1367, $5,000; two bonds vf 1867, $1,000; twelve bouds of 1867, $1,200; three bonds of 1867, $150. No clue has yet been discoverea the following up of which 1s 1ikely vo lead to the arrest of the thieves, FAT MAN'S RECEPTION. The tirst reception of the National Fat Man's Asso- Clation was given last evening at Irving Hall, and, under the able management of the cormittee of ar- rangements, was @ pleasant, though somewhat crowded affair, Over 2,600 tickets had been issued, and fully 1,500 people availed themselves of the op- portunity of secing a number of obese gentlemen mnipgiing in the fairy dance. ‘The president, Mr. J. A. 2. Fisk, was ubiyuitous, as also was vy. J. Coe, chairman of tue floor commit tee, who elbowed through tbe crowa in @ demonsirative manner. Daucing was conducted in aiimited space, and it was only after supper that eufficient room couid be obtained for comfortable Manteuvring through @ square dance. Many hun- dreds conten‘ed themselves with looking oa, and the galleries were crowded to suffocation with apec- tators, who seemed deiighted with the gay ap- pearance the tloor presented, The toilets were very tastelul, aud festivities were only coucluded at an early hour thie morning. SHIPPING NEWS. Almanae for New York=Tuis Day. 6 41 | Moon rises. .morn 5 48 | High wator,...eve 455 Sun rises.. Sun eets. OCEAN STEAMERS. DATE OF DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORK YOR THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH, Stamer. i} Sota | Deatinaion. Main. (Feb 26..,.|Bretuen, &c. Chy of Celia. Columbia Bnglan idaho, Aiareh"g Cityor NewYork! March Europa. |Mareh St. Laut March PORT OF NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 24, 1870, CLEARED. Steamship Columbla, Van Sice, Havana—Atlantic Mail Steamwhip Co, pbiepmatip Gen Barnes, Matlory, Savannah—Livingmon, ox & Co, Steamship South Carolina, Adking, Charleston—H R Mor- Wy 30. fleas Rabocea Clyde, Price, Wilmington, NC—James ani Steamship Saratoga, Conch, Norfolk, City Point and Rich? mond--Old Dominion tearahip Uo. Stoamstip Fanita, Freeman, PhilidelohiaJ Lorillard, Bteamahip Chesapeake, Johnson. Poruand—J F Ames. hip Formosa, Allen, Buston--Peabods, Willte « Co. ark Amertoan Eagle, Lindsay, Aspinvvali—Vanama Rat Toad Co. °. Bark Garib, Jayne, St Croix—P Ha’ Burk Rachel, Norton, Mutanzas —-Brert, sop & Co. BrigCuracos (Br), Lockhart, Carasoa—Joseph Foulkes’ ne, Brig au J Wilhams (Br), Acker, Lunenberg, NS—J F Whit- ney & Co. ‘chr H Curtis, Curtie, Arroyo, PR—-F Sebr B Yrescott, Freeman, Norfolic a Schr Ringleader, Saow, Norfolk—H W Loud & Co Schr MG Farr, Corneil, Baltimore—Baker € Dav Schr J A Berkéle, Lardue, Philudelphix—s W Bie! Scbr HT Hedges, Franklih, Elizabethport-G K Rackett & 0. Schr Horace L, Francis, New Haven—G K Rackets & FO, hot & Co, teh, REPORTED BY THE HERALD SYR YACHTA, Steamship Europa (Br), McDonald, @diasgow Feb 11, with mise and passengers, to Henderson Bros. txperienced light easterly Wiuds to Cape Race; trom thenco had westerly en. ‘Steamship Engle, Greene, Havana Feb 20, with mdse and pnssencers, to the ‘Atlantic Mail Steomship Co. The Eagle wasdetained at Havana 18 hours in consequence of very beuvy weather, Steamship Pab-Kee, Steele, Bermuda, 5 days, with ballast and passengers, to J Norman Harvey. Steamship Istae Bell, Bourne, Richmond, City Point and Norfolk, with mdse and passengers, to the Old Dominion Co. at days, with dee, Jererniah Thompson, Kennedy, San Francisco, tot to Sutton & Co; vessel to Sami Thowpeson’s Nephew & Co. Was 5 days to the Equator 11 the Pacine in jon 122; passed Cape Horn Jan d crossed the Equator in the Atlante Jan 21, in lon 37. Was off the lights! Tight of the 23d; was 6 days north of Hatteras, iat ON, fon 47, spoke ehip Sagamore, of Portemouth, from Caleutta for New York, 95 ben iy out. tha (Br), Basth Bar! Calcutta Nov 4, with linseed, &c, to Campbell & Thayer, Cape of Wood Hope Dec 31 and crossed the Equator Jan 23; had fine weather up to the last 5 days; then strong westes ralOR, Bark James Welsh (Br). Bates, Matanzas, 11 days, with sugar, to H Aloxandre & Sons. Had variable weather, Feb 21, 60 railes wouth of Hatteras, passed a bale of cotton marked J 4J WL, which bad been apparently but » sort time in the water, Brig Long Reach (of Bath), Harden, Matanzas, 11 days, pith molasses, to master. Had strong westerly gales for the last 6 daye, Brig Harry Virden (of Phhindelpbiay, Collins, Cardenas, 12 days, with aygar, to Jas W Elweil & Go, Was'8 days corth of Hatteras, with heavy westerly winds, Schr Jamestowp, Rogers, St Domluyo via Fortress Mon. roe, with mdse, ts Peniston'& Co. Behr Abpte (of Yarroouth, Me), Davis, Mataneas, 12 ek with molouses, to L B Amstnk & Co; vessel to fad heavy weather, Feb 16, lat 3081, lon 7625, hw from BBW, which Insted for 12 hours, with great v was Love down and had eabin filled with water; sipped eral heavy seas, which store longboat, split sails, ac. fo, iaca7 04 on'74 86, spoke brig Dowiuica, trou Gil Philadel: 61 rat, bag poe Saakal ‘Washington, NO, 6 days, with ‘Seblr Mary Louis naval stures, to Zopher Btcamship Mercedita (not Flag, as stated yesterday) ax rived 230 ist from Fernandina, Puwed Through Hell Gato, BOUND sourH. Steamship Chesapeake, Johnson, Portland for New orks with adses tod F Arsen, Stearslip Acushnet, Rector, New Bedford for New Yort, with mdue and passenyers. to Ferguson t Wood. a Selr Bonny Koat, Kelly, Beston for Philadelphia. Sel Jobu. Cadwatader,'—, Providence for Philadel pba, pp Str George Giltam, ‘Anibon, Connecticut River far Ho- en. Schr Gloncester, Hodgden, New Haves for Now York, Sobe Josephine, Bally. B rt for Elizubetuport. chr Nellie Bicomaeld, Hobbie, Westport tor New York. Mohr Oriando Sinith, Ferris, Portchester for New York. Bohr D Nelson, Tuthill, Portchester far New York. Behr haster, ——, Portchester for New York. . 6ebr Sarah A Falconer, Ruatin, Southport for New York. Sebr Asher 8 Parker, Parker, Glen Uove for New York. BOUND Baaz, Bonr Magete 3 Chadwick, Gage, Baltimore for Portian ‘Behr Nectilus, Crockett; Baltimore for Boston. Schr Staneliff, Trayne, Philadelphia for Fall River. Sor aa, Adama, Philadelphia for Newport Schr Jas Satterthwaite, Kimmey, Philadelphis for Boston. Schr James M Brainard, MoCarty, South Amboy for Bridges Sebr WS O'Brien, Bi Ambey for Bridgeport. Gre Wo as er ah nar ce Bohr New Kegulusifalioek, Port Johnion for New Havas, Schr J Ranyon. Lewis, Port Johnson for New Haven, Fuses, Bri m iisabetaport for Newport. Bebr 10s, Bobr Native, Dajte, Bi rt for Brid Kehr George & Edgar, mith, Hiisabethport for Bridgepart. Burabethport for Bridgeport. Bohr L W Birduall, Lath: Schr Entire, Kinnear, EI rt for Providence. Sobr MA Predi ii yethport for Providence, Ocean Wave, owe lew York tor Providence. Hobe Bveip, Burger, Re a New York for Stamford. SAILED. Steamships Terife, for Liverpool; Colnmbia, Havana; Gen Barnes, Savannah; Ye Charleston; Rebecca Cyd Witnineioa, NC; Saratoga, Rlebwond, NC; Sanita, Vila? delphia. Wind at panset NW, freah. Marino Disaster BTRAMHMIP O48TILI.4 (Br), from New Orleans for kivers Pool, was the steamer reported ashore at Cape Henry. Was got off without assistance, and urrivod at Norfotk, 10 SOPHIA (Te), McIntosh, from New York for pool NS, jo ballast, pit into: Be George's Bermuda, Fev 18 ANTINR—Partios have contracied 8.ftulim an brie Dosa tine, bet Baer giaesnee, soe pete ater Brig CANAMA, Coombs, from P: y went ashore nt Fo; 'a'Cove aha bu ‘vis cot od chia water, will be ‘at Newoastle lo repair damages. ‘| foun A J RvSSELL, at Savannah from tnore, had bulwarke sive and shipped: larse niroetiiee H water; weasel labored very hard aid commcnced leaking § was obliga to throw over 100 sacks guano ant pypea ihe Jen'over tne gunrter party filing (We skGins iy Guo bes nea over ae says the gale was one of the most terrible kind. PP Sour Euiza Prxe, from Charleston for Philadelpht senertitier arce’ eer ae oe Leese ©, Delon’ io save tee vousel, wall wn Gaieek have been aband Divers’ are. endeavorin fave soine of ber cargd, Melisa 4 feet under water at iow Sont Taomas, of Lubec, Me, where from or hound not stated, put into New London on the Yat inst to damages occasioned by running on to Race Potut night of Mary G Couiins, from brero for Phil war ans cor cea eee ee auld probably come of . (The off at {Pa 24ih and anchored of Fourieen Feet Bauk.) Sour 8 C Avorn, which was driven ashore near New Inleg’ NC, during a recent has been got off aul arrived Wi ston, NC, 21st, with but slight Soux RRSOLUTH was despatched from Norfolk $84 to the assistance of 4 steamer ashore on Cape Henry. Scur J W Everman, m Bg seo a ged coal, is asnore at Cape Hen- Pog bg oh 18, Bh BAN FRANCIACO, Feb %—The Missionary Morning Star was wrecked on Tbiouga Island ia w total loss, Notice to Marinens, U8 Licuraousy ToMPRINGVILLE, Staten Islands Fab Bie 1840.4 ‘Tho first class can Buoy, red. and black borhrontal stripers to mark the west side of the entrance to Swash Channel and the first class redcan No 8. to mark the west sid& of Uppur Miadle, both of New York Lower been, faxen up for the repairs of sunalned ty belng Fam Into by steamers, buoys now mark the goon as practicable fron can buoys will be replaced. By order of the Lighthouse Boara. STONINGTON HARBOR, OONN, ‘To mark Yenguin Shoal, entrance to Stouington harbo Ct, » black spar Buoy, No, has been placed on the sout) east part of the shoal in 11 feet water, low tide, on bard bettom, and about one-eighth of @ mile’ duc west’ from the By order of the Lightho Board, y order of the use CHARLES 8 BOGGS Lighthouse Lnspeccor, 3d dist. Spoken. As from New York for San Prane 8, lon 3520 W. n Hutter, Chase, from New York for Callao, Jan 30, 0 ; ‘Schr'Gen C f Boston), from Philadelphia f rar, Feb 7, ae ge wh ton aaa opcaneiaacadt Foreign Ports. Benuupa, Feb 11—Arrived, brige Annie Seymour (Br Newbold, NYork ; Sophia (Br), Mefntosh, do itr Lavenvoake 8, di ted. Balled léth, barks Wm Fisher (Br), Charleston; sehr 0 G Clark, San Andros. 2 Glance (Br), Frith, und Excelsior (Br), {fn port 19th, briga Mayor, for NYork Uist; THA Pitt (Br), Autchings, for do same day. ‘Also in port 19th, brig T A Darrell, Paine, tor Montevideo.’ Carourra, Feb 18—Baiied, ship Ueo H Warren (Br), Bure well, Bostor n CARDENAS, Feb U5—Arrived brign Jennie Moody (Br), Crowiey, NYork Dey, Spring, Hardenbrock, td schre Ghattanc ake, St Thomas; J H Brown, Bright- man, Savaunal ‘rank Nellie, Bean, NYork; 16th, bri Neva (ir), Wicket, NYork; Jobn Fierce, ‘Twneatd, mington. Balled U5th, schr H E Sampson, Sherman, » port north of Hatteras; 16th, bark Andes, Sheppard, do; brigs J W Ches- ley (Br), Phinney; Ivanhoe (Br), Pierce, und Addie Hale, Dailey, do; River Queen (Br), Colton, NYork. OLENFURGOS, Feb 14—Arrived, Dark Caro, Carver, Bt Thomaa; brig Lima, Hil, Baldimore; scr Agnes, Blair, Ingston. GIBMALTAR, Feb 5—Arrived, brige Ann (ix), Flory, New York ; Covadonga (Br), Vives, do for Malt. Salied uy brig Joharines, MeCarty (from Palermo, having re] , NYork. ONG Kone, Deo 28—Sailed, bark Jewers (Br), Watson, San Francise HONOLULU, Jan 2—Arrived, abips Jas Cheston, Swain, Hong Kong; Nicowa, London. Touched prior to Jun 20, ahip Charger, Lester, from San Fi isco tor Hong Kon Balled prior 26, skip RB W Wood, for Yokohama, whittled prior to Jan returning Japanese. Havana, Feb io—Arrived, brig Madawaska, Fowle, Bos- ton; schra & C Thomas, Crockett, 8t John, N’B; 16th, Zeta Pui, Thompsen, Portland; Mary Limburner, Lansel, Fernan- dina; Mary it Hanks,” Wyatt ‘Jackson tle; Th, brig bait H Hinds, Hinds, Phils jphia; scht Chiloe, Lee, Pens sacoln. Nailed 16th, chr George Washington, Pinkham, Charleston ¢ 17th, brigs Alice Starret, Hooper, Delaware Bruakwater, via, Saga; Samuel Lindsley, Wilson, Sugua; FP Swett, ‘Lavs rence, do; schr Donna Anna, Whaley, Cardenas; 18th, Darky RG W Dodge, Snow, Bremen and Hamburg; ochr E D'Endie colt, Loveland, Sagua and NYork. i HALIFAX, Feb 2s—Arrived, steamship City of Halifax, Ja~ mieson, St Johna, NF. Liveevoo, Feb 28—Arrived, ship Macanlay, Rodgers, Baltimore. ‘Balled 22d, abip Herald of the Morning, Winsor, NYork. MAYAGURZ, Feb 8 (back date)—In port brig George (Br)} wig; schr Iria (Br) sg. Matanzas, Feb i bark Wm Van same, Craigs NYork; brigs'B F Nash, Ray, do; Proteus, Wall, Portland? G5 Rogers, Morrison, and Concord, Nelly, Baltimore; scht ‘Thomas Fish, Willey, NYork; 17th, briga M C Haskell, Haw Kall, Bath: Joseph Seger, Bilis, NYork. » brig Ne Je Mowe, Merriman, Baltimore; schra ‘Orr, NYork; Helen Hastings, Aubrey, Bos- ton; 17th, Adi ‘Chadwick, Coan, north of Hatteras, Cleared 17th, bark American Union, Lido 0 Phitadelphia ; brig Caroline E Kelly, Robertson, north of Hatteras; sobr Marietta Steelman, NYork. Pout au Puinci, Jan #0—Arrived, achr Afmeer (Br), Dee vison, Boston. me Dec 24—In port bark Tremont, Casilale, for sion ldg. NOUSHAMPTON, Feb %—Arrtved, stenmere Baltimore; Yoeckler, Baltimore for Bremen; Hanover, Himbeck, New Orleans vin Havana for Bremen (and proceeded). SHANGHAE, Dec 21—Arrived, bark Juno, Percy, Amoy (and sailed Jaa 1 for Taewan. Batled Dee al, ship Klizabeth Nicholson, Crosbie, NYork 5 barks Avondale (Brj, Ogilvie, do; Charlie, Buel 4 Swatow. In port Jan 11, ship Windward, Barrett, disg; brig Sarah, Cunningham, coast wise. HAGwA, Feb 18—Arrived, bark White Wing, Porter, New “ke Ja port Sil, bark Almira Coombs, Hanson, for Boston ady. veERSIDAD, Feb 12 Arrived. brig Waverley, Terry, NYork. Saiied Lith, pris Peri, Leia Baltimore ; 13th, 8 & W Yeah, Watson, Fotiadelph |) Thomas Owen, Guptill, New York. seven MISCELLANEVUS, A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE INTEREST OF THE hristian amendment to the constitution of the United treet Reformed Pres evening, at @ quarter before . ‘ihe meeting will be ‘addressed by se speakers and delegates appointed to aitenst the Natior Conyention which us to be held fu Pittsburg on the 3d and 4ia of Mareh. 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