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MOOSE’S MEAL HEW-TOSKB®. 
THE SPRING CAMPAIGN/ mittec, to report a synopsis of the documentB, and revenues of the State, in reply to the resolu- 
-- occupying seveial quires of paper. After further tion of the Assembly. The following taxation is 
A I\<ac Quarter of the Rural will commence debate, the reading was ordered by yeas 40, nays necessary for the ensuing year: 
with April—a good time for new Clubs, additions 12. The reading lasted two hours in the presence General fund lj mill—yielding £.1,575 000.— 
to present ones, (started Jan. 1st, or since,) or for of only ten Senators. Completion of the canal, \ mill — $710 000, 
tingle wAseriptions to begin. Agents and Sub- Mr. Mason offered a resolution that Thaddeus School tax, J mill—£ 1,000,000. Interest of the 
sertbers will, it is hoped, kindly continue their efforts Hyatt be commixed to jail until willing to appear $12,000,000 debt, i mill—$710,000. Interest on 
m behalf of our circulation. For Publisher's No- before the Committee and answer all questions Sinking Fund, i mill — $355,000. Immediate 
tires and Offers, see last week's paper, and last page propounded. Some Senators intimated a dcsW wants, { mill—$1,000,000. Total, 3J mills. If 
°J this number . to discusH it, and Mr. Mason accordingly offered any more works are authorized, the tax will have 
Z'tF Pack Numbers (from January) still fur- a resolution remanding him to the custody of the to be increased to meet the expense. The Comp- 
nished to all who wish (his Volume complete for Sergeantat-Arms till further orders of the Senate, troller expresses the opinion that no new works 
reference or binding; —or subscriptions can com- which was adopted. Adjourned. can be commenced with propriety. In regard to 
mence with the Acw Quarter — April. Members of House. —Mr. Mlllson offered a resolution pro- the anticipated revenues, the Comptroller knows 
he same Club can begin at different times if desired viding for the election of a Chaplain, which was of but tvf_ o available sources of taxation and canal 
— some with January and others in April, or all adopted, to officiate alternately with the Chaplain avenues, and argues at length in favor of the ro¬ 
ot either time. already elected by the Senate. view of the canal rates and imposition of tolls on 
; - Mr. Covode asked leave to offer a resolution for ™>lroada. He estimates that if this be done, a 
the appointment of a Select Committee of five, revenue will be secured of $3,600,000. This 
for the purpose of investigating whether the policy would reduce the future tax forall purposes 
IMIo A Ifc*mil ’’resident or any other officer of the Government to 2 * miUs - 
'"O ! .'s Sit Wf |1 hafl > wU1 ‘ monc, y> patronage, or any other im- Bills Passed.—In addition to those above men- 
proper means, sought to influence Congress or tioned, the following were finally acted upon: 
any Committee thereof, as to any act referring to To repeal the act of 1856, to provide for more 
at either time. 
mwi 
From the Pacific Side. 
By the arrival of the steamer Atlantic, at New 
^ oik, and the Overland Mail at Leavenworth, we 
are put in possession of the following intelligence: 
California.— The Jews of California forward¬ 
ed by this steamer over $23,000 for the relief of 
their brethren, driven out of Morocco. 
1 he weather at Carson A alley had moderated 
and but little snow remained in the valleys. The 
large companies at Y irginia, had resumed opera¬ 
tions, and would soon transport ore to San Fran¬ 
cisco. 
A ditch company had b4en formed tu turn the 
I waters of Clear creek and several mountain 
streams into the Placer gold diggings of Carson 
City diggings, requiring the construction of a 
canal 35 miles long. 
The Railroad Convention, lately in session at 
Sacramento, has passed the following resolution: 
Resolved, That the Legislature of this State be, 
and is hereby requested to offer, under proper 
safe-guards to prevent frauds and abuse, $C0,000 
to such company or companies as shall first con- 
®f)£ Keros (Eonbtnscr. 
— The Ohio Canal is open. 
— There are 4,000,000 Toters in the United States. 
— Fast Day in Connecticut is named for the 6 th of 
The Sons of Malta, in the United States, now num¬ 
ber 164,437. 
— In 1328 the number of voters in the United States 
was 1 , 100 , 000 . 
— New Irish potatoes were in the market at Florida 
three weeks since. 
— It is proposed to devote $30,000 to the State Geologic 
Survey of Kentucky, 
— The water in the river below Pittsburg, for 2,000 
miles, is 12 feet deep. 
— The price of gas in Boston is to be reduced ten per 
cent, to all customers. 
— The first shad of the season was caught in Delavan 
Bay, on Thursday week. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., MARCH 17, 1860. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington Matters. 
The President, on 
Senate’s resolution, cs 
, .» w referring w» icpem me act ot toot,, to provide for more struct and put into complete working order a 
the rights of the States or Territories, whether thorough supervisions and inspection of common continuous line of telegraphic wire from anv 
any offioers, by combination or otherwise, have schools. nnint in tho «)•.(„ r< , 1f • - f 
sought to defeat the execution of any laws, and To authorize the construction of a railroad the telegraphic system of thUSiat^to^ n? .Tw 
whether the President has refused to compel the from Uxngton Avenue to Park Row, New York. eaBt of fbe Rocky Mountains, connecting wRh the 
execution of the same; said Committee to inquire To authorize the building of a Court House in telegraphic lines of the Atlantic <ct ntr . n g „ , « (A 
into the abuses of the Chicago and other Post- Kings county. It authorizes the Treasurer to 
Offices, and Philadelphia and other Navy Yards borrow $100,000. , ? , C0Xa ^ n J as nia y complete a 
I >y sums uirrow *iuo,uuu. second telegraphic connection, as aforesaid, both 
to such company or companies as shall ft* con- 1 “’ ^ ^ ^ 
stiuetand put into complete working order, a Al 
continuons lino of tologrnphlc wiro from any faiSSS^ * ™ 
srweV^h^fm’ofu^^r^r 1 '” 8wm : -»«■»»».r*** 
tlie telegraphic system of tins State, to any point dcred for operations in China. 
of lire Rock, MomWd* cooncc.i.g with tho _ „ th , „„„„ 
t legraphic lines of the Atlantic States, and $40,- is 860,006 tuns, valued at $60,000 000 . 
000 to such other company as may comnlete a » .. , . , , _ ’ 
-nt-.. o ... — B l wl alKi l«’egr»rh. San Francisco is soon to be 
ie President, on the 6th inst, replied to the ^7 ** ^7 7°, ** ° f th * to be completed 
’s resolution, calling for information in l® 44 * of November, 1856, on the Occasion of the Bank, Buffalo, to compromise and settle with the appropriation, 
ice to the present condition of affairs on ’ .ontenniul Celebration ut Pittsburgh, Pa.; what stockholders of tbe bank for any judgment recov- T T 
} Grande, Among the documents Is a let- amonnt of >»oncy was used in Pennsylvania for ered against them. 1 he JsTUMrs.— 1 he British corvet Pylandes 
niCov. Houston, dated Austin Fell nth elcctioneerin 8 purposes, and in what districts the - bad arrived at Panama from the coast of Mexico, 
sed to the Secretary of War, in which he Sa,ne ex P cnded - flnd from what SOWcefi it was FolHIcal Intelligence Wlth R large araount of B P ecia on British account 
! deplores the situation of Texas, with an dcnvcd: Ba,d ^mmittce to have power to send Tj)K Union-Conservative National Convention NEW <;bana,, a.— The steamer Laura Frances 
treasury, and her unexampled Indian 7 I ’ < ‘ r8 ° n9 m>et8 ’ flud to report at 11tiinc - is called at Baltimore for tlie 9th of May Was 1)006111 bj the New ffranadian Government 
s for the last ten years, and the forays of discussionthe resdution was TflK Vjrginia Hoaso> 0 „ tbc ^ 
ae°of hirnUy.rtheTdSarmsh^nit Tbe H > 1Gcial Commiltoc was a ~ ed as *>1- a 7TX uf’ ^ Advice9 from ^- a ventura report that a revo- 
dily raised in behalf of her suffering iron lowB; — Me » BrB * Covode, Olin, Winslow, Frain, and ' - * ? ‘ U: KJ ® cted the ,najor ' bad broken out in the State of Canca. The 
thic ^ -Robinson, of Illinois. ^ re P ort Coring a Southern Conference, and contending factions had met and life lipun lnot_ 
reference to the present condition of affairs on ( entenniul Celebration at Pittsburgh, Pa.; what stockholders of the ban: 
tlie Rio Grande. Among the documents is a let- 8monnt , “ 0,lC y ,va8 UBt, d in Pennsylvania for ered against them, 
ter from Gov. Houston, dated Austin, Feb. 15th clcctioneeHn 8 purposes, and in what districts the 
addressed to the .Secretary of War in which he same Wlt,i expended, and from what sources it was |»oliilcnl Intelligence. 
says he deplores the situation of Texas, with an 
emyty treasury, and her unexampled Indian 
troubles for the last ten years, and the forays of 
Mexico on her southern boundary, and asks, in 
the name of humanity, if the federal arm shall not 
be speedily raised in behalf of her suffering fron¬ 
tier. Should this not be done, he says be will, in 
a short time, be compelled to resort to the inde¬ 
feasible right, of self-defence to protect the her¬ 
der, not only to defeat the enemy, but to prevent 
tbe recurrence or similar disorders on tlie fron¬ 
tier. Texas can and wiJJ, if applied to, be able to 
muster 10,000 men. Can she hope for aid from the 
Federal Government? She will, in addition to 
her manifest forbearance, venture yet to defer to 
the action of the Federal Government. 
The Secretary of War, in his letter to the Pres¬ 
ident, of March 5th, gives a synopsis of all the 
recent transactions on the Rio Grande. Nothing, 
he says, can exceed the contrariety of opinion in 
derived; said Committee to have power to send 
for persons and papers, and to report at any time. 
After a considerable discussionthe resolution was 
adopted. 
Tub Union-Conservative National Convention 
is called at Baltimore for tlie Dth of May. 
The House prepared for the election of a Chap 
lain. There were upwards of twenty persons 
nominated, including, by Mr. Briggs, the Jewish 
Rabbi, Dr. Raphael. 
Whole number of votes_ ...._.. . . 190 
Necessary to a choice.. 96 
Ball, Methodist_,. 41 
Proctor, .Southern do.. 41 
Thomas It, Stockton . 31 
Nudal___ 14 
The remainder were scattering. 
Tho House again voted, and Mr. Stockton, of 
Philadelphia, was elected by 1C majority. 
Mr. Hoard offered a resolution asking for a 
ity report favoring a Southern Conference, and contending ^ ^ 
ffowc mm ° y rq>0 ’ adVCrBe t0 the Con * Thc revolutionists are commanded by Carrillo— 
Gen. Murgacitio, of the government side, was 
1 he Republican State Convention of Missouri killed. Gen. Abando was reported to have 1,500 
was held at Mercantile Library Hall, St. Louis, on men ready to march against the revolutionists, 
the 10th inst B. Gratcz Brown called the Con- Bbitish Conrwuu.-Advices from British Co- 
vention to order, and was afterwards chosen PreaJ- lumbia are to the 8th. An American officer had 
dent. 1- our delegates at large and alternate* two nlarcbcd with a Sergeant’s guard to Langley and 
delegates and alternates from each Congressional taken two prisoner/ and conveyed them ov'e’r the 
District, were elected to the Chicago Convention, boundary line to Washington* Territory Tbe 
The delegates at large are. F. P. Blair R Grate? ... . . K - ■ iue 
Brown. Kwifl. woe.’ ' ‘ ^ Ictoria newE P a Pers were highly incensed at this 
brought within one week of New York. 
— Thirty-eight physicians graduated from the Kentucky 
School of Medicine on Wednesday week. 
— Gold has been lately discovered in Arizona, near 
Tubac, on the line of the Overland Mail, 
— A new tire-proof mill Is to be erected on the site of 
the recent terrible disaster at Lawrence. 
— The Kentucky Senate rejected the bill prohibiting 
the marriage of cou 6 ims—yeas 11 , nays 19. 
— Santa Anna is said to be secretly co-operating with 
tlie Chnrch Party in Mexico against Juarez. 
1 — At the delivery desk of the New York city Post- 
Office, letters for ladies are delivered by a lady. 
— Tho Government pays the California and Oregon 
Members of Congress $7,000 a term for mileage. 
— Strawberries and asparagus (from Savannah, Ga.,) 
have made their appearance in the New York market. 
— The Providence Journal says the small pox is un¬ 
usually prevalent in Rhode Island at the present time. 
— Advices from Havana state that the introduction of 
coolies is prohibited by royal order, after Dec. 31, I860. 
— Delaware is rapidly getting rid of her slaves. She 
had 8,000 at the first census, and bnt 2,200 at the last 
relation to them, among those having the best op- Select Committee to inqniro into certain state- 
portunity to inforpi themselves. The call of ments made by Messrs. Adrian, Haskin and Hick- 
Brown, Fred. Mm-nich, Janies O, Sutton. 
TnE Democrats of Louisiana held a Convention 
nt Baton Rouge on the 6th inst. A series of res¬ 
olutions were adopted expressing admiration 
of the patriotic conservative Northern men, and 
new infringement of the rights of the British 
Government. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
***" •uvutJAUi Ui lull] XJUOIVili CtllU IliCA* 1 • *1 1 ., , , ■ -— 
Gov. Houston is the first that has yet been made man, last December, to the effect that Hie President ™ im IU1S '^’confidence m Mr. Buchanan’s admin- Cheat Britain— Mr. Disraeli’s motion for the 
4 1. A . ..it. A m 1CT1MIT1 mi om I'lOiiu nn 4 1< n n ... n ! . In . If. TV • ■ v w* w** * w • 
— The Connecticut river opened almost simultaneously 
with the Hudgon, and steamboats have commenced their 
trips. 
President Benson, of Liberia, was again inaugurated 
on the first of January, having been elected for a third 
term. 
v -— - * ' - -- ’} • ' vv vuvwv vuuv SUM a iv,pi UI..J 1 l> « . « 3 • . . , • •S.-I lill UCU B 1111J tlUJl lUj LIlC 
by the authorities of Texas, for any assistance in hud endeavored to bribe them from their course . * vin S tlie principles of Mr. Davis' consideration of the French treaty in advance of 
.1 .. ..i_v.. _ i,.. .. .... terriuinal minlntinno. .. v u| 
these disturbances from this Government. of duty, Hr. Houston and others participated in 
Ihe Harper’s Ferry Investigating Committee, an exciting debate, after which the resolution 
after a long deliberation, have formally agreed was adopted. 
not to call Gov. Wise before them. The minority Washburn, of Illinois, from tlie Committee on 
ol the Committee have been very desirous to have Commerce, reported a joint-resolution directing 
the testimony of Gov. Wise, in order that the con- the unexpended balance of the appropriation of 
tents of John Brown’s papers, captured by him, March, 1859, for repairing the works and piers in 
might be brought to light, but the majority re- order to erect a Light House nt Chicago, to he 
fused. Secretary Floyd appeared before the Com- diverted to the repair and improvement of the 
rnittee, and testified to the receipt of an anony- harbor of that city. He said the original appro- 
muiis letter, already published, warning him of priation was eighty-seven thousand dollars, of 
a threatened attack on the Government Arsenal which sufficient had been expended for the Liulit 
territorial resolutions; recommending tho adop- discussten^« ^ 
exciting debnte, after wWek til. rJeluti.n ™ ,l! ’ "* 
i adopted. 1 at 11 e Vote 01 tbc Ii0U16ianfl delegation be cast 
,, , , ' ' . ri.. , as a unit—and iu tSie case of the election of a 
Ushburn, of Illinois, from the Committee on 0 „ ., . , . 1 
, . . , Republican President, that Louisiana should meet 
nmerce, reported a joint-resolution directing 1 , 1 ol „„. U n- . . 
-Jill .. .. . b her Bister $laye-holdinic btiiteH iu council for the 
unexpended balance of the appropriation of , .... r , council, lor uie 
roll, 1859, for repairing the work, and piers in f ,° P “" n “ f for thur *k* 
er tn creel a Light Uonso nt Chicago, to be .T 'So n 
hvtnJ in fbn ,..,a —... ..a- tlons > but Mr - Slidell is recommended for the 
There were, at the latest dates. 404 divorce cases 
io hearing order, in England, and 600 more waiting to be 
The result of the vote was as follows:—For the 
motion, 230; against it, 293. Majority for the 
Government, 63. This considerably guarantees 
that the treaty will be ratified. 
Lord Lucan’s motion against reducing the tariff 
and increasing the income tax, was under discus¬ 
sion. 
— There are Raid to be 60,000 gold-diggers at Pike’s Peak. 
Ly the first of June the number will be increased to 
100,000. 
A law is pending in the Ohio Legislature prohibit¬ 
ing any person from keeping a dog without a license and 
a collar. 
"“I ■“n- Qiiuuu is jecommenaeu lor tne Tt 
it was reported that the French Government 
Presidency, llough .be Convention pledged tbc wUI agrcc . modiaoiUon thc c0> , 
Democracy of the State to support the nominee, lations ^ 
— It will take three years more to finish the new dome 
of the Capitol at Washington, and the total cost will he 
$994,000. 
in Maryland. As there was none in that. State, he 
thought the letter a hoax, which detected itself 
Late intelligence from Vancouver’s Island 
speaks of the arrest of some deserters at Lang¬ 
ley, Frazer River, by a Sergeant’s guard from the 
United States army, as a belligerent move. The 
— About two hundred dogs were killed at Ottawa, Can¬ 
ada, a week or two since, during an excitement caused by 
November. 
tractors tor tbe lands heretofore authorized to be 
viinn 1 . . . /> 1 a 1 r ~ ~ ‘ “iuvio UVJUUIUH' il li Lilt! I 1 £«_* U LU lit* 
® d “ 7vt Zc 7 - 8 COmpany> selected for mail stations on routes west of the 
^thrHt o V °“ . nVCr T C time - TLe Mississippi to the Pacific, and providing that the 
a sten 1 ”7 J6CU ' d 10 “ ch PoBt ’ Master General may provide lands for similar 
a st p, as, last November, word was sent to Major purposes: to reduce mileaue from 40 to on.. 
Haller, in command of thc U. S. troops, on the 
San Juan Island, that deserters had landed at Vic¬ 
toria, whom he could have, if he would send a 
proper officer and cognizance. Jn this respect, 
the British authorities have ever acted fairly, and 
Lord Lyons declines noticing complaints. 
About thirty of the forty cases affected Calii’or- 
\Tr7 T;, ^ w Whoever he may be. ------ - ^uoui rwo Hundred dogs were killed at Ottawa, Can- 
which sufficient liad been expended for tho Light . * und3 have opened with increased strength, ad a, a week or two since, during an excitement caused by 
House, leaving sixty-four thousand dollars for the tbc „ 811 ‘ tbe Opposition State Convcn- owing to the confidence entertained in tlie posi- ma,i lJo S a - 
harbor. The resolution was passed. t ' ion ct Kew • Tei 'sey was held, and well attended, tion of the Ministry, and the prevailing impression —The Deputy Marshals commence taking the census 
Bills Passed. —Enabling Minnesota and Oregon JU ' ,ge rortcr ’ of Caillden » was President. The was that great diplomatic efforts are being made on the lst of June > and are 40 complete it by the 1st of 
to reclaim overflowed or swamp lands within their !? lltions a he strongly Bepublican, and against to prevent existing foreign complications from November - 
limits; authorizing patents to issue to mail con- tbe admmnrtratuni ol President Buchanan, against ending in hostilities. Consols closed at 95J for ~ The K reftt atrike of tL e working men of London has 
tractors for the lands heretofore authorized to be 8 aV ® COdC ' in fuvor ot> a aud iri f;1 vor of money, and 95J for account. ceased. Both sides—journeymen and employees-claim 
selected for mail stations on routes west of tbe tU ho “ estcad ^ U ; Twenty-eight delegates were Heavy gales had prevailed along the coast of the T ‘° t0 ' T ' 
Mississippi to tho Pacific, and providing that the ap P omled to Chicago, — eight Senatorial and England. The steamer Odione, from Dublin for —b ' ouje fifty Members of Congress visited Mount 
Post-Master General may provide lands for similar twenty District - Thc delegates were not in- London, came in collision with the schooner lliril'iion’ TuCS< '’' ly "' eek ’ hy ‘ DTitation of the Ladies’ 
purposes; to reduce mileage from 40 to 20 cents * Heroine on the 19th ult The steamer sunk in 20 a °‘ 
per mile, to he computed bv a straight cuoeranhi- Tue BopnWicans of Massachusetts held their minutes aftenvards, and from 40 to 50 passengers . Z , . , the worliins hL ‘ ad of the British 
cal line. 7 gS1 Convention, for the purpose of choosing delegates were drowned. po»tul system, has been appointed a Knight Commander 
v ™ a- 1 t . 1 lo lllG Chicago National Convention, on the 7th France.— The ship Luna, from Havana and aw. . , „ 
D C> inst ’ The Convention organized by the choice Orleans, had been wrecked on the French the Lffim Xve™^’ = Pesqa ; era ; and ^rthrew 
feENAT®. The Canal Appropriation Bill was of Hon. J. S. C. Knowlton, of Worcester, for coast near Cherbourg. She had RS passengers ^d fruited Sonora, has been discovered 
f foll r S: T Str . ik - r^ 8Went . ?’ hC ball0t f0r dele S a1es resulted as and 22 crew on hoard. Only two passengers were _ Tbe Bainter Uade ^ nn thp „ rp ,„ p „ 
purposes; to reduce mileage from 40 to 20 cents 
per mile, to he computed by a straight geographi- 
— The great strike of the working men of London has 
ceased. Both sides—journeymen and employees—claim 
the victory. 
Some fifty Members of Congress visited Mount 
Vernon, on Tuesday week, by invitation of the Ladies’ 
Association. 
cal line. 
— Mr. Rowland Hill, the working head of the British 
postal system, has been appointed a Knigbt Commander 
of the ISatli. 
New York Legislature. 
Senate.— The Canal Appropriation Bill was 
amended, on its final reading, as follows:—Strik- 
— A plot to assassinate Gov. Pesqmera, and overthrow 
the Liberal Government in Sonora, has been discovered 
and frustrated. 
About thirty of the forty cases affected Cali for- in £ ont the clause providing for enlarged locks, follows:—John A. Andrews, of Boston; Ensign saved, whose names are not given. The vessel 
nia land claims have been argued before the Hu- a,ld authorizing lire Canal Board, after the full H. Kellogg, of Pittsfield; George R. Botwell, of has proved a total loss, 
prerne Court, during the present term. The de- dc ’ Jt h 01 Iho Erie, Oswego and Cayuga und Sen- Groton; Linus B. Coramins, of Roxbury. The There was a report current that a plot against 
cision. as to a few ol them, will establish the prin- eca f aua ’ s > 8 hall have been obtained this spring, delegation are of Seward proclivities. the Emperor of the French had been discovered 
Ciples applicable to all. to extend the locks on said canals in any manner TnE Onnosition Convent!.,n „r The French Ministerial circulars demand obe! 
— The painter Linde has found, on the island of Ragen, 
a collection of northern antiquities, traced to a period of 
500 years B. C. 
The friends of the admission of Kansas, under deem best, so as to increase their capacity 
thc Wyandott Constitution, are becoming more boats with 100 tons burthen more cargo than 
hopeful of the success of the measure before the 
expiration of the present session. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
Senate.— Mr. llaun presented the credentials 
of Milton S. Latham, Senator from California, na J* s » 15 
the present; provided this can be done within the 
means herein appropriated to the said canals, and 
provided they deem it for the best interests of 
the State. 
Thus amended* the bill was passed. Ayes, 17; 
delegation are of Seward proclivities. tbe Emperor of the French had been discovered. 
The Opposition Convention of Tennessee lately Tlie French Ministerial circulars demand obe- 
adopted a long address, pointing out the abuses dience to ti]e laws from The clergy on the Roman 
which have grown up under our Federal Govern- fi nC8tioD - 
ruent, and the necessity for a movement to purify Italy. Rumors were current of an address 
it. The resolutions passed declare that Hie Con- ^k’ibuted to \ ictor Emanuel himself, calling 
vention will unite with all good men everywhere, ^"I J ’ es au ^ Sardinia to insurrection, 
and devote all their energies to maintain the T he armaments in Piedmont were being accele- 
Union under the present Constitution; that obe- ratcd ‘ 
dicnce to tbe latter is tho true test of lovaltv to ^ coasu ’^’ on held at the atioan had decided 
It is 11 notable fact that the places of public amuse¬ 
ment in l’aris, pay one-tenth of their receipts to charita¬ 
ble institutions. 
— William J. Lane, Jr., the Clerk convicted of embez¬ 
zling $60,000 of the funds of the Fulton Bank, has gone 
to Sing Sing Prison. 
— A resolution in the School Board of Cleveland, Ohio, 
to separate white and black pupils, has been negatived by 
a vote of six to four. 
1 1 ' _ UAVUVU UVA IUC GUitU XJ3 lUV IX lit? 1.1* ST. {) I I (.) Nil 11, I fl -- -•''*•** 
Who appeared, was sworn in, and took his seat. 1 he minority of the Senate Committee reported the former; that the continued agitation of the that KiDg of Sardiuia sh °nld not be excom 
Mr Mason stated that the Sergeant had arroBted lftV0I ! al ’ y ’ ‘ Mr * Prosscr ’ on the Assembly glavcry qll09tion ia fraught with j “ finite Jui , dlief municated, whatever political events might super 
Thaddeus Hyatt and moved that he be brought Toll B, 11. The bill was made the special order to whole country; that they art opposed to VenC * 
— A bill is pending iu the New Jersey Legislature to 
establish an Agricultural district in Liberia, and support 
600 families thereon. 
before the bar of tlie Senate, and .asked first what lor ncxt Wednesday, by 12 to 10. 
excuse he had to offer for refusing to obey the The bill to prevent tho sale of fraudulent pas- 
summons of the Committee of the Senate, and SCnger tickets passed. 
record, whether he is now ready to answer, and 
that he be required to answer such questions as 
may be propounded by the Committee in writing, 
and under oath. Adopted. 
Mr, Hyatt was accordingly brought in, the 
queries propounded, and, on motion, he was 
remanded into custody of the Scrgeat-at-Arms, 
The Senate voted to postpone the constitutional 
amendment relative to thc judiciary, until the 2d 
of April—19 to 10. 
The Governor sent in his veto on tlie bill to ex¬ 
tend the time for collection of taxes throughout 
the State, and the Senate strongly sustained the 
Governor’s veto. In the question, shall the bill 
and given until 2 o’clock Friday next, to answer ’ )a ss over the Governor’s veto, the vote stood 
the questions, 8 to 19. 
A message from the President was read, inolos- Assembly.—' The Canal Appropriation bill was 
ing Gen. Houston s letter and a lengthy communi- passed. 
cation to the Secretary of War, communicating Tire Railroad Toll Bill came up for a third read- 
ofhcial reports of the difficulties on the Rio ing, and was passed. This bill imposes full rates 
Grande ‘ . . (t^e same as canal) on the Centra), Oswego and 
Bills J assea. Making appropriations to carry Syracuse, Albany and Vermont, Rensselaer and 
into effect the treaty stipulations with the Indians Saratoga, Saratoga and Whitehall, Cheraumr 
ol Oregon and Washington; to create an addi- Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroads, during 
tional bind district in Washington Territory; for the season of navigation; three-fourths of the 
the relief of the widow of Gen. Percit’er Smith. same rate on the New York and Erie, Buffalo and 
Thaddeus Ilyatt was brought in and replied iu New York City, Niagara Bridge and Canandai- 
diroct taxation, and in favor of a tariff and specific 
duties, with an economical administration of thc 
General Government; that Mr. Bell, by bis long 
and distinguished public services, enjoys their 
warmest confidence; that they commend him to 
tlieir fellow-citizcnB everywhere, and instruct 
their delegates to use all honorable means for 
procuring his nomination. 
The Minnesota Republican Convention mc-t at 
St, Paul on the 22d ult, John W. North, of Rice 
county, presided. The following delegates were 
chosen to the Chicago Convention:—Stephen Mil¬ 
ler, David A. Lecombe, S. P. Jones, S. P. Smith, 
A, H. Wagerner, J. W. North, Aaron Goodrich, j 
and John MeKusic. The resolutions adopted 
maintain the union of the States, the rights of the 
States, and the liberties of the People; demand 
thc entire divorce of the General Government 
from any participation in the evils of slavery: 
oppose any abridgment of the right of naturaliza¬ 
tion; favor the granting of the public domain in 
limited quantity to actual settlers; condemn the 
Advices from Rome announce that tbe Pope 
— The Apache Indians are again becoming troublesome 
to the Orel land Mail, in the mountainous neighborhood 
lying east of Tucson. 
— Ten new missionaries sailed from Boston to China 
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holds m i eadiness a motupropna, already signed, Iast week . Three or four of them were young ladies, 
realiz mg promises made at Gaeta, but that before w ho go out as teachers. 
promulgating it he demands that the Patrimony 
St. Peter shall he guaranteed him. 
The Electoral Committee of Florence recom¬ 
mended annexation to Piedmont as the only 
programme which candidates should profess. 
Austria.— An Austrian Imperial Decree con¬ 
cedes to the Jews, in nearly all the provinces of 
the Empire, the right to hold real property. 
— The citizens of Tarrytown have erected a tablet to 
the memory of Washington Irving, in the church at that 
village, which he attended. 
Major Gaines, paymaster of the army, died at Fort 
Smith, on the ISth of February, from injury received by 
being thrown from a buggy. 
— The people of Stockton, Me., recently turned ont, 
into tlie woods, and hauled a generous supply of wood 
Prussia.— Prussia and Russia, it was reported, to every widtm iu the village. 
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writing to the questions propounded him. He gua, Syracuse and IHngbamton C Yorkand '^77777 ^ & 
denies the authority and jurisdiction of the Har- Elmira, Jefferson andCanandaiuua Railroads mion • ' J !°, 7 Paulic ’ * lth appropriations lor 
had joined in a proposal for a conference of the 
five Great Powers. 
Spain. —A Madrid telegram states that the gar¬ 
rison of Mcllilla had made a sortie, and that the 
Spanish loss was 33 killed, 146 wounded, and 21 
missing. The Spanish press were unanimous in 
their demand for an energetic policy against 
Morocco. 
China.—A nong Kong letter says that the 
claims of American citizens for losses sustained 
at Canton in the year 185G, are in a fair way of 
liquidation. A dividend is to be paid forthwith, 
and the remainder guaranteed. 
Liverpool Breadstcfp Market. —Messrs.Richardson, 
Npence & Co., report Hour dull, but firm at 28s@28s6d; 
wheat firm anil advanced Id; sales red at 98 l 0 d@ 10 .- 6 d: 
white 10s0d@12s. Corn quiet; sales of yellow at 33s@ 
33s6d. Lard quiet, 57 s@6b. 
— It is said that out of a German population of fifty 
thousand, in the State of Wisconsin, there is not a single 
individual in the Penitentiary. 
— The Masonic Register Tot 1S60 states that the whole 
number of Lodges of Free Masons in the U. S, and Ter¬ 
ritories, and other countries, is 6 , 3 B 0 . 
— The Boston and Worcester Railroad Company have 
placed upon their road a car made entirely of iron. The 
cost is about the ame as a wooden one. 
— Ihe manslyn house of Sir Edmund Head, Governor 
General of Canada, was destroyed by fire on Saturday 
week. Most of the lurniture ivas saved. 
— The N. Y Herald Las a story to the effect that Sam 
Houston, with an army of 30,000 Texans, is about to 
march on Mexico to conquer that country. 
— The resignation of Rev. Prof. Huntington has been 
accepted by the Fellows of Harvard University, and his 
connection with the College will soon cease. 
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