The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

By tho arrival of her Majesty's ship Duke of
Welling!on at Spith( ad yesterday we have advices
front Lisbon to March 12.
After a fortnight's Ministerial crisis,

and the

failure of every effort to reorganise a new Cabinet
out of the Progresista party, the Marquis de Lonlo
and Viscount Sada Bandeira have formed a coali-
tion with three deputies belonging to the Chartist
or Conservative Constitutionalist party, and I- am
assured the Administration will to-day le officially
declart:'d in the Cortes as foUows The Marquis de Loulo, President of the Gowicil,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and, ad interim, of the
Home department.

Viscount Sada Bandeira, Minister of Marine
and, ad interim, of War.

M. Antonio Jose d' Avila, Minister of Financ'•
M. Carlos Bento da Silva, Minist:r of Public
Works.

M. Vicente Ferrer Netto' Minister of Justice.
By this reconstruction of the Loule Cabinet two
Ministers went out—MM. Julio Gomes and Cunha
Pessoa, and three new ones have taken office. 31*
Avila has formed part of several AdwinistrationFy
bat M. Carlos Bento, chief of the department in
tile Treasury, and V. Ferrer, protestor in the
Univers ty of Co;mbra, have not before been Mini-
sters of State, though they have continually been
membe-s of the House of Deputies, and evinced
considerable ability as debaters.
It is very probable the new Ministry will, equally
with the last, have a good working majoritY
the Lower House, but it is extremely difficult
to say whether this or any other combination
of parties will he able to command one in the
Upper House without the cre tion of a new
batch of Peen 4, so equally divided does that House
appear to be, and so conscious is each pary of its
power to give a check to any Administration by
suddenly sending for half-a-dozen of those Peers
who are usually absent ; and thus, so long as the
King allows it to be understood he will not create
new ones, it does not appear this difficulty in
lation can be overcome, and permit the appoint-
ment of an administration likely to carry on public
affairs any length of time, which would be very
desirable for the interests of the country.
Admiral Dundas left the Tao-us in the Duke °f
Wellington, and Captain Eyres remains on board
the Exmouth, arrived on the 9th, as chief officer,
with the Princess Royal and James Watt.

AMERICA.

THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL
MESSAGE.
THE AMENDED TARIFF.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The United States' mail steam-ship Fulton, Car
tarn J. A. Wotton, arrived in C3wes-roads 01s
morning, and her mails were delivered here I?
noon. She arrived under the Needles at 9 o'clock
last night, but was detained by a dense foo'lluti;
9 a.m. to-day. This steamer left New York,
p.m. on the 7th inst., and brings three days' later
news than the advices per the Asia. She bag
four passengers for England and 60 for Havre, fot
which port she proceeded after disembarking bey
mails, &c., for this place. She has on board $12,20,
in specie, 1,200 barrels of flour, and 21 packages °I
samples for Havre.
The Hon. Charles Sumner, of Boston,
chusetts, is on board the Fulton, on his WAY
France, to improve his health.
On the 9th inst. the Fulton passed the barqul
Fleet Eagle, of Boston, from the Cape of GO'
Hope.
The steamers Atlantic and Persia, from Liver'
pool, had arrived at New York ; the former on
sth, and the later on the 6th inst.
By the Fulton we have received President 1311;
chanan's inaugural Message, which was delivered
at Washington on the 4th inst. Subjoined is a OP/
of the speech :
" Fellow Citizens,—l appear before you this (lei to
take the solemn oath that I will faithfully execute the
office of President of the United States, and will to the
best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the e";
stitution of the United States. In entering upon this
great I must humbly invoke the God of our Word
for wisdom and firmness to execute its high and 'teepees;
ible duties in such a manner as to restore harmony and
the ancient friendship among the people of the severs:
States, and to preserve our free institutions through"'
many generations. Convinced that I owe my election
to the inherent love tor the constitution and the Union
which still animates the hearts of the American peoples,
let me earnestly ask their powerful support in sustainil
all just measures calculated to perpetuate these the
richest of political blessings which Heaven has ever be.
stowed epos any nation.
" Having determined not to become a candidate for
re-election, I shall have no motive to influence my 01°".
duct in administering the Government, except the ago
sire ably and faithfully to serve my country and to live
in the grateful memory of my countrymen.
" We have recently passed through a Presidential cos'
test, in which the passions of our fellow-citizens were el'
cited to the highest degree by questions of deep and vital
importance ; but when the people proclaimed their will
the tempest at once subsided, and all was calm. The voice
of the majority speaking in the enanner prescribed by the
constitution was heard, and instant submission followed.
Our own country could alone have exhibited so grand and
striking a spectacle of the capacity of man for self-ge•
vernment.
" What a happy conception, then, was it for Conges'S
to apply this simple rcle—that the will of the majority
shall govern—to the settlement of the question of do-
mestic slavery in the territories. Congress is neither to
legislate slavery into any territory or State, nor to ex-
clude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof per-
fectly free to for m and regulate their domestic institu•
tions in their own way, subject only to the constitution
of the United States. As a natural consequence, Cos
gress has also prescribed that when the territory of Sall*
sas shall be admitted as a State, it shall be received into
the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution
may prescribe at the time of their admission. A dig&
rent opinion has arisen in regard to the time when the
people of a territory shall decide this question for theln:
selves. This is, happily, matter of but little practical
importance, and, besides, it is a judicial question, which,
legitimately belongs to the Supreme Court of the United
States, before whom it is now pending, and will, it rtt
understood, be speedily and finally settled. To their
decision, in common with all good citizens, I shall cheer'
fully submit, whatever this may be, though it has been
my individual opinion that under the Nebraska-Kanesg
Act the appropriate period will be when the number of
actual residents in the territory shall justify the forms'
tion of a constitution with the view to its admission as s
State into the Union ; but be this as it may, it is the by'
perative and indispensable duty of the Government of the
United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the
free and independent expression of his opinion by his vote.
This sacred right of each individual must be premerved•
This being accomplished, nothing can be fairer than to
leave the people of a territory free from all foreign is"
terferenco to decide their own destiny for themselves,
subject only to the constitution of the United States
The whole territorial question being thus settled upon the
principle of popular sovereignty—a principle as ancient
as free governments itself—everything of a practical
ture has been decided, and no other question remains fo
adjustment, because all agree that under the constitution
slavery in the States is beyond the reach of any human
power except that of the respective States themselves
wherein it exists. May we not, then, hope that the long
agitation on this subject is approaching its end, and that
the geographical parties to which it has given birth, so
much dreaded by the father of his country, will speedily
become extinct ? Most happy will it be for the country
when the put lic mind shall be diverted from this plea•
tion to others of moreepressing and practical importance.
Throughout the whole progress of this agitation, which
has scarcely known any intermission for more than 20
years, while it has been productive of no positive good
to any human being, it has been the prolific source
of great evils to the master, to the slave, and to the
whole country ; it has alienated and enstranged the
people of the sister Stites from each other, and has even
seriously endangered the very existence of the Union ;
nor has the danger yet entirely ceased.
" Under our system there is a remedy for all mere pa•
litical evils in the sound sense and sober judgment of the
people. Time is a great corrective. The political sub-
jects which but a few years ago excited and exasperated
the pub is mind have passed away, and are now nearly
forgotten ; but this question of domestic slavery is of far
greater importance than any mere political question, be-
clause, shoul 1 the agitation continue, it may eventually
endanger the personal safety of a large portion of our
countrymen where the institution exists. In that event
no form of government, however admirable in itself,
however productive of material benefits, can compensate
ler the loss of peace and domestic security around the
family altar. Let every Union-loving man therefore
egfres thes times that men
exert his beet influence to suppress this ,
is withoutagitation,whaicnhy,
since the recent legislation
aonf Congress,
o
legitimate object.
have undertaken to calculate the mere material value of
the Union. Reasoned estimates have been presented
of the pecuniary profits and local advantages which
would result to different States and sections from its des•
solution, and of the comparative injuries which such an
, event would inflict on other States and sections. Even
I descending to this low and narrow view of the mighty
question, all such conclusions are at fault. The bare re-
ference to a single consideration will be conclusive on
this point. We at present enjoy a free trade through.
out our "ten'ive and expansive oeuetry, such as the
world never witnessed. This trade is conducted on rail-
roads and canals, on noble rivers and arms of the sea,
which bind together the north and the south, the east
and the west of our confederacy. Annihilate this trade
arrest its free progress by the geographical lines of
jealous and hostile States, and you destroy the prosperity
and onward march of the whole and every part, and in-
volve all in one common ruin. But such considerations,
important as they are in themselves, sink into insignifi-
cance when we reflect on the terrific evils which would
result front disunion to every portion of the confederacy
—to the North not more than to the South, to the East
not m-ate than to the West. These I shall not attempt to
portray, because I feel an humble confidence that the
kin l Providence which in,pired our fathers with wisdom
to frame the most perfect form of government and union
ever devised by man, will not suffer it to perish until it
shall have beep peacefully instrumental by its example
in the extension of civil and religious liberty throughout
the world.

" Next in importanca to the maintenance of the con•
stitution and the Union is the duty of preserving the
Government free from the taint or even the suspicion of

,"

6ci•rtiPtintir virtev is the vital Spirit of republics,
Raid 'history pravea that when this has &Aye& and the
love of money has usurped its place, although the forms
of free government may remain for a season, the slls-
stance has departed for ever.
Our present financial condition is without a parallel
from history. No nation has ever before been embarrassed
"In too large a surplus in its treasury. This almost ne-
eeacartly gives birth to extravagant legislation. It pro-
duces wild schemes of expenditure, and begets a race of
speculators and jobbers whose ingenuity is exerted in
contriving and promoting expedients to obtain the public
11.1"eY The party, through its official agents, whether
rightfully or wrongfully, is suspected, and the character
,rl,4,,th!G overnment suffersl in the estimation of the people.
'UR isin itself a very great evil. The national mode of
relief from this embarrassment is to appropriate the sur-
plus In the treasury to great national oh sets for which a
clear warrant can be found in the constitution. Among
debt
I alight mention the extinguishment of the public
debts
; a reasonable increase of the navy, wh:clt is at pre-
nt
8e
e nadequate to the protection of our vast tonnage
"oat—now greater than that of any other nation—as
Wellas the defence of our extended seacoast.
"It is, beyond all question, the true principle that no
piers revenue ought to be collected from the people than
the I
amount necessary to defray the expenses of a wise,
economical, and efficient administration of the govern-
:lent. To reach this point it was necessary to resort to
Modification of the tariff, and this has been accom-
eaan such a manner as to ito as little injury as may
have been practicable to our domestic manufactures, es-
ViellY those necessary for the defence of the country.
nY discrimination aeainst a perticular branch for the
Purpose of bonefitting favoured corporations, individuals,
cr interests would have been unjust to the rest of the
Community,ttad and inconsistent with that spirit of fairness
equality which ought to govern in the adjustment of
a revenue tariff.
o‘, "But the squandering of the public money sinks into
"MParative insignificance as a temptation to corruption
.Ntsehetsnati on i compared with the squandering of the public lands.
r° n the tide of time has been blessed with so
ich and noble an inheritance as we enjoy in
° Public lands. In administering this important trust,
While •s
Is may be wise at grant portions of them for the
Improvement of the remainder, yet we should never for-
get that it is our cardinal policy to reserve these lands as
pruch as may be for actual settlers, and this at moderate
ia—e,eB. We shall thus not only best promote the pros-
y of the new States by furnishing a hardy and inde-
pendent race of honest and industrious citizens, but shall
secure homes for our children and our children's chil-
drsecr as well as for those exiles from foreign shores who
1141 y seek in this country to insprove their condition and
° enjoy the blessings of civil and religious liberty. Such
ae rsigrants have done much to promote the growth and
tr"Perity of the country. becoming proved faithful
:.1' in Peace and in war. After citizens they
aentitled, under the constitution and laws, to be
Placed on perfect equality with native-born citi-
es, and in this character they should ever be
from recognised. The Federal Constitution is a grant
Qua the States to' Congress of certain specific powers,
24, the question whether this grant shall be libe-
t;""Y or strictly construed has, more or less, divided poli-
'tl parties from the beginning.
,It Without entering into the argument, I desire to
toe at the commencement of my administration that
g experience and observation have convinced me that
thstrict construction of the powers of the Government is
the Only true as well as the only safe theory of
polconstitution. Whenever in our past history doubtful
at;'"ers have been exercised by Congress they have never
ed to produce injurious and unhappy consequences.
p acY Ruch instances might be adduced if this were th.e
It°Per occasion. Neither is it necessary for the public
all to strain the language of the constitution, because
f 41
th,e great and useful powers required for a success.
auministration of the Government, both in peace and
teoNva,r, have been granted either in express terms or by
these P'ainest implication. While deeply convinced of
.03.1. truths, I yet consider it clear that, ander the wars
wasting power, Congress may appropriate money to-
at) as the construction of a military read when this is
rießeQictelY necessary for the defence of any State or ter-
eo -rY of the Union against foreign invasion. Under the
anlstitution Congress has power to declare war, to raise
t ,ll,lsPort armies, to provide and maintain a navy, and
ir°l2,-,," forth the militia to repel invasion. Thus endowed
rest; ample manner with the war-making power, the cor-
t'°ndieg duty is required that the United States shall
ill °tent each of them (the States) against invasion. How
_ 4it
,p :Possible to afford this protection to California and our
thee,',6c Possessions except by means of a military road
11:i•s41gh the territory of the United States, over which
tet;ll and munitions of war may be speedily transported
.441 the Atlantic States to meet and repel the invaders I
oensease of a war with a naval power much stronger than
teir,"o, We should have then no other available access
010":4_el'acific coast, becausesuch a power would instantly
the routs across the isthmus of Central America.
.at miseriespossible to conceive that while the constitution
sh pressly required Congress to defend all the States,
tie Quid yet deny to them, by any fair construe-
&uur the only possible means by which one of these
ai"„4tee can be defended. Besides, the Government, ever
auce its origin, has been in the constant practice of con-
•',4tict' 2military roads. It might also be wise to con-
winhetmhel athe love for the union which now
rtr ani-
es our fellow-citizens on the Pacific coast may not be
.uPaired by our neglect or refusal to provide for them,
10 their remote and isolated condition, the only means
)„..Y Which the power of the States on this side of the
-rocky mountains can reach them in sufficient time to
rotect them against invasion. I forbear for the present
economical
expressing an opinion as to the wisest and most
mode in which the Government can lend its
el" in accomplishing this great and necessary work. I
:elieve that many difficulties in the way, which now ap-
rsr formidable, will in a great degree vanish as soon as
°nearest and the best route shall have been satisfac-
torily ascertained. .
. It may be right that on this occasion I.sheuld make
eaa
to"-'e brief remarks as to our rights and duties as a mem-
ee,,of the great family of nations. In our intercourse
(41_ them there are some plain principles approved by
pereewn experience, from which we should never de-
f We ought to cultivate peace, commerce, andh
bresi'u2hip with all nations, and this hot. merely. as t e
iq , "'Tans of promoting our own material interest, but
men Pirit of Christian benevolence towards our fellow-
wherever their lot may be cast. Our diplomacy
no-'-ucl be direct and frank—neither seeking to obtain
eael'e, nor aceepting less than is our due. We ought to
tie,,%4 it sacred regard for the independence of all na-
con-; and never attempt to interfere in the domestic
quir-,,e,,nit2 of any, unless this shall be imperatively re-
tea °Y the great law of self-preservation. To avoid
lie:tieing alliances has been made a maxim of our po-
to-ohver since the days of Washington, and its wisdom
tie 70111 attempt to dispute. In short, we ought to
itUftinstiee in a kindly spirit to all nations, and require
eth_ce from them in return. It is our glory that, while
r nations have extended their dominions by the sword
chase
never acquired any territory except by fair pur-
e'. °la as in the case of Texts, by the voluntary deter
of a brave, kindred, and independent people to
houLatlltheir destinies with our o wn.sEven our acuisitions
eaukii", Pxico form no exception ; unwilling! tot ake ad-
we e of the fortune of war against &sister Republic,
for !archased these possessions, under a treaty of peace,
4al utum Which was considered at the time a fair equi-
zteq"n?ur nut history forbids that we shall in the future
et . re-territory, unless this be sanctioned by the laws
e alai honour. Acting on this principle no
gres na-
Pr wus
ol Lave a right to interfere or complain if, in the
ee:f events, we shall'still further extend our pos-
t:l4"k Hitherto in all our acquisitions the people un-
and he protection of the American flag have enjoyed civild
r,eligious liberty as well as equal and just laws, an
teitiel eon contented, prosperous, and happy. Their trade
the rest of the world has rapidly increased, and thus
eery co
caw romercial nation has shared largely in their suc
134 Progress. I shall now proceed to take the oath
the blessing
by the constitution, while humbly invoking
The
of divine Providence on this great people."
e inauguration ball at Washington, the closing
gene •a
of the ceremonies, passed off satisfactorily.
8~ new President and Vice-President were present,
Ztl Were received with the greatest enthusiasm.
President Pierce was too unwell to be present.
Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet nominations were sent
"CI and confirmed by the Senate on the 6th inst.,
44 follows :
Secretary of State—Lewis Cass.
Secretary of the Treasury—Howell Cobb.
Secretary of War—John Buchanan Fleyd.
Secretary of the Navy—lsaac Toucey.
Secretary of the Interior—Jacob Thompson.
Attorney-General—Jeredliah S. Black.
Postmaster-General—Aaron Venable Brown.
1, .New York Evening Post, of the Gth, pub-
.nab
es the followieg important particulars relative
t
the amended tariff just adopted :
s In another part
.of this sheet we publish the tta-
illete amendinour tariff of. duties enacted by Congress at
the
session which has just closed. This act, which
48 agreed upon by the Committee of Conferenced.d
as
f cmpromise between the different plans . discussed
b_r reducing the indirect tax- In the
s, passed on Monday
e. a large majority in both Houses of Congress.
af--v,the vote stood 33 to 8; in the house, 124 to 79.
gives on the whole, more satisfaction than was ex-
Pee te d 'to the interests re resented at Washington.
eoe" who complain most loudly are the wool-growers
cadthe manufacturers of fine broad-cloths. The former
fr_rnplain of the provision which makes cheap wools duty
; the latter that the duty on fine wools is not low
rte"gh. The cotton manufacturers are pleased with the
topiesion free of dye stuffs, acids, and manufacturing ma'
tatbell4s‘generally which more than compensates them for
b .slight reduction of the duties on imported cotton
sottos. A distinction was made in the bill between fine
lattergoods and the cheaper unbleached kinds. The
doi,ttwere placed at 19 per cent., for the same reason,
„,. ',otiose
.Iz, t 6 Ohat cheap wool was placed in the free list—
suit the convenience of' Southern planters, who
eicetBll.es get their negro blankets and shirts at lewer
thy` The bill is not what it ought to be in all respects,
rte perhaps, the best that could be got. Instead of
asitPthYing the tariff by adopting two or three schedules,
h afree list, Congress has complicated the business
ari,rietaining nine 'schedules', while the number of free
tile —elf is by no means enough to effect that reduction of
tiei,revenue whics th mai object of their legisla-
evil; °,n the subjech t.wa Irone and sugar are the interests
as Ice are most unfavourably affected by the measure,
unlike the producers and manufacturers of wool and
e°,let°l3, they gain no compensating advantage for the
setion on their staples.
Be Iron and sugar are, by the new tariff, reduced from
a Per cent. to 24 per cent. Wool costing over 20 cents.
413°11nd at the port of exportation is also reduced from
Per cent. to 24 per cent., while wool costing less, and
heretofore taxed 30 per cent., is placed on the free list.

rills cottons are reduced from 26 par ciente to 24 per
oent., and cottons unbleached from 25 to 19 per cent.
"The different ech ;dules are thus arranged :
" Schedule A, of the tariff of 1846, includes brandy,
cordials, and all spirituous liquor?, which were taxed 100
per cent. of their value ; and schedule B includes wines,
cigars, manufactured tobacco, sweetmeats, meats, game,
alabaster and spar ornaments, spices, &c., which are
charged with a duty of 40 per cent. The duty on the
articles included in both schedules is now to be 30 per
cent.
" Schedule C, under the tariff of 1846, included a
large list of commodities, among which were iron, glass,
woollens, sugar, ale, and beer, charged with a duty of
30 per cent. These are now subject to a duty of 24 per
cent. From this list aro excepted by the act of 1857
ginger, green, ripe, dried, preserved, or pickled ; ochres
and ochery earths ; medicated roots, leaves ; gums and'
resins in a crude state, not otherwise provided for; wares,
chemical, earthern, or pottery, of a capacity not exceed-
ing 10 gallons; which are transferred to schedule E, and
the duty reduced to 15 per cent. All hit ached, printed,
or dyed cottons, also, hereafter belong to this schedule
and pay 24 per cent. on their value.
" Schedule D, including funnels, floorclothe, carpets,
baizes, hemp, manufactured silk, cables, cordage, &c.,
undergoes a reduction from 25 per cent. to 19. Japanned
leather and skins of all kinds are transferred to this
schedule.
" Schedule E, which under the tariff of 1846 paid a
duty of 20 per cent., and comprised an extensive list of
commodities, among which were blankets, furs on the
skin, all oils used in painting, various pigment=, metals,
timber, and wood of various kinds, barley, beef, &c., is
now to p.y a duty of 15 per cent.
" Schedule F, which includes a few articles paying
hitherto a duty of 15 per cent., such as arsenic, gold and
siver leaf, steel in bars, cast or sheer, &c., will pay a
duty of 12 per cent. Borate of lime and cedilla, or tow
of hemp and flax, are added to this schedule.
" Schedule G, including books, magazines, pamphlets,
periodicals and illustrated newspapers, engravings or
plates, gems and precious stones, watches, &c., is reduced
from 10 to 8 per cent. To• this schedule are referred
antimony, barks, crude camphor, cantharides, carbonate
of soda, emery • fruits, green, ripe, and dried ; gum ara-
bic and other like gums ; machinery imported for mak-
ing flax and linen goods, tin in plates or sheets, sponges,
and various ornamental woods.
"Schedule H, which under the tariff of 1846 was
charged with 5 per cent., is to pay 4. This includes raw
hides, brass, and tin in pigs or bars, tortoiseshells, zinc
and spelter manufactured, &c. To this schedule a con.
siderable number of articles is transferred.
"Schedule I, or the free list, is enlarged by the addi-
tion of a large number of commodities."
A most important incident in the news by this
arrival is the decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States in the care of Drel Scott, a negro,
who claimed his freedom on the ground that he had
resided two years by the act of his owner in a State
where slavery was prohibited by its constitution,
and afterwards in a territory from which it was
prohibited by the Missouri compromise. The Su-
preme Court denies the validity of his claim, and
decides the following points :
" 1. That Scott, being a negro, is not a citizen, inas-
much as men of the African race, whether slave or free,
are not citizens of the United States. He cannot, there-
fore, sue in the courts of the United States.
2. "The ordinance of 1787 bad no independent con-
stitutional force or legal effect subsequently to the adop-
tion of the Constitution, and could not operate of itself
to confer freedom or citizenship within the north-west
territory upon negroes not citizens by the Constitution.
"3. The Act of 1820, commonly called the Missouri
Compromise, in so far as it undertook to Exclude negro
slavery from, and give freedom and citizenship to negroes
in, the northern part of the Louisiana cession, was a
legislative Act exceeding the powers of Congress, and
void of no legal effect to that end."
Several incidental points were also determined in
deciding these main points. The delivery of the
opinion occupied about three hours.
The Assembly passel the bill providing for the
removal of the quarantine on the sth inst. Nothing
of importance was done in the Senate.
The steamship Illinois left New York on the sth
for Aspinwall, carrying out about 500 passengers,
including a detachment of 250 United States' soldiers
bound for Oregon and Washington territories.
By way of New Orleans we have received details
of the news from the city of Mexico to the 10th,
and Vera Cruz to the 12th ult. The new constitu-

r aid

tion was sworn to on the sth ult., by President
Comonfort and many other public functiorariei and
generals. The Constituent Assembly had addressed
the people, asserting the inefficiency of the plan of
Ayutla, and the new constitution was generally ap-
proved. The new treaty with the United States
would, it was hoped, result in great commercial ad-
vantages to both republic 4, and form a band of
closer union between the Governments.

We learn from Omaha City, under date of the
12th ult., that the closing scenes of the Legislature
of Nebraska Territory were very exciting. The
popular voice had charged several members with
corruption with respect to their votes on the pas-
sage of some bank charters. In consequ-nce the
Governor vetoed six charters so obtained. A crowd
of rioters pursued the members accused to the office
of the Territorial Secretary, and disregarding all
form of an investigating committee attempted to
inflict personal chastisement on one legislator. He
threatened to shoot with a revolver in reply, when
the Secretary turned the whole batch into the street.
Here the suspected members ran off and concealed
themselves. The legislative session would close on
the 13th February. The Governor was completely
bewildered by these occurrences.
The business at the New York Stock Exchange
on the Gth inst. was again quite large, the orders
from outside parties being evidently on the in-
crease. The brokers themselves were becoming
more equally divided in opinion as to the immediate
prospects of the inerket, aud, although at and after
the close of the regular dealings at each session the
Bears make strong efforts to weaken the general
tone, the registered sales were rather above than
below the advance established on the previous day.
The business was even better distributed throughout
the official list, and adds up 28,060 shares and about
$50,000 in bonds, the latter mostly in retail parcels.
New York and Erie and Reading were 3/4 to I per
cent., offered in the "street" after th e adjournment
of the afternoon Board. New York Central, 91 ;
Hudson River up 2 percent. since Wednesday ; sales
at 30k cash ; Milwaukee and Mississippi up 1 per
cent., and no stock offered at the close at the ad-
vanced bid of 721 ; Illinois Central largely done at
140 to 139 to 1381 per cent. ; La Crosse and Mil-
waukee rose percent. ; Michigan Southern Sink-
ing Fund Bonds in request at 80 per cent.
In money the inclination was to ease in the dis-
count market, and good paper since the 4th of
March payments, which were heavy and well met,
was iu request at 9 per cent. for prime and 10 per
cent. for fair lists. On demand loan there was some
additional activity, owing to the heavy business
doing on the Stock-Exchange and the dulness in
foreign bills, of which the regular banking houses
have now a good supply. An old and leading firm
reduced their rate on London to 1081, and the quo-
tation for first-class bills is now 108 to 108 k.
The European news to hand by the Atlantic and
Persia had a depressing influence on thecotton market
yesterday, and sales of about 4,003 bales were made,
chiefly in transitu,, at prices which indicated a de-
cline of about lc. per lb. below the extreme high
rates current in the fore pat t of the week. The Persia
having been telegraphed early in the forenoon
checked sales of flour, which closed dull at the
previous day's prices, with moderate sales. Wheat
was in fair demand, with sales of Southern white
at $1 73c., Missouri red at $1 52c. to $1 54c., and
common western ditto $l. 461 c. Corn was firm,
and western mixed sold at 733/4c. to 74c., and old
and new Southern yellow A 7Gc. Pork was firm,
with sales of new mess at $23 70c. to $23 75c. ; at
the close $24 was asked. Lard•was in active demand
for future delivery, and sales made freely at 141 c.,
and a sale was also reported to arrive at 15c.
Sugars were steady, with sales of 500 to GOO hhds.
and 1,000 boxes. Coffee sold to the extent of about

1,500 to 2,000 bags of all kinds, at steady prices.
Frei,,,hts continued to rule low. To Liverpool
40,000 bushels of corn, in bulk and bags, were en-
gaged at 41c. to 4,ic„ and some wheat in bags at
41c. Flour at ls. 6d. to ls. 7d., and lard at 153.
To other posts rates were quiet, and quotations
unchanged.

NEW ORLEANS, MARCh 6.
Cotton.—Sales to-day, 7,000 bales. Prices stiffer,
but not quotably higher; m'd(il,ng, 124 to 13i.
Receipts to-day, 5,250 bales. Sugar selling at 10e.,
molaqse3 60c. Mess pork (Eastern), $22 se. ; lard
in kegs, 15e. Cotton freights to Liverpool, 15-32 d.
Sterling exchange, 72 per cent. prem.
CINCINNATI, MARCH 5.

Provisions active, and prices generally advancing.
Bacon sides now held at 11ic., and bulk 91c. to
10c. More buyers than sellers at the former rate.
Mess pork held at $2l.

IN THE lIATTER OF CHARLES COGHLAN.—At the In-
solvent Debtors Court, yesterday, before Mr. Commis.
sioner Murphy, Mr. Sargood moved that the rule nisi
granted in this case, which was made returnable on the
31st instant, might be heard before that day, under
special circumstances. The rule was obtained a few
days ago, on the part of Mr. Geerge Samu
the el Ford, an
attorney, on Messrs. Berries and Co., bankers to
,
bold and retain the money in their hands, and al3o on
Mr. Joseph Dawson, a trainer, to hold and retain the
racehorse, " Gemma di Vergy, until further notice,
with the view to make the property available for the
creditors. The object of his application was in reference
to the horse, which was, as he might say, "tied" up by
the rule, and he hasan affidavit that the animal was
engaged to run on Wednesday and Thursday next.—Mr.
Commissioner Murphy was ready to hear the case to-
morrowearned
Commissioner,
(thishis
Sargood was obliged to tbe
but it would be necessary to
serve the present rule on Mr. Ford. Perhaps the court
would hear this water at the sitting of the court on
Tuesday.—The
learned Commissioner acceded to the case
being heard on Tuesday, and it was accordingly ordered.

THE `SUN, !`LION 00'N, SA rURDAY EVENING, MARCH 211 1857;

SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.)

RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
this day.

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