The New York herald., 1845-01-02

Mr.. BENTON gave notice of bill to organise
company Of sappers, miners, and pioneers.
On motion OF Mr. BERRIKN the Judiciary Com
mttee were instructed to enquire into the expe-
dency Of amending the act Of l7S9, SO as 10 au-
thorise the award of the writ Of habsas corpus IN
cases in which it cannot issue, under the existing
provisions OF the said act
Mr. HUNTINGTON gave notice of a bill relating to
revenue cutters.
On motion of Mr. CKrrrRNDRN the Library Com
mittee were instructed to enquire as to the policy
Of purchasing the posthHmous state papers OF the
late Alexander Hamilton, and report theron.
Mr.. BENTON offered the following resolution,
which lies over for future action. Il looks as
though he was very curious and lnqulsltlve In the
matter of these indemnltes.
Resolved That the President be requested to commu-
ncse to the Senate copy q tine etssr q MT ~ s
the Mexican Secretary Of State in relation to the pay
of the April end July insalmens Of the Mexican indem
nifty the agent appointed by the United States tore
ceive the indemnites under the convention of ls4s
Also, to communicate to the Senate the name Of the
curty any, which may have been taken for the faith
full performance OF his duty and The terms and conditions
Also, whether said agent hns communicated any nfor.
nation to the authorities of the United States in relation
to the nonpayment Of the nstaments Of said indemni
ties due in April and July last
Also to commu nicate to the Senate statement OF the
ndemnes actually paid to the United States sgent with
the date Of such payment him. the date Of the receipt
of the money paid at the Treasury of the United
States and statemen; of the costs and charges made
and declared agns such nstaments before paid to tho
claimants
The joint resolution (of the Senate) authorizing
the Post Master General to pay balance due to
mail contractors Daniel Shaw and Samuel T. Cor
ser, Of Mass was passed.
WABASH AND ERIE CANAL.
The bill granting lands Zone equal moity of
strip five miles IN width on each side OF the improve
men) to aid the State of Indana in the completion
of the Wabash and Erie Canal, was next taken up
on its third reading, when
Mr.. HAYwooD soblected to- Its passage without
some further examination, and moved it's postpone
fcvO un nnnA hra anlt<
an adverse report of the House at the last session
Mr.. WHITE hereupon arose and delivered
speech on the xtentand Importance of this canal:
It's State henor an sas
State pride. were all made to contribute TO the
necessity Of help from the General Government
Nor were Hercules, Jupiter, and other high autho
indignation against reputation, and pressed for
action upon the bill now, as he expected to be
necessarily absent from the Senate within a few
days.
taste, reiterated his objections 10 the passage OF
the bill at this time and when Mr. Woodbridge
had explained the favorable position Of himself
and the Land Committee toward the bill, II was
postponed in its passage till Thursday next.
The bills tor the relief of William Ritch and
William RUSSELL were passed
ADVANCE OF THE MAIL.
The Chair laid before the Senate, the resolutions
adopted last spriDg by the Common Council Of the
city Of New York, in reference to the calamity
board the U. s. steamship Princeton, which were
laid npon the table
Mr.. John Tyler, Jr., delivered several messages
from the President in writing.
TEXAS.
The universal Southern nation,
Are up in arms for annexation.
MIR. HAYWARD gave nolce, that at an early day
he should introduce bill to provide for the an
nexaton Of Texas and to restore the ancient limits
of the government.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
On motion of Mr. TAPPAN. the bill for the estab-
ishment of the Smithsonian Institution, for the in
crease and diffusion OF knowledge among men,
was taken up, and amended verbally and laid
aside again till Tuesday next
Mr.. CHoATE said, that when next taken up, he
had various material amendments to propose,
which, in the meantime, he proposed should be
printed. Agreed to.
Mr. TApPAN said, he should move 10 increase
the capital from SS506, ,SO8 to 100000.
And the Senate adjourned over to Thursday next,
after short Executive session, in which several
subordinate appolntme nts were confirmed.
THE THEATRES LAST NIaHT-WINDlna UP THE
FIRST DAY IN l845 The festivities OF NewYear's
day closed with general turnout to the theatres;
all of which were crowded with such mixed multi
tudes of men and women, as can be seen nowhere
but in New York, and nowhere in New York but
at the places of amusement on holiday nights
The principal part of the fun was, usual, in front
of the footights; and here scenes were enacted
OF far more stirring interest, more original and
dramatic in conception, and more vigorous and
effective in execution, than any thing in the way
of " new and popular pieces" produced by the ma
nagers within twelvemonth The genuine ro-
nance oil real life was here witnessed in all sorts
of variety; "afer which," Ito use the language of
the play -bills,) the farce, in great many queer
acts Of high lite below stairs, performed, with
:" the full strength Of the company" and with
the most unbounded applause"
Determining to see all that was to be seen, we
took an omnibus to the Chatham, where we were
so lucky as to get full view of the crowd who
had rushed in and filled every part of the house, SO
that it was really difficult to breathe amid the in
numeIable steams and aromatic New Years odors
with which the whole atmosphere was impregna-
ted. The pit was sea Of "monstrous heads;" and
although there were apparently great number of
vacant faces, yet such thing as vacant seat was
not to be thought Of A good portion of the pittes
finding the weather rather warm, had pulled of
their coats probably for the purpose Of giving free
play TO their lungs, as the yelling, hooting, whist
ling, and cal-calls were fierce and uninterrupted
AT the Bowery and Olympic it was quite as bad.
Indeed portion. Of the Bowery audience fairly
forced themselves the orchestra, and took pos
session of corner Of the stage, which they held
santy for some time, until at length dislodged by
an officer who got apple on the nose as "per-
qusite" for his services, hurled by some sympa-
thiser with the rights of the people, whe had been
watching the proceeding from the gallery The
confusion was greater than even at the Chatham,
and it was only occasionally that anything said on
the stage could be heard--not bad thing, how
ever, for the pieces played
The Olvmnlc wna fall al ppople that One
could only guess at what was going on upon the
Stage. What with eating peanuts, however, fight
ing for seats, climbing on each other'r shoulders
ank keeping the oschestra in tune, the audience
seemed to have plenty of amusements, which they
apparently enjoyed with the greatest relish. In
fact, the houses of these three theatres are Of
distinct species, strongly and broadly marked, and
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