The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-28
New York, Sunday, March IS, 1859.
The Ncwa,

thc deficiency appropriation bill, after having agreed
40 all the amendments, and Incorporated section
that no moneys for Indians shall be paid to attor-
news agents or other parties than the Indians them
selves, for whom appropriations have been made
IT strictly carried out-and the welfare of the red
men demands that it should bethis clause will pre-
vent vast deal OF rascaity among the unprincpled
s,am,s who have for several years grown rich upon
the appropriations made by the government for the
protection and subsistence of the ignorant and al
most helpless aborigines The bill passed by vote
Of 95 to 76, and appropriates upwards of three mil
lions of dollars, of which $S0o for the dry dock
at Brooklyn. A list of the different purposes for
which this large amount of money is to be expended
viii be found under the Geographic head.
Very little business of general interest tran
sacted in the Legislature yesterday. spirited de-
bate was carried in the Assembly, relative to the
canal lettings, which will likely result in the pas
sage of Mr.. Cushng's bill, declaring the contracts
legal, and directing he Auditor to pay the drafts of
the Canal Commissioners. There is evidently de-
termination the part of a majority of the mem
bers of both political parties, to smother with
words the abominable manner in which the lettings
were awarded Thus far, there has been great
deal of talk and very little work tho subject in
deed the only measure that has been brought for
Ward 10 setuc tHe question: VI icsaity, 10 the OH
noticed by Mr.. Conger; but even this makesno pro-
vision for the retention recovery Of the three mil
lions ofdoars of which the people are unjustly de-
prived by the contracts. Members may well
cease their ia rgon on the subject, for the they
stir it the worse it appears. Unless they can rene
DIV the evil, they had better let il alone. The AS
sembly agreed to appropriate sl9,5S2 for the pur-
pose of completing the natural history of the State.
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lions adopted by the wings of Pennsylvania and
Louisiana in their recent State conventions. The
Pennsylvania resolutions appear to be based the
ancient wing platform, called a protective tariff.
They pronounce General Scott to be "he hero,
patriot statesman and captain OF the age eulogize
President Fillmore for his past services, and conclude
by instlucting their delegates to support General
Scott as their Grst choice for the Presidency. The
Louisianans desire wise and liberal system of
protection TO home labor, declare the compromise
final adjustment, ard choose Mr.. Fillmore for the
Presdeucy-but, in thus making known their pre-
ference. they acknowledge that there are several
other able and distinguished men in their ranks ard
that they will support any weltried patriot who may
he selectedby the National Convention. Tie action of
the Pennsylvania wings will undoubtedly surprise the
members of the ame party in several of the South.
ern States, who have been calculating upon the pos
sibilitv that the Keys one might have the casting
vote in the SlaugLter-house Convention, and that
il would be thrown in favor of Mr. Fillmore. As
an indication of Southern opposition to Gen. Scott,
we observe that the wings Of Petersburg, Va. have
alree DIV made known their determination not to sup
port any candidate for the Presidency who will not
publicly avow his approval of the compromise
This feeling viii become more general as we pre-
coed towards our Southern boundary. Gen. Scott
will have 10 come out and fearlessly proclaim his
approval Of the whole of the omnibus aws-else.
if the Pennsylvania delegates should constitute the
balance of power. and vote they have been in
structod there will most assuredly be mutiny in
the camp The Southerners will withdraw from
the field put up Union candidate Of their own,
and render the defeat Of the wings certain. Gen.
Scott's letter. dated before the incorporation of
the Fugitive Slave law into the compromise, will
not do; the Southern people want another plate
OF soup.
The specch of Mr.. Webster, on the occasion Of his
reception by the New jersey Legislature, together
with the extraordinary and curious rejoinder Of
Com Stockton, viii attract considerable attention.
The wonderful remarks Of the Commodore will be
very apt to create scampering-a sort Of political
stampede--in the democratic ranks. In addition to
expressing his admiration of MIR. Webster, az q
Of massive capacity and incorruptible virtue, he
stated that he himself Com. Stockton) was a
federalist in grain, and that, had he lived in the
days Of the fedsrnlists. he would have done they
did. He also acknowledges that he is in favor Of a
tariff, The Commodore is the worry first amsng the
many aspirants for the next Presidency who has
completely usbosoned himself, aud given vent to
his most inward thoughts. This is honest, and no
mistake Let the other candidates follow his exam
pie, and then the people viii be able to knowingly
decide who is the best man.
The coalitionists of the Massachusetts, House Of
Representatives in great state Of excitement
about the Maine Liquor law. They are utterly OPP
posed TO all amendments.
despatch from Boston announcer that ii has
already been discovered that Brewer the teller Of
the Suffolk Bank, is defaulter in the sum OF nearly
twenty-eight thousand dollars; and rumon were
current that recent Developments rendered it evil
dent that the deficiency was much larger. The ac-
cused has been held in the sum Of twenty-five
thousand dollars for further examination Tues-
day.
The brothers skupinski have been found guilty Of
the murder Of young Lehman, the pedlar, in Phila-
delphis.
Our columns this morning contain many articles
IA melancholy character. We have the particu-
lars OF the falling Of two buildings in the upper part
Of the city, by which two were instantly killed.
and several were seriously injured It's feared that
4 number Of others still buried in the ruins H.
Mallefsrt has furnished reporter with some fur
iher information connected with the premature ex-
plosion Friday, at Hurlgate, which has resulted
in the death Of three persons. An account of the
wreck Of the schooner Reaper and the drowning
cf three Of her crew, in gale Of wind, on Thurs
day, will be found under proper heading.
The neamship Promothcus, with two weeks later
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