The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-15

yealth and appointed . superintendent. He uien I
entered into correspondence with the officers Of
he company, and made contract With the Ohio
Railroad Company .or stocking and wing the line
rom Erie to the State line. All the papers which
passed between the parties are copied aud annexed.
lie congratuates the Legislature Of the State on the
assertion of the suprem of the Jaw, and proceeds
o consider the enquiry whether grant should be
made for road between the pojnt from Erie to the
Ohio State line, and upon what conditions Amongst
many possible, he prominently recommends one re-
curing the road to connect with the harborst Erie
The Governor then ably reviews the position OF
Pennsylvania with regard to the surrounding States,
snd denies that she had quarrel with any OF them,
as he shows by reference to the history Of the cansl
corporation in 1874, and the subsequent railroad
charters. The message is firm in tone, yet moderate
and liberal in sentiment
Scarcely anything else seems TO be thought OF
among o certain portion Of the inhabitants CT New
England, than the Nebraska bill, which proposes 20
extend to the people OF that and oil other Territories
the inalenabe light TO make and enforce such laws
cs may be in coDsonance with the wishes Of the ms
Sority home thrust was yesterday made at those
who so strenuousy engaged in circulating peei-
tons against this bill, by Mr.. Whitney dem ocrsc
member OF The lower branch of the Massachusetts
Legislature who declared that the people had no
right to legisate for against slavery in any otaer
than their own State. This remark was Ora vn forth
by series Of resolutions demonstrating against the
bill pending i'll Congress.
Two conventions assembled in Albany YESTERDAY,
viz:-The Homeopathic Physicians and the Wo-
mems Rights advocates. The former transacted
nf into Init N fGa 9th
convention variety Of speeches were made resolu.
lions adopted and other matters attic adsd to, which,
though they have been reiterated in similar bodies
time and again, will be read with interest. Rev.
Miss Brown, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Rose, and Mr.. Chan
ming were the principal speakers. All of then APP
pear to have avoided the Nebraska aud the canal
tons, which at present the great topics of
the day. See the reports under the Geographic head
A resolution was offered by Councilman Kennedy
in the Board of Councimen, last evening, authoriz
ing the Comptroller to pay the contractors for
cleaning streets in those cases where the work had
been performed. The Chairman of the Board made
few remarks upon the resolution saying that he
would do all in his power TO have the streets cleaned
and hoped that tie time would come when New
York, now the dirtiest city in the United States,
would become the healthies. and cleanest. We hope
too, but see little prospect of that phenomenon at
present
VIM. Lloyd Garrison delivered the tenth anti sla-
very lecture last evening, in the Tabernacle before
large audience. Our report Of the lecture is crowded
out to day.
Our columns contain a variety Of interesting in
formation relative to the canal question: which is 30
be decided by the election to-day, including a full
report Of the proceedings of the meeting at the
Exchange yesterday; also, the continuation of the
investigation with regard to the loss of the San
Francisco by the Military Court Of Inquiry; the
transactions OF the Committee of the Common
Council concerning the opening of Albany street
through Trinity churchyard, and large amount of
Geographic, local and general news, to which we
cannot afford space to refer more infinitely.
Important from washington-The Gatisden
Treaty-The Copyright Treaty
Having informed the public some time since,
Of the substance OF Gen. Gadsden's treaty with
Santa Anna, in advance Of any Information re
ceived by the President of the United States,
we lay before our readers this morning-still in
advance of the Cabinet organs-the text of the
treaty itself We also give the amendments in
full, proposed by Mr.. Everett to the copyright
treaty, the original text of which we published
q few days ago.
The following is The amendment proposed by
Mr.. Everett to the convention between the
United States of America and her Britannia
Majesty, for the establishment OF international
copyright, concluded at Washington on the
seventeenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and ffty-three, and or
dered to be printed Tor the use of the Senate,
viz
Strike out the sixth article Of the convention and
substitute the following as article SIXTH
Article 6. The right OF property or copyright,
provided for by this convention, shall be enjoyed In
the United States only in the case Of such works of
British authors as shall be ssereotyped or printed
and published in the United States; and it shall be
enjoy ed in Great Britain only in the case Of such
works OF United States authors shall be stereotyped
or printed ard published in Great Britain. When
work is first published in the country of the author
no right or property or copyright in the same shall
ce enjoy ed in the other country, unless the republ
cation takes pla;e within three months rom the
editions Of q work shall be published in either coun
try at different prices, no right OF property Or copy
right shall be enjoyed in favor of the said work, un
less there shall be republication in the other coun
tsy of an edition not more expensive han che cheap
est of the aforesaid editions published at different
prices.
This completes the text of the copyright
treaty We now proceed 10 give copy OF Gen.
Gadsden's treaty with Mexico, now before the
Senate, with the amendments suggested by
President Pierce =
MESSAGE FROM TIE PRESIDENT OF Tus USIrap
STATES, cor TANNING A TBBArY BETWEEN TaE
USITBD STATES OF AMERICA AND TIE MEXICAN
RBPuBLlc, CONCLUDED AT THE CITY OF MsxlC0
DECEMBER 10, 1858.
To rHs SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES -
transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with
a view TO ratification, treaty between the United
States and the Mexican republic, signed by the
Plenipotentsres of the parties in the city of
Mexico, on the 18th of December last Certain
amendments are proposed in the instrument, a.
herein specified, viz, =
In order to make the duties and obligations stipH-
lated in the second article reciprocal il is proposed
to add to that the following artices--
And the government Of Mexico agrees that the
stipuatons contained in this article to be performed
by the United States, shall be reciprocal; and Next