The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-15

man that no reliance can be placed on their refuta-
TONS The outlines of this project are now in the !
hands of the administration but as nearly each |
member thereof is interested in detractmg as much
as possible from the fame of Mr. Buchanan, as well
as of every other distinguished man who has been
named in connection with the next Presidency,
it is but natural that judging from their past careers
they should do all in their power to throw the pro-
ject in the background Indeed, we should not be
surprised to learn that upon the first ntimation of
the matter to them they requested Mr.. B. to suspend
further negotiations. When the President replies
Mr.. Deans resolution of inquiry we shall be abb to
more clearly comprehend the policy Of the adr linis-
tration this important subject. In the me antime
we reiterate that Mr. Buchanan was enga7 "A in ne
gotiating treaty, and they know it.
Fortunately our news from Washingv m ,dav ia
comparatively brief. The Senate hay inc o5iourne5
over from Thursday till Monday, we Of course have
additional particulars respect ,ng the progress
made by that body on the Gads1 N treaty. Further
official correspondence with re rard to the Koszta
affair was transmitted to the House Yesterday. and
VIII attract general atten' ion. The modest but
patriotic letter oil the gan ant Ingraham will meet
hearty response from ew cry friend of his country.
Apropos-the news by ae America announces that
the Austrian Consul w 10 rendered himself conspi-
cuous in the seizure Of Koszta. has been trans
feled to the consul ship at Genoa, but the Sar-
dinian government has refused his exequator.
The special orde taken up by the House,
but, this beng rather dull work for Good Fri
day, was aband oned after the passage of a single
bui Quiie Nv ely debate sprung up in Committee
OF the Nhoie O i the Senate's amendments to the
west Point a. ademy bill. Colonel Benton opposed
the pioposiu IN to appropriate twenty thousand dol
lars ior NJ ii for the exercise of the cavalry pupils
lie fdlcah the idea of boys destined for soldiers
Deihg TAU ght to ride under cover. The old veteran
mas an inveterate antipathy to bandbox soldiers.
Coiohel Bssell explained that the amendment was
lntehU d to protect the horses, and not the boys,
from the inclemency of the weather. When the
conn littee rose the House, finding no quorum pre-
sent adjourned till Monday.
~ ich an immense amount of business was pushed
thr ough the Legislature on Thursday night and
ye sterday that it would be both impossible and I'M
ecessary to refer to the work in detail 1t may be
as well, however to allude TO the fact that the
Senate has le-passed the prohibitory liquor law
with clause submitting it to the people for ratif
cation. The measure will, without doubt, meet with
the concurrence of the Assembly. By the way, the
latter body has rejected the bill curtailing the
dimensions Of the Central Park. We have no clue
as to how many days longer our legislators intend
to work without pay.
Attention is directed to the speech delivered by
Senator Dawson on being installed as President of
the Southern Commercial Convention at Charleston.
Our special reporters have sent us full report Of
the second days proceedings of the convention, but
we are compelled to defer its publication in conse-
quence of the great pressure of foreign and other
important news.
The Boards of Aldermen and Councilman met
last evening and disposed of variety of routine bu
siness. Our special reporter has furnished an out
line of the debate, together with copy of the reso
lutons offered upon the subject Of the contemplated
| duel between Councmen Wild and Seely.