The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-12
The News.

The S:nate met yesterday. Hon. David S. Reid,
the newly elected democratic Senator from NORTH
CaroIila, was qualified and took his seat. Mr..
Adams in reduced lis bill establishing uaifo. IN
naturalization law throughout the country. It was
Seferred 20 The Judiciary Committee. The bill ex,
tends the te Of naturalizing foreigners to twenty
oDe years. OF course i. is Intended to apply lis
prov,riops only to those persons who enter the
United States after tie passage Of the act. Mr..
Aosns Gisclsimed hostility to foreigners, and denied
having any connection with the Know Nothings;
but tie burnng in efigy Of Senator Douglas by
party If Germans had determined him TO introduce
his bill The corr spondence relative to the difi.
Guilty between Mr.. Dillon, the Fench Consul at n
FFaDcisc, ard the United States authorities ct tuat
place growing ou Of certain alleged fibuster designs
on he xicc was called fo. Notice given Of bills
providing for the i'm provement of the Illinois river
ans tie bsrbofs Of Chicago and Waukegan; also to
abolish TIE frankirg privilege. The approp iation
bill for the mail service, containing clause
dsoCntinuipg the contract with the Collins line OF
Liverpool steamers, was briefly discuss aud finally
laid o, the table.
In the donse yesterday leave to offer a resola
tion se9uestiDg the President to tender his media
ticn il tbe pending war in Europe was refused. Ii
Is urderstoe that The re outon will be renewed at
~, cary day. NJ. Florence asked leave to offer a
io resolution proveing for the despatch Of reliet
TO the Cf.nnell expedition n search Of Sir john
Fra1 kin, but objection was made. Bills makiog
sppo r,ascps foc the support OF the army, and for
rhe Military Academy, were reported and referred.
On mNt.on Of Mr.. McDougal, the Pacific Railroad
bill WIS ostpoued till the second Tuesday in Jaau
aIy by which time tre reports Of the surveys viii
L. 10, q, Jsot A n He
for bert. disci line in the navy reported, tut
vi e,htr cat is TO be reinstated in ta
former tnibe fuIctiors we aIe not informed. \
motion to rtfer The Presidents Message to the ap
propra.e committees was the signal for the CON,
me-. c, ment OF the usu, political d. bate on such
occasions. Dir. Gi16ipgs led off in lis usual style,
and upon bis usual teeme. Mr.. Ingersoll, of Con
ne ieut, re piled. TIE debate, II such il may be
called clos with an amendment flom John
WLeeler, Of this city, derouncing the Presidents
course ia tie Greytoan exploit, and calling for
he O pertinent of elect committee 10 in
vest gate the wLo.e affair, with power to send
for percoDs abd papers, which wss voted down.
In the case of Tucker, on trial in ths kisgs Caf.
y o. sid T,rminer for the murter Of his child,
csuEsel occupied she entire session Of the Court
yesterday in summing up. This morning Judge
St'org will deliver bis caaTgt.
We publish Else where letter from the Mother
Superior Of tie Ss,ersooi Of St Joscph's Convent,
the institution from which Miss Josephine Bunkley
recently II, cted her ss ape. 1t purports to give
The exact truth IN rslston to the matte.
The municipal election at Boston yesterday re
su;ted tie choice Of the Know ,thing candidate
for Mayor by maj ,rity over all competitors Of
253 votes. B1th hosrds o! the next City Council,
WITH perhaps two or three exceptions, will be COM
posed of men OF the same party. The Know
Not iIgs OF Worcester also yesterday elected
their entire ticket. Indeed throughout the entire
State, excepting CharestowD, the X. Ms have been
uocessfn.
Our agent at E,ie, Pa, writing on the eth inst,
aafes that for the four days previous the hardest
storm from the northwest had prevailed that had
been experience since JanuHy, 1851. Consid0ra
BILE snow had fallen, but il blew into drifts. Ice
hsd formet in the bay, near shore, from three to
four inches n thickness.
Our latest advices from Texls state that Senators
Houston and Rusk have approved, in writing the
course pursued by Gov. Pease in rejecting the
securities tende ed by Messrs. Walker and King in
fufment of the Pacific Railroad contract. rbe
IpdiArs we're sti ] committing ou.rages upon the
frontier, but Gen Smith had notified the Cover ,or
Of the receipt Of orers to muster into the regular
service, for three months, the six companies Of
rangers called out some time since migrants
we're arriving at Galveston In 6 eat numbers.
L The -four ma ket steiday was frmer for good to
extra brands, but unchanged for common State.
The sales were to moderate extent for ordinary
gsdes, as dealers we're waiing later foreign news
by tho Pscii,. The difference between cash aud
time salss varied from 1Gc. 25c. per barrel. At
TIE present time considerable margin applies 10
~ branches Of trads hstwsen Il ne and casa sals:.