The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-15

s-n aha the stt&cka or tnelr eheulfk" We give Q
Of tie fufsripgs Of two English officers who
20 Port Royal, after having b.en hNsytwo
ra..s a. sea, in an unsuccessful attempt to reach
ru,ks ,.'''uds. They 20: or ths coast Of 81, Do.
riuro. Int The reception WIS BOT very cordial.
Does ne Emneror Soulouque dread Ba,lss fiihus
III. February t5ay nae set in upon Isia sAsass"
From eve O'clock yesterday morning unh twelve
O'Clock last night Che RAIN poured down 10 a coat.
pucus torrent, washing away the snow and ice,
flooding the sire GETS, ard snbmsrging the Cellars IN
the 10 ser sections Of The city. We do not, However,
learn Of any serious damage. This storm, ike the
STOW storm that preceded ii, has extended in
sil direc ions, and it is probable we shall
in a day or two learn OF bridges and dams being
carried away by foods, AM g long catalogue OF other
casastgophes usual a. this season Of the year. The
telegraphs worked badly las. night, and we we're
obliged to put tire HERALD to press without We coz.
clusioD OF the proceedings OF thu Un'tSld Ssanes
Senate, and Nitn but g mesgre suunT > Of le LIZ
gislstiye dSings.
Ia the United States Senate yests day a onsuui.
cation Hss received from the " ar Depsrtrs an, re-.
specting the Indian reservation as at Fort Lsayeu.
worth alEo one from the Seer etary of the Navy re.
lStive 10 navy yards and doJis. Both wsre referred,
4 bill was introduced appropristing twensyfy
thousand dollars to the captors Of the Brisisa briggs
Caledonia and Detroit, during she last war with
Great Britain. The Texas Creditors bill was reported
from the House. On motion of Me-. Rusk the
amendments were disagreed to, and . ommi.fs
Of conference was ordered. The consideration Of
tire Indian Appropriation bill was then rssams ID.
In the House yesterday q bill app :~opriating $685.
900 for the site ard erection Of military defeacss st
the termination Of the Mexican Gulf Railroad, in
Louisiana, was passed. Fat jobs for the printers
have been cut out. Resolutions were adopted, or
dering 100, 900 copies OF the agricultural AMI 20, 900
copies Of he mechanical parts OF the Patent Off 70
report; also 10, 600 copies of Com. Perry's report Of
the japan expedition; a1so 1000 copies of the sur
veys for a railroad to the Pacific, including those Of
Col. Fremont. The resolution authorizing the con.
~struetion Of seven steam sloops of-war was tsken
up, the question being to Gloss thu debare in five
minutes, which was laid on the table and the SUP
ject dropped. The resolution apr 'priatipg one
million dollars to fulfl certain treaty stipulations
with Spain, relative to losses incurred by tho in
habitants Of East Florida previous to its annexs.
ton to the United States, was laid on the table
l04 to 80.
The Connecticut Democratic State Convention
for the nomination of Stat, Off GERS INST at New
Haven yesterday. The ticket OF last year was re-
nominated, with the exception o. 'hs candidate for
Comptroller, for which Office Thomas Cowles was
selected in place Of Julius Hotchdss. Resolutions
opposing the Know Nothings and the Maine law
were adopted.
AT g meeting of the Commissioners Of Emigration,
held yesterday afternoon, o communication was re-
ceived from Mayor Wood relative to the shipmentto
this country Of paupers and convicts from Belgium,
in which tho Cnumiccinuaru ara ronuaotoI "a No
with the city authorities in csusing the immediats
reshipment Of those Objectionable immigrants.
From the debate in the Board 1t appears that we
are indebted TO . person named Strauss for the
csrgoes Of criminals and paupers landed On our
shores. He, il ia sail, has . standing contract With
the Belgian authorities TO dispose Of their refuse
population at 70 much Per head. The othsr subjects
under the consideration Of the Board were quite In.
t~eresting, "a will be seen by the report which We
give elsewhere.
A large amount Of routine business, but nothing
Of very special nature, was transacted by the
Board Of Councilmen last evening. A resolutions Of
Councilman Mather, defining the principles to be
retained or incorporated in the proposed amsnd-
mept 10 the city charter, was taken up, discussed,
and again laid upon the table.
In another column will DO found the psssord let
ter of Armandus Francis Mary De Chsrbornel,
Catholic Bishop Of Toronto, Canada, to the faithful
Of his diocess, announcing and explaining the new
dogma of the immaculate Conception, which issued
from the head Of the church at Rome on the 9th Of
December last. We believe IL Is the first official
announcement Of this now established principle Of
faith which has been promu'g gated ON this e~ontiasnt
from any p, elate Of the Romisn church, and now, In
the words OF the Bishop, "to deny even mentally
the Immaculate Conception will be the same sin Of
hsresy as to deny the divine maternity Of Mary"
The Virginia Campnign-Henry A. Wise
Sad Decline In Virginia siatesnanship and
Chivalry.
Since the re- election OF Seward, the Virginia
campaign has lost much Of its interest to all
good and Independent conservatives. The
We akness or the inexperience and ineHiciency
of the Know Nothings at Albany logically JUS
tify the conclusion that the SAM causes will
probably lead to the sam result in Virginia
the success of the anti Know Nothing candi.
date. Still, there is much in the moral as.
poets and political issues of this Virginia con-
test entitled to consideration.
The "Old Dominion is a term which has be-
come identified in the public mind with the
highest craftsmanship, ss well as the Hottest
chivalry and the most refined and graceful
hospitality. Her Patrick Henry gave the first
decisive impulse to the Revolution ; her Jefer-
son drew up the charter Of our independence
her Washington established IL, as the leader of
the American armies her Madison gave form
and consistency to our federal and State insti.
t%utions; her first great President put the gov
eminent in motion, with the smoothness
of o perfect engine in the bands Of an
experienced engineer and her learned Mar
shall first defined the sphere and limita.