The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-01

previous rstes. Whes. YVES quiet. The news was
Of no benef. 70 corn, which sold Ut 96c. for South
ern white and yellow, and 94,. for common do;
white Jersey was az 95c. Rye tended down ward,
while oats were firm. Provisions were steady, with
moderate sales. The sales Of 100000 lbs. Of long
mindless noticed yesterday, were made deliverable
on shipboard IN New Orleans, bound 20 England, as
75c. Provisions continued to be shippsd 70 fair
extent, both TO L,ndon and Liverpool, with some
parcels TO the Continent.
In the United States Senate yesterday the French
spoliation bill was read second time. An effort
viii be made TO day to take the final vote upon this
measure. Commodore Perry's correspondence in
the Japan negotiations wss received from the Presi-
dent The resolutions Of the New York Legislature,
urging the delegation from this State to use their
influence in procuring the passage OF law grant,
ing pensions 10 the surviving soldiers of toe
Indian war of 1901 and The following years, and the
widows Of deceased soldiers of those wars, were re-
ferYee. Mr.. Bayard addressed the Senate in vindi-
cation of his deceased father against charges
contained in the works Of Thomas Jefferson,
relating to the action of the late Mr.. Bay.
ard, then Representative in Congress,
in the Presidential contest between Burr
and Jefferson. Mr.. Pearce regretted that the re-
Elections upon the character Of the deceased id ap
pesred in the last authorized edition of Jefersons
works, but the Library Committee were not en-
powered to employ an editor to revise them. Messrs
Cass, Hunter and Mason eulogized the deceased
but exhoneIsted Ne. Jefferson from any design to
caumniate. The discussion as to the best means
for suppre ssipg Indian hostilities was resumed
Gen. Houston asserted that in oil the wars with the
savages the whites had bsen the aggresso-s. THIS
was denied by Messrs. Dodge, Petit, and Mallory.
Gen. Cass announced his intention Of speaking on
the subject, and the Senate adjourned.
In the House joint resolution, declaring null
and void the acts Of the Minnesota Legislature in
cooperating certain railroad companies, was offered
and referred. In Committee OF the Whole, number
of bills relating TO roads, lard Offices, public build
iDgs, arsenas, &C., in Territories were perfected.
The bill authorizing the construction of lins Of
telegraph 10 the Pacific O,ean coming up Mr.. Rich
ardson moved to strike on: the grant OF two million
acres of land in aid of the project. This proposal
had received the assent of Mr.. Farley, who had
charge of the BILL and is, therefors, without doubt,
acceptable to the parties engaged in the enterprise.
Mr.. Benton opposed the idea of telegraph liue
with his characteristic vehemence. After striking
out the enacting clause the bill was laid aside.
Our dispatches from Albany are unusually inter
esting. The bill introduced in the Senate relative
to unsafe buildings, synopsis Of which is given
elsewhere, we commend to the particular attention
Of that class Of builders whom it is especially de-
signed to reach. The Know Nothing victory in the
Twenty.pinth district elated the members of that
party In the Assembly to the highest pitch OF en-
thusiasm and Mr.. Petty seized upon the occasion to
call up his resolution defining the character and
qualifications OF q United States Senator. A sketch
of his speech may be found in our report Of the e
gislatve proceedings. The report of the Committee
on Contested Elections in view Of the approaching
election Of United States Senator, is important.
All things considered, the State capital just at this
time ia In unusual ferment to the great perplex
ity Of politicians of all parties and cliques
The Tyventy-Nmth District The New Organi-
zation or Parties-The Result-Great Com
servatsve Triumph.
| According to our returns, the election to fill
the vacancy in our State Senate from the
Twenty ninth Senatorial district has resulted
in the overwhelming success of Goodwin, the
Know Nothing national conservative candidate,
over Loomis, the administration and Seward
free soil coalition nominee-thus completely
| demolishing the estimates OF this new aud most
desperate and demoralizing political combina-
| ton.
| Since the humiliation OF the old parties,
whig democratic and free SOIL in the late Mas
sachusetts popular revolution, there has been
nothing achieved in behalf of the great work
of a general political reformation in this coun-
try-notbing half 50 important or significant
as this Senatorial election In our Twenty ninth
district. The Importance Of this result aud its
| signifcancy do not lie in the simple fact that
Know Nothing has been chosen over the
head either Of q Seward man or an admins
tration free soiler, but in that other and more
comprehensive tact, of the new organization Of
parties upon which the election was made to
turn.
We have advised our readers OF this extraor-
binary reconstruction of psrties in this most
remarkable case. We recur to it now because
| il may stand out hereafter as one Of the most
| conspicuous landmarks of the great work Of
| political regeneration commenced in 1854, aud
destined to be consummatcd in 1856. Briefly.
| this Senatorial election foresbadows on the one
hand fusion throughout the North of all the
| Seward and administration free sellers, and
other anti slavery factions, against the Know
Nothing party, on the other hand, formed of the
conservatives and Union men Of all the old po-
litical parties. In this Senatorial election, Loo
mis- was the coalition nominee of Pierce, Sew
ard Seymour and rum, while Goodwin, as the
Know Nothing candidate, was supported by
the independent conservative people, wholly
regardless of old party distinctions.
These are the considerations which give the
commanding interest that we attach to this
election. Here we have the nucleus OF new