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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-29

The excessive severity of the weather, the
intense, protracted cold, the violent gales, and
The great snow storms, with the distractions
caused to navigation by the immense fields Of
ice and icebergs which have been seen as far
south as latitude AZ deg. 43 min. North, longi-
tude SO deg 20 min. West-all these will &C.
count to some extent for the detention Of the
missing vessels. Old and experienced sea
captains have told us they never saw the
ocean go much obstructed with ice below a
certain latitude as it has been during the past
winter, and at SO early period Of the seaso |;
They have found it utterly impossible to avoid
it, ard have been in it for several days before
they could extricate their ships The steam
ships have encountered strong westerly gales
on the passage and have been more or 4
detained by icebergs. Every vessel that ar
.fives brings confirmation Of the reports we
have published from time to time in regard tn
the dangers which have attended navigat i
during the last two or three months, ana
which have signalized this year particularly
as a year of disasters and calamities on the
Up -. e
was unusually 49,. h,t - ths snon;nn os
that day tremendous SNOW = -, 80. = ~
extended from Washington City to -,,fs. :
and which was accompanied by gale. !.
was during this storm that the schooner Paci-
Gc, the Spanish bark Duke de Braganza, and al
unknown brig we're wrecked on the Jersey
coast, and over thirty lives lost The Duke
de Brsgsnza went to pieces and no trace was
ever found of her officers, passengers or
crew. To these were soon after added over
dozen other vessels which were wrecked
along, or in the immediate vicinity Of our
coast. These were succeeded by accounts
Of others which had gone down out in the mid
die of the ocean, among which was that of
the New York packet ship ST. Denis, which
foundered in lat. 3s, long. ~, on the 9th of
January last Of those on board this vessel,
numbering forty two persons, thirteen of whom
we're passengers, only eleven were saved, and
these were all members of the crew. The
greatest suffering was caused by the cold, and
large number were literally frozen to death,
while others were so affected by it as to rem
der amputation Of the feet and hands pecessa-
ny to preserve their lives.
The only shipwreck which 30 far as we have
yet heard Of as having been actually caused b.
the ice, was the Ohm Rutledge, which was lost
on the goth of February by coming in collision
with an iceberg. Her crew and passengers
to the number of one hundred and twenty, took
to the boats, but only one was saved and the
story Of his auffeIings during period Of nine
dayp in an omen boat surrounded nv ina on5
four days Of which be was without food or
water, is one Of the most painful recorded in
the history Of marine disasters. We trust that
this is the only chip which has been wrecked
In the Ice, but it would be vain TO imagine
that all have parsed through it uninjured. To
it we must in the absence Of posltive-in the
absence Of any-information on the subject
attribute any disaster that has happened to
the missing steamship Pacific.
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BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TElEGRAPnS,

Erom washingt0n.
THE KANSAS COMMssION-RRPORTED RECALL or
MR.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF COINAGE, ETC.
WASHINGTON March %, 1856.
The Kansas Commission will not organize until they
Fort Leavenworh They have made three appoint
ments-Bowen, Of Pennsylvania; Fogg, of New HAmp-
shire and Lord (atenographer), Of Maryland. They are
all to meet at ST. Louis the 9th of April Mr. oliver
leaves tomorrow for his home Messrs. Howard ana
sherman leave on Monday for their homes, and from
thence to ST. Louis, where the party al to meet and
proceed to Kansas
is rumored to-day that Mr.. Belmont our Minister at
the Hague ia about to be recalled and that Howell Cobs
of Georgia, will take hts place.
Captain IDgsaham Of Koszta fame, has not been con-
rmed BY the Senate head Of the bureau Of Ornane
1t is understood that there will be some diff :ulty in his
passing the ordeal Of the Senate.
This mornings Union contains Mr.. Fornsys with
drawa from that paper Various opinions expressed
as to the cause Of this step. The President sm In
formed, desired that he should his connection on
the ground that he could not serve two masters.
The report Of the Director of the United States Mint
shows the amount Of precious metals received during the
past year at the Mint and branches be $50 902
The total coinage amounts to 1913, comprised In
16 co., 807 pieces. The whole consge Of the United
States since s4ss bo7, Of which amount thsre
has been received from California; since 1915 $3I3 50
During the session Of the Niger worshppers National
Executive Committee which has just adj ,urned sin. de
many suggestions made by members Of Congress
and Others relsve to Congressional cali for National
Convention and for charging the time Of the Phadel
phis Convention. Some also advised the Incorporation
Of the American and other issues which the Executive
Comm itee deemed extraneoua After deiber ation 1t has
been agreed BY the committee to invite the people Of the
United States without regard TO past differences or
divisions who opposed to the repeal Of the Missouri
compromise and the policy Of the present adinistra
ton, who favor the exclusion Of slavery from the Terri
tories and the admission of Kansas free State and
who desire TO have the action Ct the federal
restored to the principles Of Washington Jefferson
to send leach Stae three delegates from their i've
Congressional DISTRICTS and six delegates at large,
meet in convention at Philadelphia the 18th june
for the purpose Of recommending candidates to be sup
ported for the Offices Of President and Vice President Of
the United States.
Dr. Morton, of aDaeshetic celebrity Is lying dangerous
~ III at Wizards Hotel.
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TIE CAUSE OF THE SLAVE AT THE NORTH.-A
few days since We noticed the sale of twenty
two slaves, the property Of Cassius n. Clay,
of Kentucky, who has been shrieking for free
dom for the past twenty years, more or less.
In commenting on that fact, we took occasion
to say that the sbolitionism Of the North was
purely theoretical and political We have q
still more striking proof of this in the news of
the capture Of the schooner Maria E Smith
by the Brazilian brig ofwar Olinda. The Ma
ria E. Smith is sharp, rakish, olipper-built
vessel, which formerly ran a. . passage boat
between Boston and Halifax. Last autumn
she was fitted ont in Boston for the slave
trade, and 30 public was her errand that she
was seized by the United States authorities,
but escaped by showing her light heels to the
revenue OUTER On the coast of Africa this
vessel, fitted ont by anti-slavery Boston mer-
chants, took on board five hundred negroes
she had only accommodations for two hun
dred-and the deaths on board and immedi-
ately after landing amounted to two hundred
and fifty.
This is doing pretty we'll for the North
which the Seward papers tell US is unanimous
for freedom in Kansas. If the anti slavery
North thought it could make cent out Of sla-
very in Kansas or anywhere else, it would g.
in for it with all the barbsrity of the master
and owners Of the Down East schooner above
alluded to. 1t is fact which cannot be
gaineayed, that the slave trade is carried on
by Northern men almost exclusively-the
great depots being Salem and Boston. No
one ever hears Of SLAYER being fitted out at
the South. The trade is there considered dis
graceful, and even the domestic slavedealer is
looked upon with disgust. Several we'll inform
ed writer's on the condition of the Southern
States, inform us that Yankee overseers are i'm
ported expressly because they get more work
ont Of the slaves, and that there is no master 30
cruel as the Northern sbolitionist who acquires
slave property by marriage. The real fact OF
the matter is that niggerism has paid few
men at the North pretty well, and large num-
bers Of others have been induced to use it as a
stepping stone to political preferment. Their
success has varied, according to the elasticity
of their consciences the length Of their
tongues, and the gullibility Of the people they
have endeavored to humbug.
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the Late Severe Winter ana its Consc-
quences-Pr0exuctsd Absence q . Large
Fleet or Vessels.
The past winter has been terribly prolific Of
disasters on Gee and land, and particularly 90
on the former. Never before have we been
called upon to record 90 many shipwrecks
during one brief season, or such fearful de-
struotion of human life; but fearful as that de-
struction has been, we fear cur sad duty is not
yet ended, and that we will have still more to
chronicle. A large number Of vessels bound
to this and other ports in the United States
have not yet been heard from, although mostly
all OF them have been out from one to two
months beyond the time of their expected sr-
rival From the list Of these which we SUBJ
join, and which we have compiled with great
care, it appears that there are sixty altogether
which have not been heard of up to the pre-
sent date. OF these, the Celiua from Hsvre for
New Orleans, 10 out over three months and
three weeh; the Ohcago, from Liverpool for
New York, since the 18th of December; the
Mary Lee, from Gibraltar also to this port,
since December 26; the Eastern Belle, from
Newcastle for Boston, since January 4; the
Herald, from Havre for the same port, since
January 2; and the ship Venus from New
castle for New Haven, since the 4th of the
same month.
LIST OF VESSELS BOUND FOR DIFFERENT PORTS IN
nnnA rCo
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THE STRICT NEUTRALITY Or THE UNIoN.-Not
long ago the Union published On article upon
the coming Presidential contest, in which 1t
was declared that the policy of that veracious
sheet, as to candidates, would be strictly neu-
trail. AS q specimen of what the Union under
stands by this, we notice that 1t is careful to
publish proceedings of meetings where any
thing kind is said Of Mr.. Pierce; but when reso-
lutions have been adopted favoring Buchanan
or Douglas, subject to the decision of the con.
vention, the Union has positively refused to
print or even notice them. The Union's idea
of neutrality is to support Mr.. Pierce for the
succession. We don't know that II is 30 far
out Of the way.
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LATE HouRs IN New York SoCErY.-Some
time since the proprietor Of small penny
paper gave feed and dance to his en-
ployes, sending them all home ct eleven o'clock
F. N. Straightwsy it was announced in the
penny journal that good society in New
York had come to the conclusion that things
were getting in bad way in consequence Of
the late hours now 80 fashionable, and that
the usual hour for parties, from ten till two,
had been changed, and that the beau monde now
went at seven and returned at eleven. This
piece of news has gone the rounds Of the
press, and we are sorry to say that there is no
truth in it. Young New York still stays out
all night till broad daylight, and if any of our
young friends from the interior, deceived by the
penny paragraph, should 60 to a party at
seven, they would be obliged to spend three
hours in the contemplation Of their boots,
which would be neither amusing nor instruc-
tive Awful as the announcement may be, it
Is nevertheless fact that fashionable New
York is as bad as ever. Let US hear from the
Chwchman on this subject, that is If the editor
has got through with the women's airtations in
the church choirs,
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GEN. Wool IN OREGoN.-We see that some of
the Oregon papers are abusing General Wool
for what they call his inactivity in the present
campaign. 1t appears that the Oregonlans
provoked the war on Rogue river, and no!
Satisfied with that they got up war in the
Walla Walla country. General Wool refuses
to prosecute the last named war, being fully
aware that there is no glory to be gained in an
Indian fight compared to the risk which his
command must run. The San Francisco pa
pers, which may be considered unprecedented.
and at the same time we'll informed, assers
that the charges made against General Wool
are false in every particular. There may be
cat under the meal here. The Territorial
officers of Oregon are Eastern politicians ap
pointed by Mr.. Pierce, and General Wool's
came may come before the Cincinnati Conven-
ton. The whole matter will soon come up in
Congress, and then we shall see what we shall
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HARMONY IN ALBANY.--The Albany Register
and State,man are fighting away against each
other in the most orthodoxstyle. The Rev. NJ.
Scoville has buckled On the armor of the church
militant and his opponents are equally savage.
How pleasant and how good" &C., &c. See
the Psalms Of David for the rest.
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Roboken City News.

FInF.-A ere broke out ct ocIosk yesterday after.
noon in an old wooden building, at the Of WASH
ingon AID Second streets, Hoboken owned by Mrs. Cum
miDgs and occupied the dwelling Of Irish fAi
hes besides containing grooers and shoe shop which
were destroyed The wind was blowing strong at the
time and the flames communicated with the three story
brick front buidrg owned by Mrs Reed and
her as boarding house. The roof and side OF tbs
building was burned and 1t was otherwise much d.
nsWd Loss to Mrs. Reed about 81 500 which is cover
eddy insurance in the Merchants Insurance Company
Of New York,
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PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD.

PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD.
PHILADELPHIA, March g. 1855
sosks are duil-quotations ~ follows .--Pennsyiva
MA So e3X Reading Railroad 46n Long Island 15k
Morris Canal lax Penn. Railroad 45X
PHILADELPHIA IRON MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, March %, 1856.
lion market Arm. Sales for the week 2 900 tons an
trsee At s2s for No l. s2e for No. q and s25 for No
g. On Susquehanna rates are frmer. Bars active
q. ST. . SIS; rails, 500.
NEW ORLEANS, March n, 1866
Gotten sales to-day, 49, 600 bales. Prices slightly ad
vancsa the market closing with active demand TIE
quota ions for middllng 9Nc. a9hc Rio coffee is
selling at 12lSc. sugar, 7Xc. Sterling exchange, 8k
CHARrnros, March q, 1856
The cotton sales for the week have been 900 bales
at advance Of 20. Nc. Good mddlng II quoted at
1896 Receipts for the week, 900 bales,
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C1NcfNNAL, HNdh ., 10vo
Tho rbOard heller Of the steamboat Metropolis burst
near Poneroy Ohio yesterday, severely njurns seven
persons, three dangsrouily The boat Was bat slightly
damaged Nine perrous have died nom their injuries
Captain Hazlett f. A. Roberts. Nsssrs Tronth Bryant,
and Mez, three passengers, unknown and the fireman,
name unknown.
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PHILADELPHIA, March %, 1856.
Business on the Psnnsy fvania canal has opened with
great activity. The water let In Monday last aud
he amount Ct freight passing through from here TO Pitts
burg Ia very large; and twice much Is returning
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.AOn ma ina and Key West.
fr nr, Unsz0 $1,000 -sF ON BOARD OF

FIFTY CASES OF YELLOW I.-,rr o. no..n or
BRITISH MANOF-wAR-MARfre n,s ssTrps
CHARLESTON, Marc. no 1874
The steamer Isabel, from Havana, on the 25th Ast.
has arrived 1T this port The British steamer
Argos had arrived at Havana from Port Royal with
nearly fifty of her sick with the yellow fever.
From Key West, learn that the Mariner, 0;
Boston, from Liverpool, for New Orleans, went ashore
and bilged on Ticls's reef the 18th last. portion
o. the cargo saved. The brig sabine, iroa New
York for Galveston, went ashore Trump reef the
12,h, but was got Of The salvage her amounted to
SO 800. The brig Eagle from Trinidad 10 Cuba for Bos
on arrived at Key West on the 10th, leaking badly
She was condemned and her cargo would BE- reshipped
Ard tina vrs.el s0ld.
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PHOTOGRAPH OF Niger WoRsHIPPING
KNOW NOTuNG.--A Worcester (Mass) cores
pondent Of the Irish american gives an account
Of a meeting in that city to annihilate the
Pope Of Rome and the State Of Missouri, and
says:-
Mr.. Fsgg thea informed the au fence he had tbs plea
Of introducing champion OF Americas ism, Mr.
Perry Whereupos this gentleman who had been scat
ed the PLATFORM enyeloped in CLOAK, advanced in
'front.' threw off the cloak with semi tragic air and ap
peared In mill airy frock with shining butt ms then
unroled Lcat American flag, which the audience were
informed presented the speaker by Sans daughtea
next produced handsomely glt pocket Bible, whic tbs
audience told had also BEEN presented By Sam
dauehtsrs 10 the speaker ths laid open the desk
then the climax, land this - said Mr.. Perry In
to speak in thunder tones putting hand
his sword hih aud ursheathing that dangerous
pen, this win defead the former from priestcr af
and slavery" Then making furious thrust in the ai,
meant for the Pope which, If that much dreaded gentle
man had been present, would have subjected him to
ventiatipg process he paused Mr. Perry then laid the
sword the Bible and flag, fixed his belt and
Of Anne RIGA nism and Kansas.
This is all very well in o city where two
hundred men assault an unarmed officer Of " i,
United States; but why don't Perry air Lls
valor in st. Louis or the Holy City. Put out
Perry; such bravery never ought to be allowed
to rust in the rural districts.
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LATEST NEWS FROM KENTucKY.-The Louis
villo Journ1J E;llmnro nr0or ooya.

vile Journal, Fillmore organ, says
10 political friends everywhere we can cay that
the prospecs Of party bright and daily brighten
ing. Throughout the whole South there IL not An Ane
rcan whose voice not strong enthusiastic In favor
of the American nominations and there is every
to believe that long before November the entire
conservative str. Dgh Of the country North South East
and West win be enlistso In favor OF Let friends
Of the Union do their whole duty AM the victory onext
November will be one Of unparalleled glory.
Fillmore can't decline after that. Kentucky
and Thomas II. Clay endorse him
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Naval Intelligence.

WSoA AAscAAA&ScHCOs
At the Navy Yard yesterday the national flags at
half mast, from sunrise TO stnet and at IL NJ Commo-
dores salute of thirteen mnu guns was Cred ON board
the receiving ship North Carolina ship Of the ne in
commemoration Of the death Of Commodore Conner.
U.H.N.
The following correct list Of officers Of the United
States sloopofwar st. Marys lying in Csao bay ON the
9th February
Madison Fraiey, Charles W. Hays James E. Jovett Au-
drew f. X Benham; Purser, George H. White; Assistant
Surgeon, Edward +. Drsyton; Lieutenant Of Marines
James Wiley Master, VIM ttzhugh; CONS. Clerk A.
Go'dsborough JONES' Boatewain Edward Kenney; Gun.
Der, Jared D. Boorsm Saiimaker, John King.
Personal Intelligence.
Prince Frederick William, only SON Of the Prince Of
Prussia, and heir piesumptive to the crown will pay
new visit 10 England in May and it win BE- OF some
Fsm bs
Duncan, furnipseeds 4 Robertson v wood, - Robin
Brown MaSe Derbisrs Harvey. Reed and Mcdonald. X:
KKley Mrs Brown: Ma Martin, Miss Lnu Mics Pesrs9n
soS 5a s5 or1ey Scott Buchanan H'
From New Orleans and Havana steamshIp Empire City,
smith, Barnns Harris Parsons samuel ann Ben
ners simpson. Mr skidmore, and 80 in he sesrase
Sslse. S,
De, hMgh Undante, Fderr., Ansorena, " sumchard,
From Norfolk &c. in steanship Roanoke IS Smith, j q
Atmore samuel Smith Mr. Delniss and three dAughsers
ES sna sS ;srysa r. s
S d. H os S S ShDpeDdals srs Rrds VIM EN-
winston, Edwad Stewart and lady, Ms Abies sSo and
daughter sunms,s, Resfe, Mrs sarah cDorsM and
wards MrsM HAZARD and S,es children. Eu..scs. m
While and child, Sampson, and - In the see,age
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The Cox Divorce Case-vervlict In Favor oC
MRS. Cox
SUPERIOR COURT

The Cox Divorce Case-vervlict In Favor o.
MRS. Cox.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Before Chief Justice Oakley.
MARCH 2S.-Riehayd C0z Us. Ellen OdMarins Cor
Great anxiety manifested this morning to hear the
verdict in this tbs jury having agreed the pro-
vous evening The was depsely crowded, and tho
respective counsel Nessrs. Stoughon and schafer for
plaintiff and Aessrs Gerard and Byrns for the defen
dant early Ia attendance. Doctor Coz WAS also
present, but Mrs. Cox not In court.
Tho following are the names Of the jurors:-
]. Edgar Hyatt, Z. Samuel B. Ferdon,
8. Chas. NJ Anderson, 9. Ada n Lutz,
T. Josiah W. Baker, 10. Geo. G England,
8. Francis Colsey, IL. Henry Owen,
0. Eden P. CLARK, II. Willard Harvey.
The Clerk. (Ar. H a. Ree) -Gentlemen Of the jury,
have you agreed upon . verdictP
The Foreman (producing the sealed result Of their de-
HberatioDs) I'VE have
The Clerk them read the verdict In which the jury say
In to the second question 10 whether the
fendant Mrs. Cox had committed adultsrythxt she had
not The jury therefore find verdict in favor Of the de-
PENDANT.
Mr.. Schafer then asked that the Jury be pollsd
The Clerk than put the question to each juror s that
your dict ~ and each vered in the a rmativs.
Tho Cerk-The jury ere unanimous
There was applause Ia court, which instantly
suppressed by the officers
The Chief Jusrice-pay the jury.
Mr. Schafer asked for twenty DAYS TO make case for
new trial. which granted and thus for the present
the case stands 1t did before the complaint fled
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FIRE IN NEW ORLEANs.-Loss $2j ,00o-Be.
tween and o'clock last evening, Ere brose out in
Blessy Wakefelds pitch, tar and turpsn!,ne ware
house At No "a New Levee street. and ragged With great
fury for at least two hours. The warehouse all
the way from New Levee TO Commerce streets and oon
tanned from 800 to 400 barrels Of ptch and turpea
tine together with large quantity of empty molssses
barrels The flames extended to the roofof the adjoining
building, occupied BY s. T. Smith Co., ice
is estimated to be about &2500 and IL Il fully covered
by fnsurances.- New Orleans Picoyune, March "a.
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Reserved for April 4. 10. Parsed H. Affirmed by de-
fault. Is. Struck of. IL. Sheldon agt Hudson River
Railroad Company; argued; s. I. Lyon for appellant
John Thompson for respondent.
March GLIB and 80. Struck off. 10, % and o. AZ.
6rmed BY default. %. Draper sgt Roneyn; argued !;
Mr.. n Ill., Jr for appellant Mr.. John a. Reynolds for
respondent. a. Boebe sgt. Griffin; argued; Mr. John
H. Reynolds for appellant Mr. HUI, Jr, for respond
Jr for appellant, Mr.. b. Hoge boom for respondent 81
Passed conditionaly g. 80, 50 and 80 Reserved tor
April 3D. Reserved for April 3, Court adjourned for