The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-18

The News.
In the United States Senate yesterday Mr.. Douglas
reported a bill authorizing the people of Kansas to
form State government. Mr.. Clayton made a
speech the Clayton Bulwer treaty the course Of
Great Britain in regard to it, the proposed Pacific
Railroad, the importance of an interoceanc canal
across the Isthmus OF Panama, the Transit Com
panys difficulty, filisbustering, and General Walker,
whom he stigmatized as ruffian buccancer and pi-
rate. Mr.. Weller, who evidently does not believe
the devil is halfso black be is represented to be,
intimated his intention Of giving his views with re-
gard to the Generals character some future
sion. Bills for the Improvement of the ST. Clair and
St. Mary rivers, the mouth of the Mississippi aud the
harbor of San Diego passed The correspondence
on the subject of the back pay OF General Scott
received. 1t is very vonminous, acrimonious and
peppery. Our readers will recollect that the War
Department allowed the General but ten thousand
dollars for arrearages while he claims forty thousand
dollars. In the House the discussion on the Kansas
contested election case was resumed and continued
until the hour ofadjournment
From Bermuda we have advices TO March 3. The
Governor had issued his proclamation dissoving the
Colonial Parliament which had been in existence for
the usual period of six years. Wrs for the election
of new members had been issued. Fl. b. M. ships
Pembroke and CORVALLIS were still at the island.
From Havana, under date March 10, we learn that
the British shipof-war Powerful had arrived on the
LIST, with orders to unite there all the English and
French naval forces stationed in the Mexican Gulf
and to start Immediately for Nicaragua.
Accounts from Tampico to the 23d ult. state tina.
the French Consul had quarreIled with Governor
Cara the question of the nond delivery Of goods
from the interior to merchants in debt for Custom
House dues. Uraga lay hid, since his defeat, at
Sierra Gorda, and Tamirze's defeat was looked for
as certain.
The trial of the suit for divorce, brought by Rev.
DR.. Cox against bis wife, was commenced yesterday
in the Superior Court, before Chief Justice Oakley
Only two or three witnesses were examined, in ad
dition to which, however, some lengthy dispositions
were read on the part of the plaintiff The case ap
pears to excite good deaIof interest and there
a large number of persons pres ent. full report
will be found elsewhere.
In the Board of Aldermen las. evening an i'm
portant communication from Postmaster Fowler, de-
failing the contemplated improvements of the De-
partment for the more speedy collection of letters
from and the delivery of letters to the inhabitants of
this city, was received. After the LIST Of June next
every resident of the city below Fiftyfourth street.
will be within twelve hundred feet Of United
States mail box, which will be opened four times
each weekday and the letters deposited therein mme
dately forwarded to their places of destination and
there will also be four regular deliveries by carriers
each weekday. We refer to the communication Of
the Postmaster, in another column for the details
of these improvements, which are accompanied by
some structures upon the conduct of Mayor
Wood, in refusing to allow boxes for the
reception of letters to be placed in the
various police station houses, and also by
aletter Of the Mayor to Postmaster General Camp
bell, which was omitted from the report Of the
first named officer, on the subject of uptown post
Offices, recently transmitted to the Board. com
munication from the President of the Crystai
Palace Association, with reference to the PROPOSE
lion to preserve the Palace from demolition, by ex.
tending the lease of the ground on which it is bnlt
was received, and referred to the appropriate com
mittee. A resolution was adopted to memorabilia
the Legislature for the modification of the School
law, SO that all the money raised by tax in this
county for the support Of schools be applied excia
sively to the schools in said county.
In the Board of Councilmen last evening the con-
sideraton Of the draft of new city charter was re-
sumed, and after some amendments the draft was
adopted. Want of room prevents our publishing
this last specimen of charter manufacturing, which
resembles in its main features the one now before
the Legislature.
An essay was read last evening before the New
York Horticultural Society on landscape gardening
and public parks. Nothing else of interest trans
pired.
The investigation into the financial affairs of P. T.
Barnum was yesterday adjourned TO this morning.
Our Geographic dispatches from Albany are i'm
portant. Read them by all means.
The natal day Of st Patrick was duly celebrated
last evening at the Metropolitan Hotel, where the
Friendly Sons partook Of grand banquet. The va
Iions Irish military corps paraded during the day
and attracted universal attention.
We give elsewhere additional par iculars Of the
recent catastrophe on the Delaware river, opposite
Philadelphia. Up to last accounts twenty bodies
had been recovered and II Is believed that many
rs fifty persons instead of thirty, as at first sup
posed. have lost their lives by this disaster.
The general aspect of business in produce yester
day was without animation in nearly every branch
The Persia being nearly due with later intelligence
had n tendency to check operations. The season
also approximating the opening Of navigation, wher
increased receipts of breadstuffs may be expected
exercises more or less influence over the market for
breadstufs. The sales Of cotton yesterday reached
about 200 bales without change in prices. Flour
was dull at Saturdays quotations. Prime white
Canadian wheat sold at 81 92a Common do. at II IS
and a small lot inferior Tennessee red at 81 65.
Corn sold at from Csc. CSC, for mixed and white
and roc. 70ac for prime yellow. Rye sold at 81 6a,
delivered. for Northern. Pork ~ frmer. Mess
cold Of ~ Is q w so, and prineNq. at }l4 50,