The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-19

Of Toggy Aeashsi. She brought sixty .sl1 cabin
passengers, and two hundred and seven in the 20
coEd cabin. The steamer Etna, which arrived On
Sunday nom Havre, made her passage in eleven
days and seventeen and half hours.
By the arrival of the steamship Philadslphia 1t
New Orleans, we learn that the yellow fever Il sin
very bad II Havana and in other parts of the island
Much excitement existed In reference 10 the nsur>
recti,n in Spain. Business was dull
The confagration at Belize, Honduras, before re-
ported, occurred on ths 18th Of july Hsif million
dollars worth of property was destroyed.
The sales Of cotton yesterday were confiHed to
about 400 800 bales. The mark ct was firm, with
out quotable change in prices. The foreign news
caused depression in -four, and prices Of State
and Western brands fell OF loo. zoe per barrel.
Southern was IN better supply, especially of new,
and prices receded ~ cents, and in some cases q
much as so cents per barrel concession was
~s,s nn. Mnss zss sssy irregular ws sales
ell Corn was without important change. Sales Of
sound Western mixed were made at Gle. 62ac.
Pork was heavy, with small sales at $l9 so for
mess, and ST 70 q SIS for prime. Lard was firm at
l3c. Tor PRIME Sugars quiet, with small sales
of Cuba at SIC. q Sc. Coffee was quiet, awaiting
the auction sale On the I'D inst. Freights were
steady. with engagements of grain to Liverpool
(con aud wheat at I'd. a ia, in ships bags.
Adjournment Of Censress-The Presidents
ProclasAasioa for an Extra Session.
The closing proceedings between the two
houses Of Congress yesterday, upon the Army bill,
are given in another part of this paper. The
matter at Issue, and upon which the bill failed,
was an amendment by the republican House, to
which the democratic Senate could not agree,
providing that no portion OF these army appropri
atoms thirteen millons) shall be applied to the
payment Of the troops, neither militia nor regu-
lars, employed in enforcing upon the people of
Kansas the bogus laws Of the Missouri Kansas
Legislature.
Our special reporter details the circumstances
under which the bill fell through by the final
adjournment Of the House at the appointed
time. 1t appears that had it only required
a majority Of the House to suspend the
rules, for the purpose Of considering the Re-
solution Of the Senate extending the session
couple Of hours, that extension would have
been secured but the rule requires two-thirds for
a suspension, and so the motion failed and the
session ended. This, however, amounted to
nothing, for it is not likely that the addition OF
two hours to the session would have made any
change in the position of that body upon Kan
sas affairs.
The House having thus wound up the session,
and the supplies for the army being thus
cut OF, great excitement followed, as
matter Of course. Anything affecting
the spoils always does stir up a great
excitement in Washington The President called
the Judges of the Supreme Court together upon
the subject, and, afterwards it appears, convened
q special Cabinet council to deliberate upon the
momentous issue Of an extra session. Luckily.
the new bill passed, paying the members by the
year, had provided for their services free Of add-
tonal cost excepting, perhaps such constructive
mileage as they might claim for imaginary jour
neys home and back between two days according
TO the time-honored usage Of the Senate,) and
luckily the President had signed that bill. Thus
fortified our indomitable chief magistrate upon
the great question whether the army should live
upon credit for three months, or whether he
should call an extra session, carried the point
with tho all of I~T p.,f, that lnere should be
an extra session, 10 meet on Thursday OF this
week, al twelve o'clock.
Thus our sudden joy at the adjournment and
dispersion OF Congress i scattered to the winds
They are back upon us, and God only knows for
what length Of time. We think, however, that
that bill which pays the members three thousand
dollars year, whether they are in session for
one month OF twelve months, viii contribute ma
terially to make this extra session a short one;
and we suspect that the urgent demands of this
Presidential campaign for additional democratic
stumpers and trumpeters will also contribute to
hurry up the work for the army. We hope,
however, that, being called back again, the peace
men, the conservative men, and the real law and
order men Of the two houses, while they are at
il, win enforce some definite action for law and
order in Kansas. They should adhere 10 this a.
the question Of paramount Importance, without
reference to the eIongation Of the session-tha.
matter having been provided for In the new com
pensation BILL If the border ruTianism OF Kansl@
is to stand approved BY Congress, il win only
open those scenes OF violence and crime which
for twelve months past have done so much ~ |
render our Pierce administration infamous at |
home. and the character Of our republican iusti-
tutions infamous abroad
There must b some halfway house Of siplo.
matte rest" between Mr.. Campbell aud Mr..
Toombs-betwecn tho republicans Of one wing
and the democracy Of the other wing Of the
Capitol. The administration shows some signs OF
repentance. Those Pennsylvania men held A.
prisoners in Kansas upon bogus charges Of trea-
son. the President has promised shall not
be prosecuted or p,lnishod Ruf az a I.-f
in the hand i worth two In the bush
where Mr. Pierce i concerned, VIC appre-
bend il would be as well FOR Mr. Campbell 10 In