The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-07

contested seats in the First and Eighteenth wards
adjourned to Wednesday evening. The Wing Gene.
raj Committee for 1868 met last night and organized
for the year by electing w. 7. Jennings chairman;
S. T. Hutchings and Walter Brady yice-chairmen;
X. Z. Guire and j. s. Scofeld secretaries and j. J.
Herrck treasurer The meeting was called to or
der by j. r. Dodge and Mr.. Henry Synder oficiated
as temporary chairman.
The proceedings of Congress yesterday were, in
some respects, quite interesting. In the Senate Mr..
Crittenden urged the necessity of increasing the
duties on imports, and the substitution of home in
stead OF foreign valuations upon imported merchsn-
disc. An amendment was offered to tax all bank
notes, discriminating against those of small denomi
nations, as to fs$ce them out of circulation The
subject was finally laid on the table A petition
was presented asking that the Postmaster General
be authorized to coRtract for carrying the mails
between Panama and Valparaiso. In execu-
tive session the nomination Of Mr.. Sedg-
wick as District Attorney in place of John
McKeon was discussed for several hours,
and again laid aside. II is believed that the nomi-
nation will finally be confirmed In the House,
resolutions calling for information upon the state of
our relations with Paraguay and New Granada, and
relative to the opening of the river Amazon, and
also for all correspondence on the subject of our
differences with Spain, were offered by the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs and adopted. In Committee
of the Whole the Neutrality laws, Commodore
Psulding's conduct in seizing the filibusters and
General Walkers position, were freely discussed.
Messrs Sickles and Haskin taking very decided
stand against private fbusterism.
Governor King sent his Message to the Legislature
yesterday. Its contents are already known to our
O1ifa a nhar Of hilta war iutroducad
in the Senate yesterday, one to amend the law
which makes railroad companies their own assessors
of taxes another to reorganze the Brooklyn police
also to amend the Port Warden bill. AS the Cover.
nor thinks this Port Warden law a good one, it is
fair to suppose that no alteration Of it will be made
during his term of Office. Mr.. Mather endeavored
to get his bill repeating the Metropolitan Police law
referred to special committee consisting of Senators
from the Police district but unsuccessful and the
subject laid on the table. Resolutions were intro
duced requesting senators and representatives in
Congress to oppose the administration Lecompton
constitution, and to favor the admission of Kansas
only when her citizens presented constitution
voted upon and adopted by themselves. The As
sembly, after half dozen unsuccessful ballottings
for Speaker, adjourned. There will probably be
no organization of the Assembly until some time
next week.
severe northeasterly gale prevailed along the
Atlantic coast on Tuesday night and Wednesday
mernng, and tears entertained for the safety Of
vessels that may have encountered it, AS yet, how
ever, we have heard of but one shipwreck The ship
Serampore, Capt. Stone bound from New Orleans for
Boston, with cargo of cotton, tobacco, &C., went
ashore on Wednesday morning, during snow storm,
on Black Ledge Rock Cohasset and at last accounts
she was fast going to pieces. Her crew were saved,
but were badly frostbitten. From the fact that
quantities of wreck stuff had been washed ashore
Nantucket beach it supposed that other vessels
had been wrecked during the night.
The schooner Sarah L. Hills has brought us ad
vices from Turks Islands to the 25th uh. The guam
tity of salt on hand was large, but there were no
vessels to take it off 1t selling at SIC. &C. per
bushel There were no American vessels in port.
The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday
and transacted considerable routine business. APP
plicaton has been made TO the government Of the
United States TO pay for the care Of sick seamen at
the Marine Hospital. The Commissioners do not
think they should be required to pay for their treat
ment ont Of the emigration fund. II is proposed to
build an asylum Wards Island for the care Of u-
matte emgrant paupers-a class of patients that have
largely increased Of late years. Mayor Temann,
who is a member Of the Board by virtue of his Office
took his seat and announced his intention of regu.
larry meeting with the Board.
In the Court of General Sessions yesterday John
Murray was tried and convicted of burglary in the
third degree, he having broke into the store Of
Dennis O'Bren in the Third avenue on the night of
the 9th ult. The premises were entered by four
men, and the prisoner was in the act Of escaping
through the windsw when caught by the complain
ant. Judge Russell said that he was determined to
protect our citizens from the depredations of bur-
glars and sent Murray TO the State prison for three
years and nine months. Patrick Flood, charged
with felonious assault and battery convicted Of
an assault and sent 20 the pententary for year.
Mary Wood alias Mol Hodges, was convicted of
grand larceny and sent 10 the State prison for four
years and nine months. She kept disreputable
house in Hudson street and while Lawrence Riley
in company with of the inmates Of the house
he was robbed Of s270 by means Of the panel game.
The news per Collins steamship Atlantic left this
city by the National Line at ten minutes before one
O'Clock yesterday, and was received in New Orleans
at quarter past twelve, New Orleans time.
The sales Of cotton yesterday, before the Atantics
received, embraced about LOCO bales without
change in prices. After to hand about 600 zoo
baee Sold closing at advance Of one-eghth ~
one quarter OF cent per pound four was steany whe
sales les active, and prices without change Of
moment Sales Of wheat confined a few lots of
Southern and Tennessee white OF prices given elsewhere
The chief sale Of embraced about 5000 5000 bush
els delaware white at COO PORK rather more buoy
ant ., the Decline with sales Of old and mess part Of
the latter unipspected at Ella IS sl5 The sales Of
sugars embraced about GOO hhds chiefly Porto Rico and
New Orleans al rates given in another column. About
a4se bags OF Rio were sold by auction at &c. eye. ave
rage SIC, and 200 90. Ssnt,s at %. f3Ec average
loc and 300 do Rio, and 100 mats with so bags o Java
were sold TO the trade at rate gwen another place
The stock in this market consists o3s bags Of Rio and
Of packages Of ali kinds 1899 In frcghts very little
was done, ss both shippers aud shipowncrs were dH.
p-cd 10 await the Developments Of the Auautcs news
our produce markets.