The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-22

taken every disposition TO oppose The entrance OF
the United States troops thereby showing his great
devotion to the government he represented. aud
determination 10 fulfil his duties. The lecturer
spoke in the highest terms of Governor Cumming.
as an officer of the United States and as private
gentleman, to whose labors the country unquesten-
ably owed much in the settlement Of the whole
difficulty.
The Hon. Joshua r. Giddings, Of Ohio, delivered
lecture last evening in Clinton Hall, Astor place,
before the Young Mems Christian Union. The
theme was: 1.-The Higher Law-the only proper
basis of human government and in developing
that proposition Mr.. Giddings ndulgod in his ia
vorite topic--abuse Of the institution of slavery.
The testimony in the Stephens alleged wife poi
soning case was concluded yesterday so FAR rs the
defence is concerned 1t is expected that the pros
ecution will bring forward some rebuttng evidence.
See our report in another part of the HERALD
In the Court of General Sessions yesterday
Thomas Tynon, charged with stabbing Alexander
Davis in house Of i'll fame in Thomas street,
pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fourth de-
gree. He will be sentenced by the City Judge on
| Satu ay.
| The damage to the Hudson River Railroad by the
late storm has been repaired and trains are run
ming as usual
| The Belgian screw steamer Gustave Pastor, Capt.
Ubdohde, from Palermo, arrived At this port yes
terday, after passage Of thirtythSee days She
brine full cargo Of new fruit principally oranges
She is built of iron, and is bark rugged having dou-
BILE topsas on fore and main masts. She has also
\ new and peculiar arrangement connected with her
| screw, whereby il can be hoisted above deck, and
the screw hole closed by an iron hatch. II is sim
pie in its construction, and is very easily worked.
| She lies at anchor in the North RIVER.
| Captain Brevoor, of the schooner Amy Chase,
which reached this port from Porto Cabeo on the
night Of the 10th inst has handed Us late files Of
| Venezuelan papers. The province of Cora and
two others were in a state of revolt. A rising in
Caracas had been suppressed by the government
troops. Three hundred soldiers had been marched
| on Cora. Produce was in good supply, but at
higher rates.
The United States mail steamship Star Of the
West Captain A. p. Gray sailed for Aspinwall yes
terday afternoon with the California mails and pas
sengers She took ont large freight and cores
ponding number of passengers, the latter availing
themselves Of the low rates of fare.
Cotton quite active yesterday, and the saes footed
up about 5000 bales, nearly all of which made in
\
llHc., with freight at l5-32d There only few
hundred bales sold from store, which closed arm the
basis Of 1870 for mddng uplands. Inferior and unn-
spected gradeso Western and State aour dull while
good TO extra brands were Arm The sales were fair
chiefly TO the domestic trade Wheat in fair demand
with moderate sales at full prices Corn was bnoyant
and sles LEES active Pork heavy, with sales
of at s1s 25 s1s 37, old do at sI7 TO- and
prime at $lS 10 sl3 1919 Beef and lard were steady
Sugars active and prices sustained, with sales Of
about 400 hhds comprising New Orleans, Cubs and
Porto Rico and 900 bugs Pernambuco at rates given in
another column. Coffee was quiet. Moderately fair
freight engagements msde without change in rates
No Extra Session-The President and the
Democratic Party.
The President has given way to the exigencies
of the democratic party, and determined to call
no extra session of Congress.
In doing this he has exhibited greater mag.
nanimity than his own party, judging it by its
late antecedents, will ever give him credit for,
which will make him and his administration the
objects of continual attack and Misrepresentation
| from this time forth. His course should entite
| him to the honest and ardent support of every
| democratic politician, and we shall not have to
wait long to see if they correspond to the unself
| ishness he has exhibited. In order to save the
party from defeat i'll the organization Of the next
House Of Representatives which would carry
with it the shaping Of legislation for the next two
years, and bring as great danger to the cleo
toral campaign of 1860 as the skill Of Speaker
Banks gave to that of 1856, Mr. Buchanan has
determined to place himself and his Cabinet in
the breach, and to save the democratic party
from the destruction which the factious proceed
| ings Of some Of its own members had made immi-
nent
| When the black republicans, rendered despe-
rate in their unavaling efforts to defeat the other
appropriation LIS, fastened upon the Post Office
| appropriation as last resort, and, raising a
point of Congressional etiquette, got some of the
drunken freeaters to follow them, and threw
out the bill, the danger might still haveebeen
averted but for the folly Of Senators Mason and
Toombs They fell into line with the niger
woTshippers, or into their trap and from motives
which they only can explain, threw the game for
| the next two years into the hands of Seward.
Mason started the movement for defeating the
NoineAehSS; "nu iVNhir' hePeAe uP, sPcaninS uuti-
the hammer of the President of the Senate de-
scended at the hour Of twelve, and the session
was closed. The Post Office Department was
leftlargely in arrears, and no provision made for
it after the 3Oth of June. In this state of things
but two courses remained open for the President.
lie must either call On extra session of Congress,
where partially represented party, in the face
of the full ranks of their opponents, must incur
defeat preliminary to the next great political
campaign, Or he must assume the responsibility
ofendeavoring to carry On the most popular aud
important service branch Of the government.
with such inadequate means as he can rake aud
scrape together.
In choosing the latter horn of the dilemma
the President subjects himself to an amount Of
4 oh nd o1l t1n &c l.