The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-15
New York, Saturday, January 10, 1859.


The News.
In the United States Senate yesterday, memo
rial for line of mail steamers from New Orleans
and Mobile to various ports in the Gulf, was present
ed and referred. resolution allowing Captain
Hartstene 81 900 for expenses incurred in connec
ton with the restoration of the bark Resolute to
the British government, was adopted A call was
made on the Secretary of the Navy for details of
all contracts for furnishing live oak. The Senate
decided, by vote of "a to 3d. to lay aside the pr-
yate calendar and take up the Pacific Railroad bill.
An animated debate ensued for and against the pro-
position An amendment, providing that any con-
tract made by the President be submitted by
him to Congress, and take effect only by
Joint resolution, was adopted. An attempt to re-
commit the bill failed by vote of 20 to %, and
a motion to lay it on the table was defeated-29
to p. The Senate adjourned until Monday. The
House made call on the Secretary Of the Ma
speeding the quantity Of coal used by the Navy the
commissions Of purchasing agents, and by what
authority said agents are appointed. The Select
Committee on Printing, and the Judiciary Commit
tee, were authorized to employ stenographers.
The Senate Joint resolution, authorizing Townsend
Harris, our Minister Resident at Japan, and Others
to receive presents, was adopted. The private
calendar was considered and several bills acted on
We refer our readers to the telegraphic despatch
es and reports for the proceedings of the Legisla-
ture yesterday.
There was mass meeting Of foreign patriots,
efugees and socialists last evening, at the Metropo
Titan Rooms, in Hester street. The speakers ad
dressed the audience in five languages The dull
est of the addresses that delivered in English
by Sgnora Mario The audience was too foreign
to appreciate the lady's eloquence Had it been
otherwise the meeting would have been very en-
thusiastic as the speech was a regular bombshell
into tie camp Of the enemy. There was considera-
BILE consumption of lager bier and segars in the
same building where the meeting was held, which
was entertainment enough for many who could not
understand English, so that all seemed pleased.
Representatives from some eighteen Irish civic
societies and military companies met at Hibernian
Hail. No. AZ Prince street. last evening, to make
arrangements for celebrating st. Patrick's Day
the 18th Of March next Other meetings will be held
before the requisite arrangements completed.
A meeting was held at Tammany Hall last even
ing to take into consideration the case of the per-
sons, members Of seditious organizations in Ireland
who have been arrested and are in prison. The
meeting was private one, but we give the sub
stance of the proceedings elsewhere.
The Tammany General Committee met last night
at Tammany Hail. to complete its organization.
Isaac V. Fowler occupied the chair. The greater
part of the evening was spent in deciding upon con-
tested seats. No other business was transacted,
and the meeting adjourned shortly after midnight.
We have advices from Havana to the 10th inst.
Sugar was quiet, while freights and exchange re-
NAMED unaltered. The slave trade was unusually
brisk
xoI al IL,
reported in the United States chartered war
steamer Atlanta, on the 18th of December, and left
on the 10Th of the same month for Cumana
Venezuela. The United States war steamer Gale.
donna, having on board the sons Of the General
made st. Thomas on the 18th ultimo, and was to
leave either the next evening or early on the
morning of the 18th, for the same port. General
Paez was unable TO land, in consequence Of the eff
feet of his recent injury by accident in this city
He was, however, received with great enthusiasm
and visited by the Governor and Venezuelan and
United States Consuls. A salute of twenty-one
guns fired from Fort Christian in his honor
and there was a fine display of fireworks in the
town. His sons were also treated with marked
courtesy. When the Atlanta and Caledonia had
discharged their mission at Venezuela they would
stand for the Parana river, to join the Paraguay
feet
In the Court of General Sessions yesterday John
Quenzea pleaded guilty to attempt at burglary in
the third degree, and was remanded for sentence
Joseph Long and joni II. Blanchard were convict
ed of an attempt at burglary in the first degree
having attempted to enter the dwelling house o
Barnett L. Solomon, and were each sent to the
State prison for four years and nine months An
tonic Lang pleaded guilty to stealing sixty-three
dollars from Ann Warden, and was sent to the
State prison for two years. Catharine Dav.
pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny, in
stealing fftytwo dollars from Mary Gleason
Mary kerrigan pleaded guilty to petit larceny, in
stealing dress and breastpin, worth $4O from
John Flynn. James Brady was convicted of assault
and battery on John Burke All these prisoners
were remanded for sentence Jacob Herman was
acquitted of felonious assault charged TO have
been committed on Jacob Echle Andrew Fowler
charged with stealing gold watch from Caroline
Turner, was also acquitted. James Duffy, indicted
for grand larceny, pleaded guilty to the minor Of
fence, and was sent TO the Pcnitentiary for six
months. The Grand Jury handed in another batch
ofindictments, and among them were three charges
of homicide, which will be disposed Of next week
Jean Bosquet, who looks more like baboon than
human being, was aTaigned for the murder o.