New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-07

were ore and all ag ins revolt and ne, .-,'inst the
ty,dustion4 w.altl If an seetlCn ihe rOdueuOh
Il cot did Tend 20 weaken the hands OF severn
met ON the cot "a v, i,s d,ncy wos to hold the
p+ople tpge er. Willie the South produced It, we of
lie Noft by prester qui kress and Intelligence, were
ale b. han L. il for them II for tbs reason that
tie eo1rtrv lever co Id he Ce,troy,d; BIT the mos
eiectual way To 40 it was TO make lscNminalpn III
respe,, 10 in n-tiial rotu,t-. Let is battle be
fou ht Oh one Is e-,hat We have Government, ana
that that Cove umeDt g., II be muini ed; and - ne
bot be carried away 10 90 anythu z viii, would be
R.ed wtap TO destr0y the III on feeling OF the
Sou b. II err ~as monopoly in co ton, he reJ'ioed
h. D; 1t was not II morop ly o. tie south H woula
b. 10 q Ia C,m. or O. a., y; for had no idea of
lOkinY 10 a seI AraOn. Bat this resolution, aud the
ks Of the gentleman who moved t, DID look 10
Srar''l'r. -, H.
saw o ~ Objectionable in looking to the snbstpu-
tos Of iax Ior tn, alee itoould be done. IL hao
been long enough Oasted Of that Cotton was hing,
aud Tor me, he Was for put lng down" " King Cotton
NJ. RoYAL PUT visited -lnce ely that tie reso-
IN ion wond he Lid on The tahle, aud futher dls
eu,siou lad upon it. II seemed hm, lie listened,
ehaf he Was in foreign country However proper
su, discussion might lie in Engl4nd this was no,
ue stmOsp ere for it, We were all one people, ana
IL. interests OF portion tie interests al all
A.. DEVSING DUER called for another reading OF
the ieso olu ion, d sad he could not where tne
harm ost te that cotton had not ing 10 40 wiz
our pr, s, nj ,rUu les WAS great mistakes II wa ~
very I. uId ton Of ilese icultcs. Il was inc poar
OF the y nth that Cotton King, and in'' 'niTusn
King Cotton tley uld eonq er us an1 nc
very proper 10 resi- hi Cotton !! TITS & nA ~;
Mr. RUGGLEs $40 pori ing cOnid he inrtDer from hs
thou his ii al 10 introduce ay resolution when eouu
be con,iGerd oisloyal to the u ION ne nau
always srenuou-ly conended tiat tbls very
prodnct of cotton crea ed y necessity Tor the
tJri IN Of Nort and South. Bnt now this very pro-
dot and the necessity Cor it, being perverted to
lit the Iow,rs OF EnroIe IN wal 10 break down
,is country, the question was ow under consl0e-
aicn by tLeir Cipomatiss whether, cotton being 70
pe.essary them they shOuld not interfere IN favor
Of the 5 nth What objection could there be TO consd-
siug this question: Whti ofenre could 1t give the
Souhi " ere we ind. ed sofar ensaved that we could
oct inQui int and improve onr own resources
Nc GEo. OPDYKE said that some months ago he had
ocras 20 lo. ~ tie neIs Oi tls discovery, ana lie
was led f. he IniOIn alton he received, 10 believe
that the Il ng wss rrasible that fax could he made
10 WELD fiber sin liar TO cotton, and more valuable
Bel that be tl he Thought II proper that IL
Scry p Oud be III dc into II 10y proper nut1"Ily: and
elheugh lie ChAnle do not usually take coehlzhnce
si such subjects he believed at the present time was
appropriate. Mew.re now at war with the States
wi ere cot was produced and the people OF thOSe
States Tad resolved 10 prevent Its coming through
Nvrfhe hands. Ii there merit IN the invention
spoken Of, would eDI the Northern sectl0n OF the
eourlry; aid lac nothing III, icious in looking to
the interests If commerce and Of the country.
MIR. IHELPs regretted the di-I osltlon lie saw 70
pres the beet. 1t seemed TO him one that would
caue gIea irritation. Tie idea gong over to England
q a. The Chamber of Commerce OF New-fork was
loOkng out for something 10 iahe the place oi cotton
would Lead tn 10 suppose we doubted tie result OF
the pr.sent contest, and the getting OF cotton lie
we'd be hid the table for the present. to be
discnss before fuller meeting. .
Mr. RUGGLEs aid be desired 10 have the subject
freely di. used ard would cbeerfuy consent to lay
Il Oh tie tab until the next meeting
CUR HkRBoR DEFESsES.
NJ. Gao. BLUNT moved that the Government be
ak 10 iron steam vessels for the oeense OF
g.. faIbvr of Ncw-York AID 10 finish the unfinished
fo,tiica, onr, e-p,ci.lly that on Sandy Hook
Ater a discussion i'll which MIR. WETsoRE, the
Chairman; Mr.. OFD1KE, Ca, I. MARSHALL and others
spoke Of the extreme negligence which had been
shown with regard 10 The deienses OF New-lork
ha bor-that the city lay at the mercy OF any war
vessel which mleht for Its way through Tie Mar
ruws-that tie attention of Congress bss been re-
peateOl, cslled TO the sublect-aDd that now, more
shan ever, wren war with European powers was not
imprba le-was important that our harbor, possess-
iug many natural advantages for defense, SHOULD DC
usGe impEe- -nable-it was
k,ore Tat Committee be appointed to inquire into the
s, It. s 81 the Sov+n%sn. on the subject,
Me-srs. OPDYKE, BLUNT, MARSHALL, DUR, ehu
ME were poi1ted such Committee.
DEATH OF MR.. 4. N. HOFFMAN
On motion OF Mr. PHELPS, the following resolutions
wuie d0pted:
SwYo repIs,L,ns the uuanmeO. ..n,. Of th'. body re-
s..in of Lisey murray Holman Of th, Chamber
is p VINO Sspats6 ss ,hi. lie 'ss,ay .,en
scD bure his uov.yig good faith and heey ms In
honor and uDstsiped intetihy emile bnl ie's
s,od name n the mercisl sunss Of our country .
R.ted That equally declare our high esteem for his vf
t.e. AZ his kndD. OF art bi, hheraty IL useful
public .n and b activity 10 wots OF chAity SI m
od.y and sO for his devoted Christian spirit ,nd or be un
bsmeles purity OF hs blame ICES NE
R.IreS Ths with the whole commercis com
Lpy of (. country whom he has been long known
enc respectfully -nder sympathy to his mourning
fier d. and tbst 'bese resolutions De c0thtuh
a ed o n IN q Lat ark Of our re'psc ,..,,
Rsoissd That copy these ks.o'ons Dc oy
u. Secretary to the family of the deceased member
After .leeting the following new members, the
Chant Der sdioarned: Josiah =. Bennet, S DE WIT
Bloodzood, Cnales Bu ler, Thomas n. Dale, Samuel
Jordon, William 7. Jones, Henry g.. Reeve, Living
Con Saiterlee, George G.. Spencer, Henry +. VAIL
Samuel Wetmore William Augustus White.