New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-15

| and to-day the Treason bin win DO passed Thi,

and to-day the Treason bill will DO passed. This
law will break up and punish all traitOrous cOmbi
nations in the most summary manner IL INES ana
imprisOns all who aid in any way in fitting out pr
vateers or who aid rebellion in the smallest matter
You may rely upon it that arrests under tins law
will be made here in twentyfour hours after lts pas
sage. The few traitors now wOrtiEg tor the enemy
are known, watched, and will DO taken imme-
diately.
We too, Ike Charleston and Norfolk, have been
struggling for direct steam communication with
England. We had il some years ago, and while it
lasted IL paid well. Bat two of our steamers were
lost and the other two were bought oF. The line
is now likely TO be reGstabthed. The PenDsylva-
mia Railroad Company are said TO DO contributing
valuable incidental aid in conjunction with English
capitalists steamer il to be run every fortnight,
four TO be employed. Freight ia to be supplied iom
the terminus of the road on the Delaware. The re-
moyal of the tunnage tax materially promotes the
succass of this enterprise The Railroad Company
have il in their power to deliver Western produce
ON our Vharves at cheaper rate than 1t can be
carried 10 any other shipping port but some months
must elapse before the lie can go into operation.
1t is not true, reported, that two or three of
our large manufacturing establishments are about
being removed to the South None Of them are
wholly dependent on orders from that region, nor is
their experience of Southern pay at this time en-
couraging for settlement in quarter where all the
presumptions are that no money is 10 be had. The
Only movement that way that We hear Of is by the
dr,.mmers-rot army drummers--but duns. Some
OF or houses continue either 10 send partner
clerk, in hopes OF gathsiing up the fragments,
though il is known tina: SO many Philadelphia duDs
have come very near being lynched and forced to
quit ut very short notice. Where one Northern
family goes to settle in the South, we hear of n
dozen coming in the opposite direction. Such
settlers are coming here continually.
4 very singular insurance case was tried here
this week In February 1853, policy was taken
out in the London and Liverpool Fire and Life IT.
surance Company Onthe ship Diamond State, then
% in the haIbor Of Philadelphia" ard 20 expressed
in the policy The vessel was then lying ut one of
our wbarves but the owncrs removed her over the
river TO Camden, in Ncw-Jersty. Here, on the Goth
Of February, she took fire and was destroyed. The
action was to recover the insurance, the UHderwri-
theirs refusing to pay because the owners had re.
moved the vessel from the port Of Philadelphia, in
which alone they had insured her. The real ques-
ton was piaoewhat constituted the harb0r of Phil
adelpha. The trial occupied many days, but the
Jury rendered q verdict of sl i57 ~ III favor Of the
owners.
Passenger cars for city railroads continue to
be shipped abroad by our manufacturers four going
this week 10 Mexico and two 30 Rio. There has
been steady export of these from our city AL
Winter and there ia no abatement in the demand
for them, there being several hundred hands en-
ployed in making them.
There must certainly be nm upturning of some
kind going on among the Slaves, not mentioned in
the Southern papers, showing that there is great
trouble there; because hear OF iugltlyes coming
over the Underground in larger numbers than usual,
and with bOlGness OF domeanor not generally WIT
messed. More females, am tod are now coming,
ut least the proportion is larger than Of males. This
would show that The facilities for getting AWAY are
greater than formerly. fot;er myself that these
facilities not going TO be curtnIled.
The Book Trade sale has been doing quite as
well as was expected. Tie catalogue was small
one but the attendance good. Standard works
have brought full trade prices, some invoices
been duplicated but III otter cases prices have been
lower than the desired marx. Tie wonder is that
the sole has gone Oh as well as il has
There are certainly more goods selling in this city
than was looked for a month arc. The South buys
little, the far West not rs largely was expected,
but tie near West is buying heavily. This fact Is
proved by the vast amount OF such height daily 60
ing over the Pennsylvania Railgoad for distribution.
On Thursday this road carried more Of such freight
iLan auy day since u was opened. ~ may he
added that such OF merchants nave kept clear
OF selling to the far West and the South are gong
through the crisis with great comfort.