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A decision has Just been rendered by Re-
corder Hackett which is Of very great interest
to boat owners Under the law as Il at present
stands, or rather a. 1t has been construed, NO
person could own boat without paying
license fee for IL, whether he used 1t for pur-
poses Of business or pleasure, and no one, ex-
cept he was employed on board, could com
municate with passenger vessel lying in the
harbor without being liable to arrest and Q
fine Of one hundred dollars. The object Of the
law was 10 protect emigrants against boarding
house runners and other sharks; but in doing
this 1t has inflicted penalties on persons en-
tirely innocent Of any intention Of fraud, and
who merely tried to communicate with their
friends before the vessel containing them had
arrived at the dock. Besides this, II has proved
q source Of serious inconvenience and annoy
ance 10 the owners OF yachts and other pleasure
boats lying In the harbor. In the case Of .
party indicted under the law, and Of which we
publish full report in another column, Re
corder Hackett has given q decision against
the validity of the indictment and Ia the de-
fendant's favor, on the ground Of Its uncon-
stitutionality. He shows that under the de-
cisions Of the Supreme Court the State Of New
York has no right to restrict the free use Of
waters common TO two States in the manner in
which this act does. The decision win proba-
bly, be taken up for appeal, but we have no
doubt that the legal and common sense views
By which Il Il sustained will prevail with the
court ah0va
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Return Of the French Minister % Yokshama-
Another japanese CemaIssion Sent -
America, &c.
SAN FRANCISCO, May s. 1851.
Tho ship A. NJ Lawrence. from Yokohama April 4, has
arrived.
Two japanese seamen were on board sent by their
government TO study tho theory Of navigation in
city college, They will afterwards proceed the East
ern States TO learn practical navigation.
The Japan Ti says the French Minister had returned
from Osaka
The French man-of-war Guerrero went down snd ~
turned with the Minister March % His prolongsa
absence caueed much conjecture. Before he went 10
Osaka vas known that he opposed 10 ths opening
OF the japanese pcrs and had endeavored prevent
or postpone IL IL was surmissd that he had bssa
selecting the best site at the new port fsr
his own residence and for the district 70 BE- conceded
TO mis- compatrios He had several interviews with ths
Chagoou also received the admiral and officers a.
the French ship, treating them with the same courtesy
which was shown TO own admiral and officers
The news from Hak odadi 10 70 March ], but ID unm-
portant.
drowned at Yokohama April T.
steamer from San Francisco March arrived -
Yokohama April 4
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During Mayor Gunther's Official term few
rooms in . building on Nassau street, owned
by Fernando Wood, were leased to the city at
twenty-one thousand dollars . year fefStea
years. The. building b said to have cost it,
owner fifty thousand dollars, and the spart-
meuts which Mayor Gunther agreed TO lease
for twenty.on thousand dollars are stated 70
be worth about four thousand dollars yearly
rent This profitable job has recently net
with rough weather, in the shape Of injunc-
tions, and Comptroller Connolly has resisted -
far a. in his power the contamination Of tho
outrage upon the taxpayers. On Tuesday II
ternoon, however, he was peremptorly ordered
by Supreme Court mandamus TO execute and
deliver the ten years leases. Yesterday morn
ing Fernando Wood waited upon the Comp
troller and blandly applied for his leases, n
accordance with the order of the Court but
he was met by. the information that now In
junction had been granted by Judge Sutherland.
restraining the Comptroller from delivering the
leases, and setting down for Monday next the
argument on the application to make the in-
junction perpetual. So the ex-Mayor IL not
yet secure Of his plumber, and II is to be hoped
that the law will, after ALL be powerful enough
to protect the taxpayers nom this outrageous
imposition.
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The Ninth Of May.

Looking back over the last seven years we
find that almost every day in the calendar is
marked by one or several important historical
events. Thus, on the 9th Of May, 1861, the
rebel Congress at Richmond authorized JEFF
Davis to raise such force for the war as he
should deem expedient. On the 9th Of May,
1862, General Hunter, commanding In that
department, issued his proclamation declaring
that in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
oil persons held as slaves were thenceforth
and forever free. This proclamation, like that
OF General Fremont in Missouri, was revoked
by President Lincoln, because he thought that
the time for this step had not yet come. On
the 9th of May, 1868, General Hooker's army,
from its bloody three days fighting around
Chancellorsville, was on the north side Of the
Rappahannock, recognizing its shattered
columns, while S,onewall Jackson, the fighting
rebel hero of that struggle, was on the south
side dying from his wounds Che died on the
IOth), equal In himself to rebel loss Of ten
thousand men. On the 9th of May, 1864, Gen.
eral Grant on hand, the terrible battle Of
spottsylvania Court House (Which commenced
on the sth) was brought to close, with the
capture Of the enemys works and thousand
prisoners. On the 9th Of May, 1865, President
Johnson issued his proclamation declaring the
war and rebel belligerent rights at an end
and that day was the last day Of the Southern
Confederacy and Of his personal liberty to JET
Davis; for early on the morning Of the 10th he
was captured. BY daylight tomorrow morn.
ing two years Of his captivity, awaiting %
speedy trial." viii be complete, which is
surely waiting long enough.
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The Case Of Virginia and WEES Virginia.
The State Of Virginia in this case appears
against the State Of West Virginia for the res
toration of the two counties Of Berkeley and
Jefferson, which IL is alleged have been by
irregular and fraudulent proceedings appro-
priatcd by West Virginia, and placed under
her jurisdiction. The plaintiff fully recognizes
the State Of West Virginia, bat contends that
as these two aforesaid counties after her ad-
mission into the Union were fraudulently
seized under tho pretence OF vote Of the peo-
pie Of said counties, at time, in the midst Of
the war, when no such vote could be fairly
taken, the seizure. Is void, The old State, al
against the new State, had agreed to submit
the question to the popular vote of those coun-
ties, but cannot consent to recognize the cleo
ton held as valid; on the contrary, Virginia
contends that it was trick which renders the
seizure Of those two counties an unlawful act
Of usurpation by West Virginia. Whether these
two counties, therefore, Towering the Eastern
outlet into Maryland at Harper's Ferry Of
that great commercial artery of West Virginia,
The Baltimore sud Ohio railroad) rightfully
belong to the old or the new State, is the ques-
ton before the Supreme Court The bill Of
complaint has nothing to do with the status Of
either State, the acts of Congress affecting both
States being admitted as conclusive by plain
tin and respondent The case is simply
whether Jefferson and Berkeley counties
rightfully belong to Virginia or West Virginia,
and nothing more.
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Free Trade aad Pretectisn Movements Fore.
shadswinss Of Fsssrc Political Divisions.
A number of prominent manufacturers met
at the Aston House yesterday to initiate .
movement Of the manufacturing interests as .
setoff 10 the efforts Of the American Free Trade
League established in this city. The latter
association, headed by William Cullen Bryant,
has recently displayed great deal Of energy,
and has been zealously spreading abroad its
anti-protection, low tariff arguments, and the
class against whose special interests its efforts
are directed have apparently resolved to rally
in their own defence.
The country may be regarded just now as in
q transition state, and these combinations, to-
gether with the labor movements out West, are
only the forcshadowings Of the great principles
that will divide the people Of the Union when
we again get settled down as thoroughly re-
constructed nation. AT present the anomalous
position Of the Southern Stat g and the various
political questions bequeathed to MS by the
war occupy the public mind TO the exclusion
of other topics. But as soon as these matters
are disposed of new issues will spring into
being, resting upon the financial and monetary
interests of the country; and these free trade
leagues and protectionist combinations, and
the associations for putting down the price Of
provisions and for raising the wages and
limiting the hours Of labor are only the
preliminary movements in the great shaping
and division Of parties hereafter to come. On
one side will stand the New England and other
manufacturers who seek high tariffs 70 enable
them to exclude foreign manufactures from the
markets. and to make enormous fortunes by q
protective policy. The national banks, as .
pampered, favored institution, will be found in
sympathy with these special interests. On the
other side we shall have the great mass Of pro-
ducers and consumers, together with the COM
mercial and shipping interests, all of whom
will favor low taxation, tariff for revenue
purposes alone, and the abolishment of the
national banks. II Is easy to see that the lat
ter will become the vigorous, growing party Of
the future. There is . general feeling abroad
that the New England manufacturers are as
much Of "ring" az are any combinations Of
New York Corporation officials, Aldermen and
Councilmen; and their selfish and grasping
policy during and since the war Is exciting a
popular feeling against them. The Southern
States, when they take their place in Congress,
will join the West in opposition 10 special
legislation, and then, the questions Of slavery
and reconstruction being both out Of the way
the old political organizations vii, be aban
doned and we shall have the new political
divisions throughout the Union foreshadowet
| by the protectionist and free trade aud labo
l movementa Of today,
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Tho Mayor and the Cerporatiea Jobs.


All the jobs passed by the Common Council
in the shape of street openings, new pavement,
and the like, are sent to the Mayor for his APP
proval. BE has ten days allowed him for ex-
animation, and Il II hist space or tins be
neither approves nor vetoes the ordinAnoes or
resolutions thus transmitted to him, they be-
come, at II termination, Of legal force and
operative, just Is though they had received his
official signature. It-has been too common
practice when measure Of questionable char
acter has been passed by the Common Council
for the Mayor 10 retain possession Of it over
the stated ten days, and then allow it to be-
come . law by default, thus evading in 3
measure the responsibility Of direc. APP
prevail II the taxpayers who are victimised
by the job should subsequently, demonstrate
against it and denounce il, they are told that
they had an opportunity to protest against the
measure during the ten days it remained in the
Mayors hands, and that as they neglected to
avail themselves Of that privilege the Mayor
was not to suppose that there were any sound
objections to it's success.
The majority Of these matters, especially
when they promise large profit to the ring,
are passed through the Common Council 90
quietly and unobtrusively that they frequently
escape the notice even Of the reporters, and It
has sometimes happened that the first. intima-
ton q property owner has received Of an on
cial raid upon his property has been when the
work has actually commenced. Under these
circumstances it becomes mere subterfuge
and sham to construe the absence of remon-
strances against corporation job into an
acquiescence Of the property owners in its
provisions. II any so-called improvement,
such as new pavement or street openings or
widenings, that may be sent to the Mayor for
his approval does not have the written con-
sent of two-thi;ds Of the property owners and
taxpayers affected by it, il should be vetoed
by the Executive and returned to the Common
Council. This is the only straightforward,
honest course, and il the Mayor has any real
desire TO uphold the rights Of the citizens and
to protect them from the rapacity of the plum
dering corporation 'srings," this Is The course
he will pursue in the future.
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Now that imperialisn has received II deslAv
blow In Mexico, the future Of that unfortunate
country gives rise to . good deal Of specula-
u0n. Some maintain that the liberals shOuld
be LETT to work out their plans for its regensra-
ton, while others think it Is doomed to endless
anarchy unless We annex 1t, or ct ell eveats
interfere to establish strong governme.t.
What patriotic Mexicans themselves think on
the subject may be inferred from an incident
that has just been related to US.
A well known banker from the city Of McKee,
was on here lately, and after taking .
drive with friend through the Park sad
along the ridge which Is crowned by Fort
Washington, they stopped to lunch at the house
of an acquaintance. "Don't you admire
the scenery Of our Parkw inquired the
host Of his Mexican guest. at is very beauti-
full" was the reply. "And-the drive along the
riverw at is charming; but I have seen
something to-day that is more beautiful than
either" "What is itw inquired the host, in
surprise. 81 will tell you," replied the Mexi-
can. at is those beautiful policemen that one
meets at every turn. They give me the ides
ola stable government That Is our great want
in Mexico. I have eodntfy house at Tacu-
baya, . few miles from The capital, but cannot
go there without an escort and being armed 70
the teeth. Until can have the same security
that felt in driving out here to-day, shall
not believe in the future of my country"
This sums up the whole case of Mexico.
What it wants is plenty Of "those beautiful
policemen" Whether the Juarez government
win be competent to supply them remains to
be seen. If after fair trial it should prove
unequal to the task, we shall probably be COM
PEELED to undertake It
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Chief Justice Chase has at last issued writ
Of habeas corpus, addressed to the President Of
the United States and to any others who may
have the person of Jefferson Davis in their Gus
tody, requiring them to produce their prisoner
before the District Court Of the United States
at Richmond on Monday next. We have
already announced that the President has
directed the officer in command at Fortress
Monroe to hand over the ex-President Of the
confederacy to the civil authorities whenever
called upon to do 90. There is prospect,
therefore, that the head Of the Southern rebel
lion will be put upon his trial for treason ct
last, and that . very unpleasant and not alto
gether creditable piece Of business win be
taken OF the hands Of the United States gov
ernment
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TIE MYSTERY SoLvED-Law and order
people have long been puzzled to account for
the numbers and the turbulent and unruly
character of the roughs Of New Orleans. Gen.
eral Steadman, Internal Revenue Collector for
that city, has, we guess, solved the mystery,
in the discovery therein of sixty Illicit whiskey
distilleries. He has stopped them; but in
the discovery we see that the Bourbon in New
Orleans is king.
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rAe Ds..er.aic Pr.sr..-s I. sAs Ce.ss's.

The Dogocrafic Pregramao In the Coustatu-
tienal Cenvouelsn. s..
The democrats have put forth officially their
programme as party in the State Constitu-
tional Convention. They opposed the Conven-
ton when the question was before the people
attempted to show that the vote by which 1t
was ordered was constitutionally insufficient
and in some counties refused to take any part
in the election Of delegates. But now that the
Convention is about to assemble, they advise
their delegates to Ego into the Convention,
prepared to make the most Of their position
to cooperate cordially In reforms, to perfect
the work Of the constitution of 1916, by remov-
ing its errors, and, above all, TO protect the
people in their personal, local and municipal
rights, by vigilant scrutiny into the proposed
changes, and an intelligent appeal to them, If
need be, against any dangerous Innovations"
Well, this sounds like very good advice, and
1t is TO be hoped that the sixty representatives,
who form the minority Of the Convention will
follow it and be prepared to vote in favor of a
thorough reform Of our organic law;
that they will renounce the heresies of
the Herkimer county politicians, who in 1886
gave us organized anarchy and corruption in
the form OF q State constitution, and use their
influence IN the Convention in support Of uni
versal suffrage, an Independent judiciary,
strong and responsible State government and
system of municipal government for all our
cities, which will place full executive power
in the hands Of mayor, elected by and directly
responsible to the people. But the framing
Of the organic law of the State should be no
party question; and the sincerity of those who,
while affecting to uphold reforms, endeavor to
excite party feeling and prejudice in their dis
cussion, may well be doubted. The old de-
mocratic leaders. whose only hope Of retaining
any show of vitality at this end Of the State lies
in the perpetuation Of Legislative corruption and
an elective Judiciary, will. we suspect, be found
protesting" against the new constitution, If it
should seek to remove those evils, and melting
their followers to vote against it at the polls.
Let the Convention do its work, regardless Of
parties, and save the State from the corruption
and anarchy that now threaten its destruction;
let itsweep out of the organic law the heresies
and blunders Of the constitution Of 1916 that
have brought US into our present condition.
and Il will work such political revolution in
this city, as we'll as in the State, that the old
organizations and rings and combinations, for
which New York has become so notorious, will
never be heard Of again.
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Anxiety naturally enough stands on iptoe
to know the results Of the deliberations Of the
august body now sitting in London. Our cable
dispatches do not by any means discourage
the hope that the peace Of Europe win not now
be disturbed. The mere naturalization Of Lux
emburg, it would seem, has ceased to be pop
ular. The leading Powers, we are told, hesitate
to carry out the proposition, and the Inhabitants
Of the Grand Duchy not only prefer, but ask to
be annexed to Belgium. We are not at all
surprised at this. Naturalization commended
itsek chiefly on the ground that it was simple
perhaps the simplest possible solution Of the
difficulty. It had, however, as we have before
and very distinctly stated, this Disadvantage
1t would leave the duchy isolated and weak.
1t was scarcely conceivable that population
very slightly exceeding that of the city Of Gin
cinnati, scattered over some forty-six geo
graphical miles, and divided among number
Of little towns and villages, should will
lingly consent to be virtually cut Of
from the rest Of the world. Nothing is
more natural than that they should desire to
be annexed to Belgium. They are tevritorially
separated from Holland. Their present con-
dition, therefore, is not desirable. To Belgium,
however, they lie contiguous Nor is this all.
Part Of the duchy has belonged to Belgium
since 1889. Annexation to Belgium, therefore,
would be not only more natural, but would put
an end to the Inconvenience inseparable from
having different portions Of the same territory
and people under different governments If il
is true that the people have expressed this pre-
ference, there is little likelihood that the Con-
ference will be Indifferent to their wishes
There can be no good reason why either France
or Prussia should object to this course. If they
agree, we may take it for granted that the
other Powers will not object
We are not disposed to attach any import
ance to the rumor that both France and Prus-
STA are proceeding with their warlike prepa.
rations. II is perfectly natural, under the
circumstances, that they should. 1t is doubt
less in the interest of certain parties to keep
up war excitement; but, looking impartially
at all the circumstances of the case, we cannot
lend them encouragement
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DEPARTURE or WIZ. LION sasEun Foa EUROPE.
saIases Fired. and $4,000 Deposited 70 His
Order.

BOSTON, May 8, 1857.
William Lloyd Garrison was among tho passengers 70
day Tor Europe in the steamer Cuba Several Of bts
friends went on board just previous 70 the sailing Of The
steamer ana Rev. c. r. waierston on their behalf,
made known to Mr. sGarison thai sao,oOo had besa
contributed ana deposited, subject 70 his cvdsv~
as . partial tribute for his lifelong and successful
abors In the anti Mr. Harrison expressed
his earnest thanks in few words, the time being too
short 10 allow extended remarks, and after general
snak OF hands and Wishes for pleasant journey the
affair Was ended salute fred from tho cutter and
schoolshlp In honor OF the distinguished passenger
the steamer went down the harbor. II 10 understood
that $40 900 viii be raised making the present
Mr.. Garrison $4,000
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The NEW YoRE HERALD establishment is now
located in the new HERALD Building, Broadway
and Ann street.
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NEW ORLEANS. Nay 8, 1851.
The City Bank, private concern. failed yesterday.
Liverpool and New York houses are mainly affected
thereby. Tho cause 10 said 70 be the decline In costoa
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A sAAcf o. SUICIDES

INV ORLEANS, May 8, 1857
and . third attamuted
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers viii please bear in mind that in
order to have their advertisements properly eassi
fed they should be sent in before halfpast eight
O'Clock in the evening.
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HOOLEY' OPERA HOUSE. Brookyn.-ErHioPrAS MIN.
saRLisY BALLADS AND BuRLEsoyEs.-BLAcg CROOK.
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THEATRE FRANCAIS. Fourteenth street. Sixth
FAREWELL PERFoGxAScEs-ELIzABxTH,
QuEKs OF ENGLAND.
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woRRFLL SISTERS NEW YORK THEATRE, opp
site New York HoteL-ALADDIS. rHE woSpERruL SCAMP
CisDRRELLA
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

BROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway near Broome
street-THk SHAMROCK.
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE. eoi Bowery. -Coxrc
NEGRO MrNsrRR.sY. BuRLEsQUEs BALLET DIVER
TIssKMESI. &c.-NEw DIRK IN 1867.
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THR BTNyAN TABLEAUx. Union Hall. corner IT
Twenty-t third street and Broadway, SHOWING MIR.
rnE PILGRIMs PRocREss-srxrY MACsiricESI
ScsNEs Matinee Wednesday and Saturday at o'clock
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NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. GIG Broadway -
HKAp AND RIGur ARn PRoBsr-TnE WASHINGTON
TwINs-woNDERs NATURAL HIsroRY, SCIENCE ART
LECTURES DAILY. Open from A. N. til lUP. n
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FIFTH AVENUE OPERA HOUSE, Nos. 2 and West
Twenty fourth street-GRIrFiN MrNsrRELs.
ErHoP,AS MISsrRELsY. BALLADS. BUaLssoUEs, &c.-THE
BOGUS JAPANESE JUCCLERs.