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il T-: 5 Break la the Hlami Casual Immndatiesi af Albaay and Railroad. Front the Schoharie Sentinel. We refer our readers to the very Inter ting WHIG OOHORBISIOBTAIi CAUCUS. April SO." First Dispatch. The Whi Congressional BY TELEGRAPH.

BY MORSB-a LINK. Common Cemwell April 80. Bepoited for the Albany Ireninf Joaroal. OBGANIZATIOH 01 THS NXW BO ASP. The new Board is made no of eight new and district, which gives an aggregate for the year of From the evidence afforded by these statements, and those previously received, it may be fairly estimated that at the present rate of production, the aggregate yearly value of the gold found in the Australian eolonies mil probably amount to from 7,000,000 to 8,000,000, or thirty-five to fort millions of dollars.

The advices from Adelaid, South Australia, state that the harvest had proved favorable, and although labor was scarce, owing to the to the gold regions in Victoria and New South Wales, the whole crop would be mot in Merited Compliment Jmdp Barns. From the Bochcetcr Democrat. The Circuit Court of this county, after an ar daoat session of two weeks, having met on Monday morning, preparatory to adjournment, the Judge, Hon. I. a Harris, having taken his seat Bench, Job C.

Chumabsbo, Esq to behalf of the membera of the Bar, rose and address ed his Honor as follows jndge Harris At the unanimous instance my brethren of the Bar, the pleasant duty has been assigned me of tendering you an expression of the pleasure and satisfaction we have experienced, from the able, impartial and kind manner In which yon have presided. We deem It not invidious to those distinguished gentlemen who adorn the Bench of this District, and who occupy that high position in the regard of tills community to which their talents, integrity and ability entitle them, to give you, comparatively a stranger among us, this testimonial of our esteem. The urbanity of deportment displayed by yon during your brief sojourn among us, united with the patience and attention you have exercised bave rendered the discharge of those high dutiea which have been confided to us comparatively easy Entrusted, as we necessarily are, with the rights tod interests of our fellow-citizens; appointed by the community, as the guardians and protect ors of the public weal, it being our high privilege to see that rights are guarded and wrongs re dressed our duties, arduous at all times, op pressive often, are much facilitated in their faithful and satisfactory discharge, by the kind and efficient co-operation of an enlightened, upright and courteous judiciary. Next to the approval of our consciences in guarding with a vigilant fidelity the public good, we value the dignity and reputation of our Judges. The interests of community are least jeopardy, when Bar and Bench evince a reci-'procity of determination rigorously to maintain them most in danger when Bench and Bar are found in conflict.

By a mutual cultivation of cordiality, we not only mitigate the perplexing asperities of professional fife, but render our vocation pleasing as it is noble. In no small degree have you, sir, convinced us of this fact. The present session of this Court has marked an era in our professional life, which Time will not obliterate. Leaving us, be assured, sir, you carry with you our sincere wishes for your future happiness, prosperity, and welfare; and at the close of your judicial career, may you retire with the proud consciousness that the words of Tacitus were intended to be applicable to other Judges than the father-in-law of Julius Agricola the Hawse Kafrnge Harrow Baeapa of arorty-aVve hlldre a reat a)estrwe ttem eX Preporty. 7 5 Troni the OindnnaH Chronicle.

About 1 o'clock yesterday morning some nine ty feet of the west bank of the Miami canal, ad joining tne enclosure or tne uouse or Refuge, geio wvwf iuvj awv vh un nuiui wau wmcn surrounds this puniio edince. The water from the canal instantly commenced flowing into the enclosure, and the ground having a neavy aescent, tne Dreecn eniargta very ran. The Times or yesterday evening elves the following account of the consequences cf the vr; The House of Refuge is entirelv surrounded by a massive stone walL which held the water. and in a very few minutes the first story of the main building was filled with water to the depth of four feet. In this story 27 boys and 18 girls were fastened in their sleeping; apartments, and were only awakened by the rush of water around their beds.

Mr. Rufus Hubbard, the Superintendent, and Miss Carter, the Matron, and the other officers or the bouse, were awakened by the tailing of the wall, and without knowing the precise nature of tne aimcnity, immediately set to work with the greatest seal to relieve the children on the first floor from their perilous situation. Miss Carter, miss steward, and other ladies or the bouse, waded into the water, unfastened the doors of the sleeping apartments, and carried the girls one by one to a place of safety. The greatest dan ger was in the north wing of the house, where the water nowea through with great rapidity, nr. Hubbard, and the other gentlemen about the house, waded almost up to their necks in the tor forced open the doors, and saved the boys, who but a moment before seemed doomed to death.

Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. Hubbard Mpuiss Carter, and their assistants, their assistants, for their promptness and courage. The screams of the children, and the roar of the wa ter rushing throughout the buildings were frightful, and under the circumstances it appears almost miraculous that no uvea were lost. About 2 o'clock, the south half of the west wall of the enclosure was forced down by the heavy pressure of the water. This relieved the bouse from immediate danger.

The water forced its way with great velocity westwardly to Mill Creek, making a breach about forty feet wide and ten feet deep in the turnpike, opposite the House of Refuge. A vast amount of fencing was carried off Into Mill Creek. Tne water con tinued flowing from the canal until about o'clock in the morning, when it was shut oft" from above. The House of Refae sustains an Injury of from S10.U00 to S12.OU0. The main building much damaged In the hrst story, but can soon be put in good order.

Some fears are entertain' ed of the rear used as a dining and school room. The water flowed through the cellar with great velocity for some time, and it is supposed has injured the foundation. The grounds, which have been lately graded and laid out in plats, are much cut up and injured. The steem works, by which the building Is heated, cooking done, are rendered maeleas, which will greatly inconvenience the operations of the house. About $400 worth of broom corn and all the provisions about the house were destroyed, and the supply or water entirely cut on.

While we were upon the ground the children I were engaged, under the direction of toe Super' intendent and Matron, in cleaning out the various apartments. It will be sometime before the operations, of the house will be completely reatored. Wm. P. Stratton, Esq one of the Board of Directors of the institution, was on the ground early in the morning, and rendered much assist ance.

The damage to the banks of the canal is about 500. It will be repaired as soon as possible, probably in a week. Mr. Fells, the Snpenntend- ent, Was on the ground In the morning to exam ine the break and make preparations for the re name. In the low lands on the west side of the road.

gardens belonging to the following persons were entirely, destroyed and rendered useless for the season John Ecklee, Wm. Mustard, Wm. Mittick, Fred. Fuster, Henry Layman, John Laymaa Hen ry Hopkins, Charles Publman. and Tbos.

Cook. The average loss of each of these gardens will be above 800, besides being a great loss to the own ers or the land. The break was about 100 feet in length and 20 in depth and caused by the soft and sandy na ture of we ground. Blowlata; Up or the Steamer Balmda. A few dsys since the telegraph announced the blowing up of the steamer Saluda, and the loss or a large number of lives.

The Western papers received this morning contain further particulara. The Saluda left our port for Council Bluffs, on Tuesday, the 30th ult. It is said that she start ed out with a large crowd of cabin passengers. among whom were some outward bound Califor-nians. The principal portion of her deck passengers were Mormons, seventy of whom went on at St, Louis.

Forty-five of this company, we are informed by Elder Wrlgley, were members of the party wno, with President Higbee, crossed on the ship Kennebec the same that were noticed in the St. Louis Republican on the 29th. The remaining twenty-five composed several families recent residents of the State of Mississippi. The whole number of saints must bave been reduced to about sixty when the explosion took place, as some eignt or ten, beaded by a Mr. Kaiser, had maoe preparations, previous to leaving this point, to disembark at Brunswick or Boonville, for the purpose of purchasing cattle.

TReo. The Union of the 12th inst. says It appears that for nearly four days previous, the Saluda nad been in the neighborhood of Lexington, and had been in her attempts to stem the strong current which seta in at the point im mediately above that city. During this period several oi ner passengers sen and proceeded by land, or took other boats. Half past one on Fri day morning last, ner officers determined to make another effort to proceed on their trip, and having left the landing, in the short space of five minuies ner Doners exploded witn such tremendous effect that the cabin and other works situ ated forward of the wheel-house, were completely demolished.

The commander, Capt. Belt, who was en the hurricane roof, was blown up in the air a distance of about one hundred feet, and was thrown Against the side of a hill at Lexington. The ond clerk, Mr. Blackburn, was standing on the boiler deck, and was also blown into the town. The mutilated bodies of a large number of the passengers were round in the streets of Lexington.

Messrs. Charles Labargeand Louis Gareth, the pilots, were blrwn into the river and their bodies had not been recovered when the Clara left This was likewise the case with the engl neers, Messrs. Clancy and Evens. The number of lives lost will not, perhaps, ever do ascenaineo. xne passengers were composed priociDallv of emigrants to Salt Lake and Call.

fornia, and as the books of the boat are gone, it 1 a a i is impoBBiDie io una a register or meir names. About forty bodies were collected and interred by the citizens of Lexington, but as a number were undoubtedly blown into the river, we may reasonably calculate that this is much below the actual number lost. One of the surviving passengers lost his wife and 7 children, and a lady was deprived of a husband and 8 children. Such was the force of the explosion that a portion of the boilers passed mrougn a warehouse and nearly demolished it, killing a man who wss standing near it. The people of Lexington behaved in the hand somest manner.

They vied with each other In offering consolation to the dying, and in affording assistance to the wounded. They furnished comfortable hospital accommodations, and appropriated 81000 for the relief of tile suffering. The remains of Capt. Belt and Mr. Blackburn were prouent to the city on the Clara.

The clerk, Capt. Brookman, fortunately for himself, was in the back part of the cabin at the time, and escaped unhurt. There were also seven ladies who received no inmrv. Mr. Peter Oonrad.

one of the owners of the boat, was scalded, but nis physician states that his wounds are not dan gerous, and that In a few days he will be able to leave for The St. Louis Republican of the 12th has the following (Hlaaonrl) April 11, r. nr. The following is a list of the killed and wound ed by the explosion of the Saluda. Killed and buried: Second bar keeper, Laynell; Mr.

Nash and Mr. Clency, second engineer; S. Haffer: ieggen; way ley; j. jsnck; Mrs. uunbar and child Mrs.

McGahas and child two children of Mr. Rollins; two Messrs. Baytey; three white men not known, and one-boy two second clerks, one colored ted. Missing First engineer, and two Pilots young Mr. MeAliaster W.

H. Brides; nve nremen. xnis is as tar aa neara rrom dead and missing 33. There are 16 wounded, two believed to be mor tally, the others badly: number slightly. Most of the killed and wounded, except the officers and hands of the boat, were Mormons from England and Wales.

The boat will be a total loss but utue or tne cargo saved, ana inai in a damaged condition. More, probably killed, of Which we have no account. The Republican, in addition to tha above, Ths Stbamxb Salupa. Arrivals from the Mis souri river yesterday, brought us additional information to that published in our telegraph dispatches. Ths steamer Clara was at Lexing ton an hour aner tne explosion, and arrived yesterday, having on board the bodies of the la mented Capt.

and Mr. Blackman. The officers of the Clara, which boat arrived at Lexington about 8 o'clock one hour after the explosionstate that up to 11 1-2 o'clock, the hour or ner departure, cue excitement was such as to render it utterly impossible to arrive at anv correct idea of the number killed and -'wounded. In fact, taxing the crew and passengers, the general impression is, that tne number killed cannot tall short of one hundred souls. The books of tha boat have been lost, and Mr.

Brock- deevoring to arrive at a correct; estimate of all tbe injured, as wen as tne names or each mai- viduaL The boat sunk a lew minutes after the explo sion, but did not take fire, as was reported. Negligence or uo engineer was ua cause or (be explosion. The St. Louis Republican eon tains aa Invita tion to the funeral of Capt, Belt and of Mr. Blaok- letter addressed to the Directors by Assam Bsck- kb.

of South Worcester, who Is now. and has been for several weeks, confined to his room by sickness. He was unable to attend tbe meet-big held there last Tuesday, and excusing his non-attendance, -sent in the noble subscription of S5.000, for fifty shares of stock. This, under all circumstances, is a generous action, and one which we trust will prove to do a productive investment. Mr.

Bbccbk we know, as well as nearly all the Directors, belong to that description of persons denominated self-made men men who began with little or nothing in tbe world, ana who, through well applied labor, have established characters which gain our admiration and esteem: Soots Wobcbstsb, April 18, 1862. Geittlemem Unable to be with you in per son, permit me to say a few words in regard to the enterprise, for the success of which you visit this retired valley to cay. Tbe subject of a Railroad between Albany and Binghamton, to pass along the valley of the Schenevas, is one on which I have been unable to bestow that attention which its importance demands; but the impressions 1 bave formed very recently, and I may say within a few days, are quite different from the previous conclusions to which I bad arrived. Now I am satisfied that it Is not a mere bobby for political demagogues. It is in the hands ol men, tbe most of whom 1 bave lone known.

They w. ill not do any rash or indiscreet act, to prejudice the subscribers, and much less their own interests. I have entire confidence that the road will soon be built, but as is justly said and urged, the inhabitants along the line must oo their duty. This has already been done beyond my expectations. The auestion is.

what shall the Inhabitants here do 1 I can only answer for myself My pe cuniary interest is entirely adverse to the Road, while my feelings are with it The first can be demonstrated most satisfactorily. In the next place, with constitution much impaired by toil, labor and disease, I am not prepared to say or do any more than wish it success, and subscribe fif ty snares of one hundred dollars each. in doing this, I act upon my own knowledge of the route; and the history and progress of our country; and I do not lose sight of what will be the state or things a few years hence, when tbe stockholders will be proud of their contribution. I also assume that the city In which the Capitol of our State has always been, will arise, and lib erally, and without Its parallel, perform their duty to further on that enterprise which will give life and vigor to every dormant part of the city, and make the city of Albany the pride of the umpire State, as it truly should be. it is true, and 1 am willing to admit that my prejudices were strong, arising, as I have said.

from interest, against it but from the fact that all my neighbors and friends are to receive aub- stantial benefits from its speedy construction, have concluded to do this. I have this morning read the law to be submit ted to tbe Electors of the city of Albany, for the loan of 81,000,000 on a credit of thirty years. It is fair and liberal. It does not look, as I have heard the matter intimated, like the big fish eating up the little ones." I believe we shall all have fair play and equal according to the stock subscribed. Thus I hare done and said what Is prompted by tbe honest convictions of my own mind, and I bave no wish that it should influence any per son beyond what is right and what I believe will be lor tbe happiness and prosperity of our great, rree and prosperous state and Nation.

Toon trelr, ABRAM BICKZR- To Means. X. Tompkimb, I B. Voao, Q. W.

0bas and CaAALaa CotrBTsa, Kaqa. New Citt Armory. This will be a large and imposing structure. Workmen bave commenced the excavations, on tbe corner of White and streets, near the Tombs, and are driving tbe piles ror the loundatlon. The building is principally designed as a place of rendezvous for the military, in time of riot, the place heretofore used, in Centre Market, being deemed inadequate and WW be built very strongly.

The lower portion, which will form the gun room and officers' rooms, will be built of stone, and be furnished with strong iron doors. The upper portion will form a large apartment, or drill-room, of sufficient capacity ror the assem bling of 3.000 men. Iron columns will support tbe floors separating them The building will be armed with four towers one on each corner and will be so-arranged that bnt fifty men wonld be needful for its defence, in case of attack. From loop boles in the towers, Slc. guns could be brought to bear upon the as sailants, in every direction.

Tbe dimensions of the building are as follows Extreme length, 130 feet breadth, 84 feet It will be covered by a trussed iron roof, of a single span. The entrance to the gun-room will "be from White street to the drill-room, from Elm. The sum appropriated by tbe Common Council for its construction was something like $28,000. Jour. Com.

Sob-Mibihe Wibk. We understand that Mr. Henry Evans, of New Bedford, has invented a sub-marine telegraph wire rope, which ia consid ered by those who have examined it as possessing superior qualities, it is constructed or hemp yarns, of any thickness required, the yarns being saturated' in a composition that is durable and impervious to water. The rope ia made by machinery designed for the purpose, only one opera tion being required to complete it. Tbe four strands of which it is composed, are made at the same time, and the rope laid up and finished on a heart.

A copper, steel or iron wire, of any required size, is completely bedded in the centre of each strand, and one also in the heart or the rope, making five wires in aiL The cavity of the rope is filled solid with yarns, and then a thick coating of the same is put over the outside, making the rope perfectly round. The whole Is then covered with iron or copper rods. The principle combines strength, durability and economy. The machinery is capable of making a rope of any length without splicing, and giving the advantage of five different wires. It may be made to weigh from one ton to twenty tons per mile.

The St. Anthony Falls Express urges those out of employment in the seaboard States to go to Minnesota, it says Multitudes think they lack the means to come from New York or Boston, when, In fact. all they lack is the will determination. The fare from New York to this place the coming season for immigrants, we presume, cannot exceed twenty dollars. It is not absolutely necessary that a person should have more than sufficient to reach here.

Work, at high prices, (816 to S20 per month and board) awaits the immigrant im mediately on his arrival. Or let him bring enough for subsistence a short time, take his axe, put up a shanty, hire a few acres ploughed, and the first year raise sufficient for a year's sub sistence. In hundreds of instances we bave seen this done. Tbe subsequent winter he may earn enough to pay for his land. Or the improvements already made will so increase the value that be will bave no difficulty in hiring the money, and obtaining further time.

But this need not be necessary, if he will be satisfied with a smaller amount, but yet abundantly sufficient for the support of an ordinary family. Forty acres of this fertile soil may be made to yield sufficient for a family of six or eight persons. Cost, fifty dollars. After the first year or two, worth from five to twenty dol lars per acre, according to Fright and Conscience. An old lady said "When my father moved Into the new county, one of us children once told a lie.

My mother could not -ascertain the culprit, but a lie lay between two of us. said she, 'you may escape now, but you may be sure that I will know at some day which of you has told a Weeks passed on and nothing more was said on the sub ject My father lived in a log house, Which con. tamed one room below and one above. The children slept in the chamber. One night a tremendous wind arose, and at midnight blew off the entire roof of theiouse.

My mother, alarmed at the crash, ran up the ladder, and putting her head into the roofless chamber, cried, 'Children, are you all there 1 Yes, piped a small, terrified voice, yes, mother, we are all here and if the day of judgment has come, it was me that told that lie' To how many "children of larger growth" does a similar late repentance come, and from similar causes tbe "still small voice" amid the storm. Presence of Mind. The herdsman of a farm in North Cist had occasion one dav lately to send his daughter for the cattle under hi charm. There were about eighty of them, and among uroiu iw duub, our) oi wmcn WBS la the habit of assaulting people. On the dav in question, the damsel unwarily approached the bun too closely he immediately gave chase.

va a jovei ueu, wiwout ayxes, Dees, or any piace oi reruge to resort to, what would the read er have done for to run home, a distance of three-quarters or a mile, was out of the question 7 The girl, with great presence of mind, ran over to tne ower null, a good-naturea anunai, ana much stronger than her assailant. StandlnaT close by his side, and kindly tapping him on the back, she drove him towards her father's house, followed by her enraged enemy, who kept roaring and fuming all the way, but when became too close her protector turned round, and with a shake and toss of his bead kept the assailant at haw. Tn thia mannar tha ftas-itive arrived Safety at home, Iverness (Scotland) Courier. sanmmaeweaeMaeaeBBmnenena-aB a- a r. aCa an.

n-ar. Taipc. Th CiacliuMwti Noil- Countess of Lsndsfelt, aflveact play.fonndedon the events in the lire or tne eeieoraiea ammb. xaw Countess is to appear in a oinerent enaracier each act. The scenes are to be laid mostly in, tha rreat theatre of her eventful life.

The King of Bavaria, D'AbeL Metternlch, Napo- The play wiu oni ire yiwwni a uo runa way theatre, new xor. Hobaos Obbblbv is writing thaLife and flair ralea of Kaj. Oeev Wlaneia SooU. The above has nearly run the rounds of the oturnaL There Is no truth In it. We cannot rueas what has riven It a start, unless it wss a promise reluctantly maoe to a pupusner to ea ana complete an already published Life of Mr.

cum. Caucus re-assembled to-night in the Senate Cham- at eight clock, judge MaNoum ja. v.j pre linsr. The attendance was rather thin, a number of Southern members and some of Mr. Webster's friends being absent.

Among those present are Senators Smith, Flab, Seward, Wade, and Messrs. Fowler. Brigga, Brooks. Haws. Stanly, Gentry, Landry, and Humphrey Marshall.

The latter gentleman purposes renewing his Compromise platform, offered at a previous meeting as to wmcn a lengwy ana stormy discussion is expect ea. Second Dispatch. The Caucus have fixed up on Baltimore as the place, and the 17th of June as the time, for holding the Whig National Con vention. An excited discussion has been going on. Third Dispatch.

Mr. Marshall, of offer ed the original Whig Caucus resolutionsN Mr. Stanley objected to them aa out or order. The Chairman sustained the objection. After a discussion, principally by Messrs.

Mar shall and Stanly, the decision of the Chair was sustained. Yeas 46, Nays 15. The negative rotes against the decision were all Southern men except Stanley, Morehead, Cul- lom, and two Kentuckians. Among the affirma tives were Fowler, Wade, Campbell, Sackett, Bshooicrarc, and others. Mr.

Marshall said as the Chair bad decided the Compromise principles of the Whig Administra tion out of order, this was no place for Whigs to remain, and then withdrew. Mr. Gentry, of with much feeling, said he would make one more effort to save the united Whig party, and offered a resolution, in substance that, in fixing the time and place, the Whigs did not commit themselves unless the compromises unaL I This is as received. I A long debate arose, in which Messrs. Camp bell.

Outlaw, Brooke. (Miss.) Strother, Moore, (La Ewing, Cabell and (J lineman participated. Mr. Outlaw, of N. wished to be understood if the compromise resolutions were to be thrust out the wuig caucus, it was inrusung aim out, and the whigs whom he represented and then he withdrew.

Mr. Moore, of Louisiana, said such action ruled the Southern Whigs out of the caucus, and then be and his colleague, Air. withdrew. Mr. Brooke, of would like to know, be fore he went to the Whig National convention, what company be was to keep.

He then left. Mr. Strother, of said thc Whigs of Virginia had, in substance, instructed him to leave the caucus when the compromise was thrown out. He left. Mr.

CabelL of said the previous decision of the Chair caused many Southern Whigs to be absent to-night. He and others came, hoping for the reverse of such a decision. The confirmation of the decision would leave the caucus with only the Northern men and eight or ten Southern Whigs. He left with Senator Morton. Mr.

Clingman, of N. after some few re marks, left also. Messrs. Williams and Gentrv. both of Tennes see, made some indignant remarks, and left.

Of the Tennessee delegation, there remained in the Chamber only Messrs. Cullom and Jones. The greatest excitement prevailed at this cession. There remained from the South only part of the North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten neasee delegates. All the other Southern States were wholly unrepresented.

Among the Southerners remaining were Sena tors Jones and Mangum, and Reprsentatives Cul mm, Morehead, Dockery, Ac Most of the Southern Whigs were absent Bach men as Senators BelL Pearce, and others, know ing that Marshall, would offer his resolutions, refused to defend their petition or join the pageant of the withdrawal. The Convention adjourned near midnight, in considerable excitement, giving Mr. Mangum the power to call a special meeting on the anticipated Manifesto from the Seceders. Great Vloext amel Lena e)f Lire Inaancavae Deetrmctlesi mt Prepert jr PiTTaavaea, April 19, 182. On Saturday last, the waters of the Monogahe- la and Alleghany commenced rising.

At Brownsville, yesterday morning, the rise was at the an.nUlin rate of two feet per hour. At Pittsburgh, last night, at 10 o'clock, the water commenced rising at the rate of seven inches an hour, increasing during the night with unexampled rapidity. This morning, the pier marks of Monongahela Bridge were covered, the water having risen 38 feet, and still risiDg at the rate of 7 inches per hour. By the mark at Point 8team Mill, the water is within 6 feet 10 inches of the great flood ot 1832, and as the river Is advancing as rapidly as at the commencement, it is feared the flood will exceed that of 1832. It has been raining since Friday night almost incessantly, and it continues to swell the torrent.

Numerous rafts have been destroyed, and the piers of Alleghany Bridge have been seriously broken by the crashing timber. A number of men were seen floating down on parts of rafts, and doubtless many lives have been lost. A raft without sweeps struck against the Me chanic street bridge, and was shattered In pieces. All on board perished in sight of thousands who lined the shores, unable, however, to render sistance. A man on a fragment of a log raft managed to escape the five npper bridges, but struck St.

Clair's, where he managed to jump on the pier and was rescued. The lower part of Alleghany City is inundated, and families are removing their furniture, in boats. In this citv the dwellings along the streets near the River are also submerged. At the foot of Wood street and Water street the cellars are fill ing, and merchants are removing their goods to the upper stories. The rivers below are overflowing, and great devastation must inevitably occur.

The Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, near Beaver, has sunk one foot, and the road other wise damaged. The travel on the road must be stopped for a time. PiTTeecao, April SO. Second Dispatch. The river has been dins- here since 6 o'clock this morning.

It had reached within three feet of the flood of 1832 The damage to property cannot yet be estimated, bnt must exceed Siuu.wu. In the low grounds of Alleghany City, com prising the First and Fourth Wards, not less than l.ouu rammes were turned out oi meir uuuaes, or driven into the lewer stories. Along Rebecca st. the water ran in torrents, being six feet deep. The "water passed along Federal beyond Rob- inundating the beautiful residence of General Robinson, and completely cutting off all communication between the bridge and Alleghany City.

Quite a profitable business was earned on by persons with skiffs ferrying passengers over from the bridge to the landing. Pittsburgh proper suffered but little, although the merchants along the river were put to much inconvenience by the sudden removal of their goods. Many families were flooded out. In Hay street and Water, half way to Penn, the first sto ries were all filled, and tne families moved out on skiffs, rafts, On Marbury, Duquesne and Point alley, over one hundred families moved out. The lower portions of Birmingham, South Pittsburgh, Manchester, Lawrenceville, and the 1st.

6th and 9th wards, bordenng on Alleghany were several feet under water, stopping the work in the foundries, machine shops, Business was almost entirely suspended yesterday, and workshops were closed. About 60 feet of sheeting were torn off the dam or the Monongaueia navigation wmcn greatly endangered the whole work. Kossuth asid Ilemrr CLay A Forgery aid Its Kxpoamre. Washimotos, April 19, M62 Among the annoyances to which Mr. Clay has been subjected during his protracted illness, has been the receipt of numerous letters requesting the favor or his autograph.

Air. clay does not appear to place a very high estimate, himself, upon autographs and it is possible that he may think the collecting of them not a particularly dignified employment At any rate, be usually nieces letters requesting bis under the fore-stick. But some time since a tetter came to him from Pittsburg, filled with the most flattering senti ments towards nimseii, written in oriental style, and signed with the name of L. Kossuth. It contained a request that Mr.

Clay would do the writer the honor to transmit to him, not his own autograph only, but that he would obtain also the sl natures or tne otner members or tne (senate, te accompany it. This, it is true, appeared a request or an extra- ordinarv character, to be addressed by Uov. Kos suth to Mr. Clay, an invalid but so strong were the evidences of the genuineness or the letter, as to leave no room to doubt; and Mr. Clay deter mined to be wanting in no courtesy toward the Hungarian hero.

He consequently got a friend to procure a suitable book, and to obtain the signatures of the other Senators, to which he added his own. The writer of the letter requested that the answer should be sent, not to Kossuth himself, but to a friend, whose address was given. But the book was kept until Kossuth's arrival at the National Hotel, in this city, at which Mr. Clay lives, when it was forwarded to him with Mr. Clay's Kossuth received the book with much surprise, declared that there had- been a mistake In the premises, and pro nounced the rude letter which bad caused Mr.

Clay, with so much politeness, to take all the trouble of collecting the names, a lorgery. B. Chanaplaia Carnal. Telegraphls Oorratpondence of the Journal. WaiTBiAix, April 21, 162.

The Lock at Whitehall Is repaired, and the whole line of the Champlain Canals is now in or der. j. Mather. There was a rumor In New York yester dav. of the arrest of another Fugitive Slave.

Of coarse, if such was the case, all the proceedings and circumstancM were purposely kept as secret as rjosslble. Ths Whio Stats Convumoir la Missis. aippi is to be held on the 8d of May. THREE DtTILtTIR rHOH BGHOPC, Arrival mt tha Asia. MW T0BK, AatU The steam shio Asia arrived at 12 oVi.v day, with three days' later news from Europe.

Markets. CdTTOii Lower dualities declined l-ftd. fuu for the month 24,000 bales, Including 4 000 oo speculation and export. Middling Uplands 4 3 4 do Orleans 4 7-8. Breadstuffs are steady.

Westernirianal Phila delphia and Baltimore Flour at IBs ed a 20s. Corn is more inquired for. and ia annUA at Mm a 31s for White. 27s 6d a 28 for mixed. Tallow and Oil are unchanged.

Rice la ner. lected. Coffee duTL Sugar firm. Consols advanced, closing at 99 1-4. Money very abundant and unchanged.

eAmar. lean Stocks were steady. Knolamd. Tbe English news presents nothlns- of striking importance. It has now been ascertained that 464 persona perished by the loss of the steamer Birkenhead.

The cause of the shipwreck is attributed to the deviating of the compass, occasioned by. the local attraction of the iron in the ship. wotn uouses or raruament win re-assemble on the 16th inst. Tbe Anti-Corn League Is getting readv for ac tive associations. The accounts from Australia continue to be of the most favorable character.

The total yield of cold dmW tha last threa months is S3.600.000. A urge number of vessels are lvinr at Hnlenn'a bay without crews, although 200 are offered for tbe run to Eogland. Tbe steamship City of Glasgow was not to eatl until the 10th ult. The trade in Manchester continues depressed. France Letters from Paris announce that tha French Government has granted 60.000 franca for a monument to Marshal Ney.

Tbe Minuter ot the Police bas addressed a cir cular to the Inspector General recommending a strict surveillance over persons who are coAisi dared dangerous to society. it is correctly reported that the two Grand Dukes of Russia, Michael and Nicholas, are about paying a visit to the President. A slight disturbance bad occurred at Bourree upon the embarkation of a quantity of Com, but the authorities soon restored order. aim. A decree was published on the 6th inst.

at Madrid annihilating the liberty of tbe press, establishing a censorship, and the government to suspend and suppress Journals at pleasure. Certain modifications in the tariff had haan da. creed. Tosket The dispute with Egypt la in a fair way of being terminated favorably. 1T4LT rrom uenoa state that the Na tional Guard of Cagliari has been dissolved.

Tha town remains perfectly tranquil. Dbmmabk. Tbe amnesty for the Duchies of Scbleewig and HoUtein bas just been published. Eighteen natives of Schleswig and six of Hole, tein are excepted. rnilADBLFHIA, April IL Gov.

Bigler has vetoed the whole batch of bank charters recently passed by the Legislature. ne nas aiso returned tbe Dill authorizing tbe Pennsylvania railroad to hold the title to 90 acres of land in West Philadelphia. Hew York (far keta April SI. Flour, o- There ia no ebanre to eetiee la Weatara and State Floor. Tha arrlral of tne steamer below ebeeka boainfaa.

The better cradaa aall freely, while the common or low gradea of anpertne are eali. Bales aiieelle 800 bbla at SAOSaAt for ooaunoa to atraifht State AAla 4 .81 for Michigan and Indiana 4JlaAJ0 for eoaamoa te rood Ohio. Bye Floor and Oora Meal dalL Grain There ia little doinf in Wheat, the Manly aad demand are eqaally null, and prieas are nominal Bye held more freely at TS. Barley qnietai70aTl Barley Matt InaetiTO at 80874. Oata leaa aetWe at Matt tor State, Sa 40 Jeney.

Oora Bnn and aapply moderate. Sales 1,000 boeh rood mixed White at 8S. Prariaione-There ia very little doinf in Fork end the market for Meat ia nominal at 1S lor new, IS AC tor eld. Prime is ateady at IT Beef ia arm aad in fair demand at 1013 for Meaa aad fte.7 for Prime. Beef Heme are Srm at 14.

Pickled MeetaeonUnee acaroe aad ataad. Lard is rery Srm aad ia fair demand at SfelOe for bbla. Batter ia rather more plenty but prieas remain the same; -sales new atoek, 24a27e, Long Island aad Orange eoaaty ia tabs, 27a90c Cheese doll and hoary at Spaas Aabea. Tbe market iaeniet for pots at 5, and pearls the stock eoaaieta of 680 bbla pots aad U0 paarla. Cotton.

The market is not open, waiting far the Asia's Whiskey A eniet market for Priam at S3, aad 2M tor Oblo and Priaon. Dmdre dall at M. Stock! are aeneraUy lower, with aome TariaManaaa Got. '87, eold at 1181 V. S.

Texas aa 10S Ohio 'SO 1094 Illinoia atoek '47, TT Northern Indiana 109 Harlem ex. bonda 81 BoaheaUr and Syraeaee 11T Boeheater, Loekpert and Niarere 100 Brie bonda '63, Bo; BrieineT; Brie eertf do 71, Bet; de'tSiaU: Harlem Tof Brie 89 Galena and Chicago bones 90. Money is very plenty and the demand Is aetire. Xxehange eloeed arm for the steamer at lOotelOSf- AboliUea Excite naamt la Vlrsrlmlav. fticaaoMD, April If.

There has been a renewal of the abolition excitement in Oraydon county, Virginia, and the Vigilance Committee have offered a reward of $100 each for the apprehension of two abolition preachers. Whibxet Fbadd. A barrel of Ohio whiskey arrived here a few days ago, which guaged forty-eight gallons, but the purchasers measured tbe contents, and found only thirty-eight. The fraud is accomplished by giving great solidity to the barrel, particularly the heads, while a hollow scooped out in the staves opposite the bung, admits the guager's rod to the desired depth. Mast Killed.

A young man, whose name we did not learn, was killed on the Railroad at Canv as to ta on Saturday. He was at work on a build ing beside the Ktauroad track, rrom which ne jumped down on tbe road, when the cars came up, and Dei ore be nad tune to escape, was. over taken and run over. DEED: Yesterday ereoinr. at o'clock.

NELSON, infant bob ef Jonathan Tallmaa, aged nine on tha and tea ear. COilUVlERCIAL. Tkt BfarSLota. ALBANY, April St. The State Canals were pat ia oper ation yesterday, bnt thia important met has had bat Utde if any inBaanaa ea ear market for any of the lendiag ar ticles.

Prior to the opening, a lethargy was apparent throughout the basuieni clrclee, aad ap te the present moment bat little change has takes place The stormy, diaagTeeable weather, together with the Sood, ne don at had aome Influence In imparting a dallneee te trade. Only abont 100 elearanoaa were aaade oat yeaterday at the West Troy and Albany oStoaa. This forma ne comparison to tha bnaineea done laat year oa the opening of the Oaaale. There was no anxiety manifested oa the part of tsnrardars to harry matters, aneh aa we hare notloed in prerionj seasons, bat on the contrary there was a dkapeaitioa te delay gn til sash information was resolved aa wonld satisfy for warders that there would be no delay oa the Una, either rrom hreake or the want of ensVoient water en the tans levels. Floub, Ate.

There is only a moderate 'iamand far West. era aad State Flour the storm checks beainaaa The, market has andaiwone no change since or laat The sales of the morning sum Bp MM bbla at 14,124,27 for sossmsa to good State; for mixed to fancy atleaigaa, Ia. dlana and Ohio i far pare to fancy Oeaiaci, aad atO for fancy to extra Genesee. Oora Meal ia Ana and saleable at SUA. GnAin In Wheat we hare only te notice a sale snade within a few days of 6000 Va.

Genesee at S110 far eity milling. Oora Is ia small aapply, and roaad yellow Jj wanted te All Bartern orders aad eoatraets at Ma for ee-liTery by Canal o2te. is the preralling rate. Sales of Bar ley te the extent of several thoasand baahels were made yeaterday beyond what was reported la ear laat hat aa the partiea desire aaareey in the matter, we refrain front noticing it beyond saying that It is te arrive by OaaaL, OaU are in good requeet aad arm at t)c, dliTored, with Bales S.M0 baahela. Pbovibiobs Pork Is rather qaiet, bat holders are arm, We notion retail aalee af City ateea at 19 1 do Prime IT.

Beef is held more firmly, at a alight improvement. Small ale Oity eas lQOall, aad do Prime Oat Meats are In good reqaest. Bales 8mpk4 Ham 1011 i do Shoal-den StaO. nuked Beef is rather aoaree, aad sells freely 9g. Better la Sales freak State 3021 eld is entirely neglected.

Beef Hams are selling at IS. Oheee ia Ia moderate leanest at Tat. Lard is Arm, aad la do mend at 9110. gaao. Glorar la not entire.

Weqaotorn.TieT,medi Bm State Seat, and larre do 910, aa in quality. Timothy la selling at MOatS. We notioe a sale of besh Marrow-fat Peas at 1,10. Malt. Barley Malt may be aeoted at 2SS, with, small dan market with be suedy mark rta.a; sales bbla at 2222.

but meetly at the Inside figure. Solas SO Dredge seeks on private terma. ia nothing doing. Stats Stbbbt Mabkbt, April tL for tares days past there has beta a limited attendance of farmers IA market, wins- te the tela storm, whleh still eoeUeeea te prevail. Taopriees of proyiatons are very high far theawaeoaof rear, partieularl Batter and Meata.

Th(a aiost aerloaaly aneeta large elass of thc poor and the working nartleBlarly those who have large fajaUles te anppert a -a. Baa enea and who from the severity of ths past winter weremaahe to The market Bas nnaerEone eat utue change slbse-ear st. Batter has declined, Vat la other artielas there ia aaarealr any change of moment. Potatoes sell reaoilv at T100 per bean, and choice green applaa par baL Batter In good reqaeat at 18a22e per lb, aad IgT aeU freely at l17o per doe. Teal is la good aapply at SaA aad tejp per lb.

Pork Is not plenty, and earn meads SaS net lb in qaartsrs. Msttoa il aearae, aad aanauee aall freely at ta 91, aad ia aaartara lOalle is obtained. Lira rowlaeeUM SbJft per pair, aad do Turkeys lLA0 each. Chickens aa Tarkeya, dreeaed, aad, ta fast, all kinds of PeoHry, rarely aeon la markaa, except tn eeeend hands, and prteee ana wholly governed by tha will of Ue owner aad the welis of th parse of the barer. :1 All kinds of Qrla and Seeds meet with reedy sale a tha top market prioa.

Oats are anlek at 44. Oora Ceost fcryeBow, and 6aM for white, per 60 lbs. ByeeeNia at 74. Barley ia alow of sale, and there is aa Utle aoa1! forward that it ia dUQanlt te got at a Stir aaerAws ties. It may be aeotedboaainally a ee www ion flimi MABB3T-aril 1i Pet Beeves.

At the Washington PrfJCaaniberlale'B Avenue and Thlrty feri TiYViaeoa For Hndaoa Blver liUiaaj-tenth, et arowoinra, la) Oowa and Oalvea, Sheep "3 alee et ObAmber. Sixth atreet, near Sales at fteaa Ar Baowwnceje. jjj- Bfc I aso to eease oil odm. ir-a 14 at aeeSAAe all eoia. Shea -es AVWAeiev- Beeves, (UN rZ-i waters, lemalaaer this State The ZZt eeereely aa Srm as mat ween, prtorn ee oo boo taniMiis qbomucc orimfno nam te II seats par A.

bemaed kit. eVbeat 4 twelve members of the former Board. Two of the members of tbe present Board were re-elected. The names of the new members are in italic. On calling the rolL the following answered to their names Matot.

Beoordar. hfeena. Dexiar. Sirvleatan. Predtn- rich, (lay, Qodley, Higgint, arris, alburn, MeBvoy, atone, aiwjura, zan ayes, valentine, van a amp, van Bantroord, Waaaon.

The Clerk read the returns of the election, and the newly elected members came forward and took the oath of office. On motion of Aid. Ten Etck. the rules of the former Board were adopted for the government of the present one. The Mayos then read the following Gentlemen af the Common Council: Convened as we are this evening, for the pur pose or installing the newly elected members of this Board, a few remarks upon the responsible uuuea Dt-iore us, and a pner reference to tbe pre sent condition of our municipal affairs, may not be deemed inappropriate.

This not being the commencement of my term of office, as is the case with some of vou. I trust It Is not necesaarv or me to maze Known, at this time, tbe principles which will govern me in the discharp-e of mv duties as your presiding officer, and as the Chief magiBirate or this city. These may be best known by my past official acts, and are such as my past experience but strengthen and confirm In the discharge of our future official duties, I trust we shall all be guided by the single desire of promoting the prosperity and increasing the napp ness or inose wnose partiality and confl dence have called us to this position. The present is in manv resDecta a most peculiar and interesting period in our history as a city. Without recurring to the various minor Improvements which are going on in our midst, we may point with pride and pleasure to some of the noble enterprises that have engaged the attention of our citizens during the past year, all of which must nave a tendency to promote tbe public conven ience, and Increase the general happiness.

Among these stands pre-eminent the great enterprise of rurnumng tne city witn a roll supply ot pure ana wnoieeome water. This great work Is now so nearly completed as to have the water in gene ral use, and tbe benefits already derived from it exceed the most sanguine expectations of the early friends of the project. Besides the general benefit enjoyed from the use of this water for do mestic purposes, tbe increased facilities it affords for the extinguishment of fires, already proves it to be a most salutary improvement, as well aa a safe Investment The cost of the work, however large it may seem, is small when compared with that of similar works in other cities and although the burden of the expense may have been somewhat unequally assessed, it has been generally most cheerfully borne. Your attention has been called to this inequality, and as soon as may be practicable, tbe cause for any complaint on this point should be removed, and such a system of assessment adopted as shall give general satisfaction. Our present police organization, though so re cently adopted as yet to be regarded as an ex periment, has nevertheless given such proof of utility as to leave no question of its stability and continuance.

In tbe maintenance and enforce ment of laws for the protection of the person and property of our citizens, our officers must be roily sustained, at whatever coat or hazard. It will be a question for you to decide whether the present force Is sufficient, and what needs runner to be done to make this department all that It should be. The management of the Fire Dei artment being vested in this Board, tbe question may come be fore you, whether, with our Increased water fa- cilitW-a, at least a partial revision of our present system is not demanded by a due regard to tbe public economy. It must be evident that a smaller number of men and engines will effectually protect onr property from the devouring element, than has hitherto been required. Before such diminution is msde, however, it will probably be necessary to supply an additional amount of hose, and perhaps to organize more hose com panies.

The expense of this department has formed no inconsiderable Item heretofore, and, In the present state of our finances, it behooves us to guard against all expenditures that are not absolutely necessary, and required by the public good. The cause of Education will, I trust, receive all that attention at your hands which its importance demands. Our schools should be anorded every facility for improvement which may reasonably be obtained, and tbe means for then- support should be cheerfully granted. The law passed by tbe Legislature of 1851, by which a portion of the public money is divided equally among the several dis tricts of the State, operates most unjustly upon the large dues, diverting no inconsiderable. por tion of the money raised for schools here, to other sections.

Finding that some of our public schools mn-t be closed on account of this withdrawal of funds, your predecessors petitioned the Legislature for the passage of a law authorizing the Board to raise an additional sum of five thou sand dollars to meet tbe increasing wants and supply the deficiency. It remains for you to take such steps in relation to this matter as the ne- eeasitv of the case may require. It was my purpose to call your attention to the present crowded condition or the Aims-tiouse, but I am happy to know that the incipient steps for an improvement in this Institution have al- readr been taken. Before closing this brief address, allow me to express the hope that, while no mean and covet ous course will be pursued in our expenoatures, we shall at the same time carefully avoid all profuseness and extravagance. In the present state of our finances, this course is absolutely indispensable.

Our city debt is already large, and in my opinion should not be increased ex cept upon the most urgent necessity. The taxes have already reached an amount which is really burdensome, and a due regard to the public welfare requires as much retrenchment in our city expenses as may be practicable. The recent loans made on account of tbe water works, fully prove that the credit of our ancient city stands fair and I hope we shall so prudently manage onr municipal affairs that it will remain unim paired, and long continue to be a source of pride and satisfaction to our citizens. In conclusion, permit me to express the hope that tbe associations wmcn we this evening rorm, will prove the most useful and agreeable and that throughout our terms of office we shall ex ercise towards eachxther that courtesy and lor bevance which always characterize the true gentleman and the good citizen. STANDING COMMITTEES.

The Mayor announced the following as the standing committees Aeodemiet and SeheoleMm. Valentine, Oar ana Godley. Accounts Messrs. jarvia, iienarieKaon ana mggim Application to Legislature eura. Crodley, Van Sant- vimhI ana MeKTOT.

Almm ifonee Miean. Waaaon, Dazter and Higrine. Board of Health Tha Mayor, Beeorder, Means. Bleeck r. Vandarlin.

Sarlea and Leonard. Board of MagUtrateollamm. Beeorder. Taaderlip, IgKleeton. nieeaaer, cuggina ana ttar.

Vtti Mv Malt to Mayor, Beeorder, Messrs. Sajrles, Leon lord. aid, Handriekaoa and Stafford. Engine Maaara. Bicklee, Godley and Ten Byek.

Ferry Meaara. Qodley, Bandriekaon and MeXrey. finance ateaara. waaaon. Ten area ana vaieauna Street.

N. D. Maaara. Valentino, -Tan SaatTOord and Mm. Streets, S.

Al. Maaara. MeSroy, Sleeeker and Blekela. Lamps Maaara. Xgrleaton, Bay laa and Malbam.

Late The Beeorder, Maaara. Dazter and Waaaon. Land Meeira Higgina, rredenrieh and Meaara. Leonard, Gay and arria. Market Meaara.

nickels, rredenrieh and Valentine. NavirationM eara. alburn, Tan Bantroord and Leon ard- Meaara. Jami, Mzterana MCJSTOy. Water Msn.

lerleeton. Ten Xrek and Qodley. Welts and Putps Meaara. Stafford, fredenriea aad Blekela. Select Committee on Mohate-k and jiuason lover Jiuti- nad Meaara.

TaMerUp, Dexter aad Malbnra. FETn-lOaT. Of Rev. P. McCloskey and Board of Trustess of St.

John's Church, in regard to an ejectment suit for the recovery of a lot of land conveyed to tbem by the city of Albany, on which they bad erected a school house, and asking the Board to take proper action on tbe same. Referred to law committee. HBSOLCTIONS. By the Reoordkr, that the Directors of the Al bany and Susquehannah Railroad Co. be request ed to present to this Board, at their earliest con venience, a statement showing tbe length of their road as surveyed and proposed to be constructed, the number, dimensions and location of culverts.

bridges, and other structures required for said road, together witn tne esumatea cost or bulla- me said road, and ot tne equipment or tne same, Adopted. By Aid. AiALBURN, tnat the contract ror supply ing the city with Spirit Gas be given to H. Knowl- ton, be being the lowest bidder. Aid.

Ten jstck inquired what tbe bids were. when the Clerk read the names of the parties and the prices demanded. It appeared that Knowlton was two cents per gallon under the next lowest His bid was fifty cents per gauion.1 The resolution was adopted. By Aid. Eoglestok, that the street committee advertise tor proposals to remove tbe street dirt, and that the contracts be given to the lowest bid der giving the reauislte security.

Adonterl. un motion or Aid. Vah oamttoobd. the Board adjourned tut tne nrst Aionuay in May. 1 ft Mabbiage at a FakcT Ball.

A fancy drees ball was given at Syracuse on the evening of the 8th instant, when, among other incidents of tha evening, tne iouowing is related py tne Syraeusa Standard: Among the pleasing incidents of tha evening was tbe marriaga by Justice Johnson, of Mr. fames uoran, wno appeared the brilliant -tume of a knight of Malta, in which he appeared to gooa advantage, to miss nartiets, a dark-eyed beauty, who was elegantly attired in tha dress of a Greek girL i. A he audience were requested to preaerve or. der for a few- momenta, and to tha surprise of most of those present, the young, handsome. and elegantly attired, bride and bridegroom stepped forth into, the' middle of the room, ana the marriage ceremony was performed ia the midst of a gay and brilliant assembly of representatives from every Quarter of the rlobe.

Af ter the justice had them husband tnd ha retired from the room, and tha dance went merrily as the marriaga bells." Tbe population of Ytmont to 918,011, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APBTL 21. 1862. Del earn tea tojtbe Bfntlsma.1 CenTntiea. BThe Whif eleetora of the aereral Oonrrenlonal PUtridf a the State of Mew York, in which delegates hare not steady been appointed, are requested to hold Conventions hi heir ft pec tire districts on or before the 16th day of Hay ant, and ealeet a delegate to rapraaant each dlttriet in tie NATIONAL, OONVNTION. to be held at ansa ttaae at a Dlaoe aa ahall hereafter be appointed, for the nomination of eandidatea for President and Vice President to be support ed the Whig Party.

Albany, April 6, 1863. JOHN L. BOHOOLCRAFT, SIMION SXAPIB, SAMUEL BTSVINSi DANIEL, LOUD, LI WIS BBNXDIOT, B. MATTB80N, FRANKLIN TOWNSsKb, BIN. PKINGLB.

GILBSKT C. DAVIDSON, The Whig Caaeu. A sketch of the proceedings of the Congress ional Caucus at Washington last night, will be found in another column. The National Con ventlon, it will be seen, is' appointed to be held at Baltimore on the 17th of June. The disorganizing course of the seceders failed in Its design to produce division, and will only add to the effect of the Caucus, and to the strength of the cause and the party.

The de cisions of the majority will meet a hearty and general approval. Thc Question about the Canals is be ginning to. be more generally understood. The effort of their enemies to Induce the belief that they are only aiming to rescue the State from the fraudulent operations of speculators, fall of their effect. The question of fraud in the let' tings, has been settled, and satisfactorily settled, by the report of the Legislative Committee, and the action of the Legislature in pronouncing the contracts valid.

And now the real result to which the move ments of the Anti-Canal faction are tending is disclosed. Their hostility is now directed to the Law itself. The decision which they seek, against its constitutionality, and which they so earn' estly hope for, would stop the work on the Ca nals, deprive the creditors of State of their dues, and that not merely the contractors of last De cember, but those who had pre-existing con' tracts, and all who have any claim upon the Certificate fund. The Canal Law of 1881,) the En largement itself, and the best interests ofjhe State, are involved in the decision of the Court of Appeals. The disastrous results that would follow an adverse decision need not be comment ed upon, for we are not yet willing to believe that partisan spirit, in predicting it, does not overrate its influence upon the Judiciary.

The Comptroller and thk Supply Bill The Argus of this morning announces that the shaft aimed at the Comptroller yesterday by the Evening Journal falls short of its mark and harm less." If it is intended by this to deny the state ment that the Comptroller has made payments authorized by the Supply Bill, before the time required by law, we venture to contradict the assertion. It admits that in his absence from the city. payments were made by the Deputy Comptrol ler." That we do not doubt. But before his absence from the city, payments were made by the Comptroller himself, unless some one else forged hU Signature to the warrants. The bill does not take effect for twenty days, and yet he not only has paid away the money of the State already himself but has permitted his Deputy to do it also in his absence.

The correction of the Argus makes it worse than it was before, and by stating that upon his return to town, he lost no time in arresting payments under the act," it shows that he acknowledges his error. lif Ths Messaqs op Gov. Bbiuham Young communicates to the Legislature of Utah the tol lowing information During the past year the set tlements have continued to extend, until the line now reaches from near Bear River on the north, to within about twenty-five miles of the southern Tim of the Great Basin, a distance of three bund red and fifty miles. With the exception of a few of the Indians on Mary's River, a'nongall the tribes towards the whites. The practice of purchasing Indian children for slaves, is carried on by the Mexican population of New Mexico and California.

This traffic has been ex tended into Utah, in spite of efforts to prevent it. Commissioners havtbeen appointed to select a more central site for the seat of Government, and they have fixed upon Pauvan Valley. The new Capital is to be called Fillmore City. The University is in successful operation, under the direction of the Chancellor and a Board of Re gents, and Legislative aid to it is recommended. New Route across the Isthmus.

It is report ed that a movement is in progress to establish route across the southern portion of the Isthmus of Panama, in the vicinity of Choco. The plan is to ascend the River Atrato in New Grenada, which at one point is only 40 miles from navigable waters connecting with the Pacific. A somewhat Improbable part of the story is that a Spanish cu rate, more than two hundred years ago, caused the Indians of his parish to dig a canal connect ing the two, which was subsequently filled up by order of the Spanish Government, but which could readily be cleared out and made service able. 137" We are Indebted to McGoun Kewin, the enterprising proprietors of the new Excel sior News Depot" on Broadway, for a copy of the first number of the United States Economist, I weekly journal devoted principally to commer cial matters, banks, railroads, manufacture, dtc, containing useful tables for reference and pre servation. We have also received from the same, a pam phlet containing the evidence in the recent trial of Maurice Antonio for murder.

If there are any among our citizens who think that reading the disgusting details of a shocking crime, will at all conduce to their improvement In morals or in taste, they will doubtless purchase this for the benefit of themselves and their children. But we believe that there are very few who will, and we sincerely wish that the number was much smaller than it is. Steamers to Antwerp. The Canard company are making arrangements for a line of steamers from Liverpool to Antwerp, to connect with their trans-Atlantic line. The Belgian Government have been for some time desirous of having a direct steam communication with America, and failing in that, have Incorporated provisions into their treaty with England, for this connection with Liverpool.

New Codi in Ohio. A Commission is now as sembled at Columbus, Ohio, for the revision of the Judicial Procedure of the State, consisting of William Kennon, William S. Groeabeckand Danl Q. Morton. It is anticipated that the result of their labors will be as radical a reform as the New Code of New York.

NThey report in Novem ber. i The Storm anp Flood. The storm which commenced here on Monday still hovers around us. Last nightthe rain came down in torrents, and during the entire morning rain has fallen but not so fast as during the There is a heavy freshet in the river, and the dock is partially sub merged. The stiff' breeze from the west drives the water down, and Instead' Of rising, as many supposed it would, the river has VST Kossuth proceeds to-day to Newark where It Is said arrangements have been made for a public reoepuon.

no wu jvwij there till Saturday, when he goes to New Haven, -IimL dMrfme to spend the' Sabbath. On IT. III in In Monday he will be received at Springfield, Mass. and on Tue sday In Boston, by the Massachusetts Legislature. GPTThx Women's Temperance Convebtion at Rochester commenced its session yesterday.

Mrs. B- C. Stanton was chosen President The attend ance ia said to have been large. Letters from Mrs. E.Oakes Smith, Mrs.

Abby K. Poster, Horace ure8U5y nd Gerrit Smith were received. Many epeecnes were made, both by ladies and gentlemenprominent among which mi aa address rata by Mrs. Amelia Bloomer. i r'- fST The Union State Convention la Georgia; commences Its session at MlUedgevine, to-mor- One or two vessels had been detained for want of hands.

The Bea Queen, which had commenced loading for London, had subsequently discharged, and was about to take passengers to the mines, the departures to which, both by land and water, are said to have increased. A report had been current that gold had been found at MountGam-bier, but was not confirmed by the latest ac counts. A reward of 100 has been offered by the government for the discovery of-a profitable gold field within the territory of South Australia In reference to the Victoria gold fields, the Melbourne Herald of Dec. 10, says: Letters were received in town yesterday from the Police Magistrate at Gipps Land, stating that the whole dividing range between Sydney and Victoria, and known as the Snowy Mountains, for 209 miles in extent, is one vast gold field. There was upwards of a ton and a half of gold in Mr.

Commissioner Powleit's tent, waiting for the escort, up to Saturday last, and it is expected that to-day's escort from the Mount will not be able to bring down one half the quantity offered. It is intended to Increase the military force here to 100 men." The original discoverer of the mines, Mr Har- greaves, had returned to Sydney on the 12th of December, after an absence of six months on a tour of exploration, during which he bad gone over about 3,000 or 4,000 miles. His report was in the hands of the Governor, but its nature had not transpired. It will be recollected that the mines were discovered in January, 1860, but the fact was not made known to the public till September 17th of that year. Pleasure ef batata; a Grandfather.

from the Newark Daily Advertiser. It does not belong to us to choose our lot in life if it did, that of the Grandfather should be ours. For just consider, if you please, what the term implies, it may coniure up in some minds. for aught we know, a rheumy eyed old man, troubled with catarrh and cough, with shrunk shanks a world too narrow for his pantaloons, smelling strongly of tobacco and something worse perhaps, with everything dead within him, out his impatient and choleric temper. This is one grandfather to be sure but there are two to ev ery family, and it is the other one we mean.

He is not a very old gentleman after all and might pass for a young one often, he chose, without a discovery oi the counterfeit, tnougn mere is risk of being found out on trial, as our apparent 36's were in the war with England, as 74's in dis guise. But one of the pleasures of his being a grand father consists in his having been a sou. He re members when he was a rosy-faced, curly-headed boy. sliding on the ice, or sailing bis tiny fleet of vessels in a gutter. Some can go farther back, and recollect how they used to climb upon the lap and shoulders of their beautiful mothers, and kias them and their lovely young aunts wim weir handsome companions, by the score.

The ceie bra ted Fisher- Ames, one of the most amiable and eloquent men of our country, who died about thirty years ago in uedham, must nave oeen aDie to recall scenes still more interesting, for he was not weaned from his mother till be was eleven and he entered Harvard College in ene year after. These are charming warm pictures to carry with one into the frosty January of old age, to play around the heart and fancy, when they have lost the capacities, or relish, for new enjoyments, and oreter old images to irean realities, so, you see the grand-father possesses a youthful wrld with in him, in addition to the outward one, as ap pears through the medium of his failing vision. But the grand-father has also had the pleasure of being a father. To quality him lor that reia tion, he has, or ought to have, fert the soul subduing passion, which alone exemplifies the much talked or universal empire, ut course ne pos sessed. or thought he did, which is the same thing, a gem of beauty in his wife and, if thing of beauty is a joy forever," then the grand rather is certainly not deficient in materials for comfort.

The fatherly period is the time for ac tivity, business and accumulation, and we have heard it said, that an individual enjoys the get ting more the spending of his property. This may be true, so far as the identical individual is concerned. The Question in our mind is, whether he enjoys the acauisition of money better than his heir does its expenditure. If he does, all we have to say is, that a prosperous money-getting father. and his prodigal son, are a couple of the very happiest fellows in (Jhrlstendom.

naiever snare of happiness, however, ought of right to be allot ted to each other or these relations, me grand father, it is obvious, knows all about it, and must enjoy a lively recollection or Doth, tsy a Kind oi descent, which travels backward and upward, he may be said to inherit the pleasures of the father and the son by recollecting them. Thus, as me son is emphatically said to be the father of the man, they both together must of course be the grand-father of the same individual. But the felicity of the grand-father is not at all a thing of memory. A great deal of it is a fresh achievement of his old age. What is there no delight in having half a dozen little funny-eyed grandchildren chasing the blue devils out of every loom in the house with their sunny faces 1 Is it nothing to have some of them pulling at every limb of your body, besides an extra one swinging from your hair, or seeing there is not room for him in your pockets or where tne hole in your ear goes to.

Surely the grandfather's hat and spectacles are becoming to that chubby fellow, who is so attentively reading the morniDg's newspaper, which the old gentleman has been looking for a quarter of an hour in vain. What if he can go out without his hat and cane, which one one of the boys is playing horse with in the yard, nor stay at home without nis spectacles and newspaper, is he not a happy man in being thus used up for the gratification of his offspring 1 We know it must be so and that the sweets and satisfactions ot me are extracted from irregularities and odd humors, just as pearls are made out or the disorders in tne oyster. Think of this, old bachelors, and believe that the plagues which others cause you, are rruiuui in good, from which if you are exempt suicidal plagues will spring up within. Between these two, there is as great a dinerence as having one house warmed by the natural heat or the sun's rays, or by setting its own furniture on fire. The greatest drawback from the satisfaction of the grand-father must arise from the consciousness that U.

has not long to last. From what we have remarked of men advanced in life, we mean of old gentlemen, as are old gentlemen we tbink with Cicero, that they possess more of the elements of contentment than persons at any other period of life. But there is a canker, which mars all its quiet satisfaction and that is, its insta bility. This was a knotty dimcnity to surmount, if we remember rightly, by the philosophic Ko man. But we can do now, what was impossible in the see of Tally.

If a good man and a Christian, the aged person may derive hope and comfort, not draw a glooomy apprehension, from the prospect of his dissolution. Such an event will improve his condition, not impair it. by introducing him to a sphere where advanced stages of excellence and felicity will exist; but where everything De- longing to old age will be unknown. A. Good Story.

The following excellent story is told or Mr. Bhear, a grocer, in Portsmouth, N. It appears that a man had purchased some wool of him, which had been weighed and paid for, and Mr. Sheaf had gone to the disk to get change for a note. Happening to turn his head while there, he saw in a glass, which swung so as to reflect the shop, a stout arm reach up and take from the shelf a heavy white oak cheese.

Instead of appearing suddenly and rebuking the man for his then, as another would, tnereoy losing his custom forever, the crafty old gentle man rava the thief his change as if 'nothing had happened, and then, under the pretence of lifting the bag to lay it on his horse for him, taking hold of It, he exclaimed "Why, bless me, I must nave reexonea tne weight wrong." "Oh no." said the other, "you maybe sure mn have not. for I counted with Well. well, we won't dispute the matter, it is so easily tried," said Mr. putting the bag into th analea aeam. mere, saia ne, -1 toia you so knew I was right made a mistake of nearly fwontw Tknnndai'U take part or IT.

i A No, no 1 saio me ouier, aiayiug uaum Mr. on the way to the strings or me pag, i guess I will take the wnoie." ceiving the skim milk cheese for the price of Ami rrtne nia. mvuier iui uuuvuwj WOOL I kin nfton Vuxn f.Iri when I have seen our Italian performers chattering in the vehemence action, that they have been calling us names, St Wkl eL.I. A xuiumg bs among themseiyes pus, nope, Mnce we do put such an entire confidence in jaem, they will not talk against us before our escea, thong they may do it with the same safety as if it were behind our Addison. for done thn what is laid out ior uomeauc eatiatacUoo.

A man la nl-e-rf that dim who ia amen aa tha wife in T.ut T.rr. people, and -y He Who wnM pnng some toe wealth or the Indies, nut tee wealth of the ladle, with "ShI travelling: a man must carry fauiwledM 4hJE him, if he would bring borne toowtedgeT Johnson. There is bo question but our greet-grand-chO-dren will be very curious to know the reason their forefathers used to sit together like an audience of foreigners in their own country, and to hear whole plays acted before them in a tongue which they did not understand. Addison. In all discontents, divisions, and party dis putes, we acknowledge no other tribunal but the public And, pray, what it the public to do for youVJ(ireriana, 1772.

A r- We are taught to cloths) our minds as we do our bodies, alter tne raamoa vogue saaujs accounted fantastic Ineas, or. something worse, Ubi convenlus aevjudicia poseerent, gravis, in-tentus, servma et soepius misericors ubi officio sa-tisf actum, nulla ultra poteslalis persona tristiti-am et arroganliam et avantiam exuerat nec illi, quod est rarissimum, aut Jacilitas, authorilaUm, ant severitas amarem, diminuit." Mr. C. then presented to his Honor the following testimonial: To the Hoa IaA abbjs The undersigned members of the Bar of Monroe county, attending the present April Circuit in and for said county, take the present occasion most cheerfully, to express their great satisfaction and pleasure at the manner in which your Honor has presided at this Circuit, and give you the assurance that the urbanity, ability and kindness which have marked the performance of your duties at this Circuit, will ever constitute an era in our professional life to which we shall advert with pleasure and delight. Bocbbstbb, aprll 19, 1853.

H. Humphrey, B. Griffin, T. Hurting, H. K.

Jerome, 8. Mathews, L- Ferrer, O. Palmar, Chaniu, S. A. Hopkins, B.

B. Jewett, M. 8. Newton, A. Lathrop, Geo.

F. wanforth, J. O- GhnTneeero, W. Gogiwell, 0. Hnaon, T.

Frothingham, L. Adama, Z. I. Sana, D. WantwoiUt, 0.

L. Clarke, L. H. Morgan, J. A.

Boatman, 6m. KIt, Henry Hunter, D. B. Beach, W. S.

Bishop, T. 0. Montgomery, f. A. Whittlesey, L.

H. Hovey, J. J. Bo wen, 0. 0- Winane.

W. H. MeClnre. B. D.

MeAlpina, T. B. Hnaband, H. Ivea, O. Hyde, W.

D. Short, J. N. Pomeroy, Jas. Q.

Hills, H. Sargent, -O. M. Benedict, 3. B.

Bennett. D. Wood, X. Trimmer, W. L.

Brock. jr. Ij Dorana, J. B. Onrtiaa, J.

H. Martindale, A. M. Halting P. M.

Oraadall, Joe Abrama, X. A. Raymond, J. I. Angle, J.

0. Cochrane, W. C. Btoara, W. Btebbina, P.

I. Chun, J. D. Huabanda, 0. Jordon, Judge Habris replied to the address of Mr.

Cotmabero as follows: I would have preferred to present my reply to arvflatterme a communication in a more deliber ate manner. I feel oppressed by such expres sions of confidence and regard as are here presented and feel 'that I scarcely deserve such commendations. I bave endeavored to discharge, with a sincere regard for the rights of parties and of counsel, the duties of presiding here, and feel that if I have succeeded in meriting any or this approbation and confidence so flatteringly ex-pressed, I owe much of it to the Bar of this county. I may say, and I but repeat what I have before said, that I never met with so much courtesy, good feeling and gentlemanly deportment on the part of any Bar. as I have experi enced in Rochester.

I cannot recollect a single uncourteous expression, or unkind word, in all the competitions and collisions that have occurred dnrinr this protracted session. It is a pecu liar and delightful feature of the character of the Aocbester Bar. I will say another thing. It is gratifying to observe that the Bar, and particularly the younger members of it, are in the practice of trying their own cases, and advocating thecioses ot their clients. It is a commendable thing in them.

And although it may sometimes happen that it is proper and wise to obtain the advice of older and more experienced counsel, as a general thing it gives better satisfaction and best subserves the interests of clients to try them yourselves. I am glad to see that it is the general practice. I say sincerely, that one of the most delightful incidents in my whole life, is my visit to Rochester. I shall always, whatever may be my future judicial career, look back with unmingled pleasure to this visit: and this flattering expression of your confidence and kindness, will be among the most grateful and refreshing recollections of my future life. The Amatrnlta.n Gold nine.

Tht Increased Yield A ew Discoveries The' An nual Product of the Mines. Advices from Adelaide to the 20th, Fort PhiT lip to the 22d, Melbourne to the 20th, and Sydney to the 19th of December, have been received via England. They confirm all previous accounts of the richness of the gold mines in New South Wales. No discoveries have yet been made In either West or South Australia." According to a careful return compiled by one of the Melbourne papers, it appears that from the 29th of September, when the newt of the discovery of the gold field was announced, up to the 19th November, there had been obtained from the diggings 67,000 ounces of gold which, with the subsequent receipts' by government escort, to the 17th December, amounting to 68,161 ounces, and that estimated to have been brought by pri-rate bands, 28,363 ounces, added to that in the possession of the diggers on the gold fields, ounces made a total of 243,414 ounces, equal to 20,382 Ids. 10 or 202 cwt.

82 lbs. 10 ox 10 tons, 2 cwt 26 lbs. valued at er fAree millions and five hundred thousand dollars. There were supposed to be about 20.000 to 80,000 persons at the Ballarat and Mount Alexander diggings. The Melbourne Argus of the 20th December says The field is reported to be illimitable, the indications of gold extending over scores of miles, and each new found digging apparently eclipsing nil previous discoveries.

All accounts agree that the auriferous grounds, which can be profitably worked, will never be dug for years to come by ay number of people that can by possibility reach them." There was a report that a new and equally rich field to those of Ballarat and Lodden had bees discovered within forty-five miles of Gee-loncT. Several ships had sailed from Melbourne and Qeelong for London with large amounts, of cold on board; but great difficulty was experienced in obtaining hands, and many vessels had been obliged to lay up in consequence. Seamen were offered SO for the run home, and many wanted 90 and 105. aborand many of the necessaries of life were rising to exorbitant pri- The following fa table of the rates of wages current in the colony Married eoaplae, without family and ration--i6 to tx mirj and ratiftnf 40 to Taameia to 90a ner vnak- ata aOetoStenerweek. The following is an extract tram D.

Hill Young's Tetter, dated Melbourne, Dec 22, 1861 "YoU will see by the newspapers the extraordinary success of the miners in this district. I enclose to you a memorandum of the quantities and value received here since the government et-eort began, to the present time, by which you see that It is increasing weekly, and it IsUkelyto go on to an extent which so one can possibly calonlate, The price has fallen Melbourne to 67a per aadl expect that It will go stm lover, from the large quantity that will be thrown unon tie market by hundreds of diggers who an sow coming to town to spend the Christ-snss holidays. Business is very flat the people nn mmui.iI bv the cold discovery the working rlsiiirr are all mad. Goods are lying on the) wharfs, and carts cannot be got to remove them. I fear that it will be impossible to get the tips away, as they are all deserted by the crews.

The basks have been advancing 40s. per oa. on coLi, but it is expected that they will cease al-SaMther to make advances, in oonseqaence of the gxelkSBg has fallea to 8 per cent MuatuUB iiKJOl eu ua muvwi wv wn iiiwi of Odd JTanafrfrf oy Otn iw tnf MdUm tu.frm uor. iei, irvc. xi, leu.

TOTAL osa. AaetrsT. Mil 1,30110 MSM juso at, toe asrs 7MT1 X28U3Q10 'if you tatetoeoneraUon qtyre-cetved by private lud, and iatoo J01 as to jam ana 83 Cooke 36 to 40 BBona 84 to 0 so to 60 garaakaa Baa. aE3tt -ty: A a a The population of tfewHemp 817W. The population of MaasacbuasttiU probably pat Apw at,.