, • • •-• ~ • • - _ t _• . ..._ .. . + "' '"' - '7:` "..",f ,-- ' ;,- ',., I, n •:' , .‘”ai ", .4 . , , ,..•: - . :•:'." -.,„: ; ,: 7 -, - z.,,,,, ; ZREDAYit,,Ttair ;24. 185,8: n !TUB ‘ , 1411.0i,00. • ' -By an arrival at New Orleans from RlO'Janeiro, dates -to tha.loth...efAnne haya. , : been w?!.:•, l) 4l l Vitl i i 1 1 ...1r 1-164 , 43 ; r0 1 111 4 the • "Argentite - Reptibili still eOntiauee,:aad,)3eimas - thp,*),Kyintion of Prange lo settle • having refund the intervention'a 1 - From Washington we learn that a Marini (Mart' -",!- Martial hat beerfordorial to' assemble' at the tio - 5; , .. - port nary ; yard, on.the 2atiOnst., for the trial of Passed , Asenitial Bartieorrltartt: ,, =.... . - ° We have now a complete and meet ; iatereiting history of the salinarine"telegripti%axpoditlon, so, 4 the Anierieriri frigate Niagara lit'. 00nsinted, shapa 'oettim:Aaiii,:gbiainnaleation; from • the " 4tiantio telegraph Company, Londenz'll`srillhi) read with sranisral !attired; • ,`,* - Alaisentabla,a4Oidet4 awn:mead - on Wednesday - -._afternoort at.Dayld!ilsland, - near, New York; by. 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"whieh three young ladietattiohodlo :this' Atter-- ' noy Street Mulch *ere dioySired while - ori a Sun , day_ Bohai)) ,• ,: .1, •At this "railioiri,nonventienfliald at Oloreland,t. • July. 2l,flt3rstresolved to make the through pea.' - aenger from' ill thei - pointithe , tisane as ; by the Nate andllr*,,reade:" Freights; ltOWisver, are „ raisedis dollar per„tottliigirer thin this Neal „ • "•-, "In the absence of :illool , importaTit news; we have to olirorihile , iihat -th'illelegiapli, calls a frightful" crops damaged , -„lnd several .‘eierelY • - 2 . • ' -The play has ende s si and ihe ourtein has dropped. • on thaDirltivierp sishadtdr.• The - gallant Zonave Vries 'not - been found, atikqiiebiblYnerer • one lef hls'abittora in. the attanitlisn,..ef *hie Blount t_o'fay Tfine.eit *SO' ••• ' `andliejpiprlsoned Avienty days. ..-Oolonel Blount reoiwered his d &ugh ter,and we hOpe theit:Mt% • ISO; arid:her:6olh - Mother will benefit by the' • lee - sOn they_ haialeariad, - A raelanolmly.oise, -siziolde, irate ;love. is. ro• - 4 - - corded la 'oar - firet , liageF : kyintrigraan,:named • Eldildio;lieaireajealotterof thaittentiona,paid ~.another to,a lady Csinektely" ittliiiioilige.:9.fit4::lidittrhfie.on .' pleMure ,.t rip on 00:-. 1 14 11 ther ? "/kort4o ll - -• Itash•Eimproluirtoteil airptilittedi44lstejnitioa • bf th e Supreme Mart of Kam*, ,*ice Judge eget, corner stone, of fife new temple, to • be milted is fltooinhati,irse leld,;jvith appto -fohate ea4inies, iesterday. - The'Oireptire of theGalena'and, Ohioege -road 'haii,liolaiefi d atyidend of fear per cent. • Mears. Dan „Hooker, !Mid ' , Wider - have been aiipointed . b3i , the preoldent of 'Common Como' to,ingniii into the 'matter of the boor of needy • thouaand-doltafe by the city, in ""the "Van -pike , ' Thejfen-Jos'e'ph catandior,..:pui:nowly:ap :, Minliter toNaples, lefi town yesterday, to take passage from Nevr"York. - "The evidothielo? the "priMeautiori hi the unfortu . neto - Kirliptstri, poisonin g floe was *peat, to a , -lose yeater,dity.. The defeneaUpens to-day. litueli curiosity is manifested to know - the oberaoter of • • - the defence.- TILE TRUE ASO THE FALSE OF POLITICS. WherieVer any great ,aotion, 'whether .for gciod;or'evil; attracts, public attention, it is as „ asure.to be' folloitied bya host of Spurious Imi •‘. lath:one' as a' sunither shOwer - Ii to increase the . number of toads',ln,e gard.M. It is not the • desire to etaulate a:great action in these caeca], Ter that motive has, eo - mething ennobling in . it 'and parialiesof the sublime quality, a love f: • of goolsess forlts , own' sake. Neither is it the'rotoo of example in bad actions,' that in a measure may be extenuated, for the history of the world_ elmiwirthat:mankiiid will follow in paths already opened: - 'Brit 'there is another sort of imitation coldly and ,prenieditaL :tedly makss a ec Brummagin"„ copy of the re ally great, in_the hope Of deceiving the World, and indutinglhe public to - mistake a clumsy • counterfeit of effect Coven identity Of calm. •thbibears about the same , relation to its pro ,totypo as the pinchbeck of the pedler to the virgin nugget - thrown, np in the placers of California; • , •: 'We all remember thatubnost contemporary , 'With the coup d'itat of • Loom NAPOLEON, we • Saw upon an island in the Atlantic ocean a ; • ,brilliant specimen -of that 'natation - which is •.. said to be the sincerest flattery. Fauna I declared himself , Emperor of Hayti, and sur 'reunded himself with hie mock princes and tinsel dukes, his chamberlains and marshals, and all the paraphernalia of royalty—an ebony , imitation of the ,European exampler. That . which in Louis NArat coshed excited fear and dismay was . greeted throughout the civilized world with only ridicule 'and disgust for the Haytbur tyrant, and those who before had been unaware of the existence of the black Auto `crat, begets now to know * al an ape• who . imitated,hurnanity in. only-its Worst features. •-• InlBso, after the passageof what. were known* • as the Consprenilie Heariurea,,(the legitimate , starlit of ,which legielation was the.Kanatui •. 2 ehrasica •bill of. 1854, of late repudiated ,by the present idministration,) unlvertild coin ; - graulatieris Were. tendered, to the ' patriots to Whole wisdom and' mideration , the coun. , tty owed restored peace. Their journeys throngtiont the comstry-were like trinmptral precessiorut, so_' high' Wei the public'efforts: silition , sit ;their ,, l3llCCeescrowned • ' efforte. - -- - And to Cr.,...x,',t0 'Wigwam, to Barron, to 'awarded,Donetas, to Podia, , and their cplaborers, was. ,- , . , in Boum the closing, and in all the • crowning, pndse of 'their lives—that of having ' piloted thitshipof State oat of the perilous shoals inifinkksands which had - so recently threatened her destruction. The rights of all . parts of the - country ... had been secured, and - , that Without Shocking_ the feelings of 'any ; the• great State of California, with her inex haustible mineral, wealth, •Ind been added to -the Union, and State rights 'and, Popular S eve. : - reigiti vindieet4,, by_ allowing her ',citizens, and they only, to say whether she should or - • , Ithotild not have domestic slavery as an insti. • tution-lither midst. 'Well migbgthe people ' - reward; Witk:Cheers and blessings, their , faith , ~ful stewards, who had . brought about this - great: result. The enthusiasm , which greeted ' ' the 'paths of our country's riiviors _was as spontaneous and irrepressible as it was de , ,sarvid. ' " • But it was reserved for 1858 to bring forth the plated imitation, of 'the. real triumph of ' 1850, and; the LeCerispqnites Were to be its ' ratistin and 'Matt After bailie repudiated all - the principles mport.whlch the present Ad , rabbit:ration- War eleetedilts friends' kid' sic ceeded-An. what', Why,, in being".alloWed to :attempt to'•bribe - Koalas te Ack..6o tpilt which thei'had ilitain 1'4.04 upotriiiii., Glorious. 4ictory I tom reduced to the dilemma of choosing between prerogative and principle—of carrying the dead wig& of a Lecontpton candidate. or bringing nto the field'a now Min who stands squarely on the Olnoinnatt ' tilatforto. The only 'chance for 'access is - in the nomination of a new man, fsinl'raisingstgairs the colors of 1856 .JUDICIAL atrOttm r.ln the denunciation of errors supposed , to inhere - in the governmental systems of' its neighbors, every nation finds'e cheap 'and easy method' of• ventilating its national vanity. " The true monarchist, who sees no good out -ddeof monarchical forms, sneers at republican institutioire because they are, by the very na tureof.the case,liable to change. With de fenders,of the.effete systems of a dead Past, . the stamp of permanency is proof positive of the mantis] justice of constitutional , forms, never•failing reply to any objections that may be' raised by those disposed to cavil. The longer institutions have been spared 'by the tooth of Time, the greater the supersti tious reverence they evoke. It is this element of.antiquity, of far-reaching descent, Which forms, in fact,,the true secret of that " divi nity which *doth hedge a king." The slur aimed at reptiblican institutions lacks, however, any real foundation ; as a can did examination of facts 'Attested by expo rionbe.sholvit 'Conclusively that the quality of change is a peculiar advantage, since it neces sarily provides for the correction of any errors which front time to time may be discovered in the body politic. • • The history of constitutional reforms In this country affords ample confirmatory testimony of" the wisdom of the Original founders of the various ,State Governments in making pro vision for the 'subsequent alteration and im provement of Alm' original charters: The ;question of judicial reform is a case particu -laririn point. On this subject there hasbeen tt,vielhfiaarked, advance. The tendency has beeri 'directly. to liberalize and republicanize this feature of the Government. We see that, to all the original State Con two°,4dovlatena were Inserted ilethingjedgeswffite life-estate in their OffiCeS. 'Penuiriliaida was the, first' to forsake the n glleb •model. the original Convention of wvoh 40.14311:x Faamrxm and, EU.. gmttiOnan,distitigMslied „themselves, the in aertion of a nrovision was adopted• commis stoning judges of the Siapretne Court for seven years, with. the privilege-of reappointment, but removable -14 - the General Astietubly for milt teluiviortikany time. *oat of thiother States oramanded their COnsti hal ons haie either made the •jtylicial office expire on Vie judge's:l%4l4g the age of sixty or seventy, or )tavellrnltpl•thetennre to -a brief term of years. New Tfampshire, Connecticut, and New 4Yesiti:#lolriiinetidinents to their origi "nal State„Conatitutiono, declared that no judge -shall remain on'the bebch after he has arrived aeftna age of illty tor Seventy. Ohio, Indi .AgavAltietsdppl, and Tennessee have limited ;t l !k r iMileitil Office - to a 'short term of years. ~40,p1 0 ; Michigan, lowa, California, and Klaneactta ; %halm all followed this example in their' Constitutions.- ...The 'feeling in favor of fiiatiing "all:Oftlees, elective by the people ap -pears to buwe-bee n of gradual growth. our,orili Tn State, this. sentiment was ono of the etilot , Catuies.whieh originated the Reform Convention, and the radical change from the AYSteni, Of appointment to: the elective sys :tiefiiits Only. eff.ected after a long agitation 'entEdiscutision.! The' motive Which appeared to7hitie the' ireatest weight, we remember, the important'deliberations of the gg Reform Convention," was the confessed difficulty of ever removing . a judge,by impeachment, un ;der :the .eld system: This • appeared to be a fatal and hunirmountable objection to the good behaitet• tenure, and the recent case of Judge Wkritous, Of Texas, goes to show; that the Objection is well-grounded. We Observe that the question of a return to .the old system of .appointing judges with a lengtkened tenure - of - judicial honors is , „ :peal) , agitated in Now l'ork: As to the par ticular cause of the dekko 'for the 'proposed changeyve are not, informed. 'We have seen necharges touching the integrity of any par ticular ocettpantirof the bench, and we pre- . Anale,"therefore, that the' movement' in favor of retrogression Met be due to other defects the judicial organization not fairly charge 'Ate' to the elective systeM, mllevolutfons never go backward," endive 'soak it qtreinelydOttbful whether the pocitila will willingly relinquish a power once placed in their hands. Thus far we have no single fact to warrant, such a conclusion. In our own State, the working df the elective system has certainly equalled the 'expectations of those who battled in flavor of, the reform. Both on the Supreme Bench and in the lower courts, our judiciary will compare, in legal attainments and integrity, with the best judges ever appointed by State executives. In refe,, rence to their Impartiality, there is a unani mous public sentiment of approval. So long as human judgment remains ' fallible, there maybe, and must be, occasional instances of erroneous decisions ; but thus far, in Pennsyl vania, under the amended Constitution, there has been no cause for complaint, as the new system has given very general Satisfaction. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." rOorsespondenee of The Press J . Wesumixoti, July 22, 1858 - The late Indian troubles in Oregon and with the Oainanches render necessary the employment of more troops on our frontiers. What a thenkless, yet Important Service ! I knovi several young offi cers who were comfortably meowed in snug quarters in our Eastern cities, with no expectation of any early call to active duty, who have been ordered . off•at a few days' notice to the mountain fastnesses of the Far West, to grapple with our. barbarous and vindictive red foes. They are far less to be envied than the English officers sent .to India whore the eyes of the whole nation are turned upon them, and where any great success will be crowned with imperishable honor, while Our officers can reap but little renown in any event, and out off from all the blandishments of civilisation, have very little to reward them for the privations they must necessarily endure, and the dangers they must inevitably encounter. Mexican affairs are absorbing considerable at tention, but no active doilnitopolloy somas to have yet been fully determined upon. There is a ru mor afloat that the Government is in a fair way to acquire Cuba, and His scarcely Probable that our digestive organs are in a sufficiently active tradition to swallow both countries at once. But this view may be erroneous. The administration of Mr. Polk was - vigorously at work at the same moment, not only in attempting the purchase of Cuba, but in adjusting the Oregon difficulty, and conducting the war with Mexico which finally resulted in the annexation of California and might have given us the whole country if the treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo had not been made by Trist and General Scott, or recognised by the Ad ministration. If the rumor in rogatd to Cuba be correct it will excite a profound sensation through out the whole country, and may speedily change the whole current of American polities. If it or any other great new question of the ssrt arises, how contemptibly narrow and ridiculous, in the eyes of all men, will appear the dogmatic edicts of the Union which announce that no man who does not endorse Lecompton can be considered a Democrat. How foolish and unjust will all ao kdowledge the war now waged against Douglas by the Danites, at the Union's bidding, to be. I see that the Albany Argus and Atlas, notwith standing the official position of its editor, retnora= strafes against his persecution. And, to say nothing of the injustice to Douglas, considering all the circumstances of the present Contest, what can. the Northern Lecomptonite Congressmen, whose paths are full of thorns and difficulties at beet, think of the policy of the official organ in setting their constituents the example of disorganisa tion necessarily involved in its instructions to the office-holders of Illinois. There is so short a step between the doctrine that regular Democratic nominations and organisations in Illinois should be stricken down and disregarded, solely because the majorities which controlled them refused to en dorse Lecompton, and the doctrine that the anti. Leoompton Democrats of other States are at perfoot liberty to oppose Democratic nominations, made by Conventions which endorse Lecompton, for that reason, if they see proper to do so, that the lessons of the Union are decidedly dangerous. The following is a full list of the gentlemen who have been pronounced qualified for: admission into the navy as third assistant engineers. The twelve first named will receive warrants immedi ately ; the others, as vacancies slay occur. I am: glad to notice so largo a proportion of Philadel phians among them : J. DeKraft, Washington, D. C. J. D. Wright, Norfolk, Va. George H. White, Trenton, N. J. James 11. Cohn!, Newborn, N. C. London Campbell,Alexandria, Va. S. L. P. Ayres, Stamford, Coon. Geo. H. Reilly, Baltimore, Md. Francis Cronin, Now York city. M. H. Plunkett, Baltimore, Md. 0. H. Laskoy, Heathville; Va. 0. A. Chipley, Washington, D 0. George W. Rodgers, East Hartford, Conn. --W. K. Purse, Philadelphia, Pa W Tnompioni - matuwore, 2101. ' - E B. Satoh, Pa. G. D. Lining. Philadelphia, Pa. E. L. Dick, Philadelphia, Pa. 0. E. DeValin, Baltimore, Md. • R. A. Copeland, Portsmouth, Va. W. H. Glutting, Philadelphia Pa. James Wallace, Philadelphia, ' Pa. W. W. Hopper, Philadelphia, Pa. F. A. Dobbs, New York atty. Sidney Albert, Brooklyn, N. Y. F. A. R. ,ileorga, Norfolk, Va. Omen:mar,. Terrible Casualty elf David's Island—A Boat • Capsized and Three Women Drowned. Tho Sunday School of the Attorney-street Methodist Protestant Church made a plc-nio ex cursion to David's Mond Yesterday. About a thousand persolis left the foot of Grand street in the morning, in the steamer Jacob 801 l and barge Cedar. Hill. Everything passed er PlealontlY until about 3 o'clook P.„M., when a terrible acci dent ocourred, involving the lives of three young women. Many persons went out in little bouts among the islands and towards the main land. As a small sprit-sail skiff, containing a gentleman and four young ladles, besides the owner of the boat, was rounding a point of the Island, a flaw atruok her. The ladies were frightened, and all sprang to the windward aide i the okifTeapaised, and all were thrown into the water. . . . . . . . Captain Merritt and Robert Baptist, who reside on the island, saw the accident from the shore, and hastened to the rescue in a akin: Reorge Jones, a young man who was out with two girls in a boat, hurried ashore with them, and also went to the assistance of the drowning. Re oame up first and rescued one of the young women, the gentleman, and the owner of the boat. .The other boat recovered the body of a lady found to be dead.. Two of the bodies were not recovered last night. The names of the parties in tho boat wore as follows : Mr. Joseph Ferguson, 115 Lewis street, rescued by young Jones. Mrs. Isabella Ferguson, his wife; taken ashore by Merritt and Baptist All efforts to restore her were in vain. She had been married but four months, and was only sixteen years old. Mrs.-Ann Eliza Jacobs, 54 Gouverneur street, drowned. Deceased was the wife of Edward Ja cobs, assistant engineer of the fire department, 20 years of age. Miss Emma Demilt, daughter of Benjamin Da mns, 118 Lewis street, sixteen years of ago,- drowned. Owner of the boat rescued by young Jones. Miss Magnum—reamed' by young Jones—re sides at, 258 Delaney street, is a teaoher in the Sunday school. Deceased were all members of the Attorney ,street Ohnroh.—.lV. Y. Evening Post. Singular and Fatal Accident to ripest' Mute. INRTITOTION FOR TIM DEAF AND DUND, Wednesday morning, July 21,1859. A fatal accident occurred last evening, on the Hudson River railroad, to one of the pupils of this institution,—Patric k Hynes, from Buffalo,— by the express train which left Chambers street at 5 o'clock P. f. , Ateit is known that our pupils are positively forbidden to go upon .the track, or even to approach it, except in company with a hearing snd speaking person, I deem it incum bent on me tc state the oiroumstancer which led to the sad event. The station neatest the institution is at One Hundred and Pillyteeoond Street, half a mile dist tent, and passengers taking or leaving the care at this point are not unfrequently convoyed, with their baggage, to and from the depot by means of a boat owned by the instructors. As our as sistant matron and one of the female pupils were about to leave for the vacation, they took this mode to reach the station, and were attended by Prof. Knudsen (our forniertesober of drawing, who called up on a visit,) the boatmen and four little boys, one of whom, Patrick, carried a small lea ther travelling bag. - After the boat had moved off from the dook, the ,boys set out on their return; but Patrick left his companions, and began to walk on the side of the track toward the station. Hewes remonstrated with, reminded of the prohibition, and emphatically told that he WAS disobeying; but he said he did not oar°, and persisted in his course. As ho was the largest of tho boys, they could use no force to compel him to come book, and they returned with , out him. Ifs proceeded some • twenty or thirty rode, and began to retrace his steps, when he was oVertaken while walking on the side of the track, and by the mere force o f the rurrent of air put in motion by the passage of tho train, he was thrown with such violence against the rook, through which the road is excavated, just below the sugar house, as to cause instant death. No bones were broken, ex cept the instep of his right foot, and there were no wounds except some alight outs on the temples and right side of the bead, which show indentations caused by the roughness of the rook. It may not be improper to add, that be was a 'boy of feeble intelleot, self-willed, and very im• patient of restraint; and in addition to this in- Amity of deafness he had a singularly defective vision. There is no want of precaution to same the safety of our pupils, but in the absence of physi cal restraint, no•vigilanoe can ensure perfect ex emption from accident, where there is a disposi tion, as In this cas e _j to set authority at defianoe. A. P,611; President. FIRST PA oa,—Lenie Napoleon r -No. 2; Dash; The New, Feature in the Commencement Baer. oases of tree High School ; Letters from a Traveller— No 1; . Oalvert Van.: and Frederick Law Olmsted; Letter : frOm Baltimore ; The Deolaration of Inde. pond / ewe; The Itiviere and Blount Case; A Re mar*alsie Woman; Love, Flirtation, Jealousy, and fad eide; %twat News. Slight Fire.--The residence of William F. Small, No. 508 North Third Street, abovo Button- Wood, was slightly damaged by tire abouts o'elooir lest evening. " - Till 1 REAS.-4 , IIIIADEIAPIIIA, rittnAtr, mtV 23, 1858. THE'LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH: Washington Affairs Wesnimarom, July 22.—A noire'• court martial has.been ordered lo assemble at the Gosport Navy Yard, on the 28th instant, for the trial of charges, brought against passed assistant Surgeon Burtt. Rush Elmore has been appipted Associate lus• tine of the Supreme Court of ,Riinsas, vice Judge Cato, resigned. Judge Elmore was removed from the same position during the Administration of President -Pierce. Comdander Stoddard has been ordered to the Command of the receiving ship Ohio, at Boston. Among those who have recently passed a satis factory examination, and found to be qualified for admission as third assistants in the engineer corps of the navy, are the following : G. H. Wbtte, of Trenton; L. P. Ayres, of Stamford, Connecticut; F. Cronin and F. A. Dobbs, of New York ; G. W. Rodgers, of East Hartford Connecticut; W. K. Purse, S. D E. L. biok, W. H. (Bening, James Wallace, and W. H. Hopper, of Philadel phia; S. Albert, of Brooklyn. In addition to the above, there were eleven others from the Bentham States, and District of Columbia. Later from South America NEW ORLEANS, July 21.—The barque lining, from Rio Janeiro, brine advioes to the 10th of June. The war between Buenos Ayres and the Argen tine Confederation' continues. Buenos Ayres bail refused the mediation of. England, and asks the intervention of France to settle the present diffi culties. CLEVELAND, July 22 —The Railroad Convention in session here, last evening derided on making the through passenger rates from all points, the same by tho New York and Brie roads. Freights are to be .$1 per ton more than the rate on the New York and Brie. The Western roads were not fully re , presented in the Coniention. The now rates are to take eteet on Monday next. Hall Storm In Canada. BorpAn°, July 22 —A frightful hail storm has occurred In the viosnity of Whitby, Canada, destroying the °rope and owning much other damego, Nue? . Your, July 22.—A9arge fire marred at Rockaway during the thunder itorm early thie morning. It in supponed that the hotel wneetruok by lightning and destroyed. BUFFALO ; July 22.—The grainelovator attached to the freight depot of the Central Relive:id was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, $BO,OOO. The Cincinnati Masonic Temple*, fltactUrrevi, July 22 —The corner stone of the new Masonic temple to be erebted in this city was laid to-day, with appropriate and impressive core- Monies. Galena and Chicago Railroad. --, CMCAOO, July 22.—The directors of the Galena and Mingo Railroad today declared a dividend of four per cent. payable in New York on and after the 15th Augnet. • LETTER FROM NEW YORK. fOorreepondenee of The Pron.] At length, by the firmness and good amigo of Judge Ogden, of New Jersey, a slight mead of punishment has been awarded to ono of the actors in that scandalous affair, the de Riviera abdualon. Hawke, the to yernkaeper, goes to jail for twenty days, and pays a fine of $2OO. This judgment has had the effect of causing the dehided Mrs; Blount to leave the Notel Napoleon, though it is not certain that she will return to her husband's protection. Mrs. B. was a recognised disputant with Mad ams Le Vert, of Mobile, for the palm of belte-ship; and we may conclude that the desire to surpass her fair rival, by a coilp d'itat, in the way of a matrimonial alliance, was the origin of that nn fortunate self-deception of which the adroit Z ottava took such unsornpulous advantage. We trust, now, that the aggrieved parties have grown wiser, and will seek contentment in maintaining their own recognised respectability of position. By some of the usual hocus-pocus operations of justice in this city, the notorious Dawson, keeper of the Fourth-ward female slave-pen, has not re= calved his sentence, though his counsel, Phillips, submitted a •plea of giiilty. An example in this Case is called for, but it is to be feared that pol io• ial claming will prevent any but a nominal punishment. Did our police and °think; perform their duty, not Pete Dawsons alone, but two hun dred other establishments of a similar type, would ode public and punishable before to-morrow • • • The Spanish frigato Itorenguele, whioh I notioed op arriving here yesterday, from Havana, is al ready a source of apprehension to the publio. Two oases of yellow fever were discovered on board of her yesterday, and (her captain refusing to permit their transfer to the Quarantine iloapi tal) she has bean ordered to the lower bay. Two oases have likewise occurred on the Susquehanna, U. S. frigate, and there are twenty in hospital. The Annual Commencement of tho Normal Schools, in this city, takes plane this events*, at the Acaders. , The friends of Gerrit Smith, for Governor, are holding meetings in this pity, and a document is in circulation calling for primary meetings, for the election of delegates to a State Convention, to be held in Syracuse on the%ith of August. Another party has sprung into existenoe, under the name of American Democrats, or Democratic Americans, and is quite aotivo in proselytism. Altogether, in dications of a scrub-race are very rife about this time. Prices and business were both better at the stook board to-day. Reading opened at 45/, and closed at 451, against 45 yesterday. Pennsylvania Coal brought 80. :Now York Central opened at 851 and receded to 851—an advanoo of 1 since last night. Brie was comparatively firth; with an advance of 1 at the close of a moderate business. Harlem ad• yawed{ ; Hudson River ditto. Paolila Mail rose as high to-day as 88-11 advance. The Western roads shared in activity, the prin cipal sales being in Cleveland and Toledo, which sold at 365. an advance of 1. Galena and Chicago rose from yesterday's price of 891 to 90 and 001. Chicago and Rook Inland brought 771 to ,77t, a g ain of 1. Michigan Parkhill advanced /, and Michigan Southern, old stook, 1 ; guarantied brought 45. Milwaukee and Mississippi closed at In. La Crosse brought yesterday's price. ICI. nose Central opened at 755 and closed at 73; against 741 yesterday. Panama brought 1051 regular against same price, seller ten, last board. In Railroad bonds little was transacted. The new $50,000 loan of Hamilton county, Ohio, is awarded to Thompson Brothers, of this city. The bonds bear eight per cent., payable semi•an nually In New Yorlt. Doe in five years. The exchanges irE the Bank Clearing House to• day were 016,675,088 61, and the balanees $14 , 18 : k. 764.16. The Metropolitan currency certificates remain at $6,000. The following ie Thursday's business at the of leo of the Assistant-Treasurer Receipts., Payments Balance. The receipts inolude $148,000 from customs. The stook market, at the second board; was stronger and higher $50,000 Missouri 6s sold at 86 boo; La Grosso Grants rose i; Paola° Mall Steam. ship 2, closing at 90; Now York Central ; Hud son River ; Harlem ; Reading 1; Michigan Southern 1; Michigan Southern - Preferred ; Central 1; Galena and Chicago 1, and Rook Island 2. After the beard prices wore lower—say per cont. a upon the leading shares. NEW YORK STOOK EXOKABOII—Jocy 22. DROORD BOARD. 60000 Missouri 6s 660 86 1200 ?dish flo et N lilt 263 8500 Brooklyn Olty Os 97 3000 L Ede & W litm cog 1000 LaMad L CI bds MX 100 Pacillo HMI 8 Oo 89 42 Galena & Chi 11 915 i 50 do 015 91 100 do 91 100 Clove & Tol B b3O NM 300 do 37 000 do b 8 117 X 1100 Ohl & Rook I boo 78 123 .11arler; Railroad 1.1" k 50 do 78 .___ 100 N Y Central It 85X 050 do 85) 100 do ao 85X 500 do all 85X 50 Brie Railroad 18,X 120 Radon River R 28,X 100 do b6O 28g 200 do 117{ 190 do '7l;+l 200 Reading Railroad 46% 100 do 530 71% 200 do 510 45% 100 do 510 77,1 i 10 Illinole,Oen It 76:1100 do •b3O 70 800 do 500 76 160 ?dilw 2. 611E1 P. /T.ii TAR MARKETS. Sala —The market le (Inlet for both kllads ; ellea of Pole at se and Pearls at 6 12%. , Corrzi.—The balance of the Roebuck's cargo, 22,000 bags Rio, sold at 10X 01144 c. Java is steady at 14%0. Correa in firm, with moderate sales at the following quotations : . Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.O &Texas Ordinary II 10% 11 11 Middling 12% 12% 12% 12% Middling Pair 13% 18% 13% 13% lit pls.—With good inquiry the market Is Mandy; the mks yestenlay were 1200 Metamora, at 20Xe, mos; 200 Chagree at WOO California at 21%e, 0 MOB 5,000 Orinoco, ad 25 bales Calcutta Cow ; '2,500 Porto Cabello at 200, 0 mos. The stock of all kinds is 110,000. Hors are quiet at date for 1857 , e. VRATII an .—llemlock ie steady at 2313.20 c for Buenos &Irma, and 21%0220 for Orinoco. Light and middle weights command 213e310. Linea.—Common and Lump Rockland are nominal In the absence of receipts. Mot esass Is more actiro ; sales of Cuba clayed at 28e, and Muscovado at 27c. NAVAL STORII6.--Bphits of Turpentine is very quiet, and we have learned of no Wee. Orude is quoted at $3 62X68 68X. Common Rosin le firm at $1.60 4, 310 lbe delivered.,Opaque and pale sells at s4eo 4P'380. Tar le quite steady. olsB.—Lineeed tells at 73076 e In casks and bble. Olive In in good request, 1,200 eases at $2.87X03 12x for quarts, andrs4.2s for pints. Tallow oil is in fair demand at 6 Xe, cash Rios J. bUOy4Pt th 4 morning ; Wee of 460 oaaka at 8.3 2603 16 IV 100 The as to quality. Ounces are quiet itt Tielga t er Cuba, and 81(o for Porto Rico. Govatuontar.—"The rights of all constitute the basis—the, happiness of all, the object of Gov ernment." 4 ' In vain will either an ignorant or corrupted people seek to acquire or maintain Republican in atitutions." "Men mug bo virtuous M well as intellee a1.".--Mansfield on American Education. • A BLtoK Togs.—The Louisville Journa perpetrates the-following; "Mr. J. Bleak, of the Southern Banner, de• Owes for the dissolution of the Union. Let him We a traitor's reward "'Hung be the heavens with " Railroad Convention. Flee at Rockaway. NEW YonK, July 22, 1858 $176,155 70 - 96,198 85 5,199,298,54 300 do HO 23g 200 do b3O 23) 250 do , 530 23s 1150 do • b3O 2.314 Tso Mich ih; R ma 60 Vapams R 103 X HAW TOME 01.18811/10•71011 THE ATLANTIC CABLE Letter from Dlr. Cyrus W. Field to the Tele graph company Relative to lts Fadare. ON BoAIII3 OF TEE U.S. STEAM FRIGATE NIAGARA. To THE DIRECTORS OF TILE, ATLANTIC TELE GRAM! COMPANY, LONDON : • GEXTLEMEN The Telegraph Fleet, consisting of the United States steam frigate Niagara and hor Majesty's steamers Agamemnon, Valorous, and Gorgon, left Plymouth on Thursday, Suns 10, 1868. The Niagara had 850 tons and the Aga memnon 450 tons coals, and sash about 1,200 nan- tioal, or n little lean than 1,500 statute miles of cable on board. Weather very pleasant: light winds. Friday, Su:melt—Telegraph fleet all in eight; weather pleasant ; light winds. I went on board the Agamemnon and returned to the Niagara. Saturday, June 12.—Telegraph fleet all in eight; weather pleasant ; light winds. Sunday, June 13 —Moderate wind in the morn ing; very fresh In the afternoon and evening. with frequent squalls of rain ; loot eight of the Valor. one and Gorgon before night. Monday, June 14.—Strong gale; Agamemnon in sight - Tuesday, June 15.—Strong gale; Agamemnon in sight. Wednesday,Junel6.—Blowing heavy in squalls; Agamemnon In eight. Thursday, June 17.—Blowing heavy in squalls ; Agamemnon in eight. • Friday, Juno 18.—Fresh winds; Agamemnon in sight. Saturday, June 19.—Blowing fresh in squalls, and heavy sea ; Agamemnon in sight. Sunday, June 20 —Fresh gale and heavy sea. with squalls; lost overboard from Niagara one of the large buoys; Agamemnon in eight. Monday, June 21.—Strong gales and very heavy sea; lost sight of the Agamemnon at 7 A. M. Tuesday, June 22.—Moderato wind, pleasant weather; sea going down. Wednesday, June 23.—Light wind, pleasant weather. At 4P. M arrived at lat. 52 02 north, long. 33 18 meat, where it had been agreed that the ealfee should be blade, and there we found the Valorous and Gorgon—the Valorous having arri ved the 21st inst., and the Gorgon this morning. Both of these vessels report very bad weather, and that they had not seen the Agamemnon alone the 13th moat At midnight lost sight of the Valorous and Gorgon in a think fog Thursday, June 24.—At 5 A. M, spoke ship Henry Clay, bound from Liverpool to New York; thick weather, with moderate winds in the morn ing, and heavy gale in the afternoon and evening; the Valorous and Gorgon not Innight. Friday, Jane 25.—Pleasant weather; at 2 P. M. saw the Gorgon, end soon after the Valorous and Agamemnon. At 430 P. M. Captain Preedy name on board of the Niagara, and reported that they arrived here at noon this day; bad had very bed weather since; parted from the Niagara on the 21st inst., and that in a heavy gale the upper part of the main coil on heard of the Agambentlen had I shifted, and that they would be ready to Malta the aplitie to-morrow. Saturday, June 26.—Weather beautiful; tele graph fleet all in eight •, depth of water. 1,600 fathoms; at 10 30 A M. the kernel of the Niagara and Agamemnon wore attached by a hawser, and 200 fathoms of cable veered out of tbo Niagara to the Agamemnon; Splice made on board of the Aga memnon; signals through the whole length of cable perfect; soon after 12 o'clock the hawser was released, and commenced paying out the sable, the ships steaming slowly away from each other, and when we had paid out two miles and forty fathoms, the cable ran out of the first into the ad joining groove, and in the excitement of attempt ing to get it bank it was pulled off the wheel, and parted on the handle of the scraper ; steamers run - back, and the sterns of the Niagara and Agamemnon secured by hawser, and splice made as before. At 5.20 P. M. hawser released and commenced paying out cable, and before sundown the Niagara and Agamemnon were out of eight of snob other. The signals through the -whole cable were perfect, and it Wag 'dinning tiC the dolls beniltifhlly and everything working satisfaetorily. .At midnight had payed out thirty-one nautical miles of cable. Sunday, June 27.—At 12.56 A. M , ship's time, or 3.29 A. M., Greenwich time, signals ceased, ani from the testa that were applied by the electricians it was evident that an accident had occurred some miles from this ship; slacked the speed of the Ni agara as mush as possible, and continued to pay out cable very slowly, constantly applying differ ent kinds of electrical tests until 4.50 A. M , ship's time, when commenced hauling in, and in a few minutes the cable parted, having recovered about one hundred fathoms Lost from this ship forty two miles and three hundred fathoms cable. Cap tain Hudson signalled the Gorgon to return, to make another splice, and in a few minutes we were on our way back to the rendezvous. At ten A. M. spoke ship Alice Monroe, bound from Liverpool to Boston, and sent letters by her. Lieutenant Ghe rardi and myself went on beard. In the morning the weather wits pleasatit, but in the afternoon eloudy.with.light squalls and rain. Monday, June 28.—Weather pleasant with light wind. At two P. M, saw the Agamemnon and Va lorous, and in about ono hour after the Gorgon. At half-past four Lieutenant North, Mr. Everett, Mr. 0. V. do Sauty, and myself went on board of the Agamemnon ' and ascertained that the accident did not occur onboard of that ship, After a full consultation it was unanimously decided that the Niagara and Agamemnon should be immediately connected by hawser and splice made as before, and should the cable part before the ships were one hundred miles from rendezvous, to return under sail and splice again; but if after that dis tance, to go to Queenstown for coals. Splice made and signals perfect. At 7.25 P. M., ship's time, commenced paying out, and up to midnight all went on in the most satisfactory manner. Tuesday, Juno 29.—Weather beautiful—Gorgon in sight; signals perfect. At twelve o'clock had payed out eighty.nantioal miles and three hun dred and sixty fathoms cable. Shipgoing at about four and half knots per hour, and oabled payed the Aga memnon abontfura and a half, and with less than a -con strain. all wouccoo in the most perfect man neroreetintichg r in f e; M wh ., en sti th ip e - s - 14.01,71,, or 11:14 P. M ceased. From this time to 10.4 u kept trying electrical tests and paying opt very slowly; then fastened cable and held on until 12 23 A. M. ship's time, er 2.57 A M. Greenwich time, when the cable parted astern of the ship, 145 miles and 930 fathoms having been payed out. For one hour and forty-three mitt Wet the Niaga ra was anchored by the cable in water over 1,600 f a thoms deep, and the wind blowing all the time quite fresh; soon after the signals ceased an offi cer came on board from the Gorgon, and Captain Hudson requested Captain Dayman to go to Queenstown. At the time the signals (leased we had payed out from the Ninira 142 miles 280 fa theme of cable, and from which should be deducted at least ton miles lost in paying out slack, at start ing, leaving 132 miles and 280 fathoms Prayed out in running 100 nautical miles on our course—a loss of 23 miles and 280 fathoms, or about twenty-one per cent. Cable payed out, from the Niagara as follows : Milos. Fathoms. 2 40 42 300 145 930 Juno 28 June 27 June 29 Total 189 Had on board Niagara at starting -1,19A nautical miles, 700 fathoma cable, and paid ant since 190 4 ' ', 257 1,109 443 Deduct from cable now on board 10 miles to be lost in paying out sleek nfter making splice, and we have left 1,090 miles, 443 fathoms to lay down 845 miles, or equal to 29 percent. surplus. For over two hundred miles before reaohin; the head of Trinity Bay the water is comparatively shallow, and the loss of cable should be much less. The cable was payed out of thaiagara at an an gle of from 12 degrees to 19 degrees, and this in water from 1,600 to 1,975 fathoms deep. The machinery on board this ship for paying out the cable has worked in the most perfect man ner. The cable has all the time run off the coils beau. tifully, and the system adopted for sending and receiving electrical signals between the Niagara and Agamemnon proved highly satisfactory. Captain Damen, of the Gorgon, has carefully examined the logs of the Cunard steamers for ele ven voyages made in June across the North Atlan tic, and the result shows there is one day of gales in every seven days in this Month. Ho also ex amined the logs for twenty-three covaies made by the same steamers in the month of July, and they show one day of gales in every twenty-f i ve days. He afterwards examined the loge for eigh teen voyages by the same steamers made in Au gust, and they show one day of gales in every rune days. These examinations show that July is by far the most favorable rffonth for laying the cable between Ireland and Newfoundland. Captain Hudson and his officers, Mr. Everett and Mr. Woodhouse, the eleotriolane, and every. one, I believe, on board this ship, have done all in their power to realise the mom of this under taking, and the reason why we have not been sue oessfuein this attempt can by no means be attribu ted to their fault. Wednesday, June 30.—0 n our way to Queens town; lost eight of the Gorgon at 6 A. M. ; blow log fresh ; heavy hood sea. Tursday, July I.—Cloudy weather; moderate Friday, July 2.—Pleasant weather. Saturday. July 3.—Pleasant weather. Sunday, July 4,—Pleasant weather; saw land near Cape Clear at 7 P. M. Monday, July s.—Niagara and Gorgon arrived at Queenstown at six o'clock this morning, but as the Agamemnon and Valorous have not been heard - ofsinoo the evening the signals ceased (June 29) It is impossible to say what acoldent has happened, Shall write you as soon as the Agamemnon ar rives and I know the cause of the accident. I remain, gentlemen, very truly, your friend. CYRUS W. FIeLD. Army Intelligence. The order for the march of the 2d Cavalry to Fort Leavenworth has been countermanded. That regiment will remain on duty in the depart ment of Texas, and will return to its former sta tions, subject to such changes as our Indian rela tions may require. At the expiration of their present leave of ab sence—September 30, 1818—the graduates of tiro Military Academy, of this year, assigned to the dragoons, cavalry, and mounted riflemen, arc or dered to report, in person, for duty to the com mending officer of Carlisle Barracks, Pa. ; those assigned to the artillery will report, in person, for duty to the commandant of the Artillery School of Practice, Fort Monroe, Ye. ; those assigned to the lot, 2d, 3d, 4th, oth, Bth, and oth regiments of In fantry will report, in person, for duty to the com manding officer of Governor's Island ; and those assigned to the bih,7tb, and 10th to the command ing officer of Newport Barracks, Ky. On the lit proximo the department of Florida will bo broken up, and the several military sta tions therein will revert to the department of the East. The acting assistant Adjutant General, Lieutenant Talbot, Is ordered to repair with the records and papersof the department to the Adju tant-General's office, Washington; after which he will proceed to join his company at Fort Moultrie. The conduct of the officers and men stationed in Florida is thus commended by the General-in- Chief ; "Colonel G. Loomis, Fifth Infantry, has exibi ted zeal, ability, and good judgment in the ardu ous duty of bringing to a successful close the late Indian hostilities in the Peninsula of Florida ; and the officers, non-commissioned officers, and sol diers—both regulars and volunteers—and employ ea under his command, have ably supported him by their active and unremitted exertions in . all NUM, and at all times, in a country where mill i tary operations are difficult, and where but little occurred to relieve the dangers and heavy drudg frynf the campaign." After closing up the department, Colonel Loomis is or4orott to report in person at head quarters. THE CITY. MIII3I9MENTB THIS EITNIN6. BATLEY'S ARON 801117 7:111/7118. AVM BUM, sanya BlXTll.—"Ordware Boston Aollaos.,, The New El Dorado.—Wo observe that a large number of young mon in Philadelphia have' resolved to try their fortunes in the rew gold region. Several parties have already been'. or. ganized, and will take their departure at the earliest opportunity. We look upon the enter prise as one of great hazard, and however favora ble the prospect, many evils and privations should be anticipated. Among the regulations that all should determine upon before setting out, we have heard the following specified: ''.Nioleration in eating and drinking; an adequate supply of suita ble clothing; a determination to avoid gambling; a control of the tongue and the temper; the avoidance of unnecessary exposure, either to the mid-day sun or the night-dews; a friendly under: standing between two or three individuals, to stand by and sustain each other in every emer gency; a communication with friends at home at least once a month ; a mental resolution to avoid excess and immoralities of every description We doubt not that there are many opportunities in the new El Dorado for the young, the votive, and the enterplising. By patience, perseverance, and untiring industry the majority may bettor their fortunes. But if, under the influence of a wild spirit of excitement and adventure, home and its lessons shmild be forgotten—or should in temperance be Indulged and gambling resorted to, the chances are a thousand to one, that the mis guided and the reckless would not only fail ti realize their golden dreams, but would never ro tnrn to their friends and families. New Chwches.—Tho now Methodist Epis copal Churol'abent to be erected in Germantown; on Raines street, near Main, will be a decided im provement to that neighborhood. It as to be built in the same style as the English Evangelical Lu theran Church of Germantown, and its dimensions will be 25 feet by 83, the lecture room being 11 feet and the autlioncuproom 27 feet, with end and side galleries. Great efforts are making to aomplete the Olivet Baptist Churoh, at Sixth and Federal streets. The congregation, which is quite large, has been wor shipping, in the basement since the dedioation of the church, and the necessity for the early comple tion of the entire building is apparent. The pas tor, Rev. Mr. Baldwin, is a gentleman of the moat persevering industry, and has gained a large num ber of converts during the late revival. His dis courses sod lectures are of - 'sash marked ability that the lecture room is always filled. Quito a tasty now African 'Presbyterian Church has been erected in Seventh street, above Diokin son,-the past summer, and will soon be finished so as to allow worship in it. It is a plain brlok °al ike, With one room for the Sunday school and the other services. The Tireather and the Squares.—The clerk of the weather sympathises with the can'tgot-awcys. We have now a glowing sun, but genial breezes; and the position of the mercury in the thermome ter is not appalling. While the brown-atone fronts in the West End are closed and draped, and our mechanics are dispraising excursions to Atlantic City and the Cape, we, the poor and wretched mem ber of the can't-get-away club, aro wilting and subsiding under the influence of opnreasive heat. We enter the equares of an evening, but are driven from them by the crowd of lewd women and drunk en rowdies by which they are at present infested. This evil Is one oftentimes complained of, bat as yet, not in the least remedied. We respectfully suggest to the proper authorities that the speedy suppression of this most intolerable nuisance would be grateful not only to our feelings, but to that very respectable portion of the community who in habit in the immediate vicinity of these lungs " of the city. Our public parks, during weather such as this, which renders them most attractive resorts to those who cannot go to the sea-side, should be kept entirely clear from the vicious gangs who appear to have taken sole possession of them. Anninereary of the West India Emancipa tion —The colored popidatinti tit our city are mak ing extensive arrangements to celebrate tho tioth anniversary of ilritish West India Emanci pation, on the 2•1 of August, in consequence of the let coming on Sunday. The Bannekor Institute will make an exoursion to the new and beautiful grove, known as Haddington Manaion. We have beeninformed by Mr.• William H. Johnson, an active member of the committee of arrangements, that the following order of exercises has been de termined upon : Introductory Remarks by Mr. William H. Minton ; Reading the Act of Emanci pation, by Mr. Jacob C. White, Jr. ; Addresses by Messrs. S P. Cornish, J. C. Bowers, G. E. Ste vens, and S G. Gould. The Rev. William Son man. Rev. Jean Bolden, and I. • O. Wears, Esq., have also been invited to make addresses. Building Improvements.—We have noticed recently a number of building improvements in Various portions of the city, and the good work is still Coaled bravely on, In Fifth street below Wharton, in Dickinson street, halo* Pink, and in many parts of the First ward, fine rows of houses are being erected. On Jefferson avenue, a row of two-storied dwellings are rapidly going up A row of three story brick stores, eight in number, is to be erected on the south side of Market street, above Twenty-third, to be eighteen foot by forty seven feet. Also, a store on the east side of Broad street, between Carpenter and Prime, which will have a front of forty-two feet and o depth of eighty feet. Also, a factory on the south side of South street, between Tivelfth and Thirteenth, fifteen feet by thirty feet, and throe stories in height. The Contested Election Cases.—Tho com mittees of Solent Council, which were appointed some weeks since, to inquire into the contested seats of Mr. Williams, of the Tvrentioth ward, and Mr. Thompson, of the Second ward, hilin tempora rily suspended their investigation. Wo learn, however, that they will resume it on the 30th inst. We have hoard it stated that the seat from the Second ward will be awarded to Mr. Malay, the contestant of the claim of Mr. Thompson. We have heard nothing whatever relative to the pro gress made in the consideration of the Twentieth ward case. —Th nen e e funeral Of young Coleman, who was drow from the reaearti -ai W e .t. t°°k place yesterday, h.sz. at Eleventh and Brown streets It was very at Eleventh there being a number of the Cadets of Tempe., , present. The deceased was highly esteemed by all who knew him, being, a youth of the most noble qualities. His fattier the reporter of the Ledger, lost another promising son not long since and his present affliction falls heavily upon his spirit We sincerely condole with the family in their sudden bereavement. Fell from a IVtndow.—Shortly after twelve o'clock yesterday morning a mon named John Joyce, fell from the third - story window of the house of Mr. Ward, in Dook street, below Second. He wee somewhat injured about the bead, but not dangerously. lie was conveyed to the hospital, and on the way became very violent, and had to be hold to the settee. Joyce is about 35 years of age and a native of Poland. He is a laborer, and says he recently came from Millville, New Jersey. Injustice to an Officer.—Wo have been in formed by (Meer Rodgers, of the Sixth polioe district, that the statement recently published in several of the city papers, connecting his name with a violent nttaok upon a prisoner whom be had taken into custody, is Withotit any foundation whatever. We have been assured that Mr. Rod gers, who is well known as an efficient officer, noted in this case as any man would under simi lar circumstances. The West Philadelphia Passenger Railway is now completed to Third street on Market, and cars are running on this portion of the road. But one track has been laid from Eighth street to Third, on the south aide flu the Market Houses. Turnouts have been arranged at Fifth and Third streets, to allow the oars to pans another, and it is thought the company will be able to work with out laying an additional track. Coroner Fenner continues seriously indis posed. During his confinement to the house his onerous duties have been promptly attended to by Mr. J. Poster, his attentive and efficient deputy. Wo learn that Mr. Fenner will be able to resume his official duties in the course of a few days. Mr Foster is entitled to the thanks of all the re presentatives of the press for many favors during the illness of the coroner. Committee Appointed.—We learn that Mr. Trego, President of Common Connell, has ap pointed Messrs. Day, Hooker, and Wider, on the committee of that body to inquire by whose neuli genee the city lost neatly SS,OOO in the " Van Dyke contract." Soled Council will be required to appoint a similar committee at their next stated meeting on tho 12th of August. The Southern Home.—The children attached to this institution, with its managers, made an excursion to Red Bank yesterday, whore they en joyed themselves heartily. They numbored one hundred and twenty-three, and were conveyed to the' spot on the Red Bank ferry boats, free of oharge, through the liberality of Mr. Charles Bender. Robbery.—On Wednesday night a young colored girl, named Elizabeth Massey, who was em ployed as ixdomestio in the family of Mrs. Lynn, at Iladdington, took French leave of the premises, during the absence of Mre. L., taking with her a considerable quantity of clothing, valued at about sixty-five dollars. The thief got safely off with her booty, and is still at large. The Grounds north of the basin at Fair mount have, in accordance with a resolution of Councils, been very tastefully laid out during the present season. A number of young and thrifty trees have been planted, and all the walks gra velled. In a few years this will be quite a plea sant resort for the citizens of Philadelphia. Century Plant.—Wo understand that Mr. George IL Stuart, of this pity, has in his posses sion a splendid epeelnien of the agave, American aloe, .r century plant, weighing two thousand nine hundred and sixty pounds, which Is about to bloom. Ile will place it on exhibition when in full flower, and give the proceeds to the Young Mon's Christian Association. Boy Found .Drowned.—The body of an un known lad was found limiting in the Delaware, near Ann•street wharf, Richmond, yesterday morning. Tho boy wan about twelve yearn of ago, and is supposed to have been In the water several days. Ms clothing consisted of blue cotton pants, and a coarse white' muslin shirt. The Coroner held an inquest. Verdict, found drowned. Suicide.—Yesterday afternoon the coroner held an inquest upon the body of a colored woman named Catharine Reese, aged 32 years, who com mitted suicide by taking a large quantity of laud anum, in St. Mary street, above Sixth. It appear ed that this act was committed in consequence of the husband of the deceased taking some whiskey from her. Verdiot accordingly. Departure of our Minister to Naples.—Yes terday morning the Hon. Joseph R. Chandler, our lately appointed ohargb d'affairas at Naples, left this city. He will take passage for Europe from New York. Mr. Chandler is accompanied by ono of his sons. Arcident.—Robert Watt, the driver of ono of the oars of the Waverly Ice Company, fell from his ,vebiele yesterday morning, about one o'clock, and was seriously injured. lie was conveyed to his residence. The accident happened in the Twentieth ward. Fluid-Lamp Explosion.—A fluid lamp ex ploded about half•past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, in a house at Front and Christian streets, and gave rise to an alarm of fire. No damage of any consequenee was done. Run Over. George Scott, residing at Fourth and Shlppen streets, was run over, last evening, by the Niagara Hose. His leg and arm were severely injured. He was removed to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Found Dead.—Bonjamin Raker, a resident of Mantuaville, was found dead in one of the cells of the Twenty-Sourth ward station-house, last even ing. The Coroner will hold an invest to-day. Police Business.—A Frenchman, named Al fred Grader, was arrested on Wednesday, on the charge of being a fugitive from the -State of New York, Where he stands charged with stealing silVer Ivan and Jewelry valued at .$2,000. It appears that for seine time past he has been paying his ad dresses to a widow - lady. also French who, ir iq - alleged, he had arranged to - marry in six weeks A boom wag soured in New York, and everything was in readiness for the happy event. Toward the close o 1 last s week it was discovered that Grutier was missing:, It was also found, it Is alleged, that he had carried off all the jewelry belonging to-the lady. and left her completely penniless She ap plied to the police of New York, who advised her to oomo to Philadelphia. whither, it was ascer tained, the Frenchman had taken his flight - Accordingly, she came, and was directed to ex- High Constable Johnston. He obtained the assist ance of Officers Kneen and Hinkle of the In dependent Police. They scoured the city from Saturday night until Wednesday morning, when they succeeded In finding Grutier. Hehad changed his hoarding house several times since his arrival in the city. The officers also recovered most of the property, which was found in different French boarding houses about the city. The accused was taken before Alderman Oglo. He waw held for a further hearing, next week. Both• of the parties are said to belong to the French opera troupe, which lately arrived from Havana. The grocery store of Repelsbeinier Is Brother. at Tenth and Spring Garden streets, was entered on Wednesday night, and robbed of ten dollars in good money, a quantity of counterfeit coin, eta a few boxes of cigars. The entrance was effected from the rear on Wister street. by the thieves cut ting out a panel of the back door leading into the store. They were beard by some females in the next door building, bat the latter being alone, they were afraid to give the alarm. About eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, two colored individuals, named Samuel Richardson and Charles Gibson, got into a wrangle in Bedford street, above Seventh. Both drawknives, it is al leged, and out away at each other for some time. Richatdson had his face badly lacerated. Gibson received a severe gash in the arm, which limb he may possibly lose. His face was also badly out. He is a married man, tfrenty-six years of age. He was conveyed to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Richardson was arrested, and taken before Alder man Allen yesterday morning, who committed him to prison. ' Yesterday morning, about' half-past eleven o'clock, William Semple was attacked by a party of men at Vine-street wharf. He was knocked down and bad his face severely cut , by. being kicked by one of the gang. A man named John Corcoran was arrested on the charge of being con. earned in the affair. It is alleged that he had hold of Semple when taken into custody. The amused was held to bail by Alderman Butler. The Provision Market was not Overstocked yesterday. At the foot of Market street are saw but a limited number of baskets of tomatoes, corn, and peaches. The former were selling at $2.25 per basket, and corn at 75 cents to 80 cents per basket. The pettobes we saw were bat a sorry looking article, and were intended for shipment to Now York. Two - dollars per basket was asked for them, but no one appeared disposed to pur chase. Shoplifter arrested.—Mary Quinn, who was detected in the act of stealing goods from a store .0a Second street, bas been held to bail to answer at court by Alderman Brazier. Her lodgings, at Front and OnMerlin! streets, were searqed, and a quantity of stolen goods and a number of pawn brokers' duplicates were obtained. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS The Kirkpatrick Poisoning Case [Reported for Tho Preget I QUAETEIL SESSIONS—Judge Allison.—The prose cation was brought to a close yesterday. Only one witness remains to be examined, and that only In reference to the dates of the several pre limindry hddrings in the case. The defence will be opened this mofning by Mr. IlenrY Raged, a gentleman who formerly conducted with great ability the pleas of the Commonwealth during the time Lewis C. Cassidy, Esq., was District Attor ney. Ho would be, therefore . probably , more at home on the other skis of the bar, but be will doubtless dircharge his duty ably and well for the defence. Examination of Jane Carlin continued by Mr. Kelley. I was in the entry opposite the door; when Mri. K. finished her breakfast I was in the kitchen; Ellen was taking her breakfast; this was in the dining•room ; the kitchen is joining the dining. room ; there is a door between the rooms ; Mrs. K. took breakfast first; Mrs. K. was not in the dining...room when Ellen took breakfast; she went up stairs and called to Ellen to come ; she stood talking to Ellen a good while before she went np ; I heard some of the conversation be tween theta; I heard Mrs. K. say if she liked a person she would swear that black was white for them, and she would like theta to do the same for her; Ellen said she would not like to de that; heard Mrs. K. say devil roast you, and she'then went up stairs; I saw Mrs. K. in her chamber that day; she was cracking something as if it was glass ; she was opposite the stove, near the oil-cloth; I did not see what she was cracking it with ; there is a fireplace in the room ; she was before the fire-place, near the oil•cloth ; I always swept the room; I never swept tbe room on Friday or Thursday; I observed the sweepings of the room when I next swept it; I saw a small piece of glees that attracted my attention; it was round, not much larger than my finger•nall, and thumbnail; it seemed to me if it was part of•ri bat tle ; it looked like a piece of bottle; it.looked like a piece of the bottom - part of a bottle ; I was first subpoenaed in February, I cantlot tell the day of the month ; I was to go to theadayerileolifed; was alse subpoenaed ; Officer Blackburn subpoenaed me,'; Mrs. K. was at home at that time; Mr. K. was not at home at that time; Ellen and I were both in the kitchen; Mrs. K came dolman& told us to go to the Mayor's office, and she told us we must take oars and not lot them that were there to got an advantage of us; I don't remember of anything else at that time ; Ellen and I both llready and went away ; when I--IsTs—tria ntsei,er, ....es ed ay us ; ns, I mean Ellen and ; Mrs. K._ follow Mrs. K.-told us if we were asked who got the cold victuals there to say we did not know; we did not ask her her name; she told us it they asked us where Mrs. Richards lived, to say we did not know ; I think I have told all that took place before I went up steins; I did know where Mrs. Richards lived; I knew her name; Mrs K knew I knew it; I went there on Christmas day with the mince-meat pie; Mrs. Kirkpatrick sent me I with the pie; I never knew a sugared pie to have been eaten in the house; there was no small ones ; there was a large one ale in our family; the one on the yellow dish was ate in the family; Ellen Lynch was not out on Sunday the following; she did say something to Mrs. K.; Mrs. Kirk• patrick said she thought that Ellen neither went to school or church that night, but was talking to her about the affair; she than said she wanted to know about Mr. Kirkpatrielea first wife; ehewas not ageing to tell her; she know enough about the affair ; I think Ellen rang the gate belt; I went and lot her in ; Ellen came in about eight o'elook; she did not come in that right about ten; Mrs Richards was not a member of the family that know of; the lilted in Hutchison street; she was not employed in the house ; k never know her to do any work ; she used to come there twice a week; somotimee more; sometimes she would some before tea, sometimes after tee; she visited Mr. and Mrs. K ; she took meals there with Mr. and Mrs. K.; she was always called Mrs..Rioh arde; I know Josiah Jones; I have seen him about Mr. K.'s house; the first time I seen him there he came to paint; I could not say what time it was; I think it was before Christmas; I seen him there on Christmas day, and the painting was done be fore Christmas; I remember that now the first time he was there he was painting; the second time he came I knew him; I saw him the Tuesday before he was arrested; ! guess it was after four o'clock; it was not quite dark; be rang the bell; Ellen went to open the door; I saw him come and go up the green steps; he came to see Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick; 1 do not know when ho ;eft; 1 did not let him out; the gate had a latch on the inside; I did not gee him there be tween Christmas and that visit; -it was the duty of both of us to attend the gate; when I was at home it Was either of us ; when I was firstbronght to the Mayor's office my testimony was taken there; it was before four gentlemen who were pre sent; Dr. Hutchison, Mr. Edward Ktrkpatick, and another gentleman was there; I did not know Judge Kelley ; I was swearing on that occasion, I think it was Alderman Enen ; I had never seen any of the gentlemen before; there was nothing said between Mrs K. and me about what I knew of the affair; Ellen was not present at that time ; she was in another room; it was a small room on the other side of a - room on which I was examin ed; there was a space between the two rooms; I seen Mrs. K. On that occasion; I have seen her after I was examined. Oroes•examined by Mr. Brewster—There is no back-buildings to Mr. Kirkpatrick's houses; kitchen and dining-room beneath the parlor; there was a little entry beside the dining-room which led up stairs; the dining-room was front; it ran up the side, not between the two rooms; ono door, or rather there are two doors in the kitchen and two in the parlor. Bero the oross.examination was suspended to examine Mre, Catharine Landis, who testified that she resided in Franktord street; I am related to Mrs. Amanda Kirkpatrick; she is my brother's stop4aughter ; I am generally called aunt Kate for a short name ; I am in kind relation with Mrs. ; I did not send a pie or a minim pie to her house during the month of last January. Crow-examination resumed= There were two doors in the dining•room and four in the kitchen; one leads into the dining-room and one to the kitchen; I got two pots of the mincemeat at Roberta' store, Eleventh and Vine streets; those were the first two; I did not pay for Cairo ; I got thorn on the book ; the last the boy brought home; Mrs. Kirkpatrick sent me for it ; Ellen and I talked of this when I Was Brat brought here; Ellen's bakins was two weeks after Christmas; she was thinking sometimes of one thing and another; she thot ght It was after New Year's ; I told her yes it was two weeks after New Year's : I mean Christmas; she then said, oh! yes, that is the time ; I missed the dish ; she thought it • was at Mrs. Richards, and I expeoted it to be brought home; I.had been warned not to lot the people know about the affair, but Ellen said I ought to let them know; I thought before this the pies were baked before, that is, about two weeks be fore Christmas. . . The tvitnees here underwent a long, and severe cross-examination in reference to the time of ba king the pies, and in reference to the household matters of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, and also as to what she said before the Recorder upon her exami nation before him. The court, at half-past twelve o'clock, took a re cess of fifteen minutes. Mr. Roberts, grocer, at Eleventh and Vine streets, testified that ho supplied groceries to the family of Mr. Robt. 13 Kirkpatrick, and sold them aloe mince meat; never sold them anything con taining poisonous matter. Miss 1 recalled by the prosecution—testified that she never put anything Into the pie brought to Mr. Edwin Kirkpatriok's, either poisonous or otherwise. Anne Northmore, recalled by the proseoution.— Never saw the pie from the day it was out at din ner at Mr. Edwin Kirkpatrick's ; don't know of any body having pat anything poisonous in it. Mrs. Amanda Kirkpatrick also recalled.—Did not put anything poisonous or otherwise into the pie. Anne Jones, - sworn.—Am a nurse; know Mrs. R K.; have known her for many years; her maid en name was Byers; knew Mrs. Richards ; her maiden name was also Byers; they are step sister/ (To a juror.) There was one father, and two mothers. Mr. Bulkely, of the police, was called, but not answering, the ease was fldjOnSneo to 10 0 7 01001 S this morning, L 'ID,ANCIAL AND COMAIERVIAL. MIN EY MARKET. PLIILADFLPHIA, July 22,1858. Tho prices of yesterday wore pretty well main tained to-day upon a limited amount of busivesa. Reading Railroad stook advanced t at first board, and gained a second eighth between boards. There is nothing to be said of the money market but what has been already said again and again ; that money is pay in the hands of the people who are willing to loan it out - upon very low in terest where the security Is undoubted, but who are'very much afraid of risking it to encourage new enterprises, or assist those who are not rich enough to neod no assistance. The Spanish Ciinsul at New York has annonnced that his Governnient - will sell at auction, on the 30th September next, deliverable at the ware houses of Atarazanas, at Seville, in Spain, 25,000 quintals (of 100 pounds each) of quicksilver from the mines of Almeden, put up in iron flasks; and in like manner will WI, on the same day, the stock of quicksilver that may exist at the London docks, pat up - , also, 'in iron Auks, and which is estimated at 5,000 quintals of 100 pounds in each. Proposals and negotiations are to be effected in due form either in Madrid or London. That part of the Pittsburgh, Port Wayne, and Chicago Railroad, el:doh lies between Plymouth and Chicago, is rapidly, approaching completion. It is expected that it will be ready for operation by the Ist November next. The earnings of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company during the month of June were • $107,834 41 Earnings during the ,same month last year Decrease The 'expenses in June, 18&7, wore 1858, were DeerearA Decrease in net earnings Net earning% for,the half year ending Jane 30,4857;-were " $299,572 95 Net.earoinge daring thiaame period in :1858; were, " 271,61 G 89 Deoreaae - 27,956 06 The fight goes on between the great New York Railroads. We make room for extracts showing some of Its phases The Herald says It is understood that an effort is being made to patch up the dispute between the Central and Erie. A. meeting is to take place' to-morrow at Cleveland, to discuss the question more thorough ly. Tho house in which the most !influential di rector of the Erie is a partner continues to sell Central abort; and it is not, therefore, surprising that tt would be announced that the Erie direo tion despairs of arriving it a satisfactory arrange ment. - The Express says: "The competition In fares between the Erie - and Central roads has given a new field of operations for brokers, in the pur chase of tickets at $5, to be held for the advance which is cure to be made. Parcels of one thou sand tickets have been bought by brokers, who have at the same time sold the- stook " short," reasoning that low fares must depress the stook, while an advance would at once make a,proflt on the tickets over any advance on the stock. The quantity of 'tiokets thee bought has attracted the attention - generally, and the ag . ints now stamp the tickets as good for two days, instead of issuing them plain and good at any time. These sales of tickets will give the Central considerable money in its July report of earnings, but the tickets have yet to be redoemed i and will naturally, be sold at a -reduction on regular rates, no matter:whet that may be. The sooner the interests of' thit Central and Erie are harinonizel, the better It will be for railway property everywhere. _ According to the Times, - Erie shares are rather neglected by speculators, though leaving off steady in price. The mode suggested of quieting the com petition in passenger fares with the Central line, is wild to be by a monthly subsidy to the Brie com pany in lieu of their through fast trains, which are now run for $5 wlthout.nsisehief to any other than.' the traffic which of right belongs to the New York roads. * * * * The Western connecting roads are understood h ha anxious to compromise tho difficulty beti*lFS the Erie and Central, as, in the event of fallisirs+ - 1. do so, they will feel bound to pro rate the redifol . thin with the Central as against the other com pany, whose hasty action, has destroyed the accus tomed uniformity. The whole amount of through traffic in passengers involved is about $1,400,000, out of a gross business over both lines - of $12,- 500,000. The preportions of this would ,be about $900,000 to the Central, aid $500,000 to the Erie. The monthly subsidy, suggested, we suppose, would be about the equivalent of the clear profit of the Erie in operating their thiongh express trains to Dunkirk and Buffalo.", It is the expectation of the President of the In dianapolis and Bellefonteine 'Railroad Company that he will be able; 'within nil the month of August next, to pay thecoupons on the funded debt of the comptini, which fell due on the let instant, out of their receipts. The great goods and other causes lessened for the time their re ceipts. The Belieteatntno....a_indiana_C,.....7 l . - 1 ,0 1. prepared to consummate the arrangement for the overdue real estate bonds, due lot of January, 1858. This arrangement is to pay twenty per cent. in cash, twenty.five per cent. in three years„ twenty-five per Cent. in five years; and thirty per cent. in eight years, int/nal-en per oent. bonds. prayammrhlA STOCK EXCHANGE BALES, 3 lay 22, 1828 EZPORTED DT HASLET, BROWN, & CO 2 DANE-NOM 8200E 2 AND EXCHANGE DROEHIB, NORTHWEST CORES& THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREETS. BIBIiT BOARD. 1000 City Coup 6e mat .3 Beaverldeadow 11-53 New.lo2 S do - ..62 600 City 58 , 65..e5eh.87 103 Beading R....e5wn.22X 10500 Elmira R 7621 m 60 do, 4.5wn&1nt.22% 5dy5.42 11 do- 2231 600 Reading ROB , 86.68 X 6 Minebill R 63 1060 tic, 1 70.763 4 Morrie Onl Pr1d..102 MOO okAm R fie '83..80 10 Catawisea B 61/ 3 Penni R 41% 37 Girard bk.... oasi.ll X 4 do 41% 29 do x 6.113 6 Beer Meadow 11..63 6 Mechanics , 8k.....26 X _ BETWEEN BOARDS. 1200 Lehigh 61 96% SECOND 1600 Penne 5e....0&P.890 I 1200 City 6, New. 112 100 City R Os sfrx 400 do 913 1000 Held Nay Imp Lu.. 63 - CLOBINR RIO Bid. Asked.l Philo f!Pa 9 1 1( 97 31 do B 97X 87% - do New.. 102 1423(' Penturylv Ite 893 90 Iteedlag R 223( 23 de bd ) 70 Inoff7o 77 do totes 44..87 11000561 Nov 1r0p.....81 1000 do 81 100 Oatalrlus A og• 60 do ...b5. 100 do ' 6 ~/1111.—INAOTIVX. Bid. Acta. 113 ah Nor Imp es ..63 63,4 • do prat 0ak.... 9 do Waum'i & Elm ft .1015 18 X 10X do Valet m0.66x do 2.1 mt..... 42 43 Long bland 11% 12 Girard Bank 11% 111( Leh Coal k Nar..481( 46)( N Parma IL. 8% 9 do . 6 , 4 61% 68 New Greek Ai 34 Oatawlasa R 6 61( Lehigh Zino.. 2 4 I,li EST. - do mt 66 16..66 X 67 Penns R • 41X 11; do Win 66 loon'.. 98% do '2dra 66 in offB7 87X %longs Caul 0nt5..42 45 do prof 10176'102 Bohol N 66 60% LAT) 150 Reading R 22Ni Reading c105e5.....22%023 PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, July 22—Evening.— Breadstuff; are unchanged, and there is very little doing in Flour to-day. The stook is light, and holders are firm in their demand, but the only sales we hear of are 500 bbls City Mills extra fresh ground at $5; old stock superfintis held at $4 25, and late inspected at $4.50 per bbl, without much doing in the way of sales, exempt to supply the home trade at from these rates up to $5.50a6 50 per bbl as to tinality, the latter for fancy brands. Corn Meal is wanted at $3 371, but there is none here, and it would now bring more. Rye Flour is also seams at $3 311 per bbl. Wheat—The market is poorly supplied, and prime lots are scarce and wanted at full former rates; sales include about 2,500 bushels in lots at $1 05a1.10 for fair to prime red, and $1.15 asl 25 for white. Ayala steady at 700, with small receipts and sales. Corn is very scarce, and prices are better again to-day, with small sales of Yellow at $BO, and White at 850, afloat. Otas are dull, and about 2,- 000 bushels Pennsylvania brought 420, 3,500 bush els prime sold at a price not made public!, and 1,- 000 bushels, new crop, Delaware at 40c, which lat ter is a decline. Bark—Quercitron continues in steady demand, but there is very little selling, and first No. lis wanted at $32. Cotton—the market is quiet, and a small business only to notice at I3a 140 per pound for middling to middling fair Up lands. Groceries—there is a steady demand for all kinds, with sales of Ba9oo hhds sugar to notice within the last ilfty or two at 7a7to for Cuba, and 'tie& for Porto Rico, on time. 2 1-12 bags Rio Coffee sold at auction to-day by Dutilh, Cook, & Co., at prices ranging from 91 to 1010. usual terms averaging $9 68 ; the quality was inferior, and the sale a good one Provisions—The market is firm, owing to the firmness of holders. Mess Pork is held at $l7l per bbl., a sale of clear Pork was made at $l9. Bacon and cot meats are held for higher prices. Seeds are firmer, and 200 bush Cloverseed have been taken at $5 per bush, which establishes an advance, Flax seed is worth $1.60 a $1.62 per bush. Whiskey sells as wanted at 25 a 26a. for bbls, 24c..f0r Drudge, and 250. for hhds. Markets by Telegraph. Now ORLS (NS, July 22.—Cotton unchanged, 2,200 bales sold. Wheat 02X. Mem Pork .$lO. Lard has ad• vaned ,y—sales at 10X. BALTOIong , July 22.—Flour stiffer, but quotably un changed. Wheat firm. Corn higher, white 85e80; yellow 900-r9l. Provisions firm. Whiskey firm and scarce at 247,1m25%. CLITC4OO, July 22.—Plour quiet. Wheat dull and lc lower. Corn dull at as . Oats buoyant at an advance or 2C. Shipments to Buffalo—No Flour, 15,000 bushels Wheat Shipments to Oswego-2.000 bbls Flour. Re ceipts-1,400 bble Flour, 19,000 bushels Corn, and 22,000 bushels Corn. • • • . • . CINCINNA.TI. July 22.—Flour active; gales of 1 909 bbls superfine at 9404 16. Whiskey active; 1,600 Ws sold at 22 cents. Fri:millions unchanged. Linseed Oil 740. EFFECT OF TOBACCO ON THE MOUTH.— Both smoking and chewing-ro educe marked alto rations in the most expressive features of the face. The lips are closed, by a circular muscle, whloh completely surrounds them and forms their pulpy fulness. Now, every muscle of the body is developed in precise 'ratio with its use, as most young men know—they endeavor to develop and increase their muscle in the - gymnasium. In spit ting and holding the cigar in the mouth this mus cle is i n co nstant use; hence the coarse appear awe and irregular development of the lips, when compared to the rest of the features, in chewers and smokers. The eye loses its natural fire, and beeomes dull and lurid; it is unspeoblative and unappreciative; it-answers not-before the !fetid ; its owner gazes vacantly, and often repels 6onver• gallon by his 130,321 40 322,486 99 $94.317 31 78,290 54 •• $16,026 77 $6,400 22