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Jhat Mr format ; j ' . wbicitboate tad to Uhloh bn -■■' :;btiB,oaB,wrJimW)f Ito ton»nah»Mo natney 'Wo ,: oka fcaaiiyjbelipYO tbfit aaithor ranoininorrfoaltii - ' ■ oould bp anptJOpV'to fabniq ntaktotrartotMioansate : h v honor ■'-‘v,- .'thiokjttot Jfeisforro»¥lsdo«lM(MWto.!tiib<sriaH»' v>-ofihiSM®mBn^K^*w-Mrttoa«^lfe**rt': .: .'trinmpßSj ’bTM by tbeir plaudits itonriutd (ho gl|pki|s*rpwiy bbtoao* to>ah »«*? **4, iifi'lhis.|i3| t tbo popolt« to see tttoM ftTwpgMtboto.ijitiiiylMiteElbosrortdoaiiJ: .; vnoe'Be«®S&h,'of,saobsagaaini r „ ,YboraWSn'Sjirt:4ottbt,rtatetlfe annOancainOnt'df ■_Mr r F9.it®|i'fg^gfa H toW(mld «Matoj#/«r*m' j -iiwob'g-|9M&s»*,oC.af4{ fvjsry tiigiht afrhh appes aa-ovati«B iaoeh-j as-ho. has -Mo bt iEifi/o 4u m The Political Aspect of Europe. Europo bw- acarccly evcrprcsentcd a more interesting sspeot than at the present moment. Agitated' to- her .profagpdest depths hy the Startling events of the d&tewar, lior statesmen and diplomatists scan tftfcytabje tvilbjetdous. scrutiny, fearftilthat national combinations twill btj made, ahd that gigantic wars lutty-jogafimbea suddenly,;. menccd. " ~t - Tho remarkable change which, hits been madam the relations of France and England to the Continental Fowors is one of .tlio. most strlkinireventa.of modem times. tVhilo the PW»t»ge among thum, ton. beejt awapidly losing it At the close pf the career of DfAronsoi f Friste-waS -leftproatrate knit blooding at .ho ■ mercy of her European f<ide, more helpless and, pitiable Ip her political condition tlian Italy is' stato; she; never. fiilly recovered befofaher present Emperor was firmly established upon hertjifonc. ..The isau«B®i'.?^h , i, he.' longed to a past dni. ahd were inoapahlo of: gaining thoooiffldencocf the,people of Finnic, or'Of elttoioilly, directing their mighty onor 7 gics ,to • tjijt accomplishment ..of , great, < fib jflets. Ijoeis.; I?HfI.WJPS, Was absorbed' in his monoy-maklng-prcyests and tho ad. vancewent, of lithe; interests ofhw, family. All modern French ■ rulers, > save - tho, Ifipo ■tftqxd. have quitc: enough to do to.koep themselves upon their thrones, and they.have felfthatiftbeycouldpcrsuado or compel tho Frehch to .pormlMhemitO! act as their -rulorsi theysrould bei wHiing to leave tho afthtreof all .ot^inr.countries to .se-.tle, them selves! But Lows Napoieox has not: boon sattsfled vPlth obtaining absoliito iiovrer in his own nation i hoitas. acquired, over. all Europe an immense influencc.- He can make the cheeks of the prtttdest mOnarchs turn pale by .an attn gry word, and can. till down-trodden na tienalities> with -.hopa.sand- confidence by "ft :unile of bnconiragement. it is but bttlc more than ten years ttgutliat howent to. France well nlgh a stranger to the people, and an object of stopliSitm to those who thob directed her.,Oo-: yernpient.- but in thalshort period he hasten. dcrodFiWtcassnbservletittOhis.Will. dnd: as thoreughijj [under 1 his control, os the most abso lajtemonaroh-could deslro. Ho hasfaisedher' to as pfoud a position among, the nations of |ho eartlias she: etreje. before, possessed; ■ be,has; defeated- aodhutnbledtwoof tbe most haughty and powerful enemies; of his.dynasty, Hnssia and Ansiina, yet at tiio same time secured; thetr-faturofriendshipt .and ho bas gained a preponderating influenco.over Spain, Portugal, sniljtaly ; ,The:infhiencoof Englandon the. Continent has. meanwhile, steadily declined.,-. Tho Cri mean,war.' while,'it.enhanced the power: of. France, bothbynhowihg the wondcrflil courage of her soldiers and the completeness of her military organisation. andby enabling her When tlio yvar was.ovpr to.vyin the regard of liussia m tho diplomatic conferences .which ensued, had wdirectly contrary effect, upon England. Thq prestige that should havo bqcn won by tho icourage of thcßritisU, troops was lost' by the exposure of tho terrible, system of official mismanagement to which they wore subjected, and: the lasting enmity- of,-Russia was incurred by the eagerness of England to commence the •War. and her. aipdcty to, protract it.' Austria, 'another.traditionary ally of England, feels her self aggrieyedby her'nentrahty in the late war. andcvldentfy cntortaiusat tills moment a higher, regard for Franco than for. Great Brltalfl. Italy: that iormcrly looked- to England for succor and support in - her, hours oftnbulahOmnoWdejpises her for neglecting the opportunity of, aidinginber disenthralment gflordedby tho late war. e The British states men'may. regain'much of. their lost, prestige, however.,By judicious action attbe - reported approaching European Conference, if tlioy ex hibit-during'its-Sessions,a proper degree of v|gor. .and-- determination-inbehalf of Italian freedom. : ' • ■ .:■ 1 ; The rnlerS of Adstria and Russia are now apparently more anxious to secure the - de velopment of the: iqtcrnalrcsourccs of their re-' nspcctlre countries than to accomplish any.other ,object, .and ibis policy, of peaceful progression an eminently. wife and judicious one:., Both, patrons . aggressively entered the warlike lists Witb' the hopqamLexpectation of making Important;-<u~>ee6stons of territory, and both were. :n6t. only baffled , and. defeated, but. humiliated; and disgraced. It- Is- necessary: l,uu*-uglii t. mft tit, ill a terribly.lmpressive way,that war was to them a losing gampr ' that they should seek in peace's relief from tho.horrors of detect, and endeavor, t 0,,, secure.! In-Increased,' national wealth;-a guarantee of better success in fliture contests.. ~-': ' ; : ■■ t.i '. ;'V. - 1 -.. ‘ : • {£&-■ The ’Washington States , doe,|Juot seem 1 'ip; entertain ftveryeiaUfld opinion of tlio sin- ; iC^t®rnJfjlof'consislency ofijTAe .Conrfittt- • • tim,ae appearsj&y.tirefollowing article*-es i7.;JlJ^^ti^»jvYj!St'inDir.ir;SHg«oU«i General. ; George ’Washington Jiowman publishes.™ the Can jtitiit£oh''ot'i&Wßjhn articlo-from whioh we select ■the fullowihg.pafegreghe: ~ ' f‘ Adherence totbe unity end. discipline ,of the' pefty iedhobligatlotr which has always been re*, oogmsedhy ! as of the,utmost im poirtanoe.’-’'T,-;' v ,‘, ,v ; ■ *‘Wit there;Jure,bsen; many instances in tlio Hi«toiy ofJtheiDemo|BraiSy,;;wheip,’jnjm, ; wlio hayo, beyn .the reciplentaofjts office end honors hayo ■ jjnot only failed hjo itjeet .expectations, hut havo; ,actttally‘‘ptm ; « t r«retint , 'u);,the ,trust and prin ciples),it was their, duty to,carry outj. Is. not: leashertain thah.iS'tße'fict that thoso men never 'afterwards regained;,the, confidenceef the party,-, or wicldbd any. ibfiiiincd whatever, ,that could in councils or actions.” . - j V ila who is abywitir tho party in-doing all in his ppwei'io' ttre'tstheh' the bonds of ihnfan and har aSony.itr iiiheart opposed to’ the triumph of Demo-, critic prlnoipl6s,aiwi should beilookea uponas an r '-'iP Aliyant^hllntumptltp distract theltanwhy 'Old disturb thcithity of-the ’parity,'’ some from etiKbmor w/taf .'qwrttrJhcy\puiy\iftWM,t>idig-, endorse -th<fahovo iuliy,' but. JVO do. notcon-- tlderthatifeomes in'gooiTgrtico from a, joiirjial: -whleht:dhly;yeBtorday,;olaimedthe , of; Gen. Houston, fit I’oiaa.aa an. Administration vio tory'.inthe ftdlowitsglahgttafie: >;; ,y : v ~ - ■- ‘‘ f/iongli nibxeitt from the UhitcdStata Se-., itmtef. f&ni ypo'tiiiiiK'hiffhieu pltfced, bj/tlfc'peb ple of Texas, inctnother positionnahere he may sifnializHfeqitatlyvretl. hiadevotion to hie ou'n I'dldpntirtples tihd poliey’schich, foe rejoice to dad,’ arf .'t/ie jiHneiples aiiU the jiolicy of tits ’’AdiHiniatraHonof the, national l'lmnocrary.” . . It’ifl well known to every Democrat that Gon. Houston jijet cniy deserted the Domecr&tia party, home years ago)'hut that ho has bceq aoUng in op ; position toit ever sihee; that he rani for; Governor. In the recent oahvass in Texseiooppoaitionto the, rtguldinominu 'efiOu Democratic party f that,, he hahvaased the State find made,,speeches hiop-t, poeition to tho regular Democratic ticket. Vo i this hypocritical journal, tii’day has tho preemnp :Übn;to ü ßi!t!up.‘rtileB regaf(Ung.the Democratic .patty'’-whlcw every?, truevpemocrat,-ip ’willing,-‘to, stand tip to, bflt it is tho first to'set such; riilcs, at. ideianoe whehover convenience shits if., ; ’ ’ Ur TeeUriiSy thh'tprliieiplS&’Sta'dpolioyp ,of Sena-'; ton Houttonilhropposingtheregulitrnominations; inTexaswrs endorsed by the Constitution! ’■ • . TfrdayDioConstitutioh'i*ye:' '‘'Ahyßndnll attempts toidirtraot.the harmony and disturb the; uaityof theperty. oame frhm.whomor wKatduar-; tertheymay,'wlflbeiodjgoaatlyfroWKcddowh.” iKGenrß.ygoto, Bedford—drelscdonotpreachup ,<rt» klhd «f D»mocraCy to-day.shd pfaotioes dno ther io-joorrow- It will not salt, this latitude.:. ’. ; tlio; Oepioctalic: party,'> notyrithstandirtg'? l *’ ll ; cmD : priueipledf Popolaf Hj>f^dreikftty 'jlfi not. ininatlons irlamphantly through his iate'gfeat tonii but im<l 'preTlt^ly-'jo^edft/an:jOi?lot‘ Ihpstilpto ’‘tlio 1 regttlay.lloßiocratici'.Uclujt at.ttia lAte iclootion in'a i ex^s??;co)*meWisii^!iosrf.; ,: toto®r»^t»lcr' desj^iich ! la iaJiho'Pb^eljhWi^^^ibf^fifitenfe^;':'jv;6'. Jcorrespondent t << Oiqciaional-V in h! 8 Utter.of tbfdayiftnii (jd«lhQniß6ales;in: dofoiwo.of 1 liis. ' 7 I i*t 'laid l PbaibiMter ,o#«ir«lil>Tib^antßi&inW’oqiitjnict»foroatT7ing -to ;jreiwncK 1 that ih® f dejpiutmonp/regsaJed, theao(lon.of COarfeM**per«aptory. The sulsrics S*lortoiijarft!x*soit'oBl(;i)rT>Bp>ttment ’here tiro' U6n ; bill. JSilMPMfrtowWtltedustontrwiiiunaartbittraota SnteredintoinpuMuuwe of Uit held that it 'MmeXMMrMn inkk i«‘ by r tba late .*! ‘-■■v.r.-i- .1- ; y'-s^7y 7fc7' . . ! .'Camdoh’and-At-' for AUantio City M.;thU day. The usual hour. . ■ .i’ 11 UShh &>«« ■ *»8 'oblw, 'fnrnlture,. hc- t on tbo' '.yjpnoWWj»l. l ' l '!’ ll " s ®« ; ' lhomn3 * Sons’' adVertiUSstitl, TOatalogudS «sy. ,; ’,.' f?yKsMB*na° •v'tity,-. - ( >.- -■. , - . r , SitfsE'Xev John B. Spenocr died at MorphonsCj m, recently, In thepulpit/whltc in the midst of his ;- '* , ; y. ...o j - 7 Letter trom “ Occasional.” (Correspondence of The Prexa.J WASHixaTox, Aug«ay9,lBso. I have twice flnuonnoejjn this ooprespoudence that Judge Douglas hid elaborate 6a, • -month. MyiB§tement Juts bedn oropoatedl^fc^ntradicted, ; but/by the tiraeVlhis goiter hasmifde Its appear- I anoxia flit' ss9 you wlUihay4 parted ample j confirmation of its truth. .This 'armament, k upon which immense rosoarohhns beOh /bestowed, will be read with unusual interest tnj aUp&rts of tho country, and contains the most overwhelming ['evidences,.not only of tho consistency of the posi- tion of Judge Douglas, but of tho constitutionality* and. josUcotof hia theory. . -fThe"<»nteB> o for- thr-Tlemwratir Gubernatorial nomination irv, Indiana, between Thomas A, Hoiu drioks,: present Commissioner of iho Land Office, 1 ,gud. C‘. L. .Duiiham, formcr member of ; Congroes from that State,,has beepmoquito animated. Tho /Presidential question may become involved in the' | struggle, ( and, as both the, candidates • have been? olosely idcntifioiVjvrith tho Administration, some, interest is,.,felt/iu. regard to their positions on'tbo' .question; s arising out of the elootion (or President; Lnextyear, when-the peopleoflndiandwill also be: 'called upOD;to;vote for Governor. There seems to [ Lbe f [fixed determination« on: the part,of tho Demo- j Vrats to submit to no equivocation in regard to this ' I issue. . /... ' <•; - ••; • ,**■•;? L.-^\ IJoarn from Ohio that/tbo ’DowoorntS;are inj good, hopes,.: of.carrying their ticket next ypac,bb* causoyf tholiberal platform laid, down at their last’ State Convention. Tho Republicans in Ohio made * a grand mistake when they,'rejected Judge Swan as I a ? candidate. forre-election pn the Supremo bench, ’ Lon account of :lpß :advorse; opinion in the Obcrlin' j rescue case, and they fool it. - , In. Pennsylvania, as I understand on,inquiry,- the I General Administration is very anxious to secure such a candidate for Governoras will suit Hr. Bu<- I chanan.Judge Blaok is completely out of the no- I turn oi becoming a candidate, but-General George M. helm. of Berks, and William Hv Witte, of Phi* ladolphla—both well] known in-Wasbington—way I be said to: be rivals, for the. nomination. 1 General | Keim. according to tho mannor in which Mr. Bu chanan has distrioutcd his favors sinco he became 1 President, a probably mostentitied to 'this honor, j having been a prominent member of tho ■ American party until within a very.short time,-and’ at' war .with most of the active men of the Democratic I parly in his quarter up to tho moment when ' the I Pedant concluded to betray histrust on the great .principle of popular sovereignty—when the door was opened to theGonerai; andhobebame a furious ( Administration Lecomptonite. But'Mr. Witte's oluitns.'as you are well aware, are by no means to i bedespised. Pew men in Pennsylvania have gono so far in opposition toMr. Buchanan, when he needed I friends, as Mr. Witte, and Iknow of hone who has bo cheerfully swallowed allthe disguSling doses of feredhy tho President to the party since the 4th of March. 18oT. > As it is the policy of the office-hold ers who expect to control your next Convention not to v nominate, sif they can v ; anybody who can- be elected, they will take cane* ad a primary conside ration. to put up that man only who will get the 1 fewest ■ rotes when the day of elootion shall ar rive; >■ l " -•- ’ ; \ In fcow Jersey, the masses of tho Democratic party aro resolved, like sensible men, to oat loose from the Administration entirely, and to mako the popular principle the war-oiy against their adver saries in the coming election. Hon. Charles Skel- ton. of Trenton, and General- K. V. R. Wright, of Jersey city, aro prominent candidates for the nomi nation for Governor; and ex-Gov. Peter D, Vroora is very strong "with the Democracy: * The election takes place this fall. The truth' is, Mr; Buchanan has fallen more rapidly and sunk' more deeply in New. Jersey than in any other/’Statc, exbeptPehn- Byivania. Jle has not conciliated Commpdorc Stock- ton by the • appointment of his son - John). ho has hot. strengthened the affectionsof hisold J friend John It.: Thomson * -he has lost 'Colonel Wail/ of Burlington; andj'by his course to Governor Walker, has.daprlvod himself of the confidence of General. Cook, of Hoboken. -Neither tho. Vroorns, nor the Ryenonshorthe Pottses have any confidence InhiiU j and save Judge Naar, of Trenton, (and oven ho does notgooutofhiBwayinthatspent,)thereisnotanewsV .paper in.the ‘ State 1 that shows any enthusiasm ifi support of theptoliey df tho Administration. Ex . Senator Wright,'who Was defeated’because he sub; mitted so *odi!'yto the Kansas blunders of the Administration, and who would have been re-elected had ho allowed his real feelings and the advice of his hist friends to control him, mast feel that he is un4er .no obligations whatever to tho'President; aud although fery toady to to avenged upotl the men who would not vote for him in the Degisla- Jure,iior the reason stated,' It la said, that ho wlll act as a wise and - sagacious mail, by falling 'in with thaDesiooratio current and aid theeleotlOn of - such-delegates tot the Charleston Convention as'wUl obeythe popular feeling, ■- ] ;6*n'erai 0. Dodge Ismaklng a pliant fliihtiin'lowa, ' and would defeat'tine bht for tho advantage they have gained through the follies and treacheries of thePoderal Adminis tration. . lie la everywhere outspoken in his sup- J The semi-official answer of the General Post Office to the exposure, in my letter of the ’ 14th Instant, of the enormity of its' course in inviting to ! violations of tho act of Congroas of February, 26,1853, which declares the assignment of u . any claim uponthe United States” itLKOAt and void, ifmadebefore' the 'allowance of suck the, ascertainment of the artiounl dub,aiidthe issuing of, dinar rant for ‘ike payment thereof f will bo telegraphed to*day, if it was hot yesterday, to the papers inyour oity atidNcw York. What do you think isthis answer?- what.is due to portions tinder'ooniraoU entered into ifc pursuance of-law Is n debt, and not a claim! I give you tbo exact words, oopied from a semi-official memo/ rnndum shown to me/ This quibble Is moat con' toto'ptiblo—sheer every intelligent ! man having. any common sense, and ospecl ally logoi gentlemen, will laugh (it such, ridiculous do fence. Kvory debt is a claim, but every efam Is not a debt. Tho : Very convorso of the proposition of the Genoral Pdst Office Is true; the certified ac counts given to MAIL COXTBACTOBB arc claim, but j until it warrant is issued, and till dn‘ appropria tion is’passed, they arc not debts. The warrant |is the sole'evidence of its 1 assignability. No claim till suchi‘ warrant ” has issued for it. The warrant is indispensable to a right to demand payrnerit' at the-United Stated Treasury. It is ajrnero “ claim ” till then. The warrant'con stitutes' J it "to* “ debt:”. , This attempt to' elude and' evade, in fact nullify, this'most impor tant aud' salutary act 1 of 'Congress, enacted to. prevonfc usurious ’ ' speculations in claims, by brokere-atid shavers, hero' claewhore, is a heinous land flagrant malfcassnco. ‘ The selfish and mercenary influences 5 of ",fiUolf speculators and. shivers iusy be -exerted tOQxdu&o, and sustain it, ’ butlbavo ho doubt itwill receive the most signal, a nit severe rebuke from Congress at its' next ses sion. Miyor Holt ought to consult lexicographers. V Itts, Tlearn, alleged that the Hon. B. Whittle-, sey, late First Comptroller,of the Treasury, whilst in office made a decision sustaining such defence. There is no f a syllable of truth tn this. Those; who make tbe aSsertion are dared 'to 'publish/ at length any such official opinion of that excellent' officer. I havo seen what is reUedupon. There is no such nongenao mit ;< jWhat Mr.-W- docides is a different prlnoiplo entirely ; .and the casc in which he made thederi«l<m;iVhot'g//)«4rr'to iridil-contyaeiorf. ' e . r ;It.iakUlist (lf/reports, to-day be-frue) v that^thb 1 daHfofnia overland mail is not to bo d.is 'continued. ‘‘Occasional,” claims some credit for, this. The’Yoibnagtei’ General has • changed, his opinion, I. thlpk, twice at-least, in this matter.; Scmo po.werful influences wore brought to heap upon Him J 'but- the'chief cause ff>r bis doopflbn U has been mride h* reported) is shown by Iho fact (of which! am welt .assured) that he wifaced and Wrig-. gled,aud his face bWnoiiedj onrsOdltigtka' “Ooca/ SiOnai ”< to his^nrtei'andthepromlsed' atteutioaiohim hereaftor.; Jf he' Jasdeoided as, I commend for it the roftso'C urged byhU friends (Instead of the truc 'one just betrays, a dispdsitibntb'shirk out pf £ro* nml .to his. lamentedpredeceskn;.; v \ >i !■ (‘Opcasltmal s ?' Btited that there waif bo aj>pro prtaJtOUimadG by l (Mpgreas as l its last jthfe of postmasters, and their andojhors emplpyedin the post offices throughoai :bor for the expenses of 'these post pffioes/' Tho; noHco takenof this .state ment of a fact, and jn : reply,tbit ig deceptive, and is the;public, or.,thdao pot fully ac-1 4ua J ; In.my yestorday’s lot-; •ter.l stated-that tk? last Congress; made an nppro prifttionxfor-lhe yoar/ending Juno r of General, .wd in the,department here’; anid ftir fuel, stationery!; gas, and contingen cies.' This;had nothing to;do with;tho compGnsa- bfeala'riesof postmasters, Ac. Tho course 'of eyariot/ - the attempt to mystify, and. oonfiise and migrtpresent on thissubjoot, is highly disreputable. Whilst'- in disregard of the Sub Treasury and -other Taws ; the General Post Office allows post mas to , -ibilh oH t '[an y appropriation act to , le galize* It, : tq retain their own salaries, and ;pay the salaries of the clerks, &c., in the post offices, attd ftlftho expeniW.B of theiroffioes, it refuses to pay Some UAin cONTRACTORS, because there is no such appropriation, act and. ‘the . public. are, then I gravely told’ that the question as to the postmas tera’saiaxici will hot'bo decided till.it comes hp' ifier! the end of the quartet*, September 30 V The useiiifflg pf this is, that the will be evaded , and pdsrtjjohed till after. Congress meets, and then the question will be referred to Congress, or de cided by "the Postmaster General against the post masters’; but; in the meantime, the.'money paid’ will lie allowed (with tjSk wihotibh 9f the depart ment), to be retained by them, tad_not ordered to ledeposited in the Treasury, df'tkfi law requires ! The Postmaster will not dare to Issue any <f Ct>yer)ng warrant’? for the; paid for these salaries and expenses, till fin appropriation act has passed.''-' ■ ' ■/* ,'. r r OongresßVill hayo itfhßndS full in. investigating the tranEacUoiiß of the. General Post Office since 'March.' - - 1 "peroeive that the Waehlngton, Constitution I THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 20, 1859. publishes the proceedings of a-Detndoratlc mooting, held at Easton (the county seat of.Norijknihpton, Pa..) by which ,ceVt^n we¥b passed warmly applauding tiio jfresi- • dent, and T.Wo'‘oftho 1 leading speak erajitJthit'ting aro'jtfetty VrelU known in mean' dames Mi I brother of ihe cx-Governor,- Dfiyldß-Vaud. Hon*. , Riohard Brodbcad, ex-tJnited SUtea 'Sefcator; f ife, is amusing to Beo ;ihcsd tihlting jri tlon upon an AdfainiefratiOn wbioh they do noi hesitate- in private to deride. This is • so, at : leost, of Mr. I}redhead, who is probably the most . envenomed adversary of the Administration and its policy in the Un(on. r H{ a object' is to,present,, ;Mf. Joffereoh Davis 4a i candidate for IheMr*-,'. eidency, and _ r to. uso,-tliQ AdmiijUtf... that purpose, although" ho must be nwarethatr gallant and patriotio /tut cJefferson ou .oif, slavery tboTtariff have rendered: him tho ulasses of Pennsylvania and other Northern States. Judge Porter had to be coaxed to go for, Buohanau in 1856, and nobody who understands hilli believes s |or a moment that he is einCertS Id appro ving the codrso of the. Administration now. The’ Mr. Philip. Johnson mentioned (fiS;a Bprtl)f,subor dinate' in the meeting alluded to) was a defeated' marshal of the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, and, ’a gmiicWhfit.notorious ntombfit of yoiir Stato Legislature ; personally hostile to Mr< Buchanan' ‘until his nomination, and now his friend for bertain UlteHOr purposes. The intion\ edited fey (leotgo tV. Bdwiiian, says that praise like this’ proves that Jamesßacbauau ,is ■Strong in Pennsylvania I' Vive la Bagatelle. ~ ' 1 A goOd’ fltory to* told by a well-known politician ih thiscity, ortils nieeting with an* Administration man‘who had been £ety noisy and public In his abuse of Judge DougttS. , Said the former, to the latter,,“ X have just returned from a tour through New York agd and! find that, how ever Unpleasant it may be to admit it,, tho 1 Little Qiabt ’ ia darrying all bofota him, and, therO.is no ln resisting hitiu t toil you this as a groat secret.** . r Th© r l Adminlstrfitton man, fairly caught by 'tho apparently “confidential character of. the Communication, put his, mouth to the oar of his in formant,; andltaidj in. & whisper, ‘‘ This ,ia; exactly my opinion, and ‘ I only wish, to Heaven somebody had pluck enough to toll Mr. Buchanan the same jthing.V. ’ / _ •/,* - ‘ • There is ip doubt that Governor.dobb returus in. great spirits failn Georgia, t have, never k ßcon his assistant, >Jr. Pmlip Clayton, so. happy since, the days wheji he used to rejoice over the defeat of the, Derhoorhtid party, a few years ago;. Where,bow* ; does Mi*. Cobb expect to'run for. President? Hehaanothad,the confidence of tho South since .1851, and I, hope ho is not vain enough to think , that, after his fraud upon the democracy of the. North In 1856, ho Oin get a!ny votes there. -■ Letter from NeW Vofk. THE ATLXNtfiCMONTHLY POIt BEPTEUBEn, AND WHO wiiote it—-the medical society and the cno* i TON—A NEW YORK'ifORTARA CASE— THE 9HOE ; MAKERS ANtt PRISON LAIAjE—HcSW fclBE 5 g tWEiI ■ .GOT INTO.THB,* 1 kkßALh.'* .’ ’ '[CoTrcsthhdence.of.TUe Pre*a.l ~ - l ;. ir , r Aug.19,1859. * Tho last'shoots of the Atlantic Monthly, for September,, have just been placed upon my table. If the question worb asked, “ Have we * ary’ Schef fer amongst «b !” I should Answer, that the open ing paper of the Atlantic answers tho interroga tory by a “ The Life and Works of Ary 6ohoffep,y in which'tho personal find .professional career of that artist fire,sketched by one thorough-, ly. fatnilifiY with the subject* • The namcrof the writer is withheld. Hoelaima that “Scheffer will Stand as tho companion of Ingres,- Delaroohpj indGfericault; and if his successors surpass him even' in bis own path, they. wIU oWO mtioh to him who helpodto open the way.” - The second article, * A Visit to Vineyard-,” la by Mrs. Aua-. in| in Which the deiioioua eUggesUveness of. the. name, “ Martha’s Viaeyard > ~ prompts the question, Who was Martha ? and how did she use her vine yard ?‘ This is answered, and a great many curious find interesting things told about that "out-of-the way part of creation: Noxt bomeVa poem of four verses, “ October 1 to May,”, by PiorCnoe, Percy, which I enclose for publication in', it's proper place lb 'the Press; then “ The Eicusinia,” by au Ah doverßivinity Student, who explains,asmuohof the mysteries of Eleusis as is known to himself, or ip any of tho tribe of Bohemians; a . chapter of The Minister's Wooing ” follows j after' which, HOhoo .and ifow, 5 ' a, poem of two. pages, by a| Missouri lady, who has not yot,tho desiro to Havo. hor namo printed in all tho nowspa pcrs 'of tho cohntfyl tho seventh .paper, ‘‘A Mp to' Cuba)” ■is by 1 Mrs. Mowp, oue of the Oceania's cleverest 'coutributora j, - eighth, Vow,” a* story .by Graco Greenwood, continue the July number! ninth,. the best paper ih'tho number, “ The Murder of the Inno cents,** by’Bev» F. W. Higginsoni points out, with incontrovertible directness, the murderous ,tenl of inrthtetion. pursued jn our school* and, seminaries,' "'bspsclslly u . gchooUj • tho- toaohing -of ehllUrem rpIUIUBg wUh_- Walter Scott’s 1 remark, that « fivy joil a .hslE ■mmrr-wra. ; »i.>--»-u [ monUrl labor for a mature person,” the writer moinialfli that very muoh loss than this should bedniposed as the task of children find youth,And demonstrates,it with a conolusiveness that should sink deep into the hsart of every parent In I, this money<-grfispfcig coun try. Number ten is & humorous ( story, , “My Dou ble and I,* 1 by Mr. Anonymoua; eleventh, a poem of three pages, by Buohahan Kead, ontlUed ‘‘The Singer; 1 * twelfth, “The Brofeaaor. 1 . 1 The Litera ry Notices' contain a thorough scarificr.tion of. Charles Mackey’s book; a-deseyrodly. ftvorable oritiolsm of Dr. Palmer’s Works, and vey care fully written'notices of Nap«>lonio ldeas; Country Dlfe, byß. Morris Copeland} High Lifo n Now York, by Jonathan Siiok; Great Auction Bale of Slaves at Savannah,' Georgia,, (originally VriUcn for tho New York Tribune, by its clever ©porter V Doesticke, n and republished inpamphlet fcnu by the American Tract Society) ; Popular Tats from the Norse; Farm Drainage, by Henry E.Feneh} Cooper’s Novels, (Townsend’s new and supsb edi tion)'; and Tho Challenge; of Barletta.. ‘I gre the names of all the books reviewed for'the' ironna- tion of publishers, and add that the notloea IJI be found to be, on tUo whole, the Ablest that hae ap peared in the Atlantic. .About twenty pegs are devoted to this department. , 1 ' The Medical Academy of this city has mao one announcement that will,bo hailed withdolijt by the people generally, apd bo welcomed with three cheers and a' tt-gu-©r* r ' from. every tippr, in Gotham. Tho pill-bag authorities decide tht the Croton water is healthy, despite its bad tastj and that the dirty substances in solution will be-red pitated and the water cloansod, by adding t it a little spirits, tho affinity botwoen alcohol an wa ter bofng strong enough to separate other feign elements. 'lt is needless to say that several .irsfcy oitisens have promptly acted upon this opinii. \ Tho attempt to got up a small Mortal oaso against the Efrr.iJpr. Cuiumings, of St. Stthen’a (fe C.) CharcfarhoS proved a ridiculous lluro. JCnstead of proVlngagainßt the Doctor any spiting awayof the boy Haggerty, the Doctor testiil, in tho moat dlreot rnaaner, that hb never had sh tho b-oy, never had such a boy in his house, . any conversation With the boy’s motho|f*j (iftM,. didn’t know there was such a boy until' af> the complaint agalnsthJm was made. After lisi & witness was produced who testified that MriTsg gerty had, about an hour befpre, talked to b, in and izwohore&fc manner, about her &er, tho Emperor of Russia, and offered 'ln bvence lottore, written by Mrs. Haggerty to the Fibrora ofHuwift and France about her sou. ‘ priests were also and corrOboftt the testimony of Dr. Cummings: .Of course/ 'tjeaso" will bo kickod outpf court. v ;;i - ;The.shoemaker^ andcordwalners, who* to. gagediirgaitabg ttp'au association to bpjktteiiir labor, met again anWodnesday night, and' Htfed : members of all other trades whose feeted by prison contracts to 00-opbfatewiili’em. - .They also appointed a committee to draft ; eea-' : tibn to the; Legislature' Against the syslm cdn- ! trooting out tho labor of prisoners:' ‘ f - Tho Albany St&ndard' gives the follow], do.- Of how . the Wistf letter came to be publed : ‘*Mr ..Donnelly gave tho tetter to'Mr.CflHflldyho promisody to keep it frbm getting' iniO'the' prs. 1 Mr. Cassidy lent ‘it -to -Peter Cagger'/Mr. jfjjer read it and conifer Mr. Levine/ one 1 of the' tors Of the Albany Statesman and Albany re'poPibr the N.\ X.s Jieral'd. Mr. Levinorbad tltff&r," coplod it, sent it to the Herald and the Jlerahtb liflKed it.* r ' . . , ,\jS : New. York \ fetock ExQhatige«*Augt9» ; jiv 'BjBCOK» BOARD. - -}• .’S,,r; 1000 U S 5« y. 100* 100 Mich Central R.tfu IfiQOOMiMfttmStW,... 82* 100 . <l.O £OOO Ena R Mmw.. . J 03’'• 12 Illinois Central'S}- • 3ft Bonk of Commerce. 96fa 3ooMichS&Nigu.U* *<o Bet « Hud Co. / v&5 90* 150 do ........?{} -fiOCamberland prpL~-JS.* 200' - do- MlQfieMß 007.1)30 75 JOO f do .1* 100,Harlem R.. *. 2.,1®> 10 ' 400 do 100 Harlem R praf. /WW 36f£ M 0... dp 150 do .....-t.,,. 35)t 400 do ,UW 100 N Y Central R. .nw 7S 200 do SO do 73* 200 .do f *.W 200 ’do .....-..'.0p/ 72* 20 Oal \ Chicago R.lk GO do ..(*>>.,mi2 150 do 50 do ..83072* 300 ~ do, «.H,; 300 do73* 2M) ,dO 300 do MO 73K 1000 Chi & Book 4 JU* i 100Ena Railroad .... . eS 100 do 150 Hudson River 8... .• 3UO do r 200 Reading R..., 49*1: v ' ?HBM4ftKETfI. • J Cottov Is more active, with sales of 2500 bhta a for rniddUng •w*t• • ■ * * , - Brswoops—The*.demand still continues verjit for 6owexport fcttdthe;nome trade, and the saiea lirnoe pnlviffiottaSpanlmilUmiMitic at and a small lot damagedSt, Rommgo X,ogwooa>«i vatotorms, r’t d? «.rv ' . ' •' ' r ' r • Rica- is very quiet uit. the decline noted v**&, Wit It sales of 300 tcftM S®-i*Qo;Wii, as to quality." There bns-beenqulti) ait'Uxtensive'i meut in Pimento within a fewdays-past, and ovdo hag* were taken, partly for export, at fi&c. (and q» under,loaali,in ponji.» Towards the olose, HoldCra* drow,their stocks from tho market., ; Oi her Bpiq© ’scoab issteftib jydth sales of-OW hhds Cubair. C*o {35 hhds Porto liipo at 7?4« 1 823 boxes Havamfr 80; and J,760 bags BahU on private terms, suppot Toßacc6’ remains jnnetiyfe hjtt without. cliani price 1 the sales meludeWhhd# Kentucky Ht4*a>i2- {ihdsMftßon county at 6*o 3 lihds OhiontBc{.2Q<* Vara atSioMo, and 20 bales Cicnfuegoa oirps t6 oii?H—Linseed OH is Heavy ntWbrtoc. Hpcmib, l liffht demand dt„sJ.Bs©l.*7» with small sales. Whale Oil nominnl. >. . CopPߣ.— 7 iw,market fot Rio m very quiet, Imt out change In prices,'with sales of 00 bass nt llc. ' descriptions are .also very quiet, and vr© learn . 01 solos of aw mats .Tava at Isc. Saratoga..—lt,is said there nre morn , Hors at Saratoga nov, : than oyer horore;at time. ’ . THE LATEST mW * BY, TELEOg^IIJ;.;.'-, ’! 'the T'otnitdo on PCince Edivtttd Is. f% , .!-•• '. Boston, Aug. 19.T-T!i«'. ; tiinoe-%warjl-f«land ■jE'aytofr'dosoriljej thfivtOroadoefUieSUi Inst; as' •thamoßt terrific ever known in tbolaiand; testing «p Strong trees and daingtan'ch'daliiage® pto;; of boats in thetiar W ttero'iipsfitT ono jilf Wlii /contained Ured. Goodwin, sonof Iltm. G. K. Goodwin, formerly collector at Charlottetown, and Miss Mnionoy. Both were drowned. Sovcroi Other oases of drowning are reported, and a vessel la impbOastl to hayp-gone down with ail on board—; iovintiiei’sah’f!. 'lim.liiotniiiei' foare. alsbj for the 'safety of the fishing vessols 1 .0f t w6>ok, thero.werosa, Idrge htttnSef oak. A telegraphic, despatch was received at Char-; iottetowft from New Brunswick,' giving-notioe of tho storm twenty nfinutps beforo it.baret. The Atlantic Telegraph. Company am! it New Cablc-rGenerai Invitation to Inventors* ' • New Tonic,. Aug. 19s-r*The Atlailti.b Telegraph■ Company has issued an invitation td tlio Inventors, patentees, and manufacturers of Submarine Cables to conro forwanl possible with spcoimons and plans of cables i suitable, fpr ocean ■ Bervice, to be submitted to the coinpany for elimination aud testing experiments. The invitation extends.to all persons engaged in the business ih whatover coun try object being to got tho vefy bast cabletbatcdn.be produced. • All comtmime&tions are to bo addressed to the Secretary ,of the So ciety, George Saward, No. 22 Broad street/, Lon don. . ! , • , • Destructive Fire at Bridgeport, . Conn* BninrjEi’tihT, Aug. 10.-*-A destructive fire oc curred in Fast Bridgeport this morning. * A largo building, owned by Win. H. Noble, and situated at the 1 oast end of-tup. upper bridge, was burnt... The loss on' the, .bpUding, amounted to $5,000, on Which. thorqVwds.no insurance. Tho building .was occupied by Messrs; OD. M. Phillips & Co., as a sash and manufacturing, com pany, and a grist mill. - Their loss was about $3,900 i tio^nauranob.Also,. by'Mrt Ray* asa vo neeriug manufactory. Loss 10,000; nq insurance; ajkl by Messrs. Pitt A Lyous, as a oarpot-fiWeeper manufactory.. Loss about $500; alp uninsured, 'A; blacksmith" shtip neat by, bcltingingtoß&r -num’s estate,.was also burnt. Loss about ,$1,200; insured for $BOO. Tho occupant of- tbo shopj Mr. Newton, lost $2OO, and was uninsured. The Itecdnt Afnrder of cu Sailbr on the ‘ ' w HighSeafH ' »■ r thr MunUEukri, IN cbsrbbV xi Boston. . Boston. Aug. 19.—Richard Wesloott* who is charged with'the murder of a sailor on ,board of the ship Mountaineer, cm the high seas, and, was genthomo from Rotterdam by the United States consul, was delivered this morning to the United ,States marshal for trial. Non-arrival of the Hnngarian. •Father Poixt, (below Quebeo,) August 19— Midnight.—Tho stbathshlp Hungarian, from Liver pool on the 10th inst., is noW overdtie, but. up to this titofi there &to no signS of bor. Heir advices will be fottr days later than -those furnished by tho Asia. OocAs.to.NAt. From Washington. . ■Washington, Aug. 19.—tfho President lias, re cognised Frans. Ailgtlst llirSdh ascdn&ul at Boston, and Friedrich WilHelm Keutzeh os cons til .nt New York, both for the froo oity ,of Bresnon. . Ex-Minister, Forsyth is among tho recent arri vals at the National Hotel. Three Weeks Subsistence in n Slongh ' •'' . , r hole. ■ , ' Franklin, N: .H., Aug. .19.—Mrs. Betsy .Dan*, forth, who mysteriously disappeared on tho 21th of July, was,round -.to-day,'olivet bnlreduced al most to a in a slough-hole, a mile from the hdufie where she lited/. She s&¥s tlio ordf sui- ; tonaneb' she ' Hal had, for" tiie InSt tWenty-six days, was water! Mrs. Danforth ig, seventy-four years of age, and is p&rtiftlly " insane'. J She was unsuccessfully searched for by large parties of our citizens for two'weeks afterher msapnearanco, when all hopes of finding 1 h6r Word'abahabned/ Movements of the ' Richnioiid Visitors* New York,'Aug. 10;—Mayor Mayo,' of Rich mond, accompanied by Captain Bridgeford and Private Thomas w. Perfa„\of.tho Richmond' Grays, left this.oity thiqevening fbr tho Fast via Stonington and Providcuoo. Arrest of a Dcfnultcrnt Washington. Washington; August l&M-dnd of tho assistant engineers pn tho Treasury extension building. w»4 w-day hold iri bdil to. the amount'Of $10,009, to answer the charge of defalcation: Markets by Telegraph. New Orleans, Aug. 19.—Cotton—Sales to-day, of 800 bales at UJo for middlings.-.Thofollowing. !is tho weekly statement of the raarkofr: Sales, 5,500 bales; receipts, 1,506 balesreceipts of the same week last year, 3,500 bales; exports of the week, 11,000 bales; receipts ahead of last year at this port, 98.500 bales; receipts ahead stall Southern ports, 630,000 halos; stock in port, 32,500 halos. Sugars are firm at 01c. Coffee firm Bio selling at U3c; LfOO.bage danugThe weck, and the imports amount to 4,500 bags; thero is a stock of 20,000 hags in-port; last year, at this time, the stock was 1,750 bag<? loss, Baltimore, Aug. 19.—Flour dull at $5,121. Wheat firm) sales,of 10,000 bushels at 31.15a1.32 for white, and $1.10a1.18 for red. Com firm and unchanged. Provisions Uuchunged. Whiskey dull at27Jcts. - - ' g . sells soils at YBakso. Whieky 23c. Provisions have improved in tone, but aro unchanged in quotation. FttMic Entertainments* Wheatlev & Clarke’s Theatre.—A crowded house last evoning,'as usual. ' The comedy of “Married Life” was the feature of thje eyerilb'g’B enteriainmont. A bettor, oast in,, this comedy ife, havo never seen. Mrs. Stoddart, a comparative stranger among us, made a favorable impression as a pretty, lively; 1 and careful actress. As an after piece, a dramatic veaaion of Cooper's novel, “ Tho Wept of the Wisb-ton-Wiak ,, TYas presented for the first timo in a number of years. Novels rarely look-Well'oh 1 the Stage/ and'koßo look s 4 bad as • those of Cooper. This drama, we must say, we did not like. No performance can convey to tlio audb tor the pleasing effect arising from tho perusal of Cooper’s beautiful work of fiction. Aa it.was,, it was nothing more than a ; sonsatlou drama on high*: preßSuro principles, which oven tho t good acting of Mrs.* Drew. Mr* Lolmaii, and Mri Clarke (who topk a very inforior character—ono far beneath his powers), could not. save. -It will bo .repeated to Right along with that sterling colnody,’ “Tho School ofllcfonu.’’- Mr, Clarke plays Z?os Tyke,. and all who wish to sec that talented gentleman in ono of his, most powerful‘and finished, performances, shou’d attend.' ' ' . CmusTv’s Minstrels play to-night for tbo last bills Bay*. Anybddy wiidilng -to a seat'in Musical Fund Hall, this evening, should bo b tHero when thb door opera. Wo havo good reasons for saying that G. C. will bring, put a budget of comioalities to-night, surpassing anything ho ever before attempted.,..; ia merry and making merry. .That- Diioy will bo the end of: us—as ho has beon of many arbutton.. B. S. S. will bo on hand With thaU-ainborinc, while Mr. Didaux will make tho sentimental sigh;' ’ Tiie. Walxdt opens'on Monday evening. ' For further particulars see tho advertisement. * Iff. Blondiu at Niagara FuHn* HE CAimtEB A MAN SAFELY ACROSS. t Krom \lie Buffalo Courier, August 18. J . Probably the largest crowd that over assembled at Niagara Falla was present there yesterday to witness Mone. Blondtn , cross the Niagara nvor upon, his ropo,-carrying a imin' upon his shoulders. . About 4j o’olock M. Blondiu entered tho en closure and proceeded tolthe ond of tho ropooh the American aide. His appearance was. the sig nal for a general- cheering, 1 which %as responded to from the other, side of , .the-river* i 110 was drosaod, as on former occasions, in silk tights, ‘bare-headed, and had oh his feet’ rough dressod buckskin «ooe£., r In n few*minutes aftoribis arrival ho ascended tho rope with his balancing pole, add started to cross the rivet albno. Before leaving he Ucd a pad of papers around bis waist. After proceeding aboutonehundred feet be stopped, swung.pne foot and then,tho other,.and then-walk-' ingatong fifteen or twenty feet, stopped, and stood upon his head—hit head resting on (hb balancing pole, whiob layaoross tho rope, the ends’oupndrtoa upon the rnpesi ; Ho then ran olongtho rhpe, Stood upon his head, sat down, turned somersaults' backward and forward, and proceeded to tho mid dle of the river, where there aro no guys; -• He-bere laid do wtf oc the rope on-fa is back at fulllebgth, stood on his hood,, laid his baltmco polo across tho rope, and stood upon it with the other foot, his hands lylrfg by hid ride; '* ■' * die then passed”along the rope to wherb the guys' I on tho Canada aide were fastened, and laid down hlS,balancing polo. Jle now returned with lus body suspended boncath the, rope, running along j with his hands :and feet' as an ape to tho middle of tho rope, betweon the'guys/Ho here weiifc through with all the feats attempted-, by tight-ropo per i formers, such as hanging- liy one foot/ then tho Ioth9r.byono.band* dropping ! his body down'full 1 length bolow the rope aud whirling rouipij .resting hislimßt upon 1 tho rope; and with arms and- lew ! eriendqd, os of swimming. He hung j by both hrnishnd tlienpassod bis body between his'- 1 arms and Iho rope, and in fact performed all feats’ ever aocouiplLsKed by tho iuost agile tight-ropo. performer*. Ife then returned to whero hi.s ba lancing pole was, took it up, and crossed to (ho. Canada bank, stopping Several times to turn' so mersaults, stand.unouhis hoad.. upon one foot, and to lay down upon tho rope. .Upon his reaching tho' Canadaahote he whs. received with tremendous cheers from tho Crowd, and tho locomotives on tlio bridge, arid on both sides of the river, responded with their.whiatioa. ’ r , Mi Blondiu occupied,. something over half an' hoar in. crossing, most of the time being spont in his performances on tho rope. • He remained upon the Canoda sldo to treat and refresh himself some fifteen'or twenty minutes, and again uppearod upon tho rope. . This tjmo he had his ofrerit, Mr. ! Henry Cclcord. a man woighing aboutone hundred and thirty-six pounds, upon his back, and his ba lancing pole in his hands. He proceeded down tho rope .very slowly, and cautiously, a s if feeling o\eiy -step, until he was about a hundred feot from tho Canada side, when Mr. Colcord dismounted arid 1 stood upon tho jopo immediately behind M, Blop- ■ din. 1 They hero rcniainbd-to throe* or' four; minutes, .when Mr. Ooloord ugairi mounted, ( .and • 1 M. Blondiu proceeded, still' walking very slowly‘and stopping occasionally to balance himself. They stopped five minutes in crossing, nnd:eaoh timoMr. Coloord dismounted, and again resumed hi? position.. Ife-had kis<irins' around M. Blondin’a neck, arid bis legs rested on the balancing pole. He was in his shirt sleeves, end wore a. straw hat. Aborii twenty-flVo minutes Were occupied In 7 accomplishing tho fifst half-bf the rone, And the balanpe in twenty, making forty two minntos from bank tp bank. for Bomo seconds before the Amorican fihqro was* roadbed, the'crowds gathered round the end of the' tope became very noisy, and a good deal of excite ment prevailed, and * when he reached the staging on this side safely the vast crowd shouted with the greatest enthusiasm. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. . WnBATLXir k. CLAHKK’s ARCU-tiTBBBT TllßA'rftfc, Aroh. street, above Sixth.—“ The SohooUof Reform. ™ Wept of the Wiali-ton-Wish.” /'MpalcAL Fond Hall, Locust at., above EtoSxfcrr Christy'* MitistrelS. , \ m. Chestnut.—Concerts nishtir. - M's' *. TAiEiionsTpAßKi—Free Concert every afte&aratad Qvsnmg; . fSironTANT AttBKST pp Thieves—Confes siox or fun Accu<*in/—Recovery op a Labor Awou.nt op thr Pni/.viJKk. —A fair days since when speaking of the grout number of robberies that had' been commuted lately, wo hazarded this remark: Wo expect iu the course of afowdaysto chronicle ‘the urrost of a gang of robbers who are now busily piyittg^h<^ttemrio'ea' ;!r caiimgr r '':^wrarrgi^d''io l announce. today, <tho srealisation.ofnnticipa*, tions, ahd to Chthnyle' the arrest of two of the most expert and. dangerous thieves that wore ever iu the nauds of -'Thfelr niffi'cSrdf'o Ucorgo McMullin, alias Robinson, alia? Smith, and Peter Sanford/ alias Robinson, alias Ablo, alias Moors, alias Jennings, and a hundred other aliases, too numerous' to rmention. They wero taken in custody by Detective Officers Benjamin Franklin, and üb&.AV*.'Bartholomew, and convey cd to the Central Station. McMullin, Is a young man nbohfc.2£yoarsbf'figd,jfaa hfls'bden m ; prison beforri. Ho was arrested on the 13th of September, 1850, on the ohargo of robbing the Washington, tel of the sum of §3,soQi*- He oolongs W what are called the Pine-alloy thieves,. lives: fast, rand has spent all his ill-gotten gains on pad liquor und bod womon. Ho is a rCcklcsS/ darihg' follow, the ,mas : ter of his jlrofeSdlobJa’lid as edge; to rob dhyas by night. ■ -His'- companion, Sam<jrd,'is' a' younger person, not being more than eighteen years of age. This is tho first umo ho hap been in custody. Ho is a comparative poviceinthe art of thleVlag though he oan handle his fingers, and maintain’his ali&se&WlthdU'tHo dlghity oFJacfi'Sheppard: --**■* Thesefellows havo almost entirely conpned,their attention to hotels,' altb' ‘Jgh they have occasion ally visited dwelling ho ists when vacant for the ! was to fcntftf and fakWaftf- itself,'convoy it tosomo reboivei’, arid dispose of U for a mere song. One gold’wateh; shown to us yester day, had been s6la for $l3, although it was worth ten times the amount.’. A ibqavy gold chain w£s sold for $3, which Was Worth fifty, while a silver watch, YdjuQcl-atj S2O; was )BQld for fiinhty -bents. They fibely admitted their .Crimes when taken into custody, and gave much; info nnatiou.tp the polico, whioh led to the recovery of a groat portioniof the good*. - There is, however, a large quantity vot to be reooverod. The: following ia a list.pf theirlgS-' ■pl6its as far as ascertained: ■ * 1 - k 5 Black Boar Hotel, ’robbed of a watch, chain, somo .clothing,' and u sum-of money; . This iho tel was entefod on July 2sth. . ~ • BJaQk-Hofrae HpteV/on Brevbnthj’rdbbed of a gojd Watch, a Jatnoo,‘ahd a' sum of money. ■ ' - - - Pennsylvania Kottfl, .on' Sixth street* below Arch, entered on August 11th, 'and robbed of a lot of clothing. -■ 1 - - ; * Tiger Hotel, corner of Fourth and Vine-stroets. robbed of two watches, some, other jewelry /and': clothing.'' * ’ L ' ' ' ~ King of Prussia Hotel, 221 Race street, entered on August 12tb, and robbed of a gold chain, silver. Watch, hiedMllcrtl’j several likenesses, and other ar ticles of,value.. • r ;.-t - ; National Hotel, Race street, above Third, er.- | tered on the Bth of August* and.robbed of a re volver, and somq Clothing.,, , it , / , , * ,? ; Coinmcrcfal Hotel on Sixth Street, aboVe Chest> put was entered, time ago, but the raScala wero surprised in the act of robbing one of 1 tho rooms, apd,, with difficulty tuado !tnbirl escape', - followed by a bofit-jackv C States l.nlon Hotel.was also.; entered fcnd robbed of some jewelry and olothi'ng. . , Tho Arcado Hotel was also robbed of somo aril-' ■ dies of valuo. - , i.-'l A dwelling on Vine street below Thirteenth, the occupants of which were out of town for the sum mer, wfts en'tbrod by a trap-door, and robbed of .a gold watch) a medallion*.two gold penoils, a silver'' watpp, .BOJne clothing and silver ware. • Too dwelling Ko: 903-Cheatimt street was entered • while,tho htfadjof tbffathiljr>hrf outof toinU.Andt • robbed of a gold watch, a tnedallion, a gold chain," pencil, breast-pin, and a quantity of clothing. A comb key, belonging to a fire-proof safe, and numbered-“32^)V iWaa found Jn tbtft possession* People will pleaso mako a nco of this, hi it' may load to another robbery of importance. When it Is remembered that this list comprises only a portion of tho robberies of these young men, and that they.Bave-brdiigbt- ihtb tho-bn&fness so many dangerous qualities, wo canhtft but congratu .late our people on their' afWst. Jfor would it be just In us to neglect pjmngacopiplimentto Messrs. Franklin - and ' Bartholomew, for 1 their -aueoesa in thus ridding tho public of theso villains, and; their, perseverance in probing the matter to tho bottom. We only hope thoy will follow it.np by. making an example of thoso who aided and abetted them in their vii.iaimes r but who are soreened from thrlaw by wealth and position. Aldetpian Beiflet jf[lf give tho coso a hoaring this morning. ir«tEßious:~in tho hitter part of last Week n little girl named McNeill, of ago, who livod with hor parents V-m the'rear of Ninth street, below Walnut, was sent for a bucket of water,- apd since that: timo t qotKing r bba'beon?hedrdmf her, Although tho local telegraph has boon called into requisitioniand diligent search made for the miss ing girl. The parents are, of course, greatly dis tressed, nnd nlif sorts-of surmises' are Indulged, as to tho fatohftno ohlld'. ~ Thursday ovouing, a girl hamodAmelia Crawford, thirteen years of age, was" Bont'home with some shirts from where she was employed at Eighth aud Itaee streets. The shirts woro to go to Fairview street, Fainaount, but ontke/way. thither she met tIW person for whom they Were fntohdoU and delivered .them.. Since then nothing has been beard of hor* and the patents are well*hlgh‘ dtetracfedlii" h Vo i hi’v ? e SV JoiogrTplTh, this 0 hjvemosliopgj^- ord - abol | t neofol . -bWlir restoring lost children to their parents. Wo supposo we mnl e a vorygobd guoss when we say that ono.'half the number of messages irons-' nutted ovor tho loeal telegraphhero.are in relation to lost children. Some ofthe most torching scenes :it has over been our lot to witness have transpired in the telegraph office of the, Central Station-; distracted mothers meeting 1 with''their strayed ■ little ones, overwhelmed with tears as they thank the mysterious agonoy (by.whlchitho young won dorors wore brought onoo more to their hearts (doting fathers shedding manly.teara of joy'iittheir reunion With 'all they lovo—children, of tender years, sobbing ondjsrying until their conslitutions giro way, and they fair into the deep and fitful sloop pf ohildhood—parentemeolinK with ohil droll; brothers with'sisters,’and friends'with friends,'pre senting many a touohing soeno that few could well imagine. ’ XjOCai. Fomtioiaks are beginning to mani fest an active interest inthoapproacbingriiunioiual oampaign., Among thoso prominently spoken of for the' nomination for District, Attorney.- by .the- Democrats, are B.H. BrCwSter, J, T. OweuV'H, JR,' Kneass, R. I*. Kano, and Furman Sheppard. We* Also learn that Recorder, i,'uou,.in oyery ward.qf tho pity; liSsboori favorably mentioiied'a,-f the neit Domocratio oandidate for Mayor. Wm. B. Mann," J. P. Lougbead, and T. K. Einlotter are being pressed for tho “ Pcoplb’s" nomination for District Attorney, Kile liegisiativo and Senatorialdistriets are being throughly canvassed by the friends of tho several aspirunts for position, and a lively titho is antici pated in the nominating conventions. Wo learn, unofficially, that tho name of Daniel Dougherty, Esq,, as a candidate for tho District Attornoysbin, pas been usedwithout the knowledge or Consent of tbit gentleman; l who is 4 at 'present • absent from the city. AcciUBKT'AT EAiaMbbnifi—Yesterday morn ing about olevon o’olock a yonng lady named Vir ginia JTewber was seriously injured by falling from the'rooks at h'airmount, , ; Sho was Placed,in a oar riago arid removed lb bor home ip Eighth street' near Chestnut.' "There havebeeb several accidents' at Foirmhunt lately.'many of whichhavo resulted partly.from the recklessness of visitors in’ scram bling up. tho hilt side, and running into unnecessa ry danger, and partly from the unguardod manner in which thepreoiniecs arid raiks-a're left by the City authbrities] We really think that 'some safe guard should bo placed . around the irooka on tho northwostorn corner, which the workmon are-now engaged in blasting. Thero is a dangerous preoi pice Bore, the approach to whieh is very sudden, and wo, often wonder that aocidonts are not more numerous than they really ore. , , FiitE.iH Delaware Couxxr.—At a latq hour an ovening or two since, tho drying arid dying house oonneoted with the cotton faotory of Messrs. Lewis A Rhoads, on tho Darby creek, a short dis tance above Kellyvillej took flro.and notwithstand ing the operatives ,Worked manfully to extinguish the (lames, tho entire building, with its valuable* contents, wmf.tojully consumed. <At tho height of the'firo, a nnmber or tho Kellyville operatives con nected with Messrs.,D. &C. Kalloy’a foetory made •tholr appoaranc'e'.'wlth an engine '• kppt by tbs. McJsrs. Kelly' on tholr premises, and 3ri a vory short time the fire was 'extinguished. The loss is estimated at about 510,000, which is fully oovored by insurance; - ' . . . . .. A PAiNFL’L SuK.'iii.-rrA lad, from all appear anoes not more/ than fourteen years >of;nge/was taken to the Cohtrar Station, On a yesterday, by Offlcor Haley, of the Reserve Corps, lio had Boon picked lip'by the o(Beer at Eighth and Walnot streets. Ho.waain a stato'pf uucqnsoious I inebriation at the time, ),nd ftlthouglYovQry effort was made to restore it was, with difficulty he was pro Vented froiq lapsing into a fit., It was, in* deed, a melancholy spectacle, so young aridfiO fulleu. Where ho g6b the liquor we ao not know, but*surely eoino summary punishmont 'should be meted'oufc'to Uh'e mercenary-eooundrol who sold himthobeve-' rage. There is a law in force prohibiting the sale of lfanorto minors, and itubould; by aU mqans. be rigidly;enforeM.; ■ -'l ...Tilf slZ±>“:\ SfiMiMjar.-2-Tho First Regiment of Rifliisy Col.lT G. Mopreboadj on tho, 26th of, September, wilrmeko theirparado in thefnow regimental uniform of the Thirdßrigade. .. ~r .. ~ , Tho*B6ott Guards,'of Row* York, will * visit' this city about the 16th of|Soptqinbe?/for fhorqoejMipn of whom our Inllltaryafoinakingcxioiwivobrepa ,rations. The Scott Guards are composod of soldiers : who served In tho Mexican War, and about whoso heads have boon wroathqd tho laurels of'victory. Our Scott Lcgionj their bi*othren in’aVma, will as sume the responsibilitj* of affording a creditable en tertainment during tjieiij sojourn among us. /Take .NeTiqK.- r 'yVc j have . bqcjtt informed that some no son is erigagod ini collec ting money for.-the Indigent Women’s Sooiety, with- tho\ name of :Mr. John McAllister among tho contributors,- and ropresontea to be Lisbon mgnftttire. Wo fiato A boon requested to say that, any contributions-ever made by Mr. McAUlstec.to that Society have been through one of its managers,* and that, of course, his name on tho paper referred to ihusfc bo‘ a 'for gery; The Camdkn High School will commence SfeWltemi on Monday,'the 29th instant, with C. 3Y4i. Tiirnloy, Bsq., as principal. The attendance at this institutio'ulkas' lately boon -quite extensive, us last session it numbored 300 pupils. • Theoottrso of atudiesranges frffitfthb higher order of grammar school education .to a regular academic" one; em bracing the sciences, arts, and several languages. . JjEOal Prooeedikgs —may have been noticed during tho present week bv a reference to our court reports, there has been‘.but very little ottßiness of importance transacted. Next week we may look for the beginning,of .brisk times. >Now a great many of the legal fraternity are j-uetloatW abroad, and enjoying n much-needed, vacation • after tho exhausting laborabf the past few months! *To THd Liberal—Tho South Penn'Hose' Company are soliciting subscription* for 800 feetof mno-mph forcing hose for a new steam engine. Libe* 1 tally disposed people, take Notice. . b : Fairmocnt ‘ PArk—About Utirtv’ -moa" are engaged in tho work of 1 . improting Foirmount veprk- Is progressing;, as raprdiy.&i' could be oxpeoted under the oircuteßtanoea. . A <lpq3 '.Prfiftssir: kusov intend making his ahnounood tHp over oqean h “ the largest balloon inAaetica?” a Domestic Marketing.—Forthc corrvewencu of w*d?rs, we print a list of the prioes The quotations were ctfiqpUlfcfor thifl^CTßmgx&rltet; yftjtalf fcfiQk SwMf potato* are very plenty, and f*?£ e ISTto 2s%finla taAsalf peck, according Jcisize £nd quaUtyft-'/otnatili; are a drug In the , i .i , nTM. v 'waB^Sri io t'' 00 large, In the BMjen*|cfo of thfc oldest,fanners, while the demand waluttjvW. ana aeju&roAre' glad to sell at 4 and 0 Very good qualities bring 7 Vatermeloua are scarce* and bring from §24 the hundred. PefoheS ar® also scarce, and a® yet of an inferior quality. In thd course of a;;fow days, we wilt havo Tin abundant supply of this ta&gioua -fruit. Gqcd peachee.hrlng from 50 to 75 csfis tljd.muf peek withifew buyers. naif peck. />Plttm|4u»p}e^yy‘a?^bring £rom 10 to 12 conta quart. Oahtolopes. are scarce, dear, and of an, inferior,quality £ to 25 cent* apieddj to Fruits of jhla j kind aro hardly ripe yet, pcars.are plenty, and bring from-12 to 25 costs abalf peck, Ttcctfraliig to quality. Eggs aro' scarce,'and bring from 18 to 20 adozw. >Butter;i4 veiygood, and jjeJjß.frtftOfa 20 to 31 cents per lb. Corn is very .plenty, and is readily sold at from 0 tol2' dents a dozen. r Onions bring- 12 debts a half- peck' dud '5O cents* a l Otigirel. Other vegetables are y§ry,plenty, and very cheap. . As, n ,general thing,,the prospects for the retail market are very'/lattering forbuyers. A iargo'qh’antitV of produce a’rri Veofrom J J erwey lust evening, while .fanners frpm f tfio neighboring counties were'coiniug .in at 01l hours with heavily laden wagons. It Is rathor-early in the seuseu to form an estimate of the poaelf; apple, or pear crop, but appearances are venr flattering. There are a few blackberrios and • huckleberries in fi&rkbt,- bufc .as a • general; thing they one o/jurdnforior quality .ancl pnd fewrbuyers.. The berry seoson'is vbry nearly over; “ 4 ' ' "' " . Held to jWm; Millwartl, pre- 1 sklent of the Fourth 'Paasengor Kailway Company, was yesterday held to bail by Alderman Clarke; ihthe aum of §4OO, to answer the ohargo efioi&njUing au‘ assault on Frederick , Peekmau. - It appears thatpeokman s is.employed I by the GrCen 1 tender at Fourth and-Walnut sfreets;at»d haiblA erto.'pcrformed that service • gratuitously fot tbo j ,Fourth and Eighth-Streets company. Within/, the 1 last fewdayff no applied to'tho~l£tter"couipany,&iL a remuneration, which Oblhd|&2 day afternoon he accordingly rebelled,, and emptorilyrrtfdsOdUo adjust, the’’dwitch.ioroafc ifo. ; 15, in which Mia M v was riding, wboreupori, it is ! alleged, ho alightcd aha indicted sundry blowSupoh' | tbo.tfef&h.iof iThe'iflhlkcaused ebnime rable ezcUemenfcatFoartb,andlFalßijtstreets, fl22 d may bo regarded as the CQtnmendamehf of a series ■ of aifflculuCS'bfetwbeh these twO companies;'’ i A 6fcB v 'l*’Dii4'(»g';-^W I dthcr «001-7 flight cloudy—moon , waning—bßsinesiibriSk T-trade reviving—,theatres orowdedrrfrnH plenty— news source—locale dull—reperteri.snappich—po liee dtwpairing—prisons ‘thinning—Area decreasing —hotels filling—wanderers returning—stocks rising -7-pplitigians stirring—summer going-rand’ the oi ty as-peacefoLand-prosperous-aa its -most dutiful-eons couH-wisb.. Thu is PbUadelphia,&a wo;flnd’,it,‘ in; dur nbte-b'ook/affeFA vain and weary' search fl>r? a sensation Item., -May it .be- ever as prosperous, peaceful; and pleasant!’ And wishing* this In ail dutiful sincerity, we hid the world good night.; - i Goon News fob/thk rangement has been'made by the .Philadelphia' And Heading Railroad Company to issue excursion; tickets every Saturdaygood to return ouihc Mon day following/and at greatly reduced rahjßof fare:-.] There are many heaotual.plaooa along tho tine of! I the Reading-lyailroad,: wbew. a-fewibours hni&ht ; bo profitably, and pleasantly spent, i priso of thaßedAmg Railroad in rendering thesa • spots; so ohqaply accessible is worthy of. praise.. J i 1 Ho9pitai»-CaBßo.—John Murphy -fractured his deft hip.yerierday by falling From the rhilantlirdpfo Cemetery. c iiliiabetffßradfora, aged 75 years, 'nedk’ kiid shoulders se verely burned by Her clothes taking Are at ah owe ,in Hartford place,- near Broad The above eases Were admitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital. -, I y ;; n 7 7 f.r'J hX Y T-f . Nktv Mu-itaby young men of Germantown 'art becoming infused with a. miti tary ;Bpirit, ; a now coinpany of soldiers having been just organized there, The company is attached too tiioThurd Brigade, and wiU be commandedby CapL IGojfß'HpifßTrrAt a late.hour.'on Thursday evening thc.Rlobniond Grays passed thrpdgh.tbis oily on ihoiriway south. They did not Btay..in:th&‘ bqtwent.hurriedly; to Hcpqt/v,, Exccbsion to Cape Postponed.—-The excursion to,-.Capo 4fay*v 7>e|{rSteamer John, A. WarneT, has, : hepn postponed, and-: will not, take place this evening, as previously announced. FINANCIAL AND r COMMERCIAL, 1 *'• / i{ Tho Balno state of the stock. market,Tritloh'hai existed for sfinie days dontlnfred “td-aay—the-'xuar ketdalles to'Sales, with ttoredaction'inp rices. -5 TBo EloiimChattelinortgage ten phr cent, bonds' fell off another i to-ilay, selling at 27 Jr while-the si x per oent. bonds uiaihiain&dHhe price of 50. and the second mortgage .bondswenMo 20.. Penilsyl*'’ voaia,-Railroad shares sold at 30 Philadel-v pb[ia Bailroadat 50, a gain ofi; Second and Thiid street at 40; Cityeixcs, railroad issue, at 07|; new ia3nelo2,Sifttofivesspid^at9l3. Tho Now York papers report a morelivelyin-v tercst, on tho pArtof outsiders, in the doings of the which acoounts fpr thetfimnesaoFtbe 'stook.xaaTket, ,under Abe .eqto&ttgpjof customers,: and may not unreasonably, he expected to produce' amniila* ? jiftndi#jpu_o£.Jiings-ui i tl}ia:CityrrA!l3»e.: who are heartily tired of a vaoation thftt koaAjeen. to many of them only a reminder of the schools hoy’s mean holiday,plenty of • tteid, ? and 'no money to.spend it ui.? r l% <>, , . / Tho Pittsburg coal-miners have/gotnjap a-f trikei to compel tho mining firms - to-'weigtkj every car ;load as it oomes from the- «$(,- instead of computing the quQntity minbd-by . the known? contents suu of thereat when?full. It piecing -to-be a. causo of quarrel, as the miners may bevture, that if their employers are dishonest, enough to them of toefr bird-earned Vages,’the mean's employed canmakojittlo difference;-'*- Ifcis but fair, perhaps that the-cxact weight of -the coal produced should bo and t Af ’the- matter jycyp< b rough t to tho employers ’ in' the * proper manner,, thdre would probablybe no serious objection to it; out when it comes'dodpfed'with theimplied oharge of dishonesty on the part of the employers in mea suring thfc coal, it ishardlyto be wondered at 1 that thq latter refuse to be coercedinto the expenditure of monov for t now soales,- when, the. mines nearly alltthe State over fire realty .'only, .worked ; because, by keeping them open the. lesgeesvloae a little less than they wopld ( by abandoning them - until tlmea •grow bhttor: A '- * Tholittle gods and goddesses found In thoXadian At JJhOrfqnU aud thVJtoiyl:o£ .grand-eoaf m»heB found near all. thp.conoomltant de* tails, hftvo been publishwl; 7 ahd read, abdforgotten; and the CUtiriqu) stock has .not found; an inquirer tho more In the stock markot. A'now sot of ceme teries have been dispoydreij/but the beriefit of their con.tents has not yot been experienced by the hold ers of Chiriqui bonds, and should not be very, much surprised If all the little images so glowingly described, should, in the-end, prove .to. resemble those famous toys tho old German godmothers of Berks county r *rq -used to, 'describe,, to quiet their restive little beautiful* little' gulden' no thing, and the superb .shiny silver wait-a-good i*hile-for-it. ‘ •»-J - u.u;i.t The following is the amount of Coni transported* on fhe-Phtladelphia and Reading Railroad, during thejweek .odihg yjiutaa*-; Aug. i ? ? /, n _ _ , Tons. Ctnt. ‘ bchuylkiUHaven.. .A*., MM ......... H. 519 n tl U TO?". : .V.\v.'. s ’... 687 08 PortCUnton 5,042 05 I Total for week. Previously r\ . , .... t ; 1,067,569 07 Tqsamatimo last year. ],001,819 W The following is the amount of-Coal transported on tho Schuylkill Navigation,'for- the ireek ending' Thursday, Aug. 18,1859:' * _ * From Fort Curtail. • -Fottsville...., **' Sehurlkill Haven. * 4 Foit Clinton • Total for the week. , Previously this year, Y | .-Total,.. j To'sajpa time last 3 oar* The last statement of the : Bank of England, by tlio Asia, shows the' following.variations, a*! coin pared vitit*the.previous week is*. % y rubiic u.:fe . P'S'r 8 : Otlieriloposit* t ‘ • £fe6<77s Notes in circulation 470605 ■, ,v... Best / On thabthqr.pido of tho account ; / Gqvormnent securities 37.1&2 ' ■ l - .■ Oilier BCcuriHesi^....*A. ! ..'..SSMftt • - r - Couiiand bullion 132984* •Notesunemployed..: .• , “ PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES,;-: ] August 19. 1850. REPORTED BT XANAXY,' ® STOCK, AND SXCIIAKOE BH'< THIRD AND CNE6TSVT 8 TS ' FIRST BOtTW, & CO.i'BJttFS'XOTI. OKKE9.ROHXaWEBTCOfcKBB ISBTB. BOARD. 3000 Pemiafls. .lts.«swn 91V 94.50 do 91 IOGCiITCs 97 K 400 do 97V 8000 do R 97V WOO do „K 8 0 07« «» ; do Plt97?£ 700 . do .308 3500 _, do Now 102 ‘lOOO £unira Ist Mg 7b„ CO lOw do" fio . BETWBEfc 1000 Gatawia Ist Mg 7s. SO | SECOND WOO Oi ty Ga, lota 07V 1000 Elmira 2d Mg 75... go 4 ■ 1000 Elmira Ist Jug 7a.. oo 2 Girard Ilk, 01d.... 31V 25 2d & 3d-gts J 1....: 40 5 I do K) CO ! do ...........h340 ' llkmnaß sox l CLOSING PR] . ‘\ JS(d. Asitd. jU 8 09*74.... 101«£ JPhita'6a.... P7,n» 93 R rmi&\ New.....\loJJtfto2' ' Penn* 5a 9l?{ 02 Readme R-....... 21 %. 21*s " bd8’7D...,'.783» }SO x . v mort Ca *44.57 W ■ - : do »ao.fiB 69 PennAß 30 89>a w **. 2dm 6a... , BtfV Morns Canal C0u.50 63 : « , IV,. pref.lOC* 104 V BohuylNavGa , B2..6B 69 a <Imp6a... 74H 7s\S 1000 Klmira Ist Alr7s., so. 2000 Klmira ChatlOg.:* 77M , 1 Moras Cans], Vrsf.ioijj 50-N Penna R-. J . g ICO Lehigh Zlttrt IV 31 Hazloton Coal. .Its 43 8 Penna it lots 39 . 016 39' 1 Cam & Amboy 11. . 30 Long Island It JIIV. N-BOARDS/ H : .> -l\ - ■ [2 City Bank 42X 1 BOARD. lOLohiih Scrip. 23V 10 do 23V 2 do 23V <5 do 23V 6 WestPhilalt {0 M‘ .’do vi. £0 42 Spruce&Pme-st il bail so do .bsil tCES-STEADY, v - i . l .a. w s. Bid Miked. Sohuyl Ifnv stock. 7>5 8 ** pref. 16 17 A Elm R.- . 4 “ 7s Ist mort.M 81 _ “ 7s2d mort. 15 20 r NPenua ItB gv “ ...63.V 63« oilkJKfcS&P %, S I2J fc 3d Sta H-V... ,iO; ?. 41:' R/ioe&VineStait. 4Q | ! Havre Cottoh Market. New .XboikV- Aug. 19.—-(Per steamer Abls) lUviu:, Aug. s.—The Cotton market closes dull • the sties have beeu unimportant during the week aftd there hovo been no arrivals,,.,^. * Saving Fund—National Safety Tbust Pennsylvania. ( UtsMbney is received every day, and in any amount, large Or small. -Jfr_' ;v' ! PER CENT, interest is paid for money from thedaHfeisputiUK-^^i^^*•*-.**■« - r 1 The money is always ppjd hook in <H?LD whenever itis calted for, and vntliOTtnfttiee. ‘ 14 f ! : ! ’ •4. Money is received from Ej-feutartr^^ »> tsfrat&rt, 'Guardians* and other .Trustees, in or small sums, to remain a long ot short period. 5. The mbnay received from Depositors Is invested m Heal Estate, Mortgages, Ground Kents, and other first olaas BBourities, , • , ‘Wwffioe open every day—WALNUT Street, southwest ofcfheijThiHpßtreet* Philadelphia. - y '. apU.-. -* 5 <■r 7“ . - . • i r. , virßB.f'SAn’Aft O’Neil, attempting to dross the rail roji il tracks in Bridgeport, Conn.', when two • trains were approaching from opposite directions, ‘was struok by the eow-catcherof tho express train, knocked forty or fifty feet, and instantly killed, T KEHG O IJtR.T’S. , "- C r : t : - - tdeportedfgr Tfie , ----- ScrsEsfe 1 c- ; - lion ffraftted Tori and Erie Ftilroad Cdmpdnfi-£Q*n\oY X)row,on behalf of ounsolfandotherb<mdbold&fSjanddame3Bro#D and John C-Bancroft p*v& t Trustees, Ac., &o.jVs. / ' Tho Now Yorkand Etfe'Rallrojrf Company. This ~ - was a'bill Uledby-tfie ‘plaintifftfj-fcblderifofcsrtain bonds And mortgage* ; Yerk-and Brie r j Railroad Company, wherein they,.averred,-that saki company is insolvent;, that,. interest on their claims is unpifdf and (hat; therefore, and for other reason*, the Supreme.; Court of -New York, fin. pro ceedings therein, had Jatoly.appointed -Nathaniel • ; -.thair ' {helr road and property arein the eouhtieiofFike and and the plaintiffs prayed for a special ipjanctioU against said company from using their tooo or prp* perty in tho State, and for tho appointment of said Marshas receivedtberbbfarauxiliory(o tho said proceedings in Xew York., , * St. Geo. T» Campbell. ‘Esq., counsel -for thO'Plaiu tine, -hud' GL: Crawford,- Es//.', for the de fendants. .; •> ; . ... .. - - -j, -'. . .The court made tbe following orders, via:: And now. Aagust Ifltbj 1859, it appearing to thl* court, Ac., Ao.,* it is ordered—" f * ' That a special ' injunction be issued ogainsl the said,.the,.Ne yr York ond;Erie Railroad Company, defendants,restraining them from managing,- using,- or in nnywiseiintermpdllng with the'.mortgaged i premises specified'' in said bill as^in'this' Common" wealth. And that Marsh .be and be is , herdby'appointed fof-all eingumr .the road property nnd franchiees of the said corpo-. ‘ration. siluaiteVwithiithe’ Siatbj'with the right to . onter into possession pf; pee and control the eame as . folly, in aU respects, ns. the said corporation is nu , thorlsed ta da -by the laWa of thi»’Btito ,-'and that; he shall hare and oxercise all'. the powore'aodnu-" thpriticst.and be subjected to all thedutfes andre spousibilities mentioued.in thu.iutcrlocutofy4rders ‘of thei Supreme. Court pf New York^meutipced salif bill/ and uiade reflectively 'seventeenth daya oC Augtfst. 1809,-»o far as |he Mine may be epnaUtent wlththe laws of tbJs-Btdte. jrJAnd that said v befoftf 'powepifand: duties of bis said office, shall enter into a bond with Security, to bo approved bi' a judge of thia court,. in[ Bs O fOOo,:coudittoued fhr the hLithfal' porformacco of his dutiesas-' such receiver. And that said receiver jdmpa subject to the ; No other court w4s in session. ' . - 1 CITY; ITEMS. - ; ; ; - : *' ‘ ~ TnK ' 1 Yt/ETXG MBJt’S' ; CHniRnAK';. ABeOCIATIO!rj. yc notice,,witt evenitfz heif, in tlfo' Ripust Churcli on Sansqin street,. below Ninth. aiinpedjViU be one tjf moro fba~n" ustml intofcatf .as statements .uni! bo made felstivero Tent operations,'and other means nsed to'benofif oiir ybuWi iheh. ,Tlio Rssayi ipself, judging. - froth the subjectf-V I’lie ’’Roviyal' Irelahd ,, — will be enonfW to topaj/Any Toy thejr attehdanMi, .J, t Ax Bwaxch op oiiar.MaiiprhCTiißis. —The superior character of Philadelphia-made hoods »' now. universally arknawfcdred; audio no brancj; hae this superiority been more t'riatephahtly vindicated than' ip the artlclefof fine.CmjfecConory, for the 'prodpcpbn . of which' of Mr. Stophon F. Whit iusuf'N6.'l2ls'Market street, has'attaihod a-world-wide' reputation. This - celebrated manufacturer bflS 'noW lastly the name 9C gcttinr'up tlte best ctoaoC roods m that line lliat are inado on either tlus or the other sido of the Atlantic, -His ns pi its I tftm Eoojßtpd iUiponds; frprm tho.immehsa deihandfdr them at the present Unis..rite -1 iq tliomsslvps. au_ item of trade- of. rqore than prdinary ThoSe who 'not y’ettriedthem have stiU a richjtreat'ln Storefortbepalate.- 1 ' fRAV. .Ch«fiitnut Btroet,' Sen _ . ffine Table Cutlery from’7scpiitsper 8100per" wt* , n '.'C'/jJ r r_~~ j “ Tue, ;Most : 3Usife st Bids - op. Wisdom is CpNTi.-stJED as that viable upon the countenances of whp deporittbeij money In':' the “Franklin Savin* Fund,**'No. 136 Sooth Fourth street. below. Cliostnut, Philadelphia, where *tKey'can— draw it atanytitue with 5 percent, interest, hnd a dis? - play of their trirdoui ■is.piahifest' by ribt r nmhing intb % •any Wild speciiUtionswith*prorajsesof ffreat prpfits,'pre- * : thiadd.andmlia-: |>lo .Company; which iavests Only In Government. State,': and CiiyJUians; Ground Rents; Mor£e«es, AeV. and pays ‘ od demand.with out-notice.- -Atter-rug*— pended. Females, married anjltinXterijrmmorSi candor, : posit in their own right) and such deposits cannot 1>» ? withdrawn witbont their consent, ..See.advertisemenUii. . & + V-v r * -’ ' - E. W. Carryl & Cp.', 714 Chestnut street, sell Hammocks, Rattan and Willow Chairs, &c., Ac. ’ Tub CHEBTNCT-STnKET I ;,RAitiv ay.—Workmen are now busy laying the rails of the Chestnut,street railway botwecnSixth apdlSffventh etrpets.The sUeet is (tom up,'and with the improvements in progress on both sides of presents a paricn- Uriy animated appearance.- When all this work is'ddfie, "and the street is finished; there will be no'inore splendid building upopJt than the. Brovii Btone ClothingFlaU of RockhlU A' Wilson, Nos, 603 and 605 Chestnut street, abfctreSixth. \„- \ v< ' - . - iE'/'lV."' Parryl &. > Cq t , 4 7i4.Che8tout street, eel! fine silver-plated Forks, Spoons, Tea sets. Ico Fileh i eri, Ac.- /• -' k ; Tub’l ? differcucoV betwedin * : •Ropublic and a Monarchy, is thus pointed oat by aomo 4 - “Pilo ali f thV : pcopio into'a" pyramid; with the' , president as an apex, and' you' have a 'symbol of a Ro- ~ ‘public* You can shake.Ctbe'.President*.but you osn’t -indve tha united the 'people.-‘invert tho_pym miil,withajfiui'farjtt base.'aad yduVlidvotho,symbol r 'of a Tipnp thatluug and the, wholo'strnc , tare falls into cphfusiqK.”’ JitsVao the most• elegant , Clothing .warn re <frcnxf the Palatial ’Store 'oFGranrill* Stokes,Nb.697Ch^nut«dree|r^'". i ._. 714, Chestnut street^sell' • Yobelain-lined - KetUer,- air-tight' Fruit | The Frrkoh Arky— Turning their swords and : baronets into plough shears and pruning hooks. The Minister oS War, ; has -tssued orif«ra4b thO ColoncU of Regiments to disband a portion of the troope. so that they may be..uaed.by r Jha fanners in. reaping* soaring, ‘ ploughing; andmowingiheirhmdf. This had better, be employed-in cutting, the crop*, than . inenttin? the throats ’of their .fellow. iinfortUnateal' It' ‘ wohld go far towards civiliKinV and hhmaniaing them, if their, Emperorwould cause them. to4o9"tbeir miUtarr= - costumes* aad.dqn civilian .suits,.tuch as are being sold by E. H. Eldridge, proprietor of the “ Old Franklin HMI. Clothing Einporium,” No. 321 Chestnut street,' preperar," fcbry to new “.Temple of Northeast corner of Eighth and Cheifnut streets. ' the 11th uit. by Key. D. Sartins, Mr..WUlmm B-Ponmston to Minßo* becca J.BarTovrs. both pf.Cepil county. Md. • . * IIEATH—FISHBR.—On tho 13th nil.; br tho tame; MaryE.Fia&er, fcoth^of thelith ult., by the same. George B.'Hnmpton"to Mies Harriot A. "Wilson, tathof MonUoiperycQuntv.Pa,, „ - - , * ■1: M ASIM--Bp : AC|C7BTO?i r—Onthe ‘ 15th inat,, by Ren'* Solomon Bi?fins, Thomas, : ManuirEsQ..of Jfew- Castle county, Del., to Miss Hinnah G.Blacfcston, of Phila- . 1 , _ DIED, ... the-38ti[£instant,- Sarah Tyndale, jgdawor the late Robinson Tyndaleihu the 67th yoar of The male friends of the family-are respectfully in vited to attend taa funeral. from the residence or her son-in-law, Edvard P.. Mitchell, Germantown avenno, opposite Amiat street, Germantown, on Monday, A us?. S.fctloeloekv without further notice. To proceed to LaurellTiH. “ v ' ‘ “ ' «* WALTER.—On the, Utbinet., Casper .Walter, in the 67th yearof his age. • • . . - “«-• ; • from his late residence, northwest corner of Fifthand JfljTartanalxeetSmUuatSaturdayJafteinoon, at 1 o’clcek. To proceed to German Reformed Church, Sixth and FttakllhfetreeU,whence- ta.Mount Moriah . , '.^BOULTER.—oa'the loth mst,, Mrs. Mary Boulter, in - the 7StU year of her age. *, :• ‘i- . 2 . , Funeral from hor laio residence, mount Airy, (Saturday) nfternoom at 1 o’clock. * FlSHER.—Suddenly, on the 17th ihst.» Mr. John D. Fisher, in the 67th year.of his we. -n -■*' - Funeral from his late Tesident'e.No: 1205 Mount Ver non street, this (Saturday > afternoon, at 4 o’clock. * pONAHITE.-wOntheiSth lost, Mrs. SuasnDonahae, atrod about 03 years. Funeral from the residence of her son, Hugh Donahue, 317 (blaster street, this .(Saturday) morning, at 8)4 o’clock. .I-.:;; 1- X * FO — " " ¥ ... 31,080. II FORTNUM.—On the 18th mat., Mr. Charles Fortnmn* i the 39th year ol bis sko; ‘'j: . 'Fnneral from his late residence, No. 113 Poplar street, & Sunday afternoon, all o clook. . * CALHOUN.—On the 18th inst., William Calhoun, in the49th.yearofhigflso,, ; ' V : 7 * -■ ■ -■ Funera| v lVoiff'hJ B late'residence, No. 1121 Lombard street. thistSaturcaylafternonn, at 1 o’clock. * ;LOVERII)GE.—On the 18th inst., Mrs. Frances Love ndue, wife of Win; Loreridge. !n the 68th year of her nve. Also, on the 18lh met., William Lovoridge, in the 67th.yenrofh;saire.. ‘ Funeral from their late residence, Hatfield township, Moutjoiuery county, on Sunday niommir. at 9 o’clock. * KEY.—On the J7th mat., Mr. Edward Key, in the 4Ttk year of fits aae» - • .< f*uneml from the residence of hisd/uis-hter, No. 1417 N?lser alley, between Fitzwater and Bhippen streets,.— thi^Vsatnrday) afternoon.at^oVldck'* .STANTON.—On the 18thidstt* Laura Stanton, aged 20 ‘ ■years. , -\v:: - /■ - -■, J 1 - ' ---a Funeral ftonrNtf. 15J2 North Thirteenth direct,'above' Jejferspy. thmfSaturdayJrnominf.atSo’elock. * MILLER.—On-the »17tbv Inst, John P.MiUetiin the 67thye.tr of bisoge. -■ ‘‘Funeral from -fit? latp residence, No'. 1258 North Elo- Sanaa/afternoon, atloVloclf. » -FAWXS.-rOn the.lfth; lust, Mrs. Elizabeth FawJs, .OMdmyoats.. - * • the 9tH hit, near Steelvjile, Charter bounty, Win. F. PeriqOefc, formerly of the firm of Rid dle, l ecdock, M Co., Philadelphia, aged 89 years. " TomV Oot \'f 8,108 10 .. 20,183 00: 911 00 .. 30,716 19 .706,108. <« ,taja* 00 SPECIAL NOTICES. Tire Dyspeptic;—The‘trials jt&dfsufisr-. DysppptiQ cnn only, be.roalized by those so unfortunate *tfB‘t<rbo "ntatefoU by t his disease, aritfyct \ how many of t lipm suffer and, continue tosuffar!,, Yfny they|do this so patiently it is impossible to toll. It may be Iromiznoraneo of any {/rim* r«wali/ x or it may bo from prejiidioo azaiiist the use of Patent Medicine. HOOF bAJID’S UERMAJf BITTERS has cured, thousands of" * tha worst cases of-Uyspepsia. and oaeb day adds new names to tiro' record of its usefulness. ‘ Give tho Bitters a trial.. * i . l . . . I. . For sale to «U druggists and dealer* in medicines, everywhere, at <5 cents per bottle." Also by the Pro Philadelphia.— ~ ; ' it ' The Vegetable Liquid }Lmb Dte op Julks Havel requires no previous preparation of the Hiair. Its bfieofa are instantaneous j producing a rich, glossy, andMifc-Uke black, brown* or, auburn, entirely free from the <lull,' T &arni appearance caused by other dyes* It la easily applied] and is perfectly harmless. Sola by all druggists; ami by JULES HAUEL & Co. No. Tpt CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. auis-tt , Removal.— The Mutual Life Insurance Odmp.i NT oi' Yolk.— Ths Alonoy of this Com pany 1 ha, been* REMOVED TO THE ENTERPRBB INSURANCE' COMPANY BUILDING at tho South west bonier oi‘FOURTH and WALNUT Street*. anlO-lit F. IUTCHFORD STARR, Agent, One-Prior Clothing of tiib Latest Style./ and made, in the hast manner, expressly for retail sales. JWa “art out lowest selling prices in TLAIX movers on each artiole. All goods made to order are warranted satisfhotery/aod our oxk-price system is strictly, adhered to. Wo heliovo this to ho thaoaly fair way of dealing, &a thereby all are treated alike. ap2d-tauS7 • Grover & Baker’s Celebrated Noiseless Familt Sewlno-Macbises, AT aSfiPCSP PSICB9. Temporarily at No. m Broadway. 1 % Will return to No. 49& in ’a few weeks. Ska me s Satins Fund—Kobthwest Corner Sfccojrp and VTAlsut Btreets.—Deposits ro received in email andlarge amounts, from all classes of , the eotnnnmitr, and allows interestat the rate of fire per ser annum.'. r - TMijnay may be drawn by checks without loss of in terest; ? Offioeopen'dßlly,fn)moUßtiUo*cloclf,widonMen la tk® President, FULL; Treasurer and Secretary, CHAU ' MARRIED. JONES & CO., $O4 MARKET Street,
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