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.' Wednesday, September 2ii -wro.
Fibst Paob.— Magftßlno Literature;, Letter
■from 1 Wisconsin * Letter from J
York; Letter from Harrisburg.; Fodbth Page.-?
Foreign News Intelligence. j
The News*
: t 3%e^|teamer ? Arabift la, underatoQd.to.have ar
rived at Halifax \rith a week's later news from
Europe; feat, bwing.to the old "difficulty between
-t&q.telegraph people,lhe publio must wait for. the
newß until to-morrow, ; «, . ;
*< Nothing washeard of the steamer Nova Beotian
at Father Point up to a late boat last night; ; ’
By.-the overland mailat Bt: Louis, wohavd nows
, Aroportprevailed,
that a coinpany of United States troops’, some
/one hundred and forty men, had been massacred
. by- the .Snake Indians. Groat suffering existed
_ ,among Uie_ returning Pike’s Peak emigrants. The
Lancaster, of Philadelphia, foundered at sea
/while onayoyagefroih San Franoisco JoAustralia
J.wjtha cargo ofrice. The American Whaler Sun;
light h r as bcoh Vreckod and totally lost; ‘ The orew
)»& Bnhomd litfiouUy was ex
_ pec ted Sn.conßequenoe, 83 the House of Assembly
, bijjritlili‘ Columbia ’had, adopted an address to
Governor Douglass /urging him to enforce a great
homber of impossible wings. ~
' ' Hiram P. Leslie, the swindlor of the young girls
wliohi engaged |.o go South, as. teachers,' was
‘ tried 'yesterday, bithq Cqurtof Quarter Serious,
’ ',Vn4. found ’guilty. He pro rod himself,' by bis
J effrontery in court, to be' a hardened sinhbr, tin
; worthy 'of . the least , sympathy. ’ Judge Ludlow
'uentqnoed hiin to threo at hard labor in the
/Eastern Penitentiary. This is the full extent'the
' law allows for the offonoe foi 1 which the follbw vm
/iried./ s _* *'■ ' ' . r / '/•':
~ General Scott has started oh his minion.to Sen
/Juah/ Ho lefuNew Yprk yestqrday in the Star of
/the/Yeet; Washoiiored by amiljta
ry and he was saluted^from 1 Governor’s Is*
‘ lahdj Fprt Hamilton’and Fort Cdinmbus, as the
Star of the West parsed'down the hay;' The Scott
’Life Guard, Captain J./H. Hobart Ward.'cbmposod
of the several companies in arms whioh
‘/‘served during the' Mexican war, paraded as artil
v lerlsts,' hhd ’fired a salute as the steamer left her
“'Wharf. The mission of the General to the Western
‘'eoWfreUtei io a controversy now arising : between
. and that'of Great Britain rcla
,/tiVe to : the proprietorship of Ban Jaan Island,
/‘ WhicVlies abqut twenty-flve miles from the shore
of Waihingtoh Territory, in the strait Separating
'“that, territory from Vancouver’s Island.. “It'’ is
* Eiinated outside the main channel, and is' farther
/YemoVed from British than from Americau land,
“ ' end, accordingly, by immemorial usage, belongs bo
7J'the White*States.' y.. f' - -
They have a summary mode of settling political
'"deputations in New Orleans. 1 Tho night before
last Dr. Robert M; Graham and Ernest Toledano
/ failed to convince fetich other by words, so Mr. To*
/lotfano thought hfe would try'wbat virtue there was
' ' in a pistol, and he silenced his opponent by shoot-
-
i !{ The Philanthropic Reform Convention, just end*
ed at Bcffalo, New York, must hare been composed
' ‘of a precious set of “ reformers. 55 The speeches
'inode on the' occasionwerfe of the most blasphe*
■ ’mous character." Mr. Andrew Jaokson Davis was
one of the principal actors. ■
' ' The Massachusetts Republican State Convention,
" Which met at Fitchburg yesterday, nominatedHots
'N. P. Banks for re-eleotion as Governor of tho
'‘-Stato. ! ''■ ‘ ■ / • 1 ' - >’-* ' v .
' Governor Packer has issued his proclamation an*
7 - nountiDg that the Commissioners oHhe'Sinking
l J Fund havo reported to him that they have, from
/Nov; 30th 1857, to Sept. sth, 1859, redeemed the
/ debt of the Commonwealth to the amount 0f|1,137,-
? 115 36, modo up as follows:
1 . Certificates of stock loan of April 11th,
lB4B, 6per cent......,, $44,650 t)0
v, CertiQcates of stock loans of various
dates, 5 per cent 1,047,238 28
.Relief; issue cancelled 41,671 00
-Interestcertificates of various dates...' 4,298 10
: -Total... ..$1,137,155 86
In the important railroad bond case of Oelrichs
A Co., European bankers, w. Tho City of Pitts'
burg, Judge McCandless, of the United States Cir
cuit Court, yesterday delivered an opinion against
tho city, and directing the United States marshal
- to proceed with the sale of the* stocks held by tho
oity in tho Pittsburg Gas-Works. ; /„
, ; Yesterday afternoon a person named'MoCabo
went into the' editorial office of tho NV.Y, JDatfy
News, and asked some questions as to tho author*
ehlp of certain articles which had appeared in that
: paper. On Mr. Thompson, one of the editors,
- acknowledging himself tho author, 'MoCabe struck
him a powerful blow' on tho temple, and followed
Him -Bp, .striking him— wpQ«t»J.ly. —Uh -ttfaumy
■. son’s nose was broken, and his . face terribly bat
tered.' After, the outragc, rMcC»bo
ooeaped ; but a warrant has beenprocured far bis
-arrest. : - : -
~ Our reporter mentions the escape of three priso
ners from the cell of. the Fifteenth-ward staUon
- house.-The cells of this establishment are so in
secure that it fes only by the use of - the most
extreme vigilance that cscapos are < sot; xuore
An ocoumnoeeuoh as that of yesterday
should not <be lightly passed by. ' It should occur
:■ but once in the city of Philadelphia. -.- ■ <
-In Boston the examination of Dr. J 7 C. Ayer,
upon the ohargeof stabbing R. S. Fay, treasurer
of the Middlesex Mills Corporation, has been post
poned for one week. The impression is that Dr.
Ayer simply defended himself, as well as he was
1 'able,' from an attack' commenced by Mr. Fay. Tho
'wounded man is thought to be oat of danger. 1
* The Canvas in Ohio. ;
; , A few ddya ago we showed where the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor in New Jersey
.T-stood on the Territorial question. His posi
t ■ tion in his Newark speech was not only boldly
- stated,,but in such terms as to be read of all
men.' We now subjoin an extract from the
* speech of “ Judge Ranhey—-the Democratic
• candidate for Governor in Ohio—in answer to
his adversary; the Republican Candidate, Mr.
‘ pENHisox. Judge RAHNEvi at a public meei-
Ing in Cleveland, Ohio", on Wednesday eve
ning last, stated his position as follows:
'‘But my idea of this whole matter is this: that
. we agrMd, in,1850, to take this subject of slavery
‘, out of the hands of Congreu, for the reason that
' it«, agitation there had been produotiv® of mis
chief ; and that, too, on the reasoning ofsuoh etel
,: nsnt men as Ciay and Webster. ; When I agreed to
-• then expeoted,*fld J now expoct, to refer
the question to th® people®/ the Territories, to let
, ?thein;deai' withdt'as they think proper with a
/ view, to their own Interest, and to correct princi
.■ pl«8'- J mean toaffirm that when they- are a re
gularly .organised Territory, th® Territorial Deals
, Inture may - abolish slavery if it exists, upon the
some terms that a State could do it, not affecting
existing rights, but making a prospective aboli
.:-iton.. I understand that aTeriitorialDegislature
■„ m anpedwith power to settle this principle as fully
hy law as in the aotof forming a Constitution. * *
r . “And now we aro upbraided and constantly ap
pealed to that onr brethren of the South do not
agree with us on this subject. Then lot them dis
fc^reo., We have said in our platform as adopted
at Cincinnati, that.we renouneo fellowship with all
men who do not go with us in this principle of non-
M jctcryention. /Tne.Demooraoy of -the-Northwest
will never move from that principle, On that loan
.. -dation, they, stand as firm as the everlasting Mils,
.{Cheers,].- .
(t North shall claim intervention by"
; Congress* or the extreme South, ia immaterial to
, t our position.. And there we will stand or fall—liv
.. itfg or- dying. The Democracy of the Northwest
- caanpver Jbo m9yed from that position, - [Cheers.]
=r, _r., - . * . $ ♦ # . .# ,
“ Myfrfead wpuld appeal to Congress; /ohoose
- go to the honest masses of-the people, who will
settle m the Territories. (Cheers.]' ! pray to know
; .whatihereiein the history of, the past that should
-/ distrust them. Slaveryhas never been
;, one solitary foot by any notion of theirs.
:, the Northwest Territory kept free ? By
.by the net of merely.
: Let the people, have hold of this matter and there
, f tynotthele&stdapger.”., • r , /
' This is thft ground upon which every Demo
-1 crasic candidate for Governor, and every De~
inocratlc. candidate for a State offlce, is run
ning in every free State in this Union; except
' .Pennsylvania. Hero Mr. BoohAnan has made
: his heresies the teat of political fidelity. He
hM placed tho regular Democratic candidates
. upon his .theory, and has reffiaed to allow the
Dempcratic organization tho slightest chance
of success, in order that he miy; gratify his own
V personal feelings, on the one sustain
-i. himself in hia : betrayal of principle on tho
The Circnmlocntion Office*
From an English journal we have cut out the
'follo\ving paragmph:: ; .
• ' isstated that the design of the rifled cannon
used'by tho French was offered to the BritiSh Qov-.
: ernmeuUnißss, A similar inventioh;by t Count
6t the Piedmontese jjemce, w&8 also o f.
■ f ; feredtopur ciovernmcnt; but Ats plaits were re*.
- i; backwards and forwards until they were lost
' / w'.v K ;: s ', 7 ■
iThis i? cir^unlbcut|oh ; witbout any donbt.
This is n. apectnlcd. of ' tho red*tape way of not
ATmaii :: BAkeSjgrhai' inveu-
oireraat tedho;-JriUst,Goverament,
and -hie plans"behig-rcf6rred;bftckwArd' and
loa^s
:■:> heart, withdraws in disgust* takes himself and"
sfiflqfiit’ Scaring of
Falestro and Montebello, Magenta and Soiferi*
: of
i . whjchlmd sbeen lossea to/And fro/ by. Lord
,^^| nlUB? .r^ r i‘ Barnacle, and others; the
& ; Olrcuiniocption
ih./jili Operation,
d;^6vbm
piefit. . ' - ' • - ' ‘ 1
The Oregon Boundary Question.
It is very unfortunate that a lpopholo to
hang a doubt upon wH loft in the Oregon
boundary treaty ratifled'durtjfetho
tion of Mr. Foik. Wa hadoitperienM enough
to teach us that on all territorial questions
British would u cayil on the ninth
part of a hair.” TYo’had had protracted dis
cussions and much angry fabling in regard to
the Northeastern boundary,” which remained
unsettled from the time o£ the treaty of 1788
until 1842, the dispute in-thiij ease being ofo
character. Somewhat similar to that whioh has
lately arisen—as it.rclated to. tho . manner in
which, under the, desefiption of the boundary
given in th& treaty ofl7BB, tho actual line should
bo surveyed and ran. Border collisions hod
aW arisen' and detachments of troops had
heeii tlu;own into the vicinity of the disputed
district, in Maine and the British provinces, by
the antagonistic claimants, The question was
kept,open for flfty-hino years, and it had been
dikcusftd with moro or less acrimony for
twentyyears.
The Northwestern Boundary had also long
Been a dehate&bie question, and efforts to
finally atyust it had heeii unsuccessfully made
in 1818, i 824, 1828, 1827, 1843, and 1844.
ITe, thereforo,' had every reason to expect
that if, in the supposed final settlement made
in 1846, the "rights df either nation should
not he dofined with the greatest possible ac
curacy and .nicety, additional disputes would
ariso. Such fears havo been realised. Al
though the line has not yet heeii all surveyed
and run, the’ ComthissWners engaged in that
task have pnt Conflicting interpretations on an
important portion of the article of the treaty
which describes the boundary, and widely dif
ferent interpretations of its meaning are made
by the two ■ Governments. The treaty was
formed at Washington oh the 15th day of Juno,
1846, and is signed by James Bcohasan, then
Secretary or State, and Kicuabd Paxexiiam,
the British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the United States. Its first
article is as follows; ,
“ Art. l.From. ths point on tho forty-ninth par
allel of north latitude, where the, boundary laid
down in existing ’troatieo and conventions be
tween Great Britain and the' United States termi
nates, the line of boundary between the territo
ries of her Britannto Majesty, and thoso of tho
United States, shall be continued westward, along
the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, to the
middle of the channel tohich’separates' the con
tinent from Vancouver’s Island , and thrnes
southerly , through tho middle of the said chan‘
net, and o f Fuca’s Straits, to the Pacific Ocean;
provided, however, that the navigation of the said
ohannel and straits, south of tho ibrty. ninth pa
rallel of north latitude, fetUSins freo and open to
both parties-”
It is now Welt, known that between Van
couver’s Island and the continent there arc at
least two, and according to some accounts
three channels, instead of one, audit is unfortu
nate that when tho article quoted above was
written, that thet was not known, or if known,
that the particular channel which Was to form
the boundary of two gfcat land-loving nations
was not specifically stated; for upon that ques
tion hinges the title—now warmly contested —
to the island of San Jnan, and several smaller
islands.
Mr. Buchasas, no doubt, ontortaihs a dis
tinct recollection of the interpretation which
was placed Upon tho treaty at the timo
it was framed by Mr. Pakexiiam and himself
-=-and we doubt very much whether it over
entered into the brain of any Sonator who ra
tified it, that any land south of Vancouver’s
Island was to bo surrendered to Groat Britain i
bntthe troth is, that while tho treaty states tho
boundary line is to be “tho Widdlo oi tho
channel” Which « Separates the continent from
Vancouver’s Island,” that language is rendered
obscure, and to some extent indefinite, by the
fact that several channels exist. The error is
a singular one, and is a remarkable instance of
the conflicting interpretations which may bo
given to what appear to bo clearly stated
treaties. The Strong points of tho American
case are—first, that the channel whichlies near
est to Vancouver’s Island is tho deopest and best
ono, and should thereforo ho considered tho
main channel; and, second, tho probable inten
tion pfj tbo framors of the treaty to deviate
from tho. 49th parallel solely for the purpose
of allowing Great Britain ,to retain undivided
possession of Vancouvor’a Island.
The occupancy of San Juan by American
troops, and tho threatened resistance by Bri
tish forces, have added to the difficulties of
settling this question by arousing considerable
A*, n lt»q 1.1 .iLfllaiii J It.,
States, and neither Government will be dis
posed to abate one jot of its pretensions. The
dangers of a collision have been diminished by
despatching tho war-worn veteran, General
Scott, to Oregon; but the attention whioh the
employment of tho Gommarider-in-Chief of oUr
army on this mission will' attract throughout
the world, will probably add, on tho other
hand, to the tenacity with which England will
cling to her claim to territory to which wo
have clearly shown that wo attach much im
portance.; ,
The Two Commanders-in-Chief.
One of the New Tork papers says that the
Duke of Cambbiikie, Queen Victoma’s cou
sin, and .Commandcr-ia-Chief of the British
Army, was about being sent to the Island of
San Juan, wliithor General Scott is bound,
with a view of personally settling the Ameri
can and'Britlsh dispute there in an amicable
manner, if possible. *Wo know not on what
authority, this Was stated, but The London
Times, of August 29th, officially announces
that tho Duke had left England «for a few
weeks’ tonr in Germany.” This does not look
as if ho was to be sent across tho Atlantic.
Lobs of the IT* S# tiieamer Falton.
The U, S, steamer Fulton, which has just been
lost on the Florida coast, in the gale of tho 16 th
inst., was one of our oldest men-of-war. She was
frequently designated as “ Fulton the Third.”
The first steam man-of-war that was built by our
Government bore the name of the noble Fulton,
and her construction was-under the superinten
dent)® of Robert Fulton. While thus superintend
ing this enterpriso, in 18X4, he caught cold, from
the effeoto of whioh he died, before the completion
of. the vessel.' She was rather a floating battery
than a sea steamer, and on trial was found unfit
for sea. • This vessel wound up her career in 1828,
by the explosion of her powder magazine, whllo
lying at New York, whero she was built.
- Her snooessor, “ Falton the Second,” was built
In 1837, and she, too, was found almost as unfit for
soMervlce as her namesake.
In 1851 tills vessel was altered considerably, and
a new and superior engine and Iwilsn placed in
her, and since then she has made a very efficient
man-of-war. She bad a fine, large, direct-aoting,
fnolined engine, whioh has boon worked up to eight
hundred horse power, and gave her a speed of over
twenty knots per hoar. -
, There, is no vessel in the navy that has done more
active bruising during tho last eight years than the'
Falcon, although, in the opinion of probably one
half of the officers who have sailed in her, she was
considered upseaworthy. The objections were to
her model, and to the want of strength, oaused by
the,dcoay of her timbers. On this account many,
doubtless, will rejoice at her loss, when they are
assured that no lives havo boon saeriflcod, Her
present boilers wero but two years old, and were
of the most approved construction.
Last May the Fulton returned from the. Para*
guay s expedition, having been the flag-ship on the
river La Plata. She has just been overhauled and
refitted at considerable expense at the Gosport
navy-yard, from.whenoe she sailed, with new offi
cers and crew, on the 55th of last month, for a
Cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Bho is registered os
a third-class side-wheel steomor, and was of 698
ions burden. ' Her present armament was eight
thirty-two pounders. On her expedition to Para
guay she was fitted to carry four nine-inch guns
and one eleven-inob gun, and was manned by 107
officers and men., In case of action at that time,
sbe would have been pVobably by for tho most offi
cientvessel of tho squadron. Efficient steamers of
this size are of great service in times of ponce, and
would!)© indispensable in war. It is to be hoped
that Congress will rffclace her by building many
more.
, List of officers; Commander, G. G, Williamson;
lieutenant, Egbert Thompson; master, Wm. E.
Evans; purser, C. C. JAOkson; acting chief engi
neer,(G. ,W. Alexander; third assistant engineers,
-James W. De Kraft, ,G. JI. Riley, R. H. Harris,
and H, X. Wright;, captain’s dork, A. P. Jlulec ;
putter's olerk. J. Bonnett.
' Pnfßßfi'ox*# Ladies’ National Maoazisr.—
The October number has arrived, and a very good
number it Is, a capital engraving,
from an original design; in which a little boy and
girt Are feeding young chickens, while Pater-fa*
f/»7fd*,;exulting in bis healthy sod kind-hearted
ohildfed, looks.oh'approvingly and delighted.. A
steel plate of Parisian Fashions, a fino wood-en
graving of Young Heir’s Return,” crowds
W other 'wdpd-ohts, with .music, do., mako up a
■Urge array of lllustratioiis. The reading matter
In this magasine is always good—thanks to tho tact
and taste of Charles J. Peterson, Its well-read edi
tor; who is himself a very popular novelist.
' Tun particular attention of the trade is inviiod
to it he Ealothia morning by B. Scott, Jr,, auo-
Uoneer, 431 Chestnut street, commencing at 10
o’clock.. It wiU consiat lr, part of a large and ole
gant. assortment of trimmings, bonnet ribbons,
,fi<?wers, .embroideries, hoop, skirts, Ac.; also, at
Oommenoemcntof sale, opo sewing machliio. Ca
talogues aow rcadJ* ' '
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, W]
Letter from “Occasional.”
[Correspoudence of The ptfils.l . ■
, , WASHino*ox, Sept.'2o, fSflO.
POno of the most indomitable and Active oandl’-.
dates for tho ProsicUnSy Is John M. Bolls, of Vir
ginia. Evorytody has heard of'Mr., Bolts, espe ;
oialty his night with.Oaptain Tyler of immorta;
memory. And why should ho not be d oandidato ?
He has ability, experience fn pnblio matters, and
is, withal, a man of strong good sense and warm,
impulsive nature. In these days! when everybody
is named for tho Presidency, sdoh a MaA ah fiotts
is not to be despised; and I Am, thefofdrs, not as
tonished that his friends arooarnestihh'issiifiport.,
Other aspirants,' in the Opposition party,, will do
well to cultivate Mr. BottS, because, if ho is ndt a
candidate himself he will be litre th wield conside
rable influence in ehooilng the man,
The overthrow of Fernando Wood in Now York,
at the late Syracuse Convention, has astonished no
body hero. The ex-Mayor has great personal oou
rage and many resources, but his mistake bas boon
that of a. number of other politicians—in fighting
simply for oflioo, aod not for prineiple. There is
no sympathy for a politician who hoses his aUtlefi
upon the foot that his friends ho Vo 861 obtained of
fice); and Mr, PstnUndo Wood has been crushed by
a oatastropho whioh is certain, eoonor or later, to
overtake, every one who does not espouse oertain
great truths and stand forth as tho consistent do*
fender of these truths, disinterestedly ahd always.
Tho oleotion of General Cashing as n doiegate t 6
the National Convention at Charleston, hy th'e De
mocracy of Massachusetts, is significant, I be
lieve tho ex-Attohney GoneVa! prefers Jofferson
Davis for the Prtsldehcy. His Bnccesa in the Con
vention was a high compliment, not only to his
vast ability, hut to the Administration of General
Pierce, of whioh he was a distinguished member.
Tho Douglas fooling in tho Massachusetts Conven
tion was very strong, notwithstUndingit Was doefilod
Inexpedient to pass a resolution making this faat
apparent. All the means and appliances of the
General Administration wero of little avail to pro
vent either the oleotion of General Cushing or the
adoption of a decided popular Sovereignty plat
form. . -
It is sngjjoitod that Mr. Buohanan will insist
upon reoognising the Houston mon in Texas as the
proper persons to be represented in iho Democratic
National Convention; and that, onthfiiliher hand,
his officials will bo iuefrtosted to demand the exclu
sion of tho Tyonglas Domocraoy of Illinois. Boar in
mind that the Interest which is dononnotng yon in
Pennsylvania asdisorganlsers for refusing to support
a State ticket standing upon a platform which dis
cards tho holiest principles of the Dom'ooratio party,
at the samp time repudiates and denounces the re
gular organization In Illinois, beeauSO it elands
upon tho true Democratic faith, and aoeepts an ir
regular faction in Texas as orthodox, simply be
cause that faotion has been enabled to dofeat tho
regular Demooraoy under the lead of a man who
profess to bo friendly to the National Administta*
tlon! .
I havo boen touch noiuseii in Watching the move
ments of Certain of tho Officials in this ,oity, who
hail from ynur State, and who employ themsolves
in abusing the Stato-Rigbls Democracy, bocauso
they refuse to Support th’o Administration tiokot.
In tho same breath they denounce you as a bolter,
DouglAs as a traitor, and applaud Mr. Houston ns
a saint! I repeat, I havo no objection to the new
Govornor of Texas—none In tho world. There ate
many worse men than thP hero of San jacinth,
and I allude to him now only for the purpose bf
illustrating, tho changing policy of tko Adminis
tration in regard to party organization.
I will hot be at all astonishod if that distin
guished Southern leader, Hon, Wm. L. Yancoy, of
Alabama, should, at an early day, take occasion
to say that it may bcobme tho duty of tho South to
acoopt Stephen A. Douglas for the Preßidehoy ns
tho only way to resono tho country from a fiicte
geographical triumph in 1850. -1 do hot profess to
have, any authority for this declaration, but tho
patriotism of Mr. Yanooy leads mo to expect that
he will not be an indiffbront spectator of tho groat
events now brewing in tho bosom of tho present.
One of tho most enthusiastic friends of Douglas
is the Hon. John Forsyth, of Alabama, lato minis
ter to Mexico. I have never met a man who so
keenly appreciates and fools the importance or the
nomination of JOdgo Donglaa at Charleston, nor
one who Is moro rinoorely and heartily dovotod to
the eaose of the “ Little Giant.”
Although Gov. Wise continues Bteadiiy, through
tho eolnmns of the Biehthond Enquirer, to assert
tho extremest opinions for tho protection Of Blavery
against the popular will ill tho Territories, it is
significant how little impression his theories make
upon tho poblio mind, elthor In Virginia Or blso.
whoro. No man in this country had higher hopes
of snooess thah Henry A. Wise until ho allowed
himself to bo plaocd upon this extreme and im
practioable idea. Even iho publication of hie
Donnelly letter would havo boen passed over with
generous indulgence by tho peoplo, had ho followed
out the noble course ho took against the Loconlp
ton Constitution, But that Catastrophe has only
boen mado more fatal hy thoocoentric and extraor
dinary diversion ho has made in favor of tho Terri
w* «m yuAux/-vi MTOTwnninwirairoinji- me ■ venef oi
Government.
What will the Now York delegates to Charleston
do? This is the question that troubles a good
many of the quid iuitlie io and aliOilt tho depart
monts. The list hut a strango, bizarre look, an
ugly neutrality and Delphio mystery, that puzzles
the shrewdest and sharpest connoisseur in the
chicanery of New York polities. The cabinet of
candidates for the Presidency read it over as a po
litician reads the election with varying
interest. No one is able to teti whom theso dele
gates will support or whom they will opposo. What
makes the thing more annoying is tho euspioion
that the wholo of it is a Douglas trick—a suspi
cion, by tho way, whioh Bennett, of the New
York Herald, has token great oare to inflame, by
assorting that at least twenty-one of the Syraouse
delegates are for that distinguished personage.
Those who havo this No w York delegation to Charles
ton in hand—especially such as aro in offioo—
must take care that it docs not burn their fingers
before the National Democratic Convention is
oponed in the capital of South Carolina. It is
dangerous to carry concealed loaded weapons—
they may explode; and this delegation, concealed
as ito objects aro from public view, Is unquestiona
bly loaded with more than one fatal projeotilo.
Let those, then, who carry It in their pockets, and
who are expeoting to hold it as tho vory jewol of
thoir eye, as tho very Koh-i-noor of delegations, bo*
ware, lest in their efforts to proserve It from spolia
tion and to hido it from the sun, it does not ex
plode, scattering destruction and death all nround.
Tho following oxtraots from one of the greatest
essays of the celebrated Sidney Smith, applies
with singular force to the present condition of
American politics. When a few brave men took
up arms against the frauds and follies of those In
power, their example was sooutod, and pre.
dictions were hazarded in all quarters, that thoy
would speedily bo crushed by the overwhelm
ing and Irresistible influenoo of the General
Administration. Thoyworo pointed to instances
in which tho most distinguished intellects had fail
ed to mako headway against Federal power; the
fate that befell the Van Barons, the Hugh L. Whites,
tho Tahnadges and others, was paraded as an
apparition to frighten them from their propriety.
Whatever may have been the rule heretofore, the
triumph of theso men Is now an assured fact. Thoy
may proudly contemplate the roform thoy nave
wrought, while leaving others to gather the fruits
of their courageous, consistent, and oonstaot labors.
It required the utmost perseverance and faith to
convince the people not merely that their cause was
just (that it was so must have been apparent to every
candid mind,) but that they themselves woro sin.
cero, and intended to maintain tho good fight to
the end., The power of the Administration of the
General Government in this oonntry must always
be great. The patronage of tho President is far
more extensive than that of the Queen of Great
Britain, and those men who sustain him are made
up of placemen, expectants, and a mass of timid
wa! tors upon Providence, who nooept the heresies
of lenders, because they aro themselves thus saved
the troublo of thinklpg for themselves. That
against'all these influences and obstacles tho re
volt of tho States-Rights Democracy in this coun
try should havo so completely and thoroughly suo
ooeded, Is one of the hoalthlost indications of the
times. The languago of Sydney Smith should bo
carefully read and weighed:
*' To estimate the merit and the difficulty of tide oppo
ritiou, we must remember the enormous influence whioh
the Crown, through the medium oflte patronage, exer
cises in the remotest corners of the kingdom—the numbor
ofeubjeots whom it pays, tho much groater number whom
it keeps in a state of expectation—and the ferocious
turpitude of those mercenaries whose present profits
and future hopes are threatened by honest, and exposed
by eloquent men. It is the easiest of all things, too, in
this country, to mako Englishmen believe that those
who oppose the Government wish to ruin the conntry.
The English are a very busy people j and, With nil the
faults of thoir governors, they are still a very happy peo
ple. Thoy have,as they onghttohaveaperfectoonfidonce
in the administratloiffif Justice. The rights which the
different classes of mankind exercise the one ovor the
‘other aro arranged upon equitable principles. Life, liber
ty, and property are protected from the violence and ca
price of power, The visible and immediate stako there
fore rotwhich English politicians play is not large enough
to attract the notice of the people and ! to call them off
from their daily occupations, to investigate thoroughly
the chamterfi and motives of men engaged in tho busi
ness of legislation. The people can only, understand,
and attend to results o f along series of measures.
They are impatient of the details which lead to these re
sults, and it is the easiest of all tilings to make them
believo that those who insist upon such details are ac
tuated only by factious motives. We aro all now groan
ing under the weight of taxes; but how often was
Mr. Fox followed by the curses ofhis country, for pro
testing against the two warn which have loaded us with
theso taxes ? the one of whioh wars has made America
independent, and the other reudered France omnipo
tent. Tho cnee is the same with all the branches of pub
lic liberty. If the broad and palpable question Wore,
whether every book which issues from the press should
l>o Biihjeetoil to tho license of a general censor, it would
bo impossible to blacken the diameter of any man who,
so called upon, defended the liberty of publishing opin
ions. But, when tho Attorney General, for the time be
ing, ingratiates himself with tho ttmrt, by nibbling at
this valuable privilege of tho people, it is vory
easy to treat hostility to his measures aji a
minute and frivolous opposition to the Govern
ment, . and to persuade the mass of maukind
that it is so. In fact, when onntion has become free, it
is extremely difficult to persuade them that their free
dom is only to be preserved by perpetual nnd miruito
Jealousy. They do not obsorvo that there is a constant,
perhaps an unconscious, effort, on the part oftheir Go
vernors, todiminish, and so ultimately to destroy, that
freedom. They stupidly imagine that what is wil( al
ways bo; aud, contented with tho have al-
ready gained, are cmiily pdrtuadod to suspect and villi
those friends, thd deject of whose life it is to presor
Ihd good, and to increase It*
“ It woa the lot of Mr, Fox to fight this battle for t
greater part of his life; in the coarse of which time
never van seduced by the love of power, wealth,
popularity, to sacrifice the happiness of tho many to t
interest of the few, He rightly thought, that kin
And all puhlio officers, were instituted duly for the go
of those over whtttn they preside i add he noted iu
this oonviotioh Wah alwayA present Vd His mind} «l :
dainirig and wi’tbeUMitlg IhAt iuiMatrous tondenoy
mankind by Vrhion thdy so often not only suffor, but i
ViU rai’A frt\ti that power which they themselves haREDEMPTION OF CALIFORN' .
Widely created for their own happiness.. He love ■
too, the happiness.of his moro than LhflThe American Troops Still in Possession oi the
favor, and while others were agfladetldg Ihe reaourC ' Islund of Sau Joan.
by flattering the igbdrtnt prejudices and foolish pa ‘
sidna dftlie country, Mr. Fox was content to be odious
the people eo long ns lie could lie useful also. It will] ______
long before we witness again such pertinaoiousioppfl
tion to the alarming power of the Crown, and to the fNEARLY TOTAL DUSTRUCTION OK A TOWN
lies of our public measures, the necessary consenuen BY FIRE-LOSS, fiioo.OW.
of tbit power. That such opposition should eyerT < ——' * —-—- .
united again with such extraordinary talents, itis, pftoring Broken-Down Pike’g.Peftkers.
haps, in vain to ho e.” ... ° _______________
Thoro is a good deal of remark plotted In in
tary oirclos here in ooi|tfc4uoiii6 of tho treatiu
General ttarnc#)b tfecewipg at tho hands of
Administration. The General, it is well und
stood, has been one of Mr. Buchanan’s idiosyne
eles—his beau ideal of the military character; j
whon this offioer was last in Washington, the h
enoomimna he tr&s in the habit of passing in
Vestibules of tho hotels ejlon, tho “ pluck” of.
£besldont, was Understood to bo A sort of buftfcol
or echo of tho bellicoso con'veViatlons of tho Hea
tho Nation Mth this distinguished military cli
(i choral Harooy is now, no doubt, reposing fir,
in the bolief that, in pursuing a decided eoursoin;
Ban Juan affair, he was doing a good service tb
country, which will meet with the approval of;
President. How ho will excuse fori
being superseded, all o’vor tho conn
the Administration 6f his “ rashness audit
bf Judgment,” is yet to be seen. If Ism not \
tak.cn, tho relations between General Harnoyi
General Scott, are not of the T.micable ol
aoter, arising 6ut of tfiatiers that occurred in h)
W, One Ihlng General Harney has certainlyt
lo learn; that is, that a defiant tone someth
indulged In by high statesmen, is not the p
index of firmness of purpose. Where was Gerf
Harney .when 54: 40 was being discussed? Sup
tho trepidation manifested at the White Houo
apprehension of a difficulty with tho British, jt
the invasion of England by NnpoloonTllis lj*
cd to with anxiety, as tho nnly taoana of saWm
to tho docAsioxii
Ar'cli-Mtlrcfet xlifealrlU !
Last night, J4w. «H>hh i)row fairly divided*
udiiblft Hhd Applause with Mr. Edwin Boothi)
ns Portia to his Skylocti. Sho was splendidlt
tired, as suited the wealth of the groat heiresjr
whoso hand even Prinoos contended, and in Wo
train of suitors Nobles were pfoud to follow, it
only splendidly, Uitmost becomingly. )Ve hjr
Saw bet look better. And, recalling the las
whom wo have soon, perform in “ Tho Morchanf
Venice,”—apd wo have seen Jnany— wo Uolt
think that any one has been a bettor Portia m
Mrs. DHto. She certainly is a very admlrie
performer—tho best we now havo in this city.
Thore are two phases in the character of Poa.
When first seen in tho play, os now acted, she In
the trying situation of witnessing thebestottjo?
her hand to llassa»i'6 l by a &obt of lotted ith
him hoi- Widhoi are. She dbslres his
daro nbt betray tho secret wbioh would secant.
Sho has but to stand by, tho prey of varied no
tions, whilo ho examines tho caskets and de
rates upon his choice. It was hero that Mrs. Jew
made bor byo-play tell— bye-play which, fith
scarcely a spoken word, was full of olcquuts.
You saw her thoughts in her face, varying ojicr
Bailor passed from casket to casket, ah,d ripdng
into JOy, which she still would not let him sc,the
whole of, when ho turned to her, lord of her Ind,
fortune, heart. This was performed with ojuli
sito delicacy, and *• drew down tho house” r*ral
times during tho scene.
Tho sooond phaso la whore Poitia apperoln
tho Court of Justice, at Venice, disgulsq As
" a young and Ifearfied ddotbr.'’ She xVaA scfcely
recognisable as tho samo person, so completwos
her disgiiise. Bhe played this Sooue also mot im
pressively and spoke tho oelebratcd passageom
moncing,
11 Tlie quality of meroy is not strained,”
with rare clearness of Intonation anil grao of
manner. As tho play was made to ohd witilho
exit of at tho ctoso of whnt is commoly,
but incorrectly called “tho trial scene,”for tore
is no trial, Mrs. Brew's further noting was e|ibd
also.
ilore let us add that Mr. Dolman’s Bastnia
(whioh tho porformor variously pronounced Bas
sanio and Bassaynio, the first, whioh is corcot,
being his own,) was a very satisfactory porlrm
anoo. Gratiano , by Mr. Stoddart, had tho nerit*
at least, of being quiet and Inoffonslve—Mr. Wry
makes it boistßrAuß and absurd—and that MU&
Emma Taylor, as i\ r ert*s/i, Wbro a very tube*
coming headdress which gave remarkable rotun
dity to her face. When attired as the lawyer’s
clerk, she looked much bettor.
Shyloci. lie does not^ allow. any
come Into his peridnatuin. He i* neUfcw.
fior Udd-ydiodd. So far from rearing through the
part, he plays a good deal of it in a conversational
tone. Ho is a quiet, observant, business-nan, until
oiroumstanocs arouse him, and tho loss of his
daughter and wealth, added to bis hatrel to An
tonio) make his revenge a demon, nblct fills &is
heart so that he resolves to work it out, whatever
the loss. Tho well-known passage, comoenolng,
“Hath not a Jow eyes?” be delivered in a man
ner difforont from the usual traditional way. Not
dwelling upon the words—not making pluses to
mako the words havo effect by dint of beiqg sylla
bled out, as it wore—but rapidly, and If not ex
actly aotio tore, yet In no loud tone, but as If tho
sonso of injustice whioh ho gavo uttoranoe tc ttould
rush ioto speech, tho mere outpouring of whi<&, he
thought, should strike conviction into the uiids of
the two Venetians whom ho addressed.
Had not ShylocX: full cause for feeling bov un
justly he had been usod ? Antonio hod pullioly
insulted him, oven on the IlluUo, whoro mordants
most do congrcgato. Antonio had spoiloc his
trado. Antonio had come a-borrowing to him,
and yet had abused him whllo asking thisf&vor.
Further, his daughter and substanco had been
taken from him by aid of Antonio's friends. Had
ho not causo for anger—lor revongo? Mould a
Christian havo sat down mildly under snob tggra
various? Why, then, should a Jow? In sooth,
Sht/locA’ is a badly-used man, and particularly in
the tri&Lsoeno, whero every one seems incombl
nation to oheat him, by a mere quirk, ofhis re
vonge and gold. In tho ballads on this sutioet, of
Sbakspeare’s times, it is the Christian whomakos
the hard bond, and a Jew, from whom tho pound
of flesh is sought. Shnkspearo had to chajgo tho
story, to mako tho Jew tho man of usury, mongo,
and blood.
Mr. Booth’ makes Shylocf rather youngtrthau
usual, and wo think ho is right. There is no rea
son why he should appear more than forty-fivo to
fifty years of ago. Thero is no reason, eithtr, why
Mr. Booth should follow the oldoonventiomilty of
making a man who is only middle-aged totter
about as if, to speak familiarly, ho was “ weak on
his pins.” But let this pass.
Mr. Booth’s finest noting was his last scope,
whero ho appears before a Doge who, contrary to
Venetian custom, wears a erown when he should
wear the eornu, and half-a-dozon of the shabbiest
looking Magnificoes, as thoy aro oallod in th) stage
directions of tho play. Thero is only a littit point,
generally omitted, whioh Mr. Booth should restore.
Most of tho Shyiochs mako a great ostontotion of
shnrponing the knife upon the floor. Mr. Booth,
on tho contrary, is truer to Shnkspore’s dravingof
tho character, and, in tho interval, while tie mes-'
senger from Dr. Bellario is presenting the litter to
the Doge, kneels down, and quietly sharpms tho
knifo on the solo of bis shoe. Quietly—foi ho is
filled with lethal, concentrated passion of revengo,
and the doeper any overwhelming passion too less
will It vont Itself in worth. No, it then will not
spca&b ut do. In the play Bassaxio asks
“ Why dost thou whet thy knife thus oarnest y ?”
And Shylocfc answers,
“ To out the forfeiture from that bankrupt there.”
The venom of this declaration is enough to n«-
euro Bassatiio, if ho wanted assurance, that Sky*
loci's will was deadly and unchangeable. He. esys
no more. But Gratiano, who has more talk than
brains, chimes in with a pun. He says, alluding to
tho way in whioh ShylocL was whetting his knity.
“ Not on thy sole, hut on thy soul, harsh Jew,
Thou inak'st thy knifo kcon j but no metal can,
No, not the hangman’s axe, bear half the keenness
Of thy sharp envy,”
Suroly Mr. Booth should restoro this,—especial
ly aa It actually is tho sequence to his own action,
then passing.
Tiiis QYoning, Mr. Booth will play Maebrth.
Wc havo to add that the houso wosorowded.
The city authorities of Now York aro sbout to
present to the fire department of that city a splen
did banner, to be used on the occasion of its trien
nial parade next month, which it likely will be
an imposing affair.
Eleotlon returns from three hundred and twenty
four towns in Mnino foot up ns follows;
Morrill, Rop .....45,930
,Smith, 85,815
Morrill’s Majority
Morrill’s majority in those towns last year was
B,ooo—tho vote standing for Smith, 42,637; for
Morrill, 50,613. The dcoroaso this year upon the
vote of last year, thus far Is, Smith, 6,822; Mor
rill, 4,712. Tim remaining tovrnß will throw from
16,000 to 18,000 votes
Two persons wero Arrested in Now York yester
day', charged with boing fugitives from justloe
from Philadelphia—Aaron P. Fisher, a negro,
charged witb robbing Mr. Dovine, of Bank streot,
and Charles William*, charged with picking pock
ets. They wort both sent hitherward.
A Railroad , SBU,.~The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company ran ah excursion’ train from
Lancaster, last Sunday morning, to Middletown,
Pa., where a church dedication took place. They
ogreod to make the trip in expectation of carrying
up one hundred nnd fifty passengers, hut started
and returned with only ./ft* from Lnnooster—not
enough to pay tho expense of the tin'oke wagon,”
and it was unquestionably a losing affair, unless
they ploked up a good many passougors at inter
mediate polutd.
SESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1859.
‘HE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
[hr bVBRLARb MAIL.}
ieported Kass&ore if & Company of Uni tod
States Troops by the Sn&ko Indians.
BUSINESS MORE ACTIVE.
TUB BARK “ I.ArsCASTBU,” OF PHILADELPHIA, A>U
WHALER “TWILIGHT,” WRECKED.
THE SAN JUAfii DIFFICULTY. /
Stringent Measures Urged by tho House of
Assembly.
Sx, LoyiPj Sept* 33.—The Oterland mail from San
Ff Anoitcb oh tile iutli ult., reached Joflerstm City this
morning.
Business at San Francisco showed more activity, but
the transactions vere mainly of a sp« oulative character,
ami confined chiefly to candles, provisions, Ac.
A report had boon received from Oregon, that,Captain
Walten’e command oronfiliHtjdr<Hl and mriy men lind
been massacred-at WArm Springe. Kuskof the Cascade
imuitlt/viM. The heporh was credited at Fort. Dallas.
Tho dates from the Island of San Joan are to the 20th.
Tlie stato ot anairs was unehancod The American
troops were still m possession of the Island, am* their
unmberlmd been increased by nearly four hundred menl
St. Louis, HepL2o.—The California mails have been
‘received hero, and the papers furnish the following in-
Twcnty-flve IhoUsahti of the California seven per
oent.hondrt Imt-o been redeemed by the Btate at 83><.
The overland immigration continued to pour in.
Much suffering was reported to exist on the plains
among the broken-down Pokes' Peakers.
A large number of the immigraiitn were eloping at
Aiker’s nvor and other gold digging* east of Sierra No
, Tim lown bf Murpheys was nearly destroyed by fire
bn the 21st ult. The loss amounted to Sinn 000.
THE BAN JUAN DIFFICULTY.
Tho Victoria vapors of the 22d of August state that
fiy# companies ot infantry, four of with a. bat
tery of eight thirty-two pounders from the United States
steamer Maasacliusetts, had lauded on San Juan
Island. . .u • * -r •
Tho Hnure of Assembly of British Columbia on the
1/lh adopted an address to Governor Douglass urgently
requesting him ,to enforce upon .the KngUsh Govern
ment the necessity of demanding upm the Government
of the Umtod States not, only the immediate withdrawal
«if all-troops. but,strenuously, and at all risk, of main
taining her right to the island, os welt ns all theothor
islands in the sanje archipelago, now clandestinely, dis
honorably, and dishonestly invaded.
A,motion was also adopted urging the Governor to
form volunteer military companies. |
Ail was quiet up to the latest dates. !
The shipmentsof sold from Victoria, for the previous 1
fortnight, amounted to #l4O 000. • v
8 SANDWICH ISLANDS, ic'd.
Dates from Honolulu to JUly Sj had been received.
The Aitifiripan bark Lancaster, of Philadelphia, en
routo from Kan Franeisco.to Australia Vith a cargo of
rice valued lit 532 OOQ, foundered oiT Molokai on Julv
10th. The vessol and cargo were a total loss. Tho loss
is fully covered by insurance All hands wero saved.
The American whaler.CyiUght, ofNew Bedford, was
wrecked on one of the Marquesas Islands, on June loth.
Tho loss amounted to s4fi OUO. The crow was saved.
Tins San Pra>cisco Markets, August 25th.~There
is a speculative movement in Candles and Provisions—
-19.000 lioxes of Adftiuantmo Candles have been sold
diiriiiK the past week* also 1,820 yds of Pork at 4'l7.wa
18, and $2O for dear. Bacon is quoted At l2>*el3o.
Lard at 12<*Uc. Sugar-New Orloans sells at lOo;
Crushed at lixe. Rico and Teas i\re buoyant.
TLero is ouly & moderate ainoum of Goods going into
tlie interior.
fllfWsachusctts I'olitie^.
GOVERNOR RANKS HE NOMINATED.
Fitchburg, Mass.. Sept. 20.—The Republican State
Convention met to-day. And renominated Hon. N. I*.
Banks for Governor, without any opposition.
Mr. Banks received 627 out of the 7)2 votes on the first
ballot, and the.vote was ra&de unanimous.
' All the other incumbents were also renominated, viz:
For Lieutenant Governor—Eliohalot Trask,
For Secretary offltate—Oliver Warren.
For Treasurer—Moses Tenriey.
|S H - rh,u,ps '
** The resolutions passed by the Convention declared tho
Republican parly was originated in opposition to the
slave power, and is necessary for the preservation of
State rights, and denounce the National Administration
for extravagance, for truckling to tho slavo power, for
allowing the reopening of tho slave trade, and for rciu
sing protection to naturalized citizens.
A Week’s Litter News from Europe ai
Hand.
JHR siEAMER ARABIA AT HAMS'AX.
. N. B.»Sept, 20.—Tho Kojal mail steam
ship Arabia, Capt. Blone, from Liverpool dn Saturday,
tho 10th inst., is understood to have been signalled oil'
Halifax at four o’clock.this afternoon.
The Nova Scotia telegraph lirie having closed without
forwarding tho regular press report, we are compelled
to await the arrival of the horse-express with tho news,
which will 1)6 duo at this place nt an earl) hour to-mor
row morning.
United States Circuit Court*
the r w{’TSD\inb nAii.noAb jklnd t-iAa—decision
AGAINST THE CITY.
Pjttsbvro, Sept. 20. Judgß. McCaftdloss, of tho
United States Circuit Qotirt, delivered an opinion, to
day, in the important railroad bond case of Oelnelis A
Co., European bankers, vs. the otyofPittsburg,deci
dlbg against the city, and directing the United States
marshal to proceed with the sale ot the stocks held by
the city in tho Pittsburg gns-works.
Religious Services nt Fottsvillc*
GREAT UNION COMMUNION.
PoTTsvitLß, September 20.—Ah Unioli Communion
service whs held last evening nt the tent, which has
been ereoted here for religiousservices. The congrega
tion, on this pccnsion, over fivp thousand persons being
present. It is estimated that one thousand persons, of
varioykUenomnintiotis. sat down to the communion ta
ble. The exercises were conducted by Itev, Messrs. 8.
F. Coll, K. 11. Gilroy. J. MrCool, L. onjdor, and J. Er
hardt, all pastors of churches here, assisted by Rev. K.
M. Jjcng, superintendent of the tent, and other min
ister*. ___ .
Sa»«p»aa.M e>vg via Halifax*
» kepL ju.—ln the injunction case ol Ae Hali
fax Telegraph Kit rupee li news monopolist* against tlit
Ainenoah Telegraph Cdmpanr. praying in eubetsnre
that the latter may be compelled to torvrard the specu
lators reports of the European news in julvance of the
Associated Press, the Judge, this morning, refused to
grant the motion, but poryiitted the speculators to pro
ceed, if they pleased, as in ordinary cuuses ol bills in
equity,
The Supreme Judicial Bench of New
Hampshire*
Concord, N. 11., Sept. JO.—The Governor and tHate
Cuunoil have uonmmted Samuel D. Bell, of Manchester,
as chief iustice.nnd H. A. Bellows, of Conoord, and
Chnrles Doe, of Dover, ns Assistants, in the Supreme
Judicial Court.
Burning of the Stfcrimboht John Faten*
Nsw YokXi Kept. 10.—The stenlnboat John Karen
was destroyed by Are, near Green Point,e*rW this morn
ing. The loss is estimated at $20, 000, on which thero is
a full insuraheo. Tho origin of tho fire is not known, as
the boat hat been unemployed.
Shooting Affray at Notv Orleans.
T)R. StODRUT M. GU.UIAH KILLED.
New Orleans. Kept. 20 —A shooting affisy took plv-e
last night lietween Doctor Hubert M. Graham and
hrnest lojcdam). which resulted m the death of the
lormer. The occurrence was the result of a political
uitficully.
From New Mexico.
6y Louts,September.®.—The Santa Fo mailt of the
6th mat., roacheu Independence this aiternoor..
A Rfeat amount ol rain had fallen on the plains.
The Congressional election was bold on the day on
winch the mail left Santa Fe. A correspondent sajs
there was no doubt as to Mr. Otero's election.
New York i*ohtics-»The
State Convention.
Utica, N. Y., September 20.—The American Stax
Convention, xylneh will meet hero to-morrow, will most
probably nominate a ticket from the candulntot
put in nomination by the other parties.
Non-Arrival of the Steamship Nova
* Scotian.
Father Toixt. (below Quel>eo,) September 20—Ten
o clock, I’. M.—There are *tiU no Eigne of the steam-
Bhtp Novn Scotian, now overdue, with Li\erpool ad
vices to tho 7th instant.
Destructive Fire at Cairo. 111.—Loss
910,000.
Sr. Louis, Sopt. 20.—The Cairo city correspondent of
the /Irpiifc/ican says: “The ' Taylor House* and four
teen other binlduus, on Commercial street, were de
stroyed, by fire at one o’clook this morning. Tho loss
was estimated at $40,000.“
Non-Arrival of tho Stcumer Nciv Yotk.
Sandy Hook, Sont. 20— Midnisht,—Thore are no
signs of the steamer New York, due tram Southampton
with dates to .the 6th inst, The weather is dark, with
rain.
From Mexico.
Nkw Oki.k\m, Bopt, 20.— An arrival from Vera Cruz
furmshesdates to the Sd inst.
General He Gatlado was nt San Lius Potosi, reorgan
izing an army.
Markets by Telegraph.
Baltimore, Bept. 20.—Flour dull and held at $5l no
sales, « heat ilull t slow ol snles. but prices unaltered;
4000 bushels nroofferin''. Corn dull; white and yellow
BU*B2c. Provisions firm. Bacon—Sides 10c. Mess Fork
$15016.25. Whiskey dull nt 250. r
Douglas am! Illack—Arc Slaves
Property?
Editor The Press : In the article in Harper's
by"Ronator Douglas, tho ground is ta
ken, that slave property is recognisod and guaran
tied by tho local law, and by no othor greater au
thority, either constitutional or Congressional. In
tho review of this articlo (said to bo by Judge
Blaok) it is impliedly asserted that slavery is re
cognised and guarantied everywhere, oxoopt where
tho local law negatives it. This argument rests on
the assumed position that slaves aro considered as
property, like horses or oxon or any other chattel.
The “ revlow ” designates this slave property as
a “speoiesof property.” Now, if alavos aro pro
perty hold by the same law, right, nndconstitution
al guarantees ns othor chnttolrf, ns horses or oxen,
why did tho framers of tho Constitution deem it
necessary to introduce into tho Constitution tho
third provision of the fourth article. If horses or
oxen nro stolon, or run away, out of tho State in
whiob they are owned into anothor State, tho ownor
does not invoke thi3 constitutional provision to ro
cover them. • If, howovor, “a person (in the words
of the Constitution] hold to eervico or labor in one
State, under tho laws thoreof, escaping Into an
other,” shall he delivered up, t Vr.
•If it roqnirod a spccinl constitutional provision
to enablo a man to recover a slave, snob slave could
not have been regarded ns a property, guarantied
to its owner by-tho same lawor right whichgoverns
and regulates the right of ownership in horses, or
oxen, or other chattel. This difficulty requires fur
ther consideration on tho part of Judge Black.
Howls It explained 7 Jekfbkson.
Tins Chop op Buckwukat, says tho Harris
burg (Pa.) Telegraphy is now rapidly maturing,
and with another week of favorable weather wo
may safely predict the greatest number of buck
wheat oskes will bo baked this wintor, in this
oounty, flint has ovor been known iu it. Buck
wheat cakea well spread are not bad oating, and
wo hope to never havo worso.
An Abohioixai* Annw.—Austin Bacon,
K*q., of Natick, Mass., is expected to exhibit, at a
meeting of the Now England Historic Genealogical
Society, on Wednesday nftornoon next, tho 21st
inst.. a picture painted by a Natick Indian named
Womaquon, and to give some account of this abo
riginal artist and his paintings, of whioli tho above
named ltf the only one known to be In existence.
The Pope Is now unmindful of thoso who
have dono him good sorvico. JIo has struck a
medal in honor of tho Swiss who subdued Perugia
with flro and the sword. Tho medals hear on ono
sldo ** Perugia, et pugnata on tho other “Ai
benf'tftereHtt.”
On Monday morning ot last week, an ox
attacked n littlo child of Patrick Dunn, of New
Britain, Connecticut, thrusting ono horn into the
mouth of the child, knooking out all its front
teeth, and tearing onon its cheek and tho sido of
its moutlj. *
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
American Academy ok Music, Bread and Ldcnat.—
“ Behool fdr Soandal.” .
M Walnut-Street, theatre, oprilM Walnnt 'mb
Ninth streets.*-*' Bt. Marc.”—“ My Fnerid, the Ma
jor- . . . .
Wheatley k Clarke’s AsrH-ATRERT Thei«*.
Arch street, nbovo Sixth.—“ Macbeth “ A Nabob
of an Hour.”
Concert Hall, Chestnut street, above Twelfth.—
Pennsylvania Horticultural Exhibition.
[A STATE BONDS.
McDonouoh 9 Gaieties, Raoestreot, below Third.—
loncerts nightly.
Saniord’s Opera House, Eleventh street, above
Chestnut.—Concerts nightly.
Musical Fund Hall, Locust st., above E.ohtu,—
'hnsty’e Minstrels,
CmcKßfThe grdat dddtesta bettfeeti England
and America at this manly g?>.md»,td take flacedilririg
the nextthreo weeks, pfdmlee to the very successful, jn
tioir original object, via: to create a taste among our
roun* men for games of agility and strength which are
he common pastimes of our transatlantic cousins.
The flloven players from EnglamJ yre are informed are
he best cricketers iti the World; So superior indeed that
t ißlwliovcd th3y can defeat any eishteeu they leave
’ehind them—we see among their list the names of
Jackson, the fastest and most destructive of bowlers
George Parr, the most brilliant batsman. aad hardes
hitter in England, ami Lookyor, the moat fearless am
aotivo of wicket-keepers—these, ip tnemsewee, Aro suf
ficient to make our American bneketers look well to
their laurels. The eleven sailed from Liveroool for
Canada dn the 7th inst.* where, they will play two
mat^hee—one at Montreal and one at Hamilton; they
will then leave for New York to play against 22 of Die
United States on,the 27th and 28th. and on OctolierSd
ami 4th, wiU play in thin city nga\h*t 22 of Philadelphia.
The committee of arrangements will, we are informed,
spare no>nms to rjinke this tnurpnlnpnt one dfjhe grand
est affiureever witnessed in I'hiladebHin. They have
already expended flroO in Irtvellin* ana rioddiut a field
m the neighborhood of Canute's Woods, and intend
erecting stands to nrconimodato 1,30(1 persons, a liu-ce
portion of which is to bo devoted exclusively to ladies
and their attendants.
.The twenty-two gontlomen who will plav against thri
eleven m l’hiliulolphia,.are Barclay, CMUa, Cros'ley,
Fisher. Gibbes, Hall, Halhs, Hammond. Hunt, Kep
lmrdt. Lang, Morgan, Marsh,.Jietfadtall, Senior. Sliar
ratt, Vernon, wjUermaii. w. R. Wister, Jones Wister,
! and S. and H. Wright; chosen with great care and af
ter ropen delihexntiun by the comm\Ueo ns to their re
snoctivo merits in batting, bowline and fielding—nil of
them having done sotno sorvice on the cricket field in
this country, Mr, Lang excels in, wiokot-keepine;
Messrs. Collis, Hammond, Barclay, Morgan., HewhUlt,
Senior, and Slmrratt, are ay fine batsmen, (the two first
bavinamade high scores in the recent match of the
United States against Cannda;)Messrs. Gihbes. Cross- I
ley, Hallin and Wright, will he the principal bowlers on :
the occasion, nnd from tljeir hith reputation as such wo
have no doubt they will give the Britishers some
trouble
To accomplish tlio undertaking of depriving England
of her eleven favorites for even a few weeks, it will host,
the cricketers of tjtU continent the very large sum of
SB,OW. vliloh amount it will bei necessary to raise both
by contribution and ft charge of admission to the play
ing grounds. We hope, tberefore, that all (Indies and
gentlemen) desiring to encourage .the popularity of
.these healthy games in our midst will be present, and
We are sure the Committee will provide for them every
accommodation that can bo desired. ,
A Robbery axd Recovery.-—On Monday af
ternoon, an unoccupied homo, belonging to Hugh
6inith,.nnd situated in. Sixteenth street,.above Race,
was robix'd in a very singular manner. A man. namei.
Thomas Buchanan, called on Mr. Smith, and obtained
the key of the house on the pretext of examining the
house preparatory to tnaame it. He obtained the key.
nnd. visiting the dwelling, removed ail the gas brackets
from the Walls. ,trtdk -tho.keys,from the. doors, and I
possessed thiJnseU brkuodgr btjiet jiousemiUl articles
that Seemed to bitn to be moat convenient and valuable.
As soon as Mr. Smith discovered his loss, winch was
very soon after the deisoiler's departure, he had Bu
chanan arrested by Sergeant Lewis, of the Ninth ward.
All the stolen property was recovered, as well as art ex
tra bucket, and a copper pipe belonging to a bath-bub,
whichwere fonml upon his.peraon. The house j>f Bu
chanan was afterwards visited bv the police. It msitn
nted in a little street, contiguous to Eleventh nod Brown
streets. Hera the nflicera found aquantityof nowcali
co, a number of silk handkerchiefs, a silver cream-jug.
andsoreral other article* which are supposed either to
hnvo been stolen or purchased with counterfeit mono*,
which, it is nlloged, Buohanan manufactures. The wife
of Buchanan wagtaken into custody on suspicion of bo
int concerned m the illicit practices of her husband.
Buchanan,, himself ,yna committed to fttt/ffQr the
charges preferred a«sm«t him, As a matter of mutfnis
tlon to our honest readers we may say that tho business
of stealing lend pipe and gas fixtures is on the inorense.
Wo have {ton good anthoritythat.it pays remarkably
well. It is a quiet, unobtrusive business, easily learned,
and netting, in skillful hands, os much as fifty dollsrsA
week. Nor is it alone followed by thn «wi eulotte oi
thievery—the vulgar knaves who travel on their muscle,
and talk slang. The two most respectable and clerical*
loosing faces in the Roguo’s Gallery—foceswith craped
hats, white cravat*, and a plontitude of starch, pomade,
nnd jewelry, are those of fellows now recruiting in
Movamenaing prison for this very offence. The dodge,
of Mr. Thomas Buchanan nnuitaa.newono.. Let eager
landlords profit by it. and when affable nnd prim-looking
people »eom eager toleaso their houses, let them keep
a sharp eve on their movements, nnd ft sharper ono on
their lead pipo nnd gas fixtures.
A DisonacK to Tint City.—We look nnon the
stAtion house of the Fifteenth ward, situated at the
corner of Twenty second and Coates streets, ns n dis
grace to the oitv. And those who control its police
arrnngemants. We believe we have said this ft dozen
times, and we say it again, feeling more Andenore im
pressed with its truth. We have mentioned the escape
of prisoners from this station-house, and not long since
an attempted escape, which wsf frustrated by the vigi
lanceof some of tho ofheerson duty. We have now to
chronicle the escape of three more prisoners, which
took place yesterday afternoon. One of them is
a notdrions character, known ns Cork?., amt the
husband of a nogro woman. The second is another
distinguished individual named Frank Bryson. Both of
those worthies wern locked upon a charge of larcony.
and thanks ton ricketty station-house they are now at
large. The third is ft fellowwhosn nnmo is unknown to
us, but who was confined on ft charre of qnmken anil
disorderly conduct. Buch a state of things is more than
tho people of this city have iv right to expect, and Coun
cils by maintaining such a nuisance, aro as much guilty
of aiding and abetting, their eschne as If they bad
smuggled cold chisels into the cell* and holreu to
force tho Kars. We have had opportunities of see
ing tho condition of the cells of this station in tho
courso of our professional business, and we feel we are
uttering tho nnvarnislied truth whon we say that we
have seen better hovels used a* pig-pens in J»aicerstr#ct.
And vet here thieves and murderers aro locked up. only
that they may escape: and here meh who may lie inno
cent of all charges, but wanting an opportunity to make
that innocenco apparent, are compelled for hours to
breath* an atmosphere polluted ns that of the famous
Black Hot* of Calcutta, we sincerely commend this
station-hous* and those who maintain such ft nuisance
to the tender mercies of the gentlemen of the Grand
Jury.
Tub Lightning Axb Tiifc St’N. Some two
months ago, a negro m*n named Aaron P. Fithef was
arrested l>y Officers Somers,Levy,and Cal\nnan.onthe
* barge of robbing the store of Mr. Devine, in Ban*
treot. Fisher was emplovcd as a porter in Mr. Do
vine’sßtoro, and having nsd thentmost oonudeime re
posed in him by his omployer, Kick advantage ofit to
rob him of a great amount of property.* Ho had a hear
ing on the charge, and was released on bail to answer it.
He took advantage of.his liberty to leave the city, and
for the past Tew Weeks has been engaged on a New
York boat. A copy of a photograph of his. which was
taken at the time of his arrest, was despatched to New
scnption was arresteunrTm»v'—« York police. Dcteo-
Uve Levy being apprised of the fret, wont on to New
\ ork, recognised his man. Mid brought him to the city.
On Sunday afternoon ft man named Charles Wil
liam* stole from a friend of his.tho sum of a hundred
dollars. Thn robbery took place in the afternoon, nl»out
fqur o'clock, Mid Williams sorted to Now York in the
six o’clock tram. JuformMuln was Icklged with the d«-
teotivos, by the friend of Williams, as soon us he dis
covered hi* loss, and with usual promptitude, the de
scription of William* was telegraphedm nil directions.
The result wan his aifost. on the arrival of the tram in
winch he travelled, in New \ork city. Officer Levy
brought him back along with Fisher, and he will have a
hearing to-day.
These two instances, taken at random from the every
day routine of police business, exhibit in a wonderful
degree the powerdf electricity and th? sun in the detec
tion and punishment of rogues. Leslie is now in a pn
i ton cell he might never have seefl Imt fur the subtle in
i lluence of that electricity which cleaves tho air with
j noiseless assurance. So lona as we have sagacious and
i experienced men on duty, with the camera nnd the bat
-1 lory ut their command, there is scarcely ftspotin the
i confines of civilization where the wrong-doer may hide
In* head. Kvery day asserts the truth of this, and every
dav tho evidences become stronger and stronger.
Anni’ai, Fair op tub Pennsylvania llonn
cvLTCßAt. Smutty.—The Weather last evening, which
was a* usual rmhy. interfered materially with the dis
play of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, at Cun
-1 cert Hall. W* spent a few minutes m looking over the
collection, and we need not say that we were well re
paid for the tune spent. Such a display of luscious ap
ples and delicious pears—luso'ous nnd delicious to tho
gnze—'we have never seen. The peaches were verj fine,
but rare. This has been an unfortunate season for that
frmt. There was also ft large collection of flowers,
plants, vendibles, and other fruits, which we'will no
tice at more length when we have more room. The fair
will continue open nil day. To the melody-loving we
need ouly say that there is a fine band of music in at
tendance; and to the economical li, is only necossarv to
mention that tho price of admission is twcnt)-fivo
cents.
American
S.MLKti vor Savannah.—Yesterday morning
the steamship Stale of Georgia sailed for Samnn&h, I
witli a full cargo, and the following passengers: K.
Baynard, lady, 2 children, and servant ;*Mikh .1. C. Ba>-
nard { J. Uana. and jailv ; MissJ. Ba'nard; K. W. Ed-1
wards, amllady: MisaJnlia A. Hall: Miss Anderson;
Miss Mitchell; Miss Miller; .7. T. Poindexter, and lady ; I
Mrs. l)om; K. L. I>. Parker, lady, and 2 children; L. M. i
Colding, ladv, 2 children, and servnnt; Mrs. Kinstein, 2 |
children, nnd servant; Miss Kimtein ; Miss M. A. Fill-.
lorn; Mrs. Oevanny. and 2children : David O'Connor* 1
lady, and child; H. Ila'm: J. Olnev ; Frank H. Olmton ;,
Mrs. Lewis Eckel; J- Mollhennr.and lady ;8. R. Gunn; |
J. F. Williams; L. Cohn; Wallace Too; Mrs.Shud),
and child; E. rower ; 11. Wallace; H. H. Catlitt; J. w.
Ueasman; K. Babcock; James 8. Martin. Jr.; and 20in I
the steerage. - j
MuftnKßoitß Assault.—Yesterday moraine a ■
mau named Lewis Owderhnd a hearing before Aldor
man Butler, on the charge ofcomimtting a violent and
murderous assault aud battery on the person of one
Adam Bchwomly. The parties were at a dmce-hnnso
ami layer-beer saloon in Callnwlnll street, above Fifth,
on the day preceding, and while enraged in drinking and
dancing a quarrel ensued. During the quarrel Schwomlr
received a stab from a pocket-knife m his left groin and
right thigh. The wounds were very severe and bled
profusely, flchwemly made a ' ory narrow escape from
(lentil, ns the wound would have b«nu fatal had it been
inflicted a half nn inch lower. Tho Alderman after
patiently weislmur the facts of the case held Owder m
the sum of 4800 Imil to answer at court tho charge pre
ferred against him.
Mvstkriouh Disappearance and Scpposeo
Dboivmno.—On Friday evening last, Isaac 8. M'lHiains,
n revenue officer at the lazaretto station, started for
Chester, to attend a pomocratto meeting that was to bo
held in that town. Since then ho has not been heard
from. R is supposed that ho was drowned during tbe
storm tiiat prevailed, as his coat ami umbrella wore
found near the bridge that crosses Darby Creek. The
bridge is an open fine and not floored, and the theory of
bis friends is that ho fell through and was drowned. HU
Uxly bad not been found up to yesterday, th*m*hexer
tums were being made for its recovery. Mr. Williams
left a wife and children who reside at Cliestor.
Firemen’s Excursion.—Tho West Philadelphia
Engine Company, of the Twenty-fourth ward, are
making preparations to leave tho city on the SOtli ofOc
tolxsr next, forthoir visitto Lancaster. Harrisburg* and
Reading. They intend to remain fourdn's—one in Lan
caster, two in Harmburc.and one in Reading. They
will participate iij the firemen’s parade of Harrisburg,
whion takes place on Friday. November Ist, and willlie
the guestsof the Friendship Fire Companj, of Harris
burg.
A Second Edition —Yesterday wo had a se
cond edition of the equinoctial storm, reviaedand cor
roded. Tho wind was centlor, tbe clouds nslor. the
ram drops fewer and lighter than they were during tho
latter part of last week. These are glorious dais for tho
husbandman.and delightfully luxuriant for raising ducks.
A woek or two of fine weather now would find an excel
lerjt market, and bring first-class quotations. Ihe übi
quitous old “ clerk,” had a better opportunity of
engaging in a profitable speculation. «
Rodderv op a BoAnniNo House.—Yesterday
morning an individual named E. Lanmng hod a hearing
before Alderman Keitny on the charge of robbing. It
appears that on the evening previous he entered a
boarding house at Front and Spruce streets, and ga
thered up nil tbe clothing be could lav his hands on. Be
fore he could make off with the plunder he w*» arrested
and tAken to tho Filth-ward station house. The aider
man committed him.
Tub Bucks Coi nty Agricultural Society. —
The sixteenth annual fiur of tins excellent and vory
useful association wilt bo heldatNewtown.commencing
to-day. and continuing until to-morrow evening. The
display will lie one of unusual magnitude and \arietv,
mid uo learn that triftn) fine aoemmonH, of live
stock and agricultural produce, will be exhibited.
Arrested on Suspicion.-Three men, named
William Early, John Roundtree, and Wilhnin Hunter,
li.axo been arrested on suspicion ol having set firo to
tho Imnlior-yiml of Mr. i’otts. nt Twenty first and
Chestnut streets. An account ol tbe lire appeared m
jestorday’a Prts*.
Political.—Tho People’s Convention of the
Seventh district met yesterday evening and nominated
Dr. Ucorgo Belt*er, as a onmndnto lor representative.
We have negle ctcd, to mention the nomination of John
Robert* as a candidate for representative in tho Ntx
leeuth district.
TnE Chosen Friends JiOilro of tho Independent
Order of Odd Fellows left for Baltimore last'eventne, to
participate in the npproaulmig celebration by the order
of that city.
Distinguished Arrival.— Monsieur BJondin,
of Niagara celebrity, and who has ©roved such aGod
aend to tho reporters of Buffalo for the last few weeks,
la in town, and stopping at the Girard House.
Two lads, hailing from tho Fourth ward, were
sent to prison ) ft*terdn> morning h) Alderman Allen, mi
the charge of lobbmgan apple orchard in v\ cat i’hiln
ilolphm
Sudden Death —Yesterday morning, an un
known white man foil dead while sitting m a chair at
the Mariners’ Arms Tavern, No. lit South Water street.
We understand that Mrs. Spence will lecture At
Snnftom street Hall this evening.
Tjik Amorictin College, at Homo, is rapidly
progre&dng. The biihops of the United States,
who aro about fifty in number, have recently sent
thirty thousand dollars to tho Pope for tho neoesjnry
works; and before the end of tho year the college
will bo able to receive nno hundred students.
A uiN imrnril Pwuotto, accompaniod by his
partnor, named Waully, walked a
ptrotohed noross the Uenesct* rircr at Charlotte,
near Rochester, New York, on Friday last.
The martins, which generally leave South
California early in August, icmained thcro this
year until towards tho end of tho month- A Into
full is thoreforo prodiotod.
THE COURTS.
YSBTXBD AY*« ?K001S1>IS«X
Imported for The tfrfu.)
Trial pp Hiram i*. Leslle, alias llexry Jonx
iQflt 'fE vcßer.jl wixdleh —The Prisoner
gEXTKJfCJJb TO TUSKS YEARS l* TJIE PENITENTIARY.
The proceedings yesterday in the Court of Oiinrtor
Sessions were ofunuaunl interest and the crowd of au-.
ditorswas considerably increased. Judge Ludlow was
punctually in hi; scat, nudluwm the appearance of Dis
trict Attorney Mann, the first case called up was that in
which the notorious Hiram P. Leslie, alias Henry John
son. alias John Wilharp*. is charged upon a bill of in
dictment with larcehyvut obtaimus through fraudulent
means the trunk* of Mis? **ari|h Hushes, one of the
victimised miralo teachers, winch contained asdicdres
valued At $25, a silk dress Worth f I.V a velvet cbjak
VaJudd at $»„&«<! itfq bonnets valued at Sit each. The
prisoner wis in the nock, arid njs general appearance
ddiujted that he was fully prepared forth# consequences
° In ijiry, District AttnrtPv Mamt
opened the case,, presefatin* its strongest joints. JUO
stated that Philadelphia had fcntire jnfisdietion over wit
one of the numerous crimes committed by the defendant*
and that the court was determined to Administer speedy
justice to alt of those vtllians who seek to make ton city
the field for their nefarious operations. He referred to
the fact that the prosecnttix in this pase, Miss ha
rah Hughes, luul been deluded, with others, into con
senting to so into th? State of Alaliaind to pmetire a
verr desirable situation as tmusic teachdr, u>on a valua
ble plantation. J*esUe had. after false representations,
induced young and necessitous rirlsfo go Wifh mm to
Hew York, when he obtained ftom them their trunks,
wliich he subsequently sent to his wife. Mrs.H.P. 1/M
-lie. At Washington. D. C. He then deserted thefirs,
nndflodto the latter place, where he vm arrested by
Detective Officer Schfeuitn. of this citr.
Leslie here stated to the court that he had noeoa&pl
to defend him, and that he desired the' court to appoint
°%dge Ludldw. Mr. Marie, will you defend this prl
sonnr?
Mr. Earle. I will, if your Honor suggests ro.
After consultation on the part or Mr. Earle with the
prisoner, the following, testimony was elicited :
Mr. Hushea testified—l am the father of Miw Karan
Hughes, who was deluded h* the defendant; I met the
delendsnt at the store of Smith, Woodman. it Co., who
keen a music, store ill Chestnut street : he there repre
sented him*elf as Mr. Hmlry Johnson, frutn the State or
Alabama ; that lie owned a verr large plantation in said
State; that his plantation was four wiles from Montgo
mery, Alabama ; that he was the owner of one hnndrea
and. cighty-tVo slaves; my daughter left Philadelphia
on Tuesday for Alabama, and returned home again on
the following,'Thursday 5 mr daughter had two .trunks
i which weld checked by Luslio ; when they were checked
I told the defendant tdgive the chocks to my daughter;
he said no, I will sec to your.daughter** tranks; the
trunks wore checked from the city of New Yont to Mis.
Mary Lestie, Washington, District of Columbia.
Sarah Hughes was sworn, and snid-I reside m west
Chester, with my father; l know the defendant, Hiram
1 P. Leslie, who is now upon his trial; ha called htmseji
Henry Johnson: l first saw. Imp atSmith, Woodman, ft
Co.’s: I engaged Ip go South .with him. »s my father ha*
already stated to the court; I. went as far as the city of
New York wirh Leslie, the defendant; my two trunks
were chocked for New York, at Walnut-street wharf; I
never saw them afterwards; Leslie kept the chocks for
mv trunks; he said he would keep them for ids. and
would see to my trunks; after we arrived in the city or
New York, he waited upon us as a gentleman, until
I Wednesday, until after he got half of on* passage mo
-1 no* to Savannah, which was Sl6.
This evidence was obiected to by the defence, upo.n
ths ground that the offence was charged in another bill
I of indictment. Objection overruled. ~ „
When 1 said he got our money from us, I meant that
he got money from eight other youpg ladies besides my
self; about one o’clock, after leaving os, ho sent ns a
note sta'inv that ho could not see us until four
o’clock; at four o’clock, ho did not come to. sea us ac 4 -
cording to his promise ; bo sent us no word whatever ;
the next timet saw the defendant was when he was m
I Cross-examined.—My Irnnk was not at the bote! where
I vo were staying ;it was put at a hotel so as to be near
. the steamer, in order to be handy to be taken and put on
1 board of the steamer. <t ... .
, Re-examined.—There were three silk dresses in mr
I trunk, bcuulcs a cloak valued at twenty dollars, a
’ number of bonnets and other articles belonging to
lading.
Officer Schlemm sworn.—l know the man in tin* dock v
I met him in the chiefs office at the city of Washington;
he vent by the name of Hiram P. Leslie ; ho did not
sav Ids tiAme was Johnson.
Cross-examined.—The defendant *aid he was living
with his family, and had been engaged in the water de
partment: I saw his wife when we left m the cars.
Officer Bartholomew testified—!.«alie told me how the
trunk* got to Washington; I held out no threats and
inducements; 1 asked himantffit matter; [•aid now
is this matter; ho laid he was guilty; he had made up
his mind to stand it; he would get about filteen years
imprisonment, and that would be the end of the matter:
h* said hd was arrested when he wentaftertho trunks;
winch bad been cheeked to 'W&slunston; he acknowl*
edsedlo me that he had checked the trunks.
Sir. Earle said that the defendant wished to sav some
thing tn defence of those charges, but that he
(Karle)woufdsay afewwoids m regard Jo the case;
that the case was not one of lareenv. The evidence
shows the control of the trunks, by the yonns ladies,
until they arrived in the city oi New York. ami .if the
larceny was committed there, then it was a question ot
jurisdiction with this court.
Judge LudloW SAid he would now hear the statement
1 of the defendant, and he could make his statement while
io The defendant said he would not say nay thing unless
he was allowed to come out of the dock. ,
Judge Ludlow. Yon can make your statement while
inthedook: I will make no exception between you and
any other criminal.
The defendant then declined to make any.
The hill of indictment was then submitted to the jury,
after a few Able remarks from the District Attoimey,
and ft fair and impartial charse from Judge Lndlow.
Without ft moment’s hesitation a verdict of guilty was
re The r Coiirt then called the following witnesses to aid
it mpftM'n- sentence: ..... ,
Rarnhllu*lipa sworn,—Thero were eight ladies who
went with me to New York: he obtained $l5 from each
Indy, except one; they went in tho same manner that 1
did • we wore all staring at the same hotel, except one,
who was staving with her sister; two of tke ladies were
from New England, hut had been staying in Philadel
phia for some time; my expenses were, fortheentire
passage, something over s*3. ,
District Attorney Mann. I mote that the defondant
now receive the sentence of the court.
Judge Ludlow said s I regret extremely Jo be obliged
to pax* sentence in this case; that regret is based upon
the ground that the defendant's convicted for an offence
of aconteiui-tiWe character. I pity »ou, because a man
should be guilty of such an offence. I would sympathise
with you if f could. I hope thepwill be no one to *ym-
Ditius* with rou while you are in jnson, because I nope
the Irw will l*« carried out to ita fullest extent, and rou
wilt receive your sentence to the very letter. Nothing
nowremnissforme to do but toconsitn you to a cell,
where reflection, f hope, will enable you to see bow you
have destroved the confidence of the community, and
how you have oven shamed your own manhood. You
have, by your adroitness, made rourself amenable to
law upon only one charge,which lam sorry for. I will
now sentence you to the extreme penalty of the law.
Sentenced to tbrcayears in the Eastern Penitentiary at
hard labor. ... . . ~ . ,
Leslie was evidently prepared for h*» *ent*«ee. and
received it as enfirdr aa any one possibly could, in a
conversation with lmn, he admitted that he wm sihUt
of the crime wherewith he it charted, but esid that hi*
trial was entirely too hasty H'« letters to his wife had
)>een intercepted, and lie did not know whether she was
ahre, or whether grief for his situation had not broken
The°next case called up was one in which Charles
Mann is charged wiHYkeepm* a disorderly liense, m
»k«Lni.«nA rS * „n)lili«» awtahlunmenL
Georie ¥• reiHrmsirwit* in* am -wimu-,fM,
the part of the defence, and vd* sworn, it will he re-,
mcm’wred that tins witness pleaded rmltv to tbe charee
of forgery upon one bill ->f indictment, and ho was tried
Upon another bill chargm* him with forging the name of
Prophen Toram to a munbor of cheoks upon the City
Bunk. At the trial he protested his innocence of the
charge, and his frienJs procured verr able counsel to
defend lmn. and many believed him rmltles*. Notwith
standing tide. no wss convicted ofthe charre. He was
witness against a number of persons alleged to be gam
blers ; and for this reason the Court deferred sentencing
him until after they should have been tnad.
Distt set Attorney. Do you know the defendant, Cbae.
Mann?
Witness. Ido.
District Attorney. How long haye you known him .
wltnjws. For a number of years.
District Attorney. Where has ho lived, to your know
ledge, for the last two years f
Witness. 1 decline to answer that.
District Attorney. AI? question is a simple one. I onlr
wish to know where ho has resided for the past two
,B Wißiess. I understand what you mean by Mar ques
** District Attorney. What is your reason for declining
to answer the question?
Witness, 1 will give my reason if tne court will allow
nm to do 50.,,
Jud’c Ltmlnw. Give vour explanation.
Witness. I was tnad in this court upon the charge of
forzmx the nama of Ptonhen Toram to a number of
checks upon the City Bank: I protested my mnoc*nce
nftbe charm, through iw counsel, upon the day of the
trial; notwithstanding this I wns convicted upon the
ch*r:e;if I would be allowed by the court to do so. I
could prove, in less than forty-euht honrsAbjr com
petent testimony, that I am not guilty of tne charge,
ami can prove who was the real forger; I have not been
Justlr dealt with; 1 was convicted upon a charge nf
which! was innocent; I will not now testify asauiitany
person, for the benefit of the court; lam resolved ueon
pursuing tin* course ; I will ask of the court m* favors,
nml sli »U expect none; I will not grant it anr ; lam in
its power; you eau do with me as von please.
District Attorney. Then you will not testify araintt
any of the persons charged with keeping gambling
houses, and against whom you are tho principal wit
ucss?
Witness. I will not testify against any person: I am
not in a situation to make more enemies than I already
have.
District Attorney. I would now ask advice nf the
court an to how l ani *n proceed. Peterman is the only
witness against th* defendants.
Judre Ludlow. The vtsna*. way would be to commit
the defendant for a contempt of court, and if I would
order the witness to answer and he should refuse..it
then would be a contempt of court; hut he is already in
the custody of the court. I order the defendant to !>e ta
ken into custody, and t>e put into the dock.
Witness. The deJendant. Charles Mann, ami I wero
schoolboys tm-ether; I have known him all my life.
Judge Ludlow then said that Judge Thompson and he
had tried, by every possible way in their power, to brier
gamblers to justice, and that Peterman’s sentence had
been deferred upon that account.
District Attorney Wm. B. Mann staled that he was
reluctantly compelled to ask tbo jury to return a vordut
of not suittv against the defendant for want of evidence.
A verdict of acquittal was accordingly rendered. Lewis
C. Cassidy. Ksq.. who appeared as counsel for the de
fendant, did not have to open his lips in behaif of his
Judge I.udlow, at some len>th, referred to the efforts
which had l>cen m&do hi himself and his brother
jink©* to brine policy dealers and ramblers to justice,
and stated that tbe endeavors thus frequently and ho
nestly made. hail been thwarted, ns in the present in
stance. In some forcible and well-timed remarks, the
Judge alluded to the growth of liman evils in our midst,
ami expressed a hone that tho time would soon come
when lustice might be dealt out to the rain liters with sn
unsparing hand, unstayed bv any such exhibition as h*d
been made m the trial of the case just disposed of. The
lan maze of Judge Ludlow was earneal and impressive,
And was listened to with the closest attention.
The iury in tho case of Wdhani Vannemnn. police
man. No. J 32. who was charted with robbing a prisoner
whom he had falsely arrested and imprisoned, came
into court, and stated their inability to agree, after
having iiecn out all nicht. The iudro accordingly dis
charged thorn. We learn that a msiontv of their num
ber were in favor n* conviction. Walter J. BuJd for
the prosecution, nml F. M. Adams for the defence.
The and ls*t case taken up was that in which
James Reynolds, M. Lawrence. A. J. B. Gruhb, and
Robert M. Mitchell, were charred with forcible entry
and detainer. Benjamin 11. Brewster, andJ. B Ccda
bxn, Kbits., appeared for the prosecution: and Daniel
Dougherfr. Esq., for the defence. After able speeches
on lioih sides, the ca*e was given to tho jury, under a
lucid charge from Judge Ludlow.. The jury had not
agreed upon their vervhot at the time of thi adjourn
ment of tho court.
In tho Court of Common Ploaa exceptions to
Auditor’s reports were heard.
Cowmov Pi, r vn—Judges Thompson nnd Allison.
—The Rfnnttl Offeree One.—This case, which iiM at
tracted some attention, yesterday came before the nmrt
on ft motion of thnir.dv to set aside the decree which had
be*n granted .unmet her.
1 he lilwl in this care was filed on the 4th of February,
and the divorce decreed on tne J3d of April by a .unrio
judge, no jury trial having been demanded. On the 11th
of .Inn*. Mrs. Bennett, bv her counsel. (D. F. Murphy
and J. K. Johnston, Esq . > filed a petition to set aside the
decree upon various grounds of (mud, want of notice.
Ac., upon which the court granted the rule which was
heard yesterday.
Depositions were taken on both sides at great length
for and against the allegaiioasof the petition, and the
matter camo up for a hearing yesterday. Tbe counsel
w» o Appear now are—
Forthe role,(on behalf or Mrs. Bennett.) Messrs. D.
F. Murphy. Samuel P. Hall,and tames F. Johnston.
Against it. (and tor Mr. Bennett.) Mess*!. J. Alex.
Simpson. J. Aitamont Fhilbps, and Edward A. Lesley.
Tho c'lee commenced t,y Mr. Murphy reading the pe
titioner the respondent
Mr. Simpson noxt read tho answer of the libebir.t
to it.
Mr. Morphj then road tne depositions in support of tho
rule, snd Mr. buupeon thoso on the other side.
Mr. Mnrpliv then proceeded tn open the ease. He
said he would first bring the eourt’s attention to certain
delects and inemlanties Apparent on the record of the
case, which were of themselves fatal to the decree.
These points consisted of objections to the mod© snd
turn* ol Mins the rule to answer and its service, snd as
toiminptcsof the interrogatories having l>een served
on tho respondent; also to the fact that a grest portion
of tho proceedings were be to re the return day of the
jmbl’trna. which ho contended was m t only a violation
ol settled principles, but tn express contravention of the
act ol Assembly in such cases.
lie next took up the petition and answer, and ar/ued
that tho latter did rot deny certain allegations of the
former s.s to the innocence ol the respondent, her want
ol notice of some of tho proceedings against her. her
charge that tho examination was ex pone, and that the
material outnesses were in his intercat and under hi*
control, kc.
Ho next adverted to the f-vctxof the cane it«elf. H*
I said that over a score of soars ago. Jcoph M-Bennett
and Rachel A. Pcolt stood before the altar of God and
solemnly pied ceil t» each other mutual vows of altcctmn
niul fidelity. 5 s *ho alleges in her petition, upon which the
pre«ant rulo is granted, that during .all Inis time she has
hilfillod these vow*, and lie docs not in 1m answer deny
it. They were nt first juvor, but tn course ot time he l*»-
eanie rich and prosperous. A lew year* ago her last
surviving blond relative departed this hie. tntil that
moment (and indeed, until January of the present year)
(hern was no suggestion of a suspicion or impropriety on
her part. What occurred then i lie went over the cir
cumstances of the confessions made on the 25th of Jnnu*
nrr. contending that her statement of them was more
truthful amt better sustained br the testimony than ins.
He commented on the fact of the weawns proved to
have liern earned by tho libellant about that time. Cer
tain parties were sent tor—one of them a partner of Ins,
ami tiro contagion was repeated to them. Why? Was
it not for tho purpose of obtaining testimony? In the
same week, this man was so atnictea with a sense of his
wife’ssliame that be actusllv took her to tho opera—&
matinee at the Academy of Music—with fnenda who
were visiting tho house. „
The next step was the filing or a libel for oivoree. He
traced the subsequent atep»-tbe service of the *ub
prrna at his partner’s house by a suggestion ofthe other
aide—the filing of tho answer, and the •* lame and impo
tent” failure ofthe libellant to explain it—the procuring
uf tho appearance of counsel for her—the instructions of
Dennett's partner to that gentleman. He commented ,
particularly #n the alleged oMtvm to the eh&rge. which
actually admitted its ruth. He referred to Awe-mao
Freeman's testimony to show thatrt waa not sworn to
before himby Mrs. Bennett, a* it purported tnbo, *nd
arsued that here waa a fraud upon the court. The nn
tlcmaa who then represented her swore that he never
saw or filed the answer durmt the proms* of the csee.
Who did it? He contrasted the petition of bis cheat
with the answer o.f.her husband,to ahow that on toil
P ”iFf. h Sla/X' r E«?t *a»Srted to l(ic iojufficjtnf nulmr i
of the original testimony, aa Ibown by the refoja! of the
eourt to decree a divoree upon (heir Module the
rase back for further prwf. of which ape bgd no notice.
Then came tho-pmeh of the hbellenl’e fomelxrfj
waa to lie prot to show that -the wife-sod the party,
charred misht have committed the ofleftceb* reason ot
thoir beitu together. One woman who had It ved in the
house for year* knew that the gentleman charted baa.
visited the hou». which (aej ia not denied, thonch twjfe*-
toatunoDr now taken (ineindmr hi* own, which waa
given before, because he had no notice of the p'Otee*'•
ins) shows the innocence of this lady. Mr. Bennett
then approaches this woman and saaks to get nerto
testify in hie favor. He went over the conversation oe
twtjen them-her sajing that she knew nothing against
Mrs. Bennett.and, although she knew that the party re
ferred to vimtcd the Louie./Oie waa satisfied with the
innocence of Mrs. B. He arud this conversation waa so
exact a counterpart of a scene narrated by the *reat
dramatist that ho was tempted to quote it. After
Othello had had instilled into his mmd donbtastohie
wife s fidelity, and bad been plied with suggestions of a
confession of her supposed paramour and the circum
stance of the handkerchief, he comes to Em'ha to trv to
get some testimony from her to confirm hu suspicion*.
What waa their conversation ?
Oth. \on nave seen nothing then ?
Emil. Nor ever heard; n*<r ever did suspect
Oth. Ye*, you sate rtta Cats 10 and tkt tmttkir.
Emil. Bat then I saw no harm; and then I beard eaoh
syllable that breath mad® up between them.
Oth. Whatldid they never whisper ?
Emil. Never, my lord.
Oth. Nor send jou out o’ the way :
ST To*fetch her fan, her gloves, her mask, nor
n Emi)? Never, my lord.
tnh. That’s strange. ... , *
Emil. I darst. tnr lord, to waver akr* honest,
*• If slie l« not honest, chaste, nod tru. 6 *-
There’s no man happy the purest of their wives
Is foul asslauder. , , ... .
This testimony haring been procured, and anainsr
man induced to come Toward- the decree was rranfeo.
Upon the presentation of the petition, .however.
court promptly prsnteda role to s*t it.aside- pow, m
submitted to the court that the allegations of the peti
tion were sustained br the testimony.
He nest proceeded to consider the testimony OB iM
other side, comincn'in i upon the contradictions inaat
fest in the statement* of *ever*l «f the witneseea awl
Uieir evident bisa. He examined the probambty w
some portions of theirstonr".
On a view o f the whole testimony, he iirsed that there
was really nothin* m the case a<ainst h»» own client
lull her own confessions, the truth of which w*.i denied.
He then proceeded to examine the reported decsiona
on the subject of the admiesibiUtr and effect of confes
sions of guilt >n divorce c*ac*. referring to the instance
of Uenry VIII and Anna Bnleyn. whtchhe saidwasthe
only case since the Reformation in which a divorce had
been decreed, or a marriage declared null, solely npon
the confessions of the party. He quoted case* from
Johnson’s. Green’s, ana Wniht’s Chancery Reports,
ami also from Pennsylvania cases, in Watt* and m
Barr’s Reports, and other cases. He ureed that there
was some proof of eollosioa, and quoted’fcntboniies on
review of the whole case, he appealed to their
Honor* to sav whether in the ordinary rase of a.lnor
meut enured by eonfewion. they wreikj not ooen it and
Jet in the defendant to a defence before the ronatita
tional tribunal—a inrr of twelve toen—on les* than hall
the caae here sh«wnr He waa about tf> refer to mnw
authorities, showing the ftvnr wr»h which conrts had
uniformly viewed application* of this bod. when M
yielded to a suggestion of lodge Thompson: that the
hour waa late, and the case was continued until Saw
day n*xt. ,
Durinr the argument of Mr. Ma/psy, a* w** con
tinually interrupted br su •-estK>ns from the ami
the counsel on the other aide. This case 1* on* that at
tracts much attention, and nil that relates thereto wxil
doubtless be read with interest.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market.
Puii.adxx.phh., Sept. 30.13®.
The stock' market waafinn to-day, excei't for tbe**fon
c? "■securities which had rather * downwind tendency*
Reading Railroad was dull at 22.4. Litt'e SebuylkiU
Railroad stock ro’datli, a decline eFJ; Union Caul
preferred at 1; Lons Island at 11; New Creek at){.
The securities of the Williamsport and Elmira, and
those of the Catawissa Railroad Company continue to
fill off. Williamsport and Elmira first mortgage bonds
to-day sold at 43.
We have been favored with the following copy of the
minutes of the meeting held b) the directors of the
Williamsport and Elmira Railroad Company on the 17th
initant, which will be found interesting to the eerer&l
obis'** concerned its holders of bonds and stock:
“ Phil tosLPH’A, September 17.13®.
At a meetin* of the hoard of manasets of the Wil
liamsport and Elmira Railroad Company, bekl this day t
the president laid before th» meeting the proposition ot
the first mortgage bondholders, for an amicabia fore
closnrn of the road under theiT roortiaie. by consentof
nil parties, which has for soma weeks ea*a*en the ear
nest nttentiou of the managers. in hope, that the second
and chattel mortgage bondholders iment be ahw to
arree upon some such friendly actum, for the benefit of
interview* ha vine taken place between the
managers and committees representing the other in
terests referred to. it appear* probable that were more
timo allowed for farthui modifications of the.proposi
tion of the first morttaxe bondholder*, a satisfactory
arrangement would be concluded aeon.
Yet. as the second nMirtrere and chattel mortgage
bondholders, as represented br their committees do not
feel prepared to aeeept the present terms one red them,
the president end managers hare unanimous!* decided,
that although for their own mdindual interests the pro
positions are srd T#rr important, yet it
would not be wth their duty. As representa
tives of the interest* of all part.e*. to clops in with the
offer of the first mortgage hnmlbosners.hr; surrendering
the road to their trustee, without the definite consent of
the other parties in interest. .....
And as the sppnaciung termof court renders it neces
sarr to take some prompt measures to wotect the pro
perty of the chattel mortgage bondholders and of the
com pan? from execution creditor*, «t w**. on motion of
Israel Morris, seconded by Rotert J. Mercer, unam
-1,1 R^Jlcof. That the president he authorised to request
■vircootul. Si. Ueo.T. CamabeU- tn max*, no opposi
tion to the immediate arrointtirent ora receiver forth s
property, who will bare care and charje of !a« yeaoml
interests of alt. ..... . •
Yet it is earnestly hope! that this measure may be ib
| tro«iiictorT to an amicawo solution »f our present mfi-
I cutties, and that under some mod-ficaE*'* of the pro
posed arrangements the affair* of the road taay be reos
: *»ni*edon adnrabl*a»d soumlliss s.
i Governor Packer official!* sonoan-es that the State
deM has been reduced by the caccelhftoa of howls aad
| relief issues to th« amount of S<l.l37.liS,a* foLows;
Certificntcsof stock loan of April Uth.1643,
| fipercent- .... 9UWOO
i Certificate of stock loans or var.oci dates,
r 5 per cent. JJh* S 2
< Relief issue cancelled 4lgloo
1 Interest certificates of vinous dates
Total - SUSI»3*
The regularity with which the State debt is now being
reduced is a cause for treat gratification to tbs lax
paters, and. when considered in couasiioa w*th tM
rood results followin? the sale of tbs Mwie work*, aj-
rMMo to Whore that » f*w year* will sen
oar old Commonwealth entirely oat of debt.
It will amnae nsnr of o«r readers tr* learn th»twnde
all the rest of the Slate is receiving with ioy and rrnp
tmle the benefits arsing from the sale of the canals by
the State, amt footing forward with mat antscipit>»
of the advantages to result from tb* earW completion of
the Suobary and Erie mi l f osd, a Republican candidate
for the State Senate in the Lycoming district- better
known as snmi»cm polon* *obfct member even - winter at
, Hsrrisbnrr. B. Ru«b Pet»ikeo.«s urnns his election on
the ground that he will uiwet the sale of the canal*,
wtih all inmncr of ext»>'4ure» m to the way in whiehthe
silo was effect**!. If there was anjthiai wrong about
the passage of tbo law for the sale. Mr. Fetriken per
haps is the man most bkelf to know all scout it. Cor
there was no more active borer around at that time
than he bmitr’f But “ the Wet of the u*ke," »y* the
B'Htfoiat W'trckm'im, *• is. tbit Patnken u. trying t«*
cull sn.ne uf h*s followers in the Wief that is case of
Ins election tire canals will !*« rtsoUf, and every
mother's son of them will eonremfor* there o* tbe
proceeds. Anv min soft enough to believe such a story
onzht to W 4 r»6'i»e'4.' "
The Fittaburg rcpuJutors were th>s rooming disap
pointed in the derision by Jodie MrCanriJew. m the
United States Circuit Court, of the railroad boodsmt
orOelnchs rre*** the City of Pittsburg, to tbe
ifofeniUnts The Jodre directed the United Stare*
marshal tn proceed with the sale of the stocks lust si?
heM b* the c.trintbe Pittsburg Cm* Works.
The holder*oT Readme Railroad coupons are request -
ed to leave them at the office of tbe company oc rr
Wlbrc the 3HU instant, that th«ir respective checks mav
h* prepared beforehand for them, and tneir tune aired
when they call for their money „ .
The following i* a etatenrentof tbe amoontof coal
transported over the Lehith Valley Railroad for the
week ending September 17.13®: _
v.xr. VTztk. PngviorsLT. Totil.
Mt.IES. Tona.Cwt. Tona.Cwt. TonS-Cwt.
Hazleton 2 H 70J39 Ot 71 JM 19
East Sarar Loaf ... 2W7 li 74.473 01 7781 13
Council Rk!*c 1J22 It ® 7T» « 50.251 OT
Mt. Pleisant Sul 03 03 91M L 5
Spring Mountain. ...3J9U 15 SoU>l 1* 211 CO
Coleraine &4 « 31.743 15 32 729 01
Bearer Meadow .... 216 It 15 3W » 15.553 19
New York ft T*hirh 795 10 3t7ir» 11 34,«3 01
North Spring Monnt’n 1.203 17 O3 32.6® 0<
Sooth Sprint Nount’n 13 W 19 08
German Penni 213 15 6 0.3 It 6A55 11
Other shippers-.. .. 71 03 l* 40® CO
Total 13AJ3
Corresponding week
last year 3^65
lncre.il* 9.504 13 72 53 W 77119 C 2
The amount of coni shisped br the W»on nr Canal
Company for th- wees eedina Sept. 17, wsj ll st-s ter.?.
Same time in ISM - l.'Xtf **
Increase JflU
Totalsmce opening of navigation, April 4.. 2&.(X8
PHILADELPHIA STOCK BXCHANOE SALES,
September Si, 1339.
ItrOITBD »T M4XLIY. MOWS, ft CO.
FIRST BOARD.
lift) Peana sa. 92*7 ICO Readm? R «Jwr 2?V
23ft) ilo saw KW do sswd ON
IU.U do 9T*ii 211’nion CnL-...Pref l
IftW City 64. 9?*, 4 Commercial Bk lots 50
2UUO Elmira Ist mtr 75.. 49 : 19 Lehirii Scrip SO
IWSehylNavSa . 7i) 10 do 28
20 Penn* R. . iu lots 40 • Si. Sch>l R.. m lots U
loi) L lihad R... U 1 W Norristown R &2*£
1-0 t*.» 11 I 38 l.ehich Val R ... 33
10) do . .. .»swn 11 I sLehuh Nav 51
6 Morris Cul ..PreflOS J 3 do 51
10 do b 3 ioV rSpruceiPiae-ata Rl3
10 d> h 5 30V SO do 13
W Reading R....cash 2J*» 10 Faria A Mech Bk..
10 do pmli B.V
BETWEEN BOARDS.
2JOO Elmira lit rat* 7s. *3 (20 Farm A Mech 8k... 53
SECOND BOARD.
|sft)rennass 3certifs92S * Green A Coates-#* R
luOCity 6a R- W , hs 22
lioiCity 6a. 99>* lOSprueeAPine-sts R. MA/
:t<l do 99H 40 do 15 is*-*
left) do 99V 4 Commercial Pk. . 60
250 New Creek S 4 Far A Meckjlk Jdjt *3
2 Penns K 40 I I Norristown ft. 52V
5 Green A Coates-st lu do sl\
K 22 | 2 do JT*
CLOSING PRICES—DULL.
Bid. A*** 1 Bxi.
Phila6s.. —99 H Nav stock. 8 »H
R...~..99*« Schl Nav.pref-.. 16V 17
“ New !oT*| Wrasp t A Elra R. v l
PennaCa 92’* 93 •* 7s lat mert 4? SO
Readier R HS «S ** Mm,... is
“ hds 70.... SIX « Lone Island R liy UV
“ raort 6s ’44 90 PI LehuhCoalANavAl 31s
“ do ’a fits* 70 NPeanaß. AS eV
Pennaß-..- 3y\ #) “ 6e.......q
“ Sdmfa “lea. -..iiy
Morris Canal Con 54 #1 Catawß j
, " pref.lWS Wtt FSt Sooth R « nv
«rhuTlNav6 , BS..7eS 71 MA3d Su R.... . <l7
ikhu)llmpU.....T9 T9.S iRaoaAViaeSUR. 53
Philadelphia Markets.
Bxrr.?>-Eveninr
There i-.\erv little export demand for Flour, atd
■tandard sUipping brands are otfered at per tH. lot
buyer* ami seders are apart in ihetrrtews. and
.->ro about tbe onlr parrhaaem. at prices rutin* trits
$5t05J05630 perbbl for superfine extras .*od fancy
brands, as to quality. CMd continues duii ard un
settled, prices nnuax from $4 to6-33per bbJ, the Utter
for the better brand and fresaneM. Rre Fluor is eooted
at $3.73*1 her bbl. the Utter lor tbe letter brands, asd
' nt little seilinr. Corn Meal is «ju.et and Pena* is held
at S3JO per bbl, Wheat—there is little dome, tbe
millers fter.erally boldma offer lower prices, and only ’
about 3 ICO bushels found barers m siatd lots ar $1.15 j
I.H for Rood, and prime mis and 5127*?1.X5 for rood
wnne. Rye is wanted end 300 new boutfcctn
l'rnoj:ht7sc. , . ,
Corn is letter, sad sales of ab.-mt ACM bus yellow at
620. and Slo in rtore.ehieAt at the latter rate. Oats are
uneharued, amfrUmt 4,*Ct) k«ia new southern, put in
the cars, sold at 39e. Bark—tlnereitroa is wanted at
*2 * for Ist No 1 Quercitron. Cotton—The market is un
chanaed, and atamt AO bales sold tq-dav at previous
quotations. Grooenes—'There hsa teen tcore do.nt.
and tfu/-»r and Coffee are quite active at fully former
prices. Pro>nsions-The market ta firm, with reduced
stocks or most kincs to operate. Whisker is scHm.' at
:7c lor Penna bbl»,27S#2sc for Ohio ilu, 25S for dniJie.
and for hhds.
New York Stock Exchange—Srpt. ,0,
woo N Carolina is 97V 50 111 Centra! R. 6e\
f?!? $ , .l s ?°S r l t r* •. 64 Ctv 4 Pitts burs K TV
WXi Mich 8 2d mUe ...u , 10 Second Av R... 7..
Ga! A Chic 2d 100 Gn! A Chic ft 76
50 Pacific Mail Sg... .OX 73 T «
tWM Central R*» .61 i 30 do tfo’ 75
•WO rto 81X Sw do.- 73V
I® do Itf) Si*, WO do. 75-,
100,. d 0... blO 61*4,50 do. 7iX
WO Hudson R . 36\, so do stO 75X
3W Reathn* R 44. X 100 do. bW .7?S
■■ . .snw..44S ICO Chic A Rock 1R... &W
N‘ c , h S*f t v R , • • ~K t i'W do
5o Mich ft AM G .. *3S 500 do bW .t«S
. THE MARKETS.
A*he4 continues dull, with small axles a t
for Pot*, and $5.25 for Pearls.
r locr.—State and Western Flour is heavy, and 541(b
lower, with moderate receipts, and sales of 6 000 bbls at
$4*24J3 for superfine State, $4 40.r453 for extra. sl®
A«for superfine Western. for extra. $4 75®
4.W tor old. and $4.95ff5.15 tor fresh around extra
round-hoop Ohio. Southern Floor is heavy, with sales
ofIJUO bbls at $4.90*3.10 for mixed to xood.acd $5J3a7
for extra. Canada Flour unchAnaed
Grain.—Wheat is a shade better, with sales of 8 000
busat $1.12 for new Western r**',: ?1.18«123 for wblt#
do; $1 20 for red Southern; $ IJO for white do-the lat
ter two very choice. Corn is scarce and firmer, with
small sales at Biff£2o fer Western mixed. Rye is steadT
with sales ol 2 560 bus to arrive, at SOc. Oats im ( t it
33eS7c for tfeuthem. Feansylvania.aad Jeraev, and 37&
Uo for Slate, Canada, and Western. t *
17 412 373 06 CS
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