ItXXIESItOBtI. V -CeicOi»l‘UßOK jfjiji.Tijaißajir’a fjfotaar-How ' PtMtDMT iiVELKTiD .'—Ytaiba witv. Dip:. trwoairt*. ... . .. ~T “ CORjiraYOifOEffCE,— larraai rmorr OeeaatOH * non Wasotkotoh—Larra* tbom LEmaa. J liP.WS.— TmtaTiat Nrwi »T TMoearn fmo* / - WAaaiHaTOH—Uhitid Statts' Smtatai Sracrat; . Embioh— Thbie Bara Lat*» rmorr EemoriroLA laa note CiLinjaaU-HfaaciaL Darrarcaat to “Taa P«*u.” . 1.-:';' rOUTiCAL.-Taa MmnKor m Siciisiohuts *!!»'/PHipanetraiAT-HaaB ylbnnt- or 'T«» .Da rrocarcrnr Haw Jibist AT Cajkdbh •• JUtiaic*- oa or BocoL«a >TD JoHaroa— Waitjho or thf Baiio'emATir Statb CaaraeL CorrjaiTTßi —Tm; Vaa Bttaaa o* the Booth—T«« Gm'HAT,Doeoi.ir . - Br'tibitiWoallaatiaijiH I imUmMoi Betrina . •rJKYfoa*i’**»e*tnr» Oomlrttaa—Taa Batcaitr.' - tnn9*.Yie*»T-Do»«tAV Lama o»AccirtA*ci. MISCELLANEOUS.—K x a coupH oa NiTHitti'ii. - MeiTwa-aMbiitiAUi Bana auitt-Ah Otß' B 1 cha iem.:Vicri!rr*n;*T Grrataa—Jaaaaaaa Diana* -£i*T»U.A**vr«i.oTTHa Oaaii BiiTaaa »tH«* . Y«**rr!:DtrcaiFTioa oa T«a MiWo*H Vasari.- Tna DitL.aiTiba of laßtrasßaaca. OOMUBAOIAL.—WaaiLT AHvihw earn*-Phil* . PiLraia. Hitim—Tbi Mohht- Maaaar—Tut. -PajupaLTaii Oitfill Mum-New Yoaa Mam-' aa»a-r-. ;, .. •: IMIB WKEELYFREBB fa ftunkhed toaalaanben ai Br aar HMyfa;a4aa»*,'fbr tIM aiatlo oon, aad u. Ctnbabr Tvratr. v»«a aaaucooaa aM|faa>BWiiaa4. TMoa., BUafo. ooffar;for,. t»la M tka, ooaattr ot T*t - PaaVt Uffioe. fttSaiaawa; raAd? for Sillier. " ( baUt; from tha LoWnhi No; S;,Q«aann i’PoliHeal'; Xulcal - and Draata tfa; Spaaeh of Senator Donglaa In New York. ?^Wtfc 'l*Aii'ar/4-M’o« BnflkiilHdgewae Nominated ■ Mab ame Kosenth Zn Unkj^Majfoaln.teUfgeDCe.,-v-- t in order tkaT eVepy person connected with this paper may bars an opportirnlt; of celebrating the atmiTerssry of oor Inde pendence jie a nation, Thb ’ Pmau will not be i?iaehlohPhiU4alphla,' haa enjoyed 'Vy raatan of her Aramen’a riots aeeme. Hketyingtre waybeforethatof Mplrin(andpre>t tentfoaß' Gotham, tto _ telegraph talla of - a riot’ whioh tookplaea therOyestardayketireantwe riral ' Sts' penipeitiea, In which eeferal peroonr rrere ln jnfiid.'' Tha affray wae.onlr rtopped by a Urge’ toij:ot ppltca. .. *. ; ;rj . ,Xhb patriotic people of the ootion will celebrate the Fr-urfhof Julyto-dey. The celebration pro mlees to bb in*feeepicje with the’character of oar people, and , the. holy aaeoolaHona. which cluster Mnniltfce.dejfobocommemorated. , An,eiUjatire Conflagration la ohroalcled IIP heiriogV-tabca plaec at SlegSlag PrUoo,thec«; Wnet abopofCharlea A. Woodraff, in‘the State srhon',hOTiig beendeetroyod by Are.. . HU lota la jipop irhleh lhere. wiu anio•;> he can ■fWW«IWI- : -V ,s .-c.-‘-eh" '• V e.cSk*Jßorfolk.Ve., ratllcalion meeting Of Break i*i<4g«(ej>dLa«e has been postponed aatll aftsi the»4fi (tie petm of being the »U the supporten of the Geß«»t>j4c^itui*tf»tlon. What he says he means it or not. He and dan do more jiplhHW &be, rotten to its core, and more to sneer at one' that is sonnd and healthy, tlian any man of our acquaintance, He came into the Democratic party in .1869, not shyly and apologetically, as Hr. nprsrithhalf-way declara tions llke'Mr/ On arm,**, 'now curing his dys pesida undef ltalian eUeij but with a bound, with a, smile, a bow, and a witticism. The mysterious Zoyara herself could hot have made’ a more gracefbl trirti. But, dropping the comparison, Mr. Bin left.no doubt in the > pjibiic mind as to;Wh)it. sid.6 of our common humanity he belonged. He swallowed every Democratic dogma at once, and without scru ple. Youwoukl have supposed it was nectar he was drinking, instoad of that which he had so frequently denounced as Locofocolsm. ' It was an easy process, then, for' such a man to ftli into th'e worst heresies of Mr. Buoha- Srjur; It was hot for him to inquire, having token id uiuchon trust, whether the thing was fiqht or wrohg.ahd accordingly he took down Lscomptqii,',tiie Englishblll, and all the other atrocities of the Administration, without a syl lable of complaint. Of course, Mr. Brbd is an ardent' supporter—if so warm a phrase can be applied to so'cold a msn —of Messrs. Breckik kinos and Lass, and he has addressed to the worthy.gentlemen whohave that comfortable little parly in keeping in this. State, his nsual letter occasions, which abounds in his characteristically ahy self-sufflcienoy. There ’j in bis opinion,.no difficulty inthe Demo cratic party that cannot be readily l settled. Gen. Foils*, the Democratic-candidste for Governor,U a most ezcelleut man, and every body onght to vote forhim, without respect to his opinions on the Territorial question, and then . the Douglas', men and the Breckinridge men ought to. come together, on. the electoral ticket and vote for it like brothers. For, is notXr. BazoKisßinos a good man, Hr. Dou ouas a good man, and what Is the use of get ting into a passion about the slavery question 7 Why, letthose who 'choose to do so trouble th9mselres with It, he, Hr. Bred, is Tesolved to preserve wis equanimity at all hazards. We like to give credit where credit is due, and in an opponent, if we cannot approve his o .inions,,we try at least to do justice to his abilities. Foi the sake of the country and the Democratic party! however, we hope that no fhrther draughts will he made upon Hr. Rkeb’s conscience in defending new wrongs; and in making that appear right whicb, to other men, i* simply and utterly itidefensible.. . Capt. Thomas Tnrner aad the Captured ' - Mexican War Steamers. Nothing is more .uncertain than the course of politicians, if we' oxcept the freaks and fol lies of some of those who occupy high judicial positions, ire have some eccentric judges in our midst.l Now York is blessed with her .share'of these absolutists, of which their de crees in the case of Mr. Foreest, so extraor dinary and ao cruel, were fair specimens. New Oleins has come forward to furnish a rare contribution to the same school. ■ ’ We notice 'that Judge McCaleb, of the United States Dfstrict'Oonft of Louisiana, has decided, that- the steamers Miramon and Mar qulsde la Habaiui, captured byCaptain Turrer, of ttie United, States aloop-of-war Saratoga,' in March last, and brought as prizes to New Or leans, shall be released. The grounds of .this extraordinary decision are—first, that Capt. Tcassa selected the night for his attack upon those steamers. Now, It is in evidence before the .department at Washington that the Sara toga, under Commander Tobreb, could not have reached these steamers before night, .for the simplq reason that they hod not time to get at them by day. The circumstances in-proof of this assertion are'co ntained in the very full 'despatch oi. the. commanding officer of the Sloop-of-war, to the Secretary of the Navy,,' Judge MoCaubb also- states that Captain Tubrbb provoked the attack. A greaser misstatement cannot well be conceiv ed. All the officers of the Saratoga—the pnrser/captain’s clerk, and the surgeon, with the crew of that vessel—certify to the fact that those vessels first fired upon the Saratoga. The Judge also states that the vessel called . Marqnis de la Haban* did riot fire, when the reverse jß jroyed. This learned, jnrist has ateadiiy ignored tho deliberate and carefully prepared statement o( the Americans who were preaentat add participated in the capture, and has based his decision upon the testimony fur nished by agang of pirates and adventurers on board jthe Spanish-Mcxican steamers. The difficulties under which tbe officers in onr navy are compelled to labor in being sent out .to act frequently upon their own respon sibility, cannot be weU estimated. The treat ment-of Commodore Papidiro js a case in point. His Chastisement of Waikb* and his men, so opportune anil so wholesome, offended a certain portion Southern public opinion, «md to this day be has not been indemnified for hi* losses, and the approval of his own Croyenupent has been withheld from him. In the cue of Captain Turner the Govern ment promptly and-fnlty endorsed his conduct in : capturing the two steamers alluded to, while on their way to Vera Cruz, with ammu nition for the relief of H«axok, in bis siege of that port, and now a United States Judge iu New Orleans sets himself up against the action of the Government—repudiates the letter of Commander Jzavis, of the Gulf Squadron, and the statement of Capt. Tcrebr and his men, and remands the prizes totheir owners. The next step will be to appeal to. Congress for in demnity. A large amount will of course be insisted upon, and the Government filched to gratify certain interests, and gallant officers will be censured for doing their duty. We do not know a case in which. the' right has been so entirely on the side of the American offi cers as-in this, and we have no doubt that Congreis will take .the same view of It, when the Mexicans, with the decision of Judge Me Calks in their hands, appear at Washington demanding damages. . The Dilemma of the Disnnionists. The broad farce enacted In Independence Square on Monday evening, reported in most of the Philadelphia papers with impartiality— for hut one of all the nnmber has attempted to conceal the confusion that prevailed through out the whole, of the proceedings of the meet ing-most have convinced General Laws and Cel, Mas SHALL that their doctrineß were con siderably below par in this city. Mayor Henry and his police have not had so much trouble on their hands for the last two years. But for their friendly interposition, the Seces sion demonstration wonld not have been held, or wonld have been,turned, Indeed, into a Douglas meeting. As it was, the remarks of all the speakers were punctuated with cheers for the Little Giant, and embroidered with any variety, of-indescribable sounds. In slier years, the gentlemen who figured as officers of that meeting will be heartily ashamed that they allowed their names to be used for such a purpose. We .do not speak now of the ultimate object'of the prime movers —that has been sufficiently discussed, and is universally understood; bnt of the dilemma' ef ' men . who, ■ pretending to* bo Demo crats, occupy. so unenviable ahd so inde ftnslblo a position as those who yielded them selves to an endorsement of the resolutions of the meeting on Monday evening. They have always professed to be in favor of regular no minations, and they now freely commit them selves to the most irregular of. all party rebel lions. -.They know that Judge Douglas is the legitimate nominee ot. the Democratic party, and yet they consent to support the candidates of a seceding'minority. They know that the largo majority of the Pennsylvania delegation, at Charleston and at Baltimore, voted for or aided to .ratify.rite nomination of Douglas, yet they are following the lead of four or five gentlemen in that .delegation who refused to dq aO, "They saythat the platform upon which Judge Douglas stands is unjust to tho South; and they know that the. South itself would have accepted it if Douglas had not been put Upon it. They protest' against ihe election of Asbahah Lincoln to the .Presidency as a grievous calamity, yet they leel that their movement is rapidly preparing tho way tor that, result. They denounce Popular Sove reignty as advocated hy Douglas, and yot they support Breokibbidob, who is on tho record in favor of ttioßsmo doctrine, Woprint theso thonghfs for tho careful reflection of the ex cellent citizens who have joined tho Secession movement 'in WASHIHGTOH COERESPQHDENCX. Letter from “ Occasional.” (Correspondence of The Freu.l While everything else seems to be in repose the 'offiolal axe is glittering in the sun, and moving with renewed rapidity. The gallant Carrol, of Tennessee, a delegate to the Charleston and Balti more Conventions, who voffed for Stephen A. Dou glas throughout, and who is postmaster at Mem phis, was yesterday morning summarily and his plaoe filled by a Secessionist. It is stated Mr. H. M. North, of Lancaster county, Pa., has sp eared the valuable prise cf special mall sgent for New York for /t»? subserviency. Tbe name of Mar shal Renders, of New York, is also on the list of the doomod. No mercy is to bn shorg. In the Northwest the proscription will be sweeping—tbe difficulty in that part of the oounfry being, how ever, that there are few Democrats who can be found willing to take tbe plaoes m&do vacant by tho Washington despotism. A bitter fend has grown up between Hon. Wm. M. Gwin, Senator from California, and the Presi dent and Postmaster General, on account of the failure of tbe Government to provide facilities for oarrying tbe general malt to tbe P&cifio. The die gust and indignation of Gwin nre.s&id to be in tense. He thinks if tho-President had devoted himself to tbo Paoifio Railroad, and to tbe import ant duty of sending relief to the people of Oregon and California in matters which ooneorned thotr leading and vital interests, instead of sending out bis bloodhounds to hunt Independent men, it would have been better alike for the country and for lb* fame of tbo Democratic .party. - The election for Senator from California soon oomeß off, and.Crwin is terribly He.linx-siwail-swid intrigued, •TntT ftow Postmaster .General refuses, cither to ’satisfy Horace F. Clark's father-In-law, Vanderbilt, or Gwin himself, to put on the ocean mall service to California, he finds his will-laid schemes frustrated. There is some apprehension entertained in Administration quarters, therefore* that Gwin may declare for Douglas. Just at the moment tbia breach took plaoe between Gwin and tbe President oamo tho unexpected intelligence that Gen. Lsno would probably bo defeated for re-eleotloD as United States Senator from Oregon, Tbe Republicans, under tho lead of Col. E. D. Baker—formerly of Illinois, and late of California but who, wfthin the last yeftr, has taken up hi* residence in Oregon— made a gallant fight. Both Lano and Gwin have been among the most willing and uncompromising advocates of tbe unfortunate domestic policy of the Admi nUtration. They cordially joined - hands in tbe crusade upon Douglas, and encouraged Mr. Buohanan in bis warfare upon hU old friends. It Htoe late inthe day for these mento attempt to recover themselves, either in the ostimatiou of their constituents or of the country. The miserable compromise hatched up by your Central Committee on Monday last, and telegraph el to Washington, was undoubtedly the work of Senator Bigler. That immaculate patriot thinks that, by snch a process, ho may be returned to the United States Senate. The proposition is received with derision alike by the friends of Douglas and of Breckinridge. Tho Douglas men hero have al ready teiegraphod to Pennsylvania that no suoh scheme will be tolerated, afid Mr. Hatdemau, tho member of the National Committee from yonr State, will bo instruoted to ask the Domobratio people to assemble In mass Convention to eift out the Seceders from the electoral tiokot, and to select unadulterated Dougles Democrats in their pieces He will he derelict in his duty unless he moves promptly in this matter. Tho town indulged in a hearty laugh at Ihe ox pense of Brigadier Gonoral George Washington Bowman, of the Constitution , now the Disunion organ of tho President and tho Vloe Provident. The Constitution advooates Breckinridge, And the Democratio paper in Bowman’s own county of Bedford, Pa., hoists the Douglas flag. Bowman is in a sad predicament, and would give anything ip reason, bnt money out of his own pocket, t threatens to rebel, unless thy .firewaters give up their Disunion sentiments. George W. Jones,-the old'war-horse of the Tea neesee Democracy, has taken the stump, and will no doubt be followed by Senator Andrew Johnson, and otbers of the'same State. A personal and Intimate friend of Governor Wise wrote & letter to Breokinridge, some months ago, enclosing the objectionable passages of his “Oynthiaoa Know-Nothing Speech,” and request ing • information as to the fact of its delivery. Breckinridge would not reply; and his friends in timate that,tbo inquiring party wes not respec table enough for notice. The lfttter—whom you kSow—Mr Fitnam, !s a eitlsen farmer of Virginia and correspondent of a O&thotlc paper of New York, (The Tablet,) and another either in Balti more of the West. Occasional. LATEST NEWS By Telegraph to The Press. FROM WASHINGTON ffPECIU DESPATCH TO “THE PRESS.>» feftSAT DXMOCBATIC MJSETIKG—RATIFYING THE.RE . etJLAR NOUINAVieifS FOB P»BS!DBNT AND tICB PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, July 3- A largo meeting of tbe Democrats of this oity was held to-night, to ratify the nominations o? t>OtfaLAB And Johnson. The meeting was organised by the appointment of J. B. Holland as chairman, and JobnF. Ennis, Thos S.' Galt, and Wh. G. Flood, as seoretarles. Tho following resolutions were adopted amid great enthusiasm: . Jtesofved, That the Demooraoy of Washington, flow, as evef. truC to and loyal to p&rty, Cordially endorse the nomination ef Stephen A. Douglas, of.lllinois, for the Presidency, and Her sfihei V. Johnson, of Georgia, for the Vico Presi dency, and rally arotind them as the only hope for the oountry and the Union. Resolved, That tho position, of the Democratic party on the distracting question of domestic slavery was rightly stated by the Vice President of the United States, in his speech at Lexington, Kentucky, on the Oth June, 1856, when he declared that—. ’ . ■ « The whole power Of the Democratic, organisa tion la pledged to the following propositions : That Congress shall not intervene upon this subject in the States , ik the Territories or in the District of Columbia ; that the people of each Territory shall determine the question for themselves, and be admitted into the Unton upon a footing of perfect eauality with the original States , without disbrimlnation on account of the allowance or prohibition of slavery .” Resolvcrl. That we approve and accept the plat form of principles, unantmouriy adopted by the National Democratic Convention held at Cincin nati, in 1859, and reaffirmed by. tho Convention recently held at Charleston, which concluded its labors at Baltimore by the nomination of the peo ple’s eboioo, Stephen A. Douglas. That upon tbe principles and polioy thus enunciated we can safely rely for the maintenance of popular rights, tho permanency and perpetuity of our Institutions, and tbe continued prosperity ot all scotlons of tho Con federacy. Resolved, That as Union-loving and law-abiding oitlsens, worshipping the principles of the immor al obief, whose name immortalises this oity, wo fireuily endorse the words of Stephen A. Douglas, n his lettor of acceptance—that 7he Federal Union must bo preserved. The Constitution must be maintained Inviolate in all its parts. Every right guarantied by the Consti tution must be protected by law in all cases where legislation is necessary to its enjoyment. The ju dicial authority, as provided in the Constitution, must be sustained, and Its decision implicitly obeyed and faithfully executed. The laws must be administered and the constituted authorities upheld, and all unlawful resistance suppressed.” Rtsolnetl, That, as oititens And residents of the city of Washington* we hail with peculiar delight at>4 enthusiasm the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas for thb Presidency of the United States, recognizing in him one of the truest friends and most garnest advocates of tbe interests of the Dis trict of Columbia. True to the Union, he bos been, and is, the consistent friend of the Union’s capital. 7he enthusiasm was very great, oarrying out the Union f entiment of this metropolis of tbe Union, so I** M-itd oUlrens, with a fow rldiculousjexoeptioßi, individually and oollootively aro’coneorPed. An hntttens) Inscription over the chief stand, with tbe glorious 'words,'“No SecsßSioN,” has all day •truck; tenor into the hearts of bolters and pyro tmhnle dftruptionist strangers, and is the theme of great applause to-night. From Washington. Washington, July 3 —Accounts have recently Appeared in the newspapers representing that there •lists an increased hostility on the part of the Spa nish Government against the United States. While ear relations are not so amicable as could be de~ sired—owine to causes well known to tho public— there is nothing whatever in the correspondence between the two Governments to support that as sertion. Tho feeling now is at least as friendly bs It has been at any time within tho last ten juris. Important steps have bees taken by the Depart ment of the Intorior to oausa tbo receivers of the land offices throughout the'Unitod States to render their returns in time for the Commissioner of the General Land Office to adjust them within a fort night after the expiration of each month. A fail ure ■to render tbeir accounts, quarterly and monthly, is to be considered a dereliction of duty, to bo represented to the superior officer for prompt aolicn in tbo premises. It was reoontly stated that the Senate Commit tee on Foreign Relations b&d not even reported baok for notion thenominatiop of Mr. ChuronweN, of Tennesseo,' as minister to Guatemala. The rea son now assigned for this is, that Mr. Churchwell bad deolined tbo appointment/ Tho mission is still vacant, lt'doea not appear to bo very inviting, as two ministers to that Republic have died within the last‘three years. Elegant accommodations havo boon propared for the Census Bureau In the new south wing of the Department of the Interior. No force, in addition to tbe Superintendent (Mr Kennedy) and the book keeper, h4s yet been employed. No returns havo been received. Mr. Greenwood, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is absent in Arkansas. Independence Day will be duly honored by the Government In tho firing of salutes and an exten sive* display of fire-works.' Washington, July 3. —lt was enaotod, daring the late session of Coegress, that all pnrohases and oontrAots, whan tbo publio exigencies do not re quire the Immediate delivery of the articles, shall be made by advertising far proposals respecting them. No contract or purchase is hereafter to be made, unless the same be authorised by-law, or under an appropriation adequate to its fulfilment, except in tne War and Navy Departments, for olotbing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters, or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year No arms or military supplies whatever which are patented In ventions shall be purchased, nor tho right of ueiDg or applying any patented invention, unless the same be authorized by law, end tho appropriation therefor be explioitly set forth. Douglas Ratification Meeting at Wash- ington. Washington, July 3 —Apublic meeting, to ratify the nomination of Douglas and Johnson, was held te-ntght, in front of tbo City Hall 1 . The speakers 1 stand was beautifully illuminated with variegated lights, and numerous transparen cies, and a bund of music enlivened tho oooosion. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the Cincin nati platfornj snd the doctrine of non-intervention by Congress with tho Territories. G. W. Brent, of Virginia, and others, made speeches In earnest advooaoy of the nominees, and predicting the triumph of the principles which they deolaro. Tho proceedings continued till a late hour. The friends of Mr. Breckinridge design to hold a ratification meeting noxt week. Dougla* Ratification Meeting nt Treu< . ton* N\ J. Tbenton, N- J., July 3.— I The Douglas ratifica tion- meeting held in this city to-night was very large and enthusiastic. Speeches wero made by Mosarß. Forsyth, Porrtno, and Parsons, of Ala bama, find Naar and Johnston, of Trenton. The proceedings wore onlivenod by a brilliant display of fire-works. Resolutions wero adopted endorsing the dootrine of non intervention, and expressing tho determi nation to stand by Douglas. _ Dougins Meeting at Kansas City. Kansas City, July 3 —An immense Douglas ratification meeting was hold here last night. The publio buildings were illuminated and aecorotod with flags and transparencies. Bonfires were kindled and snlutes fired, and a general fooling of hilarity prevailed. 8 At the meeting non intervention speeches were made, And the customary resolutions adopted. - Douglas Meetings in Kentucky. LouiBviMiß, July 3— Mootings have been hold in Harden and Campbell ooanttes endorsing the ° n ® on S* as an( i denouncing the Se- Douglas Meeting at Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Conn,, July 3—An enthusiastic Douglas meeting was held hero this evening. New Jersey Politics. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION CALLED TO COM PROMISE THE ELEOTORAL TICKET. Newark, N. J., July 3.—Tho Democratic State Executive Committee of Now Jersey have resolved to call a State Convention to provide for* the har mohyof the party on the basis of a oompromiso, by ehoonng- an eleotoral ticket containing four Douglas and Breckinridge doctors. Dissolution of the Jackson Democratic Association. Washington, July 3.—The Jaokson Domooratio Association, whloh bad been twenty years in ex istence, and exercised much political influence, wa«* last sight, totally disrupted by disagree: mentt among its members on the Presidential question. From Kansas •'Leavenworth. July 3.—At thq election re cently held in this county, there wm * large majority ,in favor of the subscription of $l5O 000 of bonds to/tbe Leavenworth end Cameron ttellroad. . - A large poaglfts' ratification meeting was held hire last night. , t 7he rneroas'fallen at thispOintto fivefeet, and. the watfers art still receding slowly. Thei.WostbeV is warm, the thermometer Indi cating {l5 to 102 in the shade. .. \ - : Heavy showers have fallen in this vicinity during the Inst few weeks, but in some of the interior counties the orops are suffering from a drought. From New Mexico and the Plains ALMOST A FAMINE. Ti Independence, Mo., July 3.—The Ssnta Fe mail, with datos to the 18th ult, arrived here to day. No rain has fatlen in New Mexico duriog this year, and the orops ara almost entirely destroyed. There was never such a scarcity of provisions and forage. Corn is selling at almost any prioo that is asked. The troops irom Utah were expeoted to arrive about the last of July. It is feared that their ad dition will almost oroato a famine Tbo Navnioe Indians were becoming insolent, and unless they are chastised by the troops, they will soon make a foray on the settlements. A few Indians were.seen on the road by the mAil party, some of whom, bolooging to the Kio wos, examined the wagons olosety, bat as the party were well armed, no attack wj*B made. The troops from the Pawnee Fork, who went In pursuit of some of the Indians, had not returned. The rnmor of their having been caught lacks con firmation. Firemen’s Riot at New York* New York, July 3—A fight took place in Broad stroet, this evening, between the members of en gine company No. 13, and No. 21. The riot lasted For twenty minntes, duriog wbioh the stones fell thick in every direction, and Injured a number of the participants. The fight was at last stopped by the interference of a large police forco. Another fight took place to night In Chatham street, between companies No. 13 and 21, daring whioti pistols were usrd. A number of the rioters are reported to have been shot. A Supposed Slaver Seized by the Re' venue Cutter Harriet Lane* New York, July 3 —*Tho bark Kate has been seized by4he revenue ontter Harriet Lane, on sus picion of being oonneoted with the slave-trade. She bad cleared for Cape Palmas. Afrloa. The orew principally consist* of Portuguese and Spaniards. The Harriet Lana has also seized the steam-tug Magnolia, with a sopiolous number of men aboard. The tug was making for tbo Kate outside of the Hook when seized. Brutal Tragedy in lowa* A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN MOBDEItSD, CniOAflo. July 3 —The bodies of a woman namod Mrs. Willis and two children were found horribly mutilated on last Saturday near Batavia, lowa. A man named Kepheut was arrested on 803* ■ploioo of having committed the murders. From a contceaton which be baa since made, it appears that ho committed the triple murder at Eddyvillo, and hauled the bodies a distance of thirty miles to the place where they were found. The Fowler Case* THE OONDSMZN OBTAIN AN INJUNCTION. New York, July B.—Judge Betts has granted an injunction to prevent the Government from levying on Mr Fowler’s bondsmen, but ordered them to give bondß to abide the judgment of the conrt. Two issues will bo tried—one of fao*, and the other of law—as to any oonoealment by the Go vernment that Mr. Fowler was a defaulter at the time of the execution of the bonds. The Cuban Slave Trade—A Thriving Business. New York, July 3.—Advices from Guantanamo, Cuba, state that ten or twelve American vessels have landed over 5 000 negroes In that vicinity, within tbo last six woeka. One of the vessels em ployed was a steamer. Accidental Poisoning Case 'at New New York, July 3 —Four ohildren were poi soned yesterday, at tbe residence of their parents, with Ink which they found while playlcg. Two oi the children are dead, hut the others are re covering. - From Mexico. LOSS Of THE STSAXER WAVE. New Orleans, July 3.—The sohooner Emily Keith arrived at this port to day from Vara Crur, whtah port (he loft on tbe 2lst alt. - Tbe steamer Wave had been lost off Tuspan. Her cargo was saved in a damaged condition. The Wave was bound from Tampico to Vera Cruz. The Mexican news is unimportant. From Pike’s Peak. St. Joseph’s. Mo., July 3—Denver City ad vioes to the 23d nit. have been reoeived by ex press. J. B. Card, from Quinoy, Illinois, was stabbed by Frederink Hadley, from Atchison, Kansas, on the 21st, about twelve miles easfbf Denver. Counterfeit Commercial Bank Notes Circulated at Boston. Boston, July 3 —Well-executed counterfeit $5 notes on the Commercial Bank of Philadelphia were put in circulation In this city to-day. Death of Samuel Butterfield, of New Hampshire. Concord, N. It, July 3 —Mr. Saznuol Butter field. president of thp Capitol Bank, died at his residence iu this city to-day. Fire in Sing Sing Prison. Y.. July 3.—Tb« cabinet shop of Charles A. Woodruff, Is the State prison, has been destroyed by firo. His loss is $60,000, upon whiob there was an insurance of $40,000. The toss on the building, which falls upon theStato, is $4,000. Fire at New Albany, Indiana* A BAPTIST CHURCH BURNT. New Albany. July 3—A Baptist ohuroh and raveral dwellings and stables were destroyed by fire this afternoon. ** The Recent Tragedy at New York. PUREST OP TUB OTHER JBFFBRDS. , New York, July 3—Tho otbor brother con nected with tbe recent tragedy oommittod in this city, Charles Jefferds, has been arrested. He states that ho can prove an alibi. The Steamer Ilabaun at New Orleans. New Orleans, July 3.—The steamer H&bsna ar rived at this port* to doy, from Havana on the 30th. The nows is unimportant. Government Contract Awarded. Washington*, July 3 —Messrs. Philip & Solo mauß bava been awarded a oontract for supplying the Treasury Department and Baturas wHn sta tionery. Specie for Europe. New York, July 3.—Tho steamship Asia, whioli will sail to-morrow for Liverpool, will take ou< $500,000 In speolo Ilreckinridge Meeting Postponed. Norfolk, July 3 —The Breckinridge ratification meeting has been postponed till after the State election. Ilveckiuridge Electoral Ticket. Syracuse, July 2. —The Democratic National State Committee have called a Convention to choose Presidential eleotors. 1 he call is addressed tothe National Democrats who support Breckinridge and Lane. Arrival of the Pony Express from Utah. St. Joseph's, Mo , July 3.—The Pony Express from Camp Floyd arrived hero to-day. Tho news has been anticipated Markets by Telegraph. Baltimore. July 3.—Flour dull, bot ouohaDcrJ Wheat very dull with a limited eupn'v. Coro quiet, but nnohnnted; white and mellow at f8&71o. fiovisione firm, but cot active. Whisky dull at Soho. How Have the Mighty Fallen. (From the Buffalo Daily Jtepublic.l Sad and mortifying must be me expression oftbe Michigan Democratic State Convention to that old soldier, Gen Caes, when they refuse to invite him to a scat in their assembly, as was the casoon Thursday. Happening on a visit to Detroit, from the scene of official labors at Washington, the old frionds, who for years had stood by him, and elected him time and time again to the Senate of the United States, as tbeir representative, and whose influence and vote had placed him in tbo position be now occupies, were io session. When a resolution inviting him to attond their do liberations was offered, it was voted down by an overwhelming majority What a rebuke this is to that remarkable man, the author and originator of non-intervention in bis Nioholson letter of IMB, who has not or manliness to step for ward from his high position and vindicate tho course of Stephen A. Douglas, in upholding these Heaven-born prinolplos! What a sad spcctaelo it was! and however un pleasant it may havo been to the old friends and neighbors of Gen. Cars, tbeir duty to the Demo cratic party and their conscience demanded it, and they fulfilled it. If there was a man who hadwarm and firm friends in Miobigan. it was Gen. Cass. But by the negative courso bo has pursued, while the Administration have hunted like a blood-hound, with &U tbeir influence and power, Stephen A. Douglas and his friends, has completely alienated them from him. We believe to-day that had Gen. Oass tbo pltiok to speak, he would stand whore tho masses ot the party do—with Mr. Douglfls. Daro ho speak his honest sentiments, he would be with usbut alas ! Ac fears his enemies more than he loves his friends. As an old friend and admirer of Gen. C«6s, wo regret that such is the foot. We had hoped for better things, and that, in his old ago and retirement from public lifo, ho would have retained tbo affections of hisbld political Associ ates and frionds in his own State. Speaker Vcnnington on John Sherman. A triumphal reooption was given, to Spoaker Ponnington on his return to his home, in Newark, N. J., on Tuesday. In tho course or a speech to his constituents, Mr. Pennington made somo allu sions to Hon. John Shorrann, of Ohio, in connection with the contoat for tbo Speakership. lie said : ‘•I knew thirty days before any election that there wore men enough who would vote for me, together with tho vote that had already been oast in my favor, to eleot me; but I did not want tbo office, and I told iny friends to keep quiet, and I threw my vote always, with one exception, for John Sherman, of Ohio. [Prolonged cheers.] I nmnot ashamed of that vote. [Renewed oheors. J I gave it to a good man, an honest man, a Imo man; and I tell you the history of John Sherman Is yet to be written. He has a history yet before him, and one that will be oreditabie to himself and to his country. When I came into office I placed at the head of tbo chief commlttoo John Sherman, who had beon defeated for my plaoe [Applause J I felt X was bound to do this in honor, nnd I can say, as a inombor from Virginia said to me, that no man ever filled that post equal to John Sherman. 11 Dr. Newton, of Philadelphia, and Rev. l>r. Cummins, of Baltimore, ato prominently spoken of for tho Bishopric of Hanses Key. Dr. Morciah, of New York city, mit£ee on Mu nicipal Building prrjpoted a structure haviog a front of 500 fret—23o fret on Market street, and 250 feet on Broad street—wbioh it is proposed to erect on either the northwestern or northeastern of tbo tquares at Broad and Market streets.' This building i* designed to accommodate th« Oity Councils, Mayor’s offioe. the departments of Police. Law, City Controller. City Treasurer, Receiver of Taxes, City Commissioners. Commissioners of High ways, City Property and Markets,'Water depart roent, Superintendent of Wills Hospital, Chief En gineer of the Firo Department, Superintendent of the Girard Trust, the Survey department, tbe offioe of the Board of Henlth, office*for the Guar dian" of tbe Poor, tbo Public Sobon] department, the Prison deportment, polioe and fire-slarm tele graph, the Port Wardens, and other departments, many of which are now scattered about In different ports cf the city. After o&rcfnlly considering the whole subject, thecommittee doomed it impracti cable to accommodate all tho oity departments and the courts in one boildlng; bonce their proposition to erect, two. The location of the court building, nnd offioos for tho prothonotaries and other branches connected with the court?, has not yet bren fettled, the beard being equally divided be tween Independence and Penn Squares, with Jndgo Thompson declining to vote. The Judge has some scruples as Jo the-logo) right to creot public buildims on Independence Square, and re served his vote until tho next meeting of tho com mittoo. Annual Commencement op the Uni versity op Pennsylvania —Tho Commenoe* mant of tbo University took plftco at 10 okdoek vesterday at the Musical Fund Hall. The procession of the faculty and students moved from the college at tbat hour to the ball, when the exercises were opened with rroyer. ’ The following was tho nrdor of exercises, the music being by the Germania Orchestra: Greek Salutatory Oration David B. Wilson. Utilitarianism •• Theodore B, FeaVwt. —,• Wood roll Jones. The Cmsars and Napoleons Archibald H. Fnzln. 'The Pmmnnd f**nV|aco... Georjre W. Powell. The Just Aims of Youth tioorne M. B-fdin. The BiwnluiionofFmoircs : .Robert White. Non Siuu sed Bono FuUlico~_ Charles,Moriso,n. * Vioo Provost Fmer then conferred the'degrees. That of Bachelor of Arts was conforred on tho fol lowing members of the Fcnior Class: It. Dale,Ben son, George M. Bredin. Henry R Coxe, Caleb TV. Crercon, George It. Crozer, Robert H. Crozer, Frank G. Dalton. Lemuel J. Deal, Bugeno Devo reux. Archibald H. Engle. Robert P. Engles, Wood ruff Jones. John Markon, Charles Mortson. 0 Btnnrt Patterson George W. Powell, Theodore II Reakirt, John G Stoen, Robert Wblto. William W. White, Dovid B. Wilson. Francis Witter. Master of Arts on the following graduates of tbreo years' standing: John Auburn:, Jr., Cbns. M. Bayard, Frederlok M. Bird, Robert Coles, Isaac Duntnn, P. Howard Eldridge, George Gil pin, John W. GrJgg, William H. Hodge, S Hunt ington Jones, J. IlsnriUon Knbn, Philip H Law, John Lelgb*on McKlm, 'Henry Morton, William F. Norris, James 11. Ponbody, William P. PenpoT, Randolph Eailcr. William F. Savago, Garrett N. Smith. William W. Wlater, Jr., George R. Wood. Bachelor of Lnws, on George Cramp. William F, Johnson, Edward T. Jones, Robert 11. McGrath, - James T. Mitchell, James Sfarr, William D, Wax ier, Thaddeus Webb. D. Jarrett White, Edwnri. R. Wood, George R. Wood, Edwin A. Woodward. Doctor of Divinity, on Rev. James Lloyd Brock. Tbe valedictory address was delivered by Wm. W. White, and the audience dispersed. Accidents.— Bridget Rogers, 35 yearsoM, wes severely injured about the head, on Monday,' by falling from the Tafsed railway track near Mar ket-street bridge, oast side, down to the street be low. She was taken to tho hospital. whoTe Fhe lies In ft very critical condition." Noticos are placed along this portion of the road, cautioning perrons against walking upon it, as it is only de rived for railway purposes. Michael Shields, Bged 13. fell off a coal cart Iff Washington street, near Thirteenth, breaking bis arm and injuring bis shoulder blade. Ho wad tekea to his home, in Milton street, above Ele venth. ' MEWnro Exnm- Trr»£«nriTT W **«•; Wtfai t f , t J ,^B? ino s r *. tle J c wy wm held yeotordsy afternoon, if'Fwwgfco’a Hotel. Suth rtrprt, b«low Bw*. i*t tt lb. twenty-fqar members were present, tbe absentee* beiog-Mtesw. Clark, of theTintVard, »afi fiUde brandt, of the Thirteenth. ; ‘ ■ • * Richard Simpson, the the eom paitteft Preehlsd. . t Mr. McManus, of the Nineteenth worth offered* resolution to endorse the aetioh of 'the State Cen tral Committee, in relation te the tetter of the friends of Douglas and Breckinridge too*the State electoral tick*t- ; ; . This produced a long and exciting debate, which lasted more than two' noun. Finally, a vote wo* taken, and the resolution was adopted by a vote of 12 ftrfavbr to J 0 against.' Mr McGretAnext offeted aheeoTitlro declaring that the action of tbe State Central Committee *vee not blading upon the member* of ihe Itempetolfe party. This was defeated,J6 voting in favor ef ft, to 12 against it. Mr. McCarthy offered a resolution declaring that tho committee endorse Henry D. Foster, tbe nomi nee for Governor, and also the Readingplgifqnß This Was adopted :b/#votel«i 2L Jo nvofc to'l against, Mr. Simpson, the president, voting in the negative Mr John Campbell next offered a resolution that tbo secretaries be requested to notify tbe various Ward Committee! to efll AMftng* of their respective and expresf their opinions upon tbe action of the City Executive Committee This was voted down, 11 to 7, several members having left the room. .A score of resolutions, propositions, and confer propositions were vubaritied after this, but tho ex citement and confusion were so great that no bu siness could be transacted, nod tbe oommitUo ad journed. after being in session nearly four hours. Previous to the meeting it was believed that tbe friends of the regular Democratic nominee for President, Jadge Dougin*, bad a majority of one when the committee was fall, but the unaocoauta ble absence of two who were included In their number, and the defection of ene member, who had evidently been tampered with h j the friends of tbe Administration, caused the d&crgenlxers to have a majority of tbe members present. The president, hiebard Simpson, acted with the Brack icridge party, as in dnty bound, being in tbe ap praiser’s department of the custom house. - - The committee adjourned without fixing osy time to meet again. Tus Contested Election Cases.—Yester day, in the Court of Common PIHs, before Judges Thompson and Ludlow, the contested-election eases were taken np. Tbe first on the list was that of the alderman of the Twenty-third ward. The evidener, which was portioned until T 2 o’clock, one Illegal ?ote polled for Mr. Ree«e It will be recollected 3fr. Reese’s majority over Mr MoConangby. wa# five votes. Without concluding tbe base, the was suspended at 12 o’clock, in order to take up tho Downing and Buriy case. •- - ’ The first witness examined was Reuben riok?, who testified that, at tbe time of the r?c?ir election, he resided in the Twenty-third wari, cood division. He challenged voters* hr lenged Mr. Henrv Flood. Jr., on the ground - w»g not a white freeman; no notice was tak ft r. o the challenge, and the vote was received: >vnii! not tell bow he voted; the B»m*-cball«jDg* ■'-p!* mode and sustained at a previous election. _fThu was ruled out j , ( The witness could r.ol swear that Mr. Flccd a white man or s colored man., Mr. Brewster stated that his friend! ctrght f,» know that the Supreme Court as well os the teture had passed upon thlsvery'questlon In wb'ioD Mr. Flood was interested. Geo. Lefcbtemlorf feetifled that he voted ai I Second prccinet of the'Twenty-third ward. was bom in Hesse Cartel, and came to tibia ecuii try abouft twelve years ago; he voted on his firs’, papers ;” be did not notice whom he voted-Air m’ty controller; only looked to’see that M-yor Henry’s name was there. Otto Maas testified that he redded in the First precinct of the Twelfth ward"; was at the polls, and challenged Louis Miller, who voted on s-?, and without papers ; challenged him that he coufef not voto on ftye.'beeAUM bis father was npteciti xen; alio chMlenged Daniel ftabb\e, on the gfvexta that he was no resident of the ward; be gavflhis reridence at the Bald Etgie Hotel, Third strain, above Oallowhill; ton days before the election, witness hod visited' the' hotel ond^took (he naaei, and Mr. Gabble wss not• there; Mr. Bertelett, however, was vouched ter, and the- vote was re ceived ; a dey or Iwr tbe stairway, so common and so much to be rd on such occasions, the horror of wbioh w* hu.'o had so many examples. Many of the child;, e were lowered from the to the groni-d it was finally dfioovered that no oije was seriously Ujured. Fatal Railroad Accident. —Yesterday afiernc< n. nbcut five o’clock, a little boy, named William White, between four and five yenrscld. was run over by on* of the coal car* of the Rend ing Railroad, on Willow street, whi*h almost se vered hla right leg from b»a bo?Iy. The little sai ferer was taken to tho Pennsylvania Hospital, whore ho died last evening,* about eight o’clook. It was not known clearly how the boy came to be ran ovor—whothcr be was riding on tho oar or was playing in the street. HU parents reside at 330 Garden street. >TPiIiiADELbErA. Baptist Association.— At tbtfl&st annual session of this association, n re solution was passed requesting each ohunjh topre pare, during the year, a historical sketch or its rise progress, nnd prcfent cqrdition, to be sub mitted to tho association which will meet the pre sontyear. Mr 11. G Jones, clerk of the lastasso ciation, called tbe attention of tho ohnrohrs to the resolution, in order that all may be Tomindod in time to make tbo necessary i©searches. Postponement of tot Bach.—The race between Flora Tcmplo and Fatcben, which was to have taken nlsce yesterday afternoon, was post poned until this afternoon, owing to tbo unfavora ble weather. Tbore was a tremendons rush of people yesterday on tho Darby road, in anticipa tion of tho race coming off, and there wasmuch dis appointment when it was ascertained the raco had been postponed. The City Treasury, —The receipts of this department for the week ending June3o were •;93,219 20, and tho payments during tho same time on p«Hcn. fohnn], and other warrants, amounted to $108,771 92 Tbo following amounts were paid out on Monday: On loans maturing, 560,286 £5; interest on city loans. $229 454 24: -on wnrrants, §36 S9O 53—making & total of $327,* 662 32. s Philadelphia Society for tjie Promotion nr AoßiciT/rriiE.—Tbe arrangements of this •flourishing society fnr the exhibition to be held at Powelton on the 2flti\ 27ih, 2*tb, and 29th of Sep tember, nro boinz vigorously pressod by the oom mitteoof arrangements. Tho schedule of premi ums will bo issued shortly, and will be not only comprebenriro, but liberal. Tbo exhibition pro mises to bo a success in every particular. lnquests.—During tbe month of June, tbe coroner held fifty-eight icqnfetp, of which nr hi her fifteen were women, and twenty-one were under nineteen years of age. During the month noease required a post-mortem examination: The fens for boldine the irqneßts were: Coroner 1 * fee?, $232; jury, $B7; witnesses. $33; burials, $158; incidentals, sl4—making a total of $526. Base Ball.—A. return match will be played on Thursday nrxt, between *he Winona and Equitv Base Ball Globs, to come off on tbo ground of the Pennsylvania Baas Bid Club, at tbe junction of BulgeSotfi and Co*um K ia avenue—play commen cing at four o’oloob. A large attendance may bo expeefrd. Tub Kkv. J. IlTA'f r J-Mim, of Philadel phia, has hfen selec'nl to deliver the Rminal rratioh !ffore the literary sccleties at the tToirar ejty ef howliburir,’ Uiiinn coantr, Petm-jlvatilft, nhijb will lir dtlivered on the 24th last., derfost .fMiitfleoilcoleill *«e>. ’ * ; J .fHE P)Jt9t ffcHop^JtecnON,—This section Mo»aiy evening by the election ofWUllsai lUdlD|i MeiUeaV M 4 ?4k* OMK *M* rttery. - -